tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16053439972407912832024-03-05T18:55:01.097-06:00Tunstall's Teaching TidbitsAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15627265430679026178noreply@blogger.comBlogger540125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1605343997240791283.post-34346904250720633872015-12-12T13:52:00.000-06:002015-12-18T17:21:01.434-06:00 Math Journals For First GradeAt the beginning of the school year I shared a post on how to get students <a href="http://tunstalltimes.blogspot.com/2015/08/math-journals-getting-started.html">started</a> on math journals. I am hoping you have tried getting your feet wet with journals or maybe you have been rocking it out and are just checking for a new idea or two! <br />
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I began using math journals as a part of my guided math rotations three years ago mid-year! It was such a great experience!<br />
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I had my doubts on how students would react to working in a math journal daily. I knew the daily activities I provided would have to appeal to them. We all know that the average first grade class consists of students who are budding origami masters to those that are spatially challenged. I am most definitely the kid that was raising her hand for help when it came to paper folding in school. For this reason I wanted to keep it simple!<br />
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To help make life easy for both teacher and student, I created an example journal for each activity. This saves me because it provides a layout example right up front in the classroom. It also helps students see how the folds should look. To begin, I cut the activities and students only work on folding and placing them in the correct layout themselves. As students get better at this, I do less and less of the cutting. Most of the year, students can handle it all themselves.<br />
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A couple of tricks to help you are to sprinkle in activities run on colored paper. Students fall in love with their math journals and begin to take a lot of pride in their masterpieces. The first year I introduced math journal activities, my students would BEG for me to hurry up and get to the math journal activity. I had to wipe the look of shock off my face because I thought this would be a struggle rather than a favorite rotation!! <br />
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Realistically, every activity is not run on colored paper, but I did try to do it as much as humanly possible. I have a little friend named Astrobrights that has helped me with this tremendously! My students LOVE flipping through their colorful, work-filled journals. I get most of my Astrobrights paper on <a href="http://amzn.to/1QDhk8u">Amazon</a>. (affiliate link) I love stocking up on <a href="http://amzn.to/1QDhnBl">these assorted packs</a> for math journals.<br />
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Not all activities need to be colored. Students can use crayons to work through the activities too. On this activity below, I ask students to color the two parts of the snowman that make ten. Then inside the flap they write the number sentence and solve the addition problem.<br />
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When it comes to activities that get glued down after being solved, like the one below, I clip the pieces to the side. This way I can do a similar example under the document camera without giving away any answers. <br />
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Another little tip is to keep your favorite blank graphic organizers or thinking maps run off and in your math journal activity basket. When you have a concept that lends itself to a graphic organizer, you can grab and go! <br />
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I have been asked if the monthly journals and <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Big-Bundle-of-Math-Centers-1223175">monthly math centers</a> align with the <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Guided-Math-First-Grade-Units-1-9-Bundle-1940110">Guided Math Units</a>. The answer is YES! <br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15627265430679026178noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1605343997240791283.post-82208711194498261892015-12-08T15:26:00.000-06:002015-12-18T12:27:31.750-06:00 Teaching Coins, Data, and Graphing! When it comes to teaching coins, data, and graphing, I find that student interest is HIGH! Students get excited about touching money, counting money, and of course spending money too! I have a few tricks up my sleeve I would love to share to help you "capitalize" on teaching coins, data, and graphing too. (hee hee) <br />
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First up, break out the coins at all times. Just because we are doing a printable in small group, does not mean we need to put away the manipulatives! I have students spot the pennies and then cover them. When they finish they count the amount and write it at the top!<br />
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This happens for all the coins. <br />
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Of course you can't learn about money without playing store a few times....<br />
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Do this whole group at the pocket chart...<br />
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Then in small group together! This allows you to monitor and assist!<br />
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One of my go to small group lessons is called "Scoop and Graph". This can be done with any sort of manipulative all through the year. Students scoop, sort, and graph on the table. They have to tell all about their graph and then ask 2 questions like how many more nickels than quarters. <br />
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When students are ready, have them write the totals for each type of coin. It amazes them everytime that pennies is always tallest, with the smallest value.<br />
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I have a lot of printable practice on coins. After using the math money at the small group table, these are the perfect independent practice.<br />
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Both of the games below help students practice and apply naming and counting coins. They collect what they land on and at the end count up their savings. <br />
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Tying together our learning about coins, work on income, spending vs. saving and needs vs. wants!<br />
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Data and Graphing is one of my favorite math areas to teach. So much of what we do with graphing is about ourselves. Student interest is high once again! <br />
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For our whole group lessons during the unit of graphing, students participate in many class graphs! What we do with each graph helps us be sure to cover all of our standards! <br />
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At the small group table (or in centers) there are many graphing activities to help students apply what they are learning!<br />
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These activities are just a part of all the fun to be had during <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Guided-Math-Lessons-First-Grade-Unit-7-Coins-and-Graphing-2248706">unit 7 </a>of my guided math units! Click the picture below to see unit 7 Coins, Data, and Graphing.<br />
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To see all the units complete with lesson plans and materials for your whole group, small group, warm-ups, and assessments, just click the picture below!<br />
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My very first year of teaching (1997) our school focus was on writing. As a new teacher, this was a hefty goal. I was going through teacher shock trying to process all the information, techniques, planning, and lesson materials for every subject. Writing was an area without any available resources that I could take home. Because I was feeling <b>less than</b> in the area of teaching writing, I ended up asking for a modeled writing lesson from our district writing specialist.<br />
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After the first modeled lesson, I was completely hooked! She took my students and involved them in a piece of modeled/shared writing as I furiously took notes and tried to burn photographic memories into my brain. They were excited (because she was too) They were engaged, inspired, and begging to write!<br />
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From that point on I kept experimenting and working through all the aspects of teaching writing adding new ideas and resources to my repertoire as I learned of them.<br />
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Through the years I have enjoyed teaching writing so much! However, one area that never fails to try my teacher brain, is lesson planning inspiration day after day. I want well-rounded writers so I don't want my lesson planning to find itself in a writing rut!!!<br />
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During my last two teaching conferences this month with SDE, I have enjoyed talking and presenting with teachers about writing mini-lessons, and interactive and shared writing. In these presentations, I have gathered that planning writing lessons tends to be an Achilles heel even for experienced teachers. Following up a powerful week of writing we can feel right back at square one trying to think of new and fresh ideas for our writers. <br />
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I decided to take things into my own little teacher plannin' heart and break down all the components of learning to write into one document. As you plan for your writing lessons, it is amazing to see how many skills you can work through in just one simple writing mini-lesson. <br />
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Because there are 5-10 skills per area, the tendency is to cram as many in as we humanly can. This isn't always the most effective strategy for our students. (Don't ask me how I came to find that out....shudder-- thank goodness they will all learn in spite of my best efforts sometimes)<br />
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The rule of thumb is to focus on 2 to 4 teaching points in one particular lesson (One is perfectly OK too!) <br />
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Once you establish the areas you are going to hit with your mini-lesson, you'll want to decide on the text or information you will use for your lesson, how the learning will be completed, and how you will engage all of the students during the process. (no problem right????)<br />
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Gah...want to borrow my paper sack and be hyperventilating buddies?!?! It's a lot to take in!<br />
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Last year I began creating the materials I would need for my writing mini-lessons on computer rather than always writing out anchor charts and sentence strips that ended up getting thrown out each year.<br />
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These lessons serve two purposes. <br />
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One, I used them whole group to deliver a focused writing mini-lesson, and two, I placed them into the writing center for students to use for hands-on continual practice. The best part....They had quality structure at the writing center rather than relying on divine inspiration to happen every time they visited the writing center during guided reading. #doublewritingwin <br />
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All of the ideas above, come from one of my writing units called <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Engaging-Writing-Activities-Volume-2-1397440">Engaging Writing Volume 2</a>. For more writing ideas and resources check out my custom category on teachers pay teachers by clicking the picture below. <br />
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Transforming my house for the holidays brings out a magical excitement that the entire family enjoys each year. Just like we decorate our home, we also want to excite our little learners at school with standards based work dressed up with seasonal fun! <br />
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Here are 30 math activities all dressed up for the month of December! <br />
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Skill: Strategic sums to ten </div>
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Skill: Addition and Subtraction</div>
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Skill: Number sense and count-bys to 120 both forward and backward</div>
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Skill: Sums to 12 Sort and Classify</div>
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Skill: Number sense to 120</div>
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Skill: Comparing Numbers to 120</div>
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Skill Sums to ten and twenty</div>
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Skill: Ordering numbers to 120 greatest to least/least to greatest</div>
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Skill: Adding and Subtracting Tens</div>
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Skills: Place Value, Build a Math Story, Solving math stories, fact family, written numbers, adding tens, base ten, and greater than less than<br />
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Skills: Numbers to 120, count-bys, number forms, word problems, addition, subtraction<br />
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During my guided reading session, I was asked how I track sight words. I did my best to describe these little leveled sight word and fluency phrase books, but I decided a blog post about this was definitely in order! <br />
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These little booklets make teaching sight words and fluency phrases a breeze! Everyone can move through the lists at their own pace, allowing all the varied levels of readers to progress using the same tool. WIN. <br />
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First students start with booklet one. Each page has 10 fry's words on the front and ten fluency phrases with those same words on the back. When students read front and back, automatically and accurately, they move on to the next list. (editable template too) <br />
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Below is the very first list. on the left, are the first ten words. On the right, are the very beginning fluency phrases. <br />
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Once students work through an entire booklet, they graduate to the next. If they can get through all 5 booklets, that's 500 sight words and 500 fluency phrases! <br />
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I dated the bottom of the levels to keep a record of mastery. Below is a little mock up of how you can quickly write it in there. <br />
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My students loved to keep these in their book boxes and take home bags so they would be ready to "level up" at any time. There are ten spots on the front of each book for coloring, stamping, or placing stickers on to show what levels have been completed. <br />
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Color coding the different levels is helpful for keeping track of the order of difficulty. Also, these tuck perfectly into a data binder or take home folder. <br />
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I only gave the student one booklet at a time to work through. It was a big deal to move on to the next color. <br />
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How often you check students can be up to you. If you are a Friday assessment type of school then you can do that. I usually did it as a quick check for one student each day at the start or end of guided reading small group time. If a student really practiced and wanted to read their list to me, I would sometimes allow it more than once a week. It takes 30 seconds to test both sides if a student is ready and reading with automaticity. <br />
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If I had a student reading far above the norm, I would not start them at
booklet one. The more I used the booklets, the more comfortable I became with
the lists and how they related to my students.<br />
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According to Fry's, each
set of 100 words was a grade level. So booklet 5 would be 5th grade
high frequency words. I had three students get to booklet 5 in the
year. I also had a couple that worked through booklet 1 the entire
year. Of course everyone else was somewhere in the middle.<br />
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If Fry's are not the words for you, I also included an editable template so you can make your own word list and fluency phrases.<br />
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I keep a tool box (student supply box) on my desk with my sheets of stickers. Allowing students to choose the sticker that they want for the cover was a HUGE motivator for them. If you are short on stickers, they can color or stamp each level. <br />
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This year, I have taken my years of math lesson plans and created a day by day guide for whole group and small group instruction! It's been therapeutic for me to go day by day and create a cohesive learning guide complete with whole group and small group materials for each day. There have been many moments of why didn't I do this for myself years ago?! The simple matter is that I didn't have any time! Juggling teaching, family, and home upkeep is enough! (Many times it's TOO much!)<br />
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Teacher to teacher, I'll tell you that these are my favorite tried and true lessons to teach. This is the blueprint of my daily math instruction. Each unit is 20 whole group and small group lessons. Each unit has a unit assessment for you. If you taught one lesson each day you would have a month of instruction per unit. For all nine units, that's 180 days of detailed and thorough lesson planning and materials ready to go for you and your students!<br />
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Below you can find the link to each unit by clicking on the cover.<br />
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It's the special time when we learn about our families, traditions, and the first Thanksgiving! To help integrate those concepts with reading and writing, here is another interactive social studies keepsake book! <br />
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It starts as a pilgrim shirt. All of these activities can fit into a journal or notebook rather than making the keepsake book as well.<br />
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This book is bursting with activities. Thankfully there is a pocket that can hold extra pieces and activities if you need!<br />
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Choose to put all three pre-writing topics in a writing center or work on them whole group. I like to use the writing as a culmination of the book and all that they have learned. <br />
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When you open the first two flaps, I chose to focus on building knowledge related to the First Thanksgiving. The order and placement of activities is completely up to you!<br />
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Inside the second flaps I placed the items that focus on family, traditions, and comparing life then and now. (The tee pee has been updated to a wigwam) <br />
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The activities have examples and non-examples which lead to vocabulary and discussion. Natural conversations and questions arise when you are working through the activities.<br />
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The story of the First Thanksgiving is a take on a reader's theatre that I wrote a few years ago for my class. (It's free later in this post)<br />
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Students read the tabs and cut and order them onto this story board that is numbered 1-8 underneath the completed story. It's another wonderful lesson to help students think critically about what occurred over 300 years ago!<br />
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Another fun lesson that I loved using in writer's workshop, was on perfecting our sentence writing. (Ha ha ha did I say perfecting? Just kidding we don't do perfect in first grade! We do better and best!)<br />
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I wanted to incorporate the turkey into our writer's workshop lessons. We read non-fiction books about turkeys, and then we wrote our own turkey facts. Students wrote each sentence in a different color. This was our editing lesson on sentences. Next, students wrote their final draft on hand drawn feathers by yours truly that I ran on colored construction paper. Having each sentence in a different color helped students to really distinguish what makes a sentence and when to stop and make a new feather. <br />
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The result, some fun Turkey facts on our very own lovable turkeys. We were swooning over our teacher drawn turkey friends. Since then, I have updated this template (thank goodness) and another fun turkey activity too!<br />
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You can tell these pictures are older, (around 2012 before I knew how to stand still for a picture apparently) The lesson was for verbs! What a blast. We read Run Turkey Run, and then we brainstormed verbs for turkeys. Trot, gobble, fly, hide, etc.<br />
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Finally, we chose our favorite turkey verb and we made our own little display. <br />
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You can click the covers of my favorite read alouds to grab a few on amazon for your little turkeys too! These are the ones that I just couldn't find in our school library. (amazon affiliate links)<br />
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And finally...I created a resource of my favorite chants and poems to teach during this time. If I had an extra ten minutes at the end of the day, this was a perfect solution! We performed the reader's theatre that I wrote in this resource for our families and administration. Just click it to grab it free.<br />
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Have a great week!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15627265430679026178noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1605343997240791283.post-40540576904587240352015-11-01T07:08:00.000-06:002015-11-01T08:58:08.719-06:00America the Brave! Election Day and Veterans Day November is a BIG month for Social Studies. Just as October was packed with terrific themes we can now shift into a new focus of learning about our country, our war heroes, and Election Day. To be honest, I didn't always love these themes quite as much as pumpkins, spiders, and bats, but as the years go by I realize how important they really are! <br />
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Because Election Day is November 3rd. Let's start there! Inside the activity book, you can create your own class election! Decide what your class will be voting on. Perhaps your story time choice, a special snack, a class elected president, or even a special reward to earn! Have an official election while learning all about the process! <br />
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Create this fun flag craft and use the included stars or make your own stars with a white dobber or paint and q-tips on blue paper! If you choose, embellish the flag with your voter button or an included Veteran graphic! <br />
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Dive into the activities that will help teach all about our military, our country, our symbols, Veterans, and more! <br />
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Write a thank you letter to Veterans to display for your assembly. <br />
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I have never been able to make it through a Veterans Day Assembly without tears of gratitude. It's such an incredible sacrifice. The Patriotic music just does me in!!! <br />
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If you are looking for even more for your Veterans Day lessons, you can get math, literacy, and writing in this packet below. <br />
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One area that I love to teach is phonics. If you read this blog you already know that! I'm excited that my <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/The-Big-Phonics-Bundle-A-Year-of-Spelling-and-Phonics-Interactive-Activities-1172712">BIG phonics bundle</a> is finally complete! This bundle has 5 interactive activities for each of the 31 spelling patterns covered in first grade.<br />
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The first one is a read and match activity where students decode the pattern of the week and find the matching picture. This is from the <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/ick-ock-uck-ack-eck-Printable-Word-Work-2162716">ick, ock, ack, uck, eck</a> pack. In the picture above, a student is working on <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/ER-IR-UR-969005">er, ir, ur</a>. <br />
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The second activity in each of the 32 packs is build, color and write!<br />
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Second, there are 2-4 trace, write, and match pages to go along with the pattern of the week. I always keep skinny markers ready for this day because the students get very excited to trace using them! This activity below is from the <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/R-Blends-958939">r blends</a> packet.<br />
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I love the pick, glue, and write activity because it helps me to see how students are constructing and writing sentences independently. They can chose three pictures that correspond to the patterns. They make their own sentence using the word. <br />
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The last activity in each of the packets is a booklet where students can practice decoding and writing the spelling pattern. <br />
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You can have them x out the incorrect words, and color the correct spelling. Then write it on the line.<br />
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I kept a drawer full of dollar store bingo dabbers. This was another fun motivator! The book pictured below is from the <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Long-A-Silent-E-984428">long a silent e</a> pack.<br />
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Also, I recently added another activity for each pattern to the bundle. (below) It's a recording sheet for the weekly word sorts but it also has two other activities to do on each page. You can buy these separately <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Phonics-Word-Sort-Recording-Forms-1759117">here</a>.<br />
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First up, keep or toss! Students read and compare the numbers on the pumpkins. If it is true they keep the pumpkin. If it is false, they place them in the toss wagon!<br />
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Comparing and ordering numbers! These are open ended and can be least to greatest or greatest to least.<br />
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This is like chutes and ladders. Down arrows slide down. Up arrows move back.<br />
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All the way to 120! </div>
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I would add some fun outdoor gloves or a little bucket to this one just for the novelty! Raking up those math facts.<br />
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Practicing 2s, 5s, 10s and 1s! Laminate and students write and wipe.</div>
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This game is fun because students have an element of danger! Those crows are causing havoc! They will add and subtract and hopefully avoid the crows!<br />
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I think we will play this one after dinner tonight in the Tunstall home. I adore this little turkey all in pieces. Students must roll and build the whole turkey before their partner or group gets it done first. They can be strategic by rolling one or two dice.<br />
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I had a student that constantly said, "Oh Nuts!" (with the cutest little lisp you ever did hear) That catch phrase forever stuck in my head. I also passed it on to my own children at home. Don't you love how that happens? He would say it at all the wrong times of course but I couldn't help but giggle internally. </div>
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This matching center has students working on place value to 120. </div>
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These cute little mice are adding tens. This is one of those skills that needs to be worked on from all different angles. Students seem to get it one day but when you present it differently they don't have it down like you once thought. I am always trying to work in this skill. <br />
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Along with the hands on fun, I put in 10 math journal activity pages! This one goes well with the toss or keep pumpkins.<br />
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Finally, I added 10 printable practice pages. We all need a quick printable to save us sometimes!<br />
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Everything above can be found in this little packet-o-fun! And the great part is that it can be used anytime in the fall. It isn't just tied to one month. </div>
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Here are my other Fall math activities!<br />
In the math tubs below are 5 hands on centers from <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Nutty-For-Numbers-12-Fall-Math-Centers-944971">Nutty for Numbers</a><br />
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Hello! I am preparing for some upcoming conferences beginning next month. As I am preparing, I have been doing some reflecting on all things math. I can't help but notice how much I <strike>tweak </strike>adjust my math workshop (guided math) time each year! I am wondering if you find this true for yourself as well! <br />
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Because guided math workshop can match the style of the teacher and the personality of the class, it tends to take on a different feel each year. Regardless, here are the essentials I have found for building a solid Guided Math Workshop in your classroom. <br />
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First off, just like we do for our readers, we want to live and learn in a mathematically rich environment! Rather than going all out on seasonal decor in our classrooms, let's go all out on academic decor. Take your learning objectives and create an invigorating and exciting learning space!<br />
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Another BIG essential for math workshop, is a solid structure. Because math workshop tends to have a free flowing spirit about it, you have to button down the hatches and establish a clear structure complete with procedures before during and after every rotation. If you are firm in your expectations... and I mean unwavering yall, then you can rest assured that students will fall in line. After the first two months of being Sergeant Strict Teacher, you will find that this is the BEST part of your day. <br />
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Let's talk about the one or two exceptions to the rule for your structured math workshop. Those students that leave a path of destruction and dysfunction within your small group rotations need to be removed from the experience. Place them at a desk next to your small group. They will complete the work there as they inadvertently listen to your small group lesson 4 or 5 times. ;) If and when they are asking to rejoin the math workshop structure, you can decide how many rotations they may try per day until they have been allowed to participate. As soon as the behavior declines, start this process again. <br />
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Now to the exciting world of math lessons!<br />
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Let's start with your warm up. This is a quick connection and review of a skill that requires many repetitions to master. You can see an example of math warm-ups in <a href="http://tunstalltimes.blogspot.com/2015/07/guided-math-galore.html">this post</a>.<br />
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As we move into the mini-lesson we want to hit on 4 components. This is the time to entice, excite, and engage your learners! Pull out the props! Relate math to life experiences. Primary math is used in real life constantly so this is actually my favorite part! The biggest thing to remember is that mini-lessons are <b>very focused</b>. Mini-Lessons have <b>one key idea</b> that you want to introduce and practice in a meaningful hands on way. Then STOP! :) Time may fluctuate based on concept, but shoot for 20 mins or even less! You want the bulk of time to be spent in small group. Wondering what to do for mini-lessons? Check <a href="http://tunstalltimes.blogspot.com/2015/07/guided-math-whole-group-to-small-group.html">this post</a> for ideas.<br />
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Next using your guided math rotation system of choice, you will break out into small group rotations. This is where you really customize the experience for your class. Which choices would you like your small groups to visit each day? How long will they be there? <br />
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What works for you one year will need adjusting the next! Don't get too set in your ways! #guilty<br />
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I have 10 minute rotations of the following:<br />
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<u>Math STACK</u><br />
S-small group with teacher<br />
T-technology on computer or ipads<br />
A-apply learning independent practice<br />
C-create math journal<br />
K-kinesthetic hands on math center<br />
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For a post specifically about these math rotations click <a href="http://tunstalltimes.blogspot.com/2014/08/guided-math-rotations-explanations.html">here</a>.<br />
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Finally, let's focus on the targeted small group lessons. There are so many exciting ways to teach math concepts. Getting to see how your students talk, think, and do math in the safe setting of small group, will show you exactly what your students need to be the best mathematicians they can be.<br />
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Take the excitement of your new concept from the mini-lesson, and go all out in your small group lesson. This is where you really get into the heart of discussion, reasoning, procedures, and strategy. For complete guided math lesson plans and materials check out <a href="http://tunstalltimes.blogspot.com/2015/07/guided-math-whole-group-to-small-group.html">this post</a>.<br />
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If you would rather just shop for all types of math resources to supplement your rockin' workshop click the picture below.<br />
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One of my all time favorite things to do to inspire writing is to make a craft to go along with the lesson! This time Frank is here to inspire writing and make a cute display at the same time!<br />
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My kids helped me make a little video to show how easy it is to put this activity together.<br />
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Last year I used the template to help us understand writing a HOW TO piece. We wrote, How to Carve a Pumpkin. You can also choose the template in the first picture (and in the video) that helps students write a summary based on story elements. I love that even my first graders can do this because it is so scaffolded. <br />
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This year I have taken my math lesson plans and created an all in one unit for each main concept we teach in math for the entire year. <br />
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This is all about number sense-unit 1. This unit has 20 whole group and 20 small group lessons.<br />
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I also added in a few graphing activities to kick off the number sense unit because they help us get to know each other as mathematicians. <br />
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Each lesson has a whole group activity that is hands on and engaging. Following the whole group lesson, there is a small group component with materials! <br />
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Small group games</div>
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Complete lesson plans with differentiated small group ideas and materials</div>
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Hands on whole group fun! </div>
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Just add manipulatives to paper sacks and attach the labels. Students count, write, and draw each amount. You can decide which numbers your students need to practice the most. </div>
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Engaging math ideas that make learning FUN!</div>
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Games to make your learners feel like they are playing while practicing important concepts. </div>
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Just add your own math manipulatives to have a blast teaching number sense! </div>
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This is a peek at unit 2 Addition and subtraction. </div>
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Each unit can stand alone, but also builds into the next. </div>
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Practicing switching addends to create the same sum (picture cue version) </div>
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Flip flop method (number cue version) </div>
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Hands on with basic story problems. </div>
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My daughter had her 15th birthday party this weekend! Her name is Morgan and we have some special nicknames to describe her personality. The main one being, Morganized. She is not only very organized, but artsy and creative too! So let me show you how we Morganized this party!<br />
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She decided on a pool party with a nautical theme. We started with food, of course. Party and food are pretty much synonyms if you ask me.<br />
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I found these adorable canisters (They are plastic!) at Walmart in the party aisles. I got 4 of them! We used twizzlers for octopus legs and pretzel rods as driftwood. <br />
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The bait is a combination of swedish fish and gummy worms. <br />
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I saw some really adorable croissant sandwiches that looked like crabs on pinterest and wanted to make them, but Morgan begged me to go the easy route and said submarine sandwiches would still be nautical. Ya'll those girls mowed down this entire tray. Swimming can make you very hungry!<br />
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To go with the submarine sandwiches...<br />
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This lobster went face down in the onion dip. (so did I) Sssshhhhhh<br />
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There was no shortage of treats at this party. We made sea stars out of krispy treats and placed them on brown sugar for the sand. Walmart also had this sea glass in the party section so we sprinkled it around for some decor. The burlap place mats came from hobby lobby and I stole them from our dinner table. <br />
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We had ocean water on tap for the evening. This is blue Hawaiian punch and sprite. <br />
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We have a dark counter top and it just wasn't working for me, so I found a drawer full of sheer curtain panels from 2009 and used them as our sandy beach picnic blanket. Because I am a teacher, I had tons of little extras for staging in my hoarding closet, like the shells and the big nautical net.<br />
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On the day of her party I put up the decorations and set out the gifts. I let the balloons do the talking when I could.<br />
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In our dining room I set out her gifts, the gifts for her friends, and some fun party games.<br />
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These girls spent most of the time huddled giggling and talking. Yearbooks came out at one point, but in the middle of it were these fun games that I had found on pinterest. I am so glad we had them because they induced a lot of bonding and conversations. <br />
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This truth or dare came from <a href="http://momof6.com/at-home-birthday-parties/100-truth-or-dare-questions-for-tweens/#_a5y_p=3467185">Mom of 6</a>. She has it as a printable. I changed my lid toppers and bottle labels but otherwise she saved the day for sure!<br />
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These little clams were for a game, but we didn't end up playing it. They make cute little party favors. I got them on Etsy <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/219546669/12-medium-25-creamy-white-seashells?ga_order=most_relevant&ga_search_type=all&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_search_query=plastic%20clam%20shells&ref=sc_gallery_1&plkey=816300ec52652a1eb1c5326ce46de600b20c8102:219546669">here</a>. I bought a bag of pearl colored sixlets. We hate the candy, but love the look of it. :) </div>
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We also found some other fun party games that the girls loved. <br />
Would you Rather was a big hit. It's another printable! I found it on <a href="http://www.landeeseelandeedo.com/2015/07/road-trip-games-for-teens-and-tweens.html">landeelou</a> along with the road trip games which you really don't need a road trip to play!<br />
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Besides the party food, the only other money I spent was on a few little special things like these jellyfish I got on Etsy <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/234175834/pastel-jellyfish-paper-lanterns-mermaid?ga_order=most_relevant&ga_search_type=all&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_search_query=jellyfish%20lantern&ref=sr_gallery_5">here</a>. They came in a set of 4. The other two are hanging outside.<br />
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I really wanted to make each girl that came to Morgan's party a scuba gear party favor gift, but because it is technically fall, there really isn't much to find for fun pool party gifts. Instead I went with the sleepover idea. <br />
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Each girl got a little fleece blanket with her name and a life saver. <br />
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And a little journal, scented markers and washi tape. It was so neat to see them all with their blankies. I will do anything to keep them young! :)<br />
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While Morgan was at school I tidied up her room. We surprised her with this vanity and stool. She recently got contacts and I thought this would make it a little easier for her to adjust. <br />
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Tucked inside the little drawer is the bible verse, <span style="background-color: #fdfeff; color: #001320; font-family: Trebuchet, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; text-align: justify;"><i>Strength and honor are her clothing; and she shall rejoice in time to come. Proverbs 21:35</i></span><br />
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This sweet, precious, little lady is turning 15 on Monday! I am so proud of her! She is caring, empathetic, and smart as can be!<br />
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We grabbed two packs of glow sticks and tossed them in the pool at night. This kept my son and his friends happy and occupied.<br />
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And now...we recover.....<br />
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First up, creepy crawly spiders! I love motivating writing with arts and crafts. Writing facts is a terrific way to encourage stretching sounds. Students are pumped about what they know and want to show you on paper! The materials used for this project are sharpies, <a href="http://amzn.to/1WvNZyz">oil pastels</a>, and a zillion <a href="http://amzn.to/1LZCkk7">googly eyes</a>. :)<br />
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Spider math centers make independent practice way more fun than a worksheet! Just add some fun seasonal poms, spiders, and bats to make those little dendrites hum with happiness! <br />
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Review of addition and skip counting thanks to spiders!!!</div>
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Use these links to grab some goodies for your studies on amazon! </div>
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If you didn't catch my post on this little interactive spider book packed with spider science and writing check it out <a href="http://tunstalltimes.blogspot.com/2015/09/spider-science-booklet.html">here</a>.<br />
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Every year we enjoyed Stellaluna by Janell Cannon and we completed a week long book study. <br />
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It's kind of a big deal! It is simple enough that my first graders can do it in October. In the picture below students are working hard I place one of the little bats on their table and that just makes life the best. <br />
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There are 4 activities to do with the book and then a grading rubric that I stapled to the packet for their scores. Oh the excitement.<br />
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Last year I took the exciting science, vocab, and writing connections we make and turned them into a bat book bursting with activities!<br />
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Here are some non fiction bat books that that create fantastic lessons during this time! </div>
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October can be a long and tiring month for teachers! I hope this can provide some excitement while filling up those empty places in your lesson plans! :)<br />
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Wow that was lame. I'm not sorry. First graders love it so there it is. I would totally say that too many times in class. Lately this is my classroom. The pumpkins in here are becoming like Wilson to me. {Cast Away}<br />
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These days I can't get enough horizontal stripes. I even bought a black and white long-sleeved striped T. My shoulders are so broad they make linebackers jealous. They should not be seen in a horizontal stripe....what am I talking about?<br />
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Back to "Pump"-ing up the learning... {Say it in the SNL voice}<br />
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Last week was all about apples so one way that I enjoyed making the transition to pumpkins was by comparing the two! This is a cute and fun science and writing <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Apples-and-Pumpkins-2114899">freebie</a> I hope you'll enjoy. To see a ridiculously cute anchor chart that goes with it and a zillion other adorable ideas be sure to check out <a href="http://thefirstgradeparade.blogspot.com/2013/10/pumpkins-everywhere-and-making.html">this post</a> by Cara!! <br />
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We did this activity whole group, but I gave each group a pumpkin and apple for the center of their table. This way they could really see the similarities and differences up close.<br />
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If you want to keep the price down on your produce, go for the little bags of each. <br />
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To get this fun apples and pumpkins comparison activity just click the picture above.<br />
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Here are some other pumpkin ideas to use this month.<br />
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This has been a big hit for the last couple of years. Make a Jack-o-Lantern fact family! Last year I got a little carried away modeling this one because it was so fun. They were all, "We get it Mrs. Tunstall...Gosh."<br />
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I had students do this one with me in small group so I could check it before they wrecked it. </div>
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The manipulatives I gave the students for creating and checking their fact families are called fall table scatter. I got some at target, and I found some <a href="http://amzn.to/1QFbTUx">here</a> on amazon. The amazon links in this post are affiliate links. I love getting deals on amazon so I wanted to share the convenience with you. If you use the link I do get a portion of the sale. I don't know if you plan to go "nuts" on table scatter, but just in case, I wanted you to have it straight. <br />
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All of the pumpkin math centers in my <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Plenty-Of-Pumpkins-Math-Centers-and-Interactive-Journal-Pages-912314">Plenty of Pumpkins</a> unit also have corresponding journal activities. Get your matchy-matchy happy dance going. Are you feeling it?<br />
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Make sure students have manipulatives to check their thinking before it goes into the journal. for-ever... ever.... ever.... This is how I talked to my students so they remember. ;)<br />
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Here are some pumpkin activities that help reinforce the math learning going on in class while being adorably seasonal at the same time! Hooray! Score: Novelty 1 Boredom 0<br />
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The pumpkin units of ten help students to understand and begin to see ten as 1 unit. Giving students something different yet similar to manipulate the ones helps connect the understanding of ones being different than units of ten. I got the little pumpkins off of amazon <a href="http://amzn.to/1LFwvwu">here</a>. </div>
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Moving a pumpkin on a number line, I mean what could be more fun? (The number line goes to 20 and so do the equations)<br />
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Oh...such needed practice for my first graders. These pumpkins came out over and over! I love the <a href="http://amzn.to/1MwnZ1n">glitter poms</a> as ones. Students can see the difference between tens and ones in order to compare value. <br />
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Let's move on to some Literacy fun. These are from my unit, <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Fallin-For-You-323299">Fallin' For You</a>. It got a major update last year. I have my word work centers pretty set for the year based on our phonics and spelling, but I love to mix it up at the writing center or for fast finishers during guided reading so here are some ideas for that. <br />
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This is a really fun around the room hunt. You can write your own words on the leaves or use mine. Students can record the sight words they have raked up in a journal or on this fun paper (more leaves on back)<br />
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Students color vowels a different color from consonants. We find words together as we move around letters. This is such an eye-opening activity. <br />
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We all build and write the words together. Students raise their hands to share when they have found a new word and then we all build it and write it.<br />
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<span style="text-align: center;">Fire safety, this post is about pumpkins. Get lost. Just kidding you are very important. </span><br />
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One of our favorite pumpkin studies of all was in our pumpkin science books. We spent two weeks exploring all aspects of our pumpkins with these <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Pumpkin-Science-Interactive-Activities-1452204">10 activities</a>. We did some during math, some during writing, and some during science. <br />
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Next week I will be back with spiders and bats! Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15627265430679026178noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1605343997240791283.post-35988953200212829802015-09-19T15:50:00.003-05:002015-12-18T12:35:28.537-06:00Spider Science Booklet<br />
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Last week I created this sweet spider then jam-packed him FULL of interactive activities all about spiders!<br />
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Peek under the first top flap and bottom flap to find...<br />
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Below is what you will find below the second two flaps! So much spider fun!<br />
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The activities will go into a science notebook or inside of this little spider craft book! The spider adaptations activity is wonderful to do after reading about how spiders survive. We talk about adaptations and characteristics of arachnids. <br />
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Add color pencils and glue sticks to the writing center and let students complete a flap during guided reading. The label a spider below is the perfect activity for a writing center.<br />
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Another activity is to order the life cycle of a spider. Compare this to other life cycles as you learn about different animal groups through the year.<br />
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Below students write a spider fact under each flap and color the spider on the top. I place a variety of spider books in the writing center or at the tables and let students write. Great for writing center or independent writing time.<br />
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For even more fun we compare spiders to insects. This leads us to discover many differences and similarities. Further down this post I share three ant books that we adored reading.<br />
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To culminate the unit, write an all about spiders piece for the inside of this book Begin with spider pre-writing. <br />
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Finally students show what they know while developing their writing too!<br />
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Hello! I am going to begin a little series of teaching ideas. I'm going to start with September. Never mind that we are halfway through the month y'all. The world is spinning fast. I decided to begin this series with word work {a.k.a. phonics instruction}. My hope is to boost your bag of tricks and make lesson planning just a bit easier! Phonics is how I started my school day so it's up first! <br />
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After our <a href="http://tunstalltimes.blogspot.com/2015/07/morning-work-solutions.html">morning work</a>, announcements, and <a href="http://tunstalltimes.blogspot.com/2015/06/morning-meeting-lets-discuss.html">morning meeting</a>, we launch into phonics and word study as we are whole group on the rug.<br />
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Fancy Definition:<br />
<i><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Explicit phonics instruction is instruction in which the te</span><span style="font-family: inherit;">acher directly tells students the expected outcome, overtly </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">models the skill, and provides students with many opportunities to apply the skill with ongoing feedback. </span></b></span></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"> The </span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"> critical components of an explicit phonics lesson are outlined below:</span></span><br />
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<li><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Phonemic Awareness Warm‐Up</span></span> </span></span></b></li>
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<li><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Word Work</span></span></b></li>
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Let's go through each of the above components now, and I will share a couple ideas of how I did this in my classroom! <br />
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<u><b>PHONEMIC AWARENESS</b></u> <br />
For our phonemic awareness warm-up, we are doing oral activities to review learned patterns and build on our new sound spelling pattern.<br />
These are usually oral and kinesthetic back and forth exercises between class and teacher.<br />
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<u>Say it Fast:</u><br />
I will say a word that is segmented and you will say it fast!<br />
Teacher:dramatically segmenting using a puppet, tapping, fingers, or some visual of separation of sounds. "c----a----t" <br />
Class: "Cat!" while giving one clap.<br />
Repeat with about 10 words<br />
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<u>Tap it out:</u><br />
I will say a word fast and you will break it apart and tap it on your arm.<br />
Model word: b-----a------t <br />
b---tap bicep<br />
a----tap middle crease of arm (elbow area) <br />
t----tap forearm<br />
say it fast--->slide your hand from your bicep down to your forearm and say, "bat" <br />
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<u>Riddles</u><br />
Teacher: What rhymes with pig but starts with /d/? class: dig!<br />
Teacher: What rhymes with book but starts with /c/? class: cook!<br />
Teacher: What rhymes with hand but starts with /s/? class: sand!<br />
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<b><u>INTRODUCTION/REVIEW OF SOUND SPELLING</u></b><br />
Students become excited and inquisitive each Monday (or even Friday afternoon!) asking which new pattern we will conquer for the week. I love introducing the new patterns with anchor words. You can use props, videos, and costumes to really drive home that new pattern with an anchor word. Since I am using short a as my example, I would bring in a large apple or use a realistic decor apple that is large. I could also use a decorative bat (the flying kind) or another fun prop that my students would remember. I would place that prop in a prominent place of our room with the word displayed on it in large color coded letters. (consonants blue and vowels red) Students love to generate a list of rhyming words to go with our anchor words so we do that on chart paper one of the days. (remember to color code or somehow highlight the pattern within the words) <br />
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I usually make a little folder on my desktop with the phonics name and then find 3 to 5 phonics videos on youtube that I drag into the folder. As part of our introduction, we will watch a short a video.<br />
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Here are three videos from my short a folder. The third video is always a hit. My students would always beg for me to be sure to add Geraldine to the folder. Sometimes the sounds are a bit too British sounding, but usually we watch them because they are the perfect amount of learning and silliness for the morning. <br />
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<b><u>BLENDING</u></b><br />
I grew up in a phonics heavy elementary school and began my teaching career in a strict phonics based reading program, so I have a thing for teaching blending that is borderline fetish. I can be one crazy lady when I am teaching my students to blend properly. All you really need is a list of words or a decodable sentence to use.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Phonics Posters Found <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Phonics-Posters-Short-Vowels-1818254">Here</a></span></div>
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Display your list on the elmo or in front of your students and only show them one letter of one word at a time. Let's stick with <b>cat </b>as an example. Uncover the c and say, "sound" /c/ have the students mirror /c/. Then uncover the a and say "sound", /a/. Students mirror /a/. Then go back and say "sound", /c/ "sound"/a/. Students mirror /c/ /a/. Next blend the first to sounds by running your finger underneath the c and the a and saying, "blend" /ca/. Students mirror /ca/. Uncover the t and say, "sound" /t/. students mirror /t/. Go back and say "sound /c/ sound /a/ sound /t/" then say, "blend" /cat/ the blended word. At first it feels very strange and choppy to say sound and blend every time, but eventually your students will do this with just your voice and a finger guiding them and will really understand the process. It won't feel disjointed or choppy at all.<br />
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This blending process can be taken to word lists, sentences, and decodable text. I find that teaching this explicitly really makes my life easier when we come to unfamiliar yet decodable words at the reading table. I only have to point and then run my finger under words and students automatically sound sound blend. <br />
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On Monday students practice decoding our pattern on the pocket chart and matching a picture to each word. My students do this in partners. I love this activity because it is targeted practice on exactly what they need. They are applying decoding sounds, blending, searching for meaning, and able to self check with the pictures making sense. </div>
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On Tuesday, students build words with magnetic letters. They also color code the words when they color and write them working on differentiating the consonants from the vowels. <br />
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On Wednesday, students read, trace, write, and match the words independently. <br />
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On Thursday, students love to do a "dab book". <br />
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Finally Friday! On Friday, students practice their sentence writing! They choose a picture of choice and glue it in the space to the left. Then write a sentence with that word inside. <br />
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<b><u>DECODABLE TEXT</u></b><br />
If your school does not provide you with decodable text, you can find it online through <a href="https://www.readinga-z.com/books/decodable-books/">R</a><a href="https://www.readinga-z.com/books/decodable-books/">eading A to Z</a> or other a quick search on the internet . It is not the most thrilling or captivating reading material, but it is so important for students to get the chance to practice decoding learned phonics patterns.<br />
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<b><u>DICTATION</u></b><br />
Dictation is reading a word or sentence aloud and having students write it down accurately. It is done after students are successful at the other components of phonics. It can be a powerful teaching tool if you give the time to talk it through and correct mistakes together. I dictate words to my kids and let them write on the table with dry erase or on a lined paper when we are working on letter formation and handwriting. Keeping it fresh and different is key. We do this one to two times a week either whole group as I model editing my mistakes and making sure my letter formation is on point etc.<br />
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I love that all of these phonics components can be done within the guided reading block in whole group, small group, and individually. <br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15627265430679026178noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1605343997240791283.post-82838330076307185492015-09-09T15:30:00.000-05:002015-09-09T15:30:01.937-05:00Get All Caught Up With Colorize Your Classroom! Hello Amazing Teacher Friends!<br />
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I have seen countless classroom photos floating around the blogosphere and on the <a href="http://www.colorizeyourclassroom.com/">ColorizeYourClassroom</a> site! Such inspiring ideas!! <br />
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To be sure you are completely caught up on all things Colorize, I would like to share <a href="https://www.youtube.com/embed?listType=playlist&list=PLRXpp2RXR_9qxpcqkcSIRrIo6gzusNWez">the video versions</a> of our 4 Colorize Your Classroom challenges!<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: small;">Here's a recap before you watch!</span></b><br />
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<a href="http://tunstalltimes.blogspot.com/2015/08/astrobrights-papers-colorize-your.html">Challenge One: Organization</a><br />
Show us how you use color to organize any aspect of your classroom! <br />
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<a href="http://kindercraze.com/2015/08/its-finally-here-colorize-your-classroom-with-astrobrights/"><br /></a>
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Show us a fun way you use color in your classroom decor!<br />
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<a href="http://differentiatedkindergarten.com/astro-bright-minds-challenge-you-to-colorize-your-classroom/">Challenge Three: Differentiation</a><br />
How do you use color to differentiate your activities?<br />
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<a href="http://tunstalltimes.blogspot.co.uk/2015/08/colorize-your-classroom-challenge-4.html">Challenge Four: Memory</a><br />
How do you use color to imprint the brain and anchor the new learning happening in your classroom?<br />
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I love seeing how you interpret these challenges in your own personal style!<br />
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To see the videos click <a href="https://www.youtube.com/embed?listType=playlist&list=PLRXpp2RXR_9qxpcqkcSIRrIo6gzusNWez">HERE</a> and it will play all four challenges! Remember, you don't have to enter more than once, but the more you enter the better your chances! You can enter once for each challenge! To enter go to <a href="http://www.colorizeyourclassroom.com/">ColorizeYourClassroom</a> and upload your picture!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15627265430679026178noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1605343997240791283.post-26764610012170976462015-09-07T08:48:00.002-05:002015-09-07T08:48:22.741-05:00Guided Math and Place ValueI finished unit 4 in the guided math series! It's all about Place Value!<br />
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Here's a video with more info on the unit! <br />
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You can make it large and if you push HD you will see it more clearly. Forgive the abrupt ending! I had no space left on my phone! <br />
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Take Care!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15627265430679026178noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1605343997240791283.post-89095963420367783572015-08-31T14:51:00.000-05:002015-08-31T14:51:25.241-05:00Teacher Week '15 Meet the Teacher MondayHooray it's <a href="http://imbloghoppin.blogspot.com/2015/08/teacher-week-5-fun-facts-about-me.html">Teacher Week</a>!!!<br />
Teacher week has been a long standing favorite blog reading week for years! I am going to do my best to participate this year!<br />
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5 Things about me :)<br />
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This is my epicenter. I have shared this picture before and I am sharing it again. We are not the family selfie taking type so I don't have very many pictures that include all 4 of us! A teacher at my school did a photo session for us last summer, and I have definitely gotten my money's worth! <br />
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I married Tony after dating 3 years. We have been married for 18 years. We married a month before my first teaching job. Let's just say that Summer of '97 was stress level immeasurable. <br />
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We have 2 kids. Tanner is 13 and Morgan is 14. They are absolute gifts straight from heaven. </div>
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One thing about me that I rarely talk about is that I am a complete animal lover. This girl above is kind of a BIG deal to me. She's always by my side when I am home. Her name is Lucy. Her temperament is perfection. Because of her sad dog face she tends to get EVERYTHING she ever wants. <br />
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Going along with the family stuff, our favorite place to be is the beach. Every year we drive to South Padre Island and stay for a few days. It began with my childhood and I am happy to have kept up the tradition with my kids. There were years where we didn't stay more than a day due to money, but we have to see that ocean and touch that sand no matter what! <br />
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You can always find us making sand creations. One thing that is a must is a yearly mermaid.<br />
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2. A second thing about me is that I am a homebody. I love to be at home more than anywhere else! We moved to Texas from California in 2007. Because of the cost of living in California, we were able to sell our home in California and purchase our dream home in Texas without going out of our comfort zone. Here are a few of my favorite things in my home. <br />
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I recently found this T and fell in love. My husband asked why there was an L on our door and he always says...Lunstall now...sigh...I try so hard y'all. <br />
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The silver birds below on the left are my favorite decor item in our home. They were in my father's home growing up and now they are in mine. I love them so much! The second item that is really special to me is in this little side hutch of our entertainment center. <br />
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I have wonderful prayer warrior parents that have been praying for us over the years. My father gave me this Prayer of Jabez below and I have prayed it over my family many many many times! It is very special to me! I don't usually recite prayers as much as I just talk to God, but with this one I do! I just love it. I believe that God turned our lives around 100%. Not too long ago, our dream home was up for sale and we were swallowed in debt. You can read that story <a href="http://tunstalltimes.blogspot.com/2012/11/lets-get-real-personal-post.html">here</a>. <br />
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3. Another favorite in my home is my children's creations. I love seeing the world through their work. I have framed their pictures and artwork through the years in the hallway that leads to their rooms. <br />
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4. One thing that our family adores is family movie night. It happens all the time around here. Sshhhh sometimes on school nights too! When we first moved into our home, my husband said someday we will put a TV out on the patio over the fireplace. In the winter we will have hot cocoa and watch a movie snuggled together in blankets. This just went in yesterday and we are so excited to try it out. Now all we need is that cold weather....<br />
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The firewood is ready!!! (Thankfully we can just use the trimmings from our own trees and not have to buy it) <br />
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Our home is already decorated for Fall. I am not even ashamed. Fall is my favorite decorating season so I am going to take full advantage. My home has a lot of dark woods so I feel like it just makes sense to go fallish! (I seriously got my money's worth on these pictures!) <br />
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5. The thing you may know best about me is that I love all things teaching. I knew I would be a teacher in kindergarten. I have always known and secretly planned my bulletin boards since I was 5. <br />
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Along with that love for teaching is a love for professional development books. I wake up thinking about them. I LOVE to read them, highlight them, try things, decide what I believe, research more, try more things, form beliefs, read again and on and on and on...it's just a passion!!! <br />
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Here's a fun interactive writing lesson for you to use as you introduce your students to sharing the pen! This lesson comes from the book <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Interactive-Writing-Language-Literacy-Together/dp/0325002096/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1440956514&sr=8-1&keywords=interactive+writing">Interactive Writing: How Language and Literacy Come Together in K-2. </a><br />
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<i>"Simply defined, interactive writing is a dynamic, collaborative literacy event in which children actively compose together, considering appropriate words, phrases, organization of text, and layout. At points selected by the teacher for instructional value, individual children take over or "share the pen" with the teacher."</i><br />
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What I personally love about IW is that it can be used across all subject areas in so many ways. Students feel such ownership that they will reread their collaborative work tirelessly throughout the year and refer back to those moments when they created something important together!<br />
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For this lesson, students and teacher read and reread and then reread again the adorable nursery rhyme of Old Mother Hubbard. Using the poem sheet of your choice, students can highlight sight words or circle rhyming words...whatever fits your learning objectives.<br />
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For the interactive writing portion of this lesson, students join you in creating Old Mother Hubbard's Cupboard. But this time rather than the cupboard being bare, they will help to fill it up!<br />
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Begin with the Title.<br />
While students are sharing the pen here are some considerations:<br />
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<li>Break up the speech stream into words, then sounds, so that they can be identified and written.</li>
<li>Use space to define words so that they message is easier to read. (we physically cut them apart)</li>
<li>Remember a known word such as a high frequency word and write it more efficiently.</li>
<li>Say the words slowly and listen for the constituent sounds, in sequence. </li>
<li>Connect new words to known words to help in writing them.</li>
<li>Reread the message to help in remembering what was composed or to revise it in process.</li>
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As the "chosen" student is writing the important word selected by the teacher, the rest of the students are also writing the word on individual white boards or on the carpet with a finger. It's the perfect time to discuss letter formation. <br />
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Next, each child gets create a word and picture of a food to put in Mother Hubbard's Cupboard. I like the size of quartered plain paper best. <br />
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Students write their word on the whiteboards first. As they do, teacher circulates for a quick sounding out and fixing as needed. Next, they write their word in pencil on their paper and then outline in sharpie for easy reading by the class. Drawing and coloring a matching picture is last. <br />
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Once students have finished their cards, we gather again on the rug either that same day or the next. We read and discuss the items that we have for Mother Hubbard's Cupboard. Then we arrange them on the pocket chart in a way that the class has decided on. It could be ABC order, by food groups, or by breakfast lunch and dinner! Whatever works for you! </div>
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To tackle this issue, amp up the variety and novelty! Here are some first month writing ideas that I have found successful.<br />
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This one below is my <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Engaging-Writing-Activities-1381894">mini-lesson</a> on how writers get their ideas. First, we talk about how we each have different lives and experiences. Then I share about a card and what it means to me. I ask if anyone else thought of a different idea when they saw the same card that I saw. Continue to explore the idea of gathering ideas by picture cards for a couple days. Once the students seem ready, put the lesson at the writing center and allow the students to take ownership of the concept! <br />
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This process continues all year long! I don't do these mini lessons every single day because as a writer I like to explore many different methods of writing just like an artist explores different mediums. When it comes to being creative and letting loose we need that sprinkle of novelty! <br />
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Because we are only in school one week in August and we are budding young little writers, keep it simple! We begin with an <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/All-About-Me-Flip-Up-Book-1284836">All About Me</a> Flip Up Book.<br />
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This is a great way to lower the anxiety level, provide a truckload of scaffolding, and get to know students. <br />
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Later, when we explore small moments, we can take each page of this book and expand it to a writing piece leaving students with a 5 page book about themselves for their portfolios! <br />
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Another favorite beginning of the year lesson is on the book, <i>Swimmy </i>by Leo Leoni<br />
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After reading the book and celebrating all that we can within it's pages, we first make a writing web about the character Swimmy. This story is also PERFECT for teaching about being there for others even when it gets hard. <br />
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Then we make sentences together on a chart tablet using the words on this interactive web. I didn't snap a picture last year, but keep it simple and students share the pen with me as we write things such as Swimmy is a hero. Swimmy helps others. <br />
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Once we have finished all we can with Swimmy, we think about our own personal experiences with fish. We make this writing web of our own words about fish. <br />
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From there we do a directed draw of a fish together on large paper. Then, we sharpie our directed draw.<br />
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The next day, on each table I have one color of paint. 5 color tables. Students must go to a table and paint the main part of the fish the color they have chosen. <br />
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Painting Tip: Have students switch tables one time to fill in the fins with a second choice color. I have always kept it to 2 colors and had success with managing the crazy. <br />
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We stretch our words to write about our fish! <br />
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The next day when our fish are dry we go back over them with a sharpie
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construction paper) "Ofishally first graders" "School of Fish" "insert your own bunny title here" <br />
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Another lesson is make sense of what we read and write. We can do this by breaking apart sentences into WHO, DID WHAT, WHERE.<br />
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We work our way back to a scaffolded mini-lesson teaching about
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Students can choose one complete sentence to write and illustrate, or build more than one with the pocket chart pieces. <br />
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I'll keep sharing more writing lessons as the weeks go by!<br />
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Although it can be overwhelming to know what to do with such a broad area like writing, it can also be the most rewarding! When students open up their thoughts and push hard to sound each word it is such a special marker of their development. I just loved those little moments with them! <br />
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Happy Writing!!! Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15627265430679026178noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1605343997240791283.post-72076615825437587062015-08-24T05:00:00.000-05:002015-08-24T05:00:05.669-05:00Colorize Your Classroom Challenge 4! As you know, the Astro Bright
Minds are issuing <b>four different challenges</b> that tackle problems teachers face
when creating the right environment for their students: classroom décor, organization,
differentiated learning, and memory.<br />
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<b>This is the fourth Colorize Your Classroom challenge!</b><br />
This challenge is all about how you use color to help students with memorization! Studies show that color can increase memory by up to 50 percent and help students remain engaged! Here is one way to use color to help students retain new information in each subject area they are learning!<br />
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Create a color experience for your students! We all have daily/weekly/monthly learning goals for our students in the subject areas that we teach. A great way to imprint that new learning is to color code it!<br />
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Make a learning passport. Does your school have smart
goals? Weekly goals? This is the perfect solution! #goals <br />
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I am going to show you how to create an experience, enhance memorization with color, and have students practice writing their learning goals all in one!<br />
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Begin by choosing an Astrobrights color for each subject area you teach.<br />
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Cut your paper in half <br />
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Fold each grouping and staple two times in the seam.<br />
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Add a label of your choice to the front. I chose to make it a learning passport, however you may have a school theme that would be a better fit for you! <br />
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Now you are ready to begin your color coded learning adventure! <br />
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Yellow is for behavior goals of the week. Take time to have your class reflect on their learning goals and get a passport stamp (sticker) for their reflection. <br />
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For math students focus on vocabulary and an example problem. <br />
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For science, students reflect on their learning/experiments from the week <br />
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Keep these color coded books as a record of learning for the year! <br />
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