Themes by Topic
Missouri
4 Students will acquire a solid foundation which includes knowledge of: writing formally (such as reports, narratives, essays) and informally (such as outlines, notes)
- 100th Day of School
- Africa: Adinkra Cloths
- Africa: History and Culture
- Alamo
- Anatomy: Circulatory System
- Anatomy: Digestive System
- Anatomy: Immune System
- Anatomy: Muscular System
- Anatomy: Respiratory System
- Anatomy: Skeletal System
- Ancient Greece
- Ancient Rome
- Ancient Western Civilizations
- Animal Adaptations: Physical and Behavioral
- Animals: Barn Owls
- Animals: Bats
- Animals: Bees
- Animals: Black-Faced Spoonbills
- Animals: Boston Terriers
- Animals: Bottlenose Dolphins
- Animals: Cheetahs
- Animals: Chickens
- Animals: Chihuahuas
- Animals: Chimpanzees
- Animals: Clydesdales
- Animals: Corn Snakes
- Animals: Crocodiles
- Animals: Dachshunds
- Animals: Dogs: Toy Breeds
- Animals: Elephants
- Animals: Endangered Species
- Animals: Food Chains and Webs
- Animals: Foxes
- Animals: Frogs, Snails, and Fiddler Crabs
- Animals: German Shepherds
- Animals: Gila Monsters
- Animals: Giraffes
- Animals: Grizzly Bears
- Animals: Hippopotamuses
- Animals: Jaguars
- Animals: Jungle Animals
- Animals: King Cobras
- Animals: Koalas
- Animals: Labrador Retrievers
- Animals: Ladybugs
- Animals: Lemurs
- Animals: Leopards
- Animals: Lions
- Animals: Maine Mammals
- Animals: Mammoths
- Animals: Manatees
- Animals: Mealworms
- Animals: Meerkats
- Animals: Mice
- Animals: Missouri Birds
- Animals: Missouri Butterflies
- Animals: Missouri Fish
- Animals: Missouri Fox Trotting Horse
- Animals: Missouri Frogs and Toads
- Animals: Missouri Lizards
- Animals: Missouri Snakes
- Animals: Missouri Turtles
- Animals: Mountain Goats
- Animals: Ostriches
- Animals: Paint Horses
- Animals: Penguins
- Animals: Raptors
- Animals: Rattlesnakes
- Animals: Rhinoceros
- Animals: Saint Bernards
- Animals: Sea Otters
- Animals: Sea Turtles
- Animals: Sharks
- Animals: Siberian Tigers
- Animals: Spider Monkeys
- Animals: Spotted Owls
- Animals: Tigers
- Animals: Turkeys
- Animals: Urban Wildlife
- Animals: Utah Amphibians and Reptiles
- Animals: Utah Birds
- Animals: Utah Mammals
- Animals: Utah: Endangered Species
- Animals: Vertebrates and Invertebrates
- Animals: Whales
- Animals: White Tigers
- Animals: Wolves
- Architecture: Skyscrapers
- Art Museums
- Author Study: Beatrix Potter
- Author Study: Beverly Cleary
- Author Study: Bill Wallace
- Author Study: Chris Van Allsburg
- Author Study: Cormac McCarthy
- Author Study: David Shannon
- Author Study: Dr. Seuss
- Author Study: Edgar Allan Poe
- Author Study: Eric Carle
- Author Study: Judy Blume
- Author Study: Laura Numeroff
- Author Study: Peg Kehret
- Aviation: Activities for Junior and High School Students
- Back-to-School Activities
- Baseball: Negro League
- Baseball: Overview
- Black History Month
- Book Week Celebrations
- Careers: Exploration
- Careers: Job Hunting
- Cells: Mitosis
- Circus Acts and Animals
- Civil Rights Movement
- Civil War: African American Soldiers
- Civil War: Causes and Battles
- Civil War: Confederate Soldier
- Civil War: Drummer Boys
- Civil War: Slavery
- Civil War: Union Soldier
- Civil War: Women
- Classroom Design: Layout
- Classroom Design: School Furniture
- Continent: Asia
- Countries: Commonwealth of Independent States
- Country: Afghanistan
- Country: Bolivia
- Country: Brazil
- Country: Canada
- Country: Ecuador
- Country: El Salvador
- Country: French Polynesia
- Country: Germany
- Country: Ghana
- Country: Guatemala
- Country: Honduras
- Country: Iceland
- Country: India
- Country: Iraq
- Country: Madagascar
- Country: Malaysia
- Country: Pakistan
- Country: Peru
- Country: Philippines
- Country: Russia for Elementary Grades
- Country: South America: Pampas and Gauchos
- Country: South Korea
- Country: United Kingdom
- Dance History
- Debate
- Decade: 1910-1919
- Decade: 1920-1929
- Decade: 1930-1939
- Decade: 1950-1959
- Decade: 1960-1969
- Decade: 1970-1979
- Decade: 1980-1989
- Dictionary Skills
- Economics: Owning an Ice Cream Shop
- Elections for Elementary Students
- Elections for Upper Grades
- English: Basic Language Skills for ESL Students
- Famous People: Explorers of North America
- Famous People: George Washington Carver
- Famous People: Helen Keller
- Famous People: Human Rights Heroes
- Famous People: Jackie Robinson
- Famous People: Kurt Warner
- Famous People: Levi Strauss
- Famous People: Magicians
- Famous People: Milton Hershey
- Famous People: Ozark Mountain Region in Missouri
- Famous People: Pocahontas
- Famous People: Rosa Parks
- Famous People: Ruby Bridges
- First Amendment
- Florida: St. Augustine
- Folktales: Fables
- Folktales: Fairy Tales
- Folktales: Pourquoi Tales
- Folktales: Tall Tales
- French Revolution
- Geography: Countries
- Geography: Landforms
- Geography: Middle Atlantic Region
- Geography: New England Region of the United States
- Geography: Pacific Coast Region
- Grammar: Diagramming Sentences
- Grammar: Paragraphs
- Grammar: Parts of Speech
- Grammar: Parts of Speech: Adjectives
- Grammar: Parts of Speech: Conjunction
- Grammar: Parts of Speech: Nouns
- Grammar: Parts of Speech: Prepositions
- Grammar: Prefixes and Suffixes
- Grammar: Punctuation: Quotations
- Grammar: Sentences
- Grammar: Verb Tenses for Upper Grades
- Habitat: An Overview
- Habitat: Deserts
- Habitat: Forests
- Habitat: Grasslands
- Habitat: Ponds and Lakes
- Habitat: Rainforests
- Habitat: Tundra
- Habitat: Wetlands
- Health: AIDS/HIV
- Health: Polio
- Health: Smoking Dangers for Elementary
- High School Journalism
- Historic Documents: Declaration of Independence
- Historic Documents: Emancipation Proclamation
- Holiday: Arbor Day
- Holiday: Birthdays
- Holiday: Christmas Around the World
- Holiday: Christmas Traditions in America
- Holiday: Columbus Day
- Holiday: Father's Day
- Holiday: Halloween Crafts and Games
- Holiday: Independence Day
- Holiday: Kwanzaa
- Holiday: Mother's Day
- Holiday: Presidents Day
- Holiday: Veterans' Day
- Holocaust
- Hot Air Balloons
- Human Body Systems
- Human Body: Support System
- Immigration: Angel Island
- Immigration: Ellis Island
- Interviewing Senior Citizens and Grandparents
- Inventions: Ice Cream and Ice Cream Cones
- Jokes and Riddles
- Lewis and Clark Expedition: Louisiana Purchase and Exploring the West
- Library Skills: Information Searching Strategies
- Life in the Past and Life Now
- Literature Themes: Friendship
- Literature: "A Day No Pigs Would Die" by Robert Newton Peck
- Literature: "And Then What Happened, Paul Revere?" by Jean Fritz
- Literature: "Animal Farm" By George Orwell
- Literature: "As I Lay Dying" by William Faulkner
- Literature: "Be a Perfect Person in Just Three Days" by Stephen Manes
- Literature: "Because of Winn-Dixie" by Kate DiCamillo
- Literature: "By the Shores of Silver Lake" by Laura Ingalls Wilder
- Literature: "Call it Courage" by Armstrong Sperry
- Literature: "Crash" by Jerry Spinelli
- Literature: "Dear America" and "My Name is America" Civil War Books
- Literature: "Dear America: Across the Wide and Lonesome Prairie" by Kristiana Gregory
- Literature: "Dear America: Christmas After All" by Kathryn Lasky
- Literature: "Dear Mr. Henshaw" by Beverly Cleary
- Literature: "Dovey Coe" by Frances O'Roark Dowell
- Literature: "Flat Stanley" by Jeff Brown
- Literature: "Freckle Juice" by Judy Blume
- Literature: "Grandfather's Journey" by Allen Say
- Literature: "Harriet the Spy" by Louise Fitzhugh
- Literature: "Holes" by Louis Sachar
- Literature: "James and the Giant Peach" by Roald Dahl
- Literature: "Little House on the Prairie" by Laura Ingalls Wilder
- Literature: "Maniac Magee" by Jerry Spinelli
- Literature: "Mr. Tucket" by Gary Paulsen
- Literature: "My Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
- Literature: "Out of the Dust" by Karen Hesse
- Literature: "Ralph S. Mouse" by Beverly Cleary
- Literature: "Sounder" by William H. Armstrong
- Literature: "Stuart Little" by E.B. White
- Literature: "Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing" by Judy Blume
- Literature: "Teammates" by Peter Golenbock
- Literature: "The Best Christmas Pageant Ever" by Barbara Robinson
- Literature: "The BFG" by Roald Dahl
- Literature: "The Call of the Wild" by Jack London
- Literature: "The Castle in the Attic" by Elizabeth Winthrop
- Literature: "The Cat Who Went to Heaven" by Elizabeth Coatsworth
- Literature: "The Chocolate Touch" by Patrick Catling
- Literature: "The Courage of Sarah Noble" by Alice Dalgiesh
- Literature: "The Diary of Anne Frank"
- Literature: "The Empress of Elsewhere" by Theresa Nelson
- Literature: "The Giver" by Lois Lowry
- Literature: "The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald
- Literature: "The Iceman" by Don Lessem
- Literature: "The Kid in the Red Jacket" by Barbara Park
- Literature: "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe" by C.S. Lewis
- Literature: "The Lucky Baseball Bat" by Matt Christopher
- Literature: "The Mouse and the Motorcycle" by Beverly Cleary
- Literature: "The Wanderer" by Sharon Creech
- Literature: "The Wizard of Oz" by L. Frank Baum
- Literature: "Trumpet of the Swan" by E.B. White
- Literature: "Tuck Everlasting" by Natalie Babbitt
- Literature: "Under the Blood Red Sun" by Graham Salisbury
- Literature: "Wander" by Susan Hart Lindquist
- Literature: Book Activities
- Literature: Choose Your Own Adventure Stories
- Literature: Cinderella Stories
- Literature: Little House Books by Laura Ingalls Wilder
- Literature: Mystery Books
- Literature: Reader's Theater
- Mackinac Bridge
- Magic: History
- Math: Journals
- Math: Measuring Shadows
- Mayflower Voyage
- Microbes: Bacteria
- Microbes: Fungi
- Microbes: Protozoa
- Migrant Farm Workers
- Missouri Regions: An Overview
- Missouri Regions: Chariton Valley
- Missouri Regions: Kansas City
- Missouri Regions: Lake of the Ozarks
- Missouri Regions: Mark Twain
- Missouri Regions: Osage Lakes
- Missouri Regions: Ozark Heritage
- Missouri Regions: Ozark Mountain
- Missouri Regions: Pony Express
- Missouri Regions: River Heritage
- Missouri: City of St. Louis
- Missouri: Civil War
- Missouri: Facts
- Missouri: Famous People: Dred Scott
- Missouri: Famous War Heroes
- Missouri: Famous Women
- Missouri: Geography and Landforms
- Missouri: Government
- Missouri: Natural Resources
- Missouri: Rivers: Great Flood of 1993
- Native American Culture
- Native Americans: Anasazi: Mesa Verde National Park
- Native Americans: Iowa Tribe
- Native Americans: Mound Builders
- Native Americans: Navajo
- Native Americans: Osage Tribe
- Native Americans: Sitting Bull
- Natural Disasters: Earthquakes
- Natural Disasters: Relief Efforts
- Natural Disasters: Tsunamis
- News Sites for Elementary Students
- Newspaper Production for Elementary Classrooms
- Newspapers: Classroom Activities
- Olympic Games: Athletes and Records
- Olympic Games: Bidding to Host Olympics 2012
- Olympic Games: History
- Olympic Games: Summer 2004
- Olympic Games: Torch Relay
- Olympic Games: Winter 2002
- Orphan Trains, 1854-1929
- Photography
- Pilgrims of Plymouth Colony
- Pioneer Life: Settling on the Homestead
- Pirates
- Plants: Gardening
- Plants: Life Cycles
- Poets and their Poetry
- Quilts: Literature Activities
- Revolutionary War: Biographies
- Revolutionary War: Choosing Sides
- Revolutionary War: Elementary School
- Revolutionary War: Paul Revere
- Rivers: Mississippi River
- Rivers: Missouri River
- Science Fair Projects: Ideas and Organization
- Science: Dinosaurs
- Science: Fossils: Lucy
- Science: Time Travel
- Scientific Method
- September 11: One Year Later
- Shakers
- Shakespeare: "Hamlet"
- Shakespeare: "Julius Caesar"
- Shakespeare: "Macbeth"
- Shakespeare: "Romeo and Juliet"
- Shakespeare: His Life and Times
- Social Science Tools
- Solar System: Earth
- Solar System: Earth's Atmosphere
- Solar System: Famous Comets
- Solar System: Mars Exploration
- Solar System: Neptune
- Solar System: Planetoid Sedna
- Solar System: Planets
- Solar System: Pluto the Dwarf Planet
- Solar System: Saturn
- Space: Living
- Space: Nebulae
- Space: Universe
- St. Louis World's Fair, 1904
- Student Council Activities: Elementary School
- Superheroes
- Teaching Tips: Inquiry-Based Learning
- Teaching Tips: Using Online Journals and Blogs
- Technology: Student Email Accounts
- This Day in History
- Timelines
- Transportation: Bicycling
- Transportation: Covered Wagons
- Transportation: Trains
- Transportation: Transcontinental Railroad
- Trees: Redwoods
- U.S. Flag
- U.S. Government: Executive Branch
- U.S. President: Abraham Lincoln
- U.S. President: George Washington
- U.S. President: Jimmy Carter
- U.S. President: John F. Kennedy
- U.S. President: Richard M. Nixon
- U.S. President: Ronald Reagan
- U.S. Presidents
- Utah: History
- Utah: State Symbols
- Water Cycle: Explanations and Illustrations
- Water Cycle: Hands-On Experiments
- Weather: Basic Concepts
- Weather: Hurricanes
- Weather: Tornadoes
- Web Design: Examples of Elementary Classroom Sites
- Westward Expansion: California Gold Rush
- Westward Expansion: Hardships
- Westward Expansion: Pioneers of the Frontier
- Westward Expansion: Trails West
- Women's History Month
- World War II: Guadalcanal
- Writing: Advertisements
- Writing: Alliteration, Idioms, and Hyperbole
- Writing: Biographies
- Writing: Character Traits
- Writing: Historical Fiction
- Writing: Letters: Friendly, Business, and Thank You
- Writing: Memoirs
- Writing: Newspaper Articles
- Writing: Nonfiction
- Writing: Personification
- Writing: Persuasion
- Writing: Poetry for Elementary Grade Levels
- Writing: Point of View
- Writing: Prompts
- Writing: Purpose
- Writing: Realistic Fiction
- Writing: Research Papers
- Writing: Science Fiction and Fantasy for Elementary Students
- Zebras
- Technology: Inspiration
- Technology: Movie Maker Projects
- Teaching Tips: Interviews
- Teaching Tips: Reading in the Content Areas
- Teaching Tips: Writing Assessment Tools
- Teaching Tips: Graphic Organizers
- Teaching Tips: Guided Reading
