Congratulations to Thad and Amanda Jones on the purchase of Breathitt County’s Tiny House. It was a pleasure to meet you both and I know you will enjoy this home for many years to come.

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Here are some pictures of our Tiny House for 2019-2020, Good bunch of kids!

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Construction has started on tiny house number 4 in Knott County. Things are progressing quickly at this point.

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We are getting started on our 4th Tiny House at Phelps this year. We have our subfloor down and are ordering the framing package today. Looking forward to seeing everyone at the fall summit.

Lee County ATC begins Tiny House #4

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Hey, KVEC Social Studies – check out our first mini-cast for our Holler!

https://youtu.be/gOESeRAFTm8

Imagination library brings the love of reading to our little ones 💕

https://www.twitch.tv/thehollergaming
Hey y’all, check out the Holler stream on Thursday and Friday afternoon! Go ahead and hit that heart button on the twitch page so you can be alerted when we go live.

Here’s how we celebrated Pi Day this year in 1st Grade. This was my first time celebrating this day, so I’m sure next year will be even better.

A lesson video I posted to teachertube on how we celebrated the 100th day of school this year! (a little late, but better late than never…)

The understanding of exponents can be a tricky concept to teach mainly because the amount of rules that go along with it. To make it easier and a bit more exciting for my students I gave them the option to do a parody song to get a better understanding of exponents. This assignment alone has been something that my Algebra 1 students bring up…Read More

We’re reviewing patterns and pattern types! My students love using manipulatives to show their understanding

My students are currently using ProdigyGame.com. Prodigy Game is an online gaming website for students K-8. This website is contains Math content that is aligned with the Common Core Curriculum for each state. Students are able to practice numerous state standards through game play. Teacher are able to assign standards and content that are taught…Read More

I use these assessments during each unit! There are multiple choice and free response questions available. Enjoy…oh, they are for 4th grade!!!!

Bringing toilet paper back to the classroom! My students are using toilet paper squares to model percents of a whole number. Each student is given 10 connected squares of toilet paper along with some counters used to model each whole number. Guided the students in a whole class setting, asking the right questions will lead them to each square…Read More

A great resource I have found to apply mathematical thinking is The Stock Market Game. http://www.stockmarketgame.org They have lessons to help you and your students understand stocks and all the math that goes along with it. They even break it down to grade levels 4-5, 6-8 and 9-12. If you are looking for an authentic way to analyze data or practice…Read More

My son enjoys his books he receives in Imagination Library. It is a great program.

Children have been using their new tablets to code and make stories on PBS scratch Jr. They have learned about plot,setting and characters. We are still looking for an awesome coding app that is age appropriate that focuses on letter identification and phonics.

Here’s a video of my first graders using Fact Families to learn about the commutative property of addition and subtraction.

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A video of my first graders discovering all the ways to make 10 using 2-sided counters.

Students worked with a partner and chose from three cookie recipes. They chose the cookie that wanted to make. They had directions to follow: go shopping for the ingredients, calculate the amount of each ingredient they would need, and how much they would cost to make. We plan a culminating event where students actually bring in their cookie,…Read More

One of the new additions to my room this year has been white boards around the walls!!! Talk about one excited math teacher!!! The past few weeks we have been using the boards during partner work and problem solving. They love working together and I can assess while they are working right in front of me! I love it!!!

A good review activity to get everyone back in the swing after a long break. Musical partners

Two days before thanksgiving break calls for robot and coding exploration. Stayed tuned for updated math lessons with dash and dot!!! FYI these can be found on amazon for a cheaper price….I may can help you out with some lesson ideas if you’re interested as well!!!

Here is another solving equation activity that I created. This one is involves multi-step equations including equations whose solution is no solution and infinite solution. This activity has a little more teacher prep involved. I always print this document on card stock/ and or laminate it so I can reuse it year after year. I also cut out the…Read More

Here is a scavenger hunt that I use when reviewing equations with 8th grade. I post these cards around the room in a random order. I usually have my students work in groups of 2 but not more than 3. They start at any card and complete the question. That answer leads them to another card with another question. There are letters in each card at…Read More

I know I’m late on posting but this Halloween activity could also be used for thanksgiving or Christmas as well. We had a mini lesson on 2D shapes discussing the attributes and characteristics and they had to use that information to create a geometric Halloween figure. It really opened my eyes at how many misconceptions they had and how this…Read More

hi guys from PES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The Breathitt ATC Tiny House is coming along great! We have ordered the first round of materials and have the subfloor in place and bolted to the trailer. The walls should be going up in the next few days!

Come on out to the Fire Summit on Wednesday and hear eight presentations from schools building our next Tiny Houses!

Hey guys…..my name is Elisha Lewis and I would like to share an awesome way to get your students thinking and asking questions about MATH!!! If you haven’t heard about QFT, it stands for question formulation technique. These are all of my Q focuses that I have used for 3rd and 4th grade thus far. I will update my list as the year goes on.…Read More

I really recommend everyone checking out the Imagination Library Kentucky Pilot Projects. Get involved! Promote reading, learning, creating and sharing every chance you get! I’ve also got some really, really cool news coming up for the fall. Stay tuned… things are going to get very very interesting!

Hope everyone is enjoying their summer! We have some really neat things coming up for when you return from summer break. Can’t wait to share those with you!

Hope everyone is looking forward to their summer break (those still waiting, have faith). We might have some exciting new opportunities coming up in the near future. Please be sure to check the Art Gallery Workshop Holler often so you can stay up to date.

PULL your files from the dropbox folder this week! Below is the link. Visit the folder and copy and paste YOUR book’s files. Please DO NOT erase the files in these folders! Minuteman Press has the files on hand, but these are for your records.

Here’s the link. Simply look in the folder for your book and save the files to your computer. You may…Read More

I am so proud of ALL the students that participated in the book publishing project for KVEC (Project Prevent Grant). You all did such an outstanding job! Please remember to send out request for signing at local libraries in your area! As well as businesses too! Promote your work by sending press releases out to the newspapers. Please always be…Read More

Great job on the videos and they are very useful. This process is very scary for those who are just getting started, but it is interesting to see these steps come to reality. Good Luck to all of the young men and women who are just getting started with their new business.

ATTENTION! VERY IMPORTANT INFORMATION!

Hello everyone. We won’t be going live tomorrow morning due to Johnson County having to cancel school for the rest of the week due to illnesses. Please keep the teachers and students of Johnson County in your thoughts and/or prayers.

We will have session 3 tomorrow, but I will be recording the session from…Read More