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 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...
