tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-48442605484894190792024-02-20T18:28:24.147-08:00Adventures in Mrs. Martin's RoomThe look into the adventures of a First Grade class!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04806967581699312961noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4844260548489419079.post-63080956529351958112013-01-10T21:42:00.001-08:002013-01-10T21:53:58.584-08:00CH, H Brothers, and PenguinsOver break, I was deathly sick- so this is unfortunately the first opportunity to be able to update you on what we did before break. I must say, I am happy to be feeling all better and also to have my voice back! My husband loved that voiceless period....me though- not so much. :)<br />
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We learned all about the sounds of wh, ph, ch, sh, and th through the H Brothers. Each brother has an "h" in their first name, but their "h" each connects with a different letter to make a new sound. The kiddos loved learning about the 5 brothers: Whit, Phil, Charley, Shane, and Theo.<br />
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Each time we learn about a new H Brother, we read a story that I wrote which emphasizes the phonics sounds.<br />
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For that week, we learned about <u>Ch</u>arley, who imagines that he is a conductor on a train and is always saying "<u>Ch</u>oo! <u>Ch</u>oo!" <span style="text-align: center;">After we had learned about each brother, we do a tiered word hunt on that brother (tiered meaning that it is differentiated based on their level-there are 3 different levels of words.) I print out the leveled words on different colored paper and have students find what color/level words they are on. They LOVE word hunts- it's a chance for them to get up, move around, say the word, write the word, learn the spelling, and remember the digraph. Below is a picture of the posters and some of the pages for word hunts. </span><br />
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Also, for the sound of "ch" we did one of my favorite quick activities for phonics: students came up with words that have the phonics sound. For the "ch" sound, they came up with what they could <u>Ch</u>ew on for lun<u>ch</u>. See what they came up with below.<br />
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Besides learning about the sound of ch and the H Brothers, we were learning a lot about Penguins. We also learned about Antarctica and a little about Australia through learning about two types of penguins: the Emperor Penguin (in Antarctica) and the Little Blue Penguin (in Australia.) <br />
Students measured themselves to each penguin. You'll also see that we wrote a general <i>can, have, are</i> as they pulled out facts about penguins.<br />
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Here's the I'm a Little Penguin Poem also in that picture, if you would like it...<br />
(Click on the picture below to get it)<br />
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We loved learning about how Emperor Penguins can live in such a cold area by doing a blubber observation/experiment. <br />
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Through the experiment, they learned what blubber is, what it does, and that it is beneficial to animals. <br />
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Here's the blubber page below...(click on the picture to get a copy)<br />
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We read The Important Book by Margaret Wise Brown (which is essentially about the special things about everyday objects- so special facts.) We used that book as a template for our writing and, of course, applied it to a craft.<br />
My awesome teammate, Mrs. Rojo, found the great writing concept and adapted it to penguins. I made the writing pages for us so that it could be the white area for the belly. (The <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Christmas-Penguin" target="_blank">craft</a> without the writing is from <a href="http://stepintosecondgrade.blogspot.com/search?q=penguin" target="_blank">Amy Lemons</a>.)<br />
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We learned A LOT about penguins, so it was a great way to show what they learned, deepen the concepts of facts, all while teaching a writing style that captures what a person thinks is truly special about a something.<br />
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As an introduction to maps, Antarctica, Australia, and to make a great connection: during this time, we also learned about about the world, the 7 continents, and the 5 oceans. Yes, you heard me right...there are five! <br />
<u>Continents:</u> North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia (which might soon be changed to be called the continent of Oceania, by the way), and Antarctica.<br />
<u>Oceans:</u> Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Arctic, and Southern<br />
*Scientists named the fifth, the Southern Ocean (near Antarctica), around the year 2000. Can you name them all?<br />
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The continent song has been in my head since then, but those first graders can definitely name them (it took them a while to figure out that they just needed to sing the song to remember all of them- but they can do it!) <br />
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Which leads me to a question that one student asked me in class....<br />
I thought that this was such a good question and used it as a teachable moment (and honestly, I truly love how their little minds work). So, as a pre-assessment, I asked the question and wrote down their comments (then we talked about it after).<br />
See the picture below. Too funny!<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04806967581699312961noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4844260548489419079.post-6996914599931640462012-12-03T22:56:00.001-08:002012-12-03T22:57:41.499-08:00Scarecrows and Compound Words<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">This past week was full of lots fun about scarecrows and
compound words. We read some scarecrow stories and then imagined what it would
be like if a scarecrow really could come to life.
We wrote our own creative writing stories about a scarecrow coming to
life in our room, focusing on great description. They showed not only great
imagination, but used great description to explain what they imagined! They were fantastic!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Since this week was about scarecrows, we also
learned about compound words. The kids
were Compound Chefs (chef’s hat and all!)
We learned about how compound words are really two words mixed together
that make one new word. Chefs also mix
things up and make something brand new.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">And
what do they do when they make a great dish?
Why they write it down of course and make a recipe. Today we made our very own recipes of
compound words. </span></span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 14pt;">Each
student made one big one, which went into make a class book…making a “Compound
Cookbook”</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Then
after they did one big one, they made their very own compound cookbooks! Who
knew compound words could be so much fun?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> Next,
we made some compound cookies, which went perfectly on our very own Compound
Chefs that we made. Cookbooks went home
with students and our chefs stayed in the class, reminding us that not only do
we know what compounds are, but that we can become anything we want…including
world famous chefs!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Thanks
to <a href="http://thefirstgradeparade.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Cara Carroll</a> for coming up with this great Compound Chef idea and to for
<a href="http://msrojo.weebly.com/" target="_blank">Danielle Rojo</a> for finding it!</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">What a busy
month! We learned about Life Long Ago,
America, the election, and American symbols, and realized that we are extremely thankful.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">For our Life Long
Ago unit, we learned about how things were different in the past. As students came in Monday, their desks were
transformed into covered wagons. This
was a special treat for them (I did it when I taught fifth grade too and surprisingly it is as equally as exciting for both ages.) Oh, so many uses for pvp pipe and so easy to store! We learned all about how people traveled a long time ago to get from
place to place using trains, covered wagons, horses, etc. We also talked about the Pony Express and
just how long it would take to get a letter from a family member that lived a few states away.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">We made a covered
wagon writing craft focusing on the topic sentence and then two
details about it. Here’s a few….</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The White House is where the President lives and works. It symbolizes leadership. -Reese</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The White House is where the President lives. It symbolizes a dream. -Elijah</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">So cute! His dream is to be the President one day. </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The White House is where the President lives. It symbolizes hard work. -Kai</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The White House is where the President eats and sleeps. It symbolizes freedom. -Aleena</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Here’s the writing
page I made for it (click on the picture below to get it.)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"> We also learned
about clothing, cooking, and daily life.
We made butter during a read aloud about Abe Lincoln’s upbringing. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"> Butter is
surprisingly easy to make, here’s what we did: <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">In a large mason
jar, we put in one pint of heavy whipping cream, added some salt, and shook
like crazy. Once one student couldn’t
shake any more, they passed it to the next person. It went around about 1½
times until we got this very thick, thick cream. We placed it in the fridge and let it harden
even more. We of course had to discuss
though that back in the “old days” it would have been a lot harder- they would
have had to milk the cow, boil down salt water for the salt or trade for it,
and of course they couldn’t pass it between 23 of them, so they would have been
a lot more tired by churning it, and then since there was no electricity, they
wouldn’t have had the refrigerator to put it in. We then discussed more on
where food items came from back then and how you would get them (grow them,
etc.)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"> We also went to the
Old School House in “Old Town” Sacramento where students learned what it was
like at school a long, long, time ago. One kiddo said, bless his heart, “I
never would have made it back then!” Too
Funny! They also had to stand up and bow or curtsy before they spoke, it was
adorable. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"> We hit up the Railroad Museum while we were there and learned further about travel a long time ago, saw some
great photos of “way back when” and got up close and in some really old
trains. Everyone's favorite was the moving sleep train we talked through. What a great trip! Surprisingly, after lunchtime and before the
bus picked us up, we saw a pirate ship on the river. I know! What great luck! (and yes...people were really dressed up as pirates...it was pretty awesome, if I say so myself.) The kids were so
excited and what a great tie-in to travel a long time ago! On our trip in Old Sacramento, we saw a
ship, trains, a stagecoach, people riding horses (the police officers), and people
taking a horse-drawn carriage (we also walked too). <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Here's some great pioneer websites
to learn more about pioneers:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://www.campsilos.org/mod2/students/life.shtml">http://www.campsilos.org/mod2/students/life.shtml</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://www.standard.net/stories/2011/07/22/pioneer-spirit">http://www.standard.net/stories/2011/07/22/pioneer-spirit</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"> We also went to the
pumpkin patch since I last posted and learned more about plants and
animals. With a tragic bus breakdown, we
made it back! You can view the pumpkin
patch photos on the regular website- click on "Meet the Class"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">We additionally
learned about the election, America, and American Symbols. Here’s a quick look
in pictures of just what we did with one of the symbols we studied and wrote on (the White House). </span><br />
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Here's the writing page (click on the picture below)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">and the White House Craft from <a href="http://www.busybeekidscrafts.com/Paper-White-House.html" target="_blank">BusyBeeKidsCrafts</a> (click on the picture below to get it)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">This week is Scarecrows and compound words and we are already having a lot of fun! I'll make sure to take some pictures! Hope everyone enjoyed the break! </span></div>
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Apples of our eyes!<br />
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This week was all about apples. We have learned a lot about apples and further deepened our understanding of plants, fruit, and the seasons. <br />
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First off, students noticed that apples grew on our apple tree! That little apple in the upper left was a stubborn one, it kept falling off the tree after school. As you might know, I'm not the tallest teacher, so let's just say it might be staying up there for a while now. <br />
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Here are some of the “a-peeling” activities we did…<br />
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We graphed which color apple we like best and also filled in our own bar graphs based on the whole class. </div>
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We learned about Fact and Opinions and what the differences are. Then we analyzed, discussed, and sorted the statements about apples and whether they were fact or opinion. You can get those from Rachelle by clicking <a href="http://whattheteacherwants.blogspot.com/search/label/Apples" target="_blank">Here!</a></div>
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We labeled the parts of an apple tree. This was easy for them to do looking at our "apple" tree in our classroom and after reading several apple books. </div>
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We also labeled the parts of an apple. This is our class one we did. If you keep scrolling down though, you will see their individual apple labeling.</div>
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We did a lot of sensory writing based on apples in our Writer's Notebooks- including sight, touch, and taste. For taste, we tasted apples and then used taste words (adjectives) to describe them- I wrote them down in a make-shift circle/apple map as they said them. I am not the best photographer, so some of the words got cropped out of the picture. This activity led to great vocabulary (like bland and tangy) and also to some great writing on truly describing our apples.</div>
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We also made an apple diamonte poem (or cinquain) using all of the different ways to describe an apple from our lessons in our Writer's Notebook. The poem went like this:<br />
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2 words that describe the flavor (taste)</div>
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3 words that describe what it looks like (sight)</div>
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2 words that describe how it feels (touch)</div>
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Another word for apple -most student came up with fruit or manzana (apple in spanish)</div>
Here is one student's (this is the very front of their apple)<br />
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Then when you open it up on the inside, it shows their labeling of the apple that they made and a picture I took of them posing with the apple.<br />
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I love the very artistic pose he chose! <br />
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As you can tell, they really thought about their pose! Love it!</div>
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After reading <u>Amelia Bedelia's First Apple Pie</u>, they did their own Apple Pie Graph that I made based on what we knew the students liked for their favorite apples. </div>
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We also found the perfect math for this week to reinforce parts to whole. Click <a href="https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B3m_oKGrdu3FMEhRU010Q2JDWU0" target="_blank">Here</a> to get Appleseed Math from Diane and Kelly at <a href="http://www.madefor1stgrade.com/2011/07/apple-activities.html" target="_blank">Made for First Grade</a>.</div>
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It also happened to be short o week for spelling. We remember it is like when you go to the doctor and they tell you to open real wide and say, "Aww!" I happen to do that when I eat popcorn. You know how you throw it up in the air and try to catch it in your mouth? I always say, "Aww" before I catch it for some reason. If you see your child do it....I have <i>no idea</i> where they got the idea from! Anyways, this led to a quick lesson on short o. They came up with what else could be in the p<u>o</u>pcorn! They came up with some interesting ones...I would be a little scared to find a f<u>o</u>x or a fr<u>o</u>g in my p<u>o</u>pcorn, but it sure would be memorable! </div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">They also know that there are 3 ways to read a
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Additionally, we know how to pick "Good
Fit" books. In class, we have also been working hard on our stamina
during Reading to Self and working on our comprehension with Reading to
Someone.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> Well, we are starting to get into my most favorite
part of reading; that's learning about the great characters that we try to be
like when reading. I use 4 characters to get my students really excited
about reading and working on their reading strategies. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">There are 4 characters I teach about. The first one
is...<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Madam the Powerful Predictor (she uses her crystal
ball to predict what will happen next in the book)...yes I have a crystal ball
and use it to teach it. They LOVE it. I get totally into and so do
they. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Madam uses words like "I think..."
"I wonder" and "I predict". We also talked about how she
uses her crystal ball, so she might even say "I see in the future..."
or more like "I see what's going to happen on the next page!" <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">I read <u>That's Good! That's Bad!</u> By David
Catrow. It's such a great book to teach prediction!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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about what will happen next. It's also a great book to reinforce that the
pictures are another way to read the book (they give great clues as to what
will happen next). We usually share our prediction with a neighbor, with the
class, or during some of the pages, I have a student come up and look into the
crystal ball to tell us what will happen next in the story. They totally
get prediction after this lesson!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<u>Fortunately, Unfortunately</u> by Remy Martin. The two books are very similar
to each other and really allow for great predictions throughout the story
because the plot changes every page. They both change from a great event-
to a horrible event- and back to great again, and so on. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">For example: "Fortunately, a friend loaned Ned
an airplane. Unfortunately, the motor exploded. Fortunately, there was a
parachute in the airplane. Unfortunately, there was a hole in the
parachute." It keeps them guessing, or shall I say, predicting! <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">We stop the book halfway though and fill out a
prediction page on it. I have posted the page below. They write
their prediction on the lines using the sentence frame and then draw their
prediction in the crystal ball. Click on the picture below to get the
prediction page!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">*You can get the Addition and Subtraction Key Words Signs for free <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Addition-and-Subtraction-Polka-Dot-Keyword-Posters" target="_blank">HERE</a>!*</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Since I took these before Meet the Teacher, on the table I have my fill-out volunteer sheets, pens, my information magnet, and our specialty schedule. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I use Discipline Without Stress Punishments or Rewards by Marvin Marshall. I made some posters that I will display on this wall, along with the books we read for that level. You can find the posters <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Discipline-Without-Stress-Punishments-or-Rewards-Posters" target="_blank">HERE</a>. There are also class books and handouts, if you are interested, that you can get <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Discipline-Without-Stress-Punishments-or-Rewards-Class-Handouts-Class-Books" target="_blank">HERE</a>.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I made the banners from a great website I found on Pinterest. You can print the banners for FREE. Head to the blog, Ruffled, by Clicking <a href="http://ruffledblog.com/printable-alphabet-bunting/" target="_blank">HERE</a>! </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;"> I also made things that I have found extremely helpful when I do Star of the Week, teacher tracking pages, certificates, labels, reminders to the parents, an introduction letter to the parents, a sign, and a general overview. See below for the others that are included...</span></div>
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<span style="color: #595959; font-family: "A Little Pot"; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Times; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 166;">I'm officially blushing y'all! I have been awarded a blogging award!
The very sweet and lovely Brigid from <a href="http://brigidsdailylessonlog.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Brigid's Daily Lesson Log</a> has
awarded me the Liebster Blog Award. I happen to be a new blogger, so I’m
feeling very honored right now. </span><span style="color: #595959; font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 166;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #595959; font-family: "A Little Pot"; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 166;">This award highlights blogs that have
under 200 followers.</span><span style="color: #595959; font-family: "A Little Pot"; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Times; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 166;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #595959; font-family: "A Little Pot"; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 166;">Here are the rules:</span><span style="color: #595959; font-family: "A Little Pot"; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Times; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 166;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #595959; font-family: "A Little Pot"; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 166;">1. Copy and paste this award on your
blog.</span><span style="color: #595959; font-family: "A Little Pot"; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Times; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 166;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #595959; font-family: "A Little Pot"; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 166;">2. Thank the giver and link back to
them.</span><span style="color: #595959; font-family: "A Little Pot"; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Times; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 166;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #595959; font-family: "A Little Pot"; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 166;">3. Reveal 5 other bloggers and let them
know by commenting on their blog.</span><span style="color: #595959; font-family: "A Little Pot"; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Times; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 166;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #595959; font-family: "A Little Pot"; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 166;">If you have not checked out Brigid’s
amazing blog- <a href="http://brigidsdailylessonlog.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Brigid Daily Lesson Log</a> do it soon! No sooner...like now!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #595959; font-family: "A Little Pot"; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 166;">C</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #595959; font-family: 'A Little Pot'; font-size: 21px;">lick <a href="http://www.blogger.com/%3Ca%20border=%220%22%20href=%22http://brigidsdailylessonlog.blogspot.com/%22%20target=%22_blank%22%3E%3Cimg%20src=%22http://i1263.photobucket.com/albums/ii627/brigidann1/BlogButton2.jpg%22%20/%3E%3C/a%3E" target="_blank">here</a> to head there!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #595959; font-family: "A Little Pot"; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 166;">Now for the suspense of the wonderful bloggers I
picked to award</span><span style="color: #595959; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 166;">…</span><span style="color: #595959; font-family: "A Little Pot"; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 166;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #595959; font-family: "A Little Pot"; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Times; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 166;">Is the Jaws Theme Song in your head right now?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #595959; font-family: "A Little Pot"; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Times; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 166;">How about now?</span><span style="color: #595959; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 166;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #595959; font-family: "A Little Pot"; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 166;">Alright, I know the suspense is killing you right? </span></div>
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<span style="color: #595959; font-family: "A Little Pot"; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 166;">Here are the 5
bloggers I am awarding</span><span style="color: #595959; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 166;">…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #595959; font-family: "A Little Pot"; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 166;">That’s it for now!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m currently in the process of moving - so
back to packing I go.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Do you still have
the Jaws Theme Song in your head</span><span style="color: #595959; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 166;">…</span><span style="color: #595959; font-family: "A Little Pot"; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-themetint: 166;">I do! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'A Little Pot'; font-size: 28pt;">And now, the winner of the
First Day of School with Tortoise Give Away! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'A Little Pot'; font-size: 24pt;">Congratulations to</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 24pt;">…</span><span style="font-family: 'A Little Pot'; font-size: 24pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'A Little Pot'; font-size: 24pt;">Drum roll please!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'A Little Pot'; font-size: 24pt;">Lisa<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'A Little Pot'; font-size: 24pt;">from Learning is Something
to Treasure<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'A Little Pot'; font-size: 26pt;">If you haven’t seen how I
do the <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'A Little Pot'; font-size: 26pt;">First Day of First Grade <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'A Little Pot'; font-size: 26pt;">or any grade from K-4. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'A Little Pot'; font-size: 26pt;">Check it out <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/First-Day-of-School-Activities-and-School-Tour-Scavenger-Hunt-with-Tortoise" target="_blank">here</a>! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'A Little Pot'; font-size: 18pt;">Congratulations
again to Lisa! Become a follower to stay tuned and up-to-date on the most
recent Give Aways and Freebies! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'A Little Pot'; font-size: 18pt;">-Jen<o:p></o:p></span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04806967581699312961noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4844260548489419079.post-64729442260745686432012-07-11T15:24:00.000-07:002012-07-12T10:11:25.771-07:00Math Workshop<br />
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<span style="font-family: 'A Little Pot'; font-size: 16pt;">I
love, love, love Math Workshop! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'A Little Pot'; font-size: 16pt;">Last
year I had a HUGE difference in math abilities with my students. Huge might even be an understatement. I had students working at every single
ability level </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16pt;">(</span><span style="font-family: 'A Little Pot'; font-size: 16pt;">like still getting down
numbers to be able to do third grade math on their own</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16pt;">). </span><span style="font-family: 'A Little Pot'; font-size: 16pt;"> I was struggling in September with how to make
sure I could fully reach all of them and give them the time they needed with me
to succeed while also making it fun.
After discussing with coworkers, googling, blog hopping, and ultimately
creating bunch of it myself</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16pt;">…</span><span style="font-family: 'A Little Pot'; font-size: 16pt;">I
jumped in head first to a Math Workshop style.
It worked amazingly well! I must admit though</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16pt;">…</span><span style="font-family: 'A Little Pot'; font-size: 16pt;">I would not have been able
to do it without volunteers! It just
isn’t the same without volunteers.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Digs My Hart'; font-size: 16pt;">Here’s
how I do Math Workshop</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16pt;">…</span><span style="font-family: 'Digs My Hart'; font-size: 16pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My station changer. The pocket<br />
chart makes it quick and easy!</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: 'A Little Pot'; font-size: 16pt;">I
ended up having 5 groups of levels that were very different in terms of
abilities. I would have rather had 4 groups
instead of 5 for time, but it worked out.
I name each of the groups after a college </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16pt;">–</span><span style="font-family: 'A Little Pot'; font-size: 16pt;"> I think it’s never too early to expose them to
higher education. They get SO excited
when they hear about their college out of the classroom</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16pt;">…</span><span style="font-family: 'A Little Pot'; font-size: 16pt;">it’s adorable! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'A Little Pot'; font-size: 16pt;">I
put the color of the table they are at behind the college they are, so it
reminds them, me, and my volunteers what station they should be on </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16pt;">(</span><span style="font-family: 'A Little Pot'; font-size: 16pt;">and their group name</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16pt;">)</span><span style="font-family: 'A Little Pot'; font-size: 16pt;">. </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'A Little Pot'; font-size: 16pt;">I
have attached an overview of what I did last year</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16pt;">…</span><span style="font-family: 'A Little Pot'; font-size: 16pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'A Little Pot'; font-size: 16pt;">Credit
to Rebecca Drake for her help! She’s amazing!</span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B3m_oKGrdu3FbmZwMEZWdjZtV0E/edit" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" target="_blank"><img alt="" border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAC9EmoHtLHhECZBheRRk0cLUp0W25qnhLyzN7fYOW9GNjzQrfSiTjEeFsFmM6Ueb5LpFLo4h076W3Ifd-n-MD_8baeRqe1VGoW7mwBXr_D5YChLEXkt4RtXfscyQSbXd9NtUSPP8tI7EV/s400/Slide1.jpg" title="Math Workshop Overview" width="307" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B3m_oKGrdu3FbmZwMEZWdjZtV0E" target="_blank">Click on the picture to download!</a></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: 'A Little Pot'; font-size: 16pt;"><br /></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'A Little Pot'; font-size: 16pt;">Here
is a copy of my rotation rules that I post<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B3m_oKGrdu3FTlQ2UVM2REp6T00/edit" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="247" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimsEIVZgThJ0ZhqR6HFRUiBw0tuZJwqz-uDRK0Gw40p-bDjQ1KwOY2hZ8d_7Kpsv203ZNw_-G528PsY47Zc7UcesMHA5oZuvUYmwwaEDbfYV8RgrSPOo5WXjlD8P7yJ0C4i5Bqm6-adNLU/s320/Slide1.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B3m_oKGrdu3FTlQ2UVM2REp6T00" target="_blank">Click on the picture to download</a></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: 'A Little Pot'; font-size: 16pt;">My
students stay at the table </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16pt;">(</span><span style="font-family: 'A Little Pot'; font-size: 16pt;">except
when they meet with me</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16pt;">)</span><span style="font-family: 'A Little Pot'; font-size: 16pt;">. They grab the bin for that station, pull out their book, or head to the computers- whatever it might be for that station for
that day. I write what each station is
on the whiteboard. I wish I had a
picture to show you, but that stays up all year long and I just wipe and
write at the end of the day for what the next day holds for them to do at each station. I usually introduce the game on Monday and
keep the same game for the entire week.</span></div>
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an example of a game we play</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16pt;">…</span></span></span></a></div>
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<a href="https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B3m_oKGrdu3FRzJCTG9GZ1M0OUE" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiimh2Xnd1MVqyLCON62PrbnGDjLGOZ3WUhl1sqlo5Lx4fOUDWuJUz26PmcBWtG1oo8L7lbKrxNTDcLOBuhjTOcYOyVbzQLer33DsdxnErGcf7DSRbC1AqXUp5ikWYRo7MGBhMzErMA3ExL/s320/Slide3.jpg" width="244" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNUEWEe4Do-rxQIGedZslHbC3_MBGC2ZEhE1zPEVwXInSB96mvLI09vDzBb53ghiloyAnnm7kvK4p8M3AlICG4MiAYRkSY3AZjVW1QfyC41WWFDHFxLIZKPSMeDyK_ycuH_YdS6XKEUiz8/s1600/Slide6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNUEWEe4Do-rxQIGedZslHbC3_MBGC2ZEhE1zPEVwXInSB96mvLI09vDzBb53ghiloyAnnm7kvK4p8M3AlICG4MiAYRkSY3AZjVW1QfyC41WWFDHFxLIZKPSMeDyK_ycuH_YdS6XKEUiz8/s200/Slide6.jpg" width="153" /></a><span style="font-family: 'A Little Pot';"><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: 'A Little Pot'; font-size: 16pt;">Click on the picture on the top to download the directions and the picture on the bottom to download the game.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'A Little Pot'; font-size: 16pt;">I ended up having all of my students but three passed as Advanced (not just proficient, but advanced!) at the
end of the year</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16pt;">…</span><span style="font-family: 'A Little Pot'; font-size: 16pt;">many of them were
considered as proficient as an End of the Year Second Graders </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16pt;">(</span><span style="font-family: 'A Little Pot'; font-size: 16pt;">I teach first graders!</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16pt;">)</span><span style="font-family: 'A Little Pot'; font-size: 16pt;"> and I had quite a few
proficient as End of the Year 3<sup>rd</sup> Graders or 4<sup>th</sup> Graders. My student who was heading to
proficiency as a third grader at the beginning of the year was as Proficient as
an End of the Year 5<sup>th</sup> Grader</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16pt;">…</span><span style="font-family: 'A Little Pot'; font-size: 16pt;">I know</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16pt;">…</span><span style="font-family: 'A Little Pot'; font-size: 16pt;">amazing! <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: 'A Little Pot';">I get super excited about
the first day of school! It is one of my
most favorite days! The kids are filled
with their nervous excitement and are really looking to see what their year is
going to be like. Because of this, I
LOVE showing my little ones around the campus in an extra-special way! Instead
of just giving them the old “Here’s this</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">…</span><span style="font-family: 'A Little Pot';">here’s that” tour, I make it much like a scavenger
hunt. This year it’s based on <u style="text-underline: thick;">Back to School Tortoise</u> by Lucy M.
George. </span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: 'A Little Pot';">It’s
a super cute book that reminds me a little of <u style="text-underline: thick;">Wemberly
Worried</u> and <u style="text-underline: thick;">First Day Jitters</u> all in
one book. Tortoise has a lot of worries
about going back to school and questions what it will be like. When he finally gets to school, there is a
twist</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">…</span><span style="font-family: 'A Little Pot';">do you think you might know
who Tortoise really is? He’s the teacher! How cute</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">…</span><span style="font-family: 'A Little Pot';">I know! <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: 'A Little Pot';">Well,
after the read aloud I introduce how we actually have Tortoise here! I mention
that he’s really shy though. When I go
to pull him out</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">…</span><span style="font-family: 'A Little Pot';">he’s not there- there’s
only a note. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: 'A Little Pot';">This
note leads to another note</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">…</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: 'A Little Pot';">then
another, then another! </span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: 'A Little Pot';">(The one shown is to the cafeteria)</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: 'A Little Pot';"><br /></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: 'A Little Pot';">We get to travel around the school in search of Tortoise
while also meeting the important people of the school and getting to know where
the important places are! My kids LOVE
it just as much, if not more, than I do.
The notes actually rhyme too, so that’s always a fun measure of who can
spot the rhyme already on the first day.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'A Little Pot';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">The
notes finally lead us back to the classroom where we find a note telling us
that Tortoise jumped back in the book, but that he has left us a treat. For this year, I was thinking of doing
something like these adorably cute turtle cookies made by Kirbie’s Cravings.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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cute! That is assuming I will have time
before the first day. But, we all know
how that goes. So, plan B is to by some
turtle gummies or maybe tortoise pencils or something along those lines.</span></div>
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also do a few reflection sheets inspired by our tortoise read aloud and adventure. Click below for a free sheet.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'A Little Pot'; font-size: large;">Click on the Link below the picture to get your First Day of School with Tortoise Unit, which is on sale right now. I'm also randomly giving one away to a lucky winner who responds to this post. I'll randomly pick Thursday Night!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'A Little Pot'; font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/First-Day-of-School-Activities-and-School-Tour-Scavenger-Hunt-with-Tortoise" target="_blank">First Day of School Activities and School Tour Scavenger Hunt with Tortoise</a></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'A Little Pot'; font-size: large;">We start on an Early Out Wednesday to ease them into it. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'A Little Pot';">8:30-8:45 Meet students and give directions, They put backpacks up where their VIP Name Tags are, find a seat, and work on coloring VIP Name Tags. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'A Little Pot';">8:45-9:00 Practice stopping what they are doing to chimes several times. Take lunch count during one of the stops. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'A Little Pot';">9:00-9:15 Read <u>Back to School Tortoise</u> and line up straight and quiet</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'A Little Pot';">9:15-9:45 Tortoise Scavenger Hunt Tour</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'A Little Pot';">9:45-9:50 Tour finished, discuss Tour, and line up for Recess</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'A Little Pot';">10:00-10:15 Work on Shell Page from First Day of School with Tortoise Unit </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'A Little Pot';">10:15-11:10 Morning Message, Icebreaker Game, Name game, Poem: Hello, Greeting: High-five Hello. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'A Little Pot';"><b>11:15-12:00 Lunch</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'A Little Pot';">12:00-12:25 Read aloud The Night Before First Grade then fill out Before and After Tortoise Sheet</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'A Little Pot';">12:25-12:45 Discuss First Day and d</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'A Little Pot';">o My Favorite Part Tortoise Sheet</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'A Little Pot';">12:45-1:00 Share brown bag item I brought in and explain directions, hand out bags with directions stapled on.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'A Little Pot';">1:00-1:10 Clean up and pack up</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'A Little Pot';"><b>1:15 Dismissal</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'A Little Pot';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Second Blogging down and plenty more to follow. Next, I'll be blogging about how I run Math Workshop with some freebies included. </span></span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04806967581699312961noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4844260548489419079.post-60779205538803151692012-07-05T12:02:00.001-07:002012-09-03T20:45:31.490-07:00How We Bucket Fill and Compliment Starter Freebie!<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"></span><br />
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I have found that Bucket Filling has been a great addition to my classroom! </div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">If you aren't familiar with Bucket Filling, let me give you a little low down of what it's about. It is based on the book Have You Filled a Bucket Today by Carol McCloud.</span></div>
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It is all about how people have these invisible buckets above their head and most people never even realize it! These buckets are kind of like our self-esteem. The buckets get filled by things like nice comments, compliments, acknowledgement, etc. However, they can also get emptied this happens by put-downs, rude remarks, being ignored, or being treated badly. I LOVE this book and the idea of it because it makes sense to kids...well, at least it has to my class. It also fits in perfectly to the levels I teach <span style="font: normal normal normal 18px/normal 'Times New Roman';">(</span>I use Marvin Marshall's Levels of Raising Responsibility...more about that in a later post.<span style="font: normal normal normal 18px/normal 'Times New Roman';">)</span></div>
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Each of my students have a little bucket and each month we learn a different way to compliment another person. I use my <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Bucket-Filling-Compliment-Starters-Polka-Dot-Edition" target="_blank">Bucket Filling Compliment Starters: The Polka Dot Edition</a></div>
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I use Bucket Fillers in my classroom not only to add more positivity to my classroom, but also as a tool to teach how to give compliments. I teach a different way of beginning a compliment each month. There are 11 different Bucket Filler Compliment Starters and 1 Blank one. I use the blank one in June, as they are pretty good now at knowing how to start a compliment. I switch them out each month, so students don’t just stick with the “You are” compliment.</div>
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I focus on teaching students that good positive compliments do not compliment things that people have, but rather who they are, what they choose to do, and what they work hard at and are good at.</div>
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I love it and so do my students. I hope you find it helpful as well!</div>
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