Although some consider hiking mere recreation or physical education, teacher Rebecca Olien takes it one step further, and the results are sensational. She has discovered that taking a hike with children creates fabulous opportunities for extensive science, math, and art projects.

Walk This Way!: Classroom Hikes to Learning

Sports & Outdoors

Olien, Rebecca

Hiking & Camping

Heinemann

A must-have resource to get kids reading—and learning from—the newspaper! Lessons and activities help you introduce the parts of the paper, create a class newspaper, and use the paper to teach reading, writing, math, and more. Includes reproducibles to use with any newspaper and Internet links. For use with Grades 3-5 .

Getting the Most Out of Teaching With Newspapers: Learning-Rich Lessons, Strategies, and Activities That Use the Power of Newspapers to Teach Current ... Skills in Reading, Writing, Math, and More

Education & Teaching

Schools & Teaching

Teaching Resources

Maps provide a variety of important information, from weather patterns to the locations of roads and streets.Longitude and latitude are one of the key concepts involved in using maps. Readers will learn the difference between the two types of lines and how to find them on both maps and globes. They will also discover how the lines can be used to pinpoint locations and give directions.

Longitude and Latitude (Rookie Read-About Geography: Map Skills)

Children's Books

Literature & Fiction

Children's Press

Maps and globes provide a variety of important information, from weather patterns to the locations of roads and streets. Readers (Ages 3-6) will discover the difference between maps and globes. They will also learn how to use different types of maps to find the information they need.

Looking at Maps and Globes (Rookie Read-About Geography: Map Skills)

Explains map keys, including what symbols mean and how to differentiate between water and land.

Map Keys (Rookie Read-About Geography: Map Skills)

History

Get a head start on learning about maps with the simple, engaging text and exciting pictures in this Rookie Read-About Geography series. With each book highlighting a different aspect of map reading, it's never been so fun and easy to learn geography skills!  Ths title shows readers the difference between longitude and latitude, how to find them on both maps and globes, and how the lines can be used to pinpoint locations and give directions.

Longitude and Latitude (Rookie Read-About Geography)

Childrens Pr

scholastic

Maps vary widely in complexity, from simple road maps to detailed topographical maps. Readers (Ages 3-6) will learn why map keys are important and how to use them to interpret the data on different kinds of maps.

Learning About Water with Easy and Fun-Filled Activities! Make a splash in your classroom with fresh activities that teach about water and help children develop higher-order thinking skills. Activities include Pick a Puddle, Disappearing Drops and Cloud Makers. Your students also will be eager to dive into a play about the water cycle and act our Water Charades. Plus: poems, engaging art projects, literature links, ideas for unique bulletin boards and learning centers, hands-on reproducibles, and a big colorful poster!

Splish-Splash Science (Grades 1-3)

Scholastic Teaching Resources

Provides second through fourth-grade teachers with a series of units on botany, including active projects, study questions, suggestions for reading, writing, and other related activities, and reproducible patterns for handouts

Exploring Plants

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Books by Olien, Rebecca

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Walk This Way!: Classroom Hikes to Learning

Getting the Most Out of Teaching With Newspapers: Learning-Rich Lessons, Strategies, and Activities That Use the Power of Newspapers to Teach Current ... Skills in Reading, Writing, Math, and More

Longitude and Latitude (Rookie Read-About Geography: Map Skills)

Looking at Maps and Globes (Rookie Read-About Geography: Map Skills)

Map Keys (Rookie Read-About Geography: Map Skills)

Longitude and Latitude (Rookie Read-About Geography)

Looking at Maps and Globes (Rookie Read-About Geography: Map Skills)

Map Keys (Rookie Read-About Geography: Map Skills)

Splish-Splash Science (Grades 1-3)

Exploring Plants