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We have been raising mealworms in order to study life cycles! The kids are completely fascinated with the mealworms! i will post some pics of their containers soon! I already posted some pics of our bulletin board display! I created a huge packet to use Read More...
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Next week is Teacher Appreciation Week, and Sunday, May 6th is sure to be your lucky day! It marks the launch of the Teacher Appreciation Jackpot, a “blog hop” event involving over 150 bloggers! We want to say how much we appreciate you in a BIG way, Read More...
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We have been reviewing life cycles in class using mealworms. These are a quick and easy way to study the complete metamorphosis of the darkling beetle. We got the mealworms at the pet store. I created a HUGE mealworm packet to use during this unit! Click Read More...
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I found the perfect picture book to link to our current novel, Masters of Disaster, by Gary Paulsen! It is called, The Book of Bad Ideas , and it is hysterical! We wrote our own book of bad ideas using a set of blank books I got from Disocunt School Supply Read More...
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This is an amazing book! It will be released on Amazon on April 3rd, but you can get it through the Scholastic website right now! Amazing pictures and endless possibilities of how to use it in the classroom. We made our own bug books ( got mini-books Read More...
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We created stuffed fish by folding a sheet of white bulletin board paper in half and tracing the fish on it. Students then cut them out leaving a half inch space all the way around it. The two halves were stapled almost all the way around and then stuffed Read More...
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A few years ago I came up with this idea with the help of the art teacher at my school. Each classroom decides on a theme and then the students create poetry about the theme. Poems are typed (or handwritten), and then placed onto these towers. The towers Read More...
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The students always love this writing project! Their assigned task is to create a combination creature by joining two very different creatures together. They must then write an informational report about the creature, taking into account what the front Read More...
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My kids LOVE glyphs! We made these owl glyphs and they had a blast ! We also created Question Posters, click here for the FREE Template ! They had a great time researching owls and we ended the unit with an owl pellet dissection. You can find the Owl Read More...
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Using clear nail polish, a variety of found items, and plastic microscope slides, your students can make a bunch of microscope slides very cheaply! The kids love making them and they love looking at them through the microscopes even more! Try it! Read More...
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The students created Transformation Cubes in order to take notes on the four types of transformations in math (dilation, rotation, reflection, and translation). Each side of the foldable has the definition and an example. The cube folds easy for flat Read More...
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I am sure you are all aware that it is the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic this year! What a great opportunity to use primary sources, creative writing and even science around a topic that inspires curiosity in all of us! My kiddos are Read More...
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Math Mats are what I use for my Friday review in math. I copy the two pages side by side on a sheet of 11 x 17 paper. Each week, I use a different food or candy item (in small quantities) and the students do mixed fact practice while enjoying the treat! Read More...
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We used dark blue construction paper and bubbles to practice measuring the radius, diameter, and circumference of circles. Students blew bubbles on the paper, traces around the mark the bubble left when it popped and then measured the various parts. The Read More...
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This is the bulletin board display we created using the book, “Groundhog Day!” by Gail Gibbons and a set of projects I came up with for the book! The kids had a blast creating these! It looks great! Here is a link to the project pack! Read More...
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