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End-of-Year Reviews Is review time a deadly bore for you and your students? Add a little fun to review time and you might be surprised. Games will spice up reviews, revive interest, and ensure retention. Included: Five activities for use in all subjects, all grades.

End-of-Year Projects #1 Keep students engaged til the end. Fill the final days of the school year with these lessons.

Spelling Power Each May, students compete in the National Spelling Bee. But, in most classrooms, spelling is a yearlong activity -- and Education World has all the resources you will need to spark excitement about spelling. Find spelling games and more to help students spell up a s-t-o-r-m.

Asian Heritage Month Explore the culture, the people, the literature.

Fitness Month May is National Physical Fitness and Sports Month, but everyone knows that kids need physical education all year long. That’s why Education World’s archive "teems" with article, lessons, resources, and activities focused on PE.

Fantastic Field Days Dozens of ideas, plus tips for field day success.

Memorial Day What does Memorial Day mean to your students? Do they grasp the significance -- or the sheer number -- of American men and women who have died serving their country so the rest of us might enjoy freedom? Included: Five lessons help students understand the meaning of Memorial Day -- plus links to more than 2 dozen more lessons.

Children’s Book Week Celebrate Book Week (May 12-18) with these activities, crafts, projects, much more.

Lesson Plan of the Day See lesson plans posted on recent days. Search for lessons by subject.

Friday Fun This fun game builds vocabulary and creativity.

Learning Game of the Week Memorize quotes in teams in the "100 Famous Quotes" game.

News for Kids Jeff Deck is traveling the U.S. correcting spelling and punctuation errors that he spots on signs.

Vicki Cobb’s Show-Biz Science Use the sun to launch a hot-air balloon made from a garbage bag.

Box Cars and One-Eyed Jacks Math Games With Joanne and Jane This week: "Snap Two It – Addition."

Early Childhood Teaching Themes
Water
May Flowers and the Five Senses
We Love Trees

Design a Community Flag Students in grades 3-8 research basic principles for flag design, find out how their city's flag ranked in a national survey, and then use the computer to create their own community flag.

Writing Bug You have been asked to design a new video game for kids. What kind of game would you create?

Bulletin Boards That Teach Building Money $kills -- Learning about money can be fun using this "Build Your Money $kills" bulletin board.

From the Math Machine Penguin Waiter is a fun Web site for teaching about percentages and money. (Grades 4-12)

Teacher-Submitted Lesson #1 "Spur" interest in cowboy life, Old West.
Teacher-Submitted Lesson #2 Another fun game for math review, practice.

Every-Day Edits
Primary Edits Edit info about animals from A to Z.
Ele-Middle Edits New editing activities month by month.

Fact Monster Hunts
Primary Hunt June Hunt #1.
Ele-Middle Hunt Hunt #35.

Vocab-u-lous! Words that begin with SL- blends.

5-Minute Fillers Volume 36.

Work Sheet of the Week "Number Patterns" -- two complete-the-patterns activities.

Best Books for Teaching About…
Each week, Education World presents our Editors’ Choices for the best books for teaching about popular classroom themes. Check out our choices and add your own recommendations to the Readers’ Voices section of this week’s themed booklists:
Best Books for Teaching About...
Memorial Day
The Life Cycle

Just for This Month! See our May Month of Fun, May Word Search, and May Coloring Calendar. PLUS! Create your own work sheets for this month’s themes: Spring Flowers, Memorial Day….