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Movement Activities for Elementary Students

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Movement Activities for Elementary Students

Break up the day and get your students moving with these movement activities for elementary students.

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Simple STEAM Suggestions

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Simple STEAM Suggestions

Bring Science,Technology, Engineering, Art and Math into the classroom with these fun, cross-curricular projects for ele...

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Indoor Recess Choice Board Activities for Elementary

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Indoor Recess Choice Board Activities for Elementary

This menu features a selection of simple and engaging student-choice indoor recess activities.

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African Storytellers

ObjectivesStudents will use both print and Internet sources to research griots and the tradition of storytelling in Afri...

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Famous Storytellers

Long ago, in primitive times, stories were passed on by word of mouth.

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An Interview with Brian Jacques

The Writer and His Editor SpeakPatricia Lee Gauch is the Editorial Director of Philomel Books, and has been working wi...

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Fiestas: A Year of Latin American Songs of Celebration

Fiestas: A Year of Latin American Songs of CelebrationSelected, Arranged, and Translated by José-Luis Orozco For Grade...

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African-American Heroes

ObjectivesStudents will use vocabulary related to important African Americans.

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African American Writers

In the last two hundred years, black writers have contributed some of the most spirited and important works to American ...

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