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1. | Celebrating Black History Month
What do Sarah Boone, Alexander Miles, Garrett Morgan, Robert F. Flemmings, and John Standard all have in common? They were all African-American inventors! As part of Black History Month, have your children learn about them and their inventions.
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2. | Happy New Year!
These New Year activities will help to usher in a brand new year.
January Starts the Year
January, February, March, April, May.
The first five months are A-OK.
June and July, August, September,
How many summers can you remember?
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3. | A Christmas and Chanukah Play
Learn about Christmas and Chanukah through this conversation between two friends.
Narrator: Two friends, Greg and Charlie, meet at a park on a Saturday afternoon. Greg is carrying a basketball.
Greg: Hi, Charlie! Want to shoot some hoops?!
Charlie: I surely would, Greg, but the court looks ...
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4. | Native American Culture Activities
As many children learn about Native American culture during November, here are some activities and information about our first citizens.
Do you like barbecues? How about clambakes? Well, the next time you attend one, thank the Indians! Native Americans invented them, ...
[Added: 02 Nov 2006 Hits: 100 Words: 1154]
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5. | Halloween Activities
With more and more Halloween celebrations taking place in the classroom, at home parties, or at community events, here are some cross-curricular Halloween activities for you to enjoy.
1. Read a Halloween poem or song and find rhyming words, similes, metaphors, nouns, verbs, onomatopoeia, ...
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6. | Motivating Children to Read at Home
Parents, you are your children's first - and lifelong - teacher. By instilling a love for reading in them, you will be opening up their world to a lifetime of adventure, information, and so much ...
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7. | Questions to Ask for Reading Comprehension
This article will focus on Bloom's Taxonomy of Questions...in other words, kinds of questions to ask in order to assure reading comprehension and foster higher-level thinking.
In 1956, Benjamin Bloom identified six levels of intellectual behavior important in learning. Students should ...
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8. | Reading-Comprehension Skills - Part II
Do you remember that 'reading' means understanding the author's message, not just calling out words? If you cannot answer comprehension questions after reading a page, you have not truly read anything.
There are specific reading-comprehension skills that will help you understand what you are ...
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9. | Reading-Comprehension Skills - Part I
If you can read every word on a page, are you really reading? Well, maybe and maybe not!
One definition of 'read' is "to utter aloud written matter;" if using this definition alone, of course you are reading. There is another definition, though, which says "to understand or ...
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10. | Mother's Day Activities
Do you remember this Howard Johnson song titled "M-O-T-H-E-R (A Word That Means the World to Me)?"
'M' is for the million things she gave me,
'O' means only that she's growing old,
'T' is for the tears were shed ...
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11. | April Fool's Day Activities
April Fool's Day is quite an appropriate way to begin National Humor Month. Here is some background information plus a few activities for you to enjoy.
Did you know that April Fool's Day began ...
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12. | Winter Olympics Teaching Tips
Do you recognize the names Giant Slalom, Luge, and Curling? Yes? Then you must be ready for the Winter Olympics! Here are a few suggestions to make them more meaningful to your children:
1. Let each child or small group of ...
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13. | Martin Luther King, Jr. Teaching Tips
Who was born on January 15, 1929? A man who believed in equality and peace...Martin Luther King, Jr. Here are some ways to honor this man. NOTE: If you live in a country other than America, adapt these activities for a significant person in your country's history.
1. Draw ...
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14. | Christmas Customs Around the World
December is well-known for Christmas but do you know how people in countries around the world celebrate it? Here are some customs from various parts of the world.
Australia
Greeting - Merry Christmas
Santa's Name - Santa Claus. Children leave him a piece ...
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15. | Pilgrim Trivia Teaching Tips
How much do you know about the Mayflower, Pilgrims, and Wampanoag Indians? Here are some interesting facts about them.
Before the Pilgrims hired her, the Mayflower was in the wine trade with France; before that, ...
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16. | Updated Hurricane Teaching Tips
With this severe, active, hurricane season underway, here are some ideas to make areas of the curriculum relevant to your children. There are also suggestions for dealing with the aftermath of a catastrophic hurricane. If you are in an area that experiences other natural
phenomena, just adapt these ...
[Added: 10 Sep 2005 Hits: 120 Words: 646]
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17. | Calendar Teaching Tips
Stop! Don't throw away those old calendars! There is so much you can do with a calendar to reinforce academic skills. Here are a few suggestions:
1. Writing - Use the pictures as story starters by having children write an original story, poem, or song centered around them.
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18. | Introduction Games Teaching Tips
What? Already?! Teachers are busy preparing for the new school year. One way to set a positive tone in the classroom is to make sure all the children know one another. Here are a few introduction games. (NOTE: Any group of people who need to make introductions can ...
[Added: 19 Aug 2005 Hits: 119 Words: 503]
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