Lesson Idea: Visual Diamante Poetry
Subject: Language Arts Grade(s): 3-8 Overview Students respond to a photo or visual prompt using diamanté poetry. Background Diamanté is a form of poetry that is based on specific rules of structure. With seven lines total, each with either a...
Creating Math Stories
By Lynn Trompeter I teach 3rd and 4th grade special education and am constantly making accommodations and modifications to the general education curriculum in order to teach them the same concepts, but in a way that is not so abstract. Many of my students...
Write an Earth Day Journal
Subject: Language Arts, Science Grades: 3-8 Overview Students will create a daily log of their activities that help preserve the environment and planet. Background There is no day better than Earth Day, April 22nd, to start developing habits of Eco-awareness...
Five Earth Day Writing Activities
With Earth Day approaching on April 22nd, classrooms across the country are abuzz with preparation and activity in learning about environmental awareness. This is an opportune time to get students interested in saving the environment as well as collectively...
Wonder Wednesday: What is Rain?
Hopefully winter weather has finally left your neck of the woods, but oftentimes rain showers and indoor recess continue to dampen our days. Don’t let that get you down! This season brings the chance to watch storms from a window, play in a nice...