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Savanna Safari Mural
Turn a corner of your classroom into an African savanna! Step-by-step directions show you how to make a beautiful background for a classroom center or mini museum. Get a Sample Mural Savanna Safari or learn more. I hope you are all … Continue reading
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Christmas Stockings
Here’s a simple, fun, and educational activity for your kiddos. Students learn some of the common design elements of the Pennsylvania Dutch style, and use the information to create a cut-and-paste Christmas stocking. Directions, tracers, and background information are all … Continue reading
Land Regions of a State: Interest Groups
I am sharing some units and projects which I’ve used with groups of students of widely varying ability and achievement levels. Since I teach thematically (no matter what grade or type of class I may be working with), I tend to think … Continue reading
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Egypt: Lesson Accommodations
For the next few weeks I’m going to share some lessons which I’ve used with groups of students of widely varying ability and achievement levels. Since I teach thematically (no matter what grade or type of class I may be … Continue reading
All About Me–Writing Lesson Plans
For the next few weeks I’m going to share some lessons which I’ve used with groups of students of widely varying ability and achievement levels. Since I teach thematically (no matter what grade or type of class I may be … Continue reading
Easter Egg Bird Nest Baskets
These sweet little baskets are sturdy, simple, and easy to make, and they are strong enough to hold a couple of chicken eggs, and plenty of jelly beans or small chocolate eggs. There are three different sets of directions included, … Continue reading
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Workshop Style Teaching–From Jenn’s Point of View
Jenn is a middle school language arts and social studies teacher. By definition she is integrating instruction. She describes these twin focuses as content goals (social studies outcomes), and process goals (language arts skills). Here is a little excerpt from … Continue reading
Planning a Thematic Unit
Planning an individual thematic unit is not much different from regular lesson planning, and because of the work you’ve already completed in selecting and organizing the themes, and listing the resources you have available, you can just start filling in … Continue reading
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