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Get Students Moving with Kinesthetic Learning
Get your restless students moving with kinesthetic learning techniques.
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A Friendly Letter in December
Celebrate December’s Write to a Friend month by having your students write friendly letters.
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End of the Year Lesson Plans and Activities
End of the year lesson plans can help you and your students finish the year right.
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Getting Students to Understand Why Learning Mathematical Concepts is Important
You can give a fresh response to that perennial question "when will we ever use this, anyway."
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Learning Spanish Vocabulary Words Can Be Fun
Here are ways to help your students learn Spanish vocabulary using motivating activities.
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New Year's Resolutions for Teachers
New Year's can be a time for teachers to make resolutions as well.
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Get Ready, Get Set, Get Organized! Lesson 2 of 2
Seventh graders examine the importance of being organized when making transitions. In this organization lesson, 7th graders watch a teacher demonstration of entering a room in a disorganized manner before discussing how the transition...
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Jazzing Up Journal Writing
Journal writing lessons can become a whole new experience when students start to learn about the variety of options available.
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Simile and Metaphor Lesson Ideas
Teaching students about literary devices, such as simile and metaphor, can be a year long experience.
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Lesson Plans that Measure Up
You can use creative ways to teach angle lessons that will meet the needs of all students.
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Making Learning a Game
A game lesson can be a way to explore a variety of concepts with your students.
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Making Independent Reading and Book Reports Motivating
Here are some exciting ideas to get your students motivated to read independently.
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Lesson Plans That Boost Reading Comprehension
Reading comprehension is a cyclical process that can be supported with lesson plans that build students' knowledge and cognition.
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Teaching the Theme: The American Dream
This can be a good time for students to discuss what the idea of the American Dream means to them.
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Mark Twain Lesson Plans
Celebrate the birthday of Mark Twain and learn about American life and literature along the great Mississippi River.
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"The Catcher in the Rye" Lesson Plans
"The Catcher in the Rye" lesson plans can get students interested in a famous novel.
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Frog Dissection Lesson Plans
Check out these lesson plans for both actual and virtual frog dissections.
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Creating a Writer's Notebook
Writer's notebooks are a way to unleash the "author" in all your students.
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Animal Farm
An exploration of "Animal Farm" can be a way to get students thinking about politics, history, and literature.
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Making a Non-Fiction Big Book
Writing a non-fiction big book can help students learn about research techniques, note taking, and other skills.
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Homeschooling Chronicles: Literature Analysis
Developing a check list can make writing a literature analysis easier.
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Understanding Watersheds
Students should learn how their actions on land can affect the water quality of lakes and rivers.