Quotation-a-Day
A quotation a day: just what the language doctor ordered. Many teachers have discovered the power of famous quotations. They use quotations to develop students' writing and critical thinking skills. Included: "Why use quotations?" plus a quotation a day for 180 days of school.
Punctuation Day
Recognize National Punctuation Day (September 24) with some of our "Grammar Without the Hammer" lesson plans and Every-Day Edit daily activities.
Constitution Day
Dozens of resources and lesson ideas for recognizing Constitution Day (September 17) this year.
Apple Lessons
Soon, reams of red construction paper will disappear from school supply rooms as teachers introduce their annual apple-themed lessons and celebrate the September 26 birthday of Johnny Appleseed. This is the perfect time to sample some of Education World's apple activities. Take your pick!
October Is Bullying Prevention Month
Education World offers ten lessons designed to teach students to respect diversity and resolve differences peacefully. Included: Activities for teaching about empathy, anger management, and effective conflict resolution. For more bullying resources, be sure to see our Bullying Archive.
Teaching Tolerance
These lessons work well during the first weeks of school, or anytime. Included: Lessons on stereotyping, appreciating differences, recognizing how words can hurt (or heal), and more.
More Timely Lesson Themes Teaching About Hurricanes Every-Day Activitiesbr
Ideas for All Year Long Remembering September 11 Grandparents Day More for Grandparents Day
Lesson Plan of the Day
See lesson plans posted on recent days: Mondays Lesson of the Day Plot daily high/low temps on this bulletin board. Follow-up activities included. (Grades K-12) Tuesdays Lesson of the Day Use a color key to read a fall foliage map. Printable work sheet included. (Grades 3-8) Wednesdays Lesson of the Day Practice adding a column of numbers. (Grades 3-5) Thursdays Lesson of the Day Compare, contrast current and historical maps of your community. (Grades 3-12) Fridays Lesson of the Day A weekly writing assignment results in a year-end volume of work that documents students' writing progress. (Grades K-12)
See more Lesson Plans of the Day.
Learning Game of the Week
Review many skills with the "Concentration" Review Game.
Box Cars and One-Eyed Jacks Math Games With Joanne and Jane
This week: Baseball Three teaches multiplying 2-digit numbers.
Friday Fun
This fun game builds vocabulary and creativity.
Vicki Cobbs Show-Biz Science
Discover why we don't feel the earth move.
From Our
Early Childhood
Activity Bank
5 Special Activities for This Week Whose Apple Tree? Apple Taste Test Apple Recipes: Yum! Leaves Are Falling Leaf-Shaped Cookies
From the Learning Machine
Explore the coolest resources on the Web. From the Reading Machine Letter Matching reinforces spelling and vowels. (Grades K-2) From the Math Machine Line Jumper is a fun Web site for teaching about basic operations, negative numbers, and number lines. (Grades 1-7) From the Science Machine
Use Hooray! to explore the topics of eyes, vision, and biology. (Grades 2-6)
Teacher-Submitted Lesson Plans Teacher Lesson #1
Write a bio poem about Tomie dePaola's Adelita. Teacher Lesson #2
A BINGO-like game builds equivalent fraction skills. Teacher Lesson #3
Learn longitude, latitude using yarn and a human globe. Teacher Lesson #4
Create a class ABC Book of Tongue Twisters.
More Lesson Ideas Sudoku Puzzles Book Report Makeover Backpack-tivities (Homework Activities) Technology Lesson Plans
Bulletin Boards That Teach Boggle Your Mind -- Update this bulletin board once each week for spelling fun.
5-Minute Fillers
Volume 25.
Month of Fun: September
See some timely, fun, and educational Web resources for kids: Grandparents Word Search (Grades 2-4) Supermarket Spree Game (Grades 1-4) Hurricane House (Grades K-3) Famous Latinos Crossword Puzzle (Grades 9-12) Math Baseball (Grades 3-8) Citizenship Test (Grades 7-12) The Grammar Gorillas Parts-of-Speech Game (Grades 3-8)
Just for This Month!
See our September Month of Fun, September Word Search, and September 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...Friendship
Best Books for Teaching About...Bullies
See more great books for students and classroom teaching themes.
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This Week's Feature
Arts & Crafts Supplies
Looking for a great source of drawing supplies, tempera paints, or craft supplies such as glitter or wiggly eyes? The Education World Marketplace has everything you might need or want for classroom art projects.
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