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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 ten 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.

Critical Thinking This Rock or Feather activity can reveal a lot about students.

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.

Friday Fun Unscramble the four anagrams. What do they have in common?

Learning Game of the Week Review many skills with the "Concentration" Review Game.

Vicki Cobbs Show-Biz Science Discover how "lite" diet drinks live up to their names.

From the Math Machine Time to Move is a fun Web site for teaching measurement and sorting. (Grades 1-2)

Box Cars and One-Eyed Jacks Math Games With Joanne and Jane This week: Baseball Three teaches multiplying 2-digit numbers.

Tech LP of the Week Students research the concept of indigenous people then write a diamante poem about what they've learned.

Writing Bug A person you admire is coming to speak at your school -- and you must introduce that person

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...
Math Concepts
Communities and Community Helpers

5-Minute Fillers Volume 6.

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See hundreds of teacher lessons organized by subject.

Work Sheet Library
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