This video was created by Tom Woodward of Henrico County schools in Virginia. Tom used the work of Karl Fisch from Colorado who created a PPT using various quotes and statistics from “flat world” thinking. Used with permission
Solar system jigsawis an interactive resource to teach about the solar system.
The activity is divided into three levels: planet, moon and hardware. => http://bit.ly/pmwem1
What did the stamp say to the envelope?
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Stick with me and we’ll go places.
What is the true call of the wild? Here we travel down a very special river and are introduced to a wide variety of the animal kingdom who all contribute their name for the sake of music.
: Phonics Rhymes and Crafts Grades K-1
by Linda Armstrong
Help children with the sounds of letters (phonemic awareness) with this useful book. It also helps them
recognize and differentiate letter symbols.
The lessons are easy-to-implement and correlated to national standards. Included in the book are original, instructional, reproducible black line masters! Crafts are age-appropriate and inexpensive, created with materials most teachers have on hand. >>> http://bit.ly/r0DW58
by Brian Keaney
FROM THE BOOK JACKET:
“Dante looked around, making sure there was no one who might overhear him. Then he leaned forward and, lowering his voice, said, ‘I still have dreams.’”
“It was the most shocking thing Bea had ever heard. ‘Dr. Sigmundus says that disturbances of the mind which come to people when they sleep are the result of a psychic illness,’ she replied.”
“It was what she had been taught at school, and for as long as she could remember.”
In Tarnegar, a sinister island where the laws of the mysterious Dr. Sigmundus hold sway, dreaming will get you locked up, branded a lunatic and a danger to all who know you.
Dante is a lowly kitchen boy. Bea is the privileged daughter of physicians. They aren’t meant to meet or share ideas or, most dangerous of all, their dreams. But with the arrival of a notorious prisoner to the island’s asylum, their worlds collide. Together they begin to question whether the promises they’ve based their lives on have been spun from lies and illusion–and if now is the time to break them.
“The Hollow People” opens a window on the unseen worlds that surround us. It is the first installment in The Promises of Dr. Sigmundus. => http://amzn.to/qP3zzS
The Dream of the Thylacine
Margaret Wild and Ron Brooks
This arresting and beautiful picture book from Margaret Wild and Ron Brooks is a shimmering encounter with the Tasmanian tiger, a lament for a lost species, and a compelling evocation of the place of animals in Nature.
For more about the book plus acess Curriculum notes => http://bit.ly/mxTf4p
[From the Teaching Generation Now newsletter]
Scrumblr is a free online tool that allows you to create a virtual whiteboard. This whiteboard can be accessed from multiple computers and used as a collaborative space for education.
We like scrumblr because:
? it is free and extremely easy to use.
? no sign up is needed to create and collaborate on a scrumblr board
? only people with the URL link that you create can access the scrumblr.
? it has no ads.
? it provides the opportunity for students to be active in their learning, reflect, clarify, stay focussed and learn from one another.
? it lets participants be anonymous.
Students make a paper tadpole puppet that turns into a frog and learn the meaning of the term metamorphosis. => http://bit.ly/mrYBbY
PARENTS might label it a waste of time but the hours spent surfing the internet, chatting online, and even on the dreaded Facebook appear to improve children’s reading skills.
An international online reading test conducted by the organisation for economic co-operation and development (OECD), a group of 17 industrialised nations including Australia, found that moderate computer use at home, either doing schoolwork or socialising, increased children’s reading skills, particularly among boys. => http://bit.ly/kFBQAW
