tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-70625198674241341972024-02-19T03:40:51.868-06:00Innovative ConnectionsConnecting with Teachers to Build Innovative Classrooms!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12557456128355767526noreply@blogger.comBlogger175125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7062519867424134197.post-49681733885722020662014-03-14T07:00:00.000-05:002014-03-14T07:00:01.604-05:00Grin and Grab These Friday Freebies!<h1>
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What is Grin and Grab it Freebie Day? <b><span style="color: red;">Today only</span></b>, several TpT sellers are offering one priced product for free. Please see the product cover pictures and links, below, to Teachers Pay Teachers to get your freebies. This promotion ends tonight, but please leave feedback while the products are still free as it can't be added after the products are priced again.<br />
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<td align="center" valign="top"><a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Calendar-Math-Birthdays-2013-2016-and-Printable-Student-PDFs-94406"><img alt="Calendar-Math-Birthdays-2013-2016-and-Printable-Student-PDFs" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-11957" src="http://www.wiseowlfactory.com/BookaDay/PDFs/2014/03/Calendar-Math-Birthdays-2013-2016-and-Printable-Student-PDFs.jpg" height="270" title="Calendar-Math-Birthdays-2013-2016-and-Printable-Student-PDFs" width="350" /></a>Kindergarten, 1st, 2nd, Student PDFs included<i>This product is updated each year with more calendar years, so check back and re-download each fall. </i></td>
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<b><span style="color: #674ea7;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">ready for some Spring cleaning--cleaning out your bookshelves that is? </span></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #674ea7;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I have enjoyed doing a little book swap with my students for the last two years!! Download it for free.</span></span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: red;">And, have some fun with these bright colors used in your SPRING activities:</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: red;">Almost every single item in my store will be 20% off during this two day event, including a few hard goods (such as used novels and teaching resources)!</span></span></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12557456128355767526noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7062519867424134197.post-21739413473676853712013-08-17T17:22:00.001-05:002013-08-17T17:22:23.637-05:00Fall Freebies and Back-To-School <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Hi, everyone! Have you been getting back into the swing of things at school? Maybe you are still enjoying your summer vacation!! I'm back full force now, and I cannot believe how fast the summer came and went. (Then again, it usually does...) I guess you could say I've spent my vacation doing things totally unrelated to school or teaching, like focusing on that never ending to-do list for around the house. Making progress, slowly but surely.</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />Nevertheless, once school starts back for me, it seems like its Fall (A VERY HOT ONE) instead of Summer. That brings me to the Fall Freebies I wanted to share today. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> Maybe these items can help get your room off to a good start. I like to use the <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Free-Check-Out-Chart-and-Binder-Cover-238185" target="_blank">Class Library Check Out</a> with my students so that they can enjoy the novels I have in my classroom library while I easily keep up with who has what checked out at the time. Another is one of my resources for organization-<a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Classroom-Organization-Labels-241742" target="_blank">Classroom Organization Labels</a>. We all love to start out the year organized, right? And the third item contains borders to use--<a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Fall-Harvest-Borders-Free-Commercial-or-Personal-Use-361738" target="_blank">Fall Harvest Frames</a>. </span><br />
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<a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Ann-Marie-Smith" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="Teachers pay teachers, back to school sale" border="0" height="265" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-gYwG39xKxJk/Ug_2A82tZnI/AAAAAAAABlM/P7yOohwUk5Y/s320/bts2013-300x250-2.jpg" title="Fall Freebies and Back-To-School " width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Each of the three above items is in my TpT store. So, if you head on over to grab these freebies, be sure to stock up on teaching resources for the remainder of the semester or year during the fabulous back to school sale!! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b>Teachers Pay Teachers' Back to School Sale is August 18th and 19th, with tons of stores putting items on sale in addition to TpT's 10% off at checkout. I'll have the majority of my store on sale for 20% off too!</b></span></span></span><br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12557456128355767526noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7062519867424134197.post-85100320445935366832013-05-25T08:28:00.001-05:002013-05-25T09:53:12.517-05:00Sweet Secondary Teaching Blogs and Pinterest!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Are you a pin addict? Are you a blog addict? Are you a Secondary Teacher? If you answered yes, I'd like to share some awesome teaching blogs with you. If you like pinning awesome teaching ideas, these are just for you!<br />
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<b>Bio:</b> Hi my name is Tammy and I've been teaching high school English for 13 years now. I know that teaching can be very stressful. My school is constantly changing the book list and I've taught every grade 6-12 as well. As a result I have unit plans for a large variety of novels, plays and memoirs. Come check out my store on TpT for a variety of ELA materials. Follow my <a href="http://poetgrl78.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">blog</a> for teaching related posts.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b style="color: blue;"><b><a href="http://search.mybinding.com/search?search=dry+erase+pockets" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dry erase pocket folders</a> are great for a multitude of things. And, thanks to MyBinding, I have them!!! </b></b></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b style="color: blue;"> </b></span> <a href="http://www.mybinding.com/.sc/ms/dd/ee/95278/C-Line-Assorted-9-x-12-Reusable-Dry-Erase-Pockets-10pk" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://media.nextopia.net/2abd04f31ea996253d6157a417ab94b6/e0f8a31300f097c85b1a3f204e454185?wm=0&h=150&w=150&bg=FFFFFF&src=http%3A%2F%2Fimages2.mybinding.com%2Fwww.mybinding.com%2FCLI-40630-lg.jpg" height="200" title="9 x 12 Dry Erase Pocket Folders from MyBinding" width="200" /></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">They are fantastic tools to have for getting students' blood flowing too! </span><br />
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<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2kTngMjm0Qk/UX1nkPPsd9I/AAAAAAAABek/VPcK7o07FKs/s1600/2013-04-25_15-25-58_788.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2kTngMjm0Qk/UX1nkPPsd9I/AAAAAAAABek/VPcK7o07FKs/s200/2013-04-25_15-25-58_788.jpg" height="111" title="Dry Erase Pocket Folders...They're Fantastic!" width="200" /></a><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In my mailbox about a week ago was a nice surprise...a set of <b>9 x 12 reusable dry erase pockets </b>to use in my classroom...<b>THANKS TARRAGON! </b>;) You rock!</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Visit <a href="http://www.mybinding.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">MyBinding</a> to see more about them</b>, or just go ahead and order them...you know you wanna...</span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Check out what I did when I received my pocket folders from </span><a href="http://www.mybinding.com/" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" target="_blank">MyBinding!</a><br />
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<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-hoQ8kUbqGgI/UX1nkWAdGxI/AAAAAAAABes/rFuXEbnTMdQ/s1600/2013-04-25_15-26-19_975.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-hoQ8kUbqGgI/UX1nkWAdGxI/AAAAAAAABes/rFuXEbnTMdQ/s320/2013-04-25_15-26-19_975.jpg" height="180" title="Dry Erase Pocket Folders...I love them!" width="320" /></a><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So, since I just finished creating a new resource for pronouns, I decided to try it with the new folders I got this past week! It was great!</span></span><br />
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<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-KGwrdywOcjc/UX1nkHt3V_I/AAAAAAAABeg/UXRFM_qMYeA/s1600/2013-04-25_15-26-06_225.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-KGwrdywOcjc/UX1nkHt3V_I/AAAAAAAABeg/UXRFM_qMYeA/s320/2013-04-25_15-26-06_225.jpg" height="179" width="320" /></a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I just slipped them right into the pockets! Of course, to create a little twist, I tied some yarn on them, hung them in "stations" around the room, and had my students pair up and work each set while I played music...when the music stopped, they shifted to the next station. It was fun for them and such an <u>easy way to get middle school busy bodies up and moving --trust me, they need it</u>. <span style="color: #666666; font-size: x-small;"> </span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #666666; font-size: x-small;">(I didn't use pics of actual students while they were doing it since they were moving station to station/standing up--I didn't want to worry about photos of students and such.)</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Anyhoo, there are 101+ things I can think of to use these handy pocket folders for, so I am looking forward to utilizing them more and more and more. ;) They are universal...great for all subjects, grades, skills, students. And, honestly, what student doesn't love to play with your dry erase markers? Mine always do!</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here's the resource I used with my new pocket folders-- <span style="color: magenta;"><a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Working-with-Pronouns-Cases-Functions-and-Usage-Activity" target="_blank">Working with Personal Pronouns-Cases and Functions: Nominative, Objective, and Possessive Cases</a></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I just uploaded it in my TPT store and in <a href="http://www.teachersnotebook.com/product/annmarie597/working-with-personal-pronouns-cases-usage-and-functions" target="_blank">my TN shop</a> too, just in case you want to grab it there. See my post about it on <a href="http://www.blog-k-12.com/2013/05/working-with-personal-pronouns.html" target="_blank">Blog-K-12</a>.</span><br />
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<b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; text-align: center;">Don't forget to enter the promo code at checkout: <span style="color: blue;">TAD13</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It's a <b>Week Long Sale</b> at my Teacher's Notebook Shop! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Tons of shops are offering big discounts, so you can get up to 55% off while you save an additional 10% on sale items that Teacher's Notebook is giving all customers</span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">!</span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12557456128355767526noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7062519867424134197.post-79352209189860902232013-04-28T12:34:00.003-05:002013-04-28T12:34:42.002-05:00Cooperative Learning with Reading Response and Writing Activities<br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I wanted to share some student samples from a couple of cooperative learning tasks involving reading response and writing. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We are in the midst of our final unit of the year called "The Spirit Within" and I wanted to share some of our work. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So, here is what we've been up to lately...</span></div>
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<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-U9ZTUNPyw2I/UX1Ux3KAv8I/AAAAAAAABeE/8EqV7biS8HY/s1600/2013-04-18_15-41-23_304.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt=" Literature Circles: Sequence of Events Map-Group Task for Night..." border="0" height="225" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-U9ZTUNPyw2I/UX1Ux3KAv8I/AAAAAAAABeE/8EqV7biS8HY/s400/2013-04-18_15-41-23_304.jpg" title="Cooperative Learning with Reading Response and Writing Activities" width="400" /></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">After reading a section of Elie Wiesel's memoir, students created flow maps in their literature circle groups. These are just two of the creative ideas they came up with to show the sequence of events. I like to have them work in groups because they learn so much from each other. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I gave them the option of working independently or with a partner to compose their own allegories based on the idea presented in "Terrible Things" and, to my surprise, I had a good handful choose to do it independently. Either way, the originality and imagination that came out was amazing. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Students read their allegories to the class after taking a couple of days to compose allegories and then illustrate them--in the form of a children's book. They really had fun with the project.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We thoroughly enjoyed hearing the different avenues taken to present the same idea!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As you can see, my kiddos have been busy with various hands-on tasks, in addition to getting ready for our upcoming state test! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(I won't even yap about state testing...lol)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">What have your students been doing in class these last couple of weeks. Please share your fun ideas and cooperative learning activities with us.</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12557456128355767526noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7062519867424134197.post-42234015475428807932013-04-04T06:24:00.001-05:002013-04-04T06:24:36.452-05:00Recycled Materials - Great for Organization Tools and Storage!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">For those of you who enjoy scrap booking or tend to have lots of little "scrap" pieces of paper you keep to decorate items with (photos, collages, scrapbooks, classroom decor, art activities, student crafts, etc), I found myself looking for a perfect-sized container to keep all of mine in-nice and neatly... </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">What I came up with was a FOIL WRAP BOX---just your every day foil wrap box from the kitchen. Instead of tossing it, recycle it!</span></div>
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1. I had a roll of white masking tape (not the manilla colored tape, but white) that I happened to find for under $1 at Hudsons...one of my favorite stores (LOL)! </div>
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I covered the box with this white tape...</div>
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2. After covering inside and outside box with the tape, I put all of the scrap booking pieces in it.</div>
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4. Last, I had to decorate the box with some of my scrap booking pieces because I just couldn't stand to leave it plain white! Ha...</div>
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That's it! Just wanted to show you because I just recycled items lying around! Possibilities are endless for classroom organization!! This is great also for colored pencils, skinny markers, grading pens, and all sorts of art supplies (pipe cleaners, straws, Popsicle sticks, etc.)</div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Along with Valentine's Day comes the exchanging of little "love tokens" ("love tokens" especially in middle school...) between those who "like" each other, have boyfriends/girlfriends, crushes, admirers, etc. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But, we also know plenty of people (children, teens, adults too) who like to receive sweet little notes on this fun day! (Cupid does not absolutely have to be involved, right?) Sending a sweet note, positive comment, or smile someone's way is a great idea for the students (teachers too ;) ha!) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">That's why I ended up making this resource to encourage my students to exchange little notes with positive comments to each classmate--there's something positive in all of us and those positives should be acknowledged. It's a way to lift spirits, put a smile on a face, or just to let someone know you've "noticed" something good in him/her. </span></div>
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>I'd love to hear your ideas for encouraging and promoting a positive environment in your classroom--for Valentine's Day as well as any other normal day at school!</b></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12557456128355767526noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7062519867424134197.post-37512027392632410022013-02-08T04:00:00.000-06:002013-02-09T11:52:47.380-06:00Lessons From The Middle- 1st Blog Birthday, Major Giveaway!<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Lessons From The Middle- First Blog Birthday Giveaway</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I am happy to announce the exciting giveaway I get to be participating in this weekend! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A fellow blogger and friend, </span><br />
<a href="http://www.lessonsfromthemiddle.com/2013/02/07/celebrating-my-first-blog-birthday-with-a-big-giveaway-500-in-resources-and-gift-certificates-to-be-won/" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="Celebrating my first Blog Birthday - Lessons From The Middle" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2158" height="315" src="http://www.lessonsfromthemiddle.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/blog-birthday-picture.png" title="100 Teachers Donating Fabulous Products/Gift Certificates" width="400" /></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.lessonsfromthemiddle.com/" target="_blank" title="Lessons From The Middle Giveaway">Krystal Mills of Lessons From The Middle</a>, is celebrating her FIRST Blog Birthday in a big way. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">She has nearly 100 awesome teachers who have graciously donated fabulous products/gift certificates for her giveaway. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Krystal arranged prize packages for grades K-3, 4-6 and 7-9 ...Something for almost everyone and MORE than one winner obviously!! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So make your way over to <a href="http://www.lessonsfromthemiddle.com/" target="_blank" title="Lessons From The Middle Giveaway">Lessons From The Middle</a> February 8th - 11th to enter.You can gain an extra entry just by following my TpT store </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(in addition to all other entry points available)! </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Just click my name below or birthday bash graphic to head to the party! Be sure to enter rafflecopter for the prize package you want! She's got a lot of them!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">While you are here, please let me know what grade you teach and the cool items you hope to win! I love to know who swings by my blog! Best of luck to you!</span><br />
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I'm letting go of numerous books, many of which I have obtained multiple copies of over time!</div>
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Catching Fire/Mockingjay (paperbacks)</div>
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I know many teachers, like me, enjoy building classroom libraries!</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12557456128355767526noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7062519867424134197.post-76171354618787077482013-02-02T09:25:00.000-06:002013-02-02T09:25:49.313-06:00Score Big on Teaching Resources Galore...Sunday Super Sale<div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/store/ann-marie-smith" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-FzO1L7M_pmA/T85RgvuwHeI/AAAAAAAAAmI/PgmndHNoaYY/s1600/Icon+for+Blog+Tpt+100px.jpg" /></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Announcing a kickoff of a sale! Teachers Pay Teachers is holding a site wide SUNDAY SUPER SALE! Tons of awesome sellers are putting their stores on sale--including me</b></span><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">! Get up to 28% off in my store on lots of digital items and resources in many other stores! </b></div>
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<a href="http://www.teachersnotebook.com/shop/annmarie597/" style="clear: left; display: inline !important; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-EQmBdEBUQAs/T85S3QbbDnI/AAAAAAAAAmg/8sbNO9sSHTw/s1600/Icon+for+Blog+TN+100.jpg" /></a><br /><b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">AND---There's a Super Sale at my Teachers Notebook Shop today and tomorrow! All items are 25% off February 2nd and 3rd! Score BIG on Teacher Resources of all sorts!!!</span></b><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12557456128355767526noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7062519867424134197.post-35766993289210078362013-01-18T06:04:00.000-06:002013-01-18T06:18:44.138-06:00Mid Winter Mad Money Giveaway and Foldable Offering! <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://thetutorhouse.blogspot.com/2013/01/mid-winter-mad-money-giveaway.html" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="Innovative Connections A Smith My Vocabulary Foldable for free" border="0" height="210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio2ZL9oceTIsHOl8FEEsAAPPRzyClKtUdGPgIpkwzlZ2Q2mY9g_aNnPKgmIwWJuyzV8cBLqfVT1UJ5tesOmMuxrWnHseEOpwcZ3bKfpeo0MCCyPDq8hBlCui2W6yk7u4AZr3CaFGEb8Gs/s320/MadMoney3TpT.jpg" title="Mid Winter Mad Money Giveaway by Adrianne Meldrum The Tutor House" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Got the Mid Winter Blues?? Chase them away!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Sometimes we need to just get a little crazy and go shopping in the winter to chase away those winter blues! I am so excited to team up with these amazing bloggers for this Mid Winter Mad Money Giveaway created by <a href="http://thetutorhouse.blogspot.com/2013/01/mid-winter-mad-money-giveaway.html" target="_blank">Adrianne of The Tutor House</a>. She's full of awesome ideas, and this is just one of them! </span><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We are giving away 2 gift certificates of $75 each to 2 lucky winners! </span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(I'd do some MAD SHOPPING for sure with $75 buck to spend!) </span></b></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Take a minute to visit these outstanding bloggers! I have really enjoyed getting to know them and collaborating with them. You will too. </span></b><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Comment below with suggested resource (maybe for intermediate or secondary level) and whose store it's in or the link to it...(and email where I can reach you), I'll send you <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/MY-VOCABULARY-FOLDABLE" target="_blank">A VOCABULARY FOLDABLE</a> resource for free! </span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It's so versatile you can make use of it with any subject/terms you'd like!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Anyhoo...I decided to sort through all them, organizing into "must keep" and "I'm thinking about it..." and "donate" so that I can stick to my "de-cluttering" plan! One of the steps includes cleaning out children's books and another is for going through all other books! Needless to say, I had lots to do!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I've decided to hang on to lots of my reference books. (Just can't part with them...)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And, I here are some of my<span style="color: #cc0000;"><b> "Go To" Books as a Language Arts Teacher:</b></span> </span><br />
<b style="color: #351c75; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1. Vocabulary for Dummies (No, I'm not a "Dummie" but I do like these books---they have every subject under the sun!)--I actually have several others versions: Organizing, Spanish, Finances, and Acrylic Painting --wide array of subject areas I know!</b><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As I was writing this post, I remembered a <a href="http://innovativeconnections.blogspot.com/2012/01/my-favorite-go-to-book.html" target="_blank">link up from this time a year ago that Stephanie of Teaching in Room 6</a> did that really exposed me to some great titles. you might like to look through others' favorites! It dawned on me when I was about to add my 5th book -The Little Brown Handbook!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The edition I have is no longer printed, so I will be hanging on to it for years to come! However, tons of editions are available!</span><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>So, what could you never part in terms of a resource book? I am apparently always adding to my collection of books! Love them!!</b></span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12557456128355767526noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7062519867424134197.post-64897611780916879742013-01-12T18:00:00.000-06:002013-01-12T18:41:18.258-06:00Poetry Activities of All Sorts! Product Swap 3!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Yay, it's time for a new MAGICAL PRODUCT SWAP!!! </b></span>Jessica Standford, Mrs. Stanford's Class, is our host for the Product Swaps. I've had such fun doing them!! I've gained a lot just from participating. Learning about so many different resources from all the others in the each swap is very motivating! Definitely visit Jessica's blog to see all the peeps who have linked up to swap #3! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'm so excited to be paired with a totally AWESOME teacher and fellow bud, Addie Williams of <a href="http://teachertalk-addie.blogspot.ca/" target="_blank">Addie Education Teacher Talk</a>. Addie has over 15 years of experience in teaching. I have loved getting to know her and collaborating with her --really since I've been involved in blogging, TpT, and more!</span><br />
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<a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Poetry-Package-7-Assignments-to-Engage-and-Involve-Students" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-k2J4_xj_F00/UPC9Vq1h2eI/AAAAAAAABVk/aa_Dw6RZrGo/s320/Screen+Shot+2013-01-11+at+6.56.42+PM.png" width="243" /></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Addie said I could pick out whatever I wanted to from her store, so I decided on this <b><a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Poetry-Package-7-Assignments-to-Engage-and-Involve-Students" target="_blank">Poetry Activity Pack</a>! </b>As one of her <span style="color: magenta;">bestsellers,</span> it's a comprehensive pack of fun and engaging poetry resources! Want to know the best part? Each of the activities can be easily differentiated for various ages and abilities! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">There are 8 different activities (7 assignments/projects and a bonus handout/worksheet).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>The Figurative Language Sheet includes:</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Alliteration</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Onomatopoeia</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Personification</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Rhyme</span><br />
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<a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Poetry-Package-7-Assignments-to-Engage-and-Involve-Students" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ACIaiOjY0Eo/UPDDIVS8LTI/AAAAAAAABWY/TvfrDoa2H0A/s320/Screen+Shot+2013-01-11+at+12.50.58+PM.png" width="235" /></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'm so excited about this resource, especially right now, because we are really jumping into our poetry unit at school! Awesome!!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The <span style="color: #38761d;"><b>"Laughing at Limericks"</b></span> assignment included is just perfect for St. Patrick's Day!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The pic below shows pages for the <span style="color: #674ea7;"><b>Imagery Poem Project. </b></span>It engages students by having them first analyze a poem and then create their own. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Poetry-Package-7-Assignments-to-Engage-and-Involve-Students" target="_blank">Imagery Assignment - 1 of the 7 Activities Included!</a></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Did I mention that it's a total of 38 pages, with 26 classroom ready printables? Addie also included a <b>comprehensive poetry writing rubric </b>to use for the projects. </span><u style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Among the different projects, you'll find detailed assignment sheets, examples and discussion questions, templates, writing paper, and brainstorming sheets.</u><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The <span style="color: blue;"><b>Hero Song/Poetry Writing</b></span> "Hero CD" project has a marking rubric included with brainstorming sheets, and lyrics for 7 songs. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Swing by <a href="http://teachertalk-addie.blogspot.ca/" target="_blank">Addie's blog</a> to tell her how awesome her resource is and check out my product that she is featuring, the</span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Expository-Text-Structures-Signal-Words-Card-Pack-Word-WallCenters" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Expository</span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Text Structures Signal Words Card Pack: Word Wall/Centers Pack! </span></a><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">You can purchase it at a discounted rate tonight and tomorrow (1/12-1/13). </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">You might find it pretty useful, especially in this second semester nearing state testing! </span><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hey everyone! I know it's been a while (like a really, really long while) since I've posted the Innovative Teacher-Author post, but this year has been nuts! So much to do all the time...you know how it goes. You're teachers! So, I'd like to share a little bit about Randi Smith of Teaches Third in Georgia! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: medium;">I have been teaching for seven wonderful years in North Georgia. I teach every subject, all day, every day. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: medium;">As a teacher-author, it has been time consuming and disheartening at the amount of time it has taken to build a store with quality products and lessons that others will find useful and enjoyable. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: medium;">I feel like the best bet for managing is to set a goal each week/month for something that you would like to create and then create the time to meet that goal. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: medium;">Spend time on one or two quality products and then enjoy the rest of your time with family! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Teachesthirdingeorgia">Teachers Pay Teachers</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><a href="http://www.teachersnotebook.com/shop/randismith">Teachers Notebook</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: medium;">Something I am probably notorious for is my inability to pay attention to things that are not interesting to me. Reading is interesting, but not textbook stuff. Writing is interesting, but not grading papers. Teaching is interesting to me, but not staff meetings. I probably couldn't count the number of times I've been caught doodling on my handouts at staff meetings!</span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">(lol, we won't tell on her... ;)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: red;"><b> Clip Art Collaborators</b></span> and <span style="color: #6aa84f;"><b>Fern Smith's Classroom Ideas</b></span>! </span></div>
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<span style="color: #382110; font-family: 'Witches Magic';"><i>A Catastrophe of Nerdish Proportions </i></span><span style="font-family: 'Witches Magic';"><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/series/68778-the-nerd-girls"><span style="color: #aaaaaa; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">(The Nerd Girls #2 by </span></a></span><span style="color: #382110; font-family: 'Witches Magic';">by</span><span style="color: #181818; font-family: 'Witches Magic';"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Witches Magic';"><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/76789.Alan_Lawrence_Sitomer"><span style="color: #666600; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Alan Lawrence Sitomer</span></a><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/series/68778-the-nerd-girls"><span style="color: #aaaaaa; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">)</span></a></span><span style="color: #382110; font-family: 'Witches Magic';"> is </span><span style="color: #181818; font-family: 'Witches Magic';">a humorous book that will definitely appeal to middle and secondary school students. While there is much fun and adventure, the life lessons addressed are clear and valuable. The outlandish events are not intended to inspire readers to commit similar crimes, but to learn from the "what if" possibilities of fighting between nerds and popular girls The ending is not perfect and everyone doesn't become friends, but everything works out well enough to cause YA readers to think about what is really best in life. </span><span style="font-family: 'Witches Magic';"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: 'Witches Magic';">The Nerd Girls come out ahead but not in the way you might expect. The descriptions of the scholastic competition are so very true to life, and I say that as a former teacher of gifted/talented classes and academic coach. Situations like in the book really do happen and there are frustrations in academic competitions just like in sports. The humor will catch the attention of students and the story is far from preachy.</span><span style="font-family: 'Witches Magic';"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Witches Magic';">There are two groups of three girls in this sequel to </span><i><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #181818; font-family: 'Witches Magic';">Nerd Girls Book I: The Rise of the Dorkasaurus</span></i><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #181818; font-family: 'Witches Magic';">. The ThreePeas are lovely to look at but not very nice people! The Nerd Girls have some physical or personality flaws, so most readers can relate to them. In the end, one of the ThreePeas joins the Nerds for all the right reasons, and the two remaining Peas still have miserable personalities. Usually three friends do not work well together, but in the two cases in the book they do for most of the story. One Nerd girl is struggling for independence from her overly concerned mother, one has a father reappear after years of being divorced from her mother and absent from the family, and one has Mrs. Department Store mom who overdoes the homemaker role. These six girls are put together on an academic team to be forced to work together and get along, which makes the story captivating. </span><span style="font-family: 'Witches Magic';"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: 'Witches Magic';">That is all I can write without giving too much of a spoiler! I will just say your students will want to read the book, and you might find it interesting yourself. I will say there is a tiny bit of romance (enough to keep the attention of readers) but no kissing and all. I always liked books like that as a teacher, and I avoided "mature" books in the classroom.</span><span style="font-family: 'Witches Magic';"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: 'Witches Magic';">The author is an amazing teacher who has won many awards and is a speaker at many well known conferences. He was California teacher of the year. On his </span><span style="font-family: 'Witches Magic';"><a href="http://www.alanlawrencesitomer.com/"><span style="color: blue; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">web site</span></a></span><span style="color: #181818; font-family: 'Witches Magic';">, he has many FREE lessons called SAT Essay Prep. It isn't easy to see at first, so go to this link http://www.alanlawrencesitomer.com/resources/freesatessayprep/, and look on the right and lower side bar and you will see a list of free materials provided by the author. He created the free materials to offer more equity in education. What a guy! And, he can write from the viewpoint of a teen girl!</span><span style="font-family: 'Witches Magic';"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="color: #181818; font-family: 'Witches Magic';">Check out his novel <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13148492-a-catastrophe-of-nerdish-proportions">here on Goodreads</a>!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: 'Witches Magic';"><a href="http://www.wiseowlfactory.com/BookaDay/PDFs/2012/12/free-Nerd-Girls-Two-work-page.pdf">Here is my free PDFwork page</a> for<i> </i></span><i><span style="color: #382110; font-family: 'Witches Magic';">A Catastrophe of Nerdish Proportion</span></i><span style="color: #382110; font-family: 'Witches Magic';">s </span><span style="font-family: 'Witches Magic';"><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/series/68778-the-nerd-girls"><span style="color: #aaaaaa; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">(The Nerd Girls #2 by </span></a></span><span style="color: #382110; font-family: 'Witches Magic';">by</span><span style="color: #181818; font-family: 'Witches Magic';"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Witches Magic';"><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/76789.Alan_Lawrence_Sitomer"><span style="color: #666600; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Alan Lawrence Sitomer</span></a><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/series/68778-the-nerd-girls"><span style="color: #aaaaaa; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">)</span></a></span><span style="color: #382110; font-family: 'Witches Magic';">. Students will have to read the book to answer the questions!</span><span style="font-family: 'Witches Magic'; font-size: 16pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Witches Magic';">Thanks so much to Carolyn for providing your free PDF work page and for sharing her thoughts on the novel.</span><span style="color: #382110; font-family: 'Witches Magic';"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I think it's great to see what each of us has decided to aim for in the upcoming year as well as to think about what we'd like to accomplish personally and professionally in 2013! </span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I want to give a SPECIAL "THANK YOU" to Adrianne Meldrum of The Tutor House for being a guest blogger today! She does, without a doubt, always have clever and spectacular ideas/activities to share. So, without further delay...</span><br />
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In case you've missed my primary freebie in my Teachers Pay Teachers store, I wanted to share it with you (being perfect timing and all...)--It's a quick little activity you can do with your kiddos to instill the magic of "GIVING" during the Christmas Season! I call it "Fill Someone's Stocking with Cheer..."<br />
We all know it's more important to give rather than receive, so without any further rambling, check it out:<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12557456128355767526noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7062519867424134197.post-77979341015091909092012-12-10T20:14:00.000-06:002012-12-11T15:26:57.919-06:00Homemade Ornaments to Match Our Winter Poetry!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;">I love doing this activity with my students. The beauty of this lesson is that you can assess students on use of vivid language but on their appropriate levels! So, this </span><span style="color: red;">fun</span><span style="color: #6aa84f;"> and </span><span style="color: blue;">festive</span><span style="color: #6aa84f;"> assignment is great for a variety of ages!</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Should you be hunting a </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">writing activity</span><span style="color: red; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> to go along with the Christmas or "Winter" season, this is a great one!! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;">The focus is on writing, obviously, so an </span><span style="color: blue;">ornament</span><span style="color: #6aa84f;"> is included in activity only to serve as a visual </span><u><span style="color: blue;">supplement</span><span style="color: #6aa84f;">.</span></u><span style="color: #6aa84f;"> So, the ornament creations are left entirely up to the students -HOWEVER they choose to make them should be JUST PERFECT. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;">Eliminating any limitations leaves the doors wide open for creativity and imagination, encouraging students to utilize available materials they have at home.</span> I discourage store bought items in order to cater to student imagination and it helps with those who are unable to go buy materials to make ornaments. The purpose of the added craft is to create a visual supplement that is totally homemade by gathering items lying around the house...the result being a creation representative of the child's Christmas/Winter term assigned! </span></div>
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<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A super festive idea is to string some colored lights across the top of the dry erase board, a tree, or just across your classroom wall, hanging the ornaments on the lights (or hang them on fishing line if you are afraid to hang them from light strands... lol). </span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Poof</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">!</span><span style="color: red; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Automatic Christmas/Winter display, student work display, and festive fun all crated by the students...no work on your part! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In addition to the ornaments on display, you can put their poems up too, under the lights/ornaments or on wall around a tree, depending on which way you'd like to display it all! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;">Oh, just a little tidbit...I use the terms "</span><span style="color: red;">Christmas</span><span style="color: #6aa84f;">" and "</span><span style="color: blue;">Winter</span><span style="color: #6aa84f;">" because many students in my classes over the years have different beliefs and/or religions and I do not want to single anyone out or offend anyone--so if considering it our "Winter Poetry" writing assignment handles that issue.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="text-align: center;">---AFTER ALL,</span><span style="text-align: center;"> </span><u style="text-align: center;">the purpose is to write a poem about an assigned word, stay on topic, and dazzle the reader with vivid language in connections with an assigned term.</u><span style="text-align: center;"> </span><span style="text-align: center;">And, the</span><span style="text-align: center;"> </span><u style="text-align: center;">visual display (craft) is supposed to represent the student's term</u><span style="text-align: center;">! So, it hardly has to be dedicated solely to Christmas, which allows us all to take part in the fun writing/craft activity! You can find this item in my Teachers Pay Teachers Store or in my Teachers Notebook Shop! (Those links are on the top right of blog--or click images to go straight to the TPT product!)</span></span><br />
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<b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Please share some ideas below</span></b><b style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; text-align: center;">!! </b><b style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; text-align: center;">Who knows, if enough ideas are out there, we could keep the kids involved in seasonal fun until we are on Winter Break!</b><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12557456128355767526noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7062519867424134197.post-39738931049873152502012-11-10T00:00:00.000-06:002014-02-28T14:49:28.216-06:00My Binding: Paper Monster Laminator Giveaway!<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Guess what???</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>I have been playing with my new toy!! Yes, a laminator! In terms of toys, it's a favorite among teachers today!</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>You can see in the pics that I've been busy, and I keep thinking of new items to laminate. Oh no.....How will I get caught up on things? Some way, it'll all come together. In the meantime, I'm laminating! Just know this....it is addicting. (This is your warning!)</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: #0b5394;">Along with my 12 in. laminator, I received a package of 25 --11 1/4 x 17 1/4 pouches and a package of 100 --8x11 pouches. </span></b></span><br />
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I meant to load these a long while back and forgot I had them.. HELLOOO! ;) Anyway, these are just a few backgrounds I drummed up one evening when creating my own agenda books for the week. I thought I may as well load them on <a href="https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B7ek6q60uCcQXzNrMW9yUXI2SmM">Google docs</a> and share with you guys!</div>
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Download these swirly corners frames/backgrounds for FREE--either from pic or google docs link above!</div>
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