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This is a great website to use for teaching students about Lewis and Clark and engaging them in lesson plans and activities related to Lewis and Clark and their Journey West. Another website teachers can use for lesson plans and activities for teaching about Lewis and Clark is: http://www.pbs.org/lewisandclark/class/idx_les.html

Love this site - I am always looking for new websites for kids, and these are current and have reviews about how good or bad they are. You can also subscribe to get a weekly email about new sites and their reviews.

Book Blog for kids who like to READ! "I'll be writing about books I've read, and inviting you to make comments. This is a place for you to share your thoughts about books with me and with other kids. Remember, readers are leaders! Love, Mrs. Horowitz"

Great information about using Web 2.0 in the classroom.

Learn the story about Remind101 and about the team that builds the service.

Today's topic again focuses on another valuable teacher freebie, and free is in my price range.How about you? Today's post gives each of us a rare professional development opportunity - learning from other teachers who teach the same curriculum as you.Think about it.Wouldn't the idea of having just a first grade teacher conference be phenomenal?How about a drama teacher conference?Or one for middle school English teachers?What sort of conversations would you have?What resources would you share?

Are you teaching the true Thanksgiving story or is the version you're passing on to your students a blend of fact and myth? Ready to set the record straight? "I propose that there may be a good deal that many of us do not know about our Thanksgiving holiday and also about the 'First Thanksgiving' story," says Chuck Larsen in the introduction to Teaching About Thanksgiving.

Grade 6-8 9-12 Brief Description Students view photographs of migrant families during the Great Depression, try to interpret the photos to answer questions about the subject's life, and then write a cinquain poem based on their interpretations. Objectives Students willGain understanding of the personal struggles faced during the Great Depression Learn to interpret information from a visual medium (photograph) and express that knowledge in written form (poem).

Great hands on learning about strength and structure, hands-on learning

Classroom Lessons and Activities all about Spring

This site has a lot of useful tips, lesson plans, and worksheets to teach students in elementary and middle school. The material and information covers content areas including reading, writing, math, science, and social students. It also includes lesson plans and activities for history.

a middle school class learning about social studies -travel and food

A great resource for creating, modifying or "stealing" rubric for just about any subject. I have used this for a number of year. You can create and save rubrics to the site and share them.

Interesting conversation about type of practice between sports and math.

For Unit 5 Activity 1

The Teacher Survival Kit The Best Place for Lesson Plans Before and After Bad Weather More About Us Does that big approaching storm have you worried? Too much rain in your area lately? What about earthquakes, fires, tornadoes and mudslides? If rough weather or natural disasters cut into your classroom time, you need to be prepared.

A new development in the ever-evolving realm of social media has given parents and educators something new to worry about. "Digital responsibility" is a major buzzword for middle- and high-school educators, and schools increasingly are teaching teens and pre-teens about the consequences of inappropriate posting to social media platforms. Now, professors from three universities have developed what is being called the "Facebook Score."

Great info for when I teach about natural disaters.

Music sites offer kids information about composers, conductors, and musical instruments, while providing them with opportunities to see, hear, play, and compose their own music. Included: Nearly three-dozen tuneful sites.

Practical site for elementary music research.

Music sites offer kids information about composers, conductors, and musical instruments, while providing them with opportunities to see, hear, play, and compose their own music.