Inferences Activity

A great activity to get students and able to make inferences is the "Ordeal by Cheque activity."  Students have to look at a series of checks and determine the story behind the checks.

Here are the checks:
http://www-tcall.tamu.edu/research/eslclassroom/ch2/ordealcheques.pdf

And here is a woman's interpretation of the checks.
http://www.online-literature.com/forums/showthread.php?t=57818

The students could analyze the checks and write a story in a paragraph about what they think is going on in the checks.  Then they can read others interpretations in the classroom and then read one of the one I've found online.

Best kid-teaching method

I found on article on Deseret News claiming to have found the best method for teaching kids...

Case Studies!

I haven't had the chance to read the article yet but I thought I'd put up the link now before I forget to look the article up in the future.  

Here it is:

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700203955/Best-kid-teaching-method-case-studies.html