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Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian in Your Classroom: Introduction to the Nature Journal [Pdf]
Smithsonian in the Classroom presents "Introduction to the Nature Journal." Teachers can download this comprehensive teaching package in which students will practice and develop their skills of writing observations and making hypotheses....
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Teaching Ideas: Fifty Alternatives to the Book Report
Just as the title claims, here are fifty different ways to respond to a book. Most can be adapted to all grade levels.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Introduction to Nature Journaling
In this activity, students will be introduced to nature journaling and discover the importance of detail accuracy in scientific drawings when used to observe and identify objects.
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Mail Time! An Integrated Postcard and Geography Study
Contains plans for five cross-curricular lessons that teach about geography, reading, and writing by having young scholars send postcards to relatives and asking them to send postcards back. In addition to objectives and standards, this...
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Drawing and Writing Stories
Online instructional activity which allows elementary young scholars to us the technique of drawing as a tool to create meaningful writing skills in fiction.
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Kids Lit: Poems by Kids
Student poets have contributed their poems for publication on this site. Read through the poems and contribute your own.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Math Journals Boost Real Learning
Discover how writing in a journal can boost your students reading skills when you read this article. This article sites ways to integrate writing with teaching math skills.