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October 2011 - Posts
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Here's a peek at my plans for Veteran's Day. Hope you find something you can use in your classroom. First off, I always use the Zerox site "Let's Say Thanks" to send postcards to the military service people. Then I read the story The Wall by Eve Bunting Read More...
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After reading this I hope you never look at a doormat the same way! Can you believe that thanks to Dollar Tree I've made learning game doormats! They are portable, sturdy, don't need laminating or cutting and BEST of all are cute. All I did was write Read More...
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The chaos of Halloween excitement is done and a 3 day weekend awaits! My day was filled with a kinder scarecrow parade, candy graph math, Halloween Howl joke lesson , spooky stories and music, and a smattering of seasonal games: Pumpkin Tic Tac Toe, Bump Read More...
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These games are spooktacular fun. First off, it's Spooky Spin a la Twister style. I got this game at Target a few years ago. Next, it's Pumpkins on a Fence Toss Then, I took an old favorite: Toss Across and added leaves and pumpkins for a beanbag toss. Read More...
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I regularly use the Step Up to Writing program in my class. I've made up paragraph planning sheets on various topics. Here's the one for "A New School Year" you see above. Click the picture to download Thanks for "Peeking into my Planbook" Read More...
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One of my all time favorite read alouds is Dodger and Me. I LOVE it and the students beg for me to read it! The blue chimp Dodger is a character with such irresistible charm. The book has a baseball theme which boys love as well as girls. It's a grand Read More...
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In science my class is learning about living things I awed my class with real fossil observations from my dad's collection. Thanks dad! They loved seeing real trilobites after reading about them in our text. The evening following our lesson I whipped Read More...
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Calling all Bucket Fillers. Add a little fall spirit to your bucket filling notes with my "Pick of the Patch" notes. I find when I switch my notes up it keeps the bucket filling interest going and going. Be sure to check back & follow me, because I'll Read More...
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Ha Ha...It's time for some Halloween Howls! It never fails that every year, my students think our Halloween Howl Joke Book is the greatest TREAT ever! I assign each student an appropriate kid joke to practice presenting to the class. I've included links Read More...
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My class has loved reading Patricia Polacco's The Keeping Quilt the past two weeks. It's such a special story about the importance of family and traditions. Students completed their own family tradition quilt square too and were proud to share a piece Read More...
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Fall is here! I love doing fall leaf art with the accompanied poem, "If I Were a Leaf" Happy Fall Y'all Read More...
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On Friday, I did my all time favorite compound word lesson. I began by reading a "Build-A-Word" board book with slider windows that my 3rd graders were "Ooing and awing" over. They didn't care that it was a simple and easy "baby" book. The author is Nora Read More...
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