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Materials for Teaching Time Skills

Here are some ideas and the related links to activities for teaching time.   Enjoy.

Download Sites and ideas for teaching time

Thanksgiving Activites 2011

Here is a fun recipe for Thanksgiving PopTarts - thank to Diana Aviles at Sedalia Park

Download Pop-Tart Turkey

And thanks to Claire Farmer for this Thanksgiving errorless writing activity:

Download Thanksgiving story

Here is a reminder of Thanksgiving activities posted previously:

http://pickettsmill.typepad.com/pritchard/2008/11/thanksgiving-fu.html

 http://pickettsmill.typepad.com/pritchard/2009/11/thanksgiving-social-stories.html

 http://pickettsmill.typepad.com/pritchard/2009/11/thankful-cookie-bars-recipe.html

 http://pickettsmill.typepad.com/pritchard/2008/10/thanksgiving--.html

Great Books for Habitats and Biomes

The Publisher Sylvan Dell has awesome  books for almost any animal and/or biome you wish to pursue in addition to some that deal with planets, counting, seasons, etc.  Check out the options from this company - most are around $10. Click on the books.

Link to Blog for Elementary concepts

This is a really fun blog for elementary teachers -
click on the icon

teachers of older students can get some good ideas here but the materials themselves are designed for younger students.

Here are some things you will find -

Math ideas to go with The Mitten -        

Character development in How The Grinch Stole Christmas

Data collection with marshmallows in hot chocolate:

There's also some addition with bowling and a lot more activities.

 

Place Value

Teaching place value to students who don't even know their numbers can be quite a challenge.  But those teacher participating in elementary alignment to the standards and GAA know that it can happen.  Here are some really creative ways to teach place value that you may want to check out on a share site called Pinterest

Just a few screen shots of some of the fun ideas - check it out and enjoy!!

                   

Biomes and Habitats

Arctic habitat

Many grade levels have standards that align to biomes and habitats in the Cobb County Curriculum Guide.  Here are some fun links to the Crayola.com website of activities related to this topic.  Unfortunately, our school system blocks this site so you'll have to check them out at home - but I think they are worth it.  If you have any materials to share on habitats, please send them to me via my Cobb email and we can post them.

http://www.crayola.com/lesson-plans/detail/across-the-landscape-lesson-plan/

12 sided paper globe activity:  http://www.crayola.com/lesson-plans/detail/all-about-antarctica-lesson-plan/

ecosystem in danger: rainforest   http://www.crayola.com/lesson-plans/detail/ecosystem-in-danger:-brazilian-rainforest-lesson-plan/

Coral reefs in danger (could go with Australia Units)  http://www.crayola.com/lesson-plans/detail/fragile-reefs-lesson-plan/

Websites for Classrooms of Students with Intellectual Disabilities

Here are additional sites for classroom use:

This site allows you to easily make picture flashcards:  Flashcards

A multitude of videos for teachers and students - be sure to look at the life skills as well as the academics:

http://www.gcflearnfree.org/topics

These links were previously posted on the blog:

http://pickettsmill.typepad.com/pritchard/2011/08/free-web-resources.html

Virtual spinner  http://pickettsmill.typepad.com/pritchard/2011/04/virtual-spinner-for-math-activities.html

 

http://pickettsmill.typepad.com/pritchard/2008/08/free-resources.html

 

http://pickettsmill.typepad.com/pritchard/2008/12/wwwschoolexpresscom-science-link-more.html

 

A great resource for understanding math standards at every grade level.  Includes the standards for each grade level, activities for students (a great place to start adapting).  Check out the site for support in aligning math standards.  
http://pickettsmill.typepad.com/pritchard/2009/02/math-curriculum-support-from-ga-tech.html

 

This site has several printable charts, tokens, and "bucks" - behavior, classroom management, and many others.  www.chartjungle.com/behavior.html

Visual schedules:

http://pickettsmill.typepad.com/pritchard/2009/08/visual-schedules.html

 

AWESOME LITERACY SITES:  Check this site for many adapted stories in powerpoint or pdf versions.

www.ric.edu/sherlockcenter/wwslist.html

Also, another awesome literacy site with many books & stories.

www.tarheelreader.com

 

Simple Machines online resources:

Permalink: http://pickettsmill.typepad.com/pritchard/2008/09/simple-machin-2.

 

 

GAA Training Powerpoint for Cobb County Teachers

This powerpoint was used during the GAA training in Cobb County Schools Sept. 27-29, 2011.  This is a reference only - it is not intended to be a comprehensive overview of GAA.  The official training is the powerpoint from the DOE Office of Accountability that can be accessed through your building testing coordinator.  If you have any specific GAA questions, please contact your local EPS or Special Education Supervisor.

Download GAA 101 for 2011-2012

Interesting Math sites

Here are several resources for Math - see if any of these work for you.

http://themathworksheetsite.com/

www.ixl.com

http://www.filefolderfun.com/Pages/ThirdGradeMath/timestables8.html

 

Remember to keep activities and materials age appropriate.

Update to Life Cycles - especially frogs

The High school Curriculum guide lists Life Cycles  (SZ4c) as one option for the 4th science of Zoology.

Here are items that were loaded previously on the blog:

http://pickettsmill.typepad.com/pritchard/2009/10/great-site-for-video-other-supports-for-life-cycle-of-frog.html

http://pickettsmill.typepad.com/pritchard/2009/08/life-cycle-of-the-frog.html

http://pickettsmill.typepad.com/pritchard/2009/08/life-cycle-of-the-frog-part-ii.html

http://pickettsmill.typepad.com/pritchard/2008/09/additional-frac.html

Here are some additional activities that were downloaded from  www.boardmakershare.com  to be used with Boardmaker and Boardmaker Plus software.  You must save these to your desktop and then open them with the Boardmaker CD in your computer.  NOTE:  Unzip any zipped folders before opening.

Download Frog_life_cycle

Download Frogs

Download Frogs

There are MANY MORE free downloads at www.boardmakershare.com related to lifecycles.

OTHER SITES & LINKS TO CONSIDER:

http://gets.gc.k12.va.us/elementary/lifecycles/frogs.htm

Download Frog Life cycle powepoint