In the News: Flamingo Spotting!
Wildlife officials in south Texas spotted a flamingo. It’s a rare sighting as flamingos are not native to the United States. This flamingo has a name, Number 492, and went missing from a zoo in the state of Kansas...
The 2018 Tour de France began on July 7th and ends on July 29th. It's considered the world's biggest and most exciting bicycling race. Athletes competing in the race will travel approximately 3351K ( 2082 miles) during the 22 day race...
JUNE IS BRAIN AWARENESS MONTH - COOL BRAIN FACTOIDS!
The brain is made up of five main parts: the brain stem, pituitary gland, hypothalamus, cerebellum, and the cerebrum. Learn some cool facts about your brain!
Share these facts...
Perhaps, you may find this of interest to use with students as a possible reading passage and/or interactive notebook activity.
Using the News in the Classroom:
An unusual climber scaled a 25 story building in Minnesota. It was a raccoon! The...
Founded in 1948 by Kim II-Sung, North Korea is officially called the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. About the size of the state of Pennsylvania, it has been nicknamed the Hermit Kingdom because it is a country that few from the outside world...
World Cup 2018 June 14-July 15th
The Global Game
What is the World Cup? The actual term is the FIFA World Cup. FIFA stands for Federation Internationale de Football Association. Held every four years, the championship started in 1930...
Wishing those of you who are now on Summer Break a very relaxing time. As someone that taught for 33 1/2 years, the very first FULL day of vacation was always the beginning of possibilities of things to do that I didn't get to do during the...
You are sitting in a restaurant and a server brings over a glass of water and drops a plastic straw next to the glass. Any idea how many plastic straws are thrown away in the USA every day? It is estimated the number is 500 million(yes, a day)....
Check out my latest article, "Art for the Sea", in the current issue of Highlights for Children. All of Angela Pozzi's amazing art sculptures were created from plastics that washed ashore along the cost of Oregon. This article would be a great...
Flag Day (June 14th) is a day to honor the flag of the United States.
Use these Flag Facts with your students as a possible Interactive Notebook Activity:
Fun Flag Facts:
1. A vexillologist is someone that studies flags!
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