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Lesson Endings
What students do after the main learning task can be just as important as what they do before and during the process of learning.
post-reading activities • purpose • main activity • summarize • reinforce
What students do after the main learning task can be just as important as what they do before and during the process of learning.
post-reading activities • purpose • main activity • summarize • reinforce
Differentiated Instruction for Visual Learners
By making simple accommodations in lesson plans, teachers can create a setting that will provide visual learners with creative learning opportunities.
differentiated instruction • visual learners • lesson plans for visual learners • types of learners • mutiple intelligences
By making simple accommodations in lesson plans, teachers can create a setting that will provide visual learners with creative learning opportunities.
differentiated instruction • visual learners • lesson plans for visual learners • types of learners • mutiple intelligences
Students Write to U.S. President
Teach persuasive writing and the meaning of freedom of speech while integrating the social studies curriculum with a literacy unit focusing on how to write a letter.
students write u.s. president • primary language arts lesson plan • letter writing lesson plan • teach letter writing skills • persuasive writing
Teach persuasive writing and the meaning of freedom of speech while integrating the social studies curriculum with a literacy unit focusing on how to write a letter.
students write u.s. president • primary language arts lesson plan • letter writing lesson plan • teach letter writing skills • persuasive writing
Plan Your Lessons Differently
Get your students thinking more creatively! Experiment with some creative ideas and methods. This article will give some insight about the use of graphic organizers.
creative • strategies • starters • teachers • students
Get your students thinking more creatively! Experiment with some creative ideas and methods. This article will give some insight about the use of graphic organizers.
creative • strategies • starters • teachers • students
Middle School Writing Resources
Writing is in an integral part of the school curriculum. Time for Kids has provided detailed instructions on a variety of writing with samples.
online writing resources • time for kids writing center • teacher writing resources • student writing resources • middle school writing resources
Writing is in an integral part of the school curriculum. Time for Kids has provided detailed instructions on a variety of writing with samples.
online writing resources • time for kids writing center • teacher writing resources • student writing resources • middle school writing resources
Cause and Effect Lesson Plan
The idea that one event causes another event to happen is one that deserves to be emphasized in language arts classes if students are to become critical readers.
cause effect lesson plan • teaching strategies reading skills • relationship cause effect • signal words cause effect • cause effect graphic organizer
The idea that one event causes another event to happen is one that deserves to be emphasized in language arts classes if students are to become critical readers.
cause effect lesson plan • teaching strategies reading skills • relationship cause effect • signal words cause effect • cause effect graphic organizer
Creative Book Responses for K-6 Classrooms
Children become more engaged in stories when they are encouraged to respond to them in a variety of ways. Use these activities to activate comprehension in K-6 students.
creative book responses • creative reading activities • reading comprehension activities • oral speaking activities • readers theatre
Children become more engaged in stories when they are encouraged to respond to them in a variety of ways. Use these activities to activate comprehension in K-6 students.
creative book responses • creative reading activities • reading comprehension activities • oral speaking activities • readers theatre
Paint a Picture with Words
Teaching students to paint a picture with rich vocabulary by using a variety of descriptive writing strategies.
paint a picture with words • descriptive writing strategies • how to write a description • visualization strategy • descriptive prompts
Teaching students to paint a picture with rich vocabulary by using a variety of descriptive writing strategies.
paint a picture with words • descriptive writing strategies • how to write a description • visualization strategy • descriptive prompts
Technology in Language Arts
Various methods of using technology in your language arts program to improve both reading and writing.
language arts • technology in language arts • language arts lessons • digital camera activity • computer-generated graphic organizer
Various methods of using technology in your language arts program to improve both reading and writing.
language arts • technology in language arts • language arts lessons • digital camera activity • computer-generated graphic organizer
The Proactive English Teacher
Being an English or language arts teacher requires lots of skills, patience, and time to commit to perfecting the practice.
teaching english • teaching language arts • proactive teaching • differentiated instruction • webbing
Being an English or language arts teacher requires lots of skills, patience, and time to commit to perfecting the practice.
teaching english • teaching language arts • proactive teaching • differentiated instruction • webbing
Apples, Apples, Apples and Pumpkin Day! Lesson
Pair the books Apples, Apples, Apples and Pumpkin Day! by Nancy Elizabeth Wallace to explore the tools this author/illustrator uses to depict two similar fall activities.
apple pumpkin lesson plan • fall-themed exploration writer illustrator craft • visiting an apple orchard • visiting a pumpkin farm • apples apples apples
Pair the books Apples, Apples, Apples and Pumpkin Day! by Nancy Elizabeth Wallace to explore the tools this author/illustrator uses to depict two similar fall activities.
apple pumpkin lesson plan • fall-themed exploration writer illustrator craft • visiting an apple orchard • visiting a pumpkin farm • apples apples apples
Differentiated Instruction for Auditory Learners
Teachers can accommodate auditory learners in lesson plans by including activities that focus on hearing and speaking.
types of learners • types of learning styles • differentiated instruction • auditory learners • mutiple intelligences
Teachers can accommodate auditory learners in lesson plans by including activities that focus on hearing and speaking.
types of learners • types of learning styles • differentiated instruction • auditory learners • mutiple intelligences
ADHD Medication and Therapy
Research indicates that for most children, the best way to treat the symptoms of ADHD is a combination of medication and behavioral therapy.
adhd medication • adhd therapy • attention deficit hyperactivity disorder medicatio • attention deficit hyperactivity disorder therapy • adhd medication side effects
Research indicates that for most children, the best way to treat the symptoms of ADHD is a combination of medication and behavioral therapy.
adhd medication • adhd therapy • attention deficit hyperactivity disorder medicatio • attention deficit hyperactivity disorder therapy • adhd medication side effects
An Introduction to Webbing
In this introductory article, the question is how do bright, advanced or gifted and talented students make sense of issues that probably seem completely unrelated.
education program for gifted youth • gifted teens • raising a gifted child • smart people • homeschooling gifted children
In this introductory article, the question is how do bright, advanced or gifted and talented students make sense of issues that probably seem completely unrelated.
education program for gifted youth • gifted teens • raising a gifted child • smart people • homeschooling gifted children
Applying Research to Writing
Bright, advanced or gifted and talented students learn to move from a thesis statement to develop an outline using various learning styles.
education program for gifted youth • gifted teens • raising a gifted child • smart people • homeschooling gifted children
Bright, advanced or gifted and talented students learn to move from a thesis statement to develop an outline using various learning styles.
education program for gifted youth • gifted teens • raising a gifted child • smart people • homeschooling gifted children
Expository Thesis Statements
Advanced students learn to understand that their ideas, beliefs, insights and hunches can be stated in a non-threatening way by writing a thoughtful thesis statement.
hands-on process-writing • brainstorming • education program for gifted youth • gifted teens • raising a gifted child
Advanced students learn to understand that their ideas, beliefs, insights and hunches can be stated in a non-threatening way by writing a thoughtful thesis statement.
hands-on process-writing • brainstorming • education program for gifted youth • gifted teens • raising a gifted child
Hands-On Process-Writing
Bright, advanced or gifted and talented students learn to actively process their compositions in both their visual and kinesthetic realms as groundwork for writing.
education program for gifted youth • gifted teens • raising a gifted child • smart people • homeschooling gifted children
Bright, advanced or gifted and talented students learn to actively process their compositions in both their visual and kinesthetic realms as groundwork for writing.
education program for gifted youth • gifted teens • raising a gifted child • smart people • homeschooling gifted children
How to Teach Reading Strategies
What's the real purpose behind teaching reading? Activities for pre-while-post stages of reading texts.
how to reach reading strategies • graphic organizers • esl • efl students • methods of motivating students to read
What's the real purpose behind teaching reading? Activities for pre-while-post stages of reading texts.
how to reach reading strategies • graphic organizers • esl • efl students • methods of motivating students to read
Improving ESL Reading Skills
This article focuses on prior knowledge which is activated even before learners start reading the text, as part of Pre-Reading Activities.
prediction • text • feature • prior-knowledge • pre-reading activity
This article focuses on prior knowledge which is activated even before learners start reading the text, as part of Pre-Reading Activities.
prediction • text • feature • prior-knowledge • pre-reading activity
Interdisciplinary Opportunities
Teachers discover how to apply the Hands-On Process-Writing technique across all disciplines.
hands-on process-writing • interdisciplinary education • mental interconnections • education program for gifted youth • gifted teens
Teachers discover how to apply the Hands-On Process-Writing technique across all disciplines.
hands-on process-writing • interdisciplinary education • mental interconnections • education program for gifted youth • gifted teens
Lesson Plan for the Trade Book Pumpkin Town!
Use the trade book Pumpkin Town! to teach elementary students the reading comprehension skills of identifying causes and effects and making predictions.
how teach cause and effect • how teach making predictions • primary pumpkin reading lesson • pumpkin town lesson plan • teach elementary reading comprehension skills
Use the trade book Pumpkin Town! to teach elementary students the reading comprehension skills of identifying causes and effects and making predictions.
how teach cause and effect • how teach making predictions • primary pumpkin reading lesson • pumpkin town lesson plan • teach elementary reading comprehension skills
Teach Brainstorming for Expository Essay Lesson
Before helping students practice writing an expository essay, teachers introduce this genre with creative brainstorming techniques that promote critical thinking skills.
teach brainstorming for expository essay lesson • expository essay lesson • essay writing with creative techniques • quotes about reading • writing lesson
Before helping students practice writing an expository essay, teachers introduce this genre with creative brainstorming techniques that promote critical thinking skills.
teach brainstorming for expository essay lesson • expository essay lesson • essay writing with creative techniques • quotes about reading • writing lesson
Using Learning Styles
Bright, advanced or gifted and talented students learn to make mental interconnections as a metacognitive skill as they discover contextual relationships in prewriting.
education program for gifted youth • gifted teens • raising a gifted child • smart people • homeschooling gifted children
Bright, advanced or gifted and talented students learn to make mental interconnections as a metacognitive skill as they discover contextual relationships in prewriting.
education program for gifted youth • gifted teens • raising a gifted child • smart people • homeschooling gifted children
Halloween Themed Descriptive Paragraphs
Middle school Halloween lesson plan to teach students how to write a spooky, scary, and creepy descriptive paragraph.
halloween themed descriptive paragraph • middle school halloween lesson plan • how to write a descriptive paragraph • spooky creepy paragraphs • halloween vocabulary
Middle school Halloween lesson plan to teach students how to write a spooky, scary, and creepy descriptive paragraph.
halloween themed descriptive paragraph • middle school halloween lesson plan • how to write a descriptive paragraph • spooky creepy paragraphs • halloween vocabulary
How to Scaffold ESL Students' Writing
Help ESL students improve written language skills by providing support and accommodations for their composition efforts.
how scaffold esl students' writing • strategies teach written composition • extend english language • improve written language skills • provide support and accommodation achieve proficie
Help ESL students improve written language skills by providing support and accommodations for their composition efforts.
how scaffold esl students' writing • strategies teach written composition • extend english language • improve written language skills • provide support and accommodation achieve proficie
Teaching Writing to Children
Are you looking for some ways to have your students warm-up before they begin to write?<br><Br> Here are a few that I’ve used with my writing classes.
writing • teaching • children • elementary • brainstorming
Are you looking for some ways to have your students warm-up before they begin to write?<br><Br> Here are a few that I’ve used with my writing classes.
writing • teaching • children • elementary • brainstorming
Group Presentation of Short Stories
Here is a group short story project that your students just might enjoy toward the end of the school year.
shortstory • groupproject
Here is a group short story project that your students just might enjoy toward the end of the school year.
shortstory • groupproject
How to Make Homeschool Lap Books
Using a file folder, paper, scissors, and glue, homeschoolers can create lapbooks to enhance their learning experiences and create keepsakes for presentation and review.
how to make lap books • homeschool lapbooks • lap book foldables • lap book extensions • homeschool learning activity
Using a file folder, paper, scissors, and glue, homeschoolers can create lapbooks to enhance their learning experiences and create keepsakes for presentation and review.
how to make lap books • homeschool lapbooks • lap book foldables • lap book extensions • homeschool learning activity
How To Use a Word Wall to Teach Reading Skills
Primary students learn sight words, sounds, rhymes, word patterns, and spelling skills during reading and writing lessons featuring a classroom Word Wall.
primary word wall activities • elementary sight word ideas • make a classroom word wall • student word wall file folders • reading lesson visual aid
Primary students learn sight words, sounds, rhymes, word patterns, and spelling skills during reading and writing lessons featuring a classroom Word Wall.
primary word wall activities • elementary sight word ideas • make a classroom word wall • student word wall file folders • reading lesson visual aid
Primary School Open House Ideas
Primary teachers set up the classroom, display student work, create visuals, design interactive parent activities, and put together volunteer projects for Parent Night.
primary school open house • elementary back to school night • meet the teacher activities • plan a parent night • how to get ready for open house
Primary teachers set up the classroom, display student work, create visuals, design interactive parent activities, and put together volunteer projects for Parent Night.
primary school open house • elementary back to school night • meet the teacher activities • plan a parent night • how to get ready for open house
Strategies to Summarize a Narrative
Story boards, news reporter, and reduction writing are just a few reading comprehension strategies to teach students how to find the main ideas in a story.
strategies to summarize a story • summarizing a narrative • teaching main ideas • reading comprehension strategies • story boards
Story boards, news reporter, and reduction writing are just a few reading comprehension strategies to teach students how to find the main ideas in a story.
strategies to summarize a story • summarizing a narrative • teaching main ideas • reading comprehension strategies • story boards
Teaching Writing with a Story Map
Story development can be easily taught to elementary students through the use of a story map.
teaching writing with a story map • help students learn how to develop a story • what needs to be included on a story map • how to use a story map • using a story map in elementary grades
Story development can be easily taught to elementary students through the use of a story map.
teaching writing with a story map • help students learn how to develop a story • what needs to be included on a story map • how to use a story map • using a story map in elementary grades
Classroom Bulletin Boards Ideas
Create awesome classroom bulletin boards with these teacher inspired ideas. Make students a part of the process and save yourself some valuable time.
classroom bulletin boards ideas • school bulletin boards ideas • kindergarten bulletin boards ideas • high school bulletin boards ideas • middle school bulletin boards ideas
Create awesome classroom bulletin boards with these teacher inspired ideas. Make students a part of the process and save yourself some valuable time.
classroom bulletin boards ideas • school bulletin boards ideas • kindergarten bulletin boards ideas • high school bulletin boards ideas • middle school bulletin boards ideas
Effective Vocabulary Strategies for K-8 Students
Pre-reading and post-reading vocabulary instruction improves conceptual understanding of content, literary comprehension, thinking skills, and oral or written expression.
k-8 vocabulary strategies • learning words and concepts • improving oral and written expression • improving reading comprehension • choosing vocabulary words
Pre-reading and post-reading vocabulary instruction improves conceptual understanding of content, literary comprehension, thinking skills, and oral or written expression.
k-8 vocabulary strategies • learning words and concepts • improving oral and written expression • improving reading comprehension • choosing vocabulary words
Elementary Lesson Plan: Learn How Pumpkins Grow
Have primary students read trade books for the purpose of gathering information about how pumpkins grow as part of this integrated reading, science, and art lesson plan.
learn how pumpkins grow • teach life cycle pumpkin plant • pumpkin seed grows pumpkin plant • elementary lesson plan • integrated activities
Have primary students read trade books for the purpose of gathering information about how pumpkins grow as part of this integrated reading, science, and art lesson plan.
learn how pumpkins grow • teach life cycle pumpkin plant • pumpkin seed grows pumpkin plant • elementary lesson plan • integrated activities
End of the Year Lesson Plan
Interesting lesson plans are difficult at the end of the school year, but incorporating film creates a positive learning environment and keep students actively engaged.
maintain student attention • keeps students actively engaged • learning at the end of the school year • cooperative learning groups • classroom management
Interesting lesson plans are difficult at the end of the school year, but incorporating film creates a positive learning environment and keep students actively engaged.
maintain student attention • keeps students actively engaged • learning at the end of the school year • cooperative learning groups • classroom management
Fall-Themed Writer's Craft Lesson Plans
Try these lesson plans based on the picture book Fall Is Not Easy by Marty Kelley for elementary activities that teach circular plot structure and figures of speech.
writer's craft lesson plans • literature-based writing activities • teach circular plot structure • teach figures of speech • analyze elements of writing
Try these lesson plans based on the picture book Fall Is Not Easy by Marty Kelley for elementary activities that teach circular plot structure and figures of speech.
writer's craft lesson plans • literature-based writing activities • teach circular plot structure • teach figures of speech • analyze elements of writing
Fostering Kids' Writing Skills
Learn how to minimize the struggle and help your child be a better, more enthusiastic writer with these classroom and parent-tested techniques.
developing writing skills in children • fostering the craft of writing in children • how to help your child be a better writer • improving student writing • tips for unblocking writer's block
Learn how to minimize the struggle and help your child be a better, more enthusiastic writer with these classroom and parent-tested techniques.
developing writing skills in children • fostering the craft of writing in children • how to help your child be a better writer • improving student writing • tips for unblocking writer's block
Go Charts to Improve Reading Comprehension
Retelling of a story is one of the functions of the Go Chart graphic organizer. A Go Chart allows students to organize the beginning, middle, and end of a story.
go charts • go chart graphical organizers • retelling organizers • story summarizing • reading comprehension strategies
Retelling of a story is one of the functions of the Go Chart graphic organizer. A Go Chart allows students to organize the beginning, middle, and end of a story.
go charts • go chart graphical organizers • retelling organizers • story summarizing • reading comprehension strategies
Ground Rules for High School Academic Discussion
One of the pitfalls of student-led discussions is that without mediation they can quickly digress into personal scenarios or even disintegrate into personal attacks.
high school academic discussion • teach students to discuss literature • discuss literature in exciting new ways • inform students of specific goals • select a topic for academic discussion
One of the pitfalls of student-led discussions is that without mediation they can quickly digress into personal scenarios or even disintegrate into personal attacks.
high school academic discussion • teach students to discuss literature • discuss literature in exciting new ways • inform students of specific goals • select a topic for academic discussion
How to Become a Better Reader
A reading program needs to have a proper build up of strategies. Where do you stand as an ESL teacher with regard to implementing them?
strategy • reading • skill • activity • reader
A reading program needs to have a proper build up of strategies. Where do you stand as an ESL teacher with regard to implementing them?
strategy • reading • skill • activity • reader
How to Improve Study Skills in High School
Teaching study skills to high school students can pose a significant challenge. High schoolers often feel that they have heard everything before, but here's a new twist.
help teens develop better study habits • student questionnaire • how to improve study habits in high school • how to improve study habits • how do you study
Teaching study skills to high school students can pose a significant challenge. High schoolers often feel that they have heard everything before, but here's a new twist.
help teens develop better study habits • student questionnaire • how to improve study habits in high school • how to improve study habits • how do you study
How to Plan a Lesson Unit
Learning how to plan a unit of lesson plans is a skill. Here are some tips to help you along.
how to plan a lesson unit • tips on preparing lessons on a theme • lesson planning • teaching skills • assessment strategies
Learning how to plan a unit of lesson plans is a skill. Here are some tips to help you along.
how to plan a lesson unit • tips on preparing lessons on a theme • lesson planning • teaching skills • assessment strategies
How To Teach Thanksgiving Using Children's Books
Primary students read Thanksgiving themed kids' books, complete Venn diagrams, make art collages, and write rhyming poems during language arts and social studies lessons.
thanksgiving themed children's books • thanksgiving lesson plans • thanksgiving poems • how to teach thanksgiving • how to use venn diagrams
Primary students read Thanksgiving themed kids' books, complete Venn diagrams, make art collages, and write rhyming poems during language arts and social studies lessons.
thanksgiving themed children's books • thanksgiving lesson plans • thanksgiving poems • how to teach thanksgiving • how to use venn diagrams
How to Teach Using Oh, What a Thanksgiving
This book by Steven Kroll can be used to develop understanding of history, writing, ability to compare and contrast, sequence, and multicultural awareness.
oh • what a thanksgiving • steven kroll • activities to develop historical awareness • writing to develop understanding of history
This book by Steven Kroll can be used to develop understanding of history, writing, ability to compare and contrast, sequence, and multicultural awareness.
oh • what a thanksgiving • steven kroll • activities to develop historical awareness • writing to develop understanding of history
Leaf Life Cycle Elementary Science Lesson Plans
Teach the leaf life cycle and how to compare and contrast the four seasons with life science elementary lesson plans based on the children's picture book Fall Is Not Easy
leaf life cycle elementary science lesson plans • elementary science lesson plan • literature-based science activities • autumn leaf life cycle lesson plan • fall is not easy lesson plan
Teach the leaf life cycle and how to compare and contrast the four seasons with life science elementary lesson plans based on the children's picture book Fall Is Not Easy
leaf life cycle elementary science lesson plans • elementary science lesson plan • literature-based science activities • autumn leaf life cycle lesson plan • fall is not easy lesson plan
Lesson Plan for the Book The Runaway Pumpkin
Use the book The Runaway Pumpkin to help students identify examples of patterned text and use them to compare and contrast story elements such as characters and events.
how to recognize patterned text • how to teach compare and contrast • primary pumpkin reading lesson • the runaway pumpkin lesson plan • how to teach rhyming
Use the book The Runaway Pumpkin to help students identify examples of patterned text and use them to compare and contrast story elements such as characters and events.
how to recognize patterned text • how to teach compare and contrast • primary pumpkin reading lesson • the runaway pumpkin lesson plan • how to teach rhyming
Love In Hand: (Part 2) Handwriting Analysis
love in hand • handwriting • handwriting analysis • penmanship • writing
love in hand • handwriting • handwriting analysis • penmanship • writing
Teaching With Intention, A New Book for Teachers
Defining beliefs, aligning practice, taking action - master teacher Debbie Miller paves the way toward building a successful teaching/learning environment.
teaching with intention • new book for classroom teachers • debbie miller • defining core beliefs aligning practice • create successful learning environment
Defining beliefs, aligning practice, taking action - master teacher Debbie Miller paves the way toward building a successful teaching/learning environment.
teaching with intention • new book for classroom teachers • debbie miller • defining core beliefs aligning practice • create successful learning environment
Motivating Students to Read
Choosing the right reading text might make the difference in the world in terms of motivating your students. Here are some tips and ideas on how to go about doing it.
reading • text • textbook • readers • student
Choosing the right reading text might make the difference in the world in terms of motivating your students. Here are some tips and ideas on how to go about doing it.
reading • text • textbook • readers • student
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