Scope of the Mathematics Curriculum This professional development resource will help you discover the process and content standards...		Analyze a Jose Garcia Villa Poem Students read and analyze a poem by Jose Garcia Villa.
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A Midsummer Night's Dream With themes of love and friendship, your students will enjoy studying Shakespeare's comedy,...		Seating Arrangements The basic seating configurations for a classroom are described.
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Using Mad Libs® in the Classroom: Verbs, Adjectives, and Adverbs (Gr. 4-6) Verb activities look at tenses, helping verbs and main verbs, irregular past tenses, and...		Measurement of Volume In this professional development resource, you will learn how to teach your students about...
First Day at the Elementary Level Prepare yourself for your first day teaching at the elementary level with these ideas,...		O. Henry's "The Gift of the Magi" Find the full text of the classic short story by O. Henry, "The Gift of the Magi." This is an...
What Can Teachers Do To Help a Child with AD/HD? Learn how you can adapt curriculum, promote on-task behavior in the classroom, and provide...		Island of the Blue Dolphins Island of the Blue Dolphins tells the story of an American Indian girl stranded on an...
Gatsby Symbols A list of important symbols from The Great Gatsby.		A Long Way from Chicago and A Year Down Yonder These two stories by Richard Peck offer a lively picture of the depression years in small-town...
Of Plymouth Plantation Lessons, websites, recommended books concerning William Bradford's Of Plymouth...		Adapting Reading and Math Materials in the Inclusive Classroom Descriptions of eight principles for making reading and math adaptations in the inclusive...
Charting and Reinforcing Behaviors This behavior management article includes two handy charts to track student behavior as well as...		Catch Them Being Good: A Technique for Handling Disruptive Behavior This behavior management technique includes ways to focus on the good behavior a child...