Cool Things in Schools
I love my job...I get to go to a bunch of different schools and I always like checking out what other teachers have posted or have done in t...
Fourth Grade Teacher/Student Program
My husband oddly enough brought this to my attention. Apparently there is a White House initiative to get all four graders and their familie...
A Post About Lunch Boxes...Yup...Lunch Boxes!
My favorite purchase I made last school year were these Easy Lunch Boxes . I was looking for a bento style lunch box that I could use to hel...
October - Anti Bullying Month - Song
This is one of my favorite videos/songs sung by 14 year old Rachel Crow. Since October is Anti-Bullying Month I thought I would share how ...
Fun with Flags
Today's post is called "Fun with Flags" (after Sheldon Cooper's webcast in The Big Bang Theory...yes I love the show!). T...
Long Range Plan - For Parents!
I follow a blog - http://gingersnapstreatsforteachers.blogspot.com/ - and she posted her long range plans this morning and I LOVED the f...
Back-To-School Presentation
Last year I made an “about me” presentation that I used when introducing myself to teachers and students. The goal was to show teachers a...
Goal List to Research Template
I saw a goal list on Pinterst (see first picture) and I thought it would make a good research collection template for students (what student...
Door Decorations
I thought these two classroom doors were too cute not to share. This is in a school with a school wide nautical theme and the top one was fo...
The Power of Positive Thinking Activity
I ran into this project walking the halls at one of the schools I go to. It was done in Leslie Larussas' fourth grade class as a creativ...
Happy New Year Foldable
A friend of mine posted this foldable idea on Facebook through "WeAreTeachers" page and I loved, loved, loved it. The post directe...
How I Teach Writing - Video
Here is a video that I made about how I teach writing. I was exploring how teachers can use videoscribing (tech technique - see explanatio...
Student Self Direction - Part II
A few weeks ago I wrote about a teacher who uses student self direction learning in her class every Friday - http://sciencenotebooking.blog...
Student, Music, and Behavior
The other day I taught an iPad science lesson with a group of eight graders. After the explanation and practice student were to work indepen...
"How to Make a Poster" Poster
I made this poster a few year ago from book I got from my mother-in-law (who found it at a garage sale). Here is a link to the book on AMAZO...
Student Directed Learning Form
I recently had an opportunity to visit a couple of elementary school in Charleston, SC. The schools were using iPads and we were there look ...
