by Emily Starr | Feb 26, 2020 | Behind the Scenes of StarrMatica
Hi! I’m Sarah and I am a writer for StarrMatica. Writing for kids is a passion of mine I developed at my first job out of college with National Geographic KIDS magazine. Prior to that point, I had visions of working for a fashion magazine. But I soon realized writing...
by Emily Starr | Feb 12, 2020 | Phenomenon Examples
4-PS3-1 Use evidence to construct an explanation relating the speed of an object to the energy of that object. If you are teaching the Next Generation Science Standards and are looking for phenomena ideas, you’ve come to the right place! I like to think about...
by Emily Starr | Jan 24, 2020 | Behind the Scenes of StarrMatica
Since StarrMatica is a teacher-owned company, we would like to introduce one of our team members whose commitment to educational texts helps to make us who we are today. Shannon McElroy is one of our writers who creates comprehension supports and Common Core aligned...
by Emily Starr | Jan 15, 2020 | Behind the Scenes of StarrMatica
My favorite movie of all time is “The Wizard of Oz.” As a little girl, I used to dress up like Dorothy and watch a VHS tape of the movie my parents recorded when it aired on television. If you’ve seen the movie, you know that near the end, Toto pulls back the...
by Emily Starr | Jan 8, 2020 | Lesson Ideas and Teaching Tips
3-PS2-3 Ask questions to determine cause and effect relationships of electric or magnetic interactions between two objects not in contact with each other. As we create informational texts for each of the Next Generation Science Standards, there are tons of amazing,...
