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This is a unique site for a nontraditional home construction. Great for research on different building techniques in different countries for an architecture class.

Students will Learn and understand the term habitat. Discover that forests, deserts, wetlands, and grasslands are unique and separate habitats. Identify animals that live in four different environments. Animals Around Us video Crayons White construction paper, 1 sheet per student Magazines, nature calendars and other print resources with photographs of desert, forest, wetlands, and prairie environments 1.

Teach the different habitats animals live in and how they differ.

Helps you find books for your students at different levels, with lesson plans for some.

Interesting conversation about type of practice between sports and math.

For Unit 5 Activity 1

few readings that I have found useful

Webquest that relates the novel: animal farm to the different forms of government

Create all different kinds of word puzzles for your classes!

The presence of books in the home has a greater influence on a childs level of education than does the parents income, nationality, or level of education. A 20-year study shows how investing in books can make a big difference. Included: Highlights of the study. I thought this was pretty interesting. How many of our students have never had a book read to them at home?

The presence of books in the home has a greater influence on a childs level of education than does the parents income, nationality, or level of education. A 20-year study shows how investing in books can make a big difference. Included: Highlights of the study.

Interesting research about success in school

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Everybody wins when parents volunteer ! Kevin Walker, the founder of Project Appleseed, a nonprofit organization, is helping schools involve parents. The organization has created a list of 37 different ways parents can help and is on its way to recruiting 5 million parent volunteers nationwide. Included: The Project Appleseed Parental Involvement Pledge.

Provides a great way to enhance vocabulary, writing and interent usage skills.

There are so many terms in science that pertain to different topics. This lesson helps students to understand how these words can be juggled around in different contents. I used the term plasma with this lesson also.

teaching method to help reluctant readers

Assistive technology can make a huge difference for students with special needs. Here are eight recommendations for tools and devices.

On this interactive Web site, kids can learn fun facts about different continents and the languages spoken there.

The key to success in a test as daunting as TOEFL® is in detailed, intense and purposeful preparation. What one individual needs to get to their goals is different from what the next one might need. This is why the need to have one personalized study plan based on one's needs and situation arises.

Great site for math tutorials, but has posts for many different school subjects.

Having a variety of groups throughout the day I find that I am always looking for different ways to present a concept. This particular site had a multitude of activities for students and activities for educators (needing PD ideas).

Students will: 1. learn what probability is, 2. learn different ways to express probability numerically: as a ratio, a decimal, and a percentage, and 3. learn how to solve problems based on probability. The class will need the following: 1. Begin the lesson by asking students to define probability (the likelihood or chance that a given event will occur).

This website has many different ideas for brain breaks that you can use with your students and most include adaptations.

This website has many different sites that are made for teachers under topics such as lesson plans, art, assessment, beginning teachers, etc.