tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62791679382608849432024-03-05T02:01:02.636-08:00The Teaching FoxTiffanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10909497171509364950noreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6279167938260884943.post-21034601552481846592019-07-07T15:53:00.000-07:002019-07-07T15:53:13.428-07:00My Classroom<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Each time I post the following pictures of my classroom on Instagram, I get so many questions about my mat, my border, and the alphabet! I figured I would create this space to hold all of the information in one spot for those wondering.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">My beautiful rainbow mat came about because my classroom did not have a rug when I came to my current school. Y'all rugs are EXPENSIVE. I couldn't even bring myself to make a Donors Choose project for one because they just cost too much and I could use that money so many many other things! I found this mat on Amazon and was so happy with the bright colors when it showed up in the mail. You could certainly mix the colors, but I chose to ROYGBV it. </span></div>
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I made the border by cutting circles from rainbow card stock using a large circle hole punch. Surprisingly, I use the circle hole punch more than I thought. I've used it for making caterpillars, and quick labels around the room.</div>
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You can grab the rainbow alphabet in my TpT store by clicking below.</div>
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If you look closely you can also see our classroom job below the board. We LOVE our job chart. It uses community helpers to connect classroom jobs to jobs in the real world. You can grab that in my TpT store below as well.</div>
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The letter focus chart was purchased from Lakeshore Learning a few years ago and I'm not sure that they still carry it.</div>
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Here are links to a few things on my board:</div>
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Thanks so much for reading and I hope you find something to take away this school year!</div>
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Tiffanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10909497171509364950noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6279167938260884943.post-80316164858691199102017-10-03T15:29:00.003-07:002017-10-03T15:40:15.780-07:00Stepping Up Student Engagement - Number Sense Part 1<div style="text-align: center;">
Hi everyone! Thanks for stopping by to catch up on what's happening in my classroom right now with number sense! I love math. I think because I love math, my students love math. Funny how that works, right? Today I'm sharing a couple things we've been doing to boost student engagement and make learning number FUN!</div>
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1. Counting Pizzas<br />
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I've done fraction pizzas. I've eaten a lot of pizza. Now we made counting pizzas! Students each got their own pizza that I laminated and placed inside of a personal pizza box.<br />
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They then got a blank menu. Each student had to put their own toppings on, then write how many they had on their pizza.</div>
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To make the chef hats I just used white sentence strips and tissue paper!</div>
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The music was just an instrumental version of That's Amore from YouTube:</div>
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Questions? Comment below or message me on Instagram!</div>
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You can also e-mail me at theteachingfox@yahoo.com</div>
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I'll be back soon for part two!</div>
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Tiffanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10909497171509364950noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6279167938260884943.post-81302158262982964222017-07-29T06:41:00.000-07:002017-07-29T06:41:07.628-07:002017 Bold & Bright Classroom Decor Set from Creative Teaching Press<div style="text-align: center;">
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I'm so excited to share this beautiful set of classroom decor with you AND give you the opportunity to WIN this ENTIRE COLLECTION from Creative Teaching Press! Whoop, whoop!</div>
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First let me show you some photos of the adorable pieces that the creative geniuses at CTP included in this set...</div>
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Here is a set of materials from the collection. The borders are lined along the bottom!</div>
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For a portion of our kindergarten curriculum at my last district, we worked on writing personal narratives. This was the perfect time to create a keepsake for my kiddoes! There are a few different ways that you can publish hardcover books with students. I purchased Illustory kits from Amazon.</div>
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What I liked about these kits was that each student got their own box and set of markers so they could keep track of their own work. We did one page per day in our books, then I mailed them in the pre-paid envelopes to be created. We had our books back in about two weeks! Then it was time to plans our big book release party!</div>
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Here's what our classroom looked like when the students walked in. Celebrity status! I wrapper their books in red paper and wrote them each a personalized note in the front that they could keep.</div>
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It was such a memorable day! Each child had the chance to share their writing and experience being an author and illustrator. This is something I will continue to do for years I think. My students truly felt like celebrities. </div>
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In Virginia, we teach addition and subtraction up to 10 in kindergarten. Typically addition comes first, then subtraction, sometimes with a break between the two. By the end of addition, THEY GET IT! By the end of subtraction, THEY GET IT! It's amazing and kinders just love to add and subtract. </div>
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However, later in the year I love to revisit them, assess what students have retained, and dig into the two a little deeper while we get the kiddoes ready to be firsties. That's when I usually do 1-2 weeks of general problem solving. We look at tons of story problems and figure out whether the story problems are telling us that we need to add or subtract. That means there's a high focus on vocabulary, comparison, and strategy practice to actually solve the problems. This is A LOT to ask kindergarteners to do, so it's incredibly important that you break it down into manageable chunks AND make it engaging! Cue problem solving through magic!</div>
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Before I started this week, I spent time reviewing addition and subtraction, as well as strategies we can use to help us with the two (manipulatives, number lines, ten frames, etc.). </div>
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For this trick I used story problems that you can find in my <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Math-Magicians-Problem-Solving-3133766" target="_blank">Math Magicians Set on TpT</a>. Students had to read the problem, decide what equation from the keys matched that problem (there was a mix of + and -), and match that key to the correct answer on that lock. They knew they were correct if their key unlocked the lock.</div>
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I found these rabbit eggs at Dollar Tree around Easter! They were perfect for placing the addition and subtraction vocabulary words in.</div>
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I found these BEAUTIFUL rainbow cards at Five Below. Students had to pick a card, then come up with an addition or subtraction equation that had that answer. This was a little challenging, but they loved it! </div>
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Ok y'all, it was a busy year and I have finally taken the time to post some photos of my classroom and links to the fun stuff!<br />
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Here's a look at my small group space! We love our color coordinated circles and stools. I ordered the circles from Etsy and got the stools from Five Below and Family Dollar last year. The circles adhere to the table and are perfect for writing on with a dry erase marker. </div>
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This is the first year that I implemented brag tags in my classroom. Students earn brag tags for achieving goals, good behavior and a number of other things. They collect them on a necklace and get to wear their necklaces on Fridays!</div>
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Here is our cubby space and also my own organization space. I do not have a teacher desk, so this area keeps my life together. The baskets are from Really Good Stuff and the sign is from Target.</div>
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These two spaces hold our supplies and manipulatives so that they are available for students to access independently. My goal is always to create a classroom environments that promotes student independence, these area make that possible. You can also see our early finisher baskets kept above. I do not use things in my baskets that require tons of time. I usually put file folder games, and familiar workstations in there that students can do independently. </div>
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This pencil bar saved serious sanity this year! You can grab those drawer labels from GlitterandGlue4k2's TpT store! I grabbed those gumboil machines from The Dollar Tree too!</div>
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This is the other side of our classroom. This holds our calendar, flexible seating chart, and objectives. </div>
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Our objectives are typed and adhered using Velcro, to these boards that I spray painted so they are easy to change out!</div>
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Here is the flexible seating chart that I used last year to allow my students choice in their seating. This system worked okay, but this is something I think I will change next year.</div>
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I was so in love with these silhouette kids from Schoolgirl Style that I had to have them in my room. I bought the file from her TpT store and traced them using my projector and black paper.</div>
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Y'all asked, I listened! I finally put together a list of the materials and steps it took for me to make that fun stage in my classroom. Now I didn't take photos when I was actually making it, so I'm doing my best to show you the materials you will need, as well as the tools and the steps for completion.</div>
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I've had a lot of questions asking me what the size of my stage is. My stage is 4 feet long and 2 feet wide. This will vary based on how big your classroom is. Work with what you've got, ya know?</div>
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You can buy all materials at Lowe's or Home Depot, or wherever you prefer to purchase your lumberjack goods.<br />
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1. You can find these 2x4 sheets of plywood in various measurements of thickness, depending what you prefer. I would definitely suggest something sturdy if you plan on allowing students and/or adults to stand on it. Making a stage 2 x 4 prevented me from having to cut this piece.</div>
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2. I purchased one of these long pieces of wood. From what I've seen they usually cost somewhere in the $6-$10 range. I later cut into four pieces:</div>
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3. Once all the wood was cut, I lined them up under the plywood to make sure the measurements were correct and it all lined up how I had planned.</div>
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I promised we'd have a follow-up subtraction song and here it is!</div>
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Walk in the classroom and it's time for some learnin'</div>
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My teacher said, hey let's talk about subtraction</div>
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ok ok</div>
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I want you all to subtract now</div>
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Go 'head take away</div>
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Go 'head take away</div>
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Take away, take away, take some away</div>
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Subtract, STOP</div>
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What do you see?</div>
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The number gets smaller</div>
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The number gets smaller</div>
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Subtract from the group </div>
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Subtract from the group </div>
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Subtract from the group </div>
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Subtract from the group </div>
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Find the difference </div>
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That's subtraction, it's easy kids</div>
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It was inspired by the song, "24k Magic," but I used an instrumental version that I found on iTunes.<br />
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<b>Pop pop just show me, show me</b><br />
<b>Show me how to add</b><br />
<b>Oh you don't know?</b><br />
<b>Oh you don't know?</b><br />
<b>Let me show you how to add.</b><br />
<b>You take one group, you take one more</b><br />
<b>Now you combine them</b><br />
<b>What do you get?</b><br />
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<b>You get the total of two groups.</b><br />
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<b>Put your number in a ten frame, MOVE!</b><br />
<b>What y'all tryin' to do?</b><br />
<b>Put two sets together and then adddd</b><br />
<b>add, add, add</b><br />
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I always make up the movement with my kiddoes so they're more meaningful. :)<br />
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Let me dust this thing off real quick and see if I remember how to do this. Seriously, what happened here? Anyway, now that the sounds of crickets have subsided, let's talk sight words.</div>
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It doesn't matter what list you use, sometimes it feels like they have become the end-all-be-all to reading.</div>
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Last year my kinders had to leave knowing 30/40 words from the preprimer dolch list. This year they have to know 50 words. What does that mean to me? That means that even though 3/4 or more of my students don't know the letters in their name at the beginning of the year, we're introducing sight words to them. Well that's not a huge deal except, do they ever have time to truly master those words before they're moving on to new words?</div>
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I'll avoid my rant and complete my thought by saying, yes it can be done. However, I feel that we are seriously losing sight of what is developmentally appropriate for our children. They are capable of so much, but sometimes by doing more, it means they're missing out on another piece. I'm sure any teacher reading this already knows that.</div>
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I love sight words. They build the confidence of students. They help them become readers. I love to see the excitement on the faces of my kiddos when they tell me they don't know how to read, then they sit next to me and they independently read a book because they were able to identify the sight words. Sight words are important and valuable.</div>
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However, I have such a fear that due to the emphasis I have to place on sight words, that my students will become sight word readers. What that means to me is that they completely rely on sight words and don't attempt to decode. To me, this is just something I'm always trying to balance and ensure that I am providing equal exposure to in not only guided reading, but also in writing.</div>
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Since I have felt that I have spent a lot of TIME on sight words in the past, I'm gonna share with you two tricks that I use that have made a huge difference in my classroom. Since I've incorporated these two things, I spend less time on sight words daily, but I am confident that my students are learning even more than they were previously.</div>
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1. <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Sight-Word-Poems-Pre-Primer-and-Primer-2023550" target="_blank">Sight Word Poems</a><br />
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I use one of these poems each week. I introduce the poem during writing (on chart paper) and also send it home to read for homework. We read it everyday to build fluency. All words on the pre-primer and primer dolch word lists are introduced in 33 weeks in these poems. The poems specify the focus words and review words at the bottom.<br />
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By the end of the week my students are reading these poems independently and identifying words in isolation from the poem. Oh, and they LOVE them!<br />
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These poems have given me a consistent way to introduce words to my students. Consistency is incredibly important.<br />
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2. <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Sight-Word-Flashcards-Dolch-Pre-Primer-and-Primer-2297116" target="_blank">Flashcards</a><br />
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Duh! But wait...there's more. These aren't ordinary sight word flash cards. Each flash card contains a small image in the corner. Why?<br />
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The brain learns by making connections. It's easy to make kinesthetic connections, auditory connections, or visual connections. With my sight words I chose to use these visual connections. As I teach new words, I let students see the pictures. Each time they look at the word, they are seeing the picture with it and attaching the image to the word. We talk about the image. Students discuss their connections between the image and the word. Sometimes the connections are easy and logical, sometimes they're silly and creative. Either way, they remember them. <b>What the pictures are isn't as important as students' attraction to them.</b><br />
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Soon after, I begin to cover the image in the corner and students are still able to read the words.<br />
When shown the word on an ordinary flashcard, they can still read it.<br />
When seeing the word in text, students can STILL read it.<br />
I honestly feel that this has immensely cut back on the amount of time is takes my kinders to learn new words. I noticed an even bigger difference in my special education students the last couple years. I had students that were struggling to master 10 sight words, and within weeks they had mastered 30 words.<br />
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Welcome! Thanks for stopping by to check out my classroom reveal! I put a lot of thought and time into creating a classroom that I love and that I hope my students love. I have once again planned a set up with student independence in mind. I've kept many of the same things from last year, and added some new things as well. I hope you enjoy!</div>
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The pink basket is where I keep materials for write the room and the purple basket is our workstation "turn-in bin."</div>
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Our write the room basket is all set with our <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Fall-Letter-Quest-1992506" target="_blank">fall letter quest! </a></div>
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The leis are used for my write the room station. Students wear the leis at write the room so I know that they are allowed to be up and moving through the room.</div>
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Here is our dismissal chart, <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Pre-Primer-Word-apillar-1987509" target="_blank">word-a-pillar</a> and brownie points management system.</div>
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My number and alphabet area is the same as last year because let's be honest...no one likes hanging numbers and letters on the wall. Plus those bulletin boards were a lot of work last year so I was happy to get two years out of them. :)</div>
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I love this space in my classroom. This year I've set up these baskets to hopefully keep me organized and keep papers off of my work spaces. They are labeled for:</div>
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The striped box on my desk is my "mailbox." When students write me notes or draw me pictures, they put them in my mailbox so I can look at them and keep them somewhere safe. </div>
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I also keep a picture of myself on my first day of kindergarten on my desk. My kinders always get a kick out of this. </div>
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The seasonal word wall is a new addition this year. I placed it above our writer's desk so students can see how to spell commonly written words for various times of year.</div>
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Our classroom library with our beautiful new library chairs thanks to Donors Choose!</div>
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These holders are essential to student independence in my classroom. They are labeled with workstation icons and we keep extra recording sheets here. Students know when they run out of papers in their workstation, they come here to get more. All without interrupting my guided reading lesson!</div>
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The leveled side of my classroom library. I also keep student interest books as well.</div>
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I love that my classroom has so much shelving. This is our supply organization space.</div>
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My binder-ize project is complete! I keep the reading binders close at hand incase I need to pull materials for guided reading.</div>
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Here is my guided reading space. I display objectives on my PVC anchor chart stand, sound sorts in my blue and pink tool box, and dolch flashcards in the colored boxes.</div>
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This is where I keep the other important guided reading materials: slinkies for sounding out words, cars for blending sounds, witch fingers for concepts about print work, etc.</div>
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Here is where we keep our literacy workstations. They are marked with the workstation on the basket, as well as on the shelf so students know where to put each basket back. This makes clean-up much easier and makes me a happy teacher.</div>
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<a href="https://www.facebook.com/teachingfox/timeline" target="_blank">By the way...The Teaching Fox is now on Facebook!</a></div>
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Well I'm not quite ready to do my full classroom reveal, because I'm waiting on a last minute shipment. I thought I'd give a little sneak peek today.</div>
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Here's our back to school bulletin board!</div>
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Welcome to Kinderland, where learning is sweet!</div>
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This poem is on the inside of my classroom door. Those colors may or may not be ALL OVER my classroom. ;)</div>
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Oh my, I feel like I've been MIA from my blog. I was able to participate in Friendship Fridays with some new blog buddies, but I've been in the middle of so many projects that I just didn't want to post until I had something new and fab to show. </div>
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My FAVORITE project that I've been working on is my team/faculty meeting binder. I was trying to create something that is basically life-proof. No matter what the situation, I wanted to have something in my meeting binder for it. I'm still trying to figure out a way to discreetly keep an emergency latte in it though.</div>
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I don't even want to put a cover sheet in it because I'm so in love with this color and print! This should be easy enough for me to find at any time.</div>
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I couldn't find the perfect team meeting note sheets, so I made them myself. I really enjoy the brain space for doodling and jotting down my crazy ideas. :-) You can find those <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/The-Teaching-Fox" target="_blank">HERE</a> in my TPT store!</div>
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I always prefer my notes to be chronological in a common place, and on the SAME style of paper. Having uniform note sheets should save my sanity there.</div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Hey everyone! I'm so excited to be joining in on the Friendship Friday fun with some of my new teacher-blogger friends. Thanks for sharing your great idea, Mr. C! </span>We've all been sharing so many wonderful classroom ideas, I'm looking forward to getting to know a little about everyone behind the blogs and Instagram accounts.</div>
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Here's a little about me...</div>
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Name(s): Tiffany, Miss M, Miss Matson, The Teaching Fox<br />
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Where I'm at: I live in Virginia Beach and teach in Norfolk.<br />
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KiNdErGaRtEn</div>
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Anything purple</div>
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Coffee (mmmm)</div>
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Mr. Sketch scented markers<br />
Saturday mornings</div>
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Netflix<br />
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What I love most about this world of blogging:</div>
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I've only been live in the blogging world for a month as of yesterday. I actually feel like it's been a lot longer considering the amount of time I've put into the blog itself, my TPT store, and Instagram. I could never have imagined that even a month into this journey I would connect with such an amazingly creative group of people. I'm amazed every single day at what teachers are doing and how they are constantly pushing the envelope and giving 200% to their students, to their classrooms, and to developing themselves in their profession.</div>
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Since I joined this community, I've realized that I'm not the only crazy woman laminating at 1:00 in the morning, going to four Targets a week to stalk their school supplies, and getting over-the-moon excited about a 28% off sale on Teachers Pay Teachers. I'm so relieved to know there are more of you out there, haha.</div>
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Seriously though, it's incredible to be among such a positive, hardworking group of people.<br />
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Thanks for stopping by! For more of me, you can follow me on:<br />
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Tiffanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10909497171509364950noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6279167938260884943.post-81799317139631567522015-07-26T12:19:00.001-07:002015-07-26T12:40:57.863-07:00My Teachers Pay Teachers Grand Opening<div style="text-align: center;">
I am so SO so SO so excited to announce that I have officially become a teacherpreneur! My Teachers Pay Teachers store is up and running with just a couple basic FREE documents. Yay! This has been a goal of mine for so very long and I am very excited to be making it happen.</div>
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<a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/The-Teaching-Fox" target="_blank">You can visit my store here!</a></div>
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Follow me. (My store that is, so you don't miss new freebies)</div>
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Rate me. (So I can stop seeing that sad little "0 ratings" under my store name)</div>
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Here's a run down of the beginning items you'll find in my store. You can click the pictures to take you to the download.</div>
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The first product is a basic pack of student information sheets, parent information sheets, and reminder bracelets for back to school. They are all black line so they can be copied however you'd like.</div>
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The second product is all about making connections after reading. This is something I've noticed my students struggling with during DRAs. They weren't quite able to verbalize their connections to me, but I knew they could make them. Just because they can't articulate it, doesn't mean that they can't do it. I realized that I was skipping a step. When students write, we consider drawing an essential pre-writing strategy in kindergarten, so maybe reading comprehension requires the same strategy. I thought I would try adding this step, providing students with the visual representation of a thought bubble to illustrate their connection.</div>
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I found that it helped students that were not ready to articulate their connection, giving them an outlet to express it, and showing me that they could do it.</div>
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It helped the students that were ready to articulate connections by allowing them to take their connection a step further and think of connections to other texts and the world as well.</div>
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Tiffanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10909497171509364950noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6279167938260884943.post-4920004665898199732015-07-25T12:44:00.001-07:002015-07-25T12:44:07.575-07:00Sound Sort Organization<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Ok so this is a spur of the moment post, but I just had to share how well this project came together.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I used to store my sound sort cards in envelopes...in a box. How boring. SO clearly this area of my life needed to be revamped.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Thanks to my incredible reading interventionist (who has just retired this year, sad face) for this oh-so-perfect organizer. She had been using it for magnetic letters-also a great idea. It was love at first sight and I knew I could turn this into the sound sort organization tool of my dreams.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">With just a little spray paint, card stock, and letters. Ta-da!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The best part is that it fits perfectly with <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Guided-Reading-for-Kinders-1438618" target="_blank">this amazing guided reading pack I got from Mrs. Lee's TPT store.</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I just printed multiple sheets per page to make them a little smaller. This helped me save on ink, card stock, and most importantly they fit into the organizer of my dreams. It was meant to be!</span></div>
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Tiffanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10909497171509364950noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6279167938260884943.post-38455029353509553432015-07-24T08:35:00.002-07:002015-07-24T08:35:48.442-07:00Classroom Tips and Tricks<div style="text-align: center;">
First of all I just want to thank every single person that has taken the time to stop by and look at and/or read my blog. Those of you that have sent sweet messages my way, thank you! You really make it all worth it. I love hearing from people that tell me they can use even just one of these ideas. Thank you!<br />
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As I've stated in a previous post, I set my classroom up with student independence in mind. Some of the tips and tricks you'll see here were thought of with exactly that in mind. Others might just be cute things I feel are share-worthy.</div>
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I apologize in advance that I don't have ideal pictures for everything in this post, I clearly was not thinking with this blog in mind.<br />
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1. Turn-In Bins<br />
If you look at the smart board in my classroom, you'll see two purple baskets below it. I attach those with command hooks so that they hang in place. Last year I used these as baskets for students to turn in their recording sheets after workstations.<br />
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This year I plan to use two different colors. One will still be the turn-in bin, the other will hold write the room activities and materials. I've moved some furniture around this year so this seems like the best way to keep traffic evenly moving throughout the room in all directions.<br />
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2. Invisible Light</div>
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I use this light when I'm testing students or teaching guided reading. Students know that when my light is on, they cannot interrupt unless it's a true emergency.</div>
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3. Extra Recording Sheet Organization<br />
One of the most frequent interruptions I would get while teaching guided reading was students asking for more recording sheets to use at their workstation. Then I would have to stop teaching and either explain where they were, or get them for them.<br />
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Last year I decided to use an organizer to store all extra workstation sheets and label each section with the workstation picture. You can see them on the right side of the picture below. The one thing I will change this year is to relocate them so that they do not disrupt students in the library area.<br />
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4. Guided Reading Anchor Chart Stand</div>
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I made this cute little stand last summer while I was on my PVC project and spray paint binge. I use it at my guided reading table to display small group objectives and anchor charts.</div>
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5. Missing Pieces Buckets</div>
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These buckets helped keep our tiny workstation pieces and headless glue sticks from getting lost or thrown in the trash.</div>
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I was looking for a way to display student work in the hallway, but to also incorporate the student's description of their work in their own words. I added these speech bubbles and their photos above their work. I would write a quote from each student in dry erase marker.</div>
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I love having a listening station in my classroom, but I never really love the way any books on CD or cassette are read. So I decided to make my own!</div>
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I used a cassette tape to record myself reading a group of books. I would begin by having them locate things we were focusing on at that point. For example, before reading I would have them locate the parts of the book, give them time to take a picture walk, find punctuation, make predictions, look for sight words, etc. You can do so many things before the reading even begins. This also allowed me to give directions about rewinding the tape and locating the next book</div>
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The best part was that doing it this way made it very easy to <b>DIFFERENTIATE</b>. I could have two or three levels of books on different cassettes. I just labeled each cassette with a color and placed a list of students under each color. They knew that when they went to the listening station they found their name and located that color cassette.</div>
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These give me a dry erase area to write my daily objectives on, while also providing a visual cue for students.</div>
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These hand signals were a great way to allow students to communicate with me nonverbally. I knew exactly what they needed without the lesson even stopping.</div>
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You can find an assortment of these on TPT, but <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Classroom-Management-Hand-Signals-Customizable-1316779" target="_blank">these are the signals I use</a>.</div>
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These are our pet chicks. They come out when it's very quiet and only stay if it's very quiet. I bring these out during writing occasionally and they just adore these little guys.</div>
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As we learn dolch words I add them to our word-a-pillar around the door. This gives us something to practice while we are in line and also serves as another source for students to look at during writing.</div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">When I get a new group of kindergarteners in September, most of them are still working to understand the difference between a letter and a number. So imagine their faces when I hand them a 100 chart for the first time. 100 charts can be very overwhelming for five-year-olds unless they're exposed to them </span>consistently. I love using 100 charts to teach an assortment of objectives like patterns and money in addition to numeracy.</div>
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I like to introduce my students to 100 charts early in the year. It obviously helps with with number recognition and counting, but what I love most is that it also gives them a visual of the relationship numbers have.</div>
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1. I start with 100 chart puzzles. To create these I print a 100 chart on colored card stock, laminate, and cut. I cut different patterns based on the color of the card stock. That makes it easy to keep the correct pieces together. Some are in predictable horizontal and vertical patterns, some are just cray.</div>
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They don't even realize how much they are learning with these. As they get more used to them they notice more things about the numbers as they put the puzzles together. These are easy to make and are a great activity to use for early finishers.</div>
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2. This is my favorite interactive 100 chart to use on the smart board. I use this for a lot of lessons, but especially when we learn how to count by fives and tens. It attaches a visual to the numbers they are counting and helps them notice the patterns.</div>
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http://www.abcya.com/interactive_100_number_chart.htm</div>
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3. I got this 100 mat for the floor last year.</div>
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We love this thing! The possibilities with this are endless, but here are some of our favorites:</div>
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Roll the dice, find the number (I would change out the numbers on the dice with paper)</div>
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Roll the dice, add, and find the number</div>
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Use their bodies or a game piece to move through the mat. Roll the dice and move that many spaces. Say and write the number you land on.</div>
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Roll a number, go to the number, say what is one more and one less than your number.</div>
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4. I make this blank 100 chart on the floor, give students number cards, and let them go to town. At first I don't give them any rules to follow for placement of numbers, I just observe their work. Then we'll start with 1-10, then 1-20, etc. We work up to being able to place the cards from 1-100 in the grid and by the end of the year we are even timing it to see how fast we can get! Very fun!</div>
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5. For the first time this year, I also used 100 charts to teach money. Yes, money!</div>
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Simply attaching each coin to their value on the chart.</div>
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THEN we used it to count mixed sets of coins. They know that a nickel is 5 cents so it goes on the 5. Since pennies are each 1 cent, they will each go on top of one number and they count as they go.</div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">In an effort to begin building a sense of community in my classroom as well as a rapport with my students early in the school year, I decided to create a big book to introduce myself to my new batch of kinders. I pulled out some old photos that I'm sure they will enjoy. I'll hold the plastic sleeves together with silver rings and keep it in the classroom library when we're finished reading it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I included a few different topics:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Miss Matson as a baby</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Miss Matson as a child</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">First day of kindergarten</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Miss Matson the beach lover</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Elementary school</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Dance days</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Family</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Cheerleading days</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Traveling</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Miss Matson the college graduate</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Fun facts</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Here is a sneak peak at a few pages in the book:</span><br />
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Tiffanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10909497171509364950noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6279167938260884943.post-84665684809226628232015-07-16T15:26:00.001-07:002015-07-16T15:26:38.170-07:00Getting Creative With the Individualized Behavior Plan<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">As I start writing this post I can't help but think about all the teachers I work with and imagine them laughing at this post because, well...they know.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Every classroom has some sort of behavior plan in place, sometimes more than one. You can have the most perfectly thought out behavior plan, and there will always be students that just don't give a rat's tail about that behavior plan. Then enters the individualized behavior plan. Individualized behavior plans should be just that...individualized. Pinterest is a great starting point for ideas, but I urge you to personalize it to your students. Anyway, here are some things I tried to get EXTRA creative this year.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">First I tried this picture behavior sort that I got from the amazing, <a href="http://mrsriccaskindergarten.blogspot.com/2012/08/behavior-picture-sort-freebie.html" target="_blank">Mrs. Ricca</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"> 1. We sorted good choices and poor choices as a class. We never mind another chance to practice this in kindergarten, and it helped prevent the student from feeling singled out. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">2. We sorted good choices and poor choices one-on-one. This allowed me to engage in a conversation with the student about what these choices look like to them.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">3. We used a large mailing envelope to keep the pictures. When transitioning to resource, lunch, recess, or dismissal, we talked about what good choices and poor choices would look like when we went there.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">4. I encouraged the student to talk about their good choices and bad choices with the other children.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">This worked...sometimes. Depended on the day. For a little while. Anyway, I was quickly racking my brain for more ideas.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I started to think more about the student and what the specific behaviors were that I wanted to minimize. The biggest was personal space and keeping hands and feet away from other students. So I found a cute little stuffed bunny that looked a little like this, but not really. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">So we learned about Little Bunny Foo Foo and practiced GENTLY bopping the bunny on the head when we felt like we had a little extra BOP we had to get out. My thoughts were that maybe the student needed another outlet for the hand movements. I also tried play-doh and stress balls with this goal in mind. This worked for one day. One.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Yes that's a pill box. I broke down our school day and labeled each opening. I had observed that the student was motivated by computer time and a little free time to play with his cars or the sensory bin. Every time the student kept their hands to themselves during a portion of the day, they got to open the box and see what the reward was.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">While using that, I also tried a daily behavior log similar to <a href="http://www.mrswillskindergarten.com/2011/10/classroom-behavior.html" target="_blank">this one from Mrs. Willis Kindergarten.</a> I changed it to reflect our schedule. This was absolutely the resource that worked the best. It was so much better than giving one color for the entire day. This allowed the student to feel that success was much more within their reach.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">It's also important to note that I did change things in our classroom environment as well. For example, our rug. I switched classroom rugs with another room because it had lines on it. I felt that a rug with lines would attach a visual to personal space. This had a big impact.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><b>3. Observe them for what times of day behaviors are occurring. Do this for two weeks and look for trends. Is it after lunch when they've been exposed to loud noises? Is it before resource (specials) when they're making a transition? You get the drift.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>4. Take notes and document. This allows you to look for triggers. Maybe it's something in the environment that is setting them off. It's important to think about what things AROUND them might be impacting them.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>5. Most importantly...let them feel successful. Start with small goals and build your way up. The feeling of success is essential to the motivation of the student.</b></span></div>
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I know I may be one of the only kindergarten teachers to ever say this, but I LOVE math! Of course I couldn't be a K teacher if I didn't love reading too, but I am just a math person by nature. Now every teacher knows the importance of having a "print rich" classroom, but what about a "math rich" classroom? Have you ever thought about how much math is in your classroom environment? I'm sure you already have things in your room that promote a math rich environment, but I think this needs to be something we are being purposeful about when planning the setup of a classroom.</div>
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I'm here to share some ways that I tried to create a math rich environment in my kindergarten class last year.</div>
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1. Having AN ASSORTMENT of number lines hanging.</div>
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I plan to do a post on how I incorporate number lines and hundred charts in the next couple of days so I won't go too much into detail yet. However, it's important to me that I have numbers displayed in numerous arrangements around the room. Guess what? That horizontal line of numbers hanging on the wall isn't going to magically make every student understand numbers, just because it hangs there all year. </div>
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Here's our vertical number line. We made this together and it shows quantities with each number.</div>
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Here is our horizontal number line. These numbers show tally marks with each number, since that's a state standard here in VA.</div>
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* Ignore the fact that my alphabet is falling off the wall. Any time the building gets humid the starts melting away like butter.</div>
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*Also look at my math vocabulary board. This is ESSENTIAL to my math rich classroom. The VA Dept. of Education created these vocabulary cards to include all of our vocabulary as well as a picture to illustrate it. As you can see I did the same with my other subjects as well. I couldn't have one board with fabulous illustrations, and the others without. My OCD hates that there are a few hanging over the border, but trust that I will find a way to fix that this year!</div>
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Here is a close up of that vocabulary board.</div>
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I also have <a href="http://www.eaieducation.com/Product/503994/F_U_N_%E2%84%A2_Empty_Number_Line,_Gr_K-1.aspx" target="_blank">this engaging number line</a> from my math specialist.</div>
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Let me say, in my kinder-centric mind, the best math specialists are those that understand kinder, and boy does she! </div>
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It can be extended anywhere by tens anywhere from 0-10 to 0-100. My favorite part it that it comes with an assortment of cards for differentiation.</div>
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We have this number line that easily becomes a workstation.</div>
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I made these numbered line up spots to help my students learn how to stand in a line at the beginning of the year AND to prevent all of the racing to be first and "SHE CUTTTTTTTTTT!!" meltdowns. You can organize this in a lot of different ways. I gave students a number that changed often, they got into that spot in line. This also ensures meticulous student placement. They loved choosing their own number as a reward. Some teachers prefer to give students a permanent number though. Whatever works best for you!</div>
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Sadly those were stuck on with tape as you can see. They held up very nicely through a portion of the year, but this year I am definitely hoping to invest in <a href="http://www.sitspots.com/" target="_blank">sit spots</a> for this purpose.</div>
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This was a great way to practice an assortment of numeracy skills.</div>
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3. Number Rhymes</div>
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I keep my number rhymes hanging because number formation is something we work on ALL YEAR LONG. You can find tons of these anchor charts if you search for number rhymes on Pinterest or Teachers Pay Teachers.</div>
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We use these for behavior management. Tables earn coins for a number of positive behaviors. This allows us to practice one of our most difficult standards everyday in a meaningful way. </div>
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Please excuse the terrible picture, but i had to crop another photo since I don't have any pictures of these. I hang three clocks showing the times for resource (special), lunch and recess. The students were very curious about the clocks from the beginning, which had them asking to learn how to tell time all year. They also came in handy for many teachable moments! I loved doing it this year, but next year I will look for clocks that are not divided into quarters. It just makes them more difficult to see when they are hanging. </div>
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(You'll also see our ordinal numbers below the clocks.)</div>
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I keep a daily schedule posted that shows both analog and digital times for each part of our day. I found that <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Schedule-Cards-The-First-Grade-Parade-298601" target="_blank">here</a> and I absolutely love it. I put magnets on the back so that the pieces can be easily moved around and laminated them so I can use a dry erase marker to write the times, as they do change a few times early in the year. This allows students to begin connecting events with time, understanding that time relates to an order of events, and gives them a visual of what time looks like early in the year.</div>
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Here is our daily schedule and our calendar area, which of course is a big addition to our math rich environment.</div>
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Of course with all of these things, I make sure that I use them and I expose my kinders to them explicitly. You can have these things hanging in your classroom, but if you don't USE them to enhance learning and teach the students to use them and even just to be aware that they are in the room, or how they relate to their world, they will serve very little purpose.</div>
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I challenge you to reflect on your classroom environment last year, and how you would compare the "math richness" to the "print richness." Ignore the fact that I'm making up words, remember, I'm a math person. :)</div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I made bags of ready confetti and attached <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Free-Ready-Confetti-Back-to-School-Poem-and-Treat-307518" target="_blank">this poem</a> to the bags. The students sprinkle it under their pillow the night before the first day of school to help with any first day jitters.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I labeled these cupcakes with consumable products that we use a lot of in the classroom. Parents were free to take a cupcake from the cake stand if they wanted to donate an item.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">On the right side of the table you'll see my teacher communication magnets. On these I place my name, e-mail address and phone number. Parents take a magnet so that they always have access to my contact information. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The last item on the table is my jar of parent wishes. Parents write down a wish they have for their students for the school year. They fold it and place it inside. We revisit them later in the year during a conference when we celebrate their child's successes.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I have a scavenger hunt for the students and a scavenger hunt for the parents. This ensures that parents complete all paperwork, get a chance to move through the room without needing step-by-step directions from me.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Note the small cards labeled with numbers. Those cards are numbered stations for parents to go to throughout the room. It starts with a simple sign-in sheet and progresses to things like completing paperwork and introducing them to various areas of the room. I used spray painted clothespins to hold the cards up. I found the awesome cards <a href="http://www.classroomfreebiestoo.com/2014/08/open-house-management-freebie.html" target="_blank">here and they are completely editable</a>, so you can create them to fit your needs!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I'll leave you with these guys for today. I stalk the Kohl's Cares items every couple of months when they change. Most of you probably know about them, but if not, they choose a theme or an author every couple of months. They have some hardcover books and the corresponding stuffed animals for only $5 apiece. The best part is, ALL OF THE MONEY IS DONATED TO SUPPORT KIDS' HEALTH AND EDUCATION INITIATIVES NATIONWIDE. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Right now they have the books written by Laura Numeroff.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I already have the books, so I picked up these little guys as reading buddies for my classroom library.</span></div>
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<span style="color: magenta;"><br /></span>Tiffanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10909497171509364950noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6279167938260884943.post-87817770141266601432015-07-05T17:20:00.000-07:002015-07-05T17:20:19.923-07:00Binder-ize Me!<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: inherit;">So I gave myself two major projects to complete for school this summer:</span></div>
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: inherit;">1. Create my blog. Check!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: inherit;">2. Organize my life. When I say my life, I'm referring to my classroom life.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: inherit;">(Obviously this list of two things has grown into a list of 12 things, as all teachers will understand)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: inherit;">Let's just start with this list for now...</span></div>
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: inherit;">My previous method of organization was file folders. Ugh. I hate them.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: inherit;">They're simple because you can just throw things in a labeled folder, and it's not time consuming whatsoever. In my first years at a new school district I felt like this was all I had time for. However, I can't express to you the complete dread and anxiety I felt every time I even looked at these file folders, let alone opened them.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: inherit;">So at the end of the school year I did what I had to do. I took all of the papers out and threw the file folders AWAY! No seriously, I really did that. Nothing left but a stack of paper chaos. I knew if I took it to that level, there was no going back.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: inherit;">First I considered plastic tubs, but I don't have the space at home or at school for that. Plus I imagine it turning into a larger version of the file folders. :(</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #a64d79;">I decided to </span><span style="color: magenta;">BINDER-IZE</span><span style="color: #a64d79;">.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Binder-ize: verb - The act of taking disheveled paper and organizing it into binders based on a targeted skill or content area. Usually with a cute cover sheet give it character.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: inherit;">Well that's my definition anyway.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79;">Here's the lowdown on the chevron cover sheets. If you go on Teachers Pay Teachers you will find a thousand products that let you edit and print your own cover sheets for teacher binders. I loved them, but I couldn't stop thinking about how much ink I was going to use making 10-15 of these babies.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79;">Michael's sells this beautiful colored card stock in packs of 50 sheets. This week they're on sale for $3.33 PLUS your teacher discount. You can however find them fairly often on sale for $2. There's your chevron. :)</span><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79;">Now I haven't put anything in them yet, but I plan on using page protectors to place master copies and workstation pieces. I'll give an update when they're done.</span></div>
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Tiffanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10909497171509364950noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6279167938260884943.post-28040495530365485592015-07-05T12:49:00.001-07:002015-07-05T12:49:42.355-07:00Door Decor<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #a64d79;">Well I know it's not a Monday made-it if I post about it on Sunday, but I'm visiting with my family and will be celebrating my beautiful niece's birthday all day tomorrow, so Sunday made-it it'll have to be. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #a64d79;">My first project was a classroom door banner. I got the banner card stock from Michael's for 60% off, plus my teacher discount, so I think it was something like $2.50, maybe less. I got the stickers at Hobby Lobby. Download their app for coupons! The banner came with white string, but I used brown string to match the letters.</span></div>
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Tiffanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10909497171509364950noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6279167938260884943.post-83888022428755596582015-07-02T20:32:00.000-07:002015-07-02T20:32:24.592-07:00My Teacher Toolbox<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">One thing I'm always working to better myself at is organization. Just when I think I have a great organization system in place, I find more areas for improvement. Like most teachers, I don't sit at my teacher desk. I use it for storage and for the large magnetic space it provides us for workstations. </span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Anyway, I came across a few posts about teacher toolboxes and I decided to try it out. I went with <a href="http://www.lowes.com/pd_354713-941-DSB-22-3_0__?productId=3381356" target="_blank">this organizer from Lowe's</a>. I like this organizer because it has drawers of various sizes, but isn't too large. </span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I can't remember what source I got my labels from, but there are tons of resources out there for this. I threw on some spray paint (obviously) and used modge podge to put my labels on.</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When I first made it, I didn't know how much I would use it. Well, I love this thing. I always know exactly where everything is.</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here's the best part though...so do my kinders. If I needed supplies, or they did, they knew exactly where to go to get them. Another point for student independence!</span></div>
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