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End-of-Year Projects #1 "No more pencils, no more books, no more..." No more time? The last days of school soon will be upon us, and your students may already be chanting the traditional end-of-school cheer, but that doesn't mean that you have to succumb to the temptation to start summer early. Why throw away the last few precious days? Instead, blow your students away with some cool end-of-year activities that combine fun and learning. Included: Links to dozens of additional activities to fill the final days.

A Puzzle a Day Exercise students critical thinking skills as they practice math, spelling

Memorial Day What does Memorial Day mean to your students? Do they grasp the significance -- or the sheer number -- of American men and women who have died serving their country so the rest of us might enjoy freedom? Included: Five lessons help students understand the meaning of Memorial Day -- plus links to more than 2 dozen more lessons.

Asian Heritage Month Explore the culture, the people, the literature.

Fantastic Field Days May is National Physical Fitness and Sports Month. Its also the time of year when many schools hold their annual field days. That's why Ed World's editors decided to leap in with dozens of great activities that are sure to make your field day the best one ever! Included: Five new lesson plans plus links to many more.

More Fitness Month Fun Get physical with these lesson ideas.

Childrens Book Week Celebrate Book Week (May 12-18) with these activities, crafts, projects, much more.

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

News News for Kids A drought and other factors have scientists worried that Lake Mead could dry up.

Learning Game of the Week A life-size tic-tac-toe review game.

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

Vicki Cobbs Show-Biz Science Discover why we don't feel the earth move.

Early Childhood Teaching Themes
May Flowers and the Five Senses
We Love Trees
Math Is Marvelous!

Box Cars and One-Eyed Jacks Math Games With Joanne and Jane This week: "Warp-3" teaches 3-addend addition.

Editing Essays With Word Still grading essays, red ink pen in hand? Next time your students have an essay due, ask them to submit their work in Word, help them identify their grammar and spelling errors, and then have them correct those errors using Word's table feature.

Writing Bug Imagine that you are the oldest person in the world. What kind of life have you lived?

From the Math Machine Measure It! is a fun Web site for teaching students to use rulers to measure centimeters and inches. (Grades 1-6) 12)

Bulletin Boards That Teach Check out our archive of 30 bulletin board ideas for use during the school year.

Teacher-Submitted Lesson #1 For Memorial Day, students' essays build a classroom Wall of Peace.
Teacher-Submitted Lesson #2 Popular children's book teaches fractions.

Fact Monster Hunts
Primary Hunt May Hunt #4.
Ele-Middle Hunt Hunt #34.

Every-Day Edits
Primary Edits Animals A to Z: Zebra.
Ele-Middle Edits Mount St. Helens, Dolley Madison, Crater Lake

Vocab-u-lous! Words that begin with SC- blends.

5-Minute Fillers Volume 35.

Work Sheet of the Week "Memorial Day Activities" -- make a book or a windsock.

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...
Plants
Tornadoes

Just for This Month! See our May Month of Fun, May Word Search, and May Coloring Calendar. PLUS! Create your own work sheets for this months themes: Spring Flowers, Memorial Day.