Tim Yoder

A group of 117 English men, women, and children landed on Roanoke Island off the coast of present-day North Carolina in August of 1587. Under the leadership of Gov. John White, houses were built, and what was intended to be a permanent colony was established. The first English child born on American soil, Virginia Dare, was born to John White’s daughter and son-in-law shortly after their arrival. After it became obvious that the colonists were unprepared for life in the New World, John White

After President John F. Kennedy was killed, President Lyndon B. Johnson established the Warren Commission to investigate the assassination. The Commission concluded that Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone in killing President Kennedy and that Jack Ruby acted alone when he killed Oswald. The findings of the Warren Commission turned out to be quite controversial. Another federal investigation into the Kennedy assassination was conducted in 1978 by the U.S. House Select Committee on Assassinations.

The end of the college basketball season comes, and March Madness takes over. Millions of people tackle the challenge of creating the perfect bracket by attempting to predict the winner of all 63 games in the tournament. How difficult can that be? (wink, wink) This slide show first delivers a mini-lesson on how to calculate the total number of possible outcomes of an event. It then goes through the mathematical process of how to arrive at the fact that there are 9.2 quintillion possibl

The U.S.S. Maine was a battleship that was sent to Havana Harbor in January, 1898, to protect American lives and property during the revolt of Cubans against the Spanish government. At 9:40 P.M. on February 15, 1898, an explosion ripped through the ship, killing 266 sailors. Later investigations showed that more than five tons of powder stored in the ship’s forward magazines (storage areas for ammunition and powder) ignited and destroyed the forward third of the ship. What was left of the ves

How to Keep Score in Bowling – A Real-life Application of Following Directions and Addition Skills Back in the “old days”, people who bowled at the bowling alley were given a paper score sheet, and it was up to them to keep score to determine the winner of the game. Today the scoring is all done by computer, and if one can read the numbers on a monitor, one can determine who won the game. Most young people today do not have a clue about how to keep score in bowling. This resource is designed t

On December 7, 1941, the Japanese Navy attacked the U.S. Pacific fleet at Pearl Harbor, killing or injuring over 3,500 U.S. personnel. Nineteen U.S. Navy ships and 350 planes were destroyed or damaged. After the attack, commanders Admiral Kimmel of the Navy and General Short of the Army were relieved of their positions at Pearl Harbor because they were totally unprepared for the surprise attack. In the years since this event, claims have been made that high U.S. government officials en

Common Core Checklists – Pre-K English/Language Arts and Math The Common Core State Standards were created for grades kindergarten through 12. In order to provide clear direction for early childhood professionals, in 2011 the New York State Board of Regents adopted pre-kindergarten standards that were aligned with the K-12 Common Core. It is believed that these standards will prepare students to meet the high standards expected of them in kindergarten. You don't have to be a pre-k teacher in

The sky went dark the morning of May 19, 1780, in New England. The darkness traveled quickly from the West and did not go away until the following day. At the time and in years following the event, many theories have been offered to explain the darkness. After receiving an overview of the situation, students working in groups form a hypothesis giving their explanation of the mysterious event. The students then receive three sets of clues, one set at a time, to help them solve the mystery.

Every math teacher knows that basic math fact fluency is critical to student success in any math procedure involving computation. The goal I have for my students is that they know the basic math facts on sight as well as they know the letters of the alphabet. After students have had ample time to practice the facts, I give an assessment to determine which students have mastered them. Those students who are not yet up to speed then begin participating in my weekly math fact plan. This plan

This resource includes 6 documents: - Checklist for all the ELA standards for fourth grade (Adobe Acrobat PDF) - Student roster form with a checklist column for each ELA standard (Adobe Acrobat PDF) - Editable student roster form with a checklist column for each ELA standard (Microsoft EXCEL 2010) - Checklist for all the MATH standards for fourth grade (Adobe Acrobat PDF) - Student roster form with a checklist column for each MATH standard (Adobe Acrobat PDF) - Editable student roster form with

This resource includes 9 documents: - Checklists for all the ELA standards for grades 6-8 (Adobe Acrobat PDF) - Student roster forms with a checklist column for each ELA standard for each grade level (Adobe Acrobat PDF) - Editable student roster forms with a checklist column for each ELA standard for each grade level(Microsoft EXCEL 2010) These checklists can be used to: - keep track of which standards you have taught and when you taught them - record notes about each standard - keep track of in

This resource contains a bank of math problems designed to compare the two teams playing in the 2026 Super Bowl – the New England Patriots and the Seattle Seahawks. It includes 120 math problems (and answers) that involve the following skills: - Subtracting to find how much greater than or less than - Adding to find the total - Multiplication of whole numbers - Division of whole numbers - Finding ratios - Percents - Finding the mean - Rounding to the nearest tenth - Rounding to the nearest hundr

It’s World Series Time!!! This resource contains a Bank of Math Problems designed to compare the Los Angeles, the Toronto Blue Jays, and their stadiums. It includes 120 math problems (and answers) that involve the following skills: - Finding and deciding what information to use from a chart - Calculating elapsed time in years - Subtracting to find how much greater than or less than - Adding to find the total - Multiplication of multi-digit whole numbers - Multiplication of price amounts -

These numbers on 15 different multi-colored 2-D and 3-D shapes can be used on the morning calendar to reinforce geometric shapes and to create patterns. The following shapes are included: triangle, square, rectangle, parallelogram, rhombus [non-square], trapezoid, pentagon, hexagon, octagon, circle, cylinder, cone, cube, rectangular prism [non-cube], and pyramid. The numbers and shapes are printed on 2.25 in. by 2.25 in. squares that are designed to be cut out and displayed on the daily spaces

This resource includes 6 documents: - Checklist for all the ELA standards for kindergarten (Adobe Acrobat PDF) - Student roster form with a checklist column for each ELA standard (Adobe Acrobat PDF) - Editable student roster form with a checklist column for each ELA standard (Microsoft EXCEL 2010) - Checklist for all the MATH standards for kindergarten (Adobe Acrobat PDF) - Student roster form with a checklist column for each MATH standard (Adobe Acrobat PDF) - Editable student roster form with

This resource includes 9 documents: - Checklists for all the MATH standards for grades 6-8 (Adobe Acrobat PDF) - Student roster forms with a checklist column for each MATH standard for each grade level (Adobe Acrobat PDF) - Editable student roster forms with a checklist column for each MATH standard for each grade level(Microsoft EXCEL 2010 ) These checklists can be used to: - keep track of which standards you have taught and when you taught them - record notes about each standard - keep track o

Amelia Earhart and her navigator, Fred Noonan, began their trip around the world on May 20, 1937, in a Lockheed Electra twin engine plane. Their trip began in Oakland, CA, and they arrived at Lae, Papua New Guinea, on June 29th. At 10:00 A.M. on July 2, Earhart and Noonan took off from Lae and began what was expected to be a 20-hour, 2,556 mile trip northeast to Howland Island, where their plane would be refueled. The U.S. Coast Guard cutter Itasca was waiting off the coast of the island. Its

This resource includes 6 documents: - Checklist for all the ELA standards for third grade (Adobe Acrobat PDF) - Student roster form with a checklist column for each ELA standard (Adobe Acrobat PDF) - Editable student roster form with a checklist column for each ELA standard (Microsoft EXCEL 2010) - Checklist for all the MATH standards for third grade (Adobe Acrobat PDF) - Student roster form with a checklist column for each MATH standard (Adobe Acrobat PDF) - Editable student roster form with a

This resource includes 6 documents: - Checklists for all the ELA standards for grades 9-12 (Adobe Acrobat PDF) - Student roster forms with a checklist column for each ELA standard for each grade level (Adobe Acrobat PDF) - Editable student roster forms with a checklist column for each ELA standard for each grade level(Microsoft EXCEL 2010) These checklists can be used to: - keep track of which standards you have taught and when you taught them - record notes about each standard - keep track of i

This resource includes 3 documents: - Checklist for all the Geometry Math Standards (Adobe Acrobat PDF) - Student roster form with a checklist column for each MATH standard (Adobe Acrobat PDF) - Editable student roster form with a checklist column for each MATH standard (Microsoft EXCEL 2010 ) These checklists can be used to: - keep track of which standards you have taught and when you taught them - record notes about each standard - keep track of individual student progress for progress reports