Multiplication Completion Sheet

This is a sheet that I created for my 3rd grader so when she has completed and passed one of the multiplication numbers, then I mark it on the sheet, with the date so I can keep track and for record keeping purposes. Feel free to click on the image below and print for yourself. It is in landscape not portrait.



Just click on it and it will show you the full screen size. Then you can print it out. Just remember to select Landscape in your printer options.

C-SPAN Classroom Contest

New to C-SPAN Classroom

There's still time to win a free Flip Ultra Video Camera for your classroom! All you have to do is add your work to
C-SPAN's Constitution Clips.
C-SPAN Classroom's 2010 Summer Fellows and the Education Department have created a virtual U.S. Constitution. It features video clips taken from C-SPAN's Video Library with prominent political figures discussing various parts of the Constitution.

Here's how you can win:

1. Look through C-SPAN's Constitution Clips.
2. Find a phrase that interests you.
3. Search C-SPAN's Video Library for a clip that addresses that phrase.
4. Clip that section. Clips should be between 30 seconds and 10 minutes in length.
5. Submit the clip to C-SPAN Classroom through our Ning page by sharing the clip's link in the discussion area. Identify which section your clip addresses. Make sure to leave your name and your school's name, so we can credit your work.

We will award a free Flip Ultra Video Camera to the first twenty teachers who post clips that we select for our Constitution Clips. We are looking for clips that feature speakers who represent the diversity of the population of the United States.

We'll officially launch C-SPAN's Constitution Clips on
www.c-spanclassroom.org by Labor Day. After the launch we will continue to add video clips that we hope will provide more robust options for you to use in your classroom. If you have any questions, please contact us at educate@c-span.org.

Good luck on your search, and we can't wait to see what you come up with!

Sincerely,
C-SPAN Classroom

FREEBIE OF THE DAY: Monday, August 9

Making a Shield & Buckler - out of Duct Tape!

After reading about ancient world history, homeschooled
brothers Mark and Steven Erickson became fascinated by
historic weapons and warfare. They decided to make
their own shields, swords and other weapons so that
they could act out the history about which they had learned.
In this cool ebook, they share how to create your own
shield and buckler out of duct tape & a little creativity!

http://www.homeschoolfreebie.wholesomechildhood.com/

FREEBIE OF THE DAY -- August 2nd

http://www.homeschoolfreebie.wholesomechildhood.com/
This one is for Homeschool Moms. It's about time management

FREE Frosty at Wendy's

Also at the Lowe's Building Workshop for kids, they are offer a FREE coupon for a FREE Jr. Frosty at Wendy's! **While supplies last**

Lowe's Building Workshop for Kids

2 times a month, Lowe's holds a building workshop for kids. They will provide your children with a package containing the project that is to be built, a hammer, goggles, apron, a certificate stating that they did the project and a patch that can be sewed on. (One of my daughters likes for me to sew her patch onto her apron so she can keep track of what she had made).

Everything is theirs to keep EXCEPT for the hammer. If you cannot stay and build, you can stop by and pick up the packs so they can build them at home. Also you can check the your local store to see if they do happen to have left over packages from other projects that you can have for FREE. Sometimes they have extras and sometimes they don't.

But if you are interested in purchasing a building project for your children, you can buy them here: http://www.lowes.com/pl_Kid%27s+Building+Kits_4294825296_4294937087_

The kits are $5.98. I am not sure on the price of shipping, but they do offer free shipping if you purchase more than $49.

Sign up for Subway's Random Acts of Fitness

http://www.subwaykids.com/grownups/classroom/RandomActsOfFitness.aspx?rdr=SK:RAFKeblastsignup2010:signupform

You will receive a spiriled book that has a calendar of the year and on each day there are suggestions on what to do that day. There are also questions and lots of educational and fitness questions, quizes, and puzzles for your students to do.

Tennessee’s fifth annual sales tax holiday

Tennessee’s fifth annual sales tax holiday set for Friday, Aug. 6 through Sunday, Aug. 8.
With no taxes, shoppers can save nearly 10 percent on clothing, school and art supplies and computers that weekend. Many retailers also are offering additional sales for the weekend.
During the designated three-day weekend, shoppers will not pay state or local sales tax on select clothing with a price of $100 or less per item, school and art supplies with a price of $100 or less per item and computers with a price of $1,500 or less.

Visit the sales tax holiday website at www.tntaxholiday.com to learn more about the items exempt from sales tax. A Facebook page dedicated to the sales tax holiday is located at www.facebook.com/tntaxholiday.
The Tennessee Department of Revenue also assists consumers through its toll-free statewide telephone hotline, 800-342-1003. Nashville area callers should dial 615-253-0600. Staff is available to answer questions Monday through Friday 7 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Here is a list of example items that are eligible for the sales tax exemption:

• Clothing: Shirts, dresses, pants, coats, gloves and mittens, hats and caps, hosiery, neckties, belts, sneakers, shoes, uniforms whether athletic or non-athletic and scarves

• School Supplies: Binders, book bags, calculators, tape, chalk, crayons, erasers, folders, glue, pens, pencils, lunch boxes, notebooks, paper, rulers and scissors}

• Art Supplies: Clay and glazes; acrylic, tempera and oil paints; paintbrushes for artwork; sketch and drawing pads; and watercolors

• Computers: Central processing unit (CPU), along with various other components including monitor, keyboard, mouse, cables to connect components and preloaded software (Note: While the CPU may be purchased separately, other items must be part of a bundled computer package in order to be eligible.)

http://www.murfreesboropost.com/the-edge-panda-express-expands-homes-affordable-cms-23829

How to Create Lapbooks

I know that you have probably read over and over again on the net about lapbooks. These are just simply books that you put together using file folders or construction paper. Here is an explanation and examples and how you can create some for your children/students.

http://www.ehow.com/how_4601256_make-a-lapbook.html

PBS Newsletter 7/18/2010

Go Behind the Scenes at the Circus
Learn about the daily challenges and nightly thrills of actual jobs in the circus as CIRCUS brings viewers backstage in the big top of the Big Apple Circus. In this multi-part series, meet the clowns, tightrope walkers, trapeze artists, and animal trainers as well as musicians, cooks, teachers, and even clergy who make up the traveling city.
Watch the sneak preview of CIRCUS on July 18.
CIRCUS will air Wednesdays, November 3-17 at 9pm ET.
http://www.pbs.org/opb/circus/

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Design Squad Contest Seeks Kids’ Recyclable Ideas
PBS' engineering competition series Design Squad is offering kids a chance to get in on the action. The 2010 Trash to Treasure Competition challenges kids ages 5 to 19 to take everyday discarded or recycled materials and re-engineer them into functional products. Three winners will win a trip to Boston to see their designs built and will appear on the TV show and Web site. 25 finalists will also be featured on the Web site. Find out more and enter online by September 5, 2010.
http://pbskids.org/designsquad/contest/index.html

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Three-Minute Film Contest Welcomes Young Filmmakers
AdLit.org and Reading Rockets are sponsoring The Exquisite PromptWrite It, Film It Video Contest for aspiring filmmakers ages 7 to 18. Using idea prompts conceived by popular writers such as Jon Scieszka, Katherine Patterson, and Lemony Snicket, kids will write and direct and maybe even star in short films in a variety of genres. Prizes include a video camera, book and DVD collections, and movie tickets. The deadline for submissions is August 13. Learn more at
http://www.readingrockets.org/books/fun/exquisiteprompt/video.


Reproduction of PBS Teacher Previews is permitted with proper credit given to PBS Online. Copyright 2010

Careers choices

http://www.kids.gov/6_8/6_8_careers.shtml

Here is a large list of various careers that your child may be interested in. Just find the field, which is listed in alphabetical order, and click the link. It will then direct you to more information about the subject.

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For an example, one of my daughters is wanting to be a vet, which she has wanted to be forever, so if you scroll down toward the end of the page you will see Animal Doc http://www.vet.uga.edu/vpp/animaldoc/index.php
This site is designed for kids and answers animal questions that you child may have. Such as

• Why do dogs act the way that they do?.
• How do animals get worms?
• Facts about sheep
• How do they operate on horses?

I also have another daughter that wants to be a Fashion Designer, so I clicked on the title and went to http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos291.htm
This site lists all of the qualifications that she will need.

Career and WorkForce Videos

http://www.acinet.org/videos/COS_videos.asp?nodeid=27

There are some FREE career oriented videos here that can help your child learn what are needed and what are done in various workforce jobs.It is hosted by America's Career InfoNet.They have nearly 500+ videos in English and over 300 videos in Spanish.

Homeschool Attendance Calendars

http://donnayoung.org/calendars/calendars.htm
Since schooling for us is about a month or so away, I went ahead and printed out my calendar that I use for keeping attendance. I print out 4 copies. Three of them for each one of my children, which gets turned in to the Board of Education, which we are signed up with. And the last one is my copy. At the end of the year, I always put it in the binder that contains all of my lesson plan sheets for that year.

**I create lesson plan sheets for each one of my children, each a week's worth of work. After the week is done, I put the sheets in a binder with the year (so I can keep track just in case someone wants to know what we do), and I keep them seperated by using dividers.**

Computer Science Unplugged

http://csunplugged.org/

Download a FREE book of lessons on how to teach computer science without having to use a computer

Free Homeschool ID Card

I made some ID cards for my kids by using Paint Shop Pro and a cheap digital camera from Wal-Mart. I saved the blanks into an online photo album. So, you can just print this one out and handwrite everything in, or save it to your computer and use your program to put everything in.