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The BrainPOP Bulletin is designed to provide inspiration for your classroom. Monthly bulletins have fresh instructional ideas, classroom swag, and community announcements for classroom teachers. 

This Month's Question - What's an immersive way for students to demonstrate their knowledge?

BrainPOP’s Make-a-Movie

• Lights, camera, action! Let your students take the director's seat as they share their understanding of a new topic with others using BrainPOP’s Make-a-Movie feature. View the video in the current BrainPop Bulletin to learn how!

Bonus Tip

• Provide a rubric for your students as they research and gather specific information. The rubric will be a helpful guide when they’re scripting and outlining their storyboard. Don’t forget to give project parameters like time limit and key vocabulary words!

Celebrate 25 years of BrainPop! 

• It's BrainPOP's 25th anniversary and we’re giving you a chance to win big! Find out how to enter the Moby Awards and be crowned "Class of the Year."

Miss anything from past bulletins?

• Scroll to the bottom of each bulletin to view past instructional practices and ideas using BrainPop.

The BrainPOP Bulletin is designed to provide inspiration for your classroom. Monthly bulletins have fresh instructional ideas, classroom swag, and community announcements for classroom teachers. 

This Month's Question - How can I help my students organize their thoughts?

Graphic organizers as thinking organizers

• With graphic organizers, teachers can help students outline their thoughts and be ready for deeper learning. Explore and assign our variety of built-in, ready-to-use graphic organizers to individuals, small groups, or an entire class.View the video in the current BrainPop Bulletin to learn how!

Bonus Tip!

• Use venn diagrams to help students structure their thoughts and prepare for a writing extension activity, which will also help strengthen their literacy skills.  Log into BrainPop to try it out!

Also in the current Bulletin edition...

• Learn how to become a Certified BrainPOP Educator! The next Certified BrainPOP Educator (CBE) cohort begins on April 8! Hear what current CBEs have to say about the program! 

Miss anything from past bulletins?

• Scroll to the bottom of each bulletin to view past instructional practices and ideas using BrainPop.

Register today for Connect by BrainPOP to get:

• A sneak peek at upcoming product releases.
• Ready-to-use instructional strategies from our Professional Learning Team and the BrainPOP educator community.
• Networking opportunities with fellow K-8 educators.
• A chance to win exclusive BrainPOP swag!

The BrainPOP Bulletin is designed to provide inspiration for your classroom. Monthly bulletins have fresh instructional ideas, classroom swag, and community announcements for classroom teachers. 

This Month's Question - How do you keep students engaged for a whole lesson?

'Noticing and Wondering': Activating BrainPOP learning beyond movies

• Students’ minds may run a mile a minute but with the ‘Noticing and Wondering' strategy, you’ll be sure to lock-in their attention and have all eyes focused on the content. You’ll be amazed to see student learning confidence grow within one single lesson.View the video in the current BP Bulletin to learn how!

Bonus Tip for Noticing and Wonder Strategy

• Once your students have listed their “noticings and wonderings” and have rewatched the movie, have them return to their Make-a-Map and add a new “I understand” column. Writing down their new learnings will help reinforce students’ comprehension. Log into BrainPop to try it out!

Connect by BrainPOP

• On Sunday, February 25th, from 11:00 am - 3:00 pm  (EST), educators are invited to a virtual event to "Discover ways to incorporate easy to implement strategies to build essential skills across the curriculum." Reserve your spot here. 

Miss anything from past bulletins?

• Scroll to the bottom of each bulletin to view past instructional practices and ideas using BrainPop.

The BrainPOP Bulletin is designed to provide inspiration for your classroom. Monthly bulletins have fresh instructional ideas, classroom swag, and community announcements for classroom teachers. 

This Month's Question - How can teachers get students excited about assessments?

Gamifying traditional assessments

• Assessments don’t have to feel dull. With BrainPOP’s Quiz feature, there’s an easy way to get students excited to demonstrate their understanding. In this month’s tip, we’re sharing how you can turn assessments into play with one simple game. View the video in the current BP Bulletin to learn how!

Bonus Tip for your Four Corners game!

• If students are divided on their answers, encourage them to change their classmates’ minds! They can support their choice with reasoning and convince their peers to switch their corner.  Log into BrainPop to try it out!

Also in the current Bulletin edition...

• Watch some "Words of Wisdom" from the BP teacher community 

Miss anything from past bulletins?

• Scroll to the bottom of each bulletin to view past instructional practices and ideas using BrainPop.