Using the Scientific Method Across the Curriculum
The application of the scientific method should not be limited to once a year, right before the science fair. The scientific method can easily be used …
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A Chair for My Mother Read-Aloud Activities and Lesson Ideas
Find an outline of ideas to use before, during and after a read-aloud with “A Chair for My Mother,” by Vera B. Williams, along with new …
Continue ReadingActivity to Teach First Grade Students Analogies: Tips for Building Thinking Skills
Teacher:Student :: Instructor:Learner. This is an analogy! Are you ready to learn tips to include analogies in your daily lessons for young students? …
Continue ReadingAntonym Activities for the First Grade: For Opposite Day or Anytime
Youngsters already know what opposites are but do they know what antonyms are? Through playing a game and listening to two interactive books, first …
Continue ReadingSkip-Counting Math Lessons That Make Learning Fun!
Skip-counting is fun and entertaining if you tell a story as you count! Try counting pairs of friends in the park, freckle clusters on a face or even …
Continue ReadingTeaching Pre-Kindergarteners to Move to Centers: Terrific Transitions
Say goodbye to harrowing transition time experiences! Use these tips, tricks, and techniques to get your pre-K class moving to centers without …
Continue ReadingA Lesson Plan for Math Geometry: Angle Identification
Are you looking for a lesson plan you can use to teach about angles? Try out this lesson plan on math geometry. Angle types are one of the most basic …
Continue ReadingA Scientific Method Interactive Activity Using a Spaghetti Bridge
To teach the scientific method effectively, you need to show students WHY it is so helpful for researchers. This scientific method interactive …
Continue ReadingFirst Grade Lesson Plans on Counting Dollar Bills
First graders’ heads are swimming with words and numbers, and they are trying to make sense of it all. Introducing lesson plans on counting …
Continue ReadingUseful Tips on Writing Essential Questions
Essential questions can make the lesson planning process more effective, but many teachers struggle to write quality essential questions for their …
Continue ReadingA Lesson Plan on the Basic Needs of Animals: For Grades 1-2
Teaching your students that like people, animals have needs too will be easy with these ideas and projects. Arts and crafts with animal habitats are …
Continue ReadingCan a Read-Aloud With Accountable Talk Help Develop Students' Language Skills?
A disciplined form of education produces disciplined students that achieve more than their peers. Inculcating values that are basics to learning and …
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