tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5927471715069529732024-02-06T21:13:41.340-08:00Across the Hall in 2ndHallehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03806937157764569312noreply@blogger.comBlogger214125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-592747171506952973.post-83399881253244904052020-02-10T07:10:00.000-08:002020-02-10T07:10:22.280-08:00Getting Your Students to Read at Home and Enjoy It!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Reading at home is important. This is something we, as educators, know. We've all seen the chart about Student A, Student B, and Student C (recreated below).<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">(Sources: <a href="http://schenkgr4.blogspot.com/2013/04/why-read-20-minutes-pinterest-inspired.html" target="_blank">Here</a> and <a href="http://www.usd343.net/vnews/display.v/ART/5060992ac7eb2" target="_blank">Here</a>)</span></div>
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By reading 20 minutes a night, Student A is exposed to 1,720,000 more words than their peer who reads an average of 1 minute per night. That statistic is alarming. Another statistic notes that when students are read-aloud to at home, it puts them a school-year ahead of their peers who are not read aloud to regularly.<br />
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So many teachers encourage reading at home, and some even make it mandatory. But how can we make it FUN AND ENJOYABLE? Well, I have some suggestions for you!<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>PROVIDE QUALITY, APPROPRIATE BOOKS FOR YOUR STUDENTS TO READ</b></span><br />
Hands down, the most important way to get your students reading at home is to make sure they have appropriate, quality books that appeal to them. Maybe where you teach, students already have these books at home. But if they don't, make it your mission to provide them with books they will read. Work with the librarian to make sure students are checking out books they will actually read. Sign-up for extra library time, purchase books at thrift stores, garage sales, online resale groups, or Thrift Books or Amazon. Create a Donor's Choose project asking for books for your students. Write to book stores. Do whatever it takes to provide your students with books they will read.<br />
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Representation is also extremely important to children reading books. They want to read books with characters that look like they do. If you have a diverse student population, keep that in mind when resourcing books for your students.<br />
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I often share my favorite children's books on Instagram. Follow me! <a href="http://www.instagram.com/halleacrossthehall" target="_blank">@halleacrossthehall</a><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>MODEL A LOVE OF READING</b></span><br />
Again, maybe some of your students have parents or older siblings at home who are reading in their presence. But maybe they don't. Make it your mission to show your students that you love reading. Display the book you are currently reading, read it front of them, and talk about your love for reading. This is something they will take home with them when it's modeled for them.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>MAKE IT OPTIONAL</b></span><br />
We all have busy nights, bad days, and important events that take us away from our daily schedules. When you mandate something it's practically guaranteed that it will become a chore. When you give your students the option to read, it becomes a choice. A choice they will hopefully make, especially when you implement some of the suggestions in this post.<br />
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Can't completely let go of the reigns regarding reading? Instead of making it a set amount of time each night, make it a goal to read a certain amount of books or minutes by the week or month's end, or make it a challenge. <a href="http://bit.ly/banishboringbooklogs" target="_blank">My Reading Challenges resource allows you to make reading a requirement OR challenge</a> (I suggest the latter :)).<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">These monthly reading challenges make reading fun, not a chore.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>PROVIDE A BUDDY</b></span><br />
Stuffed animals are easy to come by for low prices. Send home a classroom reading buddy with a different student each week or get enough buddies that each student can have their own. Create a booklet or necklace with questions "the buddy" can ask students about their book.<br />
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Students could even draw their own buddy and use it as a bookmark.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>GET PARENTS IN ON READING</b></span><br />
Reading at home with parents can be a double-edged sword, especially with students who are just learning how to read. Well-meaning parents may confuse their child when the student struggles with words. I once overheard an old sister trying to teach her brother how to read "here". It was cringeworthy to hear her explanation, even though she was coming from a good place.<br />
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So what can parents do? Read TO their children. If you have a reading log for homework, parents reading to their children should also count. Every single page of my <a href="http://bit.ly/banishboringbooklogs" target="_blank">Reading Challenges</a> includes a parent reading to their child as an option. Children are seeing their parents read and fluent reading is being modeled to students.<br />
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For students who are just learning how to read, or struggling to read, tell them that reading the pictures to their parents is also an option.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>MAKE IT FUN</b></span><br />
Nothing will make reading fun for students if they don't have appropriate books, but provided you've addressed #1, there are so many ways to add a fun twist to student reading.<br />
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<a href="http://bit.ly/banishboringbooklogs" target="_blank">These Reading Challenges</a> have lots of fun options for students to get their fill of reading: read with a hat on, read under the table, read with a flashlight, read a cookie recipe then make it! When I started providing these fun twists to get my students reading, I noticed such a difference in nightly reading participation. I suggest adding a fun twist to your required or optional reading :) Before you know it, students will anxiously turn in their reading challenges asking for their next one.<br />
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I hope some of these ideas help you to implement a successful at home reading program in your classroom. Do you have any other ideas teachers or parents could use to get their kids reading?<br />
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Ok-I think only I call myself that. But, I have a point here. My point is that I love, I live for, I thrive off of children's books. I'm just as happy in the children's section of a book store as I am at a nice dinner or the beach.<br />
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And I share my love for children's books with my students and my children. There is no doubt that all the kids in my life know of my affinity for children's books.<br />
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At home we eat them up like candy. At school, we make time for them every single day. We use them to teach and reinforce concepts like character traits, plot, summarizing, fact and opinion, grammar skills, and inter-disciplinary skills. I love using them to model reading comprehension skills with my youngest learners.<br />
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But I like to follow up with something more concrete too. I like to see evidence of their mastery of comprehension skills. That's why, along with picture books, I use reading passages with my students to reinforce comprehension skills.<br />
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I started writing my own passages for first graders when I couldn't find what I was looking for on Teachers Pay Teachers. A lot of what I was finding featured passages broken down by phonetic skills only. And while I think that's great and can serve a purpose, it wasn't serving mine.<br />
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Little Learners was born when I started writing seasonal, high-interest passages for my own intervention students. The passages were written for first graders, but I find them effective for my struggling second graders as well.<br />
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The passages start simple and build in complexity and difficulty as the year goes on. Above is an example of an August passage. The text is simple and repetitive.<br />
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Here is a passage from the April Edition of Little Learners Comprehension. <b>Notice how the text got more complex?</b><br />
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Because time is always an issue for teachers, I wanted something that would incorporate grammar and phonetic skills, but I didn't want those types of skills to dictate the whole passage. So, I added a <b>"Find It"section that incorporates phonics, grammar, and extra story elements.</b><br />
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Kids love any chance to use crayons or markers, so I added a drawing component. <b>Psssst...it's actually a comprehension question in disguise.</b><br />
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And our younger learners need opportunities to respond to questions in writing. There's no circling their answers in different color crayons here. I think it's an awesome strategy for locating information in text and I use it. I even have them do it from time to time with my passages. But they are <b>ALWAYS WRITING in addition to locating information.</b><br />
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And lastly, I want them to connect to the story or look at it deeper. Most of my passages feature a "Write About It" section. Sometimes the heading is called "Infer It" or "Connect It", but it <b>always has students looking deeper into the text.</b><br />
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I love that I get to tackle all of these concepts with a SHORT passage written just for my youngest learners. We get to do all of the above skills on ONE PAGE! And my students are almost always fans of the stories on the passages (there's always one, right? hehehe)<br />
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<br />Hallehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03806937157764569312noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-592747171506952973.post-63986570174228926022016-07-28T04:28:00.000-07:002016-07-31T16:22:51.690-07:005 Ways I Use Punch Cards in My ClassroomEvery summer about this time, I start to get the itch. You know, what will I add/subtract/continue to do in my classroom this year?<br />
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This year I'm changing a lot because it will only be my 2nd year in the role of a reading intervention teacher. Last year was all about learning the ropes of my new position and my new school. I was just treading water. I'd like to think this year I know a little more and I can offer a lot more to my position.<br />
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One thing I'm adding is punch cards! I plan to use these punch cards in different ways for each of my groups, grades K-2, because their needs are different too!<br />
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Read on to see how I'm using punch cards this year, plus a few ideas for classroom teachers too!<br />
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I will be using punch cards to monitor reading with my 1st and 2nd graders. I will send home punch cards in their take-home book baggies. Parents will initial for every book read, then I will punch the image to show I've checked it. The monthly themes of my punch cards add an extra initiative to their at-home reading and it's such an easy way to keep track of who is reading regularly (their nightly reading is optional from me). I will add empty punch cards to their student file and come progress report time I have an instant image of who was reading regularly and who I can recommend more at-home reading to.<br />
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Other Ways to Use Them to Monitor Reading...<br />
Have older students reading chapter books, or want to stress quality reading, not quantity? Have parents initial for every 10 minutes read, or have students punch during Daily 5 for every 5, 10, 15 minutes read to focus on stamina.<br />
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Punch cards as incentives will mostly be used with my little K friends, although I am not above breaking them out for my older friends as well. My time with my littles ones is precious, as I am spread out between 8-10 classes. And we all know how short of an attention span our little ones have, so I will be using my punch cards as a way to keep them focused for as long as possible.<br />
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We will be punching for coming to groups quickly, staying on task, completing a task or mini-assignment, being a helpful friend to others in group, and extra effort. I will be punching away. Punches alone are the perfect incentive. They do not need to be tied to extra prizes. Just saying, "Wow, Brady, you earned 3 punches today!!!" is enough for my little friends. I will also let them pick out their own punch cards instead of using them seasonally because, why not?<br />
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Other Ways to Use Them as Incentives...<br />
Independently or Whole Class: you might not want an extra thing to use with your whole class, or you might want a collective way to inspire your kids. There are no rules with these things!<br />
Use them for behavior, at specials times only (the gym teacher gives a punch or she doesn't: EASY!), at dismissal (I wish I thought to use these my first year when dismissal was a HOT MESS for poor first year me!), during arrival, etc, etc, etc<br />
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I will have a separate punch card for each of my reading groups (there's so many to choose from)! Anytime my students get a compliment from someone else, they will receive a punch on their group card. There are plenty of opportunities for compliments: we have to walk down to my classroom and back and we share a classroom with another intervention teacher. I also plan on punching the group's card if any of my students' teachers come to me with a compliment about progress in class. Each time a group's punch card is filled, I will have a fun reward, like no shoes or gum in small groups.<br />
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Using the punch cards this way is important for me because, as a non-classroom teacher, I struggle with the amount of time to spend on procedures and routines when my primary role is an interventionist. Classroom management has always been one of my strengths and I found it was more difficult this past year not doing my usual beginning of the year lessons on behavior, procedures, and routines. Punch cards will offer a great assist in my management program as pull-out teacher.<br />
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Punch cards are great for classroom teachers to use to monitor and track homework. During my last few years as a classroom teacher we had "choice homework"...90% of our homework was by choice and the remaining 10% had to be done each week. I wish I'd had punch cards during those last few years. Students would receive a punch for the required homework and a bonus punch for any choice homework also completed.<br />
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Punch cards work great for any homework program, though. An easy, student-centered way, to monitor homework completion.<br />
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Do you do timed tests in your classroom? AR? Xtra Math? Any skills you assess using progress monitoring would be a great way to use punch cards. Have students keep individual goals and write the steps for getting to that goal? They can punch their card every time they complete a step along the way. Bonus for letting students choose and punch their own cards! This will really help them take ownership of their own work and goals.<br />
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As you can see, I've really thought through how I'm going to use my punch cards this year! Now not the next 23,982 things I want to work on for the next school-year!<br />
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If you're interested in using punch cards in your classroom or small groups this year, you can grab them from TpT by clicking the picture below. They include a theme for each month of the school-year (some have two themes because I couldn't decide), plus 5 extra sets for even more student choices! Black ink, so they're printer friendly...print on bright cardstock and you're good to go!<br />
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Happy Teaching, Friends!Hallehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03806937157764569312noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-592747171506952973.post-8424992513054036442016-07-26T18:11:00.001-07:002016-07-26T18:11:48.894-07:00Prepping and Planning for Guided Reading<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I'm here today with the first post in what I hope will be a really helpful and successful series on how I run my small groups and a reading/language arts intervention teacher in grades k-2. At the end of this post, I've included a freebie to help you get started with the planning of your own small group instruction!<br />
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In my school, my role is to work with the top tier of students who are performing below grade level in reading and language arts (Tier II RTI). We have two reading specialists who work with our students who need a higher level of intervention (Tier III RTI), and they use our schools' LLI kits.<br />
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LLI is an amazing program, but since I do not meet with students everyday, I can't use it authentically, and therefore, it's up to me to make sure I'm using a variety of resources to meet my students' needs. I meet with students 3x a week for about 35 minutes each. My schedule is actually a lot like it was during guided reading when I was a classroom teacher. Because of this, I feel like my guided reading posts are (hopefully) just as beneficial to classroom teachers as they are to intervention teachers.<br />
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Today's post is all about how I prep and plan for my small groups. I use a variety of planning sheets to make sure I am planning every part of our lesson and making the most of our time together. Future posts will detail the resources I use for each grade (k,1,2), as well as how I run my small group time for each grade level.<br />
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Prior to my position as an intervention teacher, I was not a planner. I didn't need to be. We had a basal, and I was confident in my teaching style. While I still consider myself flexible and more of a free spirited teacher, not planning is not an option when my time with my littles is so precious. And so, my planning sheets were born!<br />
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In the summer, or during the first few weeks of school, I use my planning questions sheets to make sure my guided reading area is set-up the way I need it to be. I want to make sure I have all the materials I need handy. These questions also help me identify possible problems or issues before they pop-up during a lesson. Last year, I looked back at my planning sheets about halfway through the year, and made adjustments to make my small group time even more effective.<br />
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When it comes time to actually plan my instruction, I try to plan 2 weeks at a time This just gives me a little more time between planning and it seems a little less tedious this way. I make sure to plan what resource(s) I will use for each group, a focus lesson (based on notes and data from previous lessons), and the before, during, and after of each lesson. I didn't start out planning all 3 components and before I knew it I was winging at least one part of each group's lesson. With time being so precious with each group, I knew that wasn't really an option.<br />
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For texts, I use a variety of different resources available to me. I usually start out in our book room, which is pretty well stocked. I make sure to look for high-interest texts, and try to correlate them to seasons and holidays whenever possible. One problem with the book room is that classroom teachers are also using it for their own guided reading groups, and I really want to avoid duplicating a guided reading lesson a student has already been a part of.<br />
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I also rely heavily on Teachers Pay Teachers. I will go into this further when I post about each grade level I work with, but a huge go-to for me is my reading comprehension passages. They're perfect for close reading lessons, as well as teaching my students to go back into the text to find their answer. I love that they're seasonal, so if I can't find a book on MLK Jr. in the book room, I have a passage to use instead.<br />
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Another resource of my own that I use for my 1st and 2nd graders are my Grab and Go Comprehension Packs. They each feature a fiction and non-fiction passage with comprehension questions built in. Each pack also has a focus lesson and activity so that part of my planning is already done. They are the perfect size for meeting with students 3-4 times a week as well.<br />
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My "before" lesson is usually a phonics activity that takes all of 5 minutes to play. I love starting with games because it gets my students excited and in a frame of mind that reading can be fun! Phonics games are also great when the included phonics lesson with whatever text we're using isn't something I really want address yet, or a fabulous way to tie in that book's phonics lesson.<br />
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The "during" part of my planning is where the bulk of the lesson occurs. This includes previewing the text, introducing/reviewing the focus skill, and the reading of the text. I make sure to budget about 20 minutes for this part of the lesson.<br />
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During this time I am taking notes while my students are reading to me. I include what level the text is (if applicable), areas they're struggling, and where they are making strides. These notes help me plan my focus skills and strategies for upcoming lessons.<br />
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The "after" part of my planning sheet is how I am going to wrap up the lesson. Exit ticket, discussion, adding to our anchor chart, all happen here. Just like the "before" part of my small group instruction, this takes about 5 minutes. This leaves me 5 minutes to check book baggies or just check in with my students and see how their day is going.<br />
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I also do individual reading conferences with my students. I shoot for about 2 a month for each child. I also do a lot of reading conferences when I push into other classrooms. I make sure to keep the reading conference notes in a separate section of my intervention binder for when I am working on progress reports or meeting with a parent. For me, reading conference notes are the most authentic way of seeing how my students are progressing. I get to see what skills and strategies they are using independently, as well as how well they are comprehending what they're reading.<br />
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I've compiled all of the sheets included in this post into a "Guided Reading Starter Kit", which you can download for FREE here. I would really appreciate some feedback if you download it and use it in your own classroom.<br />
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Stay tuned for the next part of my Small Group Series. I will be sharing how I run my kindergarten small groups at this point in the school-year.<br />
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Happy Teaching,Hallehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03806937157764569312noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-592747171506952973.post-12818365251992696842016-03-20T07:28:00.001-07:002016-07-18T21:30:52.658-07:00A Few St. Paddy's FreebiesHi Friends!<br />
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I posted a fun St. Paddy's Day inferring activity on the eve of St. Patrick's Day and since most of you are probably ahead of the game {unlike me}, I wanted to share it again here so you can save it for next year.<br />
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Click the picture to grab it:<br />
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At some point I plan on updating this freebie to be more like my <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Across-The-Hall/Category/Inferring-Activity-Packs" target="_blank">other inferring packs</a> and then it will no longer be free, so grab it now.<br />
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PS: At some point for me usually means in about 1398 years ;)<br />
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I also posted a picture of the little treat I gave to my kiddos and a few people requested them on Instagram and Facebook, so I'm posting those here too. I also added the tag I attached to bags of Skittles Ella gave her neighborhood friends.<br />
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Click the pictures to grab the tags.<br />
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I planned on adding Rolos, but when I couldn't find them I decided Reese's did the trick :)<br />
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Hope you can add these to your digital filing cabinet for next year!<br />
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Enjoy your day :)<br />
<br />Hallehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03806937157764569312noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-592747171506952973.post-50091871008413069822015-12-07T10:59:00.000-08:002015-12-07T10:59:31.560-08:00My Pet Reindeer<div style="text-align: center;">
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Are you counting down the days until winter break? Me too #about15togo</div>
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As much as I cannot wait for a solid two weeks at home, where getting dressed is purely optional, I really do love this time of year at school. It's like holidays 24/7 for all of December for teachers. I mean there's books upon books dedicated to the holidays and we get to decorate our homes and our rooms! Okay, that's not always the funnest for some of us :)</div>
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I'm here today with a sweet little creativity unit I whipped up just in time for winter. It's all about adopting a pet reindeer, so it's tons of fun for Christmas, but it's also a lot of fun if holidays are a no-no in your school, but you still want to sprinkle a little cheer in your room!</div>
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In this unit, students adopt a pet reindeer and write all about it! There are tons of different writing papers and prompts to appeal to students of all ages, but the funnest writing activity comes in the form of a pet manual. You have to love the activities where students don't even realize they're doing work because they're having so much fun.</div>
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And if they get to use their imagination? Well, I'm ALL OVER THAT!</div>
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We're just getting this little unit started in my pull-out groups. Because I only have them for small periods of time a few times a week. I have to really break up the lessons.</div>
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We started by adopting a class reindeer we named Bernie. We talked about all the ways we could describe the way Bernie looked on the outside. Then, we read "Olive, the Other Reindeer". We talked about what skills and characteristics Olive had that made her a good reindeer.</div>
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We went back to our chart and added personality traits. I also asked them to think about their pets at home. How would they describe their personalities? We added a few of those suggestions to our cart as well.</div>
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That's as far as we got last week. This week we will use our characteristic planning sheet to plan out our own reindeer's personality and appearance. We'll use them to make our reindeer and finally to fill out our pet manual.</div>
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Lastly, my students will receive adoption certificates and they will officially be reindeer parents!</div>
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Here's a closer look at most of the components of "My Pet Reindeer"</div>
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This unit includes tracers for the pet reindeer. I plan on only giving my students tracers for the reindeer heads and possibly antlers because they need help with scale, but I want each students' reindeer to look different and be reflective of the characteristics I gave them.</div>
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I will post pictures once we finish them! I'm so excited to see the final result!</div>
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You can grab this little unit from my TpT store by clicking the cover image below:</div>
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<br />Hallehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03806937157764569312noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-592747171506952973.post-80951939530522651552015-10-25T09:06:00.001-07:002015-10-25T09:06:52.037-07:00Halloween Round-Up: Freebies & FavoritesHi Friends!<br />
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Just stopping in to share a few of my favorite Halloween activities for the Halloween week ahead (aka SURVIVAL WEEK)<br />
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The good news: they're all fun & educational<br />
The great news: many of them are free!<br />
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First up: a freebie of my own made to accompany everyone's favorite Halloween book (okay, at least one of your favorite Halloween books): Room on the Broom.<br />
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This freebie features comprehension cards, sequencing, and cause and effect activities. Read more about what's included and grab it <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Room-on-the-Broom-Freebie-1512591" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
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Practicing dialogue with your kiddos? I have <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/yz2s0w18x82rjuh/Ghostly%20Greetings.pdf" target="_blank">this fun freebie</a> for a ghostly greeting bulletin board:<br />
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Okay, this one isn't free, but it's HANDS DOWN my students' favorite Halloween center that we do...and I do Halloween BIG in my room. Costume Clues is so much fun that your students don't even realize they're practicing their inferring skills (unless you tell them...in which case they'll still have so much fun).<br />
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Honestly. I wouldn't lead you astray...grab it <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Halloween-Inferring-Activity-913948" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
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<a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Fix-the-Spider-Web-Sentences-Creepy-ELA-Center-FREEBIE-903134" target="_blank">This fun activity</a> from Jamie at 2nd Grade Stuff is also a crowd favorite:<br />
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Wanting some Halloween math activities?<br />
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I have a freebie or two for you:<br />
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This <a href="https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B3mpeDMmkFDSb2N5SUpJR2tFRVk" target="_blank">ghost bump</a> is too cute. I seriously love this ghost clipart and look for a reason to use it every year:<br />
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And<a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Halloween-Math-Match-Up-358511" target="_blank"> this freebie</a> is fabulous for building number sense. So many options for how to use it:<br />
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I hope I was able to help you stock-up for this week of craziness! And remember, drop lots of hints about your favorite candy to your students...they'll bring them in to share with you. You deserve them for getting through this week :)<br />
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<br />Hallehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03806937157764569312noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-592747171506952973.post-48103509212819266762015-10-11T15:07:00.000-07:002015-10-11T15:07:17.435-07:00New Look, New Name, New Giveaway!Ok, can I start by just saying "SWOON" to my new blog design? I am in love with the new look. And it's all thanks to Becca over at Jumping Jax Designs! She actually designed my last blog too, but with a new job and a new blog focus, I felt change was in order.<br />
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So the new look: again, SWOON.<br />
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The new name? It's subtle. You probably didn't notice when you were admiring my new design, but I dropped the "in 2nd Grade" part. This is mostly because I don't just teach 2nd grade anymore. And also because I plan on bringing a little more of my "outside the classroom life" into my blog. For such a long time, I held back on writing about something that happened in my personal life, or talking about new things I found for my home, or a new recipe I tried b/c I felt like I HAD to focus on teaching. And while more personal things seeped into the blog, I was still limiting myself. Now I feel like I don't have to do that anymore.<br />
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Plus, I'm not just teaching 2nd grade anymore. My new position has me teaching language arts to grades K-2. That means more resources and lessons across a broader range of ages, grades, and abilities. I don't want someone who teaches kindergarten to come across my blog and turn away because it says 2nd grade. I'll have ideas for that person too now! Soon, I hope!<br />
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The general idea is that a great idea {or a laugh, or a what not-to-do} is across the hall. I hope you'll come along for this next step of my blogging journey.<br />
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And I FINALLY updated my "About Me" section. It was a just a tad bit outdated. Check it out while you're here.<br />
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Now to the good stuff:<br />
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In honor of my new name and my new look, I'm having a new giveaway!<br />
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Two giveaways actually!<br />
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The first is easy to enter, right here on the blog. Use the rafflecopter below to win $25 in resources from my TpT shop. It's super simple and super-fast!<br />
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The second giveaway is also really easy to enter. I'm hosting it over on instagram. I want to send you a few of my favorite things in honor of this blog now focusing on my life outside of teaching. You can win...<br />
*a THANKFUL banner from Target<br />
*an adorable coffee mug from Target<br />
*a Starbucks giftcard<br />
*adorable days of the week pencils<br />
*super-cute pumpkin candle from Target<br />
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Click the picture below to head to instagram and see how to enter there.<br />
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Both giveaways end on Saturday, October 17th!<br />
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Good luck, and thanks for following along!<br />
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September is a month of new beginnings for many of us who head back to school during this month. But, boy, has September been a month of change for me a few years running.<br />
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September 2013: I was teaching second grade in the district I had worked for since I started my career as a teacher. No big changes other than a new class and a new superintendent.<br />
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September 2014: We welcomed Ella Grace into the world and EVERYTHING changed {for the better}. I put teaching on the back burner and became a stay at home mom for the entire school-year.<br />
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September 2015: I started a new job, in a new district, with a new title. {and my baby became a toddler...sigh...where does the time go?}<br />
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That's right, if you follow me on Instagram, you *may* have seen my subtle announcement that I have accepted a different position in a different district and I am pretty darn excited about it!<br />
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I will now be teaching Language Arts to grades K-2 as a pull-out teacher. My position is pretty new to the district and school where I now work. Because of this, I'm not quite sure what my responsibilities will be, what programs I will be using, etc.<br />
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I'm not quite sure what lies ahead, but I do know I made the right decision. I had contemplated not going back to work at all, and actually, for about two weeks over the summer that was the case. I resigned my former position without having anything else lined up. We were fine with me staying home a for a few years, but there was a small voice in my head telling me I wanted to be back in the classroom sooner rather than later. I started searching for part-time teaching positions and I found the posting for the district where I now work.<br />
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I am hopeful that my new position will offer me a deeper understanding of literacy and language arts in the primary grades, which will in turn lead me to creating resources for a variety of grade levels.<br />
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I am also hopeful it will create the work-home balance I was searching for when I applied for the job. Because the job is part-time, I get to devote more of myself to my family, friends, and home. I am excited to hopefully have the best of both worlds.<br />
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Because of these changes, my blog is undergoing a little bit of change as well. I will of course be blogging about all the things my new position entails: lessons, funny stories, products, and pictures. And I also hope to blog a little bit more about my personal life as well: parenting a toddler {again, sigh}, house/home/decor, favorite things, and just any little thing I want to!<br />
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I hope you will want to follow along :)<br />
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Keep an eye out for the new look, soon!<br />
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-Halle<br />
<br />Hallehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03806937157764569312noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-592747171506952973.post-32775440618598767642015-08-17T08:10:00.002-07:002015-08-17T10:03:22.279-07:00Looking to Revamp Your Morning Work?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; display: none; text-align: center;">
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I've been teaching for 7 years now. I think back to how I started off: excited but unsure, eager yet apprehensive. It's amazing how teaching can be both extremely exciting and daunting at the same time. Especially for the fresh-faced college grads.</div>
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Looking back, I'm amazed at how many teaching practices I've kept since I started. I think this is mostly because I researched the heck out of routines, procedures, homework policies, reward systems, and morning meetings before I even had a classroom of my own. This was before Pinterest and teacher blogs, mind you. I was a big visitor the the A to Z teacher forums as well as Education World.<br />
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Remember those? They still exist, actually!<br />
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Anyways, something I've kept mostly the same for the last few years is Morning Work. Of course, every year it's been tweaked, but the general idea is the same. <b>And it's probably because I absolutely love how we do morning work in our classroom</b><br />
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I guess I should mention now that I've had access to a SMART Board or projector since my second year of teaching, and I do morning work that way, but my routine could be adapted to your classroom if you're lacking that kind of technology.<br />
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I should also mention that this is nothing ground-breaking. I just took a pretty popular morning message idea and adapted it to the needs of my own classroom. {You know...what teachers have done since teaching began... :)}<br />
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When my students walk in our classroom in the morning, my morning message to them is on the board.<br />
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Students unpack, place their homework books and take-home folders on the back table, hang up their coats and bookbags and get to work. {I do not call them by group, they do this on their own time}.<br />
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Ok, so like I said, the morning message is on the board. Students read the message {with blanks} to themselves and then take out their Good Morning Notebooks. The message generally lets them know what we will be learning about that day and any important announcements {birthdays, special visitors, special events, etc}.<br />
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There are always a few blanks in the morning message. Students write the answers to those first. One answer per line to keep it neat. They DO NOT rewrite the whole message. #aintnobodygottimeforthat<br />
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What you do need time for: modeling, modeling, modeling. I'm not going to lie. This monring work routine does take a fair amount of work up front but it <b>totally pays off</b>. Just like anything worthwhile :)<br />
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The blanks are usually in place of days of the week, names of specials, and sight words. Sometimes I have a blank with a skill or concept from the day before so I can gage how well they remember the term {examples: compare/contrast, mental math, strategies, etc} For those kind of words, spelling is not important, but for days of the week, teacher and special names, and sight words, students correct their spelling when we go over the message.<br />
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Once students fill-in the blanks from the message, they move on to "below the line". I'm sure you could come up with a fancy term for this, I just never did!<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">"Below the line" is often just an extra question or task they need to complete before they are done with their morning work. It might be a set of math problems. It might be something they need to search for in the message itself {example: find the synonym for kind}, or it might tell them to grab a worksheet off the back table.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The "Below the Line" here asked students to write a sentence and draw a picture about what scientists do.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Here "below the line" was triple-digit addition problems.</td></tr>
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What I love about "below the line" is that it allows me to be as <b>flexible </b>as I want to be regarding the amount of time I have to give for morning work. Say it's Monday morning and I need to check for Friday Folder signatures. I know it's going to take me a little longer than usual to go through their folders, so I come up with something a little more involved for morning work. Say we're headed to an assembly 10 minutes after school starts and I need to squeeze in a morning meeting before we go, "Below the Line" for that day will be a really simple task so we can all move on quickly.<br />
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<b>I'm not ever tied down to giving the same thing for morning work each day, yet my students still have a routine that allows me to get what I need done without fear of any disruptions.</b> That's why I love it!<br />
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After a majority {or all on a good day} of my students finish their morning work, we head over to the carpet for morning meeting. When we head back from morning meeting, we fill out the morning message together. First, I choose a student who will read the morning message aloud. I do this first because I want them to have time to read it to themselves in their head so that when they read it to the class it's the smoothest read possible. I didn't do it that way when I first started doing morning work this way and reading the morning message could sometimes take FOREVER. I also call on students to fill in the blanks. They are allowed to pick whatever blank they want/is left when they get to the board.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Later in the year, I started adding a third component to morning work. I chose a clipart character to give the students a quick, additional task.</td></tr>
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Like I said above, students are responsible for correcting sight words, names, months,and days of the week in their notebook. This gives them a reference to use when they are unsure of the spelling {something we talk a lot about at the beginning of the year}.<br />
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Do you differentiate morning work? Easy! Just give separate tasks for "below the line" work!<br />
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Think this kind of morning work routine would work well in your classroom? You're in luck! I'm providing you will a free morning work template to be used on your projector. It will be a Powerpoint file so that you can edit it. I won't be offering it in any other format at this time {sorry}. Click the picture below to grab it.<br />
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I also have a PDF file for you of the labels I use to put on the front of my students' "Good Morning Notebooks". You will need to print them on Avery shipping labels {6 labels to a sheet} or sticker paper. Click the picture below to grab them.<br />
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If you were looking for a way to switch up your morning work, I hope this helped!<br />
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<br />Hallehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03806937157764569312noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-592747171506952973.post-6714211057108677122015-08-01T07:17:00.000-07:002015-08-01T07:17:31.356-07:00All About: Making Students Feel Special<br />
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To me, teaching is about so much more than reading, writing, and math. It's easy to forget that in today's world of data tracking, state testing, and teacher accountability. But it's so important to remember that we have responsibilities as teachers to model compassion, empathy, confidence, and more.<br />
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I always want my students to know they are valued and important. I do this a variety of ways, which I'll be highlighting soon, but one of my favorite ways to do it is by having an All About Student.<br />
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Maybe you call it Star Student, MVP, or VIP.<br />
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I like All About because I want to learn all about my students and because when they are the All About Student it really is ALL ABOUT them.<br />
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We do it up big in my classroom during a student's All About Week! I'd love to share with you just how we do it.<br />
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The Friday before a student is our All About student, I send home a parent-letter and survey for my students to fill out {or mom and dad to fill out for them}. This way, when they bring it back on Monday, we can display their answers for the whole week.<br />
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Here are some of the categories from the "Stripes Edition"</div>
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I try to come up with categories that will really help us get to know each other. </div>
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Students share their answers during a short presentation on Friday. I love how it builds speaking and listening skills all year long.</div>
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I also give opportunities throughout the week for students to share more about themselves. They can pick a read-aloud book for me to read the class or bring in a special show and tell item.</div>
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My favorite part of All About though, is the parent letter. I love hearing more about my students through the eyes of people that love them the most. Through parent letters, we get to learn about students as babies, and see how they may be different at home. I've had parents, grandparents, step-parents, and older siblings write some really beautiful letters. And the glow from the All About student, as I read them...priceless!</div>
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The students need to get in on the action too! I want them to experience the joy of making others feel special. I always have my students write a letter to the All About student. I also made booklet and list options that I might use as a time-saving option this year.</div>
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There's the Primary Edition. It doesn't have any cursive fonts {besides the cover}, and features adorable scrappy kids illustrations and colorful backgrounds:</div>
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And an ink-saving Black and White version:</div>
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Want to add an All About routine to your classroom? Click <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Across-The-Hall-In-2nd-Grade" target="_blank">here</a> to purchase the unit from Teachers Pay Teachers! It will be such a beneficial experience for you and your students!</div>
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The Owls are hosting one of those giveaways right now. But I'm not eligible to win. And that makes me all sorts of sad.<br />
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But you can win! And that should make you all sorts of happy!<br />
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We want you to be ready to head back to school. True, it's hard to leave beaches, pools, rafts, lazy days, and fruity drinks behind, but we're giving away so much good stuff that it should help ease the transition a little bit :)<br />
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First up, you can win one of three gift cards to help you get your back-to-school shopping done over at the <a href="http://owlwaysbeinspired.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Owl-ways Be Inspired</a> blog. One winner will win $100 to Amazon, a second winner will win $50 to Target, and winner number three wins $25 to Walmart.<br />
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I'll provide the link at the end of the blogpost, because I think there's a few things here you'll want to win as well...<br />
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I love bright new borders and crisp construction paper as much as the next girl, but what I really need to head back to school is coffee. And lots of it!<br />
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I'm giving away a $15 Starbucks gift card to fuel your mornings and an ADORABLE {as in, my most favorite travel mug ever} Ban.do coffee mug to house your latte with an extra shot of expresso. And in case you overslept, despite the coffee in the cute travel mug, I'm giving away $15 to my TpT store for any last minute back to school resources you might need!<br />
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To enter to win, just use the Rafflecopter below:<br />
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And don't forget to enter over at the <a href="http://owlwaysbeinspired.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Owl-ways Be Inspired blog </a>to win one of three gift cards AND to see what other fabulous prizes the other ladies are giving away. SERIOUSLY. It's GOOD STUFF!<br />
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Giveaway ends at midnight on Saturday, July 25th!<br />
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HalleHallehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03806937157764569312noreply@blogger.com89tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-592747171506952973.post-70222012036285959692015-07-14T14:46:00.001-07:002015-07-14T14:46:57.881-07:00Goal Setting in the Classroom FreebieJust a quick post today to offer up a freebie based on one of my most popular posts from a little ways back...<br />
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During the 2013-2014 school-year I was fortunate enough to be a cooperating teacher for a student in a local university's certification and masters program. Because she was obtaining her masters at the same time she was getting certified to be a teacher, I had her with me in the classroom for pretty much the whole year.<br />
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I feel like this was such a gift for everyone involved. For her, she got more "hands-on" time than most student teachers do and was really able to grow and be confident because she was with the same students for a longer period of time. I was blessed with someone who I worked really well with, which really helped take a load off of me as far as teaching stress goes. And ultimately, the students benefited because they had two teachers with similar styles. Win-win-win!<br />
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As part of her experience, she had to do a case-study of sorts. She chose to do goal setting in the classroom for this. I cannot say enough what a huge impact it made on student performance and self-worth.<span id="goog_901103432"></span><span id="goog_901103433"></span><br />
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Each week, we helped students choose a goal to work on. At the beginning of the project, they needed a lot of guidance, but towards the end, they were choosing spot-on goals all by themselves. A few goals students chose were:<br />
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-using capitals and ending marks<br />
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-completing homework<br />
-raising their hand in class more frequently<br />
-raising their hand to be called on {as opposed to calling out}<br />
-playing with different friends at recess {this applied perfectly to a student who wanted only to play with her friend who expressed interest in playing with other students}<br />
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There were many more, but those are a few I can remember at the moment.<br />
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Students chose their goals, worked on them during the week, and at the end of the week, they conferred with myself or my student teacher and we decided if they achieved their goal. Again, at first, everyone said they did {some were less concrete than others}, but over time students became more reflective and answered honestly.<br />
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Students who achieved their goals were given a certificate and also permitted to join in during Minute to Win It at the end of the week. We rarely had a student who didn't accomplish that week's goal.<br />
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Since that post, I've had a few readers of my blog request the goal-setting sheets and certificates. I made a few and have made them a freebie to encourage goal setting on your classroom, no matter the grade you teach.<br />
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Click <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B3mpeDMmkFDSUlBiZDBEMEpWRm8/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank">here</a> to grab the freebie.<br />
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You can also read more about how my student teacher did our goal setting program by clicking <a href="http://acrossthehallin2nd.blogspot.com/search/label/Goal%20Setting" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
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Since December, I've been releasing monthly main idea units. Each mini-unit features posters, 6 original passages to be printed and laminated and/or displayed on a projector, cut and paste worksheets {2 versions for differentiation}, and passages and printables to be used in interactive notebooks, or again, for differentiation.<br />
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I created this resource to introduce main idea to my students and it worked so well that I decided to make it a monthly product to use for review and reinforcement. We started in October, and by February, I was using the resource solely in literacy centers because my kiddos were just that good ;)<br />
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Here's a few snapshots:<br />
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Here's an example of one of the printables in the pack used in an interactive-notebook. You could also print the sheet on regular ol' paper and have the students fill out the squares like worksheet-style.</div>
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This printable also includes an "Extra Time" section at the bottom. PERFECT for early-finishers. The Extra Time box has students perform an extra task involved with the story they just read: making a text-to-self connection, writing sentence or paragraphs, illustrations, lists, and even comic strips!</div>
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Cut and Paste printables make-up yet another part of the product. There are two options for these guys as well. The option pictured above has students finding and writing their own main idea and supporting details.</div>
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So, how does a GROWING bundle work?</div>
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You will pay a hugely discounted fee up-front to receive all finished Main Idea mini-units. Currently, December-August are completed and included in the bundle. August-November, as well as non-fiction, will be added by January 15, 2016. The calendar below is included in the bundled download:</div>
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The price for all units purchased separately would be $44. The bundled price will be $36. The GROWING BUNDLE price is starting at $26, and will grow each time I add to the bundle.</div>
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If you have already purchased multiple copies of "What's the Main Idea", but you are interested in the discounted bundle please email me {acrossthehallin2nd@gmail.com}, so we can work something out! You can also email me with any questions or clarifications!</div>
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I really, truly believe this bundle is such a great investment to keep your students on track with main idea. They love the seasonal passages, and once I made this a center, they were IN LOVE!</div>
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Okay. A lot of fun! One of the ways I do so is by running a Summer of Fun "promotion" throughout July. I do giveaways, deals, flash freebies, forever freebies, etc. etc. etc.<br />
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Well, it's July 1st and Summer of Fun starts TODAY...but you gotta be quick!<br />
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The first deal I'm doing is a flash freebie. You can grab my newest product "Did You Know?" for free for TODAY ONLY!<br />
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Did You Know: Schools Around the World features 10 fun and interesting facts about schools and students around the world accompanied by a photograph for the fact. Each card also has a reflection question for students to discuss verbally or respond to in writing.<br />
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These cards would be perfect at a writing center, but they're also perfect as extension activities for your own Schools Around the World unit. Use them at the end of a lesson and have a class discussion, during morning meeting, or even in line on the way to your special!<br />
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Schools Around the World is the first set of these cards, but I plan on making many more! Click the picture below to grab them from TpT.<br />
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<br />Hallehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03806937157764569312noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-592747171506952973.post-66984202547529738412015-06-22T12:59:00.000-07:002015-06-23T10:38:04.315-07:00Dare to DreamI am so loving this #tptsellerschallenge<br />
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Last week it gave me the motivation I need to redo my "<a href="http://acrossthehallin2nd.blogspot.com/2015/06/makeover-madness-with-sums-of-10.html" target="_blank">Best Friends</a>" unit, and this week, it's really made me think, reflect, and #daretodream<br />
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Dare to Dream is in fact this week's challenge. What does Teachers Pay Teachers do for our dreams?How does it help us achieve them, how will it help us achieve even more?<br />
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These are big dreams but I am hoping that someday they come true!<br />
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What do you dare to dream with TpT?<br />
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Love linking up for Five for Friday with <a href="http://doodlebugsteaching.blogspot.com/2015/06/five-for-friday-linky-party-june-19th.html" target="_blank">Kacey</a>! It's been too long...</div>
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I've been enjoying my time with this Little Miss. If you f<a href="http://www.instagram.com/halleacrossthehall" target="_blank">ollow me on Instagram</a>, you saw my post on how much different this summer is compared to my last summer. Example: This summer I wait in the parking lot for Target to open at 8am. Last summer, I was rolling out of bed at or after 10am.</div>
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When it comes to jewelry I like to stick to the classics. Items I don't have to change out with every outfit. Like, I'm pretty sure my diamond studs have been in my ear lobes since my husband bought them for me 2 years ago!</div>
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So...I thought the jewelry subscription Rocksbox wouldn't really be for me, but I was totally wrong. After I built my wishlist, they sent me the three most perfect "wear everyday, all day" pieces. Case in point, I've yet to take off this Kendra Scott necklace:</div>
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Not long after, I stuck my toes in the water, and listed a few items for sale. One of my very first products was my "Best Friends" unit. Best Friends was a strategy I used to teach sums of 10 in my classroom for years. I hand-drew a couple of characters and buddied them up to make 10. The strategy was super succesful and my students got a kick out of their number friends, so I was determined to make a unit on it and sell it.<br />
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I was so super proud of it...but that was waaaaay back in early 2012. I'd like to think I've come a long way in terms of my units for TpT, but I still love the idea/concept of "Best Friends" and so I thought it would make the perfect candidate for the #tptsellerchallenge<br />
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Perhaps the biggest thing that wasn't working was the formatting and spacing. Fonts were too small, there was too much space between items on some pages, and not enough on others.<br />
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And perhaps most important? A new price! Pricing was something else I struggled with when I started on TpT. I read a VERY IMPORTANT thread on not devaluing our work and making sure we charge a fair price for our hard work and originality. And while I still think fair pricing is an invaluable took as a seller, I know now that the price I was charging wasn't fair. I've lowered the price a tad bit to reflect what I think the unit it worth, and knocked off another dollar for the remainder of Makeover Madness Week, so you can grab it for $2.00 through Sunday 6/21!!</div>
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I got the idea for DAD Manual when I read a quote about life not coming with a manual, but that's why we have mothers! But I got to thinking, what if we did have a manual for the special guy in our life??? Thus, DAD Manual was born!<br />
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1} Record Memories<br />
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I'm a mama now, and I've become obsessed with recording anything and everything for Ella to read one day. I just feel like she'll be dying to know when she took her very first bite of broccoli or the date she first helped me blow bubbles ;)<br />
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There are quite a few ways to have our students record their memories. I just added one to my TpT store. I love it because it pulls double-duty: it makes an EASY and ADORABLE bulletin board display, and it makes the perfect memory keeper for my kiddos.<br />
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There are also a plethora of Memory Books on Teachers Pay Teachers. Rachel Lamb has one of my favorites: <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/hashtag-memories-an-end-of-year-memory-book-for-the-21st-century-kid-1256597" target="_blank">Hashtag Memories</a>.<br />
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We pop balloons for our last 10 days. I like this type of countdown for a few reasons. To me, 10 days is the perfect length for a countdown. It's juts long enough to pack in a lot of fun activities, but it's not so long that it drags on and the kids lose interest.<br />
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I make sure to have a RACK day in my countdown, where we write letters and give sweet treats to our specials' teachers and buddies we have throughout the school. I also make sure to throw a movie day in there because Movie Day=Get Stuff Done Day!<br />
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I always have my current students write letters to my future students. The writing of the letters serves many purposes. 1} Friendly Letter writing review 2} I can see what my current students think is important information that needs to be relayed {hello opportunity for reflection!} 3} The letters serve as a great discussion starter for my new kiddos. And I also get a peek at my struggling readers!</div>
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I always have my students help me get ready for the next year. We have to box everything up, so I have my more reliable students box up my books basket by basket and label them. That way, I only have to pull them during the summer and add them to a basket. I don't have to spend valuable time resorting them.</div>
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Any decorations I take down go right into my September bins. I have bins for each month that house crafts, printables, books, and {mostly} decorations for each month. I don't have a picture, but I use the <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Month-or-Holiday-Themed-Tub-Organization-Labels-737355" target="_blank">labels</a> from one of my favorites, Ashley at That's So Elementary. They're adorable and a STEAL at $1.50</div>
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Auction off items you no longer want to your students. You could do a fancy auction and give your students classroom money to bid on items. But hey, it's the end of the year...that's too much work for me. </div>
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Instead, I take down anchor charts I won't be reusing, old holiday pencils and erasers, math games that have been a little over-loved {read: damaged}, leftover prize box toys {I use coupons instead now}, notepads, I'm telling you ... ANYTHING: a post-it pad with only 3 sheets left...a student will want it! Then, I just start pulling popsicle sticks with student numbers. If they want it, they take it, if they don't, I pull a new stick. It's such an easy way to get rid of stuff I no longer need/want, and I get to make a student's day!</div>
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It's such a fun, engaging, and interactive unit you can use to introduce or reinforce contractions. And come on, what kid doesn't want to be the king or queen of anything and everything?<br />
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Posters are provided for common contractions. To cut down on printing, I display them on my projector, but they would also be great as part of a contraction bulletin board.<br />
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There are also a variety of printables to use with your students.<br />
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A big thing for me in my classroom is making the most of every minute. How can I attack multiple skills at once? These printables do just that!<br />
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There are sheets for contraction practice, but there are also printables that work on sentence writing and reading comprehension, while still addressing contractions. Win. Win. Win!<br />
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And every king and queen needs a crown, right? Different variations of crowns are included for your students to wear. But they have to work for that crown first...<br />
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Different versions of king and queen crowns are included. Use them as you progress through the unit, or use them to differentiate among your students.<br />
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The last element of Contraction Kings and Queens {and perhaps the most fun} is a "Royal Mission" Hallway Hunt! Your students are on a mission for the King and Queen of Contraction Land! If they complete it correctly, they get added to the Royal Knight & Dame Scroll! Your kiddos will love it!<br />
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It's Friday! It's the day before Valentine's Day! I'm participating in 5 for Friday for the first time in a loooooong time! It's a good day!<br />
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This little lady is 5 months old today! I would like to reinforce every single cliche that is out there: time is flying, babies don't keep, I'm exhausted but it's worth it, being a mom is a really super-amazing blessing.</div>
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Ella is sitting up {when I put her in a sitting position...she's not <i>that</i> advanced ;)}, reaching for things {especially the cat's tail}, and putting <b>every.single.thing</b> in her mouth! Things she is not doing: napping for more than 40 minutes and being predictable. <i>Sigh.</i><br />
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My beautiful, amazing, wonderful mom turned 60 this past weekend!<br />
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We surprised her with a trip to the Poconos for the weekend. We had such a fun time playing games, snow tubing, eating, and hanging out in the local bar. With a baby.<br />
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My mom is seriously one of the most amazing people I know. I found this quote by Jodi Picoult, who is a favorite author of both of ours, and it sums up how I feel about my mom, PERFECTLY. I am so lucky to have her.<br />
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How big do you do Valentine's Day? My husband and I don't do too much {read: I prefer small gestures from time to time as opposed to big holiday hoopla}, but now that we have Ella, holidays mean something entirely different!<br />
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My dad always got my sister and I something for Valentine's Day. My mom did too but Valentine's Day was the only holiday when my Dad did something specifically from him only. Dave is going to start this tradition with Ella as well. I hope she'll look back on this Daddy/Daughter tradition as fondly as I do.<br />
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I started a tradition of getting her a book every holiday. I am in love with these two books that I am giving her for Valentine's Day.<br />
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"Hug Time" is literally the sweetest book I have ever come across. And the illustrations... I melt!<br />
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PS: I will be giving Dave one of <a href="http://www.landeeseelandeedo.com/2014/01/funny-valentines-day-cards.html" target="_blank">these cards</a> ;)<br />
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<br />Hallehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03806937157764569312noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-592747171506952973.post-9226448064426448542015-01-01T03:31:00.000-08:002015-01-01T03:31:00.560-08:00This is Your Year: GIVEAWAY!2015. It's your year! We owls are here to help you make it happen with a pretty awesome giveaway on the Owl Blog and many separate giveaways on many of our own blogs!<br />
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If you came here from <a href="http://owlwaysbeinspired.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Owl-ways Be Inspired</a>, you probably already entered to win a $100.00 Amazon gift card.<br />
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But I think I have a pretty sweet prize to offer up as well!<br />
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While perusing Etsy for <strike>baby headbands</strike> Christmas gifts, I came across the MOST DARLING <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/TheFoxandTheTeacup?ref=l2-shopheader-name" target="_blank">shop</a> for all things printable.<br />
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Seriously. I immediately ordered two sets of stationary for my grade partners and favorited everything else in her shop, including the sweetest, cutest, most adorable {yet totally grown-up} owl stationary.<br />
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You can enter below to win a set of the personalized owl stationary from <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/TheFoxandTheTeacup?ref=l2-shopheader-name" target="_blank">The Fox and the Teacup</a>. It comes with 12 cards, envelopes, and seals/stickers. It's darling for any time of year but is practically perfect to use as thank-yous for any Valentine's gifts you might receive from your little guys and gals.<br />
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Enter using the Rafflecopter below...<br />
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...and don't forget to head over to Owl-ways Be Inspired to enter for your chance to win a $100 Amazon gift card and see what the other owls are giving away...I happen to know it's some fabulous stuff!<br />
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<br />Hallehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03806937157764569312noreply@blogger.com32tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-592747171506952973.post-55513529413666647922014-11-30T07:18:00.001-08:002014-11-30T07:18:36.405-08:00Interactive Sentence Scrambles Freebie!!Hello!<br />
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I hope you're enjoying these last few moments of your Thanksgiving weekend and gearing up for TpT's Cyber Monday {and Tuesday} Sale!<br />
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I have a fun new product and freebie for you today!<br />
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I've always loved using sentence scrambles in my classroom as a way to reinforce proper sentence structure. They're just one of those things where the students are doing work and learning but they just think they're playing, ya' know?<br />
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As much as I love sentence scrambles I found myself wanting to get more out of them, especially in the upper elementary grades. We all know that time is precious in our classrooms and I so I became determined to find a way to get the most out of these scrambles my students loved so dearly.<br />
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And so my Interactive Sentence Scrambles were born!<br />
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Students are still unscrambling the sentences and having fun while doing it but they're also getting practice with parts of speech, writing detailed sentences and responses, prefixes and suffixes, and synonyms and antonyms!<br />
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I've created these <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Across-The-Hall-In-2nd-Grade/Category/Interactive-Sentence-Scrambles" target="_blank">interactive scrambles</a> for the months of December, January, and February so far. They are available to purchase by month or bundled together for each season {winter season is the only available season currently}<br />
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Each interactive scramble unit also comes with a "sentence board" and large cut-apart sentences. These are perfect if you use interactive notebooks or centers in your classroom, or if you want to cut down on your copies!<br />
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Click the picture below to grab an interactive sentence scramble freebie. The freebie contains two interactive scramble sheets.<br />
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The opportunity to buy my passages BUNDLED has been around for awhile...in fact if you bought in early on you got a total of 4 editions for FREE! That's a pretty amazing deal if you ask me!<br />
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With the recent edition of my non-fiction passages, my bundled comprehension passages are now complete. Since everyone loves a good deal, the bundle is discounted on TpT. The value of the bundle is $48.50 but you can grab it for $40 even on Teachers Pay Teachers. That's getting a whole regular edition for free, plus another dollar off!<br />
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The Bundled Edition of my comprehension passages includes 78 passages, so by purchasing the bundle at $40, you're getting each individual passage for under 52 cents with passages to use all school-year long!<br />
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Editions in the Bundle Include:<br />
*Back to School {Mini-Edition}<br />
*Fall<br />
*Christmas {and other winter holidays} {Mini-Edition}<br />
*Winter<br />
*Spring<br />
*Late Spring/Summer<br />
*Non-Fiction<br />
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All Editions, except the Non-Fiction Edition {which features non-fiction passages exclusively}, feature both fiction and non-fiction passages that require students to use text-based evidence to answer OPEN-ENDED comprehension questions.<br />
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Other skills addressed:<br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; line-height: 16px;">*plot</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; line-height: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; line-height: 16px;">*characters</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; line-height: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; line-height: 16px;">*predicting</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; line-height: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; line-height: 16px;">*inferring</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; line-height: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; line-height: 16px;">*main idea & details</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; line-height: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; line-height: 16px;">*sequencing</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; line-height: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; line-height: 16px;">*author's purpose</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; line-height: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; line-height: 16px;">*genres</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; line-height: 16px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; line-height: 16px;">*connections {text to self, text to world}</span></span><br />
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The passages are PERFECT for:<br />
*homework<br />
*classwork<br />
*centers<br />
*early finishers<br />
*guided reading<br />
*close reading<br />
*small groups<br />
*tutoring<br />
*extra practice<br />
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I introduce my expectations for how to complete the comprehension passages on my projector. We complete a few of these as a class or small group before I assign the passages to guided reading groups or for homework.</div>
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A buyer actually introduced me to highlighting the questions and corresponding text in different colors. This is how we complete the passages in small groups. It makes it very easy for the students {and me} to see where in the text they found their answers. We've also used erasable colored pencils in case they make mistakes, but the markers are easier to use.</div>
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I also have students circle the words they would use when restating the question for their answer. Restating is a requirement in my classroom.</div>
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This is a sheet from the non-fiction passages, which are slightly different than the other editions. They feature a "define it" box where students have to define a specified word from the passage. The passages include definition cards, which are great to keep at a center or use in small groups. You can also have students use their own words or draw a picture of what the word means.<br />
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I plan on featuring a post in the near future explaining all of the different ways these passages have been used by myself and other teachers. Be on the lookout!<br />
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