Annotated Resource List (OUTER SPACE)

Children’s Literature:

Website Resources:

Teachers Pay Teachers

Pumpkin Theme Worksheets & Teaching Resources. (n.d.). Retrieved October 17, 2020, from https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Browse/Search:pumpkin theme

Browse free pumpkin resources on Teachers Pay Teachers, a marketplace trusted by millions of teachers for original educational resources. ... Pumpkin Smash is a quick simple game from Games 4 Learning that will really get your students thinking! Claiming to be the world’s most popular marketplace for teachers, TPT not only provides thousands of resources, it allows teacher to share their knowledge with their colleagues and make money doing it.

Seesaw

Remote Learning with Seesaw - Guide for Teachers. (n.d.). Retrieved October 17, 2020, from https://web.seesaw.me/remote-learning-for-teachers

Meaningful learning can happen anywhere. We’re here to support students, teachers, and families with remote learning. Students use built-in annotation tools to capture what they know in Seesaw’s digital portfolio. Teachers deeply understand student thinking and progress — enabling them to teach better.

Kindergarten Chaos

Says, R., Rebecca, Says, A., Abbie, Says, D., & Decker, D. (2017, October 23). Pumpkin Activities for the Kindergarten Classroom. Retrieved October 21, 2020, from http://kindergartenchaos.com/pumpkin-activities-kindergarten-classroom/

I love this time of year! I always do a unit of apples in September and a unit of pumpkins in October. I enjoy teaching these units, since it is something almost all kindergartners have experience with and it is easy for me to cross curricular. Both of these units are perfect for labeling, informative writing, science experiments, and taste testing!

Pumpkin Theme Preschool Activities

Dees, K. (2020, September 21). Pumpkin Theme Preschool Activities. Retrieved October 19, 2020, from https://www.fantasticfunandlearning.com/pumpkin-theme-preschool-activities.html

Pumpkins can provide so many fun hands-on learning opportunities in the classroom and even at home. From process art, to math and science investigations, and some sensory play, the possibilities can certainly fill a whole season! Here are some fabulous pumpkin theme preschool activities for planning your preschool pumpkin theme. Most of these activities are designed for kids ages 3 through 5, but many can be modified for younger and older kids as well.

Teacher Background Knowledge:

Math   //. (n.d.). Retrieved October 21, 2020, from https://www.georgiastandards.org/Georgia-Standards/Pages/Math.aspx

GaDOE is using a new technical specification by the IMS Global Learning Consortium (IMS Global) called the Competency and Academic Standards Exchange (CASE) to enable a machine readable, linked data versions of state standards. With CASE, open-educational resources can be more easily tagged and discovered. Districts and individual educators can build crosswalks to their local learning targets, organize assessment results, and discover content through these crosswalks. The CASE format enables teaching, learning, and assessment software systems to access or consume competency frameworks and crosswalks.

ELA   //. (n.d.). Retrieved October 21, 2020, from https://www.georgiastandards.org/Georgia-Standards/Pages/ELA.aspx

On this page, you will find the revised ELA Standards K – 12 with glossary, a link to Striving Reader resources, links to join the ELA Listserv, the most recent editions of the ELA Reporter, and Professional Learning Webinars. Within the pages of the revised GSO website, you will also find updated planning templates and curriculum maps for each ELA grade and course. There is also an updated Guidance document for “Things to Consider” When Developing K-12 reading lists. It is important to note that the ELA team is currently working to revise and update the grade-level Teacher Guidance documents.

Science   //. (n.d.). Retrieved October 20, 2020, from https://www.georgiastandards.org/Georgia-Standards/Pages/Science.aspx

On June 9, 2016, the State Board of Education approved the K-12 Georgia Standards of Excellence (GSE) for Science. The K-12 Science GSE will be implemented during the 2017-2018 school year following a full year of teacher training. On July 18, 2019, the State Board of Education approved the Georgia Standards of Excellence (GSE) for the following high school science courses: Astronomy, Botany, Ecology, Entomology, Epidemiology, Forensic Science, Geology, Human Anatomy & Physiology, Meteorology, Microbiology, Oceanography, and Zoology.