Epilepsy Lessons: These four sets of lesson plans from The Epilepsy Classroom (one for each grade range, PreK-K, 1-4, 5-8, and 9-12) can help you share vital information with your students about this widespread condition.
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Every-Day Edits
Use this daily practice activity to build skills, cultural literacy, and test scores. (Grades 3-8)
Backpack-tivities
These @Home learning activities involve students and parents together. (Grades Pre-K-8)
Math Cross Puzzles
Build a wide variety of math skills with these math "crossword" puzzles. (Grades 3-12)
Vocab-u-lous!
Challenge middle-grade students to build a fabulous vocabulary. (Grades 5-12)
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.
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.
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.
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 TeachBuilding Money $kills -- Learning about money can be fun using this "Build Your Money $kills" bulletin board.
From the Math MachinePenguin Waiter is a fun Web site for teaching about percentages and money. (Grades 4-12)
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