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First Day of School activity: Questions and "sticky" answers: What will you need to do to be successful this year? What will you [the teacher] need to do to help you be successful this year? What do you expect to learn this year in X grade? What shou

Nouns and Verbs: color the feathers according to the color code! TONS of fun printables!

A former middle school teacher's blog. All her activities look great--no fluff and lots of learning. The best science activities I've ever found on the internet.

How To Write An Essay (+exercise)..... This is an excellent site for english teachers!!! So many work sheets and activities for every grade level!!!

10 Minute, Before Work, Butt Workout that everyone has time for!! We're helping thousands of Ladies (Just like You) Get Fit & Sexy ..

fairy tales, told by the 'other' character in the story. Boy, these are a hoot! What a great way to teach point of view!

This could be an awesome activity to keep the students busy while you take care of the first day paperwork.

M for mouse

James Rizzi birds and maybe we could do fairies in this style, too

Science experiment with magnets: Put iron-fortified cereal (like Total) in a bag with water. Let it sit for 20 min., then rub a strong magnet all around. Pull it up to the top and you'll see you've collected the actual iron from your cereal!

This gross motor activity can be done on short or long trips, in airports, at the train station, or in the middle of the big city. It will keep your child busy, moving and occupied so they quit asking "how much longer?!?!?!?!"

Character Traits Anchor Chart! Help students make sense of physical traits and personality traits when analyzing a character.

Is it High or Is it Low? Your students will fall in love with the firefly as it twinkles across the page when they select the correct answer in this interactive PowerPoint!

[to read later] This is Worth Fighting For: Our Future is Up for Grabs November 6th

Writing Long(er) middles involves specific strategies for adding details.

How-To book...perfect for How-To writing unit!

beginning of the year procedures checklist

Most of the time students understand the parts of a division problem when it is written on way but change the format of the problem and YIKES (forgotten).

“My pastor was my rapist.” An Alabama pastor is accused of raping, torturing, and sexually abusing multiple children, including the rape of a 9-year-old girl on her father’s grave.

Engineering Challenge:Can you build a car, powered by gravity, that can travel at least 100 cm without turning?Materials: (per classroom)Cardboard sheets and/or empty cardboard tubesStraws Assorted Scrap PaperMisc. craft items (beads, buttons, pipe c

5 Steps to Fighting Off Writer's Insecurity - fighting that little voice inside your head can be difficult sometimes. Read about some techniques that can help you get rid of you writer's insecurity....AND your overactive inner critic.

data collection - blank ones for my students. They love to ask questions and describe their data findings

The Seven Domains of Early Childhood Development with activities to promote each domain from I Can Teach My Child

Counseling Lesson Plans, Crafts & Ideas - The Creative School Counselor

The Second Grade Superkids: Daily 5 Station Ideas

I pulled out one of our favorite books Aliens Love Underpants. I also incorporated a writing activity in which the students wrote about things that they really liked about first grade. Check out the pic below!!!

Small world and construction areas next to each other will compliment each other and extend the possibilities of play

Show me the Evidence sentence starters. Put in writing notebooks as a reminder. This site (Oscar Learn, Oscar Teach!) has lots of great stuff!