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Build a Heart Model - STEM activity about heart rates and how blood flows through the body. Engineer a functioning model of a beating heart.
Today we are sharing 7 bad habits that may be making you an ineffective teacher. Reflect on this list to see if you have fallen into any of these habits and consider what changes you can make to improve your teaching and classroom culture.
Relationships are at the heart of all we do as teachers. Knowing how to build positive relationships with students is a cornerstone teaching skill. If you think back to the teachers you had who really influenced you in a positive way and had an impact on your learning you will probably not remember the content of what they taught you. What you will remember is the way they treated you, how you felt in their class and the types of interactions you had.
A sort for students to practice distinguishing between rights and responsibilities. This could be used to introduce the concept of rights and responsibilities, or to teach learning behaviors at the beginning of the school year.
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This social-emotional learning (SEL) curriculum helps Kindergarten, first grade, and second grade kids self-regulate, use calming strategies, and develop mindfulness, self-control, and self-esteem and positive self talk. It teaches emotional awareness using five detailed lessons, engaging classroom ...
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The Spleen Yin organs in Chinese medicine, its function, the meridian and the most common Spleen acupuncture points.
I love how many SO many ideas can be shared and gained via other people blogs and blog posts. It truly is amazing, I wish blogs were around when I first started teaching, the ideas really are endless! In fact, on my last post about Beat Strips Alisha (check out her fabulous blog by clicking here) replied about using beat charts for songs in kindergarten and first grade. This got me thinking, I've not shared these before, so here goes! I have to admit, I can't take credit for the charts posted below. In my district there's a growing number of music teachers that have Kodály training (when I first started I was the only one, it's so nice to have colleagues with similar goals and training now!!!). A few years ago we started compiling a collaborative song collection. Jenna Olschlager, one of my amazing colleagues and FRIENDS made a bunch of these that we all now use in our teaching. Basically, there are charts that track beat and then there are similar charts that track rhythm. They are great for assessing students' abilities to differentiate between beat and rhythm and for their reading/tracking skills. Below is one example: Beat Chart for Bee Bee Bumble Bee Rhythm Chart for Bee Bee Bumble Bee
After learning about The Nervous System, we got down... ...to the heart of the matter in our human body study by examining the ...
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I wanted to stop by and share a few fraction freebies with you all. I love craftivities and always try to make any skill tie into a craft someway or another. There's just something about seeing a cute craft hanging up that makes your teacher heart smile big. This week we wrapped up our fraction unit with these Pot of Gold Fractions. Each student had to color and write the fraction under each flip. They also had to write if their fractions was halves or fourths on the clovers. Here are a few fraction craftivities that we made last year. You can find those here. One of my favorite things to use when teaching fractions is sticky notes. They work like a charm! There are TONS of different shapes, etc that can be used to make different fractions. Here is an example of how we used them to look at equal and unequal pieces. We also used them to create halves and fourths. You can read more on how we used sticky notes last year here. Happy Wednesday friends! I am officially on the countdown for Spring Break!! 2 more days!!
November practice worksheet for rhyming for preschool and kindergarten. Color the words in each row that rhyme.
Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness Infographic to help you understand everything about the book. Visually learn all about the characters, themes, and Joseph Conrad.
This past week seemed so fast and furious. The weekend went by even faster. It’s 6:00 on Sunday night and in a few hours I’ll be starting ...
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Need a quick and dirty guide to the amazing and adorable human body? We've got the human body explained as a poster and best of all, it's a free downloadable anatomy poster just for you. You're welcome!
My first year of teaching was full of disruptive students in the beginning. That is, until I discovered this method to control my class!
This study guide and infographic for Edgar Allan Poe's The Tell-Tale Heart offer summary and analysis on themes, symbols, and other literary devices found in the text. Explore Course Hero's library of literature materials, including documents and Q&A pairs.
Critical thinking questions include, 'Why is this important? What are the causes and effects of this? How do we know if this is true?"
Classroom discussions are an important part of learning. The Common Core State Standards, address discussions under the Speaking & Listening strands.
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Here are some random ideas from the past few weeks.... So, I have a REALLY challenging bunch of firsties. Lots of behaviour issues, so we spend a lot of time practicing behaviours and expectations. One thing we did this week is talk about being a good listener. I read this book: Then I showed the students this picture of a student. I got the clipart from here, put the image on my projector, and traced/coloured it. I asked the students what they noticed about this boy and how was he being a good listener at the carpet. I taped the cards to the poster as the students noticed those things. One student said his brain was thinking about what was going on. I thought that was super cute so I added it to my list of cards! If you would like the labels you can download them here. I keep this poster by the carpet area all the time so I can refer back to it everyday! Today was our school-wide Terry Fox Run (for all you Canadian followers). My little ones did really good with the 45 minute walk to the park. They were a TEENSY bit tired on the way back though! Yesterday we talked about who Terry Fox was and why we do the run every year. There is a really good video about Terry Fox on YouTube. Click the picture for the link! I found this sneaker activity on Scholastic (download here). We each decorated a sneaker and cut them out to show our support for the Terry Fox Run. They look pretty good up there all together! I loved this management idea from First Grade Glitter and Giggles. My first graders are always asking "Can I use markers?" or "What do I do first?" I have a label for all the supplies we use and put them up in order of which supplies I want them to use first. Feel free to download the label cards here. Just laminate and stick some magnetic tape on the back! American spelling of "color" can be downloaded {here}. Here is another behaviour management ideas... I had A LOT of tattling going on the first few weeks. So I read the book "How to Be a Friend" by Laurie Krasny Brown and Marc Brown. We talked about ways to be a friend and ways to NOT be a friend. We did some role playing with some common conflicts (name calling, not sharing, cutting in line, etc.) Then we talked about the plan: 1. Stop what is going on. 2. Talk about the problem. "I don't like it when you _______." 3. Fix it! Download the pictures and signs here. All I need to do now is say, "Stop, Talk, Fix!" and they know that they have to try and solve their own conflict! Well, that's all I have for tonight! To come tomorrow.... Math Stations - Set 1! Good night, everybody!
