What better way to introduce your students to a short online research project than with a state report? There are lots of fun state history project ideas for teachers to share with their elementary students to get them excited about the unique history of their state. These ideas don't have to involve lots of prep either, but your students will love doing the work themselves as they learn more about their state. Just set up some links to a few reliable websites and watch your researchers take … [Read more...]
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How I Use an Online Lesson Planner to Easily Write Detailed Lessons
It’s only the beginning of February, but the winter weather has caused several snow days in my district. This used to mean lots of time devoted to erasing and re-writing my lesson plans by hand. Not anymore! Now that I am using an online lesson planner, writing (and revising) lesson plans has never been so […]
Quick and Easy Reading Workshop Mini-Lessons for Busy Teachers
Can anyone explain why reading workshop mini-lessons, which last only 10 minutes, take an hour to plan? What’s up with that?! Am I the only one that wishes a mini-lesson had a minimum amount of prep time? I didn’t think so. Read on, teacher friends, about how you can quickly plan your reading workshop mini-lessons […]