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Teaching Process Skills with Children’s Literature: Dave’s Down-to-Earth Rock Shop
Dave's Down-to-Earth Rock Shop, written by Stuart J. Murphy and illustrated by Cat Bowman Smith is an interactive story where students learn methods for classification and sorting. Josh's hobby is collecting things. Upon receiving a gift from his uncle, he begins a rock … Continue reading
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Teaching Process Skills with Children’s Literature: You Can’t Taste a Pickle With Your Ear
You Can’t Taste a Pickle With Your Ear written by Harriet Ziefert and illustrated by Amanda Haley explores the five senses by explaining what they are and how we use them as well as colorful and fun illustrations and rhymes. The book appropriately … Continue reading
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Teaching Process Skills with Children’s Literature: Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? is a beloved children’s book with repetitive and predictable rhyming patterns on each page. A new animal is introduced who encourages the small reader to discover which creature will show up next. … Continue reading
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Teaching Process Skills with Children’s Literature: I Have a Sister: My Sister is Deaf
In I Have a Sister: My Sister is Deaf by Jeanne Whitehouse Peterson with illustrations by Deborah Ray, a girl describes the everyday-life of her younger sister who is deaf. The two girls share many of the same activities, but they experience them differently: … Continue reading
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Teaching Process Skills with Children’s Literature: Sort it Out!
In Barbara Mariconda’s book Sort it Out! we meet Packy the pack rat. Packy has collected quite a load of odds and ends. His mother tells him he must sort his collection and put everything away. Children will be … Continue reading
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Teaching Process Skills with Children’s Literature: Lemonade for Sale
Lemonade for Sale written by Stuart Murphy, illustrated by Tricia Tusa The kids in this book set up a lemonade stand and keep track of their sales using a bar graph. It is a great resource for showing students how to make a bar … Continue reading
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Third Grade Math: Collecting Data and Graphing
Ever been in a rush but nonetheless wanted/needed to catch up on the news? What did you do? Skim the highlights section above the articles of course! And would you prefer to read through 20 pages of facts or glance … Continue reading
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Geometry Resources for Fourth Grade
Most of the books recommended here highlight recognition of geometric shapes. All of them have a cross-curricular connection with social studies, science or art. One of the web activities for students focuses on identifying polygons. The rest promote visualization and spatial relationship abilities. Books with … Continue reading
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Second Grade Addition and Subtraction
Want to jazz up your 2nd grade math class? Here are suggestions for addition and subtraction books, kid's websites and additional resources. This blog covers addition and subtraction fact families to 20, finding sums, differences, solving one and two step … Continue reading
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First Grade Computation: Whole Number Addition and Subtraction
Addition and subtraction are two of many essential building blocks needed for long term mathematical success. This blog concentrates on effective instructional teaching resources of addition and subtraction for teachers and their first grade students, focusing on recalling basic addition … Continue reading
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