Journal Writing in the Elementary Classroom
Writing in journals provides an excellent hands-on learning tool that instills confidence in your students’ ability to express themselves while …
Continue ReadingWriting in journals provides an excellent hands-on learning tool that instills confidence in your students’ ability to express themselves while …
Continue ReadingAre you concerned that your child will head back into the “home stretch” of the year with rusty math skills? In just 30 minutes a day using fun and …
Continue ReadingHelp your child learn science skills even over spring break. The park, the zoo, an aquarium or a museum can bring science to life for young children …
Continue ReadingEven students who struggle learning multiplication and division facts seem to enjoy geometry. In this lesson, we will do some measuring and …
Continue ReadingGraphs and charts are simple and space-saving ways to impart information. Since we’re all flooded daily with information presented in this way, …
Continue ReadingAt this grade level many students study types of landforms. This Grand Canyon WebQuest inspires them to dig deeper into one of the most spectacular …
Continue ReadingWhen we think of Labor Day, we think of two things: a long weekend and the beginning of a new school year. But what is Labor Day? How and why did it …
Continue ReadingOver summer break, you can incorporated science with hands on playing or museum visits; social studies by reading maps or seeing monuments on …
Continue ReadingGirls in your class will do some research about the important women in the fight. Boys will learn the reasons given for why the women shouldn’t have …
Continue ReadingThis book has fascinating information and exceptional photographs. For this three-day lesson, groups of students will concentrate on a few pages of …
Continue ReadingImagine reading “Where the Wild Things Are” without seeing the wild things or “The Very Hungry Caterpillar” without viewing …
Continue ReadingJust when the students think they know all about verbs, it is time to “tense” things up again! They have learned that for regular verbs an “ed” is …
Continue Reading