tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-40648050680757972342024-02-07T04:51:42.175-08:00Teacher's LoungeTeachers Loungehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13602154497886096304noreply@blogger.comBlogger69125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4064805068075797234.post-60935600033471888412021-03-02T10:25:00.000-08:002021-03-02T10:25:20.433-08:00Culturally Responsive-Sustaining Education (CRSE) What is Culturally Responsive-Sustaining Education (CRSE) and how are we planning to weave it into our classrooms?<div><br /></div><div>No two students in any one classroom are alike in the languages they speak, their race, their ability, who they love, their ethnic background, and so much more!</div><div><br /></div><div>CRSE allows students to see themselves and their peers reflected in the rigorous education that will set them up for success. Think the books they read, the stories they hear, and the way they solve problems.</div><div><br /></div><div>Take a look at some of these CRSE activities from my <b>Flipping Over Flip Books</b> Collection:</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Martin-Luther-King-Jr-CRSE-Writing-Activity-Black-History-6640330" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="739" data-original-width="573" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdM2GaRGOJHf4nAx-hOBaFXZmQRvR6c34i0XDj0A8z8bbOkJuQ5pA8g8S9kP1CFPcI6JFBP76V_Uqw82USfseB0-Qbqfc4dzdlQeQUuLG8vncYsxlMpxvN_rZSUkbOTWYkNwQl30Q_gbQ/s320/MLK.PNG" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Rosa-Parks-CRSE-Writing-Activity-Womens-History-6640240" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="740" data-original-width="570" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPIMaX76VIQcJ303dqy9W7TCPzea-IziTUg83Wkrvs8O7ZmUA0VZi9NhN4kGgq0Rv3DqU4I10VyisL74QEYQ96rBq9d5bwUROg45NmUaZe6x6_X7qnF2cD02RgzFWH2CVIYkwnmtT5-eM/s320/Rosa+P.PNG" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Check out these awesome Flip Books in this collection:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><ul style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: "Proxima Nova", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: inherit; list-style-position: outside; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 40px;"><li style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; 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line-height: inherit; list-style: disc; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Harriet-Tubman-CRSE-Writing-Activity-Womens-History-6640151" style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #067c64; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">Harriet Tubman</a></li></ul></div><br /><br />Here are more CRSE activities from my BOOK BUDDY collection:</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Ada-Twist-Scientist-Reading-Activities-6099451" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="738" data-original-width="955" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUtLk1yBCRQI_E9gwYE8EhmFePxUV6LYEIo2Jb_6EAQRs1ILGvoIVoBYVVnjxYSy9Tefv89Wd62J1SP1zapAY36b3cafFvQByRUuzXmx59mTr_kD4eA5AnDl0PEvg5K-_1bQ0AQ0VgXo4/s320/Ada+Twist.PNG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Check out my SEL activities:</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Ruby-Finds-A-Worry-SEL-Reading-Activities-FREE-PAGES-6593665" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="740" data-original-width="956" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUOP46jJQvNLS3t_hJ3-X4flxpmqPk8f2hutQf-_blbhhimn62mhdTSfHMiTG1YpAgx0SVxpOhm_SizqwQqZR33NkkSUTTx5Hy1HUsjiXUxbQ7ZQTd9kwzhzVC5XvJFubCvWuCXM4rpwo/s320/Ruby+worries.PNG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Ruby-Finds-A-Worry-SEL-Reading-Activities-FREE-PAGES-6593665">Ruby Finds A Worry</a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg515y2cpZc2d2ZSo-KPFv5IODQMtxygc0QQRrodYACs1_Md5E61KEtUz9WSoFOlc27qFqMy6uO5reApAp9Ut4UyUH8aU9O5z8moi37PIYws8EkOyfwAKgb2mZW6E1SrjdZITxsMmt7gka_/s1600/unnamed.png" /></div>Teachers Loungehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13602154497886096304noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4064805068075797234.post-56019587341651111642018-08-21T12:09:00.000-07:002018-09-20T16:39:41.516-07:00“Write On” With This Back to School Activity<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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"Back-to-School" time if I didn't get to share my new
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dive back into your classroom routine. This activity will serve as not
only a fun activity, but also provide an opportunity for your students to work
on literacy skills and even some social skills. In addition, this activity works
to help break the ice. After all, it’s so hard to come back to school after
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literacy skills is so important for our students. As a teacher, I feel super
successful when I am able to incorporate literacy into other activities and
centers in my classroom. I am also always thinking about creative and
constructive ways to do this, especially with a classroom of diverse students.
This Back-to-School Bus activity meets all of these teaching goals for me! It
is designed to not only help students acclimate back into the classroom setting
in a fun and easy way, but it provides an avenue for them to reflect and
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with several writing prompts for different age and grade levels. While students
are practicing their critical thinking, sentence organization and writing
skills, they are </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 15pt;">actually participating in
what feels like a fun art activity. Students are able to creatively express
themselves in writing. I know my students love thinking and talking about
themselves and their precious experiences so this activity provides that fun
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model how to do this assignment by telling my students about my own wildly fun,
and somewhat quick, summer vacation. This ensures engagement and provides a
starting point for students. In addition, as an extension to this activity,
teachers can have children get into small groups or pairs and discuss their
projects in more detail. This extension helps them practice budding social
skills and helps me to model appropriate social skills as I flow through the
classroom and informally assess them, even though it’s cleverly disguised as
fun conversation! This activity provides teachers with a beginning assessment
to really see where students are at and what their interests are which is so
important at the beginning of the school year, especially. This helps me become
a better teacher as I get to know my students in a way that helps me teach them
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that you can use for an assortment of science topics, making it versatile and
adaptable for any classroom. I worked to make the foldables as generic as
possible. The templates I designed are indicative of how I incorporate
these into the classroom. I have also designed templates that are blank so you
can be as creative in your own lessons as you want to be. </span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: #222222; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;">As educators, we all know
how important science is and how incorporating engaging science lessons and
experiences into our curriculum is essential. Often science is one of those
subjects that is taught in a straightforward and formal way. I like to think
that it doesn’t need to be so systematic and rigid My teaching style
exemplifies that and I am sure that other educators feel the same about their
teaching styles. STEM is something we are hearing about even more in our
schools as it addresses the need for all students to have a broader and more
holistic education in the important areas of science, technology, engineering,
and math. It is my goal to help my students fall in love with science. I want
them to create meaningful learning opportunities for them and help them think
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quality lessons and learning experiences to incorporate these important
subjects into my teaching as often as possible. I work to creatively intertwine
science into other subjects for cross-curriculum learning experiences, too. In
addition, teachers have a unique understanding of our students’ need for
hands-on and interactive class materials and opportunities. My students like to
explore, uncover, unearth, and come to their own fun conclusions. I am honored
to help facilitate that! They thrive on lessons that allow them hands-on
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<span lang="EN" style="color: #222222; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Using the materials that I have created, they can reflect on
their own work, creating a personalized project. This makes it fun and exciting
for them as they record their own scientific experiences in a way that is
meaningful to them. I am then able to assess their work in a way that meets
each student where he or she is at. As a
teacher, one challenge that I am faced with is creating lesson materials that
reach all of my students while still relating to the state standards. Plus, I
need to make sure my students are always having fun! I strive to create a
diverse learning experience for each student while still maintaining the
integrity of the lesson. Science is no exception and this lap science-themed
lap book meets this goal. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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classroom is that I am able to incorporate other subject matter into my science
lessons in a subtle way. The science-themed lap books I have created
incorporate other subjects in a way that accommodates the unique needs of a
diverse classroom of students. For example, many of my students are more
successful with hands-on and visual components. The lapbook not only provides
this, but allows them to explore the world and subject matter in a way that
helps them think like an actual scientist. Scientists conduct research to
learn. With this creative lapbook, students can act like a mini-scientist, by
asking questions and organizing their thoughts. This science activity not only
helps keep my children engaged, but it also allows them to personalize their
scientific process and provides an interactive, scientific learning experience.
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opportunity to teach your students values that will stay with them for life. Valentine’s
Day encourages kindness between classmates. By making a kind gesture for their
classmates, they learn to be selfless. Compassion is a quality that will serve
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Valentine’s Day is a day of love! You
get your class to learn about expressing love and the way love shapes their
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The day also promotes friendship.
Students can strengthen the bonds between their friends by sharing how much
they love and care for them. You can also share stories with your class of the
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Best of all Valentine’s Day allows you
to be creative. With some simple items, your class can learn all these
qualities while growing their creative, artistic, and design abilities.
Here are six excellent activities, you can try with your class to
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<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Valentine’s Day is a great time to exchange cards expressing appreciation. Let your class create cards for each other, and also their parents and siblings. In the cards, they can write a poem or thoughtful phrase that they make up, encouraging their creativity.</span></span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 16pt;">2. Create Valentine’s Day Boxes</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">W</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">ith some cardboard, markers, and
glitter, your class can create fun boxes where they can keep their Valentine’s
Day cards, notes, and gifts each year. You can even have this as a homework
assignment. Let your students create them at home and bring them in to be
entered in a class contest.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Have your class come up with a fun theme for the classroom door. Then, with some construction paper, glue (or tape) you can create a special message of love and kindness for others to see. If you want to get the other classes in your school involved, turn it into a fun competition.</span></span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Nothing says love more than a friendship bracelet. With some string and beaded letters, your class can create and swap bracelets with their friends. You can also have them discuss the best things about having friends, and share some examples of great friendships. Celebrating friendship also is handy if your school does not encourage celebrating Valentine’s Day.</span></span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Straight from the TpT store, a friend of mine from </span></span><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Learn-And-Beans"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; white-space: pre-wrap;">Learn and Beans</span></span></a><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> put together these fun resources to make Valentine’s Day a fun, learning experience. I was so excited to use these. They were so effective in my class!</span></span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">These Writing Crafts come with four face options that your students can color and add to cards. These can be paired with one of the nine writing templates than encourages the kids to write about Love, Friends, Kindness, or whatever comes to mind. These crafts can be added to cards or exchanged as Valentine’s in the classroom.
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">To solve Valentine’s day message, students must use math to decode the message. With one </span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">addition and one subtraction puzzle, kids can team up or take it on their own. Make it competitive! </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">more appealing and challenging to your students. Valentine’s Day is a great time to bring your class </span><br />
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<span style="color: #111111; font-size: 13.0pt;">As classrooms become more interactive,
the use of nonfiction in class to improve learning is decreasing. There
is data to back it up. According to a</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><a href="http://www.ascd.org/publications/educational-leadership/dec12/vol70/num04/Nonfiction-Reading-Promotes-Student-Success.aspx"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-size: 13.0pt;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; white-space: pre-wrap;">study by Duke</span></span></a><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #111111; font-size: 13.0pt;">, nonfiction books make up 9.8 percent of classroom libraries. Nonfiction can open your class to the nuts and bolts of the world, but it does a little more than that.</span></span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #111111; font-size: 13.0pt;">I felt there was a gap in the volume of non-fiction used in our classrooms. As an advocate, I know nonfiction shapes the way students see the world. It can help them find themselves and their place in it. Furthermore, it improves student success!</span></span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #111111; font-size: 13.0pt;">We need to expose our students to more books, magazines, and newspapers. Here are the benefits your class can get from reading more non-fiction:</span></span></div>
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contain complex and challenging words and phrases. That’s fine! It stretches and challenges your class to make connections. They will identify words later in life and breeze through it. Getting ahead of the curve sets your students up for larger pieces of nonfiction in the future.</span></span></div>
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<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #111111; font-size: 13.0pt;">If you measure the comprehension of your class (with more nonfiction), you will notice an easier time understanding more complex words and phrases. Non-fiction encourages them to ask the right questions. They can also make associations with similar words and phrases in other books - fiction or otherwise - as they move up grades. You will discover the quality of communication with their classmates skyrockets.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #111111; font-size: 13pt; text-align: justify; white-space: pre-wrap;">Improved comprehension means improved grades! Kids can call on past stories, and integrate them in future tests. Nonfiction reading improves students’ critical thinking, patience, and resilience. Watch them solve difficult math, writing, and science tasks better. Nonfiction encourages them to help others, improving their learning as a result.</span><br />
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<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #111111; font-size: 13.0pt;">As I needed more creative ways to introduce non-fiction and motivate my class to read, I created some handy resources to share with teachers who have similar concerns.</span></span><br />
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<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #111111; font-size: 13.0pt;">I’ve implemented these during reading groups, homework, and even class assessments. As added learning, I have students highlight difficult words and research their meanings. These downloadable templates will be as critical for you as they have been for me.</span></span><o:p></o:p></div>
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that interest kids but still encourages learning. Have them explore rain with
The Water Cycle, or understand how Bears hibernate. They can explore outer
space or learn about pioneers like Rosa Parks, or Thomas Edison. Assess their
understanding with three multiple-choice questions, and a writing prompt for
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stories that push the boundaries of your students’ understanding. These
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impact on your classroom. These two templates will get you started by
introducing more non-fiction. They have been a useful support tool for getting
my students engaged, and attentive. I’ve also seen great strides in grades. I’m
sure you’ll agree, non-fiction is one of the best ways to set them up for
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Make "getting to know" your students more meaningful with this fun and engaging back-to-school activity that will provide you with AUTHENTIC student data.<br />
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Wow! I can't believe an entire school year has gone by and I haven't written one blog post since August! Needless to say...I've been busy. </div>
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This was my first year back in the classroom after going into administration for 3 years and it took some time getting back into the swing of things. I created so many things that I needed for my room (and I purchased some really amazing resources on TpT!) </div>
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What better way to start the school year than with a TpT shopping spree and a gift card to purchase anything you want! (Like maybe those new shoes you wanted!) Earn entries by following my TpT store, my blog, and by sharing this giveaway with friends, family and followers on your own social media sites.</div>
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CONGRATULATIONS CATHY! And thank you everyone who entered my Back-2-School Giveaway!</div>
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With the extra material, I created a "READ" sign for my Dr. Seuss themed library:</div>
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Wood letters from Michaels (on sale for .99 each)...</div>
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I painted each letter in a Dr. Seuss themed color...<br />
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I cut out images from the extra material I had from the crate seats (above)...</div>
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I laid the images on the letters to see where I liked it...<br />
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Once the cloth images were placed where I wanted it, I pulled out the MOD PODGE!!!<br />
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My first self-created sign! It's still a little wet, but I got over excited and wanted to take pictures to show my husband who was at work =)<br />
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My next Dr. Seuss project is a wooden chair and then a book shelf. If it comes out half-way decent, I'll post the pictures =)</div>
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I decided to create those adorable crate seats that I see all over Pinterest for my classroom this year. I'm going to do a Dr.Seuss Theme and I'm so excited about it! </div>
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I know, I know, It's JULY! School doesn't start until September!! </div>
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But after 2 years of coaching Principals and APs, I can't wait to get back into the classroom with the kids.</div>
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As I shopped for the material, my 4 year old kept asking me, "Is that for me mommy? Are you making those for me?" How could I break her little heart and tell her it's for the kids in my class!? I COULDN'T! Soooooo, I asked her to choose the material she liked and had her help me make my first crate seat...for her =)</div>
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<li>Crate: $3.97 @Walmart</li>
<li>1 Yard of material: $5.47 @Walmart</li>
<li>Foam Cushion & Padding: (don't remember price) @Michaels</li>
<li>Wood (I purchased 4 pieces) $7 total @Home Depot (I brought the crate with me, they measured & cut it for me)</li>
<li>Staple Gun and staples</li>
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The crates at Walmart have the "lip" inside it where the wood can sit...not all crates have this so make sure you purchase one that does. Also, make sure when they cut the wood they leave a little wiggle room to fit the padding and material.<br />
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I laid the wood on the foam pad to trace...<br />
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My little peanut did the tracing...</div>
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So easy a 4 year old can do it...</div>
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I wrapped the foam and the wood with padding (the foam made the seat comfy, but the wood corners were still a little too pointy. Wrapping everything with padding made the entire piece softer to the touch)...<br />
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The most effective way to assess student understanding is to do it while the lesson is still going on!</div>
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Asking students to fill out a questionnaire and then correcting misunderstandings during the next class period won't work because students have already moved on. </div>
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<b>You've got to take advantage of the moment (Teachable Moments)!</b></div>
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This goes far beyond just asking students to, "Put your thumb up if you understand, and down if you don't." Teachers should constantly be taking the pulse of the room in order to gauge whether or not students need additional explanations to grasp the content.</div>
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I have observed many classroom teachers across the city and found that most teachers struggle with Domain 3 of the Danielson Framework. Nine out of ten of my debrief conversations sound something like this:</div>
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<b>ME:</b> How did you monitor for student understanding?<br />
<b>TEACHER:</b> I had the students complete the Exit Slip I created.<br />
<b>ME:</b> Can I see them?<br />
<b>TEACHER:</b> Sure, but I didn't go through them yet.<br />
<b>ME:</b> That's ok, we'll look at it together.<br />
<b>TEACHER:</b> (Takes out the student Exit Slips)<br />
<b>ME:</b> Ok, let's organize these into piles: Correct, Incorrect, Some Errors (or any other way we agree on categorizing the student work samples)<br />
<b>ME: </b>What patterns and/or trends do you notice?<br />
<b>TEACHER:</b> More than half of the students answered incorrectly. I'm going to have to teach this lesson again tomorrow.<br />
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*The scenario above is a true account of a debrief conversation I had with a 6th grade teacher. However, I've had many conversations like the one above with teachers in Prek-8! Sometimes it's a Journal Entry that sums up the lesson, other times it's a Reflection Sheet. The above scenario could have been avoided if the teacher monitored for understanding DURING the lesson instead of waiting until the end to assess.</div>
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This is not to say that teachers should not have students complete an Exit Slip, Journal Entry, or Reflect on the lesson, but it's extremely important to understand the difference between a Formative Assessment and a Summative Assessment. </div>
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When the <b>cook </b>tastes the soup - that's <b>FORMATIVE</b><br />
When the <b>guests </b>taste the soup - that's <b>SUMMATIVE</b><br />
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It's ok to give a summative assessment at the end of the lesson, but what did you do <b>during the lesson</b> to ensure that the soup comes out the way you intended it to - before you serve it to your guests?</div>
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Formative assessments could simply be questions asked by the teacher to assess student understanding during the lesson. This also happens to be a very effective method of assessing student understanding during a lesson.</div>
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*This is sometimes mistaken by administrators who code it as low-level/recall questions, when in reality the purpose was NOT to challenge students cognitively but rather to assess understanding. But I'll leave that for another post =)</div>
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Please take a look at my Assessment in Instruction Packet. It includes Formative and Summative Assessments:</div>
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20 Halloween Story Starters & Prompts - Print on Avery 5162 Labels<br />
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I absolutely adore the cute clock labels that help young students identify the minutes on an analog clock. But what about the older students? I taught a 4th grade gifted and talented class and those cute labels were beyond them! </div>
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The classroom clock can be a very powerful tool. I know there are times that even I can't help but look up at the clock!</div>
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Here is my first set of clock labels...with a twist:</div>
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Who couldn't use an extra $100 for Back-to-School shopping?! </div>
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I can't believe summer is almost over. What better way to start the school year than with a shopping spree! Earn entries by following my TpT store, my blog, and by sharing this giveaway with friends, family and followers on your own social media sites.</div>
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In addition to the $100 gift card - I am also giving away my Back-to-School Lapbook. Your kiddos will LOVE making these and parents will LOVE looking at them during open house =)</div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Thank you so much to all of the amazing shops who supported this fundraiser with a donation!<br />I also want to thank everyone who made a purchase! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />We raised....(drum role please)....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />Your generation donations will help to improve the lives of those impacted by autism.<br /><span style="line-height: 107%;">The Autism Society is dedicated to increasing public
awareness about autism and the day-to-day issues faced by individuals with
autism, their families and the professionals with whom they interact. The
Autism Society and its affiliates share a common mission of providing
information and education, supporting research, and advocating for programs and
services for the autism community.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">In honor of Autism Awareness Month, I have put together a
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">100% of the proceeds will be donated to Autism Speaks. I can't say thank you
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Download the previews and click the images to see all of the products in this
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">BIG savings and ALL FOR A GREAT CAUSE! </span></div>
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SPRING Acrostic Poem<br />
Once Again Poem<br />
Spring Venn-Diagram<br />
Booklet: My Favorite Spring Activities<br />
Booklet: I am going to "bee" helpful this spring by...<br />
Tab Booklet: The Smells of Spring, The Sights of Spring, The Sounds of Spring,<br />
Petal: I enjoy...<br />
Spring 3 page Q&A</span></span></div>
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Basket with Easter eggs<br />
Bunnies: Can, Have, Need<br />
EASTER Acrostic Poem<br />
The Easter Bunny Poem<br />
Easter Venn-Diagram<br />
Booklet: For Lent I'm Giving Up...<br />
Booklet: My Favorite Easter Memory<br />
Tab Booklet: Holy Thursday, Good Friday, Easter Sunday<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Did you know that April is National Poetry Month?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Challenge Based Learning is all the rage as the next
educational endeavor, and for the right reasons. Students select a challenge or
problem they identified in society and work to fix it, using skills that cover
multiple disciplines. "Challenge Based Learning is collaborative and hands-on,
asking students to work with peers, teachers, and experts in their communities
and around the world to ask good questions, develop deep subject area
knowledge, identify and solve challenges, take action, and share their
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Normally, Challenge Based Learning is focused towards high
school and middle school levels, and students explore these endeavors
individually. However, this is no longer just for older kids! Challenge Based
Learning is easily applicable to the <b>elementary classroom</b>. Rather than
individually, have the whole class do something together following these simple
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<li>Sit the class down and ask them to think about the world.
Ask them what problems they see. This could be in the community, the state, or
the world. Help encourage the class to come to a consensus. Form an essential
question of about 7 words that puts everything into perspective clearly.</li>
<li>Research the cause and look for an organization that helps
the cause. As a class, brainstorm what you can do to help the organization.
This could be anything from collecting books to having a penny war to raise
money.</li>
<li>Over the year, work to get the word out about what you’re
doing and gain more support. At the end of the year, have students look over their
progress and share the groups success with administrators, peers, colleagues,
and the community.</li>
<li>Finally, decompress. Think about what you did and what
impact you made. Did you answer your essential question? Are you going to
continue next year?</li>
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A project like this is a great way to engage students to
think globally and combine information they learned in other subjects together.
Creating an awareness and teaching kids to care about the world around them
will translate beautifully in future years.</div>
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