Wacky Weather Reports

Wacky Weather Reports

We will be integrating film into this drama performance with the 2nd graders.

Women’s Rights

Women’s Rights

The fifth grade classes are always a little political at one of my schools. This year, the kids are tackling women’s rights and women’s history.

Teacher Come Home

Teacher Come Home

First Grade Lesson about Landmarks

Fresh Morals and Beastly Fables

Fresh Morals and Beastly Fables

I LOVE the book Squids will be Squids. This is a super book to introduce some beginning scene work with young students. There’s dialogue in each short fable and narration that either the teacher can do or can be passed off to more students. And 

America at War

America at War

Every year, the sixth graders at one of my schools embarks on a poetry and choral reading project to celebrate Veteran’s Day. This is near and dear to my heart because both of my brothers (twins) are veterans. Students learn poems from WWI, WWII, the 

Stepping Stones

Stepping Stones

So the 4th grade teacher wanted me to help the kids create a play that would integrate with her social studies curriculum. I chose this book for a few reasons. First, Utah has a very large refugee population. Second, a lot of refugee stories mirror 

Stick and Stone

Stick and Stone

Just started working with this book about friendship with the Kindergarteners. It’s sooo cute. We collected sticks, stones and pinecones from outside and they used them in a mini-puppet play as I read the story to them. At the end of the lesson I collected