Teaching Guides

Fantasy Football
Fantasy Football is a trend that is reaching classrooms across the country as teachers search for lessons that go beyond traditional textbooks and worksheets to tap students’ interests. Empirical data show that classroom fantasy-sports programs help improve grades and test scores.… View →

How Can I Help During COVID-19?
Asking and answering questions about difficult topics will help children gain an informed understanding of the current pandemic and its effects. View →

How Has COVID-19 Changed Our World?
Asking and answering questions about difficult topics will help children gain an informed understanding of the current pandemic and its effects. View →

Library Skills - Teaching Guide
Understanding how to explore and use all of the features a library has to offer are valuable skills. Teaching children at an early age how a library works can significantly impact future academic success. View →

Pandemics and COVID-19
Asking and answering questions about difficult topics will help children gain an informed understanding of the current pandemic and its effects. View →

Simple Measurement
Knowing how to tell time on a digital and analog clock is an important elementary skill. Additionally, some minutes on the clock can be expressed in different ways (i.e., quarter after two and two fifteen). Giving children practice with both types of clocks is a good way to teach them… View →

The Life Cycle of a Clown Fish
Nonfiction books provide a great deal of information beyond the actual text (i.e., illustrations, chapter titles, headings, key vocabulary words, etc.). The LIFE CYCLES teaching guides provide engaging opportunities for teachers and… View →

The Life Cycle of a Daisy
Nonfiction books provide a great deal of information beyond the actual text (i.e., illustrations, chapter titles, headings, key vocabulary words, etc.). The LIFE CYCLES teaching guides provide engaging opportunities for teachers and… View →

The Life Cycle of a Fern
Nonfiction books provide a great deal of information beyond the actual text (i.e., illustrations, chapter titles, headings, key vocabulary words, etc.). The LIFE CYCLES teaching guides provide engaging opportunities for teachers and… View →

The Life Cycle of a Ladybug
Nonfiction books provide a great deal of information beyond the actual text (i.e., illustrations, chapter titles, headings, key vocabulary words, etc.). The LIFE CYCLES teaching guides provide engaging opportunities for teachers and… View →

The Life Cycle of an Earthworm
Nonfiction books provide a great deal of information beyond the actual text (i.e., illustrations, chapter titles, headings, key vocabulary words, etc.). The LIFE CYCLES teaching guides provide engaging opportunities for teachers and… View →

The Life Cycle of a Snail
Nonfiction books provide a great deal of information beyond the actual text (i.e., illustrations, chapter titles, headings, key vocabulary words, etc.). The LIFE CYCLES teaching guides provide engaging opportunities for teachers and… View →

The Scientific Process of Investigation
Science is the study of the world using reason. The scientific investigation method is the way we apply reason and logic to gain knowledge. It is a tool and like most tools, it has both strengths and weaknesses. Since we live in a society dominated by science, it is important for us to… View →

What If I'm Worried about COVID-19?
Asking and answering questions about difficult topics will help children gain an informed understanding of the current pandemic and its effects. View →

What Is a Pandemic?
Asking and answering questions about difficult topics will help children gain an informed understanding of the current pandemic and its effects. View →

Who Are the COVID-19 Helpers?
Asking and answering questions about difficult topics will help children gain an informed understanding of the current pandemic and its effects. View →