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Linda Fenton 2013 Teacher on the Trail
In order to keep students engaged the last week of school before the Holiday Break, I had them read Stone Fox by John Reynolds Gardiner. This is a great book of friendship, family and the love between a boy and his dog. All the things to keep students wanting to turn the page and go …
With Thanksgiving being early this year, I had an extra week to prepare for Christmas. With the overconfidence of that extra week, I was totally unprepared for this last week before Christmas and gifts for my students. Without completely knowing what I was going to do with them, I purchased plain white t-shirts and …
I’m having a difficult time coming up with words for this post, but I can’t ignore yesterday’s tragedy because as teachers, we have a connection to one another. There are already countless stories of the heroic actions of teachers as a gunman reigned terror on their once safe haven. I can’t wrap my brain around …
Each time someone enters my classroom, they are reminded of the upcoming Iditarod. There are 2 large maps, several pictures, daily high and low temperatures in Waupaca and Nome, news articles, and much more. One of the maps in the entry is for students to track the progress on their IditaWalk. Each day when my …
My students worked hard the past week making brochures to inform about the Iditarod. The attached lesson plan suggests using Microsoft Word or Apple Pages, but this year we created it in Printshop. We set it up like a card so students had 4 panels to work with (single fold instead of tri-fold). After putting …
Have you ever Wordled? This is a fun, easy website to use for students and teachers. Just go to the Wordle website. Click “Create” and type in the vocabulary you want as a list. Once you click “Go” you will have created a piece of vocabulary artwork. Students can change fonts, colors, arrangements, etc. It’s …
It has been pointed out to me that my last posted lesson plan has an error. The XX and XY for male and female dogs is mixed up. I’ll change it on the lesson plan and repost, but can’t do that until Sunday when I’m back on my own computer. If you’ve already printed the …
I have this mantra about lesson plans – steal . . . ahem . . . borrow and tweak. This lesson is an example of my mantra. At the Winter Conference for Educators last year, Sid Lucas, a High School teacher from Kiel, Wisconsin, presented a lesson about genetics. Seeing the value of the lesson …
I love logic puzzles, therefore, my students learn how to try to solve a problem without giving up. Attached are a few puzzles we use in the classroom. Puppies in a Pen teaches congruent shapes. We are currently taking the Wisconsin Knowledge and Concepts Exam, our “high stakes” state test. This was a good activity to …
Are you wondering how to introduce the Iditarod Vocabulary into your classroom? Try this activity. A is for Iditarod lesson It is a play on the book Q Is For Duck: An Alphabet Guessing Game by Mary Elting & Michael Folsom. The book is simple enough to read and students pick up on the …