Learn About the Civil War for Fourth Grade Lesson Plans
When you are teaching a huge topic like the Civil War to fourth graders, you need to look at your objectives carefully and focus on a few important …
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Cooperative Learning Project on Fractured Fairy Tales: For Use in Part of a Unit
In this lesson students will work together on a cooperative learning project on fractured fairy tales that requires cooperation, respect for each …
Continue ReadingWriting Fractured Fairy Tales in the Classroom
The imagination of your students will come to life as they begin writing fractured fairy tales. The students will enjoy taking a classic fairy tale …
Continue ReadingA Fun-Filled Fitness Unit for Physical Education
Physical education gives students a sampling of the wide variety of fitness activities available to them. This article introduces a fitness unit for …
Continue ReadingCommon Graphic Organizer Examples for Your Classroom
The most commonly used examples of graphic organizers used in classrooms today would include KWL charts, Venn diagrams and bubble maps, which can be …
Continue ReadingDisney & Death: Help Children Understand Death and Dying
Childhood experiences create expectations about life. False representations of life elements that go unaddressed have the potential to lead to …
Continue ReadingWriting Across the Curriculum (WAC): Why It Works
Why would you want to incorporate writing across the curriculum into your classroom? And what is its purpose anyway? Whether your school is promoting …
Continue ReadingReading for Information and Finding Important Information in Texts
This article focuses on strategies for teaching students how to identify important information in text.
Continue ReadingCompare and Contrast Lesson on the Fractured Fairy Tales
Now that your students understand fractured fairy tales, it is time to break them down and look at them carefully! Comparing and Contrasting …
Continue ReadingElementary Grade Book Review Activities For the Classroom
Elementary grade book review activities are fun and expressive ways for students to practice their persuasive writing and self-expression. They can …
Continue ReadingIntroducing a Fractured Fairy Tales Unit Into Your Reading Classroom
This introductory lesson on fractured fairy tales will bring your reading class into full swing! Students will have a blast learning about these …
Continue ReadingUsing Classroom Document Cameras to Engage Your Students
Document cameras are a great tool to use in the classroom because of their versatility. These top tips will give you some great ideas on how to use …
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