Teaching the 'Breaking it Down' Math Subtraction Strategy to Young Students
There are many ways to teach subtraction to young elementary students that do not require the memorization of an algorithm. This example uses a …
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Craft Project for the Grade School Classroom: Handmade Bookmark Using Dried Flowers and Grasses
Celebrate Spring with a nature walk. Pick some flowers and grasses, press them flat, and create beautiful bookmarks. This is a great craft idea that …
Continue ReadingCooking Chemistry Project for Middle or Elementary Students
Baking quick breads will introduce students to the reaction of base and acid. The use of baking soda will demonstrate how the reaction between a base …
Continue ReadingHow to Make Lapbooks: Enhance and Add to the Learning Experience
Lapbooks are made by students to show their knowledge about a particular subject. Following a specific plan or layout, students can create a lapbook …
Continue ReadingScience Activity: Learning What Affects Density
This science activity allows students to study the effect that temperature and salinity have on the density of water.
Continue ReadingWhat Are Idioms? Fun Lesson Plans for Elementary Students
So what are idioms, and how do we teach them to our students? Idioms are one of the skills a student will master later in their language acquisition, …
Continue ReadingInteractive Vocabulary Games: Three Fun Activities to Review Vocabulary Words
Students are constantly learning new vocabulary words for each subject taught. Reinforce vocabulary word meanings while getting students involved and …
Continue ReadingWriting Haiku Summaries: How to Encourage Creativity and Assess Student Comprehension
This summary haiku lesson plan goes beyond the traditional definitions of haiku to use the form as a way of summarizing students’ reading. …
Continue ReadingCraft Project: How to Make Pioneer Jewelry (History Themed Activity)
This fun craft project ties in wonderfully with the history of American pioneers and the students can take their project home and use it as a gift. …
Continue ReadingPaint a Sunset: An Easy Watercolor Art Project for Elementary Students
This watercolor painting project involves painting a sunset or sky background with an old fencepost and barbed wire wrapped on it, in a wheat field. …
Continue ReadingStudents Make Pioneer Quill Pens with This History Themed Craft
Have fun but don’t get too messy with this pioneer craft that will have your students appreciate modern day writing tools as they learn about …
Continue ReadingUsing Reader's Theater to Develop Fluency
Fluency is one skill struggling readers need help to develop, yet finding a way to coax these students to read aloud can be trying. How can a teacher …
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