In honor of International Women’s Day on March 8th, CNN posted a site where you could choose an inspirational quote by a famous woman, select a background from three choices, and share it via Facebook, Pinterest, Twitter, or Tumblr. I spent quite a bit of time reading the words of Eleanor Roosevelt, Marie Curie, … Read more
Love. This.!!! What a great idea! Head on over to Kapil Bhagat’s Tumbler post to see the rest of his Scientist Posters. Some ideas for the classroom: students can research the ones by Bhagat to explain his designs and their relationships to the scientists, students can make their own posters for famous people they’ve researched, … Read more
For many years, I have been using Discovery Education’s Puzzlemaker.com to create different types of puzzles, such as Fallen Phrases and Cryptograms. I recently found another site that generates puzzles, “Crossword Puzzle Maker.” I tested it out this weekend by making this puzzle to accompany the book, The Giver, by Lois Lowry, which my 5th graders … Read more
I like to publish “fun” posts on Fridays, so today’s site, Kids Web Japan, is an oldie-but-goodie that I’ve been using with my students for about 15 years. I had the great opportunity to travel to Japan in the year 1998 due to the wonderful generosity of the Fulbright Memorial Fund Teacher Program. Unfortunately, that … Read more
UPDATE 11/2/2020: Here is a link to over 45 Thanksgiving activities you can use in your classroom. Laura Moore, one of our NEISD technology specialists, created this awesome Google Earth tour that incorporates 7 different placemarks with online activities related to Thanksgiving. If you are not a teacher in our district, you will need to … Read more
I have posted about iCivics.org a couple of times on my blog- once about the website, spearheaded by Sandra Day O’Connor, and once about the awesome free app, Pocket Law Firm. As today is Election Day, I thought it would be appropriate to once again mention the value of iCivics.org. According to the site, “In … Read more