by Brian Crawford | Apr 13, 2020 | Language Arts, Reading, Teaching Resources
I’ve put together a fun & free little workbook to teach kids the importance of sheltering in place to protect friends and family from the coronavirus. There’s a short story with definitions for some of the words they may have heard, plus some...
by Yvonne Crawford | Sep 28, 2016 | Halloween, Reading, Resources for Parents, Resources for Teachers, Teaching Resources, Teaching Tips
My daughter loves to read. She’ll read anything and everything. For some odd reason she ran out of books to read last night and the library had already closed, so I printed my Halloween Close Reading packet for her to read. She really enjoyed reading the stories...
by Brian Crawford | Sep 1, 2016 | Reading, Teaching Tips
Reading is learning. Once you know how to read, the doors swing open to a world full of knowledge, understanding, and entertainment. That’s why it is important to get children reading and improving upon their reading comprehension skills throughout their...
by Yvonne Crawford | Aug 31, 2016 | Reading, Teaching Resources, Teaching Tips
It’s really fun to create and use interactive notebooks. To see students’ light bulbs going on in their heads as they use interactive notebooks is priceless. I first started making interactive notebooks several years ago with math interactive notebooks,...
by Yvonne Crawford | Aug 6, 2016 | Language Arts, Mathematics, Reading, Resources for Teachers, Teaching Resources, Teaching Tips
My husband has a real knack for writing poetry, so when I decided to make a poetry math glyph he was onboard! It’s a fun little activity where students answer questions, then based on their answers they answer math questions. Then, students create their glyphs...
by Yvonne Crawford | Jul 8, 2016 | Common Core, Common Core Literacy, Fifth Grade, First Grade, Fourth Grade, Grade Levels, Language Arts, Reading, Second Grade, Sixth Grade, Teaching Resources, Teaching Tips, Third Grade
It’s so important for students to be interested in what they are learning in school. It’s not always easy and of course everyone has their favorite subjects. I remember when I was little, I loved math, but I wasn’t so into Language Arts class. It...
