The Lorax Activities: Creating Ads for Thneeds
If you’ve read The Lorax, then you know all about Thneeds. This is the product made from the Truffula trees. Your students will have fun …
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Using Cards in a Team Game to Learn the Basic Types of Angles: Up to Grade 7
This differentiated team activity is suitable for students of mixed ability up to Grade 7. We have some great free downloads to encourage learning …
Continue ReadingTop 10 Father's Day Inexpensive Gift Ideas of Art - Part One
Part One of a series, this article covers projects 1-4 of easy art projects for Father’s Day gifts. These arts and crafts projects are ideal for …
Continue ReadingStruggling Readers Benefit from Activating Prior Knowledge
Instructional strategies can really help teachers with struggling readers. An instructional strategy, like activating prior knowledge, can help them …
Continue ReadingInterplanetary Dust Lesson Plan
Use this interplanetary dust activity to create an understanding of what interplanetary dust is for your Physical Science students. This is a fun and …
Continue ReadingSmall Solar System Bodies Lesson Plan
Use this Solar System Lesson Plan as an introduction to small solar system bodies such as meteors, comets, asteroids and interplanetary dust. This …
Continue ReadingVintage Book Review for Teaching K-1 Students TImeless Morals and Story Structure: “Not this Bear!”
“Not This Bear!,” by Bernice Myers, although first published in 1971, is a humorous gem that offers up perhaps the most important lesson a K-1 student …
Continue ReadingActivities for Summer Fun: Learn How to Plant an Indoor Garden
Summer is a great time to bring nature indoors for fun classroom activities. Activities for summer fun include growing an indoor garden for students …
Continue ReadingAn Activity Teaching Diversity and Self Discovery in Elementary School Children
It is important that children begin to learn about diversity at a young age. This lesson incorporates a variety of activities that will encourage …
Continue ReadingVintage Book Review for Teaching K-1 Students Timeless Morals and Story Structure: “All the Lassies”
Liesel Moak Skorpen’s charming story, “All the Lassies,” captures one of young children’s most common quandaries. Although first published in 1970, …
Continue ReadingElementary Art Activity With The Lorax: Using Recycled Materials
The Lorax by Dr. Seuss sends a message to children about how important it is to take care of the environment. In this elementary art lesson, students …
Continue ReadingVintage Book Review for Teaching K-1 Students Timeless Morals and Story Structure: Belinda’s New Spring Hat
Eleanor Clymer’s whimsical story, “Belinda’s New Spring Hat,” is a wacky romp of a tale with subtle though invaluable and timeless morals. Though …
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