Texas State and National Monuments

I always like to find good ideas online for things we do here in second grade. I couldn't find anything specific for teaching about important local and US monuments for Social Studies, so I created this myself. I also created a PowerPoint to introduce the monuments with the students, and explain why we have monuments. This is just a quick assessment to show that the students can identify the different monuments by cutting and pasting the names with the pictures. We will also use library books on the different monuments to look into the history behind them.

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Figuring out this blog stuff...

I have loved visiting Pinterest and all the blogs out there. I've had a blog for a few years, but haven't really done anything with it. At first it was going to be a reflection on things I tried in teaching, but with all the things I've learned over the years and in the past few months from all the teaching blogs out there, I think this blog will be a combination of great ideas I've found and ideas I'd like to share with others. One thing that I found is the great clipart that I found on Etsy from KPM Digital Doodles. I love the sea images and can use them on the blog, in my class, and on my website. I had to figure out a few things, like using Photoshop and combining images, but it wasn't too hard. I can make it personal to me, and do it myself. Love that! Until later with new discoveries... Janna