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The Adjective Song! A Great Way to Review

The Adjective Song! A Great Way to Review

Photo Source: Third Grade Bookworm Help your kiddos master adjectives with ...

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Narrative Writing Anchor Chart FREEbies

Narrative Writing Anchor Chart FREEbies

Photo Source: Young Teacher Love Kristine over at Young Teacher Love featur...

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Multiplication Races! Math Practice for Upper Grades (with FREE printables!)

Multiplication Races! Math Practice for Upper G...

Photo Source: First Grade a la Carte Divide your class into groups of four ...

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Totem Poles - Art Project for Upper Elementary

Totem Poles - Art Project for Upper Elementary

Photo Source: Thomas Elementary Art We recently stumbled upon this fantasti...

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Awesome Alliteration Activity & Super Snazzy Snowmen!

Awesome Alliteration Activity & Super Snazzy Sn...

Photo Source: Apples and ABC's Michelle over at Apples and ABC's put togeth...

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Bible Verse Review Game

Bible Verse Review Game

123 Homeschool 4 Me Add a little excitement to bible verse review with this...

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"Fraction Mania!" A Colorful Math Bulletin Board Idea

"Fraction Mania!" A Colorful Math Bulletin Boar...

Photo Source: Tunstall's Teaching Tidbits Check out this gorgeous fractions...

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Fraction, Decimal and Percent Go Fish! Review Game

Fraction, Decimal and Percent Go Fish! Review Game

Photo Source: Teaching in Room 6 Heading into a big test, spice up your mat...

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Coffee Filter 'Stained Glass' Craft for Earth Day

Coffee Filter 'Stained Glass' Craft for Earth Day

Photo Source: Lessons with Laughter Create a beautiful window display for E...

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Tissue Paper Art - Spring Flowers

Tissue Paper Art - Spring Flowers

Photo Source: Teaching in Room 6 How pretty is this photo?!? I would be lyi...

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3-D Relief Flower Collage for Spring

3-D Relief Flower Collage for Spring

Photo Source: Art With Mr. E Add a little 'pop' to your spring flower artwo...

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Theme and Inference Exercises for Dr. Seuss!

Theme and Inference Exercises for Dr. Seuss!

Photo Source: Teaching in Room 6 In preparation for Dr. Seuss's birthday on...

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Poetry Unit Plus FREEBIE!

Poetry Unit Plus FREEBIE!

Poetry is important because it promotes literacy, builds community, and fost...

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Common Core Aligned Reading Response Printables Plus FREEBIES!

Common Core Aligned Reading Response Printables...

Perfect for small groups, literature circles, centers, reading workshop, any...

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FREE Printable Writing Paper!

FREE Printable Writing Paper!

Perfect for your writing center or class work, these free writing paper prin...

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Phototropism: Why Do Plants Grow Toward Light?

Phototropism: Why Do Plants Grow Toward Light?

For those elementary students interested in botany, this cool experiment fro...

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How Clean is the Air You Breathe?

How Clean is the Air You Breathe?

While it may seem to the naked eye that the air we breathe is clean and clea...

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Font and Memory

Font and Memory

Class syllabuses. Handouts. Lecture notes and presentations. Throughout the ...

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Static Electricity & Jumping Cereal

Static Electricity & Jumping Cereal

Photo Source: the-science-mom.com Great for early elementary students inter...

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Can Our Eyes Fool Our Taste Buds?

Can Our Eyes Fool Our Taste Buds?

Photo Source: Rowan Frances Ever wonder if what we see influences our per...

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Does A Person's Favorite Snack Say Anything About Their Personality?

Does A Person's Favorite Snack Say Anything Abo...

After encountering Dr. Alan Hirsch's book, What Flavor is Your Personality? D...

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Comparing the Vitamin C Levels in Various Fruit Juices

Comparing the Vitamin C Levels in Various Fruit...

Photo ©2010 Ariel Waldman, Flickr The human body does not produce vitamin C...

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Pizza Box Solar Oven

Pizza Box Solar Oven

Photo Source: Simon Fraser University If you're interested in cooking and a...

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How Greasy Are Your Potato Chips?

How Greasy Are Your Potato Chips?

Photo © 2010 espensorvik, Flickr If you've ever eaten a serving of chips, i...

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Music To My Heart

Music To My Heart

Photo © 2008 Fe Ilya, Flickr Ever wonder if different styles of music affec...

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Germs & Us

Germs & Us

Photo © 2008 Umberto Salvagnin, Flickr As we head into the flu winter seaso...

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Multicolored Flowers

Multicolored Flowers

Photo © 2008 Subramanian Kabilan, Flickr This science experiment, designed ...

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The Aerodynamics of a Car

The Aerodynamics of a Car

Photo © 2008 Nathan Bittinger, Flickr In a similar vein to Wong's award-win...

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Mnemonics & Memory

Mnemonics & Memory

Photo © 2009 digitalbob8, Flickr If you've ever studied for a big test, hav...

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The Effect of Acid Rain on Aquatic Life

The Effect of Acid Rain on Aquatic Life

Photo © 2005 Rick Smit, Flickr Like smoking, pollution has "second-hand" ef...

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Inertia of an Egg

Inertia of an Egg

Photo Source: Pali A Inertia According to Newton's first two laws of physic...

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Why Does Popcorn 'Pop'?

Why Does Popcorn 'Pop'?

Photo Source: Lucian Muset Popcorn is a delicious snack, but have you ever ...

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Connecting Solar Energy & Electronics

Connecting Solar Energy & Electronics

Photo Source: Saniphoto This interesting science fair project, designed for...

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Oxygen in Plant Respiration

Oxygen in Plant Respiration

Photo Source: Viktor Kuryan Most children are familiar with the overly simp...

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Measuring & Comparing Salinity in Different Aquatic Environments

Measuring & Comparing Salinity in Different Aqu...

Photo © 2006 D. Vincent Alongi, Flickr Most of you have learned in life sci...

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Experimenting with Pirate and Viking Ships in Art

Experimenting with Pirate and Viking Ships in Art

Looking for a great craft to end the year with? Holly, Maryland art teacher ...

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Dinosaur Fossil Making

Dinosaur Fossil Making

While your students may learn about how fossils are formed in their science ...

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