by Brian Crawford | Mar 23, 2015 | Fifth Grade, Fourth Grade, Language Arts, Literacy, Second Grade, Sixth Grade, Teaching Tips, Third Grade
The Common Core State Standards (CCSS) places an emphasis on having students express their opinions in both speech and writing. For example, CCSS.W.1, the first Common Core writing standard for the first grade, reads: “Write arguments to support claims in an...
by Brian Crawford | Jan 28, 2015 | Science, Teaching Tips
In my previous post, I discussed how our middle school-aged son was tasked to complete his science project like an actual project. Along the way to the completion of the final project, he had to accomplish a series of tasks with a series of completion dates throughout...
by Brian Crawford | Jan 25, 2015 | Science, Teaching Tips
Well do I remember that day in the early fall when our middle school-aged son came home and uttered those words that every parent has come to dread: “We have to do a science project”. I have memories of working on my own science projects in elementary and...
by Brian Crawford | Jan 5, 2015 | Computer Science, Teaching Tips
Have you ever heard of a Raspberry Pi? It’s a tasty slice of technology! The Raspberry Pi is a $35 computer from the United Kingdom, designed to help children learn computer programming. It’s not difficult to set up (though you need to supply your own...
by Brian Crawford | Mar 31, 2014 | Science, Teaching Tips
Did you know that the Walt Disney Company owns a 11,500 acre wilderness preserve in the middle of Florida? Neither did I, until I visited the site with the family this weekend. The Disney Wilderness Preserve is a massive chunk of land near Poinciana, Florida, south of...
by Brian Crawford | Feb 7, 2014 | Teaching Tips
As a family, we thoroughly enjoy getting out and exploring nature together. I’ve posted about one of our nature walks before, in this post about our visit to a protected forested wetland near where we used to live in northwest France. I have also posted about...
