by Studentreasures | Nov. 22, 2017 | Resource Center
Just like artists need their canvases and easels, we teachers need a few tools at our disposal to help us teach to the best of our abilities. And while we’d all love an unlimited budget with which to support our students’ limitless imaginations, many of us must make...
by Studentreasures | Nov. 21, 2017 | Writing Prompts
I’ve always found that the key to teaching history to elementary students is to tell it less like a textbook and more like a story. Put faces to names. Paint mental pictures to accompany those long-lost times and places. Don’t just ask your kids to memorize—encourage...
by Studentreasures | Nov. 20, 2017 | Student Publishing
As a kid, I used to stay up late reading all the time. As soon as the lights went out and the door closed, I’d huddle up under the covers with a flashlight and a book and read until the words blurred and my eyelids drooped. And when I finally slipped off into...
by Studentreasures | Nov. 16, 2017 | Writing Prompts
We all know how wild our 3rd grade students’ imaginations can be. They come up with ideas that are out of this world—things we wouldn’t dream up in a million years—on a daily basis. Robots who do children’s chores? Mind-reading dogs? A giant cupcake making machine...
by Studentreasures | Nov. 3, 2017 | Writing Prompts
Even now, I can still remember the thrill I felt as a child when I stepped out into the first cold winter morning of the year. My cheeks and fingertips tingled. I’d take a deep breath, inhaling as much brisk air as my little lungs could hold, then let it out in a big...
