Curriculum's

Whoo-hoo, I've finally finished compiling the curriculums for the coming school year. Here are the links to the pdf filed. If you don't have a keepandshare username then you can use: kickbutttidbits with the password kickbuttmama

DJ's 3-5th grade Matrix
Xman's 1-2nd grade Matrix

Awww

When we were at the CT Science Center DJ did a digital survey to find out what type of sports he should do (although I think he answered most as what he thought I would like...lol) then they sent us a copy of his magazine cover..

new link

I was told by my best friend about this link and LOVED it - most of the downloadables are really cheap (or free) which are the only one's I'll use...LOL...so enjoy!

http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/

Reading and things..

So I'm almost finished compiling our curriculum for this coming year...I feel like it's all I've lived and breathed for the last couple of weeks.

For my oldest - DJ - he's using Magic Tree House books as his reading list - reading one every 2 weeks as it takes him a little while to finish a book. THen he'll do a small 1 file folder lapbook on the book he just read. Some of the resources we'll be using for these lapbooks:

• http://www.randomhouse.com/teachers/magicth/activities.html - worksheets
• http://www.randomhouse.com/teacher/magicth/guides - teachers guides
• http://www.curriclick.com they have several worksheets and such
• http://www.randomhouse.com/kids/magictreehouse - this too has some great activities. It also has a passport you can print, you then print a little 'stamp' for each book. When a child reads a book they can paste the 'stamp' into their passport.

For my youngest - Xman - we're using Dr. Seuss and rhymes for our reading, as he's just starting to read independently.

• A Nursery Rhyme a week - http://curry.edschool.virginia.edu/go/wil/rimes_and_rhymes.htm fab downloadables, worksheets, lesson plans, etc
• http://www.abcteach.com/directory/seasonalmonths/3_march/dr_seuss
• lesson plans - http://atozteacherstuff.com/Themes/Dr_Seuss/
• http://www.teachersplanet.com/resource/drseuss.php - worksheets
• http://orgin-www.seussville.com/university this is a great site for printables
• http://www.activityvillage.co.uk/dr_seuss_links.htm there are about 50 great links for dr seuss here
• http://www.schoolexpress.com/fws/cat.php?id=2331 rhyming worksheets

Economics & Art/Music

This year we'll be doing economics as a major part of our social studies classes. Here's some of the resources I've found:

www.moneyinstructor.com/elementary.asp
http://www.proteacher.org/090041.shtml
http://www.edconedlink.org (e)
http://www.preteacher.org/c/377_economics.html

For Art & Music I've found the following:

http://ml002.sd.us/ArtTeacher/curricul.htm
http://www.meetthemasters.com
http://www.teach-nology.com
http://www.eduref.org/cgi-bin/lessons.cgi/Arts

Great Time Line Site

I found a fab timeline link that I thought I'd share -
http://www.btinternet.com/~timeref/hsttime5.htm

For a US History timeline (through the present) - http://www.aimatedatlas.com/timeline.html

Enjoy!!

This Year

Here's some of the YouTube clips we'll be utilizing in lessons this coming year:

• Bill Nye The Science Guy (if you search on YouTube you can find whole episodes)
• Sid The Science Kid (again you can use YouTube or go to PBSKids.org)

I've also discovered Teachers Corner ( www.theteacherscorner.net ) and it's a fab site for lesson plans - especially science!