One of literature’s favorite little girls is turning 75! In honor of the 75th anniversary of Madeline‘s publication, an exhibit by New York Historical Society honors the character and her creator, Ludwig Bemelmans. This exhibit, which contains nearly 100 works, includes drawings from all six Madeline books, Bemelmans’ drawings of the old Ritz Hotel in New… Read More Text To Self: Madeline
Groundhog Day is held on February 2, in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania every year, and you might be wondering how a groundhog landed the job of predicting the weather. If you’re unfamiliar with the tradition, it goes like this: If the groundhog, Punxsutawney Phil, sees his shadow, we’re stuck with six more weeks of winter. Read: Groundhog… Read More Ground Hog Day
I just started reading Carol Dweck’s book, The New Psychology of Success, it is a must read! Here are additional videos to post and share with your students. If you have other articles, ideas and videos…please share! My Favorite….
Sight words are words that appear frequently in most of the text children read, but can’t easily be sounded out. Learning sight words helps children become more confident readers. The fun interactive App, Sight Word Ninjas, will allow kindergarten students to practice and learn their sight words!Sight Words Ninja is an exciting educational game that helps kids rapidly… Read More Sight Words
Show students a picture (I used Google images for ‘reuse’) with a group of countable animals (or any theme) and read about another set of animals they cannot see. The task is to find the total number of animals! Students can work alone, in pairs or in small groups. Have counters available as well as pencils… Read More At the Farm
I subscribe to Fractus Learning Bitesize” PD. This week’s module focused on Google Forms. Here is a brief video to help you get understand and get started collecting information from parents, assessing student progress and more using Google Forms. For more information on how to patricipate in “Bitesize” PD go here.
Thank you and congratulations to all of the students who participated in the “Snow-person Challenge”! If you would like to see the unique snow-persons dressed in their snow-person swag, stop by the library! Check out a book while you are there!
First, students will be look at nonfiction “How To” books in the library! Then, students will watch the “How to Make a Snowman” video. Next, students go to the Make a Snowman website! Finally, students will use the sequence words “first, then, next and finally” to explain how they built their virtual snowman! Have Fun! Unable to display content. Adobe… Read More How To Make a Snowman