Jul
27
Everyday Mathematics — Smart Board Style!!!
July 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment
Greetings,
After two weeks of pruning and tweaking I believe I am satisfied with my first attempt at “Smart Boarding” an Everyday Mathematics Unit. I have had grand illusions of one day having all of my Scott Foresman Reading Street and my Everyday Math Units all rolled into snug and interactive Notebook Files for me to [...]
Jul
19
Tribute to Frank Schaffer Publications…
July 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment
Greetings,
Sometimes it is a tell-tale sign that if you have stuck around long enough in the field of education, you will certainly feel the effects of what is called the “swing of the pendulum.” This means something that is a new fad catches on and takes over for a while in a school district [...]
Jul
17
Interactive Word Wall Idea
July 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment
Greetings,
On the heels of the Sam, Come Back post, I am also going to write a short post on almost a sister/brother tag-along Notebook file that will correspond with the Writing that my students will be doing daily in the Reading Street Notebook file. It is an Interactive Word wall that will grow with the [...]
Jul
17
Reading Street 1.1 ~ Sam, Come Back!
July 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment
Greetings,
Today I am posting about an idea I have collaborated with a handful of colleagues over the past year who have Smart Boards in their classrooms. Three years ago we adopted the Scott Foresman “Reading Street” Language Arts program to be our foundational teaching aid in grades K-5. When I knew I was going to [...]
Jul
5
Behavior Chart Idea
July 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment
Greetings,
This will be a short and sweet post, as I am in the middle of some of the best creative designing of lessons for next school year. This morning I created a behavior chart Smart Notebook file that I will be using with my classroom this year.
This behavior system is built on the “color-code” system [...]
