LESSON PLANS
Students brush up on their manners by learning do's and don'ts for the dinner table.
WORKSHEETS
Teach students about the importance of community helpers by having them describe how each community helper makes our…
DAILY WARM-UPS
Students will read a nonfiction passage about Colonial gardens and answer related reading comprehension questions in…
CLASSROOM TOOLS
Make a bulletin board for managing a class unit on friendship.
Students connect the dots to reveal a picture of a police officer.
BOOK GUIDES
Deepen students understanding of The Underneath, a National Book Award finalist, with the resources in this literature…
Capture your students' attention with this lesson focusing on "The Riddle Song" to show the pentatonic scale and…
Distribute a printable social studies activity that focuses on understanding community jobs.
This teacher's guide to The Gingerbread Man Loose on the Fire Truck includes tons of English language arts activities…
TEACHING RESOURCE
Information on benefits and implementation of service- learning projects for students, including case studies.
ASSESSMENT
Use this rubric with the lesson plan.
Use these badges in a unit on friendship, to award students for participation.
Enrichment activities and internet resources to enhance the teaching of Even Firefighters Hug Their Moms by Christine…
This printable warm-up includes a reading passage and comprehension questions about the V Chip and innovations in…
Increase social studies skills with an activity that focuses on community helpers.
This teacher's guide to Bruce Brooks's Asylum for Nightface, What Hearts & The Moves Make the Man provides a pre-reading…
Examine the nature of friendship with the activities in this guide to Poodle and Hound, written by Kathryn Lasky and…
Explore themes of peace and generosity as you discuss the story of Greg Mortenson and his journey to change the world.…
Information on benefits and implementation of service-learning projects for students, including case studies.
EDITOR'S COLLECTIONS
Students will learn about community helpers (such as police officers and firefighters), being a good citizen, jobs…
Listed here are many ways to involve your community in the music programs in your school.
Use the activities in this printable to teach children what a police officer does.
Thought-provoking discussion questions for War Is... will help you begin or extend a classroom conversation about the…
This printable reading passage presents reasons for and against building a skate park in a community. Use this reading…