tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25828857623729001552024-03-18T06:56:34.924-05:00Miss V's Busy BeesSara {Miss V's Busy Bees}http://www.blogger.com/profile/12468836902806259584noreply@blogger.comBlogger230125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2582885762372900155.post-87027501494312513592015-06-21T20:25:00.001-05:002015-06-21T20:25:49.538-05:00TPT Seller Challenge {Makeover Madness}<div style="text-align: center;">
So there's a challenge out there that's happening. I'm sure you've heard of it.</div>
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Presenting TPT Seller Challenge…</div>
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This week, it has REALLY opened my eyes to my older items I have stocked up in my TPT store. I mean… they needed some lovin' BAD. SO, I made some changes ASAP.</div>
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This week's focus… Makeover Madness!!</div>
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I chose to update 6 different products as a start because of this challenge. Boy, were those products rough!! They needed some loving baaaaaaaad.</div>
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My first product to update was actually my FIRST ever product on TPT - my <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/WANTED-Poster-FREEBIE-291199">Wanted Poster</a>. It was made in Word, had no cover, and no color. I was a newbie!! Now, it's got a bit of ZING to it.</div>
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<a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Word-Wall-Letters-and-Numbers-Red-Silver-Blue-298404"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4ZOukXmOZDZ5fuCrCOeBuEa2A04RNnwrHFrpaSpCyqI7kOIG75Sdo5jbOJ25kpv92TqZRk3SjOFDuIk4ZQNd1BIxYJOY0wRFeqAFgLjaZoOV_tFJ0-KUMOYd-QqaVaU0AjuY_B7-d4qk/s400/MM2.png" width="400" /></a></div>
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The next product I wanted to make over was the cover of my very first set of <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Word-Wall-Letters-and-Numbers-Red-Silver-Blue-298404">Word Wall Letters and Numbers</a>. Now, this set doesn't have any words or anything - it's just the headers. I didn't like the drab cover, so I added some ZING to it! </div>
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<a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Monster-Themed-Coupon-Set-301386"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM4yh7SuWfkQiE8oBue1asEozOusiG5uE4G2oRtEMvyzWQmqpqMeuWpgI-M-s5OSg7moXPY_EZXZ1yN_PqtsYd8nS_57Uns39P4YLBIjlqtawCNk-l-su1oWBHohYJ_ZAs_OyMSjfwRqk/s400/MM3.png" width="400" /></a></div>
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My <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Monster-Themed-Coupon-Set-301386">Monster Themed Coupon Set</a> actually had a font in it that wouldn't print so prettily. SO, therefore, I changed the fonts to some of my very favorite KG fonts! I also updated the cover colors & monsters to be more fun! </div>
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<a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Student-ABC-Book-320707"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguYfWHVnUhF45WIB9SsS0Mpeu_thnYmrwvJZ3lP98scULydCezJDnTXzcZ8Y0QkODIifTdVQco4sP3woKN9wImofxCvQzymEKdoKDYwD9Cmkm4ffgSbsE9Bc4cz5oCDuOlgVq5qE5bT8I/s400/MM4.png" width="400" /></a></div>
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The <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Student-ABC-Book-320707">Student Alphabet Book</a>… oh joy. This was something I created when I was working on getting my Masters. I wasn't sure where I'd be placed as in what grade I'd work in, so I essentially created it if I were to teach younger kiddos! It's a GREAT pack to help students with alphabet recognition and to work on writing words. I didn't like the drab brown, so I updated it with a FUN green and added new fonts! SOO much happier with the way it looks now! </div>
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This baby was one of my most favorite packs I'd ever created. I love my <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Making-Words-Yearlong-Activities-301011">Making Words</a> pack. What a better way to give students practice with spelling and vocabulary than using a product that's FUN and pretty all at the same time? I changed up the cover colors, added some unique digital papers, and said BAM. All done!!</div>
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I just have to say… what an AWESOME idea this product was when I decided to make it. Do you have a word wall in your classroom? I wasn't required to have one my first year teaching, so I didn't because I knew I wouldn't keep up with it. Therefore, the <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Student-Word-Wall-Book-320701">Student Word Wall Booklet</a> was born. A great way to keep students engaged with their writing. They don't know a word? Put it in the book! Need to know the word again? Look it up in the book!! LOVE this thing. I also love that it's like a REAL word wall book instead of the yucky yellow pack it was before.</div>
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AHHHH I am in LOVE with this challenge. I think that YOU should link up with it! It's all over Instagram, too! You know, #tptsellerchallenge</div>
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Don't forget to add the following to your IG accounts, too!</div>
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#iteachtoo #iteachthird #teachersfollowteachers #teachersofinstagram #teachersofig #teacherspayteachers</div>
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*all the FAB-U-LOUS hashtags on Instagram to connect you to friends*</div>
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Thanks to the gals behind <a href="http://www.peppyzestyteacherista.com/2015/06/tpt-seller-challenge.html">TPT Seller Challenge</a> for hosting this AWESOME link up. You gals are what's making me stay motivated this summer ;)</div>
<img src="http://i1064.photobucket.com/albums/u378/designbychristi/blogs/mvsig.png" />Sara {Miss V's Busy Bees}http://www.blogger.com/profile/12468836902806259584noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2582885762372900155.post-45230442891942056542015-06-17T10:33:00.000-05:002015-06-17T10:33:25.310-05:00Summertime Guilty Pleasures {A Link Up}<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Soooo… it's summertime, no? Time for all those guilty, guilty pleasures to take place!!!</div>
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Nichole from <a href="http://craftofteaching.blogspot.com/">The Craft of Teaching</a> and I decided that it might be really cool to see all of our summertime guilty pleasures in one place.</div>
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Introducing…<br />
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So let's get started with MY guilty pleasures!!<br />
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Oooooh yes, blogging. I love me some blogging. During the school year, my blog kind of has cobwebs on it! But during the summer, I have freedom to blog as I see fit. Want to blog about a new technology source? SURE! Want to blog about a reading strategy I used in the classroom? SURE! Want to blog about ice cream? SURE!<br />
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During the summer, I can blog about whatever I would like:<br />
-reading<br />
-writing<br />
-science<br />
-social studies<br />
-mathematics<br />
-spelling/grammar<br />
-TV shows<br />
-reflections<br />
-school supplies<br />
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Oh. My. Goodness. THAT LIST!!!<br />
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Oooh. Speaking of lists. Summertime is the time of LISTS for me!! I am able to write it all down and look at it in complete awe. I mean, my LISTS HAVE LISTS. Is that not the definite definition of a teacher???<br />
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If you don't have lists, you are missing out. Oh, and these lists are from Krista's Creative Paper Collection and Blair's Blair Turner Paper company. You maaaaay just want to go ahead and buy yourself 12 of each item.. you're going to fall in love with them.<br />
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Oh, see. You fell in love. #sorrynotsorry<br />
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Raise your hand if you binge watch TV or movies?? *raises hand* Oh yeah, I do. Especially in the summertime!! During the school year, I am almost too busy to watch TV. Almost. BUT, there are a few TV shows or movies that I have yet to watch, and whelp, what's summer for if not for binge watching from the couch?!<br />
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I'm currently binge watching Orange is the New Black (but I am not allowed to watch it without my husband…) and Gossip Girl. But I have binge watched The Fosters, Pretty Little Liars, Big Brother, Walking Dead, Grey's Anatomy… okay, this list is making me look a little crazy.<br />
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Who am I kidding?? I AM crazy!! Crazy for paper and TV, that is… :)<br />
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So tell us. What are YOUR guilty pleasures?! Nichole and I want to know.<br />
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Here's how this works.<br />
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Write up a shameless post about your guilty pleasures (come on, friends, it's summertime - no shame).<br />
Be sure to include the very top graphic about the guilty pleasure from this post or from <a href="http://craftofteaching.blogspot.com/2015/06/summer-guilty-pleasure-link-up.html">her post</a>.<br />
Link up on either <a href="http://craftofteaching.blogspot.com/2015/06/summer-guilty-pleasure-link-up.html">her blog</a> (Nichole's) or my blog.<br />
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THAT'S IT. Seriously. So easy.<br />
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Let's hear it, folks!!<br />
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THE YEAR IS DONE. Oh, my golly. What a year. But, the growth of my students is what made me so happy about this program.</div>
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But I'm not going to give you JUST the roses of IXL. This post is also going to include the thorns, too.</div>
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So let's talk. Let's get down to the nitty gritty and talk about the pros and cons of IXL throughout this past year.</div>
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-provides interactive practice on those tough skills beyond passing out worksheets to complete</div>
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-gets students motivated to work on hard skills such as language topics or math topics</div>
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-includes a variety of reports to support your data across a variety of topics</div>
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-ability to practice specific skills to fit your students' needs</div>
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-makes a great center during your reading group time</div>
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-incentives for student achievements (badges)</div>
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-can utilize the program at home or at school</div>
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-building of classroom communities</div>
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-aligned to the Common Core</div>
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-students spend a lot of time on "badges" and looking at their progress instead of working on developing skills</div>
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-glitches on the website have questions repeat sometimes, which leads to less "true" practice</div>
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-skewed data within some reports</div>
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As you can see, there's QUITE a few more pros about the program than there are cons. Can you see that I have a loving relationship towards IXL?! Can you also see that my STUDENTS have a loving relationship with IXL, too??</div>
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They love to hear that IXL is on the agenda and they actually LOVE to explore and love the time when I say - "EXPLORE!" They do the standards and skills THEY have interests in, which then provokes me as the teacher to give them more exposure to THOSE standards.</div>
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LOVED having IXL this year. One of the best things I could have possibly EVER used with my kiddos this year and cannot WAIT to use it next year!!</div>
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Would YOU use IXL with your kiddos? Why or why not?</div>
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WE'RE ALMOST THERE!!! Just a little over a month and this school year will be dooooooone!!</div>
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But I digress.</div>
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IXL. It has worked wonders for my kiddos. We took our standardized tests, and their practice definitely paid off. They were all about it and loved the fact that they KNEW stuff and were able to refer back to IXL as their source of success.</div>
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Now, we wait for our testing reports come June! YAY.</div>
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But let's talk about the final year reports. I love this "overall performance by student" report that happens.</div>
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I again left the names off, but you can get the idea from this report. The performance stats represent the following:</div>
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green - excellent and mastered</div>
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blue - good</div>
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yellow - satisfactory</div>
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red - needs improvement</div>
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If you see, my top student has done excellent in a majority of standards practiced. The only thing about this that's misleading is that that needs improvement group could be either A) they truly need improvement in the skill OR B) they had started the skill and just didn't finish it. This makes for a little bit of skewed data.</div>
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That's the ONLY misleading issue that I have with this program.</div>
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But I love looking at this report because it gives me an idea of how many skills overall have been practiced, how many are mastered overall, and so on.</div>
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This report - what are your thoughts? Would you use it? If so, how would you use this report?</div>
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To all the teachers out there, I want to start off this post by saying THANK YOU. Thank you for all that you do for those students of yours. Thank you for all that you do for your coworkers. Thank you for all that you do for your families and friends. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU.</div>
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You may not know it, but you may actually, truly be one of your kiddos' heroes. Pretty cool title, huh?</div>
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I know that I personally had quite a few teacher heroes (5 of them, to be exact). So, I'm going to list them below in a link up that's titled, "My Teacher Hero," hosted by the AMAZING Jenny from <a href="http://luckeyfrogslilypad.blogspot.com/">Luckeyfrog's Lilypad</a>! Love that lady.</div>
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Be prepared… *SAPPY ROADS AHEAD.**</div>
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Let's start with my 7th Grade Math Teacher. Mrs. Calborn. My love for math started when I walked into her classroom. To be able to love math that much?? I was unsure it was even possible. But, she made it happen for me. She got me involved, got me thinking, and kept me going. Throughout the years, we lost touch a little because of me going to a different school, but the funny thing is, we reconnected when <u style="font-weight: bold;">I</u> decided to be a teacher. When I began to sub at her school. To be honest, she's one of the main reasons I began to think I could even BE a teacher when I was in college. She was one of the reasons that made me go, "Well, I remembered her and all the impacts she had on my life, even from 7 years ago, and it would be awesome to have that same lasting impact on students' lives, too." So, Mrs. Calborn, thank you.</div>
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I had Mr. Anderson for a science class in high school. He instilled a love for science in me like no other. He challenged us to think as hard as we could, but yet, still have fun doing it. We did experiments, we did worksheets, we did tests. But what we did every single day? We had a blast. The connections Mr. Anderson made with his students are to die for. He made sure to connect with them on a deeper level and really understand them. He was a school favorite, not gonna lie! Mr. Anderson, thank you.</div>
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I had Mrs. Pack for a reading class in high school, as well. GOSH I hated reading and I still am not too fond of it even though I'm a teacher - love to read, not fond of teaching it. But her class unlike any other reading class that I had ever taken. The projects she would assign were outrageously amazing and I remember having to read a looooooong book and then present on it. But that book? It will forever stay in my mind. I will remember the exact group of people I had to work with, simply because the book she chose for us was so powerful. She was another teacher that made connections with her kids and they were to die for. She made sure, just like Mr. Anderson, to connect with her students on a deeper level and really understand them, even if she only had them for a semester. She was another school favorite. To this day, I am still friends with Mrs. Pack on social media and I LOVE seeing her updates because she made that lasting impact on me that I will never forget. Mrs. Pack, thank you.</div>
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Mr. Ciolino was one of my education course professors in college during my undergraduate. Classroom management. BOY did he run his class with perfect classroom management. Not only that, but he reminded me of why I signed on to be a teacher. He connected with us, he joked with us, he was serious with us, he laughed with us, he worked with us… he HELPED us. Mr. Ciolino taught me things that I never thought I would learn about teaching. Ever see those pictures where teaching looks like the PERFECT job, with the smiling kids who are constantly on task and NEVER goofing off? Yeah, he made sure to let us know that those pictures were a cruel joke. No classroom would ever be perfect, but it could be ran as long as classroom management techniques were in place. He taught us on the level we understood, he put things into perspective. He was <u style="font-weight: bold;">real</u>. No sugar coating. And sometimes, that's just what you need. Mr. Ciolino, thank you.</div>
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<b><span style="color: #cc0000;">The very last teacher I want to tell you about is one that I will cherish forever.</span></b><br />
Mrs. Beckelhimer.<br />
Mrs. Beckelhimer is a professor of an english class in my beginning years at the University of Cincinnati. Mrs. Beckelhimer is one of those teachers that you instantly make a connection with. Her sweet nature, yet high expectations, made me want to stay in touch with her. The same is with english as it is reading - not fond of it. But, Mrs. Beckelhimer took the time out of her days to make specific comments about assignments, was sure to check in with us if we missed class, worked hard to make lessons that were meaningful to us as students in the beginning years of college. She made connections with the students by talking about things on their level, things that they made real-world connections with, things that we liked and were interested in. She had us do assignments that would be relevant to us, not just some topic that we were given and then told, "Write on! Good luck!" Mrs. Beckelhimer was there for us. She was always there for her students if they needed someone to confide in, to talk to, someone to just listen to us. But let's be honest - Mrs. Beckelhimer is still like that to this day. I'm almost 3 years out of college now and we STILL have a relationship that I will forever cherish. She's been a BIG helping hand in my life and I feel like she's one that will always be there to be that helping hand if needed. Mrs. Beckelhimer, thank you.</div>
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<i>So, who is your teacher hero OR who are your teacher heroes? What kind of teacher do YOU want to be remembered as? <b><u>I'd love to hear your thoughts in the comments or read them on a blog post.</u></b></i></div>
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While you're at it, check out the following teachers and what THEY say about THEIR teacher heroes. We all have them :) happy blog reading!</div>
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OH. MY. GOSH. I cannot tell you all the great things about IXL in just a few short posts… it's THAT good.</div>
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We are getting ready to take our standardized tests here shortly and I just have to say that THIS site is going to help my kiddos ROCK the SOCKS off that test.</div>
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If I looked at the reports right now, the amount that these kiddos have grown is astounding.</div>
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Speaking of reports, IXL does this AWESOME thing where you get a "weekly report." In this short weekly report, the following items are portrayed to you as the teacher.</div>
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It includes the amount of problems attempted within that last week, and then overall for the school year so far.</div>
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It also tells you how many skills are practiced - same as above - including how many were practiced for the last week + the entire school year.</div>
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Finally, it shows the time spent for the last week + time spent for the school year.</div>
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The really cool thing is if I click that "view report" button next to it, it'll take me to the reports and I can see who practiced what and how much they practiced. I chose to look at the problems attempted report for Language Arts. Here's a glimpse…</div>
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It tells me what skills were practiced, how long was spent on each skill, how many problems were attempted, and the number of students that practiced those skills. </div>
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THEN I can go even further and click on a specific skill. For example, I clicked on "AA.2 Use coordinating conjunctions (Third grade)" to get the following report…</div>
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The best thing about this individualized report is that the students names are listed over to the left. Then, it tells you their "SmartScore" {which means how much they've mastered of the skill}. After that, you've got time spent, how many problems correct, missed, and then in all, then a few other columns.</div>
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The BEST thing about this is that you can honestly see who is struggling with what skill. For example, you can see that my student who had 51 correct and then 9 incorrect, all in 16 minutes - this student might have been rushing or struggling a little bit. Granted, the grade is an 85% overall, BUT that means this student has got room for improvement!</div>
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I LOVE THESE THINGS. Seriously.</div>
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Where do you see in your curriculum that IXL could be used?? Let's talk about it!</div>
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Hey pals!</div>
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I'm here to do a quick post about a fab website and the way that it builds community positivity. I learned about this website even before I became a teacher, and the school I was interning at was LOVING IT. So I checked into it, and now I love it, too!!</div>
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Ever heard of it?</div>
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Welp, it's F-A-N-T-A-S-T-I-C!!!</div>
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I think the number one thing I love about IXL is the way that they tend to reward the ENTIRE class. This progress report of sorts is absolutely amazing to me in terms of building a classroom community! The rewards they each received as a whole class not only made them want to do better as a whole, but it also made them each more "intrinsically motivated." If that makes sense.</div>
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Here's an example of one of the rewards we received.</div>
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I print these babies out and then hang them in our hallway for others to see. It shows not only that my kiddos are practicing math topics, but that they're also working as a team to gain these rewards!</div>
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I LOVE THE POSITIVITY!!!</div>
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What would you do with these certificates?? Tell me in the comments below!</div>
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Merry Christmas Eve, friends!! I'm surrounded by family in my nice, warm living room and our fur babies sitting around, enjoying their toys.</div>
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Tomorrow brings Christmas and in about 8 days, it'll be 2015… already!!</div>
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So, I decided to link up with 3 AMAZING bloggers, Hadar from <a href="http://www.miss-kindergarten.com/2014/12/14-in-14-linky-party.html">Miss Kindergarten</a>, Kristin from <a href="http://www.ateenytinyteacher.com/2014/12/14-in-14.html">A Teeny Tiny Teacher</a>, and Traci from <a href="http://www.dragonfliesinfirst.com/2014/12/14-in-14.html">Dragonflies in First</a> for their 14 in '14 Linky Party.</div>
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It's time to reminisce in the past year and all the goodness that has happened!</div>
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Here goes nothin' :)</div>
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I have two favorites from this year.</div>
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My favorite is always my Bearcat jacket. Although I'm graduated, I wear that thing like no other! It's so worn out that the pockets have fallen apart. Here's to getting a new one in the new year!</div>
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Gone Girl</div>
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The Hunger Games: Mockingjay</div>
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That Awkward Moment</div>
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Endless Love</div>
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The Neighbors</div>
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22 Jump Street</div>
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Tammy</div>
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Gonna have to do another list! So, here ya go:</div>
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Pretty Little Liars</div>
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Chasing Life</div>
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Switched at Birth</div>
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The Fosters</div>
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Walking Dead</div>
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Chicago Fire</div>
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Chicago PD</div>
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The Blacklist</div>
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Baby Daddy</div>
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Grey's Anatomy</div>
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How to Get Away with Murder</div>
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Biggest Loser</div>
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Big Brother</div>
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I really love me some Texas Roadhouse, friends!!</div>
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Their sweet potatoes are absolutely amazing and their steaks are just as good, too. OH, and how about those fantastic rolls and butter?!</div>
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Favorite new thing I tried was wine. I had NEVER been a wine drinker before, but we found a fantastic, delicious, and sweet Moscato by a brand named Electra. OHHHH so good!</div>
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My absolute favorite gift I received is my engagement/wedding ring! OH my gosh, it's beautiful and I am in love-love-love with it. Oh, and the man who gave it to me, too ;)</div>
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I have sooooo many pins from this year, but I think my most favorite thing I pinned were all my desserts. I especially LOVED my pin on Buckeyes, or peanut butter balls. SOOO stinking delicious.</div>
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My favorite blog post is a Bright Ideas post that I created about organizing the paper trails. As teachers, we allllll know we have such HUGE paper trails behind us of amazing and excellent ideas for our kiddos. So, I created a post about it to help teachers organizer their trails in an easy and beautiful way!</div>
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My favorite accomplishment of the year was getting my new position at a new school. I am so happy where I am and my children are absolutely amazing. Where I teach now is not an affluent school, so my students are constantly wanting the attention, which is okay with me! I love seeing them grow and light up when they get something and listen to them talk and gripe and just everything! They ARE my biggest accomplishment thus far - their growth the last 5 months has astounded me and I cannot WAIT to see what else happens this year :)</div>
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I have two absolute favorite photos - both were just recently discovered, as well. They were when my then-boyfriend proposed to me at our Military Mardi Gras Ball. It was an absolutely BEAUTIFUL moment where I was surrounded by new and old friends and it was just flat out an amazing evening.</div>
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One of the happiest days of my life :)</div>
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My absolute favorite memory is our wedding day. This man has made me the happiest girl alive and the memories are going to keep on coming! That and our engagement day, too ;)</div>
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My 2015 goal is to make more time for my family and me. I do a lot with school and worry a lot about other people that I need to put my husband, our babies, and myself first. It's going to be rather difficult as I love to make others happy, but it can certainly be done! So my goal is going to be:</div>
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<b>Make time for us.</b></div>
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MORE. More time for me. More time for my family. More time to do the things I want to do.</div>
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2015 is going to be absolutely amazing - I just know it!!</div>
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Link up with these gals to share your memories of 2014 and to welcome in 2015!</div>
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MERRY CHRISTMAS, FRIENDS!!</div>
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Happy Holidays!! Welcome to Miss V's Busy Bees. If you've jumped over from the Elementary Grapevine, welcome!! I DO have to thank Krystal from the Good Enough Teacher for organizing this AMAZING hop!!</div>
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I do hope you enjoyed Lory's post on her classroom snowball fight and all the other ladies' posts so far, as well!!</div>
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You've made it to my blog now and you're here because you want to know all about that YUMMINESS!! You also probably want the freebie, too :) keep reading, we'll make it there!!</div>
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Being that I absolutely LOVE sweets and I am from Ohio, and I love Christmas like no other, my holiday sweet I'm telling you about is going to be Buckeyes. No, not the nuts, but they look like the nuts that come off the trees!</div>
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If you like peanut butter, and you like chocolate, then you will LOVE these babies. They are easy to make and each batch of ingredients puts out about 150 pieces of yumminess. HOLY CANNOLI, I know.</div>
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But, you'll also be eating them as you make them AND your friends will ask for some, so you won't be stuck with those 150 pieces of deliciousness for long.</div>
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Below is the process to complete the Buckeyes. I'll be honest, it's REALLY redundant. And it gets boring. But, throw on some Christmas music, dance around, and eat some Buckeyes and you will be A-OK! I promise :)</div>
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Buckeyes are absolutely delicious and VERY easy to make.</div>
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What a better recipe than to make these babies with your own students in your classroom or your own kiddos at home. They'll LOVE it!! I mean, how could someone NOT like the deliciousness below??? We made some last night and they taste DELICIOUS!!!!</div>
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To help assist you, I whipped up this quick "How-To" writing about how to make Buckeyes for a writing activity. My students love procedural writing. Using procedural writing about something as great and yummy as Buckeyes? PERFECT. Click the picture below to head to TPT to download the freebie! :)</div>
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Once you've downloaded your freebie, keep hopping! Your next stop is going to be at Ride Away With Mrs. Ridgway's blog where she's talking all about an RAK Parent Christmas Gift! I know my kiddos love doing RAKs, so I'm personally excited for her post!</div>
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Thank you for coming by, and Happy Holidays once again!!</div>
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Happy Thanksgiving week!! I hope you all have survived your kiddos if you're still in school.</div>
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We have been out all week and boy, has it been FANTASTIC!! I do miss my kiddos, though… I'll be honest.</div>
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I have a lot to be thankful for this week. I am thankful for my students, my parents, my coworkers, all the tools we have to help us succeed in the classroom, and I am especially thankful for communication.</div>
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Without communication, this world would not function properly. We have the obvious verbal communication methods, and then the not so obvious non-verbal communication methods.</div>
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But in the classroom? There are MANY ways to communicate with your precious students.</div>
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In our classroom, some of our most favorite ways to communicate is non-verbally. We do have our means and ways to communicate verbally, but our non-verbal communication is less disruptive, fun, and engaging!</div>
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One of the ways we communicate is by using sign language for specific things.</div>
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A student needs to use the restroom, but does not want to interrupt the thought processes and working processes of others. They signal this by holding an R in sign language high in the air. The true sign for restroom in sign language is to hold an R and shake it back and forth. But, we didn't want to add the movement, just the letter!</div>
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In our classroom, we are NOT allowed to get up for anything during testing. So, what happens when a student needs a tissue?? They hold up an F in sign language. This was assigned because of the word "facial" in facial tissue. My students and I decided that we would not be able to see a T in sign language being held up, so instead, we decided on the F.</div>
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Our last sign language letter we use in the class is a W. The W represents water. Students are allowed to go to the hall at a time when I am not speaking or when their classmates are not speaking to use the restroom OR get a drink of water.</div>
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These non-verbal hand signals make it easy for substitutes, as well.</div>
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Since my students are WELL aware of the signs, they know that verbal communication for these items are NOT allowed. The amount of disruptions in our class is cut almost in half because of these signals!</div>
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We also use a variety of different verbal communication tactics in our room.</div>
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One of those verbal communication tactics is foreign language.</div>
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My students LOVE that they can use some languages throughout the day that are different than the normal language they speak, which is English.</div>
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We like to say things like thank you, please, excuse me, no, yes, and so forth in foreign language.</div>
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It's awesome to hear my students talk to each other in Spanish when one has done something nice for another and they say, "Gracias." This means thank you in Spanish.</div>
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My other favorite part is where we say hello and goodbye in different languages every day! The kiddos are the ones that choose how we say hello and I love it. They are so creative and love to mix it up every once in a while!</div>
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The cool thing is that there are many programs and companies out there that support foreign language in classrooms. One of those companies is Smartling. Smartling is a translation software company whose mission is to break the communication barriers by supporting the importance of language and communication.</div>
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A company such as Smartling is a perfect companion with the classroom culture, simply because of the translations they complete. To check out more about Smartling, <a href="http://www.smartling.com/">click here</a>.</div>
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Finally, one of our last favorite communication tactics is our verbal cues. These are used when it is time to transition from centers to seat work, line up for lunch, line up for specials, transition from lunch to recess, etc.</div>
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One of the ones we use a lot is, "CHAMPS!" As soon as I say this word, students know that they are to do the following:</div>
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C - clean your area</div>
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H - help your neighbor</div>
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A - assemble your things</div>
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M - make sure you're ready to go</div>
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P - pay attention</div>
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S - sit silently</div>
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This is one that I use constantly before we transition to walking in the hallways for any reason what so ever. They are well aware of what CHAMPS means now. Plus, they line up right in front of our CHAMPS posters for classroom management. Kind of cool how it all ties together!</div>
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Another verbal cue we use is, "Everybody FREEZE!" No matter what they are doing, they must throw their hands in the air and freeze. This is used when the announcements come on, when I need their attention immediately, or when I want to see who is where in a task.</div>
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The fun part? They can freeze however they want - a leg in the air, mid-walk, sitting on the floor, standing up… whatever they want as long as their hands are up and they are frozen. Perfect way to get them to focus and remain silent for important announcements or information.</div>
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These, of course, are not the ONLY communication tactics that happen in our classroom. This is just a list of a few. Others that I do:</div>
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-write on desks when substitutes are coming</div>
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-write on whiteboard the directions for a task</div>
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-newsletters for parents/students</div>
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-ClassDojo points</div>
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-green/yellow/orange/red cards for behavior</div>
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-elephant ears when others are talking</div>
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What kinds of communication means do you have in YOUR classroom? I'd love to hear about them below!</div>
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Again, Happy Thanksgiving week!! Thank you for all that YOU do as educators and parents!</div>
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Hi there! Welcome to the Halloween Bash Blog Hop, hosted by The Teaching 2 Step!<br />
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Are you ready to get your hop on?? I know there's roughly 40 bloggers who are ready for you to get your hop on!</div>
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Each blogger will be sharing some tips, tricks, crafts, recipes, and resources for you to kick off your Halloween celebrations, either at home or at school!</div>
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So let's get to it!</div>
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The first goodie I'm going to share with you is a recipe that is near and dear to our hearts. While this recipe could be made anytime of the year, I love making it around Halloween (thanks, Mom!). There are SO many variations out there, but in the end, it's still ALL delicious. It's called DIRT PIE.</div>
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So, this year, on Halloween, the teachers are all dressing as a favorite book character. I have always, always, ALWAYS been in love with Miss Frizzle. SO, I'll be choosing her. There's lots of different pins out there for teacher costumes, but I love this one the best:</div>
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So, this Halloween, that's what I'll be! What are you thinking of going as?? What's been your favorite years past??</div>
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For the month of August, we studied all different kinds of weather in our 3rd grade class. I think our favorite project and discussion was all about clouds! Yeah, clouds! Those fluffy, pretty things in the sky.</div>
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My kids loved identifying different types of clouds when we walked to and from classes, when we were at recess, and when we were walking to the bus or carpool line. Seeing their enthusiasm and drive for the study of clouds, I just HAD to capitalize on it.</div>
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We first read the book <b><u><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0064431592/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0064431592&linkCode=as2&tag=mivsbube-20&linkId=3SOMGUEUJWYMYZ2N">It Looked Like Spilt Milk</a></u></b> by Charles Shaw.</div>
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While this book was a bit easy for my 3rd graders, it still captivated them! They loved seeing what the different shapes would be, but they also loved the repetition.</div>
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After we read the story, we completed a simple art/writing/science activity. They created their own "cloud" and then wrote about what it was. The creativity that flowed from these kids was AMAZING. They worked hard to make something unique and some even chose to create something that was near and dear to their hearts.</div>
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Above was our cloud wall - it's still hanging up and the kiddos look at them EVERY morning, as they hang above where the backpacks hang up.</div>
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Back to the conversation on near and dear to their hearts, one of my student's mothers just had a baby. So, that student created a baby carriage out of their "clouds" and wrote about it. It was great!</div>
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There were ALL kinds of good ideas that my students came up with and they made my heart happy when I was walking around the room, looking at their different ideas and THEN it made my heart happy again when I was putting them up on the wall.</div>
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One of my favorites was the BEAR one.</div>
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Although it just looks like a mass of cotton balls, THIS student saw a bear in the clouds. Then, she also added a sun. Never do you just get the status quo of work from this child… she always goes above and beyond! I love love love it!</div>
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So what types of projects do you complete in your classroom for weather? Share in the comments below!</div>
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So, you're back for another monthly installment of BRIGHT IDEAS!<br />
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Let me start with what truly inspired this post. I was on Facebook one day and someone posted a picture of a treasure box. And I thought, well, wonder what's in it? The next day, they posted what was in it and I'll just say… it was TEACHER HEAVEN. A box full of different kinds and colors of post it notes. Oh my goodness. Perfection in a box.</div>
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So what did I do? OF COURSE. I ordered myself one of those beauties.</div>
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When it arrived, I was as giddy as could be. I was so excited to delve right into it to see what different kinds I had received. I'm not going to lie… some of the ones I received, I was like, "How in the WORLD am I supposed to use these? What would they be used for??" but, I figured that I'll find a place for them - duh! </div>
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So, we found out that we could use the post it notes for many things. The list below is NOT all that you can do with them, but some ideas:</div>
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I want to elaborate a little more on the last one… if you type in <a href="http://www.pinterest.com/search/pins/?q=sticky%20note%20education">sticky-note education on Pinterest</a> alone, you'll pull up HUNDREDS of ideas. Now, type in <a href="https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl#q=sticky+note+education">sticky-note education on Google</a>, and you'll pull up THOUSANDS more! Well, I wanted my students to individually choose a book that they wanted me to purchase (with Scholastic points) so what's the best way for them to write up on a GIANT piece of paper their responses without everyone going up at once? Oh yeah, sticky notes!</div>
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Right now, my lonely little sticky note that I used as an example is the only one up there… because we ran out of time, BUT needless to say, my students will be choosing a book that they'd like to be added to our classroom library so that they can no longer say, "I can't find anything to read, Mrs. Unroe!"</div>
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Linking up with the gals from Teaching Trio for their weekly linky, The Sunday Scoop!</div>
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I have GOT to get my grades in the grade book… I hold off until the end of the week if I can and well, this week, it piled up on me! But, it'll be good to look through the papers to see what my kiddos did this week. I also have to go to the grocery store to get meals for this week's lunches and do the laundry so I have clothes to wear! Finally, prep for this week - it's going to be a BUSY, busy week in 3rd grade, but we can do it :)</div>
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I would like to write some blog posts - I've got MANY ideas in my mind to write about… it's just about getting to sit down and do it! I also would LOVE to finish my plans early for next week so during planning this week, I can get set up for next week and have a free weekend!</div>
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Finally, I am SUPER happy to have the time to spend with my babies and then my love. We don't get much time during the week together with opposite schedules, so I look forward to the weekends!</div>
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I love this linky because I have already gathered so many different ideas to implement in my classroom from the last few ones! I cannot wait to see all the ideas this month, too! When you've gone through my bright idea, be sure to scroll to the bottom for the link up of the other bright ideas from a variety of teacher bloggers across all grade levels!</div>
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My bright idea is all about that WASHI stuff.</div>
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OH my gosh. Do I have an obsession with washi or what?! What you see above is only HALF of what I've got. I have a box stuffed in my closet full of the stuff!</div>
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Well, washi tape is obviously great for crafting. It's decorative, fun, bright, and just all around useful. I've used it in scrapbooking to hold pictures in, I've used it to wrap my presents with, and I've even used it to seal envelopes in a cutesy way!</div>
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BUT, do you know of the AMOUNT of uses that washi tape has in the classroom!? OH MY GOSH. The possibilities are endless!!!</div>
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This year alone, I've used washi tape in 4 different areas of my classroom. The first area I used it in was on my whiteboard to divide it up into sections. I've got an area where my kiddos are responsible for their attendance (they move their number to the "here" side when here, and leave it on the "not here" side when they aren't here). I've got an area set up to display my standards for the Common Core. And I've got an area for my homework club. The area that's not "roped off" is where I write throughout the day. LOVE the way it looks!!</div>
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Then, I took the same style washi tape and I divided my tables down the middle so each student knew where their "space" was. This is my first time having tables instead of desks and so I wanted to make sure my kiddos knew what area they had so that they didn't interfere with other students' areas. </div>
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Not only does it make the room feel functional and well planned out, but it's also BEAUTIFUL!</div>
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The tape I used is by Glitz and it's called Color Me Happy. It ties in PERFECTLY with my classroom decor which is just bright rainbow colors.</div>
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Beyond that, my students have individual composition books for each subject: science, math, reading, and social studies. In order to identify which black/white spec composition book is the correct one, I put a color coded tape on the spine.</div>
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Science is green, math is yellow, reading is red, and social studies is blue. This helps my students be able to find the correct notebook for each subject when we need to use them. Instead of pulling out every composition book or looking in every cover, they can easily look at the spine and see the correct color notebook that they need.</div>
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We teachers also know all about <b>support</b>. Year after year, we give so much of ourselves to <b>help</b> our students learn, build confidence in their abilities, and empower them to become the future our world needs. We also <b>support</b> our fellow teachers, our families, our communities. In the midst of it all, it becomes easy to forget that, simply put, <b>teachers touch lives.</b><br />
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While many of us are thinking of back-to-school, Jen Bengel and her family have been preparing for a journey of another kind. They will soon be traveling to Uganda to adopt a child! Check out Jen’s blog post <a href="http://outofthisworldliteracy.blogspot.com/2014/07/our-family-is-adopting.html">HERE</a>! (Prepare to be inspired!)</div>
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A number of fellow teacher-bloggers have joined forces to offer a measure of support to Jen and her family as they prepare for their special journey. Each of us has chosen a resource from our store that, between now and August 31, a portion of each sale’s proceeds will be donated to Jen’s adoption fund!</div>
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<b>This is the resource I have chosen:</b></div>
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<b>Between now and August 31, I pledge to donate $1 of each sale of <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Landform-Poster-Pack-and-Activities-Unit-617569">this resource</a> (my best seller!) to Jen’s adoption fund.</b></div>
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Hop around to the blogs featured below to see what my friends are pledging!<br />
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<a href="http://commoncoremathideas.blogspot.com/">Beyond the Worksheet </a><br />
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<a href="http://learningwithmrss.com/">Learning with Mrs. S </a><br />
<a href="http://missventrella.blogspot.com/">Miss V's Busy Bees</a><br />
<a href="http://www.onestopteachershop.com/">One Stop Teacher Shop </a><br />
<a href="http://firstyearteachingtales.blogspot.com/">Tales of a Teacher</a><br />
<a href="http://teachingtrio.blogspot.com/">Teaching Trio </a><br />
<a href="http://teachersdesk6.blogspot.com/">The Teacher Desk 6</a><br />
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We're BACK!! Time for Week 2 of the Back 2 School Weekly Linky with Stephanie & myself. </div>
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This week, we're talking ALL about assessment! We're giving ideas, tips, strategies, success stories, and other sorts of information. SO read on below and then check out the links in the link up to see other's tips!</div>
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When it comes to assessment, I'm a big time newbie. I didn't know much about it, nor did I learn a lot in college about it… kind of just a "teach yourself" sort of topic, in my opinion.</div>
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This past year, I did a LOT of observing as a form of assessment. I liked to walk around with my students working and get down on their level to see what they were thinking. I asked them questions to gauge their understanding, to gauge their thinking, and so forth.</div>
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I also relied a lot on Bloom's Taxonomy when trying to make my assessments up. We would do a LOT of explaining, which fell under the evaluation part in Bloom's. Also, we did a lot of labeling, arranging, and identifying (from the first two levels of Bloom's). </div>
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In terms of testing, I made a lot of my own assessments up to meet the needs of my students. They did a lot of remembering and recalling information, especially in mathematics.</div>
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But, a lot of my science assessments took the form of projects to show what they've learned. </div>
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My absolute FAVORITE project I assigned, by far, was the Animal Habitat Diorama. This project required students to create a diorama about an animal, uncommon animals to be specific. You typically see animal projects about dogs, cats, lions, tigers, etc. BUT, this project held animals such as ducks, quails, zebra, prairie dogs, komodo dragons, gorillas, anteaters, buffalos, and so on! My kiddos LOVED it.</div>
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But, I had to find a way to assess their work (and man, did they do some awesome work!!). So, I turned to a rubric. Rubrics are easy for me to create because you identify your category/area, assign the points, and then leave comments to support your stance on the points!</div>
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Students can easily understand the rubrics, as well, and if not, they can hand it to you, ask questions, and you can easily explain.</div>
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I also really enjoy doing portfolios. When it comes to writing, it's easy for my students to look back at their work using their portfolios. Portfolios help my students participate in self-directed learning, assessing, and they are able to hold themselves to goals, as well! Portfolios allow for students to hold themselves accountable for their work, as well.</div>
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When it comes to portfolios, I used two specific types - documentation portfolios to show my students' growth over time and process portfolios to show my students' work over time as they started with the brainstorming, to rough drafts, to final drafts. My students this past year thoroughly enjoyed being able to look through their portfolios to see how they have grown, and I enjoyed looking through them for this reason, as well!</div>
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In our class, we used MANY more assessment strategies than just the two I identified, but those were our two major assessments. Other assessments we used on an "every once in a while" basis were:</div>
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-conferences (especially with reading)</div>
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-end of the year tests</div>
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-oral fluency assessments</div>
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-fluency tests</div>
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-performance assessments (especially with mathematics)</div>
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-standardized tests (agh…)</div>
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Time for another Bright Ideas linky! We're onto our 5th month and I have SOOOOOO many bright ideas lined up for when I get back into the classroom!</div>
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But, this week's bright idea I'm bringing you is one of my FAVS. I'm actually reading the book "Reading in the Wild" by Donalyn Miller and SHE even mentions it. AMAZING.</div>
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Do you ever WONDER something and hope to find the answer? For example, do you ever wonder what gluten is, how mountains are made, how dynamite works, or how fireflies glow?? Well, I've got the site for you!</div>
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Cue <a href="http://wonderopolis.org/home/">Wonderopolis</a>. Wonderopolis is one of those amazing sites you just happen to come upon and it turns out to be fantastic and something that your students ask if you can do every. single. day. </div>
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Wonderopolis is a website created by the National Center for Family Learning (NCFL). It's a website where "natural curiosity and imagination lead to exploration and discovery in learners of all ages." </div>
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The cool thing about Wonderopolis is that it aligns in the following ways:</div>
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-with Common Core State Standards</div>
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A website that covers ALL that AND it intrigues children? Win, win! </div>
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Wonderopolis also has a random "wonder of the day" that you and your students could read, question, analyze, and discuss each and every day. It changes and you NEVER know what's next, unless you take the vote on what the wonder of the day should be!</div>
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This website is intended to be an interactive, engaging site and I personally feel that they've achieved it! It's not only geared towards students - it's great for parents, educators, and administrators alike!</div>
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Have you ever used Wonderopolis? Go head on over and play around - you never know what you'll discover!</div>
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Welcome!!! It's FINALLY here - the weekly Back to School linky that Mrs. D's Corner and I are collaborating with - a labor of love :)</div>
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So, what is the B2S Weekly Linky all about?? Well, I'll tell ya!</div>
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This linky is a linky that is dedicated to getting you as educators, parents, and administrators ready for BACK TO SCHOOL!! As a group, we will share tips, stories, advice, and other such information on ten different topics, each week being a different topic. </div>
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Topics might be about behavior management, your schedules, online tools that you love, and so on.</div>
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Behavior management is a struggle for many teachers, especially new teachers like myself. I have taught myself that I don't need to be my students' friend, but rather, someone they can talk to but still look up to. </div>
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So, I make sure that my behavior management techniques employ the positive reinforcement rather than negative.</div>
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For example, this past year, we used three separate things in my classroom.</div>
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First, we used our star chart.</div>
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I purchased gold star stickers and a blue incentive chart from the teacher store. The students' names are written down the side and then the dates that we are in class are written across the top.</div>
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As you can see, the school I was at used the "behavior chart" with green, yellow, orange, and red cards. If a student made it through the day on green (with lots of other positive reinforcement, many ended up staying at green ALL day), they received a star.</div>
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At the end of the quarter, I counted up how many stars student MISSED. They were allowed up to 5 "no greens" and then they were out of the running for a Target gift card. I did this for 2 quarters and saw the behavior improve tremendously.</div>
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I will DEFINITELY use the Star Chart in the future, but in a different context. Next time, I will be using a personal, smaller star chart that I created. I think I will also do the chart monthly instead of quarterly and will also give a LOT of responsibility to the students by having them hold on to their own star charts!</div>
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Want a little freebie star chart to implement in your classroom this upcoming school year? Hang tight and check out the bottom of the post for a mini-freebie from the larger pack :)</div>
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Another positive reinforcement I used in the classroom to help behavior was the <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Homework-Club-Header-and-Numbers-751805">Homework Club </a>created by Tara over at <a href="http://4thgradefrolics.blogspot.com/">4th Grade Frolics</a>.</div>
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The idea behind the club was that if you did your homework, you stayed in. If after the month ended you were still in, you received some sort of prize. It could be take your shoes off for the day, write in a pen for the day, homework passes, sit at a different table during lunch for the week, or anything else - prizes were things that did NOT cost me any money. So, it worked out well.</div>
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Their enthusiasm for the homework club impressed me and I had a few still not turn in homework… but a majority turned it in daily!</div>
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Finally, we used my fantastic system known as Party Puffs.</div>
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Others may know it as a marble jar or star jar. But, I found these BRIGHT, fun puffs at Hobby Lobby two years ago and thought of the name party puffs… why? Well, after the jar is completely full, the class gets to have a party!</div>
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How did they earn puffs? If they received a compliment from another teacher, parent, etc., they get 1 puff. If they received a complement from the principal, vice principal, or anyone else that holds an upper position, they got 22 party puffs (1 for each student in the class). They knew, though, that if behavior went downhill, I had the authority to remove the puffs and start over.</div>
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That crushed them so they ALWAYS did their best to make sure they didn't have to lose them, and instead, they were probably the BEST class when walking through hallways, when someone came into the classroom, etc. I was impressed with how well they acted and couldn't have been happier with the outcome of our party puff jar.</div>
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As of right now, I'm not in the classroom as a full time teacher next year. But, when I do go back, I plan to employ a few other techniques… one being a classroom economy system. This will help with the bathroom trips, daily jobs, and the overall behavior in and outside of the classroom.</div>
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My good friend Corinna who blogs over at <a href="http://surfinthroughsecond.com/">Surfin' Through Second</a> has a great product called <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Beach-Bucks-Classroom-Money-System-603886">Beach Bucks Classroom Money System</a>.</div>
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I'll be using it to help my students not only practice their math skills, but also their social studies/economy skills... AND we'll be working on behavior at the same time! Amazing.</div>
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Oh yeah, that freebie! Are you still interested? Click on the photo below to be taken to GoogleDocs to download the Star Chart freebie :) </div>
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It's that time again! Time for Monday Made It with Tara from <a href="http://4thgradefrolics.blogspot.com/">4th Grade Frolics</a>!</div>
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I have got to tell you.. this is my FAVORITE linky in the entire world. I love how it inspires me to not only be crafty, but to get up and move and do things instead of just saying I'll do them eventually..</div>
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NOPE. Not with this linky. It puts me in such a good mood when I read other posts, too! I can feel the energy from people and I love it!</div>
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So, needless to say, here goes!</div>
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As I was perusing Pinterest one day, I came across this pin (of course) by Cool Mom Tech.</div>
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{<a href="http://coolmomtech.com/2014/04/printable-wifi-password-signs/">Cool Mom Tech: Cool Printable WiFi Password Signs</a>}</div>
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I loved the idea of putting our wifi password onto paper in a picture frame. Our guest room is bright pink. And when I say bright, I mean BRIGHT!!! So, I wanted to make something that would match the decor.</div>
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I used a quatrefoil background paper and then a bright pink frame to tie in the colors. I used a few KG fonts and typed it up! It's now hanging in the guest room and looks tiny on the wall… but I love it!!</div>
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Keeping with the theme of printables from Pinterest, I then came across a pin with a quote by the character Blair Waldorf from Gossip Girl.</div>
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Well, I wanted to cutesy it up and make it match the color in my craft room. My craft room is that mint green, so I went with green, blue, and white!</div>
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I absolutely LOVE the way it turned out. It's so pretty, fun, and a great quote to keep my mind on the goal :)</div>
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Finally, I needed a way to keep myself organized with all the projects I want to complete. I had no idea how to make sure I got all my projects written down and remembered what they may look like.</div>
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I initially had all my projects written on a whiteboard, but it wasn't very pretty.</div>
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Cue my "PINSPIRED PROJECTS" board!</div>
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I love the way it turned out. I have plenty of room to attach pictures of projects or just sticky notes or ANYTHING. I absolutely adore it and love the bright colors in the "pinspired" word. It just makes me happy walking into the room and seeing it!</div>
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So, what did YOU make this week? Link up with Tara for <a href="http://4thgradefrolics.blogspot.com/2014/07/monday-made-it-summer-week-6.html">Monday Made It - Week 6</a>.</div>
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Time for another Monday Made It with Mrs. Tara from <a href="http://4thgradefrolics.blogspot.com/">4th Grade Frolics</a>! We're all moved in to our new house, so I now officially have my own craft room!</div>
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Here's a rough picture of it:</div>
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This is before I organized it and made it look pretty - now it's BEAUTIFUL! And I am in love.</div>
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Regardless, in the room, I have not only my desk BUT I also have that table over there in the right of the picture. I needed something to sit on at both my desk and the table… something that was fun and allowed me to sit up high.</div>
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On my <a href="http://instagram.com/missvsbusybees">Instagram</a> account, I gave this sneak peek:</div>
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Can ya guess what I might have done?!</div>
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Cue my first Monday Made It: the Fabric Covered Stool! :)</div>
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This stool was pretty easy to make. The pictures below will describe the supplies needed & the process to go through in order to make your own!</div>
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The beautiful thing about this chair is that it could go in the classroom, too! The bright, fun colors make it perfect for an author chair or a share chair! I am in LOVE with it!!</div>
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Head over and link your Monday Made It up with Tara at <a href="http://4thgradefrolics.blogspot.com/2014/06/monday-made-it-summer-week-5.html">4th Grade Frolics</a>!!</div>
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Time for the next monthly installment of the BRIGHT IDEAS Blog Hop!</div>
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I'm SO excited to be sharing this bright idea with you. I hope that it can be of some use for you in your classroom!</div>
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Do you always have a paper monster chasing you with those master copies? Not quite sure how to store them?</div>
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Have no fear, binders are here!!</div>
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I purchased 4 packs of these binders on sale at OfficeMax for $12 - that's $1 per binder!!! And, they're pretty dang sturdy binders.</div>
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EASIEST method I could come up with to store the items was to buy a pack of sleeve protectors to place in the binder, and then place the papers inside. It was cheap, and it looks clean when I pull the pages out and there aren't ripping holes in them!</div>
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This BRIGHT IDEA has saved me a ton of trouble on trying to find that "<i>just right</i>" activity in any subject possible.</div>
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If you liked this bright idea, feel free to follow me on <a href="http://www.pinterest.com/ventresa/">Pinterest</a> where I post a bajillion great ideas… but not just for your classroom!! I pin lots of food.. and desserts.. and home stuff.. and desserts… I think you get the idea :)</div>
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So about a month and a half ago (slacker, I know), I received a DEWEY document camera stand from the company known as Copernicus Educational Products.</div>
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In my classroom, I had a SMARTBoard and I had an iPad. But, when I wanted to project things onto the board, I had to grab a helper to hold the iPad in the air so that it would mirror onto the SMARTBoard.</div>
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Not only did that take time to do that, but it also took the hands-on learning time away from the student holding the iPad. I had had ENOUGH.</div>
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I had to get ahold of a reputable company and well, Copernicus was it!</div>
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They sent me this FANTASTIC product called the DEWEY. It's a document camera stand that you can put your own iPad into and it helps make it project objects up onto the board using your Camera app or whatever app you want.</div>
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I do have to say that I am in LOVE with my stand. My students are also in love. They love being able to manipulate it and actually USE it. It's that hands-on aspect that I think they love so much.</div>
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This little contraption is going to be a huge hit in EVERY single classroom from here on out. It's a great piece of technology and I thoroughly enjoy it.</div>
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The ONE negative that I've experienced is that it gets a little bit wobbly. But, if that's the only negative than I could not be MORE thrilled to have such a great product in my classroom to use with my students.</div>
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IT'S HERE!!!!! It's time to start our book study on Reading in the Wild by Donalyn Miller. This week, our two hosts are Misty from Think, Wonder, & Teach AND Abby from Third Grade Bookworm.</div>
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So, read on through my notes, ideas, and thoughts below - then, link up your own posts OR comment below and we'll chit chat about our ideas! At the end of each chapter, I'm going to include TWO goals that I am setting for myself. These goals can be personal goals or goals in relation to my professional world - teaching!<br />
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<b>Chapter 1: Wild Readers Dedicate Time to Read</b><br />
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From page 3 (just after the introduction), I loved what Donalyn Miller said about what wild reading is.<br />
"<span style="color: #6aa84f;">Wild reading is readers who incorporate reading into their personal identities to the degree that it weaves into their lives along with everything else that interests them.</span>"<br />
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This quote hit a home run for me. I believe that wild readers are those that read just simply because they want to! They read on the way to school, at lunch, at recess, on the way home, with their friends, before dinner, after dinner, before bed, and any other available time.<br />
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<i>TV. If kids are entertained by two letters, imagine the fun they'll have with twenty-six. Open your child's imagination. Open a book. ~ Author unknown</i><br />
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As we dive into Chapter 1 itself, there are quite a few points that I loved.<br />
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On page 8, Miller listed some responses from Wild Readers on a survey they had taken. The responses indicated the various "excuses" as to why people couldn't read. I connected with one of them on a level that was TOO comfortable: "I spend too much time online." Just today, I calculated that I spend anywhere from 8-10 hours online EVERYDAY throughout the summer. Why? I have no clue!<br />
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There was another responses I connected with: "I feel guilty that I should be doing something else--playing with the kids, housework, etc." I am not kidding you… I just said this exact same sentence to my husband the other day. I want to read SO badly, but I feel that I should be doing something more productive. I feel like I should be cleaning, working on teaching stuff, etc. But, reading is NOT considered a luxury that's out of my reach… I can do it and I AM doing it daily from now on!<br />
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Then, on page 10, Miller said, "Too often reading intervention specialists pull students who require additional reading support out of class during independent reading time. Disregarding the effect of independent reading time on students' reading achievement undermines our intervention efforts over the long haul." Then, below that, the sentence, "Developing readers need more reading, not less." struck home, too.<br />
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Too many times, my students this past year were pulled out of the classroom at the most inopportune times, especially during our DEAR time. DEAR time was our Drop Everything And Read time, otherwise known as independent reading time. I NEVER got to see my students that were pulled out complete independent reading. It was very difficult on their self-esteem, too. They were not able to establish that rapport with their classmates where they could discuss books to read, books not to read, and so forth. It was aggravating to me! This will be something I'm going to work heavily on next year to change.<br />
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On page 11, there's a point Miller makes towards the end of the page that says, "Life is full of wasted moments in between our daily commitments."</div>
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This could NOT be more true. There is so much wasted time throughout the day - transition periods, walking to and from places, etc. This time could be spent READING! I think that this year I worked real well with my students on trying to have very minimal wasted time. During our restroom breaks, they read. During transitions, they read. During downtime, they read (this all ties in really well with the uninterrupted conversation Miller had with her student Tristen on page 13 - PERFECT!). Many LOVED this time because they were able to get back into their groove, but at the same time, others didn't like it because our transition times or restroom break times were not as long as they liked, so they didn't feel as though they needed to read. We'll make sure next year that my feelings of "you can read anytime, anywhere" is definitely conveyed!<br />
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Fake reading and reading avoidance. I saw this with several students this year and it broke my heart. But, I'll admit, I was that teacher that called across the room multiple times to say, "HEY! You're not reading! You better start reading!" Instead of correcting the problem, I added to it. I still held a very good relationship with my students, but it just wasn't the best tactic to use to correct the behavior.</div>
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Miller talks about on page 27 the warning signs of a student that's not really reading. How many of you have seen students that finish books quicker than you can say "yup?" How many of you have seen kiddos finish only 2 books in 6 months? What about if a student is CONSTANTLY up getting a new book? What about those personal errands (Mrs. V, I have to go to the bathroom - daily during DEAR time)? Finally, what about those kiddos that decide independent reading time is also code word for "talk to the teacher and everyone else around me??"</div>
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Oh ya, I had a few of them and they stick out like sore thumbs. But, again, I didn't do anything to solve it. Miller talks about how you should politely and delicately approach your students to talk about their fake reading behaviors. While some students will come back saying they truly are reading, others might also say they don't care too much for reading. RED FLAGS.</div>
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I had one student this past year who told me he wanted to read a book, but there was no way he would finish it by the following weekend - it was just too long. So, he put it back. I stopped dead in my tracks and told him to pick the book back up. He picked it up and we talked about how many pages were in the book. This child is not a top reader, but he's by no means at all a low reader. The book was 120 pages long. We talked about goals and setting them for ourselves. He decided, with my help, that he was going to read 20 pages a night and that would have him finishing the book in 6 days. The fact that he was able to consider that goal and THEN go for it, it made my heart melt! Just like the boy Nathan that Miller wrote about on pages 31-32.</div>
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Overall, I think this chapter provided some GREAT conversation starters. I think that TIME is my big issue, personally, when it comes to reading. But, as the chapter title says… wild readers dedicate time to reading! This time can be found anywhere, at any time. Binge reading, emergency reading, etc. - all a GREAT time to find a few minutes here and there to read for pure enjoyment.</div>
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1.) Make plenty of time throughout the day, no matter where I can fit it in, for my students to read independently. This includes restroom breaks, hallway breaks, lunch room, etc.</div>
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2.) Encourage those who are not the best readers to find a book that will be challenging, yet readable, to them. This will make them strive to want to become better readers simply because they're enjoying the story because it's interesting, readable, AND challenges their thinking in comparison to old books they had read before.</div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">We have some AMAZING bloggers and non-bloggers joining us over the next 7 weeks to discuss this book, and I cannot wait! If you're a blogger, awesome! Join us each week by linking up your posts/ideas/thoughts/pictures. If you're not a blogger, that's great, too! You can read/follow along and then comment. We want to hear your advice, thoughts, and ideas for the classroom, too! The more teachers we have joining, the more amazing our classrooms will be this fall!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Chapter 1: </span><span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 115%;">Wild
Readers Dedicate Time to Read (June 19th)</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Chapter
1: Creating a Workshop Schedule (June 26th) *This is a SUPER short section (only 4 pages), but a great chance to share/showcase your workshop schedule and sneek a peek at classrooms all over the world!*</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 115%;">Chapter
2: Wild Readers Self-Select Reading Material (July 3rd)</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Chapter
2: Curating a Classroom Library (July 10th)</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">Chapter 3: </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">Wild
Readers Share Books and Reading with Others & </span><span style="line-height: 17px;">Conferring</span><span style="line-height: 115%;">: What's the Point? (July 17th)</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Chapter
4: Wild Readers Have Reading Plans (July 24th)</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Chapter
5: Wild Readers Show Reading Preference (July 31st)</span></span></div>
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