EDITOR'S COLLECTIONS
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LESSON PLANS
Find tips for writing an essay, from scheduling and time-management to outlining to revision.
REFERENCE
Use the activities throughout this guide with the Who Was...? Series for teaching specific historical events, studying…
Use the Internet to teach your students about self-portraits and review the use of similes. Then, have students type…
Using the book, Stone Fox, students will explore character, setting, and issues for Native Americans in this multiple…
ACTIVITIES
Students press flowers and plants with heavy books to make lovely decorations. Then, they use the pressed flowers to…
Students practice story writing with an emphasis on descriptive language and character portrayal.
Teach students that learning begins right away in your classroom with a daily opening learning activity.
Give your students information on the U.S. flag and thought-provoking related questions.
Students learn about the history of the Labor Day holiday and write a newspaper about the various people and…
Learn about the history behind "In Flanders Fields" while reviewing tetrameter and sonnet form. This is an excellent…
What were the origins of the first Thanksgiving? Students will look to the Wampanoag Indians' meaning of Thanksgiving…
CLASSROOM TOOLS
Students create a scaled-down model of the solar system by calculating the planets' diameters and distances from the sun…
Children discover how seeds hitch a ride with the wind, in the water, or on an animal to become planted and grow.
Students use words from newspapers and magazines to make "found" poetry. This is a great way to teach students about…
Use a music lesson that helps students understand drum rhythms, performing as a group, and improvising melodies from…
Week 11: Word analogies to sharpen students' thinking skills and prepare them for standardized tests.
Use the prediction strategy while reading aloud the book Strega Nona to your class.
Hands-on look at the "basics" of acids and alkalis Introduce pupils to botany and the basics of acids and bases with…
Teach students about acetic acid with this hands-on science project. Students make bounceable eggs using vinegar, water,…
Answer Key
A list of poster ideas that will help students picture the main ideas and symbols of The Great Gatsby.
WORKSHEETS
Discover a game that will help students learn the origins of some words in the English language.
Teach students to use a KWL and a Who, What, When, Why, Where, and How Charts to extract important details about a text.
