A Teaspoon of Teaching: September 2014

Monday, September 22, 2014

Personalized Melonheadz

Nikki makes amazing personalized Melonheadz. Mine's on the top right! Don't wait! If you don't have one yet, head on over to her blog and personalize yours today.
http://melonheadzillustrating.blogspot.com/p/personalized-melonhead.html

Friday, September 19, 2014

Have You Filled Your Bucket Assembly and the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge

Be A "Bucket Filler" kind of friend! ***FREEBIE!!***

Pinterest Board

APS Ice Bucket Challenge

We've happily accepted the challenge...

I will personally donate $100, and I challenge you to donate today.

Thursday, September 18, 2014

Flashcard Dry Erase, Print on Post-Its, and More...Genius!!!

I just found these amazing on Pinterest and HAD to share. It's from Classroom Collective.
I know what I'm doing this weekend...

Dollar store photo albums… Turn them into flashcard fun! Easy to write and wipe, just insert what you are working on. You could even just insert white paper and have them work on writing sight words.

dislike having long lines of students waiting for me to edit their papers, I have them put their numbered clothespins on my clipboard so that I’ll know who is ready to go. Clipboard editing

class list in a picture frame easy to mark and erase

Saturday, September 6, 2014

RAK

Check out this Random Act of Kindness...so sweet!
http://www.thescore.com/mlb/news/571075

Friday, September 5, 2014

Character Traits, Inferences, Theme, and More!

Character Traits

Pigeons Animation from YouTube

Making Inferences

One Man Band Short Animation from YouTube

Frozen Trailer from YouTube

For the Birds from YouTube

French Toast from YouTube

Brave "Potion Making" from YouTube

Character, Setting, Plot

Build schema by brainstorming characters and settings they know. Great for story writing and story maps.

Flocabulary Five Things from YouTube

Theme

Frozen was loosely based on Hans Christian Anderson’s Snow Queen. And I do mean loosely. The original tale is much darker. We’re glad Disney used their creative freedom here.

Wednesday, September 3, 2014

Alice in Wonderland Tea Party

My post today isn't really teaching related, but I'm sure we could tie it in somehow. My girls and I are planning an Alice in Wonderland Tea Party. We've found a lot on Pinterest, but could use some more ideas for decorations, food, games, etc. Please comment below with ideas/links. Here's the link to the Pinterest Board we have so far. And any ideas on how this could tie in for a classroom lesson/party?