Math Fun #4
Practice! Practice! Practice! That's how most students learn their addition facts or times tables. But it's OK to lighten up and add some fun to math-facts learning. Included in this fourth volume of Math Awareness Month lessons: five games to engage students as they learn math facts.
Childrens Book Week
Celebrate Book Week (May 10-16) with these activities, crafts, projects, much more.
Mothers Day
Mother's Day provides an opportunity to recognize one of the most important educators in a student's life. Click here for resources, activities, and crafts to help make this holiday one that students, parents, and teachers will remember. Included: Activities, crafts, projects, much more.
Arbor Day
Go out on a limb and present these lessons about measuring trees, creating a "good behavior tree," more.
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.
Teacher Appreciation Week, May 2-8
A special gift just for you: five lessons to leave behind when you take a day off.
Americas Civil War
Teach about the war that divided a nation and ended slavery.
More Timely Lesson Ideas Cinco de Mayo WebQuest Poetry Month
Grammar Fun
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: 3 Addend Snap.
News for Kids Classrooms Are Growing Greener
Making classrooms greener can have a positive impact on student health and learning.
Learning Game of the Week
A dice game reinforces students computation skills.
Friday Fun
With cameras in hand, math word problems come to life.
Vicki Cobbs Show-Biz Science
Use cheese to teach chemistry.
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From the Learning Machine
Explore the coolest resources on the Web. From the Math Machine Traffic Jam is a fun Web site for teaching problem solving and logic. (Grades K-12) From the Science Machine
Use Oil Spill to explore oceans and the environment. (Grades 2-6) From the Reading Machine Seussville Story Maker reinforces reading, writing, and storytelling. (Grades K-4)
Teacher-Submitted Lesson Plans Teacher Lesson #1
Teaching multiple meanings of idioms. Teacher Lesson #2
Price Is Right game teaches coin values. Teacher Lesson #3
Popular children's book teaches fractions.
More Lesson Ideas Sudoku Puzzles Book Report Makeover Backpack-tivities (Homework Activities) Technology Lesson Plans
Bulletin Boards That Teach
Check out our archive of 40 bulletin board ideas for use the school year long.
5-Minute Fillers
Volume 5.
Month of Fun: April
See some timely, fun, and educational Web resources for kids: Dance Styles Word Search (Grades 3-5) James Audubon Coloring Page: Swan (Grades 1-5) Build a Playground Game (Grades PreK-K) President James Monroe Coloring Page (Grades 2-5) Zipper Jigsaw Puzzle (Grades 2-8) Arbor Day Concentration Game (Grades 2-8)
Maypole Coloring Page (Grades K-2)
Just for This Month!
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Best Books for Teaching About…
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Best Books for Teaching About...Math Concepts
Best Books for Teaching About...Mother's Day
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