tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23158193352650703882024-03-18T09:15:05.431-07:00Jennifer's Teaching ToolsMrs. Wagnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11797844574869004480noreply@blogger.comBlogger73125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2315819335265070388.post-74107288633829142012023-05-31T10:19:00.001-07:002023-05-31T10:19:32.783-07:00Nobody Hugs a Cactus<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG64co4iQ6ZdXy46mL8PvgI0gfKh0QxKKD8eoBqwbfMGnlvHOF936paSXHknBbh6uRl-PFzU4O93e5eZ75i4Z77yO3YgdQ9B8_zmienWRbQDsoBRcgHQOIixqXV6Zt6EWQ-G6cuMXWIUr3WUgnMh_cjmbi8r7aVR2eLdtxfv39j1AN8wXoPDF-CB9U/s327/nobody%20hugs%20a%20cactus.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="327" data-original-width="321" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG64co4iQ6ZdXy46mL8PvgI0gfKh0QxKKD8eoBqwbfMGnlvHOF936paSXHknBbh6uRl-PFzU4O93e5eZ75i4Z77yO3YgdQ9B8_zmienWRbQDsoBRcgHQOIixqXV6Zt6EWQ-G6cuMXWIUr3WUgnMh_cjmbi8r7aVR2eLdtxfv39j1AN8wXoPDF-CB9U/s320/nobody%20hugs%20a%20cactus.png" width="314" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>Nobody Hugs a Cactus by Carter Goodrich is a great read aloud for all students. It has a great message about kindness, friendship, and change. This leads to a great discussion about character traits and how characters can change throughout a story.</p><p>After discussing the character traits of the main characters, we discussed our own personal traits that we would use to describe ourselves. A fun way to share a little more about ourselves was to make these mini foldable character trait books. We drew a picture of ourselves and wrote down a few traits that might describe us. Accordion fold them to make a little mini book. Trade with a partner so everyone can learn a little bit more about each other. This could be a fun beginning of the year getting to know you activity. </p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">You can find these mini books at my TPT store <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Nobody-Hugs-a-Cactus-Mini-Book-9606294" target="_blank">HERE</a>!</span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoYkfNDGW12_WNHCbAxIPy7OFFeJ-5CSsnzY-L7Com7Jn-kAvaLOPEeNqeeqc23WBg7D5hu6ha9GTwRqamYysMMjBSpql_8Pp6mrre5W8QBvbxKj0TdWevd53gncx9xdHe5Tk4wGh6Uf12bpkjHHsvAmBy2mVPFDxNmEUiuKMLkqa4snG_PcJtdwGK/s933/my%20character%20traits%20mini%20book%20pic.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="403" data-original-width="933" height="138" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoYkfNDGW12_WNHCbAxIPy7OFFeJ-5CSsnzY-L7Com7Jn-kAvaLOPEeNqeeqc23WBg7D5hu6ha9GTwRqamYysMMjBSpql_8Pp6mrre5W8QBvbxKj0TdWevd53gncx9xdHe5Tk4wGh6Uf12bpkjHHsvAmBy2mVPFDxNmEUiuKMLkqa4snG_PcJtdwGK/s320/my%20character%20traits%20mini%20book%20pic.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>Another fun activity that correlates to this book involves a little research. Allow students to come up with a list of other "prickly" animals. Use books and research databases to learn a little bit more about their prickly animals. Here are some animal ideas!</p><p><span> -Porcupine</span><br /></p><p><span><span> -Hedgehog</span><br /></span></p><p><span><span><span> -Sea Urchin</span><br /></span></span></p><p><span><span><span><span> -Bearded Dragon</span><br /></span></span></span></p><p><span><span><span><span><span> -Lionfish</span><br /></span></span></span></span></p><p><span><span><span><span><span><span> -Stingray</span><br /></span></span></span></span></span></p><p>We also created a list of animals that might have a prickly personality. They don't want hugs either! Here are a few ideas.</p><p><span> -Sharks</span><br /></p><p><span><span> -Bears</span><br /></span></p><p><span><span><span> -Spiders</span><br /></span></span></p><p><span><span><span><span> -Rattlesnakes</span><br /></span></span></span></p><p><span><span><span><span>After doing a little research on the animals, students can create their own page to showcase the prickly animal and add in a few fun facts about why we might not want to hug them. Students can draw a picture to go with their fun facts.</span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">You can find this page at my TPT store <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Nobody-Hugs-a-Cactus-Animal-Research-Page-9606358" target="_blank">HERE</a>!</span></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKuhKsy5YpRchSSP31ktWWJ1MggRRDInMpY7D97nDU2b1oFgWJdJkAZNm3zaENLf1kEuITveINqISTZLwBwJceikkgi3qQblxdNdEnuPiugQLw6whxUU69wWxLse7OqDzUi086URgDFGa-FWkM2_kfxDi6Gr-2cwaD_8jtfFID6yNFZcge2OwWS6oe/s868/nobody%20hugs%20page%20pic.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="668" data-original-width="868" height="246" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKuhKsy5YpRchSSP31ktWWJ1MggRRDInMpY7D97nDU2b1oFgWJdJkAZNm3zaENLf1kEuITveINqISTZLwBwJceikkgi3qQblxdNdEnuPiugQLw6whxUU69wWxLse7OqDzUi086URgDFGa-FWkM2_kfxDi6Gr-2cwaD_8jtfFID6yNFZcge2OwWS6oe/s320/nobody%20hugs%20page%20pic.png" width="320" /></a></b></div><b><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b><p></p><p>Enjoy!</p>Mrs. Wagnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11797844574869004480noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2315819335265070388.post-44571243783975606602023-05-31T08:02:00.000-07:002023-05-31T08:02:32.201-07:00Giant Pants!<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqorLAaIdqz0_D-VYbl4MAAVF0O9AJCMiZzV-XxIgSBv3--Dv11yKJHAZOM8TKrBYA2qYG5D7uKOqBQds8Ob6GFCcl_ID6KQ_lT6rxim4VJuvrGWXH2JdwHzGmEWaG3t_g3W3ps-_wXP8GEkYBL393RIyfv9r-3Blv99vW7uuHCEhYa8vM9rR2MBpG/s331/giant%20pants.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="331" data-original-width="318" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqorLAaIdqz0_D-VYbl4MAAVF0O9AJCMiZzV-XxIgSBv3--Dv11yKJHAZOM8TKrBYA2qYG5D7uKOqBQds8Ob6GFCcl_ID6KQ_lT6rxim4VJuvrGWXH2JdwHzGmEWaG3t_g3W3ps-_wXP8GEkYBL393RIyfv9r-3Blv99vW7uuHCEhYa8vM9rR2MBpG/w277-h288/giant%20pants.png" width="277" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><p>Have you read this super fun book aloud to your students yet? You should definitely check it out! It's a crowd favorite. In this book, the giant can't find his pants anywhere! He asks his friends if he can borrow theirs, but none of them fit. He has to go to town and have the tailor make him new pants. </p><p>We decided that the giant might not lose his pants anymore if we designed some wild and crazy pants for him! This was super fun. The students loved coming up with the craziest designs and sharing their ideas with everyone.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-size: large;">You can download the design page from my TPT store <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Giant-Pants-Design-9605665" target="_blank">HERE</a>!</b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-d0I7Mv4gSS7RLS398DgtArvVvnurnhsxMFrtEyUHvpCkF3KGd9k5m8lGrMWekfFHFlI7j9caZYyAhsb2ngGCMVmfsRBVwDeG-QhJWqbrANb77WkXTcbrgR6AE_vk7AfpAwBCvC7fawC0x8r5ZSuoZPCgXMk-19OYORwb1wNQOBG1BDp8v69R4mAK/s650/giant%20pants%20page%20pic.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="650" data-original-width="493" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-d0I7Mv4gSS7RLS398DgtArvVvnurnhsxMFrtEyUHvpCkF3KGd9k5m8lGrMWekfFHFlI7j9caZYyAhsb2ngGCMVmfsRBVwDeG-QhJWqbrANb77WkXTcbrgR6AE_vk7AfpAwBCvC7fawC0x8r5ZSuoZPCgXMk-19OYORwb1wNQOBG1BDp8v69R4mAK/s320/giant%20pants%20page%20pic.png" width="243" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Enjoy!</p>Mrs. Wagnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11797844574869004480noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2315819335265070388.post-24732845110214507212021-09-30T13:36:00.000-07:002021-09-30T13:36:08.501-07:00Facts Vs Opinions Vs Robots!<p> I'm back! </p><p>We are loving this book in the library this week and I wanted to share! </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQagYw6J31BycHMBIPXKivgYCctrzlUxDORgL4UkY0G3GZiYKRfWBF8NB1f-NIrHYDndhtKCqobfzAAJyYDYHM7r3ZaiVrsXWfj08DBld0SBazkdhpQVBlOA2_AMjVWgzjocI9VxoQeyE/s425/facts+vs+opinions+vs+robots+pic.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="425" data-original-width="313" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQagYw6J31BycHMBIPXKivgYCctrzlUxDORgL4UkY0G3GZiYKRfWBF8NB1f-NIrHYDndhtKCqobfzAAJyYDYHM7r3ZaiVrsXWfj08DBld0SBazkdhpQVBlOA2_AMjVWgzjocI9VxoQeyE/s320/facts+vs+opinions+vs+robots+pic.png" width="236" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>Facts Vs Opinions Vs Robots is a great book that not only teaches kids about facts and opinions, but also that everyone has their own opinion...and that's OK! We need to respect others' opinions and get along. Such a great message to add into the learning! PLUS...it has cool robots! We love robots! </p><p>After we read the book, we practiced telling each other our own facts and opinions about the robots. Then, the students used the page below to design their own robots and write one fact and one opinion about their robot. Click on the link to download the page!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1URMuNrE6Gs4I8olyh7qGHT4YTBHQYs4f/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank">Facts Vs Opinions Vs Robots Writing Page</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1URMuNrE6Gs4I8olyh7qGHT4YTBHQYs4f/view?usp=sharing" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="892" data-original-width="703" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4THD7XNfLFhansDA4E8mqeBe9PPKUP6MD_NPiHeQu3fdfuVh8vZS7mQw3UpPQ977gq1JzKdi9C2a6Omfl75PPsVv4l7qLgquMBRag5XGhoOGYbz3PzAN495sWzn7OShZkzQVM2uAzNzg/s320/facts+writing+pic.png" width="252" /></a></div><br /><p>I used this page for the younger students and we just verbally shared our facts and opinions instead of writing. </p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1VRY6jb9meT2adPYyXXj1c-pL2bBp70od/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank">Facts Vs Opinions Vs Robots Small Robot Page</a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1VRY6jb9meT2adPYyXXj1c-pL2bBp70od/view?usp=sharing" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="875" data-original-width="582" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGpFLbfkHOlKwgqZFS3r5RIneZ1WIZZ5e8uLNRoZvvwed_A0PZQNivhGbmSeFqz7vW2Q3QZkWPyGOosKayWR1K1SwR4KbFT-79WcKT-EL1neV6VoXjVhcZyjaXP0aUzd691Xu69qW3KsI/s320/facts+half+sheet+pic.png" width="213" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;">This book is from the Texas 2x2 Reading List. Find more activity ideas for this book and all the other great books on the list <a href="https://txla.org/tools-resources/reading-lists/2x2/current-list/" target="_blank">HERE</a>!</p>Mrs. Wagnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11797844574869004480noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2315819335265070388.post-30427924699608137152018-07-31T16:45:00.002-07:002018-07-31T16:45:52.934-07:00"Makering" the Most out of Literature!Check below to find literature, resources, and makerspace ideas for your classroom or library!<br />
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Mrs. Wagnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11797844574869004480noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2315819335265070388.post-56724485562396820762017-06-01T07:02:00.001-07:002017-08-07T19:16:17.946-07:00It's A Whole New 3D World!As
pricing becomes more reasonable, 3D printing is becoming more popular in
education. Here are a few ways that I am integrating 3D printing into the elementary ELA curriculum.<br />
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To start the year, I like to build a classroom community by reading <i>How Full is Your Bucket?</i><br />
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We thought it would be a great idea to create a medal/necklace to give to students in the class that might need a drop in their bucket that day. The students used the page below to design their medal. We used the Printshop App and Tinkercad program to recreate their designs. We chose a few to print out and hang on a chain.<br />
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We have the necklaces hanging up where they are easy to get to and hand out to students that need a lift that day. They wear them for the day and then return them before they go home.<br />
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Allowing students to create awards that correlate to classroom lessons is a way to get them excited to participate and do their best in class. After reading aloud several books to the class, they created their own book awards that we could hand out to the books we already read and some for future read-alouds. We again used the Printshop App to create the medals. We displayed the medals with the books in our classroom library.<br />
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We always share our writing after working through several writing lessons and completing our final copy. To highlight the amazing writing of others, we created our own writing awards to be printed on the 3D printer and displayed with our writing.<br />
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During our poetry unit, we read a lot of poetry about snowflakes. We then wrote our own snowflake poetry. The students also designed their own special snowflake. We chose a few to be printed on the 3D printer to be displayed with their poems. </div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B79pd1AUkOh6eENmSlVsZWotVEU/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank">Snowflake Poetry</a></span></div>
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Next, we did an author study on one of our favorite authors, Patrician Polacco. To see the author study lessons and ideas, click <span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://here./">HERE.</a> </span></div>
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To conclude our unit this year, we read <i>The Keeping Quilt</i>. We discussed the words and symbols that would describe our class that we would put on our own keeping quilt. The students then designed their own keeping quilt square. We voted on one to print for the class. We recreated the design using Tinkercad. Then, we displayed it on our classroom door all year!</div>
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During our read-alouds, we discussed what might have really helped the characters in the story to survive or make their life a little easier. The students brainstormed ideas and designed their own survival tools. They also had to present their survival tool to the class and explain how it works and how it would have helped the characters in the stories. The class voted on their favorite survival tool. That is the tool we printed on the 3D printer!</div>
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To end the year, we did an author study on a nonfiction author, Sandra Markle. We LOVE her book series... <i>What if You Had Animal....</i></div>
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We read the whole series! While reading the series, the students took notes on their one favorite animal from each book. Then they created their own hybrid animal using their favorite animal part from each book. They had to draw their animal and give it a new name.</div>
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Print decoders for students to use to decode a special writing prompt or message for the day. They can also create coded messages for a drops in a bucket note to a friend. This example can also be downloaded from <a href="https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:650747" target="_blank">Thingiverse</a>!</div>
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<br />Mrs. Wagnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11797844574869004480noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2315819335265070388.post-36222118591227385742017-05-22T08:02:00.001-07:002017-05-22T08:02:50.549-07:00Media LiteracyIt is really hard to find resources to teach media literacy to K-2 students! <br />
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If you have a subscription to Brainpop, they do have an excellent video about media literacy. You can find it <span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.brainpop.com/english/studyandreadingskills/medialiteracy/" target="_blank">HERE</a>.</span><br />
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Another great resource is media smarts. They have several videos about media. You can find them <span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://here./">HERE.</a></span><br />
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After introducing media with these videos, we made flipbooks in our interactive notebooks that had all the media literacy notes we needed. We also completed a couple sorting worksheets to review the concepts. <br />
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At the end of our unit we created posters and pamphlets to help to promote and sell our Market Day items.<br />
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Mrs. Wagnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11797844574869004480noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2315819335265070388.post-23655630771630249302017-04-09T10:15:00.002-07:002017-04-09T10:15:09.006-07:00Nonfiction and Fiction Text FeaturesLooking for materials to introduce or review nonfiction text features, or to discuss how fiction is different than nonfiction? Maybe some of the resources I have listed below will be useful to you!<br />
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After introducing the lesson and discussing each text feature, the students work in pairs to do a nonfiction text features scavenger hunt. I give each of them a nonfiction text to hunt through and discuss what they find. They use the page below to write what they notice during the scavenger hunt.</div>
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I also created a couple games for the students to play in groups to review fiction/nonfiction text features.</div>
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We also played a nonfiction text features pop-up game. I read a definition and the students "pop-up" with the card that has the correct text feature name. </div>
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What a great book to talk about friendship and how to be a great friend. This is a great beginning of the year book when you are setting up your classroom expectations and creating a classroom community. It's also a great book to read during the week of Valentine's Day too! <br />
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After talking about friends and how to be a good friend, the kids completed these pages to draw and write about their ideas.<br />
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Now we CAN'T WAIT to get some more Ballet Cat books to read in class! The class is anxiously awaiting this one....</div>
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Mrs. Wagnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11797844574869004480noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2315819335265070388.post-48739192208904730902017-01-22T17:21:00.000-08:002017-01-22T17:21:03.196-08:00VisualizingI love teaching visualizing. There are so many great lessons that I do every year that the kids love. This year I made a new lesson to test out in my class. I think it went pretty well!<br />
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We read the <b>My Ice Cream Cone</b> poem and highlighted the words or phrases that helped us create a mental image. Then the students used their highlighted notes to create their mental images. We compared our mental images and discussed how they were the same or different and why that might be.<br />
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Mrs. Wagnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11797844574869004480noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2315819335265070388.post-77332518796040547012017-01-22T17:07:00.001-08:002017-01-22T17:07:13.297-08:00What Color Is Camouflage?What Color is Camouflage is a great nonfiction text to use in class for many different lessons. I recently used it to reinforce main idea. We discussed the book and worked together to think of the important details in the story that supported our main idea.<br />
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Mrs. Wagnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11797844574869004480noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2315819335265070388.post-23441651253997725972017-01-22T16:59:00.002-08:002017-01-22T16:59:59.355-08:00Poetry FunWe read a couple books in class to discuss rhyming stories. We discussed how the rhymes came at the end of the sentence. Here are the lessons I used with my class for this quick introduction to rhyme!<br />
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First, we read <b>Rumble in the Jungle</b>! This was a class favorite! </div>
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After discussing the book and the rhymes we looked at the book again to complete the rumble in the jungle rhyming page.<br />
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Another fun rhyming book we read was <b>The Caterpillow Fight.</b> </div>
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<br />Mrs. Wagnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11797844574869004480noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2315819335265070388.post-58977530141075632342017-01-22T16:12:00.001-08:002017-01-22T16:12:38.514-08:00BeekleI love <b>Beekle</b> and so do my students! We recently read Beekle in class when we were discussing character traits. I made a quick little lesson and page to go with the book.<br />
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Mrs. Wagnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11797844574869004480noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2315819335265070388.post-40259081830803080692016-10-17T18:02:00.000-07:002016-10-17T18:02:20.079-07:00GenreI have been so busy and haven't shared anything in a long time. Hopefully very soon I can post more often! Today, I thought I would share some genre things that I have going in my room. <br />
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I have a genre wall by my classroom library. Every time I read a book in class or we use a text during a mini-lesson, we add a picture of the book cover to our genre wall. The kids discuss together what genre each book is and where we should add it to the wall. This always starts some great discussions! These pictures are from the first few weeks of school. Our wall is going to be full! <br />
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<br />Mrs. Wagnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11797844574869004480noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2315819335265070388.post-91158949894906039532016-07-31T16:28:00.000-07:002016-07-31T16:28:40.924-07:00Back to School!I'm just stopping in to post a quick idea for the first day of school! I made this iPad template that students can use to highlight things about themselves. I plan to have them work on it right away the first day and then hang it up on the bulletin board next to their pictures. <br />
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Here's my teacher example. (As you can see I'm not an artist!)</div>
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Students can write or draw under the apps.</div>
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I also made these bookmarks to give to them with the book. I made the bookmarks on Canva. I LOVE Canva! If you haven't used Canva...you really need to. I could spend hours making things on there. It's FREE! You can check it out here: <a href="https://www.canva.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">CANVA</span></a><br />
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Mrs. Wagnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11797844574869004480noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2315819335265070388.post-70061134674351688462016-05-04T07:37:00.000-07:002016-05-04T07:37:57.918-07:00Making Book Clubs EngagingMy students love book clubs, but just doing the regular old reader's response with pencil and paper can get old after a while. I have been slowly trying to add some more interesting options for them to choose from to respond to their books.<br />
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<strong><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/balloon-stickies-plus/id699592020?mt=8" target="_blank">Balloon Stickies Plus</a></strong></div>
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Balloon Stickies was a big hit with my book clubs. They LOVED this. The app is so easy to use and I thought they did a great job! I had them find a picture from their book or use an image from Google that represented someone or something in their book. Then, they had to use the Balloon Stickies app to write what their character might be thinking.<br />
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Here are a few examples from the Freckle Juice Book Club Group...</div>
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One more activity for book clubs is using Flipquiz to get the reading groups talking and writing about the text. This website is so easy to use and can be used as a fun review for anything.<br />
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I created a Flipquiz board with thinking stems and questions for students to respond to in their groups and reading logs. I leave the Flipquiz up on the board and students decide what category and point amounts they want. They click on the one they want and respond by talking with their group and writing in their reading notebooks.<br />
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<br />Mrs. Wagnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11797844574869004480noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2315819335265070388.post-26279049609517709132016-03-24T14:10:00.002-07:002016-03-24T14:10:37.862-07:00My Favorite Book<br /><br />
I have been reading aloud chapter books to my kids all year and book talking many other books that I thought would be good for them as well. They are really getting into finding a good-fit book for them and sticking with it until the end. <br />
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Today we took a minute to talk about our favorite books so far this year and even a favorite book from when they were younger. I was impressed with some of their selections and their reasons explaining why they loved these books! <br />
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I asked the kids to get their favorite book. I took a picture of them with their book and they wrote a little about it and why they liked it so much on a little poster page. We found book trailers for each book on You Tube and linked them to QR codes to add to our favorite book poster. I really wanted them to create their own book trailers....but it is so busy right now! Maybe after testing season! Later, the kids took an iPad and did a little gallery walk. They scanned the QR codes of the books they were interested in and thought they might like to read.<br />
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I used this anchor chart to introduce the different types of media and some of the ways questions may be asked about photographs and illustrations that accompany our reading.<br />
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To practice really looking closely at photographs and making inferences and predictions, we used photographs from The New York Times. They have an amazing collection. This is a great activity to do every morning to start some real conversations and practice really looking at photographs to notice details.<br />
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Check out this blog post with ten sample pictures and ideas of how to use them in class for close reading:<br />
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I used this blog post to practice with my class. There are 10 pictures listed on this blog, so I made this page to go with the activity. Students write their thoughts, inferences, questions, and captions for the photographs. This activity not only provided many great opportunities for deep discussions, but it was also so fun for the kids...and the teacher.</div>
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I had the students create a video about themselves using ChatterPix. This is one of our favorite apps!<br />
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Students completed an introduction page just to get their thoughts in order. Then, they took a selfie and recorded their introduction in ChatterPix!<br />
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For open house, I linked our ChatterPix videos to a QR code so the parents could scan and watch when they came to school. We put the QR code on a getting to know you page along with a student picture.<br />
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This year I added a makerspace area to my classroom to encourage creativity and design. This station was a favorite in my classroom! Here are some ideas from my makerspace this year!</div>
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Here's what I have at my station:</div>
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I always have some type of writing that is expected at the station. Here's the page we started with:</div>
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Our first makerspace experience was with recycled crafts. I checked out several books from the library to give them some ideas to help them brainstorm. I added whatever craft supplies I could find in my cabinet and we used recycled paper from our recycling basket. We also found a few great websites with some fun ideas.</div>
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<a href="http://www.favecrafts.com/Earth-Day-Crafts/16-Recycle-Crafts-for-Kids" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">FaveCrafts</span></a></div>
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Another great idea that my class loved was Origami. I checked out several books from the library again to get them started. We also found some really great sites too.</div>
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Here are a couple examples from my class:</div>
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We also made a stop motion video of them coloring their doodles. Here's a short example!</div>
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I also had the students research a topic of their choice at the makerspace and then create a poster and video to display their facts. To see a complete blog post about this idea, click <a href="http://jennifersteachingtools.blogspot.com/2015/02/research-fun.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">HERE</span></a><span style="font-size: large;">.</span></div>
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After making the Flextangles, the kids created videos with music to show their designs.</div>
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Little Bits are also a great addition to the makerspace. Here's a link to their site too!</div>
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Here are some great coding apps that would be awesome at the makerspace! Check them out!</div>
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As always, the kids took notes to add to their reader's notebooks. Here's the page we used:<br />
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The next day, we took some time to review our notes with a partner. Then, we completed this cut and paste page for a review.<br />
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The best part of the week was actually performing a play! We found some great plays on Pinterest. We decided to perform <em>How I Became a Pirate</em>. The kids practiced for several days and also made their own props. This was a big hit! <br />
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You can find some free plays to download here:</div>
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<a href="http://firstgradebloom.blogspot.com/2013/06/manic-monday.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">The Very Cranky Bear</span></a></div>
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<a href="http://www.wiseowlfactory.com/BookaDay/archives/9567" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">Little Red Hen</span></a></div>
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I wanted to make sure everyone took this project seriously and got involved, so I made a rubric for them so they would understand the expectations. </div>
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<a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B79pd1AUkOh6LUlqSldRdDd2WmM/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">Reader's Theater Rubric</span></a></div>
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I always have my students add some form of the anchor to their reader's notebooks so they can refer back to it during the unit. We made this anchor chart into a flip book and added our notes.<br />
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<a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B79pd1AUkOh6dGkwa1lmU1QzcXc/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">Persuasive Text Flipbook</span></a></div>
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Then, I read aloud <em>The Great Kapok Tree</em> by Lynne Cherry. This is a great book to show how the characters are persuading the man in the story. We discussed why they were persuading him and how they were persuading him. We also discussed how the book persuaded US as readers to think about taking care of the rainforest. (It was just Earth Day, so this was a great time to read this book!)</div>
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The next day, I read aloud <em>The Principal's New Clothes</em> by Stephanie Calmenson. </div>
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This time the students had to write about how the characters persuaded others and give evidence from the text to support their thinking. We used this page to write our thinking.<br />
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<a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B79pd1AUkOh6aVc2Yk9zbzV6bFk/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">Analyzing Persuasive Text</span></a></div>
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<em>The Pigs' Picnic</em></div>
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We then talked about nonfiction texts. The book <em>Should There Be Zoos</em>? by Tony Stead is amazing! (but hard to find)</div>
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Before reading, the kids thought about how they felt about zoos and then voted yes or no on the topic. We created a graph to show our votes. After reading, the class discussed their thoughts again and we thought about how the book persuaded some of them to change their original vote. </div>
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The next day, the kids read the persuasive article <em>Should We Pay for Plastic Bags?</em> on their own. I downloaded that article <a href="http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/learning/7-12assessments/naplan/teachstrategies/yr2011/index.php?id=literacy/reading/lr_evld/lr_evld_s3a_11" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">HERE</span></a><span style="font-size: large;">.</span> </div>
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They completed this writing page to list how the author persuaded the readers and then wrote evidence to support their thinking. </div>
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It was a fun week with lots of great discussion!</div>
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I always like to create a "mini" notes page that goes with our anchor charts so the kids can add them to their reader's notebooks. That way they can use them at any time, even when the anchor chart has to go away because we ran out of wall space!<br />
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We focused a lot on the three questions from the anchor chart. This really helped us think about and determine the theme.</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">What did the characters learn?</span></div>
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We used these questions after reading a story to figure out the theme. We used a flipbook to write our evidence based on the questions. Then, we wrote our theme for the story. We added our flipbooks to our reader's notebooks.</div>
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Some great books to use to get started with theme are...</div>
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Wings</div>
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by Christopher Myers</div>
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Theme: Bullying, Be proud of who you are, Be loyal to your friends</div>
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Elmer</div>
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Theme: It's ok to be different, Be yourself</div>
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A Porcupine Named Fluffy</div>
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Themes: Be kind to others, Friendship, It's ok to be different</div>
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