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Teaching Biology by Baking with Yeast Breads

Donna Cosmato
Categories : Lesson plans & worksheets for grades 3 to 5

Is it alive? Determining whether or not an object is alive is a basic concept in biology. Through a simple demonstration that involves proofing yeast, …

A Brief Overview of Distance Learning in Homeschooling, Plus Pros & Cons to Using This Method

Leah Witmond
Categories : Homeschooling methodologies

With the Internet available to almost all households, distance learning has come out of its stuffy corner and can help homeschooling parents providing …

Activities for Literature Groups: How to Use Literature Circle Groups and Book Talks with Reading Workshop

Margo Dill
Categories : Middle school teaching strategies

Some teachers will run literature circle groups to go along with reading workshop. With literature circle groups, four or five students are reading …

An Arts & Crafts Lesson on the Beatitudes for Children

tstyles
Categories : Lesson plans & worksheets for grades 3 to 5

Living your life in a way that leads to true happiness is a lesson that the Beatitudes gives us. Teaching this concept and its meaning to children …

Create a Zine to Develop Creative Skills in the Classroom

Julia Bodeeb
Categories : The arts in high school

Let your students’ creativity blossom. Work together as a class to create a zine full of poems, stories, songs, art, and photographs. First you …

Drama Activity Lesson Plan: Working with Emotions

Beth Taylor
Categories : The arts in middle school

Drama Game to help teach drama students to show, not tell, their characters’ emotions while responding to surroundings and events. Strategies …

Easy Vocabulary Building Tips for Students: Try These in Your Classroom

Julia Bodeeb
Categories : Teaching methods, tips & strategies

A lively vocabulary is a wonderful asset for any career a student chooses. Building vocabulary also helps students improve their writing skills.

Kindergarten Weather Lesson on Wind Direction: Learn Ways to Teach Wind Direction With Wind Experiments

Laurie Patsalides
Categories : Lesson plans for pre k and k

In this Kindergarten weather lesson, students will receive a lesson about wind direction. Students can feel the wind, but cannot see it or touch it, …

Lesson Plan About Imagery in the Poems of ee cummings

Julia Bodeeb
Categories : High school english lesson plans grades 9 12

Students enjoy analyzing the unique and creative imagery used in poems of ee cummings. A day spent reading and discussing his poems will be a …

Lesson Plan on Disabilities for Young Students - What is a Disability?

Marlene Gundlach
Categories : Lesson plans & worksheets for grades 1 & 2

A lesson to help young students understand the meaning of the word disability and how disabilities occur.