I just started putting together my new website for my classroom. I haven't gotten too far, but I thought I'd add a post here to let you know where you can build a free website, too. I use Weebly--it's very intuitive, and you can easily upgrade to a web domain that you choose. Others? Snap Pages Yola Webs Web Node Sauropol Hipero Read Full Story
Common Craft's most recent videos... Twitter Search in Plain English Preparing an Emergency Kit in Plain English World Wide Web in Plain English Read Full Story
An interesting application--Glogster--like a blog, but less words and more pictures... A teacher might organize a variety of assignments from a unit of instruction--or depending on the age of your students, you students could create their own glogs around an assignment or unit. Read Full Story
I have been looking for highly engaging news stories to explicitly teach reading comprehension and fluency lessons. I like to pair the articles with pictures and video. I found this one about a man with 'tree like' growths all over his body. I think a variety of reading and writing lessons could be developed around this fascinating man's story... There are several news stories to choose from on the internet... Read Full Story
PikiWiki is a wiki website that is more oriented to multimedia and to drag-and-drop editing. This is a system which younger students can use, and it's free... Read Full Story
Almost unbelievable... I'm going back to work. *big grin* When we made this unexpected move to the desert, we thought I'd being staying home with Kate for 2 years--not so. Kate is ready for preschool (big time), and I'm more than ready to be back in the classroom--can't wait! I'm a little nervous because I taught in the same classroom in a great school for the first part of my career--I'm not sure what to expect in this new school in a somewhat r... Read Full Story
Thank you for your consistent support! I'm officially taking Entrecard off of this site as I am no longer keeping this site current! Take care--Best! Read Full Story
The time was coming... I'm not currently in the classroom, and although I created this site to keep my hand in education, I'm finding that my time could be better spent other places. I love teaching, and blogging about tips and resources has been fun, but I'm focusing more heavily on my health right now. Feel free to join me at Juicy Alligator. I will leave this site up till my domain name expires next year--I know that there are some great tip sheets and o... Read Full Story
Okay, it’s almost Halloween—What are you going to wear? Don't the students love it when we dress up, too? Here are some ideas to get the creative juices flowing! One of my easiest ideas was dressing as “partly cloudy.” I wore a blue sweatshirt, attached cotton balls for clouds, brought a spray bottle, and if the kids got to close, I’d mist them. Here are some other cute ideas I found online: Static Cling: Wear any kind of mis... Read Full Story
