tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5407322679331044962024-03-15T18:09:13.364-07:00Teach Glitter GrowHey I am Cole and I am a STEAM lab teacher in the great state of Texas. I love to share ideas on how to differentiate learning and incorporate science into the classroom. I really enjoy connecting with other teachers, sharing tips, tricks, and resources, and making each day a fun, hands-on learning experience for my students. Cole | Teach Glitter Growhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11084559689783353744noreply@blogger.comBlogger39125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-540732267933104496.post-15522227666593272962020-05-26T12:19:00.000-07:002020-05-26T12:39:45.914-07:00Summer <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I have a confession. I really don't mind teaching summer school. Actually, I might even go as far as saying I like teaching summer school! Now don't get me wrong, I like being on vacation <i>even</i> more and I cannot wait to join all of you who decided to take a much needed, well deserved break! But I do enjoy the shorter school days, much smaller class size, and slightly more relaxed environment that summer school brings.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">If you are teaching summer school or just looking for some fun in the sun themed activities to help prevent the "summer slide", read on to find several literacy, math, and science ideas to try out this summer! Be sure to grab your Summer themed freebie before you leave!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">These are always a hit and fun to make after reading a non-fiction book about sea creatures. Add a little more science to this activity by discussing how the oil and water always separate, no matter how hard you shake the bottle! You could also point out how the sensory bottle has different layers and discuss the layers of the ocean.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">These hats are ADORABLE and give lots of patterning practice! To make them all you need is construction paper, a sentence strip, dot markers (or crayons/markers), and glue or a stapler. Measure the sentence strip to fit around the child's head. Cut 8 strips of paper for the octopus' legs and a rounded shape for the octopus' head. Instruct students to create a pattern on each of the 8 tentacles. Attach the "head" and "tentacles" to the sentence strip for an adorable Octopus Pattern hat! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Another beachy way to practice patterning is this fun pattern identifying and extending activity. Students identify what kind of pattern is on each strip then extend the pattern by filling in the missing piece. You can find this activity <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Summer-Fun-Beach-Themed-Math-Center-Activities-3850682" target="_blank">here</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">This ice cream cone matching activity is another summer favorite for math. Students can match the ice cream numeral to the correct quantity using either the 10 frame or the tally mark ice cream cones. You can find this activity <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Summer-Fun-Beach-Themed-Math-Center-Activities-3850682" target="_blank">here</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Sand and seashells make this letter hunt activity really fun and engaging! I love to place the letter sand bucket cards in a tub filled with play sand. Students draw a card, identify the letter, and then cover the matching letter with a seashell on the sandcastle page. You can find this printable letter recognition activity <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Summer-Fun-Beach-themed-Literacy-Center-Activities-3850658" target="_blank">here</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I am sure by now you have heard of and probably tried making jello "oceans" with students. While that activity is an oldy and a goody, pudding oceans are a great alternative if you need instant gratification (and an instant snack)! For this activity, students mix a drop or two of blue food coloring into white vanilla pudding. Once your pudding is a lovely blue color, add gummy sea creatures. If you want to add "sand" to the mix, crushed graham cracker does the trick! I like to have students write a how to after they are finished to tie this tasty treat into writing practice. Can you read those sweet little pre-k instructions I have pictured? </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Speaking of tasty treats, if this letter matching and beginning sound activity doesn't scream summer, I don't know what does! Students have to find the capital letter, lowercase letter, and a picture with that begins what that letter's sound to complete the red, white, and blue Popsicle. You can find this printable <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Summer-Fun-Beach-themed-Literacy-Center-Activities-3850658" target="_blank">here</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Another fun in the sun literacy activity is this rhyming match. These cards are the perfect addition to a summer themed sensory bin or if you are working with a small group, you can turn the cards upside down to play a rhyming memory match game! You can find this printable rhyming match activity <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Summer-Fun-Beach-themed-Literacy-Center-Activities-3850658" target="_blank">here</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I have done several versions of this paper plate whale craft over the years and they always turn out so cute! After we have learned a few facts about whales, students will write their favorite fact and then create their own whale by coloring and cutting up a paper plate. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The last idea I have for you today are these vocabulary cards featuring 24 different fun in the sun words and illustrations. There are so many great ways you can use these cards but here are a few ideas:</span></div>
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word wall by beginning sound</span></div>
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in the writing center to help them write about summer, the beach, the pool,
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with magnetic letters, stamps, letter beads, etc.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">•Place a thin layer of sand in a
tray and students can write the words in the sand.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">•If you can cut the picture off of
the word, students can read the vocabulary words and match them to the
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Grab your <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Summer-time-Beach-Vocabulary-Center-Activity-5623175" target="_blank">Vocabulary Cards HERE</a>!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I hope you found a few ideas to use with your kiddos! If do use any of these activities, I would LOVE to see them! Please tag me @teachglittergrow so I can share out your amazing hard work on social! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Today I have rounded up some of my favorite hands-on St. Patrick's Day themed activities that we like to use all March long during centers, small group, and whole group instruction! Make sure you keep scrolling to snag the fun freebie below! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">First up is this fun and easy St. Patrick's day craft! To make these cute shamrocks and/or 4 leaf clovers, all you need are some bell peppers, paper, and paint! </span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Cut the tops and bottoms off of the bell pepper. Bonus points if you get a pepper with a long stem - they make a great handle for little hands! Place pepper "stamps" and a squirt of paint on a paper plate. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Invite children to dip the pepper in the paint and stamp their fun St. Patrick's day shapes on the paper. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">These <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/March-St-Patricks-Day-Number-Sense-Puzzles-4386179?utm_source=TGG%20Blog&utm_campaign=March%20Number%20Sense%20Puzzles" target="_blank">Number Sense 4 Leaf Clover Puzzles</a> are <span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">the perfect addition to your March math block and can be used all spring long</span><span style="background-color: white; text-align: start;">! </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">To complete this activity, students will form each 4 leaf clover by matching the numeral, tally marks, 10 frame, and subitizing dots.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">With this <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/St-Patricks-Day-CVC-Word-Building-March-Center-3002715?utm_source=TGG%20Blog&utm_campaign=March%20CVC%20Word%20Building%20and%20Worksheet" target="_blank">Irish Flag CVC Word Building and Worksheet</a> activity, <span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; white-space: pre-wrap;">students can sound out and spell 27 different CVC words by placing one letter on each section of the Irish flag. Once students have spelled all of their words, they can show their work on the recording worksheet. You can give students magnetic letters to complete this activity or print and laminate letters in this pack.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">These adorable </span><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/St-Patricks-Day-ABC-Center-for-March-3002769?utm_source=TGG%20Blog&utm_campaign=March%20Capital%20and%20Lowercase%20Matching" target="_blank">St. Patrick's Day Kids</a> <span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">are the perfect way to incorporate many different skills into your literacy block in a fun, thematic way! Prep once and differentiate for your class using the following ideas:</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">♦ Match capital letter hats to lowercase letter kids</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">♦ Put capital letters in ABC order</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">♦ Match capital to capital using magnetic letters</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">♦ Match lowercase to lowercase using magnetic letters</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Do you have students who are currently learning letters or students who are struggling with recognizing letters of the alphabet? This St. Patrick's day themed </span><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/FREE-March-Letter-Recognition-Activity-4424325?utm_source=TGG%20Blog&utm_campaign=March%20Letter%20ID%20Freebie" target="_blank">Pot of Gold Letter Recognition Freebie</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"> is a fun, hands-on way for them to practice!</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"> </span> I have even pulled out just the letters in a student's name so that they can practice putting the letters in the correct order and identifying all of the letters in their name. </span></div>
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<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">Coming back to school in the new year is always a little bitter sweet. On one hand you have missed your kids and have (hopefully) gotten some much needed, well deserved rest. On the other hand sleeping in, going to the restroom whenever you want, and having more than 10 minutes to scarf down your lunch has been amazing and will definitely be missed! </span><br />
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<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">To help make the transition back to the classroom easy for you and fun for your students, I have come up with some engaging activities, printables, and freebies to ensure you all have a happy new year! </span><br />
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<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><b></b><u></u><br /></span><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">You can use this activity to practice virtually any skill but I love to use it during the math block. To prepare this low prep, high engagement activity all that you need are a few un-inflated balloons, scraps of paper, and something to write with. </span><br />
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<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">Write out problems that match whatever objective you are covering on a small piece of paper. For example, you could write addition or subtraction problems, numbers to identify and count to, patterns for students to create, etc. Before blowing up the balloons, roll or fold up the paper and slip it into the balloon. If you are feeling really wild, you could also slip a little confetti into each balloon before you inflate it. ;) </span><br />
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<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">Blow up the balloons and label each one with a number (1-5, 1-10, however many balloons you want to do) using a permanent marker. </span><br />
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<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">There are two different ways to play this fun letter recognition game:</span></div>
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group:</b></u> Play “Where is the New Year?”
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and shuffle the letter cards</span><span style="color: black;"> and place them in a pocket chart. Hide
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play: </b>Students will take turns identifying letters of the cards to try and
guess where the New Year is hiding. Once a letter is guessed, you will reveal if the year is behind that letter. If 2023 is not
hiding behind the card, you can flip the card over and let another student guess
until the 2023 has been found. </span></span></div>
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will draw cards one at a time, identify the letter name (or letter sound) and
color that letter in on their 2020 recording sheet. </span></span></span></div>
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crown that best suits your students’ needs. <b>(Updated for 2023.)</b> After the crowns have been cut out, you can attach them to a sentence
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1: Students can color and decorate the year and the letters on this crown. You
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<span style="color: black;"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;">I hope you have a wonderful first week back with your students! If you use any of these activities in your classroom, I would love to hear about it in the comments below or tag me on social media @teachglittergrow</span></span></div>
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<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"></span>Cole | Teach Glitter Growhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11084559689783353744noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-540732267933104496.post-90418497556462825652019-09-26T08:15:00.001-07:002019-10-01T11:54:52.386-07:00Calendar Time! <div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">
<span style="font-size: large;">Last week I coved all of the different skills we cover during <a href="https://www.teachglittergrow.com/2019/09/morning-message.html" target="_blank">Morning Message</a>. Today, I want to spend a little time discussing all of the skills we cover during the final section of our morning routine - Calendar! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">A student comes up and points to each day of the week as we sing <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtQcnZ2JWsY" target="_blank">"The Days of the Week Song"</a> to the tune of the Adams Family. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Then we practice the skill of passing time by identifying yesterday, today, and tomorrow. We sing a song about yesterday, today, and tomorrow to the tune of Frere Jacques that goes like this:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">After I have taught alliteration, we usually practice the skill by having 2 or 3 students come up with a word that has the same beginning sound as the day of the week. (Friday, fish, football)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Next, we move on to the months of the year. </span><span style="font-size: large;">Another students comes up and points to the months of the year as we all stand up and do the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5enDRrWyXaw" target="_blank">"Months of the Year Macarena" </a> </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">After that, another student volunteer comes up and leads the class by identifying the pattern on the calendar and extending the pattern to find today's date.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">After we have our date, another student comes up and updates the 10 frames so that they match our date.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">While students are still working on number ID, I like to hand the student leading "days in school" several different numbers so they can show them to the class and the class can "help" him/her find the correct number. It sounds a little something like this:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">To remember when to make a vertical line and when to cross the 4 vertical lines with a diagonal line (and yes, even the students use the words vertical and diagonal. Parents can't believe their 4 and 5 year olds actually know what those words mean but we start using the vocab in context on day 1!) we say this cute little poem and do hand motions to go with it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I cannot begin to tell you how much I love this rhyme! It really has help my students draw tally marks.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Up until the 100th day of school, we add an apple to fill in our giant 100's chart. I have made enough numbers to take us through the last day of school because I used to use these little apples as one looooong number line, but this year I use them as a 100's chart. I created the apples so that all of the odd numbers are blue apples, the evens are green, the 5's have a purple circle, and the 10's have a pink background. This really helps the kids not only see number patterns but also count by 2's, 5's, and 10's!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> If you would like to snag these numbers for yourself, you can find them <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Chevron-Number-Line-1357320" target="_blank">here</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">For the weather, we use this cute freebie found <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Weather-Chart-Freebie-768986" target="_blank">here</a>. (There are several other options for types of weather in the freebie but where we live, these 4 pretty much have us covered!)</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">What could the weather be today?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Is it sunny, sunny, sunny? (raise arms above head to make a big circle)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">S-U-N-N-Y today!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">C-L-O-U-D-Y today!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Is it rainy, rainy, rainy? (wiggle fingers down in front of you like rain falling)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">R-A-I-N-Y today!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Finally we work on positional words! Since we are the Amazing Ants, naturally we practice this with an ant and a picnic basket ;)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">What if I told you that if you just took a few minutes each
morning to do <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">one</b> activity with your
students, they would learn:</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">That print has meaning</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">What you say can be written down</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Letter versus Word</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Word <span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; display: inline !important; float: none; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">versus</span> Sentence</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Words have spaces between them</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Punctuation</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Where to start and stop reading</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Left to right progression</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Return Sweep</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">One to one correspondence </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Letters Recognition</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Letter Formation</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Letter Sounds</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Sight words</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">CVC Words</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Rhyming</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">The list goes on and on….</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Morning message is a shared pen activity that is written in
the form of a friendly letter from you, the teacher, to your class. My letter
to the class almost always includes the date, the weather, something that is happening
that day (a skill we will be practicing, a book we will be reading, a special
event or visitor), and a place to practice a skill. Morning message is a prime
opportunity for you to model great writing for your students and for your students
to get excited about writing and practice many different skills! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">At the beginning of the year, I start off with a very simple
Morning Message. It is generally only 2 or 3 sentences long with one blank that
we fill in together. As the year progresses, my Morning Message become more
complex and by the end of the year, I have many students who are capable of
leading morning message and doing most of the writing themselves! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Here is an example of a Morning Message from the middle of the school year:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">By this point in the year, students have the pattern of our morning message down and are able to "read" it together as a class. Students feel comforable writing in sight words, letter sounds, and punctuation (I change up the blanks from day to day). </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Although you can pre-write the message ahead of time (and this is what I did for several years), writting the message <i>with </i>the class is more bennificial to students. They can see what you say can be written down, watch how you move from left to right, top to bottom when writing, obseve how you put spaces between your words... really witness all of the mechanics of writing in real time. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">If you are looking for a few ways to “spice up” Morning Message and make it even more
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><a href="https://amzn.to/2QzCcH1" target="_blank">Smelly Markers</a>: Because, who doesn't love to write with smelly markers?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">I hope you found this post helpful and that you got a few new ideas! If you have any questions about Morning Message or would like to share how it looks in your classroom, I would love to hear it in the comments below!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #202020; display: inline !important; float: none; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 150%; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Last week we talked all about arrival and making it a great day from the moment students walk in the door. If you missed that e-mail, you can see a </span><a href="https://www.teachglittergrow.com/2019/09/morning-routine-arrival.html" style="-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #007c89; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: underline; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" target="_blank">blog post all about it here</a><span style="-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #202020; display: inline !important; float: none; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 150%; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">. If you thought those steps set you up for a productive day with students, the next part of the morning routine is going to make your day even better! Without further ado I present, Morning Meeting!</span></span></span><br />
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Morning Meeting consists of four main parts:</span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #202020; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #202020; display: inline !important; float: none; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 150%; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">
</span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #202020; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #202020; display: inline !important; float: none; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 150%; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">
</span><strong style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #202020; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Greeting</strong><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #202020; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #202020; display: inline !important; float: none; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 150%; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">
Every student is greeted by name. Sure, </span><em style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #202020; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">you</em><span style="-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #202020; display: inline !important; float: none; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 150%; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"> might have shared a killer greeting with each kid as they walked through the door but this gives students an opportunity to practice </span><em style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #202020; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">each other’s</em><span style="-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #202020; display: inline !important; float: none; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 150%; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"> names (which is something we do </span><u style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #202020; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: underline; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">a lot</u><span style="-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #202020; display: inline !important; float: none; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 150%; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"> of at the beginning of the year), making direct eye contact, and a good handshake all while building a sense of community and comradery amongst classmates.</span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #202020; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #202020; display: inline !important; float: none; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 150%; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">
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</span><strong style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #202020; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Share</strong><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #202020; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #202020; display: inline !important; float: none; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 150%; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">
There are many ways that students can share. Sharing can be about a specific topic or some days you can let students share about whatever is on their mind. This is a fantastic time for students to practice speaking in complete sentences, public speaking, and listening to others.</span></span></span><br />
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These activities can be simple, such as singing a song with hand motions, or more complex where everyone is participating in a "game" where they are up and moving around the classroom. </span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #333333; cursor: text; display: inline; float: none; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 1.6; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">I like to try and choose teambuilding activities instead of competitive ones so that everyone is starting their day on a positive note. </span><span style="-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #202020; display: inline !important; float: none; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 150%; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"> They can be based on an academic skill or just used as a way to "get the wiggles out". All that matters is that students are engaged and working to build a classroom community. </span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #202020; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #202020; display: inline !important; float: none; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 150%; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">
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This can be as simple as a message that you write to your students and read back to them or you can use it as an opportunity to pack a huge academic punch and get in a ton of skills in a short amount of time. I like to do my morning message the second way 😉 so that is a whole other blog post that you can find here!</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Every teacher knows that your morning can set the tone for the rest of the day. I know
that when I wake up on time, have my clothes laid out and lunch packed, I feel
SO much happier and more prepared for the day than if I snooze my alarm 1 too many times, end up wearing two different shoes, grab a bag of goldfish for my “lunch”,
and FREAK OUT because I am already late and am stuck waiting for the world’s
longest train to pass! Phew, that stresses me out just thinking about it! </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Just like you probably make certain preparations and have
routines to ensure that your day gets off to a smooth start, it is important
that our students have a great morning routine planned so they can start their
day off on the right foot! </span><br />
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students at the door as they walk into our classroom. It is a great way to
connect with the kids right off the bat and help them feel welcome and loved.
You can give them a choice of how they would like to be greeted (hung,
handshake, high five, etc.), or you can even come up with special “secret
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that students can “check in” for the day. Here are some ideas I have used but
choose whatever works best for your classroom.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">o<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">“Who is here
today” chart where students can move their picture or name from “at home” to
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<span style="font-family: "courier new"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">o<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">A daily
question – usually a question with two options where students can answer by
placing their name or picture under the answer they have chosen. For example,
“Which do you like better, ice cream or cake?” or “Do you have the letter ‘a’
in your name? Yes or No?”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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sheet – I like to use a large sheet of construction paper where everyone signs
in for this. It is amazing to show students the sign in sheet from the first
week of school at the end of the year so that everyone can see how far they
have come! </span><br />
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make sure students have a clear understanding where EVERYTHING goes when they
walk in the door. Think about where students should put anything they might bring with them to school: backpacks, lunches,
binders, homework, coats, snacks, and notes from home. Labeling loctions around the room with words and images reminds students where things belong and helps them become more idependent in putting their things away.</span></li>
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and put all their things away, they should have something to work on while
their classmates are trickling in and you are checking notes from home and
speaking with other children. In my classroom, students practiced tracing their
names on laminated sheets until they could write their first and last name
independently. <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/KG-Primary-Dots-Lined-Font-Personal-Use-559628" target="_blank">This is a great font</a> to use for that activity. I have also done </span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">morning tubs” which consist of old centers or other activities that the
students have had plenty of practice with and can do independently. A few of the kids' favorite hands-on morning activities are:</span></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I love doing these activities each winter because they are fun, can practice a variety of skills, and always come out looking cute!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">No matter what skill you choose to practice, prepping the activity is the same. All you need are large pieces of construction paper cut in half length wise, white paper, glue, and crayons/markers/colored pencils.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">In literacy I like to have students create these sweet little snowmen:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">For students still learning how to write their first (or last) name, the name spelling snowman is perfect! Once everyone has created theirs, you can also turn it into a math activity and compare how long each name is and graph your results! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">This is a very fun, low prep activity that gets students up and moving and can be used with pretty much ANY skill you are teaching! To prepare for the snowball fight, gather lots of pieces of white paper (AT LEAST 1 per student but more is better) and write down whatever skill you want students to practice on each sheet. For example, if you want students to practice letter ID, write a different letter on each piece of paper. Ball up each piece of paper into a "snowball" and toss the snowballs around the room.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"> When trying to think of small and simple but hopefully impactful things that I can change, I began to think about the words I say and how I respond to students' problems. There were few very commonly used phrases that popped into my head that might not be the best at showing my students respect and making them feel as though their voices are being heard. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">These are 3 simple phrases that I have decided to (try and) ban from my teacher vocabulary in the new year.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Have you ever been walk to a line at the grocery store and have someone speed walk to cut in front of you right before you were entering the checkout lane? </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Have you ever been waiting in a long line in traffic when someone decides to cut over in front of you at the last minute? </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Have you ever been waiting for a parking space in a crowded parking lot just to have another car dart into the spot before you can?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">As an adult, I find all of these situations <u>extremely </u>annoying and frustrating. Sure I'll still be able to check out, get to my destination, or park somewhere else but it is irritating none the less. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Just think about how cutting in line is your students equivalent to those situations. Sure in the grand scheme of things what position you are standing in line doesn't matter but if it is frustrating to you as an adult, it is equally as frustrating to your students!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;">Let me preface this by saying that I do believe sharing is a VERY important skill that everyone needs to learn. Unfortunately, to most young children, the word share means you give me what I want when I want it. If Johnny just picked up the green marker at the table and started using it but Susie wants it too, she expects him to hand it over immediately or chances are you as the teacher are going to hear all about how he is not "sharing". Now on the flip side, if Johnny has had the green marker for 20 minutes and nobody else has gotten to use it, that is a different story!</span> <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;">The problem is, I have noticed that most of my students really don't see the difference. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I plan to be more mindful about taking just a little time to teach students <i>how </i>to share and take turns. We are expected to teach <u>so much</u> each day that there is little to no time for teaching social skills. The biggest issue I have with that is that the lack of social skills leads to many more interruptions and distractions throughout the day which takes away from the time students have to learn. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Hopefully giving students some of the skills they need will alleviate at least a few of these issues. (A girl can dream right?) Which actually leads me to the last phrase I am going to attempt to change this year...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Okay, this is another skill that admittedly our students <i>need</i> to learn but, what does "being a problem solver" even mean? Chances are when I say that to my students, they probably have no idea what that looks like or what exactly I am expecting them to do and just leave feeling like they haven't been heard. Or (even worse), decide to solve the problem by throwing a tantrum to get what they want, hitting another student, or some other undesired behavior. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; display: inline; float: none; font-size: 24px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">This is why it is important to explicitly teach students strategies to solve their problems, work with them, and model, model, MODEL until they can take the initiative and do it independently.</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;">I hope that you all have a wonderful 2019 with your students! Are there any other common phrases that you can think of?</span> <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;">Do you have any classroom goals set of things you would like to do differently in the new year? I would love to hear about them in the comments! </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">First up is a fun, hands-on math center that can be differentiated to meet all of your students' needs! To prep this simple activity, all you need is a die, some felt, and a good pair of scissors! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Fold your green felt I'm half and cut out a "Christmas tree shape". Use any other color felt to create ornaments. I made simple circles but you can get as creative with it as you want!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">For students working on counting with 1:1 correspondence, instruct students to roll the die and count out that number of ornaments onto their tree. Students can keep rolling and counting until their tree is full or they are out of ornaments!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">For students working on addition, instruct students to roll the die and count out that number of ornaments. Roll the die a second time and add the second quantity of ornaments on the tree. (I had my students use one color for each turn.) Have students write an addition equation to represent the ornaments they added to their tree.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">This station could not be easier to set up! I supplied students in the writing center with markers, construction paper, and festive stickers from the dollar store. You can also display a few "holiday words" to get them started. (If you need Holiday Vocab words, I have a FREEBIE for you. :) Keep Scrolling!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I taught students how to fold the paper in half to make a card. They decorated the front with a holiday message. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Then wrote a special message inside for whoever they were making their card for.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Students could also use this center to write a letter to Santa.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I have created a Holiday Vocabulary FREEBIE just for you! Click the image below to download.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Another low prep activity that is fun for the students is this size comparing and patterning craft. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">To prep this activity, all you have to do is cut several strips of green paper in different lengths. I cut mine with about an inch difference. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Supply the students with construction paper, glue, and strips of paper cut into several different lengths. Instruct students to arrange the paper strips from smallest to largest and glue them down on a sheet of construction paper.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">To add another skill to this activity, students can create a pattern "ornaments" on each strip. I like to use these sparkly glitter glue pens but you could also use pom poms, sequence, or any other art supplies you have! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Ok, maybe not for EVERYONE on your list but this list of awesome DIY gifts is a great place to get started! There are even several free printables to cutesy up your gift in no time. :) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">I love giving gifts to people I care about, especially this time of year. Read on to find several<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; display: inline; float: none; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"> inexpensive DIY gift ideas </span>that are just as much fun to put together as they are to give! </span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">This year I have over 400 students so I will not be doing student gifts (sorry kids) but I did want to share with you a few gifts that I have done in the past that the kids absolutely loved! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">First up is Gingerbread Play Dough! This is so easy to make and smells AMAZING!!</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I found a great no bake recipe <a href="https://www.naturalbeachliving.com/gingerbread-playdough-recipe/" target="_blank">here</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Another student gift I have made that they students LOVED and used all winter long were No Sew Fleece Scarves. I bought 1 fleece pattern for the girls and a different pattern for the boys but you could always buy 1 cute print to use for the entire class.</span></div>
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To decorate the pot holder, I painted students' hands green to make a Christmas Tree Hand print. Once the hand prints were dry, I helped students decorate their "tree". If you wanted to do something with more of a "winter" theme, you could always do a hand print snowman family or a hand print snowflake.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">My team situation is a little different than most. Because I work in an early childhood center, we all teach the same grade level. There are 19 pre-k classrooms in my school! We have "teams" but they switch every year so it is not the same as the team that most teachers' experience.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Because of this, I make a big batch of spicy pretzels each year and bag them up for my co-workers. After the 1st year, I had to give everyone the recipe too because they were such a hit!</span></div>
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This post is a throwback to some of the fun activities I did when I was still a classroom teacher before my time in the science lab . :) </div>
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I LOVE FALL!! Everything about fall! I love the leaves changing colors, apple cider, hay rides, corn mazes, ALL things pumpkin, Halloween, Thanksgiving, the crisp weather, the cozy sweaters and boots...You get the idea :) </div>
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Even though fall has not <i>officially</i> begun aaannnnd it is still 90's outside, I could not wait to kick off the season with some fun, apple themed activities! </div>
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Here are some wonderful read-alouds that I like to incorporate throughout the week.<br />
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I also found "The Story of the Apple Star" <a href="http://www.cometogetherkids.com/2012/09/the-story-of-apple-star.html" target="_blank">here</a> and read it to my kids. It is so cute! My kids could not believe their eyes when we cut open one of our apples and found that there was really a star inside!<br />
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Then we read this little rhyme I found <a href="http://theverybusykindergarten.blogspot.com/2011/09/apples-week.html" target="_blank">here</a> whole group and circled the rhyming words. In small group, each kid got their own version of the poem and highlighted our HFWs we are working on this week: is, a. Then, they got to use our halved apples to make their own apple stamp. </div>
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For science we made predictions about how each slice of apple would be effected by the air, water, vinegar, and oil and made observations of any changes throughout the week.<br />
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We discussed the different parts of an apple as we dissected our own apple.</div>
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Then using our 5 senses, we explored 3 different types of apples: Red Delicious, Golden Delicious, and Granny Smith. We discussed how they <b>felt, looked</b>, and <b>smelled </b>and added our answers to an anchor chart.</div>
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Next, we listened to see if we could <b>hear</b> any differences in the CrUnCh when we bit into the apples to do our taste test. :)</div>
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Finally, we voted on which apple we liked best. Obviously we are still working on name writing, but it is still early in the year. We are getting there! </div>
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In math we have been working on patterns so of course, we had to use our special star apples to make apple print patterned headbands!</div>
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We also weighed each apple using bear counters and a balance scale and compared the weight of each apple. </div>
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During "Science Friday" we made applesauce in the crockpot.</div>
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This is one of my FAVORITE things to do each year because the kids LOVE it and my classroom smells AMAZING! Oh yeah, and it's educational...</div>
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Next week we will be having even more apple fun (Johnny Appleseed day is September 26th!) and my kids will be working on these cute little apple themed workstations! </div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Welcome to my classroom! Each week over 400 4 and 5 year olds spend time with me learning and exploring in my little home away from home and I would love to share it with you too! These pictures will give you a little glimpse as to how my STEAM lab looks at the beginning of the year. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">1st stop is my whole group area. On the rug we do our lessons and read aloud. I LOVE my big green chair that I found at Ikea for only $30! (<a href="https://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/10174641/" target="_blank">here</a>). </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The carpet is also where students work on the iPad. The pillows (to the right of the big book easel) are from 5 Below and the little lap desks are from Michael's.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Although I know this is not the best picture, this little table is my makerspace. You can find the maker space sign for FREE from Cute in Second <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/MakerSpace-Area-Letters-for-Bulletin-Board-FREEBIE-3435920" target="_blank">here</a>. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I got the Makerspace Principles poster and the circles from Teach with Ashley <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Makerspace-Decor-2062003" target="_blank">here</a>. The words come as circles and I taped them to gears to match my classroom.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">If you are also teaching about the 5 senses, you can grab this free 5 senses puzzle <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/5-Senses-Puzzle-FREEBIE-4097313?utm_source=TGG%20Blog%20-%20Classroom%20setup%20post&utm_campaign=5%20senses%20freebie" target="_blank">here</a>!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Here is my interactive word wall. The letters are the Makerspace Alphabet by Teach with Ashley (<a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Makerspace-Alphabet-3197690" target="_blank">here</a>). </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This little corner is my blocks area. I think I found the rug at the 99 cent only store (for more than 99 cents) and the BUILD sign I just made on our school's handy dandy die cut machine. The Basic Engineering Skill Posters are from Brooke Brown on TPT and can be found <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Basic-Engineering-Skills-Posters-3112179" target="_blank">here</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This last little area is my engineering station. I will switch out the materials that they can use to build throughout the year but you can find links to get all of these fun engineering tools below. </span></div>
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Well, we have now made it through 2 whole weeks of school! This week we kicked off our 5 senses exploration by using our sense of sight. Since I only see each class once or twice a week, I split the 5 senses up and focus on 1 a week. </div>
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We began by playing a game I call "What's Missing?" This is a VERY easy game to set up and play and the kids really enjoy it! To prepare the game, find several different objects and put them on a tray. After students have had a chance to look at all of the objects, have them close their eyes and take one away. When they open their eyes, they have to try and remember what they saw on the tray and tell you what's missing. Here are two little cuties who asked to play the game again during workstation time. </div>
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We also learn about some of the different tools scientists use when making observations with their sense of sight. Students practice looking at objects with magnifying glasses</div>
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and I give them Boogie Boards to record their work. If you have not tried these out, they are SO COOL and the kids really enjoy writing on them! You can find them here: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01FZMOUQM/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B01FZMOUQM&linkCode=as2&tag=teachglitterg-20&linkId=605fe4cf123983d6fb19a5a088da42e4" target="_blank">Boogie Board Scribble 'n Play</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="//ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=teachglitterg-20&l=am2&o=1&a=B01FZMOUQM" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /></div>
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They observed prepared slides using a microscope (you can find a newer version of the microscope <a href="http://amzn.to/2fEVnNX" target="_blank">here</a>)</div>
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and learned about the tools that different kinds of scientists use on <a href="http://pbskids.org/sid/scientist.html" target="_blank">Sid the Science Kid - I want to be a scientist</a></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Here in Texas, is seems like we get about 5 days of winter...total (and by winter I mean it gets below 65)! Now, we have read about snow in books, discussed it when talking about weather, and even sang about it in songs like "Frosty the Snowman" but a majority of my students have never actually </span><i><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">seen</span></i><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"> snow. If I could not bring them real snow, I wanted to at least let my deprived little Texans experience fake snow by incorporating it into a science lesson. It was a huge hit and an experience the students will not soon forget! </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I began by asking the students if they knew what the word "absorb" meant and while there were several guesses, nobody had a clue! I told them instead of telling them what it meant, I would show them with a science investigation. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: large;">First, I poured some water onto the tray and ask students where the water went. They all looked at me like, "Is this a trick question?" and of course answered on the tray! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: large;">Then, I pulled out the paper towel and asked them to hypothesize what would happen to the water when I placed the paper towel over it. Would the water move to the paper towel or would it stay on the tray?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: large;">Most students have cleaned up a mess before (or at least seen someone else do it) so a majority of them confidently guessed the water was going to go on the paper towel. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: large;">I then asked, "Where did the water go?" and they were able to explain to me that it was inside of the paper towel. I told them this is a perfect example of the word absorb! Something absorbs when it can soak up water! I then asked, "Can we get the water back out of the towel?" and they were all about to tell me if you squeezed the towel, the water would come back out!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: large;">Now here comes the really fun part! I explained that we were going to use our new learning about absorption to make our own snow! Students helped me measure out the snow powder on a tray and we described the characteristics of the powder.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">To create this activity you will need a pool noodle cut into sections, toothpicks, pompoms, tweezers, and either dot stickers, markers (to color the toothpicks) or the dot printable pictured above (click the word source under the picture to access the printable). Using the tweezers, students can have fun sorting the pompoms into the pool noodle with the cooresponding color. An extension would be to count how many of each color they had or to graph the pompoms by color. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">This fun activity only requires 2 pool noodles, a few rubber bands, and a pompom to catapult! Depending on the age and ability level of students, they can either design and build their own catapults or they could help give you ideas and guide you, the teacher, through creating one. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">With a marble, a roll of painters tape, and a few pool noodles, students can practice all kinds of problem solving and critical thinking skills! Cut pool noodles into different size sections then cut the sections in half length wise. Challenge students to use a certain number of section, start from a certain height, or see who can build the tallest or longest marble run! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana"; font-size: large;">I don't know about you but I cannot wait to hit up Dollar Tree and stock up on pool noodles to try out these activities in my classroom! Have you ever used pool noodles in your room? Comment below, I would love to hear how! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Are you looking for a fun yet inexpensive way to show appreciation to parents who have dedicated their time volunteering in your classroom this year? </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I have SEVERAL parents that I wanted to thank at the end of the year so I needed something that was cute, simple, and wouldn't break the bank! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">First, I created this cute FREEBIE tag that you can download <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Cheap-and-Easy-Thank-You-Gift-for-Parent-Volunteers-2572456">here</a>. Then, I bought some Redbox movie codes, wrote them on the tags, and attached the tags to a bag of popcorn! Voila! Instant movie night for a little over $1 a parent!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Now if you are just doing this for 1 or 2 parents and want to go all out, you could even create a whole "movie basket" with popcorn, soda, movie theater candy, etc.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;">Hope you enjoy the freebie! If you create your own movie themed thank you gift with the tags, I would love to see how you use it! Just tag me @teachglittergrow on Instagram so I can admire your handy work! :) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">I looked all over for the original source of this poem and couldn't find it anywhere. We have been saying it for so many years now I have no idea where I originally got it!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Next, the students sing a song. I usually switch the song from year to year but this year, we sang "With my Own Two Hands" by Jack Johnson. If you have never heard it before, it is a great song!! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Finally, the students recite a second poem: The ABC Farewell. This is probably my favorite thing that the students do because each person gets their own part to say and it gives every student a "time to shine"! I am not sure who the original author of this poem is either but here is a cute printable with the words that I found <a href="http://kinderalphabet.com/2013/05/end-of-year-ideas-plus-free-poems-and.html">here.</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">My kiddos work so hard throughout the year, so I like to give them each several different awards representing all they have accomplished this year! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">If you are interested in using some of these same awards in your classroom, you can find them at my tpt store </span><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Editable-Academic-Achievement-End-of-Year-Awards-2559607"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">here.</span></a> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">These awards are completely EDITABLE! :) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">To close the ceremony out, we take a trip down memory lane and watch a slideshow of pictures throughout the year. A few songs I like to include in my slideshow are:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I completely forgot to get CD cases for the slide shows (whoops!) but these cute toppers that I found </span><a href="http://alittleclaireification.com/2015/04/06/oh-the-places-youll-go-graduation-printable-treat-bag-toppers/"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">here </span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">helped make the baggies I stuck the CDs in much cuter ;) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">This website has some fun ideas for activities you can do with your Oobleck: <a href="http://www.livescience.com/21536-oobleck-recipe.html" target="_blank">http://www.livescience.com/21536-oobleck-recipe.html </a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">*On the Seussville website, you can get all sorts of free resources to help celebrate Read Across America. (find them <a href="http://www.seussville.com/Educators/educatorReadAcrossAmerica.php" target="_blank">here</a>) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">This week I had hands down the most successful 100th day of school celebration in my classroom to date! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Like most teachers, how I teach looks a little different from year to year. There are lots of reasons for this and while it mostly depends on the group of kids I have, learning from past experiences plays a big factor! I keep what works, throw out what doesn't, and try a few new things in between! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Here are a few things I have learned over the past few years when it comes to celebrating the 100th day of school! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Want to hot glue 100 small objects to a t-shit? FABULOUS! Want to dress up like you are 100 years old? HILARIOUS! I really don't care how they are dressed just as long as they wearing something fun to celebrate the 100th day of school! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">About 2 weeks before the big day, I send home a letter that looks like this: </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">(aaaand I just saw that it says 2018! lol Glad all the parents knew what I meant ;/)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I think students making 100th day necklaces is a great activity! </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">It helps them practice fine motor and t</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">hey count to 100 twice! (One on a mat and once while stringing the necklace)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I really DO NOT like it when the kids chew on their necklaces all day and are just left with a soaking wet string around their neck at the end of the day. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">If that doesn't bother you then by all means, Fruit Loop it up! But if you are like me, pony beads are pretty cheap, the kids don't put them in their mouth, and they really really like them!! I have lots of kids wear their 100th day necklaces to school for weeks after they made them!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"> Put out a mat for them to count on (<a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/100th-Day-of-School-Freebie-Printables-522374" target="_blank">this freebie works great</a>)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I always plan WAY more activities on special days like this than the kids can possible get done. I plan lots of fun and engaging stations and have the students rotate through them in about 15 minute increments. Sounds well thought out and organized right? Welllll....</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">The biggest problem with that is not all 100th day activities are created equal. One student might LOVE the 100 cup challenge while another student can't wait to move on to the 100 pattern blocks. A hat doesn't take the same amount of time to make as trail mix. NOTHING takes as long to make as the 100th day necklaces! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">There are a ton of really cute sort and graph candy heart products on TPT! I am using this freebie from <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Valentine-Conversation-Heart-Math-Candy-Heart-Math-ActivityCenter-202339" target="_blank">Sarah E Masters</a> with my kids.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Okay so I will admit, that was more like 3 categories instead of 3 things. I am sorry, I just LOVE this holiday!!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Now I want to see YOUR top 3 Valentine's Day classroom favorites! Link up below!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">1. Your top 3</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"> can be a pictures, a few words, or even a whole paragraph! All I ask is that you stick to this weeks theme. :)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">2. Link back to this site so that other know where to find your fabulous ideas!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">3. You can link up your Top 3 Thursday post any day of the week but Thursday will be the most common day.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">4. Read at least 2 other posts that have linked up and leave them a little love on their blog!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">PS: Here are the upcoming Top 3 Thursday themes for the month of February!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">A few days ago I posted about students' goals - what they are, how students can track their progress, etc. (<a href="http://teachglittergrow.blogspot.com/2015/12/student-goals.html" target="_blank">see here</a>). As teachers, we all know that students have goals that they need to achieve by the end of the year so figuring out what the goals are the easy part. GETTING students to those goals is where the hard work comes in! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">One way that I help students to achieve their goals is through scaffolding independent workstations. Last Wednesday I spoke about scaffolding workstations at my district's principals meeting and thought I would share some of those same ideas with you!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">When teaching a new skill, there generally different tiers to mastering that skill (<a href="http://teachglittergrow.blogspot.com/2015/11/all-about-alliteration.html" target="_blank">you can see tiers for alliteration here</a>). The way we divide the skills on my campus is as follows:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Tier 2 is small group instruction. Students in this tier have a basic understanding but there is still some confusion and they need more practice during small group in order to practice the skill independently.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Tier 3 is small group or 1 on 1 instruction. These are the babies who are either really struggling or who are just beginning to understand a concept or a skill.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">During small group or workstation time, tiers for the skill <i>producing a letter sound</i> might look like this:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Student on this tier can identify which picture begins with a given letter sound. This activity is a good tier 3 students because students are only given 2 options to choose from - one picture that begins with the given letter's sound and and one that does not sound anything like that letter's sound.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">This activity is good for tier 2 because they have to identify which sound they hear at the beginning of the word and then find the letter that makes that sound.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">For math I wanted to share a workstation that I have had for the past 5 years and has always been a class favorite! The kids love it because it is fun and interactive. I love it because it was easy to make and can be used to practice a ton of different skills! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">For this workstation I used a large piece of green felt cut into the shape of a Christmas tree, red and white felt cut into circles for ornaments, a dice, and different sized presents for ordering by size. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">For my tier 3 students, they can practice subitizing with the dice, counting with 1:1 correspondence, and ordering the presents below the tree from largest to smallest.</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">When my tier 2 students go to this workstation, they can practice subitizing with the dice, counting with 1:1 correspondence, comparing groups, and ordering the presents below the tree from largest to smallest.</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">For my tier 1 students, they can practice subitizing with the dice, counting with 1:1 correspondence, completing simple addition problems, and ordering the presents below the tree from largest to smallest.</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I love when I can find 1 activity that meets all of my students needs! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Do you use tiers to divide your students into groups? What kind of things do you do to differentiate workstations? I LOVE hearing new ideas! </span></div>
Cole | Teach Glitter Growhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11084559689783353744noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-540732267933104496.post-7688524882615006262015-12-12T10:42:00.001-08:002017-05-25T09:52:59.102-07:00Student Goals<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I really don't like to have my time wasted or do things just for the sake of doing them. If I am asked to do something, I want to know what the purpose of doing it is! I have found that even though students will sometimes do things "because the teacher says so" when they are given a purpose, they are much more eager and focused when completing the task.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">This is why I love giving my students goals to work towards!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Here is an example of my literacy goals at the beginning of the year. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">As you can see, each goal has a special icon that goes with it. I use these icons 2 different ways. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">The 1st way I use the icons is to label my workstations:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">This way I can tell students, "You are working towards the goal of producing letter sounds. I want you to work towards that goal by choosing a workstation that has the letter B with the bear."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I also use the icons to help students track their progress. On this binder ring, each student has an "iPad" with their picture, that shows different things that "iCan" do. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I used to track their goals on large ant cutouts (we are Mrs. Alexander's Ants) and display them on the wall. I like doing it better this way for 3 reasons: </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">1) I covet my wall space and if I have 22 large ants hanging up, that is less room for student work! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">2) having each student on a different page that I can flip to when I am working with a particular student, helps them to focus on what </span><i style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">they </i><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">are trying to achieve instead of seeing what their friends have or have not achieved.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">3) When meeting with parents, I can show them what <i>their</i> child has achieved without making comparisons to his/her classmates.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"> Here is a student who has met many of their goals already. Each time they can show me that they have met a goal, they get to add another little icon to their page. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">We usually add icons to our chart on Fridays but if I see a student who has been working really hard to meet their goal during the week (and they show they can independently practice this skill during workstations or in small group) we add the icon right then and there! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">One more thing, the goals listed above are not necessarily the same goals for <b>all</b> students <b>all</b> year long. As students meet these goals, I add new ones. There is always something new to learn! If a student is working hard but still really struggling to meet these goals, I will break down some of the larger goals into smaller chunks. For example, if it is October and you still only know 1 letter, 26 seems pretty daunting! A new goal for that child might be to learn 5 letters, then 10, then 15, and work their way up! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I love this system because it connects the abstract concepts of what we want to learn, how we can learn it, and our achievement of gaining new knowledge to something that the students can actually see. The fact that my principal loves it too is just icing on the cake! ;)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Think this would be helpful in your classroom? You can find everything you need to set this system up and have it work for you all year long <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Pre-K-and-Kindergarden-Goals-2423331" target="_blank">here</a>!</span></div>
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