Gardening with Kids Tips for gardening with children.		Attendance and Lunch: A Simple Set-Up An easy system for taking attendance and organizing lunch at the beginning of the day.
Sunflowers, Van Gogh, and You Students will taste sunflower seeds, plant sunflowers, research Vincent van Gogh, and paint a...		First Day Celebration Throw a "Getting to Know You" party on the first day of school.
Disease-Carrying Animals A list of animals and the diseases they may carry.		Decorating Tips for the Classroom Tips for creating a more comfortable classroom atmosphere.
Drug Use by Americans, 12 Years and Older A chart showing drug use by Americans, 12 years and older.		A Back-to-School Conversation Foster trust in the classroom through this first day of school activity.
Alcohol-Related Traffic Fatalities on Holidays, 2003 A chart details statistics about alcohol-related car fatalities on holidays.		Baseball Card Interview Questions Questions to accompany the Back to School Baseball Card activity.
Make Way for Ducklings Make Way for Ducklings is the ideal book to entertain and teach with. This lesson plan...		Student Baseball Cards Students make baseball cards as a way of getting to know one another.
Bunnicula: A Rabbit Tale of Mystery Bunnicula: A Rabbit Tale of Mystery provides lots of laughs for the reader. This lesson...		Getting to Know Each Other Through Poetry Students get to know each other through a poetry writing activity.
Charlotte's Web Extend this well-loved book with enrichment ideas and resources.		Sign In Use sign language to help lower the noise level in your classroom.
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie Laura Joffe Numeroff's humorous book If You Give a Mouse a Cookie tells the story of a...		Name Tags Use name tags to help you learn students' names.
James and the Giant Peach Students love James and the Giant Peach, an action-filled fantasy that will amuse and encourage...		Personal Space Use numbers to ensure students have personal space and help them keep track of their things.