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These fun and festive Thanksgiving-inspired classroom craft projects let students use their creative styles to design unique Indian corn patterns, paint cheerful pilgrim characters, and build turkeys with their own hand tracings and thumbprints. |
Our October-themed crafts are a mix of tricks and treats. Your students can create pumpkins and patches to celebrate the harvest, build owls in different colors and sizes, or design their own bats and ghosts for Halloween. Don't worry, these creations are more friendly than scary! |
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From the publisher of The 39 Clues and Infinity Ring, a new multiplatform fantasy adventure – with many themes and learning opportunities to explore. Use these Common Core aligned resources to bring the magic and fun of Spirit Animals to your classroom. |
Welcome autumn into the classroom with these apple-themed art projects, leaf decorations, and personalized nameplates. |
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Teachers share the best tips, strategies, and shortcuts for starting the new school year. |
Tips and expert advice for teachers and parents on reassuring children after natural disasters strike. |
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Grades:
3–5
Share the Family Tree series with your students! Written by Ann M. Martin, author of the classic Baby-sitters Club series, Family Tree is a quartet of books told from the point of view of four generations of a family. |
Students will write a formal letter to a poet at the Academy of American Poets, asking about a poem and the poet's voice. |
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After reading poems by contemporary poets, students discuss what makes a writer's voice unique. |
In these activities, students continue to explore the voice of poets and then write an informal letter to a poet asking about how a poem was written. |
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In this lesson, students identify poets whose poetic voices speak to them and then select one of these poets and a poem to consider more deeply. |
This unit plan from the Academy of American Poets encourages students to explore poems by historical and contemporary poets. |
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Bring lessons to life with these engaging craft projects that celebrate spring, St. Patrick's Day, Mother's Day, and more! |
Use historical texts and biographies to introduce your students to two of the most influential men of the 19th century |
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Seasonally-themed craft projects for Groundhog Day, the Chinese New Year, Presidents' Day, and more! |
Teach about the causes of the Civil War, Abraham Lincoln, and the Emancipation Proclamation with these resources and ideas from Scholastic and other websites. |
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Celebrate the holiday season with these craft ideas for Kwanzaa wreaths, reindeer puppets, snowmen ornaments, and more! |
Commemorate this iconic American author's November 30th birthday with these books and resources. |
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All of the graphic organizers, worksheets, and other downloadable teaching resources featured in the Teachers Guide to Using Storia |
Teacher's guides and activities for use with Storia e-books |
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Grades:
6–8
This riveting collection of true tales introduces readers to World War II through the stories of ten brave heroes. The book gives students the opportunity to explore the theme of heroes, practice summarizing, and examine the meaning of words related to war. Activities engage students in argument writing, creating time lines, and creating an award for heroism. |
Grades:
3–5
What would happen if a killer whale met up with a great white shark? Author Jerry Pallotta answers this question with fascinating facts about the two ocean animals. The book provides an opportunity to teach compare and contrast, content area vocabulary, and the topic of predators and prey in nature. Activities will engage students in creating their own “Who Would Win?” contest and writing a compare and contrast essay. |
