Reading Comprehension: Graphic Organizers for the Reading Classroom
Use graphic organizers in your reading classroom as a great way to differentiate instruction and work with your visual learners. Help your students …
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Homemade Easter & Passover Crafts for Kids: 3 Ideas
This is the month for you and the kids to make homemade Easter and Passover crafts together. Read on for three fun ideas for making crafts and the …
Continue ReadingLearning About Vertebrates: A Science Lesson for Elementary Classrooms
Each of the 5 different types of vertebrates have unique characteristics in common. Here, students will learn about the characteristics of …
Continue ReadingRainforest Unit Books for Classroom Use
Are you looking for age appropriate books to read during your rainforest unit for first and second graders? Use some of these great rainforest books …
Continue ReadingThe Great Kapok Tree Lesson
This lesson using the book “The Great Kapok Tree” by Lynne Cherry introduces your students to the importance of the rainforests. The …
Continue ReadingThe Very Hungry Caterpillar: Activities Across the Curriculum
The Very Hungry Caterpillar is an excellent story for teachers of young students to use in their classroom. The book teaches children about important …
Continue ReadingA Lesson for Teaching Students About Rainforest Layers
Teach your students the layers of the rainforest and the types of plants that grow in each as they draw their own models of the rainforests in this …
Continue ReadingSolar System Third Grade Math Lesson Plan
As part of a solar system unit, this third grade math lesson plan uses the diameters of the planets to teach place value, rounding and ordering …
Continue ReadingA PE Lesson Plan Incorporating Running Games For Children
Try this fun PE lesson on running with your elementary gym class. In this lesson, you will find running games for children that will get the blood …
Continue ReadingBooks on Bullying: Oliver Button is a Sissy Sequencing Activities
Bullying, teasing and peer pressure are age-old problems. Fortunately more great books are being written to address these issues. Here are a few book …
Continue ReadingCategories of Vertebrates: A Lesson Plan for Elementary Education Classes
Students learning about vertebrates should understand these animals can be divided into scientific categories. This lesson will provide a definition …
Continue ReadingPut on a Fractured Fairy Tale Play in the Classroom
Wrap up your fractured fairy tale unit with flair! This lesson provides instruction on a fractured fairy tale play for the classroom. Students will …
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