Coloring Squared
Thanksgiving Pilgrim—Holiday Subtraction
What's the mystery picture? Pupils solve the subtraction problems in each square. Then they use the key at the bottom to determine the color of the square.
National Endowment for the Humanities
Vengeful Verbs in Shakespeare’s “Hamlet”
It's time for pupils to read, examine, and contemplate literature to explore the difference between vivid and generic verbs. Pupils distinguish between the two types of verbs as they read the ghost scene from Shakespeare's Hamlet. They...
ReadWriteThink
Comics in the Classroom as an Introduction to Narrative Structure
A picture is worth a thousand words, but a comic strip combines both images and words for the ultimate narrative effect. After reading The Three Little Pigs and deciphering the plot elements, elementary readers work through four...
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Attributes of Shapes
Students will identify the attributes of shapes and use those attributes to draw and describe shapes. This lesson contains a detailed plan, pictures of student work, and videos of the lesson in action.