Writing Readiness Skills Necessary to Teach Handwriting
A look at the literature and one teacher’s perception about readiness skills necessary for writing and when to teach writing in school. Should …
Continue ReadingA Fun Bear Theme for Preschool: Lesson Plan, Crafts and Activity for Preschoolers
In this lesson plan, we are learning about bears, what they eat and where/how they live. There are some fun preschool bear theme activities, stories, …
Continue ReadingAdvertisement Analysis Lesson for Middle School
Students will view magazine ads and discuss advertising techniques. Then, students will work in small cooperative groups, find five ads, analyze them …
Continue ReadingCity Mouse, Country Mouse Lesson Plans for Kindergarten
This lesson plan uses Aesop’s fable “The City Mouse and the Country Mouse” as a springboard for learning about urban, suburban, and …
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 ReadingEnglish Verbs: Tense, Aspect, Mood, and Voice
The following article presents an overview of the English verb system for ESL students including the two tenses, four aspects, three moods, and two …
Continue ReadingExamples of Conjunctions - Coordinate, Subordinate and Correlative
What are conjunctions? Sure, they’re joining words, but they’re much more than that. Conjunctions are the words that decide the importance …
Continue ReadingHomeschooling High School: Graduation Requirements and Choosing The Right Courses
High school represents a time of reward as teens transition from dependent learners to independent thinkers, exploring and discovering interests and …
Continue ReadingJingles and Slogans Advertisement Lesson Plans
Students will play a game to learn about jingles and slogans used in advertisements. Then, they will work in cooperative groups to create their own …
Continue ReadingLearning How to Start a Home Daycare: Follow These Tips to Start Your Business
Use these tips to help you get together all the things you need to start a home daycare with minimal stress. From deciding whether you have what you …
Continue ReadingQuotes and Comma Placement: Learn Where to Place Commas in Quotation Marks
If you’re working with dialogue, you’re going to need to know a thing or two about comma placement. Although the process can seem …
Continue ReadingTeaching Spanish Students to Use Infinitives as Subjects, Subject Complements, Direct Objects, and Prepositional Complements
The following article outlines a general lesson plan for teaching second-year Spanish students to use infinitives as nouns. The nominal functions on …
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