tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35528921761230997032024-03-04T21:19:12.672-08:00in a school daze: Green Chic Life :http://www.blogger.com/profile/09105849419120371930noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3552892176123099703.post-52762577277896159762018-03-15T20:50:00.001-07:002018-03-15T20:50:25.263-07:00Fruit-Themed Bulletin Board... <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Teacher, pals... I am obsessed with bulletin boards! Since I have less than 5 students in my special education class and we run the whole spectrum of abilities, I have to use several projects to completely fill my board. In my current school, we have themes and deadlines and the theme for this deadline was "writing." Since we've been studying food groups, I decided to focus on fruit. We spent 6 days creating projects and working on differentiated writing assignments to fill our bulletin board. I differentiated by having some students simply trace words (i.e. RED STRAWBERRIES), some students write on lined paper from a model (i.e. Yellow Bananas), and some students wrote a paragraph about fruit using complete sentences. I have included some photos of the projects we created! I hope that you can find some of these useful! </div>
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1) Handprint strawberries</div>
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2) Shape oranges</div>
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3) Marble painted bananas</div>
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4) Folded/textured green apples</div>
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5) Thumbprint blueberries with popsicle stick baskets</div>
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6) Bubble wrap grapes</div>
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Note: Because I'm hooked on conservation and being as eco-friendly as possible, all projects were painted on the back side of worksheets that I may have printed too many of or printed wrong, etc. The letters for the board and pieces for the oranges were all made from scrap paper. Even the bubble wrap we used on the grapes was recycled (we actually popped the bubbles as an OT center and then used the empty bubbles for the grapes)! </div>
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<br />: Green Chic Life :http://www.blogger.com/profile/09105849419120371930noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3552892176123099703.post-82203325914598078962018-03-07T20:15:00.002-08:002018-03-07T20:15:17.952-08:00Fine Motor Tasks With Recyclable Items<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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It may be because I've been drinking way more coffee than usual lately or maybe I'm just operating on a super energetic wavelength, but I have been all about keeping things fresh in the classroom. While I only update this blog every few months (if I'm lucky), my other side gig is a sustainable lifestyle blog (check it out <a href="http://greenchiclifeblog.blogspot.com/">HERE</a>) and it's got me thinking about all of the different ways I can make the smallest footprint on the earth as possible. Since my apartment complex doesn't recycle, I often have a stash of recyclable items laying around and over the last few days, I've turned them into all sorts of fine motor/OT activities for my self-contained intermediate autism class. Many of these activities would be great for toddlers or pre-k classes, as well! Scroll through and enjoy! </div>
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1) Starbucks Put-In Task- I was bad the other day and forgot to bring a re-usable cup on my coffee run, so when I got a plastic cup, I knew I had to re-use it. All I did was cut straws into different lengths and I have the perfect put-in task! </div>
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2) Hand/Eye coordination: Poke some holes into toilet paper/paper towel tubes and have your students feed straws through them. </div>
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3) Tissue Box Match-Up: Tissue boxes come in such cute patterns these days that I like to save them (usually for token boards and tokens... they are extra durable, especially when laminated)! I had a huge stockpile and my students love to match, so I turned them into a file folder game! </div>
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4) Tissue Box Clothespins: I used some of my other tissue box pieces to create a matching activity that also requires fine motor skills. Just glue swatches to tag board and matching swatches to clothes pins and have your kiddos match them up! </div>
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5) Money Put-Ins: So many containers that you'd just toss out are great for put-in tasks. I love to use empty Play-doh cups and this old fried onion container for a money put-in task. Poker chips also work well with these containers! </div>
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6) Magnetic Letter Put-In: Yep... that's an old sour cream container! I use magnetic letters/numbers with this task and it's a classroom favourite. It's also a preferred calm-down activity! Another way to use sour cream containers and make things a bit more academic is to paint them and give your students buttons in matching colours. </div>
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7) Button Book: Speaking of buttons, I used some old felt and my collection of mismatched buttons (you know... the extra ones that come on clothes that never get used and stockpile up over time?). I have a sewing machine so I was able to sew my book together and add pockets, but felt is so versatile that it could be hot glued together. The other great thing about felt is that you can just cut slits for the button holes and don't need a machine to make actual button holes! You could also cut felt strips, hand sew one button onto the end of it, cut a button hole and have students button them together to make a chain. </div>
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8) Pom-poms and Egg Carton Put-In Activities: These were so easy to make! Paint one egg carton and have students use tweezers to put-in matching pom moms or write numbers in each egg slot and have students use tweezers to count out the number of pom moms for each slot. </div>
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9) Pom-Pom Tubes: I painted a few toilet paper tubes and hot glued them to the inside lid of a shoebox. Students use tweezers to pick up and drop pom-poms down the tube with the matching colour. Even my higher functioning students like to use this for imaginative play! </div>
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10) Cart Put-In Activity: I glued scrap paper to the outside of an empty oatmeal container, used a box cutter to put a slit in the top, and swap out different flash cards as a put-in task. I make it more academic by having students label what is on the card (higher functioning students have to answer math facts on higher-level flash cards). Once they've labeled/answered, they drop the card into the slot. This is another favourite calm-down activity in my classroom! </div>
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11) The Spiderweb Maze: I happened to have an empty bin lying around, I wove scrap yarn through the holes in the sides of the bin and students use chopsticks with cheaters to pick up pipe cleaner "worms" without touching the spider web! What a fun way to use stuff that I already had hanging around the classroom! </div>
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12) Lid Match-Up: This one is literally the easiest thing to put together and is something that my school occupational therapist says she's continually shocked that students don't know how to do. Just acquire bottles and jars that all have different types of lids (I'm still working on my collection), have students match the container to the lid, and help them learn how to open and close them! </div>
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Well, that was not the case. And this year, the same thing almost happened again! More gen. ed. classes were added, and the wall space that I had last year had been assigned to someone else. Turns out, I just moved to a new spot, but because I couldn't find that spot, I had to scramble to put up my board again!<br />
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That being said, I wanted to do something other than our building's standard "Welcome Back" with pre-made cutouts with each student's name on it, but I also didn't want to spend a ton of time on something when I know I need to change it in a month. I opted for an under-water theme with the banner "In this school, we swim together." I'd considered saying "We may all be different, but in this school we swim together," since I do run an autism classroom, but I opted for less words. <br />
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On the first day of school, each of my kiddos, myself, and my aide painted 2 paper plates which we turned into fish, seahorses, seashells, jellyfish, and a "zombie worm." <br />
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Hello, all! I'm back at it again! As you may have read, I'm in between teaching jobs, but am teaching dance and gymnastics, am tutoring, and am doing quite a bit of babysitting. I've decided that since I miss teaching early childhood special education so much, that the kids I babysit are going to start getting the teacher treatment from me! <br />
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The other day, while watching a rather precocious 3-year old and his 18-month old brother, inspiration struck and we managed to turn 30 minutes of fresh air into a lesson on the changing season/conservation, followed up by an art project that even the 18-month old was able to work on to some degree. If used in the classroom, the finished product would make for an adorable bulletin board or portfolio item. <br />
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If you'd like the full lesson plan (including science, conservation, sorting, and the art project directions), you can grab it on <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Fall-Nature-Walk-and-Art-Project-2147690">Teachers Pay Teachers</a>! Just click below!<br />
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: Green Chic Life :http://www.blogger.com/profile/09105849419120371930noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3552892176123099703.post-68405979491052437312015-08-08T07:35:00.000-07:002015-08-08T07:35:10.731-07:00: Back to SchoolHi, all! It's that time of year again… Back to school! I am not actually going back to school, but this year, I am preparing to move back to the US from Germany and am getting ready for knee surgery (woo hoo)! Since I'm going to have a ton of downtime, I want to put together some curriculum, classroom handouts, and other teacher-ly goodies (oh my)! Please let me know what you're looking for and let me do the work for you!<br />
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I love making reading units. Check out my units for <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/RJ-Palacio-Wonder-Novel-Unit-Plan-684424">"Wonder" by R.J.Palacio</a> and <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/The-Graveyard-Book-by-Neil-Gaiman-Novel-Unit-823921">"The Graveyard Book" by Neil Gaiman</a> and my super fun <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Dodecahedron-Project-Book-report-review-activity-etc-589336">dodecahedron book report template</a>.<br />
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I've got classroom activities like the ever-popular "<a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Can-You-Follow-Directions-386197">Can You Follow Directions?</a>" and "<a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Can-You-Follow-Directions-Spring-edition-1792746">Can You Follow Directions? (Spring Edition)</a>" in which students who do not follow directions, actually end up drawing you a lovely little picture. These are great ways to start off the year! <br />
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Looking for classroom management or incentive charts? I've got plenty! Click through for a fun <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Tally-Credit-and-Debit-Chart-385033">debit/credit tally chart,</a> <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Desk-Schedule-for-Pull-Out-Students-386219">desk schedule for pull-out students</a>, <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Teacher-Friend-Lunch-Reward-Invitation-385162">invitation for lunch with the teacher</a>. <br />
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If you need reference sheets or review activities, I've got those as well! Click through for a <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/QAR-Reference-Sheet-for-Students-396800">QAR Reference Sheet</a>, <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Affect-vs-Effect-821530">Affect vs. Effect Reference Sheet</a>, and <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Blank-Jeopardy-Game-Template-For-All-Subjects-406414">Blank Jeopardy Powerpoint Template</a>. <br />
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Please, oh please, let me create some more classroom materials for you! Leave me comments, send me emails, or shoot messages to me via Teachers Pay Teachers! I hope to hear from you soon!: Green Chic Life :http://www.blogger.com/profile/09105849419120371930noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3552892176123099703.post-27077852672397526212015-04-01T13:40:00.000-07:002015-04-01T13:40:02.556-07:00Can you follow directions? Spring ed. <div style="text-align: center;">
Hi, everyone! I've had a sudden spike in page hits and Teachers Pay Teachers sales! Thank you so much! Since I am not currently working in a classroom, my brain hasn't been too focused on creating new curriculum… but I would like it to be! What kinds of things are all of you wonderful teachers looking for? More direction-following? Organizers? Book reports? Reading anything great and need a novel unit plan? </div>
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To tide me over until I hear from you, I've created a special spring edition of "Can You Follow Directions?" This one is fancy. The kids will actually end up drawing a spring photo (if they don't follow directions), so even if they aren't following directions, they'll still get a chance at some creativity! This one is a bit trickier than the original, so it would be best for grades 3-5. Click the button below to download! </div>
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The big issue with this particular situation is organization and expectations. Because this student has some special needs (attention-wise and works best when expectations are clearly laid out), I created this sticker chart to ensure that everything that needs to get done during the day actually gets done. <br />
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Every subject utilized in the k12 program is listed along the top of the chart, with each day of the week along the side. When printed, it will be two pages wide. Here, I have listed the simple chart in black and white with one font, but I let my student choose fonts and colors (during timed breaks between lessons). If you'd like it unlocked so you can alter font/colors/subjects, please let me know and I can get you that file! <br />
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As a reward for filling up the chart, my student has chosen an afternoon at a local museum! Letting the student choose a reward will usually drive work completion! We are flying through our first chart! Good luck with yours!<br />
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<br />: Green Chic Life :http://www.blogger.com/profile/09105849419120371930noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3552892176123099703.post-83499752996044492202013-08-12T08:19:00.000-07:002013-08-12T08:19:29.462-07:00The Graveyard Book- Novel UnitHello again! I've been busy catching up on reading and thought I'd put together a novel unit for Neil Gaiman's "The Graveyard Book." <u><span style="font-family: 'Keep Calm Medium';">The Graveyard Book</span></u><span style="font-family: 'Keep Calm Medium';"> by
Neil Gaiman is an award winning (Caudill, Newbery, and Carnegie Awards, among
others) about a boy named Nobody Owens, who is raised by spirits and monsters
in a graveyard. Follow along with Bod’s
life as he grows amongst tombstones, mausoleums, and learns to navigate through
the living world and see what happens when the man who killed his family (and
landed him in the graveyard in the first place) comes looking for him!</span><br />
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Since I still find myself pondering the differences between "affect" and "effect," I thought I'd put together a quick guide for teachers and students alike to help differentiate between the two words.<br />
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<br />: Green Chic Life :http://www.blogger.com/profile/09105849419120371930noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3552892176123099703.post-43449416985463174442013-05-01T14:36:00.001-07:002013-05-01T14:36:18.327-07:00Wonder- R.J. Palacio Novel UnitHello, loves! I've been uber busy with tutoring and working as an aide for the 7th grade special education program at a school near my home. I have been co-teaching with the special education teacher and was lucky enough (heh, heh) to have the opportunity to create an entire unit plan for the novel she selected to read for this trimester.<br />
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The novel is called Wonder and was written by R.J. Palacio. It is the story of August, a boy with facial deformities, as he leaves the world of homeschooling and enters school with "normal" kids. The story is told from multiple points of view, creating a big picture of what life is like for these characters.<br />
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In my unit, I have included vocabulary, guided reading questions, and an additional activity (vocab practice, writing prompts, drawing, etc.). The sections are broken down as the narrator in the story changes and an answer key is also included. <br />
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Like I said, I've been using this with my 7th grade remedial reading class, but it is appropriate for a 5th-8th grade setting, depending on the class reading level.<br />
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This is a wonderful (haha, see what I did there?) story of transformation and acceptance. My students are truly enjoying it! Even if you don't end up teaching it, pick it up as a beach read! </div>
<br />: Green Chic Life :http://www.blogger.com/profile/09105849419120371930noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3552892176123099703.post-76701036460968563602013-04-17T14:40:00.000-07:002013-04-17T14:40:04.664-07:00Snap Cards for Sight WordsThings have been so crazy! I am still working as an aide for a 7th grade special education program (and I've begun writing curriculum!), but now I am also tutoring a variety of elementary school students in reading and time management and test taking and things of that nature.<br />
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In working with a first grader on decoding skills, I invented what we have come to call "snap cards." These are basically flash cards with commonly used sight words. The point is that once the student gets good enough with them, she should be able to snap her fingers (diva style) and know exactly what the word says. I have 14 words in this set, but will be everso happy to make them with words that you specify, or I can open up the template for your personal use! <br />
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Here is a quick snap (see what I did there? Snapshot... snap words...). My little reading diva loves the font and they are big enough that as she flips through them, we have space to write on them or highlight/underline blended sounds, etc.<br />
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<br />: Green Chic Life :http://www.blogger.com/profile/09105849419120371930noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3552892176123099703.post-44073011967022537372013-03-01T14:22:00.003-08:002013-03-01T14:22:55.188-08:00Dodecahedron Alternative Book Report<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="text-align: -webkit-auto;">Well, friends, as has happened many times in my life before, my wonderful dream job in Korea fell through at the last second due to issues with immigration and so, I am still in my position as a 7th grade special education paraprofessional. I hope to complete the school year in this position and will be putting my creativity hat back on to devise more epic projects.</span></div>
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<span style="text-align: -webkit-auto;">Here is one we did in our remedial reading class. We read the book, <u>Mockingbird</u> by Kathryn Erskine and because it is a class of reluctant readers AND reluctant writers, instead of asking students to write a paper or give a presentation, we got snazzy and had them put together a dodecahedron. They ended up looking like this: </span></div>
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This project was great because it gave the students a lot of flexibility but also helped to see who comprehended the material and who didn't. This project is also amazing, because it can be used across subjects. Each side of the dodecahedron depicts a different concept. In this case, as a final novel project, we asked students to use vocabulary, characters, and important events, but it can be easily adapted as a social studies review, a math project, or as a science fair project. The sides can be divided amongst a group, or you can cut down to just 6 sides for younger learners or students who have a hard time staying organized. </div>
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This packet includes: the pattern (you need 12 pages for each student), directions (for a book project), and a checklist so that students can review what they have completed and check each page off as they go!<br />
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<br />: Green Chic Life :http://www.blogger.com/profile/09105849419120371930noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3552892176123099703.post-19426353368980179752012-12-20T14:31:00.000-08:002012-12-20T14:31:46.288-08:00QAR- Question-Answer Response StrategiesI work with a literacy group 5 times a week and help reinforce material covered in the classroom. My placement school uses StoryTown curriculum, so I've tried to mirror my lessons on the text book, but provide enough additional details and personal connections that the students will be able to get a clearer understanding of the material. Right now, they are working on QAR (Question-Answer Relationship) strategies and are getting hung up on the difference between Think and Search questions and Author and Me questions. I've tried differentiating and reminding them that Think and Search questions come from the text while Author and Me questions use the text, but call for personal opinions and inferences to answer. <br />
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I made them a fancy cheat sheet that they can use as reference (using all of my fun new free fonts!)<br />
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and a 4-square chart to generate and record one of each type of question. They, the kids switched papers with a partner and answered the questions and we talked as a group about why each type of question was organized where it was! This definitely encouraged higher-level thinking, since there were no words in the comic! </div>
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<br />: Green Chic Life :http://www.blogger.com/profile/09105849419120371930noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3552892176123099703.post-24868613424820405972012-11-08T13:07:00.000-08:002012-11-08T13:07:41.981-08:00Jeopardy Review GameAs student teaching has continued, I've become way more tech savy than I ever was as an undergraduate. Also, I love to play games. I have a small group of 5th graders whom I see for literacy and fluency. We spend the majority of our time reviewing what goes on in the general education classroom. Since this tends to get a bit dry and attention spans are short, I created a template for Jeopardy that we used to review vocabulary, characters, and comprehension concepts prior to their unit test. I had it filled in with information from the story and sent it to the general education teacher, who liked it so much that she used the exact same game in the general education classroom.<br />
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I uploaded a blank template with all the transitions to my teacherspayteachers site. Click below to download and scroll down for screen shots. The kids loved it and this template is blank so you can fill it in however you need to!<br />
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<br />: Green Chic Life :http://www.blogger.com/profile/09105849419120371930noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3552892176123099703.post-71362951628858391532012-11-02T13:13:00.000-07:002012-11-02T13:14:12.432-07:00Bubble Wrap MathI was recently assigned a 10-minute period of time during the day to drill and review math facts with 3 students. I plan on using XtraMath and flash cards, but wanted to bring something fun to the table... and what could be more fun than bubble wrap?<br />
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I snatched some big bubble wrap and wrote a multiplication problem on each of the bubbles. When the students could say the problem out loud and answer it correctly, they got to pop the bubble! It was super fun and since some bubbles were left unpopped, it served as an assessment of which fact families they need to review more!<br />
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<br />: Green Chic Life :http://www.blogger.com/profile/09105849419120371930noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3552892176123099703.post-51358820438585579202012-10-30T13:27:00.000-07:002012-10-30T13:27:51.082-07:00Desk SchedulesHello again! I have another lovely organizer for you! Since I pull students out for resource work during the day and every day tends to be different, I've found that it is easier to make a schedule for each student. It is small enough that it can be laminated and taped down so that students and their classroom teachers can reference it during the day. <br />
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I uploaded the Word doc version of the schedule so you can input your own schedules and change fonts and colors, if need be! </div>
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<br />: Green Chic Life :http://www.blogger.com/profile/09105849419120371930noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3552892176123099703.post-55867970889125750422012-10-26T07:16:00.000-07:002012-10-26T07:16:13.186-07:00Following DirectionsI'm student teaching with a resource teacher, which means that I often get to push into other classes and observe what is going on in the general education classrooms. I had the pleasure, while taking data last week, to witness the most hilarious lesson I think I've ever seen! Apparently the students had been experiencing difficulty with following directions so to assess who could follow directions and who could not, the teacher and student teacher in this classroom made a list of directions to follow, the first of which was to read all the directions before doing anything and the second direction was to simply write their name on their paper followed by a list of ridiculous directions.<br />
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Students had privacy folders up so they couldn't copy one another and I will say that all the adults in the room enjoyed watching the students folding their paper, tearing things, banging on their desks, etc. Not a single student followed the directions correctly and I liked this assignment so much that I made my own version of it!<br />
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<br />: Green Chic Life :http://www.blogger.com/profile/09105849419120371930noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3552892176123099703.post-2446058717629485832012-10-25T12:10:00.000-07:002012-10-25T20:57:15.945-07:00Behavior Management Tally Chart<div style="text-align: center;">
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I have to say that the hardest thing for me when I was an early childhood aide, when I was working in clinical settings, when I've gone into my mother's classroom, and now as a student teacher has been behavior management. I think I struggle with it because I am young and look much younger than I am, but also because I babysit quite frequently and like to be the kids' friend. I'm learning a lot right now about how to manage behavior and have come up with a chart that works wonders in my current setting.</div>
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It is a simple tally chart with spaces for credits and debits. Each student has their own row where their credits and debits are tracked. If they get 75 tallies, they get to bring a friend and have lunch with me in my classroom. When they are acting up, all I have to do is hover my pen over the debit column of their row and they usually get the hint right away. For a while, I was giving tons of tallies and not taking any away, and found that if every so often I give them a debit when they are being too crazy, it stops the off-task behavior for at least the next few days. Every Friday I total their tallies so they know where they fall and how many they need to earn to get lunch. </div>
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Here is an abbreviated version of the chart. You can download it below at my Teachers-Pay-Teachers site. </div>
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When students reach 75 tallies, I give them a fancy invitation to lunch, which makes the luncher feel epically special and motivates those who are still working towards their lunch to work harder. Here is a copy of my invitation. You can download it at my Teachers-Pay-Teachers site! </div>
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: Green Chic Life :http://www.blogger.com/profile/09105849419120371930noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3552892176123099703.post-27914075627718603642012-10-25T09:33:00.001-07:002015-04-01T13:41:25.396-07:00Welcome! Hello everyone! You may recognize me from : <a href="http://thedailysavant.blogspot.com/">the daily savant</a>:, which is where I write all about my first love of fashion. However, I am also finishing my master's degree in special education and I am currently student teaching and coming up with all sorts of goodies for the classroom that I thought I would share! <br />
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