tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23681607230451340332024-03-14T07:01:11.165-07:00Whoooo's Ready To TeachAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04746924920278107125noreply@blogger.comBlogger57125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2368160723045134033.post-74600823370655523022015-01-19T14:59:00.002-08:002015-01-19T15:04:07.128-08:00Up Close and Personal With Close Reading<span style="font-family: HelloDoodlePrint; font-size: 16pt;">Close
reading is such a buzz word these days so I have been reading a couple of books to extend my professional learning. First I read, <u><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Falling-Love-Close-Reading-Texts--/dp/0325050848/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1421706597&sr=8-1&keywords=falling+in+love+with+close+reading" target="_blank">Falling in Love with Close Reading:
Lessons for Analyzing Texts</a></u></span><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Falling-Love-Close-Reading-Texts--/dp/0325050848/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1421706597&sr=8-1&keywords=falling+in+love+with+close+reading" target="_blank"><u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 16.0pt;">—</span></u><u><span style="font-family: HelloDoodlePrint; font-size: 16.0pt;">and Life</span></u></a><span style="font-family: HelloDoodlePrint; font-size: 16pt;"> by Christopher Lehman. Great book with lots of ideas for close reading. Next, I read <u><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Notice-Note-Strategies-Close-Reading/dp/032504693X/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1421706597&sr=8-2&keywords=falling+in+love+with+close+reading" target="_blank">Notice and Note: Strategiesfor Close Reading</a></u> by Kylene Beers and Robert E. Probst. I teach a 2/3 high ability classroom and felt like Notice and Note would be perfect for my kiddos. Finally, I put all of that professional knowledge to work
with great TpT products by teachers such as <span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Primary Polka Dot</span>s and <span style="color: magenta;">24/7 Teacher</span>
who both sell awesome close reading activities. Click on the images below to find these products in their store!</span><br />
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I put together Close Reading Bags, which were simply a gallon-size baggie with
a red, green, and blue Crayola pencil inside. I love Primary Polka Dots monthly
passages because they can be cut and used as half sheets of paper. I throw three or
four half-sheet passages along with the pencils in the baggies and pass them out to the kiddos. I also prepare a poster of each passage I am
going to use to model with my students. Then we get down and dirty with our close reading skills! Here's a picture of Lindsey Flood's product at work. (This is my poster I used for modeling!) The kids are active and we are hitting so many reading skills with just one short passage. As soon as we get this down, I will start to introduce the signposts from Notice and Note!!</span></div>
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We are two weeks away from our first big state test! One of my colleagues found an ISTEP Survival bag and tweaked it so it fit our "Superhero Theme"! We are going to have a pep session the Friday before we start testing and when the students come back to the classroom, they will have this goodie bag sitting on their desk. It is our hopes that this will get them pumped up even more and ready to take the test!<br />
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Whew!! This time of year is very stressful for both teachers and students. With all the snow days and two hour delays, our state standardized testing prep days have been cut way down - YIKES!!! Last year Beth and I planned four weeks of ISTEP writing prep. We took information from Smekens website and incorporated those into our lessons. We also had our teachers portray different characters from their site. This week, we will be meeting Prunella Purple. She talks to the students all about how to use Purple WOW words in their writing. This is a resource we used last year and I thought I would share! After reading Fancy Nancy and discussing her "fancy" words, students were partnered up and found words in the text that were boring and made them into Purple Wow words. This helped them realize the importance of Purple Wow words but at the same time when too many of those words distract the reader. I hope that you can use this in your writing!<br />
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During the month of January, we do some exciting writing! Our third graders work on How To Writing pieces (How to Build a Root Beer Float and How to Blow a Bubble). We just finished our How to Build a Root Beer Float. We first start out as a grade level and build a Root Beer Float together. By the students giving directions, they quickly realize how specific they need to be and they need to give every detail! From there, students draw the steps and then work on writing out the directions step by step. This is a great time for us to work on transition words and talk about using a variety of catchy transitions instead of first, second, third, etc. Here are some pictures of the finished work! They really enjoy this writing and it is very "eye-catching" and they enjoy seeing them out in the hallway!<br />
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I know this is very last minute but I am hoping that there are some teachers out there looking for some writing plans for the three days of school this week! We have done this unit the past couple of years and my students ABSOLUTELY love this! I have found that I get some of their best writing out of this unit. Everything is right here to make it easy planning for you! The lesson is in SMART. The one problem that I have with SMART is the inability to embed fonts so the font is Comic Sans. If you are like me (a Font Fanatic) - you can change the font to your liking! There is also the Planning Page for the students to write their paragraphs and turkey writing paper if you want your students to write a final draft. Here are some pictures of what is included and a few of my students Turkey Persuasive Writing!<br />
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The website she is talking about is: <a href="http://ifaketext.com/">http://ifaketext.com/</a>. I was trying to think of new ways to engage my students during Lit Stations. I like them to respond to their reading during Independent Reading Time but I want it to be a quick response and something that gets them excited. I started wondering if there was a fake texting site so I went searching on Google and, lo and behold, I found this site. It's really easy to use and the kids enjoyed "texting" their written responses to me. The kids loved it so much that I created a product called Text Me! Reading Response Sheets. Here is a quick picture-if you want to see the skills included, click on any image to go to my TpT
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I am currently working on a nonfiction version of Text Me!Reading Response Sheets for nonfiction. Leave me a nonfiction question that you would like to see included in my new product. If I haven't already used that question, I will send you this product for FREE! I will give this away to the first three questions I haven't used! <br />
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I have finally finished my first classroom theme package-The Learning Clinic. My friend and colleague, Katy Keller, inspired this theme. She had asked me to create a few items for a medical themed classroom last year and I did but then I found some super cute background papers from Jessica Weible's website, JW Illustrations: Clipart. And guess what? Yes, I had to redo it all and I have to say I think it turned out pretty darn cute. So, Katy, your project is done. I sure hope you like everything as much as I do! <br />
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Hello! Beth and I decided it would be great to start highlighting some different strategies from the book "Teach Like a Champion". If you have not read this book, you need to put it on your must read book list! It has some amazing (yet simple) strategies to use in your classroom to help it run a bit more smoothly. This past year, we worked on implementing four of the Teach Like a Champion strategies into our staff development time and then during our observations, our principal was looking to see these in action. <br />
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This is a simple yet very useful tool to use in the classroom. My goal this year is to start from the beginning of the year and it will become habit before long and this way I know that I have will the full attention from my students (and it didn't take much time to get them attentive).<br />
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Check out this website for more detailed information: <a href="http://daviskm2psy3010.wordpress.com/slant-strategy-three/">http://daviskm2psy3010.wordpress.com/slant-strategy-three/</a><br />
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I was looking through my files last night and came upon an activity that I used to do the first week of school. It was an activity that inspired creative thinking and I miss those types of activities. Don't you? loved this activity because it's so simple. You just need the book, <u>Ten Black Dots</u>, by Donald Crews, colored dot stickers, and my book template. I like to use the primary colored dots like this:</div>
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But you can use any brand or color! Each student will need 55 stickers but you will need to buy a bunch because the kids will use a variety of colors. </div>
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Discuss the creativity Crews uses in each page of his book. I like to use a piece of chart paper to create my own page and discuss my expecations for this project. (They aren't many--remember, this book is about creativity!) Next, I turn on inspirational music and let the kids go to town. I allow them about 30-40 minues a day. This is so nice for me because the kids are busy and I can get a few extra minutes to catch up ALL of the work there is to do that first week of school. And my kids are using CREATIVITY-a much needed skill for the 21st Century! Click on either image below to take you to my TPT store! </div>
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I forgot to mention that I would have a parent bind each student's book so they could have their own book. I have a basket in my classroom library called <em>Our Class Books</em>. Students put their books there so other kids can read them throughout the year. <br />
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