tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-85751054510581550112024-02-20T03:06:18.536-08:00Learning With LaughterTabetha Lynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03179948272953730393noreply@blogger.comBlogger32125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8575105451058155011.post-62642094266764089942013-02-01T07:02:00.000-08:002013-02-01T07:02:03.243-08:00Blog Problems and a Summary ActivitySo as you may have noticed my blog has not been going so well. I have lots of cute stuff going on in my classroom but haven't been able to share it.<br />
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Problem 1: I keep forgetting my password<br />
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Problem 2: I NEED AN I PHONE!!!<br />
I have an old phone that takes bad pictures and no digital camera. The pictures I take for my blog always turn out weird and blurry.<br />
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Problem 3: I'm not sure I wan to blog about just teaching anymore. <br />
I started this blog as a creative outlet. I found that I wish I could write about more than just teaching. By that I mean you know those real stories about what happens in the classroom? Things I'm doing around the house (got some cool projects going there by the way to get ready for the baby). Annoying family members. Maybe I need to start a personal blog.<br />
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Problem 4: I'm so tired. <br />
I have a student teacher this semester (thats how you are getting to read this fabulous post as she is in charge right now) but at night I have this little creature moving all around, I can't sleep, and I'm trying to get ahead in my plans for my maternity leave.<br />
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Problem 5: I havent really put as much into my blog as I could. I don't use google docs to input things. I need to start sharing more.<br />
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So while I am figure out what to do (give advice please) here is a cute activity I threw together for my 2nd graders who were bored and tired of doing testing and writing.<br />
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Our Cute Summary Cats!!</div>
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By the end of 2nd grade it is the expectation in our school that students be able to provide written summaries for all their District wide comprehension tests and on the DRA2 reading assessment. We start this skill in 2nd grade but sequencing events. and getting more detailed as the year goes on.</div>
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This week we were reading the story</div>
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First we talked about transition words in a summary. That is what is written on the front of the index cards. Then inside the cards we wrote an event to go with it. I cut some construction paper for the cat bodies and we glued on the index cards.</div>
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Then I found this cute template (I was to lazy to make my own this time)</div>
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I just used the face, arms, and legs.</div>
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YOu can get the template here <a href="http://www.daniellesplace.com/html/catcrafts.html#hangcat">http://www.daniellesplace.com/html/catcrafts.html#hangcat</a></div>
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As soon as I take pictures I will post about our Sailboat summaries and you will be able to download my first template!!!!</div>
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<br />Tabetha Lynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03179948272953730393noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8575105451058155011.post-17818065712632331492012-12-16T16:58:00.001-08:002012-12-16T16:58:24.918-08:00Sandy Hook....<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I always tell my students that my number 1 job is to keep them safe...if only they could truly understand how far we would go for them... MY Prayers are all in one place tonight.Tabetha Lynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03179948272953730393noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8575105451058155011.post-72674388913030752932012-11-11T18:29:00.001-08:002012-11-11T18:29:51.686-08:00November Currently, drama and exciting news!!Sorry I've been gone but I am I am officially out of my first quarter hibernation. I feel like as soon as school starts my social life stops. At least until the first quarter is over and it is!! We had conferences last week and my yearly conference cough/sinus infection also showed up right on time :) I have a great group of 2nd graders this year and my t3rd graders (who we had last year as 2nd graders) are turning into some great students (FINALLY!!) So I can't wait to catch you up on what we have been doing!<br />
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But we have some catching up to do!<br />
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So I linked up with <a href="http://ohboy3rdgrade.blogspot.com/2012/11/november-currently.html">Farley at Oh Boy 4th Grade for her November Currently</a><br />
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Sadly when I was in Chicago for the SWPBIS conference my beloved 08' Mustang, that I bought when I got my first teaching job after saving all my money for years, was totaled. I was rear ended my an Esclade so hard it pushed me into the stopped car in front of me.</div>
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Luckily the only injuries to everyone involved (I had 3 other people in my car) were some rashes from seat belts and whiplash. Also, the driver of the Escalde (WHO DROVE AWAY!!!) turned himself in and is being prosecuted. But the Mustang was totaled....I loved that car. Now I have a responsible Escape. We were very lucky that we got his license plate and he had insurance.</div>
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Well the exciting news...and the need for bigger pants is that my husband and I are expecting! We are due in May and very excited. We are also relieved that the little nugget was not hurt at all in the accident.</div>
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<br />Tabetha Lynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03179948272953730393noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8575105451058155011.post-17155140263945994182012-08-26T18:56:00.001-07:002012-08-31T12:33:11.801-07:00Pinterest at Work/Magnetic Paint ReviewHello everyone! Wow has the last week been busy. Wednesday was our first day back the kiddos don't start until September 4th and I have been hard at work getting ready.<br />
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First of all I told you in my last post about Rust-oleum Magnetic Primer.<br />
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I used it on some old white shelves that I have had in my classroom and were looking a little grubby. I wanted to make the sides usable for center activities.</div>
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Here is a picture of them finished. The left pictures shows two magnets a large and small one. The end texture was very rough though. My original idea had been to paint over that with chalkboard paint but after feeling the texture I realized it wasn't going to work.</div>
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The picture on the left shows them mid paint. It took me 5 cans of spray paint to cover 4 shelves this size. My finger was numb for a week! The picture on the right shows the finished project. As you can see the smaller magnet didn't stick anymore, which was slightly disappointing. They turned out cute though and everyone who has popped into my classroom has commented on them.</div>
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Another project I have been working on is repurposing my old <u>National Geographic Explorers</u>. I save them and reuse them because sadly we can't afford to get a classroom wet every year. SOme years a couple teachers will go in on them and buy them and share or sometimes F.A.C.T will surprise us. SO I cut the magazine in half and put it into these page protectors. I still need to make a label for the front cover. My plan is to use them in small group instruction and let the kids write on the plastic protectors with white board markers while identifying non-fiction text features. </div>
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1 down a million to go.</div>
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Finally, here is a sneak peak at my classroom.</div>
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Entrance from the front door</div>
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These shelves are right around the corner from the front door. This is the first year they have EVER been organized.</div>
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Table bins. IKEA ran out so I still need to get a few more. Each table gets a bin for each subject. That way everything stays neat and organized, I hope.</div>
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My desk and on the left on the floor is going to be where my listening center is.</div>
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My hook for headphones on the back of my computers. I have been wanting to do this since I saw it on Pinterest. I'm also going to make website card rings to hang on the hooks with website addresses and log ins.</div>
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View of my library and small group area.</div>
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Library, the brown magazine rack is where my seasonal books or focus genres are going to go. Ignore the brown paper we were getting ready to make trees.</div>
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View from the library still a work in progress.</div>
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Small group area.</div>
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I can't wait to show you all when its done!!</div>
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Tabetha Lynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03179948272953730393noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8575105451058155011.post-71980277010721608972012-08-14T19:54:00.001-07:002012-08-14T19:58:25.460-07:00So MANY PROJECTS!!So the kids don't come back till September 4th but next Wednesday is the first day for teachers. Out of that week and a half only 3 days are classroom days and half of one of those 3 days is meet the teacher day!! So since I will only have 2 and a half days and that is not enough time I have been going in since the first week of August when the carpet was done.<br />
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Between all my projects, cheer camp, and the lovely husband being out of town on business things have been crazy. Lets just say my darling Bugsy Bear is missing his Dad and being stubborn. Did I mention I forgot my gmail password and couldn't figure out how to get photos from my phone to my computer without using Facebook....so if your wondering where I've been thats it in a nutshell.<br />
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When I walked in a few weeks ago this is what my room looked like:<br />
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From the door (a little blurry)</div>
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From my partners side...do you see something exciting?</div>
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MY NEW DESK!!! IT LOCKS and everything!!! I'm so excited</div>
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Lucky for me our awesome custodian was bored and moved everything for me but you don't get to see until its all done.</div>
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While I was there I started one of my projects painting some ugly white shelves that I've had FOREVER, they are actually from my bedroom growing up.<br />
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I bought some of this magnetic primer to go under green spray paint. My thought was I could uses these shelves to hold center supplies and buddy reading books. I wanted them magnetic so I could let the kids make words on the sides or magnet labels on them.</div>
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SO after I drove back home from finding out he hallways were being waxed I decided to work on my next project. I saw discovery bottles on Pinterest...I can't find the original post for the life of me so if you know it please let me know so I can give credit.</div>
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I typed up and color coded all the sight word lists. Sine I have low kids they need LOTS of practice. I make them their own personal lists of words they don't know for their folders, then when they get caught not working I call them over to read them to me and any they don't know they have to write 10 times each...guess how fast my ADHD boys learn them. lol. But I wanted a fun way to practice that they would ask to do.</div>
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FIrst I died the rice. I previously tried pom poms but the words stuck to them. I also tried beads but they were too noisy. </div>
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I only have 3 jars done. I only had 3 colors of dye so I need to get more. My plan is to label each jar with how many words are in each. The kids will be challenged to find all the words in each jar. WHen they do, and write them down, they will have to read them to me. Once they have done that they will get that color next to their name on the sight word master list. I'm thinking of some kind of reward for finding and reading the words in each jar.</div>
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In honor of summer coming to a close I liked up with <a href="http://ohboy3rdgrade.blogspot.com/2012/08/currently-plug-another-creations.html">Farley for her August Currently</a>. I also did this to avoid doing any of the actual real work that needs to get done....like cleaning the stairs that are covered in dust and dog hair or typing up spelling lists.</div>
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SO I actually have been doing work. I went into our classroom last week because the floors were done. I pretty much have all the big furniture where I want it (now I just need to put the kids tables into place. This is harder than is seems because our school enrollment is off the charts this year and I'm most likely going to have 35 students, or my partner it, either way I have to get the room set for that many.</div>
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Also, check out Amy's give away over at <a href="http://stepintosecondgrade.blogspot.com/2012/08/personalized-bag-giveaway-and-new.html">Step Into Second Grade</a>! She also has a freebie! She is my favorite!!</div>
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Hopefully I will have pictures of my classroom for you tomorrow!!</div>
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So here are some fun facts about me! Don't forget to head over and link up!!<br />
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1. I am obsessed with competitive cheer just talk to me for 5 minutes and I will tell you all about it. I cheered for 5 years and I am currently in my 7th year of coaching!<br />
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2. I am only the 2nd person to go to and graduate from college and the first to earn a master's degree in my family. My Grandparents are proud of my two degrees since my Grandpa only went to 3rd grade and my Grandmother only up to 8th.</div>
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3. I met my husband my senior year of college at a friends birthday party....he didn't call me for a week after me giving him my number!!! I gave him a second chance after he claimed he "had a busy week" I knew on my first date he was special because my face hurt the next day from laughing and smiling so much. We still make each other laugh everyday. </div>
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4. During high school and college I was a groundskeeper in the summer at a senior retirement home. I planted flowers and took care of everything outside. I was even nominated for Groundskeeper of the Year for a state wide competition. As my husband says it was legit he had to wear a tie and stuff. Funny thing is I hate being outside and I have sever outdoor allergies.</div>
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5. I own a very vicious pitt-bull who likes to bully me into cuddling. I get VERY angry when people talk about BSL or and breed specific laws. The dogs were bread to be people pleasers. It's not their fault people want them to fight, they just want to make people happy.</div>
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6. I love to read. I read everything I can get my hands on. I know random facts about stuff I don't even like because if its words I MUST READ THEM. I reread books all the time. My husband was VERY happy when I finally bough my Kindle because that meant he didn't have to haul 5 books on every vacation we went on. </div>
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7. I have never wanted to do anything but teach...well besides be an artist when I was in Kindergarten. Did I mention I really can't draw.</div>
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8. Back to the Future Part 2 is my favorite move of all time. I always wanted a hover board growing up. My husband and I get into disagreements about the effects of the space time continuum in the movie.</div>
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9. I am still friend with all my best friend from high school!! However, we have NEVER gotten a picture of all of us together.</div>
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10. I love fall. It is the time of year when I have the least amount of allergies. I met my husband in the fall. I got married in the fall. I was born in the fall. We bought our new house in the fall. Everything awesome happens in the fall.</div>
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I have a curse on me!!! or Rather I curse Detroit Tigers players by wearing their shirts. See EVERY player who's shirt I've ever worn from the Tigers has been traded or hurt like literally right after I get their shirt. My husband wont let me get a new Tiger's shirt with a players name on it because they will get hurt. </div>
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Now onto ABC books. As I mentioned in my last post I got inspired to do these because of the <u>M is for Mitten</u> book that is part of our social studies curriculum. Also, another teacher friend of mine has kids do it for science and social studies concepts. I even used it later in the year as a book report option.</div>
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These slides along with an additional one that lists each letter of the alphabet and who is doing that letter cycle through every time we work on the project. Kids need a lot of help finding something to go with their letter so this frees me up form answering A LOT of questions about directions.</div>
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Each student gets their own letter. Since I had 28 students this year though there are two letters that have 2 pages in the book. Once the kids complete their pages I put each one into a plastic page protector and put it in a binder. This then goes into the classroom library where it becomes the most popular book. Kids love showing them off to parents at open house and conferences.</div>
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Here are some of my favorite pages that the kids did.</div>
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Some other ways other teachers and I have utilized this project:</div>
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<li>Social Studies Units</li>
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<li>Seasons and Holidays</li>
<li>All about me</li>
<li>Vocabulary</li>
<li>Grammar topics</li>
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The best part is once these are created the kids LOVE to read them. It really makes the students aware that their work needs to be their VERY best because if not they will constantly be asked what their's says. </div>
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I love a good picture book. Thats why I had, had, had to join the Link party that Lindsey over at </div>
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1. Buzzy The Bumbleebee <br />
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Did you know aerodynamically bees weren't made to fly? Neither did Buzzy until he reads it in a book and then can't fly anymore. I actually found this book at a cheerleading conference. Its great to read to students (and cheerleaders) who don't think they can succeed. I read it every year durning the first week of school before we do our goal setting.</div>
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So I cheated these are 3 boxed sets of book. I don't currently own the Grammar Tales but I have borrowed them from a teacher friend and I plan on buying them. They are great read aloud for the concepts you are teaching. We often to activities centered around the books and they come with a teacher's guide that has small versions of the books. I give those to my struggling friends and have the to word hunts in them. I don't know how I would teach without these.</div>
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1 Guess for what state I'm from!! I love this book because its a great intro into our 3rd grade Social Studies unit and its also a great book to use for writing projects. We used the format of this book to make our own alphabet books for each season and book reports. Come back later this week.....lets say Friday, since I don't have cheerleading practice. To see how we made our own version for spring!</div>
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On my summer to do list is recreating the student data sheets that I use to track my students reading data. Our school is <u style="font-weight: bold;">VERY</u> data driven. They give us data tracking sheets but frankly I don't like them and I got permission to make my own, as long as they had all the same information on them.<br />
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Having detailed data is important because in our school because we team teach. My partner and I each have a full class of our own which is either 2nd or 3rd grade. This coming school year he will have 3rd and I will have 2nd. Our 2nd graders will loop with us and most of our 3rd graders we had last year. I teach writing to my homeroom along with all the reading to both sides. Last year I also taught social studies but <strike>I'm trying to convince my partner to let me teach science this year</strike> my partner and I are still trying to decide who is going to do science or social studies for next year. <br />
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It is IMPOSSIBLE to keep up with 60 kids. Also, I don't get to conference with the parents of my teaching partners homeroom and he needs to be able to tell the parents where their kids are at. Sound confusing?<br />
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This is the 2nd grade one, nice and thick, this picture is at the end of the year. Each student has their own section.</div>
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Each Quarter they get a new sheet. The weak areas are determined by the questions they get wrong on their reading comprehension tests, EdVision, and DRA2 assessments.</div>
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I'm thinking about making one data sheet with all their test scores on it and one Week area and target skill sheet for the whole year. This way all the information is on one sheet and maybe my binder will be a little bit thinner. I will post these when I get them done. If you have input PLEASE GIVE IT!!!!</div>
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(**side note: my partner says he loves these sheet because he knows exactly what to say to the parents at conferences and if they have questions everything is right there)</div>
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Behind each data sheet is the students individual testing data sheets for each quarter so if parents don't understand or I forget why I listed something as a weak area I can tell them easily. This is also very helpful in making R.T.I suggestions and reading focus groups.</div>
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<br />Tabetha Lynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03179948272953730393noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8575105451058155011.post-11178485796858395762012-07-10T18:52:00.000-07:002012-07-10T20:25:53.668-07:00I'M BACK!!!<div style="text-align: center;">
Did you miss me? This is where I was!</div>
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Its been a crazy couple of weeks. My husband and I finally took our Honeymoon redo and it was amazing. See, it rained everyday of our Honeymoon the first time, we kept hearing it never rains in Aruba, well after a redo visit we actaully kind of believe it becasue it was awesome. We got to lay on the beach all day, my husband FINALLY got to snorkel (our snorkeling got canceled last time because of all the rain!), get tans, eat AMAZING food, spend some much needed quality time together, and I got to see my old teaching partner while we were there. She lives there! Lucky girl! </div>
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Then I had a crazy girls weekend in Chicago with some of my old high school buddies. I won't get into any details, because we made a pact, but lets just say we may or may not have seen the sun come up Sunday, someone's purse accidentally ended up in a cat's food bowl, and it was one of those weekends that took two days to recover from. </div>
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I also after a lot of trial and error made my first blog button!!!! Here it is. Feel free to add it to your page. It's not exactly how I want it but after so many mistakes I am glad to just have one!! YAY!! </div>
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As I said before the 2nd graders I have are mostly Title 1. So we all did the same book for our project. I used it more for them to demonstrate the skills we had been working on. Check out my last post to get all the templates I used. Also, as I mentioned in that post I precut and folded ALL the pieces the kids just glued them, and only one students had a complete disaster!! (side note: Don't use bottled glue for this with 2nd graders.....it got very messy despite an impromptu lesson on how to glue)<br />
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<li>front cover picture</li>
<li>problem and solution</li>
<li>connections</li>
<li>favorite part</li>
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<li>main character</li>
<li>They did not do a back project (however next time I would give this option to some of my higher 2nd graders)</li>
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First we previewed the book and made predictions about what would happen</div>
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Then we choral read the first half and made our middle of the book predictions (I'm trying to encourage active reading)</div>
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We also drew our pictures on the front and wrote our title and author</div>
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Students read the book with a buddy. They they filled out their problem and solution along with the main character. This lead to quite the debate if the main character was Miss Nelson or Miss Swamp.</div>
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Students read the book independently (if they need to). They then filled out their connections, main character, setting, and they favorite part.</div>
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<br /></div>Tabetha Lynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03179948272953730393noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8575105451058155011.post-23504475573816108202012-06-25T12:00:00.000-07:002012-06-25T12:00:03.358-07:00Reading Portfolios<div style="text-align: center;">
I found this awesome idea from Beth at Thinking of Teaching. I love her blog. She is a 4th grade teacher so I started thinking about how I could use her idea with my students.</div>
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You can see the origional blog post <a href="http://thinkingofteaching.blogspot.ca/2012/05/reading-portfolio-foldable.html">here</a></div>
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There are a couple of things I should tell you. My 3rd graders this year were considered High Achieving with all of them at grade level, many well above. I had one students reading as high as 10th grade. However, even though they could read and comprehend at that level they couldn't always pull out literature elements the way a student of even a grade higher could. My 2nd Graders were mostly below level or Title 1. I did not use these for literature circles like Beth did. I used them as a way for students to show what they learned this year, more like an end of the year wrap up/brag book.</div>
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I made templets for everything written that the kids did. You can get those <a href="https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B1WyuUR_id4MYjBfLXlmdks4c0E/edit?pli=1">here</a>....I hope...I've never used Google Docs before. </div>
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I also precut all the construction paper foldables. My 3rd graders did all the folding, I just cut everything to the correct size since we used foldables a lot this year. Fir my 2nd graders I precut and folded everything. It took forever but it made things easier in the long run.</div>
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Students put together their project and we talked about what would go in each section. I had them pick their favorite 3rd grade Fiction Chapter book. </div>
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<li>A picture to represent the book on the front cover</li>
<li>Book Review using O.R.E.O format</li>
<li>Main Character</li>
<li>Connections</li>
<li>Summary (this was a simplified version of Beth's)</li>
<li>My Favorite part</li>
<li>Setting</li>
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This Kids LOVED IT and DId an Awesome Job. They did it completely independently. Many had to reread books because they found they couldn't remember parts accurately. It really was a great way to assess students on the skills that we learned during the year. Here are some 3rd grade examples. Sorry for all the Pictures. I just couldn't help myself.</div>
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(Note: Yes, one of my students read THe Hunger Games. Yes, she is that high of a reader. Now I am not one to make judgments on content, I leave that to the parents. However, we did have a conversation how some parts are not ok for others in the class and she was not allowed to share those parts.)</div>
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It's always bittersweet packing up the classroom at the end of the year. Seeing a room where so much learning took place and so many memories were made being broken down makes me sentimental. It also gets me excited for next year. I'm hoping over the summer to share some of my projects that I want to improve on as well as some new curriculum ideas I have.</div>
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Monday: We finished our reading portfolios, did Literacy Place Studies. Basically I let the kids pick which story, that we hadn't read yet, that they wanted to focus on for the week. On Monday they had to look up the vocabulary words, write sentences, and draw a picture. I used a modified Fryer diagram for this. (I did this with both the 2nd and 3rd graders)<br />
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Tuesday: Students read their stories, then answered the comprehension quetions at the end of the story. Then we did some centers! <br />
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Wednesday: Students had to create a poster for the story they read with their partner. The poster had to have the setting, main character, and a book review on it. Then we did centers for the last time :(<br />
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Thursday: Students presented their posters...THEN WE CLEANED!!! My 3rd graders were AWESOME they left very little for me to do. THe 2nd graders only had to clean out the books in their bins and then I had them clean them out with cleaning spray and a paper towel.<br />
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The 3rd graders also got their end of year gift from me. Since I loop with my homeroom for 2 years I only do this every other year. Every kid in the class has to write a compliment to everyone in the class. We did this last week, the only rules were that they had to keep them a secret.<br />
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Then I typed them up creating each student a poster that looked like this.<br />
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On the back was a class picture and an end of the year teacher poem. I then laminated them. I present them by reading off each students compliments. Let me tell you it was amazing!! The kids were ALL smiling and laughing and I had many parents e-mail me and tell me how much their kids loved it. the secret....this is an old cheerleading thing that I have done with my teams like every year I coached.</div>
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FRIDAY: Wow what an exhausting day! We played outside all morning! I have to thank my good friends across the hall for <strike>letting us crash</strike> inviting us to join in on their Fun in the Sun Morning. When you hear one of your quietest students scream with glee "BUBBLES!?!?" you know you did a good job planning. Then we did our end of the year awards. It was so great to see all the kids proud of their friends for their accomplishemtns. Then we had KONA ICE!!! Shaved ice is so much better than snow cones. Then I achieved the impossible. I had a quiet class for the last half hour watching a movie. I think a lot fell asleep. lol I know one of my teacher friends said her son fell asleep in the car on the way home:) Then it was time to say good bye. I almost cried like 28 times, was asked to go to 4th grade at least 10, and hugged a million.</div>
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I'm so sad to say good bye to this awesome class. They were my babies for 2 years. My friend who is the resource teachers swears I will love my 2nd graders next year just as much....but I doubt it ;)</div>
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<li>Finish my part of the classroom compliment project (more on this later in the week when I have pictures!)</li>
<li>Complete reading portfolios (a cute idea I found on Pinterest...pictures to come when they are all done)</li>
<li>Make up vocabulary sheets for reading choice study</li>
<li>Make up direction sheet for non fiction choice study</li>
<li>Clean out lockers, book bins, and folder bins</li>
<li>Plan the LAST DAY with my teaching partner</li>
<li>Grade final writing assessment (I HATE grading these and always leave it until the last minute)</li>
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<li>pack everything in the room on my shelves with wheels because they "might be painting" this summer.</li>
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So to tied you all over until I get pictures of my end of the year projects here is a cute simple project I did with my 2nd graders a few weeks ago.</div>
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In third grade students are expected to write summaries for almost all their quarterly reading assessments and they are also a part of DRA2. So I have been working with my 2nd graders are identifying literacy elements. This weeks focus was problem and solution.</div>
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Then they had to identify the main characters, setting, the problem, and state how the characters solved it. Then we made these cute carrots. We put the problem on the carrots top because that was the part that was sticking out during the story and "if they didn't see the top they wouldn't know they had a problem"-they can be so smart when they want. Then we put the solution on the carrot because "they couldn't get the carrot out until they solved the problem"-see just genius</div>
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Well hopefully I will be back with some pictures of our end of the year activities....if I survive :)</div>Tabetha Lynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03179948272953730393noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8575105451058155011.post-25977204095869037852012-06-05T06:07:00.000-07:002012-06-05T06:07:12.585-07:00I Saw It On Pinterest Linky!<br />
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I love Pinterest! It really has changed how I'm doing a lot of my teaching and my husband says it's the best thing that happened for our kitchen. So when I saw that Amber at Adventures of a Third Grade Teacher was hosing a "I saw it on Pinterest" Link party I had to join ASAP! Head on Over to her Blog if you want to join up.<br />
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I could probably start a brand new blog on all the food I want to make but this is my new favorite thing that I haven't made yet!</div>
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These drinks will be delicious to drink on my deck with my fellow teacher friends.</div>
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I really want o better utilize my Reading notebooks for my kids next year. Along with their social studies, grammar, and writing. I have a lot of ideas that I found on Pinterest now I just need to pick and choose to figure out what works best for me. I actually think this weekend I am going to start a new Note booking Pinboard.</div>
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I also REALLY need to get more organized in my classroom. Teaching reading to two different groups of kids has been an organization nightmare. I really need some help!</div>
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So we did some whole group cause and effect activities were we read the story, I gave them events, and they had to give me the cause or effect. They also did some worksheets for homework where they had to identify it. That's when I realized the problem. They could identify cause and effect in short paragraphs and sentences but could not do it for a longer passage. So I went to my trusty reading coach and together we came up with this project.<br />
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First, we read <u>If You Take a Mouse to School.</u><br />
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Now this book is way below the reading level of some of my kids but that was just what I wanted so that they could apply the skill to a longer book. All the books in this series are perfect for cause and effect.<br />
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Then, as a whole group, we filled in this cause and effect chart using the interactive white board.<br />
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Then we got out folders ready. I gave the kids this title page so that they would have an aide to help them. The picture shows 2 on one page.</div>
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The kids created their folders. One side they had to do <u>If You Take a Mouse to School</u>. The other side they had to do for a book of their choice. I also included pictures of the instructions and grading rubric for you.....I really need to learn how to use google docs.</div>
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The kids really got a lot out of it. The ones that struggled learned a lot and asked a lot of questions. It also let me know who needed more help and who had mastered it.<br />
<br />Tabetha Lynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03179948272953730393noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8575105451058155011.post-11068971698574735212012-06-02T09:35:00.002-07:002012-06-02T09:35:55.071-07:00Busy, Busy, BusyFirst of all, can I say AHHHHHH! We have 2 weeks left with kids. This week I had a social studies test, zoo field trip, talent show, and it was only a 4 day week. Next week is field day, 2 day reading test, and writing protocol. On top of all the projects that are all coming in for writing and reading. We are FINALLY having a house warming party TODAY! I'm exhausted. I also found out I will be teaching the title one class next year after 4 years of having high achieving kids. <br />
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Also, I'm starting to get sad that my 3rd graders, whom I've had for 2 years, will be leaving me soon. I love them. For example:<br />
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Student 1 turns to his best friend today who is standing at my desk to ask me if he can re-read his book for his portfolio project and says "Did you just ask her if you are allowed to read a book? Again? What classroom are <u style="font-weight: bold;">YOU</u> in?"<br />
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Then student 1 turns to me and says "this kid has problems"<br />
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These are the same boys who complain that they want to clean during their fun friday reward.....ummm is that ok? YES!!! Now I have a nicely organized book shelf :)<br />
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See! They are AWESOME kids! Despite the fact that they never can seem to sit still.<br />
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I will be back tomorrow with a post on our AWESOME cause and effect project that the kids did a few weeks ago to get ready for their end of the year reading test. We are very data driven and ALL my data showed they clearly did not understand this.<br />
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<br />Tabetha Lynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03179948272953730393noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8575105451058155011.post-66178938928067405772012-05-29T13:20:00.000-07:002012-05-29T13:20:01.194-07:00So Many Tests and So Tired of Study GuidesAre you tired of end of the year tests? I am burned out. Our last social studies test is very vocabulary heavy and I knew the kids wouldn't be responsible taking their Social Studies Journals home sooo we made a vocabulary study guide foldable! I love a good foldable and so do the kids so its win win!<br />
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All during the unit the kids took notes on their social studies words. We use 3 column notes, which are a progression towards Cornell Notes that our middle school and high schoolers use. First I teach how to read the word and give the kids the definition. Then once we have talked about the concept and read about it the kids go back and draw a picture or write an example. <br />
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So in a perfect world the kids kept up on all their work and have all their vocabulary done. I listed the words on the board and told them if they didn't have them in their notebook they could look them up or borrow a friends notebook.<br />
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Then I cut paper in half the "hot dog" way and note cards in half. The kids wrote the term on the bottom of each card so only the word showed. Then they wrote a picture or example on the front of the card, but this part would be covered up. The challenge was to know what the word meant wihtout the example but they had it there as an aid to help them study. The definition of the term is on the back.<br />
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<br />Tabetha Lynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03179948272953730393noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8575105451058155011.post-21561970208992680832012-05-26T08:15:00.000-07:002012-05-26T08:16:03.982-07:00Going to the Chapel ...It's a wedding!! Not mine, my teaching partners. So yesterday we made cards for him. I was going to cover them in glitter since he HATES it and always yells at me when his kids use it on my side and then track it over to his, but I don't know his fiance all that well and didn't want to do that to her. However, even without the glitter they were hilarious!<br />
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First, we brainstormed and did that stir up some interesting conversation. Like "if Mr. G met Mrs. G in college why are they just now getting married?" lol gota love them.<br />
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Here are some pictures of my favorites/most funny.....minus one that said "every time you are together an angel is born." I forgot to take a picture of that one and it was beautiful<br />
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There is no baby. I don't know where that came from. I do love how he asked for cake.</div>
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<br />Tabetha Lynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03179948272953730393noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8575105451058155011.post-13980471803230560332012-05-25T09:00:00.001-07:002012-05-25T09:00:24.825-07:00Making the Most of Boring CurriculumHello Everyone! We are only 15 days away from paradise :) Can you smell the children about to loose it? 3 of my best behaved, most helpful students decided throwing food at lunch was a good idea today. Then they were shocked that they got in trouble for it :/ <br />
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UMMM? What classroom have you been in for the past 2 years? However, when I asked them if we should ask their parents what they thought about it all 3 decided they would just take the punishment......dun, dun, dun, an evil clip down. We have a behavior chart where they can clip up for good behavior and down for bad. I love it because I can be mean and then nice when they turn it around; it lets me be more strict without having the whole class on phone call home at the end of the day. I also can turn students behavior around by rewarding the good ones and not constantly being a meanie.<br />
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On to the main point of my post. Does your school have a reading book that you use as part of your curriculum? We use Literacy Place and for the most part I like it. However, in 3rd grade there is a story that I dread teaching usually I would skip it but my kids were having trouble with sequencing events and it is actually a good story for that. So my goal was to make it interesting for the most important person in the class.....ME:)<br />
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The story is <u>Up Goes the Skyscraper</u><br />
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First, we do our vocabulary for the lesson by looking at the context clues, making predictions and then looking up the real meanings. I give the kids a sentence that the word is in and then they have to write down what clues helped them make their prediction. I started this because my kiddos kept bombing the context clues section of their district assessments and EdVision placement tests. I use a modified Fryer diagram for our vocabulary format. I can change what I want the squares to say and keep the format consistent. It gets the kids used to it by the time they need to use it. <br />
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Since we don't live in an area with skyscrapers we then watched a movie about them. I love the website <a href="http://Howstuffworks.com/">Howstuffworks.com</a> and it had one that was perfect! You can check it out <a href="http://science.howstuffworks.com/engineering/structural/skyscraper.htm">here</a>!<br />
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Once we were done the real fun began. We build our own skyscrapers! I cut black construction paper in half the "hotdog" way. Then I cut note cards into squares for windows. On each window starting at the ground students needed to write a step in the process of building a skyscraper. Then we decorated them! The kids had a lot of fun and I think its the first time any class actually remembered what happened in the story.<br />
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Some of them turned out larger than others because they broke down the steps instead of combining ones that went together, I think a contest over who had the tallest skyscraper broke out. Next time I do this I am going to give them a set number of steps they must have.<br />
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2. Get some decorating done. I have had a few picture projects that I have wanted to get done since we moved into our house in October and they will finally get accomplished over the summer!!</div>
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6. Finally, I want to COOK all the yummy stuff I have been pinning on Pinterest.</div>
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<center><br /></center>Tabetha Lynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03179948272953730393noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8575105451058155011.post-76647562996547302052012-05-18T12:45:00.002-07:002012-05-18T12:45:35.261-07:00AdverbsWAAAAHOOOOO its Friday! My room is trashed and I'm exhausted. Today was smack down Friday, as in you had a sub two days, did nothing, and now you will pay for all that unfinished work you have. Many said they learned their lesson :) With 18 days of school left I guess it's better late than never, right?<br />
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The next section in our Grammar review was Adverbs. Am I the only one who has a class that doesn't get this?<br />
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As always we read a book first!<br />
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I picked this one:<br />
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However, the kids are having trouble so I think I am going to go order this one for next year so I have two.</div>
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We did some practice sentences on the board. Then the kids created this little flip book. They took a piece of lined paper folded it like a hotdog and glued it onto a piece of white paper. Then they drew a picture. They had to write a sentence describing the picture using each different kind of adverb.</div>
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Can you tell who just got back from a Disney Cruise? Lucky Girl!</div>
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Well I'm tired from the smack down today so I hope you all have a good weekend.</div>
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Not for children :)<br />
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