Activities
National Day on Writing
World Food Day ~ October 16, 2018
Protected: Growing Space Tomatoes
Harry Potter Takes Broadway, and Your Classroom, by Storm
Instill the Love of Reading with Goodreads and Biblionasium
Things to Do (and Not to Do) on the First Day of School
Woof! Woof! The Dog Days of Summer are Here!
Take Me Out to the Ball Game
Joseph Dalton Hooker: Botanist for the Ages
School’s Out—Reading’s In
Gratitude: Thank You Notes
It’s Derby Day!
News
For Parents
National Day on Writing
Instill the Love of Reading with Goodreads and Biblionasium
Woof! Woof! The Dog Days of Summer are Here!
Fostering Information Literacy
Take Me Out to the Ball Game
Mammoth Cave National Park
School’s Out—Reading’s In
Summer Solutions Books at a Glance- Grade 4 – 8
Summer Solutions Books at a Glance – Grades 2–3
Summer Solutions Books at a Glance – Pre-K, Kindergarten, and Grade 1
Time to Take Action How to Purchase Summer Solutions Parents
John Muir: Called by the Mountains
End the Summer Slide with Summer Solutions
Family Road Trips
Harry Potter: A Rich Source of Descriptive Language
The Winter Olympics are Here!
Light the Olympic Fire
Practice is Practice, Right?
It’s January! Time to Celebrate Snow!
Family Tales and a Simple Graphic Organizer
Open House
Test-Taking Skills
Summer Routines: Tips and Tricks
Close Reading of America the Beautiful
Mother’s Day Cards and Crafts for Kids to Make
4 ways to get your children interested in art
Summer Solutions Rocks!
What does Summer Solutions offer?
Exploring How Poetry Works
Breakfasts You Can Make in a Rush
6 ways to keep your children engaged over summer break
Quick Breakfasts for the Kids and You
Encouraging Boys to Read
Your Presidential Timeline Activity
Presidential Pets Informational Research Activity / Writing Informational Text
Valentine’s Day! Need some alternatives to sweets?
For Teachers
National Day on Writing
Tomorrow, October 20th, is the National Day on Writing. This “holiday” came about as an “initiative built on the premise that writing is critical to literacy.” Each year since 2009, NCTE and other collaborators gather at writing events, in classrooms, and online to bring the necessary attention to such an important conversation. Here are a […]
Happy Birthday to the Father of Microbiology
On October 24th, 2016, Google honored Antoni van Leeuwenhoek’s 384th birthday with the daily Google Doodle. Leeuwenhoek (Lee vǝn hook), a Dutch cloth merchant by trade, is known as the Father of Microbiology. He may have used magnification to determine the density of a fabric’s thread count. With no formal university training, he designed and […]
2018 The Year of the Bird
October Global Big Day Is Coming: Your Students Can Take Part The Audubon Society, Cornell Lab of Ornithology, National Geographic, Bird Life International and others declared 2018 as the Year of the Bird. It is an important year for birds, as it marks the centennial of what National Geographic believes to be the single most […]
Fostering Information Literacy
There are many ways to define Information Literacy. It might best be viewed as the sum of some of its basic components: needing, gathering, evaluating, and using information. One dilemma facing teachers today is guiding students towards reputable, current, and authoritative sources with rich content. To label reporting “fake news” leaves students wondering how to […]
Gratitude: Thank You Notes
On a recent episode of ABC’s “The Middle” Frankie finds a bag of unfinished and long overdue thank you notes under her son, Axl’s, bed. Horrified by her discovery, she issues her ultimatum. As long as he is living in her house, he is to finish the notes! Yes, it’s comedy, but in the end, […]
Harry Potter: A Rich Source of Descriptive Language
A recent trip to the Wizarding World of Harry Potter at Universal Studios had me thinking back to my first Harry Potter memory and the treasure trove of descriptive language found in the series. Do you have an early Harry Potter memory? Mine was the summer of ‘99. I heard Oprah Winfrey talking about a […]
