Elementary School Resource Wanted: Investigative Reporters to Predict and Solve Mysteries In this activity, listeners will predict who stole Grandpa’s teeth after investigating the evidence in Grandpa’s Teeth by Rod Clement. Stop reading the story just after the mayor presents Grandpa with a new set of teeth. Ask students to write or explain orally whom […]

Elementary School Resource Alphabet Writing Relay by ESL-KIDS Divide and line up the students into two teams. Divide the board into two halves and have one student from each team run to the board, write ‘A’, then run to the back of the line. The next student writes ‘B’, etc. The first team to finish […]

The Magic School Bus: Fact or Fiction? This English Language Arts lesson allows students to distinguish between factual and fictional elements of a text. The Magic School Bus classic series is used to help students meet the objectives of the lesson. Related NY State Academic Standards: RI.2.6, RF.2.4.a, W.2.2, and more! Be sure to check out […]

Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow This learning experience involves two creative activities, poetry writing and composing a sound composition using instruments/sounds and pictograph notation. Students create poetry and compose a sound composition using instruments, sounds, and pictograph notation. Creative writing and original sound compositions are two methods of responding expressively to […]