LESSON PLANS
Give your students information on the U.S. flag and thought-provoking related questions.
Students learn about the history of the Labor Day holiday and write a newspaper about the various people and…
Learn about the history behind "In Flanders Fields" while reviewing tetrameter and sonnet form. This is an excellent…
What were the origins of the first Thanksgiving? Students will look to the Wampanoag Indians' meaning of Thanksgiving…
CLASSROOM TOOLS
Students create a scaled-down model of the solar system by calculating the planets' diameters and distances from the sun…
ACTIVITIES
Children discover how seeds hitch a ride with the wind, in the water, or on an animal to become planted and grow.
Students use words from newspapers and magazines to make "found" poetry. This is a great way to teach students about…
Use a music lesson that helps students understand drum rhythms, performing as a group, and improvising melodies from…
Week 11: Word analogies to sharpen students' thinking skills and prepare them for standardized tests.
Use the prediction strategy while reading aloud the book Strega Nona to your class.
Hands-on look at the "basics" of acids and alkalis Introduce pupils to botany and the basics of acids and bases with…
Teach students about acetic acid with this hands-on science project. Students make bounceable eggs using vinegar, water,…
Answer Key
A list of poster ideas that will help students picture the main ideas and symbols of The Great Gatsby.
Become an instant expert on weather. Find motivational mini-lessons and the reference material you need to reinforce key…
WORKSHEETS
Discover a game that will help students learn the origins of some words in the English language.
Teach students to use a KWL and a Who, What, When, Why, Where, and How Charts to extract important details about a text.
For this printable PowerPoint project, students create slides of Halloween word problems for their peers to solve. They…
In this printable activity packet, students learn "Rules to Remember" for homophones, then practice their grammar skills…
In this printable computer activity, students research the planets on the Internet and use PowerPoint or AppleWorks to…
Bring the wonderful world of DK in to your classroom. Become an instant expert on science and social studies topics…
Choose one of Taylor Mali's poems to use in this poetry lesson plan. You will discuss how the poem changes in perceived…
Celebrate winter with an arts and crafts activity. Each student will create a snowperson for a bulletin board display.…
Through simple addition, subtraction, and multiplication, convert Celsius temperature to Fahrenheit (and vice versa).
