Make a Model of the Earth using Playdough in this Fun Activity
This fun activity creates a model of the earth. Students use purchased play-doh or homemade playdough to recreate the continents and bodies of water …
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Teaching Grades Pre-K to 5
Showing guides and explainers filed under Teaching Grades Pre-K to 5.
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MyPlate Lesson Plan: Teaching about Healthy Food Choices
In today’s lesson in the series about USDA’s food guide, MyPlate, students report on what they ate for lunch and group the foods into the …
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Nocturnal Animals Unit for Kindergarten: Review Facts on Bats & Owls
Today is Friday - review the information learned about bats and owls with the completion of the Nocturnal Animals Unit, as well as practice math and …
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Thanksgiving Foods Lesson Plan: How Thanksgiving Menu Choices Fit Into the Basic Food Groups
Teach students about the foods that were available at the first Thanksgiving and compare them to some of the foods that Americans enjoy at …
Continue ReadingWinter Holiday Diversity - A Lesson Plan on Christmas in Germany With an Advent Wreath Craft
This lesson in a series on winter holidays celebrated throughout the world looks at how Christmas is celebrated in Germany. Teach your class some …
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A Gingerbread Unit Using Gingerbread Friends by Jan Brett
Making friends can be difficult for young students. This is a lesson plan to reflect upon some of the situations that children face when trying to …
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Make a Gingerbread Mini Book on Story Paper with Your Class
Last in the unit about the Gingerbread Man. Today students will use their experience baking gingerbread cookies, in the last gingerbread lesson plan …
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Starting a Newspaper in your Elementary Class: Ideas for Writer's Workshop & Running the Paper
Get your students involved by starting a classroom newspaper that is distributed to on the school website.
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The First Thanksgiving Lesson Plan for Kindergarten: Circle Time, Math, Writing & Art
This lesson teaches the children to be thankful, not only for the Thanksgiving holiday, but everyday. It allows creativity, promotes literacy, problem …
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A Kindergarten Lesson on the Pumpkin
Celebrate fall by teaching the children all about the pumpkin and its circle of life. This lesson plan builds on the development of literacy, math and …
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