Learning about Christmas around the world traditions is a well-loved reading and writing activity each year. Plan for it with these no prep guides. My favority activity each year is hands down, learning and writing about Christmas around the world traditions. How about you? I also love holidays around
Let your students learn how NORAD uses radar, satellites, and jet fighters in a special mission of Santa Claus tracking. They’ll love to follow along! Free writing prompts included. My children had their own version of Santa Claus tracking. We’d read our annual Christmas story, The Polar Express by Chris
It includes three magical writing prompts for you to give to your students. Each of the writing prompts gives a different scenario, and asks the student, “What would you do?” So the students have a choice. Fill December with Christmas activities and worksheets that are sure to delight students and
The National Days in November provide you with prompts for writing across the curriculum. Do you do integrated teaching? This blog is for you. When I see the leaves starting to fall, I don’t just think about getting out the rake. I also begin thinking about writing prompts and activities
If you want to unlock the creativity of your students, boring prompts are out. Try these 52 journal entry starters instead. When I was young, my parents gave me a journal for Christmas. It was the classic type with 365 pages and a little lock and key. I wanted to
One of my students’ favorite projects was working together to make a Halloween writing project. We bound it into a book for a lasting memory. The parents loved it too. One of my upper elementary students’ favorite projects was the annual Halloween Writing Class Project. They giggled, gasped, and groaned
Spooky and scary writing prompts can be fun, but maybe you want to stick to October topics that won’t make students run away screaming. Read on for mellow writing prompts. Spooky and scary writing topics can be fun, but if you teach younger students, you may want to stick
Do you need teaching ideas and activities for Hispanic Heritage Month in your upper elementary classroom? Consider these books, music, art, and research. Are you looking for ideas for Hispanic Heritage Month in your upper elementary classroom? Here is a list of activities to spark your imagination. We’ll begin
Learning about social studies and reading a map can be so much fun for your students that they’ll forget they’re learning. Want to know how? Your upper elementary students will forget they’re learning social studies and map reading skills when you make it fun. We all want our students to
Kick start a collaborative writing challenge with these 32 September writing prompts. It’s Hispanic Heritage Month and Classical Music Month. Those two things along with daily writing prompts based on national days will give your students plenty of topics for writing. This blog post was updated on August 30, 2023.
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