tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24677622541911435922024-03-13T00:17:47.118-07:00Susan Jones TeachingFirst grade lessons for math, reader's workshop, writer's workshop, phonics and more that are all Common Core aligned.smoran892http://www.blogger.com/profile/03901741533773361571noreply@blogger.comBlogger281125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2467762254191143592.post-12588784415127478052017-07-03T08:31:00.003-07:002017-07-03T09:13:20.963-07:00My THREE Favorite Classroom Management Tips<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
As every new school year approaches, I begin to get my mind ready for a new year of students. This always includes thinking of my classroom management approach. I like to try new things each year because each group of students is entirely unique and has a different set of needs than the classroom before. To help ensure things run smoothly throughout the year, I do have a few favorite strategies that I thought I would share today.</div>
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I believe that in order to get the most of your students both behaviorally and academically, you must have a solid teacher-student relationship with them. They want to know you care about them and they want to know you're listening to them. And, quite honestly, getting to know my little school family is my favorite part of each year! At the beginning of the school year I like to have my students fill out a short, fun survey. The little survey gives me a quick overview of their family life and interests.<br />
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I keep these surveys in the front of their file folders that I keep in my cabinet filled with parent notes, test scores, etc. Throughout the year I fill out little updated notes about new interests or hobbies they may have. I tend to do this most when a particular student may be having a difficult time with behavior. I find the more I can try to connect with that student and find what he or she wants to work for, then we can work together.<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">This is my <b><i>all-time</i></b> favorite hallway management trick. I came up with this a few years back because I would always call out a few students who were being excellent walkers in the hallway and they would get a little something special (maybe move their clip up, maybe a sticker, maybe extra ipad time, etc.). As time went on, I really disliked actually saying their names aloud and I thought it defeated the purpose of having a silent walk through the hallway as to not disturb other classes. </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> So now when my students are walking through the hallway, I will still look for students who are being role models and tap them on the shoulder. I love seeing their face light up! I also made a specific "taps" bin so I can quickly reward them with something small. My students know that if they are tapped in the hallway they get whatever is in the bin as soon as they get back to the classroom.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> As for what's inside the taps bin, themed erasers are always a big hit! Sometimes there are stickers inside, pencil top erasers, a classroom coupon (stinky feet, line leader, extra iPad time, etc.) and towards the end of the year, when we really need the extra reinforcement, I switch to Skittles! </span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">You'd be amazed at how quiet kids will be for one, little Skittle.</span></span></div>
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An added tip: I usually don't bust out this strategy until <i>at least </i>after Christmas break. I begin the year with strict and firm hallway expectations without a reward. When, I start thinking my class may need a little extra incentive, I randomly show up with this bin and explain all the details!</div>
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Writer's workshop is one of my favorite times of the day. A large majority of that is the peacefulness it brings because of the atmosphere in the classroom. After I have taught my guided lesson and students begin their independent writing, I immediately turn off our overhead lights and play some classical music.<br />
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It takes my students a few weeks to get used to, but as soon as the music begins there is an immediate calm throughout the classroom. It puts them in the "zone" and they produce some of the best writing. Honestly, it helps <i>me</i> get in the zone as well!<br />
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You can read more of my starting Writer's Workshop tips by clicking below:<br />
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My favorite CD to use during my writing block is the Music for the Mind Kagan CD specifically for reading & writing. I have a few other CDs from this series as well, but this one happens to be my favorite:<br />
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<i>**You can also purchase this CD on itunes by searching for Gary Lamb.</i><br />
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I hope some of these ideas can make their way into your classroom to make your life a little easier!<br />
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Hands-on math. I love it, I live for it, I believe in it.</div>
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Even though my <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/FIRST-GRADE-MATH-WORKSHOP-LESSONS-FOR-THE-YEAR-2813292">first grade guided math curriculum</a> is complete, I still had a bunch of ideas buzzing around in my head, so I thought I would offer you all a <b><u><span style="font-size: large;">FREE 15 page addition unit</span></u></b> with activities and ideas you can take right back to your classroom.</div>
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<b>Roll, subitize, & add!</b></div>
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This game has students practice their number sense skills with a little subitizing action before they use manipulatives to add two numbers together.</div>
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Students put their hands in each bag and see how many different items they can grab. Simple, cheap, and effective. My favorite ;)</div>
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<b> Fix it Cards!</b></div>
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Fix it cards are my favorite math warm up, and while the cards themselves aren't "hands-on" I like to make my students illustrate or use manipulative to prove to me why the card is wrong and also how they can fix it!</div>
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P<b>rint & Play Math Games!</b></div>
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I love love love making <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Print-Play-LEARN-Math-Games-Bundle-2614101">print & play games</a> as I am sure you may know if you follow my blog, so I decided to add two addition games to this little free unit. The one above has students racing to fill their grid first. There is a 2 digit and 3 digit version.</div>
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It's time the last installment of my <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Countdown-to-Summer-End-of-Year-Activities-3078160?utm_source=SJT%20Blog&utm_campaign=Beach%20Day">Countdown to Summer activities</a>! I have another whole day of FUN ready for you! To read about my other themed days, click the links below:<br />
[<a href="http://thankgoditsfirstgrade.blogspot.com/2017/03/countdown-to-summer-end-of-year.html">Camping Day</a>]<br />
[<a href="http://thankgoditsfirstgrade.blogspot.com/2017/04/friendship-day-activities.html">Friendship Day</a>]<br />
[<a href="http://thankgoditsfirstgrade.blogspot.com/2017/05/sports-day-end-of-year-activities.html">Sports Day</a>]<br />
[<a href="http://thankgoditsfirstgrade.blogspot.com/2017/05/end-of-year-memories.html">Memories Day</a>]<br />
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Today, I bring to you an entire day of the beach:<br />
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All these activities are part of a fun new product I came out with for the end of the year called <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Countdown-to-Summer-EARLY-BUY-IN-PRICE-3078160">Countdown to Summer</a>! This is a 5 day all-encompassing unit which includes lessons and activities for <i>every subject area!</i> There is MORE than enough for you to have boatloads of fun during the last days of school while still reviewing and learning!</div>
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<i>Focus skill is place value</i><br />
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Students practice their place value knowledge by adding, gathering, and exchanging base 10 blocks to see how many cubes they get to build their own sandcastle!<br />
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<i>Focus skill is beginning digraphs</i><br />
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Collecting seashells! Students play against a partner to try to collect enough words with beginning digraphs to fill all the seashells in their pail. First player to fill their pail, wins!</div>
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<i>Focus skill is character traits and changes</i><br />
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I love the Scaredy Squirrel books. I think they are funny and smart at the same time! In <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Scaredy-Squirrel-Beach-M%C3%A9lanie-Watt/dp/1554534623">Scaredy Squirrel at the Beach</a> Squirrel prepares his own beach at home so he can avoid thee crowds at the real beach. Along the way he ends up needing to go to the beach to collect sand and devises a plan to get in and out without getting noticed. Students will laugh along with the story and answer some questions about Squirrel.</div>
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<i><u>Also, no worries if you can't get your hands on this book! I wrote a short story about a boy and girl who head to the beach with response questions to focus on the same skills!</u></i></div>
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<i>Focus skill is realistic fiction</i><br />
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Students create their own character, problem and solution when writing a story at the beach! We focus on realistic fiction so I remind my students that it needs to be something that could <i>really</i> happen at the beach! After we brainstorm some possible problems and solutions, students write their own stories to share!</div>
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Students learn about salt water and buoyancy in this fun, science lesson! I bring in 3 eggs, some water, and salt and students make their hypotheses about whether the egg will float or sink in the regular water. Then, we see what happens to the egg with a little salt in the water. Lastly, we stir a lottttt of salt in the water and see what happens to the egg!</div>
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Students make their own little handprint beach scene for the art project this day! Their hands can create fish or jellyfish, while they can use their fingers to make little seashells along the beach.</div>
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I recently came back from a cruise where they used this banana dolphin as a garnish on some fruity drink and it was just too cute not to share! All you do is cut a banana in half and then cut the stem right down the middle to create a mouth. I put a little Swedish fish in the mouth and drew on some eyes with a marker. You can put blueberries or goldfish in the cup to make it look like the dolphin is coming out of the water!<br />
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smoran892http://www.blogger.com/profile/03901741533773361571noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2467762254191143592.post-52768372758065471322017-05-17T05:48:00.001-07:002017-05-17T05:55:14.729-07:00Diphthongs Activities and Games<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Diphthongs! What in the world is a diphthong!? I remember very clearly asking myself that question in my Foundations of Literacy class in college. Diphthongs can be tricky to read since the letters shown in these words don't make their usual sounds - the sound is an entirely new one that isn't necessarily represented at all in the word. /oi/ for instance. I spend the whole beginning of the year year teaching short and long vowel sounds for o and i, then you put them together and they make /oi/?!? Way to get tricky language!</div>
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Anyhow, I put together 6 new Print & Play Phonics Games to focus solely on those tricky sounds, diphthongs and I thought I would share a few with you up close:</div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">In case you are unfamiliar with my Print & Play Games, a<span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.5px;">ll the games only require dice, crayons, cubes, a paperclip, and a pencil! They are designed for </span><i style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.5px;">ease</i><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.5px;">! I wanted teachers to be able to quickly print out a game from their computer and teach it so they can get back to efficiently teaching the other students in their classroom. The directions on the games are simple for students to understand and many of the same game-playing concepts are seen throughout all the games.</span></span></div>
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This game can be played cooperatively or independently as students simply spin the wheel and find an image with the matching diphthong sound. There are 2 different versions of this game with different sounds!</div>
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<b>Diphthong 5-in-a-Row:</b></div>
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This fun partner game has students rolling the dice to find the diphthong image at the bottom of the page. Students must find a word with the matching sound in the grid and place their block there. The goal is to be the first player to get 5-in-a-row! There are some fun additions like skip turn or the ability to remove another player's cube that make this game a bit more challenging!</div>
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This game is all about <i>fluency</i>. These sounds are hard and students need lots of practice decoding, reading, and re-reading these words! In this game students simply roll the dice, read the word they rolled, and put a tally mark next to it. Students play until one player get 5 tally marks in a row first!</div>
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I have 3 more games included in my Print & Play <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Print-Play-Phonics-Games-Diphthongs-3161556?utm_source=SJT%20Blog&utm_campaign=Diphthongs%20">Diphthongs Games</a> and I also added this unit to my <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Print-Play-Phonics-Games-2968921?utm_source=SJT%20Blog&utm_campaign=Diphthongs%20-%20Bundle">Print & Play Phonics Games Bundle</a> which includes 6 games for each of the following phonics skills:</div>
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You can see those games and download a FREE phonics game by downloading the preview below:</div>
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At the end of the year we always created a memory book of some sort. I love to reminisce with my students. 180 days together is no joke and should be celebrated before they head off to their next teacher! Instead of just filling in a memory book on the last week of school, I thought another fun way to share our memories would be through an entire Memory Day!</div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; letter-spacing: 0.5px;">All these activities are part of a fun new product I came out with for the end of the year called </span><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Countdown-to-Summer-End-of-Year-Activities-3078160?utm_source=SJT%20Blog&utm_campaign=Memories%20Day" style="background-color: white; letter-spacing: 0.5px; max-width: calc(800px); outline: none; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease 0s;">Countdown to Summer</a><span style="background-color: white; letter-spacing: 0.5px;">! This is a 5 day all-encompassing unit which includes lessons and activities for </span><i style="background-color: white; letter-spacing: 0.5px;">every subject area!</i><span style="background-color: white; letter-spacing: 0.5px;"> There is MORE than enough for you to have boatloads of fun during the last days of school while still reviewing and learning!</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; letter-spacing: 0.5px;">The main game included for this day is "memory" where students match the digital and analog times! However, with all the themes in this unit, I include a black and white, little-to-no prep activity as well which is shown above! This game practices the same skills as students race to fill their clock tower first.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; letter-spacing: 0.5px;">Students take a walk down memory lane with this fun memory poem. As they read it, they will try to identify as many r-controlled vowels as they can find. There is also a nonsense/real word sorting sheet afterwards that they can complete. This is set up exactly like all my <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Phonics-Poems-for-Grades-K-2-1475734">phonics poems</a>, so if you already own that your students will be very familiar with this set up!</span></div>
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<i>Comprehension and connections</i><span style="background-color: white; letter-spacing: 0.5px;"></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.5px;">This fun lesson has students learning all about their brains! Students learn a bit about the lobes of our brain before they complete a fun puzzle activity. Students will learn that in order to complete puzzles they are actually using their frontal lobe which is important for problem solving. After the mini-puzzles are put together, students must share a memory that is brought to mind by the image. This uses their hippocampus which stores long term memories!</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; letter-spacing: 0.5px;">I went super simple with this snack - Memory munchkins! I always provide breakfast on our last day of school and I would give each student one munchkin. We would go around in groups and before they could eat their donut hole, they had to tell their group all about a favorite memory of theirs. Since an entire breakfast isn't provided here, I went with 3-4 munchkins and provided a few guidelines to sharing their memories with one another! I also opted for a memory frame instead of a whole book since students would be sharing their memories all day long!</span><br />
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You can grab <i>all</i> the activities seen above as well as 4 more days of FUN all in my <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Countdown-to-Summer-End-of-Year-Activities-3078160?utm_source=SJT%20Blog&utm_campaign=Memories%20Day">Countdown to Summer</a> unit seen below:</div>
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It's time for another installment of my <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Countdown-to-Summer-EARLY-BUY-IN-PRICE-3078160">Countdown to Summer activities</a>! I have another whole day of FUN ready for you! My past posts were all about <a href="http://thankgoditsfirstgrade.blogspot.com/2017/03/countdown-to-summer-end-of-year.html">camping activities</a> and my second fun-filled day was all about <a href="http://thankgoditsfirstgrade.blogspot.com/2017/04/friendship-day-activities.html">Friendship</a>. Today, I bring to you an entire day of sports:</div>
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All these activities are part of a fun new product I came out with for the end of the year called <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Countdown-to-Summer-EARLY-BUY-IN-PRICE-3078160">Countdown to Summer</a>! This is a 5 day all-encompassing unit which includes lessons and activities for <i>every subject area!</i> There is MORE than enough for you to have boatloads of fun during the last days of school while still reviewing and learning!</div>
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This fun activity has students shootin' hoops and collecting points. Students throw their pom poms into the other player's baskets. Once all pom poms land in a cup they remove the cups to add up their total. Some spots are addition, while others will have students subtraction points. Whoever has the most, wins!<br />
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Students will complete a read the room activity that gets their blood pumping with physical activity! The print and play option (shown above) includes push ups and sit ups to achieve the same physical challenge.<br />
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<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Wilma-Unlimited-Rudolph-Became-Fastest/dp/0152020985/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1494248175&sr=1-1&keywords=wilma+unlimited">Wilma Unlimited</a> is a such a great story of perseverance, strength and courage. Students read all about Wilma Rudolph and her journey before completing comprehension mini-books. I included a BUNCH of questions so you can pick and choose which pages to include and differentiate for your students.</div>
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<i><u>Also, no worries if you can't get your hands on this book! I wrote a short story about a young boy who wanted to be a dancer with response questions to focus on the same skills!</u></i></div>
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Students teach others all they know about some of their favorite sports. There is a graphic organizer included to help students' brainstorm their ideas and details before they write their paper.</div>
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Students learn all about the 5 main food groups and how to eat a balanced meal. There is also a fun, physical activity challenge that gets students exercising throughout the day.</div>
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Students award themselves a gold medal for the end of the year and list reasons why they deserve it!</div>
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Some cheese balls and a small white cup make a fun and easy snack. Students simply decorate the cup to look like a hoop and the cheese balls are the basketballs.<br />
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Writing in the primary grades can be a bit scary at times! Many of my first grade students are just learning to read and simultaneously I would like them to write a 3 page personal narrative with an opening, three details and a catchy closing. It isn't always easy, but writer's workshop is one of my favorite things to teach in first grade because the difference made in a year is remarkable.</div>
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I wanted to take some time today to share with you a couple tips for getting the most of your students during writer's workshop!</div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">It is difficult to learn to write. It is even more difficult when you are forced to write about something you don't care or know much about. Using the writer's workshop model, I like to give my students the freedom to make their pieces personal. They get to write about what interests them... not what interests me!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">When students get to write about topics that are personal to them, they have a much larger bank of ideas to pull from. </span>Do your first graders talk a lot?! HA! Trick question - of course they do! Well, d<span style="font-family: inherit;">uring each </span><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/First-Grade-Writing-EVERGROWING-bundle-2686805" style="font-family: inherit;">unit of study</a><span style="font-family: inherit;"> I have my students talk <i>a lot</i>. They talk to one another about their ideas. Their classmates ask them questions about their ideas. They tell their stories aloud to someone who is listening before they ever write a single word on paper. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">When writing personal narratives, I remind my students that during our morning meeting many students have already shared a personal narrative orally when they told us about their weekend. We may have asked questions to get more details about their story and voila! A first grade writing piece is already in the works. </span></div>
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Now that being said, I <u style="font-style: italic;">do</u> offer prompts from time to time. Some of my students have trouble brainstorming topics to write about, so I like to list a BUNCH of prompt ideas to get them started! This way, my students can still choose what they want to write about. If that still isn't working for a student... we sit and have a 1-on-1 chat to see if I can help spark any ideas!</div>
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Here are a few ideas that got my students thinking and conversing in the past:</div>
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When we begin writing in first grade, proper grammar and mechanics go OUT THE WINDOW. Now before you get all upset, don't worry - they comeback! I absolutely teach my students how to properly use punctuation and how to vary sentence structures. I teach them how to add details and spell words properly... but FIRST, I just want them to <i>write.</i> </div>
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I find that when my students are so bogged down by their own questions (how do I spell this? does a period go here? how many sentences was I supposed to write?) their ideas often become stifled and the pages are left blank. When I encourage students to just write, write, write all their thoughts out on paper... that is when the magic happens! We can't revise or edit anything without words on the paper! </div>
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During open house each year, I like to share this letter with the parents to help them understand what writing will look like for their first grade child. </div>
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The beginning of my writer's workshop block is spent teaching and <i>modeling</i>. Model, model, model. Many skills I teach in writing can be abstract and it may seem difficult for a first grader to actually apply the skill I am teaching to their own writing. </div>
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I need to show them <u style="font-style: italic;">how</u> to do it. For every unit of study, I create my own, modeled writing piece that I use throughout the entire unit. Every day my students are adding details, so am I. Every time my students are editing or revising, so am I.</div>
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I set up my paper to look the same as theirs and after I explain a skill, I show them how I apply it to my paper before they go back and apply it to theirs. While it certainly helpful for my students to see me apply these skills, I like to expose my students to other authors who have wonderfully mastered their craft as well by reading plenty of mentor texts.</div>
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Here are some of my favorites:</div>
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<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Night-Veggie-Monster-George-McClements/dp/1619631806">The Night of the Veggie Monster</a> by George McClements (personal narrative)</div>
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<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Roller-Coaster-Marla-Frazee/dp/0152057447/ref=pd_lpo_sbs_14_t_0?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=DA5SWST2N30N5A374ET6">Roller Coaster</a> by Marla Frazee (personal narrative)</div>
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<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Wanna-Iguana-Karen-Kaufman-Orloff/dp/0399237178/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1493233808&sr=1-1&keywords=i+wanna+iguana">I Wanna Iguana</a> by Karen Kaufman Orloff (opinion/persuasive)</div>
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<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Growing-Vegetable-Soup-Voyager-Books/dp/0152325808/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1493233828&sr=1-1&keywords=growing+vegetable+soup">Growing Vegetable Soup</a> by Lois Ehlert (informative)</div>
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<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Dont-Let-Pigeon-Stay-Late/dp/0786837462/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1493233850&sr=1-1&keywords=pigeon+stay+up">Don't Let the Pigeon Stay up Late</a> by Mo Willems (opinion/persuasive)</div>
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<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Frogs-Gail-Gibbons/dp/0823411346/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1493233865&sr=1-1&keywords=frogs+gail">Frogs</a> by Gail Gibbons (informative)</div>
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<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Chair-Mother-Anniversary-Reading-Rainbow/dp/0688040748/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1493233880&sr=1-1&keywords=chair+for+mother">A Chair for my Mother</a> by Vera Williams (personal narrative)</div>
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<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Red-Best-Kathy-Stinson/dp/1554510511/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1493233896&sr=1-1&keywords=red+is+best">Red is Best</a> by Kahty Stinson (opinion/persuasive)</div>
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I hope some of these tips can help you get your students to work to their fullest potential and enjoy writing along the way!</div>
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If you are looking for some units of study to help you teach first grade writing, I have compiled <i>ALL</i> my writer's workshop units in this huge, <span style="color: red;"><b>money-saving</b></span> bundle:</div>
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It includes lessons, graphic organizers, templates, and much more for the following types of writing:</div>
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<i>**it will also be updated with <u>every</u> new writing unit I <u>ever</u> come out with free of charge!</i></div>
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Keeping my first grade students engaged during those last few weeks of the year is <i>always </i>a challenge. A fun one, but certainly a challenge. </div>
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The sun is usually shining, the warmth makes my students start to yawn in the afternoon, and all they can see is another vacation looming in the near distance. Completely understandable right?! I feel the same way those last couple weeks!</div>
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The last days as a teacher can be pretty bogged down with report cards, cleaning, meetings, and all sorts of things that pull you away from your room. It can often feel like the last days with your class can slip away all too quickly. </div>
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Well I wanted to share a few tips to help keep your students engaged and learning during the last few days together! These will help you <i>all</i> enjoy your final days.</div>
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At the end of the year I like to have entire themed days. That doesn't happen that often in my classroom, so it is such a fun way to break the everyday mold and try something new!<br />
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On each of these days, we still learn/review all the subject areas <u style="font-weight: bold;">but</u> every activity ties into the theme! For instance, on camping day we read stories about camping during our reading block, we catch fish and add them during math, and we build our own tents during science! We eat themed snacks and make themed crafts. It's such a nice break from the ordinary!<br />
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Here you can see a little look at a few activities we do for a couple of the days:<br />
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<i>*the above activities are all from my </i><i> fun-filled </i><i><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Countdown-to-Summer-EARLY-BUY-IN-PRICE-3078160?utm_source=SJT%20Blog&utm_campaign=Keep%20Students%20Engaged">Countdown to Summer unit</a>.</i><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"><u>BUILD THE ANTICIPATION:</u></span></b><br />
Your students are used to you. They are used to their classmates. They are used to their routine. Let them know something <i>new and exciting</i> will be happening soon!<br />
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Before the last 5 of school days begin, I give my students little hints about what kind of days we will be having in the classroom and let them guess! When they get to school in the morning they can see if their guesses were correct!<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">^ leave out these materials (toothpicks, paper, play dough) and have students guess what they might be building ^</span><br />
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<u>Give them the following hints:</u><br />
We use this outdoors.<br />
It provides shelter.<br />
It can protect us from bears!<br />
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Some of your kids will guess that we are building a tent and that tomorrow may be CAMPING day! The more you can reel them in and excite them, the easier it is to teach!<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"><u>HAVE YOUR STUDENTS MOVE:</u></span></b><br />
Nothing beats boredom like getting up and getting moving! There are numerous studies to show that student engagement and learning increases with the use of daily movement (read more <a href="http://www.ascd.org/publications/books/104013/chapters/Movement-and-Learning.aspx">here</a> or <a href="http://www.nwmissouri.edu/library/researchpapers/2014/Kozol,%20Kathleen.pdf">here</a>), so use that research to your advantage!<br />
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^^hopping on one foot in the great room while completing a place value activity^^<br />
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On camping day, we go for a nature walk outside and experience our 5 senses. On sports day, we complete a physical challenge seeing how many different activities we can complete in just 3 minutes. On game day, we play lots and lots of games that have our blood pumping and minds working!<br />
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Blow up a beach ball and write sight words, math facts, phonemes, etc. on it! Have students stand up and pass it around while practicing all sorts of skills. Anything that gets them out of their chairs, does us all a favor at the end of the year.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"><u>USE SUMMER TO YOUR ADVANTAGE:</u></span></b><br />
You know it's coming. They know it's coming. Use summer to your advantage! I like to make an entire themed day all about the beach (if you aren't near a beach - make it a water or pool themed day). We use pails and shovels to search for seashells and simultaneously review digraphs:<br />
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We read the funny book, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Scaredy-Squirrel-Beach-M%C3%A9lanie-Watt/dp/1554534623">Scaredy Squirrel at the Beach</a> and we write realistic fiction stories about family vacations at the beach gone all wrong! Whatever you know your kids will be doing over the summer, use it! Reel them in with the FUN that is summer!<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"><u>MAKE MEMORIES:</u></span></b><br />
As I mentioned before, it can be easy for your last days to slip away with all the extra tasks you are given as a teacher during the end of the year. Try to hold onto the fact that these students are yours and yours only for the next week or so. Next thing you know, you blink and they are onto middle school, graduating high school, or (gasp!) getting married and having kids. Treasure each and every one of those little kiddos and remind them of all the fun you had together!<br />
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In fact, I like to dedicate an entire DAY to our memories! We make memory picture frames and draw our favorite memories from the school year inside. We play the game, memory, and review all different math skills. We practice some fine motor skills and make friendship bracelets and trade them with another classmate. Anything to help <i>cherish</i> and enjoy our last bit of time together as a class.<br />
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I hope you can take some of these tips and really make the end of your year extra special! All of the activities in this post are contained in my Countdown to Summer unit. If you'd like to see more about that unit, just click below:<br />
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If you read my last post about my <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Countdown-to-Summer-EARLY-BUY-IN-PRICE-3078160">Countdown to Summer activities</a> then you know I have another day of FUN ready for you! My past post was all about camping activities and my second fun-filled day is all about Friendship.</div>
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All these activities are part of a fun new product I came out with for the end of the year called Countdown to Summer! This is a 5 day all-encompassing unit which includes lessons and activities for <i>every subject area!</i> There is MORE than enough for you to have boatloads of fun during the last days of school while still reviewing and learning!</div>
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I wanted to show you a little sneak peek of the new activities I included for Day 2, Friendship Day:</div>
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<b>Math:</b></div>
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<i>Focus skill is data collection and analysis</i></div>
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This activity can be down whole group or in small groups where students will survey their friends to tally the results of different graphing questions (there are 4 total). After students tally the results, they will complete the bar graph and answer questions about the data!</div>
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<b>Phonics:</b></div>
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<i>Focus skill is beginning consonant blends </i></div>
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Students will partner up and play a phonics game to identify different beginning consonant blends! There is a mixed version (shown above) as well as a version for s-blends, l-blends, and r-blends separately. </div>
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<b>Reading:</b></div>
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<i>Focus skill is making inferences</i></div>
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Is there a better friendship than Elephant & Piggie?! We read <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Should-Share-Cream-Elephant-Piggie/dp/1423143434">this fun book</a> by Mo Willems and make some inferences along the way about how our two favorite characters are feeling! I include an entire read-aloud sheet that has stopping points and questions to ask throughout the book!</div>
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<i><u>Also, no worries if you can't get your hands on this book! I wrote a short story about friendship with response questions to focus on the same skills!</u></i></div>
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<b>Writing:</b></div>
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<i>Focus skill is personal narratives</i></div>
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Students are challenged to remember a time when they were a good friend! There is a graphic organizer included to help students' brainstorm their ideas and details before they write their story.</div>
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Students sort through 12 different scenarios to see if it shows an example of being a good friend or not being a good friend. There is also a recording sheet for students to explain their thoughts on what exemplifies a good friend and how they could change those "not a good friend" situations into positive ones!</div>
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A little fine motor practice with some yarn for the craft! Students make their very own friendship bracelets to give to a friend!</div>
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"Orange you glad we are friends?!" tags with some clementines make for the perfect, healthy snack to pass out on this day!</div>
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Camping<br />
Friendship<br />
Sports</div>
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Memories</div>
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The Beach</div>
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Same as before, while I am still compiling and creating all these activities you can grab this unit for the <b><u>early buy in price</u></b>:</div>
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Here on the East Coast we wouldn't start counting down the days until May at the <i>earliest,</i> but I know many school teachers that get out in mid-May and have already began counting down the school days left with their students. There is so much going on at the end of the year, those last couple weeks can seem like a blur, but I always wanted to do something FUN with my students to make those last days memorable (and also keep them learning!). </div>
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Themed days are nothing new, but the end of the year is really when I like to let loose with these activities and encourage my students' creativity! The last 5 full days of the year we would have a countdown and I would let my students know that each day was a different theme and ALL DAY we would complete activities and games that relate to that theme.</div>
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I thought I would compile some of my favorite activities I've completed in the past <u>and</u> add a bunch of new ones into one, easy unit! So I created <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Countdown-to-Summer-EARLY-BUY-IN-PRICE-3078160?utm_source=TGIF%20Blog&utm_campaign=Countdown%20to%20Summer">The Countdown to Summer!</a></div>
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I wanted to make something EASY for teachers and FUN for students so I think I combined both of those aspects into this unit. I created <i>five full days</i> of lessons and activities that correlate to a different theme. Many of the lessons have m ore than one option for the teacher to pick and choose from!</div>
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The themes I decided on are all ones I've done in the past and have been hits in my first grade classroom! They are:</div>
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1. Camping</div>
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2. Friendship</div>
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3. Sports</div>
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4. Memories</div>
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5. The Beach</div>
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- Reading</div>
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- Writing</div>
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Here is a rundown of the first themed day, Camping:</div>
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In math, students practice addition with a fun game called Catch 'Em where they are adding numbers and comparing their sum to their partners. </div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Now before you're all like, "Ummm... I don't have time to print and laminate all these centers at the end of the year!!!"</i> <i>Don't fret! For every game that has a color activity, there is also a black & white "print&go" version! </i></span></b></div>
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For each day, I have a book suggestion and 2 comprehension skills to review! For camping, I went with the fun, rhyming book <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Camping-Spree-Mr-Magee/dp/0811836037">A Camping Spree with Mr. Magee</a> and the skills are retelling as well as using context clues to determine the meaning of vocabulary words.</div>
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<b><i>Again, no worries - if you don't have the book or don't want to find it, I created a printable passage that works on the SAME skills!</i></b></div>
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In phonics, students practice long vowel teams with a quick and easy "Read & Illustrate" passage about a king and queen who cross their moat for a little walk. </div>
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How to writing was the focus for camping day! I included FOUR different how-to prompts - all relating to camping! They make for some fun explanations!</div>
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There are 2 fun science activities included: a STEM activity to build your own tent using play dough, toothpicks, and a piece of paper. Or you can also take your students on a quick nature walk where they can use their senses to complete a graphic organizer on what they notice in nature.</div>
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For the craft, a handprint fire makes for a fun activity:</div>
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And for snack options I, of course, included s'mores, but I also liked the idea of choosing 50 of your own pieces to create a little trail mix to eat in class or take home!</div>
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Creating an All About book is honestly my favorite writing project of the entire year. My students just get <i>so into it.</i> I think it has to do with the fact that they feel like real researchers and they get to share their fun facts and findings with the rest of the class. I also love that this project has students practicing all different types of writing and while it includes the "traditional" paragraph writing pages, it also has other fun pages for students to share what they've learned about their animals.</div>
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I thought I would take a little time to share how we complete these informative research books in my first grade classroom.</div>
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Before we begin the project I head to a few local libraries and gather as many books as I can for 6-8 different animals. Some class favorites in the past have been:</div>
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Whales<br />
Sharks<br />
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Snakes</div>
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I am sure to make the categories myself so I can control the amount of books I can gather for these animals so they are sufficient enough to run a research project! If I taught an older grade I may just let every student choose whatever animal they wanted, but it can be difficult to find books for my first graders to be able to read independently which is why I like to control this portion.</div>
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On the first day, my students simply complete a book walk to decide which animal they would like to research. I spread the books out all around the room, grouped by their animal and students spend 2-3 minutes at each station reading about the animals.</div>
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At the end, my students will vote for their top 3 animals they would like to research. I let my students know that they WILL get one of their top 3 animals, even if they don't get their first choice. That night, I put my students into groups based on their choices (usually 3-5 students for each animal).</div>
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Once their groups are made, we dive in! My students like to read their books and share some fascinating facts they have found about their animals.</div>
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Throughout the 3-4 week reading and writing project we dedicate time to all sorts of nonfiction text features and different types of nonfiction writing. In order to complete many of the pages, we have to research first! While I want my students to <i>read</i> the books, I also want them to get used to searching online databases and websites for information we need as well. </div>
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I gathered 5 of my favorite websites for young students to research their animals and explained a bit about each one below:</div>
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You need a license for this site, but is SO kid friendly and my first graders learn a ton from the different databases. There is one for animals, science, biographies, and social studies. In the animal database they can learn all the basics about many different animals, watch videos of the animals and even hear the animals make noise.</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/animals/">NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC KIDS</a></span></div>
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This site has many different articles about all sorts of animals and has great photographs of the animals. Your students will definitely be intrigued by the fun comparisons. Did you know a polar bear weighs more than a piano and is shorter than a school bus?</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://kids.sandiegozoo.org/animals">SAN DIEGO ZOO KIDS</a></span></div>
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The famous San Diego Zoo has their own website for kids to showcase the animals they have at the zoo. They include photos and facts such as where in the world each animal lives, what their habitat is, and what they like to eat.</div>
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Ranger Rick's website has plenty of facts for students to learn all about their favorite animals from amphibians to mammals to reptiles!</div>
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The Wild Kratts on PBS is a fun show about two brothers who are always trying to save an animal from something. Along the way, you learn all sorts of fun facts about those animals. On their website they have a "Creaturepedia" where students can click around and search for animals by grouping, region or habitat. </div>
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As we work through the project, students complete their very own:</div>
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As we complete each page, I show examples and model creating my very own page in front of the class:</div>
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My students actually make each of those pages TWICE since we do rough drafts, edit, revise, and then publish our books! So every students will have a 9-10 page book by the end and many of your "fast finishers" will add more pages to tell different fun facts about their animals! I also have some of my fast finishers go back and add in some fun captions with an activity I call "caption action!"</div>
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The books come out quite amazing at the end and both students and parents are impressed! Here are a few pages from some of my students in the past (the pictures are from a camera phone like 5 years ago, so don't mind the quality!):</div>
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St. Patrick's Day is a fun holiday in the first grade classroom! There is just enough innocence in those little students' eyes to make them <i>really</i> wonder if leprechauns actually exist. I have shared a few blog posts in the past about what we like to do on <a href="http://thankgoditsfirstgrade.blogspot.com/2015/03/st-patricks-day-activities.html">St. Patrick's Day in my classroom</a>, but today I thought I would share 6 fun, FREE activities with you from bloggers all over:</div>
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<i><a href="http://thankgoditsfirstgrade.blogspot.com/2015/03/st-patricks-day-activities.html">from Jennifer at First Grade Blue Skies:</a></i></div>
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I have used this directed drawing before with my first graders and they come out looking SO CUTE! In fact, I have Jennifer's whole year of directed drawings and they are always a hit.</div>
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This was the first close reading passage and poem I created for my holidays unit and I decided to make it a free download for teachers to try with their class! Each holiday has it's own nonfiction passage with a vocabulary and comprehension sheet. There is also a fun, fiction poem for each holiday as well. </div>
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Download the one above via my TPT store, <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Free-St-Patricks-Day-Comprehension-and-Poem-2420944">here</a>.</div>
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This loopy leprechaun craft and writing activity is easy to make since Cara gives you all the templates! I love reading what my students write for when they feel the luckiest!</div>
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Erica has a bunch of these fun banners that are perfect to decorate when you have some downtime in the classroom! Personally, I would've loved to have these after recess. A nice little coloring, calm down activity that only takes a few minutes and makes for a cute display in the classroom.</div>
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Download this banner via her TPT store, <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/St-Patricks-Day-Banner-Freebie-3009057">here</a>.</div>
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Have some students still working on identifying their teen numbers?! I could always identify a few students at this time of year who could use some practice with number identification in the teens. I love how she uses gold coins to cover the shamrocks - so fun!</div>
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One of my favorite read alouds during St. Patrick's Day is <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Jamie-ORourke-Big-Potato-Folktale/dp/0448450909">Jamie O'Rourke and the Big Potato</a>. We talk allllll about being lazy and I like to focus on cause and effect with this lesson! I typed up a ready-made, one-page lesson plan for you with talking points and the page numbers the questions are asked. There is also a reading response sheet and a writing response sheet for your students to complete after they read the story.</div>
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I hope you can use some of those lessons for the holiday coming up soon!</div>
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When it comes to St. Patrick's Day, Jamie O'Rourke is one of my favorite characters! <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0698116038/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0698116038&linkCode=as2&tag=thgoitsfigr-20&linkId=60e13df590ea76fceab74ae64cfa4917" target="_blank">Jamie O'Rourke and the Big Potato</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="//ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=thgoitsfigr-20&l=am2&o=1&a=0698116038" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /> to focus on cause and effect.</div>
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In my read aloud lessons, I go through the entire book with a focus skill in mind. I list out terms to define to your students, a preview of the text to read aloud to your kids, and then I list out all the important questions I want to ask and the pages they are on - all on one, easy page!</div>
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A couple years ago I created an entire year's worth of read aloud lessons that are all one page so that you can quickly print your lessons and have them ready to go! They are also great for a sub. All the hard work of thinking of the questions is done for you. Recently, I added both a reading response page and a writing response page to each text for some added practice.</div>
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When I am talking about my students and higher order thinking, I am talking about<b> <i>the ability to use critical thinking skills to transfer their knowledge in order to solve a problem.</i></b></div>
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Well that wasn't the most simple way to put it... but essentially I want my students to take all the tools I have taught them and be able to APPLY them in order to solve something! </div>
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"Here is the problem. Here is your tool kit. Go ahead! Solve it however you see fit!"</div>
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Higher order thinking can seem like a big task when talking about teaching 5-7 year old students, but it is honestly one of my favorite ways to teach. I love to watch my students surprise themselves with what they can do! I can see it in their eyes when they are at first, taken aback by the problem, and then when they solve it, they are just so proud. It is a beautiful thing!</div>
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I believe the earlier students are exposed to higher order thinking type questions, the more they will feel prepared to solve these problems as they continue onto the higher grades and be put in more complex situations.</div>
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While these types of tasks are certainly difficult at first, they are great practice for your young learners to start thinking in different ways. The more practice and exposure they get to these types of problems, the better they become!</div>
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I wanted to share a few ways I promote higher order thinking in my first grade classroom that you can go ahead and implement <u>right away</u>:</div>
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Once your students have learned a skill, I like to have them apply it to many different types of real world problems. By giving your students open ended tasks to solve, it gives them the freedom to solve the problem however best fits their needs. It also lets them recall their own past experiences to help them solve a problem and bring their learning outside the school walls!</div>
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When you sit back and watch how your students solve these types of problems, you learn a lot about the way each child thinks. You see strengths and weaknesses that may not be readily assessed through simple "recall" questions.</div>
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<b>- You are having a big party and everyone in the class is invited! You want to bring in cupcakes but you need to know how many boxes to bring. There are 4 cupcakes in each box.</b></div>
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Students will first have to count up everyone in the class and brainstorm ways to figure out how many boxes of cupcakes they will need.</div>
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<b>- You get to pick out some new furniture to go along the biggest wall in your room. The wall is 15 feet long and your mom/dad want you to get a chair, a dresser, and a new bed. How long should each piece of furniture be to make sure it all fits?</b></div>
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Students will choose all different measurements to see if they equal 15. Then we talk about if those measurements make sense (will your chair be longer than your bed? etc.)</div>
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<b>- Our principal said we can choose which kind of new recess equipment we can get for the playground! What should we get and how can we decide fairly?</b></div>
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Students will likely suggest taking a vote and will need to decide on which options to put up on the board and how to collect and analyze the data.</div>
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<b>- Bring in a Hershey chocolate bar (or draw a rectangle on the board) and explain that you and 3 friends would like to share it equally. How can we go about doing this?</b></div>
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This is an easy visual and when i do this in small group I actually give my students the candy once they have divided it up equally - boy that makes them want to get it right! Students mention all the different ways to divide the rectangle shape into equal parts and we discuss whether there is a "best" way to do it or not.</div>
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<b>- Your after-school piano lessons are an hour long and you <i>must</i> be home by 6pm for dinner. What time should your piano lessons start?</b></div>
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This type of problem has students thinking about all sorts of real-life situations. When I use a word like "should" it puts pressure on my students to think of the <i>best</i> time for the lessons to start. Students will start to discuss what time school gets out and how long it might take them to get to the lessons and then back home in enough time for dinner. Of course, there are a few different answers to this depending on what time you get of school. </div>
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This type of problem really shows the different ways my students think! Some students like to write down all their options, others draw pictures, others like to go through each clothing item 1-by-1 to make sure it's being used. All of these are just perfect!</div>
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I like to pose these types of questions in whole group or small group situations. My students tend to bounce ideas off one another as many of these tasks are multi-step and can take a long time to solve. Once one student gets started sharing their ideas or strategies, it starts to spark other students' ideas!</div>
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You can do this simply by purposely doing something WRONG! Now, of course, you only want to do this after you have taught something correctly and after your students have mastered the skill... and you may want to add a little theatrics to it while you are making a mistake to help your students catch the hint....</div>
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I love to do this in my classroom with <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Fix-it-Math-Cards-2775277?utm_source=TGIF%20Blog&utm_campaign=Higher%20Order%20Thinking%20Post%20-%20Fix%20it%20Cards">"fix it" cards</a>!</div>
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These types of tasks can be used for all subjects, but here are some examples of them being used in math:</div>
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Identifying the problem and fixing it requires students to completely understand the skill at hand and then analyze the situation to determine what is incorrect. Then, students can go about solving these in <i>more than one way!</i> For example, in number 5 shown above, I have had students "fix" a problem like that by saying "they only get to open 3 more, not 4" and I have also had a few students say "They must have had 6 gifts." Both are correct and they both show that the student understands subtraction!</div>
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During my math warm up time, I love to pose simple guess & solve problems to get students thinking about how they would come up with a solution. I do this in two general ways: Estimation Station and More/Less.</div>
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This can be done by putting items into a clear container or bucket and asking students to estimate how many ______ they think are in the container. We write down our guesses and possible ways to figure out how many are inside.</div>
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After repeating this with your class a few times with the same container, it is fun to hear their reasoning for their estimates. They may notice that the items are much larger than ones used previously so there is likely less in the container. Once my students grasp that idea, I start putting items in different sized containers.</div>
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Depending on the type and amount of items, we also discuss should we group the items to count them? How can we make sure we don't count the same small item twice? Etc.</div>
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We don't just estimate items in containers either. We estimate how many markers we can lay across the board, how many one-foot hops we can do in 30 seconds, and how many steps it takes us to walk from one door to the other. There are many things to estimate!</div>
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This activity is a switch up from estimation station, where I will pose the following types of statements and my students will use their reasoning to decide if my statement is correct or incorrect.</div>
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<b>- There are MORE than 30 counting bears in this container.</b></div>
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These types of statements have students thinking <i>differently</i>. I could easily ask my students to just count how many bears are in the container to see if they are able to count accurately, but this way my students must pick a side. Do they agree or disagree? They must provide reasoning for their choice and they then will figure out the best way to prove or disprove my statement!</div>
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Those are three, easy things you can start doing right away in your primary classroom to promote higher order thinking! I hope you liked these ideas and if you are looking for more <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Higher-Order-Thinking-Math-Tasks-First-Grade-1775335?utm_source=TGIF%20Blog&utm_campaign=Higher%20Order%20Thinking%20Post%20-%20HOT%20Tasks">higher order thinking math tasks</a> you can find a bunch more ideas by clicking the image below:</div>
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I am always on the hunt for new, fun phonics games! Teaching the same phonics patterns and skills over and over can be difficult for both my students <i>and</i> for me as the teacher to try and have students practice these skills without getting bored.</div>
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Before we play phonics games, there is always a direct teaching lesson where I explain the phonics rules and sounds and some manipulation of the words as well. Often, I will use letter tiles to build the words and then change out the pattern for a new pattern. I have my students read both real and nonsense words with the pattern I have taught.<br />
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It is only after that explicit instruction that I introduce different phonics games. I believe that the game portion is to help students with fluency. When they are learning to read and decode new words, it is only through practice and repetition that students gain the fluency and ability to read the words quickly.<br />
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I recently came out with a ton of <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Print-Play-LEARN-Math-Bundle-2614101">print and play math games</a> for different skills in the classroom which was designed to help students with the same thing - fluency! Since creating those games, I knew I wanted to do the same for different phonics patterns so students could have many different options and activities to practice their fluency.<br />
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All the games only require dice, crayons, cubes, a paperclip, and a pencil! They are designed for <i>ease</i>! I wanted teachers to be able to quickly print out a game from their computer and teach it so they can get back to efficiently teaching the other students in their classroom. The directions on the games are simple for students to understand and many of the same game-playing concepts are seen throughout all the games.<br />
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I have created six games for each of the different phonics skills:<br />
- short vowels (CVC words)<br />
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I thought I would take a minute to share some examples of the games.<br />
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<a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Print-Play-Phonics-Games-Short-Vowels-CVC-2968899">Short Vowels</a>:<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">In this game students roll the die and they must figure out which word in their column will be complete with the vowel they rolled. The first student to fill in their column wins! This game has two versions. The one shown above has a picture already there (for example f_n with a fan next to it, so students would have to put an a in the middle) and another version without a picture so if a student rolled an "i" they could choose to make the word fin and draw a picture of a fin. I like that it allows for a bit of differentiation!</span></div>
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<a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Print-Play-Phonics-Games-Long-Vowels-CVCe-2980201">Long Vowels with Silent e</a>:<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">In this game students race to be the first to fill their tower. Students roll a die and see if they can put it anywhere in their tower to make a real word. </span></div>
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<a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Print-Play-Phonics-Games-Vowel-Teams-2992821">Long Vowel Teams</a>:<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">This game has students practicing their understanding of the words they are decoding. Students simply roll 2 dice to find the sum. Then, they read the word aloud to their partner and illustrate to show understanding.</span></div>
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<a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Print-Play-Phonics-Games-Consonant-Blends-3003893">Consonant Blends</a>:<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">This game has students reading real and nonsense words. Students roll the die and move their game pieces along the game board. They read the word they land on aloud and determine if it is real or nonsense. If the word is real, they get to write it in their grid. Students race to be the first to fill their grid with real words! There is a gameboard for r-blends (shown above), l-blends, and s-blends.</span></div>
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<a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Print-Play-Phonics-Games-Digraphs-2994067">Digraphs</a>:<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">In this simple game, students roll a die and find that matching box. That student will read the words in the box and try to find a real word. Once they find one, they can highlight it with their color marker and it is now "their" word. Students continue rolling, reading, and gathering words until all the real words are taken! At the end, students see who gathered the most real words!</span></div>
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<a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Print-Play-Phonics-Games-R-Controlled-Vowels-3009332">R-Controlled Vowels:</a><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Each set of games also has an identification type of game as shown above. In this game, students simply spin the spinner and find a word in the grid that contains that r-controlled vowel. Students can play until all squares are colored then see who colored the most or they can play to be the first the get 5-in-a-row!</span></div>
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When I teach phonics in my classroom, it usually has 2 parts. I quickly introduce/review a phonics pattern with the whole group (for example, long vowels with silent e). I will model how to read words and apply the silent e. Then I will have students read aloud real and nonsense words with that phonics pattern on the board.</div>
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After the short whole group lesson, we go quickly into phonics games and small group activities.</div>
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Most of my students will play a game or complete an activity that goes along with my modeled lesson. While my struggling students will come to me for explicit phonics instruction (building words, blending sounds, etc.) When they come to me, they may or may not be working on the skill of the day. For instance, they will still be exposed to the silent e phonics rule in whole group, but in small group, they may be continuing to work on blending or segmenting CVC words.</div>
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My higher students who have already mastered CVCe words will work on whatever skill they have progressed to (vowel teams, r-controlled vowels, etc.).</div>
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Since this time of my phonics block can be a lot to juggle with students working on many different skills, I like to use simple,<i> easy to prep</i>, games and activities that students can just take and go.</div>
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I recently created a bunch of long vowel print and play games (for silent e and vowel teams) that have students reading real and nonsense words, substituting sounds, practicing fluency and more! I thought I would share a few.</div>
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<b>Climb Your Ladder:</b></div>
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This game has students applying vowel teams to the middle of words to try and find enough real worlds to make it to the top of their ladder first! </div>
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In this game, students must apply the silent e to CVC words to create a new word. They will find that image in the grid and color it in!</div>
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This game helps with fluency practice as students must roll the die and read the sentence aloud to their opponent. They then must try to find a word that matches the vowel team for the page (in this case, oa/ow). Students take turns trying to find more words than their partner!</div>
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These games are fun and EASY to use!</div>
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You can see these <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Print-Play-Phonics-Games-2968921?utm_source=TGIF%20Blog&utm_campaign=Long%20Vowel%20Games%20Post">long vowel games</a> by clicking the image below. </div>
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There are also games for short vowels, digraphs, blends and r-controlled vowels.</div>
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smoran892http://www.blogger.com/profile/03901741533773361571noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2467762254191143592.post-50123589342724515912017-02-01T08:11:00.000-08:002017-02-01T08:11:04.469-08:00Silent E Fluency Passages<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
I am so happy to share some brand new, silent e fluency passages I made... and they are FREE! These phonics "read & illustrate" passages are the perfect way to assess students understanding of what they are reading.</div>
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There is a longer paragraph and there is also a sheet with three short sentences so you can choose which sheet to give your students. These types of passages and sentences allow students to build their rate of reading tricky silent e words after they have learned the phonics rule. Students not only show that they know how to decode with these passages, but they also show their ability to comprehend what the passage is saying when they illustrate.</div>
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I like to use passages like these after I already teach the skill (silent e) in isolation. So first, my students practice applying the silent e to different CVCe words. Once my students are able to do that successfully I will generally have them add the silent e to CVC words to make them CVCe (cap to cape, tap to tape, etc.) After they have mastered those two skills is when I will give students fluency passages. These let me assess my students ability to not only decode these words, but understand them in context.</div>
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My students love games! You may know this already because of the many times I talk about <a href="http://thankgoditsfirstgrade.blogspot.com/2016/08/math-games-for-whole-year.html">using games in my math block</a>. I find that phonics is another area where partner games can help tremendously with a student's fluency. After students learn the sounds of their short vowels, they can practice their fluency by reading real and nonsense words, blending the sounds, and segmenting them.<br />
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I wanted to create a new set of Print, Play, LEARN! games like my math ones, but instead focus on phonics! My first set includes 6 different CVC games that are ready to just print and play!</div>
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Here is a sneak peek of a few of the games:</div>
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Students race to the finish in this board game and every time they land on a space they must choose which vowel (in this case, a or e) would make a real word. There are 3 different board game options and at the end each student must choose three of the words they made to record and illustrate to demonstrate that they can read and understand the word.</div>
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In this game students roll the die and they must figure out which word in their column will be complete with the vowel they rolled. The first student to fill in their column wins! This game has two versions. The one shown above has a picture already there (for example f_n with a fan next to it, so students would have to put an a in the middle) and another version without a picture so if a student rolled an "i" they could choose to make the word fin and draw a picture of a fin. I like that it allows for a bit of differentiation!</div>
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This game is pretty straightforward as students must spin the spinner and find a word in the grid with that matching medial vowel. Students continue until the grid is completely colored in. Whoever colors the most, wins!</div>
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There are 3 more games in the unit and I am currently working on games for long vowels (both CVCe and vowel teams), digraphs, consonant blends, and r-controlled vowels!</div>
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To see more of my <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Print-Play-Phonics-Games-2968921?utm_source=TGIF%20Blog&utm_campaign=Short%20Vowel%20Games%20Post">print and play phonics games</a>, check below:</div>
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Fractions in the first grade classroom can be a CHALLENGE for sure, but I like to use a lot of hands on manipulatives and real life situations for students to see the parts and the whole of each fraction.</div>
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While CCSS only requires first graders to identify 1/2 and 1/4 of shapes, I like to teach this unit for 2 weeks and dive into fractions of a set as well. I teach fractions towards the end of the year so my students already have a solid number sense before we dive into topics like measurement, geometry, and fractions!</div>
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Before we get into the definition of a fraction, I teach about equal and not-equal parts. This is a pretty easy to understand concept for first graders if you put it into real-world terms.... like sharing a cookie.</div>
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You can bet that students want to be sure their part is equal when they are sharing something as scrumptious as this chocolate chip cookie! I pass out a bunch of these cookie cards with lines drawn on them and students have to work together to decide if the pieces are equal or not equal and sort them. If my students are struggling to see if the pieces are equal or not, I let them cut the cookies on the lines for extra visual help!</div>
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As we move into fractions of a set, we play a simple game called "Pick 'Em!" All students need for this game is a brown paper bag and a bunch of cubes of 2 different colors. Before they begin, we will choose the color fraction we want to know - for instance, above, we picked red. Every time we pick cubes, I want to know what fraction of the cubes are red. Students close their eyes, pick out 8 cubes, write their fraction, and repeat! </div>
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While in the previous activity, students are identifying the fraction shown, here they are actually making the fraction themselves. In this activity, Students can show me the fraction of a set (as shown above) or they can choose to show me that fraction of a shape and draw that on the recording sheet!<br />
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Those are a few easy-to-implement games for fractions that I hope you can use in your classroom!<br />
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Playing math games in my first grade classroom is one of my favorite ways to reach my struggling learners.</div>
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Each year a new batch of students arrives and you can see pretty quickly which students excel with little help, which students are chugging right along at grade level, and which need a little more time, a little more guidance to figure it all out.</div>
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A few years ago I had a student who really struggled in math. He would get anxious and angry when our math block would come around. Bathroom breaks were frequent during that particular hour and it wasn't uncommon for him to act out. It made me SO sad. I wanted to connect with him and let him know it's okay for things to be hard and that we are in this together.</div>
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We play a lot of math games in my first grade classroom. It works for me and my students tend to enjoy them. I like the social skills that interweave with the academic ones while we play games. My kids learn how to win gracefully and not pout when they lose. They learn to take turns and they learn that sometimes it all comes down to the luck of the dice! All the while, they are practicing academic skills. Win-win right?!</div>
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Well, my little buddy did NOT like playing games with his peers. He feared getting things wrong and letting his classmates see him struggle, so I thought this game time would be the perfect opportunity for me to get to know him.</div>
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I made it a mission of mine to play a math game with him EVERY.SINGLE.DAY. He was my special partner and while we played our games we talked. We talked a lot. I got to know all about what he liked to do after school, what his big sisters did to bug him, and what he wanted to be when he grew up (a police officer). While we had these conversation, we reviewed our math skills. He became more confident, more comfortable with his learning. For months, him and I would play a game each day. The games would get harder and I sure wouldn't let him win, but he worked through it and we talked through it.</div>
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Now, of course, I had 23 other students I needed to attend to and help, so these games were quick, they were fun, they were different! Every few days I tried to find a new twist on a game to keep my students engaged.</div>
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As the year went on and my buddy gained more confidence, he started playing games with his peers. I could see him using the skills (both social and academic) I taught him when he would win or lose a game with a classmate. He started reaching grade level standards in math and even left me that year excelling in addition and number sense!</div>
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Since sending that student off to the next grade, I have LOVED creating games for my students to play. Every time I make a math game, I make it with that student in mind. "Would this game grab his attention? Would it help him learn to subtract from 20? Does it have a twist? Would this game bore him?" These are the questions that I ask myself in hopes that I could reach another student who may be struggling as well!</div>
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Taking that little time each day to connect with a student is what makes teaching <i>so worth it</i>. I found that the relationships I built with my students always made me a better teacher and a better overall person.</div>
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If you want to use some games in your classroom, I recently compiled 48 different print and play math games that cover the following topics:</div>
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Geometry</div>
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The games are all in black and white and only require dice, cubes, paperclips, crayons, and pencils! I wanted them to be easy for teachers to use and easy for students to learn to play. Many of the games provide differentiation as well.</div>
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If you think you can help a struggling student with one of these games, click the image below and download the preview to download a FREE number sense game:</div>
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2D and 3D shape lessons that relate to the Common Core Standards can be hard to find! I made some that were always a hit in my first grade classroom to share with you!</div>
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My first grade students LOVE pattern blocks. They find them mesmerizing and I find that they calm even the rowdiest classroom at times! Teaching geometry is one of my favorite units in the classroom because the kids find it to be so much fun! </div>
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I thought I would share a few of my favorite 2D and 3D shape activities with you today:</div>
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This is an extension activity we do towards the end of our learning about 2D shapes. Students get to use their creativity to create their very own animal out of pattern blocks and write a little story about their animal as well as tally up how many of each type of pattern block they used.</div>
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My students use <a href="http://thankgoditsfirstgrade.blogspot.com/2014/02/composing-2d-shapes-free-center-cards.html">THIS</a> free composing shape activity all the time and the activity shown above is an extension of that. It lets them put together any shapes they please to create the objects on the cards instead of having to be in the constraints of the first activity. I honestly love to use both because they both allow students to practice their spatial reasoning and shape skills.</div>
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One of the first grade standards is to have students identify the difference between defining attributes and nondefining attributes. Students use these sorting cards for 2D and 3D shapes to practice.</div>
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This activity has students using yarn, straws, geoboards, or whatever other material you want to have students compose 2D shapes. There are 2 differentiated spinners. The one above shows the shape so it is easy to copy it, while the other spinner has attributes listed and the student has to make a shape that matches those attributes. </div>
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These cards are perfect for kicking off a lesson and having students identify which 2D or 3D shape is shown with the real life object. These create discussions about what shapes we see in the real world. I also like to use these cards to play memory or go fish where students try to match the same shapes.</div>
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Understanding that shapes of all types are in our real world every day is an important thing for my first graders to learn and understand. These little charts help students identify different places they can see these shapes in the real world. </div>
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This is my favorite 3D shape activity each year! After we learn the attributes of 3D shapes, I hide a different shape in each bag and students must go around silently and feel the shape <i>without</i> looking. They must feel around and decide what 3D figure is inside the bag. They record their guesses and then we all check and confirm at the end!</div>
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I thought I would share a few of my favorite books for teaching text-to-self connections, text-to-text connections and text-to-world connections:</div>
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When students are able to make connections with a book they find more meaning to the story. They are able to better connect with the characters and the plot and really understand what is happening. While we must reel our young learners in (sometimes they get off track while making connections) I still believe this concept is very important for our students to learn and feel comfortable with.<br />
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<u>No, David! By David Shannon</u></div>
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This book is an obvious favorite for young students and they can ALL relate! As I read this story I make sure to check in with my students and their connections and ask them how their connections help them understand the story better. This book also has some great stopping points for inferring!</div>
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<u>The Relatives Came by Cynthia Rylant</u></div>
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Most students can relate to a time in their life where they had a LOT of family members over their house and how it felt. As with any text-to-self connections I try to make them meaningful and bring students back to the text by asking them how their connections helped them better understate what was happening in the story.</div>
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<u>Oliver Button is a Sissy by Tomie dePaola and Amazing Grace by Mary Hoffman</u></div>
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Both of these books have main characters that must overcome some sort of adversity and students can often relate to the struggles each character faces in these stories. We talk a bit about how Oliver Button changes through the story and after reading Amazing Grace we compare the two main characters' journeys. I love to use them when making text-to-text connections!</div>
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<u>The Great Kapok Tree by Lynne Cherry:</u></div>
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I focus a lot on author's purpose when we read this book. I want my students to try and figure out WHY Lynne Cherry wrote this book and what it could be telling us about our world that we live in. My young, first graders always amaze me with their insightful thoughts on protecting the forests and the trees.</div>
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<u>The Lorax by Dr. Seuss:</u></div>
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Another great read for text-to-world connections. My students are able to think of the relationship between our world and how we treat it just like in the story.</div>
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As I have been adding lessons to my <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/1ST-GRADE-MATH-WORKSHOP-LESSONS-FOR-THE-YEAR-2813292">Math Workshop Curriculum</a>, I wanted to share some of my favorite Place Value Activities for first grade! </div>
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In first grade, I like to teach everything HANDS ON. I want my students to build the numbers, feel the numbers, see the numbers. I find that a tricky concept like place value is just so abstract. I like for my students to be able to really get a feel for it through some basic place value games.</div>
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This simple idea has students practicing putting items into groups of tens and ones. Students simply scoop a bunch of items and then group them into tens. When they can no longer make a group of 10, the rest go into the leftovers square. Students will then count up how many items they have altogether. </div>
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We play this game A LOT in my class because I can always switch out the manipulatives (beans, counting bears, marbles, etc) and I find fun, new scoops and cups to use to help us play!</div>
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This game has been around forever, but it's really such a perfect, HANDS ON, way for students to continue adding numbers and get an understanding for when a bunch of single units can become a ten. Students simply take turns rolling a die and collecting that many cubes. Once they get to 10 they build a stack of ten before they continue adding. You can play this with base 10 cubes as well and as students get to 10, they trade their 10 units for a 10 rod. I like to play with the above mat so I can quickly walk around and ask students how many they each have and check it.</div>
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While my students could identify the tens and ones place, they sometimes had a difficult time identifying the VALUE of the number in each place. They would often see the 4 in 47 as just a 4 and not 40. After a lesson on this exact skill, we play a little memory with these cards. Students have to identify and match the value of the underline digit on each card. After we work on 2 digit numbers, we also start 3 digit numbers! If students are still struggling, have them build each number while they play this game!</div>
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You can find all these <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Place-Value-Activities-for-First-Grade-2838088?utm_source=TGIF%20Blog&utm_campaign=Place%20Value">place value activities</a> and see more by clicking below:</div>
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Successfully implementing math workshop in first grade took a long time for me to feel comfortable with and I finally felt like I had a system of math games, activities, and a layout that worked in my classroom!</div>
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That being said, I wanted to take some time today to share what my math block looks like!<br />
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I use the workshop model in reading, writing, and math and it is a model that I truly love. It fosters independence and allows me plenty of time to get to my guided groups without all the hustle and bustle (and confusion) of rotating centers.</div>
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The overall outline of my math workshop looks like this:</div>
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<li style="text-align: left;">[10 minutes] Whole Group Lesson (explicit teaching)</li>
<li style="text-align: left;">[5-10 minutes] Guided Practice</li>
<li style="text-align: left;">[20-30 minutes] Math Tubs</li>
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Any model you choose to do in your classroom requires practice and stamina and believe me, I've tried quite a few, but workshop is most certainly my favorite. It works for me and my first grade students! I thought I would share a bit about each section of math workshop and what it looks like in my room:</div>
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This is generally short and is a FUN way for us to get our brains ready for math! This can be a great time to review a skill we've already learned, get some practice on what we are learning now, or challenge ourselves with some critical thinking practice! I wrote a whole post about my favorite math warm ups [<a href="http://thankgoditsfirstgrade.blogspot.com/2016/07/math-warm-ups-to-start-your-math-block.html">here</a>], but I will highlight a few of my favorites.</div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Students stand in a circle and practice counting. Each game has a rule for buzz. For instance, the buzz may be multiples of 5. So each student goes around saying a number, but if their turn is a multiple of 5 they must say BUZZ instead! If they do this correctly, the person after them must sit down. If a student messes up or doesn't know the next number, they sit down. The last person standing wins!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">{1, 2, 3, 4, BUZZ, 6, 7, 8, 9, BUZZ}</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">This is a simple partner game where students face one another with their hands behind their back. On the count of 3, they throw out any combination of their fingers and together, with their partner, they try to make 11. They do this over and over for 5 minutes seeing how many times they can do it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Generally once a skill has been taught already, I will use a fix-it card as a warm up for review! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">These are great to throw under the projector and have students EXPLAIN their thinking and not only identify what is wrong, but also how they could fix it. Listening to their explanations really lets me see what they have learned and if they need to review certain skills.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">You can find fix it cards for every math subject here in these: <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Fix-it-Math-Cards-2775277" style="max-width: calc(770px); outline: none; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.2s ease 0s;">higher order thinking tasks</a>!</span></div>
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After our quick warm up, I begin our whole group lesson.</div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">This is where I explicitly teach and model the skill we will be learning!</span></div>
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As the teacher, I am the driving force of this portion. This is where I will be as clear as I can when teaching the skill at hand.</div>
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- Stand (or sit) where every student can see me</div>
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- Think aloud throughout my process</div>
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- Explain common misconceptions</div>
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- Model the activity we will be completing during guided practice</div>
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During this portion of the lesson, my students are given the opportunity to practice what they have just learned. During this time, I generally have students pair up or work in groups to practice what has just been taught/shown in my modeled lesson. As the teacher, it is my main job to go group to group to help guide my students. </div>
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This is where I take many observational notes on which students may need re-teaching (or extension) of this skill during small groups. My students also know I am available to help answer any questions about the activity and clear up any confusion!</div>
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I will often pose guiding questions to my students and try to listen in on their math conversations!</div>
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During this portion of the lesson, students are working with a partner or by themselves on games and/or activities that they already know how to play and have been taught before. This gives me the time to focus on my small groups.</div>
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This portion can be the trickiest in terms of student management, but if you set your clear expectations and stick with it, your students will often surprise you and you'll get a good chunk of time to focus on small groups!</div>
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There are often 2 activities inside each numbered tub correlating to the same skill. Each tub has all the materials needed to play the game or complete the activity.</div>
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The colored bins underneath each have 1 activity in them with the materials needed.</div>
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I often pair up my students during this time based on ability level and they keep those partners for a couple weeks or until they need to be switched!</div>
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Let's pretend bin 5 has addition activities within 20 because that's what student A and student B need some practice with! So inside the bin it will have:</div>
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A hands on, addition activity [free, <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Build-it-Addition-Freebie-2010266">here</a>]<br />
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and a print and play board game practicing addition within 12. [math game, <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Print-Play-LEARN-Math-Bundle-2614101">HERE</a>]</div>
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My students will work on both those activities together until they are completed. If they would like to, they can play both or one of the games again! It's up to them. However, once those are completed, <i>they can choose </i>to go onto the purple or pink bucket which has a third activity (not necessarily addition related and usually a review OR extension activity). </div>
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after practicing addition, students could choose this missing addend game from the pink/purple bucket. [game found in my <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Print-Play-LEARN-Math-Bundle-2614101">print and play math games</a>]</div>
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It isn't <i>that </i>often that my students make it to a third activity during their time, but it does allow them the opportunity to play a new game if our math tubs time is not over.</div>
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This system allows me to know <i>exactly </i>what skills my students are working on that day/week and let's this time be geared towards their needs.</div>
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My students know those are their only options during that time UNLESS I have stated otherwise!</div>
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I will often use our technology during this time as well and will allow students to play school approved math games online or on the iPad when specified.</div>
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Also, each month students receive a mini-book of story problems and instead of choosing a colored bucket, I will ask that students go back to their seats and complete some pages from their booklet:</div>
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[story problems, found <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Story-Problems-for-the-Whole-Year-1905757">HERE</a>]</div>
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While my students are having ALL that fun. I am pulling small groups to either re-teach the lesson from the day, review a lesson taught previously, or challenge and offer extensions of the skills we have learned! The materials I use to complete all those are often the same as in our math tubs with some minor differentiation and ME, of course, to explicitly guide and teach. If I am offering extension, I love to have my students work on higher order thinking questions.</div>
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[higher order math tasks <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Higher-Order-Thinking-Math-Tasks-First-Grade-1775335">HERE</a>]</div>
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- I may pose a question to the class that I already asked during our main lesson and have students share their answer with a partner while I walk around and listen. </div>
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Whatever it is, it's generally quick and to the point!</div>
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Here is an example of what a number sense lesson looks like in my room:<br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent;">So there you have it, that's how I run math workshop in my first grade classroom! Do you use math workshop in your class? What does it look like for you? Any tips or tricks you can share to help it run smoothly? Share them with me in the comments!</span></div>
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I just wanted to stop by real quick the share a BIG update I made to my read aloud lesson unit!</div>
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Last year, I came out with one-page read aloud lessons for 64 of my favorite picture books! Well, last week I went back in and added both a reading response sheet and a writing response sheet to every.single.book!</div>
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It was 130 added pages and I am excited to share that these pages will help you extend your lessons with your students and provide opportunities to check learning individually. Also, these help extend lessons for a substitute teacher!</div>
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So if you already own this unit, please re-download so you have access to the extra pages!</div>
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If you want to see more and try a FREE <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Interactive-Read-Aloud-Lessons-2000988">read aloud lesson</a>, click below:</div>
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