Students can now access BrainPOP ESL, BrainPOP, BrainPOP Jr. and BrainPOP Español at school or at home, 24 hours a day! Log in with the following username and password: Username: woschaefer Password: brainpop Log in with the username and password provided above and watch the BrainPop video titled, How do I know a book is “Just Right”… Read More A Just Right Book
Formal debates can be a powerful teaching and learning tool which allow a class to consider a controversial issue within your curriculum and analyze it in depth. Debates can make a refreshing distraction from traditional essay writing. Debates are an active way to engage and immerse students in a specific topic as well as reinforce… Read More Debate: How to build an argument
In the picture book, The Day the Crayons Quit written by Drew Daywalt and illustrated by Oliver Jeffers, Duncan opens his box of crayons and finds the box empty! In place of the crayons are a bundle of letters from the box’s occupants. Each letter is addressed to Duncan and outlines why the color abandoned… Read More The Days the Crayons Quit
LEGO activities are a fabulous visual way for students to experience and actually see the math. I am a visual learner, so using legos to teach math makes so much sense to me!LEGO bricks are awesome for part-part-total explorations! As with other math manipulative such as dominoes or dice, LEGOS have clearly marked studs for students to count.… Read More LEGO Math
Kid President’s Socktober and Ms. Kolesar are inspiring students to donate a pair of socks to others in need. This small act of love also inspired this month’s creativity challenge. So take out those socks you’ve never worn or the forlorn socks in the laundry room with no partners and whip up a cute sock… Read More October Sock Challenge
Friendship is being caring and considerate to self and others. A kind person shows concern for the feelings of others and is helpful and generous. Assembly Read Aloud: Heartprints by P.K. Hallinan Additional Titles: Are You Empathetic Today? by Kris Yankee and Marian Nelson Millie Fierce by Jane Manning Chester’s Way by Kevin Henkes The… Read More October Word of the Month: Friendship
A man out walking, during the first week in September, spotted a lost sheep with a coat so overgrown that the animal’s life was threatened!Four-time Australian champion sheep shearer, Ian Elkins responded to the RSPCA’s (Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals) call for help. After sedating the Merino Ewe named Chris, forty kilograms… Read More Baa Baa Black Sheep
For Students: The internet provides great educational and entertainment opportunities for students. It is important that students know how to stay safe. SID is a superhero who protects children on the internet! He likes to fly around and teach children how to stay safe. He also loves to sing… watch the video below and then… Read More Digital Citizenship