Tue
21 Aug
2012
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Technology Tip Tuesday

Here come my technology tip for the linky.
When you have a blog, photos are very important. I have learnt that you can change almost everything with a fun website named: 
It is very easy!
You don’t need to download any program, no register, you can even do it on your phone!
Just upload your photo and start cropping, sizing, coloring, editing and adding many artsy effects. You can even add fun stickers and text to the photo. This is very handy when you want to add the name of your blog.
Have fun!
Wed
11 Jul
2012
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Space unit resources

I am currently working on my Space Unit. 

We are required to do this, and other units, from scratch as we don’t use textbooks for Science or Social Studies in my school.
I have started with some planning looking at our Science Common Core Standards (we call them Competencias).
At the end of this unit my Second Graders should be able to understand the explain between day and night, moon phases, a little bit about planets, seasons…
But I just started with the MOON:
This is what I have so far:

Some good read alouds that could cover from K-2.

My favorite is A que sabe la luna? It is a story of a group of animals that want to taste the moon. It is a very sweet story that will teach some team work to my students.

I have also prepared a new science Fold and Learn activity that you can find on my TPT store: Moon Phases Fold and Learn.

I have a inclusion classroom with high diversity so I always try that my crafts work on different levels. 

I have also found this video from Discovery Kids that teaches about the moon.

And I have left the best part until the end, as a little recompense for the ones that have been reading the whole post 😉
You may have use NASA website with your students to teach about Space.
It has been translated into Spanish so I include a link.
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We have ESA in Europe (European Space Agency). And the good news is that it also has a kids site, and you can read it in many different languages. 

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I still have much to do on my Space unit but I’d love reading everyone’s ideas on this unit. 
Thu
24 May
2012
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Last hours giveaway, games and the lovely blog award

There are only 9 hours left to enter my giveaway. I started celebrating with 50 followers and now I have reached 101! I want to thank all of you!
This 50 followers celebration will be followed by my 100 followers celebration. Stayed tuned for my next giveaway. I just did my next clipart set and it will be free on TPT just for a few hours. I’ll announce it as soon as I finish it!
My students have been working really hard this week. Two tests in a week! Poor First Graders!
So tomorrow we will have some fun on our Smart Board. This website, from a Spanish TV channel CLAN has many short cartoons and games that my kids love. It is a fun way to spend the last 15 minutes of the day.
You can have some cartoons and songs in English too. 

Some days ago I was awarded with the Lovely Blog Award! Thanks to  the Teacher idea factory!
You should visit this blog. Kelley manages to write a post almost every day! And all of them are worth reading.

Now I get to pass on the award. It was a hard decision. I have discovered that many of my fellow bloggers have already been awarded. So I decided awarding just some of them.
Mrs. Stanford class She is having a great giveaway!
From the Pond One of the cutest graphics in TPT.
Mommy Maestra A latina teacher with really worth reading posts.
The Second grade Superkids This is a great blog about a Bilingual teacher in second grade.
Mrs. Castro’s class Check out her cute dinosaur activity. English and Spanish!
The Enlightened Elephant. Check out her Spanish materials on TPT.
Flap Jack Educational Resources Very colorful bilingual activities
Kinder Latino. A bilingual teaching blog. One of the first I followed.
 **Award Guidelines: Follow the person who gave the award to you (if you don’t already), link back to the person who gave you the award, and pass the award on to 15 new bloggers.