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The first step for writing really is having something to say. Begin with an outline and a rubric. You can download our Pirate Adventure writing sheet as a starting point. You can also download our KWL sheet, also focused on pirates. Visit our Pirate Theme page for links and… Continue reading
Rush for the Gold: Mystery at the Olympics by John Feinstein is a young adult novel set at the London Olympics and the run-up to them. The main character, Susan Carol Anderson, is a competitive swimmer. She learns firsthand, as she prepares for the competition, that it’s easy for a… Continue reading
Throughout our history, we humans have wanted to go from one place to another, and to take things from one place to another, so a lot of our ingenuity has gone into transportation. We have a number of relevant classroom themes and lesson plan collections already posted: Trucks lesson plans… Continue reading
Combine research, art, and writing to create a great classroom project that can be anything from a quick classroom activity to an organizing system for a major science unit. The basic idea is to have each student create a labeled picture that shares information, then put them all together into… Continue reading
Writing can be a pleasure, especially with fun, highly motivating writing assignments. How about superheroes for a writing theme? Check out our list of great superhero writing prompts: The most obvious writing assignment for a superhero theme is writing a comic book or, less ambitiously, a comic strip. have students… Continue reading
Math and superheroes go together like Batman and Robin. If you’re using a superhero theme for your classroom, take advantage of that. Math class? Make it your ongoing theme. There’s a ready-made bulletin board set: Math Superheroes Bulletin Board Set has 8 lively posters with captions like, “Probability woman says there’s… Continue reading
Even if it’s not an Olympics year, the Olympics can be a great classroom theme. Olympics theme bulletin boards can always say, “Go for the Gold!” [amazon_link asins=’B004Y7WCN8,B0019HX3CK,B01JVT3D2W,B074TBRDWX’ template=’ProductCarousel’ store=’us-1′ marketplace=’US’ link_id=’08f2976f-43f3-11e8-b45e-a77f5a0b6107′] Visit the Olympics website. As of this writing, it’s showing Pyeongchang. Work on visual intelligence and reading… Continue reading
“The Emperor’s Nightingale” is a story by Hans Christian Andersen, a Danish author, set in China. In the story, the Emperor of China discovers a nightingale, a bird which sings so beautifully that its song restores the ailing Emperor’s health. The Emperor of Japan sends a mechanical singing bird to… Continue reading
Mars is our neighbor in space, and it has thrilled Earthlings for centuries. We offer three great lesson plans for getting to know this neighbor. Online resources: Look at Mars. This is a project of Google Sky, and you should look at it if nothing else. NASA’s Mars page NASA’s… Continue reading
