By The Great Horn Spoon is a fantastic novel for introducing learners to life during the California Gold Rush. First, kids research and analyze American folk songs, then they connect to the text as they listen to symphonic pieces written...

Being expressive in a creative, empathetic, or imaginative way is not only fun, it builds good pre-writing and communication skills. Learners with visual impairments have a roundtable discussion session where several sentence frames...

I absolutely love this idea. Children with visual impairments create tactile journals which describe an event from the previous week in an artistic way. They verbally describe one event from the previous week and then use a wide array of...

Here is a great way to bring core content to your special education classroom. Included is a set of instructional ideas intended to help learners increase their verbal and written expression through storytelling. Tape recorders, story...

Ease your back to school anxiety with this first day of school planning template. The included table helps you to plan a Student Welcome, Room Introduction, Student Introduction, and all other crucial topics that need to be covered on...

It's assessment time! Determine your young mathematicians' understanding of elapsed time with this brief, five-question quiz.

So you've signed up to work as a substitute teacher, While you're waiting for that call, download or bookmark a substitute teacher guide that has everything you need to prepare you for any classroom, for any grade, for any subject....

Students analyze primary documents regarding Lincoln's assassination. For this lesson on Lincoln's assassination, students analyze three primary sources of information regarding President Lincoln's assassination.

How well do your pupils know subject pronouns? Provide some practice with this straightforward learning exercise. For 18 sentences, individuals circle the subject pronouns. A brief definition of subject pronouns and a list of subject...

Check out this clever way to help children learn to navigate daily schedules, choices, and feelings. This application supports the completion of routines and promotes positive choices that can be used at school and home. It is ideal...

Come prepared for your next Back-to-School Night with an organized and informative presentation for your parents. Here you'll find a sample PowerPoint that includes such highlights as the teacher's homework expectations and...

Students are asked if they think a roadrunner is a bird that is a fast runner or a slow runner? They are given a copy of Roadrunner Display Sheet. Students are asked how does a roadrunner protect iteself? They are given the following...

Students brainstorm types of flowers and the colors they can be. They are to keep a chart of the ones mentioned. They create their own paper flower garden on the bulletin board and examine books about flowers.

Students describe what they see in the world around them. They are to look in each direction to describe what they see. They prepare four panels of drawings of what they see with the sentence they wrote.

Students learn the importance of fairness and come up with strategies to create this type of environment in their classroom.

Students use the Internet to research information on the food pyramid, recommended daily allowances of nutrients, caloric intake and expenditure, and value of foods. They analyze their own eating habits and exercise level.

Students engage in experiences involving the mathematical concept of averages. After watching a video, students explore averaging through a variety of different methods.

Your class explores weather proverbs and superstitions from around the country and writes their own proverb about weather. They interview community elders to learn proverbs about Alaska and its weather. Then they discuss several example...

Students read books and view movies about older people. They write a questionnaire to interview older people at a retirement center, interview the people, record their information on graphs, and write follow-up letters.

In this context clues learning exercise, students identify the meaning of the bold word by using the words around it. Students complete 14 multiple choice questions.

While this resource is specific to one autistic learner, it may serve to assist you with developing a similar behavior modification system in your class. The resource includes a full rationale for the use of the system and the printable...

In this measurement of time worksheet, students read a short article and then look at 12 pictures and draw a line from each one to either the sun or the moon. Students distinguish whether each picture is happening in the day or in the...

Learners review verb tenses and apply knowledge of future perfect verbs. Present, past, and past participle are the tenses they practice using in 15 sentences. Answers appear at the end. An excellent worksheet!

Young scholars list places that are considered private and public. In this health science lesson, students discuss behavior appropriate for each setting. They complete the assigned checklist.