Why Practice Reading Skills Away from Reading?

This is part of the Norman Rockwell integration blog series. To gain access to all the blogs in this series, click the tag “Norman Rockwell”. ========================================= There are many reasons to bring Norman Rockwell and other artists into your classroom. Here are a three to consider: 1. Reading Skills are Really Real Life Skills Many [...]

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Protected: Norman Rockwell – Activity 3 Storytelling

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Protected: Norman Rockwell – Activity 2 Fact & Opinion

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Norman Rockwell – Introducing Rockwell into Your Classroom

This is part of the Norman Rockwell integration blog series. To gain access to all the blogs in this series, click the tag “Norman Rockwell”. Norman Rockwell is one of my personal favorites. I love the way he can capture facial expressions, tell a story in one scene and make me stop and think about [...]

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Protected: Norman Rockwell – Activity 1 Parts of Speech

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Norman Rockwell – Inspiring in the Classroom

Norman Rockwell, an all-American painter, captures the hearts of so many of us: young and old. He has a realistic sense of humor, a poignant grasp of the human spirit, and an ability to express so much in the expressions of his characters’ faces. In the classroom, his painting can be used to grab students’ [...]

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Beethoven's Birthday – a December Holiday

Yes, in my family, it seems that Beethoven’s birthday is its own little holiday. No, we do not have a party or exchange gifts, but we do remember that on December 16th a most magnificent man, one who changed music forever, was born. My grandfather was, to say the least, a fan of Beethoven’s music [...]

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TIC – A New Beginning

This may ramble a little – just need to get some thoughts out… For a leadership class I am currently enrolled in, I am to assess the environment I hope to change. Right now, I am in the middle of doing some reading and developing a survey. This is not easy. I feel like I [...]

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Being a Creative Teacher is OK! – a lesson in Main Idea

Scripted Teaching – yuck! But is it part of our everyday teaching routine. Our reading and math series are so planned out, that it is rare that I make an actual lesson plan. The editors have given objectives, procedures, warm up activities, enrichment ideas, projects, games, material lists, materials and extra practice, to name a [...]

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