Integrated, thematic units and classroom materials with reading support for intermediate and independent readers. Detailed lesson plans you can leave for substitutes are included in most of the thematic units. I hope you’ll find these materials helpful!
The Bermuda Triangle: A Thematic Unit
Students research disasters of the Bermuda Triangle through reports, newspaper and magazine articles, and letters. They analyze information to decide if it is FACT or FICTION.
Loch Ness Monster: A Thematic Unit
If you’re looking for something to fire up the troops, send your students on a scientific expedition to Loch Ness, virtually or course, with this integrated, thematic unit about the mysterious Nessie, the Loch Ness Monster.
Codes & Ciphers: A Thematic Unit
Students learn about the difference between codes and ciphers, send secret messages to each other, discover disappearing ink, and learn about how this mysterious writing has been used for thousands of years. A classroom center and substitute plans are included.
Kites: A Thematic Unit
Students explore the history and uses of kites around the world. They may build their own sled kite and write a direction sheet to show and tell how to assemble a kite.
The Mayflower: Research Center
These materials are a storehouse of primary sources to create a research center in your classroom. Students examine first-hand accounts of the voyage of the Mayflower and settling Plymouth Plantation through diaries, public records, images, and documents which have been reproduced from the original with elementary students in mind (spelling and syntax modernized).
Cave Paintings and Petroglyphs: Classroom Mini Museum
Set up a classroom mini museum, complete with artifact replicas, where students can practice rock carvings, and design their own cave painting images.
Cave Paintings and Petroglyphs: Thematic Unit
Students read and write in the travel genre as they learn about the beautiful paintings and carvings made by aboriginal people all around the world.
Historical Flags of the United States: A Classroom Center
Students read, examine, evaluate, and research information using research and task cards, worksheets, and activities as they discover historical flags of the United States.
Natural Resources of Colonial America: Classroom Center
Explore the natural resources used by the early American colonists on the East Coast of North America with these fun games and activities.
Art of the Pennsylvania Dutch: A Thematic Unit
The German settlers in the south-eastern portion of Pennsylvania were one of the first European colonists to develop their own individual style of art, which has become an important genre in the United States. Immerse your students in the lives and art of these people through this thematic study of Pennsylvania Dutch art for grades 3-4 and 5-6.
Pennsylvania Dutch Christmas Stockings: Read and Make Craft
The colorful, beautiful, and symbolic motifs used in the artwork of the Pennsylvania Dutch make lovely cards and Christmas stockings. Two sets of materials include “Read and Follow Directions” worksheets that walk students through making a cut-and-paste Christmas stocking in the Pennsylvania Dutch genre.
Rainforest: Maps, Mural, Mini Museum
Build a rainforest–right in your own classroom–using butcher paper, construction paper, cutouts (included), and silk plants. The mural directions include information for creating a stage backdrop. Multiple games and activities are included to help your students become more familiar with this beautiful part of our world.
Rainforest: Classroom Set-up Materials
Rainforests are one of the richest areas of life on our planet. Use these colorful, realistic materials to bring a little rainforest right into your classroom. Materials include a calendar, helpers chart, goal-setting bulletin board, hall passes, reward tickets, desk plates, and door poster.
Plant Press: Science Tool
Science centers are a wonderful way to foster student interest and curiosity. Collect materials and solicit help from parents to create a classroom plant press–it’ll last a lifetime. This can be a good project for dads who often aren’t able to help in the classroom!
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