Here are a few tips for creating habits to help plan homeschool lessons for your kids.

Here is a post that I wrote that explains five reasons why we decided to move our family abroad. It was a lot of work, and sometimes it can be difficult, but overall it has been well worth it!

One of the reasons that we initially moved to France from the United States was so that our children could learn French! We felt it very important that our kids learn a second language… there are plenty of studies that have been done that demonstrate that learning a foreign language helps kids learn mathematics, science and music… not to mention that by learning a second language, kids are better able to understand their first language. it’s great exercise for their brains. It’s also a great way to introduce your children to different cultures and customs.

Here is a post that Brian did that explains five reasons why learning a foreign language is great for children or students.

I hope you are having a great February!

It is called The Common Core Organizer, Assessment Guide and Portfolio for 2nd grade for Math and Literacy and it contains over 200 pages.

Here’s a little blurb about it from TPT:  The Common Core Organizer, Assessment Guide and Portfolio for Second Grade Literacy and Writing is full of tools that you can use to teach and assess second grade Common Core ELA skills to your class throughout the school year. This packet is a great way to help you organize your students’ language arts portfolios, as well as your own. 

This packet has posters, dividers, Common Core checklists and also some assessment tools that you can use.  For some of the assessment tools, you only need to add your own appropriate text and they can answer the questions.  Make sure you read more about this comprehensive packet by clicking here.

Here are a few more sheets you can look at to see if this packet is right for you!

 

Hi everyone! I’m part of this great product swap where a bunch of us teachers get together and try out each others teaching materials. This is really going to be fun, so make sure you check out the other blogs as well by going to Mrs.Standford’s blog to check out the linky party!

Today I’m reviewing a French product from:

The product that I’m reviewing is:

Magic Potion Recipe – French Halloween Writing Lesson or Ma Potion Magique.

This is such a fun and creative activity that my 9 year old son absolutely adored!! First, we practiced some of the vocabulary words that are shown in the packet and then he got to create his own magic brew! He loved that part the most.  Even though it was a little early for a Halloween activity, he was so in the spirit of making a spooky, creepy witch brew!  He was very secretive when he wrote out his potion list as you can tell by this picture!

I wanted to take a picture of his finished recipe, but he said it was secret and that he was going to make the potion tomorrow! Yikes! LOL…I love how he uses his creativity that way and this activity sure did bring it out of him!

I think this product is great for a variety of levels of French students because you can let them work at their own level. I think students in grades 4th-10th would have the funnest time with this activity. It’s such a fun way for them to practice different animal words, body parts, as well as recipe type vocabulary like “a pinch of”. Make sure to grab this product for yourself here! You won’t be disappointed!

My children have been going to summer recreation for the last 2 weeks. They have 2 more weeks of it and then everything is shut down for the month of August. I wanted to put them in summer recreation so they can meet new people and not get too rusty with their French. And what do you know…my son came home and told me he made a new British friend. Great! I think it’s really nice, but still kind of wrecked my plans for him to practice his French. I’m happy though, they seem to have really hit it off.

Attached is a picture of a regular day for me. I really need to start leaving my house at least 10 minutes earlier. These cows have made me late more than once when I go to pick up my kids.

I’ve created a packet of Quick Common Core Worksheets with a Back to School theme that teachers can use in a center or as a warm up to their regular lesson. The great thing about these worksheets is they are leveled for the beginning of the year. Since students haven’t learned the new common core for the grade level, they are based on the previous year’s common core standards while easing the students into their new grade level.

To view them at TPT use these links.
For Back to School Quick Common Core (1st grade), click here.
For Back to School Quick Common Core (2nd grade), click here.
For Back to School Quick Common Core (3rd grade), click here.
For Back to School Quick Common Core (4th grade), click here.
For Back to School Quick Common Core (5th grade), click here.

If you’d prefer to shop at Teachers Notebook, you can check out the Quick Common Core packets here.

Also, although I haven’t added these to my site yet for purchase, you can email me a yvonne @ mixminder (dot) com and I can send you an invoice. Each set costs $2.50, but if you buy them directly from me, you can receive a 5% discount.

Also, make sure you check out my TPT store for more great French, Spanish, Math and Writing lessons!