Every teacher needs those 5-10 minutes to take care of daily tasks such as attendance, tending to student needs, and more. We usually fill this time with small activities pertaining to the day’s or previous day’s lesson called Bell ringers (I call them appetizers)! These are usually activities that the[Read more]
Looking for some great resources to enhance your lessons in family and consumer sciences? Check out the following resources for free videos, recipes, images, clipart and more for teaching FACS. Videos www.teachersdomain.org www.schooltube.com www.teachertube.com www.youtube.com Clipart and Images Great websites to find clipart that may be used when creating powerpoints,[Read more]
Black History Month Activities Black History Month is a remembrance of the important African American leaders and historical events that have changed the world. It is also a great topic for integrating the core subject of social studies in FACS. Some project ideas and activities are listed below. Black History[Read more]
As you all may know, February is a very important and busy month for many different reasons. First and foremost, and probably the most obvious is Black History Month. In addition to that, it is CTE/CTAE month and it contains national FCCLA Week. February is also a big month for[Read more]
Goal Setting Activity With the start of a new year, I’m sure you have set some goals (resolutions..lol!) that you would like to accomplish. How about allowing your students to do the same thing? Have your students either create posters or journals of their goals. Have them find visuals or[Read more]
It’s the week before winter vacation and all through the school, not a student is listening, and that’s just not cool. The teachers are coming up with lessons out of thin air because they are practically burnt out by this time of year. If this is you, please keep reading…[Read more]
You start your day and have a great lesson planned and an even better project for your students to complete. Your hopes are high as you teach the lesson and give the directions for the project. You inform your students that this project is going to take two weeks. You[Read more]
How many of you blushed when you read that title?!! Well, its true we are H-O-T and have always been H-O-T, that is Hands-on-Teachers!!! So why is it that the rest of the education world is just catching on? Hands- on-learning is defined as learning by doing. It enables students[Read more]
