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Standard based math activities for elementary grades. You might be able to adapt some of the ideas for higher level students.
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TeachersFirst's own units and lessons have been developed for actual classrooms, in consultation with practicing professionals or by the teachers themselves.
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Health related lesson plans for grades K-8. Lesson titles include: Big Math and Fries, Food Pyramid Power, Grocery Store Scavenger Hunt, Germs Can Make You Sick, and more.
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Lesson plan about food advertising, reading labels and more.
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Site provides lesson plans designed for middle school students.
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Slide presentations with ideas on how to use various programs/applications in the classroom.
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- Click on the presentation to see ideas on how use various programs/applications in the classroom.
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Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Weekly Websites
Converting Word to Pages
Here are some handy instructions for opening Word documents in Pages and exporting Pages documents out as Word.
As always, if you have any trouble with the above instructions, please contact me.
Monday, January 16, 2012
Weekly Websites
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This site, sponsored by The National Archives, provides primary sources and ready-to-use tools for teaching with documents in the classroom. Registration to the site is free and allows you to customize the activities and compile resources for later activities.
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Resources provided by the National Archives centering on the constitution and observing Constitution Day. Contains primary sources, lesson plans, activities and more.
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Resource with information on how the body works, health problems, illnesses & injuries, staying healthy and more. Students can view video clips and play games to check their knowledge and understanding. There is a tab for kids, teens and parents.
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Explore the history of America through various biographical sketches, state exploration and more. This site is sponsored by the Library of Congress and would be great reference and research resource.
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Great history resource blog written by Glenn Wiebe, curriculum specialist for Essdack & former history teacher. He provides classroom resources, lesson ideas, tech integration ideas and more.
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Parts of Speech flashcards for the iPod, iPhone and iPad. Can also be used on the Mac or PC computer.
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Timelines covering major historical events throughout time. Great resource for your visual learners.
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Tips on those tricky grammar rules like affect vs. effect, ending a sentence with a preposition, none is or none are and more.
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Great resource for students to learn about the various elements through articles, games and puzzles. Also provides teacher resources including hands-on activities and videso.
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Provides great websites for all grades. This link takes you directly to the Chemistry page, but if you check under the science tab you will find more great sites for other science topics.
Saturday, January 7, 2012
Sunday, January 1, 2012
New Year Resolutions?
Last year, I read blog which spoke of forgetting the resolution list and focusing on one word for the year. That word would help guide and direct the goals, priorities and accomplishments of the year. It wouldn't dictate everything, but it would help you keep a simple focus for the year. Being a list person myself (and the one who never made it the end of January with my resolutions), I decided to try that new approach last year and chose the word "Stretch." At this point, I must warn you to take care in choosing a word for the year. I had no clue how much a little word like "Stretch" could impact my year. I stretched beyond my comfort level when I accepted the nomination for KASL president-elect. Since winning the election, I've often thought, "What the heck was I thinking!" After accepting a technology position, I asked the same question. These were experiences and changes that wouldn't have occurred from a new year's list because I would have never put them on my list. But when these opportunities came my way, I thought of word "Stretch" and knew I needed to step out and take a chance. So yesterday, I started thinking about my word for 2012. I made of list of potentials and after much thought came up with my word for 2012 - "Strive." Of course, my grandmother pointed out that "Strive" sounds too hard. I'm a picture person, so I ran it through Visuwords online graphical dictionary. After looking at the synonyms (take pains, overexert oneself, struggle) I'm beginning to agree with her, but regardless I will be spending 2012 Striving.
Monday, December 19, 2011
Christmas Goodies
Some of you have asked me for the Carmel Popcorn and Popcorn Cake recipes that I made for Christmas. So, here you go...
Carmel Popcorn
5-7 quarts of popcorn (put it in a roasting pan)
2 cups brown sugar
1 cup butter (I use the real stuff)
1/2 cup brown syrup (Karo Syrup)
1 tsp salt
Melt the butter. Add brown sugar and mix well with the butter. Add syrup and salt. Bring to a boil stirring intermittently. Boil 5 minutes & continue stirring so it doesn't burn. Take off the heat and stir in 1 tsp baking soda. Pour mix over the popcorn and stir it so the sauce gets distributed on the popcorn.
Bake at 250 degrees uncovered for about an hour - stir every 15 minutes (you'll end up stirring it 3 times). After the last 15 minutes, stir making sure to scrap the sides and bottom. let it stand for 5-10 minutes & then put into your containers.
Popcorn Cake
12 cups popped corn (put in a big bowl)
1 1/2 cups M&Ms
2 cups salted peanuts
40 caramels
1/2 cup oil
1/2 cup butter (the real stuff)
5 cups mini marshmallows (or 50 regular marshmallows)
In a pan over low heat, melt the caramels into the butter & oil. Add and melt the marshmallows. Be sure to stir constantly so the mix doesn't burn.
Pour the above mix over your popcorn & stir. Add in the M&Ms and peanuts. Stir into the popcorn mix. Press your popcorn cake into a buttered angel food cake pan or a rectangular cake pan. If you use the angel food cake pan, let it sit for about 10 minutes and then remove your cake from the pan.
Enjoy!
5-7 quarts of popcorn (put it in a roasting pan)
2 cups brown sugar
1 cup butter (I use the real stuff)
1/2 cup brown syrup (Karo Syrup)
1 tsp salt
Melt the butter. Add brown sugar and mix well with the butter. Add syrup and salt. Bring to a boil stirring intermittently. Boil 5 minutes & continue stirring so it doesn't burn. Take off the heat and stir in 1 tsp baking soda. Pour mix over the popcorn and stir it so the sauce gets distributed on the popcorn.
Bake at 250 degrees uncovered for about an hour - stir every 15 minutes (you'll end up stirring it 3 times). After the last 15 minutes, stir making sure to scrap the sides and bottom. let it stand for 5-10 minutes & then put into your containers.
12 cups popped corn (put in a big bowl)
1 1/2 cups M&Ms
2 cups salted peanuts
40 caramels
1/2 cup oil
1/2 cup butter (the real stuff)
5 cups mini marshmallows (or 50 regular marshmallows)
In a pan over low heat, melt the caramels into the butter & oil. Add and melt the marshmallows. Be sure to stir constantly so the mix doesn't burn.
Pour the above mix over your popcorn & stir. Add in the M&Ms and peanuts. Stir into the popcorn mix. Press your popcorn cake into a buttered angel food cake pan or a rectangular cake pan. If you use the angel food cake pan, let it sit for about 10 minutes and then remove your cake from the pan.
Enjoy!
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