tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55934425369614925292024-02-18T20:20:04.028-08:00Multilingual MultiageTeaching in a first and second grade Spanish bilingual classroomMultilingual Multiagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14458836796929163447noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5593442536961492529.post-34958615192885126382012-08-07T08:49:00.000-07:002012-08-07T08:49:10.528-07:00Versatile Blogger Award<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-U8v4UZhjpdk/UBS7lrM1zFI/AAAAAAAAAD0/MpMzVyS9kq4/s1600/versatilebloggeraward.wordpress.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-U8v4UZhjpdk/UBS7lrM1zFI/AAAAAAAAAD0/MpMzVyS9kq4/s1600/versatilebloggeraward.wordpress.png" /></a>Thank you so much, Michele Yanong from <a href="http://multiagemoments.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Multiage Moments</a>, for nominating me for the Versatile Blogger Award (and sorry that I didn't see this until now! I was busy away on a trip with the youth group from my church). <br />
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I get so excited when I find another multiage ELL/Bilingual/Dual language teacher like me! It feels great to know I'm not alone :) Make sure you check out her blog - she loves owls too! I just can't get enough of her adorable ideas.<br />
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3. I love to make jewelry when I am not teaching or making adorable things for my classroom. I have my own 'business' (really a shop on Etsy and a booth at craft fairs) selling my jewelry. I call it <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/NehringsEarrings" target="_blank">Nehring's Earrings</a> because, let's face it, elementary school teachers love to rhyme!<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"> </span><br />
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4. Even though I'm pretty sure I was not meant to be a high school teacher, I LOVE helping to lead my church's senior high youth group. The kids are amazing and we have soooooo much fun at youth group or on fun trips. </div>
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5. Mint chocolate chip ice cream is my favorite food...I'm not even ashamed!</div>
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6. My husband and I just bought our first house in April. I am starting to feel so grown up! </div>
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7. I am the oldest of 3 girls, but my Dad got married this past New Year's Eve so now I'm the oldest of 4 girls and two boys! We have a huge, wonderful family! </div>
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As I'm sure you're all aware, Daily Five is a huge hit, and there are tons of amazing resources out there already. I don't know where the hours last night went as I was busy on <a href="http://www.teachingblogaddict.com/2012/02/literacy-cafe-pinterest-finds.html" target="_blank">Teaching Blog Addict's Daily Five and CAFE pages</a> looking through all the resources. I'm nowhere near done exploring! As always is the case with me, my only difficulty with the Daily Five is the lack of a Spanish component. The Sisters' system utilizes so many acronyms and exclusively English terminology, that I know I'm going to have to do some tweaking to make it work. I figured I'd start at the beginning and tackle the I PICK method and song. So here's what I have created so far for Spanish I PICK. Enjoy! And please give me any feedback you have :) Thanks lovelies!<br />
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This is the lesson plan I used this past year when I tried out the I PICK method of choosing a good book with my students. This may get an overhaul this fall when I implement the whole Daily Five, but this past year I taught it in two days. You can take as much or as little time as you'd like to do each section. To download it from my TPT store, just click the link below the photo.<br />
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Finally, I made up a review worksheet that addressed all the components of my lesson. I will admit that parts of this worksheet were hard for my littler guys to do independently, but I think I'll use it again this year as a small group review packet. I hope you enjoy it along with the rest of my Spanish Daily Five resources. I promise there will be more to come!</div>
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It has taken me all three years of teaching so far to figure out how to organize myself! I guess I spent too much time at the beginning just trying to plan, grade, and teach everything that I never bothered to organize. But I have made it my mission this year to go back and get organized.<br />
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1. Kid-friendly storage that works<br />
I have just a few quick ideas for classroom storage. As we all know, if the students are going to touch it, it will never stay as neat as it was the first time you put everything in its place. I used to spend hours reorganizing my reading library and table supply bins, but my new organizational system is making it so that students are responsible for cleaning up themselves.<br />
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These are my cute owl buckets (inspired by a craft idea from Oriental Trading Company). At first they just sat around and looked cute, but now I use these buckets to hold pencils. All of the sharpened pencils go in the pink owl, so a student can grab a new pencil anytime they need. (This means we don't have to sit through the time it takes a 6 year old to sharpen). Broken pencils that need to be sharpened go in the blue owl bin, and I sharpen them later (or have a helper parent or responsible student do it).<br />
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What? You only paid $40 for your shelves? That is the question I get all the time when people see my classroom library. Back when Borders went out of business I went and swiped up these shelves from their children's section. They are solid wood and amazing! Keep your eyes open for furniture deals at Goodwill or other stores' clearance or going-out-of-business sales.<br />
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In order to keep myself afloat above the overwhelming sea of papers, I got these cube stackers from Target clearance. I put them together in the usual cubes for holding books and such. Another teacher friend of mine told me she had used the extra shelf pieces and some zip ties to make shelves. Now I have sliding drawers for all my copies for each day of the week! I am in love :)<br />
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Happy Summer (to those of you already on break)! We just got out 3 hours ago and I am already loving life just a bit more! Thus far I have posted lots of ideas and tips that I have, but I haven't really given a true explanation of my classroom. I was invited by Candis at <a href="http://www.iteachduallanguage.blogspot.com/2012/05/speaking-in-tongues-linky-party.html" target="_blank">I Teach Dual Language</a> to join a Linky Party of dual language/bilingual teachers. While I don't teach in a pure dual language class, my class demographics and my teaching style draw many similarities. Anyway, here's a look into my wonderful bilingual class!<br />
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Like I said, I don't teach dual language; instead, I teach a multiage bilingual class. We follow the Transitional Bilingual Instruction model, which means that in my district we teach exclusively in Spanish for the first two years (kinder and first grade) and then teach half of second grade in Spanish and half transitioning into English. At this time we don't have a third grade bilingual class in my building, so students are then mainstreamed with additional push-in ELL support. So for me, I teach first grade with essentially a 90/10 Spanish to English ratio, and second grade with 50/50 ratio.<br />
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Many people ask me how I can run two different grades with different language requirements at the same time in one room; the easy answer: with lots of help. I have an absolutely incredible paraprofessional in my room (shout out, Arenia!) who helps with the craziness of having two separate grades in one room. Also, I utilize a lot of centers and small group work in order to rotate around students and divide my time evenly. As far as the breakdown of dual language instruction, it looks something like this:<br />
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<li>Literacy Instruction - 1 hour in the morning in Spanish, but switches to English for the second graders in January. This is specifically used to teach new information through direct instruction and group discussion. I teach the first and second graders separately (with lots of help from my beautiful assistant :)This is the time where I introduce our guide story, teach new phonics and grammar skills, and work on modeling writing techniques. </li>
<li>Literacy Centers - 1 hour in the morning in Spanish (again in English for 2nd grade come January). Students rotate through centers (we use the Daily Five) while I run my guided reading groups. My centers groups are not ability grouped, but my guided reading groups are. This means that I pull one student from each center when I do guided reading. This helps so that the students all get to work together in center time.</li>
<li>Math - An hour and half or so in the afternoon. This is also taught in Spanish and is separated between first and second graders since the math curricula are so different between the two grade levels (i.e. first grade learning subtraction fact families while second grade is doing multiplication arrays). Second grade transitions to English math around March. (The time between January and March is heavily focused on connecting cognates to help bridge the Spanish to English transition)</li>
<li>Science/Social Studies - A little over an hour in the afternoon in English and Spanish. I use a huge focus on cognates to teach my science and social studies curriculum. So many of the words in these subject areas are similar between the two languages, so this is a wonderful opportunity to introduce English vocabulary, make connections, and incorporate English literature that connects to our topics of study. I teach science and social studies together as one big group. I rotate through the two grade level curricula every other year, so every set of students learn both grade level materials, but not necessarily in the same order. </li>
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If you're still reading this, good for you! If you're confused, don't worry. I sometimes don't know how I keep it all together with so much going on. I really need to work on investing in that extra set of eyes on the back of my head (and some additional arms too).<br />
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While I am sad that my students don't have the opportunity to continue with Spanish dual instruction beyond my second grade class, I do see the immense benefits of bilingual/dual language instruction in the three short years they have it. First of all, setting the foundations of literacy in the students' native language (Spanish) is so immensely important. Reading is so phonetic in Spanish, not to mention it happens to be the language my students think in and speak, so it's easier to learn to read. By the time I begin teaching English literacy, my students have such a strong foundation in Spanish literacy that they just breeze right into English. I love when the students shout out, "That's a cognate" or, "Hey, that's the same/that's different that in Spanish!" I know some people worry that two languages will confuse children, but I can tell you first hand that bilingual instruction is a blessing that all children should have the opportunity to experience.I know that my students will have so many more opportunities in life, for jobs, for travel, for friendships, and for cultural understanding because of their bilingual education. Skeptics are and always will be a challenge, but my students are the proof that there is nothing better than being bilingual! <br />
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<br />Multilingual Multiagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14458836796929163447noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5593442536961492529.post-38425241292114042202012-05-01T20:08:00.002-07:002012-05-23T14:09:43.819-07:00More Fall Fun...Día de Acción de Gracias (Día del pavo) Thanksgiving was really fun this year. Most of my students had no idea why we celebrate Thanksgiving and who the Pilgrims were, so we started with two days of lessons on the Mayflower, the Pilgrims and the Wampanoag, and then the Thanksgiving Feast. We used Scholastic's amazing Thanksgiving resources, including the Tour of the Mayflower, Daily Life, and the Thanksgiving Feast. With extra time we also watched the webcast virtual field trips of Plimouth Plantation. I highly recommend taking advantage of all the free resources Scholastic has to offer!<br />
I also made a <a href="https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B1bjgP557r01UkVCTHdjclFIZ0E" target="_blank">Power Point Presentation</a> (saved here as a PDF) in to reinforce what we had learned about the Pilgrim's journey on the Mayflower in Spanish. I used the lesson ideas from Scholastic as well as their interviews with a passenger in this Power Point. Please feel free to download it from me, and use it alongside Scholastic's resources.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is the title page of the PowerPoint Presentation I made in Spanish to supplement the Scholastic resources on Thanksgiving. You can download it free from the link in the paragraph above. Enjoy!</td></tr>
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After we went through the PowerPoint, I had the students make their own postcards, imagining that they were Pilgrims sailing on the Mayflower. They were really cute and the students really got into the pretending. I gave each student one of the <a href="http://nehringphotography.com/uploads/blogger/FinalPilgrimPostcard.pdf" target="_blank">postcard templates</a> and asked them to write a letter to a friend or family member they would have left behind in England or Holland. I wanted them to write about how they were feeling during their trip on the Mayflower. They included conditions of the trip, dreams about life in America, and reflections on leaving home to travel to the unknown. My students never cease to impress me with their thought and creativity. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Download the postcard templates via the link in the paragraph above. I had my students draw a picture of them as a pilgrim on the Mayflower on the opposite side of the postcard. </td></tr>
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Once we learned about the history of Thanksgiving, it was time to celebrate! We made Rice Krispie Treat Turkeys and turkey head hats. I found the turkey hat idea, again, on <a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/228628118552824832/" target="_blank">Pinterest</a> but originally from Oriental Trading Co. They were easy for the students to make as an art center, and these hats offered a nice break from the Pilgrim/Native Americans hats.<br />
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Ok, well that's enough Thanksgivng for May! I'll see you all soon....really, I swear!Multilingual Multiagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14458836796929163447noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5593442536961492529.post-1052522180644926032012-05-01T20:05:00.001-07:002012-05-01T20:05:56.272-07:00The Tastiest Turkeys There AreBah! I haven't been on to blog in MONTHS! I am ashamed :( It is crazy how life can get pretty busy, huh? My dad got remarried, I bought my first house, and the normal craziness of a multiage class has kept me pretty booked solid. Anyway, excuses, excuses, I'm here now to blog about Thanksgiving (wow...in May...that's sad).<br />
My hands-down-favorite Thanksgiving activities to do with my classes are included in this post, as well as the next. Go ahead, get some ideas for next year, and forgive me for my absence :) I plan to be back a whole lot more (if not right away, at least in exactly 22 days when summer vacation starts!)<br />
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<u>Rice Krispie Treat Turkeys</u><br />
Ok, so these are just too cute, it almost hurts. I remember making these all the time with my parents when we were little, so I couldn't wait to bring them into my class. Here's what you need:<br />
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-Candy corn (about 5 per student)<br />
-Chocolate frosting (I pick chocolate just cause it's my favorite, but you could pick whatever flavor)<br />
-Rice Krispie Treats (you could make your own, but I find it easiest just to break the prepackaged ones in half)<br />
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Split apart an Oreo cookie and attach it (with frosting - the best kind of glue) to the bottom and the back of the Rice Krispie Treat body. <br />
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Using more frosting, add candy corn feathers to the top of the back Oreo cookie and one in the front of the Rice Krispie Treat body to be the beak.<br />
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Eat them! This is the messiest, but tastiest and most fun part of the whole process. Enjoy!<br />
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<br />Multilingual Multiagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14458836796929163447noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5593442536961492529.post-29912546167050911942011-11-24T10:37:00.000-08:002011-11-24T10:37:59.327-08:00Fun Fall Ideas...for next yearI have to admit I have no idea how the super bloggy teachers do it. With two grades, two languages, and 20 kids, I have no time to post daily, or even weekly. For that reason I must start this post with an apology that these ideas will be of no use to you until next fall. However, when Halloween and Thanksgiving 2012 roll around, I hope you will enjoy these fun crafts and goodies.<br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><u><b>Halloween Party Ideas</b></u></div><div style="text-align: left;">My head room parent this year doesn't celebrate Halloween, so I got to do the party myself. I was actually pretty excited since the Halloween party is my favorite of the year. I get pretty into the festivities. Take a look at my costume - I was Perry the Platypus from Disney's Phineas and Ferb (my favorite show to watch when I'm home sick!) </div><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGGsJtqdVuNlcZ4E84reioyPNsfOisGz1wGtDzjxs2MSqoDwnbFt0j_koX-Md06V0AA_d73OTPfxevi01933zKxZczO-qaAizFo6P1_5NYqRqgh1ARdUadfHpsz-0nco3g7d7B_YKHr3I/s320/P1000110.JPG" width="320" /><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiet_oqWeoMnMt4PaK3ZhPV11lDxbXK18x7HfbjG5crL6RAYFr4I8sszzSqINtRl1J5YXSo6HQlzOB664-nPIYi61kYIboFrXjwCQD9BVG7C7mY1ClKKaDm1B8hh1vqkHciuOTtubWrPpo/s320/P1000111.JPG" width="320" /><br />
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Instead of just giving the students snacks to eat, I had the kids help make their Halloween treats. They turned out really cute and the kids loved making them themselves. <br />
<u><b>Popcorn Hands</b></u><br />
Supplies:<br />
*plastic gloves -the kind food preparers wear, NOT latex first aid gloves. I had a hard time finding these to purchase, so I went to the bakery section of my local Meijer (grocery store) and asked if I could buy a pack from them. They just gave me a free box of 100 gloves, so I'm set for the next 4 years!<br />
*Popcorn - I had a helper mom come in and pop popcorn for us just before the party so it would be fresh.<br />
*Candy corn<br />
*Spider rings<br />
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Quick Steps:<br />
Give each student one glove, a cup of popcorn, five candy corn pieces, and a spider ring. They should start by placing the candy corn pieces at the tip of each finger like nails. Then they should fill the glove with their popcorn. I recommend starting with just a little popcorn for each finger, and then filling the hands because otherwise it gets tricky to maneuver and the popcorn gets crunched when you try to squeeze it in the fingers. Finish by tying off the glove end and add a spider ring!<br />
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<u><b>Spooky Owl Cupcakes</b></u><br />
I found these cute cupcakes on Pinterest [<a href="http://onecharmingparty.com/2010/10/21/halloween-school-party-food-station/" target="_blank">See the original blog post here</a><u><b>]</b></u>. At my school we aren't allowed to bake anything ourselves for students since there are so many allergies, so I purchased the cupcakes in a variety of Halloween colors from the grocery store. Then I gave each child an oreo, a piece of candy corn and two M&Ms. It was a really quick little crafty snack, so they had more time to try and find a neat way to eat them. They were a big hit and so cute!<br />
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<u><b>Spider Hand Prints</b></u><br />
Our final activity was not edible (thank goodness - we had SOOO much food!). Each child was given a piece of paper where I had already drawn and copied a spider web. I went around with help from other adult helpers and painted each student's hand. Though it does take a little longer than just having them dip their hands in a plate of paint, I think it was well worth it. We avoided wasting paint on the plate and I was certain that each student had just the right amount of paint so that their spiders would dry in time to go home. Clean up was easy too, cause they just had to wash their hand! After stamping their painty handprint, the students designed and cut eyes and any other paper features they wanted to add to their spiders. They turned out really well and no one can object to spiders!<br />
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</div>Multilingual Multiagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14458836796929163447noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5593442536961492529.post-87033438058451430062011-11-09T11:04:00.000-08:002011-11-09T11:04:40.157-08:00Monsterously Fun Writing CenterHalloween is my favorite holiday. I guess I never grew up past the phase of loving to play dress up and imagine there is magic in the world. For that reason I go ALL OUT for Halloween in my class each year. In preparation for Halloween week I created a writing center in which the students would write about how they would act, feel, look, and be if they were monsters. This built up their conditional tense writing in Spanish and just looked really stinking cute in the Hallway! So here you go, enjoy!<br />
<u><b>Step One: Find monster glasses. </b></u><br />
When I was helping my dad clean out his basement this past summer I found a huge bag of these monster glasses. He thinks he got them from Oriental Trading Co. (my favorite) for really cheap. I had each of my students pick their favorite of the glasses and wear them for a picture. I took these in advance so that I could print them and have them ready for the students when they did the center. The kids LOVED IT! There were so many giggles :)<br />
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<u><b>Step Two: Gather supplies. </b></u><br />
For the writing center I gave each child a long piece of black paper, a die cut frame in neon colors, their picture of their monster glasses, and a "Si fuera un monstruo" writing paper. <br />
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<u><b>Step Three: Write your monster story. </b></u><br />
The students looked at their pictures and used their imaginations to write all about what they would do if they were monsters. Here's a sample of one of my student's work and the translation:<br />
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"If I were a monster...I would go outside of my house and scare everyone. I would leave and walk around outside and scare people. I would be worried that they would take me to jail or call the police. I would miss my parents and wouldn't want to go."<br />
I thought her's was so cute - she really got into character and was thinking about the repercussions of her actions. I guess our character traits teaching is working :) <br />
<u><b>Step Four: Put it all together.</b></u><br />
Once they finished writing I had the students color the monsters on the paper and put their page together. We had the picture up top with the frame, and then glued the writing page below it. I hung them outside our room in the hallway. We have gotten so many compliments from parents and teachers. I can't wait to do this again next year. Best of all, it doesn't have to be Halloween themed - you can use monsters anytime! <br />
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We're studying matter in science right now, and what better way is there to learn about science than to eat it? Here are a few matter ideas I stole from the web. Check out my pics and follow the original links to the amazing teachers who came up with the ideas.<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><u><b>1. Matter's Molecules with Froot Loops</b></u></span><br />
<a href="http://www.scribd.com/doc/63432833/States-of-Matter-Model">States of Matter Froot Loops paper</a> thanks to Tales of Frogs and Cupcakes<br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/52355955@N03/5818911868/%20">Froot Loops Matter Bulletin Board</a> thanks to Beth Sawyer<br />
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<u><b>2. Checmical and Physical Changes with s'mores</b></u><br />
After our study of the states of matter, we learned all about changes in matter. For the section on physical and chemical changes, I thought it would be most fun to see the difference between these two processes by making and eating s'mores. Many of my students had never heard of or made s'mores before so it was a real treat!<br />
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-Burning the marshmallow </div>
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-Breaking the graham cracker</div>
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-Melting the chocolate </div>
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I was inspired to use the s'mores activity by the lesson idea I found on superteacherworksheets.com. The idea was originally submitted by Diana, a 7th grade teacher from Kentucky. <br />
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Multilingual Multiagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14458836796929163447noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5593442536961492529.post-54443675202759431662011-10-13T19:28:00.000-07:002011-10-13T19:28:43.424-07:00CHAMPS in my classroomCHAMPS (which stands for Conversation, Help, Activity, Movement, Participation, and Supplies) was introduced to our school at the end of last year. During our back to school staff meetings this year, each of us teachers received a CHAMPS board made especially for us by our wonderful TAB and SEDOL ladies. Here is my board: <br />
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<u><b>Conversation:</b></u> I use the numbers 0-4 to tell the students the voice levels they should be using (0 = silent, 1 = whisper, 2 = group work, 3 = whole class, 4 = gym/recess only)<br />
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<u><b>Help:</b></u> This category tells the students the ways in which they can get help if they need it. On the board posted you can see that students can raise their hands or ask a buddy. I also have a card for walking up to the teacher's desk and for re-read the directions. It is important to remind students that if the card is not shown, it means you should NOT use that method for help. For example, the teacher isn't shown here because this is the board set up for centers work, and I am with a guided reading group and cannot be interrupted. <br />
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<u><b>Activity:</b></u> There are probably twenty different cards for this section of the board. You can see the seat work picture shown, but I also have cards for group work, tests, reading, art projects, game playing, computer time, writing workshop, etc. I use the three different velcro dots to put the activities in order for students so they know what they are expected to do next.<br />
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<u><b>Movement:</b></u> This is probably my favorite category, and definitely the most helpful. Movement tells the students what they are allowed to do during the activity. You can put up the bathroom, drinking fountain, pencil sharpened, book shelf, and many more cards to show when and how students are permitted to move around the room. I am also planning to make some cards with the "not" sign (like on a no smoking sign) to re-emphasize when it is not appropriate to get up and go to the bathroom, get a drink, or sharpen pencils. Providing the students with visual reminders of these rules has helped keep students from getting up while I'm teaching or giving directions.<br />
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<u><b>Participation:</b></u> The participation category is a reiteration of the help and activity sections rolled into one. It shows students how we will be working; whether it may be in centers, independently, as table groups, or as a whole class.<br />
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<u><b>Supplies:</b></u> I added supplies onto the board myself, so that's why you don't see the pieces up yet. I made different cards of our textbooks, notebooks, and school supplies to help show the students what they will need for each lesson of the day. This saves me a lot of time explaining to students what they need to get out. I love this category!<br />
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*Oh, and please note that the velcro dots across the top are for the subject cards. This way I can put up "math" or "centers" to specify what the board is for.Multilingual Multiagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14458836796929163447noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5593442536961492529.post-46452833305128291592011-09-02T19:43:00.000-07:002011-09-02T19:43:44.712-07:00Math with M&MsOne of the first things my students learn about me each year is that my favorite food is chocolate. For this reason, I try to incorporate chocolate into my lessons whenever I can (in moderation, of course). M&Ms make incredible math manipulatives, so I thought I'd dedicate this post to my M&M math resources.<br />
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At the beginning of first grade we work on mastering the recognition of basic numbers through dot patterns. Think of it like the numbers you see on dice. These are the same patterns we use to help students learn to visually recognize numbers quickly. Since dot patterns just use little circles, I figured it would be way more fun and motivational to use M&Ms to make our dots! Here are some pictures of the dot pattern mat I made and of my students creating dot patterns.<br />
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I also found that this same mat can be used for a lot more than just dot patterns. I had the second graders in my class use this activity the next day, except they used the three boxes to make addition and subtraction sentences. <br />
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For example, the first box would contain 3 M&Ms, the second box 2 M&Ms, and the third box 5 M&Ms. Then, in between the boxes they would add the addition sign and the equals sign. When they were finished they ended up with the addition sentence 3 + 2 = 5 all in a wonderful, chocolatey and edible form! I also plan to use this same mat when we practice place value for three digit numbers. I am convinced the possibilities are endless!<br />
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Multilingual Multiagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14458836796929163447noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5593442536961492529.post-24062880989317743052011-08-24T18:55:00.000-07:002012-08-17T15:56:51.525-07:00More owls!As promised, here are a few more pictures of my owl theme. I also promise I will be posting tomorrow or Friday with fun, free Spanish (and English) classroom printables and activities, so check back soon :)<br />
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Hi all! As my very first blog posting I thought I'd start with the basics. Last year my classroom was cute, but it was missing one classic teacher touch - I had no theme for my room. For a first and second grade teacher that's pretty much a sin, so I got searching to find a theme for my room this year. At first I thought cupcakes (I have a minor obsession) but that was too girly. My next thought was crayons (I have a major obsession with Crayola) but I wasn't finding much variety. Finally, after a late night of weeding through Oriental Trading Company's ENTIRE teacher resources section, I found my theme. It was love at first sight. Owls. I bought all the owl things I could through OTC and then widened my search to other teacher sites, Etsy, and even my Cricut machine. Here are the fruits of my labor.<br />
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This is my job board. I got this set by Carson and Dellosa from Oriental Trading Company and I love it! There is an owl for each student and little tree houses to put them in. Since this picture I have labeled each owl with the students' names and put my job titles on the lids of each tree house. I laminated this first so it would last longer, and it also added the nice effect of having a window instead of a hole in the tree. <a href="http://www.carsondellosa.com/cd2/Products/CarsonDellosa/PID-110138.aspx?CM_VC=10001">Click here for the owl job board</a><br />
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You can't miss my room from the hallway because you are greeted by my owl bulletin board and welcome sign on the door. These are both from OTC. Again, I laminated everything so I can keep this adorable theme for years to come!<br />
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<a href="http://www.orientaltrading.com/welcome-back-bulletin-board-set-a2-62_9303.fltr?prodCatId=388761&tabId=3">http://www.orientaltrading.com/welcome-back-bulletin-board-set</a><br />
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You can't see the last picture very well (I'll try to take a new one soon) but they are owl buckets I made after being inspired by OTC. They had the picture of a finished bucket on their site, so I went to the Dollar Tree (my favorite place, holler!) and got sheets of felt and foam along with the colored buckets. I think I spent $5.00 total and now I have these super cute owl buckets. <br />
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