Educational Resources. Journals, coolcatteacher.com, math maneuvers and more.

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Monday, April 20, 2020


Good Morning,
Today is a good day to go over the Day and Date
We have found that during the Quarantine we have lost track of days.
We begin our mornings talking about what day it is and what's on our agenda for each day.
This is something that is a good read.
It is important to ask kids how they are feeling about all the factors affecting their lives right now.
Breakfast time is a good time to check in with them.

Kids perspective on the Corona Virus
https://www.theatlantic.com/video/index/609958/pandemic-kids/
https://www.coolcatteacher.com/helping-kids-be-healthy-and-whole-while-learning-from-home/
Good books for perspective on time spent at home, historical and thought provoking.


Journals are a good way to bring writing into your day each day and to get feelings put on paper to talk about.
you can use any bound notebook, but these are a cute alternative below and not too expensive.
You can look them up and follow the idea.

This is a great way to incorporate art into the day.

If you start with a notebook and have kids make their own decorated journals they will have a creative visual of their journey through this time to refer back to and jot down feelings as they experience them. 

If you purchase at smile.amazon.com
A portion of your purchase price is donated to your fundraiser/organization of choice. 
Mine is set up to donate to The Greater Boston Food bank, Mine ends up contributing a couple of dollars a month to the food bank, but I feel like I am always contributing for every day necessities and Smile Amazon does the donation for me. It is effortsless and makes me feel good that I am always giving to help others.



https://smile.amazon.com/Q-Day-Kids-Three-Year-Journal/dp/0307952967/ref=pd_rhf_sc_p_img_1?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=4VHGZ569RKJY8XF7C6VZ

A Q&A 3 Year Diary for kids. 
Very cook looking. Available on Amazon for $14
By Betsy Franco.


There are a few, probably many , but I loved this one

$11.88

$6.98


Here is a good resource I found for teaching Math to Middle school aged kids. 
You can find her podcast on the App Store. 


HELLO, I’M NOELLE
Maneuvering the Middle is an education blog with valuable tips for lesson planning, classroom technology, and math concepts in the middle school classroom.
Noelle Pickering – Bio


https://www.coolcatteacher.com

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Noelle Pickering is a former middle school math teacher and instructional coach, and now can be found online at 
Maneuvering the Middle seeks to support teachers through hands-on resources, standards-aligned curriculum, and practical teaching ideas. She has the joy of being called mom by two of the sweetest and busiest boys and has been married to her biggest supporter, Michael, for ten years.

I listened to her podcast about Jameson in New York City who started a mentoring program during this Quarantine.
If you'd like to have your child mentored by Circle of Friend's, Jameson's way of giving back email him with.
Jameson's email to ask to be matched with a High School Volunteer from Circle of Friends. cofriends2020@gmail.com
He asked that parent's include: these requests on the podcast. 
Parent’s email
child’s names & ages and their email
Their child's Interests
for young penpals interested in Sports, Jameson emailed and or called them at a pre arranged time, they played, 
sports Hangman and some other creative ways to engage while discussing and learning sports related topics. 


7-8 grade Math lessons. 

Thanks for checking in. 

I'll be adding more resources as they arrive in my inbox, Happy Monday. 
I hope your day is great!
Eliza


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