tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17361422837569957612024-03-18T19:19:03.460-07:00Primary ChalkboardMrs. Reedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08466207370117953147noreply@blogger.comBlogger374125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1736142283756995761.post-63578264097384814432016-12-30T14:50:00.001-08:002016-12-30T14:53:27.596-08:00Social Studies Topics that Matter for Elementary StudentsDespite the negative reports posted on the hour, despite the comments sections on most websites, despite the ever-growing notion that we are more divided now than we've ever been before...<br />
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We, LaNesha Tabb and Naomi O'Brien, have joined together to write what we like to call our "love letter" to students all over America- and even beyond. We seek to heal, enlighten, and promote curiosity about our world, it's past, and the present people in it. This resource is for you. </div>
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Our hope is that this resource widens perspectives, encourages conversation, and promotes the idea that different isn't "bad" or "weird." We believe this can be done at even the youngest ages. We realized that we were both guilty of only teaching Black History in our classrooms and that that wouldn't cut it when we live in a nation full of diverse people. In this resource, you'll find just about every heritage month that is recognized nationally. Our goal was to create a unit that has something for everyone inside. Why?</div>
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Because knowing stuff about our world matters. </div>
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We have created a resource that covers Social Studies subjects for primary grades. In these monthly thematic units, we cover fresh and interesting topics in the areas of civics, history, sociology, geography, and economics. There's a little bit of everything in here- differentiated reading passages, activities, crafts, mini-books, e-books, assessments...the works! It can be adapted anywhere from grades K-3. LaNesha is currently teaching the modified version in kindergarten and Naomi teaches her gifted and talented students- all from the same resource! </div>
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Here is a snapshot of the January Resource! </div>
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Lastly, we wanted to make sure that you could see the big picture for where we are headed, so we'd love to present the overview for the year! Are you ready? Annnnnd scroll! </div>
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See? We weren't kiddin'! Our goal was to recognize as many cultural groups and interesting topics as we could! We are so excited to expose our youngest students to our rich history, sociology, civics, geography, and economics! Little kids can do big things and think big thoughts and we hope this resource encourages just that! </div>
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Naomi O'Brienhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13106537981479619136noreply@blogger.com86tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1736142283756995761.post-68154717849579056602016-12-08T08:19:00.001-08:002016-12-08T08:19:23.384-08:00Common Core Activities for DecemberDecember is always so much fun at school, but unfortunately, also crazy busy! When I taught first grade, there were always SO many themes I wanted to integrate into the curriculum. There's gingerbread, Polar Express, reindeer, Christmas around the world... The list goes on. There are a lot of cute and fun things I wanted to do, but I also wanted to make them meaningful. This week on my blog, I shared some of my favorite activities from years past. These are all FREE activities that I posted years ago that have been updated. They all hit several Common Core Standards, too!<br />
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This fun writing activity is a follow-up to comparing gingerbread stories. All of that information and details for this activity can be found <a href="http://snippetsbysarah.blogspot.com/2016/12/common-core-in-december-gingerbread.html">HERE</a>.<br />
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This activity starts with a cute fiction story with it's own comprehension activities. It leads us to our big question: Are reindeer really the best animal to help Santa? This leads us into opinion writing, which can only be done after some research. Lots of standards hit with this one and the kids are really into it! There is also an option for shared writing, if your kiddos aren't ready to do it on their own. Perfect opportunity for modeling writing skills! Click <a href="http://snippetsbysarah.blogspot.com/2016/12/common-core-in-december-3-reindeer.html">HERE</a> to get read all about it.<br />
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This activity can be found all over, but I blogged about how I turned it into a fun shared writing assignment. I also created a rubric for those of you who do want it to be an independent writing activity. Click <a href="http://snippetsbysarah.blogspot.com/2016/12/common-core-in-december-part-2.html">HERE</a> to read more.<br />
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Finally, a great addition to your Polar Express unit. Click <a href="http://snippetsbysarah.blogspot.com/2016/12/common-core-in-december-polar-express.html">HERE</a> to read more.<br />
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I hope one of these activities fits into those lesson plans for the short, but busy, month of December.<br />
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<br />Sarah Paulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09846306676553976451noreply@blogger.com21tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1736142283756995761.post-28068388417732296642016-08-07T15:04:00.000-07:002016-08-07T15:04:54.864-07:00Writing Workshop TipsAre you looking to begin or tweak Writing Workshop in your classroom?<br />
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Writing Workshop has been a important and delightful part of my classroom for over ten years. My students and I absolutely adore writing workshop! Yet - I'm still in a constant state of refinement.<br />
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Here are some tried and true tips for what has worked well over the years, regardless of the writing curriculum I was using...Let me know which tips you find most helpful!<br />
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Make sure to pin this post so you can come easily back to it when you want to add more layers to your workshop or have more questions.<br />
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Heads up - this is a MONSTER BIG post! Took me over <strike>two</strike> three months to write (#reallifefirst #thenbloglife) and there's SO much more I could say about each tip. #teachingiscomplex #whichiswhyiloveit #mostdays #somedaysijustwantjammies<br />
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All writers need to feel successful. As a teacher who ditched the deficit model decades ago, I am eagerly on the hunt for positive, genuine ways to compliment each writer as often as I can. Not only is this kind and humane, it respects the writer's developmental stage and builds on his/her strengths. And they ALL have strengths.<br />
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Compliment based on your teaching points...and do it in a loud-ish whisper...it's another opportunity to reinforce what you're teaching. And...it will benefit all who overhear it.<br />
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In order to feel more genuine, your compliments will often sound like "noticings."<br />
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If your mini-lessons are about including introductions, your compliments (noticings) might sound like...<br />
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"I notice you introduced your piece with a question!"</div>
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"You're trying out a sound effect in your introduction!"</div>
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If your mini-lessons have been about improving writing stamina, your compliments might sound like...<br />
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"Check out the way you're really sticking to it today! You're not letting anything distract you from your important writing work!"</div>
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"Wow! I noticed that you turned your body away from your friend so that you could stay on track with your work. Powerful decision!"</div>
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If your mini-lessons have been about editing, your compliments (noticings) might sound like...<br />
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"Look at you, going to town, editing your piece for punctuation!"</div>
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"I see you edited for using capital letters only for names and at the beginning of sentences!"<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">For 11 more tips, pop on over to <a href="http://growingfirsties.blogspot.com/2016/06/tips-for-successful-writing-workshop.html" target="_blank">this Growing Firsties post!</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">When dealing with negative behavior in my classroom, I love to make sure I have a lot of ideas in my back pocket to pull out and change what I don't like. Here are 6 things I do that you may want try out and add to your arsenal management techniques!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"> <b>2. Choose a responsible peer to partner up and be a role model for their classmate. The student with negative behavior must be willing to accept encouragement and direction from their peer. The peer must realize they are NOT in charge, they are simply helping. This has always worked great in my classes! (As long as the responsible one isn't taken to the dark side in the process)</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b> 3. Leave positive notes for your student to start the day off right! Yes, maybe they ended the previous day by not completing any assignments, and refusing to follow directions, but today is a new day! Let them know you still believe they can change, and that a new day can be their new start.</b></span></div>
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Hi all, It's Emma from <a href="http://cleverclassroomblog.com/">Clever Classroom</a>. </div>
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Okay, let's talk guided reading for emergent readers.</div>
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Reading comprehension and fluency are vital reading competencies for any reader, especially our beginning readers. These leveled reading pointers provide a FUN, hands-on system for your students to grow their fluency. These reading sticks will help children follow and understand the text that they are reading.</div>
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When I taught kindergarten I had an inspirational mentor who helped me understand loads of things like: phonemic awareness, phonics, guided reading and spelling strategies. I am so passionate about these aspects of teaching all these years later. She helped me understand 1:1 correspondence with text and how students move from that to sweeping their finger under the text as they read. Finally, students should move away from these two foundations to reading just with their eyes. This was a great framework for my students.</div>
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<strong>Providing a Concrete System to help Children with Fluency</strong></div>
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I found that some of the students needed concrete materials to motivate their reading progress. I came up with a fun way to help my students. Reading pointers aren't new, they have been around for years. I remember using them more that 15 years ago!</div>
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Another great idea is to use transparent counters to help students read the word they are pointing too.... anyway....</div>
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Providing students with a system will ultimately help them grow and motivate them to keep going. It's kind of like giving them goals to work towards. We all love that, right?</div>
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I know that different countries use different leveled systems, eg. letter and numbers and some colors. Which system does your state or country use to represent leveled readers?</div>
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No matter which system, I am referring to the first emergent and beginning reader levels. You might implement the graduation of pointing, sweeping and eye sweeping slightly different to myself, that's okay, you can decide when to change up the sticks.</div>
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The sticks are easy and very quick to make. your students might like to help!</div>
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I found three different sized popsticks, but you could use just one size if you wanted.</div>
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One on one correspondence is first. I use this for the first 2-3 levels.</div>
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I promote reading with a sweeping finger for the next two levels. The best way I thought my students would understand this was with a paintbrush. Woot-woot, it's kind of FUN!</div>
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Then finally, I encourage students to be using no fingers, and just their eyes to follow the text as they read. I would invite students to use the eye sticks for one level as a transition to independent eye scanner reading. After this, there are no more sticks!</div>
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These fun sticks are a great way to help children progress and develop their reading competencies. I hope your students love them too.</div>
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Thanks so much for dropping by. I hope this idea helps to motivate your students as they develop their reading skills.</div>
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First model several times, then start calling up kids to the board to help. To keep the rest of the class involved, use hand and body motions. As your helper is splitting the word, ask the class, "Do you think the first syllable should be open and closed?" Have them use these motions SILENTLY to answer. After it has been split, ask what vowel sounds the first syllable is. Have them silently use motions (short vowel is just a swoop of the finger showing the short vowel symbol which sort of looks like a U.)</div>
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<li><span style="font-size: large;">Kids become captivated by the idea of getting their hands on a greeen pen, so they start to work harder and faster. PLUS the kids work with more accuracy. They know their FRIENDS are roaming the room, so they want to get their work done right. <span style="line-height: 27.04px;"> ((((Teacher heaven- Am I right???? ))))</span></span></li>
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1. From Worksheets to the Sidewalk - I have the kids work with a partner and give each pair a piece of chalk and a clipboard with a worksheet or workbook page. One student is the "teacher" with the clipboard and worksheet. The other is the "student" with the sidewalk chalk. The teacher tells the student what to write and solve from the worksheet. The teacher is responsible for checking the work. They take turns being the student and the teacher. This is a WONDERFUL activity for differentiation because each set of partners can have unique worksheets. They are spread out across the playground so they are not really comparing work or answers. This is a great way to review skills. <br />
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2. Walking Club Obstacle Course - I started "Walking Club" several years ago when I was trying to get fit. During recess, I just started walking laps. I quickly gained a group of students who wanted to join me in my laps around the playground. We took our walking club to the next level by adding fun challenges with sidewalk chalk. Usually, I let the kids draw obstacles on the side walk with chalk and we do the challenges as we walk our laps. They might draw tight ropes that we have to stay on, creaky bridges that cause us to lose our balance, bombs to avoid, or stones paths that we must hop on as we do the laps. This is so much fun and I highly recommend it. I have had some kids come up with REALLY cool challenges. To make this activity more academic, I have them write sight words that we can read as we walk, math facts that we must answer along our path, skip count challenges (count by 2's from one green line to the next, count by 5's from one purple line to the next, etc.) This is such a fun way to be active and practice some of our classroom skills. You can read more about my Walking Club on The Primary Techie. <a href="http://primarytechie.blogspot.com/2014/12/10-ways-to-get-fit-in-your-classroom.html" target="_blank">Click here</a>. <br />
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3. The Illustration Challenge - Students use sidewalk chalk or sidewalk paint and I assign them a block of concrete along the sidewalk. They have to create an illustration from their favorite story. When they are finished, we guess what story they illustrated. This is also a fun follow-up to a class writing project. They can write their own stories in the classroom and then illustrate them outside. I read the stories to the class and they choose which story goes with each illustration. <br />
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4. Meet My Friend - I LOVE celebrating the kids in my classroom. Everybody loves to be recognized and get a little pat on the back. I have my kids work with a partner on this one. They trace their friend's body on the sidewalk then draw details on their outline. If it is too hot to lay on the sidewalk, we just trace shadows. Next, they title their work "Meet ______" and they write sentences about what makes their partner special. More advanced writers can write a paragraph. Beginning writers can make a list of words. <br />
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5. Make a Map - Kids always love creating maps! I have them make a floor plan of their homes, their dream home, or our school. They can plan their own city or amusement park. I love to see how excited and creative my kiddos get with these projects. We also include map features like compasses and legends. <br />
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6. Geometry City - Divide the kids into groups and have them create two cities - one where each building has a line of symmetry and the other where no buildings have a line of symmetry. You could also have one group make a city using specific shapes or attributes of shapes that you are learning about. <br />
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7. Measure It - Have the kids draw lines or shapes on the sidewalk and then have their friends measure the lines with their feet. They can record their measurements on the sidewalk. This is a great way to introduce non-standard measurement and discuss why we might have different answers.<br />
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8. Life Size Board Games - Take your favorite games and make a giant version. You can make a board game and let your students be the pieces. This is fun to play with big foam dice. Roll the dice to see how many spots you get to move, answer the question correctly to move forward. You can use this to review ANY subject. Work with other teachers to take turns drawing the giant board game that each of your classes can use. <br />
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I hope that you find some of these ideas fun and useful with your own group of students. I encourage you to look at your classwork this spring and try to think of ways to take it outside. Your students will love the change of environment and the opportunity to enjoy the outdoors. Please share your ideas and comments below. <br />
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Until next time,<br />
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Back in my day, a bibliography was a headache. I had to continuously try to either memorize the MLA format for a citation or consult my book that showed which aspects of the sources went where. It was dreadful. Now, citing a source is a breeze! I am showing my students with <a href="http://www.easybib.com/" target="_blank">Easybib</a>. <br />
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Check out this video I made to see exactly how to use it. I have also shared this with the parents from my class so that they are able to assist their children when working at home.<br />
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I hope this video is helpful and will be useful in teaching your students how to cite their sources as well!<br />
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Hey, it's Matt from <a href="http://digitaldivideandconquer.blogspot.com/">D:D&C</a>, and I'm sharing some simple STEM and STEAM activities for your kids to complete. Get 'em up, get 'em thinking, and get them creating.</div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">STEAM and STEM--so much buzz (doge voice). </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Science, math, and the arts--joining forces like the Avengers. I love it. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">All this playing, creating, building, and imagining are crucial components for kids in their skill development and love of learning. It's what I want my kids to do. It's what I want my students to become immersed in.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">But how do I push kids into it without becoming the overbearing and obsessive teacher/father? Because we know that could easily happen. </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">How else do you think I get them to love Jurassic Park.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">My two girls love to build and create, but I've found that they get stuck when it comes to expanding on their ideas. It also turns into a race, and races end. And then they get bored. And boredoms best friend is a tv or video game. </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: times, 'times new roman', serif;">(</span><i style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: times, 'times new roman', serif;">Side note: my kids are 7 and 9, which is prime time for crazy-thinking age.</i><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: times, 'times new roman', serif;">)</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br style="color: #222222;" /><br style="color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">It got me running this question through my head, "<b>How could I give them the nudge without making myself seem crazy</b>?" </span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></span></span>
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">The answer came in the form of a BINGO board. </span></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: times, 'times new roman', serif;">I created a couple of boards based on the STEM and STEAM principles: Art, science, engineering, yada, yada, yada. I call them STEAM Breaks. Each board has nine activities for them to complete when they need that little push to explore. They're indoor and outdoor activities that don't have time restraints and are virtually opened-ended.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br style="color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Each board (or piece of paper) has 9 activities to choose from. Right now, the sections include: In The Yard, Get Artistic, and Build-It. That's right--27 simple activities for kids to devour.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Simple STE(A)M Activities ideas include: </span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">-Build a River</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">-Create a log cabin from sticks</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">-Build a working crane</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">-Build a bridge</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">-Draw a picture using only geometric shapes</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">-Find a famous painting, recreate it in miniature form</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">-Design a Catapult</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">These STEAM activities should be simple. Use materials you have surrounding you. No spending money. Recycle bin, check. Craft closet, check. Mud and dirt, check. Problem solve and create. </span><br style="color: #222222;" /><br style="color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #222222;">Last week they went in the backyard and built a river. It was tough (at first) but they realized the possibilities. Soon dams appeared along with rivers dividing, then figuring out how to build a waterfall (or at least try). A simple challenge turned into a two hour adventure.</span></span></span></span><br />
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The calendar at the <a href="http://www.theteacherscorner.net/calendars/february.php">Teacher's Corner</a> says that February 25th is Quiet Day. What is Quiet Day? According to <a href="http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/quiet%20day">Webster</a> it is a special day (religious) set aside for devotions, meditations and instructions.<br />
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Well I just love the sound of Quiet Day. If you were to meet me in person one thing you would notice right away is that I am an extremely quiet person. I am soft-spoken and rarely speak up in a group. I've always tried to be more social, but it's just not in me. After years of thinking I was just an odd duck, I have discovered I am a true introvert.<br />
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A colleague recommended that I read the book <u><a href="http://amzn.to/215Soy7">Quiet</a></u>. So far I am loving it and feeling not so odd anymore. Did you know that 1/3 of Americans are introverts? This book has tons of info and I will share a bit more about it when I am done.</div>
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We also have students that are introverts. They don't necessarily love working in large groups, but like working alone or with a preferred partner. Introverts are also sensitive to loud noises. They enjoy quiet and comfortable surroundings. </div>
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So I have decided that we will use February 25th as a Quiet Day in my classroom. I plan to speak in my usual soft voice, but I will be the only one who can speak all morning! I am going to see if we can make it through with total silence in our classroom until recess.</div>
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To ensure that students are a bit quieter I plan to give them 5 Quiet points each.(5 tally marks on their desk with dry erase marker). If they speak above a whisper or disrupt our time they will lose a point. If they can make it through the morning and still have tally marks on their desk, then they will receive a Quiet Award (a bookmark and a pencil). Click on pic to download.</div>
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Activities I have planned include a read aloud, silent sustained reading, a review sheet, writing activity and a guided direction activity. Basically I will be reviewing our weekly skills and teaching as usual, without the students talking.</div>
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I already know which students will have 5 tally marks and which ones will have difficulty keeping even one. My poor extroverts! It will be tough for them, but it will be fun to see if they can do it. I'm sure they will be up for the challenge.</div>
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What do you think? Could you make it through a Quiet Day?</div>
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<br />Corinnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17644120120264681731noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1736142283756995761.post-81165756647264577152016-02-15T05:00:00.000-08:002016-02-15T06:44:00.247-08:00Tips, Tools and Routines that Encourage Independence During Writing WorkshopHappy Monday & Presidents' Day! Mondays at home are the best, right?!! <br />
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Today, I am talking about Writing Workshop and how to avoid teacher burnout (as well as, retain your sanity). Nothing can make a teacher more crazy than a room full of second graders demanding help, feedback, praise, and encouragement during each step of the writing process. Am I right?<br />
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Click on the image below to find out how to encourage independence, and problem-solving routines and practices that will lead your students to becoming self-managing, confident writers.<br />
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Nicole</div>
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<u><b>What are Tier 2 Words? </b></u><br />
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Tier 2 just means that the word is high-utility, and is worth taking the time to explicitly teach! These are words that are not in our students' normal-day vocabularies, but are also not so highly specialized, that they would hardly ever need to be used. In other words, they are words that our students will be seeing in their reading, and should be using in their writing!<br />
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Some great choices for this time of year might be:<br />
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Valentine's Day: compassion, courtesy, crimson, elegant, fragrant, generous, grateful, gracious, lavender, humorous, precious, courtesy<br />
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Presidents' Day: ambition, announce, compromise, collaborate, declare, innovative, honorable, creative, decisive, communicative<br />
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To read about what we did, with some of these words, in our classroom, head over to my blog. Link below.<br />
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Hi everyone! Sarah here from Sarah's Snippets. Today I'm here to show you one of my favorite social studies units. Years ago I create this unit for President's Day. I wanted to give my students some <b>real "meat"</b> during social studies. I was guilty of teaching social studies in a very shallow way. I wanted to help my students really understand what the president does. I wanted to up the <b>rigor</b> a bit too and make it <b>cross-curricular</b>. I spent about a week on this unit. Students were "presidents" for a week.</div>
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I'm going to share a little "snippet" from this unit. If you want to read more, check out the post on <a href="http://snippetsbysarah.blogspot.com/2016/02/presidents-day-activities.html">my blog. </a> The purpose of this unit was to help kids understand the main jobs of the president. </div>
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This is a favorite from the unit. There are two different versions of this: a country version and a classroom version. In both, students are given money and must decide how much to give to each group. Then you can follow up with a writing activity where the students need to articulate why they chose certain groups over others. Opinion writing- Boom!</div>
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Next, students discuss what makes a good leader. Students will write about a person who they believe would make a good leader for their "cabinet" or for another leadership position in the country. </div>
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Here, students learn that a president doesn't make the laws in our country. This is always eye-opening for kids because they see the president as the person who can do anything they want. With this activity, they learn that a president has a role to play in creating laws but cannot do it alone. </div>
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This next activity serves two purposes: to show the president as a diplomat and to exercise their problem solving skills. :)</div>
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To see everything that students get to do during this unit, v<a href="http://snippetsbysarah.blogspot.com/2016/02/presidents-day-activities.html">isit my blog!</a> :)</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I don't know about you all but sometimes around this time I need a 'pick me up' as far as behavior incentives in the classroom go. Hi guys, It's Vicky from <a href="http://www.teachingandmuchmoore.com/">Teaching and Much Moore</a> and I'm happy to share some ( tried and true ) ideas for you to use in your classroom this month.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Another idea is to bring in a stuffed animal ~ it's a similar idea. You can place the stuffed animal on a desk and use the same incentive above - prize of some sort at the end of the day....OR you can place it a set of desks and it can be used as extra table points. Either way the kids love having it. { my favorite animal is a giraffe but you could bring in anything } If you have an owl theme in your classroom bring in a stuffed owl. Or if it's March bring in a stuffed leprechaun.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">My last behavior idea to use is a also great seasonal one for the classroom. I just started them in November and it's been a big hit for my students. I call them Behavior Bites and sell them in my store. Here's a peek ~~~</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Thanks for stopping in and visiting with me! I hope these ideas are helpful and bring more sanity into your life and joy into your students lives. If you are interested in the behavior bites you can grab them { <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Victoria-Moore/Category/behavior-management">here</a> }</span></div>
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<br />vicky1970http://www.blogger.com/profile/09786884128105747624noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1736142283756995761.post-16361638440613968062016-02-01T03:00:00.000-08:002016-02-01T03:00:04.026-08:00Grammar Instruction in the Primary Grades<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Today, I am tackling a hot topic... grammar instruction. Ahh yes, the age old question...to grammar, or not to grammar? What is a teacher supposed to do?</div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Hi everyone! Christina here from <a href="http://www.missdecarbo.com/">Miss DeCarbo's Sugar and Spice</a>! I am SO excited to announce a new monthly series I am sharing with you here on The Elementary Chalkboard: Read Aloud Round-Up!</span></div>
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Naomi O'Brienhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13106537981479619136noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1736142283756995761.post-7678749557719834542016-01-19T10:00:00.000-08:002016-01-19T10:00:08.101-08:00Kindergarten RTI: ABC's and Phonemic Awareness Happy Tuesday everyone! I hope you all enjoyed your three day weekend. After the holiday break, I had a big change in my lesson plans for my kindergarten RTI groups. We're transitioning from focusing on <b>alphabet recognition</b> and <b>phonemic awareness</b> to <b>phonics</b>. So I thought this would be the perfect time to stop and reflect on how we got to this point.To give you an idea of where we started, my students knew fewer than 10 letters (some knew only 1 or 2) and could not rhyme. Some could identify initial consonants but not all.<br />
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Here is how I set up my lesson plans. I wanted to set them up to reflect all the steps that I went through to teach and reinforce these skills. I work with students who needed more time learning each letter, so I had to think of many many ways to teach and reinforce. Sound familiar? I learned not to only focus on the alphabet, but also to get started on phonemic awareness skills early on. They do not need to learn every letter before beginning phonemic awareness instruction. Many kids pick it up on their own, but many do not so they need to be explicitly taught. </div>
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Sarah Paulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09846306676553976451noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1736142283756995761.post-74945809935925289602016-01-17T03:00:00.000-08:002016-01-17T03:00:08.752-08:00Subtraction with RegroupingAloha! Corinna here from <a href="http://www.surfinthroughsecond.com/">Surfin' Through Second.</a> I hope you are all having a fabulous new year!<br />
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My second graders are moving right along and learned so much the first semester. In math we really focused on number sense, place value and fact fluency. These skills are essential to help us move into our next big skill.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I'm so excited to be sharing some FUN, engaging 100th day ideas with you! Can you believe it's close to the 100th day of school?!? This year is flying by... it's Vicky here from Teaching and Much Moore and I hope I'm sharing some NEW ideas for you to try out.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Why not celebrate like ROYALTY this year?!?! Here is a fun twist to the usual 100th day activities. A few years ago I created a unit that revolved around the idea of celebrating this day like royalty! Here are some things we did:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Now let me tell you I'm definitely not afraid of BLING of any kind so I was all about this day! The girls wore sashes and drew 100 tally marks on their sashes, the boys made shields and drew 100 tally marks on them.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It's hard to celebrate without a snack so we made the number 100 very simply with pretzels and gummy lifesavers.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We also<br />* took 100 steps in our royal castle ( school ) to see where we ended up</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">* performed for the royal Queen ( me ) something we could do for 100 seconds</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">* wrote our 'royal signature' as many times as we could in 100 seconds</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Of course the good old fashioned dress like you are 100 years old is an oldie but a goodie. You can't go wrong with that one at all.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Celebrate the 101st day INSTEAD of the 100th day. This was my awesome group of 2nd graders one year! We had a ball: </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">* we estimated how many Scooby Doo dog cookies were in a bucket</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">* drew 101 spots on our white t shirts with sharpie</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">* put 101 cheerios on a dog collar</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">* named ourselves a doggie name and put a dog license on our collar</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">* rolled doggie dice to race to 101.</span></div>
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First up-- <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/minecraft-pocket-edition/id479516143?mt=8"><b>MineCraft, Pocket Edition</b></a>. This game is pretty incredible and the kids eat it up. It's an open world filled with opportunities to build and create. Plus, kids communicate and interact through the game and with one another. It's awesome. I apologize if you don't like Minecraft.<br />
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<a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/cargo-bridge-hd/id470859854?mt=8"><b>Cargo Bridge</b></a>. The objective is to build and construct bridges that will hold people, animals, cargo, and more. The fun comes when you get to test your bridges and realize you need to do just a little more work.<br />
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Tangrams. A simple app of building and creating images with geometric shapes. It's filled with multiple levels and the images kids create are spectacular. It's great for all ages.<br />
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Casey's Contraptions: Rube Goldberg would be proud of this app. Simple and executed well, but the levels are very challenging for all the kids. They have to think, test, rethink, and retest--sometimes over and over. It's good.<br />
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<a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/inventioneers-full-version/id947381696?mt=8"><b>Inventioneers</b></a> is much like the previous app, using objects to complete tasks and find answers to problems. My students have just started with some of the tasks and really have to work together to solve the tasks.<br />
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<a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/roxies-maze-ing-vacation-adventure/id427167249?mt=8"><b>a-MAZE-ing</b></a>: Part puzzle, part maze, with a little eye-spy mixed in for good measure. Roxy's a-AMAZE-ing is a huge app with many obstacles and activities to complete. It's massively great.<br />
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I first used <b><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/lightbot-code-hour/id873943739?mt=8">Lightbot</a> </b>during Hour of Code. Loved it and the idea of making kids think directionally within a game. Same rules apply for the app--plus, the robot is cool.<br />
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<a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/kodable-k-5-coding-curriculum/id577673067?mt=8">Kodable</a> is a variation of coding for kids. It's tough and there are rules that have to be followed to be successful--but it's outstanding. I highly recommend it. Seeing kids pump their fist when they pass a level is pretty cool.<br />
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Hi teacher friends! It's Haley from <a href="http://mysillyfirsties.blogspot.com/">My Silly Firsties</a>. I wanted to stop by today and share with you about our Calendar Math routine. We follow Everyday Math and I really like that the program hits so many skills in a short amount of time. When I first started teaching 1st grade, I thought the point of calendar math was to teach calendar skills, ahha! But I was SO wrong. There is so much that can happen during these few minutes! My favorite way to complete calendar is on the Smartboard, but my district asks that we have our calendar activities displayed on a bulletin board. I'm going to be completely honest and say I took these pictures a few months ago, but our routine remains the same. :) I just never got around to blogging about it until today!</div>
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I change out our activities frequently, and we don't do them all everyday. My kiddos LOVE this time, and are always quick to remind me when we forget! Here are a few activities we have done in the past! :) </div>
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I think the main reason my kiddos like calendar is because it is led by them! Calendar helper is definitely the most coveted job each week! I lead it for the first 3-4 weeks of the year...then I lead it WITH a student, and by October, they are doing it completely on their own! </div>
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You can see my sweet little one holding the day's calendar card. Every Day Math has a different type of pattern each month, so I use these. We also add birthdays and important holidays at the beginning of the month. He has his friends tell what the card looks like and how they know. Then we discuss the pattern unit. For this month, you can see it's A-A-B. (Triangle, triangle, square.) This is a great opportunity to show that triangles can look many different ways! </div>
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I have no idea the source of this song! I learned it years ago when I taught preschool and the kiddos love it! </div>
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We keep track of the days in school 2 different ways. We use the post its and a 120 chart. I like using colored post-its because it's easy for them to see patterns, but you definitely don't have to!<br />
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This seems like such a simple task, but little ones need so much practice writing the date!<br />
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I purposefully set up my Word Wall next to our calendar wall. It is a quick reminder for me to make sure we review the words each day!<br />
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This is one activity that never changes. I think it is SO important and such a powerful number sense activity! I give them the sum (like 12) and they ALL must think of a way to make 12. We take about 45-60 seconds of think time so that everyone is engaged. After they come up with a number sentence, someone else comes up with a story problem to match. :)<br />
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Like I said, I change out the activities regularly so here are some other activities we might complete. :) You can click the picture to grab these printables in my TPT shop!<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 24px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 24px;">I've been working on a new blog series, </span><a data-mce-href="http://thesciencepenguin.com/tag/picture-book-science-lessons" href="http://thesciencepenguin.com/tag/picture-book-science-lessons" style="line-height: 24px;" target="_blank">Picture Book Science Lessons</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 24px;">. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 24px;">Each post contains a favorite picture book for teaching science concepts and activity ideas to accompany the book. </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif; font-size: 16px;">This post contains affiliate links.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Topic: animals in winter, animal adaptations</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Literacy Connections: figurative language, descriptive writing</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Focus: First of all, the illustrations in this book are beautiful. I love how the story shows a boy's observations of life above ground in the winter as well as life under the snow. Students learn how living in the subnivean zone helps animals survive through winter.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Title: <i>Over and Under the Snow</i> by Kate Messner</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">After reading the text aloud to students, have a group discussion or mini-discussions in small groups.</span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">What characteristics do the animals seen above the snow have in common?</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">What must shrews, voles, and deer mice do to prepare for winter?</span></li>
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<span style="color: #333333; line-height: 24px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Group students in teams of 2-3. Assign each group one of the animals from the story to answer the essential question: How does each animal survive winter? Present new information to the class. Information about many of the mammals can be found on <a href="http://www.hww.ca/en/wildlife/mammals/" target="_blank">Hinterlands Who's Who</a>.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; line-height: 24px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">On the first or second read-aloud of the story, students write the information about each animal discussed in the text.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 24px;">You can download the free <i>Over and Under the Snow</i> printable <a href="http://thesciencepenguin.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/overandunderthesnow.pdf" target="_blank">here</a>. Have fun!</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 24px;">Looking for more picture book with science connections? Check out my <a href="http://thesciencepenguin.com/tag/picture-book-science-lessons" target="_blank">Picture Book Science Lessons</a> blog series. </span></span></div>
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