How the Elephant Got Its Trunk Long ago in Africa, a curious little elephant asked a crocodile a question. The result was a new nose for Little Elephant -- and for elephants everywhere.
Setting the Tone: Creating A Reading Community Make it your goal this year to transform your classroom into one that has positive assessments, and strong and engaged learners -- by declaring reading an empowering, engaging, life-enhancing experience.
Checkpoints in Reading Help parents better understand their childs reading development with these reading checkpoints for Kindergarten and grades 3, 6, 9, and 12.
Best Books for Teaching About
Each week, Education World presents our Editors Choices for the best books for teaching about popular classroom themes. Check out our choices and add your own recommendations to the Readers Voices section of this weeks themed booklists: Back to School The Senses
Total Reader: How Cool is That?
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Journal Writing Really Works One of the best things about journal writing is that it can take so many forms. Discover some of those forms as teachers who use daily journal writing in their classrooms share their successes.
Write Your Own Life Sue Flahertys sixth graders contemplate their hopes and dreams as they write their own futures.
Writing Lesson #1 Students write Getting-to-Know-You" list poems. (Grades 6-8)
Writing Lesson #2 Create Wanted" posters for destructive bugs. (Grades 3-8)
Writing Bug #1 If I could live in another country for one year
Writing Bug #2 Create a brand new holiday celebration.
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