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Main Idea-How To Teach It

Many students struggle with finding the main idea in elementary school. Students tend to confuse the main idea as the summary of a story. When asked for the main idea students tend to retell what a story or...

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Third Grade Lesson Plans

These are some of my favorite third grade lesson plans. I have homeschooled three children. All of them but one have already graduated. I would have loved to have found free third grade lesson plans when I...

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The Doublespeak Campaign, The Doublespeak Award, The Orwell Award and the NCTE

I came across an interesting section in a big coffee table-sized book I have had for a while, The Cambridge Encyclopedia of The English Language. It's a cool book, crammed with all kinds of things about the...

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Read to Your Kids: A Read-Aloud Guide for Teachers and Parents

One of the most rewarding parts of teaching is reading aloud to a captive audience of young children who beg you not to stop and who hold onto every word you say. Reading aloud to children of all ages can be...

2 comments    how to education tips
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Romeo and Juliet Lesson Plans

The following Romeo and Juliet lesson plans are mostly for the high school, specifically the ninth grade. Several require internet access, and almost all of the Romeo and Juliet lesson plans cover several...

1 comment    love how to education
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First Grade Lesson Plans

Free first grade lesson plans are rampant on the internet. The problem is the time that it takes to wade through all of the lesson plans. I have homeschooled three children from kindergarten through high...

5 comments    how to education children
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Childrens Literature - Nonfiction Genres

As a third grade teacher, I try to encourage students to read from a variety of genres in order to comply with the California Language Arts Standard of reading and responding to a variety of literature.

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Techies Come Hither: ELA Lesson - Persuade Me

Grade levels 3 - 5 Planning About five to seven 45 minute lessons Preparation Ensure that you have a projector and have bookmarked the video clip(s) as indicated Provide a t-chart hand out...

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what is calligraphy...?

Applyed language arts; The pictures represent ambiance as well as depth.

0 comments    philosophy language arts
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How to Teach a Write Aloud

Writing is a complicated thinking process. It requires an enormous amount of multi-tasking, problem-solving, interactivity, and creativity. There is science to effective writing, but there is also art. Unlike...

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