How to Edit the Rough Draft, the Fourth Step of the Writing Process
After students have revised, they are now ready for the fourth step in the writing process, editing.
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Lesson Plan: A Guided Reading Plan to Motivate and Excite Students
Get students fired up to answer discussion questions with this outstanding lesson plan.
Continue ReadingRevising Rough Drafts, the Third Step of the Writing Process
After the rough drafts are complete, students should begin the process of revising their essays.
Continue ReadingWWII Creative Activity: Have Your Class Recreate a WWII Era USO
In this fun lesson students will recreate or simulate a USO. This requires “famous” speakers, music, dancing, and costumes. This lesson …
Continue ReadingPersona Journals are Creative Activities for World War II Lesson
Students will research a type of person who was affected by WWII and then write a fictional journal discussing what this person may have experienced. …
Continue ReadingCivil War Creative Writing Activity -- Writing a Position Paper
The focus of this lesson is writing to take stand for the North or the South and to write a position paper. This American Civil War lesson can be an …
Continue ReadingMake a Fish Print in Class: Fun Project for All Ages
Fish prints are a fun way to combine art with a bit of biology. Discover how to carry out this fun activity in a classroom of any age!
Continue ReadingHow to Make a Family Tree Project for Primary Students
Students have been learning about trees and seasons in this unit. To teach across the curriculum, a planned social studies lesson about family trees …
Continue ReadingTeaching Research Skills Through a Paralympics Research Project
This research project helps students learn more about the Paralympics, and the athletes and skills they demonstrate during an intense two weeks of …
Continue ReadingTree Observation Activity for Kindergarten Students
In this easy science center time activity, Trees and Seasons, students will learn about and explore the many things that trees give to us, fostering …
Continue ReadingDrug Prevention and Life Skills Curriculum: Why it is important
Life Skills can be a very resourceful group or unit to be studied in school. While teachers know they have to teach the basics such as math and …
Continue ReadingHelp Students Improve Reading and Thinking Skills
Begin your reading skill instruction with helping students identify main ideas and supporting details.
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