Exciting ideas in a daily blog by mentor teachers

Exciting lesson ideas, book lists, videos, classroom strategies, and reproducibles in a daily blog by mentor teachers

Literacy in Kindergarten Dramatic Play Centers, Part 1

Friday, November 19, 2010
Reading, Language Arts, Math
Grades: PreK–K

Ever get one of those catalogs in the mail from a...

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The Skinny (or the Non-Fat) on Nonfiction

Friday, November 12, 2010
Reading, Language Arts, Science, Social Studies, Research Skills
Grades: PreK–K

Most of the reading and writing we do in life is nonfiction. Informational text helps us live, work, learn, and...

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Score! Teachers and Parents Team Up to Reach a Common Goal

Friday, November 5, 2010
Reading, Language Arts, Writing, Parent and Teacher Communication, Teacher Tips and Strategies
Grades: PreK–K

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Mr. Character and Little Miss Personality: A Celebration

Friday, October 29, 2010
Reading, Language Arts, Teacher Tips and Strategies
Grades: PreK–K

Mirror, Mirror, on the wall, how am I different from them all?

I've always believed that children should...

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Learning Centers, Part 3: A Learning Carnival in Your Classroom

Friday, October 22, 2010
Reading, Language Arts, Math, Science, Social Studies
Grades: PreK–K

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Easy Halloween Tricks & Treats Across the Curriculum

Friday, October 15, 2010
Reading, Language Arts, Math, Science, Social Studies
Grades: PreK–K

Project and activity ideas to help you use the Halloween theme in all subject areas across the curriculum for cohesion and structure.

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Fire Safety With Smokey, Sparky, and Sesame Street

Friday, October 8, 2010
Social Studies, Parent and Teacher Communication, Teacher Tips and Strategies, Working with Families and the Community
Grades: PreK–K

Talk about fire safety with your students with Smokey Bear, Sparky the Fire Dog, and the Sesame Street muppets' assistance.

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Learning Centers, Part 2: How to Manage Them

Friday, October 1, 2010
Reading, Classroom Management, Teacher Tips and Strategies
Grades: PreK–K

There are so many things to think about when it comes to learning centers. How should I set them up? How should I...

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Learning Centers, Part 1: Why They're Important

Friday, September 24, 2010
Classroom Management, Teacher Tips and Strategies
Grades: PreK–K

Kindergarten was created as a place to emphasize the development...

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Data Gleaning From Glyphs: Math in Pictures for Kindergartners

Friday, September 17, 2010
Reading, Language Arts, Math, Science, Social Studies
Grades: PreK–K

You may have heard the words pictograph, pictogram, ideograph, ideogram, logogram, phonogram, grapheme, petroform,...

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Allie Magnuson
Las Vegas, NV
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