:: e-Learning for Kids :: Confessions of a Nerdy Teacher - First Week of School I remember trying to plan my first day of school my first year teaching, so the kids show up at 8:00am AND……crickets. How do you start the first day?! There are so many things that the kids need to know and according to Harry Wong I had a lot of procedures to teach. But a day full of rules and procedures doesn’t sound very good to me! Goals of the First Week of School: Get to know eachother. There is time for content later, establishing your classroom community that first week will effect the entire school year! First Day of School Plan View PDF Here is my lesson plan form the first day of school last year. 1. Word First Day Letter (You will need to customize this one, so I didn’t include a PDF) The first thing my kids do when they come in the room is find their desk and read a letter I have written them. ** Playing Cards …Several people have asked about the playing card in the corner of the desk. 2. This is not a new idea, but it is a really fun idea for the first day. 3. 4. 5. 3. 4. 6.
ESL Printables: English worksheets, lesson plans and other resources August 2011 Hey friends! Denise here from Sunny Days in Second Grade. I'm so beyond crazy excited to be a Blog Hoppin author! The group of teacher authors and bloggers here is one I have tremendous admiration for and I am just tickled pink to be part of this group! I'm just going to jump right in with a great way to build classroom community. I can not take credit for this idea. I gathered the kids on the carpet (don't all the best lessons happen there?). Then I had them come up a few at a time, making sure the rest could hear and see the action. I put 16 bandaids on 16 hands and when my 17th student came up for his, I just told him I was sorry, but I didn't have any for him. I also added in how our last student didn't get a bandaid at all! I have to say, it was a goose bump inducing lesson. If you try it, I'd love to hear how it goes. See ya on the Sunny Side!
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Teachers Pet UK - Activities and Worksheets - Home APS Library The Global Classroom Project: 2011/12 - home Let's Play Math! [Feature photo above: Clifford Attractor by Yami89 (public domain) via Wikimedia Commons.] Alexandria Jones collapsed onto the couch with a dramatic sigh. Her father, the world-famous archaeologist Dr. “I don’t even want to hear about it,” he said. Alex’s brother Leonhard was playing on the floor, making faces at the baby. “I’ll take the bait,” he said. “Mom called my bedroom a Strange Attractor.” “Oh? “I don’t know. The Mathematics of Chaos Animation of a double compound pendulum showing chaotic behaviour. Dr. “So my bedroom is a math problem?” “No. “Oh.” “Well, when scientists first drew graphs of classical, non-chaotic systems — like a planet’s orbit or the flight of a football — it was surprising how often they got an ellipse or parabola or some similar curve,” Dr. Click here to continue reading.
Fun 4 the Brain - English Games English Excitement! Panda Mayhem This fun English game has some silly pandas to help teach the parts of speech. Sharlayne Overton, author of A Daily Dose of Writing, came up with the concept for this game. Reading is Magical Games Base Word Baseball Strike 1! Popcorn Words Pop! Syllable Split Help Syllable Sammy decode two syllable words. Magic "e" Adventures Help the Prince Frog get back to his princess by using the Magic "e" wand. My Reading Tools See if you can find the treasure by using the tools that you have learned to read. The hard copies of the above five games were created by Sheri Sather. Want a hard copy of her games?