12 Days of FACS Fun!
Learning can be fun!
Teaching FACS
3 Year Anniversary Giveaway!
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Differentiate Learning with Choice Boards
I hope that you don’t think that choice boards and menus are only for younger kids. I have found them to be very useful with the older ones and much more successful as well. Benefits of Choice Boards Allows students more freedom with a choice of activities Allows students[Read more]
Day 29: Educreations
Website: http://www.educreations.com/ Uses: This is an ipad/ipod/iphone app that can be used as an interactive whiteboard to record videos/sound of lessons & activities. Great for teaching new concepts and allowing students to have access later and outside of the classroom for further review and to help them complete additional assignments/homework. Decreate[Read more]
Day 23: Go!Animate
Website: http://goanimate.com/ Uses: This website allows your students to think outside the box and show their true creativity. (You may use it too!) With this site, you and your students can create animated stories. These can be created to teach a lesson for early childhood education projects or for use[Read more]
Day 22: Prezi
Website: http://www.prezi.com Uses: Welcome to a new and more creative way for creating presentations. Definitely useful for breaking out of the rut of using powerpoint presentations all the time. With prezi, you are able to zoom in and out on important information and import media from places such as youtube[Read more]
New to Just FACS!
Hello everyone, I would like to take the time to inform you that Just FACS now has products! Don’t worry, I will still be providing free and new resources as well, but there will also be new products to supplement and enhance the free lessons and vice versa. I am very[Read more]
Remember to check this out AGAIN!!!
Here is a link to the post from last year! A list of ideas to do during the last week before Christmas break! Especially great for activities that your students could complete as gifts on a budget! I hope that you all are enjoying your days teaching FACS, because I[Read more]
Parent-Teacher Relationships
Teachers have to develop several relationships throughout the year. They develop relationships with administration, colleagues, students and also of great importance, parents. In most cases, the teacher-parent relationship can influence the overall school year. Great parent-teacher relationships lead to better student behavior, more outside help, better resources, and in some[Read more]
Let’s Move!
Alright FACS professionals, let’s join the First Lady’s Let’s Move campaign! We already teach the curriculum, so let’s get active. Here are some ideas to help you incorporate this program into your already established curriculum and/or CTSO activities. (This would also be a great idea for the focus of Star[Read more]
