A fun way to teach about Christopher Columbus

Are you a teacher wishing to teach a fun unit on Christopher Columbus? Do you want to make those lessons extra memorable? The way to do this is to make the students feel like they are a part of history.

 

How can you do this?

 

Involve the students in role-playing, puppet shows, and storytelling. The unit you will be sharing with your students is called “Travel through Time with the Story Genie: A Role-Playing Unit on the life and times of Christopher Columbus.”

 

To read more and to get all the free downloads and complete self-contained lessons, click CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS.

Slideshow – Spelling test for Lesson 9

In this slideshow, the students will take the Spelling test for Lesson 9.  Teacher or Home Schooling Parent should dictate the words as the child attempts to choose the correctly spelled word on this multiple choice test.

Prior to taking the test, watch the slideshow called “Slideshow – Spelling activities for Lesson 9.” Do the activities described in this slideshow for all ten spelling words.

Click SPELLING TEST to watch the slideshow and take the spelling test on Examiner.com.

Multiplication and Short Division game working with #53

This is the title you will see on my K-8 Classroom Activities site on Examiner.com:

Slideshow : Math Lollipop Olympics – Work with #53

This is a fun math trick that helps reinforce the basic math skills of multiplication and short division. For this particular math set, we will work with the number 53. After working eight multiplication problems and eight division problems, when the math trick is worked correctly, you will not only begin with the number 53, you will end with the number 53 as well.

Click MATH LESSON to read and watch the entire slideshow on Examiner.com.

Multiplication and Short Division game working with #52

This is the title you will see on my K-8 Classroom Activities site on Examiner.com:

Slideshow : Math Lollipop Olympics – Work with #52

This is a fun math trick that helps reinforce the basic math skills of multiplication and short division. For this particular math set, we will work with the number 52. After working eight multiplication problems and eight division problems, when the math trick is worked correctly, you will not only begin with the number 52, you will end with the number 52 as well.

Click MATH LESSON to read and watch the entire slideshow on Examiner.com.

Multiplication and Short Division game working with #51

This is the title you will see on my K-8 Classroom Activities site on Examiner.com:

Slideshow : Math Lollipop Olympics – Work with #51

This is a fun math trick that helps reinforce the basic math skills of multiplication and short division. For this particular math set, we will work with the number 51. After working eight multiplication problems and eight division problems, when the math trick is worked correctly, you will not only begin with the number 51, you will end with the number 51 as well.

Click MATH LESSON to read and watch the entire slideshow on Examiner.com.

Win a $75,000 Technology Classroom Makeover in Dec. 2012

This announcement is for all classroom teachers. Would you like to win a $75,000 Classroom Technology Makeover? The 6th annual eInstruction contest is being held once again.

Click TELL ME MORE ABOUT THIS CONTEST
to read all the details. 

Good luck! eInstruction will be choosing 3 winners.