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Tips to Help Students Create a Thank You Letter

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

Everyone loves to receive a thank you letter. As people write fewer letters in this day of emails and texting, help students understand this concept …

Top Five Writing Prompts for Students in Fiction Writing

Julia Bodeeb
Categories : English lesson plans for middle school

Students often have a hard time thinking of an idea to create a short story; thus they find writing prompts very helpful. If you give them a starting …

"A Very Busy Spider" Kindergarten Lesson Plan: Part of a Week Long Unit on Spiders

ARobin
Categories : Lesson plans for pre k and k

Teach your kindergarten class about spiders and their webs by using activities such as art, math and language skills. This lesson uses the classic and …

A Fun Mummy Lesson Plan for Elementary or Middle Schoolers

Noreen Gunnell
Categories : Teaching middle school history

A lesson plan about mummies of Ancient Egypt, looking at the Ancient Egyptian process of mummification and why it started in the first place. It is …

Basic Facts About Spiders Kindergarten Lesson with Art, Math, Rhyming Activity and More!

ARobin
Categories : Lesson plans for pre k and k

This series contains a week’s worth of lessons and is perfect for fall, around Halloween. This first lesson kicks of the unit by exploring …

Book Review of Health, Nutrition, and P.E: Grades 3 - 4. Is it Right for Your Homeschool Program?

Alicia
Categories : Homeschool teaching techniques & tips

As a homeschooling mom, I didn’t want to neglect the health and physical education that my daughter needed. I found a fun book to encourage my …

Bullying Lesson Plan: How to Stop Bullying Before it Begins

Jacqueline Chinappi
Categories : Tips & strategies for teaching grade school

This bullying lesson plan has activities to help open up the eyes of the bullies and those being bullied. Sometimes children do not understand how …

Co-Teaching in Special Education: Working with Therapists in the Classroom

Anne Vize
Categories : Inclusion strategies for mainstreamed classrooms

Most teachers are fairly used to running a classroom on their own. How do you make things work well when suddenly there are therapists and support …

Creative Grade School Lesson Plans: Celebrate Lesser-Known Holidays

Sandy Fleming
Categories : Fun activities & crafts for grade school

Get excited about teaching lessons and activities with a holiday focus and learn to see learning opportunities in annual festivities as well as …

Drama Game to Cure Writer's Block in the English Classroom: Have Students Answer Funny Questions

Beth Taylor
Categories : High school english lesson plans grades 9 12

This creative drama game is a great one for English class. Get your students thinking creatively out loud by answering funny and thought-provoking …