Ideas for Teaching Chinese New Year Activities

Doing Chinese New Year activities can be a fun and exciting way to explore a different culture and get students engaged in the classroom. One of my favorite ways to learn about a new holiday with elementary students is by doing a Webquest. What is a Webquest? During a Webquest, students practice researching a holiday […]
How to Teach 2nd Grade Social Studies Lesson Plan For Communities

I think you’ll agree with me when I say that finding engaging lesson plans to teach students the difference between urban and suburban living to students while teaching 1st or 2nd grade communities is scarce. When I started prepping my resources for this unit I searched high and low for 1st and 2nd grade social […]
An Easy Inauguration Day Lesson You Need to Check Out

Are you looking for a way to acknowledge such a monumental moment in our nation’s history while still keeping an academic focus? I love to tie in current events to our writing block, and what better way to do that than by researching the new (or re-elected) president! Snag the resource featured below here. As […]