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14 Forms of Writing for the Older Student: Outlines 14 Forms of Writing for the Older Student: Outlines

Once your students are accustomed to writing every day, it is a good idea to present them with a variety of writing challenges.  These forms of writing each require something different from the student, and will help him develop his writing and thinking skills.  Once familiar with each form, have your student try to turn [...]

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8 Writing Activities for the Younger Student 8 Writing Activities for the Younger Student

Yes, they must learn to write their letters and practice their handwriting.  But “writing” is more than the simple mechanics of holding a pencil.  Here are a few writing suggestions for the younger student as he develops his mechanical skills. Tracing.  One way for a younger student to practice his handwriting is to trace the [...]

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16 Prewriting Activities 16 Prewriting Activities

Young children, of course, begin their writing career learning to write the letters of the alphabet and practice their handwriting.  But a lack of writing ability doesn’t have to deter us from laying a foundation on which to build a writing habit that will last our child a lifetime. Here are a few ideas for [...]

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The Transcontinental Railroad: A Mini-Unit The Transcontinental Railroad: A Mini-Unit

Amid all the stories of the Golden Spike and the cross-country race between the Union Pacific and the Central Pacific, many have lost sight of the facts behind the building of the Transcontinental Railroad. Why did the government want to build it? Who came up with the idea? What was the role of the Federal [...]

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Audubon: A Mini-Unit Audubon: A Mini-Unit

John James Audubon, born on April 26, 1875, had nothing to do with the Audubon Society.  He did not found it, it was not his idea, nor was he ever a member of it.  His only connection with the society was that his wife tutored one of the founding members, and that her pupil thought [...]

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The Great San Francisco Earthquake: A Mini-Unit The Great San Francisco Earthquake: A Mini-Unit

In 1906 a sudden and unexpected event occurred: the Great San Francisco Earthquake. The city was severely damaged by the magnitude eight earthquake along the San Andreas Fault, felt as far away as Oregon. Even more destructive was the resulting fire caused by broken gas pipelines which exploded, burning nearly all the remaining city. If [...]

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Resources

Evaluating Progress? Evaluating Progress?

It’s that time of year.  If you are looking for fresh ideas for assessing your child’s progress this past year, you might find these useful: 6 Ways to Evaluate Progress So how did your children do? How much did they learn? And how do you know? 10 Evaluation Interview Questions Sometimes all you have to [...]

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Get Ready to Garden Curriculum – Free! Time Limited Get Ready to Garden Curriculum – Free! Time Limited

During CurrClick’s Mother’s Day Event you can download 5 freebies.  One of these freebies is Get Ready To Garden, a ready-to-assemble, hands-on unit from Hands of a Child.  This 90-page download includes a research guide, activities and reproducibles that help your child create a garden lapbook. Topics covered include plants, sun chart, step-by-step gardening, choosing [...]

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Learn to Code Apps and Websites – Free! Learn to Code Apps and Websites – Free!

Code Academy offers an easy way to learn beginning programming, including JavaScript, HTML and CSS.  There are a variety of ways to use this site. Getting Started With Programming: Taught using JavaScript, you learn the basics. Code Year:  This free interactive application will take you through the basics of programming in 33 courses. Code Year [...]

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