Pop It Fidget Birthday & Back to School Tags – Teaching Heart Blog Skip to content The Pop-It’s were so popular last year that I decided that they would be my Birthday treat for my students this year. I created tags that can be used with the Pop-It’s … Read more
Need help with your homeschool organization? These beautiful and colorful charts will help you lesson plan, meal plan, schedule, and more!
Today’s photo is a screenshot from one of the documents we used in our kāhui ako this year. We encouraged all our schools to use the NITS framework that we created to help guide their inquiry practice this year. NITS N – What NEED are you addressing? I – What IMPACT are you intending to … Read more
The movie Star Wars relied greatly on a mystical ability called “the Force.” You can’t see it. It’s an invisible energy that interacts with everything around it. A little green guy named Yoda uses this mystical “Force” to move objects around. Intriguing, sure, but it’s just Hollywood special effects. However, thanks to science—and Sir Isaac … Read more
I have finally started to think about back to school. Engagement is always on my mind when I think of school! Towards the end of last year my students were really into POP-ITs. Were yours? I kept thinking, I need to find a way to incorporate Pop-Its into my lessons… finally, I decided to … Read more
After much frustration and tears trying to teach parts of speech, I made these posters to simplify the concepts and make them memorable!
September is National Preparedness Month, which serves as a reminder that we all must take action to prepare, now and throughout the year, for the types of emergencies that could affect us where we live, work, and visit. The 2021 theme is “Prepare to Protect. Preparing for disasters is protecting everyone you love.” For the … Read more
Today’s post is a screenshot from one of my Google Classroom’s grade books (student names removed). This year I have really focused on using this function to help students track their progress in my courses more effectively. There are a number of ways I have done this: Using the grade book effectively makes it easier … Read more
As anyone in the culinary world will tell you, presentation is everything. World famous restaurants with multiple Michelin stars put as much effort into presentation as they do in preparing the food. Science teachers could learn something from chefs. I’m not talking about adding flashy multimedia and explosions. The goal isn’t to entertain… but to … Read more
This is a great resource I just found out about. It has 45 great resources for teachers to use with their students. There’s a wide range of tools designed to support curriculum and help teachers and students achieve their goals. These are the top picks for school students of every age, due to their … Read more