Having some fun on Pi Day, with recipes, jokes and pie stuff for the math geek and pie lover in all of us
As I have said before, I am a self-proclaimed math geek. Last year I compiled Pi Day activities on the blog. For the mathematically challenged, Pi Day is a day dedicated to the number 3.14... It is celebrated on March 14th, 3/14. You can see more Pi Day ideas on my Pinterest page. Free Printable from TPT Books for every level to celebrate Pi Day Free Printable Pi Day Problems Pi Day Games and Activities Pie Plate Activity Pi Day Infographic Click here to see the most adorable 5th graders singing a Pi Day song to the music of "Dynamite" Still need more ideas? Check out my Pi Day Pinterest board. If your idea was featured in this post, please grab an "I've been featured" button and display it proudly on your blog!
Have you ever wanted to say no to something, but were afraid to hurt feeling, or look bad? Check out these strategies to help you say no.
Five: Man, this. Guy just goes on forever.
As I have said before, I am a self-proclaimed math geek. Last year I compiled Pi Day activities on the blog. For the mathematically challenged, Pi Day is a day dedicated to the number 3.14... It is celebrated on March 14th, 3/14. You can see more Pi Day ideas on my Pinterest page. Free Printable from TPT Books for every level to celebrate Pi Day Free Printable Pi Day Problems Pi Day Games and Activities Pie Plate Activity Pi Day Infographic Click here to see the most adorable 5th graders singing a Pi Day song to the music of "Dynamite" Still need more ideas? Check out my Pi Day Pinterest board. If your idea was featured in this post, please grab an "I've been featured" button and display it proudly on your blog!
After seeing a Calm Down Kit on pinterest, I decided to make my own, inspired from "The Autism Adventures of Room 83." This blog can be found here. See below my Calm Down Kit that I made! They are very easy to make with all my items either made, printed and laminated, or purchased from Dollarama! Contents of my Calm Down Kit: 1. Sparkle Bottle 2. Rubber Squeezies 3. My "5 Deep Breaths" sign 4. "When I'm Angry" and "When I'm Frustrated" sign 5. "What Would Help You Feel Better" 6. "How Do You Feel Today?" 7. Check In 8. Breathing Exercises 1. Sparkle Bottle I love having this sparkle bottle in my Calm Down Kit. Kids can shake it and then take belly breaths and watch as they calm down, the sparkles calm down too! In our class we will be doing lots with the sparkle jar that I made to use as a whole class! See instructions for how to make a sparkle jar here. You can explain to the students that when you shake the jar or bottle it represents your brain and all your thoughts when you are stressed or worked up. Do you think it's easy to think with thoughts spinning around in your head like that? Do you think it's easy to concentrate or relax? Definitely not. Students can really understand this when you explain it. When you shake the jar, start taking belly breaths to watch as you calm down, the sparkles in the jar also calm down! It's amazing to use this in your class. Look at the difference in the bottles below! Sparkle Bottle right after being shaken. Sparkle bottle after about 15 seconds of being shaken. 2. Rubber Squeezies See below the rubber squeezies I bought for my Calm Down Kit at Dollaram! They are great for kids who need to play with something in their hands to help calm them down. They squish around and are very fun to play with. 3. My "5 Deep Breaths Sign" These are once again inspired from The Adventures of Room 83, however I did make them myself. I have velcro on the backs of the tokens and velcro on the card for #1-5. If you are with a child when they are taking belly breaths, each time they take a breath you can hand them a little token to velcro onto their sheet to get to 5 breaths. Otherwise, a child could simply take a breath and velcro it on themselves. 4. "When I'm Angry" and "When I'm Frustrated Sign" These signs are taken DIRECTLY from The Adventures of Room 83. I do not take any ownership for them. Find them here. These are great to talk to with kids to help explain to them their options for when they are angry or frustrated. 5. "What Would Help You Feel Better" 6. "How Do You Feel Today?" I made these signs, also inspired from The Autism Adventures of Room 83. I think this is a great way for kids to think about why they are worked up and what would help them to calm down. This helps their mind think when they are worked up! This is also a great way to communicate with children. Some children might not be able to successfully communicate how they feel or what they want, so these are great ideas to help with the thinking process! 7. Check In This is also a great way to "check in" with kids to see where they are at. They can move around the purple "I feel" symbol to move where they are so they can communicate with you how they feel! This is a great way to also talk about what would make them feel better, or what's wrong in the first place. This can be a great starting point to know where the child is at and to get a sense of what emotion they are feeling. This is taken DIRECTLY from The Adventures of Room 83. I do not take any ownership for them. Find them here. 8. Breathing Exercises These exercises were found on "Move With Me - Action Adventures." Click the link here to see. These are great techniques to teach kids to help calm down through their breathing! This is a photo of the Cozy Corner we use in our classroom! The kids learn that they can go to this space ANYTIME to self regulate.
From the Game Gal Here's a list of words to play the drawing game pictionary or a similar game. Have students take turns drawing a word silently on the board. The rest of the class tries to guess which word the student is drawing. The words are medium difficulty level - not super hard, not really easy. You can cut along the lines to cut the words into strips that students could draw from a bowl, or just read the words out loud. For detailed instructions on how to play pictionary, more free word lists, and even more games and printouts, head to http://www.thegamegal.com/2010/11/06/pictionary/ (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0)
When you think about it, intelligence is a fairly broad term. Most of us are completely sharp in some areas but dull in others. Psychologist Howard Gardner asserted that we actually have “multiple intelligences,” and this infographic sums them up. Intelligence tree image from Shutterstock In his book, Frames of Mind: The Theory of Multiple […]
The following are lessons learned and insights gleaned from the trial and error of facilitating creative process with hundreds of individuals and organizations over the past 12 years. It requires a different focus, skill set, way of being and "container...
Inchworm, inchworm, Measuring the marigold. You and your arithmetic... You'll probably go far! So here is the beginning of my Kindergarten Measurement Unit. This is a fun unit, and that's a great thing, because we spend a lot of time on it! The unit is divided into 4 sections: length, surface area, weight and capacity. (We're also supposed to do temperature, but we cover that so much in science that we skip it in math). As with everything, we start out with lots and lots of hands-on, concrete learning activities. But once I feel like they have had enough practice, I give them a more abstract problem so that they can apply what they've learned. So let's start with LENGTH! In Texas, kindergartners only need to be able to compare 2 or 3 objects and tell whether they are longer, shorter or the same (and the Common Core Standards look similar). But my children usually master that concept very quickly, so we move on to measuring with non-standard units. K(10) Measurement. The student directly compares the attributes of length, area, weight/mass, capacity, and/or relative temperature. The student uses comparative language to solve problems and answer questions. The student is expected...
Here are some packets I made for my kindergarten class this year to practice reading and writing their sight words. Download Week 1_look at the my see Download Week 2_the is it my can Download Week 3_he she is can said Download Week 4_we like to go went Download Week 5_on in are you am On the first page, they read the sentences and color the sight words different colors (I color the boxes beforehand so they will know what colors to use). On the second page, they rainbow write the words to practice spelling. On the third page, they cut and paste the letters to make the words. The next pages are my favorites. They are flashcards that they can play games with (like Memory) or they can build sentences with the cards. The cards in each packet build on each other from week to week, so it's important that the kids do not lose them! (For example, you can combine words from packets 1 and 2 to make new sentences). The last page is a page to practice writing sentences. Even though the packets are labeled week 1 and week 2, etc., I do not necessarily use them...
Looking for ways to inspire kids to dream big? Good news: today I'm sharing my list of lovely children's books to enjoy with your favorite dreamers.
Do you know what Pi Day is?? If you do, welcome to geekdom :) For those non-nerds, you may remember that the number "pi" is 3.14 (and on and on) and so math-types like
I’ve been working on creating new mini offices for my students with easy references for math, reading, and writing. They can use it to help them when working individually instead of interrupting me to ask a question. I’ve found some great resources online to put in the folder. I love these writing resources from Mrs....
Numerology is the study of the symbolism of numbers. It can be used to determine your personality, strengths and talents; help you overcome obstacles; and help you better deal with emotional needs. Numerology can help you better understand why you do the things you do and why you react to the things you react to. Numerology can be traced back nearly 10,000 years, dating all the way back to Babylonia and ancient Egypt. Numerology and Vibrations • Everything in the universe vibrates, and numerology uses this principle by establishing the energy present at one’s birth. • Using the name and
Students will have fun while learning how to cooperate and communicate.
