2009 October

30 Oct, 2009 Comments off

Paper Plate Turkey Craft for Kids

What you will need: Two dinner-sized paper plates, paint, scissors, colored paper, and googly eyes.

Turkey's body What to do:

1. To make the turkey’s body roll one paper plate into a cone shape and staple it closed. Cut the bottom off the wide end of the cone so that it is even all the way around. See picture to the right.

2. Fold the pointed end of the cone down 2 inches to make the head of the turkey.

3. Cut wing shapes from the left over part of the paper plate you cut off the cone and glue them to the body as shown in the picture above. Paint the turkey’s body.

4. Cut the turkey’s caruncle from red construction paper and the feet from yellow or black construction paper. Glue the feet to the inside of the cone as shown in the picture. Glue the caruncle to the underside of the turkey’s head.

5. To make the turkey’s tail feathers fold another paper plate so that one side is about 1 1/2″ from the opposite edge of the paper plate. Cut the paper plate at the fold. Paint the paper plates and then glue them together. Then glue them to the back of the turkey.

Cool School Awards

29 Oct, 2009 Comments off

October 27th 2009			Scoil Chaitríona Junior in Renmore, Galway. This school has a very active and interesting science class, and the fun and exciting experiments they get up to are regularly posted up on their schools’ science website!

November 2nd, 2009			Orange Grove Primary School, Western Australia - The home of PodKids in Australia is a wealth of information. Be sure to check out the Amazing Adventures of Albert the Blogging Bear.
November 10th, 2009			Mrs. Hick’s 2nd Grade Classroom – This is one of the most useful classroom sites we have found on the web. Features include Book Unit ideas, Technology resources, and Subject integration materials.

November 17th, 2009			Good News Lutheran School See their Blog Spot! Check out this great school in Australia.
December 1st			Jose Ortega School, SF, CA Check out their great Mandarin program, as well as information about their extensive learning program in San Francisco.

December 7th			Chets Creek Elementary Be sure to check out this great teacher’s blog - Timmons Times for wonderful ideas for your classroom! View a great set of Literacy Pumpkins too. Very impressive site!
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Think, Imagine, Investigate – A complete Science program for Middle School Students
Stars – true or false	Senses – animals	All about the Scientific Method
Stars crossword	Observing living things	The Water Cycle
The evolution of the stars	Habitats of living things	What is Electricity?
More about the stars	Living things grow and change	Local building materials
Inside the sun	Whales	Does it conduct electricity?
	Label parts of an egg	Electrical components
Hole in the Ozone layer	Whales	Electricity Cloze worksheet
Gems	Dinosaur craft	Electricity word search
Elephant dung and paper?	Bears	Lesson Plan – Electricity
Eclipses of the moon	Insect worksheets	Fun Science Experiments
Droughts	Bats \| Bugs	Magnets
Ocean life	Penguins	Atoms
Underwater World	Butterflies	Bacteria
Australian Kelp Forests	All about Sheep mini-book	Color of Light
Ocean Conditions	Senses Quiz	Using simple machines
Oceanography	Brain Quiz	Magnets (pdf): Dominoes game
Seagrass	Body Quiz	Magnet shape book
The Solar System \|	Dolphins	Magnets Wordsearch
	Color Insects	All about magnets
Space resources	Label skeleton	NEW! Does it conduct electricity?
Clouds	Pollination	Electrical components
Our Solar System – The Facts	A Penguin Project	Electricity Cloze worksheet
Farm to Table	Healthy vs Junk food	Electricity word search
Recording the pass of time	Dinosaurs pdf	Electricity word search 2
Observing the weather	Butterflies	Lesson Plan – Electricity
Killer Quakes	Animal Adaptations	Bubbles
Hurricanes	Alligators	Built environment – school buildings
	Spider facts	Conducting an investigation
	Sea Animals	Energy transfers
	Life cycle -butterfly	Energy sources for toys
Volcanoes	Desert Animals	Floating and Sinking
Earthquakes	Creepy Crawlies	Magnets
Hurricanes	Animals	All about the Scientific Method
Space	Body Systems Unit	The Water Cycle
Solar Eclipse	MiniBeasts Integrated Unit
Moon Phases	Bones and Muscles	Think, Imagine, Investigate – A complete Science program for Middle School Students
Volcanoes pdf	The Brain
Seasons	Whales
The Rainforest	5 Senses
	Spiders
Climate	Animal eggs
Killer Quakes	Animal reproduction
Hurricanes	No backbones
Hole in the Ozone layer	All about Animals
Gems	With backbones
Eclipses of the moon	Whales
Droughts	Life cycles
Our Solar System	Cells at work
Beaches	Bird Fact Cards
Extreme weather	Blood
Solar System Word Search	Cells
Solar Eclipse	Body Systems
Outer Planets	Bones
Planets	Bones and Muscles
Constellations	Cactus
Inner Planets	Can a plant live anywhere?
Lunar eclipse	Classifying Animals
Hubble Telescope	Elephant dung and paper?
Astronauts	Animals and their habitats
Moon phases	Spider facts
Moon KWL	Sea Animals
Weather	Life cycle -butterfly
Rocks	Label skeleton
	Color Insects
	Dolphins
	Body Quiz
	Brain Quiz
	Senses Quiz
	Insects and Bugs NEW!
	The Brain
	Underwater World
	Dinosaur World/Dinosaurs
	Plants \| More Plants \| Frogs
	Insects

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Music resources
African Music	Carribean Music	Blues Music
African Music Unit	Listening Task	What is Blues music?
Student information about African Music	Introduction to Carribean music	Where the Blues started
All about African pop music	Carribean music Scheme of work	Blues and Jazz Unit of Work
The instruments of African music	The music of Haiti	A Step-to-step guide to playing the Blues
Music Student Awards	Explanation of Carribean music styles	Classical Music
Music Achievement Award(blue)	Reggae music information	Characteristics of Classical music
Music Achievement Award (red)	Note Reading	Mozart information
Fantastic Music Award	Name that note: Bass clef activity	A Little Night Music unit of study
Way to go! Music Award	Name that note: Treble clef activity	Amadeus Quiz
Music Award – Oliver the Octopus	Name that note: C,D,E,F,G	What is a Sonata?
Music Achievement Award	Name that note: G,A,B,C,D	Folk Music
Music Award – 1 – 2	Name that note: Treble clef	English folk music
Right on! Music Award	I thought that I was crazy – read the notes	Folk music information
Way to go! Award	Let’s Crossword – Name the notes	Folk music instruments
Elementary Music Curriculum	Ready, set, go – Base clef	Folk music Word search
Grade level music outcomes	Ready, set, go – more note reading- Base clef	Musical Instruments
Exploring sounds	Ready, set, go – Treble clef	Brass instruments of the orchestra
Journey to hip-hop (Black History month)	Redy, set, go – Treble clef 2	The Layout of an Orchestra
Let’s explore Musical intruments	Medieval Music	Create your own orchestra – blank
Let’s explore Pitch	What is Medieval music?	The Lute
Let’s explore long and short sounds	A Medieval music quiz	My Musical Instrument Book
Name this Instrument	Unit of Work	Percussion Instruments – wordsearch
Name this Instrument 2	Australian Music	Percussion instruments – writing
Let’s explore Pulse and Rhythm	Facts about the Didgeridoo	Percussion instruments – matching
Let’s explore Tempo and Loudness	Didgeridoo Worksheet	Piano – 1 – 2
Grades 1 and 2 Music	Opera	Piano themed paper
Responding to Music worksheet	Opera Buffa – funny opera	Unit of Work
Pitch	Opera – Fill in the gaps	Stringed Instruments – wordsearch
C,D,E, Pitch cards	What is Opera?	Stringed Instruments – writing
Pitch cards – rocket / ladder	Opera Seria	Stringed Instruments – matching
Pitch – which instrument?	Opera – Unit of work	Color the Tuba
Rhythm	Powerpoint presentations	Woodwind Instruments – wordsearch
Rhythm Worksheet	Peter and the Wolf	Woodwind Instruments – writing
Compound time	5 Little Monkey	Woodwind Instruments – matching
Simple time	All about Bach	The Wiggles Songs – m4a files
Songs – mp3 and pdf files	Beethoven	Hot Potato
Thematic Songs for the school year	Brass Instruments	Toot, Toot, Chugga Chugga
Alphabet Song – Download mp3 / Lyrics& Guitar pdf	Down in the Jungle	Can you point your finger?
Amazing Grace – Download mp3 / Lyrics & Guitar pdf	Hickory, Dickory Dock	Shaky, Shaky
Bicycle built for 2 – mp3 / Lyrics & Guitar pdf	I know an old lady	Fruit Salad
BINGO – Download mp3 / Lyrics & Guitar pdf	Instrument families	Captain Feathersword
Do you ears hang low? – Download mp3/ Lyrics pdf	King Treble Clef	Our Boat is rocking
Eensy Weensy – Download mp3 / Lyrics & Guitar pdf	Percussion	We’re dancing with Wags the dog
Farmer in the Dell – mp3 / Lyrics & Guitar pdf	Instruments	Willaby Wallaby Woo
Freres Jacques – Download mp3 / Lyrics & Guitar pdf	Mozart	Come on Le’ts jump
If you’re happy – Download mp3 / Lyrics & Guitar pdf	Music Notation	Walk
London Bridge – Download mp3 / Lyrics & Guitar pdf	Tchaikosky	Ponies
Old McDonald – Download mp3 / Lyrics & Guitar pdf	The Silly Pirate	The Monkey Dance
Row, row, Row your boat – mp3 / Lyrics & Guitar pdf	The 3 Bears rap	D.O.R.O.T.H.Y
This Land is my land – mp3 / Lyrics & Guitar pdf	Woodwind Instruments	Shake your sillies out
This Old Man – Download mp3 / Lyrics & Guitar pdf		Numbers Rhumba
Twinkle, twinkle – Download mp3 / Lyrics & Guitar pdf		Where is Thumbkin?
Wheels on the Bus – mp3 / Lyrics & Guitar pdf		Yawn, yawn yawn
Whole world in his Hands – pdf – mp3
Working on the Railroad – mp3 – pdf
Yankee Doodle – mp3 – pdf
Coming round the mountain – mp3

Monthly Ideas for Writing in your classroom
Writing a Postcard \| Writing a letter \| Planning a story – 1 – 2 \|
Create a Blog Unit of work – Blog WebQuest \| Steps to creating a blog \| Blog Rubric \| Blog requirements \| Blog questions \| Blog Excellence award \| Writing a Biography questions \| Biography rubric \| Biography partner checklist \| The 5 W’s of scary story writing \| 100th Day of School Writing Project \| 100th Day bottle labels \| 100th Day writing fram e \| 100th Day Bottle clues \| How to write a Tall Tale
Writing a Biography \| Around the World Story \| Writing a Book report \| Six Traits – Posters \| Grammar worksheets \| Writer’s Connect Project \| Poems for Kids Creative Writing \| Writing Formation Cards \| Writing Readiness worksheets Help! I don’t know what to write! \| \| Themed Writing paper \| Moshi Monsters Diary \| Complete Sentences ppt Cursive Handwriting worksheets
Spaghetti Proofreading exercise \| Pumpkin Patch \| Pet Shop \| Halloween \| Fish Tank \| Cleaning Up \| Candy Shop \| Camping \| The Beach \| Basketball \|
Writing Prompt – Letter to the President	Writing a Paragraph	Writing Paper – I wish …..
Writing about Characters	Writing a News article	Write about designing a gadget
Describe your bedroom	Proofreading Guidelines	Journal Writing
Writing a friendly Letter	Formatting a Business Letter	Analysing a comic strip
How to write a Business Letter	How to create a setting	Summary Sheet
Writing a News Report	Writing a Narrative	My Journal Writing
An Energy Report	A Character Web	Review a CD or Movie
My Book Review	A Speech Outline	Journal Writing
6 Traits Writing	Proverbs and Idioms	All About Me
Monthly Writing Calendars	Writing Readiness worksheets	Creative Writing – Story starters

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