Lessons and Ideas

At Flocabulary, there's one resource we could never live without: teachers. Our teachers are always inspiring us with the new and creative ways they implement Flocabulary in their classrooms. Here is a unique and super fun lesson plan that comes to us from Yvonne Maisel of Wake County Public Schools in NC. [jwplayer file=http://flocabulary.s3.amazonaws.com/media/ecosystems-media.mp3 image=http://flocabulary.s3.amazonaws.com/images/ecosystems-image.jpg] For printable lyrics, a test and more, click here.  Teaching Ecosystems Through Music Grade Level: 3-5 1. Initiate and facilitate discussion regarding ecosystems using Flocabulary's "Ecosystems" song. Pause to discuss concepts such as food webs and animals that would live in various biomes 2. Review challenge questions and…

[jwplayer file=http://flocabulary.s3.amazonaws.com/media-jrev/18-years-in-rap-2014-media.mp4 image=http://flocabulary.s3.amazonaws.com/images-jrev/18-years-in-rap-2014-image.jpg]  Check out the lyrics and more. We're celebrating the Class of 2014 by calling off our usual Week in Rap... and replacing it with the top news stories from the last 18 years! Hey grads: We've got the biggest news from every year of your life. And for those of you who were born a little earlier, let's see how much you remember. Then, follow up the video with our trivia worksheet, or one of these easy-to-use Mini Lessons. They are listed in order of time required, from quickest to most involved. The Last 18 Years in Rap…

Assigning enjoyable summer reading titles can help keep those literary gears turning over vacation — and hopefully introduce kids to new favorite books. We've assembled a summer reading list for all grade levels based on various recommended reading lists. Give summer reading a multimedia twist by using Flocabulary videos to supplement! For each book, we handpicked a Flocabulary video that explores similar themes, so you can give your students a sneak peek and get them excited before they leave. Pre-K/K What Do You Do With a Tail Like This? By Steve Jenkins This 2004 Caldecott Honor Book takes us on…

Flocab had a great time last week meeting librarians at this year's Texas Library Association (TLA) conference. We learned a lot about the many duties of library media specialists! We want to celebrate their hard work, so we're writing a new song all about what they do. But for now, we'll let librarian Amy Fuller of Chapa Middle School (TX) explain what librarians do (and don't do!), in her own words: We recommend the perfect book for any and every reader. We facilitate book clubs. We give book talks. We host author visits. We teach research skills. We assist students with…