tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61627902907089206002024-03-12T21:49:33.500-07:00Gone PrimaryAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15771692169146380701noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162790290708920600.post-87295711548545631542014-07-06T11:50:00.000-07:002014-07-06T11:50:07.619-07:00iPADS FAD: Reading Unpacked<span style="background-color: white; color: #999999; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 21.559999465942383px;">It's July! And my summer is already half over! I have been super busy settling into my new apartment in Yorba Linda (now my daily commute to work is 30 minutes and I have to leave at certain times to avoid longer traffic), dancing (you can find me every weekend at the local honkytonk getting my line dance on!), and visiting my family in Bakersfield, CA and in Yuma, AZ.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Monkey Word is another great app that my students use. It introduced blends and digraphs as well as sight words. They beg me to give them time on this app. The monkey and other characters are the cutest! The kids can also earn little rewards which keeps them engaged the entire time.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Raz Kids is a great app that the students can use on their iPads, other tablets, and computers at home as well as at school. It offers hundreds of leveled readers that the students can choose from to read. They can listen to it being read to them, record themselves reading, and take interactive quizzes to check for comprehension. I can then listen to the recordings on my computer to check their comprehension and even do running records of their reading! </span><br />
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />One of my goals this summer is to play around with some more apps that my students can use in the classroom. Right now my kids use the iPads during their center time but I'm curious to see where else I can plug in use of them. The first grade teacher at my school uses QR codes and recordings of the students for projects and writing they do...SO I'm wanting to incorporate that somehow this next year. Anyone use any other neat apps?</span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15771692169146380701noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162790290708920600.post-73618163222099602212014-03-30T10:00:00.005-07:002014-03-30T10:00:53.048-07:00iPADS FAD: Math Unpacked<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I need to stop making promises...because then I always break them! Every day this week I've come home and it's dinner, answer emails, then bed. Then I wake up and repeat the whole process. Anyways, here are some of the math apps we use in my classroom that the kiddos absolutely ADORE! And the best part is, I can look a progress report of what they've accomplished while "playing." It's hands-down fabulous! </span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Moose Math is fantastic! I almost wish I made myself a username to play it myself, it's that fun! This game has several games built into it that help students work on solving word problems, number patterns, counting up to 100, counting by 1's, 2's, 5's, and 10's, adding, subtracting, shapes, comparing lengths, and more. The best part is I can log on any time to review their progress!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Splash Math provides practice with numbers 0-20, counting, comparisons, addition, and measurement. It also keeps track of each student's progress so that teachers/parents can see what concepts the child needs extra practice with. You can also control what skills the student focuses on by and on/off switch. I love this tool! The game also uses fun incentives and some free play as well to give children the feel that they are playing a game.<br /><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Counting Caterpillar is a pretty basic game but my students beg to play it over and over! My students can start with easy mode and practice with numbers 1-10 at the beginning of the year and quickly move onto numbers 1-20 & then 1-100! And they get to pick beautiful butterflies as "prizes" when they are finished. Super cute game!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here are some other great math apps that my students have used throughout the year: Motion Math: Hungry Guppy, Motion Math: Pizza!, Marble Math, Grandpa's Workshop, Bugs and Buttons, The Math Tree, Bugs and Numbers, Bugmath, Playful Minds: Math, and Cash Cow.<br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Okay so I have a fun day of lesson planning ahead but my next post will be all those amazing reading apps that I have found out there! Happy Sunday! :)</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Where does the time go? This year has been full of crazy, "busy"ness and I CANNOT believe it's already mid-March! This year has been full of changes for me and every time things seem to slow down a bit, they just pick right back up!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Anyways, one of the biggest changes to my classroom this year has been our class set of iPad minis. Well it is technically a set of 10 that I share with the TK, 1st, and 2nd grades,... BUT since I have been using them the most so far this year, I have 5 that pretty much live in my classroom (jackpot!). SO, I started integrating them into my Math & Literacy centers throughout the day.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">THEY HAVE BEEN A HUGE HIT! Looking for new ways to keep your students in line (and super quiet)? Two words: iPad time! I'm just kidding...okay maybe only a little...</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The great thing about the iPad is that I only let them use apps that have educational value to them...and most of those apps give me a progress report on how they are doing. AND that's not all....A lot of them are CCSS aligned! Yep, you heard (or read) that correctly. I'm in love. :) </span></span><br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15771692169146380701noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162790290708920600.post-23919097378051180212013-10-19T09:02:00.000-07:002013-10-19T11:05:34.589-07:00I'm an aunt!! Well, for 5 months now..<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
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little guy last May, but my life has been nothing short of busy since then.
Something about being an aunt is super exciting. It's like being a
teacher. You get all the benefits of being around kids (the fun
stuff--get messy, be silly, help them discover the world around them). Then
you get to hand the child back at the end of the day and go home to relax by a
fire with a good book and a glass of wine (or like my fellow Californians...walk to the beach) :) </span><span style="font-family: "Euphemia","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Euphemia","sans-serif";">It's now been 2
months since I've seen him (you know how crazy the beginning of the school year
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15771692169146380701noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162790290708920600.post-11879211506131019712013-02-02T18:08:00.002-08:002013-02-02T18:08:39.004-08:00I'm back!!! with a FREEBIE!<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Okay so we all get busy...but I have been EXTREMELY busy! I think we get a Christmas break just so that we can't complain when we get back and things are hectic, rushed, and full of events, short weeks, etc. (Did I miss anything?) </span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Not only does my birthday appear on the list, but I've had everything from preview days (observed by prospective families, Kindergarten Roundup, Lutheran Schools Week (full of activities and no time to get things done!), Open House, Social Sciences Fair, etc. Whew!! I've also been trying to get services for one little boy in my class and it has definitely been a challenge...especially being in a private school.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">My sister is also expecting her first baby and there is a <b>BEYOND</b> ecstatic auntie right here!! :) I can't help but ask people with babies where they got their strollers, carriers, blankets, etc....I've seriously gone off the auntie deep end! :) I now am neck deep in planning a shower for her. Does Pinterest know I have NO time to do creative things for it?! I seriously think its sole job is to taunt me! LOL.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Our favorite little guy in my room just so happens to be a one-eyed, green jokester named MIKE. Mike Wazowski that is. This character from Monster's Inc is one of our "Take Home Friends" (or class mascot as some call it) that the student of the week gets to take home for some mischief and mis-adventures. My kiddos count the days to when they get to take him home during their special week! :) Enjoy! </span><br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15771692169146380701noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162790290708920600.post-41042485962827602832012-10-15T21:59:00.002-07:002013-02-02T16:49:15.804-08:00October part one: Centers Reorganized<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">So today marks the first day of my new centers organization...yeah I know, it's already wayyy past September! I liked the way I ran my math & literacy centers in the past but for my class this year it simply WAS NOT WORKING. Yep, admitting is the first step. ;) Anyways, for those of you that do not know (probably everyone) I gave the students MUCHO freedom when it came to centers. I liked them being first thing when the kiddos walked in the door, and both math & literacy altogether. The students had must-dos which were important centers they HAD to make time for each morning. And they changed EVERYDAY. It worked well, and taught them time-management skills while also giving them choices. Me like. Until this year. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">This year's class has a little trouble doing anything. I'm not kidding. Love them to pieces but they require quite a bit of hand-holding. And the parents don't help. SO....Now I switched to the dark-side and chose centers for them. I have them complete 2 literacy centers and 2 math centers a day. They can go to the free centers (i.e. kitchen, science, and blocks) after they complete their must-dos, instead of spending all their time at one center (and then arguing about who's been there too long, etc.). I still don't use a timer (some centers just do not take as long as others) but my students rocked them today (I forgot to take a picture)! We'll see how the rest of the week looks....</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I can't believe in two days it will be OCTOBER! Already?! Weatherman says we are getting a heat wave this week...its gonna be in the 90s!! Okay so I grew up with weather this hot in the desert of Bakersfield but Newport really???? And I don't have air conditioning in the classroom. Sommething's wrong here. LOL.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Okay blog world....are you still there?! Oh wow!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It has be FOREVER since I last posted!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The beginning of the year is always crazy but
OH MY WORD this year’s bunch is making ME go crazy!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I come home every day and crash for a 2 hour
nap and then I can’t sleep at night…aagh tired teacher over here! Is it November yet?! Anyways, my
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15771692169146380701noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162790290708920600.post-10665569730022086962012-08-26T21:56:00.001-07:002012-08-26T21:59:40.607-07:00Back to School Books<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Who doesn't love books?! And since I just spent the last 3 days sorting through all of my classroom books, I have a BAJILLION (kinderterm here) picked out that I want to read--like right away! Too many choices...Anyways, I posted my favorites below:</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"></span> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><u>Miss Bindergarten Gets Ready for Kindergarten</u> is an all-time favorite of mine and of my students. The kiddos love all the alphabetic names!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15771692169146380701noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162790290708920600.post-1160072732541151882012-08-22T07:38:00.002-07:002012-08-22T08:00:42.061-07:00Where I teach Wednesday<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Agh! My room is not ready! I have a week left to get it ready and I still have a LOOONG way to go! :/ So I'll put up a few pictures now and surprise you later! ;)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">My math manipulatives sans labels. Will post updated photo soon!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">New classroom pets- hermit crabs! (they're hiding).. I'm still afraid to hold them but that'll change soon..lol. I did have a chameleon last year but he fell off a branch and broke his little legs :( So a parent last year replaced him with a frog whom the kiddos named Senior Frog. (I have not idea where they came up with that--and yes I do know that's the name of a bar lol)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">A second grade teacher I work with made these curtains to hide classroom supplies and the kiddos journal holder/tubs</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">And I've been doing a MAJOR overhaul/reorganization so my room really looks like this right now. I know, go ahead and scream. But it always gets worse before it gets better, right?</span><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">AND I've been working on my new classroom website...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-IgNoRlhLtnc/UDTp9c0MBfI/AAAAAAAAAaU/Qb2VXGDWcuQ/s1600/Picture2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="120" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-IgNoRlhLtnc/UDTp9c0MBfI/AAAAAAAAAaU/Qb2VXGDWcuQ/s320/Picture2.png" width="320" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15771692169146380701noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162790290708920600.post-23620067289876074242012-08-21T10:29:00.001-07:002012-08-21T10:30:41.378-07:00Technology Tip Tuesday<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Continuing on with Teacher Week, Today is Technology Tip Tuesday. I guess technology comes pretty easy to me but I swear I still have so much to learn! My students are constantly showing me how to operate certain things and give them an iphone or ipad; they know how to use it! </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">My administrator promised me an ipad as soon as the funds are available, and let me say I CANNOT wait! I've been looking up different apps to use and the list goes on and on! There is an app I found called Kindertown that lists all the apps available that would be great for kindergartners....it's awesome!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I DO have a Smartboard though in my classroom which I absolutely LOVE! I purchased this learning software from Lakeshore Learning that the kiddos are always begging me to let them play...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15771692169146380701noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162790290708920600.post-11295855513087447972012-08-20T07:53:00.003-07:002012-08-21T10:32:27.858-07:00Must-haves Monday Linky Party<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">One more week until the kiddos arrive in my classroom! This week I'm linking up with Blog Hoppin' for Teacher Week.</span> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://imbloghoppin.blogspot.com/2012/08/teacher-week-must-haves-monday-with.html" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-m52tGtoF1x0/UDJLQaEClRI/AAAAAAAAAY8/MltDHrbC6QM/s320/teacherweek.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">#2. Laminator. I bought this trusty side-kick last year and I use it ALL the time! Definitely worth every dime!</span> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-8DjiIZJEFLI/UDJMkTzdj3I/AAAAAAAAAZM/kUWUu7w2xl4/s1600/laminator.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-8DjiIZJEFLI/UDJMkTzdj3I/AAAAAAAAAZM/kUWUu7w2xl4/s200/laminator.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">#3. Books! Okay so this one is a given. We all need books in our classroom. But this summer I went book-crazy. I found a goodwill bookstore (yes just sells books!) in my hometown and they offer a teacher discount! SO I got paperbacks for $0.25 and hardbacks for $0.75. I found tons of eric carle, fancy nancy, etc. in great condition! :) Score!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-_Nn4U-HgBzA/UDJNu3bqwEI/AAAAAAAAAZU/rVMl7WZxW4Q/s1600/caterpillar.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-_Nn4U-HgBzA/UDJNu3bqwEI/AAAAAAAAAZU/rVMl7WZxW4Q/s200/caterpillar.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">#4. Pandora Radio. I LOVE Pandora. I listen to it all the time: before, during, and after school, and even at home. I put it on classical, disney, & various children's music throughout the day while my students are working. I find that it is the best way to keep the chatter down and them engaged in what they are doing--while singing along! Go Figure! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15771692169146380701noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162790290708920600.post-62729879340292499362012-08-15T18:55:00.001-07:002012-08-15T19:18:07.745-07:00It's Official.<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I have a problem. I'm addicted to Teachers Pay Teachers. Why do I love payday so much? Well having money is nice...but being able to finally purchase some of those long, coveted wish list items is the best feeling in the world!</span><br />
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</span> <span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">First off, the Crazy for Kinders unit by Babbling Abby is absolutely adorable and I think I might even try making the Jitter Juice myself before school starts! I love the "Find a Friend" pages to get the kids to know each other better. Let me tell you that I have been waiting for this from her for awhile! </span><br />
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</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15771692169146380701noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162790290708920600.post-68646551259571548562012-08-12T22:50:00.000-07:002012-08-12T22:50:29.485-07:00Classroom Survival Packet<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Kindergarten is a rough year for most parents. Their babies are growing up and finally entering "big school." So they always have the hardest time letting go...so instead of waiting for Back to School Night to send all my information (and their anxiety about the first day to build) I decided to send it all two weeks before school starts. Here's a picture of the front: (not quite finished)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I include a welcome letter from me, the poem "All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten," our schedule, overview of kindergarten curriculum in general (super cute & perfect!), the abc's of the classroom (everything explained from pickup policy, to sending healthy snacks to school), homework & discipline policies, class list, supply/wish list (cameo please!!!), school calendar, and a questionnaire to help me get to know the parents.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Oh yeah, and you can't forget the most important little guy/gal! So I added in a little postcard explaining how excited I was to meet them, etc.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-azpkSRpwfDE/UCiTUHZlJJI/AAAAAAAAAWA/xM2FXspkgQE/s1600/TCR_4860.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-azpkSRpwfDE/UCiTUHZlJJI/AAAAAAAAAWA/xM2FXspkgQE/s200/TCR_4860.jpg" width="200" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Hoping to get these babies shipped out tomorrow from work...and try to sneak in my classroom to take some BEFORE pics to share with ya'll.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-p58BYMINLrE/UCiVYBfmB-I/AAAAAAAAAWQ/AyBhQndSZXQ/s1600/allie2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-p58BYMINLrE/UCiVYBfmB-I/AAAAAAAAAWQ/AyBhQndSZXQ/s1600/allie2.png" /></a></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15771692169146380701noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162790290708920600.post-75877596737806182542012-08-11T18:08:00.001-07:002012-08-11T19:31:42.950-07:00Mission Organization Part Two: Classroom Plan of Attack<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="color: #666666;">So I’ve spent the past two days making labels. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>FOR EVERYTHING.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For my math tubs {see earlier post <a href="http://www.goneprimary.blogspot.com/2012/08/mission-organization.html">here</a>}, theme tubs, and art supplies.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I still need labels for my book tubs but I haven’t found any yet that I really LOVE and that work for me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I found these great schedule cards that really have everything (let’s face most sets we find on TPT are missing that ONE label—seriously, isn’t that frustrating?) and the best part?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s free! You can find them at the First Grade Parade <a href="http://thefirstgradeparade.blogspot.com/2012/08/schedule-cards-are-here.html" target="_blank">here</a> and they are AWESOME!</span> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Now before I tackle any job like cleaning and organizing my classroom, I have to make a list.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Or in my case lists.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I like having just a TO DO and a TO BUY list.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On my TO DO list...</span></div><span style="color: #666666;"> </span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I make subcategories like:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Label</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Organize</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Clean</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Décor</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Prep</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Etc.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">And my favorite part? Drawing a nice dark line through each thing I finish! It feels GREAT! :)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Grab my "Classroom Plan of Attack" here.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><a href="https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B37lwNIpAm46QXNlNFJKTGN5cU0/edit" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-xbOhnlrcdAo/UCb-UG-5J8I/AAAAAAAAAVs/yYrTmTRrjhU/s320/planofattack.jpg" width="240" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #666666;"> </span><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">And then I just dig in!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> I like calling it my Plan of Attack--</span>I think it motivates me to be aggressive and get things done. ;) What do you do to organize your classroom?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Make lists? Or just jump in head first?</span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15771692169146380701noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162790290708920600.post-7817498036589053612012-08-10T01:01:00.001-07:002012-08-20T08:00:41.118-07:00Mission Organization<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">At the forefront of every teacher's mind right now is organization. You're in your rooms (or soon to be!) and cleaning through heaps of "stuff" in order to get the room ready for those kiddos about to run wild in.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I love being organized or rather thinking about getting organized. I frequent pinterest for tips on organization but that's usually where it stops. So I'm forcing myself (with the help of this blog) to finally GET ORGANIZED! Yep I said it...and its in writing...;)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Here's step one of my process. Since I won't be getting into my room until next week, I am left to just start with making labels. LOTS OF THEM. Here's my first official FREEBIE. Grab it now! If there is a label that is missing from there, let me know and I can whip it up for you! :) </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">So without further ado, I present to you my blog. Please click on the "followers" link and leave a comment, browse through my <strike>50</strike>, wait 1 post and enjoy! I've got one more week until I have to report back to school to fix up my classroom (okay so I've sneaked or snuck? in a few times this summer...) and I'm planning on relaxing, hitting up the beach, and see a few friends before the craziness begins.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br />
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