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Subject(s) Literature Language Arts Technology Grade Adaptable for all grade levels Brief Description In this lesson, which encourages students to think about the sounds of poems and to enjoy reading them, students use lip-syncing software to produce an animated talking head. Objectives Students will develop their enjoyment and appreciation of the sound of poetry.

Excellent resource for all subject areas and grade levels.

Students use checkbooks and real bookkeeping skills to keep track of their finances just like they would if they were older.

There's no need to adopt all facets of a token economy such as Beth Moore's all at once. The fifth grade teacher recommends starting small with classroom jobs. Next, give students "salaries" for their work in the form of coins or classroom currency. The checkbook is another strong step.

How the school counselors can be utilized in the best ways to make the school better in ways for everyone involved.

Elementary-school counselors can help achievement, behavior, and reduce staff stress, if used effectively.

Counselors can provide valuable support to students, teachers, parents, and principals. The key is to let them do their jobs.

This site gives tips on how to connect classroom read alouds to standards.

Here's a list of ideas for making every read-aloud count, while assuring your principal that you are focused on meeting standards.

This is one in a series of articles that Cathy Puett Miller writes giving practical suggestion on how to get read alouds to cover the "standards"

Use this as a nonfiction text for my fifth graders about this time of year, sickness, sickness, sickness!

It's report card time and you face the prospect of writing constructive, insightful, and original comments on a couple dozen report cards or more. A daunting task? Not with Ed World's help! Included: 100 positive report card comments for you to use and adapt.

Teacher tools and templates. This is a great place to find templates quickly. They have templates for calenders, assessment tool, parent teacher communication and much , much more.

This shows a huge list of templates for all grades.

Need a template? Check out this amazing link to find a template that just right for your project at hand.

Building instruments and using geometry

Looking for ways to keep kids engaged in math, science and reading? Our Learning Machine archives provide links to fun online games that help you teach and reinforce important academic skills. Search the lists below for games you might use with your whole class. The activities are great for "reward time," too!

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A support page for the presentation Digital Storytelling meets the CCSS

Digital storytelling is one way for students and teachers to share their knowledge. This page includes links to support the use of digital storytelling for both teaching and learning. If you find a link that is not working, please let me know the title and I will fix it.And, if you have another great digital storytelling site to share, let me know as well!

We provide a large collection of worksheets and free downloadable resources on a wide range of topics. The majority of their worksheets are intended for elementary school students but some are for older students. Using our platform allows teachers and tutors to save time by making their students better at specific topics and skills.

in our Gallery of Coloring Pages, we have a large selection of simple coloring pages. This collection is organized according to famous themes such as princesses, castles, knights, science fiction, and comic books. So, you can download these coloring pages to color them for entertainment when you are bored or have too much free time. In fact, these coloring sheets are very useful when camping or traveling. Therefore, you can just take them with you wherever you go.