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Cinco De Mayo (5/5)

Learn the history of Cinco De Mayo.  Find Cinco De Mayo craft project ideas, printables, and recipes at Kaboose. Get word scramble games and printable puzzles on Cinco De Mayo here. Scholastic can take your students on an online global trek about Mexico. 

Space Day (5/6)

Incorporate Space Day with these Elementary Science Space resources. Explore the solar system and planets in our 3rd grade Earth Science section.  Find resources on Moon Phases, Causes of Moon Phases, and Lunar Cycles and Sequencing in our 4th grade Science section.  Follow the motion of objects in the solar system, and learn about gravitational force and motion in 8th grade Science.

Mother's Day (5/8)

Show our mother's how much we appreciate them with our Mother's Day page of resources, crafts, and recipes.

Beginning of Lewis and Clark Expedition (5/14)

PBS offers a comprehensive site on Lewis and Clark, including lesson plans and a description of what America was like during that time.  Discover the effects the expedition had on westward expansion.  You can even become a reporter and explorer online with Scholastic's interactive site about Lewis and Clark.

Biographer's Day (5/16)

Show 3rd graders how to identify what a biography is (Number 2) in our Language Arts Standards section. We also have Biography Topics for project ideas under Project Based Learning. Finally, learn how to research and write a biography.

Mt. St. Helen's Erupted (5/18)

This date was the worst volcano eruption in U.S. History. The impact of these natural disasters is scary and amazing all at the same time. Check out I4C's earthquakes and volcanoes section of Earth Science for PreK-12.

First Morse Code Message Sent (5/24)

The first morse code message was sent from Washington D.C. to Baltimore in 1884. It said "What hath God wrought?" Learn the symbols for each letter and number.  Here's a 5th grade book recommendation called Radio Rescue about a boy and morse code.

National Scavenger Hunt Day (5/24)

Send your elementary students on an online scavenger hunt. Read the nursery rhymes and answer the scavenger hunt questions. Online find-it quizzes will get your kids thinking! Solve the riddles using their hints.

Memorial Day (5/30)

Visit the VA K-5th site, which offers facts, activities, and coloring pages about our veterans and Memorial Day. Find Patriotic crafts for kids and a ton of Memorial Day project ideas, Flag print outs, and worksheets.

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 This Month's Blog

This month we're talking about Molding Our Techniques vs. Molding Our Children. Do you find it a challenge to fit the same teaching methods to all different kinds of students? Join the discussion.