Making Self-Portraits for the Cover of a Community Newspaper in Art Class
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Community Helpers Role Playing Lesson and Activities
Elementary students test their acting abilities with this drama game, a fun role playing lesson plan about community.
Continue ReadingElementary Science Lesson Plan on the Three States of Matter
Get students physically involved in this science lesson. Your students will become the molecules in a solid, liquid, and gas and imitate their …
Continue ReadingReading Skills Lesson With The Lorax: Using Context Clues
Dr. Seuss is famous for making up words in his stories. The Lorax is full of several of these made-up words. But readers can figure out what these …
Continue ReadingUsing The Lorax to Teach Food Chain Lesson Plans
The Lorax shows young readers that if one animal or plant is taken from the environment or dies because of air pollution, then many animals may …
Continue ReadingHandwriting Instruction: How to Teach Handwriting
A look at the literature about handwriting instruction models and the characteristics of effective handwriting programs. Last we look at how to …
Continue ReadingEditing Mini Lessons: Teaching Students to Edit Their Writing in Writer's Workshop
Teaching kindergartners and first graders how to edit in writer’s workshop can be especially frustrating. This writer’s workshop …
Continue ReadingThe Lorax Activities: Creating Ads for Thneeds
If you’ve read The Lorax, then you know all about Thneeds. This is the product made from the Truffula trees. Your students will have fun …
Continue ReadingUsing The Lorax by Dr. Seuss to Teach Word Choice
Dr. Seuss is a master at creating new words. Let your students learn about good word choice with the classic environmental story, The Lorax by Dr. …
Continue ReadingUse Mo Willems Pigeon Books To Teach Types of Sentences
Teaching types of sentences is a common English language objective in many elementary grades. You can use Mo Willems’s pigeon books to have some …
Continue ReadingLesson Plan Offering Helpful Tips for Teaching Students Sensory Poems
This lesson plan offers helpful tips for teaching students to write sensory poems.
Continue ReadingTeaching Students about Lie Poems and Subtext: Lesson Plan for Grade School Students
This poetry lesson plan offers means of teaching students about poetry, subtext and, implicitly, morality all at the same time through the exploration …
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