Looking for a fun way to end the school year? This 18 page Google Docs digital memory book is such a fun and engaging writing activity. Students will love it. Create a digital Google Docs memory book for your younger students or with your child or have students create their own! This resource includes 18 pages of activities, including a place for students to publish their best story and poem, to record favorites and interests, awards for themselves and classmates, and to record events. Perfect for remote, virtual, or distance learning.
Easily editable! Currently set for 2019-2020 school year in fourth grade, but can be changed in minutes.
Looking for a fun way to motivate students to read or summarize what they've read? This project is so fun! The purpose of this project is to encourage kids to check out books that they may not have considered in the past. They will also get to know the names and faces of the classmates in the classroom or building. This is a great project for virtual or remote learning and to motivate students to read during the summer or all year round.
This resource features step by step directions to create a Bitmoji, 3 examples, and 25 sets of 3 bookmarks for your students to create digitally. Download it here!
Projects like these work best when students are preassigned page numbers. For third graders and for teachers working remotely, I suggest having the teacher type student names underneath the "Recommended by" so there aren't arguments over who is typing on each slide. One requirement I had was that students could not repeat books, so it was motivating to complete bookmarks before anyone else could "steal" their ideas.
Want to get staff members involved? Download my Staff Bitmoji Bookmark Project. These are great to laminate and have on hand in a school library.
Are you tired of the same old opinion writing prompts? Here is one my students love. They write to tell which author they'd like to meet and explain why. They also tell what learn about the author from research as well as write about what they still want to know.
Students are expected to provide reasons and evidence to support their opinions. You can also have them write an introduction paragraph persuading their audience to fundraise money to bring the author to their school.
Some people have asked how we get Austin to eat so well.
1)) I’m no expert - it’s a *big* part luck!
2) We don’t force him to eat anything.
3) We don’t prioritize certain foods over others (like veggies over dessert) and sometimes put them all on a plate at once.
4) You have to recognize that sometimes you’re more hungry than others and the same goes for kids.
5) They also have preferences that may be different than ours.
6) I do sometimes use strategies likeL
offering choices of plates and utensils (especially offering a “big” spoon or fork when he gets tired)
adding toppings or dressings
playing music that does or doesn’t correspond to what he’s eating
sometimes reading a story or looking at his ABC book when he’s eating.
7) We don’t watch TV during meals because he can’t concentrate.
8) There are definitely times when I pick my battles and sometimes feed him because my priority is for him to eat and feeding himself is secondary if he’s too tired to eat it and too hungry to fall asleep.
Anyway, here is my food playlist. He instantly perks up about eating when the songs play!
We have a few food-related videos that are favorites. Check them out below.
The Lunch Box Song
Yes, Yes Vegetables Song
Breakfast Song
F is for Food song
Here are some products that make food time just a bit more fun:
KidsFunwares Robot Me Time Meal Set with Portion Control Divided Plate, and Fork and Spoon
Here are some May the 4th writing prompts to use with students.
We also did a Star Wars escape room via Zoom. We used knowledge of temperatures and energy sources to pick a planet to manufacture on, used what we knew about prefixes and shapes, deciphered a code, solved equations, used map skills, and worked together to complete the mission. Here is the mission, should you choose to accept it:
