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Weather Lesson Plans
Weather is an excellent spring topic. It has the advantage of having an immediate connection with your students' lives. It's also quick and easy to fit in around the testing. Put up a bulletin board -- the Weather Frog … -
The Blind Men and the Elephant Lesson Plans
The story of the blind men and the elephant is a simple one: a group of unsighted men have their first encounter with an elephant. Since they approach the beast from different perspectives, they all end up with differe… -
Fish Classroom Theme
We need a fresh look for our classrooms, don't we? I suggested ducks for the younger grades, but if your class is too old for ducklings, then you might fancy fish. Carson-Dellosa's new dimensional fish cutouts are fresh … -
The Snow Queen Lesson Plans
The Snow Queen is a lesser-known tale by Hans Christian Andersen. It's a collection of stories, really. The first is about a mirror made by an evil sprite, which shows everything reflected in it at its worst. This mirror… -
New Lesson Plans About Insects
Lessons about insects are naturals for both spring and fall, and I've brought you plenty of them in the past (check the "science" tags if you'd like to see them). But if you teach something every year, you need some new… -
Lesson Plans for The Tortoise and the Hare
"The Tortoise and the Hare" is one of Aesop's fables, also done by Jean de La Fontaine.You can read it, and admire one of Rackham's illustrations for it, here. A shorter and easier version is online here. Here's a bri… -
Singing in the Classroom
Chanthaboune asked for more music lessons. I'm happy to oblige!Do you sing in your classroom? You know you should. Unless you teach high school chemistry (in which case you should still be singing Tom Lehrer's "The Eleme… -
Teaching About Caves
Caves can bring science, geography, and history together in a fascinating study. They make great field trips, too, especially in the summer heat.Here in Arkansas, we have plenty of stories about caves. Did Jesse James an… -
The Princess on the Glass Hill Lesson Plans
"The Princess on the Glass Hill" is one of the more obscure fairy tales, but the image of the suitors trying to get up the glass hill to the princess is familiar to most of us. Since our state frameworks mandate the use… -
World Environment Day Lesson Plans
Happy World Environment Day! For 2008, the theme is "CO2: Kick the Habit!" and the goal is to make people aware of greenhouse gases and climate change. The UN has a news report suitable for older students to read. This t…
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