tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5952926786299009512024-03-13T17:03:11.869-04:00Tara TeachesMy Life As a Teacher!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17004307694440745267noreply@blogger.comBlogger38125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-595292678629900951.post-24276178340299751392018-07-07T15:23:00.001-04:002018-07-07T15:23:40.230-04:00Paper Succulent TutorialWarning: The post you are about to read contains an exhaustive, in-depth tutorial on how to make a large paper succulent. Only read if you want to be inspired by how simple it is to create something so beautiful.<br />
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Still here? Good. Let's do this! <br />
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The template I used for this tutorial can be found on the JoAnn Fabrics website. <a href="https://www.joann.com/make-paper-crafted-succulents/22810883P191.html#q=paper%2Bsucculent&start=1" target="_blank">Click Here!</a><br />
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The materials I used are:<br />
-Cardstock (whichever thickness, color, texture... you prefer)<br />
-Hot Glue (sticks and gun)<br />
-Small Dowel (paintbrush handle, glue stick, pencil... anything to help roll the paper)<br />
-Template<br />
Optional:<br />
-Cricut<br />
-Cutting Mat<br />
-Weeding Tools<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Another option is a cute little companion to sit by your feet while you work.<br />Oliver loves being right under where I'm working, both in the office and the kitchen.</td></tr>
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You do not need to have a Cricut (or similar) to complete this project, it just saves a lot of time. You can print the template onto your cardstock and cut by hand if you so wish.<br />
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I downloaded the template PDF, snapped screenshots and loaded them into my Cricut Design Studio to make them cut files. I wanted to make a smaller succulent than the green one I made the day before, so I did not cut the largest shapes. Regardless of how you decide to use the template, be sure that you make two copies of the largest shapes, because they are only halves. <br />
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Here is my step-by-step walkthrough.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is the template being cut using Cricut Design Studio.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cricut hard at work. It really saves so much time.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">After the shape is cut out, weed away all of the scrap paper.<br />Then, carefully peel the shape off of the cutting mat.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Everything is cut out and ready to go.<br />I also cut out a cardstock circle to use as a base. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">On the largest of the shapes, I cut each petal off to be placed independently.<br />Then, I cut a slit in the bottom, so I can overlap it, causing the paper<br />to stand up from the base.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is the bottom overlapped to increase dimension of finished product.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Because I didn't use the largest shape, my 2nd largest piece is this full section.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I cut all of these style of shapes in half. That way I can overlap the bottoms<br />and add dimension. You could also cut them into thirds or fourths.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cutting the slit in the bottom to allow me to overlap. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">You want to do this to all of the pieces. It gives the succulent a more<br />realistic and attractive shape.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">All of my sections are cut in half, with their slits, ready to roll.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Because I'm a highly skilled professional, I use only the fanciest of tools.<br />This is a highly sought after glue stick. Haha!<br />Seriously, you can use anything with a rounded design, the size will vary<br />based on which size petal you are rolling.<br />Here, I'm rolling the tip inward.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">For the largest pieces, I also roll the edges back. You can do this however<br />you think it looks best. There is no wrong way to do this.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My six largest pieces are all curled, so now I will push them aside to work<br />on ALL of the tiny pieces.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">For these itty bitty succulent pieces, I needed something much smaller than<br />a glue stick. Yesterday, I used the handle of a small paintbrush.<br />Today, I decided to use this Cricut weeding tool (blade protector in place).<br />Again, anything of a suitable size will work. Don't overthink it.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This part takes the most time. I curl all of my smallest sections inward,<br />but I vary how I fold the larger pieces. Some go inward, others I roll in<br />and then roll one side back. Do what you think looks best.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">After getting my pieces all rolled and prepped, I needed to stop for a lunch break.<br />You do not need to use all of the sections. I skipped a few of the smaller sections,<br />but I still rolled them all, because you just never know what you will want to use.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I flipped them all over so I could keep them contained, and still work<br />from largest to smallest.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I make a circle out of cardstock to use as my main base. I lay out the largest<br />sections and eyeball where I think they will need to be for the<br />best symmetry.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is when I hot glue the inside tip, which projects the paper off of the base.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is after hot gluing all of the largest petals to the base.<br />If you prefer, you can put them closer together and overlap the pieces.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">When adding the smaller sections, be sure to stagger them.<br />You want to try and keep all the gaps filled.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is after laying down the 3rd layer. Just keep working in and staggering.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The 4th section is where I originally had it rolling inward.<br />I quickly realized that I didn't like how that looked, and after attaching<br />the 5th section, I went in and re-rolled parts of them backward.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Different paper will lay differently. This was a thinner, less textured<br />paper than I had previously used, but the color perfectly<br />complimented the original, so I went with it.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I went in and rolled back one half of all the petals in the 4th and 5th sections.<br />Then, I finished filling in with a few of the smaller sections.<br />Because it was a thinner paper, it was much less stiff than my other<br />paper succulent, so I glued some of the outer petals to some of the inner petals<br />to add even more dimension and stability.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I am so pleased with the finished product.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This might be my new favorite color.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It's interesting to see the comparison between these two paper succulents.<br />The green is a thicker, slightly textured paper, and I used the largest petals.<br />The blue is a slightly thinner paper that is one section smaller.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I can't wait to see these on my bulletin board!</td></tr>
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<br />And there you have it, every step of the process. Really, you can do this project however you want. As long as you are happy with the outcome, it's a success. I hope that this tutorial was able to help you with creating paper succulents for your own use. Be sure to drop me a comment and let me know how it worked out for you!<div>
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Happy Crafting!</div>
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-Tara<br /><br /></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17004307694440745267noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-595292678629900951.post-9317851025990661132016-07-05T19:35:00.001-04:002016-07-05T19:41:47.547-04:00My Year of New!This past year has definitely been the year of "new" in my life. I bought my first house in September. It has been an exciting adventure! I have loved every second of putting together a new home. Choosing all of the new furniture and decorations has been a lot of fun<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">!</span> I had a clear vision for each room, except my home office. I avoided even going into the room, and it eventually became a dumping ground for every random thing I had. Movies, craft supplies, things I bought for school use... It all ended up on the floor in this poor room. Until, inspiration struck. A couple of weeks ago I decided how I wanted to design my home office. I blew up my Pinterest board with ideas. After a successful trip to IKEA (and the new Portillo's restaurant in Tampa) I had all of the "stuff" I needed to finally put this room together. I am still waiting for just the right storage bins, but I painted and put together all of my new shelves. This once neglected room has quickly become my go to space. I can honestly say that I have spent more time in this room in the past week than I had for the entire preceding 10 months that I have lived in this house<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">!</span><br />
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Adding to my year of new, at the end of May I finally met my new little love<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">!</span> I am now the proud mother of a 5 month old Shih Tzu named Oliver. He has certainly spiced things up around here. I love that I have the whole summer to bond with him and really get to know him. He is a real character<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">!!</span> He loves to play fetch and has mastered the whole "sit, shake, roll-over" routine. His favorite toy is a little squeaky Lambchop stuffed animal.<br />
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I figured, since I now have an office that I love, it was time to update my blog and get started again. I am so excited about this upcoming school year<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">!</span> I am returning to a classroom that I spent 3 years in. I am going to be teaching 4th grade again. 2nd grade was fun, and I thought that was what I wanted to teach, but I soon realized that I love working with kids a little older. So, back I go<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">! </span><br />
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Here is the cover of my little set, just to show off my first successful hand drawn clipart images! I love my sweet little version of crayons! What do you think?! I'm working hard to teach myself graphic design, and am getting a little more confident each day that goes by!<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17004307694440745267noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-595292678629900951.post-34039874244766945282015-05-02T20:48:00.001-04:002015-05-02T20:48:02.486-04:00Countdown to SummerWell, that time of year has come again! It is time to start counting down the days to SUMMER!! This year, I have decided to celebrate the end of the school year a little different than I have in the past. We started with 26 days left, and are having an ABC Countdown. Each day has different activity that corresponds to letters of the alphabet. Friday the 17th was the letter "A". We completed an Awesome Art Project. We read "The Lorax" and made our own beautiful landscapes with truffula trees and the "Unless" quote.<br />
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Monday April 20th was "B", which brought a Beach Day. My students brought in beach towels and their favorite books from home. I found a video of an idyllic beach with great sounds of waves crashing and even seagulls flying overhead. Add in a few beach balls from the dollar store, and we had our own tropical paradise. (I had planned for us to go outside and lay in the grass, but a sting of severe weather went through the area in the afternoon. Two nearby schools sustained some damage from the strong winds.) <br />
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The 21st was our "C" day. We celebrated by dressing CraZy! Think backwards shirts and mismatched patterns. <br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17004307694440745267noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-595292678629900951.post-26742314897034317732015-05-02T20:35:00.000-04:002015-05-12T22:22:44.893-04:00Easy to Follow Math MultiplesHey Everybody!<br />
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I just finished a new product for my Teachers Pay Teachers store, and I couldn't wait to share it with you! I have been teaching my littles multiplication to get them ready for 3rd grade. I have been going over skip counting and different ways to remember the multiples of each number, and this idea came to me. I made up pages with number outlines on them. Inside the numbers, are the first 10 multiples, in order. The idea is that the kids can trace over the shape of the number while reciting the multiples. I think this will help them memorize the multiples. Simple memorization of the facts is, in my opinion, the best way to multiply. That's the way I learned it, and it's so much faster than drawing arrays and all those new-fangled methods people keep coming up with. Since I just finished the product, I haven't even had a chance to laminate my own set yet. When I do, I'll add pictures to show it in use! <br />
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I put 3 different sizes in the product. Full page, half page, and quarter page versions. They can be placed in centers, made into posters and hung up, used in lessons, or sent home for extra practice. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I started with a big styrofoam ball. Whichever size you choose,<br />just be sure you get enough feather boas to cover. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Using a LOT of hot glue as I wrap and wrap the hot pink<br />thin boas around and around the ball.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Almost finished!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yay! I had just enough! I want to say I used a 9" ball<br />and it took 3 feather boas. I thought I bought 2, but<br />luckily, when I unpacked my bags, I had grabbed 3!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Look how beautiful it turned out!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Of course, the Lorax is keeping watch over my Truffula Tree<br />at all times! I made his beard out of pipe cleaners so I could<br />style them the way I wanted. LOVE how it turned out!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It's hard to tell how tall it really is based on the last picture.<br />I used a 4' bamboo stake that I cut about 6" off of.</td></tr>
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I didn't take a picture of how I anchored the tree down. I placed a block of styrofoam into a plastic container. I hot glued it into place. Then, I anchored that into place with a lot of rocks. It does not tilt at all if you properly weigh it down. You could always use a large dowel rod for the trunk, I used the bamboo because I didn't want it to be perfectly straight. I like the imperfections and interest in the bamboo. I found a pack of 12 for about $3 at Walmart. Hobby Lobby had some as well, but of course they were about $10 for 3 and much more mature than I wanted. I hope you can find a use for this in your classroom. I would LOVE to see what you come up with!<br />
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-TaraAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17004307694440745267noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-595292678629900951.post-75351727134883484742015-04-18T20:09:00.000-04:002015-04-18T20:09:08.932-04:00Starting OverWow! So, it turns out, I'm really bad at this whole blogging thing! I started, fell off the wagon, restarted and then fell BACK off the wagon! This time, I am going to try and stay on the blogging wagon! I'm currently wrapping up my first year teaching the marvelous 2nd grade! I have a lot of fun things planned for my littles. In addition to finishing up a fantastic school year, I'm renewing my dedication to my Teachers Pay Teachers store. I'm hoping with summer quickly approaching, I'll have renewed energy and ideas. Plus, I finally caved and bought a new computer, so that is incentive to get to work! Stay tuned for more fun and excitement! Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17004307694440745267noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-595292678629900951.post-91593278074053685582014-07-31T19:13:00.000-04:002014-07-31T19:13:08.505-04:00New Classroom Tour!3 weeks, countless hours and many rearrangements later, I have finally <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"</span>finished<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"</span> getting my new 2nd grade classroom ready for the new school year. Of course, we all know that we are never really finished<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">!</span> Today was our first official work day, and open house is tomorrow evening. I have not yet finished perfecting my area of the room, and curriculum has barely been looked at, but I still have the weekend and Monday and Tuesday of next week to get that done before my little ones are officially mine<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">!</span><br />
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I have always wanted to be a 2nd grade teacher. It is a year of such joy and excitement. I can't wait to get this year started. I have a LOT of ideas, I'm going to stray from the curriculum after I get adjusted to the kids' ability levels and plan on doing a lot of interactive notebooking.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My library is about as good as it's going to get before open house. I need to<br />put labels on the book bins and fill up the other book shelf, but it can wait.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My small group table. I put it in front of my literacy focus wall. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Close-up of my literacy focus wall. I just stuck those posters up<br />there to get the spacing right. You can get my focus wall headers<br />in my Teachers Pay Teachers store <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Glitter-Chevron-Focus-Wall-Headers-1357229" target="_blank">here</a>.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">These are the curtains I made into a valance a few years ago. I only used<br />4 single panels, 1 of each color, cut them in half and HOT GLUED<br />them together<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">!</span> I don't know how to sew so that was my only option,<br />but it has held up great for 4 years now<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">! </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Another little nook under my cabinets. I'm still finding places for things,<br />so please ignore the randomness of this shelf<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">!</span> But, don't you LOVE<br />the 1, 2, 3 bins I found at IKEA<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">!?</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Old discarded keyboards that I let the kids practice typing their<br />spelling words on. The rack was left in my room from a retired<br />teacher, and I couldn't find any games that fit it, so this worked<br />out perfectly. They were made for each other<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A view from next to my desk out across the classroom. I just love how<br />bright the yellow bulletin boards make the room.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A small collection of cute little owls<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">!</span> In real life, birds of all types<br />terrify me. They are so erratic and fly at people and cars<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">!</span> No thank you<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The view from my small group area across the room. I love that beautiful<br />atrium view. Totally makes up for the weird layout of the room.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Writing center that is not completely ready, but looks good for open house.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My teacher tool box and some small trinkets. I made tool boxes for<br />two of my friends this year for Christmas, too<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">!</span></td></tr>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17004307694440745267noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-595292678629900951.post-5003345907402608302014-07-25T22:26:00.001-04:002014-07-25T23:06:38.175-04:00I am back!Wow, it has been an embarrassingly long time since my last post<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">!</span> I am going to try to get back on the ball here<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">!</span> I am gearing up for the new school year. I have moved to 2nd grade this year, which was always my dream<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">!!</span> I have been working hard on my new classroom and getting materials prepared for my new adventure. I have an awesome team and I am beyond excited to get this year started<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">!</span><br />
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I have created a BUNCH of new Teachers Pay Teachers products<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">!</span> Since I live in Florida, and we are opting out of Common Core, my materials are currently geared toward the Math and Language Arts Florida Standards. I am considering going in and fixing small details about my standards checklists and the growth matrix I made so that it will appeal to a larger audience. Honestly, the only real differences is in the numbering and maybe the wording of about 4 standards. <br />
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I really want to show some of the awesome things I came up with last year, but just didn't seem to find time to share. I created the CUTEST candy themed bulletin board in October to go along with my <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"</span>Charlie and the Chocolate Factory<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"</span> book study <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(</span>and halloween<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">)! </span><br />
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spaces for pictures and written descriptions.</td></tr>
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For Dr. Seuss, we read<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> "</span>Oh the Places You<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">'</span>ll Go<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">",</span> wrote about our goals for the future, and CREATED PAPER MACHE HOT AIR BALLOONS<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">!</span> With the help of a throw away plastic table cloth, the mess was minimal and the finished products looked AWESOME hanging from the classroom ceiling<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">!</span> Plus, I painted a science project board to look like a basket and rigged up a hot air balloon photo booth<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">!</span><br />
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Those are the two biggies that stand out in my mind as the most fun and whimsical projects we completed.<br />
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I'll be back soon with pictures of my NEW classroom<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">!</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17004307694440745267noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-595292678629900951.post-87479210252890053962013-03-10T21:01:00.001-04:002013-03-10T21:01:03.126-04:00Mathematical Practices Poster SetI did it<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">!</span> I created my first item to sell on Teachers Pay Teachers<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">!</span> I created a Common Core State Standards Mathematical Practices Poster Set. They are beautiful, bright and colorful. I'm not going to go into a long entry about it, I just wanted to share because I am very proud of them and am excited to start a new journey by selling some of my creations<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">!</span> I hope you like them<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">!</span><br />
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I have had a great, and very busy couple of months. I have a bunch of pictures to share with you today<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">!</span> I have recently, (as of yesterday) decided to start making really cute and useful things to share on Teachers Pay Teachers and Teacher's Notebook, so be on the lookout for those coming up<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">!</span> I just started trying some new things last night, so it's a work in progress for sure! I have 2 items on TPT already but nothing really fancy. <br />
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Tomorrow is my Grandma's 90th Birthday<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">!</span> Unfortunately, since I live 1,100 miles away, I will not be able to celebrate with her, but we talk on the phone and I will visit with her over Summer. She is a truly amazing woman, she does not act or look anywhere near 90 years old<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">!</span> Actually, a month before I moved to Florida, the house she and my Grandpa built and raised my dad and uncles in was destroyed by a tornado and she escaped with only superficial scratches<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">!</span> She was 87 at the time. She won't read this, but<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">...</span> HAPPY BIRTHDAY, GRANDMA<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">!!</span><br />
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Before the FCAT Writing test, my 4th grade team had a couple of Writing Days. These were days that the teachers rotated through the rooms, each focusing on a different area of writing. For the last one, we had a Bag Ladies inspired activity. All of the projects we did with the students went into their own Writing Portfolio that we made. Hours and hours of folding bags and putting materials together went into this project, but we do what it takes to make learning memorable and fun for our kids<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">!</span> This was my model bag.<br />
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To promote descriptive writing, I had my classes complete a "Show Not Tell" activity. I saw one very similar to this on Pinterest and loved it! First, I had the kids work in groups to brainstorm descriptions of 12 different emotions or feelings. I typed up their ideas and then assigned kids to illustrate and describe those emotions. They were not allowed to write about the one they brainstormed. I was so impressed with their work. </div>
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While discussing how to solve division problems, I was suddenly struck with an analogy using the 3 little pigs. I had my class imagine 3 piggies hiding in a house. If 1 big bad wolf tries to get them, how many piggies will he get to eat? Well, 3 divided by 1 equals 3. This simple explanation helped them so we went into remainders. For the pictures sake, if there are 55 piggies stuffed into this house, and 9 big bad wolves come to eat them, the wolves will each take an equal group of pigs to the basement to eat. Each wolf will have a group of 6 piggies and there will be 1 piggy left, because that pig rid in the chimney<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">!</span> LoL Silly, I know, but I'll do anything to make math more interesting for them<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">!</span></div>
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With a departmentalized 4th grade, I find that the most hectic time of the day is the last 5-10 minutes. My homeroom class comes back to get all of their belongings gathered up and to be dismissed. I made up this checklist of things they need to do before they leave the room for the day. <br />
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This is my version of the ever popular <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"</span>Teacher Toolbox<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"!</span> I bought the toolbox from Lowes for <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">$</span>20, and used glitter cardstock that I already had to fancy it up<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">!</span> I attached the cardstock to the inside of the drawers by using strips of clear contact paper. The labels were made on my Cricut <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(</span>the first project I ever used it for since I bought it 2 years ago<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">!)</span> It was beyond simple<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">...</span> I stuck white contact paper<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> ($</span>2 at Big Lots<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">)</span> directly to the sticky cutting board. I cut out the words I wanted and peeled them off, letter by letter, and stuck them to the outside of the drawers. It took me 2 evenings to complete the entire project. It is now at school filled with all of my favorite supplies. LOVE IT<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">! </span><br />
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We started back at work on Thursday, which was a normal teacher work day. Nothing too exciting, just getting back in the swing of things. Friday was the exciting day<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">!</span> My school had a <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"</span>Just Pin It<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"</span> professional development day<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">!</span> A few teachers complied best practice ideas in a variety of areas and displayed them in fun and creative ways. The whole staff then rotated through the 7 different stations and were able to see these ideas in practice in our classrooms. It was so fun and informative. <br />
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The different areas covered were: Behavior Management, Math, Foldables, Writing, Reading/Vocabulary, Classroom Organization, and Common Core. I snapped a ton of pictures and collected a bunch of handouts. I worked with another 4th grade Writing teacher and setup the Writing station. We had a PowerPoint slide of ideas that were submitted from other teachers in the school and I put together a Pinterest board full of ideas and printed the URL for the staff on business cards. If you follow me on Pinterest, it's the board titled <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"</span>Just Pin It - Writing<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"</span>. Check it out, it's pretty fantastic<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">!</span> I included ideas for all age groups, my regular <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"</span>Writing<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"</span> board is focused mainly on 4th grade. <br />
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Before we were released to explore all the best practices being used in the school, we had a presentation from <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"</span>The Bag Ladies<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"!</span> They are truly amazing<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">!</span> I can not say enough about their creativity and innovation<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">!</span> I had never heard of them before and am now so excited to fill my classroom with their ideas. If you don't know who they are, you need to check them out. We all ordered units from them and I can't wait to get mine and start using it. Here are a couple of pictures of the project they made with us. There are so many more ideas that I can't wait to try out<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">!</span> <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And yes, my Christmas tree is still up<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">!</span> I will likely put my decorations away tomorrow.</td></tr>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17004307694440745267noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-595292678629900951.post-64079804630257020112012-12-06T21:29:00.003-05:002012-12-06T21:32:31.744-05:00If I Lived in a Snow Globe...Here it is<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">!</span> My favorite writing activity of the year<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">!</span> I love all things winter, add in some glitter and you have a project that is sure to be a hit<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">!</span> I did this project with my students last year, and the haunted houses I did this year was a play on this snow globe writing activity. They write about what they would see, feel and do if they lived in a snow globe.<br />
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I began by building some background knowledge. Living in Central Florida, a vast majority of my students have never seen real snow. We talked about what they knew about snow and winter. They said that it was cold and wet. I then had them describe what they had seen or heard that lead them to believe that snow was cold. They made connections to movies or TV shows they had seen that had people wearing coats, gloves, etc. They talked about it getting so cold that you can see your breath. They also talked about Christmas lights shining on the sparkly snow. <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(</span>Some of them even captured that in their snow globes<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">!)</span> <br />
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To enrich this introduction lesson, I read them a couple of short books that were set in snowy settings. <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(</span>I admit, these were pretty easy books, but the point wasn't to challenge them, it was to get them fully immersed in all things frosty and frigid<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">!)</span> <br />
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LoL Funny twist for the kids<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">!</span> <br />
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After reading these books and brainstorming some great descriptive phrases and words, we spent day 2 writing rough drafts. We then wrote our final copies on the layered booklets, cut out the globes and bases and let the fun begin<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">!</span> After drawing and coloring, they outlined their pictures with extra fine point black Sharpie markers. Then<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">...</span> GLITTER<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">!!!</span> I managed to control the chaos and keep the glitter on the tiles. Glitter just seems to make everything better. Normal snow scenes are transformed into magical fantasy lands<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">!</span> <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">To get just the right size <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"</span>globe<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"</span> I used an Easter bucket I bought <br />
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Here are a couple of close-ups of my students' amazing work. They were so into this project and couldn't wait to show me what they wrote and how they illustrated it. They have added some much needed sparkle and shine to the 4th grade hallway<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">!</span> Hope you love them as much as I do<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">!</span><br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17004307694440745267noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-595292678629900951.post-90164842961278527672012-12-01T15:58:00.000-05:002012-12-01T15:58:12.514-05:00Fa-La-La-La-LaGeez<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">!</span> Where did November go? I didn't get a chance to do a single post the whole month. I am fortunate to work in a county that gives us a full week off for Thanksgiving so I was able to spend the whole time with my family back home. At the beginning of November, one of my student's dad, who is a fire fighter, came to speak to both of my classes about fire safety. The kids loved getting to hold all the gear and learned a lot of helpful tips to get out and get safe<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">!</span> The Friday before Thanksgiving, my writing classes made <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"</span>I am thankful for<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">..."</span> pumpkin pies out of paper plates, construction paper and brads. I had each student share what they are thankful for this year. They had a lot of fun and were very insightful. We had a Veteran's Day parade at school shortly before and some of the students said that they are thankful for our rights as Americans. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our visit with some fire fighters. The kids LOVED it<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The beautiful Veteran's Day parade<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">!</span> One of the county High School's band and color guard came to perform and many relatives of our students who are veterans came out to be honored. I work at a great school<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One of our <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"</span>I am thankful for<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">..."</span> pumpkin pies. I enjoyed hearing about all of the important people and things in my students' lives. </td></tr>
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My classroom is now all decorated for Christmas. This is, without a doubt, my favorite time of the year<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">!</span> (Confession- I decorated my apartment for Christmas on November 1st<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">!</span>) I bought all of the supplies for my class Christmas ornament project in mid-November and have already gotten the ornament balls prepped<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">!</span> We are going to be making snowman heads with earmuffs. I saw the idea on Pinterest and thought it was just too cute to pass up. Last year we made melted snowmen with glue and those turned out so cute, but I want to do something that sparkles this year<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">!</span> This past week we completed what is probably my favorite Writing project of the entire year. I did it last year and had to do it again this year. It's my<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> "</span>If I Lived in a Snow Globe<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"</span> project. The students write what they would see, feel and do if they lived in a Snow Globe. I had to let the finished projects dry so I don't have my bulletin board completed yet, but I will get the details on the whole project posted this week<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">!</span> It is the absolute best! <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(</span>Bonus<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">:</span> It involves lots of GLITTER<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">!)</span> You can find pictures of it from last year on my Pinterest board titled <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"</span>My Classroom<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"</span>. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My Christmas tree at home<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">!</span> It makes me SO happy<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Look at all of the fun sparkles and shine I added to my Christmas stash this year<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">!</span> I love that jewel tones are so big, these perfectly match my tree that I've had for 3 years now<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">!</span> These won't be on my tree though.<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">..</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My new sparkle and shine ended up on a new deco mesh wreath I made<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">!</span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(</span>Another Pin-spired project<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">!) </span>This is my first ever mesh wreath and I think it turned out pretty well. It took me 3 attempts to get the ribbon the way I wanted it.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I showed my students 2 options for their snowman ornaments. Half of them wanted glitter, and half wanted garland so I got those ready because the 2 <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1/2 </span>days that I plan on doing Christmas gifts and activities do not leave much time to work on things because the staff always puts on a Christmas show and lunch and specials cut into my time with them.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Christmas tree I had in my bedroom as a kid. I don't have room for it in my apartment, <br />so it has a new life as a school tree<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">! </span> </td></tr>
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I hope you found something you like in this post. Stay logged on this coming week to see my fantastic Christmas and winter writing project. Don't forget to follow me on Pinterest<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">!</span><br /><br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17004307694440745267noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-595292678629900951.post-55321888282141896952012-10-27T16:31:00.002-04:002012-10-27T16:31:48.525-04:00My Night in a Haunted HouseHalloween is coming up, and in an attempt to add some fun to our Writing lessons, I decided to have the kids practice elaboration and word choice to describe what they would see, hear, feel and do if they had to spend the night in a haunted house. I let them make paper houses and each of the sections is where they wrote about the different parts of the story. I had them complete a rough draft first and then they made changes to spelling, grammar or parts that just didn't make sense. Then they folded the paper houses and re-wrote and designed their house. I hope you like it<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">!</span><br />
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Here are a couple of close-ups of the houses that the kids completed. You can see that after they wrote, they were able to go back and decorate the houses. The front left of the house is what they see, right across from that is what they hear. On the inside, the left is what they would feel (physical or emotional) and across from that is what they would do.<br />
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Here are step-by-step, photo instructions on how to fold the paper houses. You can also skew the "towers" by having them off-center when folding. I also traced the outline of the towers on the front so the kids knew where to write on the inside. </div>
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Begin with legal size paper and fold in half (hamburger fold). Then with the crease on the top, fold over the sides until they meet but do not overlap in the center. Meeting in the center will make both towers equal in size. If you want one short and one tall, have them meet off-center. </div>
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After both sides are folded inward, open one of the side flaps and push your finger up to the point and pop it out. Then pull down the "roof" so it meets the crease line of the now formed "tower".<br />
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Repeat this action to the other side of the house. At this point, I trace the top of the "roof" line and draw a line down the middle so the students know where to write. I also have them draw a line across the roof line so they can decorate the<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> "</span>attic<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"</span>.</div>
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Do you decorate your classroom for the different seasons and holidays? I sure do<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">!</span> Living in Florida, the trees don't change and I really miss the different seasons. I try to incorporate the change in season into my classroom decor. I added some fake fall leaves over my essential question board. I use to go along the whole length of my white board, but I just don't seem to have time to go staple crazy these days<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">! </span> </div>
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I have put cobwebs around my apartment, draped around my art and spiders over my doors for years, this time I decided to put them up in my room. The kids got a kick out of it, and asked me when was the last time the classroom was cleaned<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">!</span> Haha<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">!</span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(</span>I did not cover the fire escape window<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">!)</span><br />
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Dollar Tree has these cheap foam pumpkins right now. I was going to do an elaborate project with them, but I came up with a more focused writing activity to do than the vocabulary activity I was going to do with these<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">!</span> I decided to cover them in glitter instead and use them to decorate the classroom. <br />
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I have seen variations of these "Where Are We<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">?</span>" displays all over Pinterest. I decided to create one that goes along with my classroom color scheme and added a little monster holding a sign that identifies our current location. I put magnets on the black strip. SPA is what we call Recess. I joke with my students the first few days that I think that's when they are suppose to let me relax while they do my hair and nails. Surprisingly, a couple of them always agree that it would be fun<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">!</span> <br />
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This are "Common Core Talking Stems" that I found on Pinterest. There are tons of conversation starters and questions that get the kids thinking about why they answered a question the way they did. I put them on a ring and placed a set at each table group in their supply tubs. A big focus at my school this year is Collaborative Pairing. I incorporate it into as many lessons as I can. It is very easy to have them answer a question independently and then turn to a neighbor and talk about it, or have them complete work together. <br />
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Last year, I made small versions of this math problem solving pencil that I pass out to my students when they take a math test. I recently decided to make a bigger, poster sized version to hang up in the classroom. This way, they can reference it during class and also when we take clicker tests on the computer. <br />
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Well, these are some of my more recent projects. This week we will finish our Haunted House writing project. I am so excited to share that one<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">!!</span> It is a version of a Snow Globe writing project I came up with last year. It's on my Pinterest because this was long before I created this blog, but I will share it on here at the beginning of December<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">!</span> Happy Fall, Y'all<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">!! :o)</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17004307694440745267noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-595292678629900951.post-90810294078024614602012-10-15T20:36:00.000-04:002012-10-15T20:36:01.349-04:00Happy Birthday to Me!!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The time span from September 1st to about January 8th is my favorite stretch of the year<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">!</span> I simply adore everything about fall, it's probably what I miss most from up north. <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(</span>Aside from my family, obviously<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">!)</span> Winter is my favorite Florida time of the year. I laugh at my family who have to shovel driveways, scrape windows and need to get all bundled up to go outside. Right smack dab in the middle of the best month of the year is my BIRTHDAY<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">!!!</span> October 15th just sounds like a great day. I'll post a classroom update another day, this one is for me<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">!</span><br />
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To celebrate, my best friends and I went to Universal Studios for Halloween Horror Nights. We had such a fun time<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">!</span> The next day we hung out around Orlando, drove through Celebration and went to Downtown Disney. We went on the 6th to avoid the rush of people closer to actual Halloween. My brother and I made the mistake of going right before Halloween last year and had to wait in very long lines and only got into about half of the houses. We made it into all of them this year and didn't wait in too many lines<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">!</span> <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The day after going to Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Studios, my friends and I drove through Celebration, Florida. They were having Oktoberfest. Look at this amazing house decoration we found<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">!</span> Phenomenal<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">!</span> </td></tr>
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This year, since I have 44 kids and not the usual 22, I have decided not to make or buy cupcakes<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">...</span> Too much work and a waste of money. Instead, I have opted to make them cake balls<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">!</span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(</span>None of my children have food allergies, so don't worry about that<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">!)</span> I first baked a funfetti cake in a 13" x 9" pan. Once it cooled a bit, I mixed it all up with half a can of frosting. Then, I rolled it up into about 1" balls. I let them set in the refrigerator overnight and tonight I dipped them in white almond bark. They are a little messy looking, but I'm sure they will taste just fine<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">!</span><br />
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I hope everybody is having as great of an October as I am<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">!</span> Only a month to go until the House of Mouse deems it appropriate to decorate for Christmas, and I follow right along<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">!!</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17004307694440745267noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-595292678629900951.post-28293742648385830182012-09-27T20:42:00.001-04:002012-09-27T20:42:01.357-04:00Retelling BookmarkI'm going to share something else that I use with my students. I got the original idea from my amazing cooperating teacher during my Student Teaching, Lorissa<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">!</span> I learned so much during those few months and am so grateful that she opened her classroom to me<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">!</span> Hopefully, one day I will have my own <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"</span>Intern<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"</span> as they call Student Teachers in Florida. <br />
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This is a retelling bookmark that you can make with your students. It can help them out in Reading, obviously, but can also reinforce what they do in Reading class into their own story telling in Writing class. It is very easy for them to read and understand. I have the students put it together themselves and talk about each part of a story as we glue the components onto the card stock bookmark. I have posted the file on my TPT account <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Retelling-Bookmark-Template" target="_blank">here</a>. <br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17004307694440745267noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-595292678629900951.post-47373829845232369512012-09-12T20:53:00.001-04:002012-09-12T20:54:38.083-04:00Stretch a SentenceYesterday, I taught my students the joy of stretching sentences. I made up a worksheet for them to complete and then we shared our work with the class. You can download the file <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Stretch-a-Sentence-Worksheet" target="_blank">here</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">! </span> Any feedback you have would be greatly appreciated<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">!!</span> I began the lesson with an Anchor Chart demonstrating how to stretch a sentence. After the kids understood what I wanted them to do, they each wrote their own. I had each student share their sentence with the class. They did a really good job and really understood the lesson. I then was faced with the challenge of how to display their work<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">?!</span> Half-sheets aren't always the easiest to hang up in a nice looking way. I decided to go the route of a quilt. Since we did this on 9/11, I was in a very patriotic mood so I went with red, white and blue and stars for the display<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">!</span> I love how it turned out.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is the worksheet I made. Be sure to <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Stretch-a-Sentence-Worksheet" target="_blank">download</a> it!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">While we read the sentences they wrote, I called each student up like it was a game show<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">!</span> I would call their name and say that they were the next contestant on <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"</span>Stretch That SENTENCE<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">!!"</span> and the other kids would say it with me<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">...</span> So fun<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">!</span></td></tr>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17004307694440745267noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-595292678629900951.post-24848506005044802692012-09-11T22:02:00.000-04:002012-09-11T22:02:36.145-04:00*Cough, Cough*It's been over a week since my last update. I was attacked by germ monsters at school and have been resting up a lot. In addition to being sick, I've been working very diligently on my ESOL certification class I'm taking right now. Whoever says being a teacher is easy has no clue what they are talking about<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">!</span> Haha<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">!</span> I have a couple things to share today and hopefully will finish doctoring up a super cool writing activity we did so I can share it soon<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">!</span> <br />
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First, I want to give a big shout-out to the ever fabulous VistaPrint<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">!</span> I purchased the teacher contact information magnets that I gave my families at the beginning of the year from them. They were wonderful quality and everybody was really impressed with them. They also have a bunch of items you can get for free, you just have to pay shipping<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">!</span> I go around every day initialing my students' planners to verify their behavior performance for the day and thought there had to be a better way<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">!</span> There is, I got a FREE personalized stamp that fits perfectly in the designated spot in their planners. I used a return address stamp that had a star. Instead of putting in all 3 lines of information, I just put my name. It automatically centers and turns out perfectly. I know that some other teachers at my school are now looking into getting their own personalized stamps. You should too<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">!</span><br />
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So many of the ideas I find on Pinterest seem like such <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"</span>Duh<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">!"</span> things. I use to be a pretty creative person and I feel like Pinterest may be robbing me of my own inventing process. I think it's making me lazy, if I want to get an idea I just type something in and <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">*</span>poof<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">*</span> hundreds of wonderful, already created ideas pop up. This is one of those<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> "</span>Duh, why didn't I think of this<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"</span> ideas. Hot glue pom poms on the end of dry erase markers to make little erasers for the kids. It's just like the big erasers I use on the board and saves on tissues or having dirty socks in the room. I haven't used them yet, but hopefully the kids don't destroy them the first day<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">...</span> We all know how kids are with new things<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">And, I leave you with a Transition Anchor Chart. Hopefully I can break the kids of the </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"</span><span style="font-family: inherit;">First, Next, Then, Finally</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> pattern of transitions</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">!</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17004307694440745267noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-595292678629900951.post-67904736937612452872012-09-02T21:34:00.002-04:002012-09-02T21:44:47.546-04:00Writing Review BoardThis has been a crazy few days. I haven't been able to take pictures of any of the things I've done this past week at school, but I have been looking at my pictures from last year to refresh myself and wanted to share a couple of things.<br />
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The writing bulletin board was all ideas that my last years class came up with. We were reviewing for FCAT Writing and were talking about all of the things we had learned. They came up with the helpful hints and some of our favorite figurative language and verbs and such. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our explosion of better word choice. We came up with better ways to say things and discussed them and then wrote our better words on bright pieces of paper. So fun<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Expository planning visualization. <br />We do an Oreo lesson at the beginning of the Expository unit to stress that it's just like a double stuffed Oreo. There needs to be 2 reasons or examples and support for both of those<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">!</span></td></tr>
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We took a day to brainstorm what the students thought was most important in their writing and then they came up with the examples and I typed them up and added the pops of color to display in the room. It's always good to use the students' input and have their ideas validated by making them into a great learning and review tool. I shared what we made with the other 4th grade classes too, so their work was shared with the whole grade level. I will definitely be doing this again this year<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">!</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17004307694440745267noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-595292678629900951.post-33726414974597379322012-08-27T19:13:00.001-04:002012-08-27T19:13:49.002-04:00Hogwarts Bound<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
I recently accepted a job teaching at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">!</span> I decided to go and start setting up my new classroom this weekend<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">...</span> Wouldn't that be awesome if it were true<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">?!</span> </div>
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I did not go into school to work this weekend. Instead, I went to Universal Studios for a day of fun<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">!</span> It was a perfect day<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">!</span> The lines were relatively short (when available I go in the single rider line, they usually get my best friend and I on together anyway<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">!</span>) Here are some pictures of Hogwarts castle and Hogsmead in the Wizarding World of Harry Potter. </div>
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This is the way I am organizing my multiplication quizzes this year. Since I have 2 classes, I am keeping track of their progress with the Monster charts. Each section of the quizzes has 1/2 sheets and full sheets of problems. They start with 3 minutes to complete the 1/2 sheets. After they complete all the 1/2 sheets they will move onto the full sheets. We quiz on Tuesday and Thursday. These quizzes are compliments of one of my amazing 4th grade team members<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">!</span> I have full sheets from last year, but I did not previously have 1/2 sheets.
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This year, my school provided all of the teachers with binders to keep our sub plans, lesson plans and other information organized and uniform among all the classes. We need to keep our lesson plans open and on our desk at all times so admin can come in and see them if they choose. A 3" binder takes up a lot of room on a desk so I wanted a way to free up some desk space. I found this adorable apple cook book stand on Ebay<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">! </span>I keep it on the corner of my desk and set my lesson plans up on it. I am able to have my plan book open and ready without having it take up precious space. </div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">-</span>TaraAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17004307694440745267noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-595292678629900951.post-69304984815081358962012-08-21T20:03:00.001-04:002012-08-21T20:03:01.610-04:00Figurative Language Week!This week we are learning about figurative language; Metaphors, Similes, Personification, Hyperbole and Alliteration. The kids love to "ding" when they recognize the form we are studying that day in a book we read to go along with it. We read "Tar Beach" for Metaphors and "Owl Moon" for Similes. <br />
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In Math, we are still working on Place Value. I have been telling the kids that when rounding, we have to knock on our neighbor's door to decide if we should round up or down. Then I saw a great Place Value anchor chart on Pinterest and had to make one for my class. I adapted the colors and numbers to go along with a Place Value bulletin board I have in my room. <br />
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The rest of this week we are going to be finishing up Figurative Language and take our Math Chapter 1 Test. I was pretty unsure of how this departmentalization would work out, but I am really starting to enjoy it. I have 2 great groups of kids and we are able to get everything done in the time we have. <br />
<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17004307694440745267noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-595292678629900951.post-32124557926633806602012-08-19T20:00:00.001-04:002012-08-19T20:05:30.257-04:00Sunday FundayI went in to school today to get my copies made and get everything ready for the coming week. My first year teaching I would go in practically every weekend. Last year, I rarely went in on weekends. I would just pick a day a week and stay late and get stuff done. I forgot how nice it is to have the school to myself<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">!</span> I am not spending time socializing, I am purely working. I got the copies of the Math chapter 1 tests run-off. (After fighting with numerous paper jams<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">!</span>) I also organized my multiplication quizzes into a convenient countertop file box. I forgot to take a picture of that<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">!</span> Oops<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">!</span> Tomorrow, I promise<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">! </span><br />
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I did remember to take some pictures of the anchor chart we made for painting a picture with words. I think it turned out great<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">! </span><br />
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Now, I am enjoying a full afternoon of rain<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">!</span> I even turned off my air and opened up my living room windows so I can hear the steady rainfall<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">!</span> I LOVE rainy Sundays<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">! </span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17004307694440745267noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-595292678629900951.post-10194729075747390862012-08-17T19:31:00.000-04:002012-08-17T19:31:00.880-04:00OnomatopoeiaWHAM<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">!</span> It's Figurative Language time<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">!</span> We are going to be spending the next few school days reading books with examples and coming up with our own figurative language expressions that we can use in our writing. Today we began with O-n-o-m-a-t-o-p-o-e-i-a<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">!</span> This is one of my favorites because the kids really enjoy coming up with the sound words. <br />
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We read <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"</span>Click, Clack, Moo, Cows That Type<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"</span> and <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"</span>Stellaluna<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"</span> to see examples of how writers use onomatopoeia in their stories. The kids read the <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"</span>Click, Clack, Moo<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"</span> and <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"</span>Click, Clack, Quack<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"</span> what we got to those parts because they were having so much fun. In <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"</span>Stellaluna<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"</span> the onomatopoeia is not as in your face, so I had the kids say <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"</span>Ding<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">!"</span> when they heard me read an example. <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> (</span>Yes, using onomatopoeia to detect onomatopoeia<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">!)</span> They then wrote the examples they heard on post<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">-</span>its and put them on the anchor chart I made. <br />
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I warn you now, I am a pretty creative and crafty person, but I have no drawing ability AT ALL<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">!!</span> Kids are not responsible for those amazing pictures under the definition. That is all my original work<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">!</span> LoL See kids, even teachers aren't perfect<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">!</span> <br />
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We learned about different ways to add interest by word choice this week and I totally forgot to snap a picture of the anchor chart we made for that. The kids read descriptive poems and then drew what they saw. We use that lesson to reinforce that they need to paint a picture with their words. I'll get a picture of it next week<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">!</span> <br />
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