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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">When it was first announced that the Common Core Standards would be implemented in schools across the United States, I spoke to many teachers who were searching for Common Core materials. We all thought we'd be given resources that would help us "get off on a good foot" but it didn't happen.</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Many teachers attended professional development workshops to prepare them for the Common Core, but no one was given specific resources they could use with their students. Everyone was scrambling for materials; no one wasn't happy.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">For that reason, I designed Common Core resources that can be used with any books or stories that include "student friendly" rubrics.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Because it's very important students recognize similarities and difference of different settings, I Included five setting selections from five different books with activities designed so students could compare/contrast them. </span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The books' settings are on different reading levels, to accommodate a wide range of readers especially because reading groups are usually </span></b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>heterogeneous. </b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>For example, it's very common to have a fifth grade ELA class with some students reading on a third, fourth, fifth, sixth and even reading on a seventh grade level!</b></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The student friendly rubric, included, helps students understand what's expected of them in a way that's easy for them to understand. </span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">If you like this resource, I've created others like it, that can be used with any books or stories. There's one for almost every reading strategy... theme, cause/effect, problems/solutions, main idea, character comparisons and other Common Core resources. </span></b></div>
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Ruth S.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08246646394380420123noreply@blogger.com0Connecticut, USA41.6032207 -73.08774900000003140.0814477 -75.669536000000036 43.124993700000005 -70.505962000000025tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1521107254682887834.post-88540933840348718362017-04-16T13:20:00.000-04:002017-04-16T13:20:41.085-04:00Homophones Are Fun!<b><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Which witch is which? I remember my fourth grade teacher writing that question on the board and explaining what homophones are and why it's important to always write the correct spelling of them.</span></b><br />
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<b>To this day, I remember the important lessons I was taught and still "hear" and "see" my teachers as they stressed important concepts and strategies. </b></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I had little tricks I used to remember some of them. The word "witch" contains the word "wit" so I thought of a nice witch who had a good sense of humor. Little tricks like that can make difference. </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Another example are the homophones "bear" and "bare". The word "bear" has "EAR" in it. Bears have ears! That one is easy. </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">As I teach homophones we brainstorm for little tricks like that and I'm always amazed the kinds of clues my students think of to remember the correct spellings of homophones. </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Download my free homophone activities and have fun!</span></b></div>
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<b>In my opinion, those spelling books we had always used were as an important as cherries on a NY style cheesecake. :) Well, the books weren't quite as delicious as cheese cake. :) :)</b></span><br />
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<b>Most importantly, the lessons in those little books reinforced spelling patterns, word families,vowel and consonant sounds, blends and even included word definitions. Each unit spiraled to the next and all had review pages of the earlier taught units.</b></span><br />
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<b>So I decided that if we weren't allowed to use those lovely little spelling books, I would create activities to accompany spelling lists I assigned to my students.</b></span><br />
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<b>My<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> packet has 24 different worksheets that can be used with any spelling list and yes, my activities reinforce much needed spelling rules, vowels sounds, etc. </span></b></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Take a few minutes to ask your students what a long and short "A" sounds like. Or better yet, ask them what a soft and hard "g" sound like. EVEN better ask them to tell you what a digraph is or to name a three letter </span></b><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">consonant</span></b><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> blend! </span></b></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Ask them to explain the spelling rule "when two vowels go walking, the first one does the talking".</span> I had a student tell me that it's like when his mom and dad go for a walk... His mother never stops talking. I could barely keep a straight face!!</span></b><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>Okay I'll admit it, I LOVE creative hands on projects! I've blogged about it before! Why? Because growing up, my teachers always assigned the same kind of book reports and projects, which never included creative activities. It was always "read the book and write a report about it". BORING! </b></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>When I became a teacher, I swore I'd NEVER assign a book report or project that was strictly a two or three page written report. </b></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>Yes, a report should have written parts, so teachers can determine if students understand how to apply reading strategies and comprehend what they read. A combination written and hands on project allows students, like I was, to not only write, but to also do hands on, creative projects that demonstrate their talents.</b></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>Over the years, I developed my Bloom Ball report project that requires students to draw illustrations on templates and glue them together. I had searched for templates on the Web, but never found any that worked, so I designed my own. </b></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>The first Bloom Ball report students should do, is the biography report. This fun report give students the opportunity to "talk" about themselves and highlight certain times of their lives. I always do this report at the beginning of the year, so students can get to know each other. It's a perfect time have them work in small groups so they can talk among themselves while they write, draw, cut and paste!</b></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>Once the balls are completed, they can be hung from the ceiling where they can stay, as a permanent display all year round! </b></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>The book report part of the project, involves designing the templates based on a book that involves Common Core aligned written parts, combined with art work</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>We all know that kids love to play games, so I decided to design a game book report. My objective was to convince my students that they should read books that are </b><b>different genre. </b></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I decided to title it, "Design A Game" book report. Really original title eh? :)</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The parent involvement is easy! All they have to do is play the game with their kids at home and sign the letter stating they played the game with their kids. A whopping five points can be earned for a total of 105 points if everything else is done correctly. </span></b><br />
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<b>The way you introduce it to your students is fun. Pass out the "Congratulations" slips to them and watch them sit up and take notice. It's an announcement that they've been chosen, by a game company, to design a game based on a book. Just this little slip of paper and its message, makes them feel important.</b></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The kids have to design a game board that has questions or statements about the book they're reading. Then we have a game day where they all play each others' games and learn about new books. It's amazing how many comments you'll hear as they play the games like, "I really really want to read this book!" "I never thought I'd like historical fiction, but this one sounds really good." </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The kids talk about the project with their friends and tell them about a new book they want to read. The word spreads and pretty soon, you'll see your students reading new books of different genre. </span></b><br />
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #313131; font-family: "verdana" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">This is also a time to blend poetry with art. Have your students select the poems they would like to illustrate, then display them around the room. Suggestions are given of how to use these cards and how to develop a poetry packet that is a great family keepsake! Laminate and cut out for future use.</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">When I was in elementary school, my teachers always gave us the same kinds of book reports to do. They were <i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">VERY</span></i> boring and that's when I decided that when I became a teacher I'd NEVER give those kinds of book reports. </span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I wanted to write a short skit about the book, or a poem, or write lyrics for a song. I did NOT want to write a boring old report without pictures or something creative. </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So, when I was in fifth grade, the first book report was....yes you guessed it! The same boring assignment to explain what the story was about and where it took place. </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">What did I do? I drew an original cover for the book. I spent hours cutting pictures from magazines that would tie in with the plot. I laid it all out, and pasted everything on colorful construction paper. To me the bright colors livened up the plot, and was visually appealing. On the last page, I wrote my opinion of the book and recommended that everyone should read it. </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As my teacher walked around, collecting the book reports, I handed it to her with a huge smile on my face. She took it from me, flipped through it quickly and said</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I remember it like it was yesterday. I cringed, slumped down in my seat and mumbled something and thought to myself, I <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">did </span>follow the directions, I just presented it differently. </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Did my teacher understand that creating a report with hand drawn pictures and presenting it in a colorful way is a lot of work and demonstrates that I'm artistic? No. </span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">When I first started teaching, I decided to give my students book report choices. Over the many years I've been teaching I've been collecting ideas and creating new ones. It was a year or so ago I decided to compile them and offer them for free on TeachersPayTeachers. </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Why? Because I want teachers to have this list at their fingertips, so they can offer their students many different ways to report about books. </span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Give them a list of two or three to choose from and you'll feel their excitement as they talk about which ones they really, really, really want to do!</span></b></div>
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Ruth S.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08246646394380420123noreply@blogger.com6Connecticut, USA41.6032207 -73.08774900000003140.0814097 -75.669536000000036 43.1250317 -70.505962000000025tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1521107254682887834.post-59708690471926390842017-03-20T17:42:00.000-04:002017-03-20T17:42:04.490-04:00FREE SEQUENCING WORKSHEETS<br />
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Ruth S.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08246646394380420123noreply@blogger.com2Connecticut, USA41.6032207 -73.08774940.843420200000004 -74.351176500000008 42.3630212 -71.8243215tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1521107254682887834.post-53073883444984074392017-03-19T21:43:00.000-04:002017-03-19T21:43:02.678-04:00Vocabulary Detectives 2This is the second set of my FREE Vocabulary Detective Cards that I created when teachers told me how excited they were about my first set. Using these cards is a great way to motivate students to learn new vocabulary words and to be able to find synonyms, antonyms and homonyms when they read books in class.<br />
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Make a Detective Jar. A Mason jar with a wide opening is the best to use. Print a label for it on a large piece of white paper that says "Detective Jar".<br />
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Ruth S.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08246646394380420123noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1521107254682887834.post-8582132619807148682017-03-18T23:47:00.000-04:002017-03-18T23:47:00.141-04:00Common Core Standards Worksheets to Use with Any Book or Story!<div style="text-align: left;">
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<i><b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">When the Common Core was adopted, I decided teachers would need Common Core worksheets they could use with any story or book. </span></b></i><br />
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<span style="color: #45818e; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><i><b>Each year, I discover that many of my students don't know the "basics" thus I created foundational skills task cards that can be used as informal assessments to find out who's mastered the skills and who needs a </b></i></span><i style="color: #45818e; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><b>gentle review. :)</b></i></div>
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<b>Once in a blue moon, a book comes along that makes me want to jump up and down, reach for the stars, sing and dance, laugh and cry, and share with the world. This is a book dedicated to teachers but should be read by everyone. </b></div>
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<b>So often I've told people they just don't understand what it's like to be a teacher. The joy, the sorrow, the frustration, the hope, the thrill. I usually end the conversation that centers around "teachers have their summers off" with the statement, "You have to walk in my shoes to understand". If only they would. They might understand.</b></div>
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<b>I was at a book signing event last week to hear author, Tony Danza's presentation about his new book "I'd Like to Apologize to Every Teacher I Ever Had". Some might remember Danza on the television shows "Who's the Boss" and "Taxi". I really expected him to appear on stage playing one of those roles, but the minute he stepped out from behind the curtain, my assumptions were dashed.</b></div>
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<b>The Danza event was so huge, it had to be moved from our wonderful local book store, "R.J Julia's, who sponsored this event, to a middle school auditorium. </b></div>
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<b>We all had a common mission that night.. To hear Danza talk about his one year teaching experience at Northeast High School in Philadelphia after being an actor for so many years. We all remember our first year and how difficult it was. Did he have the same feelings? Was he treated differently at the school because he was a "star"? Was he given preferential treatment?</b></div>
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<b>When he walked out on stage, he started by telling us he had many, many regrets in life, but the biggest regret was that he never became a teacher. Teachers cheered and applauded. I felt tears well up and it was all I could do, to keep them from streaming down my face.</b></div>
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<b>Danza's presentation was endearing, humorous and it was very obvious that things he was saying touched the hearts of everyone in the audience. He spoke of the educational crisis in the U.S, the kids of yesterday and today, those kids who seemed unapproachable, and other issues that today's teachers face. </b></div>
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<b>Danza mentioned how teachers' roles have changed. We're teachers in a complex world and we face complex day to day situations. How many times have I been asked for parenting suggestions at student conferences? Parents are facing tremendous challenges at home. They ask us for advice about how to motivate their kids, what to do to get their kids to do homework and more. I've even been asked how I'd discipline their kids. I know my parents never asked those kinds of questions when they met with my teachers. They were there to ask about my grades and progress in school. </b></div>
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<b>As Danza's presentation continued, there were people smiling and nodding as they connected with his experiences of being a first year tenth grade English teacher. His descriptions of the staff were very easy to relate to. I only wish he had talked for another couple of hours.</b></div>
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<b>His book "I'd Like to Apologize to Every Teacher I Ever Had" was taped by A&E and was called "TEACH". I wish I had seen even one episode of it but my usual evening schedule, when the show was aired, was to correct papers, write up new lesson plans and then fall into bed thinking of my next day... of teaching. </b></div>
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<b>When I handed him the book to autograph, I told him I grew up with Ron Palillo who played Horshak in "Welcome Back, Kotter". Ron passed away suddenly, a few months ago, and Tony told me he knew Ron and they had done some theater work together. I felt his sincerity and was going to tell him he should be back in the classroom, but I had taken enough of his time, so I moved on. </b></div>
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<b>After chatting with some high school teachers, we walked into the parking lot and you know what? I HAD been to a rock concert. Tony Danza ROCKS!</b></div>
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<b>If you read his book, you'll laugh, cry and constantly shout out "YES! YES! THAT happened to me". </b></div>
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<b>His heartfelt attempts to reach the unapproachable kids was deja vu for me. One of my former students is on death row and I have to keep reminding myself that I tried. I spent sleepless nights trying to figure out how to reach him. If only that boy had been mine, I kept thinking, things might be different for him today. </b></div>
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Like-Apologize-Every-Teacher-Ever/dp/0307887863"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><b>I'd Like to Apologize to Every Teacher I Ever Had: My Year as a Rookie Teacher at Northeast High: Tony Danza: 9780307887863: Amazon.com: Books</b></span></a></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "verdana" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><strong>Tony:</strong> For me, teaching was the road not taken. If you look at my acting work, so many of the roles involve being a teacher. Tony in “Who’s the Boss?” becomes a teacher. I studied history education in college. I wanted to be a teacher. Teaching always appealed to me. Arthur Miller once said, “The best thing you can hope for is that you end up with the right regrets.” I didn’t want to regret not trying this. ~from Amazon</span></div>
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<br />Ruth S.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08246646394380420123noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1521107254682887834.post-86232386629975800622017-03-10T13:12:00.000-05:002017-03-17T00:09:04.275-04:00Connections Text to Self, Text to Text, Text to WorldKids need reminders to connect what they read and write, to themselves, to other text and the world.<br />
Writing about themselves is easy. Ask students to express their feelings about pets or sports they play or family vacations and you'll hear connections immediately. <br />
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Making connections to other books, articles or magazines they've read is a bit easier too. If you ask them to connect two characters in different stories they're usually able to do so. I use character personality trait charts for this connection.<br />
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From my experiences, teaching writing for many years, the most difficult of all is making connections to the world. I usually model this connection by selecting a short story or book we've read, as a whole group, and have them think of the problems that had to be solved.<br />
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As a culminating activity, we write a good solid paragraph together explaining the connections of two problems from two sources.<br />
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What happens if you put an "E" on the end of HOT? We, who had phonics instruction and were taught spelling rules, know that an "E"added to the end of a CVC (consonant, vowel, consonant) word, gives the vowel "O" a long sound. If kids don't know the CVC rules, how are they going to master spelling at a young age? What about two vowels together? We learned "When two vowels, going walking, the first does the talking". Isn't this true of the word BOAT? What vowel do you hear? Right! "O". Any child that isn't taught the "rule" might have no idea of how to pronounce it. </div>
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<b>The Call of the Wild by Jack London, Old Yeller, Sounder, The Black Stallion by Walter Farley and so many more were on my "must read" lists in fifth grade. It may sound a little strange, but I always selected library books that had the shabbiest covers, figuring they had been read by thousands. </b></div>
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<b>I told my capybara girl that I didn't think we could think of a lot of details about the capybara, so we had to select another animal on the board. I praised her for knowing about capybara and she beamed.</b><br />
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<b>I recently put this Nonfiction Find It, Check It packet together to share with everyone. You'll find worksheets that can be used with any Nonfiction text, a poster, bookmarks with NonFiction features and more.</b><br />
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<b>This is a great packet that teaches kids the features of nonfiction and motivates them to find the features in any nonfiction text.</b><br />
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<b>I'm still wondering why kids don't like black stallions or pinto ponies. Times sure have changed...</b><br />
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<br />Ruth S.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08246646394380420123noreply@blogger.com4Connecticut, USA41.6032207 -73.08774900000003140.0814382 -75.669536000000036 43.1250032 -70.505962000000025tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1521107254682887834.post-84014650880253075492017-03-01T12:13:00.000-05:002017-03-01T12:13:02.695-05:00Ireland mini report for St. Patrick's Day FREEYour students will love working on this mini report about Ireland as a St. Patrick's Day activity. Included are writing, drawing, map making and researching topics. These ready to print, creatively designed worksheets can be used in both social studies and Language Arts classes. Click on the cover page for this FREE download! :)<br />
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Ruth S.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08246646394380420123noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1521107254682887834.post-80203276945196187672017-02-26T18:00:00.000-05:002017-02-26T18:00:13.715-05:00FREE Punch or Stamp Cards for Classroom Management<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b>My FREE punch cards packet is a positive reward system that works! Over the years I've been teaching, I've tried many different classroom management systems and this one is great! I love positive reward systems. so I highly recommend this one. </b></div>
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<b>Just keep in mind that if you begin a reward system or any other type of behavior/classroom management system, it has to be done consistently. If you don't follow through, your students will know. In my opinion, that's why some teachers have difficulty with behavior management techniques. Follow through is extremely important if the system is going to work.</b></div>
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<b>Oh! If you don't want to punch the cards, each time a student reaches a milestone, you can stamp them with your special teacher stamp or you can use decorative punches that can be purchased in craft stores! </b></div>
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<b>Try the cards with a student who doesn't do homework or who has a hard time managing his or her time or materials and you'll definitely see positive changes. The packet has all the instructions needed. These cards have been used with 5th, and 6th grade students. </b></div>
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<b>I did, however, have a 7th grade teacher friend of mine, who just couldn't reach a couple of her students. One, a very bright girl, was totally disorganized and the other student never completed his homework when it was due. She asked if she could try my punch cards. I told her the illustrations would be too "young" for her students. Well, it worked! The students were a bit immature and needed a special pat on the back and TLC. That and the cards were a perfect fit. </b></div>
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<span style="color: blue;"><b><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">The feedback from teachers, parents and students about this book report has been phenomenal! </span></i></b></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Surprise your students by handing them the certificate that says they've been chosen to design a board game for a game company before you introduce the project and watch the fun begin! </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">The main objective is to reinforce comprehension strategies. As class friends play the games that have 16 events in<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta;"><b> sequential order</b></span></i>, they'll be introduced to a book they might want to read. What better way to learn about new books!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Kids have to design the board game at home so there is a sheet of instructions and a rubric for parents. This 19 page packet includes everything you need for this book report including my detailed instructions. Kids have told me over the years that it's one of the best reports they've ever done. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">I LOVE sharing this book report with other educators. </span><br />
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<b>How many different ways have you tried to stop students from disrupting others, or even disrupting themselves? You have Tom who's drumming on his desk, Susie who's gazing out the window and humming her favorite Lady Gaga song, Ben who's fiddling around with his book bag, zipping and unzipping every single pocket. Joe who's texting his friend who sits right next to him. And the list goes on and on and on...</b><br />
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<b>How many times have you arranged and rearranged seating charts to separate the talkers or those who don't get along? You've moved your desks or table arrangements so much that the </b><b>only next move would be to hang the desks from the ceiling!</b><br />
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<b>How often do you think about classroom management and find it a very frustrating topic? </b><br />
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<b>I can </b><b>bet that thinking about classroom management is constantly on a teacher's mind. You dream of a perfect class atmosphere with all students on their best behavior. They're sitting up straight, with their hands folded on their desks, looking at you, smiling and ready to learn.</b><br />
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<b>Then reality smacks you. Your dream deflates and you are back to square one. </b><b>Behavior management is a teacher's enigma!</b><br />
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<b>Driving to school, you think about contacting the social worker about a student who's very disruptive. On your lunch break, you talk with teachers who have tried different ways of discipling students. The thoughts are always the same. Contacting parents, meetings with the school support staff. The list goes on and on and on. </b><br />
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<b>Managing classroom behavior actually isn't a new topic. it's been around since the days of the one room school house. One room school houses? Did teachers have discipline problems WAY BACK THEN? </b><br />
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<b>My great aunt was a teacher in Pennsylvania, in a little one room school house. She taught kids ages 5 - 14. Sounds like a nightmare, right? Think about it. How did she provide individualized lesson plans for that wide range of ages? How did she manage the paper work, the lesson planning? HOW DID SHE MANAGE THE BEHAVIOR OF ALL HER STUDENTS?</b><br />
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<b>Well the stories passed down generation to generation went something like this.</b><br />
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<b>In those days, </b><b>the school was built by neighbors, townspeople and people with certain skills.</b><br />
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<b>People donated materials, worked without pay and had a great sense of pride when the school was finished. There was no building committee, no governing body to dictate how high the walls should be, no one to say how long the school day should be. That was determined by the local people. Some times kids were pulled out of school to help their parents plant crops and harvest them. It was necessary for family survival...</b><br />
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<b>What did kids do to disrupt the class back in the one room school house days? Hardly anything. Teachers were respected and if parents found out their children were being disrespectful or were disrupting and interrupting the teachers, there were consequences, set down by the parents. God forbid my great aunt had to tell a farmer that his kid was being bad in class! Any kid who misbehaved paid the consequences at home.</b><br />
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<b>I'm not saying that displaying posters and good feeling quotes is wrong. Not at all. They are good reminders for students. In the good old days, there were shortages of paper, no computers, no printers and the teachers used what they had. They told the kids what was expected of them and laid down the rules at the beginning of the school year knowing parents backed them up. </b></div>
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<b>Is that reality? Certainly not. Our students aren't perfect. They're individuals who come from different backgrounds, different family environments and have different life experiences. Some reach out for attention at home and school in negative ways because that's the only way they know. I f you throw a tantrum at home, you get attention. If you act out and misbehave, you get attention. So why not misbehave in school? Yes, it's negative attention, but it DOES get attention. </b></div>
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<b>I'll never forget the day when I entered my first period, 11th grade history class, a couple of minutes late. The teacher lashed out at me verbally and berated my tardiness in front of the entire class. Being a very quiet girl, at that time in my life, I was mortified. I had a disagreement with my mother before I left for school, so with that heaviness on my shoulders, I had to listen to an angry teacher make things even worse. </b><br />
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<b>At that point, I had already decided to pursue a teaching career, so that one incident changed the way I viewed class behavior and class management. NEVER would I embarrass a student in front of his or her peers. NEVER.</b></div>
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<b>Me: This is the last time I'll have to talk with you in the hall, right? And you won't say anything about it when we go back in class, right?</b><br />
<b>Joe: Right. </b><br />
<b>Me: That's good because if it happens again, I will call your parents and speak with the principal or dean about it. Is that understood?</b><br />
<b>Joe: Yes. </b></div>
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<b>As we walk back in the room, every single student is looking at me and looking at Joe. </b><br />
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<b>Were they expecting me to say something to them? Of course. They were expecting me to storm in the room and reprimand the entire class.</b><br />
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<b>Did I say anything? Absolutely not. </b><br />
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<b>Did Joe tell them what I said to him in the hall? Maybe... </b></div>
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<b>Does this work with every student? For me, it works 90% of the time. Naturally, there are always exceptions.</b><br />
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<b>What's the best part of my method of classroom management?</b><br />
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<b> <i>Word gets around</i>.<i> Kids talk. They Tweet. </i></b><br />
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<b>They know I won't yell at them in front of their peers, therefore they respect me. </b><br />
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<b><i>Respect and fairness</i> are keys to successful behavior management. </b></div>
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<b>Again, it won't work with every student, but trust me, it's worth a try. </b><br />
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<b>Think about it. Your blood pressure won't soar, you won't feel your face flush. You won't have to scream, yell .. You'll feel that YOU have control....</b><br />
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<b>You might want to check out my "Behavior and Classroom Management Forms for Teachers" resource that contains MANY forms for managing those who need guidance and assistance. Some forms are for school use only, some are for students and some help keep track of parent communication. </b><br />
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<b>I've also included award types of cards that can be handed to those who make good strides as well as larger types of cards that can be used as bulletin board toppers. </b><br />
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If you already downloaded my nonfiction student worksheets resource, there's a new update! </div>
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Kids often have difficulty transitioning from narrative to expository or fact based writing. Introducing nonfiction can be a lot of fun. Books like "Frog or Toad" by Patricia Lynch that Carolyn of the Wise Owl Factory reviewed on her BookaDay website is a great book to start off with. </div>
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This book helps kids distinguish the differences between toads and frogs. I'd read this book to my students and then have them list the likenesses and differences on the free template that Carolyn has posted.</div>
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I'd then ask the kids to use my NonFiction worksheet, to fill in the information they can, then get into small groups to compare their answers. </div>
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This free worksheet is best used with non-fiction books about subjects, autobiographies, biographies and other fact based books. Students can record facts on the sheets, about the non-fiction books they read and keep them in folders. Send them home at the end of the year as a surprise gift to parents! </div>
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