tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-39314409052428588652024-03-18T20:34:41.197-07:00Fifth Grade FreebiesAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09386090509020964930noreply@blogger.comBlogger127125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3931440905242858865.post-49192879900230693102016-03-08T12:00:00.000-08:002016-03-08T12:00:35.357-08:00FREE St. Patrick's Day Styled Images<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Sorry about that - I may or may not have Irish on the brain because of my latest project that I can't wait to share with you!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Do you know what a <i><b>styled photo</b></i> is?</span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">You most likely do - even if you don't know that's the name for it.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Styled photos are stock photographs taken for use online - for blog posts, social media, product covers, etc. It's a growing trend that's really gaining popularity - especially among teacher bloggers and product creators. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here are some examples of how I've used styled images recently:</span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">You see - the possibilities are <b><i>ENDLESS!</i></b> :)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Because I love the versatility and crisp clean look of styled photos, I decided to jump in and try my hand at taking some. I have created this set, just in time for St. Patrick's Day - and they're FREE for you!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This download includes 10 crisp images that are cropped to square (for social media) and 4:3 (for product covers) so that you have easy formatting options.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here are some ideas of how you could use these St. Patrick's Day themed styled photos:</span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">These styled photos are available for personal or commercial use - so what are you waiting for? Download them <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/FREE-Styled-Photos-St-Patricks-Day-for-Teachers-and-Teacherpreneurs-2432589">HERE</a> and start creating! :)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Like what you see?</span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have another set of <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Styled-Photos-Neon-for-Teachers-and-Teacherpreneurs-2414838">school-inspired styled photos</a> - in a fun NEON theme! :)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: inherit;">While that may read like a bunch of gibberish - it isn't! I'm practicing for National Opposite Day! :)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: inherit;">You see, that's how I greet my kiddos every year on Opposite Day - which happens every year on January 25th. So what I'm really saying to them is:</span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;">Happy Opposite Day everyone!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: inherit;">As a 5th grade teacher, one of my goals was to engage my students to such a degree that they <i>wanted</i> to come to school each day. One way of <b><u>maximizing student engagement without compromising learning time</u></b> was creating packets that capitalized on their interests and let them have FUN while developing and practicing important skills.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: inherit;">Here is one of those packets:</span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: inherit;">National Opposite Day (yes, it is a real thing) is coming up! This year it's Monday, January 25th. Carve out some extra time to have {structured} fun with your students. It will be a day they won't soon forget! This *FREE* packet includes a poster to hang on your door as well as some ideas for celebrating Opposite Day in the classroom/home.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: inherit;">It also includes 5 activity pages that will stretch their imaginations while reviewing important skills.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: inherit;"><b><u>1."My Opposite Age"</u></b> asks students to imagine that the numbers in their age have been switched! They must write a journal entry about what their life is now like – and include a picture!. (For example if they are 06 years old, they pretend that they’re 60! If they’re 12 years old, they pretend they’re now 21.) Note: If they’re 11 years old, they can choose to be 1 or 110 :)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: inherit;"><b><u>2. "Antonyms are Amazing"</u></b> gives students practical experience with opposites - antonyms!</span></div>
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Today I wanted to pop over and share a quick and easy freebie with you - and if you still have a couple of days before your restful break gets to start, then it will be perfect for your plans this week!<br />
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My fifth graders just finished up a loooooong unit on decimal operations and they needed something different. And what better way to practice decimal operations than by using MONEY and FOOD as topics? All fifth grade teachers know what I'm talking about!<br />
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If you are already enjoying your Thanksgiving break, I hope it is restful and relaxing! If you are not quite there yet, I hope you have a great couple days leading up to your break and a restful break after that!<br />
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<br />The Craft of Teachinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10535296105401230256noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3931440905242858865.post-44162021590718646792015-09-20T09:00:00.000-07:002015-09-20T09:00:07.592-07:00Motivating Kids to Clean!Here's a great little tip that will motivate your students to clean like they have never cleaned before! It's called Mystery Trash! At the end of the day, I walk around the room and find three things that need to be picked up and thrown away, or put away, or simply straightened. You need to be very sneaky so the students can't tell what you are noticing! Then I tell my students to go and find the Mystery Trash!<br />
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This is my go-to game for the end of the day when we are lined up, waiting to be called for dismissal. My class loves it! Beth from <a href="http://www.adventuresofaschoolmarm.com/" target="_blank">Adventures of a Schoolmarm</a> blogged about it in detail at <a href="http://www.classroomtestedresources.com/2015/09/mindreader-free-no-prep-place-value-game.html" target="_blank">Classroom Tested Resources</a> a little while back, so you can read all the details in her post.<br />
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Basically, I think of a number, tell my class how many digits it is, and they start guessing. After each guess, I tell how many digits are correct and how many are in the correct place value. We also discuss whether guesses are logical or not based on the previous information. This is a great time to build some common sense skills! (For example if a student guesses 325 and I say that 1 digit is correct AND in the correct place value, 476 is not a logical next guess because the student has changed all of the digits when we knew one was correct.) Grab all the details & instructions free <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Mind-Reader-Math-Game-FREEBIE-1972071" target="_blank">in Beth's TPT store</a>!<br />
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This is another student favorite! I use it mostly during centers, although it made a great whole-group time filler when our power suddenly went out - for TWO hours! It's played much like Scattergories, where the most unique answers win. Students learned quickly that the easiest answers would likely get used by many of their classmates, and that they needed to think outside the box if they wanted to win. This freebie is for different ways to make a number, but the same game rules can be applied to lots of math concepts, like equivalent fractions, multiples, etc. Get the recording sheets and game instructions <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Decomposing-Numbers-Math-Game-MathAGories-FREEBIE-2063574" target="_blank">in my TPT store</a>!</div>
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Chalk & Apples Designhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06306970922050102438noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3931440905242858865.post-47566843413074963472015-08-30T04:00:00.000-07:002015-08-30T13:11:16.461-07:00FREE classroom jobs chart!Posting a classroom job chart is the perfect way to delegate responsibilities to your students. We just can't do it all!! Plus, students love to help around the classroom. Take some time at the beginning of the year to teach your students how to successfully complete some important classroom jobs and you will be thankful. Nothing is better than the middle of the year when your students get so good at the classroom jobs that they are essentially running the classroom. I just want to show up and teach I tell them! The rest should be up to them!!! <br />
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Recently, I attended a math training where the presenter said that students shouldn't be memorizing facts. I've heard that at a lot of trainings lately. Frankly, it scares me. There is a misconception that the Common Core discourages memorization. That isn't the case. If people start to believe this misconception, math is going to be so much harder for upper grade teachers to teach.<br />
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I recently updated a FREE Common Core Math Fluency Posters set. These posters can be useful in having discussion with kids, parents and other teachers about grade level expectations. These fact fluencies can be the basis of intervention. If you start your year determining which students haven't met goals for previous years, you can catch them up before they fall even further behind.</div>
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<span style="color: #45818e;">Brian from <a href="http://www.creativityinthemodernclassroom.com/">Wise Guys</a></span><span style="color: #666666;"> compiled all of these awesome pages!</span></div>
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Today, I wanted to share a couple of freebies that get me through the <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Chalk-And-Apples/Category/Back-to-School" target="_blank">Back to School</a> season. <br />
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You’d think on my 8th year of teaching, with 7 in 5th grade, it would be easy to get ready for the beginning of another school year. You’d think I would have the routine down, and would just be able to hop right into <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Chalk-And-Apples/Category/Back-to-School" target="_blank">Back to School</a> mode the week before school starts. But I can’t. Every year, when it’s time to get back to it, I’m so far in summer mode that I need some reminders of what it is that I’m supposed to be doing in preparation for a new year. <br />
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That’s why I created this set of free <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Back-to-School-Checklists-FREEBIE-1969946" target="_blank">Back to School Checklists</a>! It took way longer than I’d like to admit to figure out what I actually needed to include in my checklists, but now that they’re done, I can just reprint them every year, and be sure I’m doing everything I need to get ready. You can click the image to download it free from <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Chalk-And-Apples" target="_blank">my TPT store</a>!<br />
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On the first day of school, or at open house the day before school starts, there are always lots of forms to be filled out. Personally, I want parents to take these forms home and do a thorough job of completing them… but there is some information I really need on that VERY FIRST day. I really just want to have one good contact number in case of emergency, to know if there are any major allergies or medical concerns, and I want to know how each child is getting home that day.<br />
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I created this free <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/First-Day-of-School-Emergency-Info-Form-1935121">First Day Form</a>, which I print 2 to a page on bright colored paper. This is the one and only thing I ask parents to complete at “<a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Teachers-Helper-Editable-FlipBook-Bundle-Class-Info-Substitutes-Emergencies-1842209" target="_blank">Meet the Teacher</a>” night or on the morning of the first day of school. I find that this is quick and easy for parents to fill out, and it gives me just enough info to get through until they return the entire back to school packet. Click the image to grab it as a freebie in <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Chalk-And-Apples" target="_blank">my TPT store</a>!<br />
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: inherit;">The first week of school is crucial for setting the tone in your classroom. I always spend considerable time setting my expectations for not only the quality of their schoolwork and the effort I need to see, but also their behavior. </span><br />
<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: inherit;">I am looking for <span style="font-size: x-large;">role models</span> and they know it!</span><br />
<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 16px; text-align: start;">For kids (especially the youngsters) sometimes the word role model can be a little ambiguous. Each year I take the time to discuss <span style="font-size: x-large;">what a role model is. </span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 16px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span></span><span style="color: #20124d;"><span style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 16px;">I'm not looking for 2-dimensional stock characters; I want living, breathing, good-decision-making classmates. But that doesn't always happen naturally. Sometimes students </span></span><span style="line-height: 16px;">need to be <span style="font-size: x-large;">taught.</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #20124d;"><span style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"><span style="line-height: 16px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span></span></span><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: inherit;">This FREE graphic organizer is meant to spur discussion of what makes a good classmate. Take time to brainstorm as a class (or have your students work together in groups) to fill out the graphic organizer. It can be displayed in the classroom and/or referred to periodically throughout the year.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 16px; text-align: start;"><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: inherit;">I saw <a href="http://www.pinterest.com/pin/152489137356099270/">this idea on Pinterest</a> and knew that I wanted<br />to try it with my students:</span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: inherit;">As a class we brainstormed what it looked like to be a good classmate. We filled out this anchor chart and the students filled in one at their seats as a reminder to keep in their binders. We also had a great discussion about how these qualities don't only apply to being a good student - they make us good friends, good sons/daughters, good siblings, etc.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: inherit;">I have created this <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/A-Good-Classmate-Graphic-Organizer-872380">*FREE* template</a> if you would like to use one of them with your students/children:</span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d;">For those using this at home, I've included some additional templates for you to use:</span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: inherit;">What are your best activities for setting the tone in your classroom? Share them in the comments below - we'd love to hear them! :)</span></div>
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If you're like me you probably enjoy switching up your read alouds once in awhile and trying something new. But finding that something new can be a lot of work. When I'm looking for my next read aloud I ask my coworkers for ideas, scour my favorite celebriteacher blogs, stalk the <a href="https://nerdybookclub.wordpress.com/">Nerdy Book Club</a> blog, and take recommendations from my fellow literacy fanatics on <a href="https://instagram.com/mobryanwildaboutfifth/">Instagram</a>. All of these steps take <i>time</i> and I'm spending this <i>time</i> over and over again throughout the year. Why is finding the perfect read aloud always so hard?<br />
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I realized that instead of repeating this process continuously, I needed to put all of these AMAZING recommendations into a list that I could refer to whenever needed. AND even better, that I could share with all my fifth grade teacher friends like you!!!<br />
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So, here it is friends!! <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Favorite-Fifth-Grade-Read-Aloud-Texts-1997455">The BEST fifth grade read alouds</a> - chosen by those who know best. You!!! <br />
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All of these recommendations were gathered through your responses on my <a href="https://www.facebook.com/WildAboutFifthGrade">Wild About Fifth Grade</a> and our <a href="https://www.facebook.com/fifthgradefreebies">Fifth Grade Freebies</a> facebook pages. I threw in some of my own personal favorites as well.<br />
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Happy back to school season!!!<br />
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Melissa O'Bryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06341206961178308887noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3931440905242858865.post-41410483453542213652015-07-26T23:15:00.000-07:002015-07-26T23:45:01.031-07:00<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Will the kids like me? Will the teachers like me? Will my principal like me?” We all remember having these thoughts as we lay wide awake in bed on the eve of the first day of school as kids. We probably never realized that our </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">teachers</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> were having the same anxiety-filled, sleepless night! Going on to my eighth year of teaching, I still have these same fears… However, I </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">have</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> come up with some easy tips and tricks over the years that have helped me build relationships with even the most challenging students… </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">and parents</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">! </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Kids LOVE to show off. (At least my students always do!) Even in fifth grade, kids are craving to </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“show ‘n’ tell”</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. </span></span></div>
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<a href="http://brankebunchblog.blogspot.com/" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="264px;" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/GU39mhV6UkYKSctXCvZoXhuxbrPVuQf6F7Nis8THQzLWgM9wH48VXw1p0mL-5iLAbuTRqOtK6ksxDo0EPZVlBbRFNbERqoFqwFlk7oiT_7fy8XuR9o9TXzuXfHh4NChF3RUs_gRJ3zhQV4Ht" style="border: none; transform: rotate(0rad);" width="238px;" /></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">After doing this a couple times, my kids start to seek me out. Sometimes they bring in </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">photographs or videos</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> they want to show; sometimes they want to show a </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">dance or sing a song</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">; sometimes they just want to </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">tell a story</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> of something they experienced. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 24px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">9. </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 24px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">DAILY POSITIVE INTERACTIONS</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">My first principal—Barb Elson—gets the credit for this one! When doing a PD on </span><a href="https://www.loveandlogic.com/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: blue; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Love & Logic</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> she stressed the importance of having daily positive interactions with each and every student. </span></span></div>
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<a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Daily-Positive-Interaction-Checklist-Editable-Freebie-1985825" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="240px;" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/SHaeCvkxw4dwFJ4fAGn6kKKJAOlItLrn0jOHyr2HvyW31Pbjv1uENWRn4JESBcemvjgyt-1EP1RbvfSJad_Fu-YPuPKx3TtOFrVL_CiVHN-DIjS0NQIIDgYvkQdNUhW3Jqweo6sALYF0FlC2" style="border: none; transform: rotate(0rad);" width="312px;" /></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #262626; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">My former principal gave us such a great tool for this! She made a laminated class list for each of us, so that we can check off every time we have a positive interaction with a student. This helped me to become aware of whom I am spending all my positive interactions</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #262626; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> on, and who needs more lovin’! </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #262626; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">She also told us that the ideal ratio of positive to negative interactions we have with students each day should be 4:1. So for every negative interaction, we should have four positive ones. I don’t recall where she got that “magic ratio” from, but I found some research and information on it at </span><a href="http://www.ocde.us/PBIS/Documents/Articles/Positive+$!26+Negative+Ratio.pdf" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: blue; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Orange County Department of Education (2011)</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #262626; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> in case you are interested! </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Daily-Positive-Interaction-Checklist-Editable-Freebie-1985825" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I recreated an editable POSITIVE INTERACTION CHECKLIST for you. You can grab this FREEBIE here!</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #262626; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Just like the students think of us as celebs when we see them outside of school, they get just as starstruck seeing us in the cafeteria or on the playground during lunch/recess time. Just like all teachers, my lunch consists of answering urgent parent emails, taking attendance I should have taken hours ago, helping students find their jackets, figuring out what I’m doing in the afternoon, and </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">IF I AM LUCKY</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">—take a bite of my lunch! However, I try to make at least a couple days where I go with the kids to lunch or out to recess.</span></span></div>
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<a href="http://brankebunchblog.blogspot.com/" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="411px;" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/c7veo_fxJnOBpOII4TL1Gz1hOeYIQ-0LSfcl0Yuq9zGx0sVPO4sV2YhsGLDEbPQWsUS85esoI9l_IZR3R-FYa_J-A61hy4eTdl0TSdLL7UpahLcAy9uhcj29kldQVdQqRGZEYhyp_3MWJmgi" style="border: none; transform: rotate(0rad);" width="316px;" /></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Aside from just building relationships with the students this way, I get to see how they interact with one another in social situations. I get to see who are the leaders and who are friends with whom. I get to see what the kids like to do for fun. No matter how well I feel I know my students, I am always shocked by some of the things I find when I am with them in their natural habitat! </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Some ways we have done this is by putting our team name on EVERYTHING. We buy team shirts with our logo and all the kids names on the back each year. (Want to make a great custom shirt?! Go to </span><a href="http://www.customink.com/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: blue; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">www.customink.com</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> … they are the BEST!) We incorporate our school colors – PURPLE – with everything!!! We also have certain traditions that are unique to our team… kind of like summer camp. We have our own “Branke Bunch Beat”; musical transition songs; brain breaks; etc. that my students relate to the Branke Bunch and make it our own special little world. The more we do this, the more my students feel PROUD to be part of our team… and the closer we all get!</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d;">This is Jessica from <a href="http://lawlerjoyinthejourney.blogspot.com/">"Joy in the Journey"</a> here.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d;">Last year my students were <span style="font-size: x-large;">Titanic-crazy</span>, </span></div>
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<span style="color: #20124d;">so I decided to build on their interest and do a week-long unit on the tragic sinking of the RMS Titanic.</span></div>
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Today I'm here to share some free websites/apps with you that I used in my class last year.<br />
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<a href="https://www.classdojo.com/">Class Dojo</a> - Well, technically, I didn't used it this year, but my daughter's teacher did. She had enabled it to send weekly reports to us so we could see how she did during the week. As a teacher, I was not aware that this could be done, so maybe you didn't know that either! Look at my perfect angel ;)<br />
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<a href="https://www.gonoodle.com/home">Go Noodle</a> - I love the stretching exercises for the morning. All of my students were bus students, so some of them were a little wound up by the time they got to school. They rolled their eyes at Maximo, but I know that deep down they loved him ;)<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>ELA</b></span><br />
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<a href="http://www.spellingcity.com/">Spelling City</a> - I've used SC for a while now, and I've always upgraded to the premium account so that I could give my students more game options and track their progress. One day I was messing around, and I noticed that THE LISTS FOR WONDERS ARE ALREADY ON SPELLING CITY! How did I miss that?! I published the on-level, had the kids take a practice test then tell me which level they want to do that week. Then with a few clicks, I took them off of the on-level one (if needed) and assigned them to the approaching or beyond. What a time saver!!!<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Computer Skills</b></span><br />
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<a href="http://www.typingweb.com/">Typing Web</a> - This was recommended to me by my team, and I started using it with my class. It was really easy to set up, and I liked that I can see in real-time what everyone is doing on one screen. Here is one of the reports that you can get (I cut off the student names).<br />
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I obviously had some kids that were keyboarding at home!<br />
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<a href="http://code.org/">Code.org</a> - I absolutely love this site, and so do the students! I worked with a group of great kids on Course 2 of the K-5 courses. It was just the right mix of challenging and motivating. My room was completely silent for a solid half-hour. Once in a while I heard "This is hard", but absolutely no one gave up. They saw it as a challenge to solve. There are some off-computer lessons where we talk about algorithms, programs, looping, and debugging. The site can be a little tricky for teachers to navigate just because there are SO many options, but this might be the most engaging thing that I've done with technology all year.<br />
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Here was my group's progress:<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Math</b></span><br />
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<a href="https://www.frontrowed.com/">Front Row</a> - This is a nice alternative if you don't have an IXL account. It's even a nice option if you do! This assigns my kids randomly to a "team", so when they solve problems, they earn points for their team. Like IXL, it lets the kids progress at their own rate. You can also have them practice specific math strands. I couldn't get a decent screen shot without having to block out a bunch of names, but there are also some really nice grouping features and reports.<br />
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<a href="https://xtramath.org/">XtraMath</a> - It's for mastering basic facts. Set up was pretty easy. You can print a certificate of accomplishment whenever a student masters an operation, so that's pretty motivating. I also gave them a brag tag for mastery.<br />
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<a href="https://getkahoot.com/">Kahoot</a> - You know those bar trivia games where you look at the screen and try to be the first to correctly answer a question? That's Kahoot! All you need is a device to project the game and devices in the students' hands to answer the questions. I use my laptop, and they students use either our Chromebooks or iPads. When I've created a quiz, I launch the game and project it. Students go to kahoot.it and enter the special code for that game. Then they choose a team name (and you can easily delete any that are a little questionable ;) ), you start the game, and then the fun begins! After a few uses, then I have had the kids write their own Kahoots and share them with me so I can project them. Some are better than others, but they are so proud of their quizzes.<br />
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Forever in Fifth Gradehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05291407657203853111noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3931440905242858865.post-36706377883349123632015-07-16T10:43:00.000-07:002015-07-16T10:44:45.229-07:00Do Your 5th Graders Know How to Give Each Other Feedback?Collaboration can work wonders in a classroom when we teach students what it means to work together. One essential skill students need to learn in order to work together is providing effective feedback.<br />
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Hi, I'm Mercedes from <a href="http://www.surfingtosuccess.org/" target="_blank">Surfing to Success</a>. My district values Project Based Learning and my school is a STEM school and an SFA school, so collaboration is key to our success. When our students present a project with their group, their classmates give them feedback keeping our Feedback Protocol in mind.<br />
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While the concept seems very simple, it can be a great tool to get 5th graders to think before they speak. Students tend to naturally say things like, "I liked your presentation." With be specific in mind, they say things like, "I like the way you made eye contact with the audience while you were presenting."</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09386090509020964930noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3931440905242858865.post-36566359570835177642015-06-05T08:57:00.001-07:002015-06-05T08:57:21.783-07:00Can Your Kid Code?Happy summer to those of you that are already out, and a lot of positive energy for those of you that are still pushing through to the end! You can do it!<br />
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This week, my district put on an awesome 2 day tech conference called Highway 21. All employees were able to attend for FREE if they wanted to. It was amazing!<br />
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One of the teachers in our district is a certified trainer for the website <a href="http://code.org/">code.org</a>, so the first day we had the opportunity to spend the whole day being trained on their FREE curriculum!<br />
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<br />The Craft of Teachinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10535296105401230256noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3931440905242858865.post-81533103158494645342015-05-26T10:43:00.000-07:002015-05-31T22:27:19.126-07:00End of the Year TEACHER Report Card - FREE!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Jessica Lawlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12940470938873855305noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3931440905242858865.post-10864709337512714812015-05-25T16:41:00.003-07:002015-05-25T16:41:52.786-07:00Vietnam Veterans Virtual Wall Mini-Research Activity<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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Although I think that many of you are already done for the year, I still have a few more days. I'm going to share one of my ideas that will help you get your classroom organized as the end of the year draws near.<br />
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Often I have ideas on how I want to do things the next year. Either something was awesome and I don't want to forget, or I have ideas on tweaking what I've done. Since I'm a visual person, I like to take pictures to remind me. So I had plans to change this board:<br />
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At the time I took this picture, I knew that I needed to have more No Name and Absent clothespins since I was going to be teaching half of the fifth grade students (this was before I got my new job and changed districts). I wanted to move the Missing Work to the other board in my room, and I wanted to remove the NLWC because I ended up doing that on a bulletin board.<br />
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So I took a picture, put it in Word or PPT and noted the changes I wanted to make, and saved it on my computer in a folder labeled Next Year. Or, I could have also created a pin of the picture and noted the changes in the description and pinned it to a secret board in Pinterest. Gotta use those secret boards for something ;)<br />
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<br />Diane Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01902328050862071256noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3931440905242858865.post-54012390568525091692015-05-17T06:00:00.000-07:002015-05-17T06:00:02.370-07:00FREEBIE idea to save your sanity during the last few weeks of school!Yes we still have 18 days of school left and lots of important curriculum to cover so I can't afford to give in just yet. How am I making it through these last four weeks before the freedom of summer arrives? Bribery. LOL Just kidding - O'Bryan Bucks and O'Bryan Sales.<br />
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During the fourth marking period we institute a money system in fifth grade. I tell my students they are entering the real world where they get paid for doing their expected jobs and for going above and beyond. Plus, just like in the real world, they will now have to use that money to pay weekly bills and for extra privileges and fun stuff.<br />
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Students start earning money for those daily expectations (that are falling to pieces as summer nears) like: getting their assignment planner signed nightly, turning in completed homework assignments, being in class and in seats when the bell rings, returning signed notes and classroom newsletters, etc. On average, students can earn $5 a day for accomplishing these expected jobs. (It's amazing how fake money can put those expectation pieces right back together again)<br />
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Students start paying daily for lunch/recess. They pay a weekly rent fee and Fun Friday fee. Those who complete their daily jobs, have more than enough money to pay for all of their daily and weekly bills with some left over to save for our O'Bryan sales.<br />
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They can also earn money by following directions quickly, lining up quietly, keeping desks clean and neat, and/or basically whatever desired behaviors I'm expecting at certain times. Waving a few O'Bryan bucks in the air and stating, "I'm looking for who lines up the quietest," is pure magic at this time of the year. These additional dollars build up and can be spent when I randomly offer extra privileges like free choice in the computer lab, extra recess, or sit by a friend or work with a partner time, etc.<br />
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I'm sure you're wondering by now, "What is an O'Bryan sale?" This is the cheapest, easiest form of entertainment you can offer your students. Essentially an O'Bryan sale is a yard sale in your classroom where students can purchase items with their O'Bryan bucks. I keep things all year long (bookmarks from Scholastic, books and posters I no longer want, toys my own children have outgrown, clearance items I find at Target, etc). I also invite the students to bring in items they can sell in their own sections of the O'Bryan sale. It's like a subdivision garage sale! Most of them bring in items of their own they no longer want (with parent permission of course), things they make like loom bracelets, duct tape creations, cookies, and other sorts of stuff.<br />
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Not only are the students learning that hard work and good choices pay off, but they are also realizing how to budget and save for their bills as well as when they can afford to spend money for the "extras" in life. They're having fun and my sanity is safe.......for now!<br />
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"The Story Behind the Boston Massacre" is a great documentary from Discovery Education. It's available on United Streaming, and I even found it on YouTube. Scientists and historians analyze evidence and accounts of the event and try to figure out what really happened. My students were glued to the screen!<br />
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Forever in Fifth Gradehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05291407657203853111noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3931440905242858865.post-48322759256481703092015-05-03T21:10:00.000-07:002015-05-03T21:26:50.087-07:00Human Body, Anyone?If you are a 5th grade teacher, you probably do a fair amount of teaching about the human body.<br />
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Sometimes it's informal, like: "Please remember the importance of a shower and deodorant every day!" If you teach upper grades, you KNOW what I'm talking about...<br />
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And sometimes, it's more formal learning about all of the body's amazing systems and how they interact. <br />
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We have just wrapped up our study of the human body in our science class. In order to learn about each system, their important organs and functions and how they all interact, we started out by thinking about our prior knowledge and then questions we had. We started with the digestive system, but you could start with whichever one you want (or the one your district suggests).<br />
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Throughout our research, we used several free online resources that I wanted to share with all of the awesome Fifth Grade Freebies followers!<br />
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The Discovery Kids <a href="http://discoverykids.com/">website</a> has great articles about each of the major body systems. They are fact-filled and interesting to read. You can even print them out if technology isn't readily available at your school! Once you are on the site, just search for the system you want and look for the articles!<br />
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Kids Health is a <a href="http://kidshealth.org/">website</a> with TONS, and I mean TONS of information. There are articles for parents, kids, teens and resources for teachers. They have great videos too, with activities and printables.<br />
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What I love about <a href="http://www.biology4kids.com/index.html">Biology4Kids</a> is the articles have a video at the end of each one that is related to the system you are reading about. For example, after the article about the skeletal system there is a cool video about bionic limbs! The kids loved watching it.<br />
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One of the kids' favorite things to do during this research phase was the computer simulations. The one the 5th graders liked the best was the <a href="http://kitses.com/animation/swfs/digestion.swf">digestive system</a>. They could pick any food from the table and ride along through the digestive process. I'll let you see for yourself if the simulation goes ALL the way through...<br />
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The Craft of Teachinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10535296105401230256noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3931440905242858865.post-8024188192301238222015-04-26T22:39:00.000-07:002015-04-26T22:39:33.705-07:00Are You A Poetry Detective?April is one of my favorite months because it's Poetry Month! I love working on poetry with my students - both writing them and reading them.<br />
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Today I want to share an idea with you that can be used for a center or independent work. It's a great way to expose kids to lots of poems and help them to be active readers!<br />
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First, I used the color copier (shhhhh!!! Don't tell!) and made copies of several poems from books in our library and in my class. I put them in sheet protectors and on a metal ring. If you choose to do this as a center, you could definitely have a tub of poetry books available for kids to choose from.<br />
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Each group of students perused the poems and looked for things they noticed. Before they went off on their own, we brainstormed ideas of things to look for - figurative language, rhyming, imagery and other techniques that poets use. As they read the poems, they recorded what they noticed and found on this graphic organizer.<br />
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After they had a good amount of time to read and record their thinking, we gathered together and created a Poetry Mentor Text anchor chart. We read 2-3 poems together and recorded what we noticed as a class. (You could also make the anchor chart first, and then send them off to read and notice on their own!)<br />
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I know many people have been spending a good amount of time assessing for the end of the year, but if you have time this week this is a great way to celebrate Poetry Month! You can grab your copy of this FREE Poetry Detectives graphic organizer by heading over to my <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Poetry-Detectives-Graphic-Organizer-361440">TPT store</a>.<br />
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I hope your students enjoy reading and analyzing poetry as much as mine did!!<br />
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