Thursday, May 29, 2014

Centurion (2010)

Written and directed by Neil Marshall, Centurion seizes upon the legend of Rome's Ninth Legion, believed for centuries to have been lost to the Picts of ancient Scotland. The story begins with the decimation of the Ninth Legion, then follows a small group of Roman survivors as they try to escape their native enemies. The big problem for history teachers is that there is no evidence for any of this. On the contrary, archaeologists working in Germany have discovered evidence of the Ninth Legion along the Rhine River years after this story, indicating that the legion was relocated rather than wiped out. Continue reading...



Friday, May 16, 2014

New Stuff for May

Whether you're capping off the end of the year, or getting things together to keep the kids busy and learning over summer vacation, we've got plenty of new items for you. Here's a sampling:

Five Parts of a Story - Worksheet asks students to describe the five basic parts of a story in their own words.

Comma Catastrophe Worksheet #1 - Students are tasked to rewrite seven sentences, adding commas where necessary; grade 5.

Sort by A Sound Worksheet - Students sort sixteen terms by long a or short a sound; for kindergarten.

Social Media Madness Worksheet #1 - Worksheet contains six actual, awful posts that individuals published on social media sites, which students are asked to properly rewrite; grades 9-12.

Amazing Adjectives Worksheet - Students select and circle adjectives from 36 given words; for grades K-2.

Christopher Columbus Mini-Unit Workbook - This is designed for students in grades 2-4, depending upon individual reading level. This workbook is ten pages in length, and includes work in history/social studies, spelling, handwriting, vocabulary, and reading comprehension. Informational text for Common Core.

Capitalization Worksheet - Students are tasked to rewrite six sentences using correct capitalization; kindergarten.

Action Verbs Activity Cards - Printable action verb cards and instructions for a fun learning activity; kindergarten (CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.K.5.D).

Adjective Writing Worksheet - Handwriting and spelling worksheet featuring the terms: amazing, extraordinary, fantastic, spectacular, stupendous, and wonderful (CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.1.1.F).