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Best Christmas Books for Elementary Kids

The best Christmas books for primary kids include The Polar Express, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, If You Take a Mouse to the Movies, and The Night Before Christmas. more...

Best Thanksgiving Books for Elementary Kids

The Night Before Thanksgiving, Thanksgiving is for Giving Thanks, One Little Two Little Three Little Pilgrims, and 10 Fat Turkeys are fun Thanksgiving books for kids. more...

Poetry Themed Bulletin Boards for Primary Kids

Teachers can use classroom bulletin boards as a visual aid to teach students about different types of poems, how to write poetry, and to display kids' writing. more...

How to Teach Elementary Kids to Make Predictions

Primary students use the author's picture clues in The Mitten to practice the prediction reading comprehension strategy and write and illustrate a winter themed story. more...

How To Use a Word Wall to Teach Reading Skills

Primary students learn sight words, sounds, rhymes, word patterns, and spelling skills during reading and writing lessons featuring a classroom Word Wall. more...

Writer's Workshop for Elementary Kids

Teachers use writing, researching, grammar, vocabulary and spelling mini-lessons along with rubrics and conferencing to teach primary students to use the writing process. more...

Word Splash Vocabulary Strategy for Primary Kids

Primary school teachers can motivate students to learn new words and definitions in math, science, and social studies using the Word Splash vocabulary strategy. more...

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Kindergarten and First Grade Scarecrow Ideas

By: Sallie Schaaf Borrink

Scarecrows are a fun part of fall, and kindergarten and first grade children will find a special unit featuring them along with barns and animals to be enjoyable. more...

Simple October and Fall Classroom Activities

By: Sallie Schaaf Borrink

Fall provides teachers with opportunities to use easy writing prompts and creative projects. Students will enjoy writing about October, autumn, Halloween, and pumpkins. more...

Kindergarten and First Grade Pumpkin Unit Ideas

By: Sallie Schaaf Borrink

Kindergarten and first grade children find pumpkins naturally interesting so it is a great age for a special fall or October pumpkin unit with crafts, fun books and more! more...

Helping Young Children Read and Write at Home

By: Jane Kelly

Reading and writing development often "takes off" when children start school, so this is a really good time to give them all the support they need. more...

Learning to Write in School

By: Jane Kelly

Literacy is often associated with starting school. However, early writing skills begin to develop before this, enabling schools to build on children's prior learning. more...

Homework in the Early Years

By: Jane Kelly

Homework is a contentious issue and opinion is often divided between those who favour it and those who do not. more...

Making Math Fun

By: Kathy Myers

Math can be a very dry subject, but using hands on activities can really hydrate the the experience. more...

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