by Yvonne Crawford | Oct 14, 2016 | Handouts, Literacy, Teaching Resources, Teaching Tips
Sometimes it’s great to get a little picture into your students’ mind and see how they are doing on various aspects of a certain subject. My Halloween No Prep Literacy Printables give you that picture while allowing students to enjoy Halloween at the same...
by Yvonne Crawford | Oct 13, 2016 | STEM, Teaching Resources, Teaching Tips
Binary code is a coding system using the two digits 0 and 1 to represent a letter, number, or other character within an electronic device like a computer, ipad, etc. My niece and daughter didn’t have much experience with the binary code before they started my...
by Yvonne Crawford | Oct 11, 2016 | STEM, Teaching Resources, Teaching Tips
I love STEM projects, but I love Halloween STEM projects even more and so does my nephew. He had so much fun making his Halloween Bat Plane. He loved the design and building phase even more than the actual testing and implementation phases. He took a bit of extra time...
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 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 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...
