Southern Fried Teachin'

Learning about explorers? Here’s a list of activities that would be perfect to add to your explorer curriculum. EXPLORER JOURNAL Every good explorer has a journal, right? Fleece Fun has a great free printable explorer journal, and there are several ways you could use it. Go on your own exploration adventure and write your thoughts and discoveries, use it as… Read More

In my classroom I loved using an economy system for behavior. Of course a perfect world would consist of students making good choices and doing their best simply because it’s the right thing to do. Oh, how I wish. Teaching would be SO much easier if that was the case. But we’re in the real world where students don’t do… Read More

Have you ever heard of puzzle scrambles? If not, have I got a treat for you! I was introduced to this critical thinking puzzle scrambles many years ago and have loved using them in the classroom. My students enjoyed them so much that I figured out new ways to use them. Critical thinking is imbedded in each puzzle. Because puzzle… Read More

I don’t know what it is about adding dice to an activity in the classroom, but anytime I brought the dice out my students went nuts. So I created these fun dice activities to do in math. My students needed as much practice in problem solving as they could get, and the dice made it fun…more like a game than… Read More

Are you looking for a free and easy way for your students to spread some Coronavirus kindness and cheer? I created these “Kindness Kards” to kids to color in and share with others. They would be PERFECT to share with elderly and nursing home residents in the area especially since everyone has to be quarantined. They would also be perfect… Read More

Several years ago I shared a super easy critical thinking strategy. You can check it out HERE. I LOVE this strategy. You can use it in ANY subject and any grade. Seriously! Today I’m going to share how I use it in science. Basically you give your students 4 ideas, concepts, vocabulary words, people, etc, and they have to figure… Read More

I’m not currently in the classroom, but I remember spending hours looking for activities for our next unit. And I also remember being overwhelmed because of everything on my plate. So I’m here to help you out! I’m going to do these “round up” blog posts where I find engaging activities on a concept for you to use in your… Read More