Author Archives: Tyler Hart
Teacher Appreciation Door Covers
Looking for a fun way to celebrate your teachers? Check out this great idea from the Seven Pines PTA! They really put in a lot of work, and the teachers loved it! The PTA came up to the school Sunday evening to decorate the doors, and the surprised and excited teachers’ faces on Monday morning […] Continue reading
Butterfly Life Cycle with Pixie
I love working and getting great ideas from colleagues like Julie Goode! I was able to take this idea and use it with 2nd graders. This was the first day Mrs. Filas was introducing the Butterfly Life Cycle. Since we knew that they have talked about it in previous years in K and 1st grade, […] Continue reading
Hooked on Phonic App FREE Today Only
Quick! Hurry! Tell your teacher friends! The Hooked on Phonics Classroom Edition App is FREE today only for Teacher Appreciation Day!! Normally it is $50!! Go get it now! There are tons of ebooks and lesson inside the app! Stop reading this post! Click the link and download today! https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/hooked-on-phonics-learn-to/id806401149?mt=8&ign-mpt=uo%3D4 Continue reading
1st Grade Famous American, Measuring, and Plant Review
Ms. Aveson at Echo Lake Elementary wanted to have a fun activity that could incorporate reviewing some plants parts all while reviewing some Famous Americans as well. I came up with making this ActivInspire Template and also decided to throw in some measurement practice too! The students have to find the leaves that have “fallen off” […] Continue reading
1st Grade Parts of a Plant
Mrs. Hall’s class has been learning about parts of a plant. We decided to use Art.com’s ArtPad Painter to have the students draw the parts of a plant. This is a really cool and easy website to use – Thanks David Clough for the idea! All the students had to do was access the webpage, pick their […] Continue reading
1st Grade More and Less Comic Life
Today, I was able to work with 1st graders at Echo Lake Elementary. They are working on 1 more and 1 less of numbers up to 100. At the beginning of the lesson I gave the students three square pieces of paper. On the first sheet of the paper they had to draw a “magic […] Continue reading
First Grade Matter Sort
The first graders in Mrs. Hall’s class are learning about Matter. Before we got started we reviewed what each state of matter was and some examples. My favorite was having a 6-year old student telling me “A solid’s molecules are tightly packed together.” WOW! I was ready to rock with this class after hearing that. […] Continue reading
Butterfly Life Cycle with Kindergarteners
Today I got to hang out with Mrs. Jackson’s and Mrs. Barradale’s kindergarten classes today. They are learning about life cycles. Today we focused on the life cycle of the butterfly. We’ve been working with Pixie throughout the year, so I decided the time for templates was over, and it was time for them to […] Continue reading
Busy Week of EdTech Goodness!
I had so much fun last week! I was so busy with so many classes and hanging out with JG and The Boys, it was too much for a blog post for each event. That being said, I still wanted to share all the fun activities students completed! It was a full eventful week! YakiT: […] Continue reading
Affixes iPad Palooza!
Today, JG and the Boys (Ryan Stein, Jim Covais, Julie Goode, and myself) took the show on the road to the 3rd graders at Highland Springs Elementary! Our focus was on affixes: prefixes, root words and suffixes. We kicked off the lesson by rocking out to Flocabulary‘s Prefix Rap. After a quick review of prefixes, suffixes, and root […] Continue reading
