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Surviving a Trip to the Store: Spanish Vocabulary for Shopping

Bright Hub Education Writer
Categories : Spanish language guides & study tips

If you’re traveling in a Spanish-language country, shopping excursions are a good way to meet the locals, get a literal taste of their culture, …

Teaching Characterization with A Streetcar Named Desire Lesson Plan

SForsyth
Categories : High school english lesson plans grades 9 12

Teaching characterization in Tennessee William’s A Streetcar Named Desire delights the thousands of students who read it in high school English …

Teaching Editing and Proofreading Skills to Third Grade Students

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

Learning to find errors in their written works reinforces spelling and grammar skills as well as introduces the proofreading and editing process to …

Verbs: A Fun English Lesson Plan For First Grade Students

Kathy Foust
Categories : Lesson plans & worksheets for grades 1 & 2

Students often have difficulty remembering the parts of speech. This lesson plan for your first or second grade students makes remembering and …

Conjugating the Simple Present Tense in German

Peter Boysen
Categories : Miscellaneous languages

The first verb tense that you’ll need to learn in just about any language is the present tense. It’s the tense that you’ll use most …

Electronic Book Reading Device in the Classroom

Lori Soard
Categories : Tips & strategies for teaching grade school

Using ebook readers in the classroom is one technology that makes perfect sense. The use of ebooks has grown in popularity over the past ten years, …

Elementary School Math Lesson Plan: Measuring Liquid

Kathy Foust
Categories : Lesson plans & worksheets for grades 1 & 2

This is a fun, hands-on second grade math activity that demonstrates various ways to measure liquids. Students will create their own measuring device …

Found Poetry from Magazine Cutouts and Literary Excerpts

lwitkop
Categories : Fun activities & crafts for grade school

Using found poetry in the classroom. Two methods that encourage students to create their own poetry from the words they find around them.

How to Conjugate the Simple Past and Future Tense in German

Peter Boysen
Categories : Miscellaneous languages

The future and the simple past – simple extensions from the present tense. We cover how to conjugate simple past and future verbs.

How to Develop Writing Workshops: What to do After the Final Draft?

Margo Dill
Categories : High school english lesson plans grades 9 12

Your student just finished his final draft, or published copy, during writing workshop. What does he do next? Experts of writing workshop will often …