Thanks and Giving Tree
In the spirit of Rep. Emanuel Cleaver’s “Complaint-Free Day“, I present to you not a laundry list of things that have s*cked about this year, but a reminder of all we have. The children filled…
Month: November 2009
The 1st Thanksgiving in 4 parts
In my stash of resources, I found a simple, illustrated “First Thanksgiving” story from Parents Magazine, November 2003. By reading and sketching out this story, my students could (gasp) retell me about the first Thanksgiving….
Turned
ย I am an Ivy League Grad turned Special Educator. I am a prep school student turned couponer extraordinaire. I am an athlete turned caregiver. I am a healthy daughter turned adoptive mother. I am…
Marvelous Children’s Book Monday: Twas the Night Before Thanksgiving
Disclaimer: This post contains Amazon affiliate links. UPDATE: I have expanded my materials on this book to include so many materials: vocabulary, rhymes, story comprehension, story map, story retell rubric, etc. Check out this new…
It was a dark and spooky morning
It was a dark and spooky morning. Super Woman stumbled into her tiny classroom and made a monumental decision. For the first time all year, she would make a pot of coffee. And not just…
