tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15765125616780949202024-03-21T12:23:56.090-07:00Thank God It's FirstParker Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13483665504729090461noreply@blogger.comBlogger282125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1576512561678094920.post-17339390598056257852016-01-20T07:32:00.000-08:002016-01-21T07:51:50.773-08:00Measurement, Time, Graphing, and Data<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I don't know about you, but in my first grade classroom I feel like I teach addition, subtraction and place value <b><i>ALL.YEAR.LONG. </i></b></div>
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Well, that's because, I basically do, which makes sense because it is so very important for my students to master for real world application and because they need to know it to succeed in 2nd grade!</div>
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While that's all fine and dandy, but I do love a little break in our math block and when I teach measurement, time, and data, we get the fun break we need! I like to make these standards as fun as possible with lotssssss of hands-on learning!</div>
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I collected and organized lots of the activities I have done over the year for the following standards:</div>
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For each of these 4 categories there are 4-5 hands on lessons (some of each are shown above)!</div>
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I also included task cards, explanation tasks, sorts, and practice printable pages for each category. You can see some of those below:</div>
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If you think your students could use activities and lessons like these, you can download the preview and take a look by clicking the image below:</div>
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Read aloud has always been one of my favorite parts of teaching. When I was in college, it is what I imagined doing most of my day. Sitting in a rocking chair, reading a classroom favorite, while my students stare back at me, completely enamored by the characters and plot of a story. My ideal world, right?! </div>
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From time to time, that was a real scene. Typically it was after lunch and my students needed to "wind down" before we could begin learning. I would always ask questions throughout when they popped up, but a few years into teaching I wanted to make this time a bit more <i>purposeful</i>.</div>
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I had collected mentor texts... books with depth... stories that my students learned to love and wanted to read over and over. Some days I would write post-its where I saw great questions or talking points, but after the years I would lose the post-its.</div>
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It wasn't until I had a set time period for an interactive read aloud, that I knew I wanted to make an organized scope and sequence for my lessons. All the questions I had come up with over the past years, I wanted easily accessible. </div>
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In my own words <u style="font-weight: bold;">an interactive read aloud is a planned and purposeful read aloud that encourages both deeper thinking and respectful discussion.</u> </div>
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I spent the past 5 months going through my current book collection, checking out book after book at the library, and ordering plenty of new paperbacks off Amazon until I could find a selection of books I thought were good enough for the skills I wanted to be sure I covered throughout the year. Then, I went through each book - hundreds of time (or so it felt) - to find my favorite stopping points and comprehension questions that really help my students focus on the skill at hand.</div>
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I have listed out the scope and sequence along with books I use below:</div>
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Parker Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13483665504729090461noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1576512561678094920.post-67318751697328423202015-12-10T13:00:00.000-08:002016-01-21T07:44:20.044-08:00Free Legend of the Poinsettia Activities!<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0698115678/ref=s9_simh_gw_p14_d1_i1?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=desktop-1&pf_rd_r=197TRQWH03M0VJZKFSB3&pf_rd_t=36701&pf_rd_p=2079475242&pf_rd_i=desktop">The Legend of the Poinsettia</a> by Tomie dePaola is one of my favorite Holidays Around the World books to read! I thought I would share some of the comprehension and vocabulary activities I use each year {of course, all "gussied up" with better borders and fonts than I used in the past}.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">In case you're reading the same book and need some free activities just click below:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/gs9ksi6n0o220dd/legend%20of%20the%20poinsettia.pdf?dl=0"><img border="0" height="494" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDvxWTvTG8rxmgFLcUYHvAtH_7Ql4Z1svh9roIvhC8VmxUYZeXX7SP0pC9IWAI_o30rK_iEidhlHyPnEgpoY8ANIy5SeIsLynn08CYXNQNMDDaHmpBd8zKWmVCgiMyeh6uOzsJofn6V9Zm/s640/Slide1.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">There is a simple, retelling sheet, a comprehension question page, and some vocabulary that I point out to my first graders.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/gs9ksi6n0o220dd/legend%20of%20the%20poinsettia.pdf?dl=0"><img border="0" height="308" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKEtSdDLjvFMD_OAN2DQljIALQdeWrMReHz9sLdn1D9APTHLNkUtGAYcL_RuvlITxHe4O1MBrnyB37MkibIVodW-X9dkjz3tP5RwskrJK-TmZzPmK2smv05a1_udtXqVGYKDTWmnB5vt6l/s400/Slide3.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/gs9ksi6n0o220dd/legend%20of%20the%20poinsettia.pdf?dl=0"><img border="0" height="308" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCWKhaNPPRBoo14Rmufdfc2WZPinZwdVeXln9cnqCSgqLngllOduJt5YbgDMFvnwQptOwowL9vhtIubAv8CEPJnsMwU2rppLcf8Hc7mDAeRGWHgE4VleqFduMawBVHQkSSWWTyz7XrP3i8/s400/Slide4.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I also included a directed drawing for a poinsettia. They are super, simple to draw which usually means success for ALL my students, artistically inclined or not ;)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/gs9ksi6n0o220dd/legend%20of%20the%20poinsettia.pdf?dl=0"><img border="0" height="308" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlEY4VBrzY_tKz1gl1TfSKdtVN08rKtJNrQmbO5tE8d9L7UExGJbevQW4G2JFGsEugmHieKokWStRZYiR1s0sx1ant4OGz60W2eIdQWY7LB25z1IS4hNYehqhQpVSlH_m_9Ez5JgKIqqN7/s400/Slide5.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Enjoy!</div>Parker Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13483665504729090461noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1576512561678094920.post-91880107937241371632015-12-07T08:14:00.000-08:002016-01-21T07:44:20.059-08:00Christmas Writing Prompts, Printables and Crafts<div style="text-align: center;">It can be hard to keep your young students' minds focused on school when the holidays come around. Heck, it can be hard to keep your own mind focused on school when the holiday lights are up, the Christmas songs are on the radio, and the air starts to get a little chill!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Holiday writing prompts were always an easy fix. I throw a little holiday music on in the background, allow lots of <i>choice </i>in my students writing and my students get to writing. It is a wonderfully relaxing time. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjI-BlM8u5CZnTSFlMgduH2OPPBPBADpFgtLIzrW4Iro9w6fIAMlvaTOqJsM-Hh9WU5poGbocPfoEBPpH0ga4YnMBgNgTQwt0sEjkHnkEm9R1m59QafldkUQU-Bfz2nYPcESVyVGtNsRZz/s1600/christmas+writing.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjI-BlM8u5CZnTSFlMgduH2OPPBPBADpFgtLIzrW4Iro9w6fIAMlvaTOqJsM-Hh9WU5poGbocPfoEBPpH0ga4YnMBgNgTQwt0sEjkHnkEm9R1m59QafldkUQU-Bfz2nYPcESVyVGtNsRZz/s640/christmas+writing.png" width="604" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I threw together some of my favorite prompts I've used over the past few years in a little <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Christmas-Writing-2242562">Christmas writing unit.</a> It is designed for teacher ease! </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><u>This unit includes:</u></div><div style="text-align: center;">14 narrative writing prompts</div><div style="text-align: center;">14 informative writing prompts</div><div style="text-align: center;">14 opinion writing prompts</div><div style="text-align: center;">elf craft</div><div style="text-align: center;">Santa craft</div><div style="text-align: center;">reindeer craft</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">There are plenty of writing paper options, print-and-write sheets, and the crafts are only 3 or 4 pieces with plenty of space for your students to personalize and make it their own.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">To take a closer look at some of the writing included, click below and download the preview:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Christmas-Writing-2242562"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQV5gwIutw6Q1ec4WTtHaTemDe5KOIugr-gZg0cTaNywDB-cX-xFvR0BspNYVgycQaCEc09sLBS3BsAln6xtZA2NY2sgopbB_-c3E3S4_I7SaaljLn2RQa2QmXJLlrZ3LisxYxUb6oWhIE/s400/Slide1.JPG" width="308" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Happy holidays!</div>Parker Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13483665504729090461noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1576512561678094920.post-36019798961684541962015-11-18T05:00:00.000-08:002016-01-21T07:44:20.071-08:00Thank YOU!<div style="text-align: center;">Sometimes I cannot believe that I started this little edu-blogging adventure 3.5 years ago!<br /><br />I love sharing my experiences and ideas in and out of the classroom and I have learned <u>SO</u> much just by sharing with all of you!<br /><br />With Thanksgiving coming up oh, so soon, I am thankful for so many things. In the forefront I am thankful for these two handsome fellas:<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH-ToUCEOj6JURHwvhFNDg1fvtB6qy4C_1uwShyvGpCLomkQKwhH-m3HLGCxjTbuIVxv6Czlr40wCYlpNuc526_DpJErntkhaghcXm2bMJL0kuPe_h35IJZu9ZnIkShUxVxfv7511nnOfh/s1600/theo+and+parker.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH-ToUCEOj6JURHwvhFNDg1fvtB6qy4C_1uwShyvGpCLomkQKwhH-m3HLGCxjTbuIVxv6Czlr40wCYlpNuc526_DpJErntkhaghcXm2bMJL0kuPe_h35IJZu9ZnIkShUxVxfv7511nnOfh/s640/theo+and+parker.jpg" width="548" /></a></div>My husband, Parker, and my son, Theo.<br /><br />and I am thankful for my healthy pregnancy carrying my second son, Calvin, who will grace us with his presence this coming April.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQxSuDS3VIU_eytSO6SNjRM4pty-_DO-kyB7e3MCU-hPN1Vf8vzn_vlrb3TYx5qDXsYibfNKpIuvowuRG472Vva-8IOFBPMQ0NRPI8-t4ezt0GLHcutL17fBXwXTqBpbADoRGM2jFIqf53/s1600/baby+cal.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQxSuDS3VIU_eytSO6SNjRM4pty-_DO-kyB7e3MCU-hPN1Vf8vzn_vlrb3TYx5qDXsYibfNKpIuvowuRG472Vva-8IOFBPMQ0NRPI8-t4ezt0GLHcutL17fBXwXTqBpbADoRGM2jFIqf53/s640/baby+cal.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyE4X4Tg_llaAUbzc-9vBccvLCVEPthrKwf_168Y8QCOJfjs17pnOxcynslRJV2054JwJFno8ZSbY1hQ7XTDG6HDT44tx4XoMV2PVYDgokyibqi6kdhCpA6X0XP6-NiwQHa7KQXJ0iYxzA/s1600/calvin.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="416" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyE4X4Tg_llaAUbzc-9vBccvLCVEPthrKwf_168Y8QCOJfjs17pnOxcynslRJV2054JwJFno8ZSbY1hQ7XTDG6HDT44tx4XoMV2PVYDgokyibqi6kdhCpA6X0XP6-NiwQHa7KQXJ0iYxzA/s640/calvin.png" width="640" /></a></div><br />Lastly, I wanted to say <b><u>THANK YOU</u></b> to all of you!!!<br /><br />I thought I would hold a little giveaway and share some gift cards to two of my favorite places:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiau6NyhzvU44wuUE0bvdevgYAEnkcXF3rDeSOwL8QqqL9ZKqQlFt2v15Snz3eqfkUKAD7JUN9dNhmQI17xArSq9zLUDVNm7xIEt5QZ3I2W1nJMfDTQ-h4oRuHQ4MIvU1PKznxFezSftfKY/s1600/thank+you+image.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="592" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiau6NyhzvU44wuUE0bvdevgYAEnkcXF3rDeSOwL8QqqL9ZKqQlFt2v15Snz3eqfkUKAD7JUN9dNhmQI17xArSq9zLUDVNm7xIEt5QZ3I2W1nJMfDTQ-h4oRuHQ4MIvU1PKznxFezSftfKY/s640/thank+you+image.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><b><span style="font-size: large;">$50 to Target</span></b><br /><b><span style="font-size: large;">$25 to Starbucks</span></b><br /><br />Just enter the giveaway below and I will choose one, lucky winner this Saturday!!<br /><br />Good luck!<br /><br /></div><a class="rcptr" href="http://www.rafflecopter.com/rafl/display/6e12fcc210/" rel="nofollow" data-raflid="6e12fcc210" data-theme="classic" data-template="" id="rcwidget_sf69a4wl">a Rafflecopter giveaway</a><script src="//widget-prime.rafflecopter.com/launch.js"></script>Parker Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13483665504729090461noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1576512561678094920.post-56350746525249457282015-11-09T10:43:00.000-08:002016-01-21T07:44:20.083-08:00Free Thanksgiving Math Center: TURKEY RACES!<div style="text-align: center;">Ahhh.. the holidays are coming... </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The air is crisp, the leaves here in Massachusetts are all shades of orange, yellow, and red and most of them have made their way to the ground already!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">With all the excitement, I know my first graders always needed high engagement. Anything that could keep my students learning and on-track was a win during these holiday months.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I'm not sure about your class, but my room always loved a good, competitive partner game. I thought I would share a free little math center that you could just print and use in your room:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">TURKEY RACES!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2A2c7ueHve1bSAXd-B3splBfHBHplx9FtgjpeyAkU5RCg8k4uQn8QzilR8UdgNftC6VkltxXTFWMaxOqvRUQt_4cyQUacm1I1a9isCLdyoOJCN8ETnF-rA11dPH2CguAiL40xVec_1DM-/s1600/turkey+races+1.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2A2c7ueHve1bSAXd-B3splBfHBHplx9FtgjpeyAkU5RCg8k4uQn8QzilR8UdgNftC6VkltxXTFWMaxOqvRUQt_4cyQUacm1I1a9isCLdyoOJCN8ETnF-rA11dPH2CguAiL40xVec_1DM-/s640/turkey+races+1.png" width="512" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; line-height: 16.003px; text-align: start;">This Thanksgiving math center is a fun, addition partner game!</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; line-height: 16.003px; text-align: start;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; line-height: 16.003px; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; line-height: 16.003px; text-align: start;">Students will pair up and grab one board, one ten-frame tracker, & one turkey spinner.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; line-height: 16.003px; text-align: start;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; line-height: 16.003px; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; line-height: 16.003px; text-align: start;">Student A will spin the spinner and track that number on their tens-frame sheet. Student B will do the same. Every time a student fills a 10 frame, they may color in one block on their tower on the game board. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; line-height: 16.003px; text-align: start;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; line-height: 16.003px; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; line-height: 16.003px; text-align: start;">The first student to reach 100 (the top of their tower) wins!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; line-height: 16.003px; text-align: start;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn4aQJKlx-MeXj6nTDME4SDEslOPYr4F39za6wib4gjr1cwIlcmmsw2PBe6F6OlYaABM8t8L5mw3rfeW4ePZhAo3uJPpOqhLief3VzHEbui1yl75Ifk9ORiaUwN1pLUdIRE7y32dj5ZbH5/s1600/turkey+races.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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color: #202020; line-height: 16.003px; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; line-height: 16.003px; text-align: start;">There are colored boards that can be laminated and re-used with a dry erase marker as well as black and white boards that can just be printed and used with crayons or pencils!</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; line-height: 16.003px; text-align: start;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; line-height: 16.003px; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; line-height: 16.003px; text-align: start;">There are also 4 different spinners, so students can play many times with different numbers!</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; line-height: 16.003px; text-align: start;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; line-height: 16.003px; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; line-height: 16.003px; text-align: start;">As students progress you can also take away the 10-frame trackers and have students add on scrap paper or in their heads!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; line-height: 16.003px; text-align: start;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; line-height: 16.003px; text-align: start;">If you think your students could use this, please click the image below and grab a copy!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; line-height: 16.003px; text-align: start;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Free-Thanksgiving-Addition-Math-Center-Turkey-Races-2197515"><img border="0" height="308" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8Y128vW1bdL6HU1R0__-SFTnwEem6N__iSvhc3dNo-K8dTzzjCUAxmK_owiwgO7wC_uhd2MQsiL5QuRS1Y1fbOptc_tDGRgg11G2UR0UuEVyIdMeB8QtcTzX58gBXNa-QqfEmN2jSXB8j/s400/Slide1.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; line-height: 16.003px; text-align: start;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; line-height: 16.003px; text-align: start;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; line-height: 16.003px; text-align: start;">Also, if you are looking for some great community building ideas for Thanksgiving, check out my {<a href="http://thankgoditsfirstgrade.blogspot.com/2015/11/stone-soup-literacy-community-unit.html">last post</a>} about Stone Soup!</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://thankgoditsfirstgrade.blogspot.com/2015/11/stone-soup-literacy-community-unit.html"><img border="0" height="638" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXsovrdkb-lnSd0Fib5CKrtaGDrqBZB4HS1uOW-I8m7hApP4hIWdUNs44mNmFlZImN6ZqczvVsQUkO2ivyJdFESaZF3Qz5WzCCP3qVaU0iob1P4vAivwohBodkZSric1YZYLYa-TP7kBUT/s640/stone+soup.png" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; line-height: 16.003px; text-align: start;"><br /></span></span></div>Parker Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13483665504729090461noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1576512561678094920.post-69605099686399513422015-11-05T06:52:00.000-08:002016-01-21T07:44:20.096-08:00Stone Soup: A Literacy & Community Unit<div style="text-align: center;">Do your students read Stone Soup around Thanksgiving?!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRmWBm9SPUXXL8guq4n5KoKnlGhV_2HxWQIEX-qFJckB2UCM7Y3G8C1KnVx4VnhX9NeeejN-Kc09s5QNAnSdv5SIrpl4HjPAiMAKXmkOnYy34W_wxnskDNQBefTlJY3AWCNEcW30wBW47V/s1600/stone+soup.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="638" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRmWBm9SPUXXL8guq4n5KoKnlGhV_2HxWQIEX-qFJckB2UCM7Y3G8C1KnVx4VnhX9NeeejN-Kc09s5QNAnSdv5SIrpl4HjPAiMAKXmkOnYy34W_wxnskDNQBefTlJY3AWCNEcW30wBW47V/s640/stone+soup.png" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I have done this unit 4 of the 5 years I taught first grade and both my students and I L-O-V-E it!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="direction: ltr; language: en-US; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-top: 0pt; mso-line-break-override: none; punctuation-wrap: hanging; text-align: center; unicode-bidi: embed; word-break: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I always complete this literacy unit the week before Thanksgiving and we tie in the relation between the holiday of giving thanks and the importance of community and helping one another. I find that these books exemplify the thoughts of coming together and helping one another. Many students can also relate the feasts shown in this book to the feasts they have themselves on Thanksgiving!</span></div><div style="direction: ltr; language: en-US; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-top: 0pt; mso-line-break-override: none; punctuation-wrap: hanging; text-align: center; unicode-bidi: embed; word-break: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="direction: ltr; language: en-US; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-top: 0pt; mso-line-break-override: none; punctuation-wrap: hanging; text-align: center; unicode-bidi: embed; word-break: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">There are so many versions of the Stone Soup folk tale, but the four I choose to compare, contrast, and dive into are by the following authors:</span></div><div style="direction: ltr; language: en-US; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-top: 0pt; mso-line-break-override: none; punctuation-wrap: hanging; text-align: center; unicode-bidi: embed; word-break: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Marcia Brown</span></div><div style="direction: ltr; language: en-US; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-top: 0pt; mso-line-break-override: none; punctuation-wrap: hanging; text-align: center; unicode-bidi: embed; word-break: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Ann Mcgovern</span></div><div style="direction: ltr; language: en-US; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-top: 0pt; mso-line-break-override: none; punctuation-wrap: hanging; text-align: center; unicode-bidi: embed; word-break: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Jon J Muth</span></div><div style="direction: ltr; language: en-US; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-top: 0pt; mso-line-break-override: none; punctuation-wrap: hanging; text-align: center; unicode-bidi: embed; word-break: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Jess Stockham</span></div><div style="direction: ltr; language: en-US; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-top: 0pt; mso-line-break-override: none; punctuation-wrap: hanging; text-align: center; unicode-bidi: embed; word-break: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="direction: ltr; language: en-US; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-top: 0pt; mso-line-break-override: none; punctuation-wrap: hanging; text-align: center; unicode-bidi: embed; word-break: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">They are each a little different, but share the same sentiments of sharing, caring, and working together for a greater good!</span></div><div style="direction: ltr; language: en-US; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-top: 0pt; mso-line-break-override: none; punctuation-wrap: hanging; text-align: center; unicode-bidi: embed; word-break: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="direction: ltr; language: en-US; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-top: 0pt; mso-line-break-override: none; punctuation-wrap: hanging; text-align: center; unicode-bidi: embed; word-break: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">For each book, I included some story responses, writing prompts and read aloud lessons that we have discussed over the past few years.</span></div><div style="direction: ltr; language: en-US; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-top: 0pt; mso-line-break-override: none; punctuation-wrap: hanging; text-align: center; unicode-bidi: embed; word-break: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuieuPV7O7xkA3YXpmywqzPti01htqK_TdHFn9qeepYidl4VAcyl6NT164yt8KOFjkiAq4ey52hysLhBOSiWxZlsMqJXJdVyF6o1LFEGBkGGyZeztGKkg7q3gW0p8juPU3GcKKlPoIgl_9/s1600/stone+soup+2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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mso-line-break-override: none; punctuation-wrap: hanging; text-align: center; unicode-bidi: embed; word-break: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The story responses touch on sequencing, inferring, vocabulary development, comparing/contrasting, and story elements. While the writing prompts are a mix of opinion and contrasting stories!</span></div><div style="direction: ltr; language: en-US; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-top: 0pt; mso-line-break-override: none; punctuation-wrap: hanging; text-align: center; unicode-bidi: embed; word-break: normal;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzRc-WqviFJiuXj_LKpuwVB2tz4YJRcUt2TpUs1nLnT3jfMBYXMS712ratu6w2P6-Uo27RWVa9AWZh9ZcwEMPJLoOhzUH5cK-Na9hg1vRJwykrtQwpb4P9kknQefaXllhv_GtnsP7RGkgq/s1600/stone+soup+3.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzRc-WqviFJiuXj_LKpuwVB2tz4YJRcUt2TpUs1nLnT3jfMBYXMS712ratu6w2P6-Uo27RWVa9AWZh9ZcwEMPJLoOhzUH5cK-Na9hg1vRJwykrtQwpb4P9kknQefaXllhv_GtnsP7RGkgq/s640/stone+soup+3.png" width="634" /></a></div><div style="direction: ltr; language: en-US; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-top: 0pt; mso-line-break-override: none; punctuation-wrap: hanging; text-align: center; unicode-bidi: embed; word-break: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="direction: ltr; language: en-US; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-top: 0pt; mso-line-break-override: none; punctuation-wrap: hanging; text-align: center; unicode-bidi: embed; word-break: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="direction: ltr; language: en-US; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-top: 0pt; mso-line-break-override: none; punctuation-wrap: hanging; text-align: center; unicode-bidi: embed; word-break: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">There are also a few crafts included as well a recipe and parent notes in case you want to re-create the stone soup experience for your students!</span></div><div style="direction: ltr; language: en-US; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-top: 0pt; mso-line-break-override: none; punctuation-wrap: hanging; text-align: center; unicode-bidi: embed; word-break: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9uCLGhnbCMR0PM4i1JoiirjRRRttQ48SMkG_gjqdZOvGOaPcuYKB3DlwJGloPf_ugwAtNvCks30ykxQPMoL-GedI0TwJPZINLjWhVuyPCAkcIsb0tLa2vEevwsjyHObSK5fLm9R3MFSUP/s1600/STONE+SOUP+flipbook.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="454" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9uCLGhnbCMR0PM4i1JoiirjRRRttQ48SMkG_gjqdZOvGOaPcuYKB3DlwJGloPf_ugwAtNvCks30ykxQPMoL-GedI0TwJPZINLjWhVuyPCAkcIsb0tLa2vEevwsjyHObSK5fLm9R3MFSUP/s640/STONE+SOUP+flipbook.png" width="640" /></a></div><div style="direction: ltr; language: en-US; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-top: 0pt; mso-line-break-override: none; punctuation-wrap: hanging; text-align: center; unicode-bidi: embed; word-break: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifxOvjXSyQPXWOoE-uZTa3fxmJfN73JsjdV0D4IZBDejBNj7GVEuTpbhAAjT1o8NM8P9bQKQJbKtJ2lD65FSkFdQYb9IQfscRArCDPVS2WIOk8RAP6yQ5KIiQLWujJtDI19suB6ja3pvyq/s1600/Slide35.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="494" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifxOvjXSyQPXWOoE-uZTa3fxmJfN73JsjdV0D4IZBDejBNj7GVEuTpbhAAjT1o8NM8P9bQKQJbKtJ2lD65FSkFdQYb9IQfscRArCDPVS2WIOk8RAP6yQ5KIiQLWujJtDI19suB6ja3pvyq/s640/Slide35.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="direction: ltr; language: en-US; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-top: 0pt; mso-line-break-override: none; punctuation-wrap: hanging; text-align: center; unicode-bidi: embed; word-break: normal;"><br /></div><div style="direction: ltr; language: en-US; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-top: 0pt; mso-line-break-override: none; punctuation-wrap: hanging; text-align: center; unicode-bidi: embed; word-break: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">You can grab everything you need for a stone soup mini-unit by clicking the image below:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Stone-Soup-A-Literacy-and-Community-Unit-2188476"><img border="0" height="492" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5e29WZMPli9D_nLOIVOB7fpYZ3qIPxP7dv5SYbotWvjuaZqPomGOlA5m4MtO9eH25F3B_G_MqSTAJI-Rz7SkU1l5I-QyMhbvw0GARQ1x5D7XflFe5IdtqAAKYqTd1SIjIW3QwOfXIgtAB/s640/Slide1.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="direction: ltr; language: en-US; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-top: 0pt; mso-line-break-override: none; punctuation-wrap: hanging; text-align: center; unicode-bidi: embed; word-break: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="direction: ltr; language: en-US; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-top: 0pt; mso-line-break-override: none; punctuation-wrap: hanging; text-align: center; unicode-bidi: embed; word-break: normal;">Download the preview to see a closer look at what's included in this unit!</div>Parker Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13483665504729090461noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1576512561678094920.post-85258096395466852852015-10-22T07:04:00.000-07:002016-01-21T07:44:20.109-08:00Cats vs. Dogs - A Reading and Writing Project<div style="text-align: center;">I love integrating reading and writing and last Spring I was receiving my last Scholastic Book Order and snagged these two books:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAXL50iKjGl5_dZ15zFAE1guLrSaWd6T3eaTUmTh7N7rcUpiX7FYkq2gnur0Ek7GiVLKf8Uz5Il9Nu76YEmgcA3nXHGWg5fB1RVFmsWJsDxxUa_MKA-Of1aCG7el3wzHzGGAn24wqmj9Wn/s1600/DSC_0341.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="418" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAXL50iKjGl5_dZ15zFAE1guLrSaWd6T3eaTUmTh7N7rcUpiX7FYkq2gnur0Ek7GiVLKf8Uz5Il9Nu76YEmgcA3nXHGWg5fB1RVFmsWJsDxxUa_MKA-Of1aCG7el3wzHzGGAn24wqmj9Wn/s640/DSC_0341.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://shop.scholastic.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplayView?productId=236820&langId=-1&storeId=10751&catalogId=10004">Dog vs. Cat by Chris Gall</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://shop.scholastic.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplayView?productId=70824&langId=-1&storeId=10751&catalogId=10004">Cats vs. Dogs - National Geographic for Kids</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>*Both books are still available on Scholastic Book Club for $3 each. They are also available in the Teacher Store as well as Amazon for a bit more.* </i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I ended up getting them right before school ended, reading them to the kids and they just LOVED them! We compared and contrasted the books and had a whole love of lively debate about which animal we believed to be the BEST pet! My mind was left reeling with all he activities I wish I had time to plan! So...I decided to make a little unit for them!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">It is a reading and writing unit, which has plenty of activities for the nonfiction book, the fiction book, and comparing/contrasting both! Again, it is a whole lot of fun to listen to students share their opinions about these 2 animals that they think they know so well! It's also fun to see what they learn about some of their favorite pets!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><u>For nonfiction activities I included:</u></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Geneva, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16.003px; text-align: start;">Book responses including:</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Geneva, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16.003px; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Geneva, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16.003px; text-align: start;">- True or False Comprehension Check</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Geneva, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16.003px; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Geneva, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16.003px; text-align: start;">- Multiple Choice Comprehension Check</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Geneva, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16.003px; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Geneva, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16.003px; text-align: start;">- Vocabulary</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Geneva, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16.003px; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Geneva, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16.003px; text-align: start;">- Cat Facts</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Geneva, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16.003px; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Geneva, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16.003px; text-align: start;">- Dog Facts</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Geneva, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16.003px; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Geneva, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16.003px; text-align: start;">Question Cards for whole group, small group, and partner discussion.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Geneva, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16.003px; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Geneva, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16.003px; text-align: start;">All about Dogs/Cats mini books</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Geneva, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16.003px; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Geneva, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16.003px; text-align: start;">Cat and Dog fact match up</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWf7clxbWQVY5f7iA3VPCHscXXp_eJBeN-GgsMoB5oUPug0vcKSY7ujj12RXS2QcfFqRJ1PajzC2AqwVeH-Q4ELA6JoQurwye6PGorMZQl68CrSBBjzrAKgKDYUoWc4cNRdLUvn5k3geKV/s1600/DSC_0285.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWf7clxbWQVY5f7iA3VPCHscXXp_eJBeN-GgsMoB5oUPug0vcKSY7ujj12RXS2QcfFqRJ1PajzC2AqwVeH-Q4ELA6JoQurwye6PGorMZQl68CrSBBjzrAKgKDYUoWc4cNRdLUvn5k3geKV/s640/DSC_0285.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Mini fact books for each animal!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBYwUTDj4nb-uBnBQuLf5fUdFM3byOsM6E5PDbiDTK9yLefsN6wMutqPSrBk2rq0JqkD5PLiujbuqfEJZ2-iV4st0GkZfDCwV3K4tYw9VOtDzqr4ESqpRXhnTXYu-1k9bTxHTgf1-jZRbB/s1600/DSC_0286.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBYwUTDj4nb-uBnBQuLf5fUdFM3byOsM6E5PDbiDTK9yLefsN6wMutqPSrBk2rq0JqkD5PLiujbuqfEJZ2-iV4st0GkZfDCwV3K4tYw9VOtDzqr4ESqpRXhnTXYu-1k9bTxHTgf1-jZRbB/s640/DSC_0286.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Students record their learning!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNHfUq2ce8DDCbjSwCWagKetaR-0oozyX72xUKnHaS9jH3k-gAkQ6bFSP4E8AE9V-SgIft7IDz26YXZzPwcNYKsaBqIuqVzod-OByG4q4FdqcjtGFcI3jQbaeNhy_iR1WW9J3zowE-aaBL/s1600/DSC_0288.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="396" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNHfUq2ce8DDCbjSwCWagKetaR-0oozyX72xUKnHaS9jH3k-gAkQ6bFSP4E8AE9V-SgIft7IDz26YXZzPwcNYKsaBqIuqVzod-OByG4q4FdqcjtGFcI3jQbaeNhy_iR1WW9J3zowE-aaBL/s640/DSC_0288.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Cat and dog fact match up.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2ObFHj_z7q8Eglz_ny4G3Pj-IiDl7YtIAZINiZY12WHIflTLtflF8vfLFyNj9JdG_rJbHhU2EBS84h8_KLvar7wdZGP6A2TMJLiQCwjbUUvwutMDOP2MlV4JCl7-y97loMgvWdhSHdWna/s1600/DSC_0337.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2ObFHj_z7q8Eglz_ny4G3Pj-IiDl7YtIAZINiZY12WHIflTLtflF8vfLFyNj9JdG_rJbHhU2EBS84h8_KLvar7wdZGP6A2TMJLiQCwjbUUvwutMDOP2MlV4JCl7-y97loMgvWdhSHdWna/s640/DSC_0337.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Comprehension Checks!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><u>Fiction activities include:</u></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Geneva, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16.003px; text-align: start;">Book responses including:</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Geneva, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16.003px; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Geneva, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16.003px; text-align: start;">- Dog vs. Cat comparisons</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Geneva, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16.003px; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Geneva, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16.003px; text-align: start;">- Dog and Cat character traits</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Geneva, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16.003px; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Geneva, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16.003px; text-align: start;">- Retelling (B,M,E)</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Geneva, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16.003px; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Geneva, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16.003px; text-align: start;">- Vocabulary</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Geneva, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16.003px; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Geneva, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16.003px; text-align: start;">- Story Map</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Geneva, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16.003px; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Geneva, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16.003px; text-align: start;">Question Cards for whole group, small group, and partner discussion.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Geneva, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16.003px; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Geneva, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16.003px; text-align: start;">Problem/Solution flipbook</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Geneva, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16.003px; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Geneva, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16.003px; text-align: start;">Life After Baby… fill in speech bubbles</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Geneva, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16.003px; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Geneva, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16.003px; text-align: start;">Order cards for retelling</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Geneva, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16.003px; text-align: start;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQiO2y3cOQfMif4VyGUXHJxkJ6YNfOtrQuvcaNIYtdWOut3D9z9XVOswX7wtvrfcbc8waFdU8FLV67I0VpNsxqp4ybzQ2crdGypxl3Da3wkLoZA_ozAW9c6Xn_jhpsxs6iLiveyhg2I-by/s1600/DSC_0329.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQiO2y3cOQfMif4VyGUXHJxkJ6YNfOtrQuvcaNIYtdWOut3D9z9XVOswX7wtvrfcbc8waFdU8FLV67I0VpNsxqp4ybzQ2crdGypxl3Da3wkLoZA_ozAW9c6Xn_jhpsxs6iLiveyhg2I-by/s640/DSC_0329.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Get into the character's head and guess what they would say to their owners if they could talk!</div><div style="text-align: center;">Also, a problem and solution flip book! </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXi7dLXBwbUF4ROeV7x30XMzBqd-t7sM_uXjIpjM6E-7drzfvfLvAcldbWXTkdE0ZSv8AN84cZ3ArYQN3l_SRcIJ2_ievImAUy20x7icNwdoE2i67ne7uoF0LDBOiilZfpNrljaJBOkuLt/s1600/DSC_0324.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXi7dLXBwbUF4ROeV7x30XMzBqd-t7sM_uXjIpjM6E-7drzfvfLvAcldbWXTkdE0ZSv8AN84cZ3ArYQN3l_SRcIJ2_ievImAUy20x7icNwdoE2i67ne7uoF0LDBOiilZfpNrljaJBOkuLt/s640/DSC_0324.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> 12 different questions for each book - great for whole group, small group, and partner discussion!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><u>Writing and craft activities include</u></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Geneva, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16.003px; text-align: start;">- Comparing books</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Geneva, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16.003px; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Geneva, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16.003px; text-align: start;">- Choosing the winner (cat vs. dog)</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Geneva, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16.003px; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Geneva, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16.003px; text-align: start;">- Cats Rule/Dogs Rule – providing reasons for opinions</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Geneva, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16.003px; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Geneva, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16.003px; text-align: start;">Six writing prompt cards</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Geneva, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16.003px; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Geneva, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16.003px; text-align: start;">Craft and bulletin board ideas</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Geneva, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16.003px; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Geneva, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16.003px; text-align: start;">- Cut and paste craft option</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Geneva, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16.003px; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Geneva, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16.003px; text-align: start;">- Directed drawing option</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Geneva, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16.003px; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Geneva, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16.003px; text-align: start;">- Writing paper for both cat & dog</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Geneva, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16.003px; text-align: start;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjwXWe4boKc9OEC-QpB49btLWKiBdysayGBnnhIrHuqkN5rtmDvI_thEwmG5pQs8tE4SshJg75t7JYFyyQf83yJ_1TYnEOVSfOYNe8GHjngbhrdM2kN-mhMfclu2muWexL0VzmbZ38q6t4/s1600/DSC_0298.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="412" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjwXWe4boKc9OEC-QpB49btLWKiBdysayGBnnhIrHuqkN5rtmDvI_thEwmG5pQs8tE4SshJg75t7JYFyyQf83yJ_1TYnEOVSfOYNe8GHjngbhrdM2kN-mhMfclu2muWexL0VzmbZ38q6t4/s640/DSC_0298.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilV1ro6IhcJcG-72-wHXJ-tvJZRwpKL_XHtJXiHh28Enf8Kr-8-FCtW9EWlDc6J7rI73saTZja6PnF_6bNMqqs_W48Vt4XpZfxDj1kv4hI_tXrKsg6PBxXp2COrHUfuK70JPlcLdtn6D97/s1600/DSC_0291.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilV1ro6IhcJcG-72-wHXJ-tvJZRwpKL_XHtJXiHh28Enf8Kr-8-FCtW9EWlDc6J7rI73saTZja6PnF_6bNMqqs_W48Vt4XpZfxDj1kv4hI_tXrKsg6PBxXp2COrHUfuK70JPlcLdtn6D97/s640/DSC_0291.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Easy dog and cat crafts for students to complete and add to their opinion writing.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8s6_kG_PkU2ki-XsW7DW_YDWvlk4FBUNCoeZ7DUFSsBuzylpeU8-Zm04ss1hG3z5ImmciBEd5esCDZ0TbJyLgoAdB7WMrb9lEiaECWdl5wSUZqmaz4f2Mf9Kmwh6cIxh8JhQB2C_Pih_m/s1600/DSC_0308.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8s6_kG_PkU2ki-XsW7DW_YDWvlk4FBUNCoeZ7DUFSsBuzylpeU8-Zm04ss1hG3z5ImmciBEd5esCDZ0TbJyLgoAdB7WMrb9lEiaECWdl5wSUZqmaz4f2Mf9Kmwh6cIxh8JhQB2C_Pih_m/s640/DSC_0308.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">There are both cat and dog directed drawings included if students would rather draw their own animal and write their opinions!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;">You can snag all the activities for a couple week's worth of fun by clicking the cover below!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Cats-vs-Dogs-Reading-and-Writing-Unit-2163714"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm31g1TsqUJatkgDzRC0rY13azPaNHJ73V1puMBA1qC6qtCIQ-7LrvkItY5242n4PtI_NSdjSt1AHXUU_VAp_jMui5lAjPKWEuGEJZ1wNQvkWo_OQDaPmhBDdqiZRGBMfCUriVARPuo1Uu/s400/Slide1.JPG" width="307" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"> I hope you and your students enjoy it!</div>Parker Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13483665504729090461noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1576512561678094920.post-46651047018429948452015-10-14T07:31:00.000-07:002016-01-21T07:44:20.123-08:00Free Pumpkin Number Match Center!<div style="text-align: center;">Apple cider donuts, picking pumpkins off the vine, hayrides... that is what Fall is all about, right?!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I am feeling oh, so in the season and thought I would make this free center for you younger students to practice their number sense!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-9lbZMtdXoGoFjXrF5j4qLyPHnEWfXf1JjrdPLFElZdnuX5S08iBUUCPAPIjYd7bMG3HRTSkPmUSuHazPRtrQWxidV8ay9Knd6myuKN2bKVYQLuYWhDfk1aBUASZUDgJynQybdSSziD-R/s1600/IMG_4111.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-9lbZMtdXoGoFjXrF5j4qLyPHnEWfXf1JjrdPLFElZdnuX5S08iBUUCPAPIjYd7bMG3HRTSkPmUSuHazPRtrQWxidV8ay9Knd6myuKN2bKVYQLuYWhDfk1aBUASZUDgJynQybdSSziD-R/s640/IMG_4111.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggPU-QkPvUg2n8T2nAxefbgnplizeI9-31aXhsX1nMpv8I9xWk2xynsU-Xa1ybffCtw1zX3NYgmV4UUvIvxsIXabTIFGmSwEKcbFuRTSuaqoOGshg6xpPq9VM80VVHwkEc6k1lBNy8Xfd6/s1600/IMG_4113.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggPU-QkPvUg2n8T2nAxefbgnplizeI9-31aXhsX1nMpv8I9xWk2xynsU-Xa1ybffCtw1zX3NYgmV4UUvIvxsIXabTIFGmSwEKcbFuRTSuaqoOGshg6xpPq9VM80VVHwkEc6k1lBNy8Xfd6/s640/IMG_4113.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Students simply count up the seeds (or better yet, identify the number in the 10s frame without counting!!) and match it with the numeral. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I also included a recording sheet where students will write the number <i>word</i> after matching!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Simple and fun!<br /><br />To download your free center, click below:<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Pumpkin-Number-Match-with-Tens-Frames-2149523"><img border="0" height="308" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN1Z2zHPFKUFuqr8djkZJCm1O6NZRPDvUDSorCb1DPAMpDn6dBcuI3-YnB0F1yGegQXUblS3xX93KTKPn0cOHRuP-iy3VC0evGuqgsoDSNLx0jHHcKr6Qf1mP5QcMj9ydwXM-z2MEIP2kT/s400/Slide1.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Enjoy!</div>Parker Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13483665504729090461noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1576512561678094920.post-47580226301602235112015-09-06T07:26:00.000-07:002016-01-21T07:44:20.135-08:00Interactive Read Aloud in 1st Grade<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-PSl-R56GRh0gBIt-ngAABrp6GjGTla0Rmwx3YWDjKnaY9kM9gn6XKf9zqH-AYzEkIITBCQ9tsy4Oz5X2a0utG8j4F24IZWUViv7z6fxeDa559QX0CNs4EEdnYAriP5Vtsg_KOSCEswC9/s1600/interactive+read+aloud.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-PSl-R56GRh0gBIt-ngAABrp6GjGTla0Rmwx3YWDjKnaY9kM9gn6XKf9zqH-AYzEkIITBCQ9tsy4Oz5X2a0utG8j4F24IZWUViv7z6fxeDa559QX0CNs4EEdnYAriP5Vtsg_KOSCEswC9/s640/interactive+read+aloud.png" width="524" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I recently wrote a post <a href="http://thankgoditsfirstgrade.blogspot.com/2015/08/interactive-read-aloud-lessons.html">HERE</a> about what an interactive read aloud is and how I use them in my first grade classroom. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">My overall takeaway about an interactive read aloud is this:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'PT Sans'; font-size: 15.3999996185303px; line-height: 21.5599994659424px;"><u><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interactive read aloud is essentially a planned and purposeful read aloud that encourages thoughtful and respectful discussion!</span></u></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">During our read aloud times my students sit in a circle promoting eye contact and respectful listening and together we dig deeper into some of my (and eventually their) favorite books! The picture books above and the ones in my previous post are some of my favorite books to teach about and practice certain skills!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">If you have read my previous post then you will know I created a unit of ready-made, one-page lesson plans to go along with each of these books (there will be 64 lessons in all!) and I wanted to show you what the beginning of the year scope and sequence looks like:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggS2dDFyzr0QKXMcNhyRxx7Hln8DQUyu7dQVhW834jGOdsKYw9xoSBc34bCogVN2g9m5f5tFwdUwT5NGVd3-yyHzfye_oKVj3rFQSuvsr5DR-tPQskHduTGpLaW52AkNFe7cHVnA_jP7dg/s1600/Slide9.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="494" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggS2dDFyzr0QKXMcNhyRxx7Hln8DQUyu7dQVhW834jGOdsKYw9xoSBc34bCogVN2g9m5f5tFwdUwT5NGVd3-yyHzfye_oKVj3rFQSuvsr5DR-tPQskHduTGpLaW52AkNFe7cHVnA_jP7dg/s640/Slide9.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">You can see the overall theme each month, the books I chose for interactive read aloud and the more focused skill I zoom in on in each book. I wanted to show you this because I chose these books very purposefully and I also wanted to mention that I read these books (which are amazing for all sorts of reasons) don't only cover the skills I mentioned - they cover LOTS of skills and my students and I will read many of these books more than once throughout the year.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">My main point in bringing this up is that while Chrysanthemum is a fantastic book for text-to-self connections, the beginning of the year, main idea, vocabulary, etc. but during my read aloud and my lesson - we will remain <i>focused</i> on the skill at hand and try to develop that skill throughout the entire book! I really emphasize this point to my students as well and show them that we can read books over and over while noticing "new and exciting things" each time!<br /><br />That's just a little tidbit on how I hold these interactive read alouds in my room!<br /><br />If you want to look at a lesson, you can download a free lesson for Officer Buckle and Gloria by downloading the preview below:<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Interactive-Read-Aloud-Lessons-2000988"><img border="0" height="307" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2AJ1ws0rQj9NK8ELT9gNAul98O6kgSPhPk0ueztqPXuyryVgp2OpVN3tVDPRESumkmk-8eYtXnlOnIMIpbYpAOXqCC1iAXaM11GRvrEDq4ULuwS99xSvKre5_4JT3sP55_6JUT81vFuAx/s400/Slide1.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>Parker Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13483665504729090461noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1576512561678094920.post-67845166494910038942015-08-20T12:52:00.000-07:002016-01-21T07:44:20.146-08:005 Free Close Reading Ideas and Activities!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhArkYogO3pYFYCYzx8unAkwd2KevGDD-WR9g-TSTHjABdhxl1D0-Mf_T0Yt8RREcpGSOxzU5Y-wTtpWxsid6ITzP8OhUTOud3uz92b8nyi80UU8jnomw_llglHreBWC9AM0PwFE_0lXJpO/s1600/5+close+reading+ideas.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhArkYogO3pYFYCYzx8unAkwd2KevGDD-WR9g-TSTHjABdhxl1D0-Mf_T0Yt8RREcpGSOxzU5Y-wTtpWxsid6ITzP8OhUTOud3uz92b8nyi80UU8jnomw_llglHreBWC9AM0PwFE_0lXJpO/s400/5+close+reading+ideas.png" width="398" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I wrote a blog post way back when that explains how I introduce my first graders to close reading and how happy I become every year when it finally *clicks*! My young students learn to go back in the text, highlight important information, circle vocabulary terms, infer meaning from the text, and go back into the text to provide evidence to comprehension questions!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">To read how we do that click the image below:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://thankgoditsfirstgrade.blogspot.com/2014/01/close-reading-in-1st-grade-freebie.html"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnIr26-i1VudiRJFjjrh9SWLcBDyBIMmezybwdkdfcsEnEr3rAbJyJ5tnIEKmUsIhyphenhyphenYuzxsESX0Nl0zU7p2tLlY0ziOVlN4Ub3T1h6Qe8oufFJ83n4WZACzCjEyU8RxjSGVBSTK-KWPD5k/s640/close+reading+1.png" width="328" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Now onto some free passages, activities, and ideas to help your young learners with close reading:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">{1}</div><div style="text-align: center;">Here is a passage from my Close Reading Unit. Students will read this fiction passage, define key vocabulary terms and infer the answers to some comprehension questions!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B9daiC_aR38NYmxma2gwblhldTA/view?usp=sharing"><img border="0" height="494" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiekYacnawsnJhjDJ_uWnvDZCoPr05633gKeijC8fi9xkfsN_R-5kI6K2FBG4hw2iGwiHqNI6MJQ8UMz8xGZ-Df-rHObmO0nVn6ijlMk5QQgRz1MguyFuHX6yK0GLgWIRG_zP4IlM-MIxcM/s640/Slide1.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">{2}</div><div style="text-align: center;">Close reading with poetry!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://firstgradeblueskies.com/close-reading-in-elementary-school-book_29/"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAomXbVD78Ol4WhrfvQRob5xM8WLoGBqY0uPzQS8oD6-ROlii4m1Vw7nGgOWUeefKOG3ruJeoEsTMUoXpjSXwn_Br3eWcuaFmHA9Mt_4KWQLEOfXXUCQHY9LAf-UzyT9Ij6T8xoLA-slYK/s640/Poetry-Close-Read.png" width="490" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">This awesome freebie is from Jennifer over at <a href="http://firstgradeblueskies.com/close-reading-in-elementary-school-book_29/">First Grade, Blue Skies</a>. You can snag her sheet and some great poems to use it with by clicking on the image above!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">{3}</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.fantasticfirstgradefroggies.com/2014/05/close-read-markings-freebie-and-sale.html"><img border="0" height="494" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvcReo5969yi_AfCsZ4BzZHwXHnHcBT6iDfwvFccPDkjvYgLAPUaGVaszL08372Yv_ymurMUZusBb5uPCrxVW0jywddu4x-tuQAH2GLQ1eGfNVuBCkFePpAx8aEM1pOIm88H3Ji0Js00NL/s640/close+reading+marks.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">These close read bookmarks are a great resource from <a href="http://www.fantasticfirstgradefroggies.com/2014/05/close-read-markings-freebie-and-sale.html">Fantastic First Grade Froggies</a> and let students practice marking up their text independently. Just click the image above to grab your copy.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">{4}</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Close-Reading-Companion-Miss-Nelson-is-Missing-991182"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIIgsNjjdiGx7Ky0L6xtdT8x5Ebxm8Pf93iB1EU0523QZ-YEY-8rrMmAHTnY5yOznclo2ajhVyICgRI-L8DPYiDVO_WBBqroYdMU09M6z_wkSZTrQiRN3Fwqx7Uwb7SxUAMoaHJWfW4FwQ/s400/close+reading+companion.png" width="307" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">This great close reading companion goes with the class favorite, Miss Nelson is Missing! Tessa Maguire of <a href="http://www.talesfromoutsidetheclassroom.com/">Tales From Outside the Classroom</a>, has thought of everything for you to get started close reading with this picture book. She has stopping points, questions, and graphic organizers ready for you to use! Just click the image above to download your own copy.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">{5}</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Penguins-a-Kindergarten-Close-Read-FREEBIE-1067293"><img border="0" height="314" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTPZI5xV4RysTpiETnyb11D-cv8C6xpSnG0lPp1z6lrUWxii_5XwsiKc2owedk1pk9glfKLG2bThRyNwdEQ0cAxIcyhXmSOZacI9QBTjbnrXGcPW-Qlu7wYyQ5kUkbaU9E3_srgeeB5fcK/s640/penguin+close+read.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Tara West over at Little Minds at Work<a href="http://littlemindsatwork.blogspot.com/">http://littlemindsatwork.blogspot.com/</a>, has quite a few close read units in her shop, but this penguin one is perfect for your little learners. Click on the image above to check it out!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I hope these 5 freebies have been useful to you and your students as they continue to grow as learners.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Happy teaching :)</div>Parker Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13483665504729090461noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1576512561678094920.post-24176585666167327112015-08-02T06:45:00.000-07:002016-01-21T07:44:20.158-08:00Interactive Read Aloud Lessons!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimAInuPsXAeWoU4YrBXMqUxvlmL2JmOM8cYqGOASSFOiOUmG10CMFC_t36z2V6woi3k7q238ey6o6SWnj_WmDXeG2-QDtLJFw752c9uQgL6yGiM-GFyUYeU0OU8dzW1mIpeAp98y52KWCD/s1600/interactive+read+aloud+1.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimAInuPsXAeWoU4YrBXMqUxvlmL2JmOM8cYqGOASSFOiOUmG10CMFC_t36z2V6woi3k7q238ey6o6SWnj_WmDXeG2-QDtLJFw752c9uQgL6yGiM-GFyUYeU0OU8dzW1mIpeAp98y52KWCD/s640/interactive+read+aloud+1.png" width="640" /></a></div><div style="direction: ltr; language: en-US; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-top: 0pt; mso-line-break-override: none; punctuation-wrap: hanging; text-align: center; unicode-bidi: embed; word-break: normal;"><br /></div><div style="direction: ltr; language: en-US; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-top: 0pt; mso-line-break-override: none; punctuation-wrap: hanging; text-align: center; unicode-bidi: embed; word-break: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Interactive read aloud, do you do it?!</span></div><div style="direction: ltr; language: en-US; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-top: 0pt; mso-line-break-override: none; punctuation-wrap: hanging; text-align: center; unicode-bidi: embed; word-break: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="direction: ltr; language: en-US; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-top: 0pt; mso-line-break-override: none; punctuation-wrap: hanging; text-align: center; unicode-bidi: embed; word-break: normal;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="direction: ltr; language: en-US; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-top: 0pt; mso-line-break-override: none; punctuation-wrap: hanging; text-align: center; unicode-bidi: embed; word-break: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">In my first grade classroom I used to have the class sit down after lunch/recess and I would read them some of my favorite books – Junie B., Flat Stanley, etc. It was a time to calm down, enjoy a good book, and get ready for an afternoon of learning. I wanted to save and protect this precious time when the talk of “rigor” and “time on task” would come up often in professional discussions. A little planning can put this read aloud time to good use and prove to be academic as well as enjoyable!</span></div><div style="direction: ltr; language: en-US; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-top: 0pt; mso-line-break-override: none; punctuation-wrap: hanging; text-align: center; unicode-bidi: embed; word-break: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="direction: ltr; language: en-US; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-top: 0pt; mso-line-break-override: none; punctuation-wrap: hanging; text-align: center; unicode-bidi: embed; word-break: normal;"><b><u><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interactive read aloud is essentially a planned and purposeful read aloud that encourages thoughtful and respectful discussion!</span></u></b></div><div style="direction: ltr; language: en-US; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-top: 0pt; mso-line-break-override: none; punctuation-wrap: hanging; text-align: center; unicode-bidi: embed; word-break: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="direction: ltr; language: en-US; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-top: 0pt; mso-line-break-override: none; punctuation-wrap: hanging; text-align: center; unicode-bidi: embed; word-break: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">An interactive read aloud has your students actively thinking about one certain skill during a read aloud. It is a skill that the teacher will model and that students will discuss throughout the read aloud. It takes your basic read aloud and turns it up a notch (or two!). I would always ask comprehension questions throughout my regular read alouds, but I found that when I really research and plan my questions and stopping points before hand, I could provide a deeper discussion for my students!</span></div><div style="direction: ltr; language: en-US; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-top: 0pt; mso-line-break-override: none; punctuation-wrap: hanging; text-align: center; unicode-bidi: embed; word-break: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="direction: ltr; language: en-US; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-top: 0pt; mso-line-break-override: none; punctuation-wrap: hanging; text-align: center; unicode-bidi: embed; word-break: normal;"></div><div style="direction: ltr; language: en-US; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-top: 0pt; mso-line-break-override: none; punctuation-wrap: hanging; text-align: center; unicode-bidi: embed; word-break: normal;"> </div><div style="direction: ltr; language: en-US; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-top: 0pt; mso-line-break-override: none; punctuation-wrap: hanging; text-align: center; unicode-bidi: embed; word-break: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I figured since I was planning out all these lessons around my favorite books, I would start writing down my stopping points and questions in case other teachers wanted to use them as well!</span></div><div style="direction: ltr; language: en-US; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-top: 0pt; mso-line-break-override: none; punctuation-wrap: hanging; text-align: center; unicode-bidi: embed; word-break: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVDkoXjx3_Wi6O44159ywofdXTnh0q_qVEvc-Ga6Lq4sCa4e58gIBgcsD7MpRPaCaYMqpz1jL7agiKZj0_DTL5nFAZBpZNCv1pnCjj5F2i25rEFYJ6W5cy-9PrAlox7WksXAIxM6XJKSV7/s1600/interactive+read+aloud.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="430" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVDkoXjx3_Wi6O44159ywofdXTnh0q_qVEvc-Ga6Lq4sCa4e58gIBgcsD7MpRPaCaYMqpz1jL7agiKZj0_DTL5nFAZBpZNCv1pnCjj5F2i25rEFYJ6W5cy-9PrAlox7WksXAIxM6XJKSV7/s640/interactive+read+aloud.png" width="640" /></a></div><div style="direction: ltr; language: en-US; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-top: 0pt; mso-line-break-override: none; punctuation-wrap: hanging; text-align: center; unicode-bidi: embed; word-break: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="direction: ltr; language: en-US; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-top: 0pt; mso-line-break-override: none; punctuation-wrap: hanging; text-align: center; unicode-bidi: embed; word-break: normal;">I created a scope and sequence of skills that I teach throughout the year and found some of the best classroom favorites to help teach those skills. Each book has a convenient, 1-page printable lesson plan for you to reference as you read. </div><div style="direction: ltr; language: en-US; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-top: 0pt; mso-line-break-override: none; punctuation-wrap: hanging; text-align: center; unicode-bidi: embed; word-break: normal;"><br /></div><div style="direction: ltr; language: en-US; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-top: 0pt; mso-line-break-override: none; punctuation-wrap: hanging; text-align: center; unicode-bidi: embed; word-break: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Some of the focus skills addressed are:</span></div><div style="direction: ltr; language: en-US; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-top: 0pt; mso-line-break-override: none; punctuation-wrap: hanging; text-align: center; unicode-bidi: embed; word-break: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; line-height: 16.0030002593994px; text-align: start;">- Illustrations & Text relationship</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; line-height: 16.0030002593994px; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; line-height: 16.0030002593994px; text-align: start;">- Concepts of print</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; line-height: 16.0030002593994px; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; line-height: 16.0030002593994px; text-align: start;">- Character traits</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; line-height: 16.0030002593994px; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; line-height: 16.0030002593994px; text-align: start;">- Setting and story elements</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; line-height: 16.0030002593994px; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; line-height: 16.0030002593994px; text-align: start;">- Making connections</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; line-height: 16.0030002593994px; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; line-height: 16.0030002593994px; text-align: start;">- Problem & Solutions</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; line-height: 16.0030002593994px; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; line-height: 16.0030002593994px; text-align: start;">- Cause and Effect</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; line-height: 16.0030002593994px; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; line-height: 16.0030002593994px; text-align: start;">- Main idea/Theme</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; line-height: 16.0030002593994px; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; line-height: 16.0030002593994px; text-align: start;">- Non fiction text features</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; line-height: 16.0030002593994px; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; line-height: 16.0030002593994px; text-align: start;">- Character changes</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; line-height: 16.0030002593994px; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; line-height: 16.0030002593994px; text-align: start;">- Reading a variety of texts</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; line-height: 16.0030002593994px; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; line-height: 16.0030002593994px; text-align: start;">- Inferring</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; line-height: 16.0030002593994px; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; line-height: 16.0030002593994px; text-align: start;">- Point of view</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #202020; line-height: 16.0030002593994px; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; line-height: 16.0030002593994px; text-align: start;">- and more!</span></span></div><div style="direction: ltr; language: en-US; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-top: 0pt; mso-line-break-override: none; punctuation-wrap: hanging; text-align: center; unicode-bidi: embed; word-break: normal;"><br /></div><div style="direction: ltr; language: en-US; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-top: 0pt; mso-line-break-override: none; punctuation-wrap: hanging; text-align: center; unicode-bidi: embed; word-break: normal;">I have a free one here for you to try that goes with the book <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Officer-Buckle-Gloria-Caldecott-Medal/dp/0399226168">Officer Buckle and Gloria by Peggy Rathmann</a> I use this book at the beginning of the year to help teach the concept that illustrations can give readers more information than the text!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Interactive-Read-Aloud-Lessons-2000988"><img border="0" height="494" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2FCWa87UHWLxmPvRyiv1WcKpTALN3mHJ5SGDO6wDWz5dLMG4qtVcGAJBnEBTBdZQN4TMt7vj6KXlCNcvnu5RUt4xBVDqSBAL4p-T1M3DObtd2cK-pXDqAiva4hIrnCXg-EX04LI5ywTtn/s640/Slide16.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">{Just click the image above and download the preview to print this lesson easily!}</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">In my first grade classroom, I actually have a specific interactive read aloud block, but if you don't you can see that the read alouds can easily be used in your guided reading block, small group, or even to print out and add to your sub plans!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">If you think these read aloud lessons can be used in your room, check out my unit below to get a better idea of what is included:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Interactive-Read-Aloud-Lessons-2000988"><img border="0" height="494" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbT8IiHdpvTcpVdV7LXAakMi67E3nQwF8vHLlWtdQsJ4GyBVQP8_DkdPgH09bgkkTNuelM-U9xzCw30RiRkb4eDmOdx7FE_DnR25_9OuE72i6sbonJJbWei3wAVyYv9-hZb64HiNJJ8ifi/s640/Slide1.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Parker Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13483665504729090461noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1576512561678094920.post-18256681450286629232015-07-23T11:51:00.000-07:002016-01-21T07:50:51.758-08:00First Grade Grammar Activities & Printables<div style="text-align: center;">
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When do you teach the grammar and language standards in your classroom??</div>
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Nouns, determiners, comma usage, prepositions...</div>
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Ya know... allllllllllll of <a href="http://www.corestandards.org/ELA-Literacy/L/1/">THESE</a>!</div>
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Some can be easily embedded into your reading or writing block, while others I try to find the time to do whole lessons on!</div>
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Even with an extended day (730-330), I can have a hard time fitting ALL these standards in my first grade classroom. I have been finding that that the best time for me to teach these is.... wherever it fits! That probably isn't the answer you were hoping for, but I have found that it works best in room 102.</div>
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I can say that when I taught in Las Vegas, I had a 20 minute block to fit these standards in each day and that was fine and dandy, but I would have rather had more time to expand writer's workshop or reader's workshop. I felt like I didn't have enough time to delve deeper into the main subject areas, so I have found that teaching these skills in small groups allows me to personalize the instruction and teach only what my students needed to be taught.</div>
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Once I figured out when I wanted to teach these skills, I needed tools to teach them. A little over a year ago I went through each and every first grade Common Core language standard and created anchor charts, activities and printables for them all!</div>
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Here are some of the activities included:</div>
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Roll, Spell, and Cover!</div>
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I have this game for short vowels, long vowels, and digraphs!</div>
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Multiple meaning triangles:</div>
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Students match up the multiple meanings of a word to create a triangle.</div>
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Categories:</div>
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Students practice vocabulary sorting by determining which category each noun belongs in.</div>
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Connect em:</div>
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Students make sentences using the conjunctions.</div>
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Inflectional endings flip books:</div>
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Students practice reading words with inflectional endings and writing sentences with them.</div>
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List it:</div>
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Students pull a card and write a sentence with a list of 3 or more things and correctly add the commas to the sentence.</div>
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Puppy prepositions:</div>
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Students practice their prepositions by completing this mini-book and saying where the puppy is on each page.</div>
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Root word, prefix, and suffix anchor charts!</div>
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If you need any activities to teach these standards, you can grab them all in my bundle below:</div>
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Parker Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13483665504729090461noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1576512561678094920.post-53878158028550536252015-07-22T06:00:00.000-07:002016-01-21T07:44:20.189-08:00VEGAS MEET UP 2015!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRB4KQ2adoLCnhMMClkhtsDNVkig7nQb7e8NFlsSkfDRcUAf_yUlXB5fKK4So8n2NSCmEf6lfAnKQL28Ve_stOJdDj7iD3WnOXxbXrpe5Tnyi_zLB6Z_6objmll5ign32MFDKky33XhcY/s1600/Vegas+Meet+Up+Cover.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRB4KQ2adoLCnhMMClkhtsDNVkig7nQb7e8NFlsSkfDRcUAf_yUlXB5fKK4So8n2NSCmEf6lfAnKQL28Ve_stOJdDj7iD3WnOXxbXrpe5Tnyi_zLB6Z_6objmll5ign32MFDKky33XhcY/s640/Vegas+Meet+Up+Cover.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The meet up that we held in Vegas last week was AMAZING!! There really isn't many other words that could describe it. Picture 1100 teachers in a room together, having fun, meeting new people, and winning lots of prizes. We were all smiling so hard that our cheeks hurt. It was a great night and we appreciate all of the many teachers and bloggers who came and had a fabulous night with us. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">First and foremost, we have to give a HUGE shout out to <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/" target="_blank">Teachers Pay Teachers</a>, <a href="http://www.sde.com/" target="_blank">SDE</a>, and <a href="http://www.gonoodle.com/" target="_blank">GoNoodle</a>! These sponsors not only donated generous amounts of giveaway swag, they also helped organize and make our meet-up extraordinary!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbMmK09VoSRsrV5fpTUn3XcxrCC9A92-2K4UOVYJUBQcXIl0LLKgoTcflO9b5w72xPUmam2OnOl6kB_V_sTt9GX7kQ2Q1T41wSlEUZt__uMV07dDf720RrWKC8J7nSW9kiPRO6nFBctUo/s1600/Slide2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="128" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbMmK09VoSRsrV5fpTUn3XcxrCC9A92-2K4UOVYJUBQcXIl0LLKgoTcflO9b5w72xPUmam2OnOl6kB_V_sTt9GX7kQ2Q1T41wSlEUZt__uMV07dDf720RrWKC8J7nSW9kiPRO6nFBctUo/s640/Slide2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It's safe to say that in a mix of 1,100 educators, we all appreciate <a href="http://www.sde.com/" target="_blank">staff development</a> that is fun, engaging, and inspiring. <a href="http://www.sde.com/" target="_blank">SDE</a> donated several different <a href="http://www.sde.com/" target="_blank">staff development</a> gift certificates... from online seminars to <a href="http://www.sde.com/" target="_blank">National Conference</a> passes!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKOkFtwffIRn83D7JjOinUV3Hn_IHD0hXqil3rfABkD2nZGaONKO7TTSIdOeli9Tb66ynx9rsex6vguff5DSUH2wli-DogePtC4i-q-BpIlM4Uenhvb6H3s-mXvKU9SS4QnmGB672d8sI/s1600/Vegas+Sponsor+Pic+SDE.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKOkFtwffIRn83D7JjOinUV3Hn_IHD0hXqil3rfABkD2nZGaONKO7TTSIdOeli9Tb66ynx9rsex6vguff5DSUH2wli-DogePtC4i-q-BpIlM4Uenhvb6H3s-mXvKU9SS4QnmGB672d8sI/s640/Vegas+Sponsor+Pic+SDE.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Not only did <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/" target="_blank">TpT</a> host their very own conference, but they were also so generous when it came to our blogger meet-up! Who wouldn't get excited about FIFTY <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/" target="_blank">TpT</a> gift certificates??!! That's right, FIFTY lucky winners went home with a little money to spend at <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/" target="_blank">TpT</a>! Oh, and those drink passes? Those were from <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/" target="_blank">TpT</a> as well!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAMSEWuHHM_YM7q3gHt_CX7RdGeHnbJ_1uGnxv2eF9r_lI1wYgF00TjrmtLB7bznTu0YDpgjRq4kRVsNGh_T4kn1th07ChM1Drvx6V6vlv_DU4A6Lie_EAtZ_QH3qaH-H_y6-DdYECpgA/s1600/Vegas+Sponsor+Pic+TPT.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAMSEWuHHM_YM7q3gHt_CX7RdGeHnbJ_1uGnxv2eF9r_lI1wYgF00TjrmtLB7bznTu0YDpgjRq4kRVsNGh_T4kn1th07ChM1Drvx6V6vlv_DU4A6Lie_EAtZ_QH3qaH-H_y6-DdYECpgA/s640/Vegas+Sponsor+Pic+TPT.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I mean, what would we have done without those amazing <a href="http://www.gonoodle.com/" target="_blank">GoNoodle</a> swag bags?? Plus, they brought in the neatest PhotoBooth that you ever did see! AND, we can't forget Freckles, the <a href="http://www.gonoodle.com/" target="_blank">GoNoodle</a> mascot! How fun was it that he was running around snapping pictures with people all night long??</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkZIr8ojogI4EkP0GiUzqalkcTn90hAglLpoaq4f2OmpjAP2rIqlwLrIUVzeo2qt9M_xk57uAVnGs9SXLt5C47Z-TTi1c6WborXZXasLe72KVF5y1mQxmkhE-NSQMAbkyY06KEk-P9xWA/s1600/Vegas+Sponsors+Pic+Go+Noodle.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkZIr8ojogI4EkP0GiUzqalkcTn90hAglLpoaq4f2OmpjAP2rIqlwLrIUVzeo2qt9M_xk57uAVnGs9SXLt5C47Z-TTi1c6WborXZXasLe72KVF5y1mQxmkhE-NSQMAbkyY06KEk-P9xWA/s640/Vegas+Sponsors+Pic+Go+Noodle.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We had so many other sponsors that helped donate <span style="font-size: large;"><b>over $55,000</b></span> worth of swag, prizes, and goodies! Can you believe that?! I don't know about you, but to us... that's a whole lotta love for teachers! Let's take a look at these amazing prizes...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Who loves <a href="http://scentos.com/" target="_blank">Scentos</a> out there? Teachers AND students love the fun-loving smell of all the <a href="http://scentos.com/" target="_blank">Scentos</a> goodies out there! <a href="http://scentos.com/" target="_blank">Scentos</a> gave markers and stickers to all of our attendees! Isn't that amazing?!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAGXKA03JiXvyoErR0f6g166zFo9dhf119DqhxSYEmhhrR-lWogI1xf_OFsU414XZNalbAwH8uq18KNT_M_gkB0KfZOj4e723kdC03fJnkgKEj2UaM-OKJOElwm4wMmuSiddiYf5dFHvo/s1600/Vegas+Sponsor+Pic+Scentos.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAGXKA03JiXvyoErR0f6g166zFo9dhf119DqhxSYEmhhrR-lWogI1xf_OFsU414XZNalbAwH8uq18KNT_M_gkB0KfZOj4e723kdC03fJnkgKEj2UaM-OKJOElwm4wMmuSiddiYf5dFHvo/s640/Vegas+Sponsor+Pic+Scentos.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Who doesn't want a precious {and FREE} bulletin board set to start off the new year?! <a href="http://www.creativeteaching.com/" target="_blank">Creative Teaching Press</a> sent <a href="http://www.creativeteaching.com/products/poppin-patterns-value-pack" target="_blank">bulletin board sets</a> to every single person who came to our meet-up! A couple of lucky teachers went home with a <a href="http://www.creativeteaching.com/" target="_blank">Creative Teaching Press</a> gift card as well!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNWvGqOGEmCurwBquUkIhwikek37mh_l9BbNMNffC2RMY6PhJ-Yd1sJ49io96U4PkhnGagHn4xEB_k2KDkoqAiZOASujsWy6Ra5Bnct0HgIiubx4mM-1fN7DTu7Xsw1blW2_2h3bxYB-E/s1600/Vegas+Sponsors+Pic+CTP.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNWvGqOGEmCurwBquUkIhwikek37mh_l9BbNMNffC2RMY6PhJ-Yd1sJ49io96U4PkhnGagHn4xEB_k2KDkoqAiZOASujsWy6Ra5Bnct0HgIiubx4mM-1fN7DTu7Xsw1blW2_2h3bxYB-E/s640/Vegas+Sponsors+Pic+CTP.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.erincondren.com/cool-for-school" target="_blank">Erin Condren</a> sent products that were hot off the press! Have you seen their <a href="https://www.erincondren.com/reversible-quote-calendars-classroom-collection" target="_blank">teacher posters</a>, <a href="https://www.erincondren.com/bundle-cool-for-school" target="_blank">teacher bundles</a>, and <a href="https://www.erincondren.com/teacher-lesson-planners" target="_blank">teacher planners</a>? <a href="https://www.erincondren.com/" target="_blank">Erin Condren</a> makes lesson planning a beautiful thing!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHN_SmBF03kvtHWxCU7tUaeCVJgMA1BRmNmtbbxl17k3Tj93Mp0NIwqD_gBRFTdwCVDu-EyJExwmrmdNd_svdqQ607HrQUq-0VoQYrlTDM3D9U_Jx1YgyoMoWtI_xnd_EG2c889_T2xvo/s1600/Vegas+Sponsors+Picture+Erin+Condren.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHN_SmBF03kvtHWxCU7tUaeCVJgMA1BRmNmtbbxl17k3Tj93Mp0NIwqD_gBRFTdwCVDu-EyJExwmrmdNd_svdqQ607HrQUq-0VoQYrlTDM3D9U_Jx1YgyoMoWtI_xnd_EG2c889_T2xvo/s640/Vegas+Sponsors+Picture+Erin+Condren.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Speaking of beautiful things... check out these too cute to boot <a href="http://www.verabradley.com/?c3apiks=89_44600&utm_campaign=G_Vera+Bradley+-+Brand+General&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_term=vera+bradley&cm_mmc=PaidSearch-_-GOOGLE-_-08-14-2008-_-vera+bradley&mid=24943&siteID=qBNKlhsBsB4-7V.J0P4HXPje5Cad1ADMqQ" target="_blank">Vera Bradley</a> gift baskets! <a href="http://www.verabradley.com/?c3apiks=89_44600&utm_campaign=G_Vera+Bradley+-+Brand+General&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_term=vera+bradley&cm_mmc=PaidSearch-_-GOOGLE-_-08-14-2008-_-vera+bradley&mid=24943&siteID=qBNKlhsBsB4-7V.J0P4HXPje5Cad1ADMqQ" target="_blank">Vera's </a>bags are PERFECT for teachers, moms, and well... anyone who loves pretty things :)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoXn4D3QjX7bDBYXuOIVMj78aCeFQG0GnoUU2EyV_Ft1EBUbpa3m8CTf-65PuNLy2eT4jZ3DL82InCKxYgjLkJY9V06IQMsYGM5vkxgCaXYpFlL028bUT7LJn1wLjt6_3wlNhYuD21SGA/s1600/Vegas+Sponsor+Pic+Vera.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoXn4D3QjX7bDBYXuOIVMj78aCeFQG0GnoUU2EyV_Ft1EBUbpa3m8CTf-65PuNLy2eT4jZ3DL82InCKxYgjLkJY9V06IQMsYGM5vkxgCaXYpFlL028bUT7LJn1wLjt6_3wlNhYuD21SGA/s640/Vegas+Sponsor+Pic+Vera.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Now, we all know how stylish all you teachers are out there! <a href="http://pamperedteacher.com/collections/subscription-box" target="_blank">The Pampered Teacher</a> donated TWENTY <a href="http://pamperedteacher.com/collections/subscription-box" target="_blank">Teacher Subscription boxes</a> to our lovely attendees! These <a href="http://pamperedteacher.com/collections/subscription-box" target="_blank">boxes</a> are designed to help teachers keep up-to-date with the latest trends and styles without any hassle!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGWclnPDYKs_AOml_qi-62NljKYB1tjUnWbZdcuEae7pxAvNnqJzh4zcrW3ivbsqPUrGpKRlgujx95JAO55NpDO7qALDnoK2sBSXw2TlqYnjsD8ak6Z947o4SCclxDnrI8vOUdC1Thlks/s1600/Vegas+Sponsor+Pic+Pampered+Teacher.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGWclnPDYKs_AOml_qi-62NljKYB1tjUnWbZdcuEae7pxAvNnqJzh4zcrW3ivbsqPUrGpKRlgujx95JAO55NpDO7qALDnoK2sBSXw2TlqYnjsD8ak6Z947o4SCclxDnrI8vOUdC1Thlks/s640/Vegas+Sponsor+Pic+Pampered+Teacher.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">If there is something that we know... it's that teachers LOVE getting new <a href="http://icreatetoeducate.com/" target="_blank">tech-goodies</a> for their classroom! So many times our schools, districts, and counties just don't have enough funds to outfit our classroom with the latest and greatest, but we sure are glad that our <a href="http://icreatetoeducate.com/" target="_blank">sponsors</a> are willing to step up to the plate! <a href="http://icreatetoeducate.com/" target="_blank">Hue HD</a> gave 11 different doc cams! Isn't that amazing?!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTRScbsvqbjGSCxw3ovH0iilPw_Zd7pxsyvnxPkdmREybY0GN0tXRCAQFKlCk0LAJ4ND8qjyO6CBMl7IjxyoMnqndWV7Pmo_Yhu87I6MgLu-t4lidLJdwTKX5opxWZKnfg-CCsh_2IuTQ/s1600/Vegas+Sponsor+Pic+Hue+HD.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTRScbsvqbjGSCxw3ovH0iilPw_Zd7pxsyvnxPkdmREybY0GN0tXRCAQFKlCk0LAJ4ND8qjyO6CBMl7IjxyoMnqndWV7Pmo_Yhu87I6MgLu-t4lidLJdwTKX5opxWZKnfg-CCsh_2IuTQ/s640/Vegas+Sponsor+Pic+Hue+HD.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.esgisoftware.com/" target="_blank">ESGI</a> is all about helping teachers simplify giving meaningful assessments. They were so generous to donate a <a href="https://www.esgisoftware.com/" target="_blank">GRADE-LEVEL license</a>! That's up to TEN teachers that get to use <a href="https://www.esgisoftware.com/" target="_blank">ESGI</a> for an entire year! Plus they even included a little gift basket of goodies!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi6mYWLPd9yeEdh7crnhjKXIvC6uo97IzGM6AZ67olIk8iDCoaWbjWsoU3IvSCThrak6H8fPrAbPaf6fU3WZWL-Y8cRBYGxZdj7pCcJts7q45i4z7EYEKmKoj6qq6CfRieiYeMjKgy220/s1600/Vegas+Sponsors+Pic+ESGI.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi6mYWLPd9yeEdh7crnhjKXIvC6uo97IzGM6AZ67olIk8iDCoaWbjWsoU3IvSCThrak6H8fPrAbPaf6fU3WZWL-Y8cRBYGxZdj7pCcJts7q45i4z7EYEKmKoj6qq6CfRieiYeMjKgy220/s640/Vegas+Sponsors+Pic+ESGI.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://alivestudiosco.com/" target="_blank">Alive Studios' </a>mission is simple: <span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: italic; line-height: 18.5714302062988px;">to equip teachers with engaging solutions that help young students become proficient in reading and math by 3rd grade.</span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.5714302062988px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> I mean, who doesn't want to get on board with that?!</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.5714302062988px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.5714302062988px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYQDViolba18Nwxz8sejFQpRP77U4Ve5rUUkpxf2Br1GXCFixVJT0ZFj2RrvhzNxV_AE3Xz_aqf0hVV33LIuBgwc8OUsxgeVVDTxAtup0GKx3QjaXgoUR4v6vrqgAQyvXVwdOe50AFu1s/s1600/Vegas+Sponsors+Alive+Studios.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="line-height: normal; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYQDViolba18Nwxz8sejFQpRP77U4Ve5rUUkpxf2Br1GXCFixVJT0ZFj2RrvhzNxV_AE3Xz_aqf0hVV33LIuBgwc8OUsxgeVVDTxAtup0GKx3QjaXgoUR4v6vrqgAQyvXVwdOe50AFu1s/s640/Vegas+Sponsors+Alive+Studios.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.5714302062988px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.5714302062988px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Do you want your students to come to the carpet, line up, and transition in an organized and <a href="http://www.sitspots.com/" target="_blank">FUN manner</a>?! <a href="http://www.sitspots.com/" target="_blank">Sit Spots</a> knows how important <a href="http://www.sitspots.com/" target="_blank">spatial management </a>is for teachers! That's why they sent FIVE <a href="http://www.sitspots.com/" target="_blank">$100 gift certificates</a> to our meet-up!!</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.5714302062988px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.5714302062988px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7QXz1rgfmFfuohqlQwLQ7QI0C1i9M1SenPWxYtpxlG4ivUEuBBuUUIG0y1ysgY4vwW4_BY1Hn5Ua515LQvasWiuqg1QhLFSOlra8SVRSTxW19iW_BS_s0Ar1LFmLxGkGvKoZG0BPFUIE/s1600/Vegas+Sponsor+Pic+Sit+Spots.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="line-height: normal; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7QXz1rgfmFfuohqlQwLQ7QI0C1i9M1SenPWxYtpxlG4ivUEuBBuUUIG0y1ysgY4vwW4_BY1Hn5Ua515LQvasWiuqg1QhLFSOlra8SVRSTxW19iW_BS_s0Ar1LFmLxGkGvKoZG0BPFUIE/s640/Vegas+Sponsor+Pic+Sit+Spots.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.5714302062988px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.5714302062988px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Now that we are talking about staying organized, let's focus on <a href="http://www.seatsack.com/" target="_blank">Seat Sacks</a>! THREE lucky winners went home with different <a href="http://www.seatsack.com/" target="_blank">Seat Sack Packs</a>! These teachers will now be able to have a classroom full of <a href="http://www.seatsack.com/" target="_blank">organized and tidy students</a>!</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.5714302062988px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.5714302062988px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6aeY9eHoNk-gl4ak5idPLcFNKzGtgusX00deXZ0WFL3AqWuB1jUg2HFbzW4E1dQ_bokMJxTKbd2_e4-eqBNJJ1PHOdzSktSpoHvs9k6ahhnQEI8ubKexhyphenhypheneLiaG3u3YTWI4NHOc90dYQ/s1600/Vegas+Sponsors+Pic+Seat+Sacks.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="line-height: normal; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6aeY9eHoNk-gl4ak5idPLcFNKzGtgusX00deXZ0WFL3AqWuB1jUg2HFbzW4E1dQ_bokMJxTKbd2_e4-eqBNJJ1PHOdzSktSpoHvs9k6ahhnQEI8ubKexhyphenhypheneLiaG3u3YTWI4NHOc90dYQ/s640/Vegas+Sponsors+Pic+Seat+Sacks.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.5714302062988px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.5714302062988px;"><a href="http://www.carsondellosa.com/" target="_blank">Carson Dellosa</a> has been in the business of making teachers happy for over 38 years! If you have taught for any amount of time you have probably purchased their <a href="http://www.carsondellosa.com/" target="_blank">classroom resources, decor items, or supplemental materials</a>! Not only did they give <a href="http://www.carsondellosa.com/" target="_blank">cut-out accents</a> to every attendee, they also donated <a href="http://www.carsondellosa.com/" target="_blank">three gift baskets</a>! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.5714302062988px;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.5714302062988px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-5dIeJz0BwqPyP3LA73aQKIPvC4Ui2vMMmpAHATLcUHexB8c7OujIp9rByEGVdtK8OTDHclF23m2PfVO6GOyxiNr0TVrADeM3CkfeFMe6aELdte5GIsOBQRiiFdng9r4UmWzbr8n4N7w/s1600/Vegas+Sponsor+Pic+Carson+Dellosa.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="line-height: normal; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-5dIeJz0BwqPyP3LA73aQKIPvC4Ui2vMMmpAHATLcUHexB8c7OujIp9rByEGVdtK8OTDHclF23m2PfVO6GOyxiNr0TVrADeM3CkfeFMe6aELdte5GIsOBQRiiFdng9r4UmWzbr8n4N7w/s640/Vegas+Sponsor+Pic+Carson+Dellosa.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.5714302062988px;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.5714302062988px;">It's no secret that the <a href="http://www.ronclarkacademy.com/" target="_blank">Ron Clark Academy</a> has been positively impacting education for several years now! Well, now that our sweet <a href="http://www.elementaryshenanigans.com/" target="_blank">Hope King</a> and her precious hubby are teachers there, we are getting to see even more incredible things that are happening <a href="http://www.ronclarkacademy.com/" target="_blank">there</a>! Several bloggers have visited over the past year, and now TWO more teachers will get to plan a visit thanks to the generosity of <a href="http://www.ronclarkacademy.com/" target="_blank">Ron and Kim</a>! If you can't get to their Academy right away, you many want to check out their newest books: Move Your Bus by Ron Clark, Crash Course by Kim Beaden, and <a href="http://www.insidetrenches.com/" target="_blank">Inside the Trenches</a> by Adam Dovico.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.5714302062988px;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvtBtVetx2m1yYUmVkhqSjJo-U3pP1iholHI1RV4Oy0X-85SFG9NXhPqe2wZlBQsikB87CHynKK2yHnbZ5xMRvvKt40dhP2G9gZ_IGUUh60qO6WWRYdXUaQEa2fhmj39Jf1qP4432CoaI/s1600/Vegas+Sponsors+Pic+Ron+Clark.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvtBtVetx2m1yYUmVkhqSjJo-U3pP1iholHI1RV4Oy0X-85SFG9NXhPqe2wZlBQsikB87CHynKK2yHnbZ5xMRvvKt40dhP2G9gZ_IGUUh60qO6WWRYdXUaQEa2fhmj39Jf1qP4432CoaI/s640/Vegas+Sponsors+Pic+Ron+Clark.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.5714302062988px;">Have you seen the <a href="http://www.ellisoneducation.com/" target="_blank">Ellison</a> <a href="http://www.ellisoneducation.com/product/A10800/ellison-allstar-superstar-machine" target="_blank">All-Star machines</a>? These <a href="http://www.ellisoneducation.com/product/A10800/ellison-allstar-superstar-machine" target="_blank">die-cutting machines</a> are portable and easy to take on-the-go! Ellison generously donated FIVE of their <a href="http://www.ellisoneducation.com/product/A10800/ellison-allstar-superstar-machine" target="_blank">AllStar SuperStar Machines!</a> They also sent goodies for our swag bags... that every attendee was able to take home!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.5714302062988px;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.5714302062988px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXmygLbU8JaSSUx7ADvQFUQUw_LjtJHRfaWzOUFa6A66bDgDi8-G1iCnCsbWOlDFfAHAtT3K-yvik0Dlh9TX9-QY3xqNZXEfRzhBUGNB1jIScFf9xYsESfD3hAYWVcM7eJ_aDF9B6Cfbs/s1600/Sponsor+Collage+Ellison.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="line-height: normal; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXmygLbU8JaSSUx7ADvQFUQUw_LjtJHRfaWzOUFa6A66bDgDi8-G1iCnCsbWOlDFfAHAtT3K-yvik0Dlh9TX9-QY3xqNZXEfRzhBUGNB1jIScFf9xYsESfD3hAYWVcM7eJ_aDF9B6Cfbs/s640/Sponsor+Collage+Ellison.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">While we are on the subject of classroom goodies, let's talk about <a href="https://www.teachercreated.com/?gclid=COydjP2J4MYCFQtFaQodkZUALA" target="_blank">Teacher Created</a>! They donated <a href="https://www.teachercreated.com/?gclid=COydjP2J4MYCFQtFaQodkZUALA" target="_blank">THREE gift baskets</a> showcasing their very own <a href="https://www.teachercreated.com/?gclid=COydjP2J4MYCFQtFaQodkZUALA" target="_blank">classroom decor materials</a>!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjadErhV7Swds5VO1m4BEvtXqVxCxoTqxUerviRRhFrM0JZcdbtbEgac9X-Rih3ID6sM16VlxMCjNNyEguPPD5TnPEa43uGJbNe6_ceMIX9dV_cM90O4Q4n6EwkG85E_Qy2J9l0xqpQ83c/s1600/Vegas+Sponsors+RESOURCES.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjadErhV7Swds5VO1m4BEvtXqVxCxoTqxUerviRRhFrM0JZcdbtbEgac9X-Rih3ID6sM16VlxMCjNNyEguPPD5TnPEa43uGJbNe6_ceMIX9dV_cM90O4Q4n6EwkG85E_Qy2J9l0xqpQ83c/s640/Vegas+Sponsors+RESOURCES.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Do you teach about <a href="http://www.insectlore.com/" target="_blank">butterfly life-cycles </a>in your classroom?? If so, you MUST check out <a href="http://www.insectlore.com/" target="_blank">Insect Lore</a>! They are the original <a href="http://www.insectlore.com/" target="_blank">Butterflies-By-Mail</a> company! Everyone went home with a package of <a href="http://www.insectlore.com/" target="_blank">3D insect stickers</a> at our meet-up!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6Pv0Ui4nOpgICY_l8tKHqHPP0_WgIlxQCZAqF2zCCnyJx63r0iZ7Tf2nscQPVFlbUgaZ8YfCHtGowy3d0_fH33DNmbl7gGakvFhABN1fMnI5rp6JZCDloWdlEjmqpi4oa9cofHpv1-m4/s1600/Vegas+Sponsors+Pic+Insect+Lore.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6Pv0Ui4nOpgICY_l8tKHqHPP0_WgIlxQCZAqF2zCCnyJx63r0iZ7Tf2nscQPVFlbUgaZ8YfCHtGowy3d0_fH33DNmbl7gGakvFhABN1fMnI5rp6JZCDloWdlEjmqpi4oa9cofHpv1-m4/s640/Vegas+Sponsors+Pic+Insect+Lore.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.kaplanco.com/" target="_blank">Kaplan</a> provides developmentally-appropriate educational products to families, early education professionals, and classrooms! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0SjNuxQgtnyzJl7c8jIMJfqUs5kCxz9uOGNtDbnUIB6275CtCIiaIWpbTZgllCck4lPVgNmi02miQ0zqufAjIh9tiBh92cYJ4EUjkzRq8UrOAqj6sVMyOrspG2zrRGpaKgNazNnFkVVI/s1600/Vegas+Sponsor+Pic+Kaplan.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0SjNuxQgtnyzJl7c8jIMJfqUs5kCxz9uOGNtDbnUIB6275CtCIiaIWpbTZgllCck4lPVgNmi02miQ0zqufAjIh9tiBh92cYJ4EUjkzRq8UrOAqj6sVMyOrspG2zrRGpaKgNazNnFkVVI/s640/Vegas+Sponsor+Pic+Kaplan.jpg" width="640" /></a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Looking to <a href="http://www.skinit.com/?gclid=CNOm8a-L4MYCFQqIaQodalYHoA" target="_blank">jazz up</a> your laptop, phone, or tablet? <a href="http://www.skinit.com/?gclid=CNOm8a-L4MYCFQqIaQodalYHoA" target="_blank">Skin It</a> makes those devices that we are so addicted to even better than before! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGPdCsG-Cmc0RPGUDcTKKoqCnI1mehhxfT3dW1A6WcfwXgw5kKyHr0ps228qEqSqF6R8xOkYcpYjJ4117e_sk0Es2w_AEU_mcrMtpSeqDwdmiXOv__pZHPMtZev3I-B7bnorLwJNf5iBU/s1600/Vegas+Sponsors+Pic+Skin+It.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGPdCsG-Cmc0RPGUDcTKKoqCnI1mehhxfT3dW1A6WcfwXgw5kKyHr0ps228qEqSqF6R8xOkYcpYjJ4117e_sk0Es2w_AEU_mcrMtpSeqDwdmiXOv__pZHPMtZev3I-B7bnorLwJNf5iBU/s640/Vegas+Sponsors+Pic+Skin+It.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">If you haven't heard of <a href="http://www.creativemathematics.com/learn/" target="_blank">Kim Sutton's math materials</a>, you must stop what you are doing and check them out NOW! She brings the fun into your <a href="http://www.creativemathematics.com/learn/" target="_blank">math instruction</a>!! <a href="http://www.creativemathematics.com/learn/" target="_blank">Creative Mathematics</a> generously gave a Staff Development DVD :)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuag5CJrbRKl0kEj3kVRjA-o6pFOd3qlaTpX5BltYxIQ6suwIzobawcrZVCgO7KLKXPnFBE0rwitXKRncfoXGFZG8nKr7F8ss0E9BWVtDJA8IMEJbEPZRCH_1k2yQGvBjxUZzJVmtHLn8/s1600/Vegas+Sponsors+Creative+Mathematics.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuag5CJrbRKl0kEj3kVRjA-o6pFOd3qlaTpX5BltYxIQ6suwIzobawcrZVCgO7KLKXPnFBE0rwitXKRncfoXGFZG8nKr7F8ss0E9BWVtDJA8IMEJbEPZRCH_1k2yQGvBjxUZzJVmtHLn8/s640/Vegas+Sponsors+Creative+Mathematics.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRMPcefO1CisLxJqiEnBT4iK5Zsm4Los5V7hO9aBaBjIIVln4xG1l9qyyOzwf9_FcJVHBQUEwBToemSzwjIz2ZnlKswSUFC0npBlKgjxZ5rXhp4piGdrtmrjGvKz9Ebg1SKEiolGuS9o8/s1600/Slide1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="128" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRMPcefO1CisLxJqiEnBT4iK5Zsm4Los5V7hO9aBaBjIIVln4xG1l9qyyOzwf9_FcJVHBQUEwBToemSzwjIz2ZnlKswSUFC0npBlKgjxZ5rXhp4piGdrtmrjGvKz9Ebg1SKEiolGuS9o8/s640/Slide1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><a href="http://www.creativemathematics.com/learn/" target="_blank">Lakeshore Learning</a> is no stranger to education, right?! We all know and love their teacher-and-student-friendly products! Their <a href="http://www.lakeshorelearning.com/product/productDet.jsp?productItemID=1%2C689%2C949%2C371%2C929%2C555&ASSORTMENT%3C%3East_id=1408474395181113&bmUID=1437065354352" target="_blank">STEM kits</a> were the perfect gifts for our winners!<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjpGHvG4pJQSLRU3htSFQVBxjZePV1uTBtSf4a4kcX0N0njNzH3FoYR2E1tk4LTcJ7P_-mD5iXVtbNyjOUEavic0n9IdeoD2aeBOg0FDhx-J7h50d3dKzA6XLFAlru4P7pVG8ErV2QNg4/s1600/Vegas+Sponsors+Lakeshore.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjpGHvG4pJQSLRU3htSFQVBxjZePV1uTBtSf4a4kcX0N0njNzH3FoYR2E1tk4LTcJ7P_-mD5iXVtbNyjOUEavic0n9IdeoD2aeBOg0FDhx-J7h50d3dKzA6XLFAlru4P7pVG8ErV2QNg4/s640/Vegas+Sponsors+Lakeshore.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Who doesn't love a pretty notepad, desk organizer, and cards?! Well, we have all known that <a href="http://www.creativepapercollection.com/" target="_blank">Krista Wallden</a> brings her A-Game to clipart, but she's also knocking it out of the park with her new <a href="http://www.creativepapercollection.com/" target="_blank">Creative Paper Collection</a>! Of course, we just adore her new <a href="http://www.creativepapercollection.com/" target="_blank">designs</a> that make scheduling and planning such a pretty thing!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: center;"><br /></span><span style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikd5uHhh3w0lPf2zn5wAmu2ATO6pBh0CMlgkzFc525xl3k7HQ7PSd4E_y8xlY2yqNiyRQHiMAzpgIDQOJbNSypIqgThqAYEeNqJlR98sdurw0aeezg4ExqRPDykiwVUoDkcN938vMvExg/s1600/Vegas+Sponsors+Pic+Creative+Clips.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikd5uHhh3w0lPf2zn5wAmu2ATO6pBh0CMlgkzFc525xl3k7HQ7PSd4E_y8xlY2yqNiyRQHiMAzpgIDQOJbNSypIqgThqAYEeNqJlR98sdurw0aeezg4ExqRPDykiwVUoDkcN938vMvExg/s640/Vegas+Sponsors+Pic+Creative+Clips.jpg" width="640" /></a></span><br /><span style="text-align: center;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: center;">OHHHH, and if you love adding </span><a href="http://www.skinit.com/?gclid=CNOm8a-L4MYCFQqIaQodalYHoA" style="text-align: center;" target="_blank">personal touches</a><span style="text-align: center;"> to your classroom, home, and well, pretty much anything... you MUST check out </span><a href="http://www.skinit.com/?gclid=CNOm8a-L4MYCFQqIaQodalYHoA" style="text-align: center;" target="_blank">Silhouette America</a><span style="text-align: center;">! You NEED this </span><a href="http://www.skinit.com/?gclid=CNOm8a-L4MYCFQqIaQodalYHoA" style="text-align: center;" target="_blank">cutting system</a><span style="text-align: center;"> in your life! </span><a href="http://www.skinit.com/?gclid=CNOm8a-L4MYCFQqIaQodalYHoA" style="text-align: center;" target="_blank">Silhouette</a><span style="text-align: center;"> donated a </span><a href="http://www.skinit.com/?gclid=CNOm8a-L4MYCFQqIaQodalYHoA" style="text-align: center;" target="_blank">Portrait and Cameo</a><span style="text-align: center;"> to our get-together!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: center;"><br /></span><span style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtKf50gbxOpLJ7cwKqYFvna0Xp-DsVm5QEHZhceUF1hBmKSR6Qe-beyeoq9bKoScdIQ5ZbDM757ioe_HAEPFPHsNWRMKuLIw2ncwRwpF5CORAmsGxIKNVgZcVB-Yx-LIGbRjeprvnxSR4/s1600/Vegas+Sponsors+Pic+Silhoette.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtKf50gbxOpLJ7cwKqYFvna0Xp-DsVm5QEHZhceUF1hBmKSR6Qe-beyeoq9bKoScdIQ5ZbDM757ioe_HAEPFPHsNWRMKuLIw2ncwRwpF5CORAmsGxIKNVgZcVB-Yx-LIGbRjeprvnxSR4/s640/Vegas+Sponsors+Pic+Silhoette.jpg" width="640" /></a></span><br /><span style="text-align: center;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: center;">Are you a blogger?! Are you looking to start a blog OR revamp your <a href="http://jumpingjaxdesigns.com/" target="_blank">blog-look</a>?? <a href="http://jumpingjaxdesigns.com/" target="_blank">Jumping Jax Designs</a> offers printables, invitations, AND blog designs! We can't wait to see the look that our winner and <a href="http://jumpingjaxdesigns.com/" target="_blank">Jumping Jax</a> comes up with!</span><br /><span style="text-align: center;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidxXmrRvXibZehcUJ5MBP7k8BY41TkhH3xYMOi5dxQ8ooj15QqTA-ZYh5wMfLsmfyrPvHFr3Nj_Whihn05LNAW8adxgU2EiJ7RAGCfPT4p-V7F5c8raNOAjTpBSoY3McJcjuem72iIpdY/s1600/Jumping+Jax.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidxXmrRvXibZehcUJ5MBP7k8BY41TkhH3xYMOi5dxQ8ooj15QqTA-ZYh5wMfLsmfyrPvHFr3Nj_Whihn05LNAW8adxgU2EiJ7RAGCfPT4p-V7F5c8raNOAjTpBSoY3McJcjuem72iIpdY/s640/Jumping+Jax.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: center;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: center;">And, finally, we all just swoon over 's educational products. From teaching materials, classroom manipulatives, classroom decor, and management tools to all things <a href="http://www.reallygoodstuff.com/" target="_blank">organizational</a>... we just can't get enough! Thanks to <a href="http://www.reallygoodstuff.com/" target="_blank">RGS</a> for donating an entire Math Kit to our meet-up!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6xFc7YiAjxsjXaKQeCMq3D6lF4CCAUJ_eDznU-XVj5lRfPfW6N1qtTDaFZRqNRwHELfEAGlDG6BSwsWD3z57UArGaWya_cxJra3B1nA5i3WOdPQAv1EviVQ3YVjDYAfm9thucgoRPy2s/s1600/Slide3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="128" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6xFc7YiAjxsjXaKQeCMq3D6lF4CCAUJ_eDznU-XVj5lRfPfW6N1qtTDaFZRqNRwHELfEAGlDG6BSwsWD3z57UArGaWya_cxJra3B1nA5i3WOdPQAv1EviVQ3YVjDYAfm9thucgoRPy2s/s640/Slide3.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Here are just a few pictures of the night. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_qfxV1geBTasxfSrp1e_BlKBlcmLpx2VmzPgoPq1hTySMBA5F3IY-YcRoFuU-ZyWLaAGy9wPzfBWJWdjbHpbdBWFTg9f1MonZ2ntkbxqEGrW76UTNsYgRkZIsycNQz_kfXp_XAhSOWbA/s1600/Vegas+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_qfxV1geBTasxfSrp1e_BlKBlcmLpx2VmzPgoPq1hTySMBA5F3IY-YcRoFuU-ZyWLaAGy9wPzfBWJWdjbHpbdBWFTg9f1MonZ2ntkbxqEGrW76UTNsYgRkZIsycNQz_kfXp_XAhSOWbA/s640/Vegas+1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnBeci4cML5p0uZAKLlZpiX9-PWm4IWwdkItlODZ74oB3fMR1xsP5Zn6Gzp7sqcgQorcPGqZuiubxdKTP0n1O8RyD4_X5j5kS3bSMRLk0gxmKQ1iLr2DC9MWXgN8xss-iL-8RtRmBS47A/s1600/Vegas+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnBeci4cML5p0uZAKLlZpiX9-PWm4IWwdkItlODZ74oB3fMR1xsP5Zn6Gzp7sqcgQorcPGqZuiubxdKTP0n1O8RyD4_X5j5kS3bSMRLk0gxmKQ1iLr2DC9MWXgN8xss-iL-8RtRmBS47A/s640/Vegas+2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBlbNOjoX3HAOPoSmsSaScluNSlnkcackIL5iR6D3ja9XGeEz9Bfpox-1v2eVz2PwaZfQLmrL8i3qsu4kGKp1kkEBXJz6-434TJGa-zhwjB67jD_aZwbyIMTKkQ4y3VXgGvrwrvdRF4Xk/s1600/Vegas+3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBlbNOjoX3HAOPoSmsSaScluNSlnkcackIL5iR6D3ja9XGeEz9Bfpox-1v2eVz2PwaZfQLmrL8i3qsu4kGKp1kkEBXJz6-434TJGa-zhwjB67jD_aZwbyIMTKkQ4y3VXgGvrwrvdRF4Xk/s640/Vegas+3.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjkaaUGJBlRv9iOVSPH9U6UwIEyUHuAzVaDxZpWWGXM_Z4ERzgtCWQYvNq2Xb9nud_B_nzEzMceTHCZ_tyNsAgQapFUbmvi0elPui7CFQnDb0ooQvYl5uOvint_uM5kDFAGu8Y5A8f8ds/s1600/Vegas+5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjkaaUGJBlRv9iOVSPH9U6UwIEyUHuAzVaDxZpWWGXM_Z4ERzgtCWQYvNq2Xb9nud_B_nzEzMceTHCZ_tyNsAgQapFUbmvi0elPui7CFQnDb0ooQvYl5uOvint_uM5kDFAGu8Y5A8f8ds/s640/Vegas+5.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjom-kFhb-cPB2hggWf-ZhDfF9xs0Nrxhd60GyKL_QATbVtiQMiOpObrv181DW9OFxiMz52nXk3mUcicT-TOYhZJkilnwodN9lxDAtREPW-D4W3qrbAm0RblCwJM_7ftPbjt311rReV1kA/s1600/Vegas+6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjom-kFhb-cPB2hggWf-ZhDfF9xs0Nrxhd60GyKL_QATbVtiQMiOpObrv181DW9OFxiMz52nXk3mUcicT-TOYhZJkilnwodN9lxDAtREPW-D4W3qrbAm0RblCwJM_7ftPbjt311rReV1kA/s640/Vegas+6.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPTcMSg3AzgPaqm6XHLWNggv87UMow0LFz5cJyPJ8EHFgrRyDww2yTvX82ta-hEm-Jp6XhqFKyOb7PfIUhw8JLPI379vJfUtQTpPf5Bg0_tgAN8IQAQPPwPHj9f2MAZ1OVSscfX8vtT2Y/s1600/Vegas+4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPTcMSg3AzgPaqm6XHLWNggv87UMow0LFz5cJyPJ8EHFgrRyDww2yTvX82ta-hEm-Jp6XhqFKyOb7PfIUhw8JLPI379vJfUtQTpPf5Bg0_tgAN8IQAQPPwPHj9f2MAZ1OVSscfX8vtT2Y/s640/Vegas+4.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">(To see more pictures, please visit the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.941863142501148.1073741842.169504066403730&type=3" target="_blank"><b>What The Teacher Wants Facebook Page</b></a>.)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">As you can see, this turned out to be the biggest teacher and blogger bash of the century. Thanks again to all our generous sponsors who made the night possible and to all of you who were able to be there in person! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The last shout of of the night goes out to all those who planned and organized this event over the past year. These girls reached out to all the sponsors and helped make the night such a success! (Not to mention they helped fill over 600 swag bags…)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkrrzpdKExHvuiwEOaKJxkLiUUyjDfon4Qa90fTha3kqKcx5m9Csf6hln7hd_XNamyg5_4hulEt2dol-MJUsTOV7HjQZyndL5u8HNJKtZbptY-zWPTofrqYHl8U1eJQeBpfvg-TPD0ZHc/s1600/Vegas+Organizers.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkrrzpdKExHvuiwEOaKJxkLiUUyjDfon4Qa90fTha3kqKcx5m9Csf6hln7hd_XNamyg5_4hulEt2dol-MJUsTOV7HjQZyndL5u8HNJKtZbptY-zWPTofrqYHl8U1eJQeBpfvg-TPD0ZHc/s640/Vegas+Organizers.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="font-size: x-large;">We'd love to hear from you! <u>Leave us a comment</u> telling us which of our prizes you would have liked to win. If you were there, please share with us one of your favorite memories from the night.</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><!-- start InLinkz script --> <br /><div class="InLinkzContainer" id="545953"><a href="http://new.inlinkz.com/view.php?id=545953" rel="nofollow" title="click to view in an external page.">An InLinkz Link-up</a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><script src="//static.inlinkz.com/cs2.js?v=116" type="text/javascript"></script><!-- end InLinkz script -->Parker Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13483665504729090461noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1576512561678094920.post-39739276726918326552015-07-16T18:38:00.000-07:002016-01-21T07:44:20.206-08:00Expanding Writer's Workshop in First and Second Grade!<div style="text-align: center;">After teaching writing to my first graders for 5 years, I have a sad secret to share with you:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">I totally underestimated my young students.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;">Bleck. That pains me to say, but it is true. My first year in a classroom I thought writer's workshop was going to be an absolute trainwreck in 1st grade. I would look at exemplar writing pieces from 1st grade students and thought to myself, "who are these genius little children?!" Clearly I didn't think they really existed... and if they did I thought for sure they wouldn't be found in my room.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I knew writing was an area I needed to work on and build confidence in, so I began to tackle it. Slowly, but surely I took each Common Core writing standard and broke it down in a way that I thought I could handle. I still had my doubts, but my students had NO problem proving me wrong.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I started with <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Personal-Narrative-Writing-Unit-Small-Moments-247799">personal narratives</a>. We picked our small moments, learned the difference between a watermelon and a seed moment, and used Froggy books to add capital letters, sound effects and more. It was fun and it was eye-opening! My students could do a lot more than I gave them credit for.<br /><br />Then, in the winter, we researched and published our own <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Informative-writing-A-research-based-all-about-book-191570">all about books</a>. Talk about FUN! My students were gaining more and more independence as they became better writers (and readers).<br /><br />Come springtime, we would learn how to express our <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Opinion-Writing-Unit-Lets-Write-an-Opinion-481019">opinions</a>. We had fun respectfully arguing with one another and providing reasons for our opinions. By the end of the year we all felt successful and I could see tremendous growth in their writing!<br /><br />Now, each of these units took about a month, give or take, so what we were doing the rest of the year?! Prompts! Lots of prompts. Now... there is NOTHING wrong with writing prompts... in fact, we love them in room 102 and still use them from time to time (especially at the beginning of the year to build confidence - see post <a href="http://thankgoditsfirstgrade.blogspot.com/2014/08/starting-writers-workshop-in-first-grade.html">HERE</a>). However, with all that extra time in the year, I felt like I might be able to push my students a little further through more writer's workshop. So the past two years I have made it a personal goal to expand my writer's workshop!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQZfgK9c0weTkifPLTCz9WTC9I0mhNaAoPB_KiYmZJn452U0a4SIrbvy6mIeUrR6Nyoj7L9YWm2-IBtmTzzQXbChkX49uM4DwMgh53iYj24DcAz_G3m8EnsFwcqBP1JHi2bHvi5ag0Ku3f/s1600/writersworkshopimage.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="536" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQZfgK9c0weTkifPLTCz9WTC9I0mhNaAoPB_KiYmZJn452U0a4SIrbvy6mIeUrR6Nyoj7L9YWm2-IBtmTzzQXbChkX49uM4DwMgh53iYj24DcAz_G3m8EnsFwcqBP1JHi2bHvi5ag0Ku3f/s640/writersworkshopimage.png" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />I took a look at my yearly writing scope and sequence that my team had come up with and decided that room 102 was going to dive in head first and see what happens. Well, the last two years I have been THRILLED with my students' ability to take what they have learned in each writing genre and push it one step further.<br /><br /><u>My year overall looked like this:</u><br />August- September: Gaining confidence and building stamina in Writer's Workshop<br />October-November: Personal Narratives<br />December: Seasonal prompts<br />January-February: All About Books<br />Early March: How to Unit<br />March - May: Opinion & Reviews<br />May- June: Realistic Fiction<br /><br />We took what we learned from writing personal narratives at the beginning of the year and shifted our focus writing realistic fiction at the end of the year. We took our informative writing and expanded upon it through a writing how-to mini unit. We also took what we knew about writing our opinions and wrote reviews of local restaurants and movies. We dug deeper and I raised the bar in each of the Common Core writing genres and I am so happy I did!<br /><br />Immediately after we finish our informative, All About Books, we took just a week or two to publish our own "How-to" booklet. Since non-fiction was still fresh in my students' minds, they were able to quickly identify things they knew how to do and teach others:<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6-CmO199RK861pacL6QqSJ4MnbYjPpbobeneGSdm2AZ-CyfBjOFiVbJMe4H29Dp_FJfnvxlKTBf-kHlxzGqJV79zhWZW1Co75ayIW9kJCITloEhBVZPAaxbEM7GZqBczrzMw5-D24qUHf/s1600/howto1.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="442" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6-CmO199RK861pacL6QqSJ4MnbYjPpbobeneGSdm2AZ-CyfBjOFiVbJMe4H29Dp_FJfnvxlKTBf-kHlxzGqJV79zhWZW1Co75ayIW9kJCITloEhBVZPAaxbEM7GZqBczrzMw5-D24qUHf/s640/howto1.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipvJEyS4wu8AFowQD53-eQutYeIzpxZtXcwRbYlPhbenl25cHSMEondiBRAh6Pfw_T0tConev1N77W7cRFWhzh8RG1n8AXSsMW4bbU8RjUivHrMDu8gLhn-V2WhwPIdJ6BpDh534tjDgzE/s1600/howto2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipvJEyS4wu8AFowQD53-eQutYeIzpxZtXcwRbYlPhbenl25cHSMEondiBRAh6Pfw_T0tConev1N77W7cRFWhzh8RG1n8AXSsMW4bbU8RjUivHrMDu8gLhn-V2WhwPIdJ6BpDh534tjDgzE/s640/howto2.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIFo5TIxHgy9eDPKJfEPlI9lBcGhIP_qibcm3n9gWWjF17I4HUobgVJQ0ceocu_PV8-VI5VOVJGks_cbhugDUBU9pEJAg3ZTb2plyi_wAX69So77-YHhbs5YLVHfuvJ92E3ttEsk6rqjvx/s1600/howto3.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIFo5TIxHgy9eDPKJfEPlI9lBcGhIP_qibcm3n9gWWjF17I4HUobgVJQ0ceocu_PV8-VI5VOVJGks_cbhugDUBU9pEJAg3ZTb2plyi_wAX69So77-YHhbs5YLVHfuvJ92E3ttEsk6rqjvx/s640/howto3.png" width="640" /></a></div>Since they could do most of this unit independently, I was really able to pull smaller groups to focus on specific skills (punctuation, sentence variation, leads, details, closings, etc). You can read more about what is in my how to unit {<a href="http://thankgoditsfirstgrade.blogspot.com/2015/06/how-to-writing-in-first-grade.html">here</a>}.<br /><br />Right after we learn how to express our opinions in the spring, we take it one step further and write reviews! My kids seriously love this and I totally play up the whole "critic" concept.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYUwfawLyzqYH5l2WDY4A1dg6SJANTS1zpdKtIPl_-01K4TUPRrF46UwSzf6EVyU5bWiU1gXA8PfJK1OAjAPlc_TQpmjskiTY_U17yKFWxB6cej4EWbK6AJsht6KpunG0wEMVeFi40izEW/s1600/writingreviews1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYUwfawLyzqYH5l2WDY4A1dg6SJANTS1zpdKtIPl_-01K4TUPRrF46UwSzf6EVyU5bWiU1gXA8PfJK1OAjAPlc_TQpmjskiTY_U17yKFWxB6cej4EWbK6AJsht6KpunG0wEMVeFi40izEW/s640/writingreviews1.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE-67Py_HILgIcldolLtZvFVV8BPjcPPS58fhTvv8BJx9hXQN8EwBdSelqT2zeyBmC5-QVTg-0uLEF0RBqR6b_WZHDlsLqqpSIxVRHd-nkASpN8IQ1nWq4XBY3Z2wwFnQdzC-k6LOsVtoL/s1600/writingreviews2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="412" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE-67Py_HILgIcldolLtZvFVV8BPjcPPS58fhTvv8BJx9hXQN8EwBdSelqT2zeyBmC5-QVTg-0uLEF0RBqR6b_WZHDlsLqqpSIxVRHd-nkASpN8IQ1nWq4XBY3Z2wwFnQdzC-k6LOsVtoL/s640/writingreviews2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijUM0F_PnVdyz1asbLAlkeLuKHlJ4_VzH1hrPQFYPL_cGOeG-DAH_NfyNMeU6JkBodaxrZ6UJiCSve9b_r677oASbMVW3lXpqKN5ZeT7zebjjMYTOpDc9TRzM2pVtGKAB2MPzlqbbH3Nid/s1600/writingreviews3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijUM0F_PnVdyz1asbLAlkeLuKHlJ4_VzH1hrPQFYPL_cGOeG-DAH_NfyNMeU6JkBodaxrZ6UJiCSve9b_r677oASbMVW3lXpqKN5ZeT7zebjjMYTOpDc9TRzM2pVtGKAB2MPzlqbbH3Nid/s640/writingreviews3.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>There must be something to giving your students the ownership and pride to be an expert, or teacher, or a critic. Let them take that leadership and empower them they will soar, I tell you! To read more about my reviews unit, head {<a href="http://thankgoditsfirstgrade.blogspot.com/2014/06/writing-reviews-in-1st-or-2nd-grade.html">here</a>}.<br /><br />Lastly, at the end of the year is our "toughest" unit, When we write realistic fiction it is when we bring everything full circle. We take all we have learned the whole year and create our very own story books!<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEwZn3Y8AGU01pCZrwIMxWU__FvRi0fcfBPMc2rakX9K4jm4NGoCeip7b-08gSyBmgWemU9w0OQMt8PgB9mf7P8lHJMjusOxOUrz0H9gPEIzk9doBcYKaEtP44xwQB0deI7rKUvmHel4g9/s1600/realisticfiction1.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEwZn3Y8AGU01pCZrwIMxWU__FvRi0fcfBPMc2rakX9K4jm4NGoCeip7b-08gSyBmgWemU9w0OQMt8PgB9mf7P8lHJMjusOxOUrz0H9gPEIzk9doBcYKaEtP44xwQB0deI7rKUvmHel4g9/s640/realisticfiction1.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX-jPVmZ1YNBTYpKBFT_QNXuA0078z8sIIfoh2Xi912Z7AwvhQTh06U5EvxXKqN0bbImlMZO3Ak62Ja7YH-clGiGpnfkFxkI5HTE-d0DYY29LMUnoSW7F163nvBJEMCTqYN4Q4ibCyjhhN/s1600/realisticfiction2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX-jPVmZ1YNBTYpKBFT_QNXuA0078z8sIIfoh2Xi912Z7AwvhQTh06U5EvxXKqN0bbImlMZO3Ak62Ja7YH-clGiGpnfkFxkI5HTE-d0DYY29LMUnoSW7F163nvBJEMCTqYN4Q4ibCyjhhN/s640/realisticfiction2.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidmunXQ2PZ1Z98hqW2R2LvEyx1_9UojGrp2smHZGizxndASeTADUrYZ5h0db4GwAOKZ4J-skOdNrmMqwbZANcvkO8SJnIW5yt64rr7ecl3hHMlGE4x6-a87Ms-cR2OGGfAhgPkN-ryJOSU/s1600/realisticfiction3.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidmunXQ2PZ1Z98hqW2R2LvEyx1_9UojGrp2smHZGizxndASeTADUrYZ5h0db4GwAOKZ4J-skOdNrmMqwbZANcvkO8SJnIW5yt64rr7ecl3hHMlGE4x6-a87Ms-cR2OGGfAhgPkN-ryJOSU/s640/realisticfiction3.png" width="640" /></a></div>My higher students really push the envelope here and write their own chapter books or series and create their own "boxed set" by decorating a cereal box. I can tell you that before these last 2 years in my classroom, my students NEVER would've written chapter books! And that's on ME, not them.<br /><br />All of these extended units are available in my writer's workshop bundle {<a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Writers-Workshop-Bundle-How-to-Writing-Reviews-and-Realistic-Fiction-1934852">HERE</a>}!<br /><br />So if you are working towards polishing up your writer's workshop blocks this year, maybe these ideas will work for your kids! Expand their thinking and their writing and I think you will all be impressed with what your students turn out!<br /><br />Happy writing :)<br /><br /></div>Parker Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13483665504729090461noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1576512561678094920.post-90445068150370557262015-07-13T06:00:00.000-07:002016-01-21T07:44:20.218-08:00Christmas in July!<div style="text-align: center;">Well hello, hello!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I just returned home from Vegas and I am excited to share that I, along with my <a href="http://imbloghoppin.blogspot.com/">Blog Hoppin</a> pals, are hosting Christmas in July!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Susan-Jones-Tgif"><img border="0" height="397" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGQjMJiEHlH7GwG4obSf_qE9OZSpEli1pZG7FzbZYh4n1I8TPfnp6py6JPbB7gS_WMFaa7nuVDFZKxu2FSE2dtkUTfzEcWhU0Hz6sAY14W9KWa1TCIr3q78wDe2ciyRbFXz5r8YtrTsdSB/s400/BH+Christmas+in+July.png" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Each day this week (Monday-Friday) I will be featuring the following items on sale!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKPst0KFYsmWdacZFKq2jPyJkl0OjCbMw_4wUeHQFv1NCtllfYBrLTGkzAHJJvwjiERRVAlmIVAvzXNXByeC9E40aAKj5W3bWC-ishDiV2JlSX9CeRMGf16kQ3aDkO_ph3HiSWEScfDFuD/s1600/christmasinjuly2015.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="282" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKPst0KFYsmWdacZFKq2jPyJkl0OjCbMw_4wUeHQFv1NCtllfYBrLTGkzAHJJvwjiERRVAlmIVAvzXNXByeC9E40aAKj5W3bWC-ishDiV2JlSX9CeRMGf16kQ3aDkO_ph3HiSWEScfDFuD/s640/christmasinjuly2015.png" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Each day you can also head to <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Susan-Jones-Tgif">my store</a> and click on this banner to see which specific items you can snag for ONE DAY ONLY!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqBt-h9irgokm9uQq2igRA0_mC6YTV9Ld1v54SOL5XRqRj3CS3E5xg6t72UnuHMJXDxQGejq5nxI9FMIEnOhXLIQSRUN83fGDIe6kEwjRQsl_GxSWVSduz7sA0Wif951ovRVm1cuWsU91f/s1600/xmasinjulybanner.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="88" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqBt-h9irgokm9uQq2igRA0_mC6YTV9Ld1v54SOL5XRqRj3CS3E5xg6t72UnuHMJXDxQGejq5nxI9FMIEnOhXLIQSRUN83fGDIe6kEwjRQsl_GxSWVSduz7sA0Wif951ovRVm1cuWsU91f/s640/xmasinjulybanner.png" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I will also be hosting a few additional giveaways and sales over on my {<a href="https://www.facebook.com/TgifThankGodItsFirstGrade">FACEBOOK</a>} and {<a href="https://instagram.com/thankgoditsfirst/">INSTAGRAM</a>} accounts, so be sure to follow me there to catch the deals.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">To kick us off I have put my Writer's Workshop units for sale today! You can click the covers below to see more about each unit :)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Common-Core-Writing-for-1st-Grade-Narratives-Informative-Opinion-Bundle-487663"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV1N_dIYUSoxmYGErm2nM2JgUEeIs0Diwy5X4QVdqXLEF90CoPYXzrKmUUrBTpIt2ORHZXl1io9_LoS3UUFr0l5dYgrWaLQiuzjprMnotQmPWdyUYdugvuirCGTwmbP1qTblB7I_H62yhQ/s400/Slide1.JPG" width="308" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Writers-Workshop-Bundle-How-to-Writing-Reviews-and-Realistic-Fiction-1934852"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHz3SkY3ykuj0Mg63ZXoVziETHZMjqV4mc-aj0vUgK7jEscr0LI77ZmQb7qq2gOZLJk6KO5Cu7eT2hgra2AC9p5JqBxKzJCOhQJ7gnh1eu0nEmp6Zb11RrsIJlmB2-gVMMW6MmKx7mAGep/s400/writersworkshopbundlecover.jpg" width="308" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Susan-Jones-Tgif"><img border="0" height="319" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRh1bmlQYqmvhd-d1o9NlxaeiJmgShpiYSD7sb9Pomh9FQApEQVvzrYZwzT1Iomefu0uKQwicesJGvTxmJB_nJa0SAsADsXxD61S0guf91todkJ6NOxhMQAjTUrJ1lTYz5C4WlvyjS8zvE/s320/susan.png" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Happy Christmas in July!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Parker Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13483665504729090461noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1576512561678094920.post-10822805804807468402015-07-02T07:00:00.000-07:002016-01-21T07:44:20.229-08:00Writing Realistic Fiction in 1st and 2nd Grade!<div style="text-align: center;">Writing realistic fiction is a genre I hadn't taught before two years ago, but once we hit the ground running with it, I knew it was going to stay for the long run.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">My first graders LOVE coming up with their very own character and the problems/solutions their character will face. I find that this is when they really, truly feel like authors.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">In my classroom, I teach this unit in the spring (March-April). It is in this unit that my students really draw on everything they have learned so far in their previous writing units. By the time I teach this unit, we have already been through all the other genres of writing so my students have a lot of knowledge they can apply to their realistic fiction pieces.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Many of my higher writers take this opportunity to stretch their learning and publish their own chapter books or series and we turn it into a little box-set by decorating a cereal box. They LOVE this and it is such a fun keepsake!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmPyq3HHnZ6lDtYF2jjB_6PiFpHika0BPy3OyJotaGGdShRbqE1nVfqwsTvszeNPCQAclj1cub_gTjnX4IP4Vjpgo9Sw_CloCDNGCj0oznagG-Z2yR_PQjc1W8W-yYLkl5pFEjpw0jWrdk/s1600/realistic.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmPyq3HHnZ6lDtYF2jjB_6PiFpHika0BPy3OyJotaGGdShRbqE1nVfqwsTvszeNPCQAclj1cub_gTjnX4IP4Vjpgo9Sw_CloCDNGCj0oznagG-Z2yR_PQjc1W8W-yYLkl5pFEjpw0jWrdk/s640/realistic.png" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX9VlsObqrOZrI3HDRh54Fllvz8HJtzx_44zTnN5AvNxeC-Ga6WEdwTDqlRnP_tvmnokiXS_HbZwR8_I6glEhHoM2Lniy6TTImUwGas6vUHrxb1c2r9P-ZmXUb8vaYMWm2APKY4l4sheQY/s1600/realistic1.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX9VlsObqrOZrI3HDRh54Fllvz8HJtzx_44zTnN5AvNxeC-Ga6WEdwTDqlRnP_tvmnokiXS_HbZwR8_I6glEhHoM2Lniy6TTImUwGas6vUHrxb1c2r9P-ZmXUb8vaYMWm2APKY4l4sheQY/s640/realistic1.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJL_woXDy3YDv2JbYV8YtB5METlHxbH9R6djwoPt-5tTvgnX7vKq2K0eG3Idm4j1ilMEOv2HVB89Leki8MtwO5Glrbk2jRxRWrISNqhSjRxWU6qlngdxttaK-1Bxkwck-jCehIsn8hoAJG/s1600/realistic2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJL_woXDy3YDv2JbYV8YtB5METlHxbH9R6djwoPt-5tTvgnX7vKq2K0eG3Idm4j1ilMEOv2HVB89Leki8MtwO5Glrbk2jRxRWrISNqhSjRxWU6qlngdxttaK-1Bxkwck-jCehIsn8hoAJG/s640/realistic2.png" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">We use many mentor texts throughout this unit to highlight why authors choose to add certain things to their writing. Here are a few of my favorite mentor texts for this unit:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJD_jJ6dyutoluJ5_ddGcrc1wzpq8TFWeY9mwFh71yup5PD79iuMSwxx3Ir2oovfuhkcznLRBJkzM9lzdkm_C80RsaxyCb4J6OpcQZ4YMzEkuTbq4LEEgcp7pEl-crnxu8WdBa9XeUCSsk/s1600/realisticfiction.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJD_jJ6dyutoluJ5_ddGcrc1wzpq8TFWeY9mwFh71yup5PD79iuMSwxx3Ir2oovfuhkcznLRBJkzM9lzdkm_C80RsaxyCb4J6OpcQZ4YMzEkuTbq4LEEgcp7pEl-crnxu8WdBa9XeUCSsk/s640/realisticfiction.png" width="560" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Like many of my other writer's workshop units, I have laid out this unit as a guide for you to follow with your first or second grade students. The unit includes the following:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhT9qmICH4HLn2cfDLNOFwSlNpaAyQAicKFQIwbLxvQHA4KM8UQ2KiQtslLm163wLo_OQHr265jdx7C_LHB-OBjmA6qLF4aaDIELUHeLsQ0DKeSHi7jBkZHTHsVx2Pu2PFPHlXEDmu4pL9/s1600/Slide2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhT9qmICH4HLn2cfDLNOFwSlNpaAyQAicKFQIwbLxvQHA4KM8UQ2KiQtslLm163wLo_OQHr265jdx7C_LHB-OBjmA6qLF4aaDIELUHeLsQ0DKeSHi7jBkZHTHsVx2Pu2PFPHlXEDmu4pL9/s640/Slide2.JPG" width="494" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Here is a closer look at some of the anchor charts included:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivKYueq-MhoRi6clUOOJjCnn1gwG4NJiRiVdNnIWKQT8K6rfwIpGmoTckgEV9LoRtHO67m7OXgvKKsK9Bjr2gMzN8G7HJ8GpHFKqL0ZkqagWR3ETruS9ZrQAlxC1U-OenjN2ro5u44E-9c/s1600/anchorcharts.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="520" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivKYueq-MhoRi6clUOOJjCnn1gwG4NJiRiVdNnIWKQT8K6rfwIpGmoTckgEV9LoRtHO67m7OXgvKKsK9Bjr2gMzN8G7HJ8GpHFKqL0ZkqagWR3ETruS9ZrQAlxC1U-OenjN2ro5u44E-9c/s640/anchorcharts.png" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">If you think your first or second grade students would enjoy this unit, take a closer look by downloading the preview below:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Writing-Realistic-Fiction-1934824"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhma7sCFQ0q4PDKvcK1NxcnoQenVwgHvWzYN0LSI4Y6Sq533PZcsNZXBCQdnHwVkclC9bMNx3gDop8QdNRVgmnf4AqKkDmCAJogFR1JG0RYEfHfPTNcEvlqXlw2b_ntsTeVwscqQ1uglYEk/s400/Slide1.JPG" width="308" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I also bundled my latest 3 writer's workshop units for a discounted price below! This unit includes the realistic fiction unit, my <a href="http://thankgoditsfirstgrade.blogspot.com/2015/06/how-to-writing-in-first-grade.html">how-to unit</a>, and <a href="http://thankgoditsfirstgrade.blogspot.com/2014/06/writing-reviews-in-1st-or-2nd-grade.html">writing reviews</a> unit!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Writers-Workshop-Bundle-How-to-Writing-Reviews-and-Realistic-Fiction-1934852"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHXWndXXyh76EEKKuY7ommJIfbYB_T0mCt3eI9JWQ5o8xMr5nrkkJt-ormjT3rSg-NwaGKkvPVku6-hwMz3otLd5dSeHGi05Y0ljW5p-5gx84O-px-VpMbuCGI4mpDb9edD6eiGhH4ZJG3/s400/writersworkshopbundlecover.jpg" width="308" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Happy writing folks!</div>Parker Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13483665504729090461noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1576512561678094920.post-82659984035188242612015-06-17T17:27:00.000-07:002016-01-21T07:44:20.242-08:00I'll Be in Vegas... Will you?!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So I was at the VERY FIRST blogger meet up from waayyyy back in 2012 (you can read about it <a href="http://thankgoditsfirstgrade.blogspot.com/2012/07/is-this-real-life-vegas-blogger-meet-up.html">here</a>) and I loved it! Unfortunately, the 2nd meet up was while I was away on vacation, and last year I was super pregnant! Needless to say, I am beyond excited to be back in Vegas with some of my favorite bloggers of all time! I hear the crowd as gotten a bit bigger since the first time around ;)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here is a little info about the meet up in case you are joining us this year!</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi92pBnZnUwdR8KOJN_3Nnr1cHplVEOsI3aQgNL5Mcz_5IWHayGkIwB8415mR4jy6hLEKeHyh9lCUp_L4ppU32FZoqc0C7hvRuoE3Kwt304VWR-oIyfq6_zrpeZ3ZEhpxv1ivYiPneZ7Hg/s1600/11029563_882800218407441_4354031521753379119_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi92pBnZnUwdR8KOJN_3Nnr1cHplVEOsI3aQgNL5Mcz_5IWHayGkIwB8415mR4jy6hLEKeHyh9lCUp_L4ppU32FZoqc0C7hvRuoE3Kwt304VWR-oIyfq6_zrpeZ3ZEhpxv1ivYiPneZ7Hg/s640/11029563_882800218407441_4354031521753379119_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><br /></div>This year will be our 4th annual Vegas Teacher-Blogger Meet Up. What started as a fun little way to get to meet other teachers and bloggers from across the country, has turned into the BIGGEST teacher-blogger meet up ever!<br /><br />Here are the details you'll want to know:<br /><br /><ul><li>The meet up will be on Wednesday, July 8th, and will start at 6:30pm at the Venetian in the Galileo room. </li><li>RSVP on our <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/657040004441240/" target="_blank">Facebook event page</a> {<a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/657040004441240/" style="font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">HERE</a>}</li><li>You will need to download, edit, and bring your own name tag. Download the file {<b><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Teacher-Blogger-2015-Vegas-Meet-Up-Name-Tag-1901049" target="_blank">HERE!</a></b>} Below is an example of how your name tag should look. </li></ul><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Teacher-Blogger-2015-Vegas-Meet-Up-Name-Tag-1901049" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="186" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjinzP_4MT7XxxZtL_fzV-ZMNws2aNmWbdtogmFnYXNFPPMUWIeTezdLia7ingyWTW4pEHUhuBRphyK8p0QOCyVvEFU9frZsaydDwHHOwQT9age8DGAUvnUCAKMFCzF808aMt4W7P_nFaI/s320/original-1901049-1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><ul><li>You do not need to be a blogger to attend. All teachers are invited and welcome to come! </li><li>Please be ready to have fun, meet people, and make new friends! Make sure to post pictures to social media using the hashtag #2015vegasmeetup.</li><li>Our main sponsors for this event are <b><a href="http://www.sde.com/" target="_blank">SDE</a></b> and <b><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/" target="_blank">TPT</a></b>, although we have dozens more who will be donating prizes, swag, and other fun stuff! You do not want to miss out on these awesome prizes!</li></ul><ul><li>Here is a peek at this year's DIAMOND sponsors:</li></ul><ul><li><a href="http://www.sde.com/" target="_blank">Staff Development for Educators</a></li><li><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/" target="_blank">TeachersPayTeachers</a></li><li><a href="https://www.gonoodle.com/" target="_blank">Go Noodle</a></li><li><a href="http://www.huehd.com/" target="_blank">HUE HD</a></li><li><a href="http://scentos.com/" target="_blank">Scentos</a></li><li><a href="https://www.erincondren.com/" target="_blank">Erin Condren</a></li><li><a href="http://www.silhouetteamerica.com/" target="_blank">Silhouette</a></li><li><a href="http://www.creativeteaching.com/" target="_blank">Creative Teaching Press</a></li><li><a href="http://alivestudiosco.com/" target="_blank">Alive Studios</a></li><li><a href="http://www.ellisoneducation.com/" target="_blank">Ellison</a></li><li><a href="http://www.sitspots.com/" target="_blank">Sit Spots</a></li><li><a href="http://pamperedteacher.com/" target="_blank">Pampered Teacher</a></li><li><a href="http://www.teachercreated.com/?utm_source=adcenter&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=AdCenterGeneric" target="_blank">Teacher Created Resouces</a></li><li><a href="http://www.seatsack.com/" target="_blank">Seat Sacks</a></li><li><a href="http://www.carsondellosa.com/" target="_blank">Carson Dellosa</a></li><li><a href="http://www.verabradley.com/" target="_blank">Vera Bradley</a></li><li><a href="http://www.ronclarkacademy.com/" target="_blank">Ron Clark Academy</a></li><li><a href="https://www.esgisoftware.com/" target="_blank">ESGI</a></li></ul><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Please take a look at our amazing sponsors, visit their websites, and if possible say thank you for supporting this event! We have never charged an entrance fee for this meet up and it's because of all these wonderful, generous sponsors! <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><a href="http://www.sde.com/" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="136" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9o8O3xkFWkgBEieULG611hfJC6aoa8-XeuBES9tDbRy20A-awTFZjWwlkkFfvnkjFXRr8w8kOWPTEwWmQ6GX_QVXugXUcfFtpeZ5wAlLPg0oPDeOZgmmEF6YgyGYz8txtPC4sK0mrUzU/s320/Staff-Development-for-Educators-logo-Big.png" width="320" /></a><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="138" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5hD7b5MvBcVu4iMc5-q1Gx4DO36vcAWXfHL3kPSlAa-XFSxTX5GPppLyJq9SNpQbkHjuQx4PFshKUaxt7hbIVwo7FS0Fo9xgxM-NtExnDt1bHp7PGMGLwGfLKcigBcEnbMzRwFHapL4w/s200/Teachers-Pay-Teachers-Logo.png" width="200" /></a></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.gonoodle.com/" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRogpx73nTlDKYSpVZbwm-OLm7xmzI9hQXuj-OqucgWX1wozZQl7z8rB4FJhBYprflgUsGium74X-eU-LjWnsPneuzSlHQh7FTqzzBkM5AcSGU_JGRk3Xg19CeowNyhOU0sSuOm-S69Bs/s200/logo-green-spots.png" width="200" /></a><a href="http://www.silhouetteamerica.com/" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="146" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ_duaXAB-IfPwt6fJuZY7TQJg830hppduIKQ0VZ0SybUMjBx42Ndg_eHO5sTaeueqDhMVNWxtfCv-v5eDALwRTseA_L8RpwXdmkBBJ7Su_MJGTwPPLdA4gFyMKyT2xaJNOiZ7YhLxQLM/s200/Silhouette+Cameo.jpg" width="200" /></a> <a href="http://www.creativeteaching.com/" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="190" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-2lqEVMHLmmY7gKadofUC9BVTyd93Qsb5vMFOSAoFg0hKGNghGRLs9u3lInjmd7ajrMdhbPts-ttSpqCSJTUQfWgkJzCdBg9Cved9bPGB9NUjppTgHLpYLxdHfFD3aZixsJz_dWx3j9E/s200/Unknown.jpeg" width="200" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.verabradley.com/" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="128" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWwo-Rine-jHewD_vBZFpHgmi3BM8mCvVkmEF34_ctTDYbjRxv7Yu6f8BN8gkHgGZFj5T7Fejc07x5-T5NbMqDw-Z8jm76BjVvhr9PcXbY7GkCCjQo48SjC1rB17aCtmXTCDvZ8ohKT7E/s320/VB-Sig-Logo.png" width="320" /></a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And just to help you get even more excited, here's a peek at the fun they all had at last year's meet-up! This year is sure to be even </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">BIGGER and BETTER!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbtrH29UarTAnW0l6UJzaLaev1Qmh3bGCkyL3OgffQDvf451XVJtdRuINzp1cteleNN8kLwODcOOMk31c3mFMa5AkJzJDM_vO8kYN7ueJaqZmyaBQoL33nbsdHww370evczVsBEFYF3vk/s1600/1939796_769096636444467_8304662865673905219_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="422" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbtrH29UarTAnW0l6UJzaLaev1Qmh3bGCkyL3OgffQDvf451XVJtdRuINzp1cteleNN8kLwODcOOMk31c3mFMa5AkJzJDM_vO8kYN7ueJaqZmyaBQoL33nbsdHww370evczVsBEFYF3vk/s640/1939796_769096636444467_8304662865673905219_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghO0xLxnKy3lGiZMlnOF58Uy5fCzlZqhLaDH82xKVf9ochsvhfPWmV59ITqhq0e9-3pZpPcwULXZRVx3XZ3AgVIH41tcUjJOtpRmZfa3iu2RIWepVgOE8i8TiLlJk6Dbs-gPHX5F6BA9A/s1600/10553376_767403456613785_725796380795371189_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghO0xLxnKy3lGiZMlnOF58Uy5fCzlZqhLaDH82xKVf9ochsvhfPWmV59ITqhq0e9-3pZpPcwULXZRVx3XZ3AgVIH41tcUjJOtpRmZfa3iu2RIWepVgOE8i8TiLlJk6Dbs-gPHX5F6BA9A/s640/10553376_767403456613785_725796380795371189_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU7bGJJDcJFCidAKJuR4JzpCJ1l4N1iLxwi0FriHKIeS6tuMyDO14QNsWF5cM-PGhNrf8gW-r8vHOGmo8XFvJBcUTFmetxYiMBM9cR6grrsUn_-IEI-OFfKVf_tX4t8QPHeAxYOimoDPE/s1600/1017553_767404166613714_7143882271649226663_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU7bGJJDcJFCidAKJuR4JzpCJ1l4N1iLxwi0FriHKIeS6tuMyDO14QNsWF5cM-PGhNrf8gW-r8vHOGmo8XFvJBcUTFmetxYiMBM9cR6grrsUn_-IEI-OFfKVf_tX4t8QPHeAxYOimoDPE/s640/1017553_767404166613714_7143882271649226663_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidnBff_2OlIyUU51dyoAlJlGmeHI8_4zno2KpKNbFe8z-cdCQiIcREJiihy6mCq6CCE3VhnK5zSeDOy4j_UJoiaY2aSyrdS0rnvbSyc8A0gwNKupYGZ6TZmJoQNPgkgqdYM_MQAx1hvhg/s1600/10456808_767403586613772_5622874468365668207_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidnBff_2OlIyUU51dyoAlJlGmeHI8_4zno2KpKNbFe8z-cdCQiIcREJiihy6mCq6CCE3VhnK5zSeDOy4j_UJoiaY2aSyrdS0rnvbSyc8A0gwNKupYGZ6TZmJoQNPgkgqdYM_MQAx1hvhg/s640/10456808_767403586613772_5622874468365668207_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">All the happy prize winners from last year!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWxvTy-8vtD1C692xw3ueVYn6KIOQcoH_FOxQ4uLTL0GxIqv9-nuaFJ6TSVRHp_GiUhZh6aVRwcdN_33uQtfnlfpgR-ZKcbRKm2Ox-cKE6v7ejQOPuCbgy6XkLeII9wHuluJBBiQcat8I/s1600/Sponsor+Pics+Vegas+2014+Collage+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWxvTy-8vtD1C692xw3ueVYn6KIOQcoH_FOxQ4uLTL0GxIqv9-nuaFJ6TSVRHp_GiUhZh6aVRwcdN_33uQtfnlfpgR-ZKcbRKm2Ox-cKE6v7ejQOPuCbgy6XkLeII9wHuluJBBiQcat8I/s640/Sponsor+Pics+Vegas+2014+Collage+2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Will I see you there?!?</div></div>Parker Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13483665504729090461noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1576512561678094920.post-70842870414460922632015-06-05T20:07:00.000-07:002016-01-21T07:44:20.256-08:00Summer Math Activities!<div style="text-align: center;">Two weeks away folks! </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">10 more school days. Well, 9 and a half if you want to be specific... and I do... so 9.5 more days.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">We are trying our hardest to remain engaged while still having fun in class these days. The sun is blazing and the last thing my kids want to do is sit in class for 8 hours a day. So in room 102, games are where it's at!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I introduced our last themed math centers for the year, <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Summer-Math-for-the-Primary-Grades-1878847">Summer Math</a>, and the biggest hit of this pack was our board game, "The Summer Before 2nd":</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqSTbQGV_6Q_vNqIZr3DzQhY_rVZVlcuTCWAo45UqSx9yj8bVFSPTjrKPURWlcXakP-0cyoDkYlnzeODJgv1cH2JLSMnPxS_D5vVb-C7Dz4Qjz1J_wIwv8EjvwN56kK_R1-j_Wz93O2ur3/s1600/DSC_0846.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqSTbQGV_6Q_vNqIZr3DzQhY_rVZVlcuTCWAo45UqSx9yj8bVFSPTjrKPURWlcXakP-0cyoDkYlnzeODJgv1cH2JLSMnPxS_D5vVb-C7Dz4Qjz1J_wIwv8EjvwN56kK_R1-j_Wz93O2ur3/s640/DSC_0846.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzEqrqBsvNPtADdon9V1qVZgw1kUtTrSpbZAcaqOw2WknVgG9SDpUbuhdVNujJWI6XVPNn2cV0Hcu2ivc9iglg_fD7AQFdr7DqL6-b9i8D_5OKXDVFJ_s4B1onZCBu-UifqoG-w_C3WrL2/s1600/DSC_0850.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzEqrqBsvNPtADdon9V1qVZgw1kUtTrSpbZAcaqOw2WknVgG9SDpUbuhdVNujJWI6XVPNn2cV0Hcu2ivc9iglg_fD7AQFdr7DqL6-b9i8D_5OKXDVFJ_s4B1onZCBu-UifqoG-w_C3WrL2/s640/DSC_0850.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJA0YWBKNsZhI3e2RrLoJgMhEMjsdTKem6q-oUgbwt8bmgK9LOoydQd63q8-neCv5x2KOFL3mJ2M2dIrsPvXWPf6kqieRG7hVhBp5oglmiU3b9cSDKvCdH3plnUDqTdxIPmbG6d4ca6f2F/s1600/DSC_0852.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJA0YWBKNsZhI3e2RrLoJgMhEMjsdTKem6q-oUgbwt8bmgK9LOoydQd63q8-neCv5x2KOFL3mJ2M2dIrsPvXWPf6kqieRG7hVhBp5oglmiU3b9cSDKvCdH3plnUDqTdxIPmbG6d4ca6f2F/s640/DSC_0852.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrhQXvfqdbwLYfrLhPdj4cno3DkHXJBZzs6SWzJrYs28MeYbUBgtLfzQjAlO430JqS2oEs4gk35C2dk26XXZJuvtZ8o6He3A6aoJUOQOXfIyfnHg-5A72Y4lvgW0LxeCbch5lLmZDbHuUn/s1600/DSC_0855.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrhQXvfqdbwLYfrLhPdj4cno3DkHXJBZzs6SWzJrYs28MeYbUBgtLfzQjAlO430JqS2oEs4gk35C2dk26XXZJuvtZ8o6He3A6aoJUOQOXfIyfnHg-5A72Y4lvgW0LxeCbch5lLmZDbHuUn/s640/DSC_0855.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzpiRsb2mhKLCCEz2fZCV_0Mz4xiBwxWs3TiKvDImH-wDQNBUvsClbAfEyMzaz4cfVA3mtGk38cKTauh5ndgexVz1HT1lPyEdMTgYA8dmOYaS-KHPQxkpIdRJaoB91drfIqUgGNbt8ZPS5/s1600/DSC_0857.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzpiRsb2mhKLCCEz2fZCV_0Mz4xiBwxWs3TiKvDImH-wDQNBUvsClbAfEyMzaz4cfVA3mtGk38cKTauh5ndgexVz1HT1lPyEdMTgYA8dmOYaS-KHPQxkpIdRJaoB91drfIqUgGNbt8ZPS5/s640/DSC_0857.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPnSE0GskbmQPWirLJYIJZsVNfmqN12flVU_R4jR9xZS-l1trHCCihGgtlqjRgGaXhgIxan_wISYu6rqceWJN3_1eSvtrS6RrUCS_PulCJmk2BmWrHOtCvwRj8qAOjnu1mCXaToV6llvbS/s1600/DSC_0859.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPnSE0GskbmQPWirLJYIJZsVNfmqN12flVU_R4jR9xZS-l1trHCCihGgtlqjRgGaXhgIxan_wISYu6rqceWJN3_1eSvtrS6RrUCS_PulCJmk2BmWrHOtCvwRj8qAOjnu1mCXaToV6llvbS/s640/DSC_0859.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">This is a simple, yet engaging game that allows students to review all sorts of math before they head out for the summer! Students roll a die and move that many spaces. In order to stay on that space they must choose the matching card and answer it correctly (the other students check). There are 6 different categories of cards: subtraction, addition, time, place value, number sense, and challenge!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">In my summer math unit there are also the usual story problem booklet and quite a few print-and-go games with no prep needed. I figured the end of the year is all about easy my students love partner games:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMrvFVMjw06-vbhrA6DjBLQm67DgqT6J7Og41J5SjCO0z-jjKNU0XsitNBtiDYs95ZL5qOGfPHLsS5TfafxjGTHSd0jipYolfi_zCE_mf1gjCsOKXkm96OVlUI78u_7PAfNmg_sNJJG8LV/s1600/Slide18.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="494" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMrvFVMjw06-vbhrA6DjBLQm67DgqT6J7Og41J5SjCO0z-jjKNU0XsitNBtiDYs95ZL5qOGfPHLsS5TfafxjGTHSd0jipYolfi_zCE_mf1gjCsOKXkm96OVlUI78u_7PAfNmg_sNJJG8LV/s640/Slide18.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjGrMajxYtbcjKVFVAUk_RMoYXciTPA4iqqz5s-R51Af0Qnx09qtHz7b0WCVSGLVS5U3Aep5r2FqIjSLn5YG8utNy3Z9iNZLNEIlUzxDCNiVKOOI3et7IUwgG1D3oFblG5VXHbNwUvjfFL/s1600/Slide42.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="494" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjGrMajxYtbcjKVFVAUk_RMoYXciTPA4iqqz5s-R51Af0Qnx09qtHz7b0WCVSGLVS5U3Aep5r2FqIjSLn5YG8utNy3Z9iNZLNEIlUzxDCNiVKOOI3et7IUwgG1D3oFblG5VXHbNwUvjfFL/s640/Slide42.JPG" width="640" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">These activities and more are in my Summer Math unit:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Summer-Math-for-the-Primary-Grades-1878847"><img border="0" height="494" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXduv8wZODhTTS0EAz8-azkyD5ZI5J6L8Ohm5aIe9_ln6pZd80iGyuad0jq3vpn-R32w1ODmK1-suoiTR0-kdVRCc2BfSC6xM7F031C5OOJvh6QXqi1x1b3dG9U7xCLLyHIJpKauFMji7l/s640/Slide1.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">and this COMPLETES my math centers for the whole year - Yahoo!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">You can snag all 10 units below for pretty dang good discount - you get 2 free with the bundle :)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/First-Grade-Math-Centers-for-the-Whole-Year-1575731"><img border="0" height="494" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_PTAKmRk-DeWq6YqEHmwl3iQ1hGIcE_JhWLODxyzK-qx21mWHzk82iSGTGJWmZUfcglQU_QcURPIJ3Z287P73bu015MVSBuD3YehpUL1eu_pDkrJAdQMtdeGpy-SdrDBvXBEbybtON-oJ/s640/Slide1.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Parker Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13483665504729090461noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1576512561678094920.post-66776370614928146542015-06-01T17:32:00.000-07:002016-01-21T07:44:20.268-08:00How to Writing in First Grade<div style="text-align: center;">How to writing is one of my favorite writing units to teach. </div><div style="text-align: center;">My students just <i>get</i> it and they enjoy writing many, many pieces!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Maybe it's because my students think they know how to do everyyyytthiinngggg ;)</div><div style="text-align: center;">If your students are like mine, let them run with the idea that they know it ALL and have them write all their genius down on paper!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">During my first couple years of teaching I taught the how-to genre as a short unit largely reliant on prompts. I would ask all my students to complete the same prompt using transition words. We wrote all about how to build a snowman, how to make a sandacastle, how to brush our teeth, etc. and we called it a day.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">That was fun and my students certainly learned how to write some procedural pieces, but I fell in love with writer's workshop and wanted to create a unit that aligned. I wanted my students to own their how-to pieces, get excited about them and walk through the entire writing process from brainstorming to publishing.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">My students recently published their how-to books and I wanted to share a little about how we completed our books and the process we went through.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><u>Brainstorming</u>:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgymApWlyfYqqj2fi3iqqsEnIvQFyKZdvx8_NZRH1Iyjd1TB4DXb7jwN8HQOntiNg37SMBTPJIcZ2-2EVy9vp2GjdCe1AxCp4EkjbDXHwTw3KKTdh-rroSVAwS_TeMIG_eY96MKRO1cPTML/s1600/9.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="452" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgymApWlyfYqqj2fi3iqqsEnIvQFyKZdvx8_NZRH1Iyjd1TB4DXb7jwN8HQOntiNg37SMBTPJIcZ2-2EVy9vp2GjdCe1AxCp4EkjbDXHwTw3KKTdh-rroSVAwS_TeMIG_eY96MKRO1cPTML/s640/9.png" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">After we learned what the "how-to" genre was all about, we brainstormed some things we know how to do at school, outside, at home, and in the kitchen!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><u>Zooming in:</u></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCGNG_-zFJcu9M5HsZXhJTTbs7Zhlfv8W2TgVILCBJpPU4Y3WjAMQMApc9SJw52aWlJM3rIFJSXd5jZp_M1-kV_YLYW8hyFSuFyEqRkuyz2gwjowNqA4bWStS7LDrgc1qjJ8Mf6nv_x-Of/s1600/10.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCGNG_-zFJcu9M5HsZXhJTTbs7Zhlfv8W2TgVILCBJpPU4Y3WjAMQMApc9SJw52aWlJM3rIFJSXd5jZp_M1-kV_YLYW8hyFSuFyEqRkuyz2gwjowNqA4bWStS7LDrgc1qjJ8Mf6nv_x-Of/s640/10.png" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">When teaching this unit, I quickly realized that my students needed help choosing a *smaller* topic. We spend a whole day practicing zooming in on larger topics to find a more specific thing to teach someone how to do.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><u>Writing:</u></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1BG2TEQXPnLz_rmoZbReUhy24pmHrKCaEuROZ17uGTp8H69K-P7JPzzl5x6pwcpwxaA-qjFTkNp-7iRnf05hn0JOOQSXfXy2V8030Rx7z_bBjWiojqa5amFtxT3DR_5zaluEPZF2sKkoa/s1600/6.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1BG2TEQXPnLz_rmoZbReUhy24pmHrKCaEuROZ17uGTp8H69K-P7JPzzl5x6pwcpwxaA-qjFTkNp-7iRnf05hn0JOOQSXfXy2V8030Rx7z_bBjWiojqa5amFtxT3DR_5zaluEPZF2sKkoa/s640/6.png" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif6L_gpycLMJVc0p-k4Pa9oRclOGZFwjsoR39cwzTAEPTOnwTEO2jeYXOWtgpuTqLN3zpEKYbx56Ep3X_YCTGk_Ce8AYekagoM0-c6uR4MZJ_UxruwEjQ4aw_rr7v7COZJWDBdfIBYe60y/s1600/7.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif6L_gpycLMJVc0p-k4Pa9oRclOGZFwjsoR39cwzTAEPTOnwTEO2jeYXOWtgpuTqLN3zpEKYbx56Ep3X_YCTGk_Ce8AYekagoM0-c6uR4MZJ_UxruwEjQ4aw_rr7v7COZJWDBdfIBYe60y/s640/7.png" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-HlsRRlu4KbpdZSro_7MSM9HRUzOvMTgQ1jU9QId0sIfjj3JLvUrHGWpPIwPIxWzrdi4PB7e6Svp5Kg-Qa3KMr142XqV0ugqov6MrvS-My14j_K8cKmbASQWTuh2udn_5KC7e_L5qE3bq/s1600/8.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-HlsRRlu4KbpdZSro_7MSM9HRUzOvMTgQ1jU9QId0sIfjj3JLvUrHGWpPIwPIxWzrdi4PB7e6Svp5Kg-Qa3KMr142XqV0ugqov6MrvS-My14j_K8cKmbASQWTuh2udn_5KC7e_L5qE3bq/s640/8.png" width="478" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Writing, writing, writing!</div><div style="text-align: center;"> I explain in my unit that my students write many, many pieces to keep throughout this unit. Every time we learn a new skill or concept, my students go back into their writing folders and add it to their older pieces. Our writing pages are always a work in progress!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><u>Publishing</u>:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyt9Qcz-QRoUuxUI96IEZ2yD0PsCghH-LboN84H0p-nXDpbHdB-smYpJxUcOrqaTEfrzUSIEkdOS5Q7y-cltnlCfDdB9Rg6K47i5zSTH0Ry2-601XaPaAZ1lbNgikfjwl4WdF1j9FFFN5I/s1600/5.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="412" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyt9Qcz-QRoUuxUI96IEZ2yD0PsCghH-LboN84H0p-nXDpbHdB-smYpJxUcOrqaTEfrzUSIEkdOS5Q7y-cltnlCfDdB9Rg6K47i5zSTH0Ry2-601XaPaAZ1lbNgikfjwl4WdF1j9FFFN5I/s640/5.png" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2DWGBkc5vZ-9ptuu3EQWuIThR3EGh-GYRqmEAs0OapWIuEJfYcZdTpyJraSdqUmlhRq8Vsmsi6BsFWL9S1QvhAcH-PT2H8LDn8ScQgRRv3cGuR7IZiu2iCyuBKhnkNHsNj8b7aTkvsEwb/s1600/4.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-xRssploBFjnlKsSwOs1YgBgiZ2SOzc3Icvhanp2hdOCf9gnnBQqHKxkQHVjDUifgN5W-H0kWIFTBneQBtZM5xdWwPT3YPBu99EUYsasar-XZ_aXExnUAIrGWiyp4KKxtlWge-vf-9A_J/s640/2.png" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2skbt1fbwLW-ODG8LJYE2M-xRRzDbksdaRprwq83iDlujySh0_0Ts8ht3XKAVBvydIUbLVk1Ry1N3X1DC_ie5uAVTt8v1LMXMA9x4YmDAhFUHxZ0Gih73cMslzZi6vj9foMZq08adJlIf/s1600/1.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2skbt1fbwLW-ODG8LJYE2M-xRRzDbksdaRprwq83iDlujySh0_0Ts8ht3XKAVBvydIUbLVk1Ry1N3X1DC_ie5uAVTt8v1LMXMA9x4YmDAhFUHxZ0Gih73cMslzZi6vj9foMZq08adJlIf/s640/1.png" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">When it is publishing time, my students choose one of their writing pieces to edit/revise and turn into their own book!<br /><br />Along with these steps there is plenty more in the how-to unit I created:<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQCO9DRthjR1XofIWC2arJC0Xh4znKPTkZHfJ4XJbdanOACZtf7ZiSewavwctD1lVlVlawMypwmLuWWLnK-JNthDc3piWYJmjc4bYmbcdm7uNJvCjam1PKdJoat6AWGWEQa1602qGuxhxU/s1600/11.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQCO9DRthjR1XofIWC2arJC0Xh4znKPTkZHfJ4XJbdanOACZtf7ZiSewavwctD1lVlVlawMypwmLuWWLnK-JNthDc3piWYJmjc4bYmbcdm7uNJvCjam1PKdJoat6AWGWEQa1602qGuxhxU/s640/11.png" width="442" /></a></div> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1_Sq5WxVcNRrc8mVJijNRHtOY5MW1yxFFC_stlsC9WvDMj1-Mgje8zGWQPL764I48RNJz3SToSvucnFeVu8-_ebl0DwndBRrAYjQ68jqGpGPZRZpfn6pyAi3g0B8a93qsnh7H8mnHPzT9/s1600/12.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1_Sq5WxVcNRrc8mVJijNRHtOY5MW1yxFFC_stlsC9WvDMj1-Mgje8zGWQPL764I48RNJz3SToSvucnFeVu8-_ebl0DwndBRrAYjQ68jqGpGPZRZpfn6pyAi3g0B8a93qsnh7H8mnHPzT9/s640/12.png" width="438" /></a><br /> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQZEOHFQUeiYqPb052yT7octROdmCMp4hUpOcWU0lii9r72NeCbE4CryARU6IvKCwz9UcDUA2_BRCo4UvAdh94uGXUjNFi7I7oAJKb1W9Bag5SIQl3v7KUH4MbBRCgmGHUqIrO0qzIkttG/s1600/13.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Life has been busy lately.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />Us Joneses have moved to a new house and traveled to Seattle the past few weeks! It has been crazy and fun and I have plenty more to share on that, but right now I wanted to share what's been going on in my classroom!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">This week back from break we have been getting our Mother's Day presents ready to go. I am all about EASY these days and this quick, and I thought this meaningful gift would be a great keepsake for our special moms:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8_wjmozbUiqMFHlVtWSqPgbTzE5SDuTK2Tv7COcVyO0Kiva7fxufwVrRWjMbFt3I5saULrul37zqbvzNG4nytNTrMAdn295wzbrV5yolcaTeqSpCCROjy39gRTA7AtwbyQiQn98OPWCNN/s1600/mothersday.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8_wjmozbUiqMFHlVtWSqPgbTzE5SDuTK2Tv7COcVyO0Kiva7fxufwVrRWjMbFt3I5saULrul37zqbvzNG4nytNTrMAdn295wzbrV5yolcaTeqSpCCROjy39gRTA7AtwbyQiQn98OPWCNN/s1600/mothersday.jpg" height="640" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">We used the directed drawings from <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Directed-Drawings-for-the-Entire-School-Year-A-Growing-Bundle-1808779">First Grade Blue Skies</a> to make our moms and then we filled out my questionnaire on the back (FREE, <a href="http://thankgoditsfirstgrade.blogspot.com/2013/05/mothers-day-finds-and-freebies.html">here</a>). These seriously crack me up every year and this year did not disappoint!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">We also introduced some new, May math centers this week - Camping math is the theme!</div><div style="text-align: center;">Here we have "fill the fire." Students have to find the missing addend, fill it in, and record. By this time in the year, I want my students solving addition and subtraction problems within 100, so these missing addend problems allow my kids to work on those skills!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl7SfuxD-MbTxdn9wuAcoAV8I4CVo0v_hirW2_L9VDFLMeCglluovRt5fYKMdl7YWVRlDTIRJbN_9Qf12W_iFiIK20aqNETfo1jXYpMlypAa8lfY42JfhZhzkihvYzA31OiLAnTmIeEWuo/s1600/DSC_0764.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl7SfuxD-MbTxdn9wuAcoAV8I4CVo0v_hirW2_L9VDFLMeCglluovRt5fYKMdl7YWVRlDTIRJbN_9Qf12W_iFiIK20aqNETfo1jXYpMlypAa8lfY42JfhZhzkihvYzA31OiLAnTmIeEWuo/s1600/DSC_0764.jpg" height="432" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP0g-qusO94LQoktqSwgxIrKIV__w3gkDHyY_CalxjJenYKxXkjGjEQ5bTPs1ZyHnVge9df79T8Mfasz1grhkVwvSWVdXoGivdglc0Hrj3jsu1a_bHkKfSpp3EcIQzuXD2HWPYNbJ1k_5c/s1600/DSC_0767.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP0g-qusO94LQoktqSwgxIrKIV__w3gkDHyY_CalxjJenYKxXkjGjEQ5bTPs1ZyHnVge9df79T8Mfasz1grhkVwvSWVdXoGivdglc0Hrj3jsu1a_bHkKfSpp3EcIQzuXD2HWPYNbJ1k_5c/s1600/DSC_0767.jpg" height="424" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />I also had some students practice graphing data with "Catch 'em & Graph 'em"<br />Students had to pick a card, graph the data, and answer questions<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnx891MF1CAW_YGXpFpxO-ZiUr6MQNzYTpuLTJfZDOpD5iHqDQXMqaM0glkqPUmoEp_5uZStb1CpbmrD8NcS6QvW97fFxV-1auiUUHBCfmR5b8SwtxQ6mBlxypPgAcylrsxUJt_WO4YNii/s1600/DSC_0770.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnx891MF1CAW_YGXpFpxO-ZiUr6MQNzYTpuLTJfZDOpD5iHqDQXMqaM0glkqPUmoEp_5uZStb1CpbmrD8NcS6QvW97fFxV-1auiUUHBCfmR5b8SwtxQ6mBlxypPgAcylrsxUJt_WO4YNii/s1600/DSC_0770.jpg" height="426" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirIbdlIqzfKGX1P4ADkM1DQbIMVqP1s_gMByu8rZIvMjzzbztL0KNlsIwpQurAHWGhSS4DJPof7QZqKS1nydlW_1feb28nbs1U1bMddzCdVhiMPJPdgdIVXEKC0QUvKNd5-eYTrE4LbA92/s1600/DSC_0777.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirIbdlIqzfKGX1P4ADkM1DQbIMVqP1s_gMByu8rZIvMjzzbztL0KNlsIwpQurAHWGhSS4DJPof7QZqKS1nydlW_1feb28nbs1U1bMddzCdVhiMPJPdgdIVXEKC0QUvKNd5-eYTrE4LbA92/s1600/DSC_0777.jpg" height="420" width="640" /></a></div>These centers are from my new <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Camping-Math-for-Primary-Grades-1837264">Camping Math</a> unit with 4 other themed centers.<br />You can also snag the discounted, year-long bundle <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/First-Grade-Math-Centers-for-the-Whole-Year-1575731">HERE</a>!<br /><br />and Mo Willems...</div><div style="text-align: center;">this week we kicked off our Mo Willems author study. Like many other teachers around the world, I L-O-V-E me some Mo! We are starting by diving into some Pigeon books, then Elephant and Piggie, and lastly we will read the Knuffle Bunny trio.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk72c8RPhrR27xiqhZdT5GHd_P9i7qscGIRAzulZv2yU34BqTgtb53QsWm8BdRKaIfMwqNXIKw2vly7c9t_D2oDBSvCkb51W-hXBwwWr6JGrieS2zRrWkGN9TujBjHolxioFasqhL1bN9r/s1600/mowillems1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk72c8RPhrR27xiqhZdT5GHd_P9i7qscGIRAzulZv2yU34BqTgtb53QsWm8BdRKaIfMwqNXIKw2vly7c9t_D2oDBSvCkb51W-hXBwwWr6JGrieS2zRrWkGN9TujBjHolxioFasqhL1bN9r/s1600/mowillems1.jpg" height="640" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">For more Mo Willems activities, check my posts <a href="http://thankgoditsfirstgrade.blogspot.com/2014/05/we-love-pigeon.html">here</a>.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">As we are wrapping up another school year, I will have plenty more to share with our end-of-the-year fun, but for now, I am going to enjoy some time with this guy:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUfbYkMv5U3ST9ScqmJ-ypCj1gHUCyErpa3QVYaJrttPURMVXH0xE8bbIb1mTVnFtOm03tvl2Qa_ph3rw9NpKHo2vJl1DJnwIt_ZxK6hYyA9D5KdGFmapqA9KaCYj1b32_5Zl6T_Fwu42Z/s1600/theobaby.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUfbYkMv5U3ST9ScqmJ-ypCj1gHUCyErpa3QVYaJrttPURMVXH0xE8bbIb1mTVnFtOm03tvl2Qa_ph3rw9NpKHo2vJl1DJnwIt_ZxK6hYyA9D5KdGFmapqA9KaCYj1b32_5Zl6T_Fwu42Z/s1600/theobaby.jpg" height="640" width="362" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">xoxo</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Parker Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13483665504729090461noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1576512561678094920.post-83414398680368908162015-04-13T15:53:00.000-07:002016-01-21T07:50:21.860-08:00Common Core Phonics Assessments - 1st Grade!<div style="text-align: center;">
We have four more days until spring break here in Mass. and it is CRUNCH time!</div>
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You may remember I blogged all about my <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Quick-Check-Common-Core-Assessments-for-1st-Grade-1308350">Quick-Check Common Core Assessments</a> last July [click <a href="http://thankgoditsfirstgrade.blogspot.com/2014/07/quick-common-core-assessments-for-1st.html">HERE</a> to get a refresher]. These were great at the beginning of the year, but my oh my, I don't think I realized how helpful these would be when I came back from my maternity leave! After being out for 5 full months, there was no way I was going to sit down and re-give every large, long assessment we had, but I did NEED to know my kids better. It was really frustrating to not be able to speak to <b><i>every.little.thing</i></b> each of my students could do so far into the school year.</div>
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So, voila! I pulled out my quick check assessments since they take about a minute to complete and I got a quick snapshot of where my kids were! I was able to identify my struggling students pretty quickly and we started RTI (response to intervention) immediately.</div>
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Now that it is nearing the end of the year (9 more weeks!), I wanted to re-assess my intervention group and see how my struggling students were progressing:</div>
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This little one is clearly still mixing up ch and sh!</div>
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In February, this little lady had gotten EVERY middle vowel wrong... Progress!!</div>
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This little guy got these all right this time!</div>
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and now the fun part... going through and making notes. This student has progressed in almost every phonics standard we tested back in February. All except the consonant blends... which means we will be working on that!</div>
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I find that these quick checks are great to make small groups and keep me focused through the end of the year! As I mentioned in my July post, I have made a quick check assessments for all the Common Core RF standards and every single math standard!</div>
Parker Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13483665504729090461noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1576512561678094920.post-71936406348644982232015-03-31T16:38:00.000-07:002016-01-21T07:44:20.310-08:00Spiraled Math Centers!<div style="text-align: center;">We have been spiraling our math learning big time in room 102. Since I was gone for so long on maternity leave I really wanted to be able to see what my students could do in math. So, while I still teach a focus lesson and most of our math activities are based on that specific standard (right now it's 3D shapes), I still have many of my math tubs spiral through older concepts.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">That is where my themed math centers come in! These centers are scaffolded and spiraled throughout the year. Each month the 6 centers included go along with what we are teaching currently and what we have already taught throughout the year!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I realized I forgot to share that my March centers had been finished (ya know....a month or so ago...) so here are two of the centers:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEPdgVPiGOq6cy8eCnK5wN9hTdRMlkBAwPZcC1p7cm3QIfLqdsfcjhwQTzbh56FWmnACVsmmtcafmpB_3azsV3C8tews-ZLLnMP4VEfAOCvYjr_RqbbFiul0xT081YCEPZ45EaCkaX9VYj/s1600/march2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEPdgVPiGOq6cy8eCnK5wN9hTdRMlkBAwPZcC1p7cm3QIfLqdsfcjhwQTzbh56FWmnACVsmmtcafmpB_3azsV3C8tews-ZLLnMP4VEfAOCvYjr_RqbbFiul0xT081YCEPZ45EaCkaX9VYj/s1600/march2.png" height="476" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Follow the Rainbow: place value game!</div><div style="text-align: center;">Students each take turns rolling 2 dice to try and make the largest number. Whoever rolls the biggest number gets to move a space and whoever get to 10 first, wins!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKAdf8_jiH-PZ4xIsdSiM203miNxIH19IEN_QJHLcO3neAYMgBfEk4-7tUDC1eAOH_FFMedOGEoaS54g2EpwstJtF6F9XmtfHtc2k0AiSz-6d9s5ovuLez86HoCChWeSXlKyIL2l5MiwZX/s1600/march.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKAdf8_jiH-PZ4xIsdSiM203miNxIH19IEN_QJHLcO3neAYMgBfEk4-7tUDC1eAOH_FFMedOGEoaS54g2EpwstJtF6F9XmtfHtc2k0AiSz-6d9s5ovuLez86HoCChWeSXlKyIL2l5MiwZX/s1600/march.png" height="440" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Double digit addition sort: I had my students use base 10 blocks to help them add.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">and now for April... I pulled these out yesterday!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibQGyDoiU3rzlVZO8CuDwpKyqbrgCVhEBnmoPK9TzKQsj5EdelIdYTIe8i0yU1LI1w2-prlL7G2nawAv4MtPew1VC65y9y78jdC8_7QOoz6p1ZAwlbVZ1x8v93r74zKkK9BhUarmGfEF6L/s1600/IMG_2712.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibQGyDoiU3rzlVZO8CuDwpKyqbrgCVhEBnmoPK9TzKQsj5EdelIdYTIe8i0yU1LI1w2-prlL7G2nawAv4MtPew1VC65y9y78jdC8_7QOoz6p1ZAwlbVZ1x8v93r74zKkK9BhUarmGfEF6L/s1600/IMG_2712.JPG" height="640" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Make it true: students have to pick the missing symbol to make the number sentence correct and record. There are also comparison number sentences that use <, >, =</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR_WwkX3q1IE3FI67f7paoEvhC-lTiwTr8XhEF9Fzfba9ZiPB7unheJt_ESfj6XrZpOB7lmpTkg0fhiBGRRIf3gLmd1o__SmPTFXnQkwOupykAV-HYgmUT5kJS2-NV0LEbKzfYcinUhyoc/s1600/IMG_2710.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR_WwkX3q1IE3FI67f7paoEvhC-lTiwTr8XhEF9Fzfba9ZiPB7unheJt_ESfj6XrZpOB7lmpTkg0fhiBGRRIf3gLmd1o__SmPTFXnQkwOupykAV-HYgmUT5kJS2-NV0LEbKzfYcinUhyoc/s1600/IMG_2710.JPG" height="640" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Cracked eggs! My kids loved this one. They had to put together the pieces of the eggs to practice 2 digit numbers and expanded form.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">As always, in ALL my monthly math centers there is a story problem booklet, seasonal graphing questions, and a read the room activity!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">You can snag the above activities here:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Leprechaun-Math-for-Primary-Grades-1732573"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3i-vi7vMGowfkXp8L7vA2CcRqIeXB5MW7FeHNP2IQftDoBTdL9zRTW0zKwi8Vif_7YiQI6D-BUsqBcCb5MJHZ85aPZbreuC_vQI3PRby6Qjp2Huviph4PLGCXM7f0inPGGTO786-geciC/s1600/Slide1.JPG" height="308" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">March</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Bunny-Math-for-the-Primary-Grades-1787846"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaN54Qhn68K9MWdT-CFrTo7rzWot_V6zMFGw11SgiIcVln80hqAfKMDaCNiulsmQXPNjwHF7oPQK73MFCyeE14qp86SgTpuQJXc1E4IEk1_HIZ_rrEzmGVFcKl8rT3ItnoT6YPoyJaa3Oq/s1600/Slide1.JPG" height="308" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">April</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/First-Grade-Math-Centers-for-the-Whole-Year-1575731"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtICwixG1ANl-RTBY6rxUALhbOHnKQgF-r3t2FblTMhhyPWW69jHRs6sIB7k2DLDoey4n-d5q_pJpMD6lHFWgm0zVi2W1rzWWQnuM6fI1i0dFrDv5nACECuGZEj5QBmqJRz1OVX86qqwA1/s1600/Slide1.JPG" height="308" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">or... get them all for the whole year at a discounted price!</div>Parker Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13483665504729090461noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1576512561678094920.post-34481521060014752592015-03-28T06:17:00.000-07:002016-01-21T07:44:20.327-08:00An Example of Our Day in 1st Grade!<div style="text-align: center;">Our day in first grade is long! We have extended hours from 730-330 so we have plenty of time to teach what we need to get our first graders on grade level. I thought I would share a little about a day in our life:<br /><br /><b><u>Before school:</u></b><br />My alarm is set for 4:38 am. I wake up and get to the gym by 5am. I workout and watch the news then shower and get dressed at the gym. I am outta there by 6:15! I stop at Starbucks and show up at school around 7am to write our morning message and get everything in order before the bell at 7:28!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><u>7:30-7:50: Morning meeting</u></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbu-KI_WDekaDoMZuCu_qDN2zu5xV3UOJE7kKpHrvo9TxMWX3k8WMb4lk_A8fX0fnyq7ciBlZopL8daIIGLVZP4Fd_T3X5MMfpGXdcPOmcAFA-qPRlO9VBX9ycRH8dhZU2jM6ctzke4Pwf/s1600/DSC_0639.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbu-KI_WDekaDoMZuCu_qDN2zu5xV3UOJE7kKpHrvo9TxMWX3k8WMb4lk_A8fX0fnyq7ciBlZopL8daIIGLVZP4Fd_T3X5MMfpGXdcPOmcAFA-qPRlO9VBX9ycRH8dhZU2jM6ctzke4Pwf/s1600/DSC_0639.jpg" height="640" width="425" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Every morning when we come in, we meet on the mat in a circle and follow a morning meeting routine. We first greet one another using eye contact and a handshake of some sort (sometimes a "pound it" and sometimes a secret handshake). Then we complete the interactive morning message which reviews what we have been learning in class!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><u>7:50-8:20: Phonics</u></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH0PmumVZYJwrg70gei2mBZCjCAYD7spgi4kthzOcLaFNhFfEJbRjbHum_Hsm2tc6xXOd6AWzI38hUrz4eHXsmTpRLdg4IQfHTk6aBmvQKDGuHD57KKjB8K9f_NLOG_cjnSXGWxBDPQX7C/s1600/DSC_0640.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH0PmumVZYJwrg70gei2mBZCjCAYD7spgi4kthzOcLaFNhFfEJbRjbHum_Hsm2tc6xXOd6AWzI38hUrz4eHXsmTpRLdg4IQfHTk6aBmvQKDGuHD57KKjB8K9f_NLOG_cjnSXGWxBDPQX7C/s1600/DSC_0640.jpg" height="420" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">My class has been reviewing our digraphs before we go back and review consonant blends. We have been adding plenty of poems to our poetry journals to help us read with fluency! We will always start on the mat blending words with that digraph, then students go back and receive their poem to read, whisper read, and buddy read. The next day, my kids get their real or nonsense page to decode more words with that sound!</div><div style="text-align: center;">All these poems are from my <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Phonics-Poetry-for-Grades-K-2-1475734">Phonics Poetry</a> unit.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><u>8:20-9:25: Reader's Workshop</u></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMcgyHtQOJbSW1jn2p-Sm4q7Hk6m8obV7l6E49S5-DcXlqIepbAKlP6ix3W6EMTGsCGlT3XFRHFmfjBmasVU9dYe_1AXFZrwRZeXz_1dpttQCrLXI2aSUEGiYsgaGnezATGmx1TsFNOIhQ/s1600/DSC_0643.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMcgyHtQOJbSW1jn2p-Sm4q7Hk6m8obV7l6E49S5-DcXlqIepbAKlP6ix3W6EMTGsCGlT3XFRHFmfjBmasVU9dYe_1AXFZrwRZeXz_1dpttQCrLXI2aSUEGiYsgaGnezATGmx1TsFNOIhQ/s1600/DSC_0643.jpg" height="600" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFfT3ZIzXDUQdW0ZZ2js5xj3v8mjwjefk0DyNA9_hymNor4jEjrI7hnG9r_a058Nj4yYmoXTz0WGp15BS_4leZDwbptDQ6dYEjkzJJkA7TBW0Qqdl3GXtZHEL9lB6Yv0Zt29T-WJJP83Fc/s1600/DSC_0645.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFfT3ZIzXDUQdW0ZZ2js5xj3v8mjwjefk0DyNA9_hymNor4jEjrI7hnG9r_a058Nj4yYmoXTz0WGp15BS_4leZDwbptDQ6dYEjkzJJkA7TBW0Qqdl3GXtZHEL9lB6Yv0Zt29T-WJJP83Fc/s1600/DSC_0645.jpg" height="524" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">We have been inferring all sorts of things about our characters lately and using that sentence stem to help us talk about our text. We spend about 20 minutes reviewing and doing my guided lesson. Then, my students practice the skill through some turn and talk before going back to their reading spots to read independently for 20-30 minutes. Lastly, my students do some buddy reading and we close the lesson!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb2nwKzO95vagmrWYV_V0VDjTHcx2fkh25Olzhl8pRy7otQCJZa7m8hCR_30DeXqnQwKUl-ghVLqL60wOfj_WwnLkRPXj6pqaGDFGohJlZdVUsYFe8Ynej-pLhkzj-D8GIybkF8ev4t5Qn/s1600/DSC_0582.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb2nwKzO95vagmrWYV_V0VDjTHcx2fkh25Olzhl8pRy7otQCJZa7m8hCR_30DeXqnQwKUl-ghVLqL60wOfj_WwnLkRPXj6pqaGDFGohJlZdVUsYFe8Ynej-pLhkzj-D8GIybkF8ev4t5Qn/s1600/DSC_0582.jpg" height="436" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBEcgcBhukGPA1KyOCAzJB4oMADVzEh-CWbd0rx0XUrFb4Cp4Kpomb_yBW9K7yoEfIykQgndsFsJZIhGO9eTI0VptaiyN0jMnWn7taEJXfHzC2hsZuZcHDdmvrirAptYvVnWbPXJrodgC9/s1600/DSC_0591.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBEcgcBhukGPA1KyOCAzJB4oMADVzEh-CWbd0rx0XUrFb4Cp4Kpomb_yBW9K7yoEfIykQgndsFsJZIhGO9eTI0VptaiyN0jMnWn7taEJXfHzC2hsZuZcHDdmvrirAptYvVnWbPXJrodgC9/s1600/DSC_0591.jpg" height="426" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">During independent reading, I pull my small guided reading groups. We have been focusing on close reading as we get ready for 2nd grade. We have been reading, re-reading, and answering questions using evidence from the text.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><u>9:25-9:40: Morning recess</u></b></div><div style="text-align: center;">(self explanatory)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><u>9:45-10:20: Writer's Workshop:</u></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYR7p4B35Lp-3lhIfEdO10AD4bKgOrZtry0J1ncj_PiF_jq_OcWWUWIkytEaBHbg0CZFk5vGmL25lSGRTx2tbjcDQH89wIbCTNWO03u0JCy5htqaInZpPOLhphvcpbw92T-Jr40Mjk56mP/s1600/DSC_0661.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYR7p4B35Lp-3lhIfEdO10AD4bKgOrZtry0J1ncj_PiF_jq_OcWWUWIkytEaBHbg0CZFk5vGmL25lSGRTx2tbjcDQH89wIbCTNWO03u0JCy5htqaInZpPOLhphvcpbw92T-Jr40Mjk56mP/s1600/DSC_0661.jpg" height="412" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl9bsYTapU1vXabM2Gs9bnXhbDJRC1g4aqbRRoc7Y0uN7ltQ2kTzkgzc5zYYjAEBA6ZPXBRfi6-uUFw8nSUmal_o1A4ev4nGlJ2YKCXrwAYFERxod6WIS2L_n9_zfsf369ps8QTvyoklc1/s1600/DSC_0662.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl9bsYTapU1vXabM2Gs9bnXhbDJRC1g4aqbRRoc7Y0uN7ltQ2kTzkgzc5zYYjAEBA6ZPXBRfi6-uUFw8nSUmal_o1A4ev4nGlJ2YKCXrwAYFERxod6WIS2L_n9_zfsf369ps8QTvyoklc1/s1600/DSC_0662.jpg" height="426" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinDMeAtdMg6SxzCCUAs6f58VSVwx8z_NKDUJ5VAYuteOuH1u98yK6bEd9jkz6yBNQqalwBMsy_U_LvqzzxyqsTy9XaaRTqGBRssNYcTiAJkLnSPvzDyiTjTHz5wU9mSGgyZBWqRR5qmYnX/s1600/DSC_0666.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinDMeAtdMg6SxzCCUAs6f58VSVwx8z_NKDUJ5VAYuteOuH1u98yK6bEd9jkz6yBNQqalwBMsy_U_LvqzzxyqsTy9XaaRTqGBRssNYcTiAJkLnSPvzDyiTjTHz5wU9mSGgyZBWqRR5qmYnX/s1600/DSC_0666.jpg" height="426" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Our writer's workshop is set up the same basic way as reader's workshop. I will do a guided lesson and add my focus skill to my teacher writing. Then, my students will share how they will incorporate that skill into their writing with a partner before they go back and write independently.</div><div style="text-align: center;">We have been publishing our reviews and my goodness they are SO cute! I love reading all their reasons for why they love something.</div><div style="text-align: center;">(We followed my <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Writing-Reviews-An-Opinion-Writing-Unit-for-Primary-Grades-1284260">Writing Reviews</a> unit to produce these!)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><u>10:25-10:50: Science/Social Studies</u></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6yvDruKB8BFkAKU5jxp6i0dQjTn2rA2vx8bjwe2DiZA0EbQncUqCXa8_r3vIPCM0rA6U6kBZLoKBwFnL6Kh16kVOEffWpC-3J1XADQd3aE_PzzRPxESGBWMIOoHW5PFE2rJ-bldc03NVe/s1600/DSC_0669.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6yvDruKB8BFkAKU5jxp6i0dQjTn2rA2vx8bjwe2DiZA0EbQncUqCXa8_r3vIPCM0rA6U6kBZLoKBwFnL6Kh16kVOEffWpC-3J1XADQd3aE_PzzRPxESGBWMIOoHW5PFE2rJ-bldc03NVe/s1600/DSC_0669.jpg" height="486" width="640" /></a></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAB0tP5WqhmUI79-XmWtextdFyuzrK9pW5rSo8BdjL0sc10Kzsf0w9e2TAwH2R0hVSBqQuuXLffaWLAIiMNJoWdSAmTcgNVD4uRQgnOlN6VcaAHCJ7cpKkda6MmZzXcpptW-ZsGgjQbfNk/s1600/DSC_0671.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAB0tP5WqhmUI79-XmWtextdFyuzrK9pW5rSo8BdjL0sc10Kzsf0w9e2TAwH2R0hVSBqQuuXLffaWLAIiMNJoWdSAmTcgNVD4uRQgnOlN6VcaAHCJ7cpKkda6MmZzXcpptW-ZsGgjQbfNk/s1600/DSC_0671.jpg" height="446" width="640" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">We receive FOSS science kits at our school, so whenever we don't have a science kit, we teach a Social Studies unit. Currently we have received our insect unit and we are learning all sorts of insect facts before our meal worms arrive!</div><div style="text-align: center;">(They are completing a little sentence scramble from my insect freebie: <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Bugs-Bugs-Bugs-An-Insect-Freebie-1196075">HERE</a>)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><u>10:55-11:35: LUNCH/RECESS</u></b></div><div style="text-align: center;">(self explanatory)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><u>11:40-12:20: Handwriting/Interactive Read Aloud</u></b></div><div style="text-align: center;">I don't have pictures of this, but we use Handwriting without Tears for the first 20 minutes and then the second 20 minutes, we do an interactive read aloud. An interactive read aloud is a planned, purposeful read aloud in which we use a mentor text to practice a certain skill and have stopping points to discuss! This is when we capitalize on our accountable talk:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4TexC3EwHSYje1CRjp-j-69NIAdf_w-tZwjatuye5LEEIdyA2EFNTFwFrBNlzG9CSPmF-sV2og1N3w3kHmlvadT8HhQ5aybKdARxVkvTIC-JQjeyOnNyDxKWr827oLanABrzUvuth3gTl/s1600/IMG_2484.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4TexC3EwHSYje1CRjp-j-69NIAdf_w-tZwjatuye5LEEIdyA2EFNTFwFrBNlzG9CSPmF-sV2og1N3w3kHmlvadT8HhQ5aybKdARxVkvTIC-JQjeyOnNyDxKWr827oLanABrzUvuth3gTl/s1600/IMG_2484.JPG" height="320" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><u>12:20-1:20: Calendar/Math Workshop</u></b></div><div style="text-align: center;">We start with calendar, move to a "math warm up" which I usually have us quickly practice our math facts through Quiz-Quiz Trade with flashcards or a game of <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/I-Have-Who-Has-Math-Games-for-1st-Grade-1371789">I have, Who Has?</a> Then move to our guided lesson. We have currently been learning about 2D shapes, their sides, corners, how to sort shapes, where we see shapes, etc. After I teach my lesson, my students do math tubs to reinforce the skills we have learned.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7wpxh3KffNz9TmSBGst4T20eGJGcO4XfChx-10WiGLtBK3gQx1ztJvmoPeH_IVHAo4dCvGmK3uPRjo1e2z7ez99nM1m7GCLaU3dL-yCN-7WsIY4TmpY5TB8hzmRcph1UjvHgQ5yGLu7lc/s1600/DSC_0656.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7wpxh3KffNz9TmSBGst4T20eGJGcO4XfChx-10WiGLtBK3gQx1ztJvmoPeH_IVHAo4dCvGmK3uPRjo1e2z7ez99nM1m7GCLaU3dL-yCN-7WsIY4TmpY5TB8hzmRcph1UjvHgQ5yGLu7lc/s1600/DSC_0656.jpg" height="640" width="612" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTcoWE3DnxZ7cmI_oUg_h8zcyoAwwjtaTq7N6hkDrZndFXqMsCkPhEAbuMhq8e1rzQ6GLW61FlNhm3_Wn-s-yCeJTJGOvpDaGufka7-wrT_LJGqkNTRpvV7XS52wD8ue6B6g470cQcR7u_/s1600/DSC_0672.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTcoWE3DnxZ7cmI_oUg_h8zcyoAwwjtaTq7N6hkDrZndFXqMsCkPhEAbuMhq8e1rzQ6GLW61FlNhm3_Wn-s-yCeJTJGOvpDaGufka7-wrT_LJGqkNTRpvV7XS52wD8ue6B6g470cQcR7u_/s1600/DSC_0672.jpg" height="426" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> One tub is our pattern block shape fill-ins from Investigations!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoYGrRFmmmhjpcFY3zZqTsiTO2Dydt1t_c8BFWoefqBtkFmaTlx2aRGEJLCnT7tARuwPyc0YYapUTQChdu9E5q61UuEU-mEm2wsaRkUiBQfdhDF4fqYKO_TRmDqo9s8vWXxfR_diiskm_n/s1600/DSC_0674.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoYGrRFmmmhjpcFY3zZqTsiTO2Dydt1t_c8BFWoefqBtkFmaTlx2aRGEJLCnT7tARuwPyc0YYapUTQChdu9E5q61UuEU-mEm2wsaRkUiBQfdhDF4fqYKO_TRmDqo9s8vWXxfR_diiskm_n/s1600/DSC_0674.jpg" height="424" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Another tub includes my free <a href="http://thankgoditsfirstgrade.blogspot.com/2014/02/composing-2d-shapes-free-center-cards.html">composing 2D shapes cards</a>.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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This times is dedicated to teaching homogenous, smaller groups the skills they need to work on to either catch up to grade level or continue accelerating their learning.</div><div style="text-align: center;">My small group has been loving <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Guiding-Readers-MARCH-NO-PREP-ELA-Unit-for-K-1-1713678">DeeDee and Deanna's Guiding Readers units</a>. We have been using the phonics portions every day to help practice and review long vowels!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSlmcUcguGomTzJh-zL4Y64j3ECEMKcRJVWz9bZrA8CLlLPoMqT-lbPHuDV1OybHIJDmaldkq4bZulgRRSnPc73PX6WGkOhxd37yB8jHWhUYDSZplEtzemh64WkoL94zF4Ptz1fdU5gkiX/s1600/FullSizeRender.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSlmcUcguGomTzJh-zL4Y64j3ECEMKcRJVWz9bZrA8CLlLPoMqT-lbPHuDV1OybHIJDmaldkq4bZulgRRSnPc73PX6WGkOhxd37yB8jHWhUYDSZplEtzemh64WkoL94zF4Ptz1fdU5gkiX/s1600/FullSizeRender.jpg" height="640" width="606" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVC6LtkShd3GKvZDQtlVad7Zx4_lxrEyEl4GGa8Xs5d68iEX_L8wlJBIovJ0AwA1eJrPCm11trPLjtiVS9B3IyD46UvSnE3xewpP_xJ9t_SKodDUrZikxAk5lsa2nxBxidryv5qW8QDU3B/s1600/IMG_2465.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVC6LtkShd3GKvZDQtlVad7Zx4_lxrEyEl4GGa8Xs5d68iEX_L8wlJBIovJ0AwA1eJrPCm11trPLjtiVS9B3IyD46UvSnE3xewpP_xJ9t_SKodDUrZikxAk5lsa2nxBxidryv5qW8QDU3B/s1600/IMG_2465.JPG" height="480" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><u>3:30- Dismissal!</u></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><u><br /></u></b></div><div style="text-align: center;">And there you have it... that is what our day looks like!</div><div style="text-align: center;">Happy weekend :)<br /><br />Link up with Reagan over at Tunstall's Teaching Times so I can see what yours looks like!<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://tunstalltimes.blogspot.com/2015/04/our-daily-routine-longest-post-of-my.html"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0QuuEH0ULAezTfhITK4rdbzg5eQzAmRUEnXzebZ1gQ7a_8Pp7lgXNCmOss5i53vCtHp9Pmx7fhKSwgnOyC04wCfud4XAgXiAUxht0aJT2eS2z-X1SfTxd0n_iLtyfJtrQanKY6YzgVgdI/s1600/a+day+in+the+life+linky.png" height="265" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br /></div>Parker Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13483665504729090461noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1576512561678094920.post-77661372187697640522015-03-22T10:11:00.000-07:002016-01-21T07:50:34.936-08:00Higher Order Thinking Math in 1st Grade<div style="text-align: center;">
So my students can add and subtract within 20. They can identify the tens and ones of a 2 digit number. They can count to 120.</div>
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<i>But why are they not excelling on our standardized tests?!? </i></div>
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This was a question I would ask myself over and over the last few years. My students could perform the skills they needed, but when it came to APPLYING those learned skills, my students were lacking. Now, there's all sorts of reasons my students might not do well on those computerized, standardized tests... but I noticed very quickly that the questions being asked of my students were not simply "7 + 7 = ?" They were being asked real life story problems. They were being asked multi-step, higher level thinking questions that required endurance. They were HARD, but I was sure my kids could do it. I knew I had to teach them how to endure when a task at first seems too difficult. I had to ask my students to actually apply what they had learned to get a solution and provide reasoning for their thinking.<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I also had to incorporate “math talks” in my classroom as often as I could. These talks got my students discussing their solutions to problems, defending their answers, and providing different ways to solve any given problem. They got my students THINKING! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Over the years I created and collected tasks that are both challenging and fun for my first graders. Each task also has a challenge question that can be used when a student solves the problem and is looking to challenge themselves a little further.</span><br />
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Counter sums: Students try to use the counters to make a sum of 12 in many different ways. For this particular student, I had them draw dots on counters to manipulate and make more equations!</div>
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What's the equation: The sum is 20, what is the equation?<br />
These two students worked together to come up with many different ways to make 20, including 3 and 4 addend equations.<br />
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Test time! To see if these two had progressed with subtraction within 20, their task was to create a math test (with an answer key) to give to a friend! They loved getting to be the teacher and I could tell right away that they knew how to subtract within 20 easily!<br />
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Dress Teddy! This was a fun and tricky number sense problem for my students. They had to look at the clothes and try to figure out how many different outfits they could make for the teddy bear. At first, this group was all sorts of confused. Until one of my kids said, "let's start with the pants... there's only one pair of pants." From there they could mix and match and record the different outfits. It is SO hard to bite my tongue and not guide them, but if you can hold back long enough it is amazing to see them persevere to get the answers. They feed off one another and it is pretty cool to watch!<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: inherit;">I created 8 different tasks (which each have an additional *challenge* task) for each of the following domains:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Number sense</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Addition</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Subtraction</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Place Value</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Geometry & Measurement</span><br />
Time & Money<br />
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Each task comes in 3 different forms as well. There is a printable version that you can see above with the question on it. There is a <u>guided</u> printable version which is the same, but has guiding questions to help your students complete the problem, and a task card version to print, laminate and pass out to groups.</div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I use all three versions of the tasks in my room. We use the task cards in groups with large posters for students to show their work. When we split up into groups like this, I choose tasks that are appropriate for each group based on their needs. I also make sure to put aside time for the groups to explain their work and their answers.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">In small groups, I will often use the printable versions (guided or not based on their ability levels) so I can observe their thinking and guide them as necessary through the problem solving process.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">However I choose to use the tasks, I make sure that talking is a HUGE part of the task. I often ask questions that start with these stems:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">-How do you know _______________________________?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I love to see the discussions that occur when my students walk me through their process. They show their peers new ways of thinking that help them in later tasks. They also impress me over and over again!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span>If you think these would be great for you students, head on over and check them out:<br />
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