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Best Books for
Teaching About

Check our Education Worlds Editors Choices for the best books for teaching about popular classroom themes.


Best Books for Teaching About...Math Concepts


Best Books for Teaching About...Communities and Community Helpers

See more great books for students and classroom teaching themes.

Letter-Writing Lessons
Is letter writing a lost art? Education World provides five lessons to revive student interest in writing friendly letters. These letter-writing lessons are sure to get your stamp of approval! Included: Links to letter-writing resources, rubrics, and a mailbag full of additional lesson plans we found on the Web.

Lit to Fit
Great language lesson ideas for all grades.

Book Reports
Twenty-five ideas for better book reports.

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Critical Thinking
This Rock or Feather activity can reveal a lot about students. Its a perfect icebreaker for the first days of school, or a fun activity for an anytime reward.

Biographies
Bring biographies to life in your classroom with these ten activities.

Lesson Plan of the Day
See lesson plans posted on recent days. Search for lessons by subject.

Box Cars and One-Eyed Jacks Math Games With Joanne and Jane
This week: Skip Counting preps students for multiplication.

Friday Fun
In this engaging activity, students make and defend their choices.

Learning Game of the Week
Spelling and luck combine in the team game, Spin and Spell.

Fun Learning Tools from Education Worlds Learning Machine
From the Science Machine
Use Air Junk to explore the topics of biology, air quality, and health. (Grades 3-8)
From the Reading Machine
Punctuation Paintball reinforces punctuation and capitalization. (Grades 1-8)
From the Math Machine
Tangram Game is a fun Web site for teaching students to recognize and manipulate shapes and for problem solving. (Grades K-6)

Vicki Cobbs Show-Biz Science
Bring yeast to life, and discover how they ferment.

The Writing Bug
Story Starter
Is failure a better teacher than success?

Explore Our
Printable
Work Sheet Library

In our Work Sheet Library you will find printables for every grade level and subject. Some of our work sheet collections are listed below. For a complete list of printable resources from our editors and our partners, visit the Work Sheet Library.

  • Animals A to Z
  • Backpack-tivities
  • Coloring Calendars
  • Every-Day Edits
  • Geography A to Z
  • Hunt the Fact Monster
  • It All Adds Up
  • Make Your Own Work Sheets
  • Math Cross Puzzles
  • Name the Mystery State
  • Phonics Word Search Puzzles
  • Readers Theater Scripts
  • Sudoku Puzzles
  • Vocab-u-lous!
  • Where Is Mrs. Waffenschmidt?

    From Our Partners
    Work sheets from
  • Highlights for Children
  • Texas Instruments
  • Teacher Created Resources

  • From Our Early Childhood Activity Bank
    Watermelon Pops
    Mmmm! Ice Cream!
    Summer Treat: Banana Push-Ups
    Watermelon Math
    Toss It!
    Pop-ular Popcorn
    Lamb Pop

    More Timely Lesson Ideas
    It's About Time
    Fun lessons to teach kids how to tell time.s to 20 more lessons.
    Writing Lessons
    Use the W.R.I.T.E. (Write, Revise, Inform, Think, and Edit) approach.
    Science Experiments
    The Web is brimming with great science lesson ideas.

    Math Lesson Archive
    Geography Lesson Archive
    Teaching About Volcanoes
    More Write Stuff

    News for Kids
    Each week during the school year, we present a news story -- ripped from the headlines! -- written just for kids in grades 3-8. An accompanying teachers guide and a printable comprehension worksheet that emphasizes test-taking practice make this feature a complete teaching resource. Here are a few of the headlines from the past school year. Take a look!
    Bluefin Tuna Farms Come Under Fire
    Will a Newly Discovered Lizard Help Scientists Protect Rain Forests?
    Couple in Japan Is Married By a Robot

    5-Minute Fillers Volume 18.

    Month of Fun: July
    See some timely, fun, and educational Web resources for kids:
    Puerto Rico Flag Quiz (Grades 3-5)
    Sun Chairs (Grades 4-12)
    Jigsaw Puzzle (Grades 3-5)
    Sun Wise Word Search (Grades 3-5)
    Peter Rabbit Coloring Page (Grades K-2)
    Lightning Safety Quiz (Grades 4-8)
    Geometry Vocabulary Hangman (Grades 6-12)

    Just for This Month! See our July Month of Fun, July Word Search, and July Coloring Calendar. PLUS! Create your own work sheets for holidays and special days.