tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9948553514440578702024-03-18T05:47:57.724-04:00All Things Apple in 2ndNicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12308961413209045179noreply@blogger.comBlogger113125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-994855351444057870.post-65141063107754169082017-04-23T20:44:00.002-04:002017-04-23T20:46:10.224-04:00Having a little FAITH!!!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Hi everyone!!! I can't believe it's been so long since I blogged...well, I guess I can! :) I thought I'd take a second to fill the gaps and get back into it!!<br />
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As many of you know, I'm in my 2nd year of teaching 5th grade after 10 in 2nd, 1 in 3rd, and 1 in 6/7th grade Spanish. Well, all I can say is...THINGS HAPPEN FOR A REASON!!!!!! I knew I wanted a change and to challenge myself, but I did not know I would be making one of the best changes I have ever made!! In the beginning, I had a bit of a hard time wrapping my head around the idea of teaching big kids. I thought,<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">"They're going to be smarter than me." </span><span style="font-size: large;">"I can't read all of my picture books!" </span></h3>
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What I wasn't saying was...<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">"I'm going to get to read awesome chapter books!"</span><span style="font-size: large;">"I get to be their last teacher of elementary school!"</span></h3>
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I've always been a pretty positive person and up for changes, but for some reason, I struggled. I was going to be teaching in a portable that wasn't ready until 2 weeks into the school year. I had 60 boxes or so that needed to be unpacked. All the while, we were teaching our 5th graders in temporary rooms. It was a bit more than I think I anticipated.<br />
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When we got into the portables, everything seemed to fall into place!!! I have AMAZING teammates and coworkers who were BEYOND wonderful to me!! <i><b><u>I also had all of YOU supporting me with encouraging words!!!</u></b></i> Something happened and all of my reservations melted away! My kids were AWESOME! <br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">It's amazing what can happen to you when you let go of the fear and just have <span style="color: cyan;">FAITH</span>!! </span></h4>
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It makes me tear up a bit when I think back to the beginning of this 2-year journey so far. I truly feel that God put these kids and colleagues in my life to not only uplift and encourage me but to teach me that we are all stronger than we think! Sometimes, it just takes a second for us to catch up! Once we do, our world is never the same!!<br />
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On top of absolutely <b><i><u>LOVING 5TH GRADE</u></i></b> (my favorite grade now!!), I started another journey of obtaining my Administration License!! I never ever thought I would get that in my life, but when my sister and friends said they were going to do the 2-year program, I thought why not! It will give me options for the future! Well, I almost changed my mind on that during the 2nd semester. haha However, once again, people put into my life helped me make the best choice for me! Our first teacher in the program was the same person who hired me for my first teaching position! He told me to call him when I said I wasn't sure about continuing. His faith in me as well as another professor, once again, made me push away the fear and go for it!<br />
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Well, yesterday we COMPLETED our administration program!!!<br />
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We had such a great cohort and really learned a lot!! <br />
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So now after a nice chair massage today, I'm ready to get back to blogging and sharing with you all!!! <br />
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Thank you for all of the support and encouragement you have always given me, and I hope I can do the same for you!!<br />
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<br />Nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12308961413209045179noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-994855351444057870.post-16017855543893854992017-01-05T20:20:00.001-05:002017-01-05T20:21:10.069-05:00"ORGANIC" Task Cards!!!HI EVERYONE!!!!!!!! I cannot believe it has been a complete YEAR since I blogged!! I will make sure to fill you all in on what's been going on soon :), but I HAVE to share about this OMG moment I had to today!!<br />
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I always say my best ideas come to me in the shower; however, they also come randomly in the middle of lessons! :) So let me explain!<br />
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I always try to incorporate grammar within writing mini-lessons, but I need to do a better job of it. SOOO...we started reviewing how to combine sentences with conjunctions. Oh man, I had no idea that they had no recollection of what conjunctions were or how to combine them. As a former 2nd grade teacher for 10 years, I KNOW they were taught how to do this! hah <br />
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Well, one thing I have learned from teaching 5th is to never ASSUME they know something simply because they are 5th graders. Everyone needs a refresher <strike>all the time</strike> now and then. <br />
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Today, half of my class was taking the IOWA test inside the school (we're in the portable) so I was left with about 16 kids. I wanted to do an INB with them, but with half the class gone, I decided to save that for another day! <br />
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As a way to assess which students understood what a compound sentence was and how to create one, I had the kids take one of their books they are reading. I did not care if it was one they were reading for pleasure, lit circles, or whatever. They took that book, and they had to reread to find a compound sentence. Once they found one, they wrote it on their desks with a wipe-off marker. They had to circle the comma and conjunction and underline the 2 sentences. Last, they wrote their numbers on their desks. <br />
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<span style="text-align: center;">Once they were done, they took out a notebook and numbered it 1 to 29. From here, they started their journey around the room reading the sentences the other students wrote on their desks. Their job was to write YES if it was a compound sentence and NO if it wasn't. My student teacher and I went around the room asking students to explain their answers. </span><br />
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Not only was I able to see if my students could justify their answers, I could look on their own desks to see if they found a correct compound sentence. Many of them did write a compound sentence, but some wrote sentences that had "and" but was used to separate 3 things. <br />
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This ORGANIC way of making task cards hit the spot!!! You could do this with ANY SUBJECT!! I can't believe I never thought of this before! The kids loved it, and they were engaged the whole time! I was also super excited for the responses we were receiving when asking the kids to justify. <br />
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This activity just seemed to make it all way more RELEVANT to my students!!!!!!! Hope that you can use this in your classroom too!!!<br />
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Till next time! :)<br />
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<br />Nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12308961413209045179noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-994855351444057870.post-28835613568033334342016-01-02T10:27:00.002-05:002016-01-02T11:14:46.222-05:002Gether We are Better: 2016 Plans and Goals!!! <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Happy 2016!!! I'm still a little in shock that we are already in the new year, but boy, am I excited!! I feel like I have not talked with all of you in so so long!!! So to kick off the new year in fashion, I'm linking up with 2 wonderful friends <a href="http://thebalancingacticalllife.blogspot.com/">Ashley</a> and <a href="http://www.luckylittlelearners.com/">Angie</a> for their monthly linky...#2getherwearebetter series!! Woohoo!!</div>
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This month is all about PLANS AND GOALS! Confession...I am that person that WANTS to be able to PLAN things out, but I never end up following the PLAN!!!! [ahhhh] Please, tell me you know what I mean?!? I have bought so many planners in attempts to change my ways, but I just have not found my rhythm with it all YET! So I already found a NEW planner ha :), but I actually LOVE it! It's smaller so I can fit it in my purse which was one of the huge reasons why I never kept up with it before. I also need to stop trying to be like everyone else who decorates theirs all cute with stickers and drawings! FYI I am not good at writing with different font like shapes, AND I never got into scrapbooking SO WHY am I still trying?!? hah Geesh! Get a clue is what I say in my head! So to go with what both Angie and Ashley always say is my first GOAL!!</div>
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Plan & Goal: be ME!</h2>
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Since switching schools in my district this year along with moving to 5th grade for the first time, I have been learning a new curriculum and all about my wonderful 5th graders! I truly love them! However, with this, I have not created as much or blogged. Sometimes, I tend to get caught up with what everyone else is doing and start to think...gosh, everyone is going to forget me or am I really just not that great at creating anymore? Here's the thing...for a split second, I lost the REAL reason WHY I do all of this!! FOR THE KIDS!!! <a href="http://www.elementaryshenanigans.com/">Hope King</a> helped remind me of this. {THANK YOU Hope!} Regardless of what grade you are in or where you are at, you are there FOR THE KIDS. This one sentence basically snapped me out of my funk!!! Since 2nd grade when I knew I wanted to be a teacher (at least that was what I thought as I taught my stuffed animals in the basement :), I have always had a passion to work with children. EVERY job I have had has had something to do with kids and/or teaching! DING DING DING! My passion is teaching KIDS!! So, I finally took a breath and looked at the big picture! I cannot say enough of how much I have learned and grown so far in one semester! I absolutely LOVE my 5th graders as well as my new team and school! I am RIGHT WHERE I BELONG! I have also realized that I need to focus on what makes ME...ME. My PATH is UNIQUE to ME. As I always tell my students...how boring would our world be if EVERY ONE was the SAME! </div>
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To go along with being ME, I want to find my way back to my blog and creating! After reading <a href="http://www.ronclarkacademy.com/">Ron Clark's</a> book, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Move-Your-Bus-Extraordinary-Accelerating/dp/1501105035">Move Your Bus</a>, I realized that I needed to live by one of his quotes as much as I was teaching my students to live by it.</div>
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I need to STOP giving myself EXCUSES as to why I am not blogging or creating and FIND SOLUTIONS!! I NEED to MAKE IT HAPPEN! I proved to myself this past November that I could run a full marathon even while adjusting to all the changes! WE CAN DO MORE THAN WE EVER DREAMED WE COULD if WE STOP GETTING IN OUR OWN WAY!! I am going to try to plan a blog post every 2 weeks to start in January. In February, I want to do a blog post 1 time a week. I also want to make a brand for my products. However, I am going to allow this process to flow instead of FORCING it. I don't work well when I try to force things anyway so might as well just LET IT HAPPEN! </div>
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Plan & Goal: Find my voice on the Video Front</h2>
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I have been wanting to do videos since last year, but I simply gave EXCUSES instead of SOLUTIONS on doing them. This year, I want to start sharing ideas this way too. I, personally, LOVE videos. Sometimes, I don't have time to read, but I can easily listen and/or watch as I am folding laundry, grading papers (simple ones hah), etc. I CAN'T wait to get started! </div>
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Plan & Goal: Build My POSITIVE POSSE</h2>
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I need to STOP allowing others to get me down. I know not EVERYONE I work with is going to be as CRAZY as I am when it comes to finding new or out of the box ways to do things. This fact is completely fine! We ALL bring so much to our students and classrooms by being US! However, sometimes, I ALLOW negative attitudes to infiltrate into my thoughts which is NOT ME. I have CONTROL over HOW I FEEL. So this year, I really want to build my POSITIVE POSSE even more!! I want to be PROUD of the things that I DO BRING to the table and not get knocked down by people that may not agree. When I visited the Ron Clark Academy last year, Ron Clark talked about how POSITIVITY pushes out NEGATIVITY!!! It takes ONE PERSON to start the CHANGE! I ALSO want to go back to RCA this year for a 2 day training!! I get excited just thinking about it!</div>
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THANK YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART for all of the SUPPORT and LOVE you have all given me through this AMAZING JOURNEY! You have truly made me BETTER!!</div>
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CHEERS to a SPECTACULAR 2016!</div>
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Hey everyone!! I didn't even realize that I haven't blogged since March!! March?!? That was when all of our testing started and continued intermittently through to May! :( Yikes! It was my first year in a testing grade (3rd). I was in 2nd for 10 years so didn't have to deal with that kind of testing anyway! I have LOVED 3rd grade, but I definitely did not enjoy all of the testing! My kids did great, though, so I couldn't be more proud of them for pushing through! </div>
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Ok, so let's get to JUNE!! </div>
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LISTENING: Have you seen McFarland, USA????? If you haven't, it's in Redbox now!!! It's so good and based on a true story!! I'm a sucker for any inspirational sports PLUS education movies!! OHH, and I'm listening to my neighbor mow! hah True sounds of summer! :)</div>
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LOVING: As much as I LOVE teaching and my students, I am SO EXCITED for a break!! The year has been great, but I'm exhausted!!! I guess I see it as a good thing that I'm exhausted because that means I put everything into it as I'm sure all of you did too! So we've all earned a little R & R!</div>
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THINKING: I'm so excited to be facilitating 2 or 3 professional development workshops this summer in my district!! I get to present on technology with iPads and my 90 minute reading block which I LOVE!!! So, I need to get going on the planning of those!!!!!! </div>
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WANTING: How long does it take you to be able to sleep passed the time your alarm normally goes off during the school year?? Well, I haven't slept passed it yet! haha However, it's only the 2nd weekday of summer break so I guess I should give it a few days! :) By the time it happens, we will be getting ready to go back to school!! </div>
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NEEDING: Who's going to the TpT Conference in VEGAS this summer??? I can't wait!! I loved last summer's conference, and I know this year's is going to be even bigger!! SO, I need to start saving the fun money!!! </div>
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SUMMER LOVIN': There are so many things about summer that I'm excited about! I get to see my 2 nephews, brother, and sister-in-law who live in Wyoming next month!!!! My nephews are 5 and 7, and I just love them so much!!! Of course, I can't wait for the TpT Conference!!!! AND I'm looking forward to relaxing and rejuvenating myself so that I can be refreshed and ready for the new year!!!!</div>
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Hope everyone's school years have gone wonderfully!!!!! If you're still in school, keep pushing!! You're almost there!!!! </div>
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Hi everyone!!! Thanks for hopping over!! Did you just LOVE Angie's freebie over at <a href="http://www.luckylittlelearners.com/" target="_blank">Lucky Little Learners</a>?!? Thanks, Angie, for sending over all of these awesome educators!! </div>
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Well, today is your LUCKY day!! All of us over at <a href="http://spark-ofinspiration.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">A Spark of Inspiration</a> wanted to share the "gold" with you before the leprechaun takes it back!! :) So, below you will find one of my favorite freebies in my TPT store!</div>
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Click on either of the pictures to download them! These response sheets have been such a help for my students!!! I hope you and your students enjoy them too!!! :)</div>
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Thank you so much for stopping by to grab my freebie!!! Next, you are hopping over to Tanja at <a href="http://www.journeyofasubstituteteacher.com/2015/03/found-gold-freebie-hop.html" target="_blank">Journey of a Substitute Teacher</a>!!! Make sure to hop all the way through because you won't want to miss ANY of these "golden" freebies!!! :)<br />
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Hey there!! If you follow me on <a href="https://instagram.com/allthingsapplein2nd/" target="_blank">Instagram</a> and/or <a href="https://www.facebook.com/AllThingsApplein2nd" target="_blank">Facebook</a>, I'm sure you saw tons of pictures of my amazing weekend a week ago at the <a href="http://www.edexpo.com/" target="_blank">EDexpo 2015</a>!!! I was given the fantastic opportunity, along with 50 more teacher bloggers, to go to the EDexpo 2015, check out all of the amazing products, and then rate my Top 10. Uhh, teacher heaven, anyone?? </div>
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It was such a neat experience to be able to talk with developers, stores, and other teachers about what we think would be the best resources for classrooms around the world!! Once everyone turned in their Top 10s, they compiled an overall Top 10! Below, you will find the Top 10 products. Click on the images to go to their websites and check them out!! There were so many awesome resources that it was really difficult to pick among them. </div>
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Hi everyone!! I'm stopping in really quickly so I can share something I created today for my students!! We are starting the dreaded state testing tomorrow! This is my 12th year of teaching, BUT my first year having to be a part of state testing!! Our testing starts in 3rd grade so being in 2nd for 10 and Spanish teacher for 1, I haven't had to deal with them. It was glorious! haha :) Now, I feel like I'm having Testing Mood Swings all the time!!<br />
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I've never been a teacher to teach to a test. Now, I follow the scope and sequence with the standards, but I try to do this in a creative way. I love taking the standard and content my kids need to know and creating something engaging and effective. I always think doing what's best for my kids should be priority in my book. So I shut the door and teach. This does bring some anxiety to me being in a testing grade. The "what ifs" and "should haves" start creeping into my head. <br />
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What if my kids don't do as well as others who don't veer far from the line since I tend to test the waters? :) (staying close to the line is not a bad thing either, just a different style :)<br />
What if people think that I'm not a good teacher because of my kids' test scores? <br />
What if my kids do AWESOME? <br />
Is what I'm doing working?<br />
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It's like one minute I'm not nervous at all, and the next, my stomach is in knots! If you know anything about Indiana right now, we are taking a brand new test this year since we opted out of the Common Core Standard (even though, they are almost identical, just saying!). So after finding out that kids were going to be tested for an eternity, they decided to cut the test by 3 hours a week before we could start. I'm not going to go much further into this because I don't like the politics, but needless to say, it's a little stressful.<br />
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SOOO, once we take this test over the next 2 weeks, my 3rd graders have the big IREAD-3 test that determines if they move onto 4th grade or not. I'm way more nervous about this test than the first. I've been having discussions with my kids about how they feel about the tests coming up, and how this should be a celebration of what they know.<br />
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I know that kids need to be accountable, and if we're doing our jobs, we should be holding them accountable all the time in normal, everyday school activities and at life, in general. I want to help a child grow into a wonderful person inside and out. Creating relationships and a sense of family is EVERYTHING. As I learned from visiting the <a href="http://www.ronclarkacademy.com/" target="_blank">Ron Clark Academy</a> (post coming soon :), if we, as educators, go above and beyond for our kids, they will, in turn, go above and beyond for us. If we nurture our relationships with ALL of our students, then they will give us their all! <br />
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I just don't think, at the age of 8 and 9, that my kids need to be stressed out and anxious about testing. They have PLENTY of years of that coming up in their lives. I do talk about how they want to feel proud when they turn their tests in knowing that they did their absolute bests. We reflect on how that should feel and how they can tell when they haven't given their best. This, however, is connected to everything that goes in life. NOT JUST A TEST! I had to step back for a second and think about this. I can't control what they go home to or what they carry with them to school, but I can control how I make them feel. <br />
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I was that kid that was sooooooo nervous to take a standardized test!! <br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">I was just like this child except my face was probably on the verge of tears!! hah</span></div>
I didn't want to mess up! I still have that problem some because I equate it to I'm not good enough. We watched a video about the importance of not rewarding intelligence, but rewarding effort. All through school and sports, I always felt like if I wasn't the smartest or the best, I wasn't enough. I graduated in the top 10% of 641 kids in high school and with honors in college so it wasn't that I wasn't a great student. I put WAY too much pressure on myself to be perfect. I don't remember being told that I showed great effort. I was scared to make a mistake on the basketball court just as I was in the classroom. I knew I held back a bit in basketball because I didn't want that pressure. When I became a teacher, I vowed to myself to try to not let that happen to my students in my room. We celebrate the process!!! I don't want them to be like me and still struggle with this now as an adult. I'm way better, thank goodness haha, but it's no fun! I want my students to feel like they are more than ENOUGH!!!<br />
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Okay, so jumping off my soap box (PHEW! :), tomorrow is our first day of testing! Each day we test, I want to give some sort of encouragement for my students! <br />
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My kids LOVE smelly (scented) markers as much as I do!! <br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">I get these at Target for $1.99 for a set of 4. There are 4 themed scent packs!</span> </div>
We use Crayola Pip Squeaks scented markers during literature circles when we do our Whole Brain Teaching Super Speed Reading! They just can't get enough of them!! So, since I failed at the task of getting the correct markers for them for Christmas (I couldn't believe they weren't the smelly ones!!!), I decided to surprise each of them with one tomorrow!!! I whipped up this little tag to go with it!! Click on the picture below to download them for yourself!! :)<br />
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I will add on the others I do as the week <strike>drags</strike> goes on!! Thanks so much for stopping by!! If you are testing, I wish you all the best of luck! :) I'm going to remember to JUST BREATHE!<br />
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<br />Nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12308961413209045179noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-994855351444057870.post-60731187824035419562015-02-22T09:00:00.000-05:002015-02-22T16:49:32.350-05:00A Spark of Inspiration Blog HopHi everyone!! How are you all? Well, I'm so glad you're here today!! Thanks Angie (<a href="http://www.luckylittlelearners.com/2015/02/a-spark-of-inspiration-blog-hop.html" target="_blank">Lucky Little Learners)</a> for sending all of you my way!! :) Welcome to A Spark of Inspiration's Blog Hop!!!<br />
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We work a lot with point of view in reading AND writing so this freebie looks at the writing side a bit more in a fun, engaging way!! :) Hope you and your kiddos enjoy it!!</div>
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<br />Nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12308961413209045179noreply@blogger.com47tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-994855351444057870.post-65368856716000551302015-02-15T12:59:00.000-05:002015-02-15T13:14:49.237-05:00THE Ron Clark Academy & EDexpo 2015!!!!!!Happy Sunday everyone!!! I am so excited and giddy for this week that I had to share it with all of you!!! If you have been following me on <a href="http://instagram.com/allthingsapplein2nd/" target="_blank">Instagram</a>, you may have seen me posting pictures of 2 things: THE Ron Clark Academy & the EDexpo 2015 in Atlanta!!! Well, let's dive into each one of these!!!<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">THE Ron Clark Academy!!!</span><br />
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First, I get to meet Ron Clark and Kim Bearden FRIDAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Vist RCA <a href="http://www.ronclarkacademy.com/" target="_blank">HERE</a>!</span></div>
I still remember when I first learned about Ron Clark with the Lifetime movie, The Ron Clark Story! As you all know, I'm a Lifetime and Hallmark channels fanatic so of course I watch EVERY GOOD teacher movie that comes their way! His story inspired me, moved me to tears, and showed me the potential that we all have!!!<br />
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I learned more about Kim Bearden while reading her INCREDIBLE book, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Crash-Course-Lessons-Students-Taught/dp/1451687702" target="_blank">Crash Course</a>, as well as some interviews she's been in. Her truth and experiences are so relatable and inspiring!! Her book completely motivates you to go outside your comfort zone. It also makes you reflect on your own experiences which, in turn, makes you a better educator and person!<br />
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So...to say I'm excited is a complete UNDERSTATEMENT!!! I have wanted to go the Educator Training since I learned of it so for me to be able to go is a dream come true!!! AND I get to see one of the first bloggers I ever followed, <a href="http://shenanigansinsecond.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Hope King</a>, in action!!!! She is definitely the real deal!! I had the privilege of meeting and talking with Hope at the TpT Conference in Vegas last year! She is amazing!! So I cannot wait to see her teach!<br />
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This is one of my favorite pictures from Vegas with <a href="http://shenanigansinsecond.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Hope King</a> and <a href="http://thebalancingacticalllife.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Ashley Schroeder</a>!! </div>
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I will definitely be back next week to share ALL about The Ron Clark Academy!!! I can't wait to be "Slide Certified!" </div>
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How can this video NOT make you smile and want to get up and get changing things!!! AHHHHH I'm at Panera, or I would totally start jumping up and down screaming...I'm going to RCA!!! I'm going to RCA!!!!! </div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">EDexpo 2015!!!!!!!</span></div>
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You all, I never thought in my wildest dreams that I would be getting opportunities to travel, meet-up with other teacher bloggers/FRIENDS, and share with all of you!!! Pinch me now!! So next weekend, I'm attending the <a href="http://www.edexpo.com/" target="_blank">EDexpo 2015</a> in Atlanta as well!!! This expo is going to have ALL the latest and greatest in teacher and classroom materials!! OH.MY.WORD!!! Teach heaven anyone?!? I mean, you all know the feeling you get when you walk into a teacher store! Well, this is going to be like that times 100!!! I'm getting to go around to all the vendors, testing out materials, talking, and deciding which ones I think would be the most useful in classrooms!!! <a href="http://www.edexpo.com/bloggersarecoming/" target="_blank">HERE</a> is the list of all the teacher bloggers that will be there too!!<br />
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The cherry on top...I get to hangout with some of my favorites all weekend!!! We're even going to the Georgia Blogger Meetup as well!!! Holy cow! Can we get this week started already!! I can't wait to share EVERYTHING with you!!! Make sure to check back throughout the week and next week to get caught up on all of the fun!!!</div>
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<br />Nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12308961413209045179noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-994855351444057870.post-17752398726124033422015-01-29T19:14:00.004-05:002015-03-01T15:35:17.895-05:00Skip Counting to a Tune!!! with FREEBIES!!!Hallmark Movie Channel...I'm addicted to this station! I came home today, did my Insanity Max 30 (awesome workout if you haven't tried it:), and sat down to write my post. When I put on the Hallmark Movie Channel, I kid you not, a movie pertaining to music in the classroom was on! A sign...I think so! :) The movie's called <i>Notes From Dad</i>. It's about a trumpeter who becomes a music teacher at a high school and helps out these kids that are going through tough times.<br />
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I'm completely going on a bit of a tangent, but I couldn't help it!! I'm a sucker for any teaching/sports/music/dance inspirational movie! I mean, I seriously LOVE them!! I love the fire it lights inside of me! I love that I want to go conquer the world when I watch them. I love that music has the power to define cultures and life itself. A song comes on, and it can instantly take you back or motivate you forward!<br />
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I don't know if I'm just emotional or what (winter blah), but just thinking about music's influence and connection to everything brings a tear to my eye. I always think, if music inspires us in so many aspects of our life, than why not bring it into the classroom??<br />
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I've had music in my life since I can remember! My mom always tells me the story of the time I was belting out "Tomorrow" from Annie in the grocery store! The manager gave me a sucker!! :) Ever since I started teaching 12 years ago, I have had a guitar in my room. My kiddos beg for me to play so we can all sing! Any time I travel abroad or different areas of the US, I get an instrument to take to my classroom. I have instruments from Spain, China, Mexico, Costa Rica, Disney World (Africa, LOVE Animal Kingdom), and from stores. We use the instruments to celebrate birthdays in our classroom and for chants and songs throughout the year.<br />
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So if there's a chance or idea that includes music, I'm there!!! Which <strike>finally</strike> brings me to my point tonight!!<br />
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A few years ago, I walked into one of my friend's classrooms at school and just happened to walk in when they were chanting to skip counting. I instantly LOVED it! Fact fluency is something our kids really need to be strong in to have that foundation for basically everything in math. So I just had to use those chants!! So he told me he found them on You Tube but changed a couple around. So, of course, I went to You Tube. You can check out the video <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIcXbhWzxu4" target="_blank">here</a>. Kimberly Rimbey did an awesome job finding the perfect songs to go with the skip counting patterns. I added in a 2s, 5s, and 10s chant, titles, along with creating a PowerPoint with posters and smaller sized posters to make practice books for your students!<br />
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My kids LOVE SKIP COUNTING TO A TUNE!!!!! AND so many can now multiply way better and quicker by using these chants!!! I posted a video of my class getting "down" with skip counting and was AMAZED at the response from all of you!!! There have been over 8,000 views on my Facebook page!!! WOW!!! This definitely told me that we all want to bring music into our rooms!! SO I had to help with this!!<br />
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Below, you will find both videos we made, the PowerPoint presentation, as well as the PDF file for the posters and smaller student booklet posters. I need to work on my video skills which I'm sure my friends I worked at Apple with will cringe when they watch haha!!<br />
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The first video I had one of my students take was portrait view. hah It doesn't include the 10s chant. The second video I wanted to show the PowerPoint slides more so you all can actually use it in your classroom too so to teach your kids the chants!!! This video does include the 10s chant. We do these chants and songs every day at the beginning of our math time! They lead us right into our objectives!! I let a different student ring the bells and control the slides each day too!! :) We're making the student booklets now!! One of my boys definitely came up to me asking when they were going to get them!! :) Love them!!<br />
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I hope you are able to incorporate these chants into your classroom and bring music in!!!! You'll be hearing these chants EVERYWHERE!! Yay! ;)<br />
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Thanks so much for stopping by!!! Hope you and your kiddos love SKIP COUNTING TO A TUNE!!!<br />
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<br />Nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12308961413209045179noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-994855351444057870.post-7464640515425265842015-01-07T10:24:00.002-05:002015-01-07T10:24:18.053-05:00There's SNOW Better Time for a DOLLAR SALE!!!Hi everyone!!! I've missed you all, and I'm so glad to be back at it!! :) If any of you live in the midwest, you might recall last year at this time, we had a huge snow storm that shut down our schools for an extra week! Well, we don't have huge snow amounts, but it's COLLLLDDDD outside!! So we have the day off of school today! Am I happy about this...not really since we will have to make it up! However, keeping our kids and staff safe is number one priority so I'm going to enjoy this day and use it to get caught up on things!!<br />
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OHHH, and ALSO for a DOLLAR SALE!!!!!<br />
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We decided to have another DOLLAR SALE like we did last week during this same week! haha Funny how history can repeat itself!! Click on the covers below to see the 4 items in my store that will be $1 for today and tomorrow! Don't forget to check out the other DOLLAR DEALS with the links below!!! :)<br />
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This is the 2nd set of SOLVE it! cards with my first set (add./subt.) being one of my best sellers!!! I don't know about you, but the same flashcards can get kind of boring. So I made these cards in an attempt for higher order thinking, longevity, and FUN!!! Students have to find a way to make the number in the middle. With this set, they use multiplication or division. There's also a recording sheet, if desired, to record some of the facts they use. This is another highly requested game in my room!! </div>
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3 of a TIME!! Finding 3 ways to represent the time card game!!</div>
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My kids absolutely LOVE this game!! It is always a requested game to play, AND it has 4 different sets to play with! With 4 sets (o'clock, half past, quarter after, quarter 2), this game will have your kids mastering time in NO TIME! :)</div>
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I created these cards to help my literature circles carry on discussions about their books. They give them starters and ideas as to how they can respond! My kids have done so well with these, and they have really carried it over into guided reading small groups and other subjects too!! :)</div>
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<br />Nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12308961413209045179noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-994855351444057870.post-44155509606200246242014-12-07T10:03:00.002-05:002015-02-28T15:01:28.944-05:00Sunday Savings Circular!! A Weekly Linky Party!!Hi there!!! Welcome to the Sunday Savings Circular!! I'm so glad you stopped by! Each week, bloggers can link up to showcase products, share sales/deals, etc.! It's been great getting to see products I may have missed or grab some deals!!!<br />
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This week for my Sunday Savings Circular, I'm having a 20% off SALE to kick off the CYBER SALE!!! I'm also joining TpT for our site wide CYBER SALE starting tomorrow, Monday, and going through Tuesday where you can get up to 28% off using the code TPTCYBER at checkout!!<br />
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<br />Nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12308961413209045179noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-994855351444057870.post-4664255795414429712014-11-22T17:21:00.004-05:002014-11-22T17:23:09.530-05:00Sunday Savings Circulars!!! (Nov. 23rd) A Weekly Linky PartyHi everyone!!! Hope everyone had a wonderful week!!! Although, Thanksgiving is one of my all time favorite days, Christmas has my heart!!! There's something about the smell, feeling, MAGIC of the season that makes me so happy! So...today I transformed my house into Christmas!!!<br />
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Ok, let's get to the Sunday Savings Circulars!!!<br />
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If this is your first time perusing or linking up your own Sunday Savings Circulars...WELCOME!!!! I hope you enjoy looking through all the new products, deals, sales, etc.! The Sunday Savings Circulars have joined my love of Sunday ads!! I hope you enjoy them too!!<br />
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If you are a returning shopper or linker (new word? :), nice to see you again!! Hope you find some great deals today!! If you are linking up for the first time (YAY!! ), there are directions below and a link-up button! Thanks for joining!!<br />
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To tie into my absolute joy in getting ready for the holiday season, I wanted to have a little PRE-Black Friday SALE!!!! EVERYTHING in my store is 20% off Sunday AND Monday!!! PLUS...if you buy any 2 products, you can get 1 absolutely FREE (for equal to or less than the lesser product). Simply email me at allthingsapplein2nd@gmail.com, state the name you purchased under and what you would like for FREE!!! To head over to my TPT store, click on my blog button below or <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Nicole-Swisher" target="_blank">HERE</a>. <br />
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I have recently added several organizational tools like <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Complete-Rotations-Board-Setup-EDITABLE-pages-in-Powerpoint-321112" target="_blank">A Complete EDITABLE Rotations Board</a> and <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Daily-Objectives-Display-EDITABLE-in-PowerPoint-1550438" target="_blank">Daily Objectives Board EDITABLE in Powerpoint</a>!!! One of my all time favorites and best sellers is my <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Whats-the-POINT-anyway-Activities-to-teach-Authors-Point-of-View-1487219" target="_blank">What's the point, anyway? Activities to Teach Author's Point of View</a>. This set has helped SO MUCH with the shift to analyzing the author's opinion not just their purpose. :)<br />
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<br />Nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12308961413209045179noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-994855351444057870.post-80885050801387443162014-11-17T20:47:00.003-05:002014-11-18T07:47:20.774-05:00Taking the BOTTOM OFF the Clip Chart! <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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So who's like me and has a bazillion things to remember, do, write down, grade, do at home, etc.?? I just can't seem to remember everything anymore! Well, one thing I have always had difficulty with in my classroom is keeping up with my classroom clip chart. I've tried everything! I mean everything! I've made a nice table to record the spot each student was on at the end of the day. Well, things get busy, I forget, and then the kids come in. Then, I'm having to tell them to wait to move the clips back so I can record them. I know it probably sounds like it's not that bad, but doing that repeatedly gets really annoying! hah So, I've gone away from the clip chart to do Class Dojo, and I can't keep track of that because I don't always want my iPad, iPhone, or computer near by. It's a great tool too, just not for me. The one common occurrence is that I ALWAYS return to the clip chart!!! My kids LOVE the clip chart so I thought why not change it up a bit to work better for me!<br />
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TAKING THE BOTTOM OFF THE CLIP CHART</h2>
First of all, my glorious clip chart is from <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Behavior-Clip-Chart-with-Idioms-744830" target="_blank">For His Glory</a> on TPT!! I LOVE that the kids are learning idioms when they don't even know it!!!<br />
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Today, I sat and had a little chat with my students. I love including them in decisions in the classroom. It gives them more ownership over procedures, activities, etc. in our class. I've read several articles this past year talking about how the clip chart system is humiliating to kids with it being so public. Even with just their numbers, kids know who the clips belong to. Now, I'm not saying I agree with everything, but when they put it like this, it made me stop and rethink.<br />
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"How would you feel if you were in a staff meeting, and you were sharing this awesome idea you came up with last night while the leader was talking. The leader told you that you needed to come up and clip down for talking. How would that make you feel to walk in front of everyone and clip down?" </h3>
Now, I know the above is a little far fetched, but it made me just stop and think, what is my goal for using the clip chart. I'm not saying that you don't address kids making not so good choices at all because I definitely do. However, I'm trying to be more proactive than reactive. So, as my students and I were talking, I asked them if they ever feel embarrassed when they have to clip down. Some of them did shake their heads yes. Not all of them, but the ones who did, were the ones I thought would feel that way. The kids that are the ones who always do the right thing. Now, you might say, well those kids never clip down. Yeah, normally they don't, but I don't want them soooooo scared to make a mistake or fail for a second because they are going to be embarrassed. Learning how to deal with embarrassment is a part of life, I know, but I don't want them already feeling like this now, at age 8 and 9. I want them to make mistakes so they can learn and know that making mistakes is a part of life and how they grow.<br />
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Ok, now, I'll step off my soap box for a second and get back to the point! :) So, as a result of our talk, we decided to take the bottom half off the clip chart. I was going to do this regardless, but I wanted to make sure to have their buy in first. Teachers are sneaky, aren't we?!? hah They all agreed and were excited. We said goodbye to the bottom and got started.<br />
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Here's a little view of how we do this now...<br />
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1. GREEN: Everyone starts on green (All Ears).<br />
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2. SPARKLERS: I use sparklers (pom poms) to pass out to students when they are making good choices. I got this awesome idea to use these from <a href="http://seusstastic.blogspot.com/search/label/classroom%20management%20tips" target="_blank">Mel D at Seusstastic</a>'s fuzzy system and changed it up a bit for our room. Each sparkler is worth a different amount. They mimic the sizes of pennies, nickels, and dimes. So my tiniest sparkler that's very glittery is worth 10 like a dime. My medium sized sparkler that is also glittery is worth 5 like a nickel, and the medium sparkler with no glitter is worth 1 like a penny. This HELPS SO MUCH!!! I know it sounds funny, but it's so much easier for me just to toss sparklers to students from my apron rather than saying clip up. When they get a sparkler (which I separate them into pockets according to sizes), they know they have to wait till we switch groups to go clip up. This way there is NO interruption with this. I honestly don't have many problems in the room with the sparkler system. I use <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Reward-Coupons-55-Different-Coupons-for-Classroom-Management-282691" target="_blank">Seusstastic's Reward Coupons</a> for PAY DAY (every time I get paid, they do too)! They add up all of their sparklers according to their worth which works on money counting. Then, they can SHOP the reward coupons which are different values themselves.<br />
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3. FALLING OFF THE CHART: If a student CLIPS DOWN and FALLS OFF of the clip chart, I put their clip in my apron pocket. Now, they are not in the spotlight for making a mistake, BUT I know exactly which kids need a little guidance getting back on track! Before, I had a hard time remembering to check who was in the bottom half of the clip chart. I'd forget why they had to clip down in the first place, and then, they were given no help to improve their situations. One of my teacher/blogger friends shared a great point with me...IF YOU DON'T REMEMBER WHY THEY CLIPPED DOWN, THEN, IT PROBABLY WASN'T WORTH CLIPPING DOWN FOR. AHA!!! Wow! SOOOOO TRUE!!! Now, I'm very aware of what I make them clip down for. When they repeatedly do something wrong like talking, I definitely give warnings first, but I'll have them clip down if it continues. At that point, though, I would remember. However, what a great point!!! Not having the bottom half on also helps remind me of this as well!! It's much more to have to give their clip to me.<br />
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4. END OF THE DAY: If at the end of the day, I still have their clips in my pocket, I will make a phone call home. I need to be communicating with parents more so this will help me remember who I need to call AND to call! :) Today, I called back the one student who's clip was still with me, and we had a quick discussion of how his day went and steps he can make for tomorrow. The other kids were getting ready to go home so they didn't even notice him.<br />
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5. KIDS ON THE CHART: The students who stayed on the chart for the day will get a red raffle ticket for our monthly Book Raffle that you can read more about <a href="http://allthingsapplein2nd.blogspot.com/search/label/book%20raffle" target="_blank">HERE</a>!! They LOVE the Book Raffle so it's a huge deal for them. With this AMAZING clip chart, when a student reaches the top "Walking on Sunshine," we stop and SING TO THE STUDENT!!!<br />
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"Johnny's walking on sunshine, woah woah, and he's bound to feel good!!"</h2>
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The kids LOVE it!!! If they clip up once more and get OFF THE CHARTS, I WEAR their clip somewhere on my clothes PLUS they receive 5 Book Raffle Tickets!! </div>
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I know that was a very LENGTHY description of my system, but I finally feel like I can keep up with this while also promoting positive behavior and guiding those kiddos that just need a little more love that day! I hope you found this helpful!!! </div>
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<br />Nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12308961413209045179noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-994855351444057870.post-9392803034798082242014-11-15T23:45:00.001-05:002014-11-15T23:45:05.613-05:00Sunday Savings Circulars!!! (Nov. 16th) A Weekly Linky PartyHi there!! How's everyone this weekend? If you're in the midwest as I am, you are experiencing FREEZING temperatures and possibilities of snow tomorrow night! YIKES! I'm not quite ready yet! I could honestly be okay with snow as long as it stopped after New Year's Day! I like it for the holiday season, but I'm good with just that! Anyone with me?!? hah :)<br />
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Well, let's get to the Sunday Savings Circulars!!!<br />
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If this is your first time perusing or linking up your own Sunday Savings Circulars...WELCOME!!!! I hope you enjoy looking through all the new products, deals, sales, etc.! The Sunday Savings Circulars have joined my love of Sunday ads!! I hope you enjoy them too!!<br />
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If you are a returning shopper or linker (new word? :), nice to see you again!! Hope you find some great deals today!! If you are linking up for the first time (YAY!! ), there are directions below and a link-up button! Thanks for joining!!<br />
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This week, I wanted to share with you 2 NEW products in my store while also putting them on SALE at 20% OFF!!! First, let's take a look at the <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Daily-Objectives-Display-EDITABLE-in-PowerPoint-1550438" target="_blank">Daily Objectives Display</a> (Editable in Powerpoint)!!</div>
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At my school like many others, we have to display our objectives each day. Well, one half of a whiteboard was housing my objectives that literally took me 15 minutes to write each day! So, I decided I needed to fix that. I didn't have time to write them each day so I created a PowerPoint display so I can simply type in my objectives. I can even make cool transitions for each objective to make it a little more exciting for my students! :) In this set, there are TONS of options for templates to use as well as customizing yours with your own table that fits your needs. There are options with and without clipart, with and without a standards column, daily objectives showing each subject on that day, subject objective slides for each subject, as well as empty templates for customization!! Make sure to check out the preview for a closer look!</div>
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The 2nd NEW product is <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Complete-Rotations-Board-Setup-EDITABLE-pages-in-Powerpoint-321112" target="_blank">A Complete EDITABLE Rotations Board</a>!!! I recently blogged all about how I organize my rotations with this set <a href="http://allthingsapplein2nd.blogspot.com/2014/11/make-your-rotations-rock.html" target="_blank">HERE</a>! In the set, there are 41 pages EDITABLE in PowerPoint and 88 pages in a PDF format. I've included TONS of options to allow you to customize your rotations EXACTLY the way you want!!! Make sure to check out my blog post to really get a close up look!! :)</div>
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Hey everyone!!!! So glad to "see" you!! Boy, do we have a treat for you!!! For our November Edition of the Bright Ideas Blog Hop, we are all bringing back our Bright Ideas from the past 10 months!! WOOHOO!!! There are so many amazing ideas that have been shared that we thought this would be a great way to have them all in one place! Shall we get this party started?!? :) </div>
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Here are my Bright Ideas from the past 10 months!! </div>
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I absolutely LOVE writer's workshop especially since I started making my writing conferences MOBILE!!! You can learn all about how I reduce interruptions and increase engagement and focus through my mobile conferencing!!! Click <a href="http://allthingsapplein2nd.blogspot.com/2014/10/taking-conferencing-mobile-during.html" target="_blank">HERE</a> or on the picture below to read the blog post!!</div>
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Do you have a TON of materials and nowhere to store them (or no idea how)?? Well, I needed a new system so I started organizing all of my materials by skills!! Wow!! Has it helped!! Click <a href="http://allthingsapplein2nd.blogspot.com/2014/05/organizing-materials-by-skill-for-any.html" target="_blank">HERE</a> or on the picture to read all about it!!</div>
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Finally, my last Bright Ideas Blog post is all about one of the most glorious inventions EVER...VELCRO!!! Come see all the ways velcro has made my life simpler in my classroom!!! I think I've found the BEST type too!! :) Click <a href="http://allthingsapplein2nd.blogspot.com/2014/03/velcromaking-life-easier-since-1948.html" target="_blank">HERE</a> or on the picture below to read more! </div>
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Who doesn't love <a href="http://www.ellentv.com/2013/05/02/download-ellens-app-heads-up/" target="_blank">Ellen Degeneres</a>?!?!? Well, we started using the Heads Up! app in our classroom a couple weeks ago, and it has been nothing short of a hit!!! The kids LOVE it as do I! The greatest part about this app is that you can CUSTOMIZE it with your very OWN deck!! So let me show you how it works!!<br />
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First of all, it does cost $0.99 PLUS another $0.99 to buy the BLANK DECK so you can customize it!<br />
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Once you click on the downloaded app, you can PULL DOWN on the screen (put your finger on the screen and swipe down) to actually learn "How to Play." It is a video that will go through the steps to play, or keep reading this post! :)<br />
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Next, you can buy the "Build Your Own Deck" so that you can CUSTOMIZE it!! ***<span style="background-color: yellow; color: purple;">It is $0.99 more to do this, though. However, you can keep customizing that ONE deck all you want without paying anymore. If you want to save that deck for longer and want another one, THEN you have to buy another Build Your Own Deck for $0.99.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: purple;"> I will probably only buy 2 or 3 Build Your Own Desks and change them up whenever I want to. I want to have one designated for vocabulary and one for math. Also, when you buy Build Your Own Decks, the decks will sync to other devices using the same Apple ID, but they will not have your information already there. You will have to customize the decks again which could add those extra decks you would want without adding cost. Then, you would designate specific devices for certain decks. These are just some ideas! :) Just know, you don't HAVE to keep buying decks if you just change up the cards in the decks. It's up to you! </span></div>
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Third, it's time to CUSTOMIZE!!! Here are some screen shots and directions!!</div>
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Once you've bought the customizable deck, it will move into the playable deck area. Click on it, and press CUSTOMIZE!!</div>
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Once you press CUSTOMIZE, you can type in a title in the spot I have "Vocabulary Words." Then, you can add a subtitle in the bigger, middle box. When you have a title you want, click EDIT YOUR CARDS. </div>
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The screenshots above show how you will add YOUR CARDS and what the list will look like. Simply click in the space where I have typed "Add Here" and your own words, numbers, etc. The options are really limitless!! I plan on using this for fact practice as well!! For example, put the number 10 in the list. When the student holding the device is up, the other kids would have to say facts that make 10 so the student can guess the number!<br />
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Right now, we are using it for vocabulary in our vocabulary reading rotation. They have an activity to complete first, and then they can take the iPhone out and play Heads Up! They know they have to move to a spot where no other kids are, AND they have to stay at a voice level of a 1 or 2. We practiced the voice level a lot first! :) They do GREAT with it!! I don't hear it at all in my small group!!<br />
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Above you can see what the screen will look like. They have 60 seconds to get as many correct as possible. If the student doesn't know it, they can lift the device up pointing to the ceiling to PASS. If they get it right, which the other kids will DEFINITELY let them know :), they flip the device down which will show CORRECT with a sound. When time is up, the buzzer will go off, and the screen will show them all of the words from the list they got right and which they got wrong!<br />
AND...the app TAPES the participants acting/shouting/dancing/etc.!!!! When it's over, they can WATCH themselves!! It's awesome!!!! You can save/share the video as well!!<br />
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Here's the view of the actors acting out to the student holding the device!!! I wish I could show their faces because they are PRICELESS!!!!!!</div>
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Here's another view!! We create gestures together for each of our vocabulary words so this is what you are seeing with their arms!! :) We played this at our Fall Party!! They were begging to play and with VOCABULARY WORDS!!! Can't get better than that!! Fun AND educational!!</div>
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I would LOVE to know if you already use this app in your classroom and how, AND/OR how it goes if you do try it!!!!! <a href="http://www.ellentv.com/2013/05/02/download-ellens-app-heads-up/" target="_blank">Ellen Degeneres</a> is amazing!!!!</div>
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So today as I was getting into the holiday spirit at our city's Gift and Hobby show with my family, I thought I would continue that holiday spirit with my Sunday Savings Circular!!<br />
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If this is your first time perusing or linking up your own Sunday Savings Circulars...WELCOME!!!! I hope you enjoy looking through all the new products, deals, sales, etc.! The Sunday Savings Circulars have joined my love of Sunday ads!! I hope you enjoy them too!!<br />
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If you are a returning shopper or linker (new word? :), nice to see you again!! Hope you find some great deals today!! If you are linking up for the first time (YAY!! ), there are directions below and a link-up button! Thanks for joining!!<br />
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This week I'm putting my holiday sets on sale for 30% off!!!<br />
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<a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/My-Christmas-List-ABC-Style-color-and-BW-1003877" target="_blank">My Christmas List: ABC Style</a> is a fun set to practice putting words in ABC order using all types of items that may be on their own Christmas lists!! :)<br />
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<a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Lighting-Up-Odds-and-Evens-Starring-the-Dancing-Reindeer-999418" target="_blank">Lighting Up Odds & Evens starring Dancing Reindeer</a> is a set to practice identifying odd and even numbers using dancing reindeer to make it visual!<br />
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PLUS...BOGO!!!! Buy 1, get 1 FREE (of equal or lesser value)!!! Simply email me at allthingsapplein2nd@gmail.com, and include the name you purchased my product(s) under along with what you would like to receive for FREE!! I will send it your way!! :)<br />
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<br />Nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12308961413209045179noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-994855351444057870.post-92165736974010354152014-11-04T06:21:00.000-05:002014-11-04T07:30:42.213-05:00Make Your Rotations ROCK!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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So who has ever stood staring off into space in their classrooms wondering how on this Earth you were going to get rotations to run more smoothly??? </div>
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Well, I was in that very position about 4 years ago when rotations JUST WERE NOT WORKING!!! It can be so frustrating!!!! You PLAN, PLAN, and PLAN some more to make sure you have EVERY inch covered so you don't have a line of kids going, "I don't where I go next." Then, there's your line of kids AGAIN!! What happened?? I planned for what felt like a year, and it still isn't working!!! </div>
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After shedding <strike>some</strike> buckets of tears, I shook it off and set out on finding a way to make it work! As all teachers do, we keep trying! I wanted a setup that would be self-sufficient and allow the kids to take charge! In the 4 years I've been using it, I have tweaked it according to our schedules, teaching partners (if I have one), and students. So I wanted to share what literally RUNS my room during rotations!! It has made my rotations ROCK and move so seamlessly along with keeping gray hairs off of my head!! :) </div>
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If you are interested in using the materials with this rotation setup, check out the <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Complete-Rotations-Board-Setup-41-Pages-EDITABLE-in-Powerpoint-321112" target="_blank">UPDATED Rotations Board</a> set in my store!! :)</div>
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Now, I'm going to try to explain this as well as I can without writing a dissertation!! You may want to get a snack. ;) </div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-size: x-large;"> </span>The Rotations Board is the CONTROL BOARD! It is where everything my students need to get through rotations is located. It takes modeling and practicing, but I had my 2nd graders using this within the first month of school!! Now that I looped to 3rd this year, my kids were ready to go right away!! I will get into more detail below, but this setup is for 2 rotations. One rotation is with me, and the other is independent. <span style="background-color: yellow; font-size: large;">When they are at the independent rotation, they follow the Rotations Board.</span> I have done this with 3 rotations too when I had a teaching partner. You can read more about this way <a href="http://allthingsapplein2nd.blogspot.com/search/label/rotations" target="_blank">HERE</a>. It can work in whatever way you'd like it to!! These are just examples to give you some ideas! Let's take a quick look at how the post-its are set up before we get into the nitty gritty (is that how you spell it??).<br />
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Okay, so here is a look at my daily schedule.<br />
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During <span style="background-color: yellow;">Literature Circles</span>, I have another teacher who is in there who takes two groups as well. Each literature circle is 20 minutes long. If the kids do NOT have a literature circle first, they do 1 of the Daily 5s. I will have to blog about that to share how I use that setup in my room. My literature circle groups are on the Rotations Board so they can see which teacher they are with as well as which group 1 or 2.</div>
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During our <span style="background-color: yellow;">Reading Rotations</span>, I do not have anyone in the room with me so I have 2 groups. One group is with me, and the other group follows the independent rotation on the Rotations Board.<br />
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Description of Each Reading Rotation I Use</h2>
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<span style="background-color: yellow;">Comprehension Tubs</span>: There is an explanation of these below, but they are where I have my students practice reading passages at their Lexile levels while highlighting text evidence to support their answers to the response questions. </div>
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<span style="background-color: yellow;">Vocabulary</span>: Students write their 5 new words for the week 2 times each using a Boogie Board or keyboard to practice typing. They also record the words on a half sheet of paper. Then they doing a making words activity. The second activity has varied throughout the year. Right now, my kids need to work more on manipulating words to aid in their reading and writing.</div>
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<span style="background-color: yellow;">Reading iPad Apps</span>: This is where they pick a reading app to practice. <span style="background-color: yellow;">I have folders for each Comprehension Tub so that the apps are even differentiated</span>. I also have a folder with Reading Games that they can chose from. Read all about the apps and how I organize them on my iPads <a href="http://allthingsapplein2nd.blogspot.com/2014/08/ipad-organization-101-apps.html" target="_blank">HERE</a>!! </div>
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Now, let's move to the math rotations. These are set up the same way as my reading rotations minus the numbers on the post-its. </div>
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This rotation board set will work with any schedule. It all depends on how you want to set it up! The <span style="background-color: yellow;">GREATEST PART</span> is that it's soooooooooooo SIMPLE to move kids around. Using the <i style="background-color: yellow;">small post-its</i> with their names on them saves so much time when I need to adjust groups. It's also right there in front of you! It makes it easier to stay on top of things for myself. </div>
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<span style="background-color: yellow;">Computer</span>: Since we have 1:1s, the first 10 minutes of the independent time is for EVERYONE to go to <a href="http://xtramath.org/" target="_blank">Xtra Math</a> to practice their facts. It's a free site that's awesome for fact practice!!! Then, if their actual rotation for that day is computer, they stay on it and go to Successmaker Math just as they do for reading.</div>
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Now that you have a grasp (hopefully somewhat :) of how I set up my rotations, here are some ideas on how to organize everything!! </div>
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I got these AMAZING tubs from Costco last year! I went back 3 times to get more! I haven't seen them since, though. :( However, any tubs, baskets would work. I bought this wicker shelf at an estate sale, and it works perfectly. I set up my bins in the order that we use them in the day. I know, I'm OCD a little. ;) Of course, they are also in numerical order. I made tub labels to match the rotation cards on the board for a simple way to visually identify the correct tub. When my students go to their rotations, they take the tub out and with them to wherever they sit. All of the materials are inside the tubs so there is no need for them to go scrounging around in their desk or roaming the room for materials. These have made my life a lot easier as well! I set up each tub the same way including an objective card and materials. Here's a look at one of them.<br />
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In the tub in the photo, I'm using one of the amazing <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Differentiated-Reading-Comprehension-Passages-BUNDLED-Common-Core-1003978" target="_blank">Differentiated Reading Comprehension Passages</a> by Meet Miss Parker. These have been AWESOME in making it a breeze to differentiate for each Comprehension Tub. <span style="background-color: yellow;">All of the work they finish during rotations is turned into a try in the meeting area.</span></div>
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Wow!! I can go on and on and on about this system!! I've UPDATED my Rotations Board set in my TPT store which includes EDITABLE pages to customize it the way you see fit for your room!!! Click on the picture below or <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Complete-Rotations-Board-Setup-41-Pages-EDITABLE-in-Powerpoint-321112" target="_blank">HERE</a> to check it out! :)<br />
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Thanks so much for taking the time to read through this post!!! I hope you were able to take away some ideas that you can use in your own classroom!! If you have any questions, please feel free to ask away!! You can leave a comment below, or you can <a href="mailto:allthingsapplein2nd@gmail.com" target="_blank">email me</a>!!<br />
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<br />Nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12308961413209045179noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-994855351444057870.post-46658515429065243132014-11-01T19:08:00.001-04:002014-11-01T19:08:07.931-04:00Sunday Savings Circulars!!! (Nov. 2nd) A Weekly Linky PartyHappy November everyone!!! I can hardly believe it myself!! Although, here in Indiana, we saw the first snowflakes of the season! Yikes!! I'm not sure I'm ready for that yet! So after WAYYYYY too much candy, I tried to jump back on the healthy street until I remembered I had a bag of peanut butter M&Ms!! They are my weakness!!! I have NO control with them! Oh well, I worked out today! ;) I also must confess that I'm on Christmas movie #4 right now!! I LOVE the Hallmark Channel! I can't be alone, right?!?<br />
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If this is your first time perusing or linking up your own Sunday Savings Circulars...WELCOME!!!! I hope you enjoy looking through all the new products, deals, sales, etc.! The Sunday Savings Circulars have joined my love of Sunday ads!! I hope you enjoy them too!!<br />
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If you are a returning shopper or linker (new word? :), nice to see you again!! Hope you find some great deals today!! If you are linking up for the first time (YAY!! ), there are directions below and a link-up button! Thanks for joining!!<br />
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This week, I am putting one of my favorites and most popular products at 50% OFF!!! This is my author's purpose set called <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/All-About-Authors-Purpose-Featuring-The-AP-Kids-881421" target="_blank">All About Author's Purpose featuring the AP Kids</a>!!! This set helped my kids so much and was fun at the same time!!<br />
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<br />Nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12308961413209045179noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-994855351444057870.post-23600249361389577562014-10-25T21:27:00.003-04:002014-10-25T21:27:19.405-04:00Sunday Savings Circulars!!! (Oct. 26th) A Weekly Linky Party!Hey guys!!! How was everyone's week?? I must say that my 2 week fall break has been great! We go back to school on Monday so I've been trying to get back into a rhythm. Monday may be a little exhausting! haha :) I'm excited to see my "kids" and to get some new things started like our interactive notebooks and a different intervention schedule!<br />
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This week, in honor of fall party week (ahh :), my ENTIRE TPT STORE IS 20% OFF TODAY ONLY!!! Make sure to check it out by clicking <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Nicole-Swisher" target="_blank">HERE</a> or on my button below!!!<br />
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<br />Nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12308961413209045179noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-994855351444057870.post-8217227038579531992014-10-18T16:52:00.000-04:002014-10-18T16:56:00.599-04:00Sunday Savings Circulars!!! A Linky Party!! (Oct. 19th)Hi everyone!! Welcome to the Sunday Savings Circulars linky party where you get to peruse the deals, sales, and new products of teacher bloggers from all over!!! It's a great way to get to know other bloggers as well as find some AMAZING resources that you can use in your classrooms!<br />
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This week, ALL of my <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Nicole-Swisher/Category/Time" target="_blank">TIME activities</a> are HALF OFF on Sunday!!!!!! My HUGE "<a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Nothing-but-TIME-A-Unit-on-ALL-things-TIME-1157842" target="_blank">Nothing But Time</a>" unit is HALF OFF!!! Make sure to check that out first as a couple of the other products are included in the bundle!!!<br />
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Writer's Workshop MOBILE CONFERENCING!!!</h2>
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After reading friends' blogs, books, and other articles on writer's workshop, I decided I wanted to take my writing conferences MOBILE!<br />
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Back in the past, I would set up my writing with a mini-lesson, status of the class, writing time, conferencing at my u-table, and sharing. Now, I liked and still use everything BUT the u-table!! If you are anything like me, I can easily find 50,000 other things to hurry up and do when you see all of your students working quietly! Not that I'm saying that's a good thing AT ALL or that I did that all the time, but there were those days that I was so overwhelmed that I just HAD to (at least for my sanity) get something done really quickly and get back to conferences. Well, what started as a quick task ended up taking the whole time. Has that ever happened to you?? Like I said, it didn't always happen that way, but I just would be so mad at myself for doing that. </div>
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Then, when I was at the u-table, I would call back one student at a time. Now, yes it's one on one which is great AND lots of teachers are AMAZING at this, but TEACHER CONFESSION...I am not! I admit it!! I do fine with the conferencing part, but I'm not able to monitor the other kids in a way that doesn't disrupt the writing of others. </div>
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So here comes the birth of the MOBILE CONFERENCING!!</div>
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Now, that I confessed and feel way better haha (thank you for listening :), let me tell you how I have taken my conferencing MOBILE! </div>
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Like I said above, I still set up my writer's workshop like this...</div>
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When my kids are independently writing, I take my Conferencing Toolbox (in first picture in post) and go TO my first student conference! I get my conference notebook out where I have tabs for every student with about 5 pages for each student. I start out just talking to my student about what they're working on as I also reference my notebook to see what we were working on the last conference time. My goal is to find something I like about their writing, find a teaching point for the conference, and give a goal for my student to have. For the teaching point, it may be something that I will model and have the student try it after me. I may also teach a new skill to them to practice. Whatever the case, my teaching point usually leads to the goal. </div>
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Now that I just got off track, let's get back to the MOBILE CONFERENCING!! :)</div>
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So as I'm conferencing, I have everything I need inside my conferencing toolbox to <span style="font-size: large;"><u><i><b>identify, diagnose, record, and prescribe</b></i></u></span> for my student's writing!! </div>
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Inside my conferencing toolbox I have the items below!</div>
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NOW, as I'm sitting all over the classroom, I am in THEIR writing spaces!! I didn't interrupt their thought process. I didn't waste time in the transition of the student getting to the table, opening their journal, conferencing, getting back up, and returning to their seat. There was NO INSTRUCTIONAL TIME LOST!!! YAY!!! That will totally look amazing on our evaluations, too!! haha Right?!? That's not the point, BUT it is a BONUS!!<br />
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Since I'm already AMONGST my students, the classroom's behavior is AWESOME!!! I'm with them! I'm not separated and in my own bubble at the u-table. I'm showing them that I respect their writing and their process, wherever that may be! I let them sit wherever they want in the room, except during practice writing prompts. With this, when it's time for me to move on to the next student, my MOBILE CONFERENCING allows me to check in with several other students as I'm in pursuit of the next student. This knocks down behavior issues as well, and it gives me a chance to see what my kids are working on since I can't meet with everyone every day. WIN WIN!!<br />
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BOTTOM LINE...MY KIDS LOVE THIS!!! I LOVE THIS!!!<br />
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Here is a quote by one of my most reluctant writer's last year (I looped to 3rd this year :)...<br />
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WHAT?!? I seriously told myself to stay calm and don't act like a fool and start jumping around that your most reluctant writer is cheering that we are writing today!! Oh my word!!! I wanted to do a teacher dance!! Total teacher chills moment!!<br />
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SO...if you can relate to this post at all, maybe give it a try and see how it goes!! It has changed the whole atmosphere of my room! It's probably one of my favorite times of the day aside from reading!! :)<br />
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I hope you are able to take something away from this post even if it's simply a laugh or a smile!!! I, by no means, am an expert! However, I am always changing and trying new things so for now, this is working!!! I hope to keep improving the mobile conferencing as we continue on our journey!! Check out my other Bright Idea posts by clicking on the Bright Ideas label in the right column of my blog! :)<br />
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<br />Nicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12308961413209045179noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-994855351444057870.post-47719254476945603112014-10-11T12:38:00.003-04:002014-10-11T13:01:46.195-04:00SUNDAY SAVINGS CIRCULARS (Oct. 12th)!!! A NEW Linky Party!Hi everyone!!!! I'm sooo excited that you're here for the 2nd week of SUNDAY SAVINGS CIRCULARS!!! I just started my 2 week fall break!! Yes, 2 weeks!!! :) We're on a balanced schedule so we've been in school since July 29th. I already feel like I'm a 100x more relaxed! hah Maybe I'll even get to read a book for pleasure!! WOOHOO!!! So perusing all the Sunday Savings Circulars this week will be even sweeter!! <br />
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I'm also SUPER EXCITED to reveal my brand new blog design by Megan from <a href="http://www.abirdinhanddesigns.com/" target="_blank">A Bird in Hand Design</a>!!! She's awesome to work with, and I'm absolutely in love with it!!<br />
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This set is all about being able to identify and analyze the author's point of view, or opinion! It starts out with facts and opinions to build the foundation!! If they can't identify and decipher between a fact and an opinion, they're going to have a difficult time figuring out the author's point of view!! Then it progresses along to proving and explaining more on facts and opinions to short passages finding and analyzing author's point of view! TONS of resources included as well!! Organizers, interactive notebook additions, flip flap books, answer keys, QR codes, and options!!! </div>
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This set includes 6 different task card sets! There are 3 different activities, and for each activity, there are 2 sets of task cards: one for antonyms and one for synonyms. You also have the option of mixing the sets within each activity to include a mix of antonyms and synonyms!! There are QR codes if you want to use them, but you don't have to either. Tons of options to use, and the kids love it!! :)</div>
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