Summer is almost over and school is just about to start! Kick off the new school year by printing one of 50 August 2024 calendars. Print from home!
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Oh, the first day of school! It's such a fun, but chaotic day. Most of my first days are a little bit of a blur. This is why I have to write very detailed lesson plans or I'll forget everything from that day. I always try to have the same activities for that first day
These high quality high school biology labs for homeschoolers make adding a lab component to biology lessons easy.
Free printable preschool Bible lesson on Nehemiah. Learn about how God empowered him to rebuild the wall through worksheets, coloring pages, crafts and more
Choose from 25 unique back to school coloring pages perfect for your little ones during the back to school season. Print from home. 100% FREE!
I asked my Facebook followers several weeks ago what kind of posts they would like to see from this site for the Back to School season. I had a few requests for simple and quick devotions for kids to do before school, on the drive home from school, during dinner, or before bed. I thought […]
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Summer is almost over and school is just about to start! Kick off the new school year by printing one of 50 August 2024 calendars. Print from home!
Practical impulse control strategies to assist both you and your child to cope better with this executive skill weakness or improve it.
The first week of school generally consists of getting to know one another, in addition to discussion and practice of classroom procedures and routines. We also got our creative juices flowing by creating summer reflection writing pieces, squiggle stories, and "All About Me" mini-posters. Students are getting to know one another and me, and we are learning to work together to build a successful and positive classroom environment. On Wednesday, I wrote out six questions, all having to do with how to make our classroom and ourselves function to the highest level, on six pieces of chart paper. Students, in groups of three, spent two minutes at each chart, collaborating and responding to each question on a sticky note. After all groups visited each chart paper station, I hung all of the charts up and we discussed each answer and noticed some very interesting trends. Here's the finished product, which you can click on to enlarge: Inspired by Life in 4B To tie into the previous activity, I was inspired by my wonderful teammates, Mrs. Fadden and Ms. Mattox, to develop at class pledge with my students. We reviewed our responses to the above questions, and then we put all of the ideas together to form a cohesive paragraph that we have all agreed will help us to remember why we are here at school and what our common goal is. Below is the rough draft of our class pledge (which I will type up, make pretty, and have all of my students sign): Since we were able to develop a class goal (to achieve success in third grade), I also had each student determine an individual goal after reading the story Matthew's Dream by Leo Lionni. I displayed our "Hopes and Dreams" for third grade near the classroom door, so that we can refer to, and revisit, them throughout the year. Lots of students are interested in learning how to sharpen their cursive skills, multiplication and division skills. I was very impressed by the number of students ready to take on our 40 book challenge! More on that later! Here's our class display of our hopes and dreams for third grade: Lastly, I read a book called Have You Filled a Bucket Today? The premise is that everyone carries an invisible bucket everywhere they go. When your bucket is "filled" you feel happy.When your bucket is "empty" you feel sad or upset. People can fill buckets by lending a helping hand, smiling, being kind, including others in games, and more. People can empty buckets by teasing, being ungrateful, acting disrespectfully, and more. I encourage my students to recognize the actions of bucket-fillers by writing them quick note and sticking it in their bucket display. This helps make everyone feel good. When we feel good, we want others to feel good. Therefore, kindess is passed from person to person. This is our bucket-filling display, complete with ways we can fill buckets and ways we can empty buckets: I look forward to more of these types of meaningful activities that promote teamwork, kindness, and achievement with your child!
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I attempted to do a wall timeline with Caroline a number of years ago. For a variety of reasons, it did not work for her. I think part of it was her age, part of it was her learning challenges, and part of it was the layout. However, I believe a timeline can be a
If you've ever wondered how to make geography more interactive, this list of 100 hands-on geography activities for middle school is perfect for you.
For the past several years, I've given each of my new students a MYSTERY GIFT at "Meet the Teacher" night for them to take home. The catch? The CANNOT open the gift until the morning of the first day of school. What's the purpose? I got this idea from Hope King several years ago when she hand delivered mystery gifts to her students before the first day of school. The goal is to build excitement and anticipation for the new school year. We want our kids to be COUNTING DOWN the days until the first day of school, and I have found that these mystery gifts are a way to get them doing that! I give each student that attends open house one of the gifts and they take it home with them. They stare at it for the next several days (hah!) and they are allowed to open it up as soon as they wake up on the first day of school. What is the gift? You can literally turn ANYTHING into a mystery gift. For several years, I gave bracelets that all matched and they represented our classroom community. For the past couple years, I've changed it up. Be creative and think about things the kiddos in your community are currently excited about. I went with bracelets several years ago because the students in my community LOVED Lokai bracelets. Come up with something fun and unique for your kids! I do try to steer away from something "educational" because I want it to be something the kids will actually ENJOY. Although new crayons are great, I doubt my kids will be SUPER pumped to receive them as a gift. ha. What do I include with the gift? I always put a BIG do NOT open sign on the front of the gift, and then a note inside with the item. I personally think the note should be special for your class! You can grab mine HERE. Gift Ideas: Bracelets: Other items: All Amazon Links are affiliate links and I get a small commission if you choose to purchase your items though them. = )
Teaching your kids the stories of the Gospels is so important, and I always find that kids learn the best when I make it fun and relevant for them! We have the story of Jesus
Friday letters offer so many insights into your students and keep parents connected to your classroom. See how I teach students to manage them themselves.
Whether you are teaching your prechooler at home or working with them in preparation for school, here is a preschool learning folder for you.
Theme: We don't have to bear our burdens! We can give them to the Lord. Objects: A backpack loaded down with books.
Every year in my first year classes (12 year olds) I touch on the principles of perspective, at least in its one point form. We do a little art history, take a look at Masaccio and Mantegna. We mak…
Today I had a ton of fun making a Books of the Bible Lapbook. Print out all your pieces. Assemble the accordion books. Attach the cover to the front of the lapbook. How it looks when you first open it up. Bible notes on the left hand flap. Bible vocabulary on the right hand flap. The beginning part of the Old Testament books on the first insert. Under the Bible notes tabs. Just a close up of the first set of pockets. The accordion books are folded up. The match book vocabulary can be either written in or pasted in. Turn the first insert page over and here are the remaining pockets etc... for the OT. Then we have a 400 years separation note stuck to the bottom part of the page. Turning to the middle we start the NT pockets. And continue over for the remainder. How it looks when both inserts are open. On the back of the right hand insert. A full listing of the books of the Bible. Yes, so that's it. It is quite a project, and I suggest doing it in small parts as a child learns the Books of the Bible by rote memory. So, if you're interested in this lapbook feel free to download a FREE copy here. Thanks so much for visiting.
Brain breaks for middle school students are extremely important not only for everyone's sanity, but for their brain development.
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Our Class is a Family is simply an amazing book to start or end school year. It is perfectly suited to help build positive classroom environment and reinforce an important message of care and respect. Make your classroom feel like home with the help of reading this cute book and further promote its message with […]
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Teachers, you must send this letter home to parents on the first day of school. It will set the tone with parents for the rest of the year!
Unpoppable bubbles! Make magic DIY bubbles that you can layer. Wow your kids and get the science behind how these home made bubbles work.
The story of Daniel in the Lion's Den teaches faith and courage. While living in Babylon, evil people plotted against Daniel and had him thrown to the lions because he prayed to the true God and refused to worship the king of Babylon. These free, printable Bible activity pages will help your kids learn about Daniel.
This is a great object lesson to explain God's love to kids
Find the best strategies for dysgraphia. With an abundance of resources available, we should be taking full advantage to help our kids.
All About My Summer : Last Day of School/ End of Year & Back to School Activity Great way to close out the end of school, kick off summer break OR back to school/ begin the year! UPDATE: Now includes UK/AUS Spelling Option 2 TYPES: Before Summer Break: Graphic Organizers to write about what the kids are looking forward to this summer, how they want to spend it, etc. Great for the last week or day of school! Back to School: An icebreaker activity to get rid of first day jitters! Start off the first day of school by having students write and share about the summer they had. DETAILS: Summer Break Kick-off Page 1: 1. I will travel to 2. Memory I want to make 3. Summer treat I want to have 4. Memory I want to make 5. My favorite summer activity 6. This summer I will make Page 2: 1. This summer I will read 2. Three words to describe how I want summer to be 3. This summer I will see 4. I will relax by 5. I will learn PAGE 3: 1. I will spend time with 2. What I don't want to do 3. Summer poem 4. I hope the weather is 5. What I want to hear or say this summer DETAILS: BACK TO SCHOOL Page 1: 1. I traveled to 2. My favorite summer treat 3. Best summer memory 4. My favorite activity was 5. This summer I made Page 2: 1. This summer I read 2. 3 words to describe my summer 3. This summer I saw 4. I relaxed this summer by 5. This summer I learned PAGE 3: 1. I will spend time with 2.Worst summer memory 3. A summer poem 4. The weather was 5. This summer I heard Tips: *Great activity to start with when students arrive for the First Day of School. Open the class with the ice breaker, or just leave it on their desks to fill out as you greet everyone in. * Can also use as posters. Print at normal size or larger. Have students fill out the questions and color them in. You can even mount them on colored construction paper and decorate if time permits. Have the students do show-and-tell, and then hang them up on the bulletin board or take home to share with parents.
Send students home from their first day of school with a special name crown. Encourage family communication and begin building a classroom community as children start to learn each other's names.
These are my favorite 50 free short art activities I have used over the past 20 years when I just need a quick and simple art activity.
First Day Of School Handprint Craft | Back To School Printable | Memory Keepsake | Handprint Preschool Craft | Teacher Resource **Please note that this listing is for digital files only. No physical product will be shipped.** ♥ HOW IT WORKS: 1. Buy, Download & Save. 2. Print file at home or local print shop. 3. Customize it with child's handprint or footprint 4. Paint or write date & name in empty fields as desired. ♥ WHAT DOES MY PURCHASE INCLUDE: ➤ 11" x 8.5" high resolution PDF file ➤10" x 8" high resolution PDF file ➤ Please contact me if you need any other size! ♥ INSTANT DOWNLOAD: ➤The files will be delivered electronically within minutes of your order and payment. ➤An email will be sent to the address you have associated with your Etsy account with a link for your download. ♥ HOW TO PRINT: ➤ Print at home using good quality card or art paper. For the best results, a heavyweight matte paper or card stock is recommended. ➤ Print at your local copy shop. ➤ Upload to an online print shop such as staples. ♥ IMPORTANT: ➤This is a digital item, you will not receive anything in the mail. ➤ Digital items cannot be returns so can't be refunded - sorry. ➤The colours may vary from monitor to monitor. ♥ NEED MORE HELP? - Please get in touch, I'm happy to try to resolve any question or issues for you. This purchase is for Personal Use Only. Please not resell, reproduce, distribute by electronic means or profit in any way.
Find a cute and easy theme for your elementary, special education, or middle school classroom.
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Abram and Lot’s shepherds began to argue so much about where their livestock were grazing, Abram decided the best way to resolve this was to move their separate ways.Click to read more… Instead of choosing the best for himself, Abram let Lot choose first. This story can be used to show children that God’s ways ... Read more
