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 13-19) 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 book report ideas, and much more.
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.
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. 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.
More Timely Lesson Ideas Spelling Ideas Earth Day 2009 ESL/ELL Lessons Think Spring
Lesson Plan of the Day
See lesson plans posted on recent days. Search for lessons by subject.
News for Kids
Scientists have discovered thousands of dino footprints in the U.S. Southwest.
Learning Game of the Week
Quiet and cooperative "Unanimouse" spelling review game.
Friday Fun
Students design a Poet-T (a T-shirt covered with poetry).
Box Cars and One-Eyed Jacks Math Games With Joanne and Jane
This week: Slide Over teaches subtracting 3-digit numbers.
Vicki Cobbs Show-Biz Science
Grow baby plants from all kinds of supermarket seeds.
Tech Lesson of the Week Students learn about the parts of a plant as they plant seeds and observe and record their growth.
Rhyme Time: Poems for Early Childhood
This week, early childhood editor Sue LaBella presents Little Sammy Seed The Shape of Things (Clouds) Seeds in Spring Early Childhood Teaching Themes A is for April -- and Alphabet
Activities that start with an A. The Library
Celebrate books during Library Week (April 13-19). Lets Exercise
Take advantage students natural energy. Get your class up and moving.
Writing Bug
Use the letters of a friends name to write a poem.
Bulletin Boards That Teach Math: Who Needs It? -- Everyone uses math in many ways each day -- and this bulletin board proves that point.
From the Math Machine Star Gazing is a fun Web site for teaching angle measurement. (Grades 2-6)
Teacher-Submitted Lesson Plans Teacher Lesson #1
Students earn bonus quiz points for following foreign-language directions. Teacher Lesson #2
Play a fun game of Frisbee Horseshoes. Teacher Lesson #3
Peak interest in reading books from a variety of genres.
Fact Monster Hunts Primary Hunt April Hunt #3. Ele-Middle Hunt Hunt #29.
Every-Day Edits Primary Edits Animals A to Z: Vulture. Ele-Middle Edits Booker T. Washington, Yankee Stadium
Vocab-u-lous! Earth Day words.
5-Minute Fillers Volume 40.
Work Sheet of the Week
Rounding Numbers -- three printable activity sheets.
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 themes: Easter, April Showers (umbrella), Spring Flowers.
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