ART
Garden Journal
Create a garden journal with your students and share in the excitement of gardening. (K-3) - Andrea Mulder-Slater
Monoprints
A great introduction to printmaking that's fun and easy to do. (K-6) - Andrea Mulder-Slater
Pumpkin Seed Mosaics
Don't throw out those seeds. Create a work of art while learning about the history of mosaics. (K-6) - Andrea Mulder-Slater
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CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT
September Rules
Concept attainment lesson to help organize the classroom. (4-6) - Jack Greenwell
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CROSS CURRICULAR
Halloween Sponge Painting
Connecting art and poetry in October. (K-6) - Angela Weeks
Transportation
Ten Moving Activities that travel across the grades. (K-6) - Andrea Mulder-Slater
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GEOGRAPHY
Do the TallyWalker
The basics of mapmaking. (4-6) - Bob Culbertson
Passport to the World
An incentive activity, recordkeeping tool, and learning experience. (K-6) - Debbie Nelson
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LANGUAGE ARTS
Nursery Rhymes with a Twist
Using a thesaurus as a tool. (4-6) - Pam Morgan
Poetry Pebbles
A great way to get those creative writing juices flowing. (4-6) - Andrea Mulder-Slater
Writing Haiku
Practicing the skills of dividing words into syllables, counting syllables, and searching for words to fit a structure. (4-6) - Cindy Funkhouser
Writing Round Robin
Working cooperatively in a small group. (4-6) - Janice McNair
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SCIENCE
Bubble, Bubble, Oh How They Bubble
Allowing students the opportunity to learn the steps of the scientific method. (4-6) - Janice McNair
Geophysics (Huh?) : (Where "plates" don't hold potato salad.)
A Natural history/science activity. © Bob Culbertson.
Crystal Painting
Showing students how crystals form. (4-6) - Janice McNair
Snow Science
A great lesson that combines science and art. (K-6) - Lorie Marchant
The Need for Recycling
The importance of recycling materials that are not decomposed by nature. (4-6) - Janice McNair
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SPANISH
Classroom Objects
Learning Spanish vocabulary words for classroom object. (4-6) - Debra Lynn Williams
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