Are you a “Bus Safety Expert”?
My students work with peers to design safety skits and teach others how to be safe when near, around, or on a bus. Listen to these experts share their knowledge.
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July 1, 2019
Saving Time and Engaging Learning with Student Video
Time! There never seems to be enough time in class to engage students in peer conferencing, share reports, share projects, or time to share "their fun" ideas. So . . . how do you involve technology, literacy, and opportunities for…
March 15, 2019
How to Fundraise for your Class!
Have you heard about DonorsChoose.com? This is a crowd funding website where teachers/club organizers can post projects to raise funds for materials that support learning. There are many materials my students need to increase learning opportunities. Before…
March 15, 2019
Escape from Dinosaur Park! – the journey ends
Finally, after a six week learning unit heading back in time - yes, 100 million years ago - the students are ready to escape from Dinosaur Park! Â We have been studying dinosaurs, learning about the different theories of their extinction,…
December 6, 2018
STEM Dino-Egg Drop!
We've been studying dinosaurs, and we can't get by without designing a container to protect the dino eggs when falling off those cliffs or down the mountainside. To entice my students for the week, I placed a grapevine wreath, dino-eggs,…
November 14, 2018
Dino-mite infused fun!
After the launch of our Dinosaur project based learning unit with a field trip to the Alaska State Fair, it was time for us to learn about the dinosaurs, answer our essential and personal questions, and figure out the answer…
October 14, 2018
A Day in the Life of a Paleontologist
Oh my goodness!!! My class and I just arrived from a field trip to the Mesozoic Period. Yes, the time of when dinosaurs roamed the land we call home!!! This has been an exciting five weeks learning at school!! I've…
October 1, 2018
Baseball . . . America’s Sport!
Take me out to the ball game, take me out to the crowd . . . ahhhh, nothing like spending an afternoon at the ballpark! While in Seattle, we took in a MLB Seattle Mariner vs. San Fransico Giants baseball…
July 29, 2018
Buckle your seatbelts! We’re taking a Boeing STEM trip!
Are you ready to take your class on a high flying field trip?! Everywhere I go, I'm always on the lookout for opportunities to bring real world learning experiences and projects into my classroom. Last week, my husband and I…
July 28, 2018
Videographers at Work!
My kids are having sooo much fun with the "Cool With School Rules!" project based unit!! Read this post to learn how this all got started!! The next phase of the project was to prepare some type of media that…
July 4, 2018
Service Learning in Our Community
One learning area that is important for teachers to engage students in is service learning. What is service learning? Service learning is a way for students to do something that betters their community AND engages students in academic learning. It…
July 4, 2018
How to teach character
One of my favorite back to school lessons is "A Caring Being". This is a great social emotional lesson that I implement the first week of school. This lesson builds upon the Learning Guidelines Lesson. Now that students have…
July 1, 2018
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Building our Learning Community
New School Year . . . Fresh Start Beginning a new school year is an opportunity to start fresh: a new beginning, new teacher, new friends. With all these "new things", this can also be a time of uncertainty, nervous…
July 1, 2018
Students collecting data with their chrome books on a google form in our google classroom.
High Flying STEM!
Well . . . after spending 25 years teaching in a traditional framework (last post), now I feel like I can finally TEACH! The handcuffs are off, and I am free to inspire, motivate, and challenge my students to be the…
July 1, 2018
My Beginning Journey!
Time for a quick confession: I have been struggling with a challenge . . . a huge challenge. For years I have researched instruction, curriculum, and assessment in every subject area of the PK-8 curriculum. Now, after 26 years in…
June 30, 2018