K-3 Book Reviews, Puppets, Colouring, Clip Art
Barbara 
My copy of Conscious Discipline by Dr. Becky A. Bailey just arrived. I’ve only just started the book, but I’m totally blown away. This woman SPEAKS to me! I first heard about the book from Heather, at Heather’s Heart, who regularly writes about conscious discipline. Like most teachers, I have my share of troubled children and behavioural challenges. For the most … Read more
PLACE VALUE GAME #1 We have been playing the Place Value “I Have” game by Kim Sutton. It’s a great game, but my kids are still struggling with some of the place value concepts and when we play this game with the whole class it takes f-o-r-e-v-e-r. So I made up a mini version. I have 20 kids in my … Read more
(2024 update): In 2012 I joined Maria Dismondy for “Make a Difference Monthly”. This monthly linky no longer exists, but I’ve kept these posts because I feel they’re valuable. You can also read about: Citizenship Fairness Caring This Month’s Focus is RESPECT I’m linking up with Maria’s “Make a Difference Monday“. On the first Monday of each month, Maria is … Read more
In 2002/03 I completed my Master’s degree with a classroom research project. The purpose was to determine whether children in Grades 1 and 2 (with some adult help) could learn to adopt critical perspectives to the books they read. I used a number of books in this study, but my personal favourite was Anthony Browne’s Piggybook! Title: Piggybook Author & … Read more
The Biscuit books are just so darn cute and I love them so much, I thought it would be worthwhile featuring a beginning reader series. And there are a LOT of books in this series. I have about 8 of them, but when I did a search I realized there are even more! Title: Biscuit Stories Author: Alyssa Satin Capucilli … Read more
Do you ever play “Ticket Out the Door”? This is a game my teaching neighbour introduced me to a few years ago and it’s great for quick daily reviews. Before the kids can go out for lunch, recess or the end of the day, they have to correctly answer a review question. Right now we’re learning about place value, so … Read more
I went digging through my massive book collection today for Perfect Picture Book Friday and came up with this little gem. I actually forgot I had it. Title: A Grand Old Tree Author & Illustrator: Mary Newell DePalma Publisher: Arthur A. Levine Books, 2005 Genre: Non-Fiction Theme/Topic: Trees, Ecology, Life Cycle Intended Audience: Ages 3 to 8 Synopsis (from The … Read more
I play a spelling game with my class every Friday called “Sparkle”. They LOVE this game and literally beg me to play it. Everyone stands in a circle. I let the special helper start first. I hold up one of six spelling words we’ve been practicing. Everyone has a quick look at it then I hide the word. The kids … Read more
Have you seen the furball linky party over at Soaring Through Second? I LOVE it and absolutely could NOT resist joining in the fun. If you’ve been reading my blog from time to time, you already know about Max. We adopted him from a cocker spaniel rescue after our sweet Chester died. Max was 5 years old (well past … Read more