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3rd Grade Project: Observing The Night Sky with a Constellation Sky Map

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

Get your 3rd grade students to have fun while exploring the night sky. Use a sky map to find constellations visible in your area.

Best Practices in Teaching Spelling: How To Individualize Spelling Lists

Margo Dill
Categories : Inclusion strategies for mainstreamed classrooms

Spelling is a subject that is often difficult for students with special needs. Some of these students have trouble understanding word patterns and …

Conflict Resolution for Students with Special Needs: An Example

Barbara
Categories : Inclusion strategies for mainstreamed classrooms

When students misbehave in classrooms, there are a number of strategies that teachers can employ to address and redirect unwanted and misguided …

Fun Science Projects for Kids: How to Make Peanut Butter

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

This is the fourth lesson in a series of third grade science projects. Students will examine the health benefits of peanut butter and then create …

Lesson Plan on Writing Paragraphs: Help Students Improve Paragraph Quality

Trent Lorcher
Categories : High school english lesson plans grades 9 12

Remember the last time you graded essays and you swore if one more student turned in an essay with one gigantic paragraph, you would kill him?

Teaching How to Write a Conclusion: Don't let a Perfectly Good Essay Go to Waste. Teach Students How to Write a Good Conclusion.

Trent Lorcher
Categories : High school english lesson plans grades 9 12

Tired of being let down by lame endings? So am I. Instead of complaining, I wrote this lesson plan to stamp out lame endings forever.

Teaching Transitions in Writing: Tips for Helping high School Students Write Coherently With Better Transitions

Trent Lorcher
Categories : High school english lesson plans grades 9 12

If the reader is confused, it’s the writers fault. Clear up the confusion with clear transitions.

Try These Instructional Strategies for Students With Special Needs or Disabilities

Barbara
Categories : Inclusion strategies for mainstreamed classrooms

Students with disabilities often struggle in the classroom. By providing them with differentiated classroom instruction and modified curriculum, …

Create a Comedic Skit: Group Writing Activity

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

Help students build writing and team work skills by presenting a lesson about writing a comedic skit. Even students who don’t normally like to write …

Easy Butterfly Art Project for Special Education Art Class

Anne Vize
Categories : Inclusion strategies for mainstreamed classrooms

This butterfly project for special education art classes is a great activity for developing fine motor skills, as well as promoting language, literacy …