Did you know that you can print on your index cards? I don’t know about you but I don’t have the neatest handwriting and I tend to have more to write then I can manually fit onto one index card. If you have this problem too then this just might be your answer. I […]
Two weeks ago, I started an exploration of lesser-know filing systems with the Noguchi system. This method, devised by Japanese economist Noguchi Yukio, utilizes manilla envelopes and the frequency wi
I am going to post a few more pictures of my language arts interactive notebook that I took a couple of weeks ago. I have been posting a few with each blog, but am going to post several more of them on this entry. It has been what seems like a long week, so I am going to KISS this post! That is an acronym I teach my students: Keep It Short and Simple. We KISS a lot of stuff when appropriate! This is a double bubble map we used while reading The Cay by Theodore Taylor. This is a summarization strategy I found online call "the incredible shrinking notes" where students start out writing a summary of a reading selection on the large index card. Students are then given the medium sized card and have to take the information from the large card and condense it onto the medium sized card. Finally, students are given the small card and must then take the information from the medium sized card and condense it down either further onto the small card. This is a great way for students to get to the main point/idea of a selection. This is a brief biography of Theodore Taylor we glued in our notebooks when we were reading The Cay, one of his awesome books that can be integrated into either the study of South America or Central America or World War II. It also has great examples of dialect. This is a foldable on poetry terms. Notes on figurative language with some color coding to make the notes user friendly. Poetry notes also color coded to make them easier to use and more helpful. More poetry notes...notice an example is created with each type of poem so students have a reference point to refer to when needed. Once I teach poetry, it is fair game to require students to respond to any type of reading in poetry form. I teach poetry between Thanksgiving and Christmas each year, which gives students an opportunity to use their poetry skills for the whole second semester. Another page of poetry notes. Our last page of poetry notes. Note the "I Am" poem rules taped into student notebooks and then our class example written underneath. We used "Winter Morning Poem" and a sheet of generic poetry analysis questions to aid in comprehension. The questions are taped into the notebook so when students open them, they can see both poem and questions/answers together. This is just another poem where we were marking the rhyme scheme, lines, and stanzas.
What your Stem Story Challenge will have: 3 Illustrated Stories, Teacher Guide, Vocabulary Cards, Rubric, and a Journal!
I’m now going deeper into this planning and editing of my novel than I ever anticipated. In this week’s video I share how I’ve broken the novel up into chapters and, following on from the last video where I drew up a grid to identify gaps in the plot, I am now starting to make additions on the index
Happy New Year!!!! Today I am going to share with you, a card I made & some LO's I did for the year 2014,using the Beautiful Maja Design Collections & Dusty Attic Chipboard... I used the Vintage Autumn Basics Collection I used:no.XIX,no.XIX-BS,no.XXI,no.XXIII.no.XIII-BS,no.VII-BS,no.XX,& Heritage The Dusty Attic used: Skeleton Clock Faces (DA0430),Baroque Frame Set (DA0541),mini script ABC (DA0859),mini Number set (DA0863),page pebbles#9(DA1114) Thank you so much for taking the time to look,& all the Best to You & Yours for the Year 2015! Happy New Year....Rachelle
New on my Pinterest: Journals http://ift.tt/1WiznUT : How to make an accordion book. This could be really fun for students! So many classroom applications. #pinterest #easteasel #journals"“ http://if…
We had a much better day of shooting video today. We got the wolfsnail emerging, gliding along leaf matter, and EATING! I am very excited about the eating footage. It will have to be edited -- heavily. It turns out it takes the wolfsnail longer to eat a half-inch prey snail than it takes for
As summer approaches, I always find myself thinking about specific students and wondering how they will do at home all summer long. One simple activity I like to do with them before the end of the year is build a coping toolbox that they can use at home during the summer.
Learn how to create a custom romantic art journal that you can fill with all of your favorite art journaling techniques.
Hi Doodlebug Friends! It's Traci and I'm back to share my project for our Pinterest Inspired Challenge. I came across this fun little fol...
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Want to know what your kids are really thinking? These Conversation Starters for Kids will help you find out.
Card Carrying Blizzard Books I am dedicating a few posts to showing and writing about the Blizzard Book, a book design developed by Hedi Kyle. This structure changes dramatically depending on many …
I had originally intended to make a different kind of card today, but it required too many precise lines, so I looked around for som...
Do you like to make your own mini albums from scratch? If you’re looking for some new ways to make books, check out this comprehensive listing of over 10 book binding techniques. You’ll…
A look at 8 Scariest Tarot Cards, the message, the warning but also the more positive message they hold in an original downloadable poster.
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Last year I took a wonderful book binding class at the International Printing Museum in Torrance. It was taught by Book Artist Lucia Frias Villarreal . She has a Masters degree in bookmaking, so I feel I learned from the best! She taught us Coptic binding which was developed in Egypt as early as the second century AD. Essentially it is a stitching method where you attach your pages "signatures" to your covers. I have collected several drink coasters from Chili's and thought they would make some great starter covers for my mini books. I had all of these wonderful Vintage images I collected to use for my Summer inspired projects, but didn't end up using all of them. So I printed out my favorites and started stitching away. Traditionally you would use a special waxed string. I ended up using bakers twine which I waxed myself using a tea light! I really loved how they came out. I used some vintage book pages from damaged books for my signatures. {coptic edges} {i love this vintage Barbie image} {inside the signatures you can see the bakers twine} {the pages are from old books, a toy collectors catalog and a family satire from the 70's} I am thinkin of offering this for a class at the Vintage. They are so fun to make, and a bit challenging! -Denise
Enjoy these adventurous and easy crafts for kids that will spark their imaginations. With Gathered, keeping the kids entertained is easy!
Trouvaille de dernière minute : Cette jolie carte, facile à faire (à condition que la maîtresse de maternelle se tape toutes les découpes) est une création de Yoojin Um . Il faut bien sûr 3 épaisseurs de papier : une pour le fond où se trouvent le...
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I love making books out of single sheets of paper! This two directional accordion folded book is featured in the brand new book Playing with Paper: Illuminating, Engineering, and Reimagining Paper Art and it's completely cute! I bet it would...
I recently rediscovered the charm of little paper flexagons, known in the cardmaking world as never-ending or infinity cards. I find it fascinating to unfold each page, revealing the card maker’s vision beneath, until I magically end up back where I started. Infinity cards also make an ideal mixed-media substrate. I use them to make…
The only thing better than reading books is looking at pictures of books on the internet or, better yet, looking at pictures of bookSHELVES on the internet. There are so many cool lit pinterests, here are some of my faves.
The fact is that numerological numbers, determined by assigning a number to each letter of an individual’s name as well as the day of birth as they appears on the birth certificate, are unique to each and every person. In simple terms, numerological numbers are calculated by taking the sum of these numbers and combining them in a variety of ways. Generally, they are then interpreted and presented in a numerology report. However, with knowledge and understanding you can do this yourself. A comprehensive numerology report may initially appear somewhat intimidating as it may likely contain information derived from a
People who recognize their own strengths tend to be happier and have greater self-esteem. However, when a person uses their strengths every day, they can...
For years, until she retired, I worked with an enthusiastic classroom teacher named Anna who loved seeing her students make books. Instead of teaching bookmaking skills she created a bookmaking cor…
Use these 3 techniques to help your students build critical and higher-level thinking skills.
Learn about your students with this exciting Get to Know Me Questions Packet! Great as a back to school activity. This 6-page packet contains the following sheets: 1. Get to Know Me Activity Sheet - Let your kids write and draw, answering questions about their favorite food, animal, book and more. 2. Get to Know Me Questions List - Twenty get to know me questions, which you can hand to your students or read to them aloud. 3. Get to Know Me Cards - Group students in pairs of two. Cut out the cards and let them ask each other questions from the card pile. 4. Get to Know Me Self-Portrait - Let your students draw a self-portrait. 5. Get to Know Me - Superhero - Let your kids imagine themselves as a superhero. 6. Get to Know Me - 3 Wishes - If your students could have three wishes, what would they ask for? PDF format. For personal and educational purposes only.
interactive notebook pages and foldables for the pythagorean theorem in high school geometry
We have a beehive in our roof. The bees have been there for about a year. They collect nectar from and pollinate my wild town garden, where throughout the year, something is always in flower. I do …
Step-by-step how-to make a triangle circular folding book, with all image credits to Na Rae Kim, Korean Bookarts Academy, Seoul.
