Pumpkins Across the Curriculum
Pumpkins are the ultimate October icons -- the fruit of the month, if you will. (Yes! Pumpkins are a fruit.) This month, celebrate pumpkins with these across-the-curriculum activities. Included: Art, science, language, and math activities.
More for Halloween
Spook-tacular lessons and fun activities.
Celebrate Dictionary Day
Build skills every day -- and on Dictionary Day, October 16.
Teaching Current Events
Young Americans today know less about what's going on in the world than students of previous generations did. So what can be done to raise students' interest in and awareness of news headlines? These 25 activities will help you make use of -- and help students make sense of -- the news. Included: Ideas for connecting current events to all subjects.
Celebrate Character Counts Week
October 17-23 is Character Counts Week. Included: Lessons, articles, more.
Once Upon a Time
Fables, fairy tales, folktales, legends, myths, and tall tales -- six literary genres to engage student interest.
More Timely Lessons Election 2010 Exploring the Explorers Fall Lessons? Weve Gautumn! Hispanic Heritage Month Teaching With Popcorn
Lesson Plan of the Day
See lesson plans posted on recent days: Mondays Lesson Plan of the Day Math on the Move
Reinforce any math skill. Get kids moving with this math active-ity. (Grades K-12) Tuesdays Lesson Plan of the Day Pumpkin Math
Pumpkin predictions and measurement math. (Grades 3-8) Wednesdays Lesson Plan of the Day Riddle BINGO
A fun game for exercising students higher-level thinking skills. (Grades 3-8) Thursdays Lesson Plan of the Day Autumn Colors
Shine Through Let autumn shine through with colorful window decorations. (Grades K-5) Fridays Lesson Plan of the Day Halloween Party Alternatives from UNICEF Replace your Halloween party with a valuable service-learning project. (Grades PreK-12)
Vicki Cobbs Show-Biz Science
Discover the science in mayonnaise.
Box Cars and One-Eyed Jacks Math Games With Joanne and Jane
This week: Tic Tac Toe teaches adding 3-digit numbers.
Learning Game of the Week
Math BINGO reinforces essential skills.
Friday Fun
Wax museum biographies, a great Halloween alternative.
From Our
Early Childhood
Activity Bank
Special Activities for This Week: Pumpkins and More Make a Pumpkin Pie Pumpkin Fun: Smallest to Largest Measure a Pumpkin: How Big Is It? Pumpkin Fun: How Many Seeds? Pumpkin Life Cycle Great Games for Halloween Pumpkin Pies (Art)
From the Learning Machine
Explore the coolest resources on the Web. From the Math Machine Disaster Math is a fun Web site for teaching students to solve word problems. (Grades 5-8) From the Science Machine
Use Gummy Greenhouse Gasses to explore chemistry and the environment. (Grades 3-8) From the Reading Machine I Spy BINGO reinforces vocabulary and comprehension. (Grades K-3)
Teacher-Submitted Lesson Plans Teacher Lesson #1
Card game reinforces positive, negative integers. Teacher Lesson #2
Learn foreign language vocabulary with this In the Pumpkin lesson idea. Teacher Lesson #3
Gallery-walk activity helps students define, respond to stress.
More Lesson Ideas Technology Lesson Plans Mystery State Early Childhood Themes Phonics Word Search
Bulletin Boards That Teach Bulletin Boards That Teach Batty About... -- What are your students batty about? Create a showcase for their work.
5-Minute Fillers
Volume 29.
Month of Fun: October
See some timely, fun, and educational Web resources for kids: Metric Measurement Concentration Game (Grades 5-8) Explorers of North America Matching Game (Grades 3-8) Printable October Word Unscramble (Grades 3-6) Wolf Jigsaw Puzzle (Grades 2-6) The Timernator Timed Math Game (Grades 2-8) Rain Forest Plants Picture Crossword (Grades 3-6) Spelling Quiz (Grades 4-8)
Just for This Month!
See our October Month of Fun, October Word Search, and October 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...Election Day
Best Books for Teaching About...The Human Body
See more great books for students and classroom teaching themes.
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Stickers and Other Incentives
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