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Fantastic Ideas for Teaching Flowers – Pollination, Dissection

August 28, 2022

Add some pizzazz to your plants unit by teaching the structure and function of flowers. Need some ideas? First, introduce kids to pollination and pollinators. Second, engage them in a…

Amazing Ideas for Teaching About Seeds – Germination & Dispersal

August 21, 2022

Brenda Kovich

Life Science, Plants, Science

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When teaching seeds, focus on their parts, germination, and dispersal. To do this, kids can grow their own seedlings and participate in a cool STEM challenge. (more…)

How to Find Main Idea and Supporting Details

August 14, 2022

Brenda Kovich

English Language Arts, Informational Text, Main Idea

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How can you find main idea and supporting details in informational text? First, locate the thesis statement in the introduction and/or conclusion. Second, determine the topic sentence in each of…

Finding Main Idea of a Paragraph – Unlock the Secret

August 10, 2022

Brenda Kovich

English Language Arts, Informational Text, Main Idea

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Finding main idea of a nonfiction paragraph is easy with the hamburger analogy. First, teach kids to find the topic sentence and supporting detail sentences. Second, explain that paragraphs may…

How to Teach Elements of Drama, or Plays

August 7, 2022

Brenda Kovich

English Language Arts, Literature, Poetry Drama Prose

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Elements of drama include cast of characters, dialogue, and stage directions. Each play may also be broken into scenes and acts. When teaching, provide lots of examples – and let…

Teaching Elements of Prose in Fourth Grade

August 3, 2022

Brenda Kovich

English Language Arts, Literature, Poetry Drama Prose

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How do you teach elements of prose? It’s just ordinary language. Through it, we express complete thoughts in sentences. Then we group sentences into paragraphs. In longer works, we group…

Forms of Poetry with Examples from Famous Poets

July 31, 2022

Brenda Kovich

English Language Arts, Poetry, Poetry Drama Prose

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Kids learn forms of poetry better with examples from famous poets. Read on for samples of rhyming, limerick, diamante, haiku, cinquain, concrete, and acrostic poems. (more…)

How to Teach the Types of Poetry

July 27, 2022

Brenda Kovich

English Language Arts, Literature, Poetry, Poetry Drama Prose

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Wondering how to teach the types of poetry? When you include a variety of genres, you can also hit different literature and language skills. My favorites include rhyming, limericks, diamante,…

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Fantastic Ideas for Teaching Flowers – Pollination, Dissection

Amazing Ideas for Teaching About Seeds – Germination & Dispersal

How to Find Main Idea and Supporting Details

Finding Main Idea of a Paragraph – Unlock the Secret

How to Teach Elements of Drama, or Plays

Teaching Elements of Prose in Fourth Grade

Forms of Poetry with Examples from Famous Poets

How to Teach the Types of Poetry

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