Tennessee Law Allows Creationism in Classrooms
Today, if you are a science teacher in Tennessee, and a student asks you whether God created the …
Monthly Archives: April 2012
Crayon Cards Idea for your class
Tie Dye T-Shirts with Sharpie Markers
Visit Jackie’s arts and crafts tutorials for some ideas for class projects. There are great instructions for the tie dye t-shirts with …
Princess Clothing Writing Prompt
Have you students design a contemporary outfit for a literary character using clothing items found from mulitmedia sources. Have the students …
PVC Space Saver for your classroom
Get a PVC pipe from a hardware store, cut it into standard lengths, sand the edges and glue the pieces …
Milk Jug Igloo for the Reading Center
Amazing what you can do with some recycling and a hot glue gun. What a fun idea for a kindergarten …
The Always War by Margaret Peterson Haddix
School Library Journal: Gr 6 – 8 — In a future society in which the U.S. is divided by a …
And the Soldiers Sang by J. Patrik Lewis
School Library Journal: Gr 4 Up — In the midst of the bleakness of World War I on the Western …
Annotating the Text: Showing your Thinking
Successful readers have an internal dialogue going on with the author of a piece of writing. A good reading strategy …
Ghostopolis by Doug TenNapel
School Library Journal: /* Starred Review */ Gr 7 Up — When readers first meet Garth Hale, he is about …
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