Wondering how to keep your children occupied for hours while you’re doing chores? This cute free printable monkey craft template is the perfect activity for children of all ages at any time of the day. Encourage your little one to build their very own monkey using this simple printable monkey craft template. This fun activity
Can you guess what I have been noticing lately? It is something that makes this mama and teacher's heart so happy. I have noticed an increased focus on math and number activities for preschool! I remember very well when the focus seemed to be solely on learning those ABCs. But slowly and surely, I have
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Chapter questions for ALL chapters of The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead. Questions are written in straightforward, student-friendly language, but are still rigorous and encourage critical thinking. These questions have pushed my students to think more deeply about the novel. To keep things interesting in the classroom, some chapter questions are written response (these are on plug-and-play handouts) while others are Slides to project during small-group or class-wide discussions. I know how important it is to spice it up in there! This also cuts down on the grading ;) What you'll receive: - A Doc containing written-reponse questions for chapters 1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 9, 11, 12, 16, and the prologue, all ready for that dreaded copy machine! - A Slides file with whole-group, small-group, and turn-and-talk questions for the rest of the chapters (3, 6, 10, 13, 14, 15) - project these during discussions - A reading-check quiz for chapter 7 (2 different versions, to discourage cheating during quiz) If you're afraid to take the leap on this product, test out a sample of it! The discussion questions for Ch. 1 are available as a free resource in my shop. What my customers have said about my materials so far: "Good presentation of material and I love the detail included in each lesson... I felt prepared to answer questions about the history because of the complexity of the docs and slides provided. " "What's not to love? I really appreciate the character guide images. The kids could follow with this resource, no problem." If you and your students enjoy this lesson: - You might also like my lessons exploring the birth of the Black press, U.S. slavery reparations, or my Contemporary Black Poet zine. These all dovetail with The Nickel Boys. - My full Nickel Boys Unit Plan is available in my shop as well. My goal in designing it was to create a plug-and-play unit plan so that other teachers in my mostly-white department might teach The Nickel Boys too. 2 co-workers now teach this unit as well. They love it, and they have helped me make these lessons absolutely airtight! - Check out all my other lesson plans and materials. I'm an award-winning English and creative writing teacher and a serious perfectionist. My lessons aim to be high-interest without compromising on the rigor. - Please leave me a review! Positive reviews genuinely make a difference in my life! Not to mention -- a positive review is a wonderful way to improve the visibility of this resource for other teachers too.
FREE printable Piggy Bank Coin Matching activity to teach children to recognize coins and their value in cents.
Well, it's four days after the storm and Connecticut is slowly getting back to normal. Many of my co-workers and neighbors are still without power and/or water and the clean-up is taking its toll on everyone's spirits a little. We've certainly seen worse storms, but this one was just so widespread that its just going to take time to get everything up and running. That apparently includes the start of school. Teachers were supposed to return to work this past Monday, and the first day of school was scheduled for tomorrow. We had a slightly extended summer vacation when they canceled our work day on Monday but we went in yesterday for meetings and today to set up our classrooms. (Don't you love how they think we can really get it all done in one day?) After a flurry of activity today trying to get everything ready for tomorrow, our principal announced that there were still too many downed power lines and road closures for the children to safely make it to school tomorrow so they have decided to push back the first day to next Wednesday. Yikes! I certainly could use some more time to get the room ready, but now we're starting the year with 3 "snow" days under our belts. What can you do? I feel like I'm already joining the party late because so many of you have already posted pictures of your beautiful classrooms and mine is still not finished. Since you've let me peek into your world, I thought I would post a few pics of what I've done so far so you can take a look at my home away from home. The door to my classroom. This is what you see when you first walk in. Our school was completely remodeled a year and a half ago - how great are the cubbies? The famous Pinterest clock wall with foam clocks from Target. I LOVE this idea. What a great visual way to remind the kids when things are going to happen while also supporting their emerging time-telling skills. The front of my classroom with my BFF the Smartboard. How did I ever teach without one? My reading corner. I still need to add some pillows (and perhaps a couple of Pina Coladas...) My new Word Wall inspired by all of the great circle graphics Kristen uses at Ladybug's Teacher Files. My favorite summer "makeover" project - my guided reading table. My sister helped make the table skirt (and when I say helped I really mean came to my house and sewed it while I held the fabric) and I got the ottomans on sale at Target. I'm very into teal and lime right now so I'm lovin' it! I'll post some more pics when I'm finished. I hope your school year is off to a less bumpy start than mine. Have a great night!
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This printable math worksheet is a super fun way to practice addition and money skills. It also makes a great follow up for a restaurant math center activity. Your students can pretend that they have their own little place that serves junk food for lunch (because it's no fun to serve broccoli and kale at a fake resta
