tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3005789071375413112024-03-14T08:03:46.666-05:00Adventures in Kinder and BeyondAdventures in my Kindergarten classroomCarrie Ogulnickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03436053306561432763noreply@blogger.comBlogger123125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-300578907137541311.post-1313330607902372992020-03-06T21:14:00.003-06:002020-03-06T21:23:52.353-06:00Tools for Guided Reading<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Over the years I have found that when I teach my guided reading groups, there are quite a few items that I need daily. In the past, I have had all the items spread out on counters, in cabinets and just all over the classroom. This year I got a cart to house all my items and it has been a GAME CHANGER!<br />
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Let's take a look at all the goodies I keep inside of those shelves!</div>
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1. Letter Manipulatives<br />
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I love love love having a big variety of letters. We use them for all kinds of letter activities. Here are some closeup pictures. Click them to see them on amazon.<br />
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These are counters that I added letter stickers to from the target dollar spot quite a few years ago. They have held up really well!<br />
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These are an OLD set of magnetic letters but hey they work great still.<br />
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I am very into getting fine motor practice snuck in when I can so I was really excited to find these lacing and unifix cube letters this year<br />
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These letter dice are from Oriental Trading but I did find some on Amazon too. I have a freebie you can use with them if you have them too! Just <a href="https://adventuresinkinderandbeyond.blogspot.com/2017/09/classroom-tools-with-oriental-trading.html" target="_blank">click here</a> to grab it.</div>
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On the middle shelf, I have whisper phones for students to work on fluency and blending cards for word work activities<br />
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I am not sure where the boards came from. I think an old reading series. I found them when I moved into my classroom this year.<br />
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Now to the top shelf. Here is have my OG. The caddy that started it all.<br />
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I have been using this one for about 4 years now. This is what's inside</div>
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pointers, google eyes, mini flashlights and guide strips. All of these items were from Target way back in the day but I did find some guide strips on Amazon. </div>
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Reading Strategies Posters- Mini Sized</div>
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I use these when focusing on a skill or help students when they are stuck on words. If you would like them just <a href="http://bit.ly/readingstrategiespostersfreebie" target="_blank">click here.</a><br />
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Then I also have sticky notes, index cards, sight word cards, markers, pencils, and erasers.<br />
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One last item I use with every group every day are my alphabet sound cards.<br />
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You can read all about how I use these <a href="https://adventuresinkinderandbeyond.blogspot.com/2019/05/the-first-5-minutes-of-guided-reading.html" target="_blank">cards here</a>.<br />
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Having my cart right by my teacher table this year has made my life much easier! I love having all I need right at my fingertips<br />
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I would love to hear about what some of you favorite tools are that you use. Leave me a comment below.<br />
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<br />Carrie Ogulnickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03436053306561432763noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-300578907137541311.post-36205953122002015362020-02-14T22:19:00.000-06:002020-02-14T22:19:47.655-06:00Center Management<img src="https://www.crayonboxlearning.com/images/carrie-signature.png" style="background: transparent; border: none;" /> <br />
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One of the questions I get asked a LOT is how I manage my students during center time. I spend the first 2 months of the school year getting students ready for small group work but that can be just half of the battle. Right?<br />
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How do students know where they are going?<br />
How do they know when to move on to the next activity?<br />
How long do they stay at each center?<br />
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This is my rotation board. Nothing fancy but it totally works for me. I have a pocket chart that I got from a local teacher's store and then I created picture cards to represent the centers my students will be going to that day. I have students grouped by colors. I group my students based on data taken in the classroom. My students move in and out of groups every few weeks so keeping the activities the same makes the expectations and rotations easier.</div>
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These pictures help students see where they will begin and move to next. I change the pictures out (and add a fluency one if that is a skill that is needed) at the end of the day. Students know what their expectation is since my centers follow the same routines each month.</div>
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Here are a few examples of word work centers my students have been working on this month</div>
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Each activity is 20 minutes long. I have a digital timer displayed on our screen so students are aware of how much time they have left. When the bell rings students know it is time to clean up and move to the next center. I see 3 groups each day and I also see a group for extra intervention support.<br />
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Keeping students accountable is another part of managing the centers. With most of my centers, I have a response sheet that my students fill out to show what they have learned. This helps them complete the task and also shows me how they are progressing. If students are writing in journals we go over those in small groups so students know they must get the work done.<br />
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I also used this chart during the earlier part of the year to encourage students to try and do their best work during small group time. I always tell them I will be checking it later too. 😊<br />
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Now students need to work and practice on these expectations but after a while, they will know their routine and hopefully, your center time will start to feel smoother too!<br />
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<br />Carrie Ogulnickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01276416424436215979noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-300578907137541311.post-749620775389608202019-05-10T16:56:00.002-05:002020-01-16T17:04:45.427-06:00The First 5 Minutes of Guided ReadingWe all know how hard it is to squeeze everything we need to do with a group of kids into 20 minutes of group time. This past year I have started to use those first 5 minutes of my group time in a different way to help maximize the time by starting with letter identification and sounds.<br />
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When my students arrive at the teacher table we take out our letter sound cards for the week and begin. I have grouped the letters by most commonly seen ones and we work through that sequence. The students chant the letter name. Then we say the name of the picture that is on the card, Next, we say the sound that letter makes.<br />
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Once I have talked about the letter names and the sounds they make I introduce some picture cards that also show the same beginning sounds to my group. We talk about the pictures and what sound we hear at the beginning of them and sort them to the matching beginning sound card. The students like this interactive game and to be apart of the process. On the first day, I only do about picture card per sound just so I can introduce it all and then we move on to the next part of our guided reading lesson.<br />
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The second time I meet with this same group we review the same 5 sounds but then, I may just focus on 2 of the sounds and pull out 5 beginning sound picture cards for 2 of the letter and the kids have to sort all of the cards. This again helps reinforce and hear the differences between the letter sounds and also help build their vocabulary.<br />
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I will work on the same 5 letter sound with this group for about 2 weeks doing matches with the picture cards, letter sorts with all kinds of letter tiles to the big picture cards, and hopefully, by then my students will be ready to move on the next set of 5 letters.<br />
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Depending on the level of my students I try and meet with them 2-3 a week. After I do meet with them I do give them so word work type activities to work on independently in small groups that I will talk about in another blog post soon.<br />
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I hope you found some of these tips helpful. Over the years I have found my teacher style keeps changing but, this way of starting out my guided reading group had made a difference for my kids this year and I think this is one routine I am going to stick with. If you have any questions feel free to leave it below.<br />
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We started off the party with decorating crowns to show we are 100 days smarter! I love these since the kids get to color them in. They loved them too!<br />
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Next up we started with a craft. Each student got a gumball machine and filled them with 100 gumballs.<br />
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what I LOVED about this all the numbers are mixed up so I gave my students an extra challenge. I had them make each set of 10 a different color. This kept them busy and QUIET for such a long time. They had to hunt for those numbers.<br />
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I was really impressed with how hard they worked on filling this machine up!<br />
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Next, we worked on a variety of activities that included the number 100. These activities came from my 100 Days print and go resource.<br />
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It made the day so exciting and interactive!<br />
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Then to finish off the day each student got a bag of goodies to take home.<br />
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Bookmarks to use in our favorite books!<br />
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Stickers cause who doesn't love stickers?!!<br />
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Pencils(cause we never have enough of those). I also found erasers for them too!<br />
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The day passed by so quickly that we never got to our last activity! So we are going to work on them this week.<br />
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So if you are planning your 100th day make sure you check out all the goodies that <a href="http://www.orientaltrading.com/100th-day-of-school-a1-90000+1592-1.fltr?categoryFromSearch=true&rd=100th%20day&mpp=192" target="_blank">Oriental Trading</a> has to help with your celebration.<br />
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** Oriental Trading has been a classroom favorite resource of mine to order items from. They do send me items to review/write a blog post about. I am happy to share these ideas with all my readers and all opinions are my own.<br />
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<br />Carrie Ogulnickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03436053306561432763noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-300578907137541311.post-41124227169799336882018-01-28T11:53:00.000-06:002018-01-28T11:53:56.104-06:00Polar Bear Eraser Activities<span style="font-family: inherit;">If you have been following me for awhile you all know how much I ADORE mini erasers. So I was SOO excited when I discovered that <a href="http://www.orientaltrading.com/winter-a1-90000+1246-1.fltr" target="_blank">Oriental Trading </a>had some that I did not know about!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Today I am teamed up with <a href="http://www.orientaltrading.com/winter-a1-90000+1246-1.fltr" target="_blank">Oriental Trading</a> to give you a sneak peek into my eraser activities using these adorable polar bear mini erasers. As always, these opinions are my own. </span><br />
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Mini erasers are a favorite activity of my students. They just love them and I love how engaged they are while using them. So awhile back I created a whole bunch of math and word work mats to use with these erasers.<br />
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Here are a few of them:<br />
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Roll To 100: Students roll a dice and add that many erasers to their mat. When the whole mat is filled up they count to see how many of their erasers were used. Whoever used the most is the winner.<br />
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Spin and Graph: What I love about this set are all the different colors they come in. They make spin and graph much more fun!</div>
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The different colors are also great for creating patterns.<br />
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Addition and Subtraction are skills we work on all year long and using erasers makes learning our facts so much more fun.<br />
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You can find all the math mats in my <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Mini-Eraser-Activity-Sheets-Math-and-Spelling-2929181" target="_blank">Mini Eraser Activity</a> pack. I have created activities for each mini eraser I have found. I keep adding new activities to it all the time too! You can see them by clicking the picture below<br />
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Head on over to <a href="http://www.orientaltrading.com/web/search/searchMain?keyword=mini+erasers" target="_blank">Oriental Trading</a> to check out all the great mini erasers they have. I will be getting more and adding even more sheets to my eraser pack.<br />
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Feel free to pin the image below to save these ideas to one of your boards.<br />
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<br />Carrie Ogulnickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01276416424436215979noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-300578907137541311.post-90475634361181807522017-12-26T11:10:00.001-06:002017-12-26T11:11:10.826-06:00HP Insta InkTeachers do a TON of printing. We are always needing something for our classroom and sometimes we can not do it all at school.I do most of my printing at home. Yes, at home. I can print as much color and black and white sheets as I need. Wanna know how? HP Insta Ink.<br />
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I get asked all the time how do you get all your classroom centers and activities printed in color? It is all thanks to the Insta Ink. <a href="https://instantink.hpconnected.com/us/en" target="_blank">HP Insta Ink</a> is a program you can sign up for and pay a monthly fee. They have 4 plans you can pick from to meet your needs.<br />
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I use the Frequent plan since I know I have stations, books and more that I need for my classroom. As you can see each plan is based on how many pages a month you want to print. The best thing is that if for some reason I don't use all my pages in a month they ROLL OVER! Yes, you read that right I keep the pages I don't use until I need them. There is no fee for cancelation either but, I think once you try it you will be hooked!<br />
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Now to get starting with HP Insta Ink you need a printer that is qualified for the program. Here is a list of printers that will work.<br />
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If you have a different printer that is not on this list, it won't work. That is what I ran into about a year ago. So, I shopped around and settled on the HP ENVY printer.<br />
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<img src="http://www.crayonboxlearning.com/images/carrie-signature.png" style="background: transparent; border: none;" /> Carrie Ogulnickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01276416424436215979noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-300578907137541311.post-65595032534179570392017-12-09T21:06:00.000-06:002017-12-09T21:12:15.166-06:00December Fun In The ClassroomDecember time means fun, energy, and excitement! We have been having a blast the past few weeks and wanted to share with you what we have been doing.<br />
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I have teamed up with Oriental Trading Company this month to fill our classroom with crafts, decorations and more!<br />
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This year our whole entire first-grade team spent a week using Gingerbread books. You can read all about our book ideas <a href="http://adventuresinkinderandbeyond.blogspot.com/2015/12/what-im-teaching-this-weekgingerbread.html" target="_blank">here</a>. We wanted to add a cute craft at the end of our week and this one from Oriental Trading worked out perfect!! It was so easy too.</div>
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The kids followed all the directions and what I LOVED the most is all the pieces were stickers!! NO GLUE was needed! </div>
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click pictures to see them on their <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/OrientalTradingBrandAmbassadors/search/?query=december" target="_blank">website</a></div>
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another brilliant idea was to make them into magnets! So we added each students picture to the face and they became their own gingerbread men!</div>
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Each class decorated their door frames with the cute class gingerbreads!</div>
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This class showed theirs off before the went outside. The students were so excited!</div>
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I also created this writing prompt for students to use to tell me who they would run from.</div>
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This week is our last before Winter Break. This week in reading it is ALL about The Polar Express!!</div>
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We made these activity books to go along with the story this week.</div>
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All during the week, we will be looking at different elements of the story. We are using this graphic organizer pack from <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/The-Polar-Express-A-Book-Companion-1542147" target="_blank">Primary Graffiti</a></div>
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On Friday we will be having a school wide PJ day and we will all be watching the movie! Once again my team came up with the great idea that we should give each student a jingle bell after the movie. <a href="http://www.orientaltrading.com/holidays/christmas/christmas-decorations-a1-553184.fltr" target="_blank">Oriental Trading</a> had the best back with a variety of sizes!</div>
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During our social studies time we have been learning all about holidays from all around the world. We have been using this flip book to gather the new information we learn.</div>
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This week I am having my students pick which holiday they liked best and each student will create these poster!</div>
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They are HUGE! I love how it gives lots of room for words and pictures. Click this link to see them on <a href="http://www.orientaltrading.com/holidays/christmas-a1-550904.fltr" target="_blank">Oriental Trading's Website</a>.</div>
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I also love these gift bags from them for my student gifts!</div>
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<a href="http://www.orientaltrading.com/holidays/christmas-a1-550904.fltr" target="_blank">Oriental Trading</a> has been such a BIG help this month.I just love sharing all these ideas with my teacher friends and co-workers. Make sure you check them out for more crafts, decorations and cheer!</div>
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<img src="http://www.crayonboxlearning.com/images/carrie-signature.png" style="background: transparent; border: none;" /> Carrie Ogulnickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01276416424436215979noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-300578907137541311.post-56319260575698531292017-09-03T12:45:00.003-05:002017-09-03T12:46:23.165-05:00Classroom Tools with Oriental TradingHappy new school year friends! If you have already been back with your students I hope your year has gotten off to a wonderful start. If you have not started school just yet, I hope that your upcoming year is an amazing one!<br />
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I am here today to share with you some great new tools I will be using in my classroom this year. I teamed up with <a href="http://www.learn365.orientaltrading.com/" target="_blank">Oriental Trading</a> to add some new ideas that I have been wanting to use for the past few months. If you click any of the images below you can get more information on them.<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "puritan" , sans-serif; font-size: 18px;"> </span><br />
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I was really excited to get some new reading tools and storage containers for math manipulatives. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrFUgHG7X5nNGhbStsIWk0eMD_PuyKAstb69Z7iz6q4mNRjQsAiuvwe-E5U5lKZlP_YZYRTk6UHpBcuFazh1aIZhwAA_XMaysN4dHzhLj_T4_5CYALiGyKzQNKk4Dv4v_7oAEokacpo6o/s1600/Slide1.PNG" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrFUgHG7X5nNGhbStsIWk0eMD_PuyKAstb69Z7iz6q4mNRjQsAiuvwe-E5U5lKZlP_YZYRTk6UHpBcuFazh1aIZhwAA_XMaysN4dHzhLj_T4_5CYALiGyKzQNKk4Dv4v_7oAEokacpo6o/s400/Slide1.PNG" width="400" /></a><br />
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I have been wanting to make my math manipulatives more accessible for my students. While I was in PD this past summer I kept hearing over and over how students should have easy access to items to help them explore and discover. So when I saw these <a href="http://www.learn365.orientaltrading.com/pacon-interlocking-storage-container-with-lid-a2-13774486.fltr?keyword=pacon%C2%AE%20interlocking%20storage" target="_blank">containers</a> I just KNEW this is what I would need!<br />
<a href="http://www.learn365.orientaltrading.com/pacon-interlocking-storage-container-with-lid-a2-13774486.fltr?keyword=pacon%C2%AE%20interlocking%20storage" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDGCoRTKssRcBHPGLk_bozN6ptsIdcX2_wJcdk8B5GAdTXyUNMwPXYAOSw_phPuyLY4MX8L-m2w3m2imx8svEd44G0vCZw7zjmeCm_rnIlhTY4iZLQ6N-OO7st3Xy9MdUV4MknFW0u1mo/s400/Slide12.PNG" width="400" /></a><br />
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I took 5 of the most basic manipulatives that my students use most often and used these amazing containers. I love that they are clear for my students to see what is inside. The other AH MA ZING factor is that they lock together!<br />
<a href="http://www.learn365.orientaltrading.com/pacon-interlocking-storage-container-with-lid-a2-13774486.fltr?keyword=pacon%C2%AE%20interlocking%20storage" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNVlmSnxTNTDREmhhLXcXLt2ItLt2R9Rfs8ave19VCnufWelQCmz_Y8ilm2ILlsEreIYnczVjYn3O5VUf-W2SiI8dQrbqE2lGKYBOuSUYAm6ueQrDrU3o2JeSqdbgNX7MrpdrKfzN4Axk/s400/Slide10.PNG" width="400" /></a><br />
They stack on top of each other and can be locked that way AND I can also lock the 4 sets together! So super smart and such a space saver! <br />
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<a href="http://www.learn365.orientaltrading.com/pacon-interlocking-storage-container-with-lid-a2-13774486.fltr?keyword=pacon%C2%AE%20interlocking%20storage" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqXEpmdRXCdon4ZkWkp3G9VEDpWJcs5IT2YNz9tBIA8CQHshK8xdYzQ_4YnOUpr0jpVICeH_xo-4s4vTK84bK5ma3tht2vc-RpPVi0s6PALtJddP0B6AKt8cgQvCiv64rDvub9ufQhS_E/s400/Slide11.PNG" width="400" /></a><br />
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<a href="http://www.learn365.orientaltrading.com/pacon-interlocking-storage-container-with-lid-a2-13774486.fltr?keyword=pacon%C2%AE%20interlocking%20storage" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtRh7pRz1EYnh20Pt35E1UnzSgwivWRWYXnSL5Au4xoQ1HmrFuak93ynX33nS9dJH0sjr0uFDFcyMUXtijFBArZF6Nisuwq5Fv2Nz69iZJbqJ8Kj35p8jVVC6GI_xHPH40ZgTgugHdANo/s400/Slide9.PNG" width="400" /></a><br />
I will eventually make labels for the containers but, right now my students know exactly which ones to use so no labels are needed. These are also perfect for math stations right now as we learn our rules and expectations.<br />
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The next tool I am so excited to use with my students this year is reading phones!<br />
<a href="http://www.learn365.orientaltrading.com/read-to-self-phones-a2-13633524.fltr" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyK73Z9_cJuQysBr5JvlddJKNDrygRmGN8GuM2HZYmw6JsQ_1owfn9H11Ic6Uzw1mFIH-VYWOGZ73PEv_mPzHPQXbOJETJePCjqFN7LRXvmVHBOGhi22vW9CJF7BaTgErI7VUv9iKRr3o/s400/Slide3.PNG" width="400" /></a><br />
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These phones are wonderful for daily 5 and guided reading use. I talked with my students about how we use them and the voice level we need to have when reading with them. They were so excited about hearing themselves read. I know these are going to be wildly popular this year and students will be wanted to read to themselves all the time now. Win win for both teacher and student!<br />
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<a href="http://www.learn365.orientaltrading.com/read-to-self-phones-a2-13633524.fltr" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ_K-rpNB2C16YLnyW0xpYBRzCmhQ4TJ9jHT6aWxde0Mk_8iN3mJcvwiC1rlVEHCFECdXk7FlDOzU5EBCOpabhPGj5U9xa0Cd6JySFq9Jp_n8sZnowvunXDX_vIvzPNZ3wyybAUBFMEMQ/s400/Slide4.PNG" width="400" /></a><br />
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<a href="http://www.learn365.orientaltrading.com/read-to-self-phones-a2-13633524.fltr" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFKGdecEeGafbxbiGQ_d1_ksChZZNzGlSIJAacebK5SxP8lmqsH7xEczgH8-7wb0HwWpmXexPdCsviUrrpJJR6WUcY3rDJZ20is9rZ7PTqVBKUCzjJ7wPZfl7Ib0mqcrQ-3VSX06Ik87s/s400/Slide5.PNG" width="400" /></a><br />
The students store them in their book boxes so they always have them.<br />
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<a href="http://www.learn365.orientaltrading.com/read-to-self-phones-a2-13633524.fltr" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuQku91UUrSxpDfD2l-XuIbFgVEn9XMBIaImlU2Aq1slxV9yVISqhnZgo3HglNHRsnX5Y3xpVtInQI4uSPJIRupw6OqdUOkC6KISFzEPZR2G5QiK_aoMW38DnaXxr8PsAVZpMMAfBXTmI/s400/Slide8.PNG" width="400" /></a><br />
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The last tool I added to my room this year are these foam alphabet dice.<br />
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<a href="http://www.learn365.orientaltrading.com/alphabet-dice-a2-13768682.fltr?keyword=13768682" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMsIJ2TfLSqXb21EGNYJsmV_VYXihDwBwd6ssTfQuoPZbwAD1HvXcMZiYe1cxkwEKBcmeSU6b4WlrvlptnkEHaWBViOUwBJplB6u2hzM7fxOume5Z8ENL9RuQbQI4cKM9Kz5G1RDUgXxg/s400/Slide13.PNG" width="400" /></a><br />
I have so many ideas of how we are going to use them. Here are a few that I came up with for beginning of the year assessments.<br />
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<a href="http://www.learn365.orientaltrading.com/alphabet-dice-a2-13768682.fltr?keyword=13768682" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimmOufaqwqca8kfZthr2cDVQh-1Y2RdEJRYyKbqZeQk57nkYolnPldRZ7V4OVEd6Pe8HM9S8x8OANweoXqlzovix3RRcUP9A5atttUunK6Zt_Yh6qB4EWBQHpvh_VdqkPyBw8SwoeOkmU/s400/Slide18.PNG" width="400" /></a><br />
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Then I also came up with some CVC and CVCE word building activities for word work during our daily 5 stations.<br />
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<a href="http://www.learn365.orientaltrading.com/alphabet-dice-a2-13768682.fltr?keyword=13768682" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3PaC95iIUP8IBcVcTlned08Bg45lf-C6iRrcQAM8kNyS_dIkQ2UoGoXP4B9O95lfFtExxSP-GYWPLNU1wKGNRigOLWGXkvFBQBA27Nk3aglUC2wLGZ1XJ34XeUjgv5bwXCGBVdjr1VAw/s400/Slide16.PNG" width="400" /></a><br />
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I plan on making a few more activities to use with these dice and posting them in my TPT store. Until then if you would like a copy of the sheets you can click<a href="http://bit.ly/alphabetdice" target="_blank"> here </a>to grab them.<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/alphabetdice" target="_blank">Alphabet Dice Activities</a><br />
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Thanks for stopping by and reading about some new tools I will be using this year. You can click any of the pictures to learn more about the items. Feel free to pin this image to Pinterest to save the ideas too!<br />
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<a href="http://adventuresinkinderandbeyond.blogspot.com/2017/09/classroom-tools-with-oriental-trading.html" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1CtLYMMbpzIb-tmkhrtFB0MImq3oTWBOaUUPfHBiy8231tRa6OsUEGfj2Rgd46cblhDOmcsyCI3qItPOV51CaS3ZDajSxQkgKgBuZ4mAMrHCUk0xSzvvyLvPu-23IKKXeINTR_GQDcYY/s400/Slide1.PNG" width="400" /></a><br />
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Disclaimer: Products from Oriental Trading were sent for a review. These opinions are ideas are of my own.<br />
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<img src="http://www.crayonboxlearning.com/images/carrie-signature.png" style="background: transparent; border: none;" /> Carrie Ogulnickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01276416424436215979noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-300578907137541311.post-37530911015468059522017-07-21T21:55:00.000-05:002017-07-21T22:17:32.057-05:00Spreading Happiness and Cheer in Your ClassroomHappiness and Cheer are wonderful tools that should be in each and every classroom. Students love when they are recognized for their efforts and celebrated. When students feel loved and appreciated it changes the whole atmosphere in the classroom. I have never seen that to be so true that this past school year.<br />
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Last year was my first year at a new school. It is a Title One school and I could tell from the start that these kids loved to talk, work hard and share in happiness! We did a lot of character development lessons last year and those morning meeting times when we chatted were just the best. I could tell how much they loved sharing what was going on in their lives, what they worked on at home and more.<br />
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So this year knowing what my students are going to be like I wanted to start off the year showing and telling my students how very special they are. <span id="goog_1718222913"></span><span id="goog_1718222914"></span><br />
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This is how I came up with the idea of Student Happy Notes. While shopping at Target I have seen these adhesive pocket square in the Bullseye Playground area.<br />
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I was thinking about how I could use these with my students and notes popped into my head! I am going to place one square on each students desk, next to their name tags.<br />
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To start off when they come for Meet The Teacher I am going to welcome them with their first note. I made a few different versions for other grade levels too.<br />
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I like to give a variety of options to teachers if they were to purchase this so I made each type of note in color and black/white. The above picture shows how you can print the black and white notes on bright paper and it really pops!<br />
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If using color ink makes you happy I made the notes bright and colorful too! I created 27 different types of notes to pass out to the students. Everything from Happy Birthday to Spread Kindness Like Confetti.<br />
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Here is a peek into what a few of the notes look like. As the year goes on I plan on giving out new notes 1-2 times a week. Especially when I see my students working really hard OR if they just look like they need a little extra TLC that day. I am really excited to share these with my kids and to hear their reactions to the notes on their desks.<br />
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You can see all these <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Happy-Student-Notes-3274854" target="_blank">Happy Notes</a> in my store. If you don't have the target square no problem. You can still share them with your students the best way that works for you.<br />
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If you do have the adhesive square you may also want to check out the <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Editable-Square-and-Rectangular-Labels-For-Target-Adhesive-Pockets-3262679" target="_blank">editable labels </a>I made for the target squares too!<br />
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Hope that there is lots of happiness and cheer in your classroom this year too!<br />
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<img src="http://www.crayonboxlearning.com/images/carrie-signature.png" style="background: transparent; border: none;" /> Carrie Ogulnickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01276416424436215979noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-300578907137541311.post-18252541863010419232017-02-26T09:37:00.004-06:002017-02-26T09:37:51.359-06:00Sneaky SpinachHey, Friends! Today I am here to tell you about a cute new book I discovered this week!<br />
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As a mom and teacher. we always want out kids eating healthy. Though, kids tend to make different choices! This cute book shows how kids CAN get vegetables in their food without them even knowing about it!<br />
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In this story Nick wants nothing to do with vegetables BUT, loves to have a smoothie each morning. Little does he know but those sneaky spinach leaves keep jumping into his smoothie mix!<br />
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This book is a great way start to showing kids that eating healthy is easier than they think!<br />
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You can find this book on Amazon and the <a href="http://nekterjuicebar.com/sneakyspinach" target="_blank">Nekter Juice Bar</a> page. Check it out!<br />
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Thanks for stopping by!<br />
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Recently at our school, we have started to have a problem with kids coming to school! So each grade level team was to collaborate and think about different ways we could encourage students to come to school and boost our attendance numbers.<br />
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Our team decided to go with a popcorn party. Simple and easy enough for sure. So I made this display that we hung up in our first-grade hallway<br />
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So each day a class had all their students present at attendance time got to add a popcorn sticker to their class ten frame. It was so fun to see how each class was progressing. I also began to notice how my students would really cheer for students when they showed up each day. We have been doing this contest for a few weeks and last week WE filled up our class ten frame!!<br />
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Our class was so excited and the other first grade classes were really jealous! All the teachers kept saying that it is so important to be at school each and every day ( unless your sick).<br />
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My class enjoyed some popcorn and a movie last Friday and also got some tags and certificates<br />
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Now that we reached our 10-day goal, we are trying for 20 days! I will be adding another ten frame to the board in hopes we can fill it fast!<br />
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I have had other people comment on how well this would work in just their classroom or even as a behavior chart. All great ideas to promote student success.<br />
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You can click this link <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Attendance-Incentive-Popcorn-2996410" target="_blank">here</a> or the cover below to see it in my TPT shop.<br />
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What do you do to promote attendance in your school?<br />
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<img src="http://www.crayonboxlearning.com/images/carrie-signature.png" style="background: transparent; border: none;" /> Carrie Ogulnickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01276416424436215979noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-300578907137541311.post-18220861755502664362017-02-12T15:30:00.002-06:002017-02-12T15:38:57.109-06:00How to Store those Mini Erasers <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmiDp_Mj4VQfQpTSHdg6BaqZMjsjJxYyrHvzkOOAC9ut8Wbi47U0mrZ2q9IHcFhXLNbRYNCyPrXKbI7f9VvQbkoGbBxS2pQ7ARQbC7Xrjhpe6CG34E7fuJlLlWHchR6XNjspaWyM15FLA/s1600/Slide1.PNG" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmiDp_Mj4VQfQpTSHdg6BaqZMjsjJxYyrHvzkOOAC9ut8Wbi47U0mrZ2q9IHcFhXLNbRYNCyPrXKbI7f9VvQbkoGbBxS2pQ7ARQbC7Xrjhpe6CG34E7fuJlLlWHchR6XNjspaWyM15FLA/s400/Slide1.PNG" width="400" /></a><br />
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Hey there! If you follow me over on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/adventuresinkinder/?hl=en" target="_blank">Instagram </a>you KNOW how much I love those target mini erasers! They are used for everything in my classroom. So you probably have them too but, HOW the heck do you keep them all organized???? Don't you worry friends I have a really CHEAP easy fix for you!<br />
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These ziplock extra small square containers are PERFECT!!!<br />
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Each square holds one bag of erasers.<br />
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The best thing about them is they are clear so you can easily see which one you want to use!<br />
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Now I took my storage a step further. Once I put them into the square containers I then organized them by season with these craft storage boxes I had from Michael's<br />
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I could fit 16 sets into one box. Then until I got some more I had to stack some on top.<br />
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Having them stored this way makes is really easy for my kids to use during our activity time. They can just grab a container and go.<br />
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Here are some of the ways we use them in my classroom<br />
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Make sure to check out my eraser activity pack for TONS of hands-on engaging activities!<br />
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<br />Carrie Ogulnickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01276416424436215979noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-300578907137541311.post-81133916849951545912016-12-10T21:44:00.000-06:002016-12-11T07:21:17.946-06:00Secret Santa Gift TagsHey, Friends! I wanted to share with you some cute holiday tags I made. Do you do a Secret Santa gift exchange? This year I wanted to make some super funny tags to attach to my gifts.<br />
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I decided to get smart this year and get everything ready to bring to school all at once. Here is a close up of the tags I made</div>
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I made sure that the tags somewhat matched the gifts I had inside. I also got all my admin and office gifts done before hand too! I LOVE Bath and Body works and all the sales they have during this time of year! Here is what I came up with to give them all<br />
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I really love how they turned out! I am impressed with my creativity sometimes....hahaha<br />
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You can grab a copy of these tags just by clicking <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BzxiM5UvXt6zeUNsRDlwVlNvRDg/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank">HERE!</a>. I hope it helps you spread some holiday cheer and laughs!<br />
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<img src="http://www.crayonboxlearning.com/images/carrie-signature.png" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: none;" />Carrie Ogulnickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01276416424436215979noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-300578907137541311.post-26011238101960974002016-11-12T16:56:00.002-06:002020-03-04T19:48:33.708-06:00Mini Eraser ideasIf you follow me or just about any other teacher on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/adventuresinkinder/" target="_blank">Instagram</a> I am sure you have seen those mini erasers. I may have developed an OBSESSION with them. LOL<br />
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I get asked a lot what I use them for so I want to share with you some ideas that I had.<br />
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There are so many different ways you can use these. My students favorite is when I use them for math manipulatives.<br />
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One station my kids LOVE to do is sort and count. I just put a bunch of different erasers out for them and they go to work. Simple and really NO prep!</div>
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Another very popular math station my students love is Roll to 50. 2 students roll a dice, then put that number of erasers on the grid. When it is all filled up they count and see who had the most. This activity is great for addition and counting. I also made the frames for rolling up to 20 for some students and those who are looking for a challenge can roll up to 100!<br />
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Just print the frames on colored paper, add dice and done! Another really easy math station.<br />
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Since there are always a few different seasonal eraser styles out at a time, another activity students can do is creating patterns. On this sheet, the students are given the eraser to start with. What they come up with at the end is up to them. You could have them create any kind of pattern they need to work on. I even left 2 rows blank for students to show you how they can create their own kind of pattern.<br />
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Graphing is another way students can work on those math skills. For this activity, students use a paper clip and pencil to spin the clip. Whatever picture the clip lands on they add that to their graph. Students can play against each other and see which eraser will reach the top first.<br />
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One last math idea I had was to use the erasers to help build number sense.<br />
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As you can see students need to put that number or erasers in each circle. Perfect for those students who still need help with this skill. I also made these sheet with the other erasers but, left them blank so teachers could write on them for whatever their students' needs are.<br />
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Leave me a comment and tell me how you would use these erasers in your classroom. I am always looking for more ideas!<br />
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Election Day is just around the corner. This is the perfect time to teach your students about what election day is and who can be president. Here are some fun ideas you can use in your classroom to help teach about this event that only happens every 4 years!<br />
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Over the years I have collected some books that cover this topic. Here are a few that we are going to be reading.</div>
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In this book, a student thinks his teacher would make a great president. His teacher loves white houses, is used to being followed around and attends lots of meetings. Sound familiar...haha<br />
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After reading this book we create a chart about the job a teacher has and compares that to some of the jobs a president has to do too.<br />
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We then complete this sorting activity in a pocket chart<br />
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This gives the students a good idea about ALL the jobs a president has to do. The students also complete a sorting page so I can check for understanding<br />
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Another great book to read is<br />
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This book is really great this year with a woman trying to become the first female president! After we read this book we come up with ideas about what WE would do if we were president. We then write about all our ideas on this sheet which will be displayed for all to see.<br />
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To understand more about what Election Day and being the president means we take information from these charts and fill out our bubble maps.<br />
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The students also will be creating this flip book where they can write about all the learned about the election and what a president does.<br />
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Of course, our literacy centers will have an election theme too. Here are a few of the activities they will be working on<br />
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Building and writing sentences with this sentence scramble activity.<br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Pumpkin time is such a fun time of the year. SO many ideas and activities fill my classroom this time of year! Today I am sharing with your some of what we do in my classroom.</span></div>
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Over the years my collection of pumpkin books grows and grows. I just can't help myself. Plus Scholastic ALWAYS has such great deals. Here are just a few that we read during this time of year.</div>
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When we start off the week I like to make an anchor chart to see what my students know about pumpkins. My friend Fern from <a href="http://www.fernsmithsclassroomideas.com/2016/09/fall-and-halloween-writing-centers.html" target="_blank">Fern Smith's Classroom Ideas</a> had a great chart that I am going to use this year.</div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">So the students will add sticky notes with words and facts they already know.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">One book I like to read is Pumpkin Jack</span></div>
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This book is a great way for students to see the life cycle. After reading it we use word and picture cards to build the cycle</div>
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I have differentiated follow-up activities for my students.</div>
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Some students write sentences about the stages while others sequence pictures<br />
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We also love to make flip books when we can! So of course, we have a pumpkin book this week!</div>
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One other fun story to read is Pumpkin Town.</div>
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When we read this book, we stop before the ending and I have the write about what could happen.</div>
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You can grab this sheet by clicking <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BzxiM5UvXt6zTHI0alkyN2puTlU/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank">here</a></div>
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If you have a pumpkin in your classroom a great math activity comes from this book.</div>
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This book explores skip counting and estimation. After reading it we cut open our class pumpkin and discover what is inside. Many of my students have not had this experience before and they reallly LOVE getting their hands in there. I created this sheet to help them group their seeds while scooping them out.</div>
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This is also the time of year where we starting addition using ten frames. I made these for my students to use manipulatives to help build their addition skills.</div>
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There are 10 frames up to the number 20 to differentiate the learning. I also have TONS of erasers and other fall type counters for them to use with these frames.</div>
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Another fun math activity is to do some pumpkin graphing. You can graph the number of seed from different sized pumpkins. I found this activity on Pinterest. If you don't have any food allergies this could be a fun experience for the students too!</div>
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There is also a graphing freebie to go with this. Click the picture or <a href="http://teachingtimes2.blogspot.com/2013/11/pumpkin-taste-testing-freebie.html" target="_blank"> here</a> to snag it.</div>
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Using pumpkins during science is a no-brainer this time of year! You can do many investigations using pumpkins. We made this chart a few year ago.</div>
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My kids really loved the sink-float activity! Especially with different sized pumpkins. We also predicted the circumference of our class pumpkin with string. I had all my students predict how round the pumpkin was and we cut the string that length. Once everyone had their string displayed we really measured how big it was. Here is a pin I found with a similar activity</div>
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If you have been to the Target dollar section recently you may have seen these pumpkin books.</div>
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They are blank books that come in a package of 6 fo $3.00. We will be using these in our writing center. I am still trying to figure out if we should use them to just create a story about pumpkins OR, use the book to reflect on all the pumpkin fun we have during this time. If you see these at your target I would GRAB them. SO many ideas to use them for!<br />
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** update- I made some journal pages for these books. You can grab them <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BzxiM5UvXt6zejhQeHVlTEdtRms/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank">here!!</a><br />
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There are also SO many craft ideas for with pumpkins. Here are a few of my favorites I found on Pinterest</div>
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You can see these and TONS more ideas over on my <a href="https://www.pinterest.com/adventuresinkin/october-adventures/" target="_blank">Pinterest boards.</a></div>
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Happy Fall Friends! The weather is starting to turn coolers. All around are pumpkins and beautiful fall colors. I am so excited to share with you some of my favorite reading and math activities I love to use this time of year. I have TONS of freebies for you too!! </div>
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I have a slight addiction to buying books for my classroom. This picture makes my teacher heart so happy! Out of all my fall books I have some favorites that I use every year.</div>
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The next few weeks we are working on sequencing stories and learning about verbs. I love to incorporate literature to help with these topics. We Are Going On A Leaf Hunt is a great book to help put events in order. I created these sheets for the students to use after our reading</div>
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I love to see that out the box thinking my students have!</div>
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You can grab these sheets by clicking here <a href="http://bit.ly/2d1fSAi" target="_blank">Leaf Hunt</a>.</div>
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Another book I love to help teach verbs is the book os When The Leaf Blew In</div>
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A leaf blows into a barn and that sets off a funny series of events. You can also use this book to help teach about cause and effect too! I found a great freebie to use with this book from <a href="http://speechissweet.blogspot.com/2015/09/when-leaf-blew-in-freebie.html" target="_blank"> Speech Is Sweet</a>. Make sure to check it out.</div>
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This year I have more ELL students than I have ever had. So I have many stations planned with lots of language support. Last year I had this write the room station that my kiddos loved!</div>
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Then for my students who needed that little bit of a challenge doing the same activity I made these write the room word boxes.</div>
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One last writing station I want to share with you is my sentence scrambles. Here students get 6-word cards and then they have to put them in the correct order to create a sentence.</div>
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Students need to put the cards in order. Each sentence has the same picture to help figure out which words go together.<br />
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There are also sentences in black/white to help save ink. Sometimes I have students glue these onto a paper and glue it down.<br />
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This year I am back to teaching all subjects. I was happy to pull out all my fall math activities! A few years ago I found these fabulous fall plastic items at Michael's Craft Store</div>
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My brain went into overdrive with all the cool things I can use them for! The first thing I thought of was to use these for sorting a graphing. First I give this sorting sheet to a small group.</div>
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Then the students can fill in the boxes to see which item they had the most of. One of the graphs was left blank so you can add any type of fall item you have in your classroom.</div>
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I am also going to use them to help with grouping, patterns, building 10 frames and addition.</div>
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I also made these fun fall themed centers a few year ago. They will be put into our stations this week.</div>
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If you would like to use them in your classroom you can! Just click the cover below.</div>
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I hope this has helped give you some fun ideas you can use in your classrooms over the next few weeks. If you would like to save any of these ideas make sure to use the image below to pin it to your favorite Fall boards.</div>
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If you do use them in your classroom I would love to see them in action. Make sure you tag me if you are on Facebook or Instagram. Happy Fall everyone!</div>
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These are just a few of the books I share during the week</div>
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To start off we read about the apple life cycle. The book Apples by Gail Gibbons has so much great information to start off any topic. After the book we chart about some things about apples. Here is an example that I found on Pinterest.<br />
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For some follow up activities I have some math, literacy and science printables that we have out in our stations during the week. Here is a sneak peak of a few of them<br />
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We talk about some apple words/ vocabulary with these picture and word cards<br />
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The students use these cards and pictures to show the life cycle of an apple seed. You can grab them for FREE just by clicking the picture or here <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Apple-Life-Cycle-Cards-and-Printable-1428501" target="_blank">Apple Life Cycle</a>.<br />
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For some hands- on literacy centers we have lots activities. One of their favorites is building sentences from word cards and then writing them down.<br />
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This set I took the sentence and printed them on colored paper to save some ink. Each sentence is a different color so the words do no get mixed up. You can see the whole set here:<a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Apple-Sentence-Scrambles-1300756" target="_blank">Apple Sentence Scrambles</a>.<br />
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One new activity I made for this year is this Apple Sorting Activity<br />
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Students sort the pictures based on their short vowel sounds. <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/CVC-Short-Vowel-Apple-Sort-2764067" target="_blank">CVC Short Vowel Apple Sort</a><br />
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This is also the time of the year where we start to talk and hear A LOT about fact and opinion. We complete this whole group sorting activity on a pocket chart where students hear what is on the card and then decide if it is a fact or an opinion.<br />
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During this time of year we also read and talk about Johnny Appleseed. Here are some books that are read aloud<br />
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We create an anchor chart like this with the information that we discovered<br />
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From all the information we gather the students work on a few different activities. Last year I had my students make a flip book that told us all about who he was.<br />
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Other students sequenced his life with pictures and others did some writing. You can see all of those activities in this resource <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Johnny-Appleseed-Printables-2065352" target="_blank">Johnny Appleseed Printables</a>.<br />
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I have more craft, science and math ideas over on my <a href="https://www.pinterest.com/adventuresinkin/september-adventures/" target="_blank">September Adventures</a> board on Pinterest.<br />
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As a thanks for stopping by I am having a sale on all of my apple resources for just this week. They are on all sale for 20% off this week! You can see them here. <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Adventures-In-Kinder-And-Beyond/Category/Apples-157688" target="_blank">Apple Activities</a><br />
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Happy Fall Y'all!<br />
<img src="http://www.crayonboxlearning.com/images/carrie-signature.png" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: none; text-align: center;" />Carrie Ogulnickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01276416424436215979noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-300578907137541311.post-56166731972703335432016-08-28T09:46:00.000-05:002016-08-28T10:09:05.282-05:00Number Sense, Nursery Rhymes and more...What I am Teaching This WeekWelcome back to another year! My goal is to share a snippet of the skills, activities and ideas I will be working on each week. I hope to blog weekly like I did last year and share TONS of ideas and resources with you.<br />
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This is week 2 for us. The first week felt like a blur and I am glad that it is OVER! You can read about what I did my first week <a href="http://adventuresinkinderandbeyond.blogspot.com/2016/07/first-day-of-school-4-tips-to-help.html" target="_blank">right here</a>. Since I am new to my district MANY things are given to me to pick from. I have never been this lucky before. For the past few years, I was given the standards I had to follow and then come up with ideas, lessons, and resources on my own. This is the TOTAL opposite of what I am used to! I am now also teaching ALL the subjects. I am excited to be bringing back math and science fun to my room.<br />
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This week in math we are working on building number sense. Last week we worked a little bit on building numbers up to 40. This week we are really focusing on all the different ways to make 10. I have this anchor chart that I will be making with my students as the week goes on. I found some great freebies to help with this skill over at <a href="http://littlemindsatwork.blogspot.com/2015/04/ways-to-make-ten-freebie-packed.html" target="_blank">Little Minds at Work</a>. I also loved this activity and we will be working on it Monday.<br />
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In reading this week we have been working on setting up expectations for readers and writers workshop. I have never taught writing like this before and I am excited to see my students growth this year. We have been working on setting up our writing folders and creating LOTS of anchor charts about what we can write about, what our writing should look like and more. For readers workshop, I have started using the Daily 5 for the first time ever! I have used something similar before but never realized it had a title. I made these posters last week while we worked on building stamina.<br />
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This week I have some district testing that needs to be completed so we will be starting a few stations.<br />
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If you would like these posters for Daily 5 you can grab them <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BzxiM5UvXt6zMTZoOGNMYzd4ZDg/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank"> HERE</a>.<br />
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Last week we also used nursery rhymes to help with reading and sequencing. I have been using these at the beginning of the year since last year and it really helps the kids build their confidence!<br />
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Here is a peek at all that is included in my Nursery Rhyme set<br />
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That is it for this week. Make sure to come back and read all about my classroom reveal! Hope you have a great week of school!</div>
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I was so lucky that I was given my keys to my classroom at the end of July. I had my ENTIRE classroom all over my house and garage. It looked like an episode of Hoarders...no joke! Once I had those keys I rented a U-haul and moved everything in! Here are some pictures of ALL my things unloaded.<br />
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I have been in a small box type classroom for the past 9 years so walking into THIS room was like HEAVEN!!! I even had a window....ooooooooooo. I was also beyond ecstatic about ALL those cabinets!! I had to supply my OWN storage in the past. I STILL do not have every cabinet filled up! Yippeeeee.<br />
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Starting August 1st I haven been in some type of district training learning all the ropes. I feel very lucky to be a part of where I am at and I am really looking forward to this coming school year.<br />
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These past few weeks though have been hard. It is hard to come in and absorb all that information that you are supposed to know and use. Am I right? I finally feel like I am starting to get into some kind of routine and my students are too.<br />
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I hope to get my classroom reveal post up this week so you can see my "home" This year. It really does feel like that too!<br />
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I hope that all of you are off to a great start if you are back in school and if you start in the next few weeks, best of luck to you!<br />
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<span style="text-align: center;">At my school students have 30 minutes </span>to arrive in my classroom. Some will be there first thing, while others come in at different times. I didn't want my students ( and parents) just hanging out with nothing to do. Last year I made this flipbook. I had it on my students' desks so, once they arrived they could work on it while other students arrive. Click here to get it<br />
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I also made this version that is printed on colored paper for those students who can write more that draw pictures. I really like this activity and some years I have saved it and shared it with my students on their last day of school. They are amazed at the growth they had!</div>
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Right after everyone arrives and our calendar routine is introduced I have my students participate in a sorting activity. I call it Making Good Choices. Students get a card with a picture on it. Then as a class we talk about the actions that are shown and if it is something that is a good choice to make or a bad choice. As we discuss we sort the pictures in a pocket chart.</div>
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I then pass out a variety of extension activities for them to work on. I have 2 reasons behind this. One it shows me the work and how they do and two it is another good way to keep them busy and break out those new supplies they want to use! ;)</div>
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Another activity I always work on the first day is creating our classroom rules and expectations. Now that students know what is correct and acceptable school behavior we create our rules together. I start off by showing these posters and having the students then dictate to me what our class rule should be.</div>
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I have 13 posters I show them and rules are created. In past years I had words that I created to be displayed under the poster. It worked fine but, I just really like having the students be apart of the decision-making process. I feel like it gives them more ownership of the rules since they helped create them.</div>
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This is probably the MOST important one! I have each parent fill out this form on either meet the teacher night or at drop off on the first day.<br />
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Then after I make sure I have a sheet for each student. I write the names down on these sheets I have hanging right by my door.<br />
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Dismissal time at the end of the day can be super stressful but, with these sheets at least you can make sure you KNOW how your students are getting home that day. If you would like the sheets you can click on the pictures above to download them.<br />
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Now I know that is a LOT to cover in one day. I have found that I need to be SUPER flexible that first week! So I tend to over plan and if I do not get to an activity one day I could always work on it the following day.<br />
I would love to hear about anything else you do on that first day or first week of school too! Leave me a comment below and share with my what works in your classroom.<br />
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I hope some of these ideas will be useful to you on your first day. Wishing you all a very successful school year!<br />
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Feel free to use the image below to pin to your Pinterest boards.<br />
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Hi friends! I am back today with another organization project that was on my summer to do list. For years I have been using task cards with my small groups. I am a BIG fan of them! You can read about what task cards are <a href="http://adventuresinkinderandbeyond.blogspot.com/2014/07/task-cardsdo-you-use-them.html" target="_blank">right here.</a> Then I saw a picture that I knew would take my organization to the next level!</div>
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In the past, I have used manila envelopes to store them and labeled them on the front of the envelope.<br />
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It worked for me for awhile UNTIL I saw these on Instagram.<br />
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Aren't they soooo pretty??!!!??!! Many people commented that they would use these cases for task card storage. How smart is that!! I was on board and bought 2 cases. One for literacy and one for math. Then when I was in Target one day I saw the same kind of boxes but in clear!<br />
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I knew I would use these too soooo, I got every pack I could find. My task cards fit perfectly inside and since it is clear I can see right away which set it is.<br />
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Each case has 6 boxes so I labeled them by topic.<br />
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Then I also created a label to put on the top of the box. I put my grammar cards together, Early Finshers cards and math cards in the different cases.<br />
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I made lables for all the task cards I have. Here are just a few of them:<br />
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I also made these covers to put on the front of the boxes:<br />
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<img src="https://www.crayonboxlearning.com/images/carrie-signature.png" style="background: transparent; border: none;" /> Carrie Ogulnickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03436053306561432763noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-300578907137541311.post-69546048102068226262016-07-07T21:12:00.000-05:002020-06-10T18:31:50.467-05:00Monthly File BoxesHappy Summer friends! I hope you all have been resting, relaxing and recharging! I have been doing lots of that too. Now that July has started my mind is starting to get into school mode. I always like to work on some organization projects over the summer. Last year I re-did my WHOLE classroom library system! You can read all about that library<a href="http://adventuresinkinderandbeyond.blogspot.com/2015/07/updated-classroom-library.html" target="_blank"> makeover</a> here.<br />
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This summer I was inspired by MANY pictures all over Instagram of teachers using these project cases for holding their monthly files. SOOO I decided to tackle this project!</div>
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I saw a picture like this on target and immediately texted my teacher BFF. She told me she JUST got the same boxes and I need to grab all I could find!<br />
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So I grabbed alll that I could. *** Update- You can find these cases on Amazon. This is my affiliate link. I get a small commission if you purchase the cases from using this link.<b><u> <a href="https://amzn.to/2K8n7XQ" target="_blank">Iris slim project cases</a></u></b><br />
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I found those project boxes at Target back in June. They were on clearance so they were not too pricey at all. I like to have my monthly themes together so I knew that is how I wanted to organize each box.<br />
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I went through the files, threw away what I multiple copies of and what I never used! Most stuff is on my computer so, if I do need something again I know I have a digital copy. Here is a picture of what can fit inside the box.<br />
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Since school starts at the end of August around here I knew this box would only have a few files for now. Most of these items are things I use the first few weeks of school.<br />
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I ran out of double stick tape, so I plan to tape the cover to the case so they don't get lost or fall out.<br />
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I decided that I wanted to have the themes I teach that month listed also. Just to make it easier for me.<br />
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This year I am going with a rainbow chevron theme so the covers had to match my alphabet and number posters I have made. :)<br />
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Until I move all my stuff into my new classroom, I am keeping the boxes in a crate. When they get to school I plan to put them into my file cabinet.<br />
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SOO much neater and more organized than my hanging files from years past! Just LOOK at the pile I threw away! Whew.<br />
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You can grab them by clicking <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1bv2Ny-hVe_zhUAjq0TVbxBCFMlfVG8Io/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank"><b>right here.</b></a><br />
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I hope this post has given you a good idea of one way to keep your files organized and neat. I would love to hear about how you store your files in your classroom too! What works for you?<br />
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We can catch up on sleep, use the restroom WHENEVER we want and recover from the past 10 months.<br />
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What I reaaaaly love about summer is the chance to READ! Not books that are required for PLC's or PD but all the chick lit books I LOVE!!</div>
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I am linking up with <a href="http://luckytobeinfirst.com/2016/06/summer-reading-list-2016.html" target="_blank">Molly from Lucky To Be In First</a> to share some book ideas.</div>
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Here are some books I read last summer that were perfect beach or pool reads.<br />
1. After You- Sequel to Me Before You<br />
2. Who Do You Love- really anything by Jennifer Weiner is good!<br />
3. The Island- I found Erin Hilderbrand last summer and fell in love with her writing<br />
4. ANY book from Nicholas Sparks- read them before you seen his movies. :)<br />
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Yesterday I went out and got some books to start my summer off with.<br />
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If you have never read ANY of these book you must!! I have loved this series since it started back in 2000. If you are looking for a funny easy read while sitting at the pool this one is for you!<br />
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While I was looking for the newest Shopaholic book I came across Finding Audrey. I read the back cover and even though it is considered a young adult book, it sounded good to me. Here is a snippet about it.<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "georgia" , "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">Audrey is a teenage girl suffering from Social Anxiety Disorder. She has experienced bullying, and as a result has become virtually a prisoner in her own home. This is the story of her journey to recovery, with the help of a boy named Linus. It’s sad in places, but funny and romantic too.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "georgia" , "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"><br /></span> <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "georgia" , "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">Another book that is on my list is Wonder</span><br />
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SO many people I know have read it and recommended it to me. That will definitely be in my bag this summer too!<br />
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At the end of the summer last year I discovered Elin Hilderbrand. I loved her style of writing and could not put the book down. So when I spotted a display of some of her other books I knew I had to grab one.<br />
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Over on Facebook this morning I found this other blog post that list 13 books that everyone will be talking about. There are already 3 or 4 that are on my list!<br />
<a href="http://modernmrsdarcy.com/summer-books/" target="_blank">13 books to read this summer</a><br />
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I am always looking for other great books to read. Yes, I love those romantic and funny stories and am willing to broaden my horizons. Head over <a href="http://luckytobeinfirst.com/2016/06/summer-reading-list-2016.html" target="_blank">here</a> to get some more recommendations!<br />
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This week I am TRYING to squeeze in one more topic to teach. I know how much my kiddos miss the routine we have! This week we are heading into the world of insects.<br />
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My teaching time has seriously gone waaaay down with all the Kindergarten Graduation activities we are working on so I have very looose plans for this week. I have picked 4 non-fiction books for us to use this week.<br />
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Before we start reading them we are going to create an anchor chart where my students can show me what they already know.<br />
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After reading one of our books I created this fact sheet for my students to fill out. I am also using this to check for understanding. You can also use this sheet with just about ANY non-fiction topic!<br />
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Insect Write The Room- Students walk around and write down the cards they find on the response sheet below.<br />
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I also made these word boxes cards for my higher students for another write the room<br />
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We will also be using this sentence activity that is also filled with lots of facts! This resource comes with 10 sentences for students to build.<br />
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Student take the 6 cards and figure out how to build the sentence. Once they have put it together they write in on this response sheet. It is also a great way for me to check and see how their work is.</div>
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<span style="text-align: center;">You can see these resources up close by clicking the covers below</span><br />
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That wraps it up for this week. How many more days do you have for the school year?<br />
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