by Yvonne Crawford | Aug 19, 2016 | Common Core Literacy, Common Core Math, Teaching Resources, Teaching Tips
Sometimes the beginning of the school year can be stressful for teachers, as well as the students. Sometimes it’s nice, and necessary to have some printables up your sleeve to use as morning work, homework or just for that extra time that just popped up out of...
by Yvonne Crawford | Aug 18, 2016 | Around the World, Teaching Resources, Teaching Tips
Besides teaching about foreign countries, I love teaching about ancient civilizations too! I think it’s great for students to see how people lived in the past and perhaps we can learn from any mistakes they made if they did or we can learn from their successes...
by Yvonne Crawford | Aug 17, 2016 | Around the World, Teaching Resources, Teaching Tips
It’s fun to read about a country through the eyes of a child. It’s also fun to read various facts about a particular country. However, it’s even more fun to learn about a country through crafts. Using all of these methods togethers is the ultimate...
by Yvonne Crawford | Aug 16, 2016 | Common Core Math, Handouts, Teaching Resources, Teaching Tips
As a child I always liked to cut and paste. I just felt like it was my job, like I was doing something important. I think all kids feel this way to some degree and the best part is it is interactive. Having an interactive activity helps them from remembering that they...
by Yvonne Crawford | Aug 13, 2016 | Around the World, Teaching Tips
In today’s world it’s so important to be accepting of other religions as all of those religions are all around us. I know when I grew up, back in Texas, I think every single person went to one of three churches in town and they were all Christian. I...
by Yvonne Crawford | Aug 12, 2016 | Teaching Tips
I’d like to first start this post by saying that I wasn’t paid for this post, nor did I receive anything for writing this post. In fact, the people I’m writing about don’t even know I’m writing this post. As a mother and teacher, through...
by Yvonne Crawford | Aug 11, 2016 | Around the World, Teaching Tips
Learning about less-known countries is fun because you can teach your students everything about that particular country. It opens their eyes to a whole new country, culture, and language. A country I like to teach about that doesn’t get a lot of media nor...
by Brian Crawford | Aug 7, 2016 | Gifted and Talented, Teaching Tips
This summer, our son, a rising eighth grader, went to Davidson College in Davidson, North Carolina for a Duke TIP Center for Summer Studies program. In order to qualify for this intensive three-week program he had to attain a certain score on the SAT test –...
by Yvonne Crawford | Aug 6, 2016 | Language Arts, Mathematics, Reading, Resources for Teachers, Teaching Resources, Teaching Tips
My husband has a real knack for writing poetry, so when I decided to make a poetry math glyph he was onboard! It’s a fun little activity where students answer questions, then based on their answers they answer math questions. Then, students create their glyphs...
by Yvonne Crawford | Aug 5, 2016 | Teaching Tips
I like other teachers and parents go through old pictures and see difference between how our students and children have developed. Be it learning the alphabet, learning to speak English as a Second Language, reading a chapter book for the first time or just learning...
