Generating Two Numerical Patterns: 5th Grade Math Lesson
This 5th grade lesson teaches students how to generate a pattern following a rule and graph ordered pairs on a coordinate grid.
Continue ReadingStomach Acid Homework Help: Why Doesn't It Eat Your Stomach?
Acid will dissolve metal if given enough time. So why doesn’t the acid in your stomach dissolve the stomach, too? Let’s take a look at this phenomenon …
Continue ReadingThe Wizard of Oz Class Reading Guide PowerPoint Download
Whether teaching on the classic L. Frank Baum novel alone or comparing it with similar stories, such as “Coraline” and “Alice in …
Continue ReadingWho Was Will Rogers? History Homework Guide
Just because the early 1900s was a simpler time—without technology or an especially fast-paced life—does not mean that the people weren’t capable of …
Continue ReadingAlice in Wonderland Lesson Plan with Downloadable Reading Guide
Students may be less familiar than Alice in Wonderland than you –or they– realize. Download this PowerPoint presentation to guide your …
Continue ReadingComparing Three Strong Female Characters; Alice, Coraline, and Dorothy
Have you ever considered the similarities between Coraline, Alice and Dorothy as they experience their adventures in strange and amazing lands? This …
Continue ReadingDownloadable Reading Guide for Coraline by Neil Gaiman
How would you describe Coraline? Brave, independent, adventurous? Read this well-loved book with your class and ask them this and other questions …
Continue ReadingWild Animal Preschool Lesson Plan Based on Whose Baby? by Masayuki Yabuuchi
Many teachers primarily focus on zoo animals, farm animals and pets at home, but what about the animals in the wild? This beautifully illustrated …
Continue ReadingCreating Thank You Cards Using Past Projects: Middle School Art Lesson
Students can recycle their old paintings into beautiful cards to show their appreciation of others at the end of the school year.
Continue ReadingSuperstitions and Their Origins: A Brief History and Examples
While we may rationally acknowledge that these behaviors and gestures cannot affect events, we still perform irrational acts. Is this abnormal …
Continue ReadingUnderstanding the Standards, Reasons and Benefits of Common Core Math
When trying to utilize or explain the Common Core standards, it helps to have a general understanding of what the standards are, how and why they were …
Continue ReadingWhat Does Common Core Math Look Like in Everyday Classroom Use?
Although implementing the standards can at first appear daunting, approaching the task as an opportunity to engage students’ natural curiosity and …
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