tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-54529179294185640942024-03-14T14:00:08.275-04:00Little Lovely LeadersBridgethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10486873311143819046noreply@blogger.comBlogger156125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5452917929418564094.post-44042709403884061752019-07-29T21:16:00.002-04:002019-07-29T21:16:15.288-04:00Back to School Made Easy<div style="text-align: center;">
I've rounded up a few of my favorite things for Back to School for all of you! All of the physical items you see in this post are from Oriental Trading, which is awesome because they come in large sets/packs so they are basically already ready to be handed out to the whole class!<br />
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To start off the school year, I love to have a little something on the students' desks for "meet the teacher" day. You already spend so much on your classroom, so it is always hard to decide what to have for them as a gift. I used to do little snack bags, but it was a lot of prep making the snack mixes and ended up costing a lot more than I would have liked it to. This year, I found an easy and low cost way give a gift to each student to start off the year!<br />
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All of the paper gift tags you see below are available FREE to print if you <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Free-Back-to-School-Gift-Tags-for-Students-4736835">click here</a> :) I hope this makes your life a little easier! I also have linked every item you see in the photos, to make shopping easy for you if you like what you see!<br />
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"I can't wait to celebrate all of your success this year" tags with fringe blowouts attached.</div>
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You can get the <a href="https://goto.orientaltrading.com/c/1453174/74373/1985?prodsku=25%2F15300&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.orientaltrading.com%2Fbpentry%3Fsku%3D25%252F15300">fringe blowouts HERE</a></div>
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"Our class ROCKS! We will have a great year!" gift tags with carabiners that say "Our Class Rocks", which you can purchase <a href="https://goto.orientaltrading.com/c/1453174/74373/1985?prodsku=13806532&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.orientaltrading.com%2Fbpentry%3Fsku%3D13806532">HERE</a></div>
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"Mistakes are proof that you are trying" gift tag with erasers.</div>
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You can find these <a href="https://goto.orientaltrading.com/c/1453174/74373/1985?prodsku=9%2F303&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.orientaltrading.com%2Fbpentry%3Fsku%3D9%252F303">striped eraser sticks HERE</a>.</div>
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"In this class, I will always help you get a grip on your new skills...but remember, it is okay to make mistakes" gift tags with a pencil gripper and eraser. You can find the <a href="https://goto.orientaltrading.com/c/1453174/74373/1985?prodsku=13606375&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.orientaltrading.com%2Fbpentry%3Fsku%3D13606375">pencil grippers and erasers in a combo pack HERE.</a></div>
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Now that you have that little gift idea taken care of, your mind will be on those "first day of school" activities. I always say, it is wayyy better to over-plan for the first day of school than to under-plan!<br />
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"Get to Know You" activities can be super repetitive each year for the students. I found a few I had not seen before that leave a lot of room for you to create a game out of them, do a simply "Q&A", or pass out for group conversations! </div>
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This first set of cards goes with a dice game you can also find on their site, but the cards don't "need" the dice game! You can do so much with these cards by just handing them out or randomly choosing one. You can even allow the students to choose them and ask a friend the question. Maybe some interviews of one another? Soooo many ideas! You can find this <a href="https://goto.orientaltrading.com/c/1453174/74373/1985?prodsku=13702044&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.orientaltrading.com%2Fbpentry%3Fsku%3D13702044">card set HERE</a>.</div>
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Similar to the card set above, but this has a little box where they can go once you use them! They have totally different questions, so having both games would also be great in your classroom! You can find this <a href="https://goto.orientaltrading.com/c/1453174/74373/1985?prodsku=62%2F9336&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.orientaltrading.com%2Fbpentry%3Fsku%3D62%252F9336">icebreaker owl set HERE</a>.</div>
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Everyone loves conversation cubes! All six sides have different questions and would be great for interview situations you set up with your students! You can find these <a href="https://goto.orientaltrading.com/c/1453174/74373/1985?prodsku=13851920&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.orientaltrading.com%2Fbpentry%3Fsku%3D13851920">conversation cubes HERE</a>.</div>
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In addition to the straight forward "get to know you" activities, I also ALWAYS want something that allows my students to work in groups, but without needing my help (in case I need a moment to organize papers and things). The first day is alway so hectic. The kids love a group work activity and it helps them get to know each other. They also won't notice that you are getting a few things done while they work ;) which is always a nice little trick of mine! </div>
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Below, I am going to go through a few different activities that can be done in a cooperative setting. For example, if you already have your class desks set up in groups, you can just put one activity at each group. You can then choose to rotate the groups so that everyone tries each activity! The students will have so much fun, all of them have an educational component to them, and you can free up some time to walk around and get to know your students in a different way OR grab a few minutes to organize some of those "first day" things that pile up on your desk. </div>
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Station 1: STEM stick structures</div>
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This pack comes with the sticks and the shape/challenge cards. You will need to supply your own Play-doh (or something else like marshmallows or gumdrops). This game lends itself well to group work because different kids can work on different cards at the same time, or they can all work on one together. Groups can use their own methods! You can also bring these cards back out during your geometry unit later in the year!</div>
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<a href="https://goto.orientaltrading.com/c/1453174/74373/1985?prodsku=13838885&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.orientaltrading.com%2Fbpentry%3Fsku%3D13838885">Grab this STEM stick structures activity HERE</a></div>
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Station 2: Ladders Balancing Game</div>
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This one is so fun! The directions explain how to set up the "start" of the game, and then from there you simply take turns adding a ladder to the structure, trying not to knock it down. Once someone does knock it down, though, you can just start again! Take the competition out of it by having the students work together to simply create the biggest structure they can with the ladders. This way, they aren't competing and can work together for the greater purpose. </div>
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I am not going to lie, when I first received this, I built the playground myself! It was so much fun! The cool part about this is that the cards have you build smaller structures, and then take them apart and build more smaller structures. Through this, the students will learn how the pieces work and attach to one another. They can then go on their own and create a playground of their dreams! There are even little people who can "play" on it! Maybe they can even try to create the playground you all have at your school! </div>
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Now...to be honest...this one is HARD! Haha! It was sooo fun, but it can get a little frustrating, so make sure your group gets along well before they do any sort of "group work" with it! Hahaha! I can imagine frustrations running a little high with this one. As a competition, it is very similar to the ladder game I already mentioned. But like that one, you can also turn it into a stacking game and take the competition out of it, which might be a good idea here. The directions also give you three different ways to play, which is super fun and great for those kids that move through things quickly and get bored. </div>
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This first day activity is MAYBE...just MAYBE...one of my favorites EVER. Sorry for all of the caps...but it truly is making me so happy. The "classified" cards on the right in the photo above have secret "kindness missions" on them. The one on the top tells the student to pick up trash on the playground, for example. You can only read the tasks with the red, "top secret" decoder. </div>
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The idea: hand out the "top secret" handheld notebooks and pencils to each student. Now they are ready for their mission! Each student gets a kindness task card, as well. They can share the red decoder to secretly decode their mission for the day or week (however long you'd like to do this activity). So, now that each student has a kindness task they need to try to do throughout the day or week, you let them record it in their journal and then leave them be to try to execute their mission when the opportunity arises. To continue with our example from above, they pick up trash while they are on the playground. It doesn't have to be the whole time, but maybe just some trash that they see when walking to lunch or when running around outside. </div>
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While each student is trying to execute their mission, they also are trying to find out what each other student is up to! Isn't that fun!? So maybe Jimmy is picking up trash at recess and Joanna sees him! She can log it in her TOP SECRET notebook, because she has a hunch that picking up trash is his kindness mission. At the end of the day or week, see how many students were caught doing their act! This time, being "caught" is a good thing....don't tell them this from the start, but they WIN if they were caught! That means they did their kindness task and others noticed! This is awesome! You can have a prize for them, but I usually just send home happy notes for things like this! </div>
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This is always a huge stress of mine each year. There is so much to go over with parents, but you also want to show them something their child has learned in their time with you so far. These little, blank puzzles and baggies are super cute for this purpose! </div>
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Have the students decorate/illustrate something that they have learned so far this school year on their puzzle. You can have a big group discussion about ideas for this in class so that the kids don't all end up drawing the same few things. Then, have them rip it up and put it in their puzzle bag, which they can write their name on so their parents know it is theirs. </div>
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When the parents come in for open house, they can work on their child's puzzle to see what their child has learned so far this year! Leave a post-it note and a pen on each desk so the parent can write a note about the puzzle to their child, also! The children can come in the next day to a completed puzzle and a note from their parent on their desk! How fun!? </div>
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Except for one thing...I am new to this thing I used to always here people talking about...I think they call them "allergies" and they're awful! I never used to have them, and then after living in Alabama and South Carolina for a total of 8 years, I developed some sort of outdoor allergy in Florida! The state I grew up in now gives me the sneezies for about two whole months!</div>
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Other than that one, minor issue we won't discuss anymore...I love spring! My husband and I are spring birthdays, and so is my two year old daughter! Our son, due in September, will be the "odd man out" in this family! </div>
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This time of year is especially great for teachers. It can be rough...getting close to the end of the year but not quite close enough...test prep...kids start pushing your buttons you didn't know you had...all of the "end of year" teacher stuff we have to do with paperwork, advancement, etc.... in other words...why do I love spring?</div>
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For the FLOWERS and the SUNSHINE and the WEATHER!</div>
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This bulletin board makes it SO simple to bring SPRINGTIME in your classroom or the halls of your school. You can choose one subject to focus on, or showcase the many different subjects in which your students have progressed. I like to showcase different subjects because I use this as a form of "test prep" without my students knowing that we are actually test prepping...</div>
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You can easily create this project using the item below, found in my TpT store <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Content-Flowers-Spring-Craftivity-638267">HERE</a>, or click the cover image below. This product comes with everything you need to create this craftivity easily in your classroom, as well as three different ready-made content activities: </div>
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Math: factoring (factor flowers)</div>
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I want to make this as easy as possible for you all, since this IS such a crazy time of the year. Below you can find the lettering I used for the bulletin board you saw in the first image as a FREEBIE with this blog post. I used colored copy paper / Astrobrights to create them easily with black and white ink only! This gives you the leeway to print them on whichever colors you choose! </div>
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A super easy way to make a bulletin board cute AND meaningful is to add a little hashtag message in the corner! It can be at the top or bottom of a bulletin board, in a doorway, etc! Anywhere your kids may look, where you otherwise wouldn't normally have a decoration. Use your key classroom phrases or vocabulary around your room to keep your messages meaningful! But also...HOW CUTE?!</div>
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You can totally do this on your own to make it match your room; however, if you'd like the one pictured above, I have linked it below! You can either print out ready-made circles OR save paper by typing directly onto the editable circles I have in the pack, also. Whichever works best for you! </div>
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I slept better, felt better, ate better...everything! </div>
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I should explain...the eating better part is mostly because my mom is amazing and cooked perfect meals for all of us while we were there.</div>
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Each year my family spends a week together in the mountains, at my parents' summer home. It is always such a special week because we are all together, all in one house, all day! The kids have so much fun and it is truly amazing to watch the little cousins all growing up together! Flynn is not yet part of the "big kid" group, but I was so excited that she was walking around so well by the time of this trip. </div>
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So that's the group! We are getting bigger and bigger in size each year. 2018 alone will bring us THREE new babies! We are so so lucky. I love that I grew up to be close with my sisters, have been able to become close with my brother-in-laws, and now I get to watch Flynn grow up close with her cousins! There is nothing more special than family. </div>
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My favorite thing we did while we were in the mountains was take two boats out (yes, we had to take two since we are a big group). The older kids got to ride on Big Mable (if you're a lake lover, you definitely know her....haha! If you aren't familiar, she is the blow up couch you can pull behind a boat) and they had so much fun! We weren't sure what Flynn would think of her first boat ride, but she loved it! She said "weeee" the entire time, while her hair blew in the wind! This is exactly what she does at Disney anytime a ride is fast, or in the grocery store when I push the cart quickly, haha! She amazes me every day! Will and I dream of living on a lake, with a boat, one day...so we are so happy Flynn liked it! </div>
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We also celebrated July 4th with everyone! Flynn got her first balloon creation from a balloon fairy, and loved it! Her outfit is from one of my favorite shops, Cecil and Lou! </div>
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(Another one of my favorite new outfits for Flynn is made by Claire and Charlie, but I shopped it at Oodles and Maggie in the Biltmore Village in Asheville. <a href="https://www.oodlesandmaggie.com/">Click here to see their shop</a>)</div>
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So I know this wasn't teaching related...but we all need a summer break! I wish I could still be in the mountains, but I'll settle for south Florida with my huge family for now ;) !! </div>
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Below you'll see everything included in this pack! I am going to take you through a little explanation of what exactly all of that is that you see below.</div>
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On the left, the tan/blue/pink pages, you'll see the practice pages I included. I usually use these to practice the use of the analog clock before we start this unit. If they aren't great at reading the time on an analog clock, then they will struggle with the whole unit. It's great to address this at the beginning. I slide these into sheet protectors so that my students can use dry erase markers on them. This allows me to reuse these same pages year after year without recopying. Environmentally friendly for the WIN!</div>
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The four small decks of cards on the right are four different styles of practice questions. You can use these at a center, as cards in a game with a gameboard, up on your projector screen as a whole group, and in so many more ways! They can even be task cards! </div>
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The reason there are four different decks is because I worded the questioning in four different ways. There are many different ways we see these elapsed time questions in the testing setting. The kids may be totally awesome at solving elapsed time questions, but if the test asks the question in a way they are unfamiliar with, then they will most likely get it incorrect. This allows you to present it to them in four different ways, making them even more fluent at reading/answering these questions than they were before!</div>
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You've been with your class for a whole year now! You've had some pretty amazing ups, and some really frustrating downs, but you've made it! Like they say in one of the cheesiest, but best, movies ever, "We're all in this together!" (If you haven't seen it...High School Musical is the movie I am referencing.) </div>
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At the end of the year you have so many things going through your head: </div>
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Thank goodness for summer break!</div>
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I can't wait to sleep!</div>
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What will I pack for the beach?</div>
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Time to pack up my classroom!</div>
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I am so ready to get new ideas going for next year!</div>
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Who will love on these kids every day?</div>
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Will they remember the life lessons I tried to teach them, outside of just the math and science?</div>
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I hope they hang out with the right people over the summer...</div>
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I hope they remember me!</div>
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I hope they visit me next year!</div>
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It is pretty self-explanatory from the photos you'll see below; but just to make sure I don't leave anything confusing on here, I will explain it in more detail below! </div>
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I will also give you links to two types of jars I recommend trying for this activity. If you create this for parents, neighbors, friends, or relatives - I suggest using glass mason jars. If you create this for students, I suggest using the plastic "slime" jars, so that you don't have to worry about the breakable glass once it is in their possession. You know how kids will throw those backpacks around, especially at the end of the year!</div>
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You just print out the pages with the phrases on colored paper of your choice, cut them up, fold them, and place them in the jar. Then print out the labels with poems on white cardstock, hole punch, and string a ribbon through to make it cute :) </div>
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<i>The directions, which come in color and black/white versions:</i></div>
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<i>The slips you'll cut up (print on any color you'd like. There is an editable PowerPoint file included, also, so that you can type up your own phrases/sayings/notes, as well:</i></div>
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<i>Print the poems (in color and black/white versions) to string around your jars for your students. This explains to them in a "cute and rhyming" way exactly what this jar is for. Hole punch them and string a ribbon through them around each jar.</i></div>
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This gift is great because it gives you the chance to inspire your students all summer long, every time they read a piece of paper from their jar. Also, it shows a lot of love and effort from you, as their teacher, because you can make it super personal if you add in some of your own phrases they are familiar with you saying, as well! The document comes with many phrases already typed out; however, it also comes with an editable PowerPoint file for you to type right into if you want to create your own slips of sayings to put in your students' jars. You can even handwrite a few!</div>
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The plastic slime jar, 6 oz, 12 pack, with metal/silver lids:</div>
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The plastic slime jar, 7 oz, 12 pack, with a white plastic lid:</div>
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Glass Mason Jars, Ball, 16 oz:</div>
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Thanks everyone! I hope you love these gifts as much as I do! I especially love how versatile they are! You can make them for literally ANYONE and it's so special and personal! </div>
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Share your wisdom with a high school grad? YEP!</div>
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Inspire your student all summer? YEP!</div>
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Thank your room mom by sharing your favorite quotes? YEP!</div>
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Tell your neighbor everything you love about them? YEP!</div>
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Remind your family member of great memories you have with them? YEP!</div>
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And so many more ideas! </div>
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These learning process posters are one of the smallest, yet most important, pieces in my classroom. I refer to them daily (mostly during math lessons when kids start to get frustrated that they aren't "getting it" as quickly as others). </div>
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When you explain these posters to the students, you'd need to go slowly through each step. Once you've explained it to them once, then you can just refer to them quickly when you need to throughout the year.</div>
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<u>Input</u>: "When information is going into your ears and you let it settle in your brain before it goes out the other ear. Whether I am reading out loud to you, when you are watching a movie, when you are listening to me teach a lesson, or when you are reading a book or set of directions, you are using this step of the learning process. You have to let it enter your mind and think about it so it doesn't leave out the other ear...otherwise, you'll never be able to enter the next step."</div>
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<u>Process</u>: "When you start to understand the topic or skill you are learning about. Even if it just that the first step of the math problem makes sense, then you are in this stage. If you understand what is going on in a story, then you are in this step. You are in this step for a long time sometimes. You may think you 'get it' but sometimes have trouble doing it on your own. That is OK!"</div>
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<u>Output</u>: "When you 'get it' and could even maybe teach someone else how to do it! If you can tell someone about a story you read or a movie you saw, remembering all of the important events or details. When you can teach someone or help someone with their math work. You will work hard to get to this stage, but once you are here, you are here forever with that skill!"</div>
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It is important for students to know that it is OK to be in "limbo" with their learning sometimes. Sometimes they are stuck in the process stage a lot longer than they want to be, and they start to doubt themselves. It is important you remind them they are on step 2 and only have one step to go!</div>
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It is also important for you as a teacher to understand which step the student is on. You may think they know what they are reading and get frustrated with them for not being able to answer questions you ask with details or evidence...however, maybe they do not even know what they are reading about? Maybe you think they are in the process stage, but they are really in the input stage!</div>
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There are also little versions of the posters included. These are for those times when you decide you want the kids to have copies of these in their journals or on their desk for personal reference. Or maybe you want them to take them home so they can be reminded while they work on homework. Whatever your reason, they're here if you need them!</div>
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Also....gotta tell ya...I turned 30 last weekend and it feels great!</div>
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I feel so lucky to have my little family (dog and cat not pictured...haha) and it makes getting older feel so amazing actually! I feel like each year makes me luckier to be healthy and have the family I have around me!</div>
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My niece helped me blow out the candles! :) </div>
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I have never EVER been one to pretend that I have it "all together" in my classroom. I rarely ever do! It doesn't matter how nice something looks, it matters that it is effective for your students! As long as the guidelines are clear and they know your expectations, you're set! That's where this last-minute rubric comes into play!</div>
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I start by explaining to my class what group work we are about to begin. Whether it is a project, presentation, whatever...doesn't matter. Maybe you have a hand out of project guidelines, maybe a PowerPoint...maybe you're just explaining them out loud...again, it does not matter!</div>
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Once the kids know what they are going to be working on, they should be able to predict your expectations. This may not work as well earlier in the year, as they don't know you as well yet; however, later in the year, this becomes completely student-led. </div>
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Kids will start to name things they think you will be looking for while they work. Usually teamwork or cooperation, effort, neatness, etc. come up first. Then, there will need to be some things you're looking for that go directly with the task at hand. In the photo above, the kids were doing some work with researching. Since we were really just practicing how to research, they were mainly expected to use both their books and the computer. In other projects, I am usually looking for more standard-based skills (the ones I am assessing). You may have the help them out a little if they don't come up with everything you want them to. I try not to surpass 5 things that I am looking for. It becomes too many after 5. These are the things listed in blue above. </div>
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I write these things on sticky notes (however many groups I have, that's how many stickies I need) and hand them to each group. They write their names on it right away (that is what you see in pencil above).</div>
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I then tell them to GET BUSY! Haha! They start working and I go around with some sort of pen that the kids won't also have (so they can't add their own stars) and star off what they are doing WELL when I walk by or listen in to their group. It is important to go to each group an equal amount of times. This holds me accountable to really walking around and monitoring while they work. This also holds them accountable for those traits and skills I am looking for. If they are not doing something they should be, I do not give them a star. I sometimes make little notes, if I have to, for my own memory. </div>
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Once you are done and it's time for the kids to be done (you can use this rubric over a span of a few days, if needed, just make sure you collect them each day so you keep possession of them) then you collect them and you can use them to help you when you actually grade them. You can still use a more formal rubric when grading them, but this will help you with what they actually did while they were working and not just allow you to grade their final project only. </div>
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I am super duper late getting this post to you all, but I feel like I should just blame it on my 11 month old ;) haha! No, she is actually the easiest baby EVER and I am so lucky! I just definitely choose to spend my time with her, and put work second...which is great....but sometimes you gotta work!</div>
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And that is just what we did for my sister, Caitlin, when we showered her for her wedding in the Fall. This party was a combination of decor/supplies from <a href="http://www.orientaltrading.com/?BP=PS542&source=google&ms=search&cm_mmc=Google-_-Google+%7C+Oriental+Trading-_-OTC+-+Oriental+Trading+%28Exact%29-_-oriental%20trading&cm_mmca1=Brand+Search&cm_mmca2=Brand&cm_mmca3=PS542&cm_mmca4=FS49&cm_mmca5=Brand&cm_mmca6=Oriental+Trading&cm_mmca8=Exact&cm_mmca11=oriental%20trading&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI8bb1rNfu2QIVG7bACh3N4Q4TEAAYASAAEgLQi_D_BwE">Oriental Trading</a> and decor I created on my own. </div>
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The "Mrs. Berk" sign was just created on my computer, however, everything else you see in this picture was from <a href="http://www.orientaltrading.com/?BP=PS542&source=google&ms=search&cm_mmc=Google-_-Google+%7C+Oriental+Trading-_-OTC+-+Oriental+Trading+%28Exact%29-_-oriental%20trading&cm_mmca1=Brand+Search&cm_mmca2=Brand&cm_mmca3=PS542&cm_mmca4=FS49&cm_mmca5=Brand&cm_mmca6=Oriental+Trading&cm_mmca8=Exact&cm_mmca11=oriental%20trading&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI8bb1rNfu2QIVG7bACh3N4Q4TEAAYASAAEgLQi_D_BwE">Oriental Trading</a>! </div>
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The tablecloth, palm leaves, garlands, little donut hole tooth picks, and plates/napkins are all Oriental Trading products! Of course, the letter board was something we already had....doesn't everyone? Haha! If you look closely, you will see the pink tablecloth has a black/white cloth over it on the top...do you see it? THAT tablecloth has lasted us through SO MANY PARTIES! My sister has had that roll of black/white cloth foreverrrrrr and it literally has decorated at least 7 parties by now! We used it for my baby shower, her wedding shower, and her super bowl party...to name a few...and she still has more left on the roll! That stuff is highly highly highly recommended! </div>
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When you first walk in I had a Jenga table set up. No, not for playing! This is where guests and family wrote little messages for the happy couple on Jenga blocks! They get to keep this as a married couple, and when they play the game as a family they can see everyone's sweet messages! </div>
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Our little photo booth set up worked out so well! It helps that the wall in her home is BEAUTIFUL! Balloons are also from Oriental Trading!</div>
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I love how the palm leaves look scattered throughout all of the different tables at the party. You have to look closely, because I did not get a great photo, but there are sweet little votive candles all over. The battery operated votive candles AND little gold glasses they are in are from Oriental Trading. I think these are my best pick because I can use them for everything! </div>
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Thanks everyone! I definitely only go to <a href="http://www.orientaltrading.com/?BP=PS542&source=google&ms=search&cm_mmc=Google-_-Google+%7C+Oriental+Trading-_-OTC+-+Oriental+Trading+%28Exact%29-_-oriental%20trading&cm_mmca1=Brand+Search&cm_mmca2=Brand&cm_mmca3=PS542&cm_mmca4=FS49&cm_mmca5=Brand&cm_mmca6=Oriental+Trading&cm_mmca8=Exact&cm_mmca11=oriental%20trading&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI8bb1rNfu2QIVG7bACh3N4Q4TEAAYASAAEgLQi_D_BwE">Oriental Trading </a>for my party shopping. I have learned my lesson one too many times at the Party store in town. SO EXPENSIVE and the quality is not great. Oriental Trading always gives you a great amount of product for the price and the quality is awesome. I have never had a problem...that's the truth! The colors of things on their site always look right when they come in the mail...that is another concern when throwing a party. They also have a lot of themed stuff, but it also goes well as color schemes, too! I just love them! </div>
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No matter what method or system your school uses for positive feedback to students and parents, this organizational tool will help you keep track of which students you have given positive feedback to, and which ones you might be forgetting. </div>
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I call this system "<a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Happy-Notes-Chart-Organizer-for-Classroom-Management-and-Positive-Reinforcement-3308859">Happy Notes for Parent Communication</a>"</div>
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This item is not editable, so you will have to write your students names in, and will not be able to type them in. However, this is not so hard since it is not a formal document, you can usually just write their first names in each box. </div>
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For a few years now I have partnered with <a href="http://www.learn365.orientaltrading.com/teacher-supplies-and-resources-a1-555381.fltr">Oriental Trading </a>to help me decorate and organize my classroom. They have ahhhh-mazing bins for organizing, if you haven't seen them already! However, this year I changed things around a little...instead of getting "pretty" things for a classroom, I focused more on educational tools this time around. I am so excited to share these items with you, because I have to admit...I never would have thought of <a href="http://www.learn365.orientaltrading.com/teacher-supplies-and-resources-a1-555381.fltr">Oriental Trading</a> when I think about finding educational items. What about you? </div>
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The first item I want to show you is the Nonfiction Close Reading Tabs. They have these for fiction, as well, but in fifth grade we focus more on nonfiction text. </div>
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These tabs are created to target standards that common core and all states use already for teaching with nonfiction text; for example, point of view or author's purpose (etc.). I think if we gave all of these tabs to a student while they were reading a text, it would be overwhelming and too much for them to worry about. They would not really know how to use them. However, if we gave the students one or two tabs and asked them to try to find a good place for them while they were reading a selection, I think it would really help them to look for specific concepts while reading.</div>
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I often find that I teach my students a skill like author's purpose, and then we read a selection. I tell the students to read the selection and try to think about the author's purpose of writing while they read. However, when they are done, they usually only know what the story was about and did not actually focus on what I wanted them to focus on. I used to rely on the technique of reading something twice. We would read the selection to start, just for meaning. Then, we would read through it again thinking about the new concept we learned. I feel these tabs will really help during that "second read through" time. They will look for a place to put their tab because they are looking for something in particular. </div>
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The second item is one that is great for a lot of grades! I would say grade 2 and up could really use these Caption This! Photo Cards. </div>
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As you can see in the photo below, it comes in a cute little camera box. This picture shows how the cards inside of the box will look - a photo on one side, and guiding questions on the back. These guiding questions are better for lower elementary grades, so I will probably create my own. However, the photos are really great and I can use them for so many different skills/concepts!</div>
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Below I am showing you a few of the many cards that come in this pack. This is what the front looks like. You can use these for captioning when teaching text features; however, my brain is really wanting me to use them for inferencing! What about you? You can also have them at a center because they have given guiding questions on the back, so technically the kids don't need you to question them regarding the photo and they can use the questions given. I would actually like to hear what some of their answers are regarding the pictures, and it may be fun to use this as a partner activity. I really like how many reading standards can be taught using a simple photo! You can even use these for creative writing purposes!</div>
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The third item I received from <a href="http://www.learn365.orientaltrading.com/teacher-supplies-and-resources-a1-555381.fltr">Oriental Trading </a>is this pack of dry erase paddles! I just love the idea of being able to use these for quick checks for understanding within my class. I've thought about some fun ideas for using them while teaching idioms, alliteration, and fact/opinion, too! My only wish is that they were double sided ... they are not! I think it would be great to have "fact" on one side and "opinion" on the other, or "true" on one side and "false" on the other; however, I am just going to get enough so that each kid can have two paddles! That solves that problem! They are inexpensive, so it really isn't a problem! The erase, well, too. I know some of you are probably wondering that! </div>
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This next item will help me a LOTTTT! I love love love nothing more than science experiments; however, we ALL know the struggle of making groups for science experiments. Especially when you have a lot of materials and steps involved. I love these because they are 1) dry erase!!! and 2) large! I can change the groups as much as I want because of them being dry erase. The kids can see them from their seat AND I can fit the child's name and job title inside the box (example: Johnny: recorder). These are definitely going to be used a lot. It comes with enough for 6 groups. </div>
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The last item I want to tell you about in my recent order from Oriental Trading is this board game called Tri-FACTa. </div>
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You receive 6 number cards (triangles) and sit them on your tray, kind of like what you do with your letters in scrabble. Your goal is to make a fact family in the center of the game - the product must be on top, with the factors below it. They cannot be in any other format (as you can see because of the multiplication and division symbols). You use your pieces to exchange pieces from the fact family that is already in the game board. You can trade out one piece, two pieces, or all three, depending on what you have available on your tray. If you don't have something that will work, you will need to pick from the deck. (It is very similar to scrabble in a lot of ways!)</div>
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Let me know if you have any further questions about any of the items I have told you about in this post! I absolutely love everything and it is one of the few times I have ordered and know I will definitely USE every single thing with students. I will try to update you all on Instagram (@littlelovelyleaders) with pictures of my students using these products in class! </div>
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1. factors and prime factorization</div>
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2. place value</div>
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3. mental math - multiplication, addition, subtraction, division</div>
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4. metric conversations</div>
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5. higher level multiplication (still mental math; example: 2 x 15)</div>
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1. <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Factor-Tree-and-Prime-Factorization-Craftivity-or-Center-317629">Factor Tree Craftivity</a></div>
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Students receive numbers and blank tree to work with. They choose numbers that will correctly create a factor tree. For students who need help, you can choose the large number they are working with for the tree. For higher level students, tell them to be creative and make more than one tree and record them on paper to turn in. Maybe challenge them to make as many trees as possible.</div>
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Place the clues all around your room and give the students the recording sheet (also given in black and white for easy copying). The students walk around and find the clues. They then record their answers on their recording sheet. Once they find all of their clues, they are finished! </div>
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There are teacher cards (pink in the below images) and student cards (orange in the below images) for each of the 4 games included (multiplication, division, addition, and subtraction). The students place the answer cards on their board wherever they want to. I have my students glue them down. Then, you call out the expressions and they can mark off the answer on their board. We don't use letters at the top, because that would just never end up in a winning game and would take forever! Once a students gets 5 in a row in a line (however you specifiy - diagonal, horizontal, vertical, etc.) or something fun like 4 corners, etc. then you have a winner! They tell their answers to make sure they covered only ones you called out, and then if they are correct - they WIN!</div>
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Students create the caterpillar using the tracing pieces given in the pack. They then label the pieces with the short hand, trick version to help with the metric system (King Henry, Died, Unusually, Drinking, Chocolate, Milk <b><u>-OR-</u></b> Kilo, Hecto, Deka, Unit, Deci, Centi, Milli). </div>
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The students play memory, as they normally would, and then they record their expressions and answers on their recording sheet, as well as those of their partners. This makes the students responsible for their own work, as well as accountable for the work of their partner. </div>
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I may have mentioned being slightly Type A in my last post...well...that part of me is at it again! </div>
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Get Your Centers Organized - <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Organize-Your-Centers-by-Standard-1973707">pack link HERE</a></div>
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The print outs come in 3 different formats; however, they basically all do the same thing, it just depends on how you want to organize your centers - by standard and subject, just by standard, or by the week for your plans. </div>
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I seem to always forget what activities, craftivities, and games I have for each standard I teach. I teach a skill, and then stumble upon this great center I have AFTER I taught it and moved on...SO ANNOYING! Now that I have these papers, I can refer to them every time I teach a new standard and then I can get the center/game ready ahead of time!</div>
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If you organize you centers by standard, you simply fill in the chart with the standard, the skill/concept, and the center/activity description. You can also use the same form for organizing it, except one form has a subject line. If you teach all subjects, it may be helpful to have different papers for each standard. The last paper allows you to write out your centers for the week. This is helpful for those of you working at schools that require centers on some days or require to see them in your plans. </div>
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If you're anything like me, your room is already packed up 2 weeks before school is out and you are already making your plans and getting organized for the next school year! There is nothing I hate more than coming back to a mess after the summer...my brain is never fully turned on and I have trouble getting organized after giving my mind a rest over the summer. Anything I can get done before break is super helpful to the me that comes back after break! Haha! (Yes...I am maybe sometimes type A!)</div>
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Link to the Back to School pack is <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Back-to-School-Activities-Pack-858036">HERE</a></div>
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1. All About Me - brochure</div>
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Just like I love the end of the year brochure made by my students, I love the beginning of the year one, as well! This brochure lets me get to know my students better, as well as see their level of effort. I tell my students the first day of school that this is their way to show me how much effort they put into their work. I love to compare these to the ones they do at the end of the year to show their improvement!</div>
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Everyone loves mad libs! This is a great way to review parts of speech early on in the school year! </div>
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There are many question on this inventory that help me to get to know my students on a deeper, personal level academically. They share things about school (their likes, dislikes, strengths, weaknesses) that I don't think they would share if asked aloud or in person. This photo below shows you my favorite part of the inventory - I find this section the most useful! It's always funny how honest they are!</div>
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As a Leader In Me school, we are big on goal setting. This is a great, easy way to goal set for something academics related because once the students color them, you can laminate them and the students can keep them all year long! They can keep checking back at their goal if necessary. I like to require them to make a reading goal here, this way the bookmark is usually out on their desk somewhere in their novel during that subject area where their goal applies. I can ask them to refer to their goal when necessary. </div>
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*Side note: The goals bookmarks go really well with the application from the <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/End-of-the-Year-Activities-Packet-705935">end of the year pack</a> (in previous blog post). If your students from last year filled out the application, they can look back at it to see what their goals should be for the new school year. I love pairing these ideas together. It makes for great discussion! </div>
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Who loves the end of the school year!?</div>
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I compiled a bunch of my favorite things to do at the end of the school year into one pack, available in my Teachers Pay Teachers store if you <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/End-of-the-Year-Activities-Packet-705935">click HERE</a> or the photo below.</div>
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In the pack, you will see a print out that you can just copy front/back for your kids with everything they need in their brochure outlined and ready. I decided to have my kids follow the format by putting it under the document camera in my room, but I did not let them use the printable copy. I wanted them to get creative, but still follow the outlined format I wanted so that all of the brochures ended up similar and with the same content included. See more photos below!</div>
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<i>Students write a letter to the student of the next year, as well as giving them a piece of advice.</i></div>
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<i>Students explain their favorite memory from the school year so that your new students can be excited for that event!</i></div>
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<i>Below: Students tell the new students 5 things about YOU (their teacher) and 5 things to look forward to in your grade level. </i></div>
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<i>You'll see that my students all think very similar things about me, haha!</i></div>
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Another fun activity in this pack is the time capsule. Students make it and then cannot open it again until they graduate high school! I had a student recently tell me that they just opened theirs! (That was the very first class I taught EVER - fifth grade - and now they are seniors! Oh man!)</div>
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The little tags and the time capsule printable come in the pack. We also add pictures throughout the year that we took when we did activities (I print them at CVS) and any other memories we want to add in. </div>
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We roll everything up and stick it in a toilet paper roll, wrap it in our favorite wrapping paper, and tie it up! Add the tag with the proper year and you're all set! </div>
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I have students fill out their application to go to the next grade level. When I lived in Charleston, we actually passed these to the next grade level; however, in FL the schools were just so large that it would have been nearly impossible to do this. Now, I use this as a last ELA grade - grading them on their grammar, capitalization, spelling, etc. The same things you would pay attention to on any application for a job. </div>
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These are so fun! The students pick their favorite memory from the year and put it to a comic strip! These also make great ELA grades if you need some for the end of the year (does anyone else have trouble getting grades at the end of the year!?). I also love making a book out of these and putting it out at "meet the teacher" night (some of you call it "open house") for the new school year! The new parents love to look through it and see how much fun their kids will have in the coming school year. </div>
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(Link for the pack <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/End-of-the-Year-Activities-Packet-705935">HERE</a>)</div>
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Coasters for mom, or any other mother in your life, for Mother's Day! </div>
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Everyone uses coasters! Right!? I love useful gifts because that means parents will keep them out all year long. Memories of gifts your kids give you are the best kind, and kids love when their gifts don't get put away and never seen again. </div>
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Start with little bathroom tiles from Home Depot. I get the most porous looking tiles, so they absorb the mod podge really well! </div>
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Have the students choose their scrapbook paper pattern. I buy a lot in advance and let the kids choose what they think their mom would like. Maybe they want to match her house or maybe they know her favorite color? Whatever they want! </div>
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They use the tile to guide them, and cut the square (or whatever shape they want, really!). It is very important that they cut the square SMALLER than the actual size of the tile. If the edges of the paper go right to the end of the tile, the mod podge won't hold it and they will peel up. </div>
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Place your paper down and then do another thick layer of mod podge over that. Yes, the mod podge will look a bit white, but it dries clear. Make sure not to leave any "goop" - spread it all around!</div>
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As you can see, some student got creative and did multi-layers with the hearts. They came out so good!!</div>
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Wrap it up in a simple, colored lunch bag from the craft store and a clothespin. We later made cards for mom and clipped them in the clothespin, as well! </div>
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Here's a look at the table where the students were making their coasters - They were all given directions at once, and then while they were working on a math assignment, I called them out in small groups to the hallway to do their coaster. So, you may see that the kids below are working on different stages of making their coaster. As one student finished, I called out another student, and so on.</div>
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The "Food Chain" is one of those topics that follows students from lower elementary science all the way up to upper elementary. For some reason, this is always an area where my students come in to 5th grade with little prior knowledge. I absolutely love teaching about food chains, because the students get really interested in their importance! Most students first think of "not liking" the food chain because it has to do with an animal eating another animal; however, when you take it from the standpoint of how IMPORTANT it is to keep all of our animals in population for the food chain to continue to work, the students really see a different side of things.</div>
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We reviewed the vocabulary for food chains: food web, food chain, producer, consumer, decomposer, primary, secondary, etc. </div>
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After reviewing the vocabulary, we read a few of the books in the series like the one below:</div>
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Link to this book on Amazon: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/What-There-Were-Gray-Wolves/dp/1404863958/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1491150462&sr=1-1&keywords=what+if+there+were+no+gray+wolves">click here</a></div>
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There are many different books in this series. I have a few and tried to buy ones that take place in different ecosystems. </div>
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After reading the books, we discussed other plants or animals we feel are important to the ecosystem because of the significance of food chains (the answer: all plants and animals!). </div>
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Teaching students to study is an extremely important lesson. </div>
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I remember when I was younger and my mom taught me tricks for studying. She taught me how to make up weird, quirky ways to remember certain facts. She taught me how to color code my notes. She taught me how to organize notes in a way that allowed for easier memorization. She taught me about flash cards. There are just so many ways! </div>
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One of my favorite ways is to get everything important on to ONE page! Rewriting alone helps me study, but this studying technique includes rewriting AND makes for easy reviewing. </div>
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I have my students use this mostly for science. I put up a list of the unit (example: "body systems" or "space") and ALL of its vocabulary words. The students then create a one-page, one-sided illustration or picture that includes all of this information. They can do this in any way that works for them. We discuss that if you are a visual learner, illustrations are a great idea. If you learn best by rewriting, then writing definitions and facts would work best for you. The kids come up with really great products. I like to laminate them and allow them to take them home as placemats before testing! They can use them under their dinner each night for easy reviewing and conversation with their parents!</div>
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Anyone else love foldables? I do, I do, I do! </div>
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One of my favorite ways to use foldables is to pack the entire unit into one foldable. We then save them for the end of the year when we review. I hand them all of their foldables and the students are always amazed at how much work they have done and how much they have learned. </div>
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I choose the tabs based on our state standards and what I need to be sure to cover. It helps me stay focused on the standards, while giving great organization to the kiddos!</div>
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See inside most of our ecosystem foldable below:</div>
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Below we used the tri-fold foldables for the inner and outer planets, as well as for animal adaptations. I just love how much students learn from illustrating and captioning. These tie in well with our text features lesson, as well. </div>
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<i>A student explains the animal's adaptation in the inside of the foldable below.</i></div>
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"To Infinity and Beyond!"<br />
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Safe to say SPACE is my favorite unit in science!?<br />
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My favorite part of the space unit is...well...everything. But if you forced me to pick one, I would pick the students' space brochures! </div>
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I love project based learning in so many ways! I love the beginning, when the kids are so excited to choose their topic (in this case, their planet). I love the middle when they are researching, organizing, and paraphrasing content. I especially love the end, when they see their results and show off their final project! </div>
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Below is my sample that I display each year. I did a brochure on Pluto, since no student is allowed to pick Pluto. This helps the students see my high expectations for neatness and organization. I get much better project results when I start with a sample of what I would like to see when they are finished. </div>
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The students follow a project form to separate their brochure into 6 sections, including the cover. After that, the information collection is up to them. They are required to have an illustration on each panel, as well. </div>
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Below is the recommendations section (Please excuse the misspelling below! You know how it goes!) I love love love this recommendations section because it allows the students to apply the factual information they learned from researching to a fictional panel on their brochure. They use the facts they learned to create ideas for things that people could do on the planet they chose (for example, ice skating on Neptune!). The "tourist attractions" they create always make me laugh and add a creative/fun element to the project. </div>
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One of my favorite parts of the end of the year is doing project-based learning to review old skills & content, or research new content. Before testing, my students are mentally exhausted from all of the new content we've been learning. We still need to review the content so they're ready, and below I am going to explain one of my go-to projects for this time of the year</div>
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Review books are one of my favorite projects because they do not require very much direction, you can grade them using a rubric depending on your goals, and the kids love them! </div>
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I simply made a list of the topics in math we had covered so far this year and handed it out to the students with the simple directions to "create a book explaining how to do the skill to a fourth grader" (we are in fifth grade). I like this because they have to use their own words to explain the content, and they try to make it sound simpler since they know they are trying to explain it to a fourth grader. </div>
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Some of the students got super creative, like the student who wrote "8 Little Geometric Terms Jumping on the Bed," while other students simply teach the skill in a more "textbook" way. </div>
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Below is a view at the inside of one of the geometric terms projects. She created hers to be more like a dictionary teaching the terms. </div>
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The students got to pick their own content area they wanted to do their project on; however, I did go around the room and ask them their choice to make sure I ended up with at least 2 of each skill from the year. I wanted to make sure we reviewed ALL skills when we presented our projects. </div>
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Teaching more than one class makes it hard for me to keep track of each of my students' levels at all times. Because I am elementary, I still feel the need to be addressing all of my students at their different academic levels. I differentiate wherever and whenever I can. However, when you teach multiple classes (more like a middle school set up) it gets really hard to differentiate. So many things to think about! </div>
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The early finishers bin has saved my life! My brain was in so many different directions when I was trying to differentiate for what felt like a billion different students. Especially because in math, some kids can be great in one content area, like fractions, but really have trouble in a different area, like geometry or algebra. Just because a child is good in one area of math, does not mean they will be good in all areas. The groups for differentiating are ALWAYS changing and it is ... exhausting!</div>
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I have hanging file folders in this bin I got at the office store. It is made for hanging files. The hanging files are numbered according to the students' assigned numbers in class (alphabetical). I have them numbered so that I can use this bin year after year without having to re-label anything. As you can see, this bin is set up for 2 classes: blue and yellow. Two classes seem like the best fit for each bin. Additional bins are used for additional classes. </div>
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In the front, you can see the green hanging files. These are used for the students to communicate with me without interrupting class. Since this is an "early finisher" bin, the students who are working on items from their folder are working on them during a time when others are working on something else. Most likely, I am at the back table with struggling students. The early finishers can go to this bin and look in their file. In their file, they will find handouts or activities hand selected by me for their needs. They know they have to complete the work in their folder from front to back. They cannot skip around. </div>
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The students place their <b><u>finished</u></b> work in the front file. I check these over. If they are mostly good-to-go, I keep it or give it back depending on the assignment. Sometimes I give them an additional grade at the end of the quarter for all of the extra work they have completed. </div>
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They can write letters to me in the "<b><u>requests</u></b>" section. If they know they are struggling on something and they don't think I am giving them work on that topic, they can ask for it in this section by writing me a note. It is actually amazing how accountable this makes the students! They start to really think about their weaknesses and they care about correcting them. </div>
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I added the "<b><u>cannot complete: too hard</u></b>" file because I would rather them notice their weakness is too strong than complete a whole hand out incorrectly. They have to try on some problems and they have to put their name on it...those are our rules! They do not overuse this folder out of laziness, which is what I was afraid of at the beginning. </div>
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I hope this file system can work for you! I really love it and it has been really successful for me in the past. I can also put little projects, team work activities, and test practice in there. There are just so many ways for me to use this because it is like direct communication with my students without any sort of class interruption. </div>
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As a guide for my states of matter experiments, I used Hope King's "As a Matter of Fact" pack! You can find it for yourself by clicking <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/As-a-Matter-of-Fact-A-Matter-Study-Including-11-Lessons-Engaging-Experiments-641340">HERE</a> </div>
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The first experiment we did this year was putting Pop Rocks in various sodas. It was actually crazy how many of my students had NEVER had Pop Rocks, so I first gave each of them some in their hand and we all ate them at the same time! I told them to keep their mouths open so we could all "listen" to them pop!</div>
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As you can see in the photo above, the students are writing in their science journals. I have them following the Scientific Process as we go through our experiment. There are also many great options of worksheets to use in the pack I posted above by Hope King.</div>
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Below are our results. I had teeny tiny balloons, which messed us up a little bit (I blame Publix) but it still got through the concept to the students: The Pop Rocks emit gas and the gas rises to escape the bottle into any free space...hence, filling up the balloon! </div>
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After our experiment, we wanted to have some fun with solids, liquids, and gases so we made root beer floats! This was super fun because this is one of the few ways you can actually EAT solids, liquids, and gasses at one time! The kids had a blast! </div>
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The students received a recording sheet for the different properties we were testing: odor, density, mass, volume, color, etc. The students received these random items in cups on their trays for their group. They then had to test each item in order to record information about all of their different properties.<br />
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The students below are checking for odor by wafting!<br />
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Lastly, we talked about separating mixtures. I gave them a bunch of various materials in cups (similar to the experiment above) and they had to use their recording sheet to record how the mixtures were separated. I gave them tools for separating, too; however, they didn't know which tools would work for which mixtures. I also gave them a few random things that looked useful, but were not, to test them!<br />
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Remember, the key for separating mixtures is that there may be more than one way to do it, but you need to know which way is the best and most efficient for separating!<br />
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Below you see students using a magnet to quickly separate paperclips and M&Ms!<br />
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The students below are using a screen (sieve) to separate sand and pebbles.<br />
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We then discussed ALL of the different ways that we found useful for separating mixtures and posted them to our discussion board you see below. This stayed up for a while and we were even able to add a little bit to it when we talked about other mixtures in science as the days passed.<br />
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The pack starts off by having your students experiment with simple circuits. They get to play with the wires, lights, batteries, etc. This allows them to gain the understanding of why a circuit works the way it does, and what happens when it is an open circuit. </div>
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Each classroom handout/recording sheet/activity comes with a description page before it. This page explains what will be happening when your students do the following activity. It also explains what vocabulary and concepts they should have prior knowledge of before doing the assignment or experiment. This pack is <u>not</u> meant to fully replace anything you've used to teach in the passed, but meant to ADD "hands on" activities to your curriculum, in a STEM-like way. </div>
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These students figured out how to get their light bulb to light using the materials I gave them!</div>
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When it comes time to play with the series and parallel circuits, the students are able to follow the pictures on the recording sheet in order to build the circuits. This is because by the end of the pack, they are so familiar with the materials that they don't need very much direction! The last parallel circuit was a bit hard for them to build on their own, but with little help, they were really successful! It was really great because they did not expect it to be parallel, but when they unplugged one of the lights and the other one stayed ON they were SO SHOCKED!</div>
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The students answer thought-provoking reasoning questions on their recording sheet after each circuit they build.</div>
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The 7 months pregnant Mrs. Pearsall is not allowed to stand on chairs or desks...so....I had to get the best picture I could from the ground! The glare was totally unavoidable!! I knew you all would forgive me!</div>
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I am obsessed with banners still...I don't know if they have gone out of style yet...but I still LOVE them so much! I love the versatility of them - you can print a bunch of letters and then constantly create new banners with them! It's so great! I prefer this over di-cutting letters any day!</div>
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Ever want to make your regular banner just a little bit cuter?! I love doing this by adding lots and lots of small pieces of ribbon!</div>
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First, string you banner as you normally would...</div>
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Then you just cut a bunch of small pieces of ribbon and double knot them - without any worries about how it looks! It actually doesn't matter, for once! </div>
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That's it! It is actually really fun to teach the students how to do this and allow them to take part in helping to create my future banners!</div>
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You can see this banner below, without all of the added ribbon pieces, and how it is just a tad boring! It is just so super easy to solve that problem!</div>
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The letters for these banners can be found in the packs below if you're interested. One pack is just the "WELCOME" banner letters and the other pack has all of the letters so you can create endless banners for your neon rainbow classroom throughout the year!</div>
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Let me know if you have any questions!</div>
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Click <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Welcome-Banner-in-Neon-and-Black-Colors-2725841">HERE</a> or the picture for the Welcome Banner pack</div>
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Click <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Black-and-Neon-Banner-Pennants-Full-Alphabet-A-Z-Numbers-and-Symbols-2726211">HERE</a> or on the picture for the Full Alphabet letters pack</div>
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