by Yvonne Crawford | Oct 7, 2016 | Common Core Literacy, Common Core Math, Teaching Resources, Teaching Tips
Ever feel stressed during the week? My Halloween Stress-Free Printables are something you can use when you are feeling stressed and for many other reasons – something extra for your early finishers, when you need to have something prepared for your sub, for...
by Yvonne Crawford | Oct 6, 2016 | STEM, Teaching Resources, Teaching Tips
I didn’t want to title this post as Christopher Columbus Day because I know many people have issues with him (including myself). However, there are still states that require teachers to teach about Christopher Columbus. I decided to make a STEM activity for...
by Yvonne Crawford | Oct 5, 2016 | Common Core Math, Teaching Resources, Teaching Tips
Here’s a post for all of those overachieving teachers who like to have things planned weeks in advanced. Sometimes that is me, but mostly I’m a last minute sort of gal. Thanksgiving is one of my favorite holidays. Although I know the point behind it is for...
by Yvonne Crawford | Oct 4, 2016 | Language Arts, Resources for Parents, Resources for Teachers, Teaching Tips
My daughter is now in Sixth Grade and she loves interactive notebooks. She asked me to make a more grammar specific notebook for her grade. She said she really enjoys learning grammar, so she wanted to do more for English. Why not, I answered! So, after several weeks...
by Yvonne Crawford | Oct 3, 2016 | Teaching Resources, Teaching Tips
I look forward to this time of year for months. Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas all back to back. It’s so much fun! Students look forward to it even more! Instead of hiding Halloween, use it to help students have even more fun learning. Here are four ways...
by Brian Crawford | Sep 29, 2016 | Common Core, Common Core Math, First Grade, Kindergarten, Learning Addition, Learning Subtraction, Second Grade, Teaching Tips
A few years ago we shared this post, which featured a free printable where students could use their addition skills to add ornaments and other festive decorations to a Christmas tree. We received some positive feedback on that activity. Since the fall season is...
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 Yvonne Crawford | Sep 26, 2016 | Gifted and Talented, Resources for Parents, Resources for Teachers, STEM, Teaching Resources, Teaching Tips
This weekend my daughter and I had some good quality time decorating our front yard with Halloween decorations. She said she wanted to do more Halloween stuff during the weekend. I broke out my Halloween STEM Challenges printables and she started working on building...
by Brian Crawford | Sep 23, 2016 | Halloween, Poetry, Teaching Tips
It is officially autumn, and October is fast approaching. The leaves are changing color, the air is crisp and cool, and it’s time to break out the jeans and jackets! Unless you live in Florida like we do, that is. Still, the coming of October means that...
by Yvonne Crawford | Sep 22, 2016 | Common Core Math, Mathematics, Teaching Resources, Teaching Tips
I love glyphs! Students love them too! My best selling Math Goofy Glyphs are my Halloween Math Goofy Glyphs. We’ve just revamped them with new graphics too, so they’ll be even more enjoyable for students! Here are what some people are saying about my...
