Downloadable Reading Guide for Coraline by Neil Gaiman
How would you describe Coraline? Brave, independent, adventurous? Read this well-loved book with your class and ask them this and other questions …
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Creating Thank You Cards Using Past Projects: Middle School Art Lesson
Students can recycle their old paintings into beautiful cards to show their appreciation of others at the end of the school year.
Continue ReadingMiddle School Math Fractions Sponge Activity
Squeeze in a little fraction flexibility to round out your math session by encouraging students to show fractions in different ways.
Continue ReadingMiddle School Volume Math Lesson Using Paper Sacks and Everyday Objects
Use those few extra minutes of math class to explore estimation and volume.
Continue ReadingEngineering and Math STEM Activities Based on Fortunately, the Milk
With these math and science activities, students will learn to create a flying “ship” and plot points on a graph, with cues taken from the …
Continue ReadingHow to Construct a Time Machine from Fortunately, the Milk by Neil Gaiman
Students can choose one of two types of enjoyable yet beneficial STEM activities based on the Neil Gaiman book, “Fortunately, the Milk.”
Continue ReadingSTEM Science Activity Ideas with "Fortunately, the Milk" by Neil Gaiman
The following activities will demonstrate how easy it is to create STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) lessons from a novel, and sure to …
Continue ReadingMath Lesson for Factors and Multiples
Students will find all factor pairs for a whole number. Students will determine multiples of a given number. Students will determine whether a number …
Continue ReadingMath Pattern Lessons: Teaching About Patterns
Students will generate a shape or number pattern that follows a given rule.
Continue ReadingMiddle School Multistep Word Problems Lesson Examples
Students will use the four operations to solve multistep word problems, including problems in which remainders must be interpreted.
Continue ReadingMultiplicative Comparison Word Problems Lesson and Examples
Students will use multiplication or division to solve word problems involving multiplicative comparisons.
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