Having Fun With Fluency! Part 2 — Strategies Readers Will Enjoy. Shutterfly. Tunstall's Teaching Tidbits. A Love for Teaching. Crafty classroom / Use Wordle for class list and then frame to display... This would be a cute sign on the door for back to school night :) Education. Job Charts - Setting Up the Classroom Series.
This post is part of my Setting Up Your Classroom Series.
As we continue to get those room ready for the fall, let's chat about the Classroom Job Board. Which is also a classroom management topic. Much like my mailboxes, jobs in my classroom have evolved over time. I started with an elaborate system where students received new jobs each day because I was told that the responsibility and sense of community was important. It is. Pick Up States. Do you remember the classic game "Pick Up Sticks?
" I created a new game for my class last week based from the childhood game. My fourth grade social studies curriculum is the regions of the United States. Social Studies Flash Cards. DIY Map Magnets. Anchor Charts. Our Reader's Notebooks. Today we had a 6th grade Language Arts teacher planning day.
I was really excited about it, but I am bummed at the lack of things we actually got planned today altogether. I wish I could have just had a whole day to plan alone because I know I could have at least gotten a 6 weeks taken care of. I was actually excited to dive into the C-SCOPE materials because I have really struggled with not having a real scope and sequence to use this year. Well, I know what I am going to be doing over the Christmas break! The Picture Book Bonanza Continues! It's part two of. . .
Picture Book Bonanza! More picture books as recommended by you. (No giant asparagus included.) Becca of Whole Words uses Children Make Terrible Pets to teach plot diagram. Lessons with Laughter: Reading. Custom Classroom Newsletter Printable - Sample Home. Using Google in the Classroom-A Series. Today I am going to be starting a week-long series on how to use Google in the classroom.
We were very fortunate this year and transitioned over to Google for our e-mail system. We got all of the perks that came along with Google, including Google Docs, Calendar, etc. Free Printable Graphic Organizers - Freeology. Confessions of a Teaching Junkie. Heart Maps.
Paper Bag Books: A Simple Way to Teach Story Elements. Have you ever made a paper bag book?
I hadn't, but I'd seen them floating around pinterest and finally decided we had to try! One of our current favorite activities is creating books. I like to staple a few pieces of paper together and have my son draw pictures on the pages and then we talk about the pictures and I write down what he says or have him write down his own stories. He can spend hours on this. There is no real plot yet in his stories... and if there is, it is really confusing and hard to follow.
Teaching Ideas / Single sheet of paper = mini book. 20 Ways to Keep Your Students' Attention. As the end of the year approaches, it can be more and more challenging to keep your students' attention.
Brain Breaks are important, but there are plenty of things you can do within a lesson to keep kids from day dreaming...or worse yet, nodding off. Here are some ideas:Desk Switch: Students have ten seconds (count down from ten) to find another desk to sit in that is in a different part of the room than his or her normal desk. Students stay in that desk for the rest of the lesson. The kids liked this game! They each come up and... Sweet Floweret: Printable Lunch Bags! Tutorial. I have a cute teeny tiny little stamp that I use on tags that I use when wrapping up an order.
It's a cute touch. However, sometimes, I just want more impact. At the beginning of summer, I purchased 100 lunch bags for 1.99. I only needed 6 or so to make my summer banner. Needless to say, I was left with 96 paper bags and nothing to do with them. Reading/Writing / When do you use a new paragraph?This is so hard for kids. It is a great chart to add to a minilesson next year. 4 Types of Sentences flip book...and snow! My students were giddy this morning when everyone woke up to the first snow of the season here in Kansas!
It wasn't much, but enough to get everyone excited. So when we did this little activity about the 4 types of sentences today, Classroom DIY: DIY No Sew Classroom Curtains! 2.
Measure your Stitch Witch by placing it on top of the bandana and cut a strip the length of the bandana. 3. Clever School Teacher > Categories > CS K2 Connecting. Foldables. FoldiFun Factory. Welcome to my Foldables FoldiFun Factory! I absolutely love foldables! And if YOU love my foldables please leave me some LOVE in the form of comments :) Here is my take on them :) I hope you like them and find them useful in your classroom. Please leave a comment sharing your feedback with me. Foldables are a registered trademark by Dinah Zike. Math Monday Blog Hop - Place Value Sliders. I can't believe I have been blogging for 3 weeks now! I realized it had been 3 weeks when I started thinking of what idea I would submit for love2learn2day's Math Monday Blog Hop - how quickly time flies! This week, I am posting my Place Value Sliders. Cool paper toy. [VIDEO]