tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-43953392089659069242024-03-05T20:42:52.060-08:00The Primary PunchbowlJessicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01481578251750305422noreply@blogger.comBlogger81125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4395339208965906924.post-14774011457963809102017-02-08T08:00:00.000-08:002018-05-30T17:40:57.956-07:00How to Use ChatterPix During Writer's Workshop<span style="font-family: inherit;">Do you have iPads in your classroom? Do you do writer's workshop? Then this post is for you! I'm going to show you how I use ChatterPix, a free iPad app, in my writer's workshop. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://www.duckduckmoose.com/educational-iphone-itouch-apps-for-kids/chatterpixkids/" target="_blank">ChatterPix</a> is an awesome, FREE iPad app. It's by the app makers <a href="http://www.duckduckmoose.com/educational-iphone-itouch-apps-for-kids/" target="_blank">Duck, Duck Moose</a>, who make some other incredible apps. Essentially, in ChatterPix, you take a picture, add a mouth and then record so you can make pretty much anything talk. It's funny and the kids LOVE it! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">When you are in the app, you take a picture of anything. A book, you, a drawing and then you add a mouth. Then you record what you want to say, and it makes that image talk by moving the mouth that you drew. You can then add stickers, borders and backgrounds too which my kids always love. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: inherit;">So you're probably wondering how can I use it in writer's workshop? Well, let me tell you. I'm always looking for ways to celebrate my students' writing. At the end of every unit, we have a celebration for all the hard work we put into our writing. When you can use the iPads and celebrate, it's a win-win for everyone. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: inherit;">After our nonfiction writing unit, we had published our writing pieces, I wanted a fun way for my students to share their work. Enter: CHATTERPIX! I am a 1:1 iPad classroom (thank you Donor's Choose) and we use this app, along with others like seesaw, pic collage, doodle buddy and others, quite a bit, so I explained to the kids to use ChatterPix to share their work. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: inherit;">I let them decide how they wanted to share their work using this app and let me tell you, they came up with some pretty incredible ideas. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I've also used ChatterPix during our reader's workshop as well. I've had students take a picture of something they have read about and recorded things they learned from reading that book. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Oh, and just a tip: only let your students use 1-2 stickers, filters, backgrounds or borders. As you can see in my chameleon video, my friend added so many extras it was hard to tell what we were looking at. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">So I hope you LOVE this idea as much as I do. And the kids absolutely love it too. If you try it, please let me know and share it with me. You can email me at ourelementarylives@gmail.com. I'd love to see what your kids come up with. </span></div>
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Paige Bessickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13591480790082983036noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4395339208965906924.post-80948300677097722122017-01-25T00:00:00.000-08:002017-02-06T18:12:13.285-08:00Five Great Habits to Start Now!!Hi guys!! Jessica here from <a href="http://www.techandteachability.com/" target="_blank">Tech and Teachability</a>. How is your new year going? I hope everyone is getting off to a great start!<br />
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I'm chatting today about five great (and healthy and and easy!) habits that you need to start right now!! I have begun these over the past few weeks and I feel so much better. Granted, I'm not yet changing the world but I am changing my everyday life. And maybe you will. too!<br />
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Pre-pack simple snacks in little ziploc snack bags. </div>
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I've been making my own trail mix and packing it in snack bags. I've been storing them in dollar store containers on my pantry shelf. </div>
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Berry Jam: pecans, dried blueberries, dried strawberries</div>
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Cashew Crunch: raisins, cashews, coconut shreds</div>
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Banana Split: dried bananas, walnuts, dried cherries</div>
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I'm doing the Whole 30 right now, but you can be sure that I will be adding peanuts and M&Ms and peanut butter chips to the mix when I get done!!</div>
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Pack your lunch the night before. (And your kids!)</div>
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Okay this may seem incredibly simple, but so many times in the past I woke up and found myself rushed to get ready for the day. This simple act has made my mornings so much easier!! I've even gone a little crazy and packed two to three days of lunches ahead of time!<br />
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Park further away, if possible.<br />
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Again, this may seem simple. But every little bit helps. No, it probably won't make you into a well toned Miss America but it will help you to get those steps in!<br />
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Put the phone down 10-30 minutes before bedtime.<br />
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<a href="https://sleep.org/articles/ways-technology-affects-sleep/" target="_blank">Information</a> has arisen (and <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2016/11/09/health/smartphones-harm-sleep/" target="_blank">here</a> and <a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2015/02/how-smartphones-are-ruining-our-sleep/385792/" target="_blank">here</a> and <a href="https://www.psychologistworld.com/sleep/phone-blue-light-sleep-cycle.php" target="_blank">here</a> and <a href="https://www.insidescience.org/news/using-electronic-devices-bed-tied-lousy-sleep" target="_blank">here</a> check out AsapSCIENCE's video <a href="https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwjn-76EtNzRAhXE3YMKHaNGD2cQtwIIHTAA&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DW6CBb3yX9Zs&usg=AFQjCNEMlwtAZ-XzoopvCAWTszUFfXqZlQ&sig2=Lteq_oKipzqEz8HxdHwWAQ&bvm=bv.145063293,d.amc" target="_blank">here</a> and <a href="http://www.medicaldaily.com/sleeping-problems-why-children-smartphones-and-tablets-have-trouble-bedtime-402811" target="_blank">here</a> is one about children and tech and sleep) have shown that technology before bed affects our sleep. We should power down and stick to sleeping!!<br />
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This one has been a bit hard for me, so instead of completely powering down, I found a calming app that features different sounds like rain or fire crackling. The <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/calm-meditation-to-relax-focus/id571800810?mt=8" target="_blank">Calm</a> app or the <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/relax-melodies-sleep-sounds/id314498713?mt=8" target="_blank">Relax Melodie</a>s app have been great. I prefer the rainstorms!<br />
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Laugh. Everyday.<br />
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Find what humors you and enjoy a good laugh. Search social media for what you find funny by putting a hashtag in front of it. Check out DailyHaha.com, Watch and listen to Jon Cozart on YouTube. Pinterest "teacher humor" and laugh uncontrollably. Whatever. Just enjoy life!<br />
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<br />Jessicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01481578251750305422noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4395339208965906924.post-73295589603317552002016-12-23T12:30:00.000-08:002017-02-06T18:12:22.802-08:00Tournament of Books: March Madness for the ClassroomHello, friends!<br />
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It's Christmas break for me and I'm taking a few minutes to plan ahead for the new year! Last year our first graders hosted a Tournament of Books and it was a huge success so we're getting ready to host one again this year!<br />
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The first thing I did was put up this huge bracket in the main hallway of our school. It generated a ton of buzz around the school, especially before we shared any details about what we were actually planning! <a href="http://brownbagteacher.com/book-madness-march-book-display/">The Brown Bag Teacher</a> has bracket printables free on<a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Book-Madness-A-Tournament-of-Books-1714992"> Teachers Pay Teachers</a>. They are perfect for getting your bracket ready. To build the bracket, I started from the middle and worked out on each side, using black duct tape for the lines. It wasn't a quick project, but it turned out perfectly!</div>
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Once all the kiddos were making guesses about my giant hallways display, we collected nominations. </div>
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Each first grader nominated a favorite book, which gave us about 70 nominees. It was surprisingly easily to narrow them down to 16 choices for our bracket since we had lots and lots of the same choices, plus a few that were easy to toss (a few guided reading titles made it into the mix haha).</div>
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Once we filled in our top 16 books, the students filled out their own brackets. I printed blank brackets from <a href="http://www.printyourbrackets.com/tournament-bracket-creator.php">Print Your Own Brackets</a> and wrote in our selections. Then, we carefully went through the choices and the students filled in a winner for each match up. This also helped them to understand how the bracket itself worked and promoted lots of debate about their favorites!</div>
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Now that we had our top 16 choices, everyone needed to make sure they read the books! We read many of the nominees aloud to our classes, but we also used QR codes with iPads in our listening centers to make the books accessable to all our students. </div>
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Then, each week, we conducted a vote. We created a Google Form with the choices and then posted a QR code that linked to the form. Students used iPads to scan the QR code then enter their choices. It was quick for them to complete and easy for us since we didn't need to prepare or count 70 paper ballots each week!</div>
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Even though only our first graders were voting, the whole school was eager to see who the winner would be and looked forward to seeing the winners each week! </div>
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Our tournament came down to a Crayon vs Crayon final! <u>The Day the Crayons Came Back</u> was the winner, "because it has glow in the dark!" and two of my kiddos actually managed perfect brackets! </div>
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This year we're planning further ahead, so the whole school is getting involved! Have you ever hosted a Tournament of Books? I'd love to hear about it in the comments!</div>
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Woohoo! It's almost here! As teachers, we give our all to our students and sometimes, we just need a minute to take a breath so we can bring our best every day. Winter Break is the perfect time to get this must needed rest to recharge and come back in the new year refreshed and ready to go! Here are 10 of my favorite ways to do just that.</div>
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1. Turn off that alarm</h3>
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Not having to set an alarm and get up at an ungodly hour for a couple of weeks is pure heaven. While I have my own 6 and 9 year old alarms that will have me up by 6:30am, I'd much rather wake up to their smiling faces than my alarm clock. Even that little bit of extra sleep can make a big difference.</div>
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Netflix and my DVR are my besties on breaks. I can get so behind on my favorites, especially during the fall semester. I've got the entire series of <u>This Is Us</u> just waiting for me on the DVR. I can't wait to dive in!</div>
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Here's the thing about exercise, the more you do it, the better you feel. I tend to make excuses and don't make it a priority at the start of the school year. Winter break is a great time to get back on track. With no set schedule, you can even find a class that happens in the middle of the day!</div>
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Whether you live where it snows or not, find some time to get outside and grab some fresh air! Go for a walk, take in a hike, build a snowman, or go ice skating. The fresh air can help to clear your mind.</div>
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Put the school work away. Turn off your email. Take a social media break. All of these can be so hard for us to do. I have a really hard time turning off my "teacher brain." Once in a while, it's important to let it go and be present. The holiday season is a great time to do that.</div>
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Do something nice for yourself! Get a mani/pedi, a massage, or simply take a bath. Use the time you have to take care of yourself and do something you don't usually take the time for.</div>
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You know that Pinterest project you've been wanting to do? Or that pile of photos you've been meaning to scrapbook? Now is the time! Get your creative juices flowing and finish that project!</div>
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Besides celebrating the holidays, spending quality time with family always makes me feel better. We like to find time to have a movie night, a family game night, or even just read books together. Quality family time is good for the soul. Make those memories!</div>
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Whatever you choose to do, make sure to take care of yourself! We can't be everything for our students if we don't take care of ourselves first. I hope you have a restful and relaxing Winter Break!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7znC4-_IPYaOdfXgbg-sgtCd8QEclYLAWL8mCfgNwDqxbVBKuYzUXoipfK_8Y751oeIZeM8nc8TQaYpCRvACvUk5ppHnzrQ3VQW78UJ4qcX44sr55FcWCElv9mtQhTerNVErK6ZzqoLE/s1600/Signature.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="87" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7znC4-_IPYaOdfXgbg-sgtCd8QEclYLAWL8mCfgNwDqxbVBKuYzUXoipfK_8Y751oeIZeM8nc8TQaYpCRvACvUk5ppHnzrQ3VQW78UJ4qcX44sr55FcWCElv9mtQhTerNVErK6ZzqoLE/s200/Signature.png" width="200" /></a></div>
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HI, Friends!! It's Erin, from <a href="http://veryperryclassroom.com/">Very Perry Classroom</a> again!<br />
Last year, I shared what we made in my classroom for our parent presents from students.. Since I am teaching first grade right now, and have many of the same students this year as last year, I needed to make something different. A lot has been going on, and I started to worry that we weren't going to finish our presents (or even DECIDE on what to make) in time! Then, I went to Michael's.... Which is dangerous for any crafty teacher in December, but, lo and behold, there was a SALE! :)<br />
I found packs of six of this style of ornament for 50% off....<br />
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SO, I snatched up 3 packs for my 18 students... And the wheels started turning.... What solidified my idea was running into one of my former elementary school teachers... I don't know how many of you went to school in the 80's and 90's but one of my favorite crafts were light bulb ornaments... I brought the lightbulb reindeer ornament back in my class this week!<br />
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The first step was to have students write their names along the side of the "seam" of the ornament with a paint pen (I used Sharpie brand).<br />
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Next, we needed to coat the inside of the bulb with brown paint... Here was where we ran into our first problem (ha, it's real life!). I was OUT of brown paint! With a quick search online, I found that I could MAKE brown paint with a lot of orange and a little bit of blue. I told the kiddos they would be mixing paint to see what color it would make. I had to unscrew the top, squirt a little paint inside and then seal the hole at the top of the "base." Students had fun shaking their ornaments until they turned completely brown. Students then brought the ornament to me, I unscrewed the lid, and turned the ornament (carefully) upside-down into a cup.<br />
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**NOTE: you do NOT need a lot of paint for this. If there is too much paint inside, it will make it much more difficult to "drain," and will get "sloshy."**<br />
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Once the paint was fully dry (about 3 hours), I screwed the lids back onto the bulbs, and cleaned the outside up a bit with a wet rag. I then called students back to craft glue googly eyes and pom poms on for the reindeer faces. I let them pick the size of the eyes and where to glue the parts on.<br />
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<span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Do you love sticky notes as much as I do? I have them in every color, every size, lined, unlined, tabs and extra sticky. You name it, I probably have a sticky note for you to use. One of my favorite ways to use sticky notes is for Interactive Read Alouds. Read on to learn how I use them and for a freebie! </span></div>
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Paige Bessickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13591480790082983036noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4395339208965906924.post-64037681740224232762016-10-29T07:38:00.000-07:002017-02-06T18:16:11.663-08:00Writer's Workshop Story StartersMy little friends can spend an entire Writer's Workshop just thinking of story ideas. Does that happen to your class also? I am not a fan of staged writing prompts from the teacher, so getting them to pull from their own experiences can be difficult. That is why I send home a special letter at the beginning of the year. Read on to learn more and grab it for free!<br />
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Hi Friends! Sarah from <a href="http://www.mrsbarnettfirstgrade.com/">Mrs B's First Grade</a> here today!<br />
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Writing is *probably* my favorite time of day with my firsties. However, when I have one friend that spends the whole time not even writing a word, I get very frustrated! Please tell me I am not alone...<br />
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I encourage my students to be "Writing Factories" and turn out page after page during our workshop time. I do not give my students single pages of paper. Instead, they get several pages stapled together so that they are encouraged to write more and more. Does it work? Yes!<br />
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So, how do I help those friends that do not know what to write? Well, one way is to have my parents help me at the beginning of the school year. I hand out a letter during our Meet the Teacher night and ask parents to list 12 story titles that their child could turn into a story. I always love reading what they come up with.<br />
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Then, I hand out the lists to my students and have them put them in their writing folder. They pull from the list from time to time when they are out of ideas. Usually, the 12 ideas lead to many more because they are reminded of events by them.<br />
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You can send home the letter at any time during the school year. You can also had out the lists at any time. To grab them for <b>free</b>, just click the picture below! Happy Writing!<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00172672560660558754noreply@blogger.com21tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4395339208965906924.post-42146419968457883062016-10-04T20:36:00.003-07:002017-02-06T18:16:47.320-08:00Student Data BindersHey everyone!<br />
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I'm LOVING third grade so far. It's been an adjustment but let me tell ya, I made the correct choice when I switched not only grade levels but also districts. We are finishing the first quarter this week Thursday and have a four day weekend for Columbus Day. I'm excited for the weekend but sad to know a quarter of the year is already in the books.<br />
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With the switch of schools and districts a lot more has been placed in my lap. It's all been for the better. We are requiring the students to not only set their own goals but to track them. Each student in our school has their own DATA binder.<br />
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In my classroom, I have the students track their spelling tests, reading selection tests from our curriculum, Accelerated Reader tests, math facts and math tests. Yes, I realize that is a lot to track but we do certain ones on certain days. It only takes a few minutes each day for students to fill in their new data and color in their bar graphs.<br />
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I have a meeting with each of my students weekly to discuss their goals for the week. During this conference we discuss their prior weeks goals and their goals for the following week. These are the mini goals they set for themselves.<br />
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My students have reached deep in themselves to meet their goals every week. I think only a handful have not met their goal only on one week in one subject. The students are learning how to push themselves to be successful. I have seen a lot of growth in my students just in these first nine weeks of school. I have been blown away with their desire to track their data! They truly are improving themselves in many different aspects in the classroom. I plan to add a Class Dojo point tracking system next week. These forms will follow them onto fourth grade next year and even onto fifth grade if they haven't moved away by then.<br />
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These binders make it a breeze when it comes to Parent Teacher Conferences. Parents were amazed to see the growth and progress their students have made. Please feel free to download this <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByeoomZMCmmzS1Iwb0lnRUNMeU0/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank">sampler</a> of my data graphs my students use. I'm in the middle of putting together the year and I will post them to my store soon! Check back for an update...<br />
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Thanks for stopping by and hanging out with me at the Primary Punchbowl! Until next time.<br />
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JessiUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4395339208965906924.post-59501606315394125732016-09-28T17:39:00.003-07:002017-02-06T18:17:04.016-08:00A Class Pet Without the Mess!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Hey guys! It's Chynna from <a href="http://primaryfairytaleswithchynna.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Primary Fairy Tales</a>. I am so excited to be blogging over at the Primary Punchbowl today. This is my first post on the Punchbowl since I launched my very own blog, Primary Fairy Tales. I'm currently wrapping up my first month back in school and let me tell you... </div>
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<span style="text-align: center;">Today I am blogging about how to </span><u style="text-align: center;">Have a Class Pet Without the Mess!</u><span style="text-align: center;"> </span><span style="text-align: center;">I've been considering/wanting a class pet for quite awhile now but couldn't figure out exactly what kind of pet to get. I considered getting a fish because they are simple. Or at least you would think they are... but in all reality I'm not very good at keeping them alive for more than 5 days. Any other pet that I could possibly think could work just seemed like another responsiblity and more work for me at the end of the day. So I have gone petless until this past summer. This past summer I thought of the great idea to have a stuffed animal for a class pet. </span><br />
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A stuffed animal is the perfect answer for having a class pet. Students can take it home, read to it, and teach it without me having to clean up after it, take it home over the holidays, or worry about walking in in the morning to find that it had gone to heaven. AND if you weren't convinced enough by how great of an idea this is, think about the parents....Parents will not longer have to dread having the class pet come home with their child!!! </div>
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<b>Now to meet our adorable, tiny, green class pet.... </b></div>
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<b>Say Hello to Cinder the Dragon!</b></div>
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As I walked aimlessly up and down the aisles of Party City trying to kill time before an appointment<br />
I spotted Cinder! When I saw Cinder I just knew that he was the perfect pet for my fairy tale classroom. We all know that they best fairy tales involve a dragon who comes to the rescue.<br />
Cinder's home is found in a green personalized bucket that sits at our ROYAL table. Inside his bucket we keep his travel journal and take home bag.<br />
<b> Let's take a peek inside Cinder's travel journal....</b><br />
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After printing this cover and gluing it to the front cover of the notebook I discorvered full page sticker sheets. I can't believe that I NEVER knew they exsisted until now. But I reprinted the cover on sticker paper so I didn't have to worry about it tearing off.<br />
Inside Cinder's travel journal on the first page is a note to my student's parents and families.<br />
This note informs my families exactly what is expected when Cinder comes to their home for the<br />
weekend.<br />
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After the note to families there is an introduction from Cinder himself. Cinder's introduction shares a little bit about himself and how he arrived to my classroom.<br />
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After Cinder's introduction is his take home contract. Cinder's contract is an agreement that the students will treat Cinder like their very own. This is something we go over as a class before he can be sent home with anyone. Each student writes their name on the contract as a promise to take <b>EXTRA </b>good care of our dragon Cinder.<br />
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Now that you've had a chance to read a little about Cinder and his travel journal it's time to talk about who gets to take him home and how it is decided.<br />
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In my classroom I use ClassDojo for behavior points and parent communication. Every Friday I use my student's points for the week to determine who takes Cinder home. The student with the most points for the week gets to take Cinder home with them. If a student has already had the opportunity to take him home with him I think allow Dojo to randomly select a student using the random button feature. This allows me to make sure that a particular student is not taking Cinder home multiple times before everyone gets a chance.<br />
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When a student takes Cinder home for the weekend they will bring him wherever they go. Then on Sunday they will write about their adventures together and include drawings or photographs of their adventures together. On Monday, the student will then return Cinder and share with the class the fun adventures they had together.<br />
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I can not wait to begin writing in Cinder's journal during my fall break and then having my students add each weekend to his journal. I just know they are going to LOVE Cinder! I hope that you now have a hassel free idea of how to incorporate a class pet into your classroom without the costly fees and maintenacne.<br />
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Do you have a class pet in your classroom? I'd love to hear about it in the comments below! :)<br />
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Thanks so much for reading! <br />
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Hello, friends! It's Elisabeth from <a href="http://www.literacyandlattes.com/">Literacy and Lattes</a> here with a fun bulletin board tip!</div>
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So...I'm here to share how you can print your own posters!</div>
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To start, simply create the image you want to print. I like to use PowerPoint to create, but you can use Word if you prefer. If you want to use clipart, I arrange my image to take up as much of the page as possible. </div>
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BUT BE CAREFUL! You want to leave the white edges on your pages for now. This will help you put your pages together. Trust me, I've made the mistake more than once and it's way more difficult to put the pages together when you cut flush to the image. </div>
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Now that you've arranged your pages, carefully decide which of the white boarders you will cut off. This is much easier when you're putting together a small object - two or four pages or enlarged letters - but when you're putting together something large like my 3x3 page house, you'll need to trim only certain edges. I like to trim the white edges off the pages what I'm putting on top. For the house I trimmed the edges on the outside pieces and left them on the center pieces. </div>
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I am loving how this board turned out! The big house plus those dust jacket balloons...it's just perfect for "reading teacher nook" in the school library!</div>
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Hi all! This is Chris from A Scoop of Learning sharing a teacher hack with you. I know there are TONS of teacher hacks all over the internet. Just like you, I have probably tried them all. Some turn out to be the greatest thing on earth and some not so much. However, I was just introduced to this latest hack that will make my life just a little easier this year.</div>
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A little background first, I have taught second grade for most of my career but moved down to first grade this year. I love it! The problem starts with these little humans being quite a bit smaller than the second graders I have been accustomed to. The fact that I'm also short does not help my problem, lol!</div>
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The problem is this, when we take whole class assessments, they like to look at their neighbor's paper! What?! No way. Yes, yes they do.
I know what you're going to say, just go order some privacy shields from a popular educational catalog (ahem). Well, I have those. They are big. Really big for my new tiny firsties. They would do the job just fine but they are big, bulky for firsties to handle and more difficult for me to see a group of students working quickly. Remember, this is the first time most of them are taking any type of whole group assessments, such as a spelling test. Therefore, I need to be able to walk around quickly during the test and see that they are even writing anything down:)</div>
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Here are the only two must-haves. Three pieces of standard sized tagboard and some packing tape.</div>
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I just taped the three pieces together like so. I did tape on both sides just to be extra sturdy.</div>
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Now this next part is only if you're a 'little' Type A, like myself:) I used my paper cutter to trim each side of the end pieces just a little. By doing this, they seem to fold a little better.
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Last, if you don't have any restrictions on your school's lamination, you may even want to laminate them to withstand quite a few years. Luckily, I was be able to feed two of them through at once:)
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Now, let's compare these 'home-made' privacy shields against the popular name brand. Just so you know, there are the SAME number of privacy shields for both types shown below.</div>
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Clearly, they take up MUCH less space. They are light enough that even my firsties can pass them out {perk!}, and they are short enough that I can see over them to do quick checks on progress as I walk by. The store bought privacy shields can be cumbersome for these littles to maneuver on their desktop. Trust me, I tried. They were constantly getting pushed off during assessments. These are small enough that they will stand on top of their desks and still give the students plenty of room to work. Win, win!</div>
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Now, here's the bonus...my new teaching partner has had her privacy shields for over 10 years and they are still going strong! Isn't that amazing?!</div>
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I would love to hear about some of your teacher hacks! Tell me your favorites in the comments below. Have a great Back-to-School season, friends!</div>
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Hey! It's Andrea from <a href="http://alwayskinder.com/" target="_blank">Always Kindergarten</a>. I hope your school year is off to an amazing start! This time of year is always so much work and teachers are exhausted at the end of each day. This makes finding the energy to plan and prep really hard. I like to keep the activities simple and the prep to a minimum both for me and my students. Since we tend to focus a lot on names at the beginning of Kindergarten, I've put together 5 ideas for working on names that are low prep and a lot of fun!</div>
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At the beginning of the year, I write students' names on sentence strips. We use these for so many different activities. A fun community building activity is to have students find a friend who has one, two, or even three of the same letters in their name as they do. They love to look for similarities and differences in their names. We also find a friend with more letters, less letters, or the same number of letters in their name. It's great to get the kids talking and to learn each other's names in those first couple of weeks.</div>
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Some of our favorite tools to use for names (and word building) are <a href="http://amzn.to/2cvf078" target="_blank">letter tiles</a> and <a href="http://amzn.to/2cdBJ6P" target="_blank">magnetic letters</a>. Students practice building their own names as well as the names of their friends. </div>
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Another great tool for strengthening fine motor and working on names are <a href="http://amzn.to/2cWycZy" target="_blank">Wikki Stix</a>! I have a love/hate relationship with Playdoh and sometimes, I just need a break from the mess it makes. Wikki Stix are a great alternative and the kiddos love bending and twisting them into the letters of their names.</div>
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Bean names, a classic activity! I write students names on construction paper with a pencil and then they glue on pinto beans. It's quick to prep and is fantastic for strengthening fine motor. </div>
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This is definitely one of my favorite name activities for the beginning of the year! We learn how to use watercolor paints to create name art! I write the students' names with a black sharpie and students paint inside the letters. It makes a beautiful bulletin board that you can keep up all year!</div>
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As I shared last week on our linky, I am moving to first grade! With the grade change, I have decided it was time to change my classroom decor. SO, I am moving away from "The Mouse " (Or the "Mice," rather), and going in another direction... A more colorful direction... towards Wonderland!!<br />
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I know so many of you have seen the AMAZING classroom that<a href="http://www.elementaryshenanigans.com/2015/07/my-2015-classroom-tour-at-ron-clark.html"> Hope King of Elementary Shenanigans has at Ron Clark Academy.</a> Beautiful, beautiful work that I can only drool over... Seriously, check it out and prepare to dream and/or drool... I did want a lot of the whimsy and color from the Disney version of the story, since I will still be in primary... SO, taking some of the concepts from both versions, I think I have an idea in mind! I can't wait to share more in August, when it is complete.<br />
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In the meantime, I wanted to share some of the ways I will affordably be creating decor for my classroom!<br />
When looking for a new classroom theme or design, Pinterest is your B.F.F. I mean, where else can you have a giant resource of ideas at your fingertips? For example, I wanted to find ways to use playing cards in my classroom design, and voila! Look at this adorable idea for a garland from <a href="http://www.lovetocrop.com/2011/06/decorate-to-celebrate-challenge-2.html">Love to Crop</a>!<br />
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Another thing I am dying to incorporate is the White Rabbit... That little guy always seems to be in a hurry, and I can totally relate! :)</div>
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I found this cute image online at <a href="http://www.learninginwonderland.com/2012/03/classroom-tour.html">Learning in Wonderland</a>, and can't to create my own similar version, using my Cricut dies. Should only cost about $2 in paper!</div>
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One of my favorite scenes in the classic story is when Alice is in the garden with the flowers. I think buying a few of these <a href="https://www.dollartree.com/household/outdoor-living/Striped-Flower-Shaped-Garden-Pinwheels-21-frac12-/500c540c540p345937/index.pro?method=search">large flower-shaped pinwheels from Dollar Tree</a> ($1 each) and adding faces would help create a Wonderland atmosphere. </div>
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Finally, I am in love with the "Follow Directions" and "Looking Forward" posters from <a href="http://www.eurekaschool.com/p-1258-alice-in-wonderlandreg-directions-vertical-banner.aspx">Eureka Schools</a>. </div>
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Hi! It's Elisabeth from<a href="http://www.literacyandlattes.wordpress.com/"> Literacy and Lattes</a> starting off summer by sharing some exciting things happening here at The Primary Punchbowl! So many of the bloggers behind the Punchbowl are mixing it up and moving to new jobs! We wanted to share our changes with you...and maybe solicit some advice, too!<br />
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Even in the very beginning of first grade, some of my sweet little reading kiddos come to me with a sense of failure already on their shoulders. Taking those little first graders and giving them a feeling of success? There's no better feeling in the world. Honestly, my job is seriously amazing. I do think I'll miss having my own classroom of kiddos, but for real...opening the world of reading to a little learner? Pure magic. </div>
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I'll be working on a cart for half the day, so I'm working on an organization system to keep supplies easily accessible and ready to use! Since I'm teaching Leveled Literacy Intervention (aka LLI) most of my supplies are already pretty compact, so that's a big bonus right off the bat!</div>
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In my 11 classroom years, I never had another teacher truly push in to my room. I've worked with tons of awesome teachers who pulled students out from my room, but that's a whole different story. So...tell me in the comments: Do you have a teacher who provides services in your classroom? What works for you? What makes you totally crazy? </div>
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Here are some examples of how I use this versatile Google App!<br />
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So let's get started!<br />
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First, go to <a href="http://drawings.google.com/" target="_blank">drawings.google.com. </a><br />
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Here's what you see!<br />
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Learn the toolbar real quick.<br />
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After you insert a line, a new toolbar shows up.<br />
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Make your choices and then go to insert a text box.<br />
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After you insert a textbox, a new toolbar shows up. The Line toolbar is also there in case you want to add a line around your text box. <br />
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Insert the text you want and drag it to the places you want. I am making a short a sort, so I chose 4 word family endings and moved them to the four boxes I made. Then click on Tools and Research. The Research Tool opens on the right of the screen. Click in the search bar and a drop down menu appears.<br />
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Choose Images and type what you would like to find. I am looking for short a words with the endings I chose. Some pictures I want are cat, hat, ram, crab, mad, etc. I also want to make sure I can use the pictures safely so click on the little arrow under the search bar. <br />
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When you have the pictures you want, you can press the little x on the research tool to hide it. Here is my Short A Sort. But I’m not finished yet! I have to move the pictures off the canvas to the side so the kids will be able to sort them properly. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRX596s2OtJVOYYU5VpyNo8LAGzKUWOQVubtE9m39zQsbNDh8N9CxOXfMA_9XaUyjo3LEZZ0WjkNiQc3WdFBX3rFaynEfwE0Xm4qzkLBL432UDTHFh04T6nrXJcO9w-pm25GHR1UfRSphr/s1600/9.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="454" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRX596s2OtJVOYYU5VpyNo8LAGzKUWOQVubtE9m39zQsbNDh8N9CxOXfMA_9XaUyjo3LEZZ0WjkNiQc3WdFBX3rFaynEfwE0Xm4qzkLBL432UDTHFh04T6nrXJcO9w-pm25GHR1UfRSphr/s640/9.png" width="640" /></a><br />
I drag the pictures off the canvas to the side. Now it’s almost ready for the students. I like to add another text box with directions off to the other side so they know what to do. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYkrYzMj1cUDzR22oC1vHtp3oS5ablu7jmy0JIxHXrnzxlw_AZIArQ9WMjDSap66tW-jtLyeXsIrtqFNOM_7v-ikEQHC9vR_dO4dwSo7wbuSVdwSrIgHWX9rIBvgDu2pWaukgecEA6kQZg/s1600/10.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="354" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYkrYzMj1cUDzR22oC1vHtp3oS5ablu7jmy0JIxHXrnzxlw_AZIArQ9WMjDSap66tW-jtLyeXsIrtqFNOM_7v-ikEQHC9vR_dO4dwSo7wbuSVdwSrIgHWX9rIBvgDu2pWaukgecEA6kQZg/s640/10.png" width="640" /></a><br />
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I also add a text box in the middle so they have a place to type their name. <br />
So simple: Insert text box, choose white as the fill background color. Type “Type Name Here” or what you wish. Choose the font and size and alignment, if you wish. <br />
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You can add how you want the students to turn in their work, or email it to you.<br />
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Now it’s time for you to share it with your students. This is very important. Click on SHARE. The Share menu pops up. Click on Get shareable link.<br />
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Click the little arrow next to Anyone with the link can view. Here you can choose how to share the file. Now, you don’t want each student working on the same file because they would all edit the same one. You want each kid to have his or her own file to work on. <br />
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So I leave it on “Anyone with the link can view” and click copy link. Pass the link to your students (however you do that). The students then open the link, click on File and choose Make a Copy. Each student will have his own copy. <br />
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So there you go! That's how you work Google Drawings. It's such a versatile tool and there is a plethora of possibilities! Have fun exploring and please send me pictures of your fabulous work! </div>
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Here are links to some of my drawings activities: </div>
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<a href="https://docs.google.com/drawings/d/1G44KnGK6MOQEDgjPqkGrpP7JNayumn8nqwP7NmwAegI/copy" target="_blank">AR, ORE Word Sort</a></div>
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<a href="https://docs.google.com/drawings/d/1ADdBl4RFF9vHZs3DhNqzy8Q3KXK2u9HMBy7Aope_R_8/copy" target="_blank">Short A Word Family Sort</a></div>
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<a href="https://docs.google.com/drawings/d/1jlgXoOwCeCRF36fUobMByCwfphSdnDrG1MA02I7lLaE/copy" target="_blank">Picture Match Words with Endings</a></div>
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<a href="https://docs.google.com/drawings/d/1IVQlBZSPecWZUPBZ0-1eshHzElHtJyEGVQxDfX3UdkI/copy?usp=sharing" target="_blank">-ed, -ing Endings</a></div>
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Hey, friend! It's Andrea from <a href="http://alwayskindergarten.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Always Kindergarten</a>. Writer's Workshop is one of my favorite times of the day in my Kindergarten classroom. Watching my students' writing evolve over the school year is so amazing to witness. I love how their personalities shine through their writing by the end of the year. </div>
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One of my most favorite events of the school year is our Authors' Morning. You can read more about this event over on <a href="http://alwayskindergarten.blogspot.com/2015/05/weekend-warriors-favorite-eoy-activities.html" target="_blank">my blog</a>. It is a celebration of our hard work and a way for us to show off our learning. </div>
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Throughout the year, we learn how to write personal narratives, how to books, opinion pieces, and informational books. At the end of the year, we review all we have learned and my students create fictional narratives. This year, I decided to give my students their own writing journals.</div>
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At the end of our unit, I meet with each student and we choose their best story to publish. I type up each child's story with a blank box at the top so they can draw final illustrations.</div>
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We also create a front cover, title page, dedication page, and a page all about the author.</div>
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No more laminating, no more annoying combs, this baby binds books in 90 seconds! It's the Book Creator from Premier Binding. You can find it <a href="http://www.premierbinding.com/Products/Premier-Book-Creator__Premier-lbspc-Book-lbspc-Creator.aspx" target="_blank">here</a>. It has changed my life when making class books and publishing student work. I absolutely love it! If you give them a call, ask for Jay and tell him I sent ya!</div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Going to the zoo was one of my favorite field trips when I was a teacher and it has become one of my favorite things to do with my own kids. I thought since it is "zoo time" it would be fun to have a scavenger hunt for students to complete while they were on their field trip. This would be a great way to add some sort of structure to a crazy day and encourage some great discussions about the animals that they will be seeing. </span><br />
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As the school year is winding down, that means it is time to start thinking about gift ideas. I blogged about some budget friendly gifts for students with free tags that you can find <a href="http://www.sarajcreations.com/2016/05/10-free-end-of-year-student-gift-tags.html">HERE</a>. Today, I'm thinking about gifts to thank teachers. I came up with these gifts for my daughter's Sunday school teachers at our church. There are 8 teachers and helpers that rotate throughout the year so I wanted to get something small and budget friendly for all of them. These would be perfect for your child to give to a teacher with the "Thanks for helping me grow" version. You could also use this idea and the included tags to thank parapros, secretaries, custodians, specials teachers, volunteers or anyone who has helped your students if you use the "Thanks for helping us grow" tags.<br />
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To make these gifts, I bought 6 inch clay pots from Home Depot for around $1 each. I had my daughter help me paint them with acrylic paints that I had on hand. It took several coats to get the color as dark as I wanted, so I did the rest of the coats after my daughter helped with the first one. <br />
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Luckily, this paint dries fast so I was able to paint multiple coats and get it done in one morning. Once the bottoms were painted, I painted gold around the top a few times. <br />
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Next, I bought some succulents to add to the pots. I bought a bunch of succulents last year for our garden and I love them since they survive on very little water. I had it in my head that I wanted to use succulents for this project. I didn't realize that these would be hard to find (5 stores) and would be around $5 for each plant. Luckily, I found a multi pack that I split up and then bought 4 additional plants to help fill in the space. The cost and availability might be different depending on where you live. If you want to go with a cheaper and more colorful route, buy some flowers and plant them in the pots.<br />
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Once the pots were ready to go, I created little cards to go with them. My daughter is just learning to write letters and words so I knew it was going to be a lot for her to write this on each card. I figured I would just make a printable and she could add her name and I would write the teachers' names. She also wanted to draw a picture for each teacher so I let her do that and we will add that with some washi tape right before we give them. To attach the cards, I used skewer sticks that I had on hand and taped them to the back of the cards.<br />
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This is a super easy gift idea. You can make it even easier by not painting the pots or by just tying a ribbon around the pot for some color. You could also use cute washi tape and just tape the cards to the pot instead of using sticks.<br />
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If you want to try this out, I've included the cards (both the ME and the US versions) <a href="http://bit.ly/SaraJGrowTags">HERE</a> for you to download. <br />
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Celebrating students' success is something we always <i>try</i> to do…but if you're anything like us, in the hustle and bustle of the school day- sometimes we neglect to celebrate their "everyday"victories! We've vowed to make this a focus of our next year. We have reflected on the current ways we motivate and celebrate students' victories, and we've been searching for new and innovative ways to do so. </div>
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Currently, we only celebrate a few successes, but, we are making a pact to change that. We are planning to celebrate the really TOUGH kindergarten stuff…the stuff you really have to work to master! We want to ensure that the "value" of these successes are felt, so we aren't giving these victories to everyone for anything; but rather, to those who work hard to accomplish big things.<br />
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Here are a few very versatile ways to celebrate students' victories!<br />
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We LOVE when students give that <span style="color: yellow;">"glow"</span> of pride when they master something after working so hard for it! This is the way we <i>used</i> to post their accomplishments. </div>
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There is nothing wrong with it necessarily, but they are scattered around the room and aren't easy to see unless you know what/where to look. Now, we have several skills-based posters grouped together, in a similar format, and posted in a cohesive manner. It's in one distinct part of our room, where students can easily (and at any moment) check their progress.</div>
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We wholeheartedly believe that when students are able to take ownership of their own learning, their learning becomes more meaningful. We cannot wait to implement Personal Student Data tabs in our daily "take-home" binders…(HEROES Binders). Along with our newsletters, class list, daily schedule, etc., we are looking forward to also having tabs for students to track their own data. Since we have not used these before, we are not sure exactly what we are going to include, but we have been looking at Pinterest and on TPT…it seems so many of you have awesome data collection products. What we love about this is that students can take ownership of their own learning and can track their progress themselves. We cannot wait to start putting these binders together!!!<br />
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Are you fluent in "ten finger woos"? What about a "thirteen finger woo"?</div>
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We are very much believers in the Whole Brain Teaching strategies and these "woos" are something that Chris Biffle (Founder of WBT) uses to give immediate, quick praise to students…he also suggests having students give them, as well. They are simple, but our students LOOOOOVE earning them! These little chants can boost even the saddest of kiddos! These little chants are what we "give" to students for accomplishing the smaller/everyday victories!</div>
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One last thing: We can hear some of you saying, "Ugghh! What about the poor kiddos who struggle and may always end up at the bottom?" We are so glad you asked ;0). One of the things we strive hardest to do is creating a classroom environment that promotes a growth mindset and one where students build each other up and work together when appropriate! Our students are often pushing each other to learn the newest sight word or skill; they practice tough stuff together and love when they can help a peer learn something new. What we love about the growth mindset is that students are reflective of their own work and learning all throughout the day! These posters, data binders, and class chants allow students to literally "see" where they are comparatively and our hope is that they feel an intrinsic desire to work to move up a level, color in a new column in their binder, or earn a ten or twelve finger woo from their classmates.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17247378309971466425noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4395339208965906924.post-3126743600798792522016-04-29T17:28:00.002-07:002016-04-30T05:24:40.168-07:00Easy Mother's Day GiftsHello there! It's Megan, from Mrs. Baker's Dozen! I'm so excited to share this blog post today! Plus link it up with Doodlebugs, woo hoo!!<br />
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Today my first graders and I went all out and celebrated our mamas with a Mother's Day Bouquet Bash! It was a celebration of mommies, aunties, and grandmas. We showered them with some major flower power!<br />
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First is our Bouquet of Love book! So simple and easy, just print, hole punch, and tie with pretty ribbon or yarn. The vase of flowers can be printed, colored, and pasted on construction paper. Or do what I did and cut the vase out of cute scrapbook paper ($3.00 a book at good ol' Walmart) and pasted just the tops of the flowers to make a FLIP FLAP bouquet. Underneath each flower was part of a secret message, like I Love You. My firsties decorated the classroom door with a Mother's Day directed drawing by <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Mothers-Day-Directed-Drawing-FREEBIE-Whimsy-Workshop-Teaching-1840052">Whimsy Workshop</a>. Too cute!</div>
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Our big gift to our moms was an adorable flower pencil. Here's what you need to create it:</div>
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Your hardest steps are cutting the flowers. Start with the leaf, which is my green cupcake liner. Fold in half three times. When it is a tiny triangle, trim off the top to a pointy leaf shape.</div>
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Next comes the petals. Pick out the cupcake liners you want, then fold just them just like the leaf. I did five here and that was pretty thick. I would recommend cutting three at a time. When you get to the last fold (tiny triangle) cut the top into a curve shape (petal). Unfold and put the flowers in the order you want. Take the leaf liner and put two tiny dots of hot glue towards the middle. Layer the flowers on each other, putting the hot glue under each one so they all stick together.</div>
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Finally, wrap some cute washi tape around a pencil (already shapened) and use a pushpin to attach the bloom to the eraser. Voila! Cute and easy gift for mom!</div>
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<br />Megan Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06959586419459759140noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4395339208965906924.post-9005570103516942352016-04-20T19:18:00.003-07:002017-02-06T17:49:54.944-08:00An Easy and Fun Way to Group StudentsHi, friends! It's Elsa from <a href="http://wholewheatclass.blogspot.com/">The Whole Wheat Class</a>. The year is winding down and I know some of us have already begun that End of Year Countdown. How many of you think this time of year can be so hard? Your kiddos are stir crazy, you've got a million and one things on your to-do list, and yet there's still so many fun things left to accomplish before you say good bye!<br />
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I know I always love doing group work this time of year. My class seems so independent as we near the end of our time together, if I'm lucky! Pairing my kids on the daily can seem so tedious and sometimes...yes, sometimes...I hear groans from the peanut gallery. Sigh, the worst, right? The two besties are already throwing each other side eye, trying to figure out how they can work together. Johnny-doesn't-think-anything-is-fun just rolled his eyes and mumbled, "hope I don't get paired with a girl!" (yes, every class has one!) and you've got 1:1 assessments to complete in a limited amount of time. Partner cards are the perfect trick. My kids beg for them! Let me tell you how I use them.<br />
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Partner Cards, as we call them in my room, are just simple picture cards that I've cut in half. So easy, right? These particular cards have a fun Spring/Summer theme that my kids are currently swooning over. They get so excited when they get a new picture. I simply count out the amount of pairs I need, shuffle, and pass them out at random. The kids find their match, "pay" me their cards, and off they go to the centers I've already organized for them. </div>
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You could do this with any type of card you have laying around. My math curriculum comes with a bunch of math game cards. My Mini-Wheats love to match numbers, addition problems, place value cards, etc. If you have phonics cards or center cards those could be used, too. </div>
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BUT, Elsa, I don't have an even number of kids in my class! I know, me either! In this case I have an "odd man out". When I pass out the cards the person who doesn't end up with one is allowed to join any group they'd like. Works like a charm and no one feels left out. </div>
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BUT, Elsa, I have a challenging group, I can't just pair my kids randomly! Then don't! I've definitely needed to get creative with groupings. With this trick no one needs to be the wiser. Organize or pass the cards out in advance. Sometimes I leave the cards at their tables after lunch. This gives me the chance to pass out the cards the way that I want my kids to be paired. They come back from recess and see Partner Cards and don't know the difference. Instant buy in from them and I get my kids paired how I want. </div>
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I hope you've enjoyed this quick and easy trick. If you don't have anything in your classroom that would already do the job here's the link to <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/SpringSummer-Partners-Grouping-Cards-2511979">FREE partner cards</a> in my TpT store. Now, go get those assessments done and have a great End of the Year!!</div>
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We'd love you to post any fun grouping tricks you have in the comments below! Thanks for stopping by. -Elsa</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The year is quickly coming to an end and I can't believe it. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Where has the school year gone?!? Here in Tennessee we only have 5 weeks left, which is so crazy to me. It really feels like just yesterday it was the first day of school. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">But anyways... I am blogging with the Primary Punchbowl today to share with you about our Election Week in 2nd Grade. My students this year have been all about the presidential candidates and talking about who they want to win the election. So with all their talk going on my co-worker and I thought, why don't we bring that into our classroom and teach them about how the election process works. And with that Election Week began. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We started off the week by breaking up the class into four groups. Each group was assigned a presidential candidate that they would research. We chose four candidates (Trump, Sanders, Clinton, Cruz) for times sake. For the first two days the students read about their candidate and took notes on them. After taking notes on their candidate the students then had to decide how they wanted to present their information. Technology has been something I have really been trying to integrate into my classroom this year and with having 2 I-pads in our room, it made it a little easier to do. Earlier in the year I introduced some <b><u><span style="color: yellow;">AWESOME</span></u></b> presentation apps & the best part is they are <u><b><span style="color: yellow;">FREE!</span></b></u> If you have not checked them out or downloaded them yet, you have to as soon as you are done reading my post... The apps are Popplet lite, ChatterPix, and PicKids Collage. The groups chose to either create a Popplet or a Chatter Pix since those were the two newest apps I've introduced. </span><span style="font-size: large;">This is what they look like... </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Below is a Popplet. With the Popplet students are able to create a web like presentation which they are able to include both text and images. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The students really got a kick out of these. With the Chatter Pix the students choose a background image for their video. After selecting the background they can then draw a line where they would like the mouth to go and begin recording a 30 second presentation.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">While the students were working on their presentations they were also campaigning for the class to vote for their candidate. Or for some, they were campaigning against their own candidate. Here are some of the student's campaign posters that they created throughout the week. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">These posters were hung around our classroom all throughout the week. Finally at the end of the week it was time to bring our Election Week to an end. So on the last day it was ELECTION DAY!!! My students arrived to our classroom that morning to find this on our classroom door.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">They were so excited! They just couldn't wait till Social Studies time so we could actually vote. Before allowing the students to vote we spoke about how the voting process worked. We discussed that their votes should be secret and that they shouldn't share who they voted with others. In order to make it as close to the real thing I created a voting booth at the back of my classroom. I did this by turning a shoe box into a ballot box and setting it up in front of a test tent. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I must admit I planned to make my Ballot Box a lot cuter, but I ended up not feeling well the night before and left it for the last minute. Oh, well that's TEACHER LIFE for ya, just Rollin' with the punches some times. Finally, when it was time for Social Studies my students came up one by one to cast their vote. They also received I VOTED stickers that were a HUGE hit. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">After everyone had voted it was time to count the votes. And if our class was able to vote we would vote for... Drum roll pleaseeeee!!!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Click the link for a freebie to get a copy of my presidential candidate pages.<a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Presidential-Election-Freebie-2507265" target="_blank"><span style="color: yellow;">Click Here to Grab Your Freebie</span><span style="color: black;">!</span></a> </span><span style="font-size: large;">Included you will find note taking pages, the ballots,and the If our class could vote posters!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I hope you all enjoyed my post. If you hold an election in your classroom I would love to see it in action. Feel free to #Firstgradeisafairytale and #primarypunchbowl </span></div>
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Hi, there! It's Erin, from <a href="http://www.veryperryclassroom.com/">Very Perry Classroom</a>! Recently, we at the Punchbowl have been discussing ways we like to show love and kindness to others in the education world.. It can be an isolating profession, if you don't reach out for support and to support. We are so thankful for those who have supported each of us, and definitely want to share the love! Today, I am going to share a few ways I like to show kindness to others... </div>
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The first way I love connect and appreciate other teachers is an idea that I cannot take credit for, but totally love. It's a concept that was created by Jameson, from Lessons With Coffee. A few years ago, Jameson saw a need for educators to feel connected to and encouraged by others if they weren't necessarily feeling the "love" where they were. She also saw that teachers LOVE to make new friends... And the idea for SLANT boxes was born! Jameson is amazingly organized and patient and matches teachers from the blogging and non-blogging worlds with others across the nation (<u>S</u>ending <u>L</u>ove <u>A</u>cross the <u>N</u>ation to <u>T</u>eachers). Each participant sends a box to their match, and communicates with them throughout each match session. I can honestly say I *love* making new SLANT box friends! If you would like to find out more, click <a href="http://lessonswithcoffee.com/slantbox-exchange">here</a></div>
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Another idea that I love for spreading kindness to other teachers is compliment cards!<br />
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These great cards from <a href="https://www.erincondren.com/compliment-cards">Erin Condren</a> are great to slip in a colleague's mailbox to spread some love or lift their spirits. There is plenty of room on the back to write a quick note to brighten their day!</div>
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Finally, I want to share with you what I have been doing with a few colleagues this Spring! </div>
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Around Christmas, a few of us who are on the Sunshine Committee were talking about doing "You've been Socked!," which is a pass-the-stocking activity. We loved the idea of filling an object and paying it forward across the staff, but knew that we would not have enough time to pull it off. Then, we started talking about Spring, and it was suggested that we do "You've Been Egged!" This is a similar concept, but uses a giant plastic egg. We were sold. In the picture above is what I did with the egg when it was my turn to fill it. The point is to keep it anonymous, and to be as sly as possible. To keep people from being "double-egged," we had a staff list, and crossed off our recipient before leaving it on the front desk in the office each morning. I picked someone on staff who loves to bake, so I had SO much fun filling it with cute Easter baking supplies. Once our Spring holidays were over, we knew we wanted to continue going, but didn't want to use the egg. Since many of us on our staff use the book "<a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/p/have-you-filled-a-bucket-today-carol-mccloud/1102047428/2672834922414?st=PLA&sid=BNB_DRS_Marketplace+Shopping+Paperbackshopus_00000000&2sid=Google_&sourceId=PLGoP23146&k_clickid=3x23146">Have You Filled a Bucket Today?</a>" it was only natural to continue the activity using a bucket. I have PLENTY of Disneyland popcorn buckets, so we used a plastic bucket and have continued "passing the bucket." I LOVE to give gifts, but I LOVE to see people with lifted spirits even more! </div>
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You can find a free original poem <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Bucket-Filler-A-Teacher-Kindness-Freebie-2503618">here</a> if you would like to trying "filling your bucket" with your own staff!</div>
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<br />Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13562474001846534903noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4395339208965906924.post-29348932242155909902016-04-11T00:00:00.000-07:002016-04-11T00:00:05.937-07:00Reader's Theater via Google HangoutHi friends, welcome to the Punchbowl! Sarah from <a href="http://www.mrsbarnettfirstgrade.com/">Mrs B's First Grade</a> here to talk to you about a fun twist on readers theater today. Want to take yours up a notch with technology? Read on to learn how!<br />
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We have all used readers theater in our classroom to work on important reading skills such as fluency and expression. It usually involves a few students performing for your class or possibly another class in the school. Although this is fun and an effective strategy for working on these skills, it has been done time and time again. With amazing technology at our fingertips, why not try it a different way?<br />
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In my classroom we have been performing readers theater with other classes via Google Hangout or Skype. How do we do it? It's simple! Follow the steps below!<br />
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<b><u>Step One - Find a Class</u></b></div>
The first step for a virtual readers theater is to find a class to perform with. You can do this through social media (my favorite avenue is Twitter) or you can simply find a teacher friend from another school that is willing to try it out with you. Don't be afraid to ask - most teachers love to give new technology ideas a try!<br />
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<b><u>Step Two - Select a Readers Theater and Plan a Time</u></b></div>
The best reader theater scripts have two characters or roles on them. That way your class can take one and the other class can take another. There are a lot of fun ones on Teachers pay Teachers, or you can also use the books from the <a href="http://www.amazon.com/You-Read-Me-Ill-Together/dp/0316013161">You Read to Me I'll Read to You</a> series.<br />
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After you have your script selected, plan the day and time you are going to "meet" on Google Hangout or Skype. Don't forget about timezone differences! You will only need to plan for 15-20 minutes. That can include an introduction and a goodbye. One more thing you don't want to forget is to get the Google Hangout or Skype name of the other teacher. It is also a good idea to test your connection before your planned date.<br />
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After you choose which class will read which part, practice with your class! I usually do this whole group.<br />
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The last step is to connect with the class and perform! Don't worry about it if your kids are not perfect, just have fun with it! If you can, have someone video your class participating. My class always loves watching how they did once we are done. It's also a great way to access your fluency!<br />
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It's as simple as that! If you have any other questions, please feel free to email me at <a href="mailto:mrsbarnettfirstgrade@gmail.com">mrsbarnettfirstgrade@gmail.com</a>.</div>
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