Some new resources...

(It's not much, thanks to my increased Tweeting this week. Follow me @SimmonsCorner.)

Read Works Novel Study Units for 5th & 6th Grades

The Best Google apps for Goole-ly Teachers

Creative Art Projects that Teach Math

Teacher Helpline: My students won't stop talking! How do I get them on task?

MyVocabulary.com: Latin Root Word Puzzles and Games

Happy Teaching & Learning!!!

Weekly Resources...

Social Studies Warm-up Activities

Making Arguments Through Art

ReadWorks: K-12 Informational Articles

10 Social & Emotional Needs of the Gifted

11 Amazing Quotes by Famous Writers and Writing Lessons to Accompany Them

Teach Sentence Types Using Games and Technology

Happy Teaching & Learning!!!

Weekly Resources...

Whitney's Favorite Apps - Created with Haiku Deck, presentation software that inspires

Simple Physics Experiments for Kids: Pushing and Pulling

Free Writer's Workshop Units to Teach Your Students the Writing Process

The Educator Collaborative - View FREE workshops and presentations from great  presenters.

ReadWords: K-12 Grade Science Articles for Teaching Reading Comprehension

Great Interactive Lesson Tools

This week's resource finds...

20 Things You Can Do With Google Classroom

Great ideas for Classroom Questioning Techniques

New Book Preview: Revision Decisions (by Jeff Anderson & Deborah Dean)

11 Tips for Teaching about Theme in Language Arts

Writer's Notebook Metaphor Contest

6 Ways to Use Evernote to Capture Student Learning

Happy Teaching & Learning!!!

My finds from this week...

I'm on a roll! Three weeks in a row!

My son experienced some extreme frustration this week when he had to draw the red items he found for his homework. The drawing proved to be the most frustrating part of the work. When I read this post from Austin Kleon, I was reminded of that moment from my week. 

Roger Ebert on the value of drawing in a sketchbook

NEW Edmodo Snapshot --Fantastic Resource that now includes the TEKS!

10 More Easy Tech Tools

Download YouTube Clips Easily

Corbett Harrison's September Writing Lesson

Interested in grant writing? Check out these free webinars!

Build Your Grant Writing Toolkit Part I & Part II

An Observation Challenge: What do you Hear?

New Teacher Survival Guide--A collection of resources that would work for not-so-new teachers too!

That's all for this week! 

Weekly resources...

New vocabulary lessons from ReadWorks

Great ideas for Bell-Ringer Exercises

Teaching Empathy: Turning a Lesson Plan into a Life Skill

Whole Brain Teaching

Visual Storytelling: 5 Cool Projects that Combine Art and Writing

Three Tips for Classroom Blogging Projects

Make Literacy Learning Fun with Storytelling and Puppetry (recorded webinar)

The benefits of a Slower Pace

Happy Learning!

Some new resources...

Here are some of the great things I've stumbled upon over the last couple of weeks. Enjoy!

Get resources for your classroom through Chevron’s Fuel Your School Campaign 

Strategies for Writers-Teacher Resources 

Vocabulary ideas from Corbett Harrison 

Check out Flocabulary's newest resources. They now have videos for the primary grades! 

Myth-Busting Differentiated Instruction: 3 Myths and 3 Truths
31 Incredible Bulletin Boards for Back to School

Did you know our brains are wired from birth to understand stories? Stories provide a familiar framework for students (and adults) to understand unfamiliar concepts. Check out the resources below for more.

TED video series on storytelling

Storytelling Activities & Lesson Ideas

Read more about the facinating science behind storytelling in Story Proof