Grammar Fun
Learning grammar has been compared to other fun things -- like having teeth pulled or being assigned detention. But it needn't be a painful experience with these five lessons that help teach grammar -- without the hammer.
Math Fun Volume #3
More Math Awareness Month lesson plans, volume 3.
Pet Week
May 2-8 is National Pet Week. Have you been feeling like the proverbial "old dog"? Learn some new tricks with five lessons that bring the delightful topic of pets -- from feline to fish to fowl -- into the classroom. Included: Five lessons that reinforce language arts, math, and science skills.
Americas Civil War
Teach about the war that divided a nation and ended slavery.
Endangered Species
If your classroom seems like a zoo some days, don't worry. Education World puts the diversity of rare plants and animals to work in lessons that will tame the most ferocious of five- to fifteen-year-olds. Included: Five lessons that involve research, role-playing, and real-life creatures.
Teacher Appreciation Week, May 3-7
A special gift just for you: five lessons to leave behind when you take a day off.
Arbor Day
Go out on a limb and present these lessons about measuring trees, creating a "good behavior tree," more.
More Timely Lesson Ideas Cinco de Mayo WebQuest
Music, food, a piata, and more. More Earth Day Lessons Poetry Month
Lesson Plan of the Day
See lesson plans posted on recent days. Search for lessons by subject.
News for Kids Where Are the Worlds Oldest Trees?
As Arbor Day nears, we travel the world in a search of Earths five oldest trees.
Friday Fun
Use the clues to learn which mystery state is being described.
Box Cars and One-Eyed Jacks Math Games With Joanne and Jane
This week: Adding War.
Learning Game of the Week
Musical Spelling Words is a variation on musical chairs.
Vicki Cobbs Show-Biz Science
Two experiments teach about breathing.
From Our
Early Childhood
Activity Bank
Special Activities for Mothers Day, Spring, More A Mothers Day Gift of Love Mothers Day Tail Bookmark It! Give a Hug Card Flower Hour Spring Flowers A Nest for Me to Eat Pets and Their Pups
From the Learning Machine
Explore the coolest resources on the Web. From the Reading Machine The Effective Detective reinforces comprehension, problem solving. (Grades 2-5) From the Math Machine Power Football is a fun Web site for teaching basic operations and computation with decimals. (Grades 4-8) From the Science Machine
Use Rainbow Flowers to explore the topics of plants and biology. (Grades K-4)
Teacher-Submitted Lesson Plans Teacher Lesson #1
Draw conclusions about the characters in Louis Sachar's Holes. Teacher Lesson #2
"Meaty words" teach summarizing, note-taking. Teacher Lesson #3
Lesson teaches respect, high expectations.
More Lesson Ideas Technology Lesson Plans Mystery State Early Childhood Themes Phonics Word Search
Bulletin Boards That Teach Wall of Thanks -- Remember those who died serving their country.
5-Minute Fillers
Volume 4.
Month of Fun: April
See some timely, fun, and educational Web resources for kids: Paul Revere Cloze Activity (Grades 4-8) Critter Jumble Spelling Game (Grades 1-4) Counting Coins Matching Game (Grades 1-3) Math Jeopardy Game (Grades 4-8) Earth Day Anagram Activity (Grades 3-6) William Shakespeare Quiz (Grades 9-12) SAT/ACT Vocabulary Quiz (Grades 9-12)
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...Cinco de Mayo
Best Books for Teaching About...Trees
See more great books for students and classroom teaching themes.
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