I love the holiday season especially Christmas!!! It’s probably my favorite holiday, at least after October 31st it is. I think it’s awesome if children can celebrate holidays in class without missing out on pivotal math topics. I’ve made a lot of different math and literacy for different holidays just for this reason. One Christmas […]
Author Archives: Yvonne Crawford
Teaching Tolerance through Teaching about Religion and Cultures
In today’s world everything is constantly changing. We as teachers have to ability to teach tolerance through teaching about different cultures and teaching about different religions. It’s not about trying to convert anyone, of course. It’s about to understand the differences between people’s religion. Many religions do have common threads and with these common threads […]
Five Ways to Use Interactive Notebooks in Your Classroom
What is an Interactive Notebook? I’m sure you’ve heard about Interactive Notebooks by now, but let’s just review a bit in case you haven’t heard about them yet. Interactive Notebooks are a way that your students can interact with the subjects you are teaching them. They can cut, paste, draw, expand and really experience the […]
Learning about the American Revolution
History is really interesting to me, but I know some students get bored in history classes. My kids really enjoy learning about history with interactive notebooks. It combines history with hands-on activities and a bit of art. Here are few picture of my American Revolution Interactive notebook in use. I think it’s great to actually […]
TPT Teacher Appreciation Sale and Two Gift Card Giveaways
Hi Everyone! I hope you all are having a great end of the school year! I just want to thank you for all of your hard work this school year. Just think about all of your lives you have touched! I’m giving away two $10 gift cards to two lucky people to help you wrap […]
3 Reasons Why You Should Use Interactive Notebooks with Higher Level Math Classes
Some people might think interactive notebooks are only for younger students. Some people believe that learning pre-algebra, geometry and algebra should be taught through worksheets and videos and other means. I think that Interactive Notebooks have their place with these upper grade classes as well. Here are my three reasons why I think you should […]
Why I Exercise with My Children
I remember the days of yesteryore when I was in school and we had PE every single day for an hour. This was from when I was in kindergarten until I graduated. I know some people opted out of PE in highschool after doing their required two years, but I stayed in it because I […]
French Interactive Notebook
The other day, I mentioned that I have a new Spanish Interactive Notebook. What I didn’t mention is that I have a new French Interactive Notebook too. I think interactive notebooks are even more important for learning a new language than for math or reading because so much of learning a new language is repetition. […]
Interactive Spanish Notebook
I love interactive notebooks as much as the next teacher. I think they give students a lot of great information to reflect on when studying for a test, as well as when they look back on what they learned for the year. It’s also great to show parents and administors as well. But, more importantly, […]
Easter Color by Number
I love coloring and so do my kids. My Easter color by number printables are sure to be a hit with all of your students. The great thing about them is they are leveled for different grades. So, whether you are teaching kinder or teaching 6th grade the math problems will be geared towards your […]