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Kid-Approved Columbus Day Videos & a FREEBIE!
Are you in school on Columbus Day? Our students are out and it is a teacher in-service where we are! We will still be studying about Columbus because I teach fourth grade in Georgia and he happens to be one of our standards. How do you navigate Columbus Day? Do you think he should be celebrated? These teacher & kid-approved videos about Columbus, his life, voyages, and more will be great lead-ins for some great conversation, debate, and critical thinking! Enjoy!
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Peek at My Week! Part II: Inuit Native Americans
I always joke with my students on the first day that there will be no curse words used in my class. They all giggle and I tell them the "curse word"...Indian. As I have become even more obsessed with Native Americans and their culture over the past few years, "Native American" just sounds like a more dignified term that I encourage students to use. Native Americans are my second favorite unit, besides-you guessed it-the American Revolution. I always get excited to introduce the tribes that we study here in Georgia. My classroom library is chock full of resources for us to use to supplement our learning. Read below to see this week's first tribe of study-the Inuit. -
Peek at My Week! Part I: The Solar System
I'm starting my first full week of school this week and decided that I will try to keep myself accountable by posting my weekly plans on my blog! People are always asking about what I do in my classroom, and it is well past time to really dive into the blogosphere. So, here goes! I am absolutely fascinated by the solar system and space. As a little boy, I always wanted to be an astronaut and always read books about space. Today as a teacher, it is one of my favorite units in fourth-grade science.
