Too many classroom icebreakers require students to take big social risks with people they barely know. Or they don't really help students get to know each other. Or they are just plain cheesy.
Sample a day of Rooted in Reading with these lesson plans and activities for Reading Comprehension, Vocabulary, and Grammar!
A Godly leader is a great leader! Scripture is filled with Bible verses for leaders to reflect on as they take on the responsiblity of leading others.
Our guest blogger shares her tips about how to make time for vocabulary instruction and how to make vocabulary instruction engaging for your students!
Use mayonnaise, mustard, and other condiments to encourage student independence and responsibility. Mustard = must do work, Mayonnaise = may do work, Ketchup = catch up work, and Pickles = you pick activities or Pick a Good book and read. These posters are a great visual reminder to show students w...
As we starting incorporating Active Learning Centers in our Library, I noticed that most of them were geared toward Early Literacy. We began to brainstorm ways to engage toddlers, preschoolers, school agers and tweens. Actual Size was one of our first ideas. We took a page from the Steve Jenkins book, “Actual Size.” On a column in the Children’s Department, we measured increments in feet and labeled them with animals that were each size. In addition, we added facts about each animal and their sizes. Now as kids of all ages and even some adults walk through the room they can measure themselves and each other to discover that they are as tall as a sea turtle, a bear or a flamingo. This addition does not take up a lot of space and did not cost any money except for the paper and ink to print the pieces. There is...
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Looking for activities for a civics unit to teach being a good citizen for kids? This blog post has resources and activities you'll love!
Sarcasm is a form of verbal irony. It can be a way to insult or make others laugh. Read the funniest sarcastic quotes and sayings for a good laugh. Sarcasm is everywhere. You either love or hate it.
Looking for a book list for making inferences and predictions? Here you go! Be sure to check out all the book lists I have for teaching comprehension. *This post contains affiliate links. Making inferences and predictions are highly related comprehension strategies. In fact, most books for teaching comprehension lump them together. For the younger ... Read More about Book List for Making Inferences and Predictions
Try these fun listening games with Elephant and Piggie that help kids work on listening to others - a skill that's necessary to be a good friend.
Practice on Past tenses while we learn how to be a voulnteer and help others. - ESL worksheets
Guided Reading with a Purpose is a meaningful guided reading program that incorporates reading comprehension and standards with fun themes and crafts.
Your 1st, 2nd, and 3rd-grade classroom or home school students are going to love these word searches for SEPTEMBER. Do you find when you give your students a word search, that it's tough for some or maybe easy for others? This is a good resource to help reinforce the skill while learning at the same time!
If you love a Magic Eraser, but do not love the cost. You can try to make your own. Clean just about everything off your walls, floors and other surfaces.
Did you know that great handwriting skills are crucial to kids’ success throughout their years in school? Writing skills are part of the foundation to
If you think I have the answers here, I'm afraid you'll be disappointed. I'm far from having any answers.
My daughter loves when we have storytime at our house. Every day we can easy read for 15-30 minutes. Visits to our local library is always exciting because of the idea of finding new books to enjoy. There has been one book that is not new to most, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs. Although I've heard great reviews about this book I never made the decision to borrow it. I have found another fun way to find books and that is at yard sales! When I see a bin of books I'm all over it! Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs was one I recently found and grabbed it for .25 cents!! After the first read my daughter was hooked! She smiled and laughed and thoroughly enjoyed the story. She loves how it rains and snows food! Each night before bed my daughter chooses a book which is alot more fun and easier now that we have our rain gutter book shelf. Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs was a favorite for at least a week straight! To help my daughter with reading comprehension I made up this activity, here's what I used and how we played: Giant Post it Notes (these are awesome!) Permanent Marker Brown paper bags Prizes for bag This was such an easy set up. I had a list of questions I asked my daughter about the story and wrote 2 choices to each question onto the Post It Notes. After I read the question my daughter had to choose which was the correct answer by jumping on it. At the end of each path I taped a brown paper bag, if she chose the right path she would receive some goodies I hid in the bag. If she chose the wrong path the bag would be empty. She chose the correct answers so she got the prizes on the first try - had she not we would have just kept playing until she got it right! This was a really fun activity that helped my daughter with her reading comprehension and got her moving at the same time.....and a little prize at the end never hurts!!
Sometimes as teachers/parents we need specific skills to look for as they fall onto a continuum. This rubric helps you to do just that. This...
The best creative writing exercises help you practise your writing skills in a fun way. Check out these writing exercises and writing prompts for adults.
I was reading through old notes on Evernote the other day and I stumbled across a list of personal development books that I read and loved a few years back when I was beginning this journey. Here are 10+ books I read while on a journey to happiness that I found to be helpful.
The green and red choice board is a universal support available for all students to support their social-emotional behavior.
Acronyms are a kind of abbreviation. Some are serious, while others will make you laugh hard. Read and share funny acronyms for a good laugh.
Wondering how to organize your life and save 7 hours every week? I got you! Here are 7 great tips that help me be productive and organized.
An easy activity to get the discussion going for young learners on ways to practice being a good friend. Pair it with any book that focuses on teaching the importance of getting along with others!
I love this activity, and it's one of my best sellers! This cut and sort activity is great for all ages, and can be done individually or as a group. I typically completed this activity with my second graders after a read aloud at the beginning of the year (such as "Do Unto Otters" by Laurie Keller). It's such a great activity to build classroom community, and even build cut and paste skills! It's a great activity to encourage being a good citizen during Social Studies, also! While I mentioned second grade, I've had other grade levels purchase and use this item also. It's never too early (or too late!!) to review and discuss being a good citizen! :) Simply download and print!
Supporting kids with special needs works best when both regular education and special education staff work together. That's why it is helpful for all teachers to understand how they can modify and accommodate for students in their classrooms. For newer teachers, learning that you need to modify work
Acronyms are a kind of abbreviation. Some are serious, while others will make you laugh hard. Read and share funny acronyms for a good laugh.
In this blog post we wanted to start the new year with 15 Scrap Fabric Project Ideas, perfect for using your left over fabric pieces...
No need to fear sewing with lightweight, sheer fabrics when you learn these techniques for creating beautiful seams and hems.
Description Yarn Recommendations KAL Logistics It's not too late!Although the official KAL with live Zooms is over, you can still join and get access to all the recordings and emails which are FULL of helpful tips and tricks, as well as the Ravelry Group for our community of KALers! The Kathmandu sweater is inspired by the colourful Hippie era in the 60's and 70's. Kathmandu, Nepal was a popular destination for many hippies in so-called "hippie trails" at this time, and a colourful sweater in the mountains was mandatory. This sweater pattern by Linka Neumann is written to be knit in the round from the bottom up, but WE HAVE RE-WRITTEN THE PATTERN NOTES TO BE KNIT TOP DOWN in the round, so you can try it on as you go, and tailor the length and fit to suit you! As always, we've also made other (optional) tweaks to the pattern, which will all be explained as we go. We LOVE this pattern for playing with a custom palette and practising your colourwork, and making a Winter sweater that will be uniquely you!Level of difficulty and skills requiredAdventurous Intermediate. Our KAL is guided, which means we will be offering tips and advice as we go, but you definitely need to be ready to tackle things like: • chart-reading • stranded colourwork • (optional) ladderback jacquard technique • (optional) short rows • tubular cast on • sewn bind off We will be on hand to help you choose the perfect yarns and colours for your sweater. Tribe KALs are all about community, yarns friendships, support and laughs. We keep doing them because they are so much fun! Try to keep your Friday evenings free during the KAL so you can get the most out of the KAL. Whilst there is a good amount of technique discussed during the sessions, the idea is more of a "knit-along" as opposed to workshops. It's more of a social thing 😁! Everyone is welcome, but bear in mind the skill level. Your KAL Coupon Includes: Your Yarn Coupon! 🧶 There are SO MANY yarn and colour options - there's no way we could list them all as kits, so we've included a list of our favourite yarns for this pattern in the "Kit Details" tab, along with the number of skeins you'll need for each size. When you purchase this KAL, we will email you a £75 coupon to apply towards your yarn purchase so you can choose whatever yarn combo you want, along with all the Zoom info! * Pattern We will email your copy via Ravelry, so let us know your Rav username if you want us to add into your Library Weekly Zoom Sessions Informal and friendly, to guide you through the steps. Sessions are recorded and you will be emailed all the links and tips. Ravelry Group A private Ravelry group just for us where we can share our progress, tips and more! You will also need the following: • Double pointed needles 3.5 and 5 mm (US 4 and 8) • Circular needle 40 cm (16 in) 3.5 and 5 mm (US 4 and 8) (or use magic loop • Circular needle 80 cm (32 in) 3.5 and 5 mm (US 4 and 8) [We highly recommend Chiaogoo 5" Interchangeable Tips with a small 30" Chiaogoo Cable and Chiaogoo Shorties for sleeves (instead of dpns) . The needle sizes you need will depend on your gauge. • Stitch holders • Stitch markers * Note that the Coupon is unique to each customer and must be used in one single transaction, i.e. spend the whole thing in one go because leftovers can't be saved... Recommended Yarns (feel free to mix and match between yarns too!) This sweater is written for a worsted weight yarn and knit at a gauge of 18 stitches per 10cm (4"). Here are our FAV yarns for this sweater based on gauge, colourwork and sweater style: Origin by Walcot Yarns Woolstok Worsted by Blue Sky Fibres Sweater by Blue Sky Fibres (coming soon!) Silky Twist by artyarns (coming soon!) W.O.W. by Galler Yarns The Croft Shetland Colours by West Yorkshire Spinners L+2 and L+4 by Einrum Manchelopi by Wooldreamers Also, definitely consider using any of these yarns held double for this sweater too: Merino Cloud by Artyarns Le Petit Lambswool by Biches & Buches Alpaca 2 by Isager Preseli by Garthenor Perennial by Kelbourne Woolens Sizes Sleeves (from underarm to cuff): 47 cm / 18½ " for all sizes Length of the body: 42 cm / 16 ½ " in for all sizes The pattern is written to have a positive ease of about 10-15 cm, so your actual measurements should be about 10-15cm (4 - 6") less than the finished body measurements below. Sizes Finished Body XS 88cm / 34 ½" S 97cm / 38 ¼" M 106cm / 41 ¾" L 115cm / 45 ¼" XL 124cm / 48 ¾" XXL 133cm / 52 ¼" XXXL 142cm / 56" Meterage: Main colour: 700 (800) 900 (1000) 1100 (1200) 1300 m Pattern colour 1: 200 (200) 200 (300) 300 (300) 300 m Pattern colour 2: 100 (100) 100 (100) 200 (200) 200 m Pattern colour 3: 200 (200) 300 (300) 400 (400) m Pattern colour 4: 100 (100) 100 (100) 200 (200) 200 m Shown in yellow sweater as: MC: Yellow PC1: Coral Red PC2: Burgundy PC3: Dark Turquoise PC4: Light Turquoise (for high neck you need 50g more of the main colour) Zoom Videos: Every session has been recorded, so you'll get to knit-along at your own pace! Links will be included in the emails. Yarn Coupon: Your £75 Yarn Coupon can be used towards any yarns in the shop, and redeemed in store or online. It is valid for 6 months. Zoom and KAL Rules: Please do not share Zoom details with anyone, including recordings. All attendees on Zoom are required to have their camera (don't worry - no one will judge you for messy hair, messy bedroom etc 😁). Upon joining, Zoom attendees give permission for the sessions to be recorded and shared amongst KAL participants only. I (Milli) will be available for KAL help during Zoom sessions and via the Ravelry group only. I'm afraid I can't address individual help via emails or phone. Be kind and courteous. No hate speech or bullying. No promotions or spam. Please do not use the group to promote products from other sellers. Respect everyone's privacy. Have fun! That's the most important rule.
Ignite a love for learning using stories, teaching subjects in a gentle way. Embrace learning with a literature-based homeschool curriculum!
Students' first friends are often in the classroom. Teachers can show students what being a good friend is all about using picture books about friendship!
