Busy Teacher’s Cafe Blog

Archive for July, 2008

August Monthly Resource Page is available.
http://www.busyteacherscafe.com/monthly/august_resources.htm

Congratulations to Ms. Vensko for being August’s Class Website Winner -
http://www.busyteacherscafe.com/classsiteofthemonth.htm

Check out this month’s educational website -
http://www.busyteacherscafe.com/bestedusite.htm

Journal calendars have been updated and are now available.
http://www.busyteacherscafe.com/printables/writing.htm

I’ve also started adding calendars in Spanish that are also customizable.  The rest will be added over the next couple of days.
http://www.busyteacherscafe.com/printables/forms.htm

A new page has been added — The Daily Five page.  It’s in the beginning stages but hopefully more information will be added as the model grows in popularity.
http://www.busyteacherscafe.com/teacher_resources/literacy_pages/dailyfive.htm

As an avid traveler, I thought this video was just awesome……made me a little jealous too! Just thought I would add it for everyone to see and enjoy!

Might make a good video to show students if you wanted to do a geography lesson…………or not.

Where the Hell is Matt? (2008) from Matthew Harding on Vimeo

Another great video on preparing our students for the 21st century.  Similar to another video that was posted here in March.  Enjoy!

Get the Flash Player to see this player.

Some of you may have noticed that the Penpal Exchange had been down for a few days. I just switched webhosts and had to figure out how to move the database from the old host to the new host. Thanks to the people at www.downtownhost.com (my new webhost), they were able to fix the problem and get the Penpal Exchange running again.

Sorry for any inconvenience it might have caused!

One of the many buzz words in education these past few years has been Differentiated Instruction. Teachers are now expected to differentiate their instruction to meet the needs of diverse learners. This can be done in various ways, including small group instruction and one-to-one instruction.

I’ve added a new page to the recommended books section on differentiated instruction. It can be found here:
http://www.busyteacherscafe.com/books/differentiated.htm

NEW PRODUCT:
Phonics games are now available! They are simple to make…..print, cut, and paste to poster board. The picture below is a sample poster game. To see the new phonics games, click here. More games will be added in the next few weeks.

The 2008 - 2009 school calendars are now ready and available for download. Just click on each month, add your text, and print!
http://www.busyteacherscafe.com/printables/forms.htm

Bookmarks for back to school — includes “Welcome to Our Class” and “Welcome to First Grade (Second Grade, etc.)”.
http://www.busyteacherscafe.com/school/back2school.htm (Click on Back to School Links)

Alphabet Book has been added and the alphabet tiles have been revised.
http://www.busyteacherscafe.com/printables/languagearts.htm

There is a new page for new teachers who are entering classrooms for the first time. This page organizes all the resources new teachers will need — New Teacher Page.

On a personal note, my summer reading list has been updated! I am a pretty fast reader so I always have a pile of books on hand when I’m finished reading my current pile. Take a look on the side to see my revised summer reading!