Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is obviously recognized with a national holiday. In my area, some schools observe it with the day off, and some schools are in session to learn more about him and the Civil Rights movement. With Black History month being just after, it’s also a great time to be intentional about teaching about other influential African-Americans that helped to create positive change in our country. I have tried to be intentional
Click the image above to go to all of my other Wednesday Website posts. I just recently found this website, E-Learning For Kids, and I’m so excited to start using it with my kids. My favorite part about it is that it’s FREE! E-Learning for Kids was developed to give kids independent instruction and practice of many different grade level skills. You can see along the top band that there are ways to use the
Over the summer I did a weekly Wednesday Website linky. Quite a few people said they were disappointed I was cancelling it, so I’ve decided to start it back up again. I doubt I’ll get one posted each week, but I like sharing websites that I find because there’s so many out there. You can click the label Wednesday Website on the sidebar to see all of the posts. This week I’m sharing with you
I first heard of RAFT writing several years ago as a strategy for students to show their content knowledge beyond just writing reports. Most of the suggestions for use have been in upper grades classrooms, especially in middle school and high school. It’s also a common format for writing in content areas to have students demonstrate their understanding of the topic that has been learned- often as a product at the end of the unit.
I’m coming to you live from sunny San Francisco, California! I flew in Christmas Eve and am leaving New Years Eve. We’ve been doing a ton of walking, and I’m currently doing a bit of extra relaxing before we head out for the day. My lower back is killing me and we still have one more round of sight seeing to do here before we head back south tomorrow. When I get back, one of
