tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-59294224975278651042024-03-13T19:15:40.317-07:00The Teaching Resource ResortDawn De Lorenzohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11751046102495240217noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5929422497527865104.post-64111827847537781872013-10-26T08:25:00.002-07:002013-10-26T08:25:11.872-07:00Tutorial: How to Make a 3D Personalized Name Pumpkin<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">You just have to LOVE Pinterest! There are so many incredible ideas and some of them may get your creative juices flowing too. I saw an adorable 3D pumpkin and thought why not make it even more interactive by turning it into a name pumpkin? So, this tutorial will show you how to set up the page in Microsoft PowerPoint and assemble your own name pumpkin! </span><br />
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Dawn De Lorenzohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11751046102495240217noreply@blogger.com57tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5929422497527865104.post-56960448269491890152013-10-08T12:59:00.000-07:002013-10-08T13:00:07.816-07:00Pumpkin Patch Palooza ~ A Patch of 20 Pumpkin FREEBIES!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Fall is my favorite season! It is also my favorite Teachers Pay Teachers time of the year:) I have to try REEAAAALLLLY hard not to purchase EVERYTHING I see! The clip art is just beyond adorable and the resources and just so much fun. In an effort to help us all save a little money and to highlight some pretty fabulous resources I am doing a pumpkin-related round up! These are some of the BEST pumpkin themed FREEBIES created by some of the most creative, talented, and generous teachers out there. So, here we go into the pumpkin patch! Click on the pumpkins to grab each freebie:)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The first FREEBIE is by Teacher Tam! If you do not already follow Teacher Tam ~ you should ;) With this resource students match numbers to quantities shown in a ten-frame. Tami provides two ways to play and it is Common Core aligned!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Next up is From the Pond! This pumpkin-themed math card game is for numbers to 100! This is part of the Print and Play series From the Pond and I must say ~ they are all fun and fabulous! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Young and Lively Kindergarten has some pumpkin patch fun with her Pumpkin Roll and Color/Cover! Students can spin or roll and look for the matching number in the ten frames! It also includes a color word practice page!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Mrs. Ricca's Kindergarten is rolling in with a great mini-unit with a little bit of everything! <span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; line-height: 16px;">Activities include: </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 16px;">Inside & Outside Pumpkin Lesson & Craft, </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 16px;">Pumpkin Investigations Activity, </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 16px;">Pumpkin Life Cycle, </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 16px;">Planting Pumpkins, </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 16px;">Pumpkin Jack Experiment, </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 16px;">Pumpkin Seed Estimation, and </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 16px;">Pumpkin Craft.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #202020; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 16px;">Your carriage will never tun into a pumpkin at Curriculum Castle! These gals created an adorable pumpkin-themed center for telling time to the hour and half-hour. This is also Common Core aligned!</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 16px;">Erin from Creating and Teaching provides some good ol' fashion fun with these awesome Play-doh mats! Nothing targets more goals than playing with Play-doh! Students have to roll and place the correct number of pumpkins for each mat. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 16px;">K is for Kinderrific has a PUMPK-errific CVC word center! Students use cut up pumpkin cards to create CVC words. Then they must decide if it is a real or nonsense word. No nonsense pumpkin learning!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 16px;">Rhonda Baldacchino is growing poems in her patch with this cute pumpkin poetry craftivity!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 16px;">First Grade and Flip Flops is seeing double with this fun Pumpkin Doubles Scoot! This is a great activity for your kinesthetic learners and students who have a sensory diet:)</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 16px;">Teaching with a Cup of Tea has a resource that can be used for a variety of subjects. Students create their own pumpkin patch craftivity by thinking of related words, terms, or concepts. Some great examples/ideas are provided to get your creative juices flowing! This one is perfect for SLPs too!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Rowdy in Room 300 is causing a riot with her Compound Words in the Pumpkin Patch! There are twelve compound word puzzles and a recording sheet. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Sallie Neal is Teaching with a Passion in the short vowel pumpkin patch! This is a pocket chart sorting activity that is perfect in your word work center. A recording sheet is included.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Danielle Kroger from Kroger's Kindergarten has another great word work resource! Students have to stamp the parts of a pumpkin using the pumpkin word bank.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Shawna Devoe has them predicting in the patch with this predicting companion for the book <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Pumpkin-Patch-Robin-Hill-School/dp/0689858744/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1381260068&sr=8-1&keywords=the+pumpkin+patch+mcnamara" target="_blank">The Pumpkin Patch by Margaret McNamara</a>. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Learning Ahoy! proves that even pirates love the pumpkin patch! Oh Pumpkin! is a fun letter recognition game that is sure to please your little pirates!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Clip Art by Carrie Teaching First Grade is cooking up some pumpkin pie with this writing freebie! Students write step-by-step directions for making a pumpkin pie. Pictures clues provide the right amount of support for all learners.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Elizabeth Rogers has her sights on SIGHT WORDS with this awesome Pumpkin Sight Word BINGO freebie!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The lovely Lavinia Pop doesn't want any pumpkins to feel odd:) She has a fabulous odd and even pumpkin number sort. Another great option for your math center!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">This next marvelous freebie is from Annie Moffat of The Moffatt Girls. It is not ALL pumpkins, but has some great pumpkin resources that I HAD to include in the list:) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Last, but not least is a freebie from ME! This is simple, but targets so many goals: fine motor, visual-motor, visual perception, one-to-one correspondence, and beginning graphing skills. I hope you enjoy it:)</span></div>
Dawn De Lorenzohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11751046102495240217noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5929422497527865104.post-9484255270961384262012-02-23T16:29:00.000-08:002012-02-23T16:29:37.202-08:00Kids Say the Darndest Things!<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">My fabulous bloggy-friend Jeannie over at <a href="http://kindergartenlifestyle.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Kindergarten Lifestyle</a> is having another Linky Party! This one is for us to share based on the phrase "Kids Say the Darndest Things..."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">So, here is mine. I don't even remember what we were all talking about when this came up, but I think one student shared where his/her parents met. Then a few more chimed in. I asked this boy (second grade) if he knew where or how his parents met. Well, he told me "No, but..."</span><br />
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</span></div><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I am really excited to share this project with you! It is simple to create and can be used for the alphabet or numbers. I created a SlideShare to show you all the pictures and ways that I created my eggs. Basically, the idea is to put a letter on the top half of a plastic egg (like letter A) and a letter on the bottom half of the egg (for this example, letter C) and have the child tell you what comes in between those two letters: B. When he or she opens the egg, there is a little chick with the letter B! What other concepts can be practiced in this manner?</span><br />
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<div align="left">With the emphasis on differentiation in today's classrooms this is a very versatile tool that can allow you to have more flexible grouping practices while students are working on independent work. Small round stickers are activated by the "pen" and then you record. Once the student presses the pen to the sticker it plays back what was recorded. Imagine the ability to have a student reading a book that is being read by you on the Anybook Reader and having YOU think-aloud to model what good readers do! Imagine placing stickers are predesignated spots in text for students to stop and answer a prompt you strategically inserted. Think about how this can be used for word work: Students are prompted to find the words with a particular sound, or words that belong in a certain category. The possibilities are endless!</div><div align="left"></div><div align="left">The only con that I have found is that I wish you were able to pause it. If it were able to pause, you could use it to read to students in smaller chunks and then they could stop it to answer questions or fill in responses. The other down-side to this one partiular model is that it does not hook up to headphones. I <em>believe</em> that the 60 hour version has a jack for headphones. I am not positive though. The 60-hour version is priced at $50.96:</div><center><iframe frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=teachingresourceresort-20&o=1&p=8&l=as1&asins=B00413PAIY&IS1=1&nou=1&ref=tf_til&fc1=000000&lt1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=FFFFFF&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr" style="height: 240px; width: 120px;"></iframe></center>Here is a brief video from the Franklin company highlighting the product and how it can help students with challenges:<center><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="284" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/vTqyCmQeqoA" width="500"><p><p><p></center>lt;/center<iframe></body></p></p></p></iframe></center>Overall, I think it is a great investment! My students love it (I am a special education teacher) and I also shared it with our school Speech Pathologist and she was very impressed. What ideas do you have for utilizing this in the classroom?&nbsp; I would love to hear how you could put this to use in your class! Thanks :)Dawn De Lorenzohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11751046102495240217noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5929422497527865104.post-17754261006813026692012-02-11T17:38:00.000-08:002012-02-11T17:38:12.867-08:00You Know You are a Teacher When...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uY9lrNaUhLU/TzcXu_7daJI/AAAAAAAAAPw/cSDBImOSqZk/s1600/Teacher+Linky.jpg.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uY9lrNaUhLU/TzcXu_7daJI/AAAAAAAAAPw/cSDBImOSqZk/s320/Teacher+Linky.jpg.png" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Jeannie over at Kindergarten Lifestyle is having a LINKY PARTY using the pic above! Come on over and join us!</span></div>Dawn De Lorenzohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11751046102495240217noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5929422497527865104.post-78863076170355518312012-02-01T17:27:00.000-08:002013-02-09T08:45:57.973-08:00If You'll Be My Valentine by Cynthia Rylant<center>
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Dawn De Lorenzohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11751046102495240217noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5929422497527865104.post-55515335247238242082012-01-31T19:04:00.000-08:002012-01-31T19:06:24.931-08:00Presidential Predicates and Their Loyal Subjects!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>Don't you just LOVE the play on words!?! Only another teacher can appreciate that corny expression :) I plan on using this as a file folder activity. There are two mats: one for George Washington and the other for Abraham Lincoln. Print these on card stock and laminate them for durability.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-HReHBuOA08g/TyiqOF8bj5I/AAAAAAAAALk/OMXRKAsjq1k/s1600/Abe+Mat.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-HReHBuOA08g/TyiqOF8bj5I/AAAAAAAAALk/OMXRKAsjq1k/s200/Abe+Mat.png" width="154" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-dqiNzEORPxE/TyiqA740TII/AAAAAAAAALc/GtxscBrwETc/s1600/George+Mat.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-dqiNzEORPxE/TyiqA740TII/AAAAAAAAALc/GtxscBrwETc/s200/George+Mat.png" width="154" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;">Next, there are cards with predicates on them. These are facts about each of the presidents. Cut and laminate these as well. Make sure you shuffle them well. Then students will select a card and read the predicate to decide which president is the subject. This is a great time to review verbs of being as well. I plan on using this as a closure after our read alouds about the presidents and other activities. I hope you can utilize this in your classroom :) Stop by and let me know if you use it...I'd love to hear from you! <br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I think teachers should start off slow and invest their time and energy into one or two tech tools that will yield the best return on investment in terms of student output. Furthermore, once you learn to start <i>navigating new technology</i> you will be less fearful when approaching something new and more apt to figure it out with less time invested. Most of the technology tools I use I have learned through self study. I still don't know ALL of the bells and whistles on every tool. There are still things that I can do in Word that I probably have not discovered yet! So, my advice is to ask some techy teachers what they are using and love and get the most out of their students by using. Let them show you some of their favorites and then dive in. Even if you only doggie paddle, you will be on your way to a new shore!</span>Dawn De Lorenzohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11751046102495240217noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5929422497527865104.post-12931042445299608582012-01-25T09:22:00.000-08:002012-01-25T09:22:43.450-08:00One of those days...I am having "one of those days" friends :( The internet and TeachersPayTeachers are not making my life easy this morning. My latest freebie, Burrow or Bust! (I discovered this morning) is not printing correctly. I have no idea why, but I am sure it will keep me awake all night tonight trying to figure it out! I also started a second TpT Store yesterday for toddler related products and it disappeared. Makes me want to crawl in bed and hit the "rewind" button :) Sooo, speaking of TOTS...I want to share two of my other blogs that you may enjoy. The first one is <a href="http://www.trendzntraditionz.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Trendz-n-Traditionz</a> and it is devoted to family traditions and holidays. The other one is all about Toddlers! It is <a href="http://www.toadallytots.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Toadally Tots</a>! I created an awesome Groundhog Day Tot Pack that will be a freebie as soon as I can straighten out everything with TpT. Come on over and join me if you would like. I would love to see you there!Dawn De Lorenzohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11751046102495240217noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5929422497527865104.post-90946663728535898832012-01-24T05:45:00.000-08:002012-01-24T05:45:22.492-08:00Another Groundhog Freebie!Good morning bloggers and Happy Tuesday! I just wanted to share another Groundhog freebie I created with you. It is called "Burrow or Bust!" and it is a BUMP addition game:) As usual, please just click on the picture to grab it. Enjoy!<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Groundhog-Grammar" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8I0Nija0UY4/Txxc4gaLgHI/AAAAAAAAAJA/IAxiv9F7k2w/s1600/Groundhog+Grammer+Packet.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The next one is another Groundhog Day freebie! This one has been downloaded the most: It is a Groundhog Day Packet that is four pages and contains a word search, tally worksheet with questions, a reading comprehension passage and a page with fact or opinion statements. Just click on the picture to grab that one too!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Groundhog-Day-Packet" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Nfrpbosnqro/Txxdy6BdajI/AAAAAAAAAJI/EDlPvQVI6QU/s1600/Groundhog+Packet.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">And yes, there is still MORE Groundhog fun at my TpT store! The last one Groundhog Contractions: A ten page file that can be printed on card stock and laminated if you desire. There are word pairs that need to be matched to their corresponding contraction. Word pairs have a groundhog depicting spring, while their corresponding contractions depict a winter groundhog. Can be used for "I have...who has?" game or can be used as a center during word work time. There is a recording sheet included as well. Grab that one by clicking on the picture as well :)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Groundhog-Contractions" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-hjyfvY-XKDI/TxxedrCJ8cI/AAAAAAAAAJQ/z6yWlp-jTqU/s1600/Groundhog+Contractions.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">If you have not already downloaded my FREE Groundhog Grub treat bag topper...definitely go and get that. This is just plain FUN! You can even make up some Groundhog Grub bags for your colleagues too!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ciFf66d5lH8/TxxfIuAc8wI/AAAAAAAAAJY/X-K0a_ASumw/s1600/Groundhog+Grub.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ciFf66d5lH8/TxxfIuAc8wI/AAAAAAAAAJY/X-K0a_ASumw/s1600/Groundhog+Grub.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">There are more FREEBIES at my store so please take a look around while you are there. I also posted a great Valentine Math Center with a focus on regrouping and money! This one is not free; it is $2.75. If you decide to purchase and check it out please let me know how it works out for you in the classroom. I would love to hear your feedback :)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Hi everyone! I am hosting a HUGE giveaway :) I am going to give an entire class set (regardless of your class size) to the person who directs the most traffic to my Facebook page and/ my blog. If the person who directs the most traffic to my FB page is different thank the one who directs the most to my blog I will give them BOTH a class set of my book!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">My book is Peanut Butter and Jelly Possibilities: Youthful Inspirations and it is a non-fiction book geared toward students in grades 4-9. It is inspirational ~ it tells the stories of many young people who have made a difference in the world through love, hope, charity, courage and commitment. Each story is followed by discussion questions. <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Peanut-Butter-Jelly-Possibilities-Inspirations/dp/0974519006/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1327170192&sr=1-1" target="_blank">Click the link to the title of the book above to check it out on Amazon.</a> The book is also available on my TpT store. Just click <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Peanut-Butter-and-Jelly-Possibilities-Youthful-Inspirations" target="_blank">here</a>!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Even if you do not teach grades 4-9 you can still help a friend by directing them here and perhaps THEY will win :) So here we go: you can help direct traffic to my blog by simply picking something to post on your site or telling them about this blog. I am looking for a large special education audience regardless of grade. My facebook page is www.facebook.com/teachingresourceresort</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I will determine the winner on Friday, January 27, 2012 at 10:00 pm. Thanks!</span>Dawn De Lorenzohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11751046102495240217noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5929422497527865104.post-82160719551731211952012-01-18T17:41:00.000-08:002012-01-18T17:41:39.380-08:00So Excited About Storybird!<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I can barely contain myself with this new tool that I stumbled upon! It is called Storybird at <a href="http://www.storybird.com/">www.storybird.com</a>. As a special education teacher I am always looking for new and interesting ways to help my students express themselves and engage them interactively. They are growing up in a digital age and we need to meet them in their comfort zone. Storybird allows students to choose from tons of beautiful artwork and create a "storyboard" and then create a story to go with it. It is almost like writing a picture book by illustrating it first. I am so excited! I know I am a geek, but this stuff makes me want to do a happy dance :) Here is a sample story from their website (not created by a student, but still an awesome example to see!)</span><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-8yWiHuNFp-8/TxY1FVgjhXI/AAAAAAAAAHQ/LCwmbqO3RHs/s1600/Patriotic+Peeps+003.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-8yWiHuNFp-8/TxY1FVgjhXI/AAAAAAAAAHQ/LCwmbqO3RHs/s320/Patriotic+Peeps+003.JPG" width="213" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">You can grab YOUR own printable topper for FREE over at my TeachersPayTeachers Store...just click <b><a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Patriotic-Treat-Bag-Topper-for-Presidents-Day" target="_blank">HERE</a></b>.</span></div>Dawn De Lorenzohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11751046102495240217noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5929422497527865104.post-27457187364104477722012-01-16T19:40:00.000-08:002012-01-16T19:40:05.044-08:00A Fun FREEBIE for Groundhog Day!<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Who doesn't LOVE a celebration? Well, I have to say that Groundhog Day is one of my all time favorites! I think it is because it is such a safe and fun day ~ no need to worry about offending anyone or being politically correct, etc. Well, I just uploaded a FUN FREEBIE on my TpT Store! Groundhog Grub treat bag toppers! I put Gummi Worms in a cellophane bag (you can also use a Ziploc lunch bag, etc.) and they were a BIG hit with my students last year! <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Groundhog-Grub-Treat-Bag-Toppers" target="_blank">CLICK HERE TO GET YOUR OWN :)</a> Here is what mine look like:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Welcome to The Teaching Resource Resort blog! I am so glad that you stumbled upon this site and hope that you are able to gain insight, resources, and perhaps a little encouragment too! My name is Dawn De Lorenzo and I have been a special education teacher for over ten years. I have taught in numerous settings including public and private school and in a number of roles: Special Needs Service Coordinator, Director of Early Child Education, Replacement Classes (a.k.a. Self-Contained), Inclusion or Mainstream Classes, and Resource Room programs. Within that scope I have taught Grades 1, 2, 4, 5, and all middle school grades. I was a facilitator for University of Phoenix's online program in Curriculum and Instruction and was an adjunct professor of English at Middlesex County Community College in New Jersey. I am the author of the book <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Peanut-Butter-Jelly-Possibilities-Inspirations/dp/0974519006/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1326224151&sr=8-1" target="_blank">Peanut Butter and Jelly Possibilities: Youthful Inspirations</a>. My greatest joy is our beautiful daughter who is going on three years old.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">I have a love and passion for ideas and resources! I currently teach second grade in a Resource setting and I am the teacher that colleagues come to when they need ideas, materials, or help pulling a theme together with multiple resources. My hope is that this blog will put some of those ideas and resources into your hands so that your life is a little easier and you can more readily meet the needs of the diverse learners you engage each day. Thank you for spending time at this "resort" ~ I hope you enjoy your stay! If you like what you see, please grab a button and share with your colleagues and friends!</span>Dawn De Lorenzohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11751046102495240217noreply@blogger.com3