tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-40936349976570528322024-02-20T15:23:40.623-08:004 Ever a TeacherMrs. Garciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05698673420309750983noreply@blogger.comBlogger99125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4093634997657052832.post-43207378312641527142022-12-05T08:40:00.001-08:002022-12-05T08:40:48.156-08:00<div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xdj266r x126k92a" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "system-ui", ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: justify; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; word-spacing: 0px;"><div style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Happy Monday!</span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "system-ui", ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: justify; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; word-spacing: 0px;"><div style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">This file has been requested multiple times <span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; font-family: inherit; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="🤩" height="16" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/tf7/2/16/1f929.png" style="border: 0px;" width="16" /></span>. I am glad that it has been found useful for you and your students. </span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "system-ui", ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: justify; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; word-spacing: 0px;"><div style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">This file works great for whole group and small groups. All the words on the deck have already been explicitly taught and this is one way we review. We show the slide and students say the whole word, tap each letter name, and then say the whole word again. When we get to the animated slide, they do a holiday action. In this case, students get to say, <span style="font-family: inherit;"></span>"Ho, ho, ho!"</span></div><div style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></div><div style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='398' height='331' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwd3sIyWkRVKKin2pdg9X5h6mCi6vNPP82L04DjRNa7scg98p4F2a99z_0Yc9qyP4xlb0a0lerurvX1dJIvhQ' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br /> </span></div><div style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "system-ui", ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: justify; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; word-spacing: 0px;"><div style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">They love it! </span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "system-ui", ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: justify; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; word-spacing: 0px;"><div style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">If you're interested in this FREE file, head over to my Linktree and look under Tricky Words. I have one more version coming later this week. </span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "system-ui", ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: justify; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; word-spacing: 0px;"><div style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg" href="https://linktr.ee/4everateacher3?fbclid=IwAR1z6oUTtncLBF9LWzSorljG4hI6jYucLV80s0MPE0MqJopQqFhzKC34Ik4" rel="nofollow noopener" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--blue-link); cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0" target="_blank">https://linktr.ee/4everateacher3</a></span></span></div></div><br /><img align="left" src="http://i1102.photobucket.com/albums/g447/eschaff/4%20Ever%20Teacher/sgn1.png" />Mrs. Garciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05698673420309750983noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4093634997657052832.post-56772788426369005532022-12-04T10:41:00.005-08:002022-12-04T10:41:42.074-08:00<div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xdj266r x126k92a" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "system-ui", ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; orphans: 2; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: start;">Happy Sunday!</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "system-ui", ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; orphans: 2; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: start;">Hopping on to share my December visual drill file with keyword support. It has been updated with some new animation. This visual drill provides the anchor picture support we decided upon as a school. Once you make your own copy, you'll be able to change the picture to meet your ELA curriculum. </div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "system-ui", ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; orphans: 2; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: start;">The visual drill is part of our daily ELA lesson. Why? Learned sounds are repeated, which fine-tunes the sound/symbol relationship, thus building automaticity. The <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; text-decoration: none;" tabindex="-1"></a></span>teacher shows the students previously learned sound cards- in this case, the slide-one at a time on which are written the letter/letters known. The keyword pictures provided on the cards give support for the recall of the sound if needed. The student produces the sound the letter/letters represent. When a student makes a mistake on a letter/sound, the teacher provides immediate corrective feedback.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "system-ui", ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; orphans: 2; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: start;">Students begin by saying: d, dog, /d/. As the sound-symbol correlation is strengthened and becomes automatic, we remove the keyword picture and students say d, /d/, and eventually only /d/ when shown the card. </div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: start;"> </div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: start;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dyt30tZSpIEa9BeTbjTeaWXshWRY5BOYkxoGpy66IcfZTnZk6HgkvtlzGF-GQSNI2Z6-Byzol75RnLUH1GHlQ' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br /> </div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: start;"> </div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "system-ui", ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; orphans: 2; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: start;">I love the digital file because it provides a lot of engagement. We also incorporate a hand/body movement for multi-modal input. </div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: start;"> </div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: start;">This second file is also for the visual drill, but they do not contain any keyword support. </div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: start;"> </div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: start;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLVPZieVYYhup06ToiGdkdqtafntcw4-fHlDlM2hrk4ZaTkkHpxJ6VufUSBKbjA_HrzqY7YZG39_7OKAaBfkA2p5rvhLLFPJYOV-eKoZ-ngY0nX8gMjGqhxTcsq4KO0PXA7YWy6esVj6em8xqLmmX-m0VhEgI792XCSrrxyluaiZ0shAnKKGUcb6cr/s1386/Screen%20Shot%202022-12-04%20at%2010.21.16%20AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="1386" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLVPZieVYYhup06ToiGdkdqtafntcw4-fHlDlM2hrk4ZaTkkHpxJ6VufUSBKbjA_HrzqY7YZG39_7OKAaBfkA2p5rvhLLFPJYOV-eKoZ-ngY0nX8gMjGqhxTcsq4KO0PXA7YWy6esVj6em8xqLmmX-m0VhEgI792XCSrrxyluaiZ0shAnKKGUcb6cr/s320/Screen%20Shot%202022-12-04%20at%2010.21.16%20AM.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: start;">If you're interested in these FREE files, click on the link below and scroll to Orton-Gillingham Resources. </div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: start;"> </div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: start;"> </div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg" href="https://linktr.ee/4everateacher3?fbclid=IwAR2Dahd1oMB94TWRkd84hig-uiy0JTxJ7wHMa4skv0vbtCoiqV-G2zWpy2Q" rel="nofollow noopener" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--blue-link); cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0" target="_blank">https://linktr.ee/4everateacher3</a></span></div></div><br /><img align="left" src="http://i1102.photobucket.com/albums/g447/eschaff/4%20Ever%20Teacher/sgn1.png" />Mrs. Garciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05698673420309750983noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4093634997657052832.post-70360908042893225402022-12-02T08:13:00.008-08:002022-12-02T08:14:58.965-08:00<div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xdj266r x126k92a" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "system-ui", ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; orphans: 2; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: start;">Happy Friday everyone!</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "system-ui", ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; orphans: 2; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: start;">One week down and two to go <span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; font-family: inherit; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="💃" height="16" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t66/2/16/1f483.png" style="border: 0px none;" width="16" /></span> before my winter break begins. There's so much to do and so little time. </div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "system-ui", ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; orphans: 2; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: start;">Last year, I shared this file and it has now been updated to include CCVC/CVCC words. Many of my kindergarten students are so ready for longer words already.👊 Let's continue to provide all the blending practice our students need for word recognition mastery. This file does have a Santa theme, but I have 1 remake in process and 1 new one gingerbread theme coming soon. </div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: start;"> </div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: start;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='416' height='346' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dx0MCIMxSRF0nX_bubr6qFzaT-fNxJoob6xc9qsvylAz9Uwl2Xz09eoZL4n0K1q8ldNZL635psDd9uAXu8lYg' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: start;"> </div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: start;"> </div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "system-ui", ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; orphans: 2; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: start;">I <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; text-decoration: none;" tabindex="-1"></a></span>hope you students love it as much as mine. </div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: start;"> </div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: start;">If you are interested in this file, click on the Linktree on the right and you will find it under CVC Resources. </div></div><br /><img align="left" src="http://i1102.photobucket.com/albums/g447/eschaff/4%20Ever%20Teacher/sgn1.png" />Mrs. Garciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05698673420309750983noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4093634997657052832.post-35436653685739842712022-12-01T08:15:00.001-08:002022-12-01T08:15:15.085-08:00<div class="x1e56ztr" data-block="true" data-editor="5qtmo" data-offset-key="5c0o4-0-0" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "system-ui", ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin-bottom: 8px; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="5c0o4-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span data-offset-key="5c0o4-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><span data-text="true" style="font-family: inherit;"> <span style="font-family: Poppins;"> <span style="font-size: small;">Happy December 1st everyone! </span></span></span></span></div></div><div class="x1e56ztr" data-block="true" data-editor="5qtmo" data-offset-key="3jbs4-0-0" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "system-ui", ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin-bottom: 8px; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; word-spacing: 0px;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="3jbs4-0-0" style="direction: ltr; position: relative; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: small;"> All I can think about is gingerbread stories, gingerbread-scented candles, and </span></span></div><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="3jbs4-0-0" style="direction: ltr; position: relative; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: small;"> frosted gingerbread cookies from Traders Joe's. </span></span></div><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="3jbs4-0-0" style="direction: ltr; position: relative; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></div><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="3jbs4-0-0" style="direction: ltr; position: relative; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: small;"> Yesterday I shared the phoneme-grapheme monthly templates for December. If </span></span></div><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="3jbs4-0-0" style="direction: ltr; position: relative; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: small;"> you did not grab those, head on over to my Linktree to do so. Today I am sharing </span></span></div><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="3jbs4-0-0" style="direction: ltr; position: relative; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: small;"> another phoneme-grapheme template using poppit fidgets. </span></span></div><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="3jbs4-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span data-offset-key="3jbs4-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><span data-text="true" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span></span></div><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="3jbs4-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span data-offset-key="3jbs4-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><span data-text="true" style="font-family: inherit;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj9KssqZhnjS6S_mL9MJeJIeHzLQa_izLNwen1BGRSrNU2BrPZVoaAb5EE90-6TAt4uHUk1JiUBhGBgWZBjzKskaKAoOA6v_gwhCAiTwq0yWKALe9yKiGGDoltEkucqEkmtWwlFnAfiV79E3ajfFY896KCjSGcO0uv_iBzeUbHFdCtzBO_mxlSLHau/s1552/Screen%20Shot%202022-12-01%20at%207.28.27%20AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1196" data-original-width="1552" height="299" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj9KssqZhnjS6S_mL9MJeJIeHzLQa_izLNwen1BGRSrNU2BrPZVoaAb5EE90-6TAt4uHUk1JiUBhGBgWZBjzKskaKAoOA6v_gwhCAiTwq0yWKALe9yKiGGDoltEkucqEkmtWwlFnAfiV79E3ajfFY896KCjSGcO0uv_iBzeUbHFdCtzBO_mxlSLHau/w388-h299/Screen%20Shot%202022-12-01%20at%207.28.27%20AM.png" width="388" /></a></div><br /></span></span></span></div></div><div class="x1e56ztr" data-block="true" data-editor="5qtmo" data-offset-key="b6usr-0-0" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "system-ui", ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin-bottom: 8px; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; word-spacing: 0px;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="b6usr-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span data-offset-key="b6usr-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><span data-text="true" style="font-family: inherit;"> <span style="font-family: Poppins;">By now you know that I LOVE being thematic-it makes learning fun for my students </span></span></span></span></div><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="b6usr-0-0" style="direction: ltr; position: relative; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span data-offset-key="b6usr-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><span data-text="true" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"> and </span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: small;">me! This year I introduced holiday poppits and you would have thought Santa </span></span></div><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="b6usr-0-0" style="direction: ltr; position: relative; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: small;"> 🎅🏽 himself had come to visit. They were so excited to pick one. </span></span></div><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="b6usr-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span data-offset-key="b6usr-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><span data-text="true" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span></span></div><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="b6usr-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span data-offset-key="b6usr-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><span data-text="true" style="font-family: inherit;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqgRf9hrEBmpG5hU1dQfTEY_7zGhZK37XwqoN4ug9rgk7G9G1XXc-giukAxjMvqWVgSFzbK0D01drEe1n-63kspRDXTx0fmtVUmaa_g7t73t8vkYgjGsnTjlz25jxoAV30mSCFVfkp_sA0Gfb3BkaKrtE7u0T2WmTPU5z038_q_FdeNR3P24Es3sBO/s1544/Screen%20Shot%202022-12-01%20at%207.32.05%20AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1208" data-original-width="1544" height="292" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqgRf9hrEBmpG5hU1dQfTEY_7zGhZK37XwqoN4ug9rgk7G9G1XXc-giukAxjMvqWVgSFzbK0D01drEe1n-63kspRDXTx0fmtVUmaa_g7t73t8vkYgjGsnTjlz25jxoAV30mSCFVfkp_sA0Gfb3BkaKrtE7u0T2WmTPU5z038_q_FdeNR3P24Es3sBO/w374-h292/Screen%20Shot%202022-12-01%20at%207.32.05%20AM.png" width="374" /></a></div><br /></span></span></span></div></div><div class="x1e56ztr" data-block="true" data-editor="5qtmo" data-offset-key="41rv0-0-0" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "system-ui", ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin-bottom: 8px; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; word-spacing: 0px;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="41rv0-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span data-offset-key="41rv0-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><span data-text="true" style="font-family: inherit;"> <span style="font-family: Poppins;">Not only is this an engaging way to practice P-G mapping, phoneme-grapheme </span></span></span></span></div><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="41rv0-0-0" style="direction: ltr; position: relative; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span data-offset-key="41rv0-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><span data-text="true" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"> mapping </span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: small;">is a research-based activity that helps early and transitional readers </span></span></div><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="41rv0-0-0" style="direction: ltr; position: relative; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: small;"> build word recognition skills. Word recognition skills allow students to identify words, </span></span></div><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="41rv0-0-0" style="direction: ltr; position: relative; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: small;"> first through the decoding process and later automatically. And we know that </span></span></div><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="41rv0-0-0" style="direction: ltr; position: relative; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: small;"> based on the Simple View of Reading Framework, mastery of word recognition is </span></span></div><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="41rv0-0-0" style="direction: ltr; position: relative; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: small;"> one of the components required for automatic fluent reading. </span></span></div><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="41rv0-0-0" style="direction: ltr; position: relative; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></div><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="41rv0-0-0" style="direction: ltr; position: relative; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: small;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzPrN4zfwVmjJB8pCE4c7n-cGdiGdhSVlVhg06kyuOzKrVqTUFhQ8UBP65yNWzzCnFhgVYpMYw8sXK6BaA7ig' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br /> </span></span></div></div><div class="x1e56ztr" data-block="true" data-editor="5qtmo" data-offset-key="8o6lv-0-0" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "system-ui", ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin-bottom: 8px; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; word-spacing: 0px;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="8o6lv-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span data-offset-key="8o6lv-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><span data-text="true" style="font-family: inherit;"> <span style="font-family: Poppins;">You can find these FREE templates under Orton-Gillingham Resources in the link </span></span></span></span></div><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="8o6lv-0-0" style="direction: ltr; position: relative; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span data-offset-key="8o6lv-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><span data-text="true" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"> below. </span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span style="font-size: small;">Which one will you use with your students?</span></span></div></div><div class="x1e56ztr" data-block="true" data-editor="5qtmo" data-offset-key="811dh-0-0" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "system-ui", ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin-bottom: 8px; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; word-spacing: 0px;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="811dh-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span data-offset-key="811dh-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><br data-text="true" /></span></span></div></div><div class="x1e56ztr" data-block="true" data-editor="5qtmo" data-offset-key="f3907-0-0" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "system-ui", ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin-bottom: 8px; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; word-spacing: 0px;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="f3907-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="x1fey0fg" style="color: var(--blue-link); font-family: inherit;"><span data-offset-key="f3907-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><span data-text="true" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: Prompt;"><span style="font-size: large;"> <a href=" https://linktr.ee/4everateacher3" target="_blank">Linktree</a></span></span></span></span></span></span></div></div><div class="x1e56ztr" data-block="true" data-editor="5qtmo" data-offset-key="82t58-0-0" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "system-ui", ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin-bottom: 8px; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" /><br /></div><br /><img align="left" src="http://i1102.photobucket.com/albums/g447/eschaff/4%20Ever%20Teacher/sgn1.png" />Mrs. Garciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05698673420309750983noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4093634997657052832.post-74150593541116540502022-11-30T08:22:00.003-08:002022-11-30T09:09:32.742-08:00December Phoneme-Grapheme Templates<p>It's almost December and there's so much to do!</p><p>I know these last couple of weeks before Winter Break may be chaotic, rushed, and at times very stressful. I also know that they are students' favorite. </p><p>I'll be administering middle of year assessments before we go off on break to plan and organize for my intervention groups come January. --I'm not worried. 😅 </p><p>Every month I share lots of resources for FREE that I use and have found to be very successful with my students. </p><p>🎄visual drills</p><p>🎄phoneme-mapping templates </p><p>🎄visual blending boards</p><p>🎄ABC review digital files</p><p>🎄Tricky words review digital files</p><p>🎄and many more!</p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Today I'm sharing my <b>phoneme-grapheme</b> mapping templates. </span></p><p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://linktr.ee/4everateacher3" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="1318" data-original-width="1024" height="460" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgayLoLQCGV87NW7I0TS2KlChEC5E1yfqwjivuzdlrHJ8AhBCpyCcS8qN-4RJMXnvS8q5_BMYEBEzM2Og5laVFWEWW4l0dRidrna1UI_IG1EPAHUEBPdXygLiomzSUgOON7Bi9hSscTKssdL4Dy4Hhx0EX9xggTT1TXjO9fhFDHdFtGpKl9CBZ_6LJx/w358-h460/Screen%20Shot%202022-11-30%20at%207.25.19%20AM.png" width="358" /></a></div><p></p><p> </p><p>Phonemes
are the sounds we hear in words. Graphemes are the letters that
represent the sounds. Phoneme-grapheme mapping is a research-based activity that helps
early and transitional readers build word recognition skills. <b> </b>I like to connect the words we will map to my Phonemic Awareness lesson. It really helps my students
learn that a spoken word is made up of individual sounds and those sounds are represented by a letter or group of letters. This helps children learn how sounds are spelled with letters.
When we help students decode/encode, we are helping solidify their understanding and knowledge of the <b>alphabetic principle</b>. </p><p>Here is a video of a student using the template. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxta9Ra1oasUcDDVwIFqPBWJIQbG6C9Daq_4Znk2oNl0c3ZMgednTRUf0ZvDJMjGILqL6dtMwQ3B4mp0ehtrg' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>You can find these templates on my<a href="https://linktr.ee/4everateacher3"> Linktree</a> by clicking the picture above. It is under Orton-Gillingham resources. </p><p>Let me know which template you will be using first.<br /></p>
<img align="left" src="http://i1102.photobucket.com/albums/g447/eschaff/4%20Ever%20Teacher/sgn1.png" />4everateacherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07948724462702570248noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4093634997657052832.post-45752741813509969542022-03-14T17:52:00.000-07:002022-03-14T17:52:13.564-07:00<div class="kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: medium;">Happy Monday everyone!</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: medium;">So do you like Lucky Charms? I personally really liked it as a kid and occasionally still have a bowl. </span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: medium;">Today I came into work with all my leprechaun goodies. I was more popular than Santa Claus. They were over the moon to use all the manipulatives and our thematic placemats. </span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: medium;"><span class="pq6dq46d tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me sf5mxxl7 gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu" style="display: inline-flex; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"></span><span class="pq6dq46d tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me sf5mxxl7 gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu" style="display: inline-flex; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"></span><span class="pq6dq46d tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me sf5mxxl7 gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu" style="display: inline-flex; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"> </span></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: medium;">I also used this file with my kinder students and every single one knew about Lucky Charms. Engagement <span class="pq6dq46d tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me sf5mxxl7 gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu" style="display: inline-flex; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="✔️" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t51/1/16/2714.png" style="border: 0px;" width="16" /></span> Learning <span class="pq6dq46d tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me sf5mxxl7 gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu" style="display: inline-flex; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="✔️" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t51/1/16/2714.png" style="border: 0px;" width="16" /></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px;"><span class="pq6dq46d tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me sf5mxxl7 gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu" style="display: inline-flex; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhp5vipzNAsRgNkcjadH08rZREtDLEaQKRMQoBYGIjuN_IrcfkMuoRCxwz2Ke3ldpxWb-JeNIFVJHZyoFnzPhePaBFpLWnDx2gkRSD0NnnE8L6bVqhngVtwuCKR1bY-AIxT77P98ycUY0ZAJz-WI-WsBFbr7kI0K3L8MV-qyOItOqW1vAIe3F99CH7M8A=s1758" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="990" data-original-width="1758" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhp5vipzNAsRgNkcjadH08rZREtDLEaQKRMQoBYGIjuN_IrcfkMuoRCxwz2Ke3ldpxWb-JeNIFVJHZyoFnzPhePaBFpLWnDx2gkRSD0NnnE8L6bVqhngVtwuCKR1bY-AIxT77P98ycUY0ZAJz-WI-WsBFbr7kI0K3L8MV-qyOItOqW1vAIe3F99CH7M8A=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dz4yPDjAE9dT6HSM2PLshe9hQc2CnYtVftPkJdFdhOIdVL2FI6JAkXRu963lHxgd8TpfOXWZJp28ELId4mM2A' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Click here to go to the resource page.</div><br /><span class="pq6dq46d tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me sf5mxxl7 gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu" style="display: inline-flex; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px;"><span class="pq6dq46d tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me sf5mxxl7 gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu" style="display: inline-flex; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px;"><span class="pq6dq46d tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me sf5mxxl7 gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu" style="display: inline-flex; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><br /></span></div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: Poppins;">Let me know which CVC+ file so far is your kiddos' favorite.</span></div></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: Poppins;">I'm working on 5 more. I gave the kiddos a sneak peek-they cheered. YES!</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: Poppins;">Happy Marshmallows, </span></div></div><img align="left" src="http://i1102.photobucket.com/albums/g447/eschaff/4%20Ever%20Teacher/sgn1.png" />4everateacherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08184801646888975224noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4093634997657052832.post-84657422085663481052022-03-14T00:55:00.001-07:002022-03-14T00:55:30.747-07:00March Phoneme-Grapheme Templates-St Patrick's Theme<span style="font-family: Poppins;">Hello everyone!</span><div><span style="font-family: Poppins;">This week will be filled with fun and edible hands on manipulatives for the kiddos. We will be using gold and green coins, thematic erasers for chips, marshmallows for pushing sounds, and thematic beads for segmenting. </span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjVBVbXOLN4QcHLRbQeW2MFj0K8k-HPSRlFD3tmebiC2L-qbPLP7CgVZ91KB247vvMeQJE471CtZUSCY9yutvUzHgh6-1PKaEzY7gqQR0Fp2bGj5d9UDpx4GFG2kcgsuUhogip2P4gpl4VkI3SVhbKXM-rLZGoEHflBmDe-rUKXBJljxzXFIxCko0qC=s1666" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1248" data-original-width="1666" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjVBVbXOLN4QcHLRbQeW2MFj0K8k-HPSRlFD3tmebiC2L-qbPLP7CgVZ91KB247vvMeQJE471CtZUSCY9yutvUzHgh6-1PKaEzY7gqQR0Fp2bGj5d9UDpx4GFG2kcgsuUhogip2P4gpl4VkI3SVhbKXM-rLZGoEHflBmDe-rUKXBJljxzXFIxCko0qC=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgAnS92z8pnhsnHmNv8YwU7oAF3kZKAS7NCAiEKH_Y3nTvIB0hYgU2-L5nz2wREAJVdfj4k9rubo795sABDd0OnZHEOVjZI-66ftIgan6A50eiQKjZa8DarIJhPNIlCsv60RnExet-GboUpUc2NFbopaMiGoEp07jFH2xWaznv8cV_desaPmxinlycy=s1664" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1240" data-original-width="1664" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgAnS92z8pnhsnHmNv8YwU7oAF3kZKAS7NCAiEKH_Y3nTvIB0hYgU2-L5nz2wREAJVdfj4k9rubo795sABDd0OnZHEOVjZI-66ftIgan6A50eiQKjZa8DarIJhPNIlCsv60RnExet-GboUpUc2NFbopaMiGoEp07jFH2xWaznv8cV_desaPmxinlycy=s320" width="320" /></a> <img height="215" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/m5YaSl7fjU-WY_WJ-TOinhJRZREvhpMzFFXdoLuaFBm3W2R42WT12LdaYRO1OmCFg3wEgJdR6P1a_Tp6Xw4lACwUJbqwp4gjy_hbnHAZCevUG7vd_Xig12itc4JPX3lmpci8JWFOBm-5=w219-h215" style="text-align: left;" width="219" /></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><a href="https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1tfkkiB3v8t41iofRc_NTHqjJI8l5DKBBHhe9AW70VpM/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank">March Manipulatives</a><br /></span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: Poppins;">We will be using these phoneme-grapheme templates to practice our sound-symbol correlations. I have attached the phoneme-grapheme templates for <b><span style="color: red;"><u><a href="https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1tfkkiB3v8t41iofRc_NTHqjJI8l5DKBBHhe9AW70VpM/edit?usp=sharing">FREE</a></u></span></b>. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1tfkkiB3v8t41iofRc_NTHqjJI8l5DKBBHhe9AW70VpM/edit?usp=sharing" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="1102" data-original-width="1426" height="247" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiZsyI-A_KYGu69vIDxmFuT4aY03UIc5f98uiK35ifhh-DzpjAiWt5Db3s1qb_O3ETRSs7te7hD283DUp06Rhh0_lA4NzDgN6WdSU6GseHAtf7PltbFJyLWBIo3ChCJjBcX5ltqJeFZOuhbRtugzkVP-poj0vgtLCCbgFkqucjrrzvbvim1i6teksUc=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Poppins;">What are your plans for this week?</span><br /><img align="left" src="http://i1102.photobucket.com/albums/g447/eschaff/4%20Ever%20Teacher/sgn1.png" /></div>4everateacherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08184801646888975224noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4093634997657052832.post-55397753992566464422020-04-01T11:51:00.000-07:002020-04-01T11:51:25.940-07:00Distance Learning Mayhem<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Hello Peeps, </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">It has been awhile now and our current situation doesn't help. As a mother, wife, and teacher at home balancing all three and more, I feel like I have been thrust into a bullet-like roller coaster that has no end. I go through moments of anxiety, frustration, tranquility, peace, happiness all blended together and all in one day. I try to remind myself that no matter what our current situation might be, we need to stay positive, clam, and do the best we can at the moment. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Today I wanted to share with you about an amazing website I recently started using with my kiddos!</span><br />
<a href="https://help.flipgrid.com/hc/en-us/sections/115000629614-Educators" target="_blank"><img alt="Flipgrid | Empower Every Voice" height="376" src="https://static.flipgrid.com/fg-svgs/flipgrid_logo_outlined.svg" width="640" /></a><br />
<b style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">"Flipgrid</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> is a website that allows teachers to create "grids" to facilitate video discussions. Each grid is like a message board where teachers can pose questions, called "topics," and their students can post video responses that appear in a tiled grid display."</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Students respond to a question you post via video right on the site. Students can then respond to each other and make comments. This is a great outlet to help kids think through their responses, to formulate ideas, presenting, and listening and speaking. </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><br /></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">It is a straight forward setup and they also provide a help link if you get stuck- not that you would 😉. When students posts their responses via video, I always find myself having so much fun watching them. Their little personalities come through-and it makes me feel like we are still in the classroom together. <span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span>Once you join, come back and let me know how it went. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">My kiddos have been working hard and and I can see so many gains. With Spring break right around the corner, we have been learning all about rabbits. You can't learn about rabbits without making fun crafts along the way.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Our first craft was this cute Peep tissue rabbit. I literally got a happy uproar when my students saw me getting everything ready.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Lay the cut out pattern on top of a piece of wax paper. Trace around the inside opening of the shape with a pencil. Do not cut out. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Cut out 1" x 1" or larger squares from the tissue paper. You will need a lot of squares, so be sure to give yourself plenty to choose from when you start gluing. </span></div>
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October is also the month that students do their first BIG project. I love this project and I find that it's also one of my kiddos favorite. Families get very creative and students get jitters for their oral presentation.<br />
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This project involves picking a favorite book, decorating a pumpkin as the main character or topic of the book, and an oral presentation on their character or a retelling of the book. Here are some photos of some projects I have gotten before.<br />
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Aren't they the cutest! <br />
I can't wait to see what this year's students bring to share.<br />
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Mrs. Garciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05698673420309750983noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4093634997657052832.post-41712132724577100992017-07-31T02:19:00.000-07:002017-07-31T02:19:03.787-07:00Cool Cat Teacher ToolboxHey there!<br />
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It has been too long since my last post, but I'm excited to get on that horse again and share my learning and teaching adventures.<br />
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I have been hooked on Instagram these past couple of months. I tended to shy away from posting because I felt that who would want or care to know about what I had to say. Teachers are so open about their triumphs and their struggles. The teaching community is unbelievably Uh.ma.zing!!!<br />
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There are so many great ideas out there. The best part is that teachers are so willing to share them. I continue to add to my collections. They are now just like my Pinterest boards. One of my faves is the toolbox craze. Not only does it look so cute, I'm hoping it will bring some controlled organization to my teacher area. One of my favorites is this unicorn one by @loveteachandicedcoffee.<br />
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I have been in love with Pete the Cat since the books were introduced. He is just a very cool cat. So I made my own very cool cat teacher toolbox.</div>
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I have been so busy that I even made one for all my brag tags. Now they'll all be in one centralized and organized location. </div>
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You can find them in many home improvement stores and online. Here's my affiliate link to these toolboxes on Amazon ---> http://amzn.to/2van7zr and http://amzn.to/2var1Z4. </div>
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I can <i><u><b>not</b></u></i> believe we are already in May with 22 days left of school...NOT that I'm counting ;). The clock was on fast forward the whole year. I still can't seem to catch my breathe...whoa.<br />
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I have been doing Daily 5 for a couple of years now and have found that it truly addresses the whole child. It helps my students be independent and cooperative at the same time. It helps them become more responsible for their own work. It allows them to learn in an environment of self-discovery. When I look around my room, I see students actively engaged in meaningful learning. Above all, it allows me to pull students either 1:1 or in small groups to provide targeted instruction.<br />
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I'll be honest. I was <b>ter.ri.fied</b> of even getting started with my kinders after being gone from the grade for a couple of years due to looping with my previous class. I
knew all the reasons why it works, but I found myself wondering where
to even begin the journey. Most of my kiddos couldn't write their names, some knew few, if any
letters or sounds to start the school year, and most struggled with fine
motor skills. I simply realized that it would be a very
slow process and that it was okay if it was. I took things very slowly
and let my kiddos be my guide of how much they could handle and when. We did chug along (AND I DO MEAN SLOWLY) in our Daily 5 block of time. <br />
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It all seemed to come together sometime early April to what I consider an ideal situation. For the most part, my kiddos worked independently, but I still had to proctor the room between small groups to put out small fires or redirect my littles. Now my kiddos can function with very little supervision or redirection.<br />
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I purchase many of the resources I use for word work from some amazing TpT sellers. When I can't find what I need, I just make my own. I thought I would share some of the jobs (I don't call them games) my kiddos do during this time.<br />
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<b> This is our pocket chart for Daily 5.</b></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"> This Race to the Top game is combination reading and writing. This was back in December. They only had to mark an x in the box after they read the word correctly. Since January, they are required to write the word in the box. This a favorite one for sure!</span><b> </b><span style="font-size: x-small;">You may get a <b>FREE </b>copy of the forms I use each month by clicking <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/ym4fdb4oeqzzli7/Race%20to%20the%20Top-MONTHLY%20FORMS.pdf?dl=0" target="_blank">here</a> or the picture below.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"> <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Karen-Jones" target="_blank">By Karen Jones</a></span><br />
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I know you hear it all the time, BUT this is definitely my kiddos
favorite!! Well, what is it? It's Write the Room. I have two clipboards
with a pencil attached (never gets lost) to them. Two students at a time
can walk the room to find the read and write the words. They get to
wear the theme glasses for the month and they just think they are all
that and more. My kinders have gotten so good at using these words in
their writing and have been able to pick up on patterns such as long
vowels, ar, and -y at the end of words. It is amazing what I have
witnessed in the last couple of months. I will be posting on their
writing growth in another post. This job also does wonders for those
kiddos that simply need to move a little more. <br />
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The form is from my Write the Room May edition. This is a sample of the form we are using this month.<br />
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I do have a Write the Room for every month available. The bundle right now is over 50%.<br />
That's only $2.50 per month. <br />
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I am feeling a little nervous (like getting on a bike after many years). There was so much going on in my life-life happens- that something had to give. My life seems to have settled down quite a bit and I'm very happy to be back.<br />
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Every year I tell myself that I am going to keep the same theme for more than one year, but no matter what, I always end up changing my theme. Over the summer, I contemplated many- superheroes, jungle, and the cool blue cat. I'm not fond of real life cats, but that blue cat won me over! My 1st graders last year loved him and would hum his music ALL.THE.TIME. The other problem I encountered, was that finding decor was quite challenging. I did purchase some items, then made many of my own. So with further ado, here is my class in photos:<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"> My <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Cool-Cat-Writers-Workshop-Materials-1373815" target="_blank">Writer's Workshop</a> Process Chart.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Teacher sample with student expectations numbered. The picture direction cards are from <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Picture-Direction-Icons-bright-polka-dots-chevron-print-738701" target="_blank">Miss Kindergarten</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"> <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Cool-Cat-Birthday-Book-Certificate-1416465" target="_blank">Happy Birthday Class Book</a>--each student will write/draw to the birthday person and then I staple all the pages into a book that they get to take home to share with their families.</span><br />
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I am loving this blue cat soooo much, that this may be the year that I
finally repeat a theme. I am really happy to be back to share what is
happening in my classroom. I'll be back to share more photos, my Daily 5
in Kinder, and my struggles as well as my triumphs. <br />
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This year was especially special. My student teacher Ms. Anna is fab.u.lous. She taught them this really cute poem, that they also presented at our assembly.<br />
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For a special treat, she invited her father, Detective Anna, to read a couple stories to my kiddos.<br />
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Too go along with <u>One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish Blue Fish</u>, the students were given a blue bowl with a handful of fish crackers. They first had to estimate, then do an actual count, and finally determine if there estimate was greater than, less than, or equal to their actual measurement.<br />
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After reading <u>Green Eggs and Ham</u>, we made a dessert version (green vanilla pudding, with a wafer cookie, and green sprinkles for salt and pepper).<br />
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They got to create a hybrid animal after they we read <u>Horton Hatches an Egg</u>. This was my favorite:<br />
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Of course no Dr. Seuss celebration is complete without a hat. We had the students write down the title of the books on the hat as we read each one. At the end of the day, they got to put a fish on their favorite one. <br />
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Last, but never least, here are my kiddos with Ms. Anna. We sure are going to miss her.</div>
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Valentine's Day was so much fun for my kiddos. I know it is a commercialized holiday, but I love it nonetheless. My hubby and I are pretty low-key about the day, eating at our favorite Japanese restaurant and sharing an ice cream cake from Baskin Robbins. This year, that cake disappeared too quickly--teenage boys.<br />
In the classroom, I love the excitement that builds up to the "BIG" day. My kiddos can't contain their excitement to pass out their cards and goodies. I love that my students are so engaged and eager, and the whole time they are learning. I have posted a few pics of our activities.<br />
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The poem is from Dedee Wills <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Poetry-Station-and-Shared-Reading-for-February-CC-aligned-520805" target="_blank">February Poetry Collection</a>- I have the year bundle. They are absolutely FAB.U.LOUS! We read Monster Love. It is an absolutely wonderful story about a monster that feels like he doesn't belong, until he finds someone that loves "him". It is my new favorite book.<br />
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The heart craft idea I got online, but I can no longer find the link. If you know whose idea this is, please let me know to credit them. My kiddos wrote a note to their parents on back by completing the sentence stem, "If you'll be my Valentine..." Their letters were very touching.</div>
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They came out so cute!</div>
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The vertical contraction came form Aimee over at <a href="http://primarily-speaking.blogspot.com/p/about-me.html" target="_blank">Primarily Speaking</a>. Both of these crafts were a perfect/cute way to practice our contractions.</div>
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Of course we did candy sorting and graphing.</div>
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We made <b>Love Potion Floats</b> - Cherry 7-Up, a scoop of vanilla ice cream, and a maraschino cherry.</div>
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These were the goodies we made for the kiddos. They filled up their baggie with Valentine goodies and cards. <br />
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This is my absolutely WON.DER.FUL. student teacher reading <u>Pete the Cat Valentine's Day Is Cool</u>. She bought it for the class and dedicated it to them--aaahhh! I'm going to miss her so much when she's gone.<br />
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I hope your day was filled with love!<br />
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Let me begin by saying that I am a true believer of the writing process. Many years ago, I was the writing coach at my first school and received intensive training by America's Choice. I have never looked back. I don't know if they are still around, but they changed the way I teach writing.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Basics:</b></span><br />
The Writer's Workshop is a format that provides the structure to support authentic learning to write. The workshop is designed to be on a daily basis for 45-60 minutes a day. I know you are thinking, "Where do you find the time?" Well, I find my kiddos learn what good writers do to help them write, they generate their own topics and ideas, work with others to revise their writing, as well as practice authors craft, skills, grammar, and conventions. Now that was a mouthful. The predictable structure (Mini-lesson-5-15 min.,Work Session-35 min., Closing-5-10 min) provides consistent expectations. What's the driving force? The mini-lessons. They are chosen based on on-going assessments, analysis of student work, and anecdotal notes from writing conferences. If you want to know more, there are a googol of resources out there in cyber space. The following are some of my go to books:<br />
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;"> <b><u>Is That a Fact</u></b> by Tony Stead, is my go to book for informational teaching ideas. It is filled with great examples, suggestions, and ideas. </span></div>
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So as you can tell, I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE teaching writing AND my kiddos love it too! Which means they work really hard on their writing, learn soooo much, and become awesome writers...it is a win-win for everyone.<br />
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We have been writing narratives, opinions, poems, some functional pieces, and have now started a full informational genre study. Their final product will be an <b>"All About"</b> book. Since it is January, and I like to integrate science, I decided to start with penguins-I love penguins.</div>
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<b>Week 1 </b></div>
This is how I break it down:</div>
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Our first attempt will be very guided. I choose the first topic. I bring out all my personal and library books on the topic. We read lots of books through a variety of reading modes, look at different types of media, discuss in groups, and create class charts.<br />
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We do lots of graphic organizers. I do not rely on dittos so much. They will create most of their own
graphic organizers in their writing notebook or loose leaf school paper.
I model, model, model what I expect them to do on their own and then
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After about a week, I give them a specific focus--<br />
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<b><b>Week 2:</b></b><br />
<b><b> </b>"Today boys and girls you will be doing research with your partner. I want you to do research on (what penguins can do). "</b></div>
They head on out and find only information on the focus area. Together with their partner they write/draw their findings in their penguin books. And because we practice the close reading strategy all the time, they really stay on topic and know they can only write down what they can cite from the texts.<br />
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For the closing, they come back together to share out their findings and we chart it on some type of graphic organizer.<br />
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This continues until they do the same for Habitat, Consume, & Predators. They will then do their own treemap in their notebook with 3 items of their choice for each item. Whatever graphic organizer they use, the purpose is to write/draw their facts These are the details they use in their first draft.<br />
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They also get to use their close reading passages to gather their information. </div>
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<b>Week 3-4:</b></div>
Students start their drafts. We usually work on one part of what will be their book per day and I provide as much scaffold as needed for their first real informational piece of writing. (This will become a published book when completed.) There writing will consist of the following components:<br />
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-Page or more on each sub-topic (habitat, consume. predators, do)<br />
-About the Author<br />
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Day 1: Brainstorm some opening and closing sentences for our writing. We do this whole group. I like to use Think-Pair-Share A Lot, and this helps all my kiddos participate in the formation of the sentences as some of my kiddos still struggle with
this and I want them to feel as successful as possible. I then select a couple children with good oral skills to share out and we'll come up with 4-5 good sentences for the first subtopic. We then select one sentence and students will use this one in their writing. Here are some examples of our sentence charts.<br />
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We are really working on expanding our sentences.</div>
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I do one subtopic per day. The students also begin their actual
drafts on this day. For their drafts, students will use this green bar computer paper I buy online from Office Depot. It is over 14 in. I cut it in half and one box will last me the whole year. It is <u><b>AMAZING</b></u> for helping with revisions and editing. <br />
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Day 1-2: Write! Write! Write! They use their treemap to select their choices and to formulate complete sentences. At the beginning of the year we thoroughly discuss kinder vs. first grade writing. Their aim is to have sentences with more than 6 words in them. I also start pulling kiddos to meet with me so
we can go over the content and/or grammar. My focus varies depending on the developmental writing stage of the child. For some of my kiddos, I want them to just write, and for others, I work on developing their ideas and using their resources. These writing
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Day 4-5: Final edit and rewrite. They write their published copy. This means their best and neatest writing on paper I provide them. Here are some sample pages:<br />
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Like every one out there, we just celebrated our 100th day of school. My kiddos had a blast...I was exhausted.<br />
As you know, I'm in LOVE with Pinterest. There are so many wonderful ideas out there by fabulous teachers. I <strike>stole</strike> borrowed many of them. Here are some of the activities we did:<br />
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We have Zero the Heroine (<a href="http://4everateacher.blogspot.com/search/label/Zero%20the%20Hero" target="_blank">read post here</a>) every 10th day of school come visit us. The 100th day was especially significant. They got to make their own Hero.</div>
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They made their name pattern. {<a href="http://firstgradewow.blogspot.com/search/label/100th%20day%20of%20school" target="_blank">First Grade WOW</a>}</div>
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This idea came from <a href="http://buzzingaboutsecondgrade.blogspot.com/search/label/100th%20Day%20of%20School" target="_blank">Buzzing in Second Grade</a>. I was so impressed with their creativity. The top one is an owl with a READ banner and the bottom is tall truck.</div>
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We also did some fun writing around what we thought we would do when we turn 100. </div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"> I got the idea of making them look old from <a href="http://edukateandinspire.blogspot.com/2013/02/classroom-catch-up-round-1.html" target="_blank">Educate and Inspire</a>. I used the free App Oldster.</span></div>
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Last but not least, we made zero donuts using Pillsbury biscuit dough. I know I could have just bought the donuts from the donut shop, but I like to have my kiddos "see" how they are made and the room smells like cinnamon and sugar days later. Sorry, too busy cooking to take a photo, but one of my cuties said, "Thanks Mrs. Garcia, for the best day of my life!" Isn't that the reason we do what we do?<br />
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My kiddos and I had so much fun learning about all things <a href="http://4everateacher.blogspot.com/2013/12/all-things-gingerbread.html" target="_blank">gingerbread</a>, but you can't have December without writing a letter to dear old Santa. We used Christie's, from over at First Grade Fever, <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Holly-Jolly-Elves-Writing-Display-Activity-169867" target="_blank">Holly Jolly Elves!</a> craftivity.<br />
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It is amazing the effort and focus that goes into the writing when it is something this important. Well, can you blame them? You don't want to make any mistakes when it comes to getting your message out to Santa. <br />
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And of course, we made sure our Fact Family presents were accurate! This very easy and cute activity came from Cara over at <a href="http://thefirstgradeparade.blogspot.com/search?updated-max=2010-12-04T09:04:00-08:00&max-results=9" target="_blank">The First Grade Parade</a>. You must check her out. I love here stuff!<br />
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Every month we practice building sentences. It starts out as a whole group activity, then table groups, and then as an option during Daily 5. It is a great way to practice word order, sight words, academic words, and ending marks.<br />
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May your holiday season be filled with joy, blessings, and wonderful times. <br />
<img align="left" src="http://i1102.photobucket.com/albums/g447/eschaff/4%20Ever%20Teacher/sgn1.png" />Mrs. Garciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05698673420309750983noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4093634997657052832.post-53634427665492272492013-12-14T19:30:00.001-08:002013-12-20T11:52:28.502-08:00All Things Gingerbread I still can't get over the fact that December is here and we'll be on break by next Friday--Aaaaah! & Yippieeeeee! I am so proud of my kiddos and all they have accomplished so far, but at this time of the year I also begin to panic. "Are we on the right track?- "Can I do more?"- "Will there be enough time?" I know, I know, take a deep breathe....<br />
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My kiddos and I are having so much fun this month. We are knee high in ALL THINGS GINGERBREAD. We have read so many versions and I still have a couple more to cover. They love the all the different versions of the Gingerbread Man. <b> </b><br />
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<b>These are some of my favorite selections: </b><br />
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I always start with the Gingerbread Man selections. By the time we are our 3rd version of the Gingerbread Man, they are very familiar with the plot, ending, and characters. They love to listen for the variations whether in the setting or the characters. This group of kiddos really liked <u>The</u> <u>Gingerbread Girl</u> version ( I think teacher influence really had a lot to do with it). They liked that she outsmarted the fox. <br />
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Some of my boys really like that the gingerbread gets eaten. They love to say that the fox is so <u><i><b>devious!</b></i></u> For some reason this group of kiddos did not like the illustrations by Paul Galdone. They said the Gingerbread Man looks creepy--go figure.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">This is our anchor chart for SOME of the gingerbread stories we read. I couldn't keep going since it already covered up my whole whiteboard. One of my girls noticed most of the authors we charted were women. Talk about an inspiration to my girls. </span></div>
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The morning after we their retelling writing on <u>The Gingerbread Girl</u>, they all arrived to find their gingerbread shirt and a stuffed gingerbread on their desk. You can imagine the shrieks of joy.<br />
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<span style="background-color: orange;"><b>Some of our Activities:</b></span> <br />
As you already know, I am a <a href="http://www.pinterest.com/4everateacher/gingerbread-theme/" target="_blank">Pinterest</a> lover. You will find many Gingerbread ideas and activities by clicking on the link. I also used the following <b>FAB-U-LOUS</b> resources by these amazing ladies. <br />
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;">more grades1-3</span> <span style="font-size: xx-small;">any grade more K-1 </span><br />
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Here is our take for the <b>gingerbread girl pie graph</b>. Like many of you, my kiddos got to take a bite out of the ginger bread cookie and then graph which part they took a bite of first.<br />
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;">(I like Trader Joe's-tasty and cheap!)</span></div>
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This writing activity was also a lot of fun. My kiddos built a "Gingy" buddy out of construction paper. They took it home for the weekend and were instructed to do a special activity with their buddy. Gingy went to Toys 'R' Us, McDonald's, tree shopping, Christmas decorating, to the market, etc. They then got to write about their adventure with their buddy.</div>
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My kiddos also got to compare <u>The Gingerbread Boy</u> and <u>The Gingerbread Girl</u> version using a double bubble. They got to work in groups to fill in their graphic organizer and then wrote about both stories similarities and differences. </div>
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Since everything is all about the gingerbread, their Holiday gift will include a gingerbread pencil, frame, and stocking. All this is made possible by my AMAZING parent aid. </div>
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This is a unit I could do for a whole complete month and more. What is your favorite gingerbread activity to do with your kiddos?</div>
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I began to read as much as possible on the Common Core both in books and online. The following are some links that might interest you if you want to read more about CCSS:<br />
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<a href="http://www.burkinsandyaris.com/">http://www.burkinsandyaris.com/</a></div>
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These are great places to get your feet wet and then some.<br />
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These are also some very powerful reads that will get your wheels turning about your craft and the strategies you use in both reading and math instruction.<br />
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Before last
year, I thought I was giving my students the best there was. I thought I planned and engaged my students in demanding and productive instruction. But after
last year, I learned that in my previous years teaching we could have
accomplished a lot more and in greater breadth. I am a lot more focused this year. <br />
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One area I am really trying to improve on is <b>partner talk</b> procedures, structure, and routines. Why? The Speaking & Listening standards may seem simple at first glance, but they require sophisticated processes. Students must be able to explain their own thinking in complete sentences <b>and </b>cite evidence to support their conclusions. I have my students do Think-Pair-Share all the time, but I wanted the conversations to be more about their work, how they got there, and to really listen in to their partner. We still have a long journey ahead of us, but I feel we are making some headway. Here is a little clip on one such conversation.<br />
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I know that it is very difficult to change the way we do things. You have to change your
thinking about what you think students <i><b>can do</b></i> and realize that you may have to change what you have always done to meet that challenge. I think so many people can be negative about it, because it is hard to
change...and it is a very huge change. It is scary to find yourself on unstable ground, to question yourself, and to rethink your teaching. You have to hone your craft daily.
You have to push yourself to learn more than you ever thought possible.
You have to research and read like crazy, you have to try it on, stretch it out, rip the seams, and in the process you will get all
mucky and uncomfortable. I like to think of myself as a caterpillar that continuously must go through metamorphosis. On my best days, I am a beautiful butterfly enjoying the nectar of the flowers, and on my worst days, I am back to being a caterpillar, stumbling form leaf to leaf trying to get my fill of teaching knowledge. Either way, I change again and again. I like to think that due to change (even with all it ugliness), there is always beauty in the end...that's life. <br />
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These are just some whirling thoughts and ideas from an educator who wants to always better herself, her craft, her profession...for the sake of the children she teaches. What are your thoughts on CCSS?<br />
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Okay, so Hootie is not really a live pet; I found this cutie at Target over the summer.
My kiddos truly love him and can't wait to see who will be taking him
home on Friday for the weekend. Taking Hootie home for the weekend is
part of our <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Daily-5-Work-on-Writing-Class-Notebooks-887598" target="_blank">Class Notebooks</a>. You can read about those <a href="http://4everateacher.blogspot.com/search/label/Daily%205" target="_blank">here</a>.
It is amazing how much influence Hootie has on classroom behavior and
motivation. All I have to say is, "I wonder who Hootie will be selecting
this Friday." On Friday afternoon, before dismissal, I pretend like
Hootie is whispering in my ear the child who he wants to go home with
and viola---Magic happens! I really like the opportunity it provides at
home for my kiddos to do shared writing with their families. Here is a
pix of Hootie's latest adventure--it sure looks like Hootie had fun. I
wonder if what happened in Vegas stayed in Vegas?<br />
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Do you have any other ideas that would help provide authentic shared writing experiences at home?<br />
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With Common Core such a BIG push in our district, it is wonderful to know that there are so many engaging and motivational activities that kiddos can enjoy doing while still meeting CC rigor. I love the rigor. It drives me and pushes me to become a better teacher. Sometimes I tend to be too academically driven. I know it has to do with the fact that for my kiddos, just as it was for me, education is the vehicle that opens up many doors and gives us the opportunity to create our own success story. Therefore, the challenge for me is to create a balance in class. Okay, off my soapbox.<br />
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We have been very busy reading informational texts about the first Thanksgiving and Squanto.<br />
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If your kiddos love Pete the Cat as much as mine, they will L.O.V.E. <u>Pete the Cat-The First Thanksgiving</u>.
It is very simple to follow and provides enough information in a very
student-friendly format. The kids love the flaps. At the very end, they
all say what they are thankful for. This was a perfect segue into our
circle map. Their responses were more about family and special items,
than about material things-they're so cute!<br />
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We also used this version of Pete the Cat to make cute little boats and placing the events of the 1st Thanksgiving in order using Sarah's <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Sarah-Paul-4" target="_blank">Read & Sequence Mega Pack</a>. The pack comes with many seasonal themes. My kiddos love reading them and placing the strips in order. The kids can check their work in partners. This leads to great discussions in which they have to back up their thinking. Did I hear any one say Common Core?<br />
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One of my kiddos favorite story this year was <u>Gracias- The Thanksgiving Story</u>. In this warm holiday story, a young Puerto Rican boy saves the life of
his pet turkey with help from his close-knit New York City family and
neighborhood. My kids were very touched. I will warn you though, one of my parents said her son is now refusing to eat turkey for Thanksgiving.<br />
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We then decided to make some signs for our turkey friends in the hope
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Another vary popular activity out there is the turkey in disguise. There are so many versions and spinoffs of this floating around on Pinterest. This year's firsties really did extraordinary work. They came out so cute. Because they have so many opportunities to write, beyond writer's workshop, I have seen such growth in their writing pieces.<br />
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<b>Do you like pumpkin pie?</b></div>
Well, you know we have to do math (I love math), so why not have some math that is super yummy, engaging, and fun. Many of my kids had never tried pumpkin pie, therefore this was a very appropriate question to pose. They each got to taste a piece of pie. First we did a picture graph and then transferred the data to a pie graph. This was their first encounter with a pie graph and they got it!<br />
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It is amazing how exhausting it can be to make learning so much fun!<br />
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<span style="background-color: yellow;"><b>Pumpkin Unit</b></span><br />
I used a combination of ideas form different units (<a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Pumpkin-Patch-Palooza-A-Nonfiction-unit-908574" target="_blank">Pumpkin Patch Palooza-Deanna Jump</a> & Pumpkin Unit-Nicole Ricca) and ideas I found on Pinterest. My kiddos really had a lot of fun and their interactive notebooks--stapled together paper--really helped to cement the information into their schema.<br />
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As part of the reading, we planted our own seeds. They were so convinced that they would not sprout, if we didn't first put them in soil. <br />
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Tada! As soon as we observed the root, students transferred them to a cup with
soil in it. We are now making observations for growth of our baby seed. This
might take a couple weeks.<br />
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Students had the opportunity to use their five senses once the pumpkins were cut open. They wrote about their learning in their journal.<br />
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After we carved out the pumpkin to see the insides, I placed it in a small container to have them observe the rotting process. They were able to see how little by little the pumpkin gets moldy, mushy, smelly, black, watery, gooey...and they will never forget the word "<b>Decomposition</b>"!<br />
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We did a pumpkin glyph. It was very interesting to find out that many of my students had never carved a pumpkin.<br />
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We read, acted out, and retold the story of <b><u>There was an Old lady Who Swallowed a Bat</u></b>.<br />
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My kiddos got to do their own old lady and practice retelling with the picture cards. Click <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/mvpdx67xyswi1zh/old%20lady%20who%20swallowed%20a%20bat.pdf" target="_blank">here</a> or the picture above for your FREE templates.<br />
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One of our tasks during writing workshop was reading and responding to the book <u><b>My First Ghost</b></u>. <br />
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It is a very cute story about what friendship truly is. What discussed the qualities of a good friend. They created their own ghost friend and then wrote a creative piece about the things they like to do with their ghost friend. I was so impressed. I got a variety of settings and activities....lots and lots of details. The progress I have seen from the beginning of the year is truly impressive. I know it is due to writer's workshop, great literature, and practice, practice, practice. </div>
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My favorite activity was their pumpkin project. They decorated a pumpkin as the character from their favorite book, and then wrote an opinion piece about why that was their favorite character. They were just too cute! One of the pumpkins eyes even lighted up. Here are a few of my kiddos.<br />
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<img align="left" src="http://i1102.photobucket.com/albums/g447/eschaff/4%20Ever%20Teacher/sgn1.png" />Mrs. Garciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05698673420309750983noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4093634997657052832.post-27451297426677425672013-10-13T21:40:00.000-07:002013-10-14T16:02:04.087-07:00My Little Monsters!October is the grand start to my favorite months of the year. The
nights get cooler, leaves start changing color and are falling
everywhere, decorations are abundantly displayed in homes and stores,
the aromas in the air are infatuating (it is so difficult not to eat all
those delicious baked goods), and children everywhere are so gitty. <br />
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am looking forward to all the pumpkin activities and investigations we
will be doing this coming week. This month lends itself to so much math
and science, and I do love both subjects so much. I know my kiddos will
have a blast! (I will post all about it later.)<br />
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Here is a look at our t-shirt, pencil, and trick-or-treat bag for the month. They came out so cute! Just take a look at my little monsters.<br />
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Cool Franky t-shirts</div>
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What Halloween goodies do you do for your kiddos?<br />
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<b>Word Work </b><br />
My students are loving the Word Work choices. My kids get to practice making words, including their weekly spelling words, in a variety of ways. The choices are nothing new or out of this world and they are probably something you do already. All I know is they are very hands-on and they love it. The following are some of the choices they have. I also have some store bought file folder games I will be introducing in small groups. <br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">If you want a FREE copy of my Word Work form click <a href="https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B2br8-MhQIkyc0Z4SUVPN1NUTFE/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank"><b>HERE</b></a>.</span></div>
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<b>Listen to Reading</b><br />
As I have mentioned before, my kiddos need extra support this year. I feel that is why they are so attached to the Listen to Reading Station. They have the choice to listen to the traditional read along or to follow along with some old Leap Frogs that I've had for a while. I added a splitter to the Leap Frogs so that 2 kids can listen at the same time and they love that they get to interact with the story. When done they know to do the response form. I found these simple and very useful FREE reading response forms by Lauren over at <a href="http://missaugustineskindergarten.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Miss Augustine's Kindergarten</a>. They are a great way to introduce them to responding to their listening. I will be differentiating their difficulty as they get better.<br />
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<b>Work on Writing</b><br />
At first I was somewhat confused about what exactly this entailed or what it looked like. I didn't want it to be another Writer's Workshop (I do and love WW, but I wanted this to feel and look different). I found a couple of ideas that are really working for my kiddos. The first came from Mel over at <a href="http://seusstastic.blogspot.com/search/label/Work%20on%20Writing" target="_blank">Seusstastic Classroom Inspirations</a>. All you have to do is have a box full of stickers. The kiddos get to pick any sticker they want and as many as they want. They place the sticker on the left hand side and must make a sentence to go with sticker. I have my kiddos do their sentences in a small notebook. At this time of
the year, I expect them to have spaces, punctuation, and phonetic
spelling to the best of their abilities. The notebook will also help me
see trends, improvement, and needs that I can address at WW. It is so simple and yes she is right; the kiddos go bonkers for those stickers. <br />
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The other choice they have is a September journal with some choice topics inside they can do in any order. The cover came from Alma over at <a href="http://alsolis.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Mrs. Solis's Kinder Class</a>. The writing prompts came from Jen Jones at <a href="http://helloliteracy.blogspot.com/search/label/reading" target="_blank">Hello Literacy</a>.<br />
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Finally, I have used these <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Daily-5-Work-on-Writing-Class-Notebooks-887598" target="_blank"><b>Class Notebooks</b></a> in the past and my kiddos always love them. They have the choice of I Lost My Tooth, My Birthday, My New shoes, My New Haircut, and I Got an Owie. They get to write on any of these topics. Their friends get to respond to their writing on the back. It becomes a class book that kids want to read again and again. Every month I remove the sheets from the folder and put the work into a binder by month. At the end of the year they can't believe the amount of growth they have made, and they find it hilarious to see their first writings. I know my kiddos are going to love these!<br />
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