tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-67413287089568458732024-02-18T23:34:59.004-05:00Primary PizzazzWhere Learning is Fun!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6741328708956845873.post-73116784425284307462013-03-01T18:24:00.000-05:002013-03-01T18:24:03.723-05:00Boho Birds<br />
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Love, <span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Love</span>, <span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Love</span> these Boho birds! </div>
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I received the bulletin board set but there
are many more Boho Birds products on the Carson Dellosa website. I may just have to change my room theme for
next year! The set includes one large
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The minute I saw this set I knew
just what I wanted to do with it! I’ve
thought about this bulletin board for quite some time but just didn’t have the
right images. TA DA! Boho birds to the rescue! </div>
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To begin, I just let the kiddos
write random thoughts. They were SO
excited to create a Twitter name and post Tweets just like mom and dad! I used the small birds to display the user
names and let the students post their own Tweets. Of course, we had a few discussions on
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Later I plan on moving to an exit
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I’ve also thought about “Random Acts of
Kindness.” Lots of possibilities!</div>
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You can download my "tweet" form here:</div>
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Honestly, this is one of the best
ideas I’ve had! Anything that gets
reluctant writers writing is a teacher’s dream! We worked on creating short,
focused writing pieces about topics of their choice. </div>
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You can check out how another
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<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.carsondellosa.com/cd2/default.aspx?HolderName=classroomCoordinates_LP" target="_blank">Creative and Coordinated Classrooms</a></span></div>
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FYI These sets are on sale for $9.99 AND you
could win $500 in the Golden Ticket Sweepstakes! Buy the new Calypso, Lemon Lime or Teal
Appeal set at your local teachers’ store and you may find one of 5 Golden
Tickets hidden inside! Click the pix!</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6741328708956845873.post-35005859314757733642013-02-28T20:06:00.000-05:002013-02-28T20:06:33.225-05:00Spectrum Readers<br />
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Today, I'm sharing the next goody in my Carson-Dellosa Brand Ambassador box--another Spectrum product…</div>
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With the Common Core State Standards focus on non-fiction,
these Spectrum Readers for students K-2 are <span style="color: blue;">PERFECT!</span> Think reluctant boy readers! Have some of those? I do!
They are eating this book up! It
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Boys: Are you getting more of these books?</div>
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I’m always on the look-out for non-fiction to add to my
classroom library. These books at $3.99
are a steal! The <u>THRILLING! Sports</u>
book I received, devotes each two page spread, with action picture on the left
and text on the right and a top border of additional action shots, to a
different extreme sport such as skateboarding, surfing, and bungee
jumping. The pages are colorful, easy to
read and contain weird facts with <u>just the right amount of text</u> to be
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Let’s say that you are an e-reader fan or have e-readers in
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For $1.99 you can download the books!
With my classroom 4 iPads, I’m headed to Carson-Dellosa right now!</div>
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I’ve even recommended the series to parents of some of my
struggling readers. With the three level
options, parents can easily find the range their child needs. And, most of those households have some purchased
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I know your students will love them as much as mine do!</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6741328708956845873.post-64550620095561686362013-02-27T19:38:00.001-05:002013-02-27T19:54:57.415-05:00I'm Back in Blogland!<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Advantage","sans-serif";">I'm Back! Gosh it's' been forever since my last post! This year is flying by and I've just been overwhelmed trying to keep my head above water--sometimes, not too successfully!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Advantage","sans-serif";">Anyhow...it's time to get back to blogging!</span></div>
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As
a Carson Dellosa Brand Ambassador, I recently received a box of goodies to
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The first is…<o:p></o:p><br />
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<span style="font-family: Advantage, sans-serif;">If you
are in a testing grade OR must give a standardized test OR just like to know
how your students are progressing, you have to check out Carson-Dellosa’s NEW
Spectrum Test Practice Series available for grades 1-8!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Advantage","sans-serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">Fortunately</span>,
I’m in the last category—interested in how my students are progressing and
their readiness for third grade. I am so
excited about using this test prep resource!
In addition to the pages in the book correlated to the Common Care State
Standards (Yeah!), online pages are available to provide bonus practice aligned
to your <b><span style="color: red;">STATE</span></b> and grade level! Having
online access to a comprehensive practice test correlated to the CCSS available
online is an absolutely <span style="color: red;"><b>wonderful</b></span> bonus!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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it is! Each area (reading, language and
math), is divided into skill components with lesson pages and a sample
test. For example, Reading includes</span></div>
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Rhyming Words, Contractions & Compound Words, and Root Words &
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<span style="font-family: "Advantage","sans-serif";"> <b><u>Vocabulary </u></b>(Picture
Vocab., Word Meanings, Synonyms, </span><span style="font-family: Advantage, sans-serif;">Antonyms, Words in Context, and Multiple
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<b style="font-family: Advantage, sans-serif;"><u>Reading
Comprehension</u></b><span style="font-family: Advantage, sans-serif;"> (Picture Reading, Critical Reading, Fiction, Reading
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<span style="font-family: Advantage, sans-serif;">At the end of each area, a complete practice test
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a <span style="font-size: large;">clue</span> for a great <span style="font-size: large;">testing strategy</span>.</span><span style="font-family: Advantage, sans-serif;">
</span><span style="font-family: Advantage, sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;"><b>Love this!</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Advantage, sans-serif;">Another
great feature is each page is <span style="font-size: large;">student friendly</span>—great spacing with not too much
on a page.</span><span style="font-family: Advantage, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Advantage, sans-serif;">My students aren't overwhelmed like they were on some of the district tests we used to give.</span><span style="font-family: Advantage, sans-serif;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Advantage","sans-serif";">Now to
the bottom line-<span style="font-size: large;">PRICE!</span> Well, here's an
awesome surprise! Each of these handy
test practice books is ONLY $5.99 for the eBook! ($15.99 for printed) You
can’t beat that value for a reproducible book with 125 pages! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Advantage","sans-serif";">Click on
the link above to check it out at Carson-Dellosa online or at your local
teachers’ store!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6741328708956845873.post-86366791365551093362012-08-21T07:04:00.000-04:002012-08-21T07:04:27.726-04:00Blog Hoppin'The beginning of school has just been CRAZY! I come home exhausted and fall into a pile on the sofa!! Way too many new things going on for the beginning of the year from new copy procedures to new evaluation procedures to common core integration to good-by classroom computers, hello iPads. Whew!<br />
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After being incognito for too long, I'm hoppin' over to <a href="http://toristeachertips.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Tori's Teacher Tips</a> for her Teacher Tips Tuesday. I'm sharing some of my tips for guided reading! See you there!<br />
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Thanks to everyone who entered! I hope to have another giveaway soon, so keep your peepers open! Gotta run! It's CRUNCH time! School starts TOMORROW!!!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6741328708956845873.post-42733035824134042242012-08-07T20:12:00.000-04:002012-08-07T20:12:03.120-04:00CurrentlyHey, all! I'm linky up with Farly at <a href="http://ohboy3rdgrade.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Oh' Boy 4th Grade</a> for the <i><span style="color: red; font-size: large;">FIRST</span></i> time! It's August and Currently. . .<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /> 1. what state you are in<br /> 2. your current teaching position<br /> 3. your teaching experience<br /> 4. when you started blogging<br /> 5. share a blogging tip / blogging resource<br /><br />1. I lived in Ohio until I graduated from Miami Univ. but now live in Indiana.<br /><br />2. I am moving from first grade to second this year.<br /><br />3. I taught Title I reading my first year. Then, I taught first grade for 30 years. I moved to second for the next 3 years and then I volunteered to move back to first last year because of budget cuts—only 2 second grades. Now I’m back in second!<br /><br />4. I created my blog back in the summer of 2011 and sat with no posts for a year. I decided this summer to finally take the plunge and start writing.<br /><br />5. Just be yourself! Google questions on how to do things—there are some great tutorials available! </span>
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I'm locked in the breakfast nook with my two best buddies, Cass and Maddie, (the dogs) listening to the sounds of my carpets being cleaned! Boy oh boy did they ever need it! Two big dogs running around with huge paws, drooly jowls, and who knows what else! sure makes for dirty floors! <br />
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So I've been TRYING to get into my classroom. But, NO! The maintenance dept. decides it has to tar the parking lot! Thank goodness for RAIN! At least I've been able to get in the last few days to get a few things accomplished but we've got some training coming up and you know how it is when everyone starts coming in - lots of TALK and not much work! August 10th is going to be here WAY before I'm ready for it!!<br />
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Here are a few pictures of my room before:<br />
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This is actually the picture from last year. We don't have the computers this year - now we have 4 iPads - so I moved the word wall down so it's more at kid eye level. I really like using the Target Dollar Spot pocket charts and I'm hoping that with it being lower this year, it might be a bit more interactive!</div>
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Check out the giveaway at <a href="http://teachingjoys.blogspot.com/2012/07/125-followers-freebies-and-giveaway.html" target="_blank">Teaching Joys</a>! Kohl's and Starbucks!!</div>
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I don't know what I did without it! I am amazed at all the apps available and so when I saw on FB that Hope at 2nd Grade Shenanigans was hosting a linky party for iPhone apps (she just joined the crowd!), I had to link up!<br />
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I am forever misplacing my easy grader and this app does exactly the same thing! And, best of all it is FREE!</div>
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Now, if you don't have to give grades, here is another app that might be useful to you - Common Core Standards. That's right! You can download the standards right to your iPhone or iPad and have them with you ALL the time! Just what you wanted!!! You can get the standards for K-12 with one app or K-6 with another. And, they're both FREE!</div>
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On to blog design - I've been craving a new design for my blog! As I'm wandering around visiting all the beautiful designs in Blogland, I'd like something that is lighter, more airy, and a bit more school themed. I'm a pastel kinda girl! So, when I saw that Christi at Ms. Fultz' Corner and Design by Christi is giving away a blog makeover, I'm so signing up!! If you have any suggestions for me, leave a comment! </div>
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Hey, this is so worth it!! I won 2 Hot Dot sets and a Hot Dot pen at Denise's Yearn to Learn Giveaway!</div>
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Kiddos are fascinated by the pictures in Steve Jenkins book <u>Actual Size</u> because true to the title all the animal parts included are the actual size. Awesome fold-out pages!</div>
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Helen Lester is one of my favorite authors for the classroom! She sure knows kids and <u>Hooway for Wodney Wat</u> is one of her best! I love the story of poor, bullied Rodney, who can't pronounce the "r" sound, but becomes a hero when he defeats the new classroom bully! A great story for BTS! </div>
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Another fav for kiddos is David McPhail! For beginning readers, you can't beat <u>Edward and the Pirates</u>! Edward is a voracious reader and teaches the illiterate pirates a thing or two about reading when they visit him one night!</div>
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<u>A Bad Case of Tattle Tongue</u> by Julia Cook gives kiddos the tools to determine what is tattling and what is telling. Josh doesn't have any friends because of his tattling until he gets a visit from the Tattle Prince and learns the "rules." Kids love MYOB-Mind Your Own Beeswax!</div>
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Maybe it's the 23 days of 90 degree or over temps that made me think of this book! <u>Stranger in the Woods</u> is one of my all time favorites!!! The pictures are outstanding and the first pages describing the snow are beautifully written! The story is written from the animals point of view about the "stranger" and you can have a blast with the animal sounds. Carl Sams II and Jean Stoick based the story on actual experiences they had with forest animals.</div>
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I am soooo excited to be part of my <span style="font-size: large;">FIRST</span> giveaway!! I am contributing this</div>
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The markers and the rulers on the left are for my birthday box. I love the mini pocket charts and I don't have any in purple, so I got a couple of those. I can always use more non-fiction books for my boys as well as book marks and stickers. I really like the quarter-size lined dry erase boards. I think they'll be perfect for everyone to show an answer quickly during instruction. Might have the kiddos keep them in their seat sacks??</div>
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The bags are just adorable!! I'm going to use them for Read to Someone reading bags. I'll share more about that later. I got enough pencils and erasers for everyone in March for the birthday celebration. There were stickers in the pix above that I missed for this one!</div>
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Not as much of a haul but I did find a few things: tap lights for Michelle Harper's Tap Light Cards, verb sentence strips for the word wall or maybe for a grammar wall, two writing frame pages to get us started at the beginning of the year (All About My Trip and My Favorite Things), some mechanical pencil lead (go through a TON of that with running records!) and the cutest dry erase markers to use with my dry erase boards from Target! They even have an eraser on the end!!</div>
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Mrs. Castro is celebrating 100 followers at <a href="http://mrscastrospanglishstyle.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Mrs. Castro's Class</a> with not 1, not 2, but 6 fantastic giveaways!</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">You could win this adorable El Sippito Costume Set for your Kohl's Cares for Kids Skippy Jon Jones from Cheryl at <a href="http://crayonscurls.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Crayons & Curls</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Have a wonderful weekend!</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6741328708956845873.post-14583626765734677932012-07-10T23:08:00.001-04:002012-07-14T20:40:38.039-04:00Busy! Busy! Busy!OMG I think I need a vacation! I don't know how people who sit at a computer all day DO it! Our wireless Internet is unreliable TO SAY THE LEAST. Thought it was a Mediacom cable problem. Switched to the new city DSL service. NO improvement. Must be the router. Sooo, the Staples tech guru is coming on Thurs to install the latest and greatest system. GREAT! Then I hear...<br />
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Now I've had a computer crash and I've lost everything before. I SHOULD know better.<br />
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SO, For the last 2 DAYS I've been backing up the files on 2 laptops, 2 iPads and one desktop! <br />
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Can you say MIGRAINE!<br />
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My laptop took 16 CD's and that's just the favorites, pixs and files!!! I am blurry eyed and my backside aches!<br />
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I've got to look into a cloud system. Anyone have any suggestions??<br />
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Here's my dirty little secret - (during the summer, I still have my house cleaned once a week)<br />
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This week, Cindy, my weekly lifesaver, was on VACATION! So I had to CLEAN! UGH! <br />
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<a href="http://theteachingbug.blogspot.com/2012/07/my-first-giveaway-ta-da.html" target="_blank">The Teaching Bug</a> is giving away 6 adorable Scentos Markers! I saw these at Staples when I was out with my BFFs shopping for school supplies and they are so cute!</div>
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<a href="http://mynotsoelementarylife.blogspot.com/2012/07/aaarrrrgggghhh-you-ready-for-giveaway.html" target="_blank">My (Not So) Elementary Life</a> is celebrating 250 followers with a terrific giveaway!</div>
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<a href="http://edukateandinspire.blogspot.com/2012/07/100-follower-giveaway.html" target="_blank">EduKate & Inspire</a> is celebrating 100 Followers!</div>
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6741328708956845873.post-82928470131448149922012-07-08T21:06:00.003-04:002012-07-28T22:03:24.759-04:00Daily 5 Check-InGuided reading and the Daily 5 certainly are the <span style="font-size: large;">BUZZ WORDS</span> for the summer! Just about everywhere I look teachers are talking about one or the other or both! <br />
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I've done my version of the Daily 5 for 5 years. I say "my version" because I don't follow the framework exactly as written in the book. I also love the CAFE book by the sisters and use much of their work in my classroom, but just can't let go of my guided reading groups to do the full blown Reader's Workshop. Too much of an old dog to teach too many new tricks, I guess!<br />
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Anyhoo - Today I thought I'd share with you my check-in system. Pre-smart board, I used a pocket chart. Now almost <span style="font-size: large;">everything</span> is on the smart board. (You can't believe the <span style="font-size: large;">PANIC</span> if something happens and it isn't working!)<br />
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The check-in has 3 pages and lasts for the entire week. I like to track the choices to make sure the kids are hitting all the areas throughout a week. Each day uses a different creative pen "shape." Here's a screen shot of one of the pages.<br />
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At the end of the week I can clear the choices and be ready for the next week. BTW, the choice board doesn't stay up during the daily 5 round. Students quickly learn how to pull files from the task bar so activities on the board can be used during the rotations. </div>
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If you have any questions, leave me a comment and I'll get back with you asap! It's not a BEAUTIFUL file like most of you are used to, but it does the job!</div>
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Before I go, (as usual!) here are the latest and GREATEST giveaways!</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Thank you so much, Mercedes, for presenting me with these awards! I am honored to know that my blog is worthy with so many choices available!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 25px; text-align: center;">1. Thank the blogger who nominated you. </span><br />
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6. I wanted to be a pediatrician when I was growing up but changed my mind in high school to elementary education and I haven't looked back!</div>
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7. I am thinking of retiring at the end of next year!</div>
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Have you heard of<span style="font-size: large;"> Sqworl</span>? It's one of my must haves for my classroom! It's sooo much like my obsession of the summer - <span style="font-size: large;">Pinterest!</span></div>
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<span style="text-align: -webkit-auto;">Sqworl is like Pinterest without multiple boards. It is a visual bookmarking tool to organize and share links with others. I love it in the classroom because the kiddos can easily see what they are "clicking" on and if you teach student in the lower grades who may be non-readers, that is AWESOME! Here are some screen shots of part of mine:</span></div>
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<span style="text-align: -webkit-auto;">Students can click on the picture OR the title to go directly to the website. The ONLY downside is one ad in the free version (in one of the little boxes) but it's always to a "safe" site sooo you don't have to worry if someone should ACCIDENTALLY click on it. Each site opens in a new window, so it's easy for students to navigate and not get LOST! Like on Pinterest, you can search and then follow other people's Sqworls and use them in your own classroom. If your school system is like mine, Pinterest is blocked by the BELOVED web filters which makes Sqworl a great choice for the classroom. Here's the link to mine if you'd like to check it out:</span></div>
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Some other ideas on the website are to use Sqworl to make a tutorial, take notes when comparing items, or even use it for a homepage. I think I'll just stick with computer choices for my kiddos in the lab or classroom!</div>
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Kelli at <a href="http://talesfromatravelingteacher.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Tales from a Traveling Teacher</a> is have a giveaway and sale! Everyone can be a winner because here TpT store has 20% off through July 5th. You can check out her wonderful journal printables on her blog or at her store.</div>
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Have a sparkly and safe 4th of July!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6741328708956845873.post-41375019959346082982012-07-02T19:58:00.002-04:002012-07-14T20:36:50.513-04:00Monday MusingsCan't believe it is July 2nd already! Where in the world did the month of June go???? I always look at July 4th as the turning point of summer--everything is downhill and moving fast after that. School is starting super early this year (August 9th) with DIBELS Next training and I'm already stressing about not being ready!!!<br />
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Today my BFF Sherry and I went shopping and I did pick up a few things for school. I found Rory's Story Cubes that someone raved about at Walgreens.<br />
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Next stop was the Dollar Tree (every teachers favorite store!) where Sherry shopped for her new lia sophia business and I cruised for for these goodies:<br />
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The microfiber mitts were a pin from Pinterest - use them to erase a white board. How smart is that - no dust floating around! <br />
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I have a multitude of uses for the word strips from fluency phrases to word wall words. Students LOVE to use them to label STUFF, too. <br />
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And, I thought the reward stickers were super cute but not sure what I'll use them for yet. Maybe put them in my Rock Star bags for my "Rock Star of the Week."<span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span><br />
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Last but not least!!! No post this summer would be complete without the latest GIVEAWAYS!<br />
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You have got to check out this one! It is the MOTHER of all giveaways!!! Author signed books, software AND a ton of TpT store selections!<br />
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SECONDLY... Mrs. Stanford's Class has rounded up her own posse of amazing TpT bloggers for her 500 followers giveway!</div>
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LASTLY... You can win the adorable book <u>Catty Wompus</u> by Jules Howe at Adventures of Ms. Smith.</div>
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I guess I've babbled on enough for a Monday! Have a great week!</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6741328708956845873.post-68853770473787580052012-06-28T16:52:00.000-04:002012-07-14T20:35:28.776-04:00Class DojoClass management is something that is ALWAYS work in progress for me. I am continually looking for new ideas to use to make my classroom run smoothly. Of course, the students in your class can make ALL the difference in the world! This past year was particularly challenging as I had 16 boys and only 8 girls and several of my boys had behavioral issues. <br />
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Two years ago, I discovered the clip chart system which is VERY effective and students love because they can move back up if they've had a problem. The only problem I had with the clip chart was that instruction more or less had to stop while the student or I moved the clothespin up or down.</div>
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Enter, Class Dojo! Class Dojo is a FREE (love that word!) online system that will track students' behavior both positive and negative. Each child is assigned an avatar. Here is a screen shot:</div>
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Aren't those avatars <span style="font-size: large;">adorable</span>? The green dots show positive points. Negative points would be red. You can choose to show only positive points, only negative, or both. You also choose the behaviors you want to track and can even add your own. Sometimes I would project it on the smartboard and sometimes I would just carry my ipad around and let them hear the sound of a positive or negative. It can run from computer, ipad, or smartphone. You can generate reports to send home to parents. I would set a number of points that students would need to earn to move up on the clip chart so I did use both. If you would like to try it out, take a tour at <a href="http://www.classdojo.com/" target="_blank">Class Dojo</a>.</div>
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Kelly at <a href="http://teacherideafactory.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Teacher Idea Factory</a> is celebrating 500 followers with the help of a bunch of her bloggie friends!</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6741328708956845873.post-35843920082992553232012-06-27T14:08:00.001-04:002012-07-14T20:34:59.778-04:00Equal time and more...<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;">Well, I'm in trouble with a <span style="color: red;">capital T</span>! I mentioned to my 27 year old son, Gregory, that I had started a blog. After he got done chuckling (that's a whole 'nother post), I showed him my blog. Expecting congrats at his mother's handiwork, this is what I got . . . As soon as he caught sight of the picture of Maddie, his dad's lab, he started in: "<span style="color: red;">WHAT!</span> You have a picture on there of Madds but you don't have a picture of your own, sweet, lovable, precious,<span style="color: red;"> <span style="font-size: large;">GRANDDOG!!!!!</span></span>"</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;">So... to keep the family peace, this post is dedicated to the sweet, adorable, lovable, precious, granddog, Cass. Cass was named after Mama Cass because she was the biggest puppy in the litter. She has had surgery to repair the ACL on both of her rear legs at the ripe old age of 8. As you can see in the picture, Cass <span style="color: red;">LOVES</span> stuffed animals and is very gentle with them. She has an entire menagerie with angry bird and Reggie the Hedgehog being the favorites. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;">She lives to go swimming, enjoys being outside lying in the sun and goes absolutely everywhere with Gregory! Cass loves sticks! She will find one to carry around even on a walk, which is what she did with the one in the picture. Always brings stares from people passing by!</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;">Then last of all there's Cass the fearless hunter! Now you don't usually take dogs turkey hunting but she flushed this one out of the brush and Gregory shot it. She tried to retrieve it for him but it weighed a bit much at 22 pounds. However, she thought it was <span style="color: red;">HER</span> turkey. She was licking it before the photo and for months after Gregory mounted the tail feathers, spurs and beard, she would lay under it and whine until he would take it down for her to sniff and smell and view as her proud accomplishment.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;">Cass really is the best dog I've ever known. She is all of those adjectives above and more. She's also the only "grandchild" I'm going to have for some time. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;">So, I hope now I'm out of the doghouse. Ha! Ha! </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;">Before I sign off for today, I have some more awesome giveaways to send your way:</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;">Shanyn at <a href="http://coffeekidsandcompulsivelists.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Coffee, Kids and Compulsive Lists</a> is celebrating 100 followers!</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;">Amanda at <a href="http://oneextradegree.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">One Extra Degree</a> is giving away a Luna Projection Camera!</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;">April at <a href="http://ideabackpack.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">The Idea Backpack</a> is celebrating 100 followers!</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;">Beth Ann at <a href="http://familyrunningmyjourney.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Taming My Flock of Firsties</a> is hosting a Summertime Giveaway!</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;">Lots of wonderful prizes to be won! Hurry on over now!</span><br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6741328708956845873.post-64601120950969858362012-06-26T11:47:00.003-04:002012-07-14T20:34:29.066-04:00Check it out...Natalie at <a href="http://teacherytidbits.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Teachery Tidbits</a> is having an awesome giveaway for reaching 300 followers! Check it out!<br />
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One more!!! Sarah at <a href="http://kentuckykindergartenkorner.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Kindergarten Korner</a> is celebrating 400 followers with a ton of her blogger friends! Head over to see her!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6741328708956845873.post-90548165367967360002012-06-23T12:20:00.001-04:002012-07-14T20:34:11.822-04:00Lazy DaysI love summer vacation! Don't you? I am such a night owl and sleeping in is the best! Today I'm being particularly lazy sitting around in my pjs catching up on emails, stalking my blogs, and watching TV. It's just me and the dog since my other half is gone pursuing his favorite hobby. Right now, Maddie, the female Marley, is also kickin' back. Isn't she a bundle of energy?<br />
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Anyway, while I was blog stalking this morning I found three more terrific giveaways to send your way! <a href="http://mrsliretteslearningdetectives.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Mrs. Lirette's Learning Detectives</a> giving away her Literacy Maps & Posters for Workstations, <a href="http://nomonkeybusinessmichelle.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">No Monkey Business</a> is celebrating 300 followers with too many prizes to mention and <a href="http://mrslambsclass.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">The Tattooed Teacher</a> is celebrating 500 followers with another selection of awesome prizes. So, head on over to these amazing blogs!<br />
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