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Liven up your lesson plans and energize your students! Winner of a Teacher's Choice Award!
To keep your students engaged in the classroom, you have to get them excited about learning. This award-winning resource offers hundreds of creative ideas to reenergize your lesson plans for any subject across grades K-6. You'll find inspiration to help you wake up tired book reports and make math more fun. This new edition has been fully revised to align with the Common Core Standards.
There's a host of reproducible content such as worksheets, project ideas, templates for journal pages included in the book and available online. From submarine sandwich book reports to graphic organizers to help incorporate writing into math curriculum, The Creative Teacher, Third Edition, has ideas and materials to add zing to your classroom plans as you incorporate the Common Core Standards.
The Creative Teacher, Third Edition features:
.Content that aligns with Common Core standards
.Reproducible, ready-to-use pages in the book and online
.Prompts and tools to keep students motivated and engaged
.Hundreds of creative ideas to liven up your lessons, and more
List of contents
Preface
Introduction
Reading Engagement
Book Reports
Submarine Sandwich
Lunch Bag
Book Critic
Book Jacket
Cookin' Up Books
Read All About It
Bringing Characters to Life
Letter to the Author
Interview a Character
Book Brochure
Book Report Mobile
Descriptive Diary
Character Puppet
Traditional Book Report Format
Additional Ideas for Responding to Literature
Math
Tangrams
Solid Geometry: Three-Dimensional Objects
Dominoes
Fractions
Clocks
Pentominoes
Money and Measurement
Graphing
Tens Frames
Hundreds Charts
Calendars
Story Problems
Counting Objects
Math Strategies
Writing
Writer's Workshop
Story Starters for Daily Journal Writing
Graphic Writing Organizers
Autobiography Recipe
Create a Menu
Create a Newspaper
Science
Exploring Batteries and Lightbulbs
Making Butter
Creating Flubber
Making Ice Cream
Growing Lima Beans
Experimenting with Magnets and Compasses
Raising Mealworms
Building Rockets
Creating a Volcano
Soda Bottle Terrarium
Science Picture Books
Engineering
Technology
Social Science
Community Service/Community Service Learning Project
Heritage Report
Historical Figure/Event Report
Personal and Cultural Report
U.S. President Report
National Symbol Inventory
State Report
Community Exploration Group Activity
Careers in Your Community
All About Me Report
Country Report
National Flag Report
Art
Papier-Mâché
Creative Collages
Dioramas
Mobiles
Paper Mosaic
Tissue Paper Art
Ir-resist-ible Art!
Scratch Art
Silhouettes
Mat Weaving
Kid Clay
Overlapping Hands Art Project
Suggested Resources
About the author
McGraw-Hill authors represent the leading experts in their fields and are dedicated to improving the lives, careers, and interests of readers worldwide.
Steve Springer has taught and developed training programs for the Los Angeles Unified School District for over 15 years. He has been a mentor and master teacher throughout his career. He has used this experience along with his talents in fine arts to write and illustrate several books for teachers.
The Organized Teacher and
The Creative Teacher, published by McGraw-Hill, are two of these books that offer visual hands-on guides to organizing and creating a dynamic classroom. Steve recently started a program called Reach and Teach. His vision was to share his teaching experience with other teachers. Over sixty teachers were in-serviced in South Africa. They left empowered to create a more exciting, interactive classroom. Each participant received a McGraw-Hill resource book and a set of supplies. The program was well received and he plans to continue his involvement.
