by Brian Crawford | Jan 6, 2013 | Science, Teaching Tips
During the Christmas holidays our family has been staying with my parents in central Florida. We’ve had a great vacation, and the weather in Florida during the winter certainly has been fantastic! The other day we took a day trip to LEGOLAND Florida, on the site...
by Brian Crawford | Dec 16, 2012 | Common Core, Common Core Math, Fifth Grade, First Grade, Fourth Grade, Math Goofy Glyphs, Mathematics, Second Grade, Sixth Grade, Third Grade
Math Goofy Glyphs are fun and potentially silly activities to help students practice their Common Core math abilities in an engaging way. There are actions for when you get their answers right… and different, goofy actions for when you get their answers wrong!...
by Brian Crawford | Dec 13, 2012 | Common Core, Common Core Math, Fifth Grade, First Grade, Fourth Grade, Mathematics, Second Grade, Third Grade
Are you going anywhere special for Christmas? Yvonne and I are looking forward to taking a short hop across the pond (also known as the Atlantic Ocean) to stay with my parents in Florida for Christmas. While Florida may not be as warm in December and January as it is...
by Brian Crawford | Dec 11, 2012 | Sports, Teaching Tips
Since the beginning of the school year our children have been taking inline skating classes in town once a week after class. Originally I had thought that perhaps the kids would get into roller hockey; being Canadian I had some degree of hope for this! But at that...
by Brian Crawford | Dec 2, 2012 | Common Core, Common Core Math, Fifth Grade, First Grade, Fourth Grade, Math Games, Mathematics, Second Grade, Third Grade
Brian writes: One of my fondest winter memories is of growing up in a suburb of Toronto, in snowy Ontario, Canada. From kindergarten to the third grade I went to an elementary school just down the street, along a very safe road, and I used to walk to and from school...
