Archives for November, 2012
Reinforce Lessons with Mini-Posters
Textbooks can cover a lot of information in a few pages, oftentimes more than a student can digest in one lesson or day. I'm always trying to find ways to ...
Easy-to-Make Holiday Gift with Tic Tacs
Just before Thanksgiving I was sent to an Education Summit out of town. I'm always eager to visit local shops when I travel, especially ones that carry handmade crafts. On this trip ...
Student Group Art: Under the Sea Bulletin Board
As one of the final projects for my science unit on fish I thought it would be fun to work as a cooperative group to create a large hallway mural. ...
Sharing Resources to Dissect Fish
For one of our science lessons this week I took both of the sixth grade classes from my school to our next door neighbor, Andrews Academy. The biology teacher there ...
European-Themed International Food Fair Booth
Every year our school holds an International Food Fair to celebrate the diversity of our student body and raise funds for Home & School. Each teacher selects a country and together ...
Creating Castle Lapbooks for Language Arts
About a week ago my students and I started reading a new book in class. The Door in the Wall by Marguerite de Angeli is a lovely story of a young ...
Music Videos that Teach History
SmartSongs is a great website for helping students learn about the presidents, Bill of Rights, branches of government and more.
After using several of their videos in class (when they fit ...