Curriculum Solution Center
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My experiences in education vary and I have worn many hats in the field including teacher (PreK, Middle School, and long-term Elementary sub), parent educator, professional development provider, school consultant, anti-bullying specialist, handwriting specialist, grant writer, curriculum writer, and researcher. Right now I am the owner and director of Curriculum Solution Center where I focus on creating quality professional development for teachers as well as curriculum and assessment services for schools.
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Kindergarten Readiness Checklist EDITABLE! {Checklist Social, Academic, Motor}
This basic, simple checklist allows you to track major milestones for 4 year olds as they approach kindergarten. Can also be used for students entering kindergarten to assess current levels of development.
This file is provided in WORD so that you can EDIT the checklist as needed to meet your curriculum and student needs!
Skills Assessed:
•Social Interactions
•Independent Behaviors
•Fine Motor Abilities
•Gross Motor Abilities
•Name Recognition
•Name Writing
PreK - K
English Language Arts, Math
Sorting Placemats and Manipulatives Printables {Shapes, Colors, Sizes, FREE}
Product Description:
This printable pack gives you three different sorting placemats as well as printable templates that you can cut out manipulatives from. Printables are provided in both color and black and white.
Provide students with a set of manipulatives and all three sorting placemats. Have the students sort the manipulatives on each placemat, emphasizing that each placemat uses a different “sorting rule.” Students can sort by color, shape, or size.
The placemats make great center acti
PreK - K
Geometry, Math, Other (Math)
CCSS
K.G.A.1
, K.G.A.2
, K.G.A.3
+1
5 Minute Demonstrations about the Effects of Bullying {6 mini-lessons}
These 6 brief, engaging lessons allow students to make connections between an interactive demonstration and the real issues of bullying and aggression that they often confront in their daily lives.
The demonstration itself, and the connection (explanation) that are described in this document are designed to increase student awareness and serve as a springboard for fully and completely addressing bullying and aggression.
Topics Include:
~ How does bullying effect self-esteem?
~ How does gossi
3rd - 8th
Character Education, School Psychology
Shapes All Around Us: A Digital Photography Lesson for PreK - Kindergarten
This lesson is intended for PreK-Kindergarten students to build and expand upon their knowledge of shapes. Instead of the usual method of showing the class a shape, pointing out its attributes and finally naming the shape, this series of lessons allows students discover the attribute of shapes and classify them on their own.
Prior to start these activities, it is extremely helpful to read books by photographer Tana Hoban. These books focus on finding shapes in everyday settings.
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Lesson
PreK - K
Geometry, Math, Visual Arts
Our Class Tree: A Year Long Portfolio Project {Science, Printing, Assessment}
This project has students draw a tree on the school property each month throughout the course of a year and write their name on the page. The drawings and handwriting are assessed monthly using the included progress log as a year long portfolio project.
In addition to the basic lesson plan are resources such as:
~ A parent introduction letter to the project
~ Assessment rubric
~ Post-assessment reflection
~ Additional tree-themed activities
~ Recommended picture books about trees.
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PreK - 1st
General Science, Handwriting, Other (Arts)
CCSS
W.K.2
, W.1.2
Empathy Building Games using Student Photos {Feelings, Emotions, Moods}
These fun, quick games can help students with developing emotional literacy (the ability to name emotions in myself and others) as a key stepping stone to developing empathy (an understanding of the thoughts, feelings, wants, and needs of others.
Included in this lesson are:
~ An overview of the development of empathy in children
~ Instructions on how to take photos of students portraying different emotions
~ Descriptions of 5 different games that you can play with students to build emotional
PreK - 1st
Character Education
Creating Inquiry-Based Science Learning Centers (Planning Tools)
An effective science learning center is not simply a touch table or a pre-packaged kit. It an experience, an opportunity, a jumping off point for children to make sense of something and learn. This product walks you through how to create a science learning center that drives children to ask questions and then seek their own answers. Advice is also included for journaling with young chidlren.
This product includes the following:
- Brief overview of inquiry-based learning and natural inquiry
- W
PreK - 1st
Basic Principles, General Science, Science
Snowflake Bentley: Mini-Unit Math, ELA, Science, and Art
Students get the opportunity to read about Wilson A. Bentley, the man who
pioneered microscopic photography and studied snowflakes. Students explore his
photography, and learn about snowflakes through this mini-unit idea guide infusing literature (nonfiction and biography), science, math, and art activities.
PreK - 3rd
General Science, Geometry, Informational Text
CCSS
K.G.B.4
, 1.G.A.1
, 2.G.A.1
+12
Game On! 24 Board Games to Teach Early Math Skills {Centers, File Folder Games}
This product includes 5 printable game board templates in addition to instructions for 24 simple board games that teach the following skills:
• Counting On / Moving On
• 1-to-1 correspondence
• Color Identification
• Subitizing
• Numeral Identification
• Addition
• Subtraction
• Inequalities
• Probability
• Geometry
• Algebraic Thinking
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PreK - 2nd
Basic Operations, Math, Numbers
CCSS
K.CC.A.1
, K.CC.A.2
, K.CC.A.3
+18
Demolition STEM {Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics; Project; Center}
Usually STEM projects are all about students building and creating to show a finished product. Here, the goal is all about how that creation comes tumbling down! Explore the science of demolition and then test different techniques in destruction.
The best STEM is open ended and student led, so after introducing the materials, you can let the students design their own experiments, or you can use the materials in a more structured way. Included in this project pack are:
• Engineering design proc
3rd - 6th
Engineering, Physics, Science
Easy Observation Checkbrics: Student Milestone Tracking Tools EDITABLE!
In Great Performances: Creating Classroom Based-Assessment Tasks (ASCD, 1998), Lewin and Shoemaker describe what they call, “The World’s First Checkbric.” It’s a scoring system that uses a checklist to note that all elements of a student’s work are completed, but combines values assigned to leveled descriptors as in a rubric.
This product takes the idea of a checkbric and turns it into an essential tool for recording observational data for the early childhood and primary classroom.
A checkbr
PreK - 3rd
For All Subjects
Science and Inquiry Center Printables: Learning Center Record and Hypothesis
This product includes three printables that can be used in an science or inquiry learning center within the early childhood or primary grades classrooms.
Information sheets on helping children develop inquiry questions and writing hypotheses are also included.
Printables included are:
• Learning Center Record (drawing)
• Learning Center Record (writing)
• My Hypothesis (writing)
PreK - 3rd
Basic Principles, General Science, Science
Snow Science
Students conduct an observation experiment where they compare how quickly snow melts with and without an additive to snow with sea salt and snow with magnesium chloride pellets (snow melt / rock salt). This lesson uses and defines the following vocabulary in the scientific method: control, variable, time interval, hypothesis, observation, and data.
K - 3rd
Environment, General Science, Science
CCSS
2.MD.D.9
, 2.MD.D.10
, 3.MD.A.1
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100 Ideas for the 100th Day of School
A list of 100 ideas to help boost your 100th day celebration!
Activities are in the following areas:
• Classroom Decorations / Attire
• Gross Motor and Games
• Art
• Snack
• Science
• Mathematics
• English / Language Arts
• Social Studies / Community
• Books to Read
• Apps / Ebooks / Online Games
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PreK - 5th
Classroom Community, For All Subjects
How I Learned it Log {Metacognition, Tracking, Goal Setting, Strategy Use}
This worksheet puts students in control of their metacognitive processes. Use this form to periodically “check-in” with your students about what they are learning. In my middle-school classroom, we did this at the end of every week. I asked the students to think of one thing that they learned over the course of the week, and then write about how they learned it.
Note, the skill or topic that is listed does not have to be anything academic – it can be learning to shoot a lay-up, learning how to
4th - 8th
For All Subjects, School Counseling
Handwriting Capacity Assessment {Screening, PreK, Preschool, Grasp}
This tool does not assess the actual handwriting of a student. It assesses handwriting capacity: the ability to learn handwriting and develop the skills necessary for beginning printing.
This tool allows the teacher to observe a student as he/she completes a task and record the following items:
• Grasp: How does the student hold the pencil (or crayon/ marker / writing tool)?
• Movement: How does a student progress as he/she moves the tool across the page?
• Strokes: What marks does the child m
PreK - K
Handwriting
Practice Clock Printable (with additional Cutting and Tracing Practice)
Template for an easy to assemble practice clock. Includes: ~ Clock printable page (just cut out and attach hands) ~ Clock printable for tracing and cutting practice (Cut out a large circle template and trace it around the numbers; then attach the hands) All you need: scissors and brad clips See more from Curriculum Solution Center in our store!
PreK - 3rd
Basic Operations, Numbers, Other (Math)
CCSS
1.MD.B.3
, 2.MD.C.7
, 3.MD.A.1
Wiggly Worms Learning Center: Science, Mathematics, ELA Integration
Allow children an opportunity explore with wiggling worms! Build a worm habitat and observe worms with your senses. Then, use worms for both standard and non-standard measurement tasks as well as a writing activity. Printable worksheets are included for science observation, math activity, and ELA activity.
Objectives
• Given various materials in the inquiry center, children will explore worms and their habitats.
•Children will document observations at developmentally appropriate levels using t
PreK - 1st
Biology, Creative Writing, Measurement
CCSS
K.MD.A.1
, W.K.3
, W.1.3
Properties of Air Learning Center: Science Inquiry Activity Pack
This activity pack walks through the creating of a learning center about the properties of air. Lists of materials are provided as well as procedures for setting activities up for child-directed or teacher-led facilitation.
Included in this product are:
• Objectives
• Materials
• Safety Information
• Child Directed Inquiry Options
• Teach Led Experimentation Options
• Setup Information
• Probing Questions
• Asking inquiry information sheet
• Creating a hypothesis information sheet
• Learning C
PreK - 1st
Basic Principles, General Science, Science
Where in the World: Tracking Current Events
This ongoing project can help students track current events and news "hot spots" around the world with this ongoing, weekly assignment. Students may choose any article from a newspaper, magazine, or reputable website at the discretion of the teacher.
Once students have read their article, they fill out an index card with information about the article and then file the card. Using this filing system (instructions included), students also create a corresponding labeled pin on a world map and the
5th - 12th
Geography, Informational Text
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About the store
Experience
My experiences in education vary and I have worn many hats in the field including teacher (PreK, Middle School, and long-term Elementary sub), parent educator, professional development provider, school consultant, anti-bullying specialist, handwriting specialist, grant writer, curriculum writer, and researcher. Right now I am the owner and director of Curriculum Solution Center where I focus on creating quality professional development for teachers as well as curriculum and assessment services for schools.
Teaching style
Constructivist, experiential, inquiry based, thematic, project based
Awards & shining teacher moments
Gannon University Graduate Studies Award for Excellence in Education
My own education history
M.Ed. Curriculum and Instruction (Gannon University),
B.A. Elementary Education (Mercyhurst University)
Childcare Administration - Director's Credential (Point Park University)
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