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...
