The authors explain strategies for using bilingual books to foster literacy development with ESL learners. They argue that the presence of books in other languages in the classroom library sends a clear message about the value of...

The authors explain strategies for using bilingual books to foster literacy development with ESL learners. They argue that the presence of books in other languages in the classroom library sends a clear message about the value of...

This video segment from NOVA: "The Mystery of Animal Pathfinders" explores the migratorial exploits of monarch butterflies. [4:39]

This resource provides an overview to the "Special Education Process" so that the learner may understand the global procedures for providing a student with disabilities a free and appropriate education.

This easy-to-read article explains this creative thinking method and gives suggestions for using it with lessons that are already in use in the classroom. Includes a bibliography.

In this site dedicated to beloved children's author Beatrix Potter you can view a list of her works, many with links to the texts. Stories include Peter Rabbit, Benjamin Bunny, Mrs. Tiggie Winkle, and more! Includes links to many other...

This article from Education Week discusses a study where kindergartners who shared iPads in class scored higher on literacy assessments than their peers in 1-to-1 or tablet-free classrooms. The researcher said the results suggest that...

Students will create a PowerPoint slide show presentation and brochure on a famous African American icon from the Alabama Calendar. Students may select famous African Americans from Alabama such as Rosa Parks, Vonetta Flowers, Dr. Mae...

Tad the Tadpole is designed to demonstrate how pollution in various areas affects wildlife in their native habitats. The lesson is designed to stress the importance of conservation for animals and their surrounding environment. Upon...

This flowchart provides a guideline for the steps to be taken when school officials deem that disciplinary removal is necessary for a special education student. From the Washington Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction.

Lesson plan for kindergarten and first grade that teaches about the beginning, middle, and end of a story along with dealing with trauma and loss by using the story "Bridgett Bunny?s Ordinary Day That Wasn?t" (link to the text included)....

With the new push for 21st century skills in education there is an increasing need to teach creative thinking skills to students. This page lists 12 reasons why we should study creativity and why it is important.

This Daily Teaching Tools resource provides a reading list with motivational books. Newbery Award winners and Caldecott Award winners make up the majority of the list.

This set of note cards was created by kindergarten students from the Anser Public Charter School in Boise, Idaho, as part of a year-long Learning Expedition on birds. Each student became a specialist in his or her specific species of...

This collection of trading cards was created by 5th and 6th graders at Shutesbury Elementary School in Shutesbury, Massachusetts, as part of a choice-based fictional reading project. Each student selected a fiction book that he or she...

This calendar was created by 1st grade students in Springfield, Massachusetts, as part of their "Parks as a Neighborhood Resource" Learning Expedition. Students investigated a neighborhood resource while also learning about the function...

This picture book was created by a high school junior from the Kanu o ka 'Aina New Public Charter School on The Big Island of Hawaii, a K - 12 Hawaiian-Immersion school. It was created for younger, elementary-aged students, as part of an...

This field guide was created by 2nd graders in Springfield, Massachusetts. It was part of a two-month Learning Expedition that included field observation and collection, classroom experimentation and research, reading from books and...

This lesson idea comes from the book "Big Messy Art." Using one board and several lumps of clay see what your students can do with their imagination and teamwork.

A very basic lesson idea to get young artist to begin thinking about positive and negative space with the help of some tape.

Kids will have fun snapping chalk lines onto paper and then painting in the parts. Can be used as a way to teach parts and their relation to the whole or even more complex as fractions.

A brief but helpful overview of the motor-speech disorder dysarthria, outlining the symptoms and treatment.

Biographical sketch of Mia Hamm.

Biographical sketch of Mia Hamm.