Fun Literature Circle Activities to Use in Your Classroom
These literature circle activities are both educational and fun. Students will enjoy doing them, and they require few materials. They are a perfect …
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Teach Beginning Technology With the Discovery Learning Technique
This lesson plan uses collaborative and discovery learning to research technology terms in elementary school. It uses a bulletin board in an ongoing, …
Continue Reading3D Picasso Self Portraits: Elementary Art Lesson Plan
Take a break from ordinary portraiture with this fun Cubist lesson plan. Students will use line and shape to create abstract self-portraits in the …
Continue ReadingTeaching the Rules of Punctuation: Commas, Colons, and Semicolons
Some of the most common mistakes student’s make in punctuation is confusing the rules of colons, semicolons and commas. Make sure your students …
Continue ReadingUseful Lesson Plan on Adverbs
Does grammar seem to bore or confuse your students? Take a look at this adverb lesson plan for some ideas on how to teach adverbs to your class in a …
Continue ReadingComprehension Skills Practice With Two Charlotte's Web Games: Who Am I? and Vocabulary Match
Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White is a popular novel for upper elementary classrooms. While reading this novel with your students, it is possible to …
Continue ReadingTeaching Kids About Fiction Genres in the School Library: Activity Ideas
Looking for a fun way to teach third to fifth grade students about fiction genres in the school library? If you’re a library media specialist, …
Continue ReadingTools Used in Physical Science: List of Science Tools for the Classroom
What’s in your physical science toolbox? Students need to have the appropriate tools so that they can perform the required measurements in …
Continue ReadingAn Introductory Lesson Plan on Science Equipment for Elementary Students
This lesson plan introduces elementary science equipment to your students. Use it to introduce the concept of accurate measurements in science.
Continue ReadingClassroom Science Activity: Observing How Matter Moves Within the Earth's Mantle
Using water, food coloring, and oats, students will perform a science experiment that will mimic the movement of matter within the Earth’s …
Continue ReadingParallax and its Effect on Vision: An Elementary Classroom Activity
This activity will allow students to experiment with parallax, which allows a perception of depth. Show students how much a view can change just by …
Continue ReadingClassroom Acitivites on How Calories Provide Energy for the Body
What’s a calorie, anyway? Many students may think of calories as evil villains. These science activities will teach students the truth about how …
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