I’ve been getting lots of traffic on my “Freebies” page from blog followers and visitors. It occurred to me, though, that maybe not everyone has looked beyond the homepage of Lessons From The Middle.  I just had a peek at the Middle School Freebies collection that I started a while back, and I noticed that [...]

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5 Angry Bird Lessons ranging from quadratic equations, geometry, graphing, addition, measurement, to conic sections.  These are fun engaging lessons for students to accomplish in the classroom. Quadratic Destruction: Given the equations of the curves required to destroy the pigs, can the students plot the graphs? This is an attempt to bring ...

Top 5 March Madness Activities to Use in the Classroom If you are an intermediate (grades 3-6) or secondary (grades 6-12) teacher, I am sure there are many students that are interested in the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament, also known as March Madness! We have developed numerous activities that relate to math, writing, geography, spelling and ...

 Get your students ready for the Iditarod sled dog race! This 30-page document is meant to simulate the Iditarod dog sled race. Students, with their teams of 12 to 16 dogs, will travel over some of the roughest, yet most beautiful terrain in Alaska- around jagged mountain ranges, frozen rivers, dense forests, and vast tundra. The approximate ...

Yes, that's right on Wednesday, February 29th, Wise Guys is having a huge sale in our store where you will not only get 10% off from TPT by entering this code: L2P9Y, but an additional 20% off from us! You will have to wait until Wednesday, but you will be able to access the deals by clicking on the picture below.  Don't miss out on this great ...

Friday March 2nd is Read Across America Day in honor of Dr. Seuss' birthday. It is a great time to spend doing reading activities with your students. Below are some samples of what we will be doing in our intermediate classrooms on that day. Many of these activities can be modified to fit primary and secondary ages as well. Enjoy! The Lorax: ...

We all use math every day; to predict weather, to tell time, to handle money.  Math is more than formulas or equations; it's logic, it's rationality, it's using your mind to solve the biggest mysteries we know.  The TV show Numb3rs begins each week with this quote.  There are pre-developed lessons and materials on the mathematics behind each of ...

You want future teaching, I will give you future teaching.  QR codes, they are quick and easy especially if you have iPad's or iPod's in your classroom already.  QR codes is a box that looks like a market checkout item, but it is a two dimensional bar code.  You scan the bar code with your smart phone using an application* and up pops a website, ...

Show Biz Science! Lessons/scripts by Vicki Cobb, Education World Science editor. #scichat #elemchat #spedchat These are great activities, class projects, experiments and investigation for science. A veery nice collection which students will enjoy completing. Added to my Super Science Fair Project Resources LiveBinder.