Labor Day Book and Activities Labor Day is coming up. Your social studies standards require you teach national holidays as well as different workers and the jobs they do. However,    ELA programs have a required sequence topics. Your day is full and you have time for a 0 minute lesson for Social Studies. How do you fit it all in? This resource gives you everything you need to teach the standard: Identify national holidays and describe the people and/or events celebrated. With a nonfiction book and supporting activities, it can be done in one   What’s included:   * Nonfiction book with the history of the Labor Day holiday in age appropriate explanation. There are 12 different jobs with a brief description about what workers do. It included pages to show how the holiday is celebrated today. * Hat Template * Writing prompt page- Draw or write something you learned about Labor Day. * Matching activity- Six jobs are represented with a worker, students will draw a line to the tools they us...
Students using too much soap?  Students using too many paper towels? Students forgetting to flush the toilet? Students putting the toilet paper in the trashcan?  All typical and normal the first week of school. The bathroom at school looks a little different from the one at home, or even preschool. Teaching students the procedures for keeping the restroom clean are just as important as all other classroom routines.  These simple signs provide visuals you can put up to remind the students how to keep the restroom clean. Includes:     Toilet Paper in the Trash     Remember to Flush      Wash Your Hands     1 pump of Soap  or  2 Pumps of Soap     1 Paper Towel    or    2 Paper Towels     Paper Towels in the Trash They are available in a variety of styles:      Heros     Patterns   Check out these and my elephant themed room decor set. ...
 Aw, back to school time. The joy of meeting your students for the first time!  Learning names Making new friends Excited students Creating a school family Practicing routines and procedures Then reality sets in.... Labeling all the supplies Putting away all the supplies Getting to lunch on time Remember to go to Related Arts (Specials) Assessing all the students, usually one on one OH MY!  How do I get it all done while keeping the students engaged and on task?  The activities you do that first week should be review work so the students can complete it independently. My Digital Counting Puzzles review counting skills including 1 to 5, 1 to 10, and 1 to 20 using common school photos as the finished puzzle. Assign via Google Classroom of your learning management system. Students will complete the puzzles by dragging and dropping the numbers in the correct order.  Check out this and other Back to School resources in my TpT store. ...
 I have needed to be creative for a while now. I just couldn't get motivated.  Today, I just went for it. Well, sort of... After changing my mind on a topic multiple times. Then searching for clip art, deciding on a color palette, picking fonts, creating, deleting, finally decidig to go for it.....  Here is the final piece. ...
It is coding time in the library. Don’t get me wrong, coding sites, activities, and robots are available all year long. The Learning Resources mice and Botley are great to teach beginning coding. The simple commands and grid like movements mean all students are successful.   Last year I found the Qubo robot. The puzzle cards make it possible for all students to code. i have classes for three day s in a row; I teach the students to use the free play mode after they have used the puzzle pieces. It is just that in the spring I bring out the big guy, DASH. The variety of apps provide students with different learning experiences. I focus on using the Wonder app. However, the students have to use the Free Play or the ??? option. I tell them we have other options for simple coding and DASH is not a remote control. You must code!   The free play is perfect for all my learners. The image icons and simple arrow for connecting the code mean that no reading skills are required. Once again, creatin...