tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-80331960290913578842024-03-13T06:44:11.964-07:00Drowning in PaperclipsA Blog for TeachersAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15831113148701824832noreply@blogger.comBlogger43125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8033196029091357884.post-70041465653542669502015-01-31T13:53:00.000-08:002015-01-31T14:06:31.058-08:00Anyone else LOVING Blabberize?We have been using Blabberize to take out boring research reports and turn them into fun, interactive reports. <br />
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We are currently learning about Ancient Egypt and the kids are obsessed with mummies (who wouldn't be... they pull your brains through your nose with a hook). In pairs, students used on level readings and webquests to answer questions about King Tut. They then, wrote up a report in the first person. We used the site http://blabberize.com/ to create these super cute reports. It is extremely simple to use. My students needed almost no guidance. <br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15831113148701824832noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8033196029091357884.post-8252597951435507602013-10-17T13:05:00.000-07:002013-10-17T13:05:48.330-07:00Busy Busy Like a SpiderThis week I have been so busy again! We are learning about spiders!<br />
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I love fall! <3<br /><br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15831113148701824832noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8033196029091357884.post-38336023966039760622013-10-13T07:59:00.000-07:002013-10-13T08:23:28.169-07:00We are on SALE!!!Happy Columbus Day Weekend! Hope you have a great weekend! Take an extra 30% off all my products! =)<br />
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This weekend I am going pumpkin picking today with my family! We love going to see all the cool pumpkins and picking some to bring home to carve! What does your family do for Halloween? <br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15831113148701824832noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8033196029091357884.post-52045207706489143272013-10-10T14:27:00.003-07:002013-10-10T14:27:59.875-07:00Not forgetting about Columbus Day this Year!Wow! Sorry it has taken me so long to post! I feel like we are just getting back in the swing of things!<br />
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So far we are off to a great start but we are BUSY BUSY BUSY! Am I the only one who feels this way?<br />
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This is just a quick update to remind myself that:I am not going to forget about Columbus Day this year!! =)<br />
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Last year, it was so simple using my Columbus Day pack from my TpT store. <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Christopher-Columbus-DayColumbus-writingsocial-studies-and-math-fun-activities-347342" target="_blank">Click here for my Columbus Day Pack</a><br />
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Hope you are all having a wonderful Fall! Will be writing more soon! Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15831113148701824832noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8033196029091357884.post-32461596733313611722013-07-26T17:21:00.001-07:002013-07-26T17:21:12.335-07:00Enjoying my summer....Back with a new Tip(ster)Last year I found this funny guy, singing songs about different elementary teaching tips. I have been following Teacher Tipster for a while. He has videos with songs, games, organization tips and more.
One of my favorite tips is a game that can be used with ANY subject. I have used this game for multiplication facts, word wall words, state capitals and addition/subtraction facts. This game has only 1 material needed...
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Long Beach is up and running again, and will be back to its normal self by the summer. On Sunday, the Polar Bear Club is still meeting for their annual Make-A-Wish swim. My husband and sister in law do this every year. It is a great start to our Super Bowl. <br />
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This is a very busy Sunday!! I will be watching the Polar Bear swim, going to a super bowl party and hosting a sale on TPT! I have SOOOOO many products on my own wishlist and will be purchasing almost every, single one. I am so excited!<br />
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I have been adding new products to my store. I have 2 new math packs for 4th grade Common Core standards. <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/4th-Grade-Test-Prep-Packet-CCSS-Numbers-and-Operations-Fractions-Strand">Check out the fraction strand here</a> and <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/4th-Grade-Test-Packet-CCSS-Measurement-and-Data-AND-Geometry-Strands">the measurement and geometry strands here</a><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15831113148701824832noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8033196029091357884.post-21046758879032534232013-01-31T18:30:00.002-08:002013-01-31T18:30:14.972-08:00Recent art projects and math test prepFor those of you who have been following me for a while, you know that I teach in a co-teaching 3rd grade. My co-teacher is extremely artistic. She is always coming up with projects that I originally think will be way over their heads, BUT they always do an awesome job!!<br />
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This week my co-teacher taught about hot and cold colors using the sun and moon. We discussed and made a chart for warm colors: red, orange, yellow and cool colors: blue, green, purple. We modeled a sketch on the whiteboard and had the student follow along. After sketching, the students blended their pastels. <br />
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It's about that time. You know...the time when we switch to test prep mode. I hate this time of year. I decided this year to make test prep really fun!!! We will be using funny stories to practice skills, using great clips from the computer and maybe a mini-unit on book clubs.<br />
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About my freebie... I have a teaching buddy who I have been with in 2 different schools now. We used to work together in the Bronx and are now back together again in Queens. Anyway, she has used to same borders on her bulletin boards for YEARS!!! These borders haunt my dreams. When I walked into her room this year in September and saw them on her boards, I almost fell over!!! <br />
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My students have been working REALLY hard on learning their multiplication facts. I know I had posted recently about the multiplication chart in my classroom and the word wall that we use, but this post will go along with that theme. Every day for HW my class studied and practiced their multiplication facts using a log, just like a reading log. In class we took speed tests, quizzed each other on flashcards and used fact triangles. I have 30 students in my class and I am SO HAPPY to say that ALL 30 passed and mastered their facts from 0-10. In honor of this accomplishment, we had MATH DAY!!!<br />
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For math day, we started with a bagel breakfast, followed by sharing our math projects and watching a movie.<br />
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This is an awesome giveaway for a few lucky teachers. There are some great products on these flashdrives. I was very happy to donate my math journal for 3rd and 4th grade:<br />
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I am also really excited to announce that, after many email requests, I have FINALLY finished a Part II to the 4th grade math journal.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15831113148701824832noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8033196029091357884.post-66145061722646257052013-01-05T13:55:00.000-08:002013-01-05T13:55:00.920-08:00Guest Blogger: Out of this World LiteracyHello Friends!
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I am a Literacy Collaborative Coordinator for grades 3-5. I spend the majority of my time at school teaching professional development sessions and coaching teachers in the best practices in literacy instruction. Part of my job is to push-in a teacher’s classroom for the literacy block. This helps the teacher learn to teach the format of the Literacy Collaborative.
I am currently working in a fifth grade classroom. We are just beginning a poetry unit with students. One of the hardest things for teachers is getting ALL students to find their creative voice and write poetry.
The first step I take is to not expect them to write at all! Yup, instead of expecting students to write poetry on day one, I ask them to ‘notice’ poetry that stands out to them. We talk as a class about what makes good poetry. Then we make a list of our ideas on an anchor chart. I then allow students time to explore poetry books of their choice. I do this by laying out several different books of poetry. Students spend time reading and once they find a poem that they really enjoy, they copy that poem into their poetry anthologies. The trick is that they have to copy the poem EXACTLY as it is written, paying special attention to punctuation, font, and line breaks.
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By asking students to notice poetry before expecting them to produce poetry, they are all able to be successful. Everyone can copy a poem. There is no pressure to create some ellaborate poem, rather just enjoy the genre. This activity also forces students to notice and understand line breaks, spacing, font choices, and punctuation within poetry.
After students spend several days enjoying other’s poetry, we move into thinking about writing our own poems. We make lists of things that may interest us as poets. We make a heart puzzle of objects, people, places, and thoughts that we might be able to write about. By this point, EVERY student is ready to write poetry with their own voice. They have identified, analyzed, and critiqued enough poetry to be successful at writing their own.
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Thank you for reading some of my ideas about getting your students to ALL be successful at writing poetry. I wish you and your students many successful writing days ahead! Stop by and visit my blog http://www.outofthisworldliteracy.blogspot.com
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We used Christina's wonderful powerpoints to gain knowledge about each country and the students worked in pairs to complete a new sheet that I created. After all of the countries were completed, students made a venn diagram comparing two of the countries together.<br />
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The last page had a venn diagram comparing and contrasting two countries to each other. We learned that some countries used fireworks to celebrate or had special desserts. Many countries also celebrated the 3 Wise Men.<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15831113148701824832noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8033196029091357884.post-26788463225877948882012-12-12T17:46:00.003-08:002012-12-12T19:30:57.467-08:00Need some gift ideas???I am linking up with <a href="http://ericabohrer.blogspot.com/2012/12/tis-season-to-shop.html">Erica Bohrer's First Grade </a> and <a href="http://fabulousinfirst.blogspot.com/">Fabulous in First</a> to give a few ideas for the holidays and a peak into my Christmas bag. <br />
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My my nephew (1.5 years old) who is obsessed with food:<br />
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<strong>Something good from school: </strong>We have been enjoying our current Storytown passage about Schools Around the World. We branched out to learn about Holidays Around the World and schools in the past. I am hoping to find great pen pals for us. Since we are in NYC, I was hoping to find a school in a rural community to write to us. If you know of anyone, let me know. <br />
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<strong>Something good from home:</strong> I have finally chosen a holiday card!!! I am still living at my parents house, due to Hurricane Sandy, so I have not had the chance to set up a photo shoot for my baby. We recently went to the farm to see Santa, and one of the pictures was sooooo cute, that I decided to put it on my card. Here is a preview of Owen at the farm:<br />
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<strong>Gifts purchased: (background) </strong>I have a 21 month old nephew that loves to go to Mommy and me. Each week he (mostly my SIL and he holds the glue stick) creates a craft to bring home. Recently he made a circus picture, a large dog and a spooky ghost. Each time you go over to visit him, he runs over to find a craft and runs full speed towards you saying, "OOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHH". He loves to show off every picture he has. SOOO, for Christmas I bought him a very cute, personalized art portfolio to put all of his projects in. He will love it!!<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15831113148701824832noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8033196029091357884.post-85266335379952913862012-12-07T17:55:00.001-08:002012-12-07T18:36:08.714-08:00Loooove our current math unitMy class has been having a blast with our current math unit- multiplication. I pinterested math word walls and charts and found some great things. I also purchased Amy Lemon's Multiplication Situations and have used some projects from there. <br />
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Notice the egg carton on the bottom- one of my students brought it in and was so excited that he found a "real life array". A lot of the charts on the word wall come from TPT. The properties charts are freebies and the multiplication charts are from Amy Lemon's unit. <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Rounding-Rollercoaster-FREEBIE">The rounding rollercoaster chart is FREE and from my store</a> and can also be found in <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Rounding-Rollercoaster-FREEBIE">my 3rd grade, 1 page assessment pack for all Common Core standards</a><br />
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We have also been having a blast preparing for our MULTIPLICATION PARTY! Everyday, we have been taking speed tests starting with 0s and 1s. After mastering that, students moved to 2s, 5s and 10s. Next, they moved to 3s, 4s and 6s. Lastly, to move to the party, students mastered 7s, 8s and 9s. This can be done through memorization, skip counting, groups (circles and stars), breaking apart arrays/friendly facts or drawing arrays. <br />
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Each student has their own "star" that moves with them as they master the next level of multiplication facts. Blue is 0s and 1s, green is 2s, 5s, and 10s, yellow is 3s, 4s and 6s and red is 7s, 8s and 9s. I have become inspired to create a new multiplication unit- coming soon. Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15831113148701824832noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8033196029091357884.post-17081094838550726302012-12-04T15:38:00.001-08:002012-12-04T15:38:55.199-08:00Crazy Christmas ScienceWoah! The holidays are hectic! I still cannot return home for another month!!! We are making the best of the holiday time thanks to the best friends and family!!!<br />
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1. I LOOOOOVE this purchase. It might be my favorite of all of my purchases EVER!!! It is from Ashleigh and it is perfect for my next unit or nonfiction reading and writing. I DEFINTELY recommend this product<br />
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2. I also bought Amy Lemon's multiplication situations unit and already used it for an observation. It went so well. The principal absolutely loved her "in each hand" multiplication by 2s project. The lesson I had was for 2s and 5s, so I used this project along with a project about 5 baskets. I will post if for free this week. </div>
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3. I purchased Christina Bainbridge's Christmas Around the World for additional support on a literacy fair project I was currently working on. The students LOVED the powerpoints and flippy books. I paired it with a free unit I found on teachwithme.com and created a VERY CUTE suitcase for our project. I will be writing a new blog post for this, so look out for it later this week (with pictures)<br />
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We learned about Paul Cezanne and how he uses "patches" of paint to create his still lifes. Using the smartboard, we viewed paintings by Cezanne and learned about his life as a painter. The students then used pastels to "paint" their still lifes based on a bowl of fruit. This opened up a great discussion on views and angles. <br />
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Next, we learned about scarecrows. We viewed exampled of different scarecrows and what they are used for. We then wrote haikus about scarecrows to attach to our craft. We used brown lunch bags, stuffed them with newspaper and added our own hair, cheeks, eyes, nose, mouth and hair. </div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15831113148701824832noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8033196029091357884.post-40665992679782067832012-11-26T17:55:00.003-08:002012-11-26T17:55:29.618-08:00Gingerbread Love and a sale!!My class has been having a blast celebrating Christmas and Winter early. We are learning all about Christmas Around the World, courtesy of Christina Bainbridge and her excellent PPTs from TPT. <br />
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More gingerbread activities (math and literacy) can be found in my <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Celebrate-Winter-with-gingerbread-craft-and-math-and-literacy-activities">Celebrate Winter pack with gingerbread craft and math and literacy activities</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Kristin-Dammacco">My store</a> is also 28% off tomorrow- Tuesday, so check it out!!!</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15831113148701824832noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8033196029091357884.post-56066897909163857392012-11-23T21:40:00.000-08:002012-11-23T21:40:17.860-08:00Update and a saleThank you to everyone for your well wishes and support. I am still not back in my home. It might be another 2 weeks before we can go home again, however, we are enjoying our time with my parents.<br />
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TPT is having a Cyber Monday Sale (and Bonus Tuesday). ALL of my products will be 28% off both days. Happy Shopping!!!<br />
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I have been working constantly, trying to put together new products that my classroom needs. I teach 3rd grade inclusion, so I have 18 general education students and 12 special education students. I am ALWAYS in search of a great assessment tool for them but could never find what I needed, so I decided to make my own. I had made a 3rd grade, 1 page assessment for every math standard. <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/3rd-grade-Math-Common-Core-1-Pg-Assessments-for-EACH-standard-w-I-CAN-statements">You can find the assessment pack here.</a><br />
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Check out some holiday/seasonal items that I recently posted:</div>
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<a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Celebrate-Winter-with-gingerbread-craft-and-math-and-literacy-activities">Celebrate Winter: Math, Literacy and craftivity</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Polar-Express-Exceptional-Math-and-Literacy-Activities-for-the-book-and-movie">Polar Express Math and Literacy Packet</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Christmas-Literacy-and-Math-with-Snowman-Craft-and-Personal-Narrative-Unit">Christmas Literacy and Math Packet with craftivity</a></div>
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<a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/New-Years-Resolutions-and-More-Start-the-year-with-FUN">New Years packet</a></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15831113148701824832noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8033196029091357884.post-43929472020251016392012-11-15T16:20:00.000-08:002012-11-15T16:20:48.008-08:00Thanks for the SupportI am still without power and not back in my house. Thank you again for all of your support. Check out the new free items I created. Hope to write a better post soon.<br />
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