tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25448837707506786942024-03-05T23:47:08.739-08:00Mrs. Seiber's ClassAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06843131829448064625noreply@blogger.comBlogger35125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2544883770750678694.post-16432390942693625582013-07-14T13:12:00.004-07:002013-07-14T13:12:54.108-07:00New Student Survey<div style="text-align: center;">
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If you're in my class this year, I invite you to take the following survey. </div>
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This will help me get to know you both as a person and a learner.</div>
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This will be a great year...I hope you are ready to learn a lot and have a blast!</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06843131829448064625noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2544883770750678694.post-88317614140409187962013-07-07T23:40:00.000-07:002013-07-07T23:40:52.755-07:00What Is Donors Choose?<div style="text-align: center;">
I have previously written about the wonderful organization, Donors Choose.</div>
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<a href="http://www.donorschoose.org/">www.DonorsChoose.org</a></div>
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I currently have a project posted on their site to add 4 Kindle Fires to my classroom. I am so close to meeting my goal! I have about two months to raise the remaining $256 for my project to be funded.</div>
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However, that IS NOT what I am writing about. This posting is for all of you teachers out there that aren't aware of this amazing resource! Please check the site out, consider supporting a teacher, and write a proposal for something that you have been desiring for your students! </div>
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What do you need to inspire, engage and encourage your students?</div>
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Link to my project:</div>
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<a href="http://www.donorschoose.org/project/21st-century-learninghigh-student-achie/997193/?verify=-567358118">http://www.donorschoose.org/project/21st-century-learninghigh-student-achie/997193/?verify=-567358118</a></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06843131829448064625noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2544883770750678694.post-38670198756346836732013-05-07T10:36:00.000-07:002013-05-07T10:36:04.492-07:00Donor's Choose!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Have you heard of Donor's Choose.org? It is a great site for teachers to post projects that they envision. It could be a request for technology, books, tools or other materials for your classroom.</div>
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We are hoping to get our project funded! </div>
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Check out our story <a href="http://www.donorschoose.org/project/21st-century-learninghigh-student-achie/997193/?verify=-567358118" target="_blank">{HERE}</a>!</div>
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We have begun our fraction unit. The kiddos are really enjoying it, mostly because we discuss food a lot! Math is Fun is a great resource for math help (all different content areas). Check it out here: <a href="http://www.mathsisfun.com/">Math Is Fun - Maths Resources</a>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06843131829448064625noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2544883770750678694.post-46656621242855098882013-03-13T21:16:00.001-07:002013-03-19T12:00:14.155-07:00Animation from fodey.com<a href="http://www.fodey.com/generators/animated/talking_owl.asp"><img src="http://r9.fodey.com/2254/bc6010e0320940319a18fa54f56df083.0.gif" border=0 width="260" height="160" alt="Create your own Animation"></a>
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I honestly don't know where the last month has gone!</div>
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We have been doing assessments and I did progress reports...but I really can't believe that it's almost March. Crazy!</div>
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We have been working really hard to understand what it means to infer. Understanding iinference is difficult for most kids and I was looking for a fun way to teach it.</div>
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Boy...did I luck out. I found the "Inference Investigators" packet on TpT. It was so fun, the kids really had a blast and most importantly it made learning about inferences easy. </div>
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My kiddos have a great grasp of inferring now.</div>
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You can get your own pack <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Inferencing-Investigation" target="_blank">{HERE}</a> from Babbling Abby.</div>
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Love, love, love it!</div>
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Here are some pics.</div>
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This tells them "some" information. They are infering the rest!</div>
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I glued these two papers inside manilla folders and laminated them. These contatined their cules to begin making inferences.<br />
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Very fun! Click to follow her blog. <a href="http://theinspiredapple.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Thanks Abby!</a></div>
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We have been working hard on our writing lately. I was excited to find this Winter Friends Craftivity from <a href="http://stepintosecondgrade.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Amy Lemons</a>. You can get it <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Winter-Friends-Craft" target="_blank">{HERE}</a> It has the template for the friends and the writing paper. She is super talented! We spent one day filling in a graphic organizer with characters, a setting, a problem and a solution. Then they began brainstorming for their story. They were to have 3 paragraphs, introduction to the story, a winter problem and a solution. They did a rough draft on notebook paper then we did our final, edited drafts on the paper you see in the pics. The kiddos were so excited to make their "peoples" after we finished all the writing!<br />
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A look at the whole class!</div>
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<em>I post homework completion</em>. I know some people don't agree with posting things, but it is just a simple X if they turned it in. No scores. Completely in their power and it motivates many kiddos.</div>
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<em>I have students keep all their papers in their cubbies separate from their desk.</em> Thankfully my firefighter husband enjoys building furniture on the side. Yay! For me. I can check their cubbies often and they keep all of their work books and journals there. Any loose papers go in a "work to finish" folder. They have a "book box" for their books that they are reading, 3 classroom-good fit books and any library books or books from home, bookmarks, and reading response journal (they must write in their journal after each book they read). They go "book shopping on Monday and Wednesday and get new books if they need them. This solves my pet peeve of kids hanging out at the bookcases during independent reading doing guess what? NOT reading!</div>
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<em>I keep a folder with a class list attached in my "Turn in Box".</em> When students turn in their work they cross their name off and put it in the folder. I can quickly look and see who is finished/not finished and students get a sense of accomplishment when they finish an assignment. You know...crossing stuff of their "to do" list. I also keep a <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Turn-In-Basket-Sign" target="_blank">Turn-In Basket Sign</a> that I got off TpT reminding them to check for their name, if everything is complete and if they did their best work. After they check they highlight their name and turn it in in the folder. This has dramatically cut down on "no name" papers.</div>
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Our class had a visit from <a href="http://www.imaginecm.org/index.html" target="_blank">Imagine Children's Museum</a>, our amazing local Children's Museum.</div>
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The wonderful volunteer read the story, <i><u>One Hen</u></i> about an African boy that recieved a small loan to buy a chicken. What he did was incredible (BTW...it's a true story!)</div>
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You should have seen the relief on their precious little faces...like, wow, I already know how to add.</div>
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Anyway...it was fun and they learned a lot!</div>
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We started off the morning by cleaning our tables and sanitizing our hands, because we have had a nasty bug going around that will knock you out for a week (or more!)</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06843131829448064625noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2544883770750678694.post-39025749494295162452012-12-10T19:27:00.003-08:002012-12-12T10:44:49.573-08:00Liebster Award...X 3<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #323232; font-family: inherit;">I was nominated for the Liebster Award.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #323232;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span><span style="font-family: inherit;">Not once, or twice, but three times.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #323232;"><span style="font-family: inherit; mso-spacerun: yes;">The Liebster Award is for new blogs with less than 200 followers. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #323232; font-family: inherit;">I’m so excited...Thank you.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Thank you so much to the blogs that nominated me:</span></div>
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<span style="color: #323232; font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://simplysecondgrade.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Lauren</a></span></div>
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<span style="color: #323232; font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://teacherstakeout.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Stacey</a></span></div>
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<span style="color: #323232;"><br /><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><u><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Here are the Liebster Blog Rules:</b></u>1. You must post 11 random things about yourself.<br />2. Answer the questions that the nominator set for you.<br />3. Create 11 questions for the people you nominate.<br />4. Choose 11 other blogs with fewer than 200 followers to nominate and link them in your post.<br />5. You cannot “tag back” the other blog, but leave a comment on this post with the URL of your Liebster post so I can learn more about you & see your nominations.<br /><br /><br /><b><u>11 Random Things About Me:<o:p></o:p></u></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #323232; font-family: inherit; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">1. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was a horrible student all the way through high school.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #323232; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">3.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I love going to work every day.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #323232; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">4.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I also love summer.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #323232; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">6.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am a total dog person.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #323232; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">7.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think chocolate and wine make a nice meal.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #323232; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">8.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Traveling is my favorite thing to do.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I plan to travel everywhere when I retire.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #323232; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">9.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am a bit addicted to office supplies.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sharpies are my favorite.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #323232; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">10.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I love watching Project Runway and usually predict the winner from the first show…but really have no fashion sense.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #323232; font-family: inherit; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">11.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My husband and I have a cool RV that we fixed up.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Our kids named it, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>The Rolling Turd</u></i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We have taken our kids on many trips, near and far.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Our friends like to have parties in it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #323232; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Century Gothic';"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span style="color: #323232;">How long have you been teaching? 10 years<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #323232; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Century Gothic';"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span style="color: #323232;">What is your favorite meal? My hubby’s prime rib, garlic mashed potatoes, Caesar salad (and ice cream!)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He’s a firefighter and CAN cook.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #323232; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Century Gothic';"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span style="color: #323232;">How long have you been blogging? Last August…and loving it.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #323232; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Century Gothic';"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">7.<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span style="color: #323232;">What is your favorite movie?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Tough one…I’m a movie junkie.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Old School: <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>Feris Bueller’s Day Off</u></i>, newer ones, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>Ocean’s 11, 12 and 13 Trilogies</u></i>.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #323232;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">1. Where were you born? Everett, Washington (30 minutes north of Seattle).<br />2. Where are you living now? Stanwood, WA (60 minutes north of Seattle, but I still teach in Everett.)<br />3. What is your favorite dessert?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> I love to eat i</span>ce cream. I love to bake anything.<br />4. When did you start blogging? Last August…loving it.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #323232;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">5. What is your favorite subject to teach? Math<br />6. What grade(s) have you taught? K (2 years), 1<sup>st</sup> (2 years) 2/3 (1 year) 3<sup>rd </sup><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(on my 6<sup>th</sup> year). 3rd is my favorite. <br />7. What is your favorite movie?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Tough one…I’m a movie junkie...Old school: <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>Feris Bueller’s Day Off</u></i>, newer ones, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>Ocean’s 11, 12 and 13 Trilogies</u></i>.<br />8. What is your favorite story to read to students? <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane.</u></i><br />9. What is your TPT link? </span><a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Amy-Seiber-8281"><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;">http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Amy-Seiber-8281</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #323232; font-family: inherit;">10. What is your favorite color? Teal/light blue<br />11. Do you have any pets? I have two adorable rescue dogs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A husky/sheppard mix, Sophie and a hound/lab mix, Gunner.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My 7 year old son has a sweet dwarf hamster named Sammy.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #323232; font-family: inherit;"><strong><u>Here are my answers to Kelly's questions:</u></strong></span><span style="color: #323232;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;">1. Do you use blogging in your classroom? My parents and students read it but I haven't really used it in my class. We just started a wiki though.</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;">2. How long have you been teaching? 10 years</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;">3. What was your first job? Babysitting at age 11...I stayed so busy my 16 year old brother would borrow money from me. </span><br /><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;">4. How would you like people to remember you? That I was selfless person</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;">5. Who was your favorite teacher and what qualities did he or she possess? Mr. Taylor, 6th grade (elementary school). He was fun, had high expectations, and was hilarious.</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;">6. Share a favorite quote. "The more that you read, the more that you know, the more that you learn, the more places you'll go." Dr. Seuss</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;">7. How do you manage stress? Baths AND wine. Sometimes together, sometimes seperate.</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;">8. What is your favorite game? Apples to Apples</span><br /><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="line-height: 22px;">9. Mistletoe or Menorah? Mistletoe</span></span><br /><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="line-height: 22px;">10. Share one tip with new teachers. Don't plan to far ahead, be flexible.</span></span><br /><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="line-height: 22px;">11. Why did you choose teaching for</span></span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 22px;"> your career? I love to make kid's days better.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #323232;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">6.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Where do you live?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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He's <u>everywhere</u>, especially on <a href="http://pinterest.com/amyseiber/elf-on-the-shelf/" target="_blank">Pinterest</a>!</div>
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Well on Thursday when I got to work, the cutest little elf was perched upon our SMART Board!</div>
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He watches us and reports to Santa at night.</div>
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In the morning we find him in a new spot with a note about important things to remember.</div>
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Well, my kiddos were so excited about our Elf (we named him Joseph, after a very democratic voting session...thankfully we just did a unit on elections) they WANTED to write about him...you've gotta love that right?</div>
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I got an <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Elf-on-a-Shelf-Journal-FREEBIE" target="_blank">ELF on the Shelf Journal {FREEBIE}</a> from Lauren. Thanks Lauren!</div>
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It is an adorable Elf Journal...we are going to write a little about where he moved each day.</div>
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After we wrote about where Joseph was hiding, we spent some time learning about the meaning of Christmas!</div>
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I got this Elf Writing pack off Teachers Pay Teachers. It's great! Each day the Elf leaves a note and you focus on that important meaning of Christmas (helping others, love, friendship, 17 days of messages in all!)</div>
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It's from Kerri B. and its called <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Magic-Elf-Activity-and-Writing-Pack#tab_ratings_feedback" target="_blank">Magic Elf Activity and Writing Pack</a>.</div>
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Making our own graphs! Nice job, Lesley!</div>
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Types of Graphs, foldable</div>
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I made this concept map at: <a href="http://www.spiderscribe.net/" target="_blank">SpiderScribe</a></div>
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Today we took a virtual field trip back to the "First Thanksgiving". The kids were able to explore what it was like to live during the times of the "First Thanksgiving". </div>
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Their Essential Question was to think about what it would have been like to have lived during those times, and if they would want to. Before our field trip most of the kids thought that they would love to live back then. After exploring the Mayflower, daily life, the feast, school during that time, and much more, most of them changed their minds! They discovered no paint on houses and no TV!</div>
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Check out the field trip <a href="http://www.scholastic.com/scholastic_thanksgiving/webcast.htm" target="_blank">{HERE}</a></div>
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Students were very excited about the election!</div>
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The difference between a democrat and a republican</div>
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About the candidates running for Washington State governor</div>
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They discussed what they would do if they were the president</div>
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And last but not least...we voted.<br />
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I got some ideas for FREE from TpT <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Election-Day-Freebie" target="_blank">{HERE}.</a><br />
Thanks Michelle!<br />
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How many times per day do you have a student hand you a random item that they found?</div>
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The kiddos just put what ever they find in there and we empty it when we have time!</div>
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$1.00 at Target!</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06843131829448064625noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2544883770750678694.post-36049706775794155412012-10-31T10:58:00.003-07:002012-10-31T10:58:58.617-07:00We Have a Fire Safety Poster Winner!<div align="center">
Isabella was one of two fire safety poster winners in our school! Her poster was chosen from about 150 posters for creativity and content.</div>
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She received an award signed by the City of Everett Fire Chief and the Mayor of Everett. She also received an Everett Fire T-Shirt and stuffed Leopards (we are the Leopards!) She will also receive a ride to school in a fire truck! The award was presented by 5 firefighters. Our principal Mrs. Foster and Superintendent Dr. Cohn were also present for the award.</div>
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Ok...this post has nothing to do with teaching but I made these cute little owl cupcakes the other day and my students know I love owls so I thought I'd post a pic.<br />
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They were super easy to make, any cupcake and frosting, two double stuff Oreos per cupcake (take one chocolate cookie off each one). Put a little frosting on the Oreo and put on an M&M then put on an M&M for the beak. I piped on some frosting around the eyes with a hair/grass tip to add some texture, but it wasn't necessary. They were super easy.</div>
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We have been working on writing often in our math journals. <br />
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We made these little owls out of TP tubes and cupcake liners! </div>
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Our room looked super cute!</div>
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You can also check out my <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Curriculum-Night-or-Open-House-Power-Point-12-Slides" target="_blank">Curriculum Night Power Point</a> available on TpT. <br />
I showed this along with student work, showing expectations and what level 4, 3, 2 and 1 would look like. <br />
I had some great parent feedback.</div>
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We have been working a ton in our Reading Response Journals. </div>
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Our main focus has been summarizing, author's purpose and writing details about characters.</div>
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We write in these every single day!</div>
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A third grade journal entry showing character details and a summary of a chapter in <u><em>Charlotte's Web</em></u>.<br />
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These are seriously ADORABLE! <br />
I was searching for activites that would be active and visual for greater than, less than. <br />
I can't remember where I saw these on all my Pinterest and Blog searches so if you know please send me the link! :-)</div>
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Anyway, my plan was to just do these with my second graders, but my third graders got a little upset they couldn't make them too! So I just gave them harder numbers to work with. I had the second graders choose a number between 1-100 and third graders had to choose between 1-1,000 (obviously discouraging simple numbers). We made these in our math journals so we can refer back to them.</div>
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They all turned out super cute, here are pics of just two.</div>
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When I did my summative assessment every single kid got 100%. <br />
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