Fri, Dec 09, 2016 12:37 PM in Garden Activities
I think there are many things you can do to add cross curricular activities throughout your class with the garden. Depending on the grade you work with, you could have writing pieces with the garden. The writing could be as simple as words to explain observations once a week to a detailed explanation with predictions and how to take care of plants. You could do cooking activities with what you cre...
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Fri, Dec 09, 2016 12:32 PM in Teaching Science to Kindergarten in a Short Time Frame
I think that you can still teach Kindergartners meaningful science lessons in that time period. You can show them introductory lessons to what they will be learning through grade school. The problem with Kindergarten is that they have so much to learn in regards to every subject. I also think you can do some cross curricular teachings to in corporate the science into Math and Literacy. That will p...
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Fri, Dec 09, 2016 12:25 PM in Animals in the classroom?
I would contact your school district office and get more information from them. If they cannot answer your question, they can give you the right person. I would wait until you have an official job and ask the principal. I do know that many school districts do not allow any type of lizards. This is because many of them carry diseases on their skin. As a future teacher as well, I think it best to wa...
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