Here is a unit study to accompany the poem Old Black Fly. The fly touches of food all around the kitchen from A to Z in this rollicky rhyme of a pesky old black fly. It’s one of my kid’s favorite unit studies for summer months when the windows are open and the flies are [...]
Sometimes a Fly can change Someone’s Whole Life <span class="moduleSubtitle">Amos: The Story of an Old Dog and His Couch</span> <span class="collapse"> </span> <p align="center"><img src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51WcCOrf8vL._SL160_.jpg" alt="Amos: The Story of an Old Dog and His Couch" align="center" height="300" hspace="10" vspace="7" /&g… Squidoo: Old Black Fly Unit Study
Old Black Fly’s Math Lesson Flies at the Picnic <span class="collapse"> </span> <br /> <br /> Make a workmat with a sandwich on the left and a glass of lemonade on the right. You might glue these onto red checked paper or glue a piece of red checked table cloth to stiff cardboard to make it [...]
August’s blog is a bibliography of books that look at different interactions between boys and girls. These books feature boys versus girls (usually in a prank war or competition of some sort), boys and girls as good friends or teammates, and boys and girls as siblings. It does not focus on boyfriend/girlfriend relationship books. Books [...]
It seems like flu season is hitting hard this year because my classroom has been more empty than usual lately and I’m going through so many tissue boxes! A mom of one of my students recently told me a new phone application from the makers of Theraflu. Its called Wheres flu and it follows sickness [...]
One thing that I really like about the education community is the willingness to share work, share resources and generally help each other out. I’ve often been offered full lesson plans or supplies from other teachers and I thought that I’d contribute in the same way. Occasionally, I’ll post activities or lesson plans, free for anyone [...]
there are a lot of things that effect spelling. Have you thought of looking at what sound the letters are making rather than just looking at the spelling? Sometimes rules work in the listening world but not when you put it on paper. Also there is the background of the word as well. Many words [...]