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A Little Spot of Kindness

5/29/2020

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With so much going on around us in the nation, I remembered a moment from earlier this past year. What a beautiful and heartfelt reminder!

From the Superintendent's Blog:
Northshore Kindness
In a Northshore Kindness segment, Crystal Springs teacher Michelle Waite recently shared a project at their school. They embarked on a universal book read of sorts. The book titled, "A Little Spot of Kindness" by Diane Alber is about a little spot who goes on a journey to SPOT kindness. By all accounts, it's a really great read and gets the kids watching out for kindness. According to Michelle, their Principal Anne (Nielsen) made the rounds of her school to read the book this month to all the classrooms. As part of the reading of the story, Principal Nielsen is putting a "spot" (colored sticky dot) on each child's hand to remind them to spot kindness around them. Michelle shared; “I've seen so many of our kids (and teachers) with the spot on their hand and they've all been so excited to tell me about it when I've asked. I'm hoping it has a big effect by the time all the kids have heard the story. Next time you're at Crystal Springs, swing by our classroom and we'll be happy to read the story for you!” I am so excited to visit though I might just order an early copy ;>) Think of all the kindness moments, large and small, that have been inspired, -- and simply Imagine the possibilities…

Reference:
https://www.nsd.org/blog/~board/superintendent-blog/post/thursday-thoughts-october-24-2019

Live Author Reading:
​A Little SPOT of Kindness by Diane Alber

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Wacky Wednesday: Don't Push the Button!

3/25/2020

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This is one of our favorite books, and I don't care how old any of us are! This is such a fun book to get silly with, as well as teaching the sequence of action and consequence. ALL materials available are FREE for download.

Celebrate Our Choice of Actions with a FREE Poster*:  
https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Choices-and-Consequences-1637846

Grades K - 3rd:
  • Storytime Activity Kit*:  
    • https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Dont-Push-the-Button-Dont-Touch-This-Book-Storytime-Activity-Kit-3858824
  • Following Directions with Movement Breaks*:
    • https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Dont-Push-the-Button-activity-Following-directions-Movement-breaks-4505990
  • Bonus Activity 1 - Cause and Effect Detectives*:
    • https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Cause-and-Effect-Detectives-198521
  • ​Bonus Activity 2 - ​Cause and Effect Literacy*:
    • https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Cause-and-Effect-Literacy-Activity-Free-664712

Grades 4 - 5+:
For our older kids, the challenge is to see how they can create their own visual storyboard that combines a topic with action and consequence (the free program to help them is listed in the comments). The rules: It must be silly AND it must contain physical movement outside of the storyboard. You are also welcome to write your own story!
  • Virtual Storyboard (Or make your own using paper, markers, crayons, paint, or colored pencils):  
    • https://www.storyboardthat.com/
  • Action and Consequence Chart*:
    • https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Action-Consequence-Chart-3865593
  • Bonus Activity 1 - Cause and Effect Sort*:
    • https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Cause-and-Effect-Sort-222626
  • Bonus Activity 2 - Cause and Effect Unit*:
    • https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Cause-and-Effect-Unit-1807778

Happy Wednesday to all of our amazing families!

*Requires a FREE Account Setup with Teachers Pay Teachers to Download
Online Visual Story via YouTube (Direct Link):  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IT0mXAdftkQ
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List of FREE Online Resources

3/23/2020

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FREE Online Curriculum, Worksheets, Educational Games and Additional Resources

Core Knowledge
  • The Core Knowledge Curriculum Series™ provides comprehensive, content-rich learning materials based on the Core Knowledge Sequence. Student readers, teacher guides, activity books, and other materials are available for Language Arts and History and Geography. Materials for Science, Music, and Visual Arts are in development.
  • https://www.coreknowledge-ckhg-historyspeaks.org/ckcurriculum.html

Teachers Pay Teachers
  • Worksheets, Study Units, and Much More...
  • Note: You must select “Free” based on your search criteria to see all FREE resources.
  • Note: This requires a FREE account to access content.
  • https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/
  • FREE full listing: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Browse/Price-Range/Free (All you need to do is edit the criteria via grade etc.)

Online Resources:
  • Khan Academy [https://www.khanacademy.org/]
  • Education.com [https://www.education.com/]
  • Big History Project [https://school.bighistoryproject.com/bhplive]
    • Note: You will need to create a teacher account listed as “homeschool” as the school.
  • Nitro Type [https://www.nitrotype.com/]
  • Code.org [https://code.org/]
  • Newsela [https://support.newsela.com/get-started]
    • Note: You will need to create a Homeschool account to use this feature.
    • This is free for the 2019/2020 School Year

Additional Curriculum Resources:
  • CK-12 [https://www.ck12.org/student/]
  • Discovery K12 [http://discoveryk12.com/dk12/]

Additional Worksheet Resources:
  • Enchanted Learning [http://www.enchantedlearning.com/Home.html]

Online Sources for Educational Games, Learning, and Movement:
  • FunBrain [https://www.funbrain.com/]
  • Starfall (K-3rd Grade) [https://www.starfall.com/h/]
  • Bedtime Math [http://bedtimemath.org/]
  • GoNoodle [https://www.gonoodle.com/]

Reading Resources and More:
  • Storyline Online [https://www.storylineonline.net/]
  • Oxford Owl for Home [https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/fo-home/]
  • Amazon Kindle FREE Children’s Books - List Changes Often [https://www.amazon.com/Best-Sellers-Kindle-Store-Childrens-eBooks/zgbs/digital-text/155009011/ref=zg_bs?_encoding=UTF8&tf=1]
  • Barnes and Noble FREE Nook Children’s Books - List Changes Often [https://www.barnesandnoble.com/b/free-ebooks/nook-books/kids/_/N-ry0Z8qaZtu1]
  • Internet Archive [https://archive.org/search.php?query=openlibrary_work:(*)%20AND%20collection:(inlibrary)%20AND%20loans__status__status:AVAILABLE%20AND%20subject:(Juvenile%20Fiction)&sort=-loans__status__last_loan_date]
  • King County Library System eBooks with Overdrive/Libby [https://kcls.overdrive.com/]
  • Snohomish County Library System eBooks with Overdrive/Libby [https://sno-isle.overdrive.com/]
  • National Geographic [https://www.nationalgeographic.com/]
  • National Geographic Kids [https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/]
  • Google Earth [https://www.google.com/earth/]
  • Spangler Science Experiments [https://www.stevespanglerscience.com/lab/experiment-library/]
  • US Forest Service [https://www.fs.usda.gov/]

Other Resources:
  • How to Create Your Own Homeschool Curriculum: https://www.thoughtco.com/how-to-create-your-own-curriculum-1833700
  • How to Create a Homeschool Schedule: https://www.thoughtco.com/daily-homeschool-schedules-1833506
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Where Education IS More Than Just Teaching

2/26/2020

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​Principle Anne Nielsen is already missing ALL of her students! She also mentioned this morning that we have not 1, not 2, but 11 teachers in Houston today at Get Your Teach On.

THIS IS AMAZING! 11 Teachers are graciously taking their vacation for the benefit our children! 

We are giving a Shout It Out! to:
  • Anne Nielsen
  • Erin Chargualaf
  • Linda Baisch
  • Beth Fries
  • Colette Weber
  • Brittany Williams
  • Megan Nash
  • Abby Baunsgard
  • Mollie Moll
  • Stephanie Hansen
Margaret Romano​​
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A special message to our wonderful Teachers:
Thank you for ALL that you do for our children and school! We appreciate you taking the time away from your families for the benefit of our children! 
​

We are so blessed to have such a wonderful school with caring teachers and staff! Thank you to those teachers and staff that continue to work so hard in the background giving their own time to make a difference in our children's lives! 

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