Educational Resources for Teachers and Homeschool Families
Georgia State Bird Project: Brown Thrasher Studying the state of Georgia? Perhaps doing a unit on Ornithology? This project-based unit is designed to help students study and record information about Georgia’s state bird – the Brown Thrasher! To learn more, see details below or you can preview a similar product here. Included:– A map page… Continue reading Georgia State Bird Project: Brown Thrasher
Here are this week's product highlights... Your kiddos will love learning to read with this fun, interactive phonics resource as they actively color, cut, paste, and write and learn words from the -at word family. This product focuses on CVC words but as a bonus, I’ve thrown in some optional CCVC words to expand learning!… Continue reading My Teaching Library Product Highlights
A layered research assignment gives students the opportunity to delve deeply into a topic and give students a variety of tasks from which to choose, all designed to guide and build a meaningful learning experience. Also, when using this layered approach, students will move through Bloom's Taxonomy of knowledge, comprehension, application, analysis, synthesis and evaluation.… Continue reading Layered Research Assignments – Bloom’s Taxonomy of Learning
Teaching Thankfulness and Gratitude Hey there...If you are a parent, grandparent or future parent, I am writing this blog post to you. This year, as the weather has turned colder and the leaves are falling, I'm reminded of a very important holiday that is just over a month away...Thanksgiving. I love Thanksgiving! Many years ago,… Continue reading They are watching…
Are you preparing to teach High School? Want a list of Language Arts skills covered during 9th-12th grades? Here are the skills and concepts students should learn during their High School years… Use agreed-upon rules for formal and informal in small groups.Pose questions, listen to the ideas of others, and contribute their own information or… Continue reading What to Teach – High School Language Arts
Are you looking for resources to help kids learn to identify U.S. coins? My Teaching Library has a resource ( Teaching Money – Printable Coin Templates ) that will give you templates of each of these coins (penny, nickel, dime and quarter) that can be printed and used in a variety of ways! Suggested uses:… Continue reading Teaching Money? Printable Penny, Nickel, Dime and Quarter Templates!
In this one week FREE SAMPLE of my entire 3rd Grade Reading Vocabulary unit you'll find: A list of vocabulary words for each day (Monday - Thursday) - 24 in allA total of 8 student worksheets (2 for each day, Monday - Thursday) On Friday of the week, you may test students however you choose… Continue reading Try before you Buy – 3rd Grade Reading Vocabulary from My Teaching Library!
Does the picture above remind you of something you’ve ever experienced? When I was teaching and then after I became a homeschool mom, this was (all too often) ME! I was always looking for ideas to make learning more fun and develop and nurture a student’s love for learning. I quickly realized that taking a… Continue reading Departures from Curriculum | Benefits of the Bunny Trails
Scientific classificationKingdom:AnimaliaPhylum:ChordataClass:AvesOrder:GruiformesFamily:GruidaeGenus:AntigoneBinomial NameAntigone canadensis Whether stepping singly across a wet meadow or filling the sky by the hundreds and thousands, Sandhill Cranes have an elegance that draws attention. These tall, gray-bodied, crimson-capped birds breed in open wetlands, fields, and prairies across North America. They group together in great numbers, filling the air with distinctive rolling… Continue reading The Sandhill Crane
Spring officially arrived March 20th and depending on where you live, it still could be a few more weeks before the signs begin to appear. Here in the Denver area, it's 'spring' one moment and snowing the next (giggle)! Whether you are visibly seeing the signs of spring or not, I want to share resources… Continue reading Add some Spring Themed Lessons!
