October 5-11 is National Fire Prevention Week. Be sure to check out our Fire-Safety Lessons.
Don’t miss this week’s debut of our latest feature The Reading Machine -- links to 36 online games to help you teach and reinforce important reading skills.
Have you seen the new SchoolNotes yet?
The theme for this week’s character education lesson is heroes.
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Beyond Columbus: Teaching the Lessons of 1492 Observe Columbus Day by helping your students explore resources that put the controversial explorer's achievements into historical perspective.
Can We Talk? What Parents and Teachers Want Each Other to Know Education World answers the question, "What do you want your child's teacher -- or your student's parent -- to know?"
Student-Led Conferences Student-led conferences help students take responsibility for their own learning, reflect on what they have learned, and set goals for themselves.
Competition Kids! Science Challenge encourages third to sixth graders to submit experiments and problems for real scientists to solve.
This week’s featured tip is from our Motivating Kids Library. Contribute to our tips library.
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Professor Joe Martin On your mark…get set…go for your goals.
Dr. Fred Jones If you want students to cooperate class after class, day after day, you must answer for them the question, "Why should I?"
Dr. Ken Shore’s Classroom Problem Solver Looking forward to cafeteria duty? Try these fourteen tips for improving lunchroom behavior.
Ruth Sidney Charney’s Responsive Classroom Series The process of developing hopes and dreams is a process of reviving hope -- and hope is one of our most critical community resources. How do we teach or learn without it?"
Eric Baylin This song is dedicated to those few precious pressure-releasing moments in the faculty lounge. “Oops! I have to run. My class is waiting."
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Count the Monkeys In this amazing "vanishing" puzzle, students look for an elusive monkey.
Twenty Questions This word-on-the-back version is a great way to review and synthesize new math vocabulary and concepts.
A Puzzle a Day Puzzles exercise students' critical thinking skills while providing needed practice in math, spelling, and other areas of the curriculum. Why not introduce a puzzle a day?
Math Mnemonics Borrowing in subtraction
From the Math Machine Star Gazing Point Digit’s cyber-telescope toward several planets by entering the angles at which they can be found. Can students locate all the planets before the sun comes up? (Grades 2-6)
Look for more math resources, lessons, and activities in our Math Corner and on our Lesson Planning page.
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