Help your child understand a.m. and p.m. by having her read each sentence, then determine if the event happened before noon (a.m.) or after noon (p.m.).
The first week of school generally consists of getting to know one another, in addition to discussion and practice of classroom procedures and routines. We also got our creative juices flowing by creating summer reflection writing pieces, squiggle stories, and "All About Me" mini-posters. Students are getting to know one another and me, and we are learning to work together to build a successful and positive classroom environment. On Wednesday, I wrote out six questions, all having to do with how to make our classroom and ourselves function to the highest level, on six pieces of chart paper. Students, in groups of three, spent two minutes at each chart, collaborating and responding to each question on a sticky note. After all groups visited each chart paper station, I hung all of the charts up and we discussed each answer and noticed some very interesting trends. Here's the finished product, which you can click on to enlarge: Inspired by Life in 4B To tie into the previous activity, I was inspired by my wonderful teammates, Mrs. Fadden and Ms. Mattox, to develop at class pledge with my students. We reviewed our responses to the above questions, and then we put all of the ideas together to form a cohesive paragraph that we have all agreed will help us to remember why we are here at school and what our common goal is. Below is the rough draft of our class pledge (which I will type up, make pretty, and have all of my students sign): Since we were able to develop a class goal (to achieve success in third grade), I also had each student determine an individual goal after reading the story Matthew's Dream by Leo Lionni. I displayed our "Hopes and Dreams" for third grade near the classroom door, so that we can refer to, and revisit, them throughout the year. Lots of students are interested in learning how to sharpen their cursive skills, multiplication and division skills. I was very impressed by the number of students ready to take on our 40 book challenge! More on that later! Here's our class display of our hopes and dreams for third grade: Lastly, I read a book called Have You Filled a Bucket Today? The premise is that everyone carries an invisible bucket everywhere they go. When your bucket is "filled" you feel happy.When your bucket is "empty" you feel sad or upset. People can fill buckets by lending a helping hand, smiling, being kind, including others in games, and more. People can empty buckets by teasing, being ungrateful, acting disrespectfully, and more. I encourage my students to recognize the actions of bucket-fillers by writing them quick note and sticking it in their bucket display. This helps make everyone feel good. When we feel good, we want others to feel good. Therefore, kindess is passed from person to person. This is our bucket-filling display, complete with ways we can fill buckets and ways we can empty buckets: I look forward to more of these types of meaningful activities that promote teamwork, kindness, and achievement with your child!
While many succumb to the trauma of failure and lose confidence and performance, Resilient individual rise again, learn from their failure and improve their performance. Can Resilience be taught?
Do you have students who just cannot get b & d and p & q straight no matter how much you work on it? Maybe this set will help! It contains 4 posters, one for each letter b, d, p, & q that will help students differentiate between those confusing couples. ...
*Today's freebie, to honor Pam's memory (The Vintage Teacher blog), was created with help from my husband John! Wanna see how well your students understand the values that you've adopted for your character building? Here's a six-sided character cube that perfectly complements our Six Pillars of Character: Trustworthiness, Respect, Responsibility, Fairness, Caring, Citizenship. Click here for the template that you can print on card stock. Ask your students to illustrate each character trait and color before cutting out, folding and fastening the tabs with glue or tape to make a cube. Use it during those five minutes at the end of class or at a work station to integrate character; students can roll the cube and talk about either what's happening in the picture or discuss an experience they've had with that particular pillar. What other ways could you use this character cube? Three more bulletin board ideas: Our future looks bright with cool character kids leading the way! Shine on! How do you create a caring community?
This week I will be beginning a poetry notebook in my kindergarten classroom. We will use each of our poems as a shared reading a...
Inspirational quote on watercolor hand painted rainbow background. Typographical poster, banner, card design element. JPEG file in zip archive. Thank You for visiting my shop!
I created this bingo card to motivate our kids to try new things during summer. It can also be used to make them realize that they did a lot of fun activities during their time off. I'll be using this bingo card with my own kids. You can give students a copy before the end of school year or use it as a back to school activity. Have fun! Happy summer! Click here: Would you like to see more resources for your classroom? Click here
See an infographic breaking down how accountability works on Scrum Teams and for each role on a Scrum Team.
Item description Free Fraction Worksheet – Halves Simple print and practice page for fractions. Students color half of each shape.
Are you teaching poetry? Find poetry blog posts, freebies, and poetry resources that will have your students fall in love with reading and writing poetry.
Teach poetry tools for kids successfully with a visual anchor chart. Here is a visual anchor chart that you can create with your class as you study a unit of poetry. Practice each poetic device (personification, imagery, repetition, alliteration, metaphor, line breaks, simile and rhythm) and add it to your anchor chart to help students see that they can be successful in writing poetry too.
To help my students learn about the 12 Apostles of Jesus, I created a mini accordion book. On each page, they glued the picture and name of each apostle until we had all 12 included. We gave some facts about each Apostle and then listened to a cute song to help with learning the names. ... Read More about Learning about the 12 Apostles
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Blocks can be really useful in the practice for both the beginner and seasoned yogi. Click below to read more.
A beginners guide to the chakras. I am an IAYT certified yoga therapist offering online yoga therapy sessions. As a Phoenix Rising yoga therapist, my work is body-based, and allows you to connect deeply with yourself and discover a way to transform and grow. .
Match Word with Picture: AT Words. Identifying words ending in –AT by matching the words with each picture.
Help your child practice his skills with measurements with this printable worksheet, which is all about weight. Download to complete online or as a printable!
It's starting...the time when I start missing the artic cards and Candyland and planning therapy. Summer is coming to an end. I am down to one week left, which is exciting and a little sad all at the same time. I love being home all summer with my son...no schedules to keep, no alarms, and I can have my coffee on the couch while listening to Pandora and cruising Pinterest. But...I also love a new school year and seeing my students and getting back to "pathologizing" :)
3 fresh, contemporary All About Me Activities that your students enjoy. These all about me activities are approved by teachers and students!
Develop phonics and fine motor skills with these cute printable SATPIN clip cards - a lovely kindergarten phonics activity!
Yum! Synonym Success!
if you're in the home building process, this is a list of scripture for each room of the house. Bible Verses for Building a Home
GICLEE ART PRINT ON A2 - Limited Edition TITLE: Eve and the Serpent A biblical painting of Eve in the Garden of Eden talking to the serpent. This painting is one of a collection inspired by bible verses. "Then the serpent said to the woman, “You will not surely die.” Genesis 3:4 SIZE: The image is 40 x 48cm set within an A2 sheet (42 x 59.4cm) providing a white border. Each print is hand signed and numbered on the front. There are 100 prints in this edition. MATERIALS: Archival quality inks on velvet fine art paper FEATURES: Eve in the Garden of Eden, holding an apple freshly picked from the apple tree, being tricked by the serpent. PLEASE NOTE: These prints are unframed. OVERSEAS SHIPPING: Please be aware that there may be a sales tax required to pay at customs. This differs from country to country. In order for packages to pass through customs seamlessly, I may request a contact number that I can pass on to the courier.
No bucket dippers here! Just fun and free ways to fill up buckets every day.
Children of the World multicultural activities provide an engaging way for Montessori preschool students to learn about different cultures. With a variety of activities and printables, children can explore and […]
Exploring the Greek alphabet opens up a world of ancient wisdom and linguistic beauty. This script is not just a […]
About Star-Crossed!! 3 From the creator of the hit manga and anime Kiss Him, Not Me! comes another off-the-wall, geeky shojo comedy! A series of mixups leads to God misplacing the souls of a girl and the handsome idol singer she adores–in each other’s bodies! And they can switch back and forth by…kissing?! PLAYING WITH FIRE After being forced to share their secret with Fumi, Azusa’s overprotective childhood friend, the body-switching pair vows never to tell another soul of their predicament…until fellow P4U member Haru kisses Chika, while Azusa is in his body! Although Haru appears to be a willing ally when all is revealed, he may just be harboring an ulterior motive—and a secret— beneath his charming smile. Armed with her suspicions and control of Chika’s body, Azusa is ready to do whatever it takes to protect her precious idol!
EMOTIONS is a fun printable board game for kids and adults to play together! Players will be challenged to act, discuss and imagine, while learning all about emotions and each other. Some tasks are
Browse our collection of 9 free printable quotes and use them to decorate your and office to keep you motivated and stay positive.
