tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56051768780368104192024-03-19T04:46:29.156-04:00Kindergarten: Holding Hands and Sticking TogetherCarolyn Kisloskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02297646560810079163noreply@blogger.comBlogger429125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5605176878036810419.post-3690720555293320972017-07-10T14:30:00.000-04:002017-07-10T14:30:08.200-04:00Happies in the Classroom!I've been busy, busy, busy working with Dr. Jean on our latest creation. We've been working on these packets this past year- and we just love them. We couldn't wait to share these!<br />
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Last year, Jean and I were talking about how much we enjoy sharing ideas with teachers, and how much we want the JOY of teaching and learning never to be lost. With all the trends and changes and standards out there, sometimes teachers get so caught up in having to keep up, they forget to enjoy the journey.<br />
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Dr. Jean wanted to put all of her best teaching songs together with practical, helpful ideas and activities, so they were all in one place for teachers. We decided it would be most helpful to divide these ideas into monthly packets- full of one useful idea after another! So - that's what we did. <br />
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Each month we have ELA, math, science, social studies, character education, and seasonal ideas to go with <b>15+ of Dr. Jean's songs</b> (many with books to go with them). We've also included different cheers, handshakes, attention grabbers, and finger plays for each month. Jean made a little video for each month showing how to do all the new cheers, handshakes, attention grabbers, and finger plays with her granddaughter. I know it's so much easier for me to learn new things when I see them, so I love these little videos.<br />
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There wasn't a lot out there for science and social studies for primary grades, so we wanted to be sure to include these subjects in each month's packet.<br />
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Character education is one of my all time favorites, and we have included many of these activities. You can fit in activities and lessons all the time to help children know themselves and grow as kind friends.<br />
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We had so much fun putting these packets together. One of the best things about the activities in the packets is that they can be made to fit beautifully with any curriculum. For example, we have many sight word game ideas. If you need to teach 100 sight words or 25 sight words, they will work perfectly for you- just fit your words into the game. <br />
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Each preview packet for every month has several freebies in it and an explanation of what is included in the monthly packet. All of the songs are highlighted in <span style="color: red;">RED</span> in the table of contents, so you can easily see those. They will be downloads that come in the zip file. <br />
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Here is a little sample of some of the activities in each of the packets:<br />
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We have also bundled the whole year of packets together at a discounted price- so it's like you get 2 months free! This <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Monthly-HAPPIES-with-Dr-Jean-Complete-Set-of-9-Months-3242079">complete packet</a> includes all 9 monthly packets with 1275 pages of activities, learning games, and worksheets for all subject areas; over 135 of Dr. Jean's songs to download (many with books to go with them!); 20 Prezis; new handshakes, cheers, attention grabbers, and finger plays each month; QR codes for many of the songs; plus assessments available on ESGI for each subject area each month!</div>
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Each month you will receive 2 Prezis with LOTS of videos, songs, activities, online games, and anchor charts, that go along with that month. I love Prezis. They are a perfect way to organize your favorite online activities so they are all right there for you, in one place, ready to use whenever you have a free moment. Never again will you waste those extra minutes before specials or before lunch.<br />
I use the Prezis to introduce new subjects, to reinforce what I've taught, to leave up an anchor chart on my Smart TV during a lesson because I don't have a lot of extra wall space, and to play review games on the Smartboard or Smart TV.<br />
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So- all of these "favorites" are all set up for you to use and the links to these Prezis are included in these packets! Here are some of the Prezis you will receive so you have an idea of what is included:<br />
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Then, to make this even BETTER- we have partnered with ESGI to include assessments in each packet for each subject area! Every month, you will receive assessments for ELA, Math, Science, and Social Studies available through ESGI. <br />
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These assessments give you all the data your district could want! Having the assessments to show your administration also helps to show them how hands-on learning, songs, and movement really WORK to help children learn and remember information. We know that they will remember it so much better because they had FUN learning it.<br />
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These packets can also be purchased through school districts with curriculum money. The assessments provide the data piece so many districts look for when purchasing curriculum. But in the "teacher world," the data really helps us to see what the children learn and help us to guide our instruction as we move forward with our teaching! That's why I love ESGI... <b>E</b>ducational <b>S</b>oftware for <b>G</b>uiding <b>I</b>nstruction. That's exactly what it does for teachers.<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "open sans";">I posted ALL about the benefits, bells and whistles, and some examples of what ESGI offers</span><a href="http://ckisloski.blogspot.com/2014/10/esgi-assessments-made-easy.html" style="background-color: white; color: #888888; font-family: "Open Sans"; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"> HERE.</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "open sans";"> </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "open sans"; line-height: 22.39px;"> When you use the special </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "open sans";"><a href="http://www.esgisoftware.com/ESGI/?promo=%20B1119" style="color: #b44646; line-height: 22.39px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">PROMO CODE</a><span style="line-height: 22.39px;"> </span></span><strong style="background-color: white; font-family: "Open Sans"; line-height: 22.39px;">HAPPIES </strong><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "open sans"; line-height: 22.39px;">, you can try ESGI FREE for 60 days and when you see how valuable it is, you will receive $40 off your purchase for the first year using the <b>HAPPIES</b> code. The price is usually $199 a year, but with the promo code, it will be $159 for the first year. Check with your administration because they may be able to purchase it for you. They can use the code and get it for $159 for the first year, too- for your whole grade level! It's a great time of the year to try it out in the beginning of the year- when you are assessing so many different things. ESGI saves you HOURS of time assessing. The children love it. It's fun! There is no paperwork to get lost- and your data is available anytime for you because it's all online. All answers are Y (yes) and N (no). You click the button right on the iPad as the student answers, whether he was able to answer it or not. The data is all saved for you and can be displayed so many different ways to help you create groups and see progress. You can read more about ESGI's features <a href="https://www.esgisoftware.com/features/">HERE.<span id="goog_520646744"></span><span id="goog_520646745"></span> </a> </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "open sans"; line-height: 22.39px;">Here are some samples assessment questions and how they will look on your iPad as you assess the students:</span><br />
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<br />Carolyn Kisloskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02297646560810079163noreply@blogger.com134tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5605176878036810419.post-51219927051079077302017-07-05T08:59:00.000-04:002017-07-05T08:59:46.714-04:00Kindness ROCKS!Happy Summer, everyone! It's always such a great feeling to rest and reflect after the school year is over. This summer, my sister and I have discovered such a fun way to do just that- and I couldn't wait to share it with you, because it's a great idea for the classroom, too. (Of course- doesn't that happen with everything you do- your mind instantly goes to, "How could I use this in the classroom?!")<br />
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The latest trend in our area has been painting rocks. Basically, people have fun painting rocks, hiding them, and waiting for other people to find them and be happy!<br />
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We have two groups locally since we are close to two counties- <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/2017651535129164/">Broome County Rocks</a>! and <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/1850546565196754/">Tioga County Rocks!</a> Each group has a Facebook page where people upload pictures of rocks they paint and/or find, and then relocate for someone else to find. We write, "Post to Broome County Rocks," on the back of our rocks, so people know where the rock is from.<br />
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We figure we don't have fun things like seashells to find in Upstate NY- we may as well paint rocks for people to find!<br />
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It's addicting. And relaxing. And just makes me smile.<br />
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We painted, watched my sister's dog sleep by us, and watched the rain outside. It was my perfect summer afternoon.</div>
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Some rocks people paint are simple- and some are little masterpieces! Some are quilt rocks where someone starts a "square," hides it, and then the person who finds it completes another square, hides it, and keeps the quilt going.<br />
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Here are some rocks my sister and I painted:<br />
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It's so much fun to check the site and see if someone found one of your rocks. We might be a little addicted... <br />
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Hiding them is so much fun! We drove around like we were on a mission! We can leave some as we walk, but we wanted to spread the rocks around a bit. We left some outside restaurants, on benches, on playgrounds, and outside of a church. They are fun to leave by hospitals and nursing homes, too, hoping to bring a smile to someone's day.<br />
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We MAY have seen a post on the site from a mom of a student I had in class a couple years ago, who was looking and looking to find his first rock, and was so excited. And we MAY have hidden a rock or two on the steps to his house. We may have... <br />
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I thought this would be such a great character education lesson for a classroom or an entire school. Kindness Rocks! There are several Kindness Rocks programs around, which I found as I was writing this post, and which I just love. This one is from <a href="http://blog.consumercrafts.com/craft-basics-main/kindness-rocks/">Crafts Unleashed.</a><br />
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Children love to paint rocks. You can print pictures from Google Images or Pinterest to find sample rocks that would be simple for the children to recreate. Just type in "painted rocks" and you will see more than you know what to do with. You can spray a protective coating on the rocks after they are painted. And... they are good to go! I think it would be fun to send the rock and a note home to each family, so they could hide the rock as a Random Act of Kindness. This would spread the rocks out a little better. You can put an email address on back to notify if the rock is found, or just know you've made someone's day and not put anything on the back of the rock.<br />
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I thought these would be fun for the kids to make.<br />
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OR you can keep the beauty at your school, like students from Sharon Elementary School in Newburgh, IN. They painted rocks inspired by the book <i>Only One You</i>, by Linda Kranz, and made a beautiful stone pathway outside the school entrance. I just love this.<br />
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The beautiful part is that every rock is special- no matter how it is painted. And even more beautiful is seeing the smiles and reading the sweet stories that go with the rocks that are found.<br />
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<br />Carolyn Kisloskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02297646560810079163noreply@blogger.com38tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5605176878036810419.post-40000823326787791062017-05-26T06:04:00.002-04:002017-05-26T06:04:33.895-04:00End of the Year ActivitiesIt seems like FOREVER since I have posted. We've had so many things going on... and it's just plain been busy. We moved. Jeff's sweet mother passed away. And then there's school. You all know!<br />
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I have a few fun ideas if you are still in school like I am... (until June 23).<br />
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First of all, our writing units are DONE! We scored our last writing sample. It always amazes me how far the children come in a year. Yes- when we read the kindergarten 'sample' and it says something like "<i>Spring is best because the wind blows through my hair...</i>" I shudder a little because I know mine don't sound like that- but I couldn't be more proud of how far mine have come- even if the wind doesn't blow through their hair in their stories... <br />
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This time of year, I like to do some "fun" writing- the kind where the kids like it so much, they don't even realize they are writing as much as they are.<br />
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One of the children's favorites is directed drawing and writing. It's one of my favorites, too because there is so little planning. First, I check YouTube to find some fun directed drawings. We did castles this week. You can read a story to go with your lesson, which I usually do. This time, we brainstormed all sorts of things we know about castles. We shared who lived there (princesses, kings, queens, Beauty and the Beast, Disney characters) how it is protected (moats, alligators, army guys, you name it- we heard it!), what they are made of, and what the inside may look like. Then we did the directed drawing. This is the one I used- it's very simple and was just perfect for my kids. I paused it if anyone seemed to need a little extra time.<br />
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After we drew, the children could decorate their castle any way they wanted, remembering to use at least 5 or 6 colors and details. (Most of my children are 6 now, so that's our magic number!) Then, they wrote about their castle and tried to fill the front and back of the paper. That was it- and it was so much fun. Finally, we shared our castles and marveled at how special each one was.<br />
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<i>(My castle is big and colorful because it is special because it is protected by sharks.)</i></div>
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<i> (I have a castle. My roof is gold. I have alligators and sharks surrounding my castle.)</i></div>
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Sticker writing is always fun. We read lots of animal books to get some ideas about illustrations and facts. Then, everyone gets a paper with two stickers on it. Nobody knows which ones they will get. I put them face down on the table, and they turn the paper over and have to draw a detailed background and write something about their animals. They love this writing! Nobody even complains. Last year when I was handing the papers out, someone started saying, "You get what you get, and you're thankful for it!" I love that little saying. I love it so much better than "You don't throw a fit." It makes it so much more positive.</div>
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<i>The gorilla was looking for a friend. The fox was looking for a friend, too.</i></div>
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<i>I live in the jungle. I know, I know. I am big and strong, but I am nice. </i></div>
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<span style="text-align: start;">Here is another fun drawing activity for this time of year! The children really WANT to know how to draw different things- and directed drawing makes them feel so successful. We read </span><i style="text-align: start;">Mrs. Wishy Washy's Farm </i><span style="text-align: start;">and</span><i style="text-align: start;"> Otis </i><span style="text-align: start;">to go along with our farm drawings.</span></div>
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We drew the pictures after we read the stories, and then wrote about our drawings later in the day. I printed out these papers from <a href="http://www.activityvillage.co.uk/learn-to-draw-farm-animals" target="_blank">Activity Village</a> and let them go!<br />
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<i>I loved that when he added details, he added TEETH to the farmer. </i></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">My class LOVES to play Sparkle! We play it probably almost every day during those extra minutes we always seem to have. The game only takes a few minutes and we practice spelling so many sight words during that time. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">The children stand in a circle. You say a word for the children to spell. One at a time, a child says one letter of the word, as you make your way around the circle of children. If the word is "at," the first child says, "a," the next child says, "t," then the next child says, "sparkle," and the next child sits down. You continue right on with the next child spelling a new word: You say, "The word is 'you.' And the children spell "Y," "o," "u," "sparkle," then sit. I go right around the circle and point to each child as it is his turn to say the letter to keep the game moving right along quickly. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">I always put my hand on the head of the child that has to sit and make a funny sound as they sit down so everyone is laughing, and it's never sad. You continue spelling around the circle until only one child is left standing and is the SPARKLE CHAMP!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">Well, we love this game for learning sight words so much, so when we did our Opinion Unit in writing and the children needed to know how to spell <i>because</i>, we played this game and ONLY spelled <i>because</i> around the circle. "B," "e," "c," "a," "u," "s," "e." "sparkle," sit, "b," "e," "c," "a," ... </span></div>
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I put together my <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Summer-Writing-Prompts-Journal-2521920">Summer Journals</a> for my class this week. It is FREE at my TpT store! Dr. Jean and I had lots of fun putting this together. Usually, we do a few pages together before the children go home for summer. Then, I send home the rest for them to have for the summer. These have always been a big hit with the kids! Here are some sample pages:<br />
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Dr. Jean and I also made 20 different designs for 17 sayings for our <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Gift-Tags-Gift-Cards-and-Gift-Ideas-2542953">Gift Tag, Gift Card, and Gift Idea Packet</a>. Each saying is on both a half sheet of paper to use as a gift tag or a full sheet that can be printed, folded, and made into a card that your class can sign. </div>
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Last year we gave everyone a <i>Thanks a Latte</i> card with a gift card. You can use them anytime of the year- and for any occasion!<br />
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I am linking up with <a href="http://doodlebugsteaching.blogspot.com/" style="text-align: left;" target="_blank">Doodle Bugs Teaching</a><span style="text-align: left;"> for Five for Friday. Thank you for hosting, Kacey!</span></div>
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We worked on these number bonds with gold on St. Patrick's Day! This worksheet is from <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/St-Patricks-Day-Kindergarten-Printables-FREE-599605">The Printable Princess</a>. It was in a packet a while ago- but I think the packet has changed and I can't find it there now. </div>
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Anyway- we worked on number bonds using our 'real' gold. I spray paint lots of rocks with gold spray paint, and have counters forever. The leprechauns also left everyone a piece of the 'real' gold, too. </div>
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The leprechauns wrote on our table with dry erase markers, and that gave me a great idea- so... I made number bonds for the children right on the table! They loved it. It came right off with cleaner after we were done. </div>
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Making the number bonds right on the table was a great way for the children to use manipulatives and really visualize the number bonds. I'm thinking jelly beans are next... Maybe I'll make a bunny face for the big part of the number bond, and then each ear will be the other parts. </div>
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We needed some sunshine. Upstate NY is pretty dreary all winter long... These were so easy to make. I did it with the kids one at a time. I drew the arch on the bottom. Each child painted that first, then I painted each child's hand so she could stamp it on for the sun rays. <br />
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I wrote "You are my SUNSHINE!" on a paper for them to copy. They did a really great job.</div>
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I hung these over the children's lockers, and we made a poster to go over the top. I always love this saying. Snow White is so wise... </div>
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I wrote a few weeks ago about my Chit-Chat topics. What I've been loving lately is my new line up activity. Usually I have the children chit chat for the few minutes after writing, after they wash up, before lunch. With a couple minutes left, I'll get everyone's attention and have them ask their partner a 'Line Up Question.' Each child must tell me what his/her partner's answer was before lining up. These are simple questions like, "What's your partner's favorite color? favorite animal? favorite ice cream flavor? favorite toy..."</div>
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The first time I did this, I got a few, "I forgot," or "I don't know." Well- that doesn't get you a spot in line! I said, "Well, you better ask again and remember so you can line up!" Then I moved on to the next person. Next time- every single one of them remembered! <br />
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It's important to be a good listener, to really listen to friends and pay attention. I want them to know that now. It matters. I feel like with the world moving faster and faster, it's more important than ever to teach children to truly listen to each other. </div>
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If you would like a copy of my topics that I use, just click the picture below. I print out a copy and leave it on my desk. Then, I check off the one that we use. I also use this as a writing prompt sometimes for morning work. </div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">It's my FAVORITE time of year... I got to teach my kids <i>The Water Cycle </i>song. Dr. Jean and I made a packet all about <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Water-The-Water-Cycle-and-Clouds-2606911">The Water Cycle, Water, and Clouds!</a> I posted about it <a href="http://ckisloski.blogspot.com/2017/03/the-water-cycle.html">HERE.</a></span></div>
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We've added all of our FAVORITE activities in the packet.</div>
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In <a href="http://ckisloski.blogspot.com/2017/03/the-water-cycle.html">my post, </a>I share some of the fun things I love to do when I teach the water cycle that fit into math and ELA. </div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Here is the Prezi that is included with the packet. This Prezi includes <em>The Water Cycle</em> song by Steve Songs. We also love singing Dr. Jean's <em>The Water Cycle</em> song, (the download is included in the packet)- and WOW- do my kids know all about the water cycle!</span></div>
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I shared this post before, but I just reread it and loved it all over again. I thought I'd share it with you again in case you didn't see it. I love <a href="http://www.marcandangel.com/">Marc and Angel.</a> They just write practical things that makes sense- and make you go, "YEAH, that's so right."</div>
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<a href="http://www.lifebuzz.com/just-stop/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">30 Things to Stop Doing to Yourself</span></a><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-size: small;">by Marc and Angel</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">We've started learning <em>The Water Cycle</em> song in our class, and as usual- it's a favorite! Every year, without fail, it's a favorite. Dr. Jean and I made a packet all about <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Water-The-Water-Cycle-and-Clouds-2606911">The Water Cycle, Water, and Clouds!</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Here is the Prezi that is included with the packet. This Prezi includes <em>The Water Cycle</em> song by Steve Songs. We also love singing Dr. Jean's <em>The Water Cycle</em> song, (the download is included in the packet)- and WOW- do my kids know all about the water cycle!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I taught my kids <em>The Water Cycle</em> song in sign language a couple years ago. They did a fabulous job! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">No, I don't know sign language. BUT- that didn't stop me. <a href="https://www.signingsavvy.com/" target="_blank">Signing Savvy</a> became my best friend because I figured out the individual words to the song, and put them all together.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">We practiced in line before we left the classroom. I would say, "Show me 'water.' Show me 'cloud.' Show me 'hurricane.'" (It's a great way to have them quiet down, too!)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Here are some of the signs that I taught them that we use in the song: water, water cycle, around, cloud, puddle, rain, up/down, sky, ocean, ground, river, glass, horse, Oh no, forgot, person, well deep down, blanket, fog, warm/cold, trouble, storm, bad, see, look out, get out, grab, son, daughter, crash, boom, uncle, hurricane, hiding, garbage can. Now, for words like "Some clouds look like cauliflower- that's cumulous." I just had the children make a "c" in sign language for both, because I wasn't going to have them start spelling words like that! For the most part, it was so easy and made sense to the children. They loved it. I did teach them to spell "Dan" in sign language because there is a silly part they love with Uncle Dan. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Another favorite part of the unit is our cloud study. We learn all about the different types and names of clouds, and then the children make their own to take home.</span><br />
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<em><span style="font-family: inherit;">(Sometimes I like to use wax paper for the stratus clouds. This is gray paper.)</span></em></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Later, just to tie in the water theme, I do a quick whole group math assessment using raindrops for my word problems. When I do a quick assessment, whole group or small group, it is really easy to have the children prepare their papers themselves. I have them fold a "hotdog" fold ( the long way):</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">"Four raindrops were playing in a cloud. One raindrop fell out of the cloud. How many were left in the cloud?" We talk about how when one goes away and we have how many left, we will subtract.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I usually ask the children two more questions like that to complete without my help. On the back I may have them practice writing their numbers to 20, draw shapes I tell them to draw, write what number comes before or after a number I say...or maybe I will have one side be math questions and the other be writing sight words or answering a question in a complete sentence. It is a great way to do a quick assessment for the day.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">It is great to use raindrops for word problems, because the children can draw them easily. I try to always use something that can be quickly drawn as a circle, stick, or rectangle. We do lots of problems about balls, cookies, pencils, crayons, presents, bricks... If I use something like, "Two birds were on a branch. Three birds landed on the branch with them. How many birds are there altogether?" I will have some children drawing one bird for five minutes no matter how many times I say, "Just draw quickly!" So I stick with basic shapes for my word problems. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I have so many glass stones, that I can also let the children use them as counters for math problems, which is always fun. They work great for ten frames.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">This paper I use for a morning work activity to quickly assess writing numbers to 20.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">By the way, I had to look up altogether vs. all together. That always gets me. Here is what I found, just fyi for a bonus:</span></div>
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I was so sad when the Piggie and Elephant series ended. So sad... but I knew something else wonderful would be coming along, and it has! <br />
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In this story, Walt and his blades of grass friends are all excited to be growing. As they grow, they each have their own personality and brag about why they are the most special. "I am the CURLIEST!" I am the SILLIEST!" Every blade is the something-est... except Walt. He isn't the tallest, the curliest, or the silliest. Along comes a BIG surprise that knocks everybody down (in more ways than one) and Walt discovers something special-est about himself that is all his own.<br />
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Here is a video reading of the story so you can see what it's all about:<br />
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Every year I have the children grow their grass hair people. We haven't started ours yet because we just finished growing our beanstalks, but these are coming soon...<br />
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This was one from a few years ago. I buy tiny ponytail holders and little plastic barrettes. The kids love putting them in the hair- and... giving haircuts!<br />
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How perfect will this new book be to introduce this activity? <br />
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It's a great character education story, too. Everyone has special qualities. We can talk about how everyone has<i> LOTS</i> of special gifts, and just because one person is good at something, that doesn't mean someone else can't be good at that, too! We don't have the be the -est of anything! We can have fun learning and doing lots of different things. <br />
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Once their Hairy Person grows, I'm going to have the children think of something they think they do the BEST. Maybe they are the fastEST or the bravEST of the happiEST or the cleanEST or the friendliEST or the nicEST or the neatEST or the funniEST. I am going to have them write a story all about them as the Hairy Person, and what they are the best at and WHY. <i>"I am the neatEST, because I always help clean up my room before I go to bed." "I am the funniEST, because I can always make my baby sister laugh when I spin around and fall down." </i>This is another way to use that special word 'because,' too!<br />
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THEN- for a quick math break, we'll go outside and collect dandelions. The children love to pick dandelions, so we turn it into class contest to see how many we can pick, working together. When each child gets a group of ten, they put it down on the ground in one group. We keep picking and making groups of ten. At the end of a set time (I usually say 5 minutes because it's amazing how many we get in a short time!) we count by tens to see how many we pick.<br />
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Here is one tip to consider... One year, I did this on Spring Picture Day. One of my boys was wearing a white shirt, that turned out to be more of a "dandelion yellow" in his picture... oops. Don't do this on picture day.<br />
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I hope you have fun with this new book! I can't wait...<br />
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Are you feeling lucky? Because it's your lucky day!<br />
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I've written many times about the benefits of and my love for ESGI as an assessment tool that I use in my classroom. Not only is it such a time saver and easy-to-use assessment tool that gives me TONS of information at my fingertips, graphed any way I could want, and easy to use and access wherever I am- WITHOUT fumbling through paper after paper- but it also provides me with so many extras that just plain help me out in my daily teaching. It's obvious that this program was created by a teacher who GETS IT. (Thank you, Greg Gorman!) <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">ESGI has really changed my life in the classroom.</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> </span></span>I posted ALL about the benefits, bells and whistles, and some examples of what ESGI offers<a href="http://ckisloski.blogspot.com/2014/10/esgi-assessments-made-easy.html" target="_blank"> HERE.</a><br />
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So many assessment tools were created by software engineers who understand software. ESGI was created by a TEACHER who understands both software AND what educators want. There is no comparison to any other assessment program.<br />
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If you are a teacher who does not yet use ESGI for our one on one assessments, ESGI is offering some exiting big deals from now until April 10th!<br />
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First, if you sign up for a 60 day trial before April 10, ESGI will extend the trial so you have 5 months free instead of only the usual 60 days. The trial will go through through August 31! Just use this special code to enter: <a href="https://www.esgisoftware.com/sign-up/?promo=B1119" style="background-color: white;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: inherit;">https://www.esgisoftware.com/sign-up/?promo=B1119</span></a><br />
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This special promo code also lets you take $40 off the price for the first year, so in the fall after this free promo, you will be paying $159 a year for the subscription. If your district purchases the program for you, they can also receive the discount if they use the code! If your team doesn't use ESGI yet, it's a great time for all of you to try it and see what you think. The great part about an entire grade level using ESGI is that you can easily compare data for all students! This is perfect for helping to determine RTI and AIS groups, and SO many other things- and it's impressive to show administrators all this organized, easy to read data.<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">This time of year, my favorite parts of ESGI are our sight word assessment and the ability to create flash cards for each student to reinforce the words they miss. I keep a set of flashcards at school to use for RTI, and I send home a packet of words each week for students to practice at home. It's so easy for me, because I just have to hit "print" and the professional looking flashcards are printed (with each child's name on top- so they don't even get mixed up!)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I can also print out a parent letter for each student which explains exactly what each child needs to work on at home. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Our school doesn't send homework in kindergarten. We send books to read each night, but not paper/pencil homework. I send the flashcards on Friday along with some games or ideas to do with the flashcards so it's fun for families. For example, set a timer and see how many words the child can get in a set time. Time the child to see how quickly he can read the cards, then, do this again and try to beat that time! (They love contests!), Keep piles of "yes" and "no" words. See if the child can get all the words in the "yes" pile! Hide the cards around the house and have the child find each card, then read them to you (or write them ) as she finds them. Put one word on each stair and have the child read each stair as they climb to the top. There are so many fun ways to play with flashcards!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">There are SO MANY other benefits EGSI offers. We all need to show more and more data, it seems, and ESGI makes it so easy to do! Not only easy- but useful! Sometimes it seems we collect data for the sake of collecting data- but the information I collect on ESGI is what I use to guide my instruction with each individual student each day.</span></div>
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So now is the PERFECT time to give ESGI a try! Don't wait another minute. You'll have your class list set up in no time and be so anxious to start assessing. I'm so excited for you to give it a try. Here is that promo code again to enter you for the prizes and to get your discounts: <a href="https://www.esgisoftware.com/sign-up/?promo=B1119" style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, "Segoe UI", "Segoe WP", Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;" target="_blank">https://www.esgisoftware.com/sign-up/?promo=B1119</a></div>
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A quick review- I asked some reliable teacher dogs to help me out with their opinions and here you go...<br />
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Go ahead... give it a try! I know you'll love it.<br />
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Since we're on a lucky streak, each year I have my children tell me why they are lucky, so I can put their pictures over their lockers during March. They never fail to make me smile.<br />
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I am linking up with <a href="http://doodlebugsteaching.blogspot.com/" style="text-align: left;" target="_blank">Doodle Bugs Teaching</a><span style="text-align: left;"> for Five for Friday. Thank you for hosting, Kacey!</span></div>
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<span style="text-align: left;">Hi! I hope you all had a wonderful week. Quick question- Where is this "spring" I've heard about? Actually, this winter hasn't been as cold as some I remember, but I'm ready for it to be over. It doesn't look like that's happening, at least this week. We are actually already hoping for our last snow day on Tuesday if the forecast is right. That's a teacher's way of turning lemons into lemonade... Our saying should be "If winter gives you snow, turn it into a snow day." Anyway, this is my spring bulletin board for the hall., which I thought was timed better!</span></div>
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Our next writing unit is our Persuasive Writing. <i>Jillian Jiggs</i> is a great mentor text to use to introduce a ... messy room. The kids love to see that somebody else has a room that looks like it was lived in by pigs! </div>
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After we read the story, I like to have the children turn and talk to share why it is important to keep their bedroom clean (so toys don't break, so mom is happy, so you don't lose things, so you don't trip and fall on things) and then transition to why it is important to keep our classroom clean (pretty much the same reasons except you can just substitute in 'so the teacher is happy!'). After this discussion, I write a mentor text with the children to show how we can persuade (or convince or encourage) others to keep the classroom clean using important reasons. (I wasn't even going to share this mentor text I made with the class because of the 'illustrations' but then I thought you might get a kick out of those ridiculous lips and teeth in the last picture...) </div>
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Writing this persuasive story together gives the children a good idea about how to write to convince someone to do something using reasons- very simply. This is a good introduction story. You can always add to and elaborate on the reasons as time goes by. You could add speech bubbles, extra tips, anything fun like that to give the kids other ideas. </div>
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<em>Jillian Jiggs</em> is fun to use throughout the year in different ways. In the beginning of the year after we read, we draw and label a map of our own bedroom. First, I have the children write a sentence focusing on using neat printing, spaces, and hearing all the sounds. I model "My room is _________." "My" and "is" are sight words. We hear the "r" then the two "oo's" (like they've heard in BOO all last month!) and "m" at the end of the word. They can choose anything to write at the end- the color of their room, if it's clean or messy, big or small... </div>
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This time of the year, I have the children draw and label a map of their bedroom, and then write about their bedroom and why it is special to them:</div>
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Another fun thing we do for Persuasive and Opinion Writing is to learn how to spell 'because.' That's a big word, and the kids are so proud to know it! We sing a little song:</div>
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<i>I know a class who writes opinions,</i></div>
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It's silly- and simple. But it works. You just have to spell BECAUSE a little faster than <i>BINGO</i> to make it fit. I literally make every word fit the<i> BINGO</i> song because that's the tune I can remember. </div>
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This time of year the children are really starting to take off with reading. <span style="font-family: inherit;">They're using their reading strategies and growing each day! I want to be sure they continue to grow as much as they can at home as well as at school. We don't send homework home with children (thank goodness), but we do send books home with them to practice reading at home. </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">I wanted to send home some ideas to help parents while they read at home with their children. Reading at home with children is such a huge benefit and important part of a child's reading success, but sometimes we forget that parents don't always know what we're focusing on or looking for as they read with their child. I made this parent note to help with ideas. </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">I labeled the praise points, "Wonderful," and the questions for parents to ask, "Wondering."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">These ideas help parents remember to praise, praise, praise and encourage their child as they read together at home, as well as provide questions to help parents take their child deeper into the text and beyond the text. </span><br />
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Here are some good graphics you could share with families, as well, to show the benefits of reading with their child each night at home. This graphic is from <a href="http://www.okcps.k12.ok.us/Portals/OKCPS/District/docs/Communications/RSA/65979-1VBWHB-Why_Read_20_Minutes_at_Home2.pdf">Makayla Schenkelberg</a>. </div>
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One of my former students, now in 4th grade, who I just love to pieces, stopped by my room like she does every morning. She dug through her bag because she had something for me, and pulled out this scratched plastic ornament. I told her how much I loved it, and gave her a hug. When I asked where she got it, and she just shrugged, I sort of knew right then and there it was probably a hot item she'd stolen from some other "World's Best Teacher." I know I should go right down to her teacher who is a friend of mine, and see if she may be missing an ornament- but for tonight, I'm just loving her sweet heart and hoping I'm wrong.</div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Happy March! I am linking up with <a href="http://doodlebugsteaching.blogspot.com/" style="text-align: left;" target="_blank">Doodle Bugs Teaching</a><span style="text-align: left;"> for Five for Friday. Thank you for hosting, Kacey!</span></span><br />
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This week, I introduced Bossy "e" or Magic "e." A few weeks ago, we talked about Bossy "r", so the children were ready for another bossy letter. Some of my kids are really ready to take off with Bossy "e," (and not<strong> just</strong> because they enjoy being bossy themselves sometimes...) because they are noticing the silent e at the end of words in their books.</div>
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<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/c3oA4wfUBak?feature=player_embedded" width="640"></iframe> Susanna from <a href="http://whimsyworkshop.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Whimsy Workshop</a> does a DARLING Bossy E idea that I loved from the minute I saw it. Isn't it the cutest thing?</div>
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Mrs. Pollard, from <a href="http://www.teacheristatales.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Tales of a Teacherista</a>, has a wonderful, wonderful <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Silent-E-Word-Activity-143076" target="_blank"> Silent E Word Activity</a> FREE at her TPT store that I use and LOVE!</div>
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I made this anchor chart for the children-<strike>more plain and ugly</strike> much less cute and fancy than Susanna's, but with her idea. I started with two of the same words and no "e." Then, during morning rug time when I introduced it, a child came up, glued on the Bossy "e," and said, "SAY YOUR NAME!" to the vowel before it.</div>
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During small group center time, we reviewed our lesson. We read both words across the paper and saw that without an "e" they were the same word. Then, the children added a Bossy "e" to the left side list.</div>
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We highlighted the vowel, who would now say its own name, and then read the new words. This really helped the children get the idea of what that "e" actually does.</div>
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We reviewed the words from Mrs. Pollard's activity. I laminated the papers, and just stuck the "e" on with putty.</div>
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We review some words each morning during our rug time, just to remember the short vowel sound without the "e" and then the long vowel sound with the magic "e." The children are doing really well. Sometimes I have the girls do a word, then the boys; sometimes I have one child do a word; sometimes we all do it together. JUST when I thought we sort of "got it," (on the 3rd day of reviewing this) I said, "m-a-d... Here is my clue for that word," and I made a mad face. The kids thought that was funny- and then I put the magic "e" at the end waiting for them to say "made" and... they said, "HAPPY!" I just sort of stood there... So... we keep practicing!</div>
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Whenever we have a few minutes between reading and writing, or after snack when I want to clean up the tables and get set up for centers, I have the children Chit-Chat with a friend on the rug (or in a group of 3 if needed). The children sit knee to knee with a friend and talk about our topic for the day. Then, the other friend asks a question about what was said. We practiced, and I modeled it with some of the kids. They know that they will be chit-chatting with different people each day- or nobody at all if they complain...so... They actually are really great about just sitting down with someone who is near them on the rug. </div>
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Every day, we have a different Chit-Chat topic, and the kids love it! Some days they come into the room in the morning before school even starts and ask what we are chit-chatting about today. I guess they like to prepare. <br />
An extension of this activity is when I ask one partner a question about what the other said. For example, after we chit chat about favorite ice cream flavors, I might ask one partner to tell me what the other partner's favorite flavor was, to see if they were paying attention. That keeps them on their toes and helps them realize that listening to friends is important.<br />
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My kids have had so much fun reading sight word sentences. I call them FLASH sentences because they read them in a flash. Sometimes during reading group, if we have a few minutes after a story, I will go around the table having each child read a sentence. If they get it right, they get to keep it in their pile. </div>
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If you would like a copy of these sentences, just click on the picture below. They are SIMPLE. I just copied them off on cardstock, cut them apart, and we use them all the time. Sometimes I pick one out as a sentence that I dictate that they have to write on the back of a morning work paper. </div>
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I posted <a href="https://ckisloski.blogspot.com/2017/02/writing-lists.html">HERE</a> earlier in the week about some ideas I like to use for list writing with my class. I love to find authentic ways to have the children write, so they see WHY it's important to know how to write neatly and to use as many sounds as they can in tricky words so they can read it and others can, too!</div>
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I found this post from <a href="http://teachmama.com/learning-during-read-alouds-5-things-never-to-say-to-emerging-readers/" target="_blank">Teachmama.com</a> called <em>What Not to Say to Emerging Readers </em>a couple years ago, and I find myself thinking back to it often, so I thought I'd share it in case you haven't seen it. She gives you some good things to think about as you gently guide you students to read more and more. Here is the video of the post. This would be really great to share with parents, too.</div>
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Here is the part that I <strike>am</strike> was guilty of saying sometimes...</div>
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I always felt like I was saying it positively and as encouragement, but I see exactly what she is saying in her article, and I am not going to say it anymore. (I catch myself!)</div>
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<strong>INSTEAD SAY: </strong><em>What part of the word do you recognize?</em> If you get no response, say, <em>Do you recognize this part</em> (point to the beginning chunk or letter) <em>or this part </em>(point to the ending chunk or letter)?</div>
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3. By picking out<em> two </em>parts of the word, you’re setting her up for success. It all goes back to <a href="http://teachmama.com/2009/01/trying-to-keep-smiling-quick-trick.html" target="_blank">the choices thing</a> that really helps with kids. Most likely she will recognize either the ‘b’ or ‘-at’ part of ‘bat’ or the ‘th’ or ‘-ick’ parts of ‘thick’. If she can pick up either part, say, <em>You got it! That does say ‘ick’. Now let’s put the first part,</em> (give it to her and pronounce it) <em>‘th’ together with ‘ick’: th-ick. Thick!</em></div>
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It is so good for me to think how I would feel if someone had been working with me on Physics or Chemistry (are you seeing a connection between me and a lack of science understanding?! yep.), and we had just gone over something, and I got to a question and had no idea how to do it. I would NOT want to hear, "You KNOW this!" </div>
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I remember taking a class where the teacher had our names written with symbols that we had to try to learn and recreate to "write" our names. It was hard! That was such a wonderful lesson to help put me in my little guys' shoes.</div>
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<span style="color: #252525;">I love old fashioned, paper lists that I can cross off when I'm done with something. It helps me bring order to a crazy day and quiet my mind. Once I write something down, my mind is free to let it go, for some reason. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #252525; font-family: inherit;">My love of lists is one reason I absolutely loved </span><a href="http://www.handsfreemama.com/2017/02/24/the-best-way-to-get-kids-to-put-down-the-device-do-whats-needed-and-dream-big/" style="font-family: inherit;">this post by Rachel Stafford</a><span style="color: #252525; font-family: inherit;">. Rachel was a special education teacher, and used lists very successfully with her students for behavior management. She explains how her approach was to break tasks down into small steps, so there would be no confusion what was expected from her students. She also set positive expectations with students explaining that she couldn't wait to see how many happy faces were on their self-monitored lists. She gave her students the power of the list. She explained that adults do the very same thing. Adults call these lists "to-do" lists- but it's really just a list that anyone can make to help stay focused on what needs to be done each day. Click on the picture below to read her article. It's a great one. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #252525;">List writing is a wonderful skill for children to learn as they begin to feel comfortable hearing sounds in words and getting those sounds down on paper as letters and eventually words. It's so exciting when children actually see that they can communicate by writing. "List Writing" isn't a genre of writing, but it's a practical way for children to see the importance of knowing how to get what they want to say down on paper neatly, so they can actually READ what they write down- and others can, too. And... it never hurts to remind them that they are in good company, writing lists! Some very important people write lists...</span><br />
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<span style="color: #252525;"><br /></span><span style="color: #252525;"><br /></span><span style="color: #252525;">I like to introduce list writing with <i>Frog and Toad</i>'s story, <i>The List</i>. I wrote <a href="http://ckisloski.blogspot.com/2014/07/fun-with-frog-and-toad-and-freebies.html">HERE</a> about how I love to use <i>Frog and Toad</i> books for so many things. Now is the time of year I begin reading these stories to my class. The children are ready for stories with some more words/less pictures, and they get the subtle humor in the books. </span><br />
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Here's how the activity looks in kindergarten. After we read the story, I gave a topic to the kids (like farm animals, ice cream flavors, blue things, big things, small things...the topics on the list above!). They turned and talked to a friend about all of the items they could list for that topic. </div>
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This sounds easy, but it's actually a very good exercise for the children to have to stay on topic and only list items that would fit the category. I rang a bell after a minute or so and moved onto the next topic, so it was a fast moving activity. </div>
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Some of them even illustrated their lists! Once I ooohed and aaaahed about these illustrations, guess what everyone else started to do?! It was great. </div>
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<span style="color: #252525;"><span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 22.39px;">When I think of what I want my children to be able to do, to be able to accomplish even as they graduate high school, I want them to be effective communicators, problem solvers, risk takers, and to be able to work well together in groups... THESE are great goals and exit outcomes for any student leaving high school, and these are exactly the skills developed during free choice time in kindergarten. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #252525;"><span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 22.39px;">Play in the classroom is a tangent I often drift off to because I am passionate about play for children ... (<a href="http://ckisloski.blogspot.com/2013/11/learning-through-play.html">HERE</a> is one post I wrote about the importance of <a href="http://ckisloski.blogspot.com/2013/11/learning-through-play.html">PLAY</a> in the classroom, and <a href="http://ckisloski.blogspot.com/2013/07/remember-to-play-every-day.html">HERE</a> is a post with more about my <a href="http://ckisloski.blogspot.com/2013/07/remember-to-play-every-day.html">Play Every Day Prezi</a> that I made about just that...) It's important that the people who make educational decisions, but are not in the classroom, understand its essential role in children's lives. </span></span><br />
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Wednesday we had a pajama day! My children chose this as their class prize for all being able to TIE SHOES!!! YES! Everyone!</div>
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Every year our PE teachers have a contest to see which class in K, 1, and 2 can tie shoes first. The prize is an extra PE class full of fun and games. This is always a great chance to really stress the importance of tying shoes to families. I send home lots of <strike>pleading, begging </strike> helpful notes to parents with tips and encouragement to practice and practice and practice, and be patient, patient, patient. The children want to learn so badly, but it does take some real fine motor control and patience, because it is not easy to do!<br />
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Anyway, we won! One of my sweeties is out for a while, and I don't want him to miss our celebration in PE, so we will wait for him to return for that. We had a pajama party to celebrate in the meantime, because the class was so proud and exited.<br />
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I take NO credit for this win. I did get out my sparkly shoes and cardboard shoes during free choice and work some with the children, but here is my secret weapon...<br />
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My wonderful mother comes to read with the children each day during our center time (and write, and work on numbers, and just love the kids and get LOTS of love back). Her patience is never ending. I am in awe. She made tying shoes FUN- and then, the contest was no longer impossible in the kids' minds, but it just had to be won! So... we did.<br />
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We started our 'How-to' books this week. I wrote a post <a href="http://ckisloski.blogspot.com/2014/04/how-to-books-made-easy-and-freebies.html">HERE</a> about all the different things I do to teach writing How-to books.<br />
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I always start by introducing our transition words. Then, we order some sequencing cards and tell a story to go with them using the transition words. This gets the children used to telling a "how to" story. (We use the Lucy Calkin's writing program, and she doesn't use these transition words, but I do because those are the words we use to retell stories, so it fits perfectly that they would use them in these books.)<br />
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I wanted to think of a fun way to introduce writing 'How-to' books that I could model and we all could do together. Since it was a FUN day, I decided we should teach someone how to eat a lollipop.<br />
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I have a bag of small size Tootsie Pops, just in case an emergency fun idea like this 'pops' up.<br />
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We had to review all the steps of eating a lollipop, by... eating a lollipop. We talked our way through each step. I modeled writing the simple steps we talked about using the transition words, as some of the children modeled the actions:<br />
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FIRST, you pick your favorite color lollipop.<br />
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NEXT, you take the wrapper off the lollipop.<br />
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THEN, you lick and lick the lollipop until it is gone.<br />
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I used these pictures of the children with the following day's lesson, to review the steps and have the children order them just like we did with the cards, before they continued writing their books. It was a great reminder, and they loved it. <br />
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You could also make a class "How-to" book with the photographs and writing, and laminate it.<br />
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I just drew some quick illustrations to go with our words as the children helped me decide what we would write for each step. For this modeling, I didn't have the children come up to help write. Sometimes that gets too time consuming, and the children are quick to lose interest. I have a very busy group, and I need to always assess carefully what my goal for the lesson is. Today it was for them to talk through the story with me and understand how to tell and write it sequentially using the transition words.<br />
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I took the opportunity to work on the 'ck' digraph a little and explain that we may use words like <i>pick, lick</i>, and <i>stick</i> in our writing! We could have said, 'Last you put the stick in the trash,' to use the word 'stick.' I love to teach digraphs authentically when great opportunities arise. The word 'trash' was perfect for the 'tr' blend and 'sh' digraph.<br />
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Then, with a little lift of sugar, the children headed to their seats to begin writing. They did fabulous! I didn't leave our sample up, so they didn't copy my papers. They were familiar with the ideas and were welcome to use them, but they had to plan what they were going to say and write it themselves.<br />
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It worked well to have everyone write about the same topic for our first how-to book. They could help each other if they needed to, and were very familiar with the steps.<br />
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To go along with our 'All About Books' and 'How-To' books, I just posted my new packet of <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/QR-Codes-for-Nonfiction-Books-3014200">QR Codes for Nonfiction Books</a>. You can get it <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/QR-Codes-for-Nonfiction-Books-3014200">HERE</a>. I needed some nonfiction stories for the children to listen to during center time. They are a lot trickier to find than fiction books! <br />
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<span style="text-align: start;">This</span><span style="text-align: start;"> </span><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/QR-Codes-for-Nonfiction-Books-3014200" style="text-align: start;">QR Code packet</a><span style="text-align: start;"> </span><span style="text-align: start;">has given me another way to immerse the children in nonfiction text. </span>It's been great for them to be able to hear some different nonfiction stories and see the features as they listen to these books on their iPads. They are also reading nonfiction during private and partner reading time.</div>
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Here is a simple, quick little activity we did on the rug yesterday morning. I made a crown for 'The King of ing.' We have been finding 'ing' in so many of our words. I had one child at a time come up and add 'ing' to a word on the poster, while they wore and were 'The King of ing.' I have other posters to use different mornings, so everyone has a chance. I like to divide these lessons into several smaller lessons to reinforce the skill. <br />
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My children LOVE to use QR codes. I use them all the time for a literacy center. This packet features stories from eight authors because I also love to do mini author studies, so my children are really familiar with different authors and their styles. Here are the stories included in the packet.</div>
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The children feel so smart and ARE so smart to know about these great authors. We often refer to different techniques that the different authors use as we write our own books.</div>
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So, since the children love the stories so much when we read them, I wanted them to be able to hear the stories over and over again- which gave me the idea to make Author Study QR Code Books.</div>
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I have scanned all of the videos through ViewPure to remove any advertisements or distractions. Please check the sample QR Codes to be sure ViewPure isn't blocked at your school. If it is, many times the IT person at your school can easily unblock the site for you if you ask (or give them cookies or donuts...). </div>
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I print the QR Codes out with the author cover page, and the children can choose an author packet to use for center time.</div>
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I have also included a biography page for each author in the packet. We talk about the authors and learn about their lives, and then I send this page home with each child so parents know who we are learning about in class.</div>
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My Author Prezi is also a huge part of our studies. I have included a link to that in this packet as well. As we study a particular author, I show the videos of that author throughout the week on the Smart TV.</div>
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It is so rewarding when the children hear a story and connect it to an author we have studied! I am pretty sure I hear angels singing. "That picture looks like an Eric Carle drew it!" Or when the children write a story along the same lines as a particular author. My children LOVE <i>Exclamation Mark</i> by Amy Krouse Rosenthal, and I get lots of variations of this book after we read it and they hear it a few times. I get <i>The Question Mark Book</i>, <i>The Period Book</i>, and <i>Quotation Mark </i>books with lots of talking going on in the story and quotation marks everywhere!</div>
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The last section in this QR Code Packet is <i>Favorite Familiar Stories</i>. I included lots of nursery rhymes and stories that SHOULD be familiar to children. Unfortunately, these stories are not so familiar anymore. Having the QR Center allows the children to listen to the stories many times and be able to retell them, since many don't have stories read to them over and over like children used to.</div>
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I also have these QR Codes <b>with</b> Writing Prompts. </div>
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<span style="text-align: left;">Sometimes I use the prompts as a quick little activity or assessment after a center- or as a whole group activity. They also are fabulous activities to leave as sub plans! This packet has the QR Codes for making into books, as well as the QR Code on the writing prompt so you can send the story right home with the children! They LOVE that. </span></div>
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Several people have asked if I had any QR codes for nonfiction, and ... NOW I do!</div>
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Here are the books included in the packet:</div>
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We use Lucy Calkins for our reading and writing programs. Right now we are working on writing <i>All About</i> books and <i>How To</i> books. We have also been reading lots of nonfiction books during private and partner reading, as well as for read alouds in class. The children really enjoy learning about real, true things in the books we're reading, and it's helping them become "experts" as they write their own books.<br />
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This <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/QR-Codes-for-Nonfiction-Books-3014200">QR Code packet</a> will give me another way to immerse the children in nonfiction text, during their center time. I hope you find it useful, too!<br />
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<br />Carolyn Kisloskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02297646560810079163noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5605176878036810419.post-11109600355942388922017-02-06T06:00:00.000-05:002017-02-06T07:44:23.314-05:00Sharing the LOVE- Show and Tell Aprons!<div class="separator" style="clear: both;">
Welcome to our <a href="http://mrswillskindergarten.com/learning-with-novelty/">Show and Tell Apron Blog Hop</a>! We decided to get together to celebrate our sweet, talented friend Sandy Welch and share her wonderful <a href="http://www.showandtellaprons.com/">Show and Tell Aprons.</a> Theses aprons are not only pretty and adorable, but one of the best teaching tools a primary teacher can have. </div>
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I love mine. It makes me happy every time I wear it- and the kids love it, too. The aprons are fabulous- but the creator... well, she is even more special. You will never meet a more genuine, kind, caring person. I was blessed to meet Sandy through our blogs when I first began years ago- and I am thankful that she is one of my very best friends today. </div>
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The aprons are fabulous for teaching all sorts of things- spelling sight words, recognizing sight words, rhyming words,sequencing stories, number facts, patterning... I love my apron. I can't even explain all of the uses for this apron. It seems like I'm always thinking of another way to use it.</div>
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She also has cards all set to use with the aprons, so you will be ready to go!<br />
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Now, I have a child size apron, too! We use this one A LOT! <span style="text-align: center;">The kids are crazy about their new apron. </span></div>
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<span style="text-align: center;">We are talking about fairy tales in our class right now. </span>The children can retell fairy tales in order using these <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Show-and-Tell-Apron-Cards-Fairy-Tale-Pack-1708372" target="_blank"> wonderful cards</a> to go with the apron. </div>
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The clip art is from <a href="http://whimsyworkshopteaching.com/">Whimsy Workshop</a>- who is another one of my favorite people in the world! </div>
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These cards are perfect now since we are working on familiar stories and fairy tales. After we read and retold <i>Three Billy Goats Gruff</i>, this little sweetie wanted to retell it during free choice time. I think she's pretty happy wearing that apron!</div>
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Sandy made this video with some of her great ideas for using the apron. The apron is a magical part of our day. We spend money on so many center activities and manipulatives and programs- and this is something worth every single penny, because you can use it every day in so many ways- and it helps your children learn. I'm a visual learner, and I know if my teacher had worn one of these aprons when I was in school, I'd have been able to see and understand things so much more easily (Yes - even if my high school and college teachers wore one. I need to see things to get them!)</div>
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These aprons wash beautifully, too. I don't have to wash mine much, but I have a few times, and it looks good as new. After you wash the apron, just lay it flat to dry. Sandy takes such care with each apron, and each is beautifully and carefully made. She packages them with such love and care, I can't wait until you see how pretty they come to you!<br />
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Sandy is the perfect kindergarten teacher and friend. She's come up with such a genius idea, that her friends just had to share it with all of you so you can join in on the fun and have a ball teaching with your apron!<br />
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Here is how I'm using the apron this week. This time of year we are working on learning our math facts to 5, so I just layer in the math facts in the pockets and we practice any chance we get!<br />
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The possibilities are ENDLESS! Thank you, Sandy, for such a wonderful product and such a genius idea for teaching! You can check out Sandy's store at TpT <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Kinder-gardening">HERE</a> or her website <a href="http://www.showandtellaprons.com/">HERE!</a> Check out <a href="http://mrswillskindergarten.com/learning-with-novelty/">Sandy's other friends and fans</a> and visit the other posts on this <a href="http://mrswillskindergarten.com/learning-with-novelty/">blog hop</a>!<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">These are going to be some quick tips for the week. Tip number one, let your kids read in front of a mirror! I wish I had LOTS more mirrors in my classroom because my children love to read like teachers in front of the mirror, which means a LOT of really great fluency and expressive practice with their reading!. (And a lot of looking at themselves, which is really fun too...).</span></div>
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SO this week, I taught the kids that Lips the Fish says that first sound, but then, swims right through the rest of the sounds. They totally got it! They say it to me, now, all the time. "We have to swim through it!" WIN!!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">This is a <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Chunky-Monkey-Reading-Strategy-Prezi-636912">free prezi</a> I made for practice chunking. </span></div>
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It is part of my <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Kindergarten-Beginning-Reading-Prezi-604512">Beginning Reading Prezi</a> that I use all the time in my classroom!</div>
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We are working on writing first and last names now. A quick fun center for the children is to prepare a paper for each child with his/her first last name on top. I just wrote each child's name and made copies so I have lots for whenever I need a quick activity.</div>
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I'm showing it below with only the first name, but we are now working on both names. Put out all different writing tools for your child to use to practice writing, writing, writing... colored pencils, thin markers, smelly markers, pens, glitter crayons, special pencils... anything! They can use any and all to write, write, write! Offer and give a sticker prize for neatness and trying your best-and you are good to go! OR who can write their name the most times the neatest? Add a clipboard and let them go ANYWHERE in the room, and it's even better.</div>
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Here's a simple, fun idea for February love. Cut a pocket out from an old pair of jeans. Fill it with some plastic hearts (I bought a packet from The Dollar Tree). After reading <i>A Pocket Full of Kisses</i>, give each child a heart to remember to be kind. You could fill it with Hershey Kisses, too, if you want!</div>
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Speaking of kindness, February is not only a month of love, but of kindness. February 17 is National Random Acts of Kindness Day! Did you know that? Well, my sweet friend Dr. Jean Feldman reminded me, and so we put together this little packet for your classroom if you'd like to use it. You can have your children draw and write different acts of kindness they do for others. You can collect acts of kindness that you do as a class. You can use it any way you want! This first cover is blank because I like to add a photo of my class underneath the title before I laminate it for a classroom book. Click <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bw4BuVZdT_UxSkdlelRKaGY2ZjQ/view?usp=sharing">HERE</a> if you'd like a copy.</div>
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These are some awards you can print out for children to reward kind acts. You can use these any and every day! </div>
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You can make this into a little classroom poster as a reminder! </div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I am linking up with <a href="http://doodlebugsteaching.blogspot.com/" style="text-align: left;" target="_blank">Doodle Bugs Teaching</a><span style="text-align: left;"> for Five for Friday. Thank you for hosting, Kacey!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">We are working on our All About Books in our Lucy Calkins Writing Units.My kids are really having a lot of fun with it, but his year I just seem to have a LOT of children who just aren't developmentally ready for the actually physical writing part of writing. They just can't get down on paper what they want to, so anyone can read it. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Other years, I've had several strugglers, but then I also had some who made me feel better. This year's group has needed a lot more time building those fine motor muscles and practicing.</span></div>
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When I take a deep breath, I can see such huge growth from September when they had even less idea of writing- but... some days I just wake up at 2AM and think, "HOW CAN I GET MY KIDS TO WRITE NEATLY?" Really- I do that. I might need more of a life. </div>
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Anyway, one thing I tried that has made them think a little more about neatness, spaces, and rereading to see if 1. They can read it. and 2. They didn't leave out any words, is to give them each a "Teacher Name" for writing time. Since they are writing All About books to teach others about something, they need to be teachers! So I taped these new name tags over their regular ones, and I call them Miss Webb or Mr. Jones during writing time. They love it! I do a lot of modeling to show them how I (a teacher) need to write neatly so they can read it, and how hard it would be if I didn't leave spaces or didn't take my time writing. </div>
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I also let them use the Spaceman Spacer (That I got from Kinder-Gardening's awesome <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Sight-word-sentence-construction-Part-One-661724">Sight Word Sentence Construction Packet</a> and just love!). This paper is morning work- so they copy the sentence I wrote. I know... that is old fashioned and whatever else- BUT it is really helping my kids understand HOW a sentence is supposed to look. I figured out that the problem so many had was that they don't have enough practice writing correct sentences. Copying mine has given them a lot of confidence as they write their own. </div>
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I have also enlisted the help of their writing partners for this task. Even when we do a practice write, like the paper above, I have them switch papers with a writing buddy to see if the writing buddy can read their writing. They seem to try harder and "get it" when a friend is going to be reading their paper. </div>
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Once the children feel like REAL TEACHERS, they get very serious. This is an example from one of my boys who has come SO FAR, and I am so proud of him. He wrote about "Rools" (Rules) and came up with some for our class to follow. He used spaces and heard so many sounds. He could barely hold a pencil for the first couple months. I wanted him, and the other children, to see how their work can really be useful and used in the classroom. So, I enlarged his page of rules and hung it by our door as the kids line up. He was beaming from ear to ear. </div>
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We brainstormed ideas that we could teach about. The kids did well coming up with their first story idea, then they got in a rut- after only ONE. So, we came up with some general topics, and talked about ways to narrow those topics down from there. </div>
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I added this anchor chart to my Writing Prezi (in the Non-fiction section), so I can just put it up on the big screen and the children can look at it during writing to get ideas. If you have my <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Primary-Writing-Prezi-649768">Writing Prezi</a>, you can bring it up on your screen, too! </div>
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My final <strike>desperate attempt </strike> helpful tip for teaching the children All About books came about when I realized that they didn't really understand HOW to teach something to someone. If they were writing about Valentine's Day, the story might be, "I like Valentine's day. It is fun." </div>
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As the children write, I walk around and pepper them with questions about their topic... "Why do we celebrate Valentine's Day? What do people do on Valentine's Day? What is a Valentine? What colors do you see a lot at Valentine's Day? Who do you give the Valentine's to? so they understand that their job is to answer questions someone may wonder about their topic, but still, this wasn't enough. </div>
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SO to help us out, I enlisted the aliens from our toy area. I explained that these aliens JUST landed and have no idea about anything. What is ice cream? Is it hot? Do you sleep on it? How do you eat it? Is there only one flavor? ANY silly questions you can think of for a topic make the kids realize- HEY- these aliens don't know anything! </div>
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I put four aliens around the room, so as the children write, they can see them and remember that those poor aliens don't know anything about what we have on earth! (We practiced pretending we were them holding up our arms saying "WHAT is a dog? WHAT is summer? WHAT is a color?..."</div>
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This packet has two comprehensive Prezis with videos for each topic to teach and reinforce lessons. These are so much fun to use during those extra minutes you have each day- or as a lesson on its own!</div>
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This part of the Prezi is great for talking about emotions. I also use this when I'm teaching the children about adding details and feelings in their writing.</div>
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This is the second Prezi- full of our favorite shake breaks. </div>
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The packet also includes Dr. Jean's songs <i>Feeling Fine</i> and <i>Macarena Bones</i>. You'll hear your students singing these songs over and over. They don't even realize all they're learning as they sing!<br />
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This packet is so much fun- the kids can't wait until we do our next activity. They learn SO much about their bodies, it's amazing. </div>
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Here are some things I've been working on and wanted to share.<br />
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Here is my new bulletin board for back to school. It seems like a Valentine's Day bulletin board, but actually, it's going to be our new theme for the new year.<br />
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I'm teaching my kids one of my favorite little poems:<br />
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Every time we do a Random Act of Kindness or any time one of the kids does something kind or loving, we're going to remember and say this poem. I want them to always keep it in their hearts- and years from now remember it and remember learning it in kindergarten. That would make me happy.</div>
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Next, I made a <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Winter-Prezi-2931835">Winter Prezi </a>that is free now at my TpT store. I use it a lot in the winter for those extra minutes we have in class- and for a lot of teaching. I added a section for Groundhog Day and Valentine's Day with videos, songs, and stories for each. I keep adding to it every time I find a good video.</div>
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We always do a lot with snowflakes- from snowflake sight words to studying snowflakes for science. I included lots of links to interesting sites that teach all about snowflakes. It is really fascinating- and the children love learning something different like that!</div>
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I used this Prezi all the time during snack before Christmas. I put on carols for the children as they ate or worked quietly. It was perfect. I love the carols that play in the fireplace. I made a fireplace background and added a YouTube video inside to make it look like a real fireplace.<br />
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<a href="http://ckisloski.blogspot.com/2016/12/everything-snow-lots-of-freebies.html">HERE</a> is a link to my post alllllllllllllll about snow with lots and lots of ideas and freebies, in case you missed it!</div>
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I sort of enjoy January when we get back to school, because the rush from holiday to holiday is over. The beginning of the year goes so fast from Halloween-to Thanksgiving- to Christmas! Plus, the beginning of kindergarten is busy with letters and sounds, letter formation, beginning writing, and classroom expectations. By January, we settle in to some real learning. </div>
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Our district uses Lucy Calkins for reading and writing. We've been using the writing program for a while, but are just beginning the reading program this year. I just made a <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Super-Reader-Prezi-2933484">Super Reader Prezi</a> (free) with the Reading Super Powers she talks about in her program. <br />
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This is part of my <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Kindergarten-Beginning-Reading-Prezi-604512">Beginning Reading Prezi</a> that I use all the time.<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I keep adding to both Prezis as I find another great video or chart. I just added more to my nonfiction section, because that's what we're working on when we go back in January.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Finally, I love to start the year with some quick assessments using ESGI. I wrote earlier about how I use ESGI in the beginning of the year. It's a great tool to help get to know the children and have data to guide your instruction and create resources to help students both at school and at home- all on my iPad, easy to access whenever and where ever I need it- and no paper mess! (That's key for me!)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">This time of year, my favorite parts of ESGI are our sight word assessment and the ability to create flash cards for each student to reinforce the words they miss. I keep a set of flashcards at school to use for RTI, and I send home a packet of words each week for students to practice at home. It's so easy for me, because I just have to hit "print" and the professional looking flashcards are printed (with each child's name on top- so they don't even get mixed up!)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I can also print out a parent letter for each student which explains exactly what each child needs to work on at home. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Our school doesn't send homework in kindergarten. We send books to read each night, but not paper/pencil homework. I send the flashcards on Friday along with some games or ideas to do with the flashcards so it's fun for families. For example, set a timer and see how many words the child can get in a set time. Time the child to see how quickly he can read the cards, then, do this again and try to beat that time! (They love contests!), Keep piles of "yes" and "no" words. See if the child can get all the words in the "yes" pile! Hide the cards around the house and have the child find each card, then read them to you (or write them ) as she finds them. Put one word on each stair and have the child read each stair as they climb to the top. There are so many fun ways to play with flashcards!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">My other favorite this time of year is the name tag generator. The students are now working on first and last names, so I make several sets of names for practice. I use them for seating, but also for the children to make rainbow names, find sight words or chunks in their names, and as a matching game with pictures. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">There are SO MANY other benefits EGSI offers. We all need to show more and more data, it seems, and ESGI makes it so easy to do! Not only easy- but useful! Sometimes it seems we collect data for the sake of collecting data- but the information I collect on ESGI is what I use to guide my instruction with each individual student each day.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: inherit;">ESGI has a great <a href="http://www.esgisoftware.com/ESGI/#overview_video.aspx" target="_blank">explanatory video</a> with all the details. This <a href="https://support.esgisoftware.com/entries/23223677-Intro-Webinar" target="_blank">Intro Webinar</a> (17 minutes) is a very thorough explanation of the program. </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">If you want to learn more about ESGI and to get a free trial of the software, click </span><a href="http://www.esgisoftware.com/ESGI/" style="color: #b44646; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">here</a><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">ESGI has really changed my life in the classroom.</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> </span></span>I posted ALL about the benefits, bells and whistles, and some examples of what ESGI offers<a href="http://ckisloski.blogspot.com/2014/10/esgi-assessments-made-easy.html" target="_blank"> HERE.</a> <span style="line-height: 22.39px;"> If you like using it and want to purchase the program, you can use my special </span><a href="http://www.esgisoftware.com/ESGI/?promo=%20B1119" style="color: #b44646; line-height: 22.39px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">PROMO CODE</a><span style="line-height: 22.39px;"> </span><strong style="line-height: 22.39px;">B1119 </strong><span style="line-height: 22.39px;">and receive $40 off your purchase for the first year. The price is usually $199 a year, but with the promo code, it will be $159 for the first year. Check with your administration because they may be able to purchase it for you. They can use the code and get it for $159 for the first year, too. It's a great time of the year to try it out. </span><br />
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Happy New Year to all of you! Today I want to share some snowflake ideas and snowy day books that I like to use in my classroom. </div>
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Grab a cup of coffee, tea, or cocoa- because I have lots of ideas to share! (It's a long winter...) I updated TpT links to be sure all the freebies still worked.</div>
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I love those first few flakes. They are magical in the classroom- so magical that anything that had been planned for the moment the children see snowflakes in the air for the first time is no longer the plan. There is a new plan- called watching the snowflakes! After those first flakes, we need to think of lots of activities to keep us busy learning.</div>
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I have MANY books about snow and winter. It seems like winter is L-O-N-G, and we have lots of opportunities for read-alouds. Here are some of my favorites.</div>
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<em>The Snowy Day</em> is such a sweet book, and good for so many things. This story works great as a mentor text for small moments during my Narrative Writing Unit. Everyone notices right away when the snowball melts in Peter's pocket. It is as if they can each say, "Yep- that's what happens!"</div>
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We read this story a few weeks ago, and will revisit it this winter, I am sure. Next time we read this, we will play the sight word snowball game afterward. This time, we made snow with Q-tips. This activity is completely student directed and just plain easy and fun. I made and copied little Peter characters on red paper. The children cut these out and drew on his face and buttons. Then, they could experiment with chalk and paint with Q-tips to make their own snowy days. I taught them how I make snowflakes, and it was a very relaxing, quick little activity. Some kids had forts and blizzards. Some had a few flurries. We shared our pictures after we were done. It was fun to hear the explanations to go with the pictures. You could also have the children write about their snowy day.</div>
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I love this Snowy Day Song by the FussKee Brothers!</div>
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Here is a description of <em>Snow </em>by Uri Shulevitz from Amazon: <em>No one thinks one or two snowflakes will amount to anything. Not the man with the hat or the lady with the umbrella. Not even the television or the radio forecasters. But one boy and his dog have faith that the snow will amount to something spectacular, and when flakes start to swirl down on the city, they are also the only ones who know how to truly enjoy it.</em><br />
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On a random side note, this book reminds me of a couple sayings that I like:</div>
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After we read some SNOW books, I love to let the children draw and write sight words in shaving cream snow- just a new twist on shaving cream writing... call it snow! They have so much fun, the tables never look cleaner, and the room smells great. Win-win-win! You can also do this on trays to keep it more contained.<br />
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<a href="http://spoonful.com/crafts/its-string-thing">Disney Family Fun</a> had this idea of painting snowflakes with pine needles!<br />
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<em style="text-align: center;">My class thinks this one is hysterical! The snowball goes down the pants and starts them doing a snowball dance. </em></div>
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Powdered sugar donut holes make great snowballs for a winter snack after you read a snowball story. </div>
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We play Snowball Sight Word Bingo or Snowball Number Bingo, using mini marshmallows as counters. You could use cotton balls, too- but for some strange reason, the kids like the marshmallows better. hmmm...<br />
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I LOVE <em>Stella, Queen of the Snow</em>. Her brother Sam has his usual many questions, and Stella always has an answer for him- right or wrong!</div>
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We also had a ball with <i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Here-Comes-Frost-Kazuno-Kohara/dp/0312604467/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1422403001&sr=8-1&keywords=here+comes+jack+frost&pebp=1422403003733&peasin=312604467" target="_blank">Here Comes Jack Frost</a>.</i></div>
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This is a really fun book to share with the children. Some of them weren't familiar with the word "frost," so we talked about that first. The book is illustrated with blue and white, and just feels chilly. </div>
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The boy in the book has lots of fun with Jack Frost, but Jack warns the boy not to mention anything warm, or he will go away.</div>
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Right then and there, we stopped the book and I had each child tell me what they would NOT mention to Jack Frost! I got lots of great answers from lava to hot chocolate to cozy slippers. </div>
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<i>(I loved introducing the children to snowdrops, because they're my FAVORITE flower!)</i></div>
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During free choice time, I had groups of four do this little activity. First, they wrote, "I like to play in the snow." (We are reallllly working on neat writing, spaces, capitals, and ending with a period...). Then, they drew a winter picture with a white crayon, followed by some blue water color painting over that to make a Jack Frost winter picture, just like the book. If you do this, remind them to draw a lot of details with the white crayon in their winter picture. They loved this because nobody else could tell what they had drawn before it was painted- and then it came to life magically before their eyes. I think I love my crayon resist activities as much as the kids do.</div>
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<em>Ten on a Sled</em> is great for retelling, acting, sequencing, and math word problems.<br />
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<em>The Snowstorm Surprise</em> and <em>Ice-Cold Birthday</em> are stories that my children loved to hear over and over when they were little, so they hold a special place in my heart. My middle daughter's birthday is in January, so when she was little we made Ice-Cold Birthday cakes for her sometimes. We layered ice cream sandwiches, hot fudge sauce, Coolwhip, crushed Oreos, then repeated with a different flavor of ice cream sandwiches and the rest of the goodies. YUM. You can use any kind of crushed candy instead or with the Oreos- depending on how much of a sugar overload you are going for...<br />
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<em>(This picture is from <a href="http://momscookingclub.blogspot.com/2011/07/frozen-chocolate-caramel-toffee-ice.html" target="_blank">Mom's Cooking Club's</a> BlogSpot.)</em></div>
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<em>Snow Sounds</em> is a great introduction to onomatopoeia. From Amazon:</div>
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The kids like to dance to this Eric Herman <em>Snow Days</em> song. It's silly.<br />
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We play a Snow Day Sight Word game that I just call SNOWSTORM! Everyone has a snowflake on a headband. I write a different sight word on each snowflake. (You could use math facts, ten frames, letters, numbers- anything!) Here are two different versions of the headbands.<br />
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Each child also has a clipboard with a recording sheet. I wrote before that since I don't have enough clipboards for everyone, I just put a big clip on the end of old dry erase boards that I have, and they work great. If you want to get fancy, you can get some magic snowflake pencils at the Dollar Store.<br />
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When I say, "SNOWSTORM!" everyone starts walking around looking at each other's headband word and writing that word on their recording sheet. This is a simple and fun way to practice writing sight words. They kids have a ball.<br />
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Here is a copy of the recording sheet if you want to play! I always use the 3rd page one, but I made the others just for fun- so the game seems a little different if we play it again. :) Just click on the picture if you would like a copy!<br />
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Another fun game is like Mingle- but I call it Snowballs! Everyone walks around the room and is an individual snowflake. When I say "Snowball group of 4!" the children have to quickly get into a group of four. Then, I say "Snowflakes" again, and the walk around until I call out another "Snowball group of 3!" or whatever. They LOVE this game. </div>
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We LOVE <em>Katy and the Big Snow</em> just like we love <em>Mike Mulligan and his Steam Shovel!</em><br />
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These are some of my favorite books to teach about snowflakes and use for Science:<br />
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I love the sweet illustrations in Snowflake Bentley, and the children love that he was a real person!<br />
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I also love taking my class outside when it is snowing to do our snowflake observation lesson. I used to do this with my own children when they were little. It is always fascinating.<br />
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I put some black construction paper in the freezer and just get it from the staff room freezer on our way outside. You probably don't even have to freeze the paper. The kids get a kick out of it. Sometimes it seems like those extra little steps make a lesson more memorable for the children, and it may keep the flakes frozen a little better. I cut the paper in quarters so the pieces aren't that huge for the children to handle. You can use black felt or other fabric instead, or even dark mittens would work well to catch snowflakes. I found this picture online from The Chocolate Muffin Tree because we haven't done this lesson yet this year and I didn't have a picture.<br />
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Each child has a paper or fabric and a magnifying glass. They catch the snowflakes and observe the beauty. It is simple, and always one of our favorite outings. The children love learning that each snowflake has six sides and is unique! I have everything ready to go, and just pick the best afternoon to get outside when it is snowing, otherwise, it turns out like the day we were going to look at clouds after our cloud lesson- and the sky could not have been more perfectly blue!<br />
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I found some pictures online to show you some gorgeous snowflakes. It's fun to look at these with the children once you come inside.<br />
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<a href="http://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/climate-weather/stories/18-perfect-snowflakes-photos" target="_blank">Mother Nature's Network Perfect Snowflake Pictures</a></div>
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(from <a href="http://www.its.caltech.edu/~atomic/snowcrystals/kids/kids.htm" target="_blank">SnowCrystals.com</a> )</div>
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<a href="http://snowdays.me/" target="_blank">SnowDays</a> is one of my new favorite sites. It isn't a new sight- just new to me! It lets you create a snowflake online- without paper! (They come out MUCH better for me than the real paper ones... I actually feel a little artistic!)</div>
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I put these snowflake sites all together on my <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Winter-Prezi-2931835">Winter Prezi</a>. I use this all the time in Winter for those extra minutes we have and to reinforce or teach winter themes. I just added the Valentine's Day section!</div>
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It's FREE- and the snowflake section makes a wonderful science unit for winter.</div>
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My brother-in-law made me these gorgeous snowflakes for two bulletin boards I made at school last year. My principal wants to put the snowflakes on a wall and spray paint them using the snowflakes as a sort of stencil. </div>
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The idea for this bulletin board came from <a href="http://thebutterflyjungle.blogspot.com/2012/12/let-it-snow.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #377900;">The Butterfly Jungle.</span></a> I loved it. Not only did the idea come from her- but so did the bear. I tried my unartistic best to draw my own, but they kept coming out like giant white rats, which are NOT as precious blowing snowflakes, by the way. Finally, I just enlarged her wonderful bear. She described drawing the bear as "easy-peasy." :( Nope.</div>
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I found a couple other fun online snowflake games. (All are on the Prezi.)</div>
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<a href="http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/games/puzzlesquizzes/snowflakes-puzzler/" target="_blank">National Geographic</a> has some fun online snowflake puzzles.</div>
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<a href="http://www.uptoten.com/kids/kidsgames-coordination-catchsnow.html" target="_blank">Kids Games</a> has a fun Catch the Snowflakes game. (Yes, I played it- and it is fun!)</div>
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<a href="http://www.literactive.com/Download/live.asp?swf=story_files/Snow_Flake_Game_US.swf" target="_blank">Literactive</a> has a great snowflake CVC game!</div>
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I found some good snowflake videos. This video is from <a href="http://www.activityvillage.co.uk/snowflakes" target="_blank">Activity Village</a>, along with these facts.</div>
Did you know that large snowflakes can measure up to 2" across and contain hundreds of individual crystals?<br />
The largest snowflake ever found was 8" by 12"! It was reported to have fallen in Bratsk, Siberia in 1971.<br />
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This is a sweet story to go along with a snowflake study. It's a great way to start a discussion about how people, like snowflakes, are each special and unique.</div>
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Glue snowflakes are always a beautiful craft to make- easy and never fail (remember- all snowflakes are supposed to be different!). They look so pretty in a window or even on a little "winter tree" if you want to go with <em>The Tree that Stayed Up Until Next Christmas</em> idea.</div>
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<a href="http://factorydirectcraft.com/factorydirectcraft_blog/diy-glue-snowflakes/" target="_blank">Factory Direct</a> has a good tutorial about making glue snowflakes.</div>
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<a href="http://www.marthastewart.com/269342/crystal-snowflake" target="_blank">Martha Stewart</a> gives directions for making snowflakes with pipe cleaners and borax at her site. This would be a fun experiment to do with the class so they could watch it "grow!"<br />
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Martha also shows how to makes some <a href="http://www.marthastewart.com/270722/marshmallow-snowflakes-how-to" target="_blank">snowflake marshmallows</a> at her site. They look so pretty in hot chocolate! Her process is pretty involved- so I tried freezing marshmallow fluff and making them that way just to see if I could cheat. Nope. The fluff was too sticky and didn't work. Martha knew what she was doing, of course.<br />
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If I made her snowflake marshmallows, I would put one in a bag for each child to take home with a packet of cocoa-and this "How do you stay warm?" homework to complete as they enjoy their cocoa. (Poor things- nothing comes without some work!:) Or you could just enjoy the cocoa after your outside adventures and share your experiences! I have the children draw and write inside the mug, about how they like to stay warm in winter. I have them color the top of the mug brown like cocoa is inside, and then glue on cotton balls for marshmallows.</div>
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Just click the picture below if you would like a copy of this simple little activity.<br />
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If you wanted to really celebrate a snowy day, you could make no-fail snowflake pancakes! These are easy- even I can make them. Again, since snowflakes are all different, you cannot fail! You can dress them up with powdered "snow," white chocolate chip snow, coconut (if kids like that) or a mountain of spray cool whip snow (my kids favorite <strike>when they were little </strike>still.) The easiest way I found to make these "designer pancakes" is to put the pancake mix in a large Ziplock baggie, cut off one corner, and make the snowflake design like you are decorating a cake by squeezing out the batter.<br />
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This picture is from <a href="http://www.havingfunathome.com/2012/01/snowflake-pancakes.html" target="_blank">Having Fun at Home.</a> She worried about having symmetrical pancakes, bless her heart. Mine don't always look so great- but the kids LOVE them! Plus- once the powdered sugar or cool whip is on them, symmetry doesn't seem important at all.<br />
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With the "just add water" pancake mix, making pancakes in school is an easy way to cook in my classroom. One year for the 100th day of school, we made 100 mini pancakes. I just bring in my electric griddle, and we are good to go!</div>
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You can also make white chocolate snowflakes that are beautiful to add to a special cup of cocoa.<br />
These are from <a href="http://prudencepennywise.blogspot.com/2009/01/cupcake-of-month-winter-white-snowflake.html" target="_blank">Prudence Pennywise</a>.</div>
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These are from <a href="http://followpics.net/white-chocolate-snowflakes/" target="_blank">Geek Sweets</a>- and out of my league, but beautiful.<br />
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Although- <a href="http://www.hanielas.com/2012/01/piped-white-chocolate-snowflakes.html#.UsVqIqYo52Y" target="_blank">Haniela's</a> blog has a great tutorial about how to make these, so I may give it a try!<br />
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You could also put a pretty, intricate, paper snowflake on top of a cake to use as a template, and sprinkle powdered sugar over it for an easy snowflake cake. These are<a href="http://marthamoments.blogspot.com/2010_12_01_archive.html" target="_blank"> Martha Stewart's</a> templates:</div>
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Khrys Bosland shared these cute <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/FREEBIE-Frosty-Fluff-Fake-Snow-Recipe-441315" target="_blank">Frosty Fluff Fake Snow Recipe</a> labels and the recipe for Frosty Fluff.<br />
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I love this <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Snow-Much-Fun-PlaydoughLiteracy-Center-472917" target="_blank">Snow Much Fun (with Playdough)</a> center from Christie at First Grade Fever.<br />
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It will go great with our sparkly snow playdough. I like my Bisquick playdough recipe because it lasts so long and always turns out great! I just added some colorful glitter and no coloring. You could add some peppermint or vanilla extract for fun, too. The kids LOVE smelly playdough.<br />
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Mix all ingredients in a microwave safe bowl. Microwave for 3 minutes. Scrape and stir the bowl. Microwave for another 3 minutes. If it is not quite ready, microwave for another minute.<br />
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These are some other snow centers we have fun using. If you have a bigger tub or sand/water table, you could have a ball! I have a bigger bin that I use, but not a water table. I would LOVE to put real snow in a water table- or even a long bin. We don't have bathrooms or sinks in our classrooms, so that would be tricky. It's so much fun to do at home, though, if you have young children at home. Even putting some snow in the bathtub or sink with some snow toys would be so much fun. </div>
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Meanwhile, in my classroom, I use a bin or big box for my "snow sight words."<br />
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Here are some snow ideas you can use, shown in large bowls.<br />
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The children dig through the snow to find sight words and record them on their Snowy Sight Word Sheet. I have ten words in each bin with more of the "snow" than I have shown in the pictures to cover up the words. The children rotate through the bins.<br />
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First they put on their snowflake glasses, of course... (Dollar Tree...)<br />
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<em> (I had LOTS of these left from my daughter's wedding. They came is a big container from Walmart.)</em></div>
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<em>(This is just showing the sight words hidden in the rice.)</em></div>
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<em>Snow Storm! I used packing peanuts, cotton balls, plastic snowflakes I had, beans, and rice. This makes a really fun sensory table in a big tub or bin!</em></div>
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<em>Plastic Snowflakes</em></div>
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<em>Beans are some of my favorites. I put them in the freezer before center time, and they stay really cold! Plus, I can write the words right on the beans. I actually have two sets, so I keep one with an ice pack in a freezer bag to switch in the middle of center time so the groups all get cold snow beans.</em></div>
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Here is a copy of my <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bw4BuVZdT_UxYkFoZlg5MUY3YTA/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank">Snowflake Word Recording Sheet</a>. Click on the picture if you would like a copy of it. I used <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Snowflake-Digital-Papers-Freebie-Whimsy-Workshop-Teaching-1005353" target="_blank">Susanna Westby's adorable snowflake background</a> for the first page in color, and just black and white for the other page.<br />
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Here are some fabulous TPT freebies that I found in my search for everything snow! Enjoy!<br />
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<a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Welcome-Winter-Snow-Much-Fun-466753" target="_blank">Welcome Winter: Snow Much Fun!</a> from Heather's Heart is a great packet!<br />
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This <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Fun-in-the-Snow-110170" target="_blank">Fun in the Snow</a> packet by Penny Waddingham is a wonderful resource! She includes a sweet original winter story as well as math and literacy activities.<br />
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Kimberly Edgerton shared a <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Snow-Fun-Letter-Match-176131" target="_blank">Snow Fun Letter Match</a> activity, great for reinforcing capital and lowercase letters and sounds.<br />
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Mrs. McKown made an adorable <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Sight-Word-Finds-Let-It-Snow-K-1-196086" target="_blank">Sight Word Find</a> magnifying glass activity. My kids will love this!<br />
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I like this <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Winter-Syllable-Center-Cards-FREEBIE-SAMPLER-502001" target="_blank">Winter Syllable Card Center Activity</a> by Jennifer Drake!<br />
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<img alt="Winter Syllable Center Cards ~FREEBIE SAMPLER~" class="preview_product_image" itemprop="image" src="https://mcdn.teacherspayteachers.com/thumbitem/Winter-Syllable-Center-Cards-FREEBIE-SAMPLER/original-502001-1.jpg" /><img alt="Winter Syllable Center Cards ~FREEBIE SAMPLER~" class="preview_product_image " itemprop="image" src="https://mcdn.teacherspayteachers.com/thumbitem/Winter-Syllable-Center-Cards-FREEBIE-SAMPLER/medium-502001-3.jpg" /></div>
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Sharp's Kindergarten shared a fun <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Winter-Blizzard-of-Words-CVC-Game-FREEBIE-496003" target="_blank">Blizzard of Words Game</a> to practice CVC words.<br />
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<img alt="Winter - Blizzard of Words - CVC Game (FREEBIE)" class="preview_product_image" itemprop="image" src="https://mcdn.teacherspayteachers.com/thumbitem/Blizzard-of-Words-CVC-Game-FREEBIE/original-496003-1.jpg" /><img alt="Winter - Blizzard of Words - CVC Game (FREEBIE)" class="preview_product_image " itemprop="image" src="https://mcdn.teacherspayteachers.com/thumbitem/Blizzard-of-Words-CVC-Game-FREEBIE/medium-496003-3.jpg" style="height: 51px; width: 40px;" /><img alt="Winter - Blizzard of Words - CVC Game (FREEBIE)" class="preview_product_image " itemprop="image" src="https://mcdn.teacherspayteachers.com/thumbitem/Blizzard-of-Words-CVC-Game-FREEBIE/medium-496003-2.jpg" style="height: 51px; width: 40px;" /></div>
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Kate Drew shared some <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Snowflake-Literacy-Activities-448190" target="_blank">Snowflake Literacy Activites</a> at her TPT store.<br />
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I love this <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Winter-sight-word-reader-192842" target="_blank">Winter Sight Word Reader</a> from Zdoodlez. It is goes perfectly with a snowflake study!<br />
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<a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Snow-Sums-Roll-a-Snowflake-FREEBIE-505412" target="_blank">Roll a Snowflake</a> by Sharp's Kindergarten is a fun center activity.<br />
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Here is another cute <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Snow-Man-Roll-and-Color-1-6-999647" target="_blank">Snowman Roll and Cover</a> activity from Christina's Café of Creations with numbers 1-6.<br />
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Christina also made a <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Snow-Man-Roll-and-Color-2-12-999651" target="_blank">Roll and Cover with numbers 2-12.</a><br />
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Fern Smith shared a fun <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/FREE-January-Snow-Theme-Addition-Plus-One-Center-Game-178715" target="_blank">January Snow Theme Plus One Center Game.</a><br />
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Kinder Doodles has a cute <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Snow-Buddy-Number-Ten-Frame-Cards-1014717" target="_blank">Snow Buddy Number and Tens Frames Activity!</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Winter-Math-Fun-Freebie-491563" target="_blank">Warm Up With Winter Math</a> is a fabulous packet from A Special Teacher for Special Kids with lots of great activities.<br />
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Kacey is taking a well-deserved break from Five for Friday, but I have 5 simple things from my week to share- so here I go!<br />
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Our class Christmas tree... The kids could write the sight words on their Christmas tree paper or ornament paper. Then, after we did this, they've just been playing with the blocks. It's amazing the sentences and words I hear as they play. Note to self: Put sight words on EVERYTHING. </div>
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Since the children are getting so good at writing their names, and since they write names on every paper all day, I have the kids do different, quick things in the morning when they arrive to "sign in." One of the things we do is Rainbow Class Sight Words. I watch as each child writes each word with a marker to be sure everyone forms the letters correctly and can read the word to me. It takes no time at all, and is a great quick assessment. In the new year, the children will begin writing their first and last name as they "sign in" each day. They love that, too. We do all different things. Some days, I'll write a "5" on top of the paper when they sign in, and they have to write an addition fact for five. Arrival time is a great time for quick review - that really doesn't take any time from your day!</div>
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My friend Amy got each of us on our grade level this fabulous gift. I don't know how much she paid for them, but they are worth a million dollars. Thank you, Amy! <3 Our lines are straight as an arrow and quiet. (Well- as straight and quiet as they can be in the middle of December when everyone is full of EXCITEMENT...) I hold it as I walk around and watch them work sometimes. They love it! During free choice, I "scanned" in pictures of all the great things the kids built so I could send the pictures to Santa. </div>
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I wrote about my Holiday Homework <a href="http://ckisloski.blogspot.com/search/label/Holiday%20Homework">HERE</a> (it's free) and send one idea home for fun each night in December.<br />
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Some children bring papers back, so I wanted to have a special something for them. I use double sided tape to stick a Starburst to a cut out star, and then onto their paper. They love it. Sometimes I'll tape a pack of Smarties to the paper. It's just fun.<br />
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These! I actually made these for my family Christmas party for little place cards. They're not done, but I wanted to show you in case you wanted to use them for your home or students. I still need to add some little scarves to the penguin and pompoms to the elf and Santa hats, I think- but I loved them. <a href="http://www.fefifofamma.com/2011/12/last-minute-christmas-presents-candy.html">Here</a> is a link to the print outs. They are FREE from <a href="http://www.fefifofamma.com/2011/12/last-minute-christmas-presents-candy.html">Fe Fi Fo Fama</a>! Just click and save the image at her post and print as a full size picture. Then cut and wrap around a full size candy bar. Again, I used double sided tape to adhere them in back. <br />
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And finally, I loved this idea shared by <a href="http://www.thebubblyblondeteacher.com/">The Bubbly Blonde Teacher</a>. We have deliveries all day, several times a day thanks to Amazon Prime. And boy do we appreciate our delivery drivers! My lettering isn't as fancy as hers, but idea is all hers!</div>
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We had a Teddy Bear Tt Party Day this week. We're almost done with our letters. I work on all the letters all the time (like we all do) but then focus on two a week to reinforce letter ID, sound, and correct formation. So- we were on letter Tt and we needed a Tt Party!</div>
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The children had so much fun. I never want to get so busy with curriculums and programs that I can't have these fun days. These are the days the kids will remember. </div>
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We did lots of math with our bears! The children sorted them by color and size. They also came up with other ways to sort- some with clothes on, some holding something, black noses and brown noses... We had fun.</div>
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Then, they had to line up their bears from biggest to smallest- without making a sound! OOOH that was hard! </div>
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During math centers, we added and subtracted with teddy grahams. </div>
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We used paper bowls for bear caves for our subtraction. (I just cut out an "entrance to the cave." The children had 5 teddy grahams. I would put all five in the cave. Then, I would take some out and they had to tell me how many more were in the cave. They thought they were magic. I told them math is even BETTER than magic!</div>
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Here's a picture with teddy bear counters. I worked with a couple of my children during free choice time to review using counters.</div>
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Reading was oh-so-much better with bears!</div>
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The children wrote about their bears. They each wrote 3 details about their bear- usually his/her name, whether it was big or small, and what they liked to do with their bear. Then they drew a picture of their bear. I told them to pretend it was a photograph so it looked JUST like their real bear. They had fun.</div>
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We had flavored iced tea to drink, Teddy Grahams, and fruit snacks for our party. So simple but special. I used very special napkins because it was a "fancy party." You could also serve Swedish fish, berries, and honey, because bears love that, too!</div>
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What do you do when you get a new pillow and it's got too much stuffing in it? Take a bunch of it out, sew the pillow back up, and use the stuffing for Santa beards! And snow for upcoming projects... </div>
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I posted some of <a href="http://prekandksharing.blogspot.com/2016/12/candy-canes.html">my favorite candy cane ideas</a> at PreK and K Sharing this week!</div>
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This time of year, there are some books that we all probably use for some holiday character education lessons.<br />
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<i>Rudolph, the Red Nosed Reindeer</i> is a good lesson about being yourself and how your differences make you special. You are made exactly the way you are supposed to be to do wonderful things.<br />
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Last year, I posted <a href="http://ckisloski.blogspot.com/2015/12/five-for-friday-december-4th.html" target="_blank">LOTS and LOTS of reindeer freebies</a> and fun if you want to check those out! I updated the links to be sure they still work and are free. <br />
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<em>The Grinch</em> is all about learning to be kind, be kind, be kind. It makes you feel better inside!<br />
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<em>Mr. Willowby's Christmas Tree </em>has always been one of my favorite stories to share with my class. </div>
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It's great for so many things. The children love to retell it and remember each character who was able to have a new Christmas tree. It's also good for teaching that you don't have to be BIG to make a big difference in the world! I LOVE this poster from <a href="http://peppermintplum.blogspot.com/2011/04/grass-grows-greener-still.html" target="_blank">Peppermint Plum</a>.</div>
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Miss DeCarbo shared a sweet bulletin board idea and freebie at her TPT store to encourage <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Christmas-Kindness-Freebie-997757" target="_blank">Christmas Kindness</a> that would go really well with Mr. Willowby's Christmas Tree. I love activities that encourage children to see and appreciate the good in others.<br />
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We lost power last week in the middle of the night. It was supposed to come back on at 7:30 AM, but didn't get fixed until after 9AM. Meanwhile, I got dressed and put on my make up with a flashlight. So pretty... as you can imagine. And I just quickly "fixed" my hair from the day before. </div>
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The whole time I was struggling with everything in the dark, not used to it- trying the light switch, forgetting every time that it wouldn't work, I kept thinking of verses about God being our Light and how we need to focus on Him. I love analogies, and knew this was meant for me. If I keep God as my focus and look to Him, my Light, every single thing I need to do during the day goes so much better and so much more smoothly. When I try to make my way alone, I struggle in the dark with things that could be so much easier if the Light were turned on. Oh how I appreciated that light after trying to do everything in the dark. I also noticed how much I take the Light for granted and need to remember to be thankful for it all the time.</div>
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We had the BEST day EVER on Thursday! Dr. Jean was in town doing a conference, and stopped by our school to do a concert for our children. We all sing her songs all the time- and to have her in REAL, LIVE person was just amazing. I know it's something the children (teachers) will remember forever. She is A.M.A.Z.I.N.G. the way she captivates the children. They were so star-struck. I always am, too. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4bdD3RefBehA_mW-s86p_4ydPAIFDdOZIGZxcEP43vO3hPcIrT13YmQ4qHgEn4KuTQ979Q4I6A-AKeegED1hNZNzpJJEsDzUZhTdCcpKJYTtEP9vwfT56r_TNbWOaBQQ1AS-z-e4HhWTH/s1600/Image.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="356" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4bdD3RefBehA_mW-s86p_4ydPAIFDdOZIGZxcEP43vO3hPcIrT13YmQ4qHgEn4KuTQ979Q4I6A-AKeegED1hNZNzpJJEsDzUZhTdCcpKJYTtEP9vwfT56r_TNbWOaBQQ1AS-z-e4HhWTH/s640/Image.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
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<a href="http://www.bookbuilderonline.com/books">Here</a> is a site our Literacy Coordinator shared with us. It's called <a href="http://www.bookbuilderonline.com/books">BookBuilder Online</a>, by Pioneer Valley Books. It's awesome! You can print FREE personalized books for your students. They have different leveled books and different topics. Here are a few to show you:</div>
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I printed out Christmas books for each of my kids. I did it when they were in computer lab- and it took maybe 10 minutes to make and print books for each of my students. (The color printer is right in the computer lab, so it was just perfect timing for me!) Then, I just cut them in half and stapled them- so fast and easy! Here are some pages of one I did for my kids to show you:</div>
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I used this fabulous <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Christmas-lights-pattern-work-sheet-1-444020" target="_blank">Christmas Lights Pattern</a> by Meredith Fitzhenry that she shared at her TPT store. Thank you, Meredith!<br />
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I enlarged it 200 times and printed it on 11x17 paper.<br />
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I wrote secret sight words on each paper with a white crayon. There are some on the paper above and you didn't even know it! I made each paper different, and the children could watercolor however they wanted. They loved this! I got lots of "I love you's!" after this activity, so I knew it was a winner. My kids love any kind of secret messages. Who doesn't?!<br />
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After the children discovered their secret words and read them to me, they wrote them on their paper.<br />
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I wanted to share my<a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bw4BuVZdT_Uxb2tqc0ltVFFEeWs/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank"> Holiday Homework</a> with you. I love sending home some fun, simple family activities for the children (nothing too time-consuming) this time of year. I used to make Christmas Countdown Chains for each child, and have an activity for them to complete on each link. Then, I would send a bag with all of the "extras" needed to complete the tasks. For example, on the night the chain said to "Drink your cocoa while you draw a picture to show how you like to stay warm in the winter. Write a sentence to go with your picture," I would put a cocoa packet in the bag. This is what I sent home when I had the children eat a special meal on their Christmas plate and then write and label the meal they ate on the paper.</div>
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Everything was just something little, like a special holiday paper plate, a holiday pencil, a highlighter, special worksheets... The Dollar Store is the place to go for the extra goodies!</div>
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I decided to change it up a little and make this Holiday Homework packet with activities in it. I cut the activities apart, so I only send home one at a time. I send about two or three a week. I attach the extra item with it, if it needs one. I tape the candy cane onto the paper for the first activity, etc. I have found that more of the activities get done when they go home one at a time rather than when they were given all at once on the chain. (Even thought the chain idea was fun, too!)</div>
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I actually also think the children and the families appreciate everything more, too.</div>
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Here are some pictures of the pages and the different activities:</div>
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I write a note to parents explaining that these are just for fun activities that don't need to be returned to school, butI wanted to think of something fun to put on the children's papers if they brought back something completed, so I taped a Starburst on these cut-out stars to put on the papers. Sometimes I tape a silly band onto their paper. I like to put on a little something special, because I appreciate the extra help at home! Plus... it's that time of year for something special!</div>
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Finally- here's a quick little thing I have my kids do when they come in each morning before morning work. I write a few sight words on a piece of chart paper, and they trace each one with a marker so we make class rainbow words. I watch each child write because it's a good opportunity for a quick assessment, too, to see who is forming those letters correctly! This day we were working on "m" words. You could do this anytime- before lining up, for early finishers, after snack... </div>
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We've also included Reading and Art ideas for each packet- so really they are "STREAM" packets!<br />
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The topics included in this bundle are: I am a Scientist; Colors; Living and Nonliving; The Five Senses; Healthy Body! Healthy Me!; Birds and Bird Nests; The Water Cycle, Water, and Clouds; Going Green; and Bugs and Insects.<br />
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We wanted to put everything together so it's easy to access and can be used anytime throughout the year for a big savings.<br />
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I know there are some packets that I use at very specific times- for example, I use Going Green around Earth Day. But other packets, I use parts of in the fall and parts in spring- like Bugs and Insects. <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Healthy-Body-Healthy-Me-2712593">Healthy Body! Healthy Me!</a> I use throughout the year.<br />
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Here is a simple "<a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bw4BuVZdT_UxbC1kYk00SVdQazQ/view?usp=sharing">engineering</a>" overview sheet I use for our projects to get the children used to thinking like a scientist. I've had the children use these papers during a center time as they plan to build anything at all. It just helps them think ahead and learn to plan, and then rethink what changes they could have made to make their plan even better.<br />
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Just click on the picture below if you'd like a copy.<br />
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I'll give you a really quick overview of each packet so you can have an idea what each includes. Every packets has a preview you can look at as well.<br />
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I start the year with <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/I-am-a-Scientist-2554340">I am a Scientist</a>, because it gives my students a great overview of what it means to be a scientist. <br />
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I use the activities in the <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Colors-STEAM-Activity-Packet-2766492">Colors</a> packet right along with I am a Scientist, in the beginning of the year. It's a great introduction to science activities using what they know and a great review of colors in September and October. <br />
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In October and November, I like to talk about <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Living-and-Nonliving-Things-Packet-2115101">Living and Nonliving Things</a>. This is a fun unit for the children, and I've found that it actually works well with our fiction and nonfiction reading and writing units. We talk a lot about stuffed animals vs real, live animals, and make the connections with fiction and nonfiction stories. I also like working on the <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Living-and-Nonliving-Things-Packet-2115101">Living and Nonliving Unit</a> in October because we do many activities with apple and pumpkin life cycles, so this unit fits in perfectly.<br />
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I love teaching <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/The-Five-Senses-688660">The Five Senses</a> in December. The holidays are such a fun time for the children to realize how important their senses are! There are so many wonderful smells, fun things to see, different textured items to touch- as well as different temperature items (hot chocolate and snow, for example!), happy holiday songs to hear, and of course... plenty of great opportunities to taste different things. I teach this unit with Mr. Broom. He is a favorite every single year.<br />
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January is a perfect time for <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Healthy-Body-Healthy-Me-2712593">Healthy Body! Healthy Me! </a> for all of us- for the kids and for me! This is one of my favorite units. We visit this unit all year long, actually. <br />
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If we have a lot of children with colds one week, we work on this activity:<br />
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During Valentine's Day week, I love to teach about keeping hearts and blood healthy.<br />
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We learn about our bones during October when skeletons are all the rage. We learn what different vitamins do to help our body stay healthy and what foods we eat to get these vitamins.<br />
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We also learn about what we can and cannot eat to stay safe and healthy with an activity using these:<br />
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We use this packet in February for Dental Health Month.<br />
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And anytime we need a lesson about being a kind friend, feelings, or healthy habits, we use our Prezi...<br />
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I use the Get Up and Move Prezi all the time, all year long for brain breaks and exercise.<br />
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In February, I begin our <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Birds-and-Bird-Nests-1172522">Birds and Bird Nests Unit</a>. <br />
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I like working on this unit at the end of winter, because we are still seeing winter birds here that we can talk about like cardinals, blue jays, and geese flying back for spring. We prepare to look for signs of birds in spring and learn about what we will be seeing and what to look for!</div>
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March is all about <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Water-The-Water-Cycle-and-Clouds-2606911">The Water Cycle, Water, and Clouds</a>. I love this unit. I sort of love the water cycle way too much for some reason. It's so much fun to teach. My children love learning the songs and can teach anybody all about the water cycle and clouds when they are done with this unit!<br />
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We <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Going-Green-2636782">Go Green</a> in April for Earth Day. This is a really important unit that gets the children thinking about our earth and keeping it safe and clean. I love teaching the children this unit, because they are at such a great age where they take it to heart and want to make a difference. Having fun activities to remember will hopefully help them remember what they learn for the rest of their lives!<br />
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May is a great time for <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Bugs-and-Insects-Unit-2513730">Bugs and Insects.</a> The children LOVE to find bugs- and are so interested to learn all about them. Sometimes I'll do some of the activities from this unit in September- like when I find a centipede or fun looking bug in the classroom, and we need to study that. It's a great time to play a Bug Game during center time when this happens to reinforce any skill we are working on. By May, the bugs are out in full force and we have fun taking magnifying glasses outside and finding all we can find.<br />
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I hope you enjoy this STEM bundle. We know that if you can make learning fun and meaningful for the children, it's important to them and they remember it. That was our goal with this unit.<br />
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<br />Carolyn Kisloskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02297646560810079163noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5605176878036810419.post-74992611266010127602016-11-11T07:19:00.001-05:002016-11-11T07:27:56.785-05:00Five for Friday November 11<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I am linking up with <a href="http://doodlebugsteaching.blogspot.com/" style="text-align: left;" target="_blank">Doodle Bugs Teaching</a><span style="text-align: left;"> for Five for Friday. Thank you for hosting, Kacey! </span></span><br />
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We do Rocket Words each morning after calendar time. I choose a few sight words. We spell them as we squat for each letter, then spring up as we say the word. The kids love it. It's a great Brain Break anytime of the day. It's sad when I feel it in my thighs if we do a lot of Rocket Words... I'm not gonna lie... but, no pain, no gain!<br />
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Well, the kids love it so much that they started doing it by themselves, so I took full advantage.<br />
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I made a Rocket Words sign and added the Rocket Words of the day. When anybody finishes early, they can go to the rug and practice Rocket Words- oh so easy and they forget they're learning! Plus, they invented it, so that's even better.<br />
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I took a quick little video of some of my kids doing a couple words to show you. I just caught it at the end of their list.</div>
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I wrote a <a href="http://ckisloski.blogspot.com/2016/11/over-80-turkey-freebies-from-tpt.html">post</a> STUFFED FULL of Turkey Freebies from TpT! Enjoy! Enjoy! I hope you find lots you can use these next couple of weeks.</div>
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This is a fun little activity I also leave up for early finishers. The kids also "play teacher" at free choice and do this. We first did it together as a morning activity, so they knew what to do. </div>
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The red endings go with the red letters, and blue with blue. We worked on these sight words, and then used the sight words as endings to create new words. The kids just hold the ending behind of each single letters and read the word. Simple!</div>
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Here is a little trick I use to help some of my children who have a hard time with transition numbers counting to 100. I let them use their fingers as "groups of ten" to remind them what number comes next. When they count to ten, they hold up one finger, as they say all the teen numbers. Then as they go from 19 to 20, they put up two fingers for "twenty," then 29 to 30, they add a finger so they have three fingers to remind them the next number is "30," and so on. This really helps some of my kids. They see 5 fingers up and know the number will be "50." They learn quickly this way, and then don't need those fingers any more!</div>
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This is a fun little game my mother plays with the children to practice letters, sounds, numbers, sight words, shapes- in other words- ANYTHING! The kids LOVE it. Mostly, they love it because my mother is SO enthusiastic and so much fun, the kids cannot wait to work with her. She comes in each day during center time to work with the kids. It is heavenly. It makes such a wonderful difference to have someone besides me work with the children and make learning so much fun! If teacher colleges taught one skill for teaching, it would be ... BE ENTHUSIASTIC! Act like learning is fun, and you know what???? The children will believe LEARNING IS FUN! </div>
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This first quick video shows some of my girls playing the game with letter sounds. It's sort of like a "Letter War" game. </div>
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This video shows two of my girls working on letter recognition. One really needs the practice and the other can use the reinforcement and confidence. It's great for both of them. </div>
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It's funny because you may think this would work only for "competitive" children. But for some reason, every single child BECOMES competitive when they play. I think it's because they are so proud to show what they know. They are not really thinking about "beating" the other player as much as being proud of the cards they get.<br />
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Thank you for stopping by and sharing some moments from my week. Have a wonderful weekend. And... to all the Veterans on this Veterans Day...<br />
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I've put together lots and lots (over 80!) of turkey freebies from TpT just in case you need some fun activites for the next couple weeks!<br />
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Here is one of my favorite fun turkey activities that I look forward to doing with my class each year. This is one of my favorite stories from last year- I think because she calls her one grandma, "Cookie Grandma." </div>
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The activity started out to be a "How to Make a Thanksgiving Dinner" children's recipe book when I first did this. I have changed it a little bit over the years. I start by asking the children what they are thankful for, after we have our morning lesson on being thankful. Then, I ask them what they do on Thanksgiving. Here are some questions I may ask: Do you stay at home or go somewhere? Who comes over or is at dinner with you? What do you have to eat? Who gets the turkey? Where do they get the turkey? How do they cook it? How long? How do you know when it is done? Do you do anything else special on Thanksgiving? </div>
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I love every minute of the interviews! The children color a beautiful turkey. I type up their fabulous story and put it on their turkey. Then, the turkeys go over their lockers in the hall. </div>
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I put together all of the stories in a Special Thanksgiving Dinner book that I send home with each child before Thanksgiving break, with their special turkey and story stapled on top. I include a note to parents explaining that I wrote down exactly what each child told me, and even read it back to each one to be sure it was what he/she wanted to say. </div>
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Sometimes it is just fun to see what is really important to a child, and to remember to enjoy the simple, fun moments- and not worry so much about everything else. Children will not always remember the exact details of what was planned, but they will remember feeling that it was something special.</div>
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Here are some of my favorite Thanksgiving books that I love to read to my class.</div>
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Every year, I literally cannot wait for Halloween to be over so I can read <em>A Turkey For Thanksgiving, </em>by Eve Bunting, to the kids. That has to be my very favorite. I love the expressions on the animals, the way Mr. Moose pushes the turkey to his house for Thanksgiving, and the relief on the turkey's face when he realizes that he is a guest for Thanksgiving- not the meal. I think another reason it is a favorite, is that the kids are genuinely concerned for the turkey (maybe because I play it up so much that I feel SO BAD for him...). A sort of relief falls across our room when it ends happily.</div>
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<em>In November</em>, by Cynthia Rylant, is a beautiful book, too. Her illustrations are so sweet. This book is perfect for making connections and discussing what happens in November. My friend Sandy, at <a href="http://kinder-gardening.blogspot.com/2013/11/im-linking-up-for-made-it-monday.html" target="_blank">Kinder-Gardening</a>, shared how to make a sweet pop-up book about all the "no's" of November (No green grass, No blue sky, No bare feet going by,...) This book would go along great with that activity! You can see her book idea <a href="http://kinder-gardening.blogspot.com/2013/11/im-linking-up-for-made-it-monday.html" target="_blank">here!</a></div>
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I love <em>Twas the Night Before Thanksgiving</em>. What a fun idea! The kids love to explain exactly what happened and retell this one.</div>
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The others are fun and silly, too. <em>Pete the Cat</em> is always a favorite- no matter what he is doing. This Thanksgiving book is actually informational, and of course, the kids love it. </div>
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<em>The Pilgrims' First Thanksgiving</em> is a good book with lovely illustrations if you want to get more serious and actually discuss Thanksgiving! (I thought I better throw a 'real' one in there!) Sometimes it gets a little detailed for my class, but they love the pictures, and I condense it a little. My class this year loves learning about Thanksgiving and was very attentive for this book, with lots of questions all the way through. </div>
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We also sing LOTS of Thanksgiving songs and do many finger plays. I made this parent note for the children to take home before Thanksgiving, so that they can share some of the songs and finger plays at home. Sometimes they just need a little reminder of a song to get singing. The children know the motions, but it is hard to remember all the different little songs. It is fun for the children to be able to perform on Thanksgiving Day for visitors, too! If you would like a copy of the songs, just click on the picture below.</div>
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I thought this <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Turkey-Match-Up-408535" target="_blank">Turkey Match Up</a> by lbaxer was adorable!</div>
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Here is a cute <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Turkey-Sight-Word-Flash-Cards-410221" target="_blank">Turkey Sight Word Flash Cards</a> set by Becca Stitch. I love having different flash cards. I use them all the time.</div>
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Here are some cute <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Oh-Turkey-Primer-sight-word-game-481344" target="_blank">Oh Turkey! Sight Words</a> by Learning Ahoy.</div>
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My kids will love this <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Thanksgiving-Turkey-Teeny-Tiny-Sight-Words-Kindergarten-Treasures-Units-1-4-419610" target="_blank">Thanksgiving Turkey Teeny Tiny Sightwords</a> activity by Karen Young. Anything to do with magnifying glasses is a hit with them! So cute!</div>
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SC2 Teacher made a <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Gobbling-Up-Sight-Words-Primer-List-415612" target="_blank">Gobbling Up Sight Words Game</a> to share.</div>
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<img alt="Gobbling Up Sight Words: Primer List" class="preview_product_image" itemprop="image" src="https://mcdn.teacherspayteachers.com/thumbitem/Gobbling-Up-Sight-Words-Primer-List/original-415612-1.jpg" style="height: 178px; width: 230px;" /><img alt="Gobbling Up Sight Words: Primer List" class="preview_product_image " itemprop="image" src="https://mcdn.teacherspayteachers.com/thumbitem/Gobbling-Up-Sight-Words-Primer-List/medium-415612-2.jpg" /></div>
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They also shared a <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Gobbling-Up-Sight-Words-First-Grade-Dolch-Words-415626" target="_blank">First Grade Word List</a> and a <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Gobbling-Up-Sight-Words-Second-Grade-Dolch-Words-415628" target="_blank">Second Grade Word List Game</a>.</div>
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Here is a <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Free-Turkey-Color-by-Sight-Word-Dolch-Words-420203" target="_blank">Turkey Color By Sight Words</a> by Tessa Maguire.</div>
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<img alt="Free Turkey Color by Sight Word Dolch Words" class="preview_product_image" itemprop="image" src="https://mcdn.teacherspayteachers.com/thumbitem/Free-Turkey-Color-by-Sight-Word-Dolch-Words/original-420203-1.jpg" style="height: 178px; width: 230px;" /><img alt="Free Turkey Color by Sight Word Dolch Words" class="preview_product_image " itemprop="image" src="https://mcdn.teacherspayteachers.com/thumbitem/Free-Turkey-Color-by-Sight-Word-Dolch-Words/medium-420203-2.jpg" /></div>
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Here is another <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Thanksgiving-Turkey-Color-By-Sight-Word-Printable-344888" target="_blank">Color By Sightword activity</a> by Grade One Snapshots. These make great centers or morning work activities.</div>
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<img alt="Thanksgiving Turkey Color By Sight Word Printable" class="preview_product_image" itemprop="image" src="https://mcdn.teacherspayteachers.com/thumbitem/Thanksgiving-Turkey-Color-By-Sight-Word-Printable/original-344888-1.jpg" style="height: 172px; width: 172px;" /><img alt="Thanksgiving Turkey Color By Sight Word Printable" class="preview_product_image " itemprop="image" src="https://mcdn.teacherspayteachers.com/thumbitem/Thanksgiving-Turkey-Color-By-Sight-Word-Printable/medium-344888-2.jpg" /><img alt="Thanksgiving Turkey Color By Sight Word Printable" class="preview_product_image last" itemprop="image" src="https://mcdn.teacherspayteachers.com/thumbitem/Thanksgiving-Turkey-Color-By-Sight-Word-Printable/medium-344888-3.jpg" /></div>
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Kristin Kring shared a fun <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Thanksgiving-Write-the-Room-Fun-378742" target="_blank">Thanksgiving Write the Room Activity.</a></div>
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Here is another <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Roll-and-Read-Turkeys-407927" target="_blank">Roll and Read Turkeys Game</a> by Shawna Devoe.</div>
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Andrea Mason has this <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Thanksgiving-Word-Fun-Freebie-409024" target="_blank">Thanksgiving Word Fun Freebie</a> at her store!</div>
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This is a great little short e <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/FREE-Turkey-Word-Work-Short-E-953479" target="_blank">Word Family Turkey Work</a> activity by The TLC Shop.</div>
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This <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Build-a-Turkey-CVC-Freebie-970030" target="_blank">Build a Turkey Center Activity</a> by My Fabulous Class focuses on the <em>at</em> and <em>an</em> word families.</div>
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<a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Hide-Turkey-Hide-645362" target="_blank">Hide Turkey Hide</a> by Terri Izatt is a wonderful Emergent Reader to help the children practice positional words.</div>
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<img alt="Hide Turkey Hide" class="preview_product_image" itemprop="image" src="https://mcdn.teacherspayteachers.com/thumbitem/Hide-Turkey-Hide/original-645362-1.jpg" style="height: 174px; width: 230px;" /><img alt="Hide Turkey Hide" class="preview_product_image " itemprop="image" src="https://mcdn.teacherspayteachers.com/thumbitem/Hide-Turkey-Hide/medium-645362-2.jpg" /><img alt="Hide Turkey Hide" class="preview_product_image " itemprop="image" src="https://mcdn.teacherspayteachers.com/thumbitem/Hide-Turkey-Hide/medium-645362-3.jpg" /><img alt="Hide Turkey Hide" class="preview_product_image last" itemprop="image" src="https://mcdn.teacherspayteachers.com/thumbitem/Hide-Turkey-Hide/medium-645362-4.jpg" /></div>
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Jodi Waltman has a cute <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Where-is-the-Turkey-NounPreposition-Booklet-413385" target="_blank">Where is the Turkey Noun/Preposition Book</a> at her store. I was so excited to find her because my maiden name is Waltman! It kind of made my day!</div>
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Donna Thompson made a <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Turkey-Hunt-Find-Your-Opposite-Match-and-Sort-Game-Freebie-899670" target="_blank">Turkey Hunt Opposite Game</a> that she shared at her TPT store.</div>
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I loved this <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Picture-Perfect-A-to-Z-Turkey-Alphabetizing-Easy-408214" target="_blank">Picture Perfect A-Z Turkey</a> for alphabetical order by SloaneDidIt!</div>
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Donna Glynn made this great <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Turkey-Sight-Word-Scramble-394447" target="_blank">Turkey Scramble.</a></div>
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I like these <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Turkey-Trouble-Sound-Boxes-FREEBIE-405735" target="_blank">Turkey Trouble Sound Boxes</a> by JD's Rockin Readers.</div>
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I like this <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/My-Hungry-Turkey-Thanksgiving-Emergent-Reader-Freebie-946400" target="_blank">My Hungry Turkey Emergent Reader</a> by Expressly Speaking.</div>
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This is an adorable <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Five-Little-Turkeys-A-Thanksgiving-Little-Reader-color-version-414738" target="_blank">Five Little Turkeys Emergent Reader</a> by Learn a Latte.</div>
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Erica Durfin has a great <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Turkey-Punctuation-and-Coloring-409607" target="_blank">Turkey, Turkey What Do You See (Punctuation and Coloring)</a> book.</div>
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This <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Five-Little-Turkeys-Emergent-Reader-169748" target="_blank">Five Little Turkeys Emergent Reader</a> is by Kindergarten Fever.</div>
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Here is a quick little <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Turkey-Trot-404736" target="_blank">Turkey Trot Handwriting Practice Sheet,</a> from ATBOT the Book Bug, great for morning work!</div>
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Expressive Monkey has some cute <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Thankful-Turkey-Feathers-412110" target="_blank">Thankful Turkey Feathers</a> ready to go!</div>
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Elementary Creations shared this <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/I-am-Thankful-for-writing-activity-957380" target="_blank">I Am Thankful For Writing Activity</a>.</div>
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Amy Haffly shared some <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/A-Thanksgiving-Book-I-Am-Thankful-for-Student-Writing-Project-423682" target="_blank">I AmThankful For Writing Activities.</a></div>
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I love these <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/FREEBIE-Giving-Thanks-Thanksgiving-Writing-Templates-970872" target="_blank">Giving Thanks Writing Templates</a> from Debbie Palacios Hayes.</div>
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Tiny Teaching Shack shared a <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Thanksgiving-Writing-Pack-for-Firsties-K-2-FREEBIE-960522" target="_blank">Thanksgiving Writing Packet for K-2.</a></div>
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This is a cute <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Persuasive-Writing-Turkeys-Plea-to-the-Farmer-FREEBIE-399357" target="_blank">Persuasive Writing Activity</a> by In That Room.</div>
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Lisa Richling shared a wonderful <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Thanksgiving-How-To-Writing-Pack-FREEBIE-401941" target="_blank">Thanksgiving How To Writing Packet</a> with ten different "how to" writing prompts at her TPT store.</div>
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Brittany Lynch shared these <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Thanksgiving-Writing-Prompts-963255" target="_blank">Thanksgiving Writing Prompts.</a></div>
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Ashley Reed shared a <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Thanksgiving-FREEBIES-from-Just-Reed-400826" target="_blank">Thanksgiving ELA Freebie Packet</a> at her store.</div>
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We have lots of Turkey Math Fun in our classroom, too. My sweet friend Betty made this adorable quilted turkey for my classroom last year. The kids love him. Well, her- I guess- because her name is Cranberry. Doesn't that sound like a girl? I think so. We voted. It came down </div>
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Anyway, I wanted to think of something fun to do with her, so I decided on this quick math review.</div>
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I put different colored Post Its with different packets of skills that I wanted to review on each feather. I used the wonderful <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Turkey-Round-Up-Relay-393613" target="_blank">Turkey Round Up Relay</a> numbers from Krazy for Kindergarten. I just divided the numbers into three groups for these different skills.</div>
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I also used these cute <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Thanksgiving-10-Frame-Freebie-410705" target="_blank">Thanksgiving Ten Frames</a> from Jessica Tobin.</div>
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The other skills on feathers were: Name the 2D shapes. Why are they 2D?; Name the 3D shapes. Why are they 3D?; Count to 100 Turkey Style (Clap or slap your thighs 1-4, then on the 5's you wave your feathers over your head, clap or slap your thighs 6-9, then for 10's you wave your tail feathers- continue the pattern to 100... Counting Turkey Style may not be common knowledge...) Addition/Subtraction turkey word problems to 5.</div>
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These are<em> simple, simple</em> as you can see. I was thinking maybe a laminated turkey with Velcro dots to hold the packets may work well, too. I didn't want to hurt Cranberry in any way, so I just used masking tape to hold them on this week.</div>
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Did I mention <em>simple</em>? Here is the next step. One child drew a colored Post-It from this bag, and we did the task that matched that color. We did one before lunch. We did three this afternoon. We will use this the next couple weeks, and I can just change the tasks. I didn't even have anything clever to draw from so I made this really quickly.</div>
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<em>The cute little turkey is from </em><a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Turkey-Math-Mat-Roll-and-Cover-or-Color-Game-431801" target="_blank"><em>Turkey Math Mat Roll and Cover</em></a><em> by Holly's Hobbie Kindergarten. I printed out and used her wonderful game (that I shared below) for RTI today.</em></div>
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I absolutely loved these <a href="http://www.housingaforest.com/shape-turkeys/" target="_blank">Shape Turkeys</a> from Housing a Forest! LOVED them. </div>
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So... here was our attempt. I feel like this is some sort of "Shape Turkey Fail"- but not really. We have been working on calling that darn diamond a RHOMBUS. It has been tricky-<strike> so I put out LOTS of rhombi</strike> ( I feel pretentious saying that for some reason.) I put out lots of rhombus shapes. (I like that a little better.) I also put out some heads, bodies, feet, waddles, eyes and beaks. The kids had lots of fun because I used special papers- shiny, textured, sparkling... You can't tell, but the waddles are fuzzy and soft. It's the little things, I guess, that make your day in Kindergarten.</div>
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I also LOVED this little guy from Bethany, at <a href="http://layersofbethany.blogspot.com/2009/11/fruit-loop-turkey.html" target="_blank">The Many Layers of Me.</a> How cute is he?</div>
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This one is from <a href="http://www.puttisworld.com/2012/11/thanksgiving-kids-craft-fruit-loops.html" target="_blank">Putti's World</a>. </div>
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Here is a game that can be used for EVERYTHING. Just for everyday use, it is The Blanket Game. During our Eric Carle unit, it is The Hermit Crab Game. At Christmas, we call it Wrapping the Present. This time of year it is Run, Turkey, Run. </div>
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The children sit in a circle on the rug. I choose one name stick to be the child who closed his/her eyes in our back section of the room (behind a book shelf). I choose another name stick to be the turkey who hides under the blanket. We practice this game before we actually play it. I have one child peek intentionally- so he knew who was hiding, and we saw how it really took the fun away from the game. I also have the children practice being completely quiet and not giving away any hints about who is the turkey. One child is the "clue giver," if the child guessing needs a hint. This game is great practice for noticing details about friends and describing each other. (For example, "It is a girl." "This person has red hair." "This person's name starts with a B." "This person wears glasses.") It is also great for remembering names of our class friends. Here is a picture from last year of my class playing this game. The one boy in the orange is the clue giver, and the one in green is the guesser. They loved it because at the end, I got under the blanket for the last guesser, and was a REALLY BIG TURKEY hiding. (I am getting on the treadmill right after I post this...whatever, kids... I wasn't THAT BIG!)</div>
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Here are some wonderful Turkey-themed Math Freebies I found at TPT. If you download them, please leave some wonderful feedback at the sellers' stores. I noticed some of these had THOUSANDS of downloads and three feedback or something silly like that. I so appreciate all of these wonderful products. They are such a fun way to teach and reinforce math skills. Enjoy!<br />
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I love this <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Thanksgiving-Turkey-ChipDauber-Reinforcer-391603" target="_blank">Turkey Chip Reinforcement Activity</a> by Mrs. Tslp. I love using these for RTI, practicing letters, sounds, and numbers one on one or even in small groups.</div>
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A Teacher Without a Class has a cute <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Roll-and-Draw-a-Turkey-412581" target="_blank">Roll and Draw Turkey Activity.</a> I like this because it is easy enough for the kids to draw the parts.</div>
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Kindergarten Squared also has a cute <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Thanksgiving-Roll-A-Turkey-Freebie-410845" target="_blank">Roll a Turkey Freebie</a>.</div>
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Or this cute <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Roll-a-Turkey-ThanksgivingFall-Activity-Literacy-Centres-Primary-919018" target="_blank">Roll a Turkey</a> by Mrs. Klassen's Jungle.</div>
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This <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Turkey-Patterns-402878" target="_blank">Turkey Patterns</a> paper by Rachelle Hughes is a great activity.</div>
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Young and Lively Kindergarten shared a great <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Turkey-Roll-Count-and-Color-949168" target="_blank">Turkey Time Roll, Count, and Color</a> activity.</div>
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Elizabeth Hodge made a great <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Turkey-Roll-and-Color-FREEBIE-400452" target="_blank">Turkey Roll and Color Activity</a>.</div>
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This <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Turkey-Math-Mat-Roll-and-Cover-or-Color-Game-431801" target="_blank">Turkey Math Mat Roll and Cover</a> by Holly's Hobbie Kindergarten was perfect for my few who still need lots of number recognition reinforcement.</div>
<img alt="Turkey Math Mat ~ Roll and Cover or Color Game" src="https://ecdn1.teacherspayteachers.com/thumbitem/Turkey-Math-Mat-Roll-and-Cover-or-Color-Game/original-431801-1.jpg" /></div>
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I like these roll and cover <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Gobble-Gobble-Thanksgiving-Math-Freebie-415357" target="_blank">Gobble Gobble Thanksgiving Math Freebies</a> from Adventures in Kindergarten.</div>
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<img alt="Gobble Gobble Thanksgiving Math Freebie" src="https://ecdn1.teacherspayteachers.com/thumbitem/Gobble-Gobble-Thanksgiving-Math-Freebie/original-415357-1.jpg" /></div>
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Pink Cat Studio has a cute <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Thanksgiving-Turkey-Shape-Count-and-Graph-Math-Activity-389416" target="_blank">Thanksgiving Turkey ShapeCount and Graph Math Activity.</a></div>
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Monica Hart-Nolan made this <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Count-and-Graph-Turkeys-169553" target="_blank">Count and Graph Turkeys Activity</a> with different looking turkeys to graph.</div>
<img alt="Count and Graph Turkeys" src="https://ecdn1.teacherspayteachers.com/thumbitem/Count-and-Graph-Turkeys/original-169553-1.jpg" /></div>
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Maria Manore from Kinder-Craze has an adorable <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Color-by-Number-Thanksgiving-Turkey-409176" target="_blank">Color By Number Turkey!</a></div>
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<img alt="Color by Number Thanksgiving Turkey" class="preview_product_image" itemprop="image" src="https://mcdn.teacherspayteachers.com/thumbitem/Color-by-Number-Thanksgiving-Turkey/original-409176-1.jpg" /><img alt="Color by Number Thanksgiving Turkey" class="preview_product_image " itemprop="image" src="https://mcdn.teacherspayteachers.com/thumbitem/Color-by-Number-Thanksgiving-Turkey/medium-409176-2.jpg" /><img alt="Color by Number Thanksgiving Turkey" class="preview_product_image last" itemprop="image" src="https://mcdn.teacherspayteachers.com/thumbitem/Color-by-Number-Thanksgiving-Turkey/medium-409176-3.jpg" style="height: 40px; width: 51px;" /></div>
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Here is a fun <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Terrific-Turkey-Color-by-Numbers-10-15-413722" target="_blank">Color By Numbers 10-15</a> by Mrs. Quinn to reinforce those tricky numbers.</div>
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<img alt="Terrific Turkey Color by Numbers 10-15" src="https://ecdn1.teacherspayteachers.com/thumbitem/Terrific-Turkey-Color-by-Numbers-10-15/original-413722-1.jpg" /></div>
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Kindergarten Creator has a cute <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/FREEBIE-Turkey-Color-by-Teen-Number-962918" target="_blank">Color By Teen Number Turkey.</a></div>
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This cute <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Roll-and-Cover-Turkey-372019" target="_blank">Turkey Roll and Cover</a> game is by Scribble, Doodle, and Draw. I actually used this yesterday a little differently. I used it for RTI and wrote the numbers I wanted my students to work on in the circle. They had to dab the number I said- or read the number and dab it. The kids loved it! I may do it with letters tomorrow. </div>
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<img alt="Roll and Cover Turkey" src="https://ecdn1.teacherspayteachers.com/thumbitem/Roll-and-Cover-Turkey/original-372019-1.jpg" /></div>
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This <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Turkey-Feathers-Addition-Facts-to-10-402472" target="_blank">Turkey Feathers Addition Facts to 10</a> by Julie VanAlst is a great activity.</div>
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Here is a quick little <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Turkey-Addition-and-Subtraction-962630" target="_blank">Turkey Addition and Subtraction page</a> from Teresa Williams- fun for a center or morning work!</div>
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<img alt="Turkey Addition and Subtraction" src="https://ecdn1.teacherspayteachers.com/thumbitem/Turkey-Addition-and-Subtraction-065096000-1383761417/original-962630-1.jpg" /></div>
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This is a cute <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Add-Subtract-with-Turkey-Math-417384" target="_blank">Add and Subtract with Turkey Math</a> by Kate Giella.</div>
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<img alt="Add & Subtract with Turkey Math" class="preview_product_image" itemprop="image" src="https://mcdn.teacherspayteachers.com/thumbitem/Add-Subtract-with-Turkey-Math/original-417384-1.jpg" style="height: 174px; width: 230px;" /><img alt="Add & Subtract with Turkey Math" class="preview_product_image last" itemprop="image" src="https://mcdn.teacherspayteachers.com/thumbitem/Add-Subtract-with-Turkey-Math/medium-417384-2.jpg" /><br />
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Amber Monroe always makes such wonderful products. I love her <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Touchdown-Turkeys-A-Free-Math-Center-954688" target="_blank">Touchdown Turkey Unit.</a></div>
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This <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Touchdown-Turkey-An-Emergent-Reader-for-Thanksgiving-379427" target="_blank">Touchdown Turkey Emergent Reader</a> by The Climbing Grapevine would go great with Amber's unit.</div>
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These are great <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Turkey-Count-Cards-414047" target="_blank">Turkey Count Cards</a> by TiTi's Teaching Tools.</div>
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TiTi's Teaching Tools also has these <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Turkey-Ten-Frames-Thanksgiving-419821" target="_blank">Turkey Ten Frames!</a></div>
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Here are some great <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Thanksgiving-10-Frame-Freebie-410705" target="_blank">Thanksgiving Ten Frames</a> from Jessica Tobin. We used them today!</div>
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I love these <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Free-Fast-Turkey-Number-Naming-Fluency-AIMSWEB-0-10-935418" target="_blank">Free Fast Turkey Number Fluency Sheets</a> by Can You Read It Yes We Can. This is perfect for some of my children!</div>
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<img alt="Free Fast Turkey Number Naming Fluency AIMSWEB 0-10" class="preview_product_image" itemprop="image" src="https://mcdn.teacherspayteachers.com/thumbitem/Free-Fast-Turkey-Number-Naming-Fluency-AIMSWEB-0-10-002348800-1382284580/original-935418-1.jpg" style="height: 182px; width: 230px;" /><img alt="Free Fast Turkey Number Naming Fluency AIMSWEB 0-10" class="preview_product_image " itemprop="image" src="https://mcdn.teacherspayteachers.com/thumbitem/Free-Fast-Turkey-Number-Naming-Fluency-AIMSWEB-0-10-002348800-1382284580/medium-935418-2.jpg" style="height: 51px; width: 41px;" /><img alt="Free Fast Turkey Number Naming Fluency AIMSWEB 0-10" class="preview_product_image " itemprop="image" src="https://mcdn.teacherspayteachers.com/thumbitem/Free-Fast-Turkey-Number-Naming-Fluency-AIMSWEB-0-10-002348800-1382284580/medium-935418-3.jpg" style="height: 51px; width: 41px;" /><img alt="Free Fast Turkey Number Naming Fluency AIMSWEB 0-10" class="preview_product_image last" itemprop="image" src="https://mcdn.teacherspayteachers.com/thumbitem/Free-Fast-Turkey-Number-Naming-Fluency-AIMSWEB-0-10-002348800-1382284580/medium-935418-4.jpg" style="height: 51px; width: 39px;" /></div>
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Krazy for Kindergarten has a great <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Turkey-Round-Up-Relay-393613" target="_blank">Turkey Round Up Relay</a> for number identification practice, and great for so many different things!</div>
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This is a cute <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Turkey-Feather-Counting-and-Number-Writing-167225" target="_blank">Turkey Feather Counting and Number Writing Book</a> by If You Give a Teacher a Treat.</div>
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Live, Laugh, I Love Kindergarten has this <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/FREE-Turkey-Number-Book-407505" target="_blank">Turkey Number Book Freebie.</a></div>
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This <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Colorful-Turkeys-Math-Emergent-Reader-406771" target="_blank">Colorful Turkeys Math Emergent Reader</a> is by Krazy for Kindergarten</div>
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<img alt="Colorful Turkeys Math Emergent Reader" class="preview_product_image" itemprop="image" src="https://mcdn.teacherspayteachers.com/thumbitem/Colorful-Turkeys-Math-Emergent-Reader/original-406771-1.jpg" style="height: 174px; width: 230px;" /><img alt="Colorful Turkeys Math Emergent Reader" class="preview_product_image " itemprop="image" src="https://mcdn.teacherspayteachers.com/thumbitem/Colorful-Turkeys-Math-Emergent-Reader/medium-406771-2.jpg" /><img alt="Colorful Turkeys Math Emergent Reader" class="preview_product_image last" itemprop="image" src="https://mcdn.teacherspayteachers.com/thumbitem/Colorful-Turkeys-Math-Emergent-Reader/medium-406771-4.jpg" /><br />
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<a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Turkey-Tens-Ordering-Numbers-And-Counting-By-10s-397259" target="_blank">Turkey Tens Ordering Numbers and Counting By Tens</a> from the Brainy Boutique would be a great center.</div>
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<img alt="Turkey Tens Ordering Numbers And Counting By 10's" class="preview_product_image" itemprop="image" src="https://mcdn.teacherspayteachers.com/thumbitem/Turkey-Tens-Ordering-Numbers-And-Counting-By-10s-1383021348/original-397259-1.jpg" style="height: 178px; width: 230px;" /></div>
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How about some <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Gobble-Gobble-Number-Bonds-Freebie-969146" target="_blank">Gobble Gobble Number Bond Activities</a> by Positively Learning?</div>
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<img alt="Gobble Gobble Number Bonds Freebie" src="https://ecdn1.teacherspayteachers.com/thumbitem/Gobble-Gobble-Number-Bonds-Freebie-096849900-1384104252/original-969146-1.jpg" /></div>
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<a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Turkey-Time-Problem-Solving-412815" target="_blank">Turkey Time Problem Solving</a> by Kristen Raxter would make a fun math center or group activity with word problems.</div>
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I like this <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Turkey-Feather-Math-Ways-to-show-a-number-409893" target="_blank">Turkey Feather Math- Ways to Show a Number</a> by Tiphani Hodge.</div>
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This <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Feathered-Facts-Freebie-957781" target="_blank">Feathered Facts Freebie</a> by Jodi Southard is great for November math practice!</div>
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Judy Buckley shared a <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/November-Roll-and-Record-955118" target="_blank">November Roll and Record Packet.</a></div>
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We're not done yet! These freebies were just all sorts of fun with turkeys.</div>
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Schenk Kindershop shared her <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Thanksgiving-Turkey-handprint-activity-917422" target="_blank">Thanksgiving Turkey Handprint Activity</a>. We always make these, and I was so happy to find this background!</div>
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These <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Thanksgiving-Bucket-Fillers-969839" target="_blank">Thanksgiving Bucket Filler Notes</a> from Alisha Sanders go along with the poster perfectly!</div>
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For His Glory shared a great <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Thankful-for-Fall-FREEBIE-899386" target="_blank">Thankful for Fall Game and Activity.</a></div>
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Second Grade Smiles made this cute little tag to attach to a bag of<strike> candy corn</strike> <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Thanksgiving-Turkey-Toes-freebie-351853" target="_blank">Turkey Toes</a>! So cute!</div>
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YAY for Pre-K shared these cute <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Thanksgiving-FREEBIE-tags-for-students-coworkers-friends-418019" target="_blank">Thanksgiving Tags.</a></div>
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I love this cute <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Turkey-Paper-Craft-and-Coloring-Page-Activity-377995" target="_blank">Turkey Paper Craft</a> by Pink Cat Studio.</div>
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JK Connection shared a wonderful <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Thanksgiving-Singable-Turkey-Feast-A-Shared-Reading-Singable-383119" target="_blank">Thanksgiving Singable Book</a>. It is TURKEY FEAST (to the Mickey Mouse Club tune! )</div>
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Here is another cute <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Snip-Tear-Share-Turkey-Glyph-168639" target="_blank">Snip, Tear, Share Turkey Glyph</a> by Staysha Rhoden.</div>
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I absolutely LOVE this memory basket from <a href="http://www.daniellesplace.com/html/thanksgiving.html" target="_blank">Danielle's Place!</a> This site has lots of Thanksgiving ideas. Go check it out! The basket items each represent something from the first Thanksgiving: the stick pretzels are the trees cut down for log homes, the mini marshmallows remind us of the first snowy winter, candy corn and fish crackers remind us how Squanto helped the Pilgrims learn to plant corn and add a dead fish in the hole with the seeds...and so much more. SO adorable!</div>
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A Class of Kinders shared this cute <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Thankful-Thoughts-Thanksgiving-Placemat-Freebie-959861" target="_blank">Thankful Thoughts Thanksgiving Placemat Freebie</a>.</div>
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Thank you for stopping by! I hope you found some fun things to do for Thanksgiving! I'd love you to stop over to my blog, <a href="http://ckisloski.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Kindergarten: Holding Hands and Sticking Together</a>, and follow me there!</div>
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No matter what program your school uses for Writer's Workshop, the skills we teach are basically the same. What doesn't have to be exactly the same is the way the skills are taught and reinforced to reach the goal of helping students understand and develop a love of writing. <br />
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There are many ways to reach a goal- not just one. For example, if someone asks you to fold a piece of paper (a seemingly simple goal), there are many ways to do it- not just one. And they all get that paper folded!<br />
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Differentiating skills is so important because some children may understand one way, while it will click with others a different way. Plus- they are all receiving the lesson at very different stages of their writing ability, so what one may pick up, may fly right over another's head at that time.<br />
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Analogies work well with me. That's how I "get" things. So here are my thoughts on writing. Lots of us have "canned" programs. That's fine. It gives us a good base with skills we need to teach. But to me, it's sort of like canned soup. It's just that- fine. My thoughts are that restaurants don't hire professional chefs to pour out a can of soup, just like schools don't hire professional teachers to read guide books verbatim and pour out a canned program. <br />
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Restaurants hire and trust their chefs to create the best soup possible from the best ingredients. Schools should feel the same. Teachers should be given great leadership, a variety of PD opportunities, time to share real ideas that work, and trust that they will deliver the best finished product they can! We shouldn't have to close our doors and do what we know works. We should be proud that there may be ideas to help others. Lots of time, the trust isn't there from leaders, and they worry that if a program isn't followed by the book, that teachers won't teach what they need to. This makes me sad, because it undercuts the trust in professional teachers to want the best for their students. We can start with the canned soup, but each of us have special ingredients to add to make it better. (Think - Chopped or Semi-Homemade!)<br />
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And, heaven forbid- do NOT discount your grandma's recipe for soup! Just like great recipes in cooking, some of the best, tried and true, ideas that work for teaching have been around for a long time. They work- and work well. People are quick to throw out old ideas when they usher in a new program- and by doing that, they miss so many delicious parts of teaching. To be honest, most of these new ideas are just recycled old ideas that teachers have been using forever. Listen to veteran teachers and learn. They know things.<br />
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And teachers- don't give recipes and leave out one ingredient when you share. When you share ideas with your fellow teachers, you are helping not only your students, but hundreds of other students who may benefit from that idea. Isn't that our goal? That we all have the tastiest, most delicious smorgasbord of learning? <br />
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Over the years, I've found some easy ways that work for my kids to help reinforce and teach some of these parts of writing. I thought maybe you could use some, too!<br />
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I always explain Titles as "Names of books." Just like all of us have a name, your books do, too. Your name tells who you are. "Sarah." "Tim." "John." Your name doesn't tell all about you. Your name isn't, "The girl with red, curly hair who likes to play soccer." Your title, or name, is, "Sarah." <br />
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Then, I show some papers with titles on them so the children tell me what the book will be about. <br />
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Next, I show some real books and we decide what those are about. Donald Crews' books work well for this.<br />
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Then, I have some papers with good titles, and some with NOT good titles for the children to see. They explain to me why they are or are not good titles.<br />
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The children can turn and talk to explain that a title is a name of a book, just like people, animals, and streets have names.<br />
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STAYING ON TOPIC and WRITING ACROSS PAGES (Touch and Talk)</h3>
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When we begin writing books, one important point for students to understand is how to stay on topic. This is tricky when you're five and your mind is going in lots of directions.<br />
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Since we're also introducing the idea of writing across pages, I model this a lot. I sit with a blank book (cover and three pages) and think out loud about what I'll write about. I may choose, "Cats." My title will be <em>Cats</em> because that is what my book will be about. I will remind the children that my book will be all about cats. That is my topic or idea. As I touch and talk, I'll say the title and my author name on the cover, "Cats, by Mrs. Kisloski." "What is my book going to be about?" Then I'll go to page one. "Cats can run." Page two- "Cats can play." Page three- "I like pickles on my hamburger." <br />
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The children love to point out my mistakes so this is right up their alley! The sillier the page that doesn't fit in, the better. <br />
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Then, I'll try again. Maybe the page that doesn't fit is in the middle. "Snowmen, by Mrs. Kisloski." <br />
"Snowmen have a head." "My sister pinched me this morning." Snowmen have buttons." <br />
I'll ask, "What page didn't belong in my story?" "Why?"<br />
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You can tie this into "What doesn't belong?" games or paper activities to reinforce the concept of one idea per book.<br />
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I love fitting in authentic writing opportunities any chance I get. The week before Halloween, each day I had the children write one sentence, focusing on all of the conventions (beginning with a capital letter, leaving spaces between words, writing sight words, rereading as they wrote to be sure not to leave out any words, forming letters correctly, printing neatly, and using ending punctuation). There's SO much to remember when you are learning to write. And I think it's important for children to see how correct sentences should look and to see that they can actually write them correctly! <br />
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Each sentence had a fun surprise. One day they wrote <i>"I like my_____."</i> and then I gave them a spider ring. They heard the sounds they could in "spider ring" and could look at their ring to draw the picture in the picture box part of the paper.<br />
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The next day, they wrote <i>"We see the _____."</i> This day, I gave them each a bat ring. They had to hear the sounds in "bat," then draw a bat in the picture box.<br />
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Another day was a question- <i>"Do you like ______?"</i> I gave them candy corn for this one. They heard "can" in "candy" and I was so proud of them! In the picture box, they drew themselves with a speech bubble saying "yes" or "no" to answer the question. <br />
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Since we worked on the letter Ll this week, I gave each child a pair of lovely lips. They had to write "<i>Look at my</i>" and then I gave them the surprise and they had to hear the sounds in that word "lips." We took a picture of everyone in their lovely lips to send home. </div>
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You can use anything and everything to make writing sentences fun! <br />
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As the year progresses, I use writing prompts to go with books we read all the time. I have two packets of them with QR codes to go with the prompts, and one packet of only writing prompts to go with stories. My kids love them. The QR codes are also on the writing prompts so the children can listen to the stories again at home all they want.<br />
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This is one of my favorite pieces of authentic writing for the week. One of my sweeties has had a walking cast on her foot for a few weeks and was finally going to get it off, so another friend gave her this note. You should have seen them both beaming!</div>
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PREZIS</h3>
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I have my <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Primary-Writing-Prezi-649768" target="_blank">Primary Writing Prezi</a> up every day during Writer's Workshop so I can zoom in on reminders about topics, editing, or conventions.<br />
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I use it to teach concepts I want the children to know- and to reinforce concepts as a mid lesson teaching point. It includes all sorts of links, anchor charts, and videos to go along with different types of writing. <br />
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Prezis are easy to make- and are a great way to find some extra wall space in the classroom! You can add any pictures or charts you'd like. I don't have lots of wall space for anchor charts, so I also leave different anchor charts depending on what area we are working on, as the children write. It's great to be able to leave up the alphabet anchor chart on the big TV, or the sight words to use as another word wall.</div>
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I find the kids writing folders really get in their way as they are writing books. Trying to flip through and find an alphabet chart is hard for some of my kids who have a hard time focusing on one thing, so having a big alphabet chart up as another place to link letters is really helpful.</div>
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Of course a "Be Brave" section is on this Prezi, I am always telling my children to BE BRAVE when they read and write. Be brave and try to hear as many sounds as you can, and get those words down on paper. Be brave and try to draw something you think you can't draw! Sometimes we just need to have a BRAVE anchor chart up to remind us. OR we need to dance to the <i>Brave</i> song by Sara Bareilles. </div>
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Here are some great books to share with your class about being BRAVE.</div>
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If you haven't seen <em>Courage</em> by Bernard Waber, it is such a wonderful book. It's great for conversations about being brave, and how courage is being brave for both big and small things. Here are some pictures from the book:</div>
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Here is my <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Kindergarten-Beginning-Reading-Prezi-604512">Reading Prezi</a> that I use each day for reading. I use it the same way- to reinforce concepts, as a mid-lesson teaching point, and to leave up anchor charts as the children read.<br />
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Finally, I wanted to share some fabulous FREEBIES from TpT that I found and have loved using with my class during Writer's Workshop. I have shared most of these before, but sometimes I forget about them, so I thought it would be good to remember some of these great things!<br />
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My children always need some more practice with conventions (well- of course, because they are five...). The children really enjoy and seem to understand writing small moment stories, and these are great for getting ideas down on paper, and for helping the children focus on one or two important conventions- like using a capital letter to begin a sentence or using ending punctuation.<br />
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<em>Every Friday</em> is my favorite small moment mentor text. <a href="http://kathygriffinteach.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Kathy Griffin</a> introduced me to it earlier this year, and I just love it.</div>
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It is a sweet, simply written story. The children really see that one memory can turn into a story. Here are some pages from the book.</div>
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<em>All week long, a boy and his father look forward to their Friday ritual—breakfast at their favorite diner. The leisurely walk through the neighborhood is just as good as the pancakes at the end.</em><br />
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This makes the book even more special:<br />
<em><strong>Author Dan Yaccarino Talks About His Inspiration for Every Friday</strong> I guess the Friday breakfasts came about because like most dads, I sometimes didn't feel like I saw my son enough. Some weeks, our Friday breakfasts were the only time he and I had to talk or just share some time together.</em><br />
<em>I look back on when we started what became our little tradition. He was in preschool and had to start sharing his mom and dad with a new little sister. I wanted him to have some time when he didn't have to put up with a crying baby who yanked his ears, which he patiently tolerated. He and I soon looked forward to Fridays and the diner's owner, Nick, as well as a variety of regulars, warmly greeting us. To their continued astonishment, he consumed an entire adult-size order of pancakes and a side of bacon, of which I was very proud. I have fond memories of us watching people trudging through the snow and rain as he and I were cozily nestled in a booth, a little oasis from the outside world. As much as we loved Nick’s Diner, I think we both preferred the small journey we took each week to get there. It may have been a mere four blocks, but it was full of adventure: greeting familiar faces, window shopping and monitoring the progress of a building on the corner going up story by story.</em><em> Nick's Diner has since closed, so our breakfasts have been relocated to another and like that building, my son is now tall and strong. I look back on his wonder of the world and fascination of even the smallest things. Even though it was only a few years ago, life seemed a bit less complicated. My hope for Every Friday is for dads, and moms, to set aside some time to be with their children. It doesn't have to be breakfast on Friday, but it should be some time that they can count on to be with just you. And perhaps many years from now, they will carry on the tradition with their own children.</em><br />
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We practice together writing sentences in whole group guided writing lessons. We review beginning with a capital letter and not putting random capital letters in the rest of the sentence, leaving spaces between words, writing neatly, rereading to be sure no words are left out, and ending with a punctuation mark, just like I'm sure all of you do!<br />
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Krazy in Kindergarten has a great <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Spaces-Rubric-400926">Spaces Rubric</a> that helps the children see what spaces should look like.<br />
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I LOVE Samantha Francis' <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/4-Star-Kindergarten-Rubric-322213" target="_blank">4-Star Kindergarten Rubric</a>. I printed out and laminated one of these for each of my students to use. It is a wonderful visual for the children. They "get" it. This was a great mini lesson and is a great review before I send them off to start writing, too. This is also a great one to share with parents so they know where we want the children to be in writing. </div>
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This<a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Adding-Details-to-Writing-Examples-390659" target="_blank"> fabulous packet</a> from Amy Morgan is <em>perfect</em> to show the children how adding details to writing adds so much to a story. I got more excited as I saw and read more sentences on each page, and so did the children. We had so much fun with this. We counted the sentences. We found the periods, and noticed that sentences don't just end at the end of a line but at the end of a complete thought. We talked about how much more interesting the illustrations were with details and color, too.<br />
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These are some writing packets with some great printable writing papers for the children to use. They have reminder rubrics right on the papers for the children.<br />
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Mrs. Lindsey has a great <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Writing-Rubrics-for-K-2-865490" target="_blank">Writing Rubric K-2 Packet</a> at her TPT store.<br />
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Lisa Sadler shared this <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Journal-Page-with-Editing-Checklist-at-Bottom-491916" target="_blank">journal page with editing at the bottom</a>. It is easy for the children to use!<br />
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Karen Langdon shared a great <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Writing-For-Readers-Writing-Workshop-Paper-Using-Checklists-203130" target="_blank">Writing for Readers Packet</a> of writing papers. Her reminder rubric has real photographs.<br />
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Tanya Dwyer shared such a great <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Mini-book-Writing-Rubrics-Freebie-221188" target="_blank">Mini-Book Writing and Rubric</a> with a fairy tale and a Star Wars mini book writing activity. This looks like so much fun to use. The kids will love it.<br />
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Miss Jacobs' Little Learners shared this WONDERFUL <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/What-can-we-write-about-poster-724827" target="_blank">What Can We Write About?</a> poster.<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I am linking up with <a href="http://doodlebugsteaching.blogspot.com/" style="text-align: left;" target="_blank">Doodle Bugs Teaching</a><span style="text-align: left;"> for Five for Friday. Thank you for hosting, Kacey! </span></span><br />
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Here is one of my fall bulletin boards. I always love the advice different things have to give!</div>
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I had the best day ever last week when I got to FaceTime with Emily Kate Moon in my classroom, and she read her book, <em><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Joone-Emily-Kate-Moon/dp/0803737440/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1476986046&sr=8-1&keywords=joone">Joone</a></em>. Oh, I mean- it was all for the kids. I think I may have said, "I'm friends with Emily Kate Moon, but I've never met her yet either!" too many times, because when I said it, one of my boys said, "Yeah, you told us that." OK.... Anyway- <a href="http://ckisloski.blogspot.com/2016/10/best-day-ever.html">Here</a> is my post all about our wonderful day!</div>
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AND if you'd like to make fabulous Dr. Chin turtle hats of your own, click <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bw4BuVZdT_UxMVJEQ3AzLTZPc0U/view?usp=sharing">HERE</a> for the pattern. My wonderful art teacher made these with the kids and gave me his pattern to share. He printed the hats on green paper, let the kids cut and decorate them, then stapled them into a hat. They were perfect.</div>
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Here are two great directed drawing videos for drawing a turtle. The kids LOVE these!</div>
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Don't forget to end your special <i>Joone Day</i> with ice cream sandwiches, because... why not?! </div>
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We had our October <i>Random Act of Kindness Day</i> on our calendar last week!</div>
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I wrote about how I love to work kindness into our Calendar Time <a href="http://ckisloski.blogspot.com/2016/08/calendar-time-kindness.html">HERE</a>. It was a RAK for our playground aides. I love our playground aides, and so do the children. They're great. The children took them each an amaryllis bulb. I LOVE growing these. They grow SO fast and are absolutely gorgeous. It's a perfect science activity for the classroom, too, because the children can measure almost daily and see growth! The kids were so excited to give. That was the best part.</div>
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Dr. Jean and I finished our <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Dr-Jeans-Brain-Cookies-for-Brain-Breaks-and-Movement-2822209">Brain Cookies </a>packet. We put together over 90 favorite brain breaks for any time of the day. We thought the name "Brain Cookies" would be fun because they are little treats to help get through the day- (and these are even healthy!) We use these all the time in my class.</div>
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One of my favorite ways to get my kids writing is sticker writing. I guess it's just different enough and fun enough to be a perfect combination. We use Lucy Calkins for writing- which is fine- but gets to be a little too much too fast for my kids. There are just too many parts for little five year old brains to remember to put together sometimes. I find I don't really get much "writing" because they just plain need to learn HOW to write letters, and use those sounds to make words and get down what they want to say. So some days we just need to back it up a little. </div>
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I buy stickers at the Dollar Store, and cut each page in half. Each student gets a half page of stickers and an 8 1/2X14 (Legal size) paper. For some reason, this bigger paper is just exciting!</div>
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The children can put their stickers anywhere they want, and then draw more details for the stickers the background. Then, they can labels and add speech bubbles if they want. </div>
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I use this as an activity to teach early sentence writing. I have each child write, "I see a ..." and they can finish it with whatever they see in their picture. This is a great way to practice writing sight words. You can use lots of different sentences with this writing: I can see a...; I like my...; Can you see the?...; Look at the... My____ can _____.... anything you want! <br />
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We work on neat printing, spaces, stretching out words and hearing sounds, and adding a period at the end of the sentence. I was so proud of them- and I actually felt better about their writing after this. Phew! Some of those "books" for writer's workshop had me nervous... Now I see hope.</div>
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I wrote a post about <a href="http://ckisloski.blogspot.com/2015/03/sticker-writing.html">Sticker Writing</a> that I did later in the year. They love sticker writing anytime!</div>
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Finally- just to make you all feel better about yourselves... in case you had a long week.<br />
I watched this Cooking Panda video to make sugar cookie ice cream cups. SOOOO easy. Basically... Butter the backside of a cupcake sheet really well. Cut sugar cookie dough. Put on top of well-buttered circles. Bake. Slide off. Enjoy. </div>
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So here are mine. We had sugar cookie crumbs to put on our ice cream. At least we had ice cream. </div>
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