http://www.elementary-teacher-resources.com/elementary-teacher-resources-blog.html Quick, easy and effective elementary teacher resources. en-us elementary teacher resources Sun, 05 Oct 2008 11:48:17 GMT Sun, 05 Oct 2008 11:48:17 GMT elementary-teacher-resources.com http://www.elementary-teacher-resources.com/elementary-lesson-plans.html Elementary Lesson Plans Sun, 05 Oct 2008 11:48:16 GMT http://www.elementary-teacher-resources.com/hanging_bulletin_board.html Hanging Bulletin Board Sun, 05 Oct 2008 11:46:22 GMT http://www.elementary-teacher-resources.com/literacy-centers.html Literacy Centers Sun, 05 Oct 2008 11:00:04 GMT http://www.elementary-teacher-resources.com/science_centers.html Science Centers Sun, 05 Oct 2008 10:57:43 GMT http://www.elementary-teacher-resources.com/classroom_updates.html Classroom Updates Sat, 04 Oct 2008 12:36:35 GMT http://www.elementary-teacher-resources.com/october_2008_classroom_newsletter_1.html October 2008 Classroom Newsletter #1 Sat, 04 Oct 2008 12:34:53 GMT http://www.elementary-teacher-resources.com/May_Kindergarten_Curriculum.html May Kindergarten Curriculum Sun, 28 Sep 2008 12:30:49 GMT http://www.elementary-teacher-resources.com/guided_reading_in_kindergarten.html Guided Reading In Kindergarten By Kelly Mikesell Sun, 21 Sep 2008 19:44:13 GMT http://www.elementary-teacher-resources.com/links_for_parents.html Links for Parents - Tools for Elementary Students Sun, 14 Sep 2008 12:58:59 GMT http://www.elementary-teacher-resources.com/september_2008_classroom_newsletter_1.html September 2008 Classroom Newsletter 1 Sat, 13 Sep 2008 14:25:11 GMT http://www.elementary-teacher-resources.com/august_2008_classroom_newsletter_3.html August 2008 Classroom Newsletter 3 Tue, 26 Aug 2008 00:16:50 GMT http://www.elementary-teacher-resources.com/august_2008_classroom_newsletter_2.html August 2008 classroom newsletter 2 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:57:29 GMT http://www.elementary-teacher-resources.com/august_2008_classroom_newsletter_1.html August 2008 Classroom Newsletter Mon, 11 Aug 2008 23:40:36 GMT http://www.elementary-teacher-resources.com/thank-you.html Hi! This is my first time visiting your site and I just love it! It is so helpful. You have an answer to every question that I have had. I Tue, 22 Jul 2008 12:18:11 GMT http://www.elementary-teacher-resources.com/educational_music.html Educational Music - Make Learning Fun! Wed, 16 Jul 2008 18:34:34 GMT http://www.elementary-teacher-resources.com/heidi-songs.html Heidi Songs - Fun songs for learning sight words Wed, 16 Jul 2008 18:25:54 GMT http://www.elementary-teacher-resources.com/idioms.html My idioms center is always a big hit. I have 20 or so idioms on cards. First, students draw a picture of what it would look like if the idiom Mon, 14 Jul 2008 17:52:28 GMT http://www.elementary-teacher-resources.com/fishing-for-letters.html Students will each get their own fishing pole (a pointer with a string and magnet attached to the end.) They also get an index card with 6 letters Fri, 11 Jul 2008 11:16:33 GMT http://www.elementary-teacher-resources.com/about-me.html About Me Thu, 10 Jul 2008 18:06:23 GMT http://www.elementary-teacher-resources.com/how-many-words-can-you-make.html Students build new words from a larger vocabulary, thematic, or seasonal word. Ex: Cumulonimbus during a weather unit or metamorphosis during a Thu, 10 Jul 2008 12:56:09 GMT http://www.elementary-teacher-resources.com/olivia-by-ian-falconer.html Olivia is the greatest pig ever! She's full of spunk and opinions. She's just like many of the students I teach. :) She's always up to Tue, 08 Jul 2008 17:22:52 GMT http://www.elementary-teacher-resources.com/tell-me-about-it.html First, the students read the story. Then, in a small group they take turns spinning the Tell Me About It spinner. After each spin, the person who Tue, 08 Jul 2008 17:21:37 GMT http://www.elementary-teacher-resources.com/buildaword.html My literacy center is Build a Word. I have a box of magnetic letters. Each week I will put out the letters to form a word. The word needs to be a Tue, 08 Jul 2008 17:20:09 GMT http://www.elementary-teacher-resources.com/pick-me-pot.html My children accused me of not fairly choosing students to answer, speak, take turns, etc. I had read about using namecards to randomly choose but Tue, 08 Jul 2008 17:17:34 GMT http://www.elementary-teacher-resources.com/testimonials.html Testimonials Sat, 28 Jun 2008 16:58:25 GMT http://www.elementary-teacher-resources.com/newsletter.html Hey Kelly, I loved your March writing newsletter! I think sometimes I get so into teaching I forget some of the great ideas I have read about! Your Fri, 20 Jun 2008 13:26:24 GMT http://www.elementary-teacher-resources.com/helpful.html I've gotten 2 of your emails so far, and your tips are soooo helpful! Thank you so much! I love to see the pictures of the ideas in action too. 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Struzzi II What if you could have anything you wanted for Christmas? Seven-year old Josh Miller has prepared quite a wish list for Tue, 17 Jun 2008 11:54:03 GMT http://www.elementary-teacher-resources.com/no-david.html By David Shannon David, just your average boy, refuses to follow the rules of his household. Not only does he play with his food, but he throws a Tue, 17 Jun 2008 11:49:36 GMT http://www.elementary-teacher-resources.com/the-magic-tree-house-series.html By Mary Pope Osborne Connor, my son, now in 1st grade, has been reading these like candy. He loves them! Two young children named Jack and Annnie Tue, 17 Jun 2008 11:42:49 GMT http://www.elementary-teacher-resources.com/new-to-math-journals.html I started using a math journal this year and I've been teaching kindergarten for over 30 years. 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