by Brian Crawford | Apr 26, 2013 | Common Core, Common Core Literacy, Fifth Grade, First Grade, Fourth Grade, Language Arts, Poetry, Posters, Second Grade, Sixth Grade, Teaching Resources, Third Grade
Spring is here… it’s a great time to learn about poetry and other creative pursuits. What is a haiku? A haiku (俳句) is a type of Japanese short poem. Traditionally, haikus have consisted of 17 syllables, with: Five syllables in the first line Seven...
by Brian Crawford | Apr 4, 2013 | Teaching Tips
I’ve already stressed the importance of allowing kids to use their imagination to play, craft, and dream. I believe that allowing kids to “run wild” with their imaginations, creating and molding their environments in ways unique and interesting to...
by Brian Crawford | Apr 2, 2013 | Common Core, Common Core Literacy, Common Core Math, Fifth Grade, First Grade, Fourth Grade, Kindergarten, Second Grade, Third Grade
Here’s a free tool for you to use to review, organize, and categorize your lessons by Common Core standard. I know that I’m looking forward to using it myself! Reviewing your Common Core lessons With this tool, you can keep a record of which lessons,...
by Brian Crawford | Mar 29, 2013 | Common Core, Common Core Math, First Grade, Mathematics, Second Grade, Telling Time, Third Grade
What time is it? It’s time for a free worksheet, of course! Here’s a free download of a connect-the-dots activity with a twist. Your students should connect the dots on the face of the clock, then figure out what time it is based on the hands that they...
by Yvonne Crawford | Mar 15, 2013 | Teaching Tips
Easter is fast approaching! So, some of my blog friends and I decided to do a blog hop. Hop from blog to blog from March 15th to March 17th to get your freebies at each blog. When you visit each blog make sure to enter to win a basket full of lesson...
by Brian Crawford | Mar 5, 2013 | Teaching Tips
If you are a parent of a school-aged child, you will know where I’m coming from when I say that parenting takes a great deal of time and effort! During a typical weekday you may be shuttling your kids to and from primary or elementary school, taking them to...
by Brian Crawford | Feb 25, 2013 | First Grade, Fourth Grade, Second Grade, Third Grade
Spring is one of my favorite seasons! It’s a time for renewal and rebirth, when the countryside where we live is dotted with lots of colorful flowers. It’s also a great time to celebrate the outdoors. If spring fever is showing in your home or classroom,...
by Brian Crawford | Feb 11, 2013 | Teaching Tips
Brian writes: Over the weekend we went to a Chinese New Year party at a community hall in a nearby town here in Normandy. As this year is the Year of the Snake, most of the crafts the kids made and the activities and workshops they completed were snake-themed! We had...
by Brian Crawford | Feb 9, 2013 | Common Core, Common Core Literacy, Common Core Math, First Grade, Fourth Grade, Language Arts, Literacy, Mathematics, Second Grade, Third Grade
St. Patrick’s Day takes place on March 17th – a day that is rapidly approaching! St. Patrick is the patron saint of Ireland, and in the United States and elsewhere around the world, St. Patrick’s Day is celebrated by wearing a lot of green clothes...
by Brian Crawford | Feb 8, 2013 | Science, Teaching Tips
Brian writes: Yesterday, some friends of ours went for a long walk on a nature trail through a small wooded area here in Normandy. In the middle of these woods is a good-sized pond, and around this time every year the pond is filled with frog eggs – or...
