As a teacher in an elementary pull-out Gifted in Talented program, I meet with most of my students once a week. Making connections with my students is really important to me, and it can be hard to keep track of what is going on in the lives of 50+ children who I don’t see every … Read more
“An Open Letter to Moms” is a Kid President video that would be perfect to show your students right before they work on their Mother’s Day gifts. In fact, you could even have your students make a video themselves 🙂
Creator of ClassTools.net, @RusselTarr, tweeted this site the other day. My 1st graders have been studying countries around the world, and we have recently been discussing foods. They really enjoyed “Don’t Gross Out the World,” from FunBrain because they thought many of the cultural traditions were unbelievable. For example, how can it be true that some … Read more
Mother’s Day is right around the corner, and I have been looking for some writing activities to do with my gifted Kinders and Firsts. I found several great ideas, and thought I should share them with you in case you are looking, too! Two of the lessons are from one of my favorite gifted teacher … Read more
Laura Moore of “Learn Moore Stuff” has been working hard on a new site to help the teachers in our district integrate technology. The site is called, “Rock the Lab,” and it contains many fabulous lessons that integrate technology with standards for the grade levels. You may not find some of it applicable to you … Read more
Dr. Brad Gustafson (@GustafsonBrad) is one of my favorite social network connections, and he is at the top of my list of educators I want to meet in person some day. His most recent blog post showed up in my Twitter feed yesterday, and I was intrigued by the title, “Press Conference: Hiring Announcement Video.” You may … Read more