Rdgwd Teacher Resources

Hunger/Starvation Action video.

Terrific PYP Learner profile images in connection with art, nice quality and connection with artists...

Good ideas for lessons- world awareness, statistics, etc. Important topics!

Fantastic ideas for graphic organizers, pick what you want students to analyze and there's your graphic organizer. Wow.

WOW, these are fascinating and useful folding resources... I can see so many ways to use these!

The Literacy Shed is home to a wealth of visual resources that I have collected over my 10 year career as a primary school teacher.   I trawl youtube, vimeo and other sites looking for suitable resources to use in the sheds. The sheds are broadly thematic but sometimes a resource could go in 2 or more sheds, I slot it in where I think it works best.

PYP Attitudes and book lists

Great ideas for building excitement into the classroom.

Cute, quick song and video for criss-cross on the carpet. :)

"We use task cards all the time. Students would rather do those than a worksheet. Plus, it's great for a quick mini-assessment. I usually use them after teaching the skill for a couple of days. We play Scoot a lot; students will do them in small groups, and sometimes in groups of three they will work on the activity cards."

THE OC is making a difference every Monday in keeping our earth and oceans clean. JOIN IN! OC Wildlife & Beach Tour and other Organizations in Orange County are picking up trash every Monday and we encourage everyone to join the Monday movement and pick up at least 2 pieces of trash. If you're inspired like we are, join the everymondaymatters.com movement.

Australian outfit Bridge 8, who have the admirable mission of devising "creative strategies for science and society," and animator James Hutson have created six fantastic two-minute animations on various aspects of critical thinking, aimed at school ages 8 to 10, or kids between the ages of 13 and 15, but also designed to resonate with grown-ups.

Thomas Suarez is a 6th grade student at a middle school in the South Bay of Los Angeles. When Apple released the Software Development Kit (SDK), he began to create and sell his own applications. "My parents, my friends and even the people at the Apple store all supported me," he says, "and Steve Jobs inspired me". Thomas points out that it's hard to learn how to make an app. "For soccer you could go to a soccer team ... but what if you want to make an app?" He's started a club for fellow students at school, where he shares his knowledge of programming. Thomas articulates his vision that students are a valuable new technology resource to teachers, and should be empowered to offer assistance in developing the technology curriculum and also assist in delivering the lessons. Thomas has been fascinated by computers and technology since before kindergarten. Recently, he's been focused on the development of applications for the iPhone, and has established his own company, CarrotCorp http://www.carrotcorp.com/. His most successful application is one he terms "an anti-Justin-Bieber game" called "Bustin Jieber". "It's is a variation on the Whac-a-Mole theme," he explains. http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/bustin-jieber/id404956571?mt=8

Taking action, beautiful video to share.

To me, one of more difficult things about being a reader is explaining why I didn't like a novel without sounding like a) a jerk, b) a passive-aggressive dweeb, or c) a small-minded fool. The rub is thus: You want to be discerning, without sounding douchey. But that's so much easier said than done. What follows is a tip sheet I've developed based on my own reading, and as a connoisseur of book reviews. I hope it'll help.

Great summer reading resource.

PYP Resource, check this out!!

IB/PYP, wonderful webpage resource for inquiry and curiosity.

A Video by Molly's Dad, Rick Sadle, all the way from Tamil Nadu, India. Watch and enjoy the charming children attending schools sponsored by Salvador Molly's in the Eureka Super Kidz program through Aid India! Video by Rick Sadle. Edited by Ben Olsen.