Constitution, Preamble, and US Government Activities
Five Resources for Constitution Day (September 17)
Beat the Heat
Informational article about ways to stay healthy in hot weather
Related Skills: Cause/Effect, Main Idea
Is Summer Break Necessary?
Informational article about the reasons most schools take a summer vacation
Related Skills: Fact vs. Opinion, Main Idea
Get Ready for Summer!
Two articles about summer: “Beat the Heat” and “Is Summer Break Necessary?”
Related Skills: Cause/Effect, Fact/Opinion, Main Idea
Earth Day!
Football Critical Thinking Activity
I first saw something like this about 16 years ago when I was a new teacher. I was observing in another teacher’s classroom. He was obsessed with football, so he’d put together this elaborate math unit tracking football stats and scores.