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Students Perform Song Using Cups as Instruments
I'm so excited to share with you a clip of the music performance our two sixth grade classes put on for assembly yesterday
I got the idea two weeks ago when ...
How to Teach Public Speaking to Sixth Graders
Many people's first experience with public speaking comes in college, when they are required to take a course in the art of presenting. Public speaking is such a valuable tool ...
Silhouettes of Energy
I don't know if you are like me, but I am just loving Pinterest and all the ideas it gives me! The other day I got excited when I saw ...
Turn Your Kids’ Photos into Coloring Pages
I just love all the great ideas I can get from others by viewing their boards on Pinterest. If you haven't been there yet, you had better hurry! You are ...
Woohoo! Our First Blog Award
Happy Valentine's Day! And along with all that excitement, I'm happy to announce that Inspired Class was chosen as one of the Best Teacher Blogs by We Are Teachers.
It's amazing ...
Using Decorative Pizza Boxes to Collect Students’ Work
When students are making all kinds of great things during a unit of study, I hate to send their projects home one by one because they seem to get thrown ...
Making Ancient Egyptian Sarcophagi
It's official: we've kicked off our unit on ancient Egypt. After our first lesson covering its geography the students were very interested in making sarcophagi.
Unfortunately, the link to the pattern I found ...
Uses for Leftover Crayons
For the past 10 years at the end of each school year I've collected crayons that my students no longer want. On my recent mission trip to India I took ...
A New Year’s Challenge from India
Happy New Year to all my blog viewers! I have appreciated your support. I know it's been a little while since my last post, but I have a good reason. ...
A Twist on Grant Wood’s Famous Painting
After teaching students about Grant Wood and the meaning of his famous painting, American Gothic, I set them to work creating their own masterpieces.
Each student receives a coloring page of ...