Library Week
Do your students know diddly about Dewey? Are your students convinced that a "librarian" is a person born under the sign of Libra? If so, Library Week (April 12-18) is a great time get them reacquainted with reading, researching, and the library. Included: Dozens of fun lessons to reinforce library skills, plus special reading theme celebrations, more than 50 different book report ideas, and much more.
Book Report Makeover
Are students bored with book reports? These ideas are sure to keep students interested and engaged.
Play Ball!
Score a home run with these lessons and activities.
April Is Poetry Month
Education World has gathered dozens of lesson plans to help teachers develop "well-versed" students. Stage a poetry slam for profit, find the funniest poems around, and write synonym poems, hinkpinks, and more. Included: Links to poetry sites, rubrics, and sites that publish student poetry.
The Holocaust
These lessons are just in time for Holocaust Remembrance Day (April 11).
More Art Lessons
You don't need to be Picasso to teach valuable artistic concepts in your classroom.
Math Fun
April is Math Awareness Month too. This week, we share the first of four volumes of invisible math lessons. We call them invisible lessons because your students will be having so much fun they wont even realize they are learning valuable math concepts.
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Lesson Plan of the Day
See lesson plans posted on recent days. Search for lessons by subject.
News for Kids From Millionaire to Mud Hut
One man is giving up his life of luxury to help improve the quality of life for people in Uganda.
Learning Game of the Week
Scholarly Squares is a tic-tac-toe review game for any subject.
Box Cars and One-Eyed Jacks Math Games With Joanne and Jane
This week: Climb The Ladder teaches addition to 100.
Friday Fun
Students design a Poet-T (a T-shirt covered with poetry) for Poetry Month.
Vicki Cobbs Show-Biz Science
Grow baby plants from all kinds of supermarket seeds.
From Our
Early Childhood
Activity Bank
Special Activities for Earth Day Back to Nature: Investigating Trash What Pollutes Our Air? Dont Be a Litterbug Recycled Crayons Make a Promise Tree An Outdoor Scavenger Hunt Eating Volcanoes Friendship Fruit Salad Grocery Store Walk (Letter Identification)
From the Learning Machine
Explore the coolest resources on the Web. From the Math Machine Logic Zoo is a fun Web site for teaching about sorting, math attributes, and problem solving. (Grades 2-5) From the Science Machine
Use Tongue Map to explore the sense of taste. (Grades 4-8) From the Reading Machine Anagram Sleuth reinforces anagrams and comprehension. (Grades 4-8)
Teacher-Submitted Lesson Plans Teacher Lesson #1
Use clues to cooperatively develop a mystery character. Teacher Lesson #2
Students compete in teams to learn 100 famous quotes. Teacher Lesson #3
Five days of activities for teaching young students about shapes.
More Lesson Ideas Technology Lesson Plans Mystery State Early Childhood Themes Phonics Word Search
Bulletin Boards That Teach Fishin for Addition -- This bulletin board offers math practice fun for individuals or small groups of students.
5-Minute Fillers
Volume 2.
Month of Fun: April
See some timely, fun, and educational Web resource for kid: Color and Find Hidden Easter Eggs (Grades K-2) Dive Into Oceanography Matching Game (Grades 5-12) Occupations Word Search (Grades 3-6) April Crossword Puzzle (Grades 2-4) Garden Word Search (Grades 3-6) High-Rise Math Game (Grades 1-2) Jigsaw Puzzle (Grades 1-4)
Just for This Month!
See our April Month of Fun, April Word Search, and April Coloring Calendar. PLUS! Create your own work sheets for this months holidays and special days.
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.
Best Books for Teaching About...The American Revolution
Best Books for Teaching About...Libraries and Library Week
See more great books for students and classroom teaching themes.
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Stickers and Other Incentives
Stars, smiley faces, motivational stickers -- they're all here. Educators know the power of a simple sticker, and kids will be doubly proud to show off papers with these stickers from the Education World MarketPlace.
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