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Teaching Revision Skills: Hands-On Revising and Editing Practice Ideas
Help your students learn how to add, move, and remove sentences so their ideas flow clearly and confidently. With hands-on activities like paragraph puzzles, revision task cards, and peer “revision clinics,” you can make revising fun, visual, and meaningful.
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Nov 7, 20254 min read


Teaching Sentence Fluency: Simple Strategies for Combining Sentences
Sentence fluency is what helps student writing flow, and one of the best ways to build it is by teaching kids how to combine sentences. In this post, you’ll find fun, simple strategies to help upper-elementary students move beyond choppy writing using hands-on activities, task cards, and quick writing practice!
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Nov 5, 20253 min read


8 Simple Chemistry Experiments for Kids: Chemistry “Science Scouts”
Chemistry doesn’t have to mean complicated formulas or lab coats! With a few simple ingredients from around the house, you can help kids see chemistry in action: bubbling reactions, color changes, floating eggs, and more.
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Nov 3, 20254 min read


Why Should We Do Interactive Notebooking in Elementary Math?
In a world where learning is going digital, interactive notebooking brings math back to life, one foldable at a time. Hands-on activities help students build confidence, connect abstract ideas, and take ownership of their learning.
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Oct 16, 20253 min read


Astronomy Science Scouts Space Science Unit
Explore 8 hands-on space science activities for kids like moon phases, constellations, the solar system, and more. Free Astronomy badge included!
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Aug 10, 20254 min read


10 Ways to Bring Nature into the Classroom
Discover 10 easy and engaging ways to bring nature into your classroom or home learning space. From nature tables to plant care and outdoor-inspired art, these creative ideas help students connect with the natural world—no field trip required!
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Jun 8, 20253 min read


Hands-On Paragraph Revising: Revising and Editing Practice
We don’t often think about revising and editing practice as a hands-on activity. It seems pretty straightforward – put the pen to the...
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Apr 22, 20253 min read


Engaging Ways to Teach Comparing and Ordering Whole Numbers
Teaching comparing and ordering whole numbers is one of my favorite concepts to introduce in the classroom and with my kids at home. It’s a
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Apr 21, 20253 min read


Fraction Math Centers: Review With Dominoes
Looking for a fresh way to reinforce fraction skills in your classroom or at home? Grab a set of dominoes!
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Feb 12, 20252 min read


Fun Ways to Teach Homophones: Their, There, and They’re
The homophones “their,” “there,” and “they’re,” can be confusing, even for adults! We’ve all seen those social media posts misusing them...
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Jan 14, 20252 min read


Christmas Writing Prompts
Bring some extra holiday cheer to your writing lessons with these fun Christmas writing prompts that encourage creativity, thoughtfulness, a
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Dec 8, 20243 min read


Skill-Specific Revising and Editing Checklists
Checklists are such a powerful tool for students in the revising and editing stages of their writing.
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Nov 2, 20243 min read


Strategies for Tackling Multi-Step Word Problems
If I’m being honest, there have been times my fellow teachers and I have trouble deciphering some of the multi-step word problems thrown...
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Oct 17, 20243 min read


Teaching Kids to Interpret Remainders
If division isn’t already difficult enough, students have to know how to interpret remainders in word problems starting in 4th grade, or...
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Oct 16, 20245 min read


Run a Bakery: Money Math & Financial Literacy Project
Having kids run their own bakery is such a fun financial literacy project. It's a great way to practice basic operations with whole...
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Sep 24, 20243 min read


Pollinator Workshop: A Hands-On Pollinator Study
One of our favorite ways to teach young learners about pollinators is through hosting a “pollinator workshop.”
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Sep 23, 20243 min read


Science Scouts - Meteorology: Weather Unit Study
This Science Scouts weather unit study gives kids the chance to observe weather first-hand and study weather through hands-on experiments.
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Sep 2, 20244 min read


Science Scouts - Botany: Plant Science Unit
This botany-themed plant unit study introduces kids into the world of plant science with hands-on activities and exciting observations!
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Sep 1, 20244 min read
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