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Materials published on other sites (before I had my own web site!)
Primary Learning Centers (http://www.teachers.net/lessons/posts/560.html) This is an introduction to how I did learning centers when I taught first grade. As stated in the plan, my format for centers varies each year. Each group of children works in a different way. However, there are two basic rules for my centers: 1. Children are free to choose which learning center they will do on a given day. 2. Children work at their own rate and at their own level during center time.
Primary Science Centers (http://www.teachers.net/lessons/posts/505.html) Twelve science centers are described in detail. I used these science centers when I taught first grade. Each science center is stored in a Rubbermaid plastic shoebox. Science centers have been very popular! I plan to add the Second Grade edition on this site SOON! (personal note: THANKS for creating my first link, MONA! :-D )
MORE Primary Science Centers P.S. The URL's that could not be included on the Teachers.Net site can be found on my Science Centers Page: Science Centers
Music and Movement (http://www.teachers.net/lessons/posts/830.html) Back in 1995, after ten years of teaching preschool part time, I got a fulltime teaching job. (ACTUALLY, I got two half-time teaching jobs. :-D) In the morning, I was a kindergarten teacher. In the afternoon, I had some of my kindergartners and some from the room across the hall for daycare. This was a new program, so there were no mentors available. Everything had to be developed "in the trenches!" Once I added Music and Movement to our afternoons, the days suddenly got MUCH CALMER. My former "afternooners" are now in fourth grade. Sometimes I see them in the hallways, and often the kids will comment about our old days. The Music and Movement activities are among our fondest memories. I hope you will make some memories with your classes, too!
Introduction to SCR-TEC's Track Star (http://www.teachers.net/lessons/posts/517.html) Track Star is a free teacher tool developed by SCR-TEC (South Central Regional Technology in Education Consortium) It is ideal for teachers who want to use the internet in their classrooms, but don't want kids getting "lost." It is also ideal for teachers who want to add commentary to existing webpages. For example, when I composed the "For Primary Teachers Only" Track, I wanted to share some of my favorite sites, but also to tell teachers how I would use each site. When you open the "For Primary Teachers Only" Track, the featured site appears in one frame, and my commentary appears in the frame above it. The possibilities for tailored learning activities are endless! The URL above will bring you to aset of instructions for teachers who have not yet discovered Track Star. It looks a little intimidating at first, but DO TRY IT! Writing this page reminds me that I need to make a few new tracks this summer! p.s. When you go to SCR-TEC's site, you also have access to all the tracks that have been made by other teachers. Of course, they vary in quality, but there are some really nice pieces here.
My FIRST web-published work: ('way back in June, 1997) http://www.4teachers.org/testimony/lawhon/ Wow! We're Going to Computers!" is the article I wrote after attending the SCR-TEC symposium in July, 1996. I had just returned to elementary school teaching after years at the preschool level. NO ONE could have known less about technology than I! This is the story of my very first project in technology: an Alphabet Book made by kindergarteners, using KidWorks. Was I ever green. :-> P.S. I still think it's a great project, even if you're NOT a beginner!
My SECOND web-published work won me my very own copy of HyperStudio. I was totally delighted! This site was originally called "The Well-Connected Educator." It is now "tech LEARNING," and I'm in the archives! 1 computer, 1 Teacher, and 21 First Graders http://www.techlearning.com/db_area/archives/WCE/archives/lawhon.htm This is a short little article about some activities I developed in order to teach my first graders how to save work on diskettes. Funny thing: the very next year my school went to a network, so we no longer used diskettes in the computer lab! Oh well, I still use them on my OLD classroom computers!!!!
student work parent handbook You are here: TEACHER MATERIALS Book clipart a little experiment with Adobe PhotoDeluxe. I'm just a beginner....
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