This worksheet contains 6 topic cards. You can show a card to the class, give the students the instructions, put them into pairs or small groups, and ask them to talk. You may give them some
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It includes different questions about Hobbies. Put your students into pairs or small groups and encourage them to talk. It is designed for elementary level. Hope it works well!
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This material is for elementary learners of English, who have already studied Present Continuous. They will have practice in picture description. There are two pictures. Near each picture th
Would your students benefit from increased focus, better deep breathing habits, and a sense of calm? These French Yoga Flash Cards might just be the perfect addition to your classroom! Print and laminate them for whole classroom, small group, or individual practise. Use them to fill your classroom needs, whether as Brain Breaks, DPA (Daily Physical Activity) time, as a beginning or end of day 5-minute focus period, or during gym class. These visual cards are great for beginning readers, students with high energy, attention difficulties, and special needs. Check Out: -The Exercise Flash Cards from this Move It Collection! -The Dance Flash Cards from this Move It Collection! -The English version of this resource! Save by bundling all three sets together! You might also like: -This popular Early Finisher Display for Classroom Management! -This large collection of words for both a portable and traditional word wall! -This popular French Syllable Sound booklet for beginning readers! Want to know about new discounts, freebies and products? Become a follower by clicking on the green star beside my store logo. Click here to view my store!
Do you believe that every minute counts? I have found some of the best ways to enhance instruction that anyone can do. All of the resources I will talk about in this post, you already have or can be made with common items found in your classroom. And... Time is not a factor. Do you want in on my little secret? (I am sure most of you already do this anyway.) Begin your school day by welcoming students at your door. I always greet my students with interesting words to increase their vocabulary and introduce them to new words. For example, if a student is smiling I may say, "You look very delightful today." If a student has on new shoes I may say, "Your new shoes look very comfortable." Not only do students need the initial positive communication, but children are being exposed to interesting vocabulary. You do not need any resources for vocabulary exposure. However, you may start your morning meeting by revisiting some of the words. I like to use large chart paper for my morning message. I often include interesting words in my morning message. I have an Enfamil can from several years ago that I use when we travel to and from special classes. I have skills that need to be reviewed. I call my review can "Locked Out". I tell my students that we are "locked out" and can't move on until we answer correctly. Sometimes I do it whole group and other times I do them individually. Currently, there are math facts that my kindergarten students review. I just pull a card and students tell me the answer. Math facts, sight words, and nonsense words are the most frequently reviewed skills that I use. So don't throw away that empty can or basket. Use it to review skills at bathroom breaks, standing in lunch line, and even lining up for dismissal. Right next to my teacher chair, I have several "go to" books. Students need to be read to. I read many 'just because' read alouds to my students. I read just so my students can hear what reading sounds like. I read to model fluency. I read to emphasize voice. I read just because! The fourth way to enhance instruction in your classroom is to communicate with students and parents. Do you have a classroom newsletter? Do you send home updated word wall sheets, behavior sheets, or family projects. I have sent almost each monthly project this school year. The projects increase parent involvement and are often used as part of our reading block. It is just one more way to enhance academics and increase communication. I purchased the packet called Kindergarten Monthly Family Projects by Erin Eberhart Lynch. Transitions are one of the easiest was to increase academics in the classroom. At the beginning of the school year, we would walk from the rug to our seats counting by ones. Now, I dismiss students from the rug to their seats by asking: for words that rhyme, the answer to a math fact, what number is one more, how many syllables are in a word, and what they plan on writing about. When we line up for dismissal I use rhymes. I say the beginning of the rhyme and students give me a "thumb kiss" with the response. I use Cara Carroll's Goodbye Rhymes. These are not new ideas. They are simple ideas that any teacher at any grade level can use to enhance every minute of the school day. What do you do to enhance instruction? Can you use any of these ideas in your classroom? No matter what you do or what resources you use, make every minute count!
Six pages of general questions to cut out and have students ask each other. Topics are very general, varied and random, so I usually use the questions as a warmer or a first class to get peo
Daily Angel Oracle Card: Trust In The Plan, from the Lightworkers Oracle, by Alana Fairchild, artwork by Mario Duguay Trust In The Plan: “In preparation for radical growth, there can be tempo…
This weekend I was lucky to portray an 18th century milliner at the America's Hometown Thanksgiving Celebration in Plymouth, Mass. (Some pictures are on Instagram, but I'll post others here later this week.) To prepare for the event, I researched the terms millinery / milliner. I usually think as a milliner as relating to the art of hat making, and I believe it's separate from a mantua maker who would make gowns, but sometimes it seems that the definition of milliner in the modern vernacular reenacting genre suggests making gowns. Is this definition 18th century valid? What exactly did an 18th century milliner make and sell? To learn more about 18th century "millinery", I've investigated some primary sources to answer these questions... A Morning Rable or The Milliner's Shop, 1782 British Museum 1935,0522.1.31 The first print shows the woman in the center sewing a cap. (Thanks to the mirror behind her, I'm pretty sure her hair is braided!) I can't quite tell what the woman on the left is crafting, but maybe it's trim for the petticoat that's hanging behind her? (I love how the ladies are all wearing long sleeves!) A. Welles Milliner Lewis Walpole Library, Accession Number 66 726 T675 This pretty ad doesn't offer much detail to help answer my questions. Elizabeth Dawes Milliner, c.1757 Lewis Walpole Library Accession Number 66 726 T675 Quarto Ms. Dawes sells quite an assortment of goods at her shop such as tippets, children's stays and cloaks. Though she doesn't list ladies' gowns, she offers almost every accessory. (I would totally love to shop there!) In exploring the question about milliners specifically making hats, this ad suggests milliners could also be talented seamstresses who crafted, or at least carried, many necessary accessories. Mary Elliot Milliner, c.1757-1758 Lewis Walpole Library, Accession Number 66 726 T675 Much like Ms. Dawes' shop, Ms. Elliot's shop offers an assortment of accessories. Though it doesn't appear to have as much variety, I find it interesting that she promotes wholesale prices suggesting that she might contract out goods to other suppliers. Thomas Graham, Milliner and Pattern Drawer, c.1757-1758 Lewish Wale Pole Library, Accession Number 66 726 T675 Unfortunately we can't learn what more Mr. Graham is selling, but we do learn that, "...all manner of needle-work done after the Newest Fashion." Perhaps this includes gowns? The charming milliner of ____ Street, December 1771 Lewis Walpole Library, Accession Number 771.12.01.05.2+ To have worked in the fashion business, the milliner must have been stylish. A Milliner's Shop or Mrs Monopolize, the butchers wife purchasing a Modern HeadDress, 1772 V&A Accession Number E.620-1997 I found two opposing definitions of the term "Millinery" in different editions of Dr. Johnson's Dictionary. The version I have on my Nook states: MILLINER (M'ILLINER) I believe from Milaner, an inhabitant of Milan, as a Lombad is a banker. One who sells ribands and dresses for women. However Dr. Johnson's Dictionary on Google Books says: Milliner: one who sells ribands, bonnets, caps, &tc. for women. Dowt, that darn et cetera! I had a Renaissance lit professor in college who said, "The et cetera invites the reader to participate." In this case, because the few other primary sources I found didn't allude to gowns, I think the e-book editor probably took a bit too much liberty in hir editing. I'm concluding, for now, that milliners didn't make gowns and that they focused on hats, caps and an assortment of accessories. But I invite you to share you interpretations, &tc.
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Have parents fill out this Back to School form at Meet the Teacher Night to open a positive line of communication and get to know their child.
Ithell Colquhoun "Pure psychic automatism." That was Ithell Colquhoun in a nutshell, according to fellow Surrealist André Breton. The flattery is a bit of a suprise, given that Breton – one of several founders of a movement that has made little room to uplift its women – was somewhat of a vocal
Here is another of my themed conversation sheets. This worksheet covers the topic of Happiness. If you like this worksheet and find it useful then please take a look a look at my other works
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She stood in the storm, and when the wind did not blow her way, she adjusted her sails. Elizabeth Edwards A moving and inspirational quote by Elizabeth Edwards. This quote is typed on a German 1939 typewriter onto cream colored card stock. Card stock measures 6x6 inches, perfect for framing, scrap booking, card making, or other crafty activities.
Winter greetings to everyone! My post today is inspired by the very cold weather we have been having in Ohio and how that has impacted my teaching this week! I know some may say that the weather in Ohio is not really that cold but this week we have had temperatures in the single digits with wind chills below zero everyday! A friend posted on facebook the temperature in Anchorage, Alaska - 36 degrees, the temperature in Canal Winchester, Ohio - 3 degrees! Crazy!! So with the very cold temperatures that means 2 hour delays for school, inside recess and no playing outside! I find the students to be very antsy and needing to get their bodies moving! I’m sharing 3 activities that I have used with my students this week for the sole purpose of getting them up and moving. One the students favorites is to do Jim Along Josie. I actually started using this in kindergarten with them because I needed a very short movement activity and they LOVED it! I play Jill Trinka’s recording off her cd titled ‘My Little Rooster’, Jim Along Josie is track 1. The first time I play it, the students must listen and tell me all the different motions are that she sings about (walking, skipping, flying like an eagle, jumping like a kangaroo and spinning). After listing them all, we get up and move the way she says. This recording is less than a minute long so it is short and sweet but serves the purpose very well! The first motion is to ‘jim along’, I tell the kids that I don’t know what it means to ‘jim along’ and that we have to come up with our own motion during that time of the song. Inspired by Sue and her video’s, I’m posting a short clip of my first graders doing ‘Jim Along Josie’! Another activity my students really enjoy and gets them up and moving is called ‘The Freeze’. I must admit that I have had this recording for a very long time and I think it was originally on a cassette tape that I transferred to a cd. I honestly don’t remember when I got it AND who it is!!! If someone knows, please please please tell me!!! The way I do the games is the music is playing and the students can move freely around the room. When the music stops, everyone must freeze in the position that is held up by a student. Since my students know this very well, I choose a student to hold up the cards. I have used many different ‘picture cards’ over the years but my favorite are ones I found on line! Get the movement cards FREE at Artie Almeida's Website http://www.artiealmeida.com/resources/Statues.pdf Shout out to Katie Wynkoop for spending a good chunk of time on a Saturday afternoon locating the download on the web for me - thanks friend! Here are my first graders playing 'The Freeze' Finally, I'm sharing one of the students favorite games of all time - I call it ‘Statues’. Very simple - when the music is playing the students can move freely about the room, when the music stops they must freeze like a statue. Now, statues don’t talk or giggle but they can blink and breathe. If you move when you are to be frozen you are called out. This is their favorite part, I give 2 students ‘jobs’ to do; one to start and stop the music (using the pause button on the remote controll for the cd player) and another to call people out (sitting at the front of the class watching - I can also call folks out too). These are the most sought after jobs of all! They are much harder than I am when calling each other out! The music used in this video is from Les Gustafson-Zook’s Skip to My Lou Songs of the Pioneers. Les has been to my school several times as an artist in residence and he is GREAT with the kids! He is an award winning autoharp player but plays all kinds of folk instruments. He does a great job teaching the kids song and how music was used in the past and sings all folks songs performed on traditional instruments in his sessions. I use his cd for many different things in class. You can find it at http://gustafsonzook.com Lastly - check out my own blog at CMajorLearning.com. It is brand new and I would love to hear from all of you! Have a great week everyone - get up and get moving and - STAY WARM!!!!
Daily Angel Oracle Card: The Returning, from the Heart Of Faery Oracle Card deck, by Brian and Wendy Froud The Returning: “Profound Change ~ New Perspective ~ Understanding” “What…
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A classic in modern literature, "The Lottery" did more in nine pages than most novels do in nine chapters. Here's how Shirley Jackson outraged a nation with fewer than 3,500 words. Spoiler alert: this article reveals the ending of "The Lottery". If you haven't read it, hop to it! It'll take 15 minutes, tops. In 1948, The New Yorker published the most controversial short story in its history: "The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson, a 31-year-old wife and mother living in Vermont. The simply told tale covers a r...
Some authors do bookmarks for books. Or buttons. Or totes. But for Vicious, I decided to do TRADING CARDS. One for each villain in the book. They look like this: If more books get add…
This is a Housekeeping Speaking Game that comes with 1 game board. This board can be printed in color or black and white. It is a fun way to increase dialogue and build speaking skills amongst your learners. Students will move from one space to the next reading and then answering the questions. Housekeeping Speaking Game
Funniest Snapchats for the Time Being 1.) Like this one from when the women of Corellia gathered. 2.) Or this from the Taco Truck that can read between the
Daily Angel Oracle Card: The Turning Point, from the Tao Oracle Card deck, by Ma Deva Padma The Turning Point: “Nature moves in a continuously unfolding cycle of seasons, and there is no poin…
Come play with the Universe, ask a question, get clarity, and thank the Universe for being there for you. Anything is Possible when you open your Connection to the Universe, and Oracle Cards are a great way to do it.
Long before tweets and pokes, the way to instant message a dame and break the ice in the 1870s and 1880s featured an acquaintance card and possibly a gloved hand and top hat tilt. The Encyclopedia of Ephemera tells us that the acquaintance card was...
