Vibrations from sounds can make the coolest patterns. Make your own Chladni plate and see what patterns you can create.
Visual cue cards for articulation therapy. Print front to back and laminate. The front shows a visual mouth cue. The back has an explanation of how the sound is made. Cues for vowels, diphthongs, and consonants. Can combine cue cards to teach consonant clusters.
Today I am going to tell you about an idea I came up with a few years ago called CVC Cups! They help kids practice finding the middle soun...
Fourth grade class wrote some terrific "sound songs". I got this idea from another music teacher. Thank you! It was a hit.
Prefixes and suffixes in first grade? Kindergarten ? What?! I'm not sure who decided teaching them so early was the way to go but never fear...
Decoding is the process of using knowledge of letters, sounds, and words to read and understand written language.
What does your brain really look like? It depends on how it's imaged. Take a look at all the different ways we can view the human brain.
In this article, we explore the icosahedron meaning in sacred geometry and spirituality, the mathematical properties and it's structure, and offer practical
Children learn about punctuation symbols, Short and Long vowel sounds, Spelling, Tense, Soft and Hard Consonant sounds, and ending "ed" sounds. Pencil Punctuation Game This is a great game for children to work on recognition
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Kids build their shape knowledge by identifying congruent shapes.
Just click the following link to download this list of homophones: Homophones Word List 2 A homophone is a word that sounds the same as another word or words, but has a different meaning and spelling. Homophones can really trip up our young readers and writers. It’s sometimes difficult for them to know for sure which […]
I am so excited to share with you one of my students favorite manipulatives for rhythm practice, 4 Beat Rhythm Blocks. The four blocks each have a hole going through them and are on a little stick, so they can rotate, butare secured by the pieces on the ends. The four visible sides of the cube have a different rhythm on them: ta, titi, ta rest, and tika-tika, so these are great for tika-tika practice. I love that the cubes are all connected, so you don't have pieces everywhere. They are so easy to pass out, and collect, and don't require any time at all to clean up (no baggies full of individual blocks). The first time I pulled these out to use with my students, they seriously thought it was Christmas or something and they had just been given the best toy ever! Yay for music nerds, right!?! These rhythm blocks came with a sheet full of several ideas for using them in your classroom, and I am so thrilled that I get to share some of those ideas with you! 1) Rhythm Dictation Say, clap, or tap a rhythm on a percussion instrument. Students listen, clap the pattern back, and then twist the blocks to match the pattern they clapped. You can give them a little bit to find the pattern and then say "One, two, three REVEAL!" and have all students show you their pattern at once for a quick assessment. It is so easy to see who is getting it and who needs more practice. 2) Rhythm Composing and Writing Practice Have students compose a four beat pattern by twisting the connected rhythm blocks. Clap and read the pattern they created. Notate the pattern. Practicing notation is a step that is often missed and kids need to practice WRITING these rhythms that they can read. 3) Decoding Leave these in a music center with the lyrics to some 16th note songs and have students use the blocks to show the rhythms of the whole song. They can then read the whole song on rhythm syllables or notate their answer. 4) Form Using more than one set of Rhythm Blocks, have students demonstrate knowledge of forms such as ABAB or ABAC, etc. If you love these blocks, you can order a set for your classroom from Rhythmically Yours on Etsy here. She sells them as a station/centers set of 6 or as a class set of 20. She also has options for vinyl or stamped rhythms (mine are vinyl) and I think you can even pick the colors. I have a class set and she sent me four colors, a dark pink, orange, green, and black. You can also enter below to win a free set of 6 to use in centers! a Rafflecopter giveaway How would YOU use these?
I’ve got a little confession to make to you, teacher friends. Last summer I wrote a blog post about how using a simple and kid-friendly sound wall in the classroom can be an effective way to enhance phonics and reading instruction. This is completely true of course, but by golly, I have learned a thing […]
Did you know that udner cartain circumstances paper can be very strong? This easy investigation uses paper folded into different shaped columns
Self-Similarity in Nature Benoit Mandelbrot wrote a book called The Fractal Geometry of Nature in which he used examples of self-similarity in many different forms of nature. The book explains how fractal geometry can be used to precisely measure natural shapes such as trees and even rivers. The fractal pattern […]
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Behold.. the underbutt. I know what you are thinking: “What in the acutal hell in an underbutt?” It is exactly what is sounds like-that little area where your glutes and your hamstrings meet underneath your booty aka the glute/ham tie in. This area, especially if it goes underworked, can develop fat which tends to protrude […]
REVIEW QUBES are paper cubes that students construct and use to play an entertaining, and slightly competitive, dice game that provides up to 72 ways to review! This resource is also available in a money-saving bundle:Review Qubes Bundle. The game can be used by groups of any size, from pairs of students all the way up to an entire class divided into teams. Students roll the “Do Qube” and one “Concept Qube” in each turn. The “Do Qube” tells the student what they need to do to demonstrate understanding of the concept on the “Concept Qube”. Review Qubes are designed to provide differentiated study questions for all levels of Biology students. DO QUBE: DRAW DESCRIBE STATE LIST COMPARE or CONTRAST WILD CARD CONCEPT QUBES: Each Review Qube Game comes with 2 Concept Cubes for a total of 12 major concepts or key terms. Inheritance Qube 1: MENDEL & GENETICS DOMINANT & RECESSIVE ALLELES PRINCIPLE OF SEGREGATION PUNNETT SQUARES GENTOYPE & PHENOTYPE Inheritance Qube 2: DIHYBRID CROSS PRINCIPLE OF INDEPENDENT ASSORTMENT INTERMEDIATE (INCOMPLETE) INHERITANCE CODOMINANCE POLYGENIC INHERITANCE & MULTIPLE ALLELES GENE LINKAGE This download includes 5 files: 1. Read This First includes product overview, contact information, teacher’s guide, terms of use and image/font credits. 2. PowerPoint document with Review Qubes: 1 “Do Qube” and 2 “Concept Qubes. 3. Printable Student Instructions (PDF) 4. Excel spreadsheets with Sample Answer Keys for each Qube (student answers will vary) and student answer sheets. Click on the tabs at the bottom to access these sheets. 5. Blank template in PowerPoint format so you can make your own Review Qubes. Materials Needed for each Group: 1. Copies of Review Qube templates and answer sheets 2. Scissors 3. Tape See what my customers are saying about REVIEW QUBES: “Excellent review tactic!” “Fantastic activity! I love the variety it provides and some combinations really push students to think creatively and make links between concepts and skills.” “Great way to review. Students are having fun and think they aren’t really working.” “Perfect for review and was really fun to see the students get engaged with it. Thanks!” “I love this concept with so many options for using this product!” “Super creative. My kids loved it as an alternative to some of my tried and true review activities. Definitely promotes thinking!” So, are you ready to roll with Review Qubes? You might also like: Patterns of Inheritance PowerPoint, Notes, and Video Patterns of Inheritance Task Cards Inheritance Activities: Terminology & Punnett Squares Genetics Project: Inheritance of Coat Color in Labrador Retrievers Looking for Review Qubes for middle school Life Science? Aloha, Carla Brooks ©2016 Science Island
Printable mail themed word shape puzzles to help kids work on spelling. Students will fit words in matching word boxes & then color boxes with specified phonics sounds. Printable pdf with answers.
The 5 Step Self-holding Exercise is an exercise I compiled from various sources that has been really helping me a lot lately with anxiety, stress and symptoms related to PTSD.
Lately I’ve been sharing some great workout plans with you guys. I’ve done a few of them and whether they work or not well, I’ve lost 5 kilo but that could be from the stress of redocorating, detoxing and/or my flu.
When we think of beginning reading instruction, we think of learning the letters of the alphabet, perhaps beginning to learn the sounds of the letters, and starting an "official" phonics curricula. Those are all valid
Tangrams are a kindergarten staple, but now it's time to take them to the next level! Get your child started on geometry with this tangram puzzle.
For "traditional marriage" it sure has changed its definition throughout history. But some things never change. Namely bigots, who always sound the same.
They may sound similar, but there are big differences between hyperthyroidism and hypothyroidism. These are the symptoms of each and how to treat.
Cowboyboot recently asked me what the differnce is between a bicornuate bicollis uterus and a uterus didelphys, so I thought I'd dedicate a...
