tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-67149988357573947682024-02-07T10:38:13.485-08:00Hawk's NestMrs. Hawkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03086734228448943286noreply@blogger.comBlogger58125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714998835757394768.post-22061472305377975842014-03-07T07:27:00.001-08:002014-03-07T07:27:30.878-08:00Dr. Seuss Spirit week This week we celebrated Dr. Seuss all week long! Sadly due to winter weather, we lost our Tuesday celebrations and our Friday celebrations. BUT we still had a great time. Here's a glimpse into some of the fun things we did!<br />
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Door Decorating Contest</div>
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K-2, 3-5, and then office personnel </div>
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Some of the 2nd grade teachers' doors</div>
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Oh the things you can think- 1st grade door</div>
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Fox in Socks-another 1st grade door</div>
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The Lorax! My classroom door</div>
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Check out that hand-drawn Lorax face and Truffula trees</div>
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We speak for the trees!</div>
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Silly Sock Day</div>
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Wacky Wednesday</div>
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Dr. Seuss book character dress up</div>
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I was a Sneetch! </div>
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Check out that Thing 1 and Thing 2 hair! It's a feather duster. Soooo creative.</div>
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Mrs. Hawkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03086734228448943286noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714998835757394768.post-26751155510746961102013-10-12T18:15:00.000-07:002013-10-12T18:15:07.231-07:00Table Organization 21 first graders and big, long, WIDE tables. Not something I was used to after teaching EC and having student desks for 7 years. I had to decide how I wanted to organize my tables with materials for my students to easily access. <div>
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After much searching for ideas via Pinterest (the new Google), I stumbled across two ideas that I was going to combine and add my own lil spin to it. </div>
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Each table got a Table Caddy (these were def only .97 cents at Walmart during the back to school (college) sales. I printed out Table numbers, threw some ribbon on them, and BAM....ready to go. </div>
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Each student has a cup of crayons</div>
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They share a cup of markers which has two packs of markers in it </div>
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Their pencils </div>
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Under the table caddy are National Geographic Explorer magazines which I rotate out weekly</div>
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The orange folders are the student's morning work folders </div>
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At the end of each table are my crate shelves which look like this:</div>
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On the top of the crates there is a basket (hello fun neon green from Big Lots basket) which contains a cup of colored pencils, 4 pairs of scissors and the students library books. We also have our alphabet cards for Imagine It! stored in these baskets. </div>
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Beside the larger basket is a short skinny basket which includes back up pencils in case a pencil breaks or becomes dull, and 4 glue sticks. </div>
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The shelves hold dictionaries to use for writing, writing journals,and their IKEA book bins to be used for Read to Self (in the above picture we had not yet decorated their book bins) .</div>
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Recently we have added their Imagine It! folders as well. </div>
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Each table also has their own personal trashcan. (pictured to the right side of the crate shelves) </div>
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The organization is paying off as things are running oh so smoothly and the students have been taught how to manage their materials. </div>
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Coming soon.....I'll share how I use table leaders, table numbers, and table of the day! </div>
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Woop woop.</div>
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Moving from EC to first grade is a lot like starting over. So I have been busy getting my life together and "starting over" in the world of teaching. Last week was our official first week with the students and sadly I am just now posting updates on Open House. </div>
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I decided to go the "station" route for Open House. With many families trickling in and out I felt it would be more beneficial to have stations for parents to float through. Here are some photos</div>
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Station 1: Parent check in table. Sign in sheets , parent helper sign up sheets, the works</div>
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Station 2: Transportation -because knowing how the lil loves are getting home is crucial </div>
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Station 3: forgot to take a picture: Donation/Wish list station</div>
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I wrote out various things we were in need of for the classroom on die cuts shaped like a crayon box, ,and parents could pick them up if they were willing to donate the requested item</div>
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Station 4: Sweet Surprise</div>
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Parents wrote a note to their children and I taped them to their seat for the first day of school. So happy with all the parent participation at this station! Talk about easing the 1st day Jitters</div>
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Station 5: Information Packets: These folders contained all the open house back to school goodies, paperwork, etc. I was able to answer questions and talk to parents at this station</div>
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Here are all the notes that the parents wrote</div>
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Outside my class I have my Candy Land themed display for student work</div>
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I changed it to "HawkLand" since I'm Mrs. Hawk</div>
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Found the candy banner and cupcake liners at Hobby Lobby</div>
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Mrs. Hawkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03086734228448943286noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714998835757394768.post-90751139141331848532013-07-16T18:50:00.002-07:002013-07-16T18:50:23.943-07:00Erin Condren teacher planner<div style="text-align: center;">
Somehow I got sucked into the world of all things Erin Condren</div>
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(thanks to all the teacher blogs I follow, instragram etc)</div>
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How can you not fall in love with all the patterns, colors, ridiculous organizational goodness?</div>
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So I splurged and ordered myself the teacher planner. Why not? New grade level...new adventures. Totally fitting right?</div>
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Here's a little sneak peek into the contents inside the teacher planners for those who are debating whether to order or not.</div>
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I had a really hard time choosing the style/design I wanted but decided to go with the Paisley </div>
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First page- all about me section and then Tabs, tabs, tabs. Apparently the previous teacher planners didn't have tabs so this was an upgraded feature.</div>
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stickers galore-</div>
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folder for keeping papers, clear holder and those are cute sticker labels</div>
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Mrs. Hawkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03086734228448943286noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714998835757394768.post-66434710439207004192013-07-15T12:09:00.003-07:002013-07-15T12:09:46.002-07:00Monday Made it 7/15/13 and BIG change.<div style="text-align: center;">
I've been a special educator for the past 7 years. Those 7 years have been spent in a self contained classroom setting teaching students who have behavior and emotional disabilities. This year I had 13 students ranging from K to 4th grade. During the school year I took my Praxis so that I could teach regular education which brings me to my big transition......(drum role please......)<br />I'm going to be a 1st grade teacher!!!! </div>
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Woop Woop! </div>
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As I have been preparing for this new journey I stumbled upon a $20.00 laminator at Costco and began laminating my life away (wasn't much of a laminator in EC) </div>
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found some cute FREE visual directions from TPT</div>
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Then after endless searching of Behavior Clip charts to use for classroom management with a large group of students I found a super cute FREE one from TPT </div>
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Then I busted out my Mr. Sketch markers to give my clothespins a 'watercolor" feel</div>
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I also made myself a wreath for my new classroom.</div>
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Mrs. Hawkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03086734228448943286noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714998835757394768.post-34202738712425352072013-07-05T09:00:00.001-07:002013-07-05T09:00:03.055-07:00Classroom Management/Organization from this past school yearMy past year was one of the most difficult years I have endured as a teacher thus far. This left me NO time for blog writing nor blog reading. There are some changes/transitions coming up for me as a teacher and I will post about them as soon as I can. In the meantime I thought I would share some things from my class this past year.<br />
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<u><b>Mini Trashcans:</b></u></div>
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I found these at Dollar General when they were on clearance and ended getting them for .30 cents a piece. I bought enough for each "pod" or grouping of desks so that students wouldn't have to constantly get up and throw trash away. At the end of the day our "neat and tidy" helper would empty the smaller trash cans into the big trashcans as part of their class job.</div>
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I found the 4-S line on Pinterest last year. The Line expectations poster is a reminder of how we are to line up (which is covered in our Survival Guides). Super great reference to have for lining up. We don't exit the classroom until the expectations are being met. </div>
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It includes visuals for our emergent readers as I had K-4 this past year.</div>
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<u>Class rules tied into PBIS.</u></div>
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Our school mascot is the Eagle so at our school we SOAR which is the acronym for our core values (show respect, outstanding conduct, achievement, and responsibility). Each of our classroom rules got plugged into which part of SOARing they reflected. When students are asked how they were SOARing during various activities, they knew which one of our rules they followed (or did not follow). </div>
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Jumping on the bandwagon and following all my favorite teacher blogs! Be sure you follow my blog as well:)Mrs. Hawkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03086734228448943286noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714998835757394768.post-12809837224587007912012-07-16T12:42:00.001-07:002012-07-16T12:42:35.017-07:00Made it Monday!So as I have been blog stalking this summer, I have loved checking all the Made it Monday projects that Tara at <a href="http://4thgradefrolics.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">4th grade Frolics</a> has been hosting. Here's the latest link up partay here: <a href="http://4thgradefrolics.blogspot.com/2012/07/monday-made-it-7-and-vacay.html" target="_blank">Made it Monday 7</a><br />
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During a "drive by does Target already have school supplies out?" trip, I saw these large plastic totes stacked on shelves:<br />
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<span style="background-color: white;">After seeing these Smart Beads on Pinterest</span></div>
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I made my own:
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blue tub is from Dollar Tree</div>
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Beads are also from Dollar Tree</div>
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ribbon is from my craft room</div>
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Now go make something....it's Monday</div>Mrs. Hawkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03086734228448943286noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714998835757394768.post-14377757701586133922012-06-30T17:09:00.000-07:002012-06-30T17:09:20.060-07:00Where the Wild Things are<div style="line-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 2px;">
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Here are some activities/projects we did during the last weeks of school after reading Where the Wild Things are.
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Text to Self connections: When I feel Wild </div>
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I was very disappointed in the movie as I had hoped maybe doing a compare/contrast lesson afterwards. After previewing it myself I was very let down with the quality of the movie. </div>
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"Let the wild rumpus begin!"</div>Mrs. Hawkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03086734228448943286noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714998835757394768.post-26443187634804645562012-06-02T18:48:00.003-07:002012-06-02T18:48:43.034-07:00Confessions...As my first year of having a blog I have failed horribly.
But I'm not giving up.
4 more student days, a few teacher workdays, and then SUMMER BREAK FREEDOM!
I will be updating soon. Until then...don't give up on my small corner in the blogging universe.Mrs. Hawkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03086734228448943286noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714998835757394768.post-85191564747151312612012-03-04T09:45:00.000-08:002012-03-04T09:45:51.748-08:00Fractions!<div style="text-align: center;">I love fractions. </div><div style="text-align: center;">I love teaching fractions.</div><div style="text-align: center;">and it seems the kiddos are loving learning about fractions.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I busted out some fraction strip manipulatives to explore equivalent fractions.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Put the students into partner pairs. One partner made a fraction and the other had to find an equivalent. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Then they traced and labeled the fractions correctly.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-jnEZhmPZP6w/T1OorWAGuGI/AAAAAAAARC0/JVj2dNrNaos/s1600/shot_1330438713868.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-jnEZhmPZP6w/T1OorWAGuGI/AAAAAAAARC0/JVj2dNrNaos/s320/shot_1330438713868.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">demonstrating their understanding of equivalent </div><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-EfaINFDNRgE/T1Oovj8t5AI/AAAAAAAARDU/SlAVw23JztA/s1600/shot_1330438818756.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-EfaINFDNRgE/T1Oovj8t5AI/AAAAAAAARDU/SlAVw23JztA/s320/shot_1330438818756.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">one of my students was having such a blast he continued to find his own equivalent fractions while his partner solved his portion </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Here are some cute pins I found while looking for ideas for my fraction unit</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="line-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 2px;"><a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/75927943687218327/" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="415" src="http://media-cdn.pinterest.com/upload/75927943687218327_n2jfER9R_c.jpg" width="554" /></a></div><div style="float: left; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><div style="color: #76838b; font-size: 10px;">Source: <a href="http://msdurning.blogspot.com/search/label/bulletin%20board" style="color: #76838b; font-size: 10px; text-decoration: underline;">msdurning.blogspot.com</a> via <a href="http://pinterest.com/mariemadden/" style="color: #76838b; font-size: 10px; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">Marie</a> on <a href="http://pinterest.com/" style="color: #76838b; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">Pinterest</a></div></div><br />
<div style="line-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 2px;"><a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/245798092132079305/" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="311" src="http://media-cdn.pinterest.com/upload/245798092132079305_eCxltnJa_c.jpg" width="554" /></a></div><div style="float: left; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><div style="color: #76838b; font-size: 10px;">Source: <a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-7OQS1Egn6MI/TezWJTfny_I/AAAAAAAAApE/wbW0wkog3PE/s1600/006.JPG" style="color: #76838b; font-size: 10px; text-decoration: underline;">3.bp.blogspot.com</a> via <a href="http://pinterest.com/osuchik/" style="color: #76838b; font-size: 10px; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">Melissa</a> on <a href="http://pinterest.com/" style="color: #76838b; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">Pinterest</a></div></div><br />
<div style="line-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 2px;"><a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/220676450460682630/" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="319" src="http://media-cdn.pinterest.com/upload/220676450460682630_SHLIUjUk_c.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="float: left; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><div style="color: #76838b; font-size: 10px;">Source: <a href="http://www.primaryfilefoldergames.blogspot.com/" style="color: #76838b; font-size: 10px; text-decoration: underline;">primaryfilefoldergames.blogspot.com</a> via <a href="http://pinterest.com/mugurussa/" style="color: #76838b; font-size: 10px; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">Tiffani</a> on <a href="http://pinterest.com/" style="color: #76838b; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">Pinterest</a></div></div><br />
<div style="line-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 2px;"><a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/117726977728752711/" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="260" src="http://media-cdn.pinterest.com/upload/117726977728752711_BJgm0MpU_c.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="float: left; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><div style="color: #76838b; font-size: 10px;">Source: <a href="http://www.google.com/imgres?q=funny+quotes+and+sayings&hl=en&tbm=isch&tbnid=DoVnpUpCkTuzWM:&imgrefurl=http://www.cafepress.com/jestdesigns/2035419&docid=UHlzxbOvYJrxiM&w=320&h=260&ei=nIxyTtL3LofSiAKA6JzjBw&zoom=1&biw=1600&bih=726&iact=rc&dur=67&page=3&tbnh=110&tbnw=135&start=47&ndsp=33&ved=1t:429,r:0,s:47&tx=49&ty=49" style="color: #76838b; font-size: 10px; text-decoration: underline;">google.com</a> via <a href="http://pinterest.com/niceguy/" style="color: #76838b; font-size: 10px; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">Andy</a> on <a href="http://pinterest.com/" style="color: #76838b; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">Pinterest</a></div></div><br />
Had to throw some humor in there:)Mrs. Hawkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03086734228448943286noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714998835757394768.post-2096887363730368872012-02-23T14:09:00.001-08:002012-02-23T14:10:41.465-08:00Brown Bag Book Club: main Idea focus<div style="text-align: center;">We just finished reading: </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41AT0iinacL._SL500_AA300_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41AT0iinacL._SL500_AA300_.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and have been revisiting Main idea and details</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">After some blog stalking for follow up activities I came across the Brown Bag Book Club from </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://thefirstgradeparade.blogspot.com/2011/01/brown-bag-book-club.html" target="_blank">thefirstgradeparade</a> and knew I had my activity.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I passed out brown bags to my students which had a set of cards inside. The cards had details and the main idea from the story on them. Students then got into partner pairs to discuss and figure out which card contained the main idea and which cards held the details. Using the book for support, they did a fabulous job in their groups reasoning through why certain cards were just details and not the "big picture". </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">They then glued their cards in the correct places on their bag and decorated their bags with visual representations. While decorating they had to also discuss parts of the book they liked, how they felt when reading the book, etc to tie in the whole "book club" feel. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">They loved it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-b7raE58LpIs/T0a38tDTeNI/AAAAAAAARCc/ekkO9Dngp4Q/s1600/main+idea+brown+bag+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-b7raE58LpIs/T0a38tDTeNI/AAAAAAAARCc/ekkO9Dngp4Q/s320/main+idea+brown+bag+1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">getting the groups set up</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifybVVBqH7nOH8mkB3HV-oslYDseY50yHQK3U0ovU6apSrauMnkb0ScETH9MBNKHJIh4lRXY9VAJlQMBOJIevsv68hdWpNQ3_WMqvYGEpHbgMJ1vBV9G8WhipyUWzejZ0SBXV8clVvVlQ/s1600/main+idea+brown+bag+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifybVVBqH7nOH8mkB3HV-oslYDseY50yHQK3U0ovU6apSrauMnkb0ScETH9MBNKHJIh4lRXY9VAJlQMBOJIevsv68hdWpNQ3_WMqvYGEpHbgMJ1vBV9G8WhipyUWzejZ0SBXV8clVvVlQ/s320/main+idea+brown+bag+2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> our completed bags</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQIeaw84KEiqRMHa2so3BRHGn6hEWqzjcLNoKieQQW_9AoebJU8xOCT_yGd1FhjYFyfljGajK8TCVhfUdRGH5efNstrn0Avz-LC1d2BbwDVO565rNBxxVUZZOfUgVknZYV8t8TMxRtrqw/s1600/main+idea+brown+bag+3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQIeaw84KEiqRMHa2so3BRHGn6hEWqzjcLNoKieQQW_9AoebJU8xOCT_yGd1FhjYFyfljGajK8TCVhfUdRGH5efNstrn0Avz-LC1d2BbwDVO565rNBxxVUZZOfUgVknZYV8t8TMxRtrqw/s320/main+idea+brown+bag+3.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">another added bonus of the brown bag book clubs is that while discussing the books you can fill the bags with popcorn.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This idea can obviously focus on various comprehension strategies and I plan using it again in the future. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ThXV56Bw9Mo/TjHQgkKibEI/AAAAAAAAQxQ/AlMmBDQy1eE/s1600/37997686_4RIZ5BYp_c.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="145" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ThXV56Bw9Mo/TjHQgkKibEI/AAAAAAAAQxQ/AlMmBDQy1eE/s200/37997686_4RIZ5BYp_c.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>Mrs. Hawkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03086734228448943286noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714998835757394768.post-36724851901003429842012-02-12T18:11:00.000-08:002012-02-12T18:11:01.957-08:00Martin Luther King JR shout out<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">For our TDR recently to focus on non-fiction text elements as well as bring in some Black History we read the following </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/5149R4T69HL._SL500_AA300_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/5149R4T69HL._SL500_AA300_.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">After we read through each chapter students summarized 4-5 important facts they learned about M.L in their reading notebooks. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Once we finished the book the students then typed their facts into their student blogs via</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4Ce86lemKfM/TVat_XCePGI/AAAAAAAAAH4/pXg2474l5TM/s1600/kidblog.org.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="62" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4Ce86lemKfM/TVat_XCePGI/AAAAAAAAAH4/pXg2474l5TM/s320/kidblog.org.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">which by the way is a fantastic blogging host for your students to have their own blogs. Probably my favorite. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Please click the links below to experience the events and facts our class felt were important. PS: we love comments. It helps fill our buckets as well:)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://kidblog.org/MrsHawksclass2/NickG47/all-about-martin-luther-king-jr/" target="_blank">NG's blog on Martin Luther King Jr</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://kidblog.org/MrsHawksclass2/JaylanW3/facts-about-martin-luther-king-jr/" target="_blank">JW's blog about ML</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://kidblog.org/MrsHawksclass2/KeyonS/information-about-dr-martin-luther-king-jr/" target="_blank">KS's blog about Martin </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">For another follow up assignment I had students select 4 events from M.L's life.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">then we headed over to </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://techapps.wikispaces.com/file/view/make-belief.png/266952254/make-belief.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="205" src="http://techapps.wikispaces.com/file/view/make-belief.png/266952254/make-belief.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">and the students created their own event timeline via comic. They loved it.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Here are the links to some of the completed timelines</div><div style="text-align: center;">Timeline 1</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.makebeliefscomix.com/Comix/?comix_id=24461200C635886" target="_blank">http://www.makebeliefscomix.com/Comix/?comix_id=24461200C635886</a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Timeline 2</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.makebeliefscomix.com/Comix/?comix_id=2564225C635837">http://www.makebeliefscomix.com/Comix/?comix_id=2564225C635837</a> </div><div style="text-align: center;">Timeline3</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.makebeliefscomix.com/Comix/?comix_id=2154054C635848">http://www.makebeliefscomix.com/Comix/?comix_id=2154054C635848</a> </div><div style="text-align: center;">Timeline 4</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.makebeliefscomix.com/Comix/?comix_id=14358212C635859">http://www.makebeliefscomix.com/Comix/?comix_id=14358212C635859</a> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">We love Martin Luther King Jr and are grateful for the steps he took to bring change</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>Mrs. Hawkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03086734228448943286noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714998835757394768.post-29306559755580798842012-02-02T17:17:00.000-08:002012-02-02T17:17:12.686-08:00Don't give up on us.<div style="text-align: center;">I promise we are all alive and breathing and soaring through our school year. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I have slacked on my teacher blogging posts and upkeeps and I do apologize to anyone who has been wondering why so quiet over there in the Hawk's nest?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I did update my layout since clearly it's no longer Christmas and I think that's a good start.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Stay tuned for updates, photos, and a better blogging Hawk.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Please,</div><div style="text-align: center;">don't give up on us.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div>Mrs. Hawkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03086734228448943286noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714998835757394768.post-76161579679533149722011-12-27T06:58:00.000-08:002011-12-27T07:00:12.048-08:00Craft alert: Magazine Christmas trees<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The 2 days before we got out for Christmas/winter break, our guidance counselor came in to do a super sweet Christmas craft with us. Magazine Christmas trees! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><u><br />
</u></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><u>All you need for these super cute trees is the following:</u></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">*thick magazines (the smaller ones will not make a full tree and you may have to combine 3-4 small ones to get the full look)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">*time to fold</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">*spray paint</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">*adhesive spray</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">*glitter</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-KZoD1nmMrpM/Tvnac8AdCxI/AAAAAAAARBY/by-TjcXlyEw/s1600/magazine+trees+001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-KZoD1nmMrpM/Tvnac8AdCxI/AAAAAAAARBY/by-TjcXlyEw/s320/magazine+trees+001.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"> There are 3 different folds for the Christmas tree but they are not hard at all. The part that can be tiring is folding all the pages. My students were troopers and the lesson tied in for guidance was "perseverance and completing a project" </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-QuHbjYDKAc0/TvnadsLmmaI/AAAAAAAARBg/NGlj1XAfad4/s1600/magazine+trees+002.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-QuHbjYDKAc0/TvnadsLmmaI/AAAAAAAARBg/NGlj1XAfad4/s320/magazine+trees+002.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Once all steps are completed your tree will look like this</div><div style="text-align: center;">wa la</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-nZW0pBdCx_Y/Tvnae3Tj6DI/AAAAAAAARBo/pmMNIny6DGQ/s1600/magazine+trees+003.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-nZW0pBdCx_Y/Tvnae3Tj6DI/AAAAAAAARBo/pmMNIny6DGQ/s320/magazine+trees+003.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Q2dwYj6N4k8/Tvnaf4MnjVI/AAAAAAAARBw/PDfJOgqUe18/s1600/magazine+trees+004.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Q2dwYj6N4k8/Tvnaf4MnjVI/AAAAAAAARBw/PDfJOgqUe18/s320/magazine+trees+004.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Then you get to glam them up with spray paint and glitter </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-diZs_nPDXFs/TvnaiBxIsMI/AAAAAAAARB4/4AiBZLXtzO4/s1600/magazine+trees+005.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-diZs_nPDXFs/TvnaiBxIsMI/AAAAAAAARB4/4AiBZLXtzO4/s320/magazine+trees+005.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">The best part about our trees is that we talked about keeping them for themselves, or giving them away as gifts. All of my students decided to give them to someone in their family for Christmas. Such giving hearts. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>Mrs. Hawkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03086734228448943286noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714998835757394768.post-9179926510400303232011-12-17T07:25:00.000-08:002011-12-17T07:25:30.174-08:00Spreading Christmas Cheer<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Our school adopted a local nursing home (the Lutheran Home), and our December project was to make them Christmas cards. We went with the bright and festive papers and got busy with some thumbprint and fingerprint action. Super simple. Super cute</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We also discussed giving and the rewards of blessing others. My students really got it and it made my heart smile when they said "can't we get them more things than just a card"? They wanted to do more. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-57QmlOS05SE/Tuywmlwa8wI/AAAAAAAAQ_4/RCjLp3-EkBk/s1600/cards+for+the+lutheran+home+01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-57QmlOS05SE/Tuywmlwa8wI/AAAAAAAAQ_4/RCjLp3-EkBk/s320/cards+for+the+lutheran+home+01.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">They turned out wonderful don't you agree?</div><br />
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cooperative groups to review ordering numbers least to greatest and greatest to least. This is a great activity as the students receive a large stack of numbers to 9,999 which they must work together looking at the place value to help order the numbers. </div>
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Addition Properties: This was our hands on exploration of the Commutative property of addition.<br />
Students explored creating problems with their unifix cubes and then flip flopping the addends to see that the sum stayed the same. Then they recorded the problem on the grid paper and labeled the problem. <br />
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Finding the unknown variable in a number sentence. Here we used cubes to explore finding the unknown in expressions. Students created their own problems and had a neighbor sit down and solve it. They would plug it back in to check and make sure it fit in the equation.<br />
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Halloween adjectives: Due to end of quarter testing and running out of time, I didn't get to complete all the plans I had for covering adjectives with some fun Halloween activities. We were able to do a simple exploration with Halloween stickers. Students are given a sticker in their word study journals. After we talked about adjectives and went through a flip chart on the Promethean board, students had to come up with adjectives that described their sticker. We then shared them on the document camera. Super simple, but super cute and fun.<br />
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Halloween art: As most of you know, i love doing creative and crafty things myself and especially with my students. After some pinterest inspiration I found rock creatures and pumpkin acorns. The above picture is my rocks and pumpkins:)<br />
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Here are some of the students creations. I love those creepy Frankenstein faces<br />
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1st portion of the game was comparing numbers. Students could make the Jacks, Ace, King, and Queens any number 1-9 they wish to help build their number. We used Popsicle sticks to make the greater than, less than, equal to signs. Each student took turns comparing and were allotted a point for each correct comparison.</div>
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for the 2nd portion of the game students pulled 3 or 4 cards off the top (depending on if you wanted to do three digit or four digit numbers). They then had to arrange their cards to make the smallest or largest number possible. The student who made the smallest or largest depending on what I called out, earned points. </div>
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Some students began catching on how to move their cards to beat their partner using the place value concepts. </div>
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Thursday was the last day of the 1st quarter which made yesterday a teacher workday. </div>
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Report cards, IEP progress reports, lesson planning, and a workshop. Teacher workdays are never long and productive enough. </div>
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We also went to the fair for Special education day which I will also be creating a post about.</div>
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<br /></div>Mrs. Hawkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03086734228448943286noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714998835757394768.post-68340487409444495052011-10-19T17:35:00.000-07:002011-10-19T17:35:48.644-07:00Assessment Tracker<div style="text-align: center;">Keeping up with formal and informal assessments can often be a daunting task if not organized. My first co-hort teacher (who is also my best friend) and I came up with a system that worked well for our students. (As EC teachers we are having to document always and collect data 24/7)</div><div style="text-align: center;">Introducing the Assessment Tracker</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuxz_zZUsp1mIbkHuyncIDvpiVFKDaXLxMSdkOpyZm9mgxfA8s36-LJ7ShfdAOEqZw3qBhywVb1DSo4n-0Efha7yEqak2EpclegIWmj8gsYgHO2s3oiHYpTRxnVisnbYvmki8YsVfnoto/s1600/assessment+tracker+01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuxz_zZUsp1mIbkHuyncIDvpiVFKDaXLxMSdkOpyZm9mgxfA8s36-LJ7ShfdAOEqZw3qBhywVb1DSo4n-0Efha7yEqak2EpclegIWmj8gsYgHO2s3oiHYpTRxnVisnbYvmki8YsVfnoto/s320/assessment+tracker+01.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> a simple notebook</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-IWvnWulANeU/Tp9r6CqCa3I/AAAAAAAAQ78/D10hkeP9ewA/s1600/assessment+tracker+02.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-IWvnWulANeU/Tp9r6CqCa3I/AAAAAAAAQ78/D10hkeP9ewA/s320/assessment+tracker+02.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> the cover sheet for each student. This is where I list the date, the assignment type, if it's informal or formal, and the results/notes</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZYaDPc1nWqZsurbWFOwefY0iVvlJShRKjV2HuxrN4IA7ozmRKEUd0RMatcIl4XJ01iF91e7jjy1Rr52BaWFDmmwjSSDEuM-svNN2Qhk8T_1v_QsbNsYubwYyZ3U-I0CABC8wFdPRRtr8/s1600/assessment+tracker+03.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZYaDPc1nWqZsurbWFOwefY0iVvlJShRKjV2HuxrN4IA7ozmRKEUd0RMatcIl4XJ01iF91e7jjy1Rr52BaWFDmmwjSSDEuM-svNN2Qhk8T_1v_QsbNsYubwYyZ3U-I0CABC8wFdPRRtr8/s320/assessment+tracker+03.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> example of math common assessments that we take each week</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihPAVawhfSwoISrJfXZ2Q80I_mH4T54NIqVf_zBz_f5xad38YLCmWg_ERbUiu-uHTDkygefY-3ViCwxau054JElYajDYnO9AfSzNT4HvR2TI0MpO3B1v7Ss1jQ6db11CBlMzPU4urgDjQ/s1600/assessment+tracker+04.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihPAVawhfSwoISrJfXZ2Q80I_mH4T54NIqVf_zBz_f5xad38YLCmWg_ERbUiu-uHTDkygefY-3ViCwxau054JElYajDYnO9AfSzNT4HvR2TI0MpO3B1v7Ss1jQ6db11CBlMzPU4urgDjQ/s320/assessment+tracker+04.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> the work samples follow the cover sheet and are in order by date</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-61z05vHvdCE/Tp9r7Wz-NII/AAAAAAAAQ8U/bRQ9RNoA4os/s1600/assessment+tracker+05.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-61z05vHvdCE/Tp9r7Wz-NII/AAAAAAAAQ8U/bRQ9RNoA4os/s320/assessment+tracker+05.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> we also graph and track our progress on reading and math common assessments which gives the students a chance to chart their growth, reflect on their performance, and set goals for themselves. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimeapiEIdgCYqhfcPsiHeBVfEI8XsCOZ2jqTxW46wh5zLb5J0L-eSz62zoA5VVLa-7AWtvwF3wqQ4tX1fqhp8Sr1EHGyDZ5x9Sds70lP-zQ8U0cEOUr1ETarLibA0f3QiBS_e2mRqnjpI/s1600/assessment+tracker+06.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimeapiEIdgCYqhfcPsiHeBVfEI8XsCOZ2jqTxW46wh5zLb5J0L-eSz62zoA5VVLa-7AWtvwF3wqQ4tX1fqhp8Sr1EHGyDZ5x9Sds70lP-zQ8U0cEOUr1ETarLibA0f3QiBS_e2mRqnjpI/s320/assessment+tracker+06.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">I keep extra copies of the cover sheet in the pocket</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Simple eh?</div><div style="text-align: center;">It works wonders. Perfect to take to meetings, conferences, etc.</div><div style="text-align: center;">How do you keep your assessment results organized?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ThXV56Bw9Mo/TjHQgkKibEI/AAAAAAAAQxQ/AlMmBDQy1eE/s1600/37997686_4RIZ5BYp_c.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="145" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ThXV56Bw9Mo/TjHQgkKibEI/AAAAAAAAQxQ/AlMmBDQy1eE/s200/37997686_4RIZ5BYp_c.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div>Mrs. Hawkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03086734228448943286noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714998835757394768.post-36961759357575720492011-10-12T15:53:00.000-07:002011-10-12T15:53:38.185-07:00What I love Wednesdays<div style="text-align: center;">I will be planning a What we've been up to post soon but for now this shall do.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Ps: due to my special educator duties, as well as being on the PBIS committee, and trying to hire an additional teacher, blogging has not exactly been a top priority. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Pinterest</div><div style="text-align: center;">1. Place Value candy corn match up. I am totally going to be doing this for review week when we do our centers. </div><div style="line-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 2px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/302841227/" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="undefined" src="http://d30opm7hsgivgh.cloudfront.net/upload/302841227_h39F7yRz_c.jpg" width="undefined" /></a></div></div><div style="float: left; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><div style="color: #76838b; font-size: 10px;">Source: <a href="http://katielately1.blogspot.com/2011/10/october-happenings.html" style="color: #76838b; font-size: 10px; text-decoration: underline;">katielately1.blogspot.com</a> via <a href="http://pinterest.com/ginagayle/" style="color: #76838b; font-size: 10px; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">Gina</a> on <a href="http://pinterest.com/" style="color: #76838b; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">Pinterest</a></div><div style="color: #76838b; font-size: 10px;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Virtual manipulatives from KBkonnected's twitter</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.glencoe.com/sites/common_assets/mathematics/ebook_assets/vmf/VMF-Interface.html">http://www.glencoe.com/sites/common_assets/mathematics/ebook_assets/vmf/VMF-Interface.html</a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: 1px; background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Verdana, sans-serif;"></span><br />
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<li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.4; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">fraction tiles</span></strong></li>
<li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.4; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">geoboard and bands</span></strong></li>
<li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.4; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">tangrams</span></strong></li>
<li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.4; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">100’s chart</span></strong></li>
<li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.4; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">…and much more</span></strong></li>
</ul><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 13px;">3. Personal Choice:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-GgxyRzJQcOo/TpYY7cMKZDI/AAAAAAAAQ7s/FV0DFh7r4Ms/s1600/67605_445581724092_22270604092_5307058_6196145_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-GgxyRzJQcOo/TpYY7cMKZDI/AAAAAAAAQ7s/FV0DFh7r4Ms/s320/67605_445581724092_22270604092_5307058_6196145_n.jpg" width="212" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 13px;">My candy corn pot and H pumpkin from last Halloween</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 13px;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 13px;">4. classroom related:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://wsfcs.k12.nc.us/cms/lib/NC01001395/Centricity/Domain/57/Stand%20up%20Step%20up%20color.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://wsfcs.k12.nc.us/cms/lib/NC01001395/Centricity/Domain/57/Stand%20up%20Step%20up%20color.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">this week is Bully Awareness week and today everyone wore Orange to school to stand in unity against bullying. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">All my students rocked their orange today. I forgot to snag a picture</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://africabusiness.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/orange-logo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://africabusiness.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/orange-logo.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
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</span></span></div>Mrs. Hawkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03086734228448943286noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714998835757394768.post-27466596625717907752011-09-28T15:20:00.000-07:002011-09-28T15:20:45.733-07:00What I love Wednesdays<div style="text-align: center;">It's that time again...WEDNESDAY! (half way over the hump) </div><div style="text-align: center;">You know what that means. Here we go.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Sometimes when the odds seemed stacked up thick against us, we have to keep pressing forward</div><div style="line-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 2px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/246699574/" target="_blank"><img 602'="" border="0" height="320" src="http://d30opm7hsgivgh.cloudfront.net/upload/246699574_ki3cRBo8_c.jpg" width="228" /></a></div></div><div style="float: left; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><div style="color: #76838b; font-size: 10px;">Source: <a href="http://createfindadmire.tumblr.com/post/959743058" style="color: #76838b; font-size: 10px; text-decoration: underline;">createfindadmire.tumblr.com</a> via <a href="http://pinterest.com/mel_dillard/" style="color: #76838b; font-size: 10px; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">Melissa</a> on <a href="http://pinterest.com/" style="color: #76838b; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">Pinterest</a></div></div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">2. <b>Twitter Find</b>:</div><div style="text-align: center;">it's science week in blog land and this awesome link showed up in my twitter feed for science journals</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.scribd.com/doc/32962125/Science-Journal">science journal template</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>3. Personal Choice: </b>My "Dorothy" emerald city flats. the kids love when I wear these. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMtURwCd_bsKKUCt97ahqRPL8xiWekdte-7wtBD7obycisBJdlPuXPrWru0zMyyi4P5sjeaflhGRYbHO521H4Iyw0rb-pgAnQOF3zRfmOwtKQjv-G6nD4eLZz37rRmXXHP9U66JiPvR14/s1600/green+shoes.bmp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMtURwCd_bsKKUCt97ahqRPL8xiWekdte-7wtBD7obycisBJdlPuXPrWru0zMyyi4P5sjeaflhGRYbHO521H4Iyw0rb-pgAnQOF3zRfmOwtKQjv-G6nD4eLZz37rRmXXHP9U66JiPvR14/s200/green+shoes.bmp" width="200" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br />
</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>4. Classroom Related:</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-BZHuXCwb4Ak/ToOcNt5D0wI/AAAAAAAAQ7k/4AjQkBuc7AM/s1600/2plus3plus1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="48" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-BZHuXCwb4Ak/ToOcNt5D0wI/AAAAAAAAQ7k/4AjQkBuc7AM/s320/2plus3plus1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">we are working on Properties of Addition. Today we covered the Zero and Commutative Properties. We explored with manipulatives to demonstrate and show how the commutative properties work (pictures coming soon) and tomorrow we tackle the Associate property. I am going to use the above example with unifix cubes to allow students hands on exploration. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Happy half way through the week day!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ThXV56Bw9Mo/TjHQgkKibEI/AAAAAAAAQxQ/AlMmBDQy1eE/s1600/37997686_4RIZ5BYp_c.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="145" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ThXV56Bw9Mo/TjHQgkKibEI/AAAAAAAAQxQ/AlMmBDQy1eE/s200/37997686_4RIZ5BYp_c.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div>Mrs. Hawkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03086734228448943286noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714998835757394768.post-40121880172668942142011-09-26T15:49:00.000-07:002011-09-26T15:49:17.710-07:00What we've been up to ....<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Here's a glimpse into what we've been working on lately</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Before we jumped into place value to 9,999 we reviewed place value to 999 with a fun partner game. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Each student's desk is taped off into 3 sections with the headers: standard form, expanded form and word form at the top. The deck of playing cards is the bright green stack in the back</div><div style="text-align: center;">Dry erase board is used to keep score. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-38HiG3iPKUs/ToD3u3TqFwI/AAAAAAAAQ6o/5EjgVY3fQV4/s1600/september001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-38HiG3iPKUs/ToD3u3TqFwI/AAAAAAAAQ6o/5EjgVY3fQV4/s320/september001.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-sHtQfZDxHww/ToD31HfoH7I/AAAAAAAAQ6s/c9uhXXMywa0/s1600/september002.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-sHtQfZDxHww/ToD31HfoH7I/AAAAAAAAQ6s/c9uhXXMywa0/s320/september002.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> The opposing partner draws a card from the deck and shows it to their partner. The partner then correctly sorts what form the card is in. The opposing partner affirms or corrects and gives a point or does not award a point. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwm0lta3Jahzc-bz11b_4P_31bTcWNCh3QkBn4Knl2pZgcd3khqVywE5TvOXP52By2cD2JzpdLEg3vzG1HtnE_sjiXqh86H8-RIYhvkE5eKd1x5qqtiykXWoGIKuaDM_AlBLRGndvrmLE/s1600/september003.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwm0lta3Jahzc-bz11b_4P_31bTcWNCh3QkBn4Knl2pZgcd3khqVywE5TvOXP52By2cD2JzpdLEg3vzG1HtnE_sjiXqh86H8-RIYhvkE5eKd1x5qqtiykXWoGIKuaDM_AlBLRGndvrmLE/s320/september003.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> student's game board with correctly sorted forms</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Wkt12M029Bk/ToD4DMJM-nI/AAAAAAAAQ60/SKxSE5zQg3E/s1600/september005.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Wkt12M029Bk/ToD4DMJM-nI/AAAAAAAAQ60/SKxSE5zQg3E/s320/september005.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> orange cards were challenge cards where the students had to write the number in a certain form.</div><div style="text-align: center;">They loved it and it was great review. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Science: We are learning about soil and experimenting with humus, clay, and sand. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2tFX9UDS-vo-slmlaGke1quNQ766jPDWowDytveIfHkJuc8k9JmkBS7ffldCibK_oy5LDNcL7KTkwljSiH-1BM2uedmcDeWkJQ20qzUW0g1l0e-lhL0A91VZ0m8pVVI8KKs5aFPAUhNg/s1600/september006.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2tFX9UDS-vo-slmlaGke1quNQ766jPDWowDytveIfHkJuc8k9JmkBS7ffldCibK_oy5LDNcL7KTkwljSiH-1BM2uedmcDeWkJQ20qzUW0g1l0e-lhL0A91VZ0m8pVVI8KKs5aFPAUhNg/s320/september006.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Here students are using the hand lens to observe the types of soil</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-xr3PBaErxmc/ToD4Ne91XNI/AAAAAAAAQ68/8ext0F8Zr6Y/s1600/september008.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-xr3PBaErxmc/ToD4Ne91XNI/AAAAAAAAQ68/8ext0F8Zr6Y/s320/september008.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5tb_CHIkkNg6sk3_SVjXnu9CPZ2uaD2zHJ8N9QWuiaaej5DxZD45qCWZMVZMVOUbCsULEpi4-fRCdQEp7tvbbRwg8NeiY6DrsNUIcx0k1DxWV9VWMMPnhtIaIgN-V4cjnOEaG1BW_Jr4/s1600/september011.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5tb_CHIkkNg6sk3_SVjXnu9CPZ2uaD2zHJ8N9QWuiaaej5DxZD45qCWZMVZMVOUbCsULEpi4-fRCdQEp7tvbbRwg8NeiY6DrsNUIcx0k1DxWV9VWMMPnhtIaIgN-V4cjnOEaG1BW_Jr4/s320/september011.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> We record our daily findings and activities in our Soil Journals</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-z9PzD8BIJcQ/ToD4gLjZt_I/AAAAAAAAQ7M/TNoTlP_Fico/s1600/september012.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-z9PzD8BIJcQ/ToD4gLjZt_I/AAAAAAAAQ7M/TNoTlP_Fico/s320/september012.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> This was by far our messiest eperiment yet. Playing with wet humus, sand, and clay and seeing which one could be rolled into a ball. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Clay and humus were are winners.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Clay took first place in the most messiest of them all.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1mLVvRm-sT7c_e5qd2GNih_Ayn2cJyOHTxFFfe7U4rvORt2jF8OajHoMc9n0JzkVAbHQqudfomjkiegAi5Z5g5JkSj_yfHwP3pwR8LDUJYasf2KJD1OPMAhfsk6jTAxJ5cBKAkyp0X44/s1600/september013.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1mLVvRm-sT7c_e5qd2GNih_Ayn2cJyOHTxFFfe7U4rvORt2jF8OajHoMc9n0JzkVAbHQqudfomjkiegAi5Z5g5JkSj_yfHwP3pwR8LDUJYasf2KJD1OPMAhfsk6jTAxJ5cBKAkyp0X44/s320/september013.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">Behavior Party numero uno: CupCakes</div><div style="text-align: center;">We provided the cupcakes and then students got to create their own cupcake by choosing the icing, and toppings. </div><div style="text-align: center;">It was a HUGE success.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Ht5ihCi2aVE/ToD4sTrPEjI/AAAAAAAAQ7U/ha3hgxB8XHM/s1600/september014.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Ht5ihCi2aVE/ToD4sTrPEjI/AAAAAAAAQ7U/ha3hgxB8XHM/s320/september014.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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</div>Mrs. Hawkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03086734228448943286noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714998835757394768.post-80048033091732691382011-09-21T16:34:00.000-07:002011-09-21T16:34:57.848-07:00What I love Wednesday (with a Hawk's Nest spin)<div style="text-align: center;">What I'm Loving Wednesday (why not?)</div><div style="text-align: center;">I decided to put a spin on my what I'm loving Wednesday with different categories.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">1. On Pinterest: (because it's so many things I love about FALL)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 0px;"><a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/193507222/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img 691'="" border="0" height="400" src="http://d30opm7hsgivgh.cloudfront.net/upload/193507222_e3vEuJIs_c.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><div style="line-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 2px;"></div><div style="float: left; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><div style="color: #76838b; font-size: 10px;">Source: <a href="http://www.google.com/reader/view/?hl=en&tab=wy" style="color: #76838b; font-size: 10px; text-decoration: underline;">google.com</a> via <a href="http://pinterest.com/jruthecreative/" style="color: #76838b; font-size: 10px; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">Jennie</a> on <a href="http://pinterest.com/" style="color: #76838b; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">Pinterest</a></div></div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">2. Twitter find: Reading and Writing Strategy posters</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.scribd.com/doc/61348107/Reading-and-Writing-Strategies">strategies</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">3. Personal Choice:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Qjr4Z1Xel2w/Tnpz4vNOi2I/AAAAAAAAQ6g/ZAnYlrVXkBY/s1600/anniversary03.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Qjr4Z1Xel2w/Tnpz4vNOi2I/AAAAAAAAQ6g/ZAnYlrVXkBY/s320/anniversary03.jpg" width="212" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">This Halloween tree. I really want one. We saw this at the beach this summer and I squealed with excitement:)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">4. Classroom related: </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.pvusd.k12.ca.us/Departments/GATE/images/wbt_Hands-and-Eyes.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://www.pvusd.k12.ca.us/Departments/GATE/images/wbt_Hands-and-Eyes.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">I love doing hands and eyes with my students. This works exceptionally well when we are doing board work during Corrective Reading.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Happy Hump Day. Half way there!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ThXV56Bw9Mo/TjHQgkKibEI/AAAAAAAAQxQ/AlMmBDQy1eE/s1600/37997686_4RIZ5BYp_c.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="145" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ThXV56Bw9Mo/TjHQgkKibEI/AAAAAAAAQxQ/AlMmBDQy1eE/s200/37997686_4RIZ5BYp_c.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div>Mrs. Hawkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03086734228448943286noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714998835757394768.post-69820587466386791062011-09-11T15:38:00.000-07:002011-09-11T15:38:52.852-07:00any whole brain teachers out there?<div style="text-align: center;">Why I just now discovered and came across Whole Brain Teaching I have no clue. But now that I've found it, I am hooked. They had me from claaassssssssssssssss- yeeeeeeeeeess.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">If you aren't sure what I'm talking about check out these excellent videos of teachers modeling Whole Brain Teaching</div><br />
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Here's a kindergarten example of the 5 rules<br />
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and one more for 6th grade order of operations<br />
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I have started implementing some of the first steps during my Corrective Reading Direct Instructional Block.<br />
We use the gesturing, rules (our STAR rules for Corrective) , teacher student game, and the hands and eyes.<br />
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I love, love ,looooooooove this whole model and want to dig in and learn more.<br />
I also want to begin using the Class teach-okay during my math groups.<br />
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So tell me blogging world..how many of you are whole brain teachers? If so care to share your thoughts, feelings, techniques, etc.Mrs. Hawkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03086734228448943286noreply@blogger.com5