5/6/2015: Last Day of Teacher Appreciation Sale

There is a currently a sale of 20% EVERYTHING on my the Teachers Pay Teachers site on in celebration of Teacher Appreciation Day!

Choose from my wide array of original readers that cover a variety of topics, including science, math, literature and social studies.

5/1/2015: Happy May Day, and prepare for our Teacher Appreciation Days Sale May 5-6!

Happy May Day, I hope that you are enjoying spring!  Another thing to celebrate?  Teachers!  There will be a sale of 20% EVERYTHING on my the Teachers Pay Teachers site on May 5-6 in celebration of Teacher Appreciation Day!

Choose from my wide array of original readers that cover a variety of topics, including science, math, and social studies.

4/16/2015: Almost to Earth Day and San Jacinto Day!

April has been flying by, and we are now just days away from Earth Day and San Jacinto Day!  

My original reader Do Your Part to Save The Earth is a great addition to your lesson plan for Earth Day, or when your class is studying recycling and conserving resources! This third-grade level N reader combines reading activities and science concepts.

The battle that would decide the outcome of the Texas Revolution, The Battle of San Jacinto, was fought on April 21, 1836.  The Texans were led to victory by General Sam Houston against a Mexican army led by Santa Anna.  Santa Anna would soon sign a peace treaty that required the Mexican army to leave the land that would become the Republic of Texas, later the US state of Texas.    

Your class can learn more about this holiday and its history in my original 1st grade Level G reader San Jacinto Day

The San Jacinto Monument in Houston commemorates this battle.  It is the world's tallest monumental column and tallest war memorial.  My original 4th grade Level R reader “The San Jacinto Monument” will tell your class more interesting facts about this monument and the early history of Texas.

4/9/2015: Unofficial End to the U.S. Civil War

April 9 is celebrated as the unofficial end of the American Civil War.  On this date 150 years ago

Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered to Union General, and future U.S. president, Ulysses S. Grant.  Civil War history is filled with inspirational figures.

Have you talked about Harriet Tubman with your class?  You can learn more about this inspirational African-American woman with my original 6-page reader Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad

Your class will learn a number of interesting facts about Harriet Tubman, an African-American woman who helped slaves to freedom during the Civil War. This book is a third-grade level P reader and includes two accompanying worksheets.

Specific concepts, skills, and vocabulary targeted in this book are listed on the first page of the story. And the two worksheets which are included help to reinforce literacy skills involving reading, language, spelling, and writing.

3/31/2015: Anniversary of the First Official Map of the United States

Do you study geography with your class?  You may be interested to know that the first official map of the United States was published on March 31, 1784 by Abel Buell, a silversmith turned mapmaker. Buell published his map in the Connecticut Journal.  March 31 1784 was seven months after the Treaty of Paris had ended the American Revolutionary War.  Buell himself claimed that this map was “the first ever compiled, engraved, and finished by one man, and an American.”

My book original book Directions - First Grade Level I Reader is great for social studies or geography unit! This book is also included in First Grade Leveled Books: Level I – Set 1.  

My first grade Level C reader “A Map and a Globe” is also dedicated to geography.  it can be found in Social Studies Topics – Levels C – E. For higher grade level, the story “Finding the Mississippi – Using a Map and Globe” is included in my third grade level N – Set 1

3/17/2015: Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Happy St. Patrick's Day from Haven Hill Learning!

My original reader Shamrocks for St. Patrick's Day is a fun, informative book for St. Patrick's Day or a social studies unit on Ireland or holidays.

Also, your class can "go green" with my original reader Do Your Part to Save the Earth, a wonderful way to talk with your class about the important ways people can adapt their habits to help protect wildlife. It is accompanied by six pages of worksheets which reinforce literacy skills involving reading, language, spelling, and writing as well as science concepts. Your class can explore more science topics while building their reading skills in some of my other original readers, including the Leveled Book Series Nature & Science Topics – Leveled Books: Kindergarten Levels A/B, Nature & Science Topics – Leveled Books: First Grade Levels F/G and Nature & Science Topics – Leveled Books: First Grade Levels H/I.

3/16/2015: Amelia Earhart and Women's History Month

March is well under way, and I hope that you have been enjoying some interesting Women’s History Month lessons with your class. The official website http://womenshistorymonth.gov/ is full of engaging resources.  For example, your students can use the Smithsonian X 3D Explorer to take a virtual look at Amelia Earhart’s Flight Suit

Your class can also learn more about this ground-breaking female pilot in my reader “Amelia Earhart - Soaring High.”

March is the perfect time to share my collection of leveled readers Famous Women in History: Leveled Books for Grades 2 - 4 with your class.  This series includes books on eight notable American women, including Amelia Earhart, Clara Barton and Helen Keller.   My Teachers Pay Teachers site also includes individual readers on other remarkable women such as Eleanor Roosevelt and Sojourner Truth, among others.