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- LESSON PLAN: TEACHING STUDENTS ABOUT SENSORY POEMS
- Poetry Lesson Plan: Teaching Students About Lie Poems
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- Poetry Lesson Plan: Using Sensory Poems to Celebrate World Penguin Day
- Essay Writing Lesson Plan: Outlining the Many Faces of Mom
- Vintage Book Review for K-1 English Teachers: The One in the Middle is the Green Kangaroo
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Poetry Lesson Plan: Using Sensory Poems to Celebrate World Penguin Day
Sure, they’re cute and generally fashionable, but who are penguins really? As World Penguin Day is upon us and penguins happen to be one of the more unique mysteries of the animal kingdom, why not dig deeper and teach students a bit about this...Published on June 29, 2011 to K-12 Learning
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Five Helpful Tips for Enhancing Your Resume
Why is job-hunting so painful? The good news is: it doesn't have to be. Herein lie some helpful tips for enhancing your resume--that most important piece of paper standing between you and your desired career.Published on November 13, 2009 to K-12 Learning
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Vintage Book Review for K-1 English Teachers: Not This Bear!
“Not This Bear!,” by Bernice Myers, although first published in 1971, is a humorous gem that offers up perhaps the most important lesson a K-1 student of today can learn.Published on June 16, 2009 to K-12 Learning
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Vintage Book Review for K-1 English Teachers: All the Lassies
Liesel Moak Skorpen’s charming story, “All the Lassies,” captures one of young children’s most common quandaries. Although first published in 1970, this vintage story offers an important lesson wrapped in a fun and well-crafted...Published on May 31, 2009 to K-12 Learning
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Vintage Book Review for K-1 English Teachers: The One in the Middle is the Green Kangaroo
Judy Blume’s first book, although written in the 1960's, captures the pains of isolation and identity crisis kids experience in today's society, even K-1 students. Exploration of this story can offer them a connection to the past while preparing...Published on May 30, 2009 to K-12 Learning
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Vintage Book Review for K-1 English Teachers: Belinda’s New Spring Hat
Eleanor Clymer’s whimsical story, “Belinda’s New Spring Hat,” is a wacky romp of a tale with subtle though invaluable and timeless morals. Though written in the 1960’s, this vintage book promises great fun and great relevancy...Published on May 30, 2009 to K-12 Learning
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Vintage Book Review for K-1 English Teachers: The Little Red Flower
Paul Tripp’s “The Little Red Flower,” though first published in 1968, illustrates simply and charmingly the complex dynamics K-1 students experience every day in contemporary society. Thus it offers them a connection to the past while...Published on May 30, 2009 to K-12 Learning
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Poetry Lesson Plan: Teaching Students About Lie Poems
This poetry lesson plan offers means of teaching students about poetry, subtext and, implicitly, morality all at the same time through the exploration of lie poems.Published on May 25, 2009 to K-12 Learning
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LESSON PLAN: TEACHING STUDENTS ABOUT SENSORY POEMS
This lesson plan offers helpful tips for teaching students to write sensory poems.Published on May 25, 2009 to K-12 Learning
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Essay Writing Lesson Plan: Outlining the Many Faces of Mom
This lesson plan offers teachers of younger students a creative approach to outlining an essay while celebrating Mother’s Day at the same time.Published on May 24, 2009 to K-12 Learning