As you might know, I am teaching two different science classes this upcoming year: Grade 7 & Grade 8. I had a really fun time planning out these two classes because my class sizes are SO small and I could easily build in A LOT of labs and various other hands-on activities. My primary focus when developing my lessons is to provide a relevant and meaningful learning experience for my students. (Obviously, this means that I will continue to modify things as the school year progress and I learn more about my students.) One resource that… Read More
Particle Theory of Matter Resources
My curriculum planning is almost half way done now as I’ve currently completed my year-plans for:– Grade 7 Science– Grade 8 Art &– Grade 8 ScienceSo far I’ve been sharing with you the resources I’ve found and incorporated into my Grade 7 Science unit, including my posts on Interactions with Ecosystems and The Earth’s Crust. The next, and longest, unit in the curriculum discusses the Particle Theory of Matter and has practically double the curriculum outcomes of The Earth’s Crust unit. Molecular Model of the Three States of Matter. (2013). Uploaded by scienceportfolio1p1 wiki. Available online at: http://scienceportfolio1p1.wikispaces.com/Term+2… Read More
Resources To Start Off Your Week 71
This morning I was cleaning up all of the random things I had saved on my computer and found a list of resources I had saved from who-knows-when. While these resources aren’t themed by subject or grade level I wanted to share them with you! As always, I will add these to my lists of resources under the Fav Websites heading. 1 ) 10 Virtual Field Trips for Students– This list features 10 options of virtual field trips to share with your students. These are great options for making learning come to life and expand the classroom beyond its… Read More
Substitute Teacher Binder FREEBIE!
Yesterday I decided to take a break from my curriculum planning and start working on some of the organizational elements for my classroom. Having worked casually as a substitute teacher for the past two years, I decided to create myself a Substitute Teacher Binder to have available when I am not in the classroom. I wasn’t feeling the traditional duotang folder so I decided to make something much more pretty and share it with you! This document features 7 different section dividers to organize everything for your Substitute Teacher: – Cover Page – Feedback Forms (Complete… Read More
Classroom *Before* Pictures
If you follow me on Twitter you know that yesterday was a super exciting day for me as I received my keys and could get into my classroom for the very first time! Now this classroom wasn’t completely new to me as I completed my last two student teaching placements at “S-School” and had been in that classroom multiple times. In fact, the teacher that was in this room before helped me out TREMENDOUSLY in regards to planning resources and support! Got my classroom keys! So excited 🙂 This was the first time, however, that I… Read More
300 Follower Giveaway Winner!!
After a whirlwind few days my 300 Follower Giveaway is officially over! I was fortunate enough to have the love and support of some amazing edubloggers who sponsored this giveaway and offered up some wonderful prizes. Please check out their blogs if you haven’t already. Our winner is… Chelsea! Congrats Chelsea, I am sending an email your way 🙂 Thank you to everyone who entered and supported me through this! Here’s to reaching 400 🙂
Classroom Library (Almost) Open for Business!
An important job for any teacher is not only developing literacy skills but also attempting to build a love of reading within their students. One tool to help achieve this monstrous task is through your classroom library. While all school’s have (or should have) a central library, a classroom library provides easy access for your students and is often utilized on a daily basis. I absolutely LOVE reading (for pleasure and for work) and often complete 10-12 novels for pleasure each year. As such, I want to try to instill this love of reading within my… Read More
The Earth's Crust Resources
Back in May I shared some of my planning that I had done for my Interactions with Ecosystems unit for my Grade 7 Science class. While the planning has continued, I realized today that I haven’t shared anything more through the blog. The Grade 7 Science curriculum consists of four different units so I thought that I would simply go in order and share the next unit’s resources: The Earth’s Crust. The Dynamic Earth Smithsonian Interactive. (2013). Uploaded by the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. Available online at: http://www.mnh.si.edu/earth/main_frames.html I actually had a difficult time planning… Read More
Resources To Start Off Your Week 70
It is hard to believe that school is going to be starting again in LESS than two months. For my American followers, you are going to be back even sooner! Summer always seemed to be so long and now that I am planning for my own classroom there definitely doesn’t seem to be enough time! As I’m prepping, I’m still finding a lot of resources for the classroom and it lends itself well to sharing through my blog. As always, I will be adding these to my lists of resources under the Fav Websites page! 1 ) Commonsense… Read More
"Miss L" Becomes "Mrs T"
On June 29th I married my best friend and fellow teacher, “Mr. T”. We were married at his parent’s farm, which is only a mile down the road from our farm. It was +30 degrees Celsius and both the ceremony and reception were outside; it was so humid but at least it didn’t rain! The day was so perfect, we couldn’t have asked for a better day and are so thankful to everyone who helped make our day so special. Our photographer, PhotOGGraphy by Vicki, also took our engagement pictures last August. Our photos were taken at my fiance’s uncle’s farm… Read More