Is Your Classroom ELL-Friendly? Deb Hanson shares 8 practical strategies you can implement right away to ensure that your classroom supports English Language Learners.
My quest this year was to create a more organised environment in my classroom. A space that allowed for natural expression through various forms of play as well as a space that was organised and wa…
By Deb Chitwood from Living Montessori Now Today, I have a Montessori-inspired activity that can be used for a number of different ...
Is Your Classroom ELL-Friendly? Deb Hanson shares 8 practical strategies you can implement right away to ensure that your classroom supports English Language Learners.
FREE Call Backs and attention getters for the kindergarten classroom! Great classroom management tool!
Student engagement is my number one goal in the classroom. None of the academic goals can be achieved without student engagement. It is essential! My biggest advice to you is to decrease teacher talk and the time students spend in their desks.I want to share some more specific ways that I keep my students engaged
As you start another school year, I’m sure you have a million and one things planned to do with your students. One thing you should definitely take the time to do is set goals with your classroom. They really help set a purpose for ALL of your students and help with building classroom community.
Pencil Names - Name Building Practice Printable comes with eight editable pages, containing two pencils. Each pencil has pieces for two letter names up to nine letter names. Getting Pencil Names - Name Building Practice Printable
Long list of free bee printables along with ideas for using bee printables to create Montessori-inspired activities for preschoolers through grade 1.
I may have gone overboard on the photos for this post, but this is one of my favourite art lessons so far. I was inspired by this ...
Hands-on life-cycle activities featuring a variety of plant and animal life cycles; Montessori-inspired life-cycle activities for home or classroom!
When heading to Ikea use my Ikea Shopping List for Teachers to help guide you. Find the best deals, easy storage solutions and hacks you never thought of.
Here is another idea brought to you by the seductively fun Deb Abshier. She brought a version of this activity to share with our class on Wednesday night, and I love it! The possibilities are endless, but it is very important that you set it up correctly. (MAKE SURE YOU CLICK HERE TO READ THIS POST…
I introduced first graders to the idea of 3-dimensional art through this abstract, non-objective sculpture project. First, we watched a video on Brainpop Jr. about sculpture and learned that sculpture can be made out of many different kinds of materials. It is different from drawings and paintings because it is not flat. We leared that sculptures can have symbols and meaning, or they can just be an opportunity to explore shapes and colors. Kids started with a sqare of black or orange cardboard and five strips of colored paper. I taught them how to bend and glue their paper. I encouraged them to try new things and discover what the paper could do. Some kids thought their project was done with five strips, while some could have used fifty. They all loved the freedom of this project!
Using realistic dinosaur models for hands-on activities is a perfect introduction to paleontology.
Get this FREE Google Classroom Assignment Tracker to help organize your digital assignments!
Art glorious art! Oh how I love my job! Children, Art, Children, Art...throw in a little nature and I am in heaven. After weeks of labor and months of planning our "All School Celebration" art show finally arrived. It was a fabulous success. Here are a few photos to share: The picture above is an example of some of the children's seasonal explorations And here is a sampling of a classroom space study, complete with a collaborative robot and solar system... In this picture you can see both our study of watercolor media and the powerful immergent project of worry dolls that evolved over several months in the studio. Each doll is accompanied by an original story from the artist. These are a few of the self portraits and interviews we did using water soluble oil pastels. Every child in the school made one and I compiled yearbooks using their photos, portraits and interviews to sell at the show. Here is another angle of the space display... And here is a photo of the Autumn door we created as a mural in the style of Tony Ortega, 95% of the artistry on this door was done by children aged 3-5. How great is that! The school spent several months learning about Egypt. Here is a sphinx that we made with the help of my dear friend, coworker and professional sculptor, Amy Laugesen. And here is the pyramid and palm trees we made during our Egyptian immersion. These are some of the beautiful oil pastels created by the students and a few more surrounding one of the murals we made with Tony Ortega this year in the studio. And here I am moments before the show. Proud of the show but my greatest reward is that if you ask any of our students if they are an artist they will say YES without hesitation or doubt. They are celebrated, inspiring, creative artists and I hope that truth will plant itself deep in their hearts and continue to grow throughout their lives.
Ready, set, go! Start the timer and get going on this one-minute math addition practice. Created for first-grade students, this math worksheet features simple, one-digit addition problems. This exercise challenges students to solve as many problems as they can in one minute. It’s a helpful way to assess your students’ abilities and build confidence! Download file US Letter size (8.5 x 11 in) - 10 pages with 100 questions on each page. For more worksheets, check out our store. https://www.etsy.com/shop/WorksheetDigital Thank you for visiting Worksheet Digital.
Creating a sensory friendly classroom does not need to be complicated or expensive. We share 5 tips that are easy and budget friendly!
And yet here's another wheel foldable!!! Included is a foldable on plate tectonics. Students can either construct the foldable as a h...
I LOVE paint chips. They can be used for so many things in and out of the classroom. This post is about 6 ways to use these in your classroom.
What bin do these items go into? This recycling sorting game is a fun way to introduce kids to the basics of re-purposing waste!
By Deb Chitwood from Living Montessori Now Today, I have a Montessori-inspired activity that can be used for a number of different ...
By Deb Chitwood from Living Montessori Now Today, I have a Montessori-inspired activity that can be used for a number of different ...
Read The Enormous Turnip and add this resource, or use it to compliment studies of cooperation, teamwork, plants, sequencing, folk tales, and more. As you read The Enormous Turnip and other texts about giant food, these printable pages should make your work and planning easier. Please take a look at the preview. I've included: Lesson Suggestions Story booklet for reading practice Measuring Fruits & Vegetables (math) page "World’s Largest" Fruit & Vegetable Fact Cards Story Sequencing Image Cards Sequencing Craft-ivity “What’s Wrong” Problem & Solution paper Writing Plan “My ENORMOUS Plan” CLOZE Writing Page for student to write their own version “The Enormous Turnip” Reading Booklet “Other Words for Big” page “Other Words for Small” page Helpfulness writing prompt “Who is Next” (Ordinal Words) Drawing to Define Describing a Turnip (adjectives) “Totally Turnips” (addition equations to solve) Comparing Numbers I appreciate your interest in this resource. If you'd like email notifications regarding product launches, sales, and general store news, click the star at the top of any page within my store to "follow" me. Please leave a rating a feedback after your purchase. This will not only help me to continue to provide effective and useful resources, but it will provide you with credits that can be used towards future purchases on TPT.
I’m here to share a quick resource update and some great cozy ideas to spruce up your room! The first Halloween resource is my Halloween Mystery Picture Coordinate Graphing packet. It includes a number of different coordinate graphing mystery pictures for students to work on. My students are obsessed with these. They even beg to do […]
These paper roller coasters are SO fun to make. All you need is strips of construction paper. The steps for the little car are below.
