tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29092008990136766032024-03-13T09:53:25.910-05:00Mrs. Flickinger's Butterfly OasisChanging Children's Thinking One Day At A TimeTammyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13150556420654401864noreply@blogger.comBlogger53125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2909200899013676603.post-27894904917873281042015-08-22T14:47:00.002-05:002015-08-22T14:53:52.779-05:00WELCOME BACK<span style="font-size: large;">It has been over a year since I have posted on my blog. I got so overwhelmed with everyone else's blogs and trying to keep up with everyone else that I forgot why I started writing my blog in the first place. I don't know about anyone else but I started writing to share ideas with fellow teachers. I didn't start my blog to make money. Don't get me wrong, I LOVE and FOLLOW many teachers with wonderful blogs and teacher pays teachers items but my goal was to share things that work in my classroom to help fellow teachers. SO . . . with that being said this will be my first post sharing same beginning of the year activities that I have used from my fellow bloggers.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">One of my favorite blogs since moving to 4th grade last year is <a href="http://headoverheelsforteaching.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Head Over Heels For Teaching</a>. She has some wonderful ideas and I love reading her blog posts. Since it is Saturday, I have decided to join her Spark Student Motivation Saturday Linky. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Since I just finished my first week of school, I wanted to share two activities that I did with my students this last week. The first activity was a <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Back-to-School-Scoot-Game-Task-Cards-1934810" target="_blank">Back to School Scoot Activity</a> from <a href="http://headoverheelsforteaching.blogspot.com/search/label/Scoot%20Games" target="_blank">Head Over Heels For Teaching.</a> </span></div>
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I<span style="font-size: large;"> had never done a scoot activity in my classroom before and she had this as a freebie so I thought I would give it a try. It went fairly well but some of my students got confused about how to travel around the room. Go figures!! It had nothing to do with the activity itself. It was who was paying attention when I was giving out the directions. I guess if I would to do another scoot activity, I will probably have to physically show them how to move from one area of the classroom to the other. I probably shouldn't blame this too much on the students because I have 25 kiddos and a very small room to work with so the desks are arrange oddly so that they would all fit. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">the information that I received from this activity was priceless. I loved some of my students answers and was a little surprised at some others. It was a good piece of documentation to let me see which kids knew themselves well and which students had no idea about what they thought. It gave me good insight into which students thought about their answers and who just didn't care. I already have my red flag up for a couple of my students that I need to make connections with right away so that I can make this a fabulous year for them. My students really enjoyed this activity and I did too. It will be a keeper for next year.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Another activity that I started this first week of school was a motivational incentive program to do the right thing when we are out of our classroom. It is from <a href="http://www.acupcakefortheteacher.com/" target="_blank">A Cupcake for the Teacher</a> and it is called <a href="http://www.acupcakefortheteacher.com/2014/08/secret-star-freebie-michaels.html" target="_blank">Secret Star.</a> My students love it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I take two discs from the jar every time we leave the classroom. I watch all the students as they walk through the building to where ever we are going but I especially watch my two secret stars. If they do actually what they are suppose to do, they receive a starburst when we get back to the classroom. If they don't follow the expectations, I don't give them one. This has REALLY worked. My students love it. (I have had to get other candy for two students that can't have chewy candy so I brought in smarties for them.) My students do not let me forget to pick two discs. Here is what mine looks like.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Please go visit these two teacher's wonderful blogs and enjoy reading about their activities. </span><span style="font-size: large;">I am so glad that I did. </span><span style="font-size: large;">Next week, I will be trying something new or blogging about something that I do in my classroom. Until then,</span></div>
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Well, I am moving out of my classroom into another classroom this next year. It is very sad because I just moved into this room last August. It really become Home Sweet Home to me. I loved all the colors and all the features of my second grade classroom. BUT a new adventure waits for me ... I am moving into the round part of our building and teaching 4th grade next year. It is a little scary for me but I am always up for a challenge. I have taught 1st and 2nd grade for 15 years. I'm hoping 4th grade will be an amazing adventure like my principal thinks it will be. :)</div>
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I started working at a golf course for the summer in the clubhouse. I really enjoy interacting with adults. It is a nice change in pace and I am not in charge of anything. YAY!!!! I just come to work, do my job and leave without having to take anything home with me. It's such a nice feeling.</div>
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I am changing my theme in my classroom for next year. I am having such a hard time deciding on which theme I want. Here are the three that I am thinking about:</div>
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I really like all three of these ideas and I may just have to put them together some how. I like the thought of my students traveling with their learning using a Passport and I love the colors with the daisies and the fair. What do you think I should do?</div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">We are selling our house so we did some clean up yesterday outside. What a chore!!! We started working on the sideway, doing the edging, sweeping the dirt and pulling the weeds that have grown through the cracks. It tooks us 2 hours to do only 1/4 of our sidewalk. The edging took the longest because we didn't realize how overgrown the grass had gotten. We really had to work at cutting through that. (We have a corner house so we have a lot of sideway to clean.) More cleaning will happen next week I'm afraid.</span></div>
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I have just started reading Igniting a Passion for Reading by Steven L. Layne. I learned about this book through our Book Fair that we have at school. I was looking at it and saw that the forward was written by Gail Boushey & Joan Moser, "The Sister" so I KNEW it had to be a good book and that I needed to read it.</div>
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I hope you enjoyed reading my post. It is so nice to have the time to read others blogs and to also post without feeling like a need to rush or stay up really late to do it. Enjoy your summer everyone.</div>
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Tammyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13150556420654401864noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2909200899013676603.post-32031117747974698132014-05-28T18:51:00.002-05:002014-05-28T18:51:21.819-05:00Wordless WednesdayI am linking up with <a href="http://secondgradesugarandspice.blogspot.com/2014/05/wordless-wednesday-may-28th-im-excited.html" target="_blank">Sugar and Spice</a> for Wordless Wednesday.<br />
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Common Core workshop for three days.</div>
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How are you feeling about Common Core? Do you feel more comfortable with the standards or do you still need help understanding it all and how it all goes together?</div>
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Tammyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13150556420654401864noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2909200899013676603.post-4960291751305076092014-03-08T21:13:00.000-06:002014-05-30T14:43:10.538-05:00March CurrentlyI'm not sure about everyone else but I sure am ready for Spring. Today in Kansas, we had snow this morning and then by afternoon the sun was shining and it was about 40 degrees. <br />
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When do you have Spring Break? We have four more teaching days until ours. So excited for a small break. I sure hope that it is a nice warm break.<br />
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Well, I have not done a post since the last Currently. I'm not sure why. Sometimes I don't think the things I want to talk about is really what people want to read. Or sometimes I think since I am not selling things on TpT that my posts are not as important. I think I'm thinking too much about it. I should just write and share my tips and tricks that I do in my classroom and be happy with that. Hopefully I will find some time to do a little more posting about things like that. <br />
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Anyway, I am linking up with <a href="http://ohboy3rdgrade.blogspot.com/2014/02/currently-march.html" target="_blank">Oh' Boy 4th Grade</a> for the March Currently. If you would also like to link up, follow this link above and enjoy the fun. It is always a great time surfing other teachers blogs and seeing what wonderful ideas they have. Enjoy reading my currently.<br />
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Tammyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13150556420654401864noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2909200899013676603.post-57490042382951999862014-02-08T21:20:00.002-06:002014-05-30T14:44:25.165-05:00February CURRENTLY<span style="font-size: large;">Well, I am back to making this blog about me. Our school district decided to let us have a Facebook page for our classroom and I am soooo loving it. I have had more parents and students comment about posts and pictures that I have put on our Facebook page then I have had using my blog. I am very thankful that our district is allowing us to do this because I love sharing things with my parents. I do have a Newsletter that goes home each week in the students binders but you know that half the time it doesn't get into the hands of the parents. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Anyway, here is my first post back about myself using </span><a href="http://ohboy3rdgrade.blogspot.com/2014/01/currently-february.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">Farley's Currently</span></a><span style="font-size: large;">.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I have been needing to fix my ceiling in my main bathroom for my visitors for sometime. I had paint peeling from the ceiling and the bottom half of the wall was not pretty. It was one room that I didn't paint or fix before we moved in. We have lived here 5 years and I am just now getting that bathroom done because there is a good chance we will be moving. I guess that was my motivation to get a start on it. It does feel good to have gotten at least half of it done. Now I just need to pick the paint that I want and finish it up.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">My next two weeks are going to be a little crazy. I will only teach 3 full days. Isn't that nuts? I have a day and a half of workshops to go to this next week. Monday, Feb. 17 we don't have school because of President's Day. Then that Tuesday, Feb. 18 we have a District In-Service so I have another meeting to go to. Feb. 19-21 we have Parent-Teacher Conferences so the students will leave at 1:30 in the afternoon. Busy! Busy! Busy! But I'm not BUSY teaching students. (Interesting!)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">So that brings me to my WANTING. I need 3 good productive days with my students. Well planned lessons with good content. I am very thankful for teachers that have shared lesson ideas about attributes. We are starting this in math and I really don't think our Math Series does a good job of teaching this subject.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Math is my weak stop. I LOVE READING!! I will research and redo documents for reading instruction and plan wonderful lessons for my students but when it comes to math, I just don't have that same love for it. I am trying really hard this year to learn to love it. It is part of my GOALS for this year. We have read a lot about Number Talks and Discussions. It has been interesting but my brain just loves reading more. What does a girl do??</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Truths ~ We did have 3 snow days this last week and I was by the third day going stir crazy. I live in a small town and we were pretty much snowed in. Couldn't leave for much. I was so ready by Friday to go back to work. :) My Fib ~ I did not go out and shovel any sidewalks. It was way too cold, plus I have a bad back so shoveling snow is not a good idea for me.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Hope you enjoyed my Currently for February. It feels good to be back.</span></div>
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Tammyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13150556420654401864noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2909200899013676603.post-46162701337154464652014-01-01T20:18:00.001-06:002014-01-01T20:18:04.963-06:00HAPPY NEW YEAR!!<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "DJ Doodlers";">We have had a
fabulous second quarter of school with a lot of fun learning going on in Room
A25.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> I was trying to put together a slideshow for parents to see on my school website but it would not work. That school website is so frustrating!! Since it would not work, I</span> will post some pictures here on my blog. Here are some activities that you might like seeing that your student enjoyed this last 9 weeks. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "DJ Doodlers";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">Seat back and enjoy READING!!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "DJ Doodlers";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">Students enjoy lunch each month with Mrs. Flickinger if they participate in the Home Reading Program. These two students read 10 books for the month of November. Way To Go, Girls!!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "DJ Doodlers";">The students had a
fireman come in and do a presentation about Fire Safety.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He talked about what to do when there is a
fire and showed them what he would look like if he was coming in to look for
them in a burning house.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The students
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<span style="font-family: "DJ Doodlers";"><o:p>Congratulations to these students. They not only particiapted in the Home Reading Program in our classroom but they also passed their Book Adventure tests. They got a chance to go with Mrs. Flickinger to a WSU Volleyball Game. It was a lot of fun.</o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "DJ Doodlers";">We were studying
Owls life cycles in Science and the students got an opportunity to investigate
Owl Pellets. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Can you say excited? There were ready to start digging in. </span><br />
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and take assessments to check on their learning.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have been so impressed with this group of
students.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "DJ Doodlers";">They are soooo smart!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "DJ Doodlers";">I hope you enjoy reading this post.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "DJ Doodlers";">I will try to keep up with this blog a little better so that you can see what is going on with your child.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "DJ Doodlers";">I hope you have a wonderful 2014.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "DJ Doodlers";"> Happy Blogging ~ Mrs. Flickinger</span></div>
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Tammyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13150556420654401864noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2909200899013676603.post-71782817316928485752013-10-05T22:26:00.002-05:002013-10-05T22:26:44.361-05:00Welcome to a New School Year<br />
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<span style="font-family: "DJ Doodlers"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">I am so excited to be starting a new school year at Kelly
Elementary.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It has been so refreshing
and so exciting to get to know some of you and also to get to know your children.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This blog is dedicated to you throughout the
school year.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I will be updating it each
month with activities that we have done in the classroom.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I hope you enjoy. :)<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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before and after pictures to let you know what your child's classroom looked like before and after I got done decorating.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "DJ Doodlers"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Our first day of school we made <span style="color: red;"><strong>Jitter Juice</strong></span> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "DJ Doodlers"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">A couple of weeks later after routines had been established, we began our unit on Monarch
Butterflies.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was such a fun
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skin. It was such a few unit. We will be finished up this unit with making a butterfly that will migrate to Mexico and children in Mexico will watch over it and send it back next spring. It is an exciting project.</span></div>
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Tammyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13150556420654401864noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2909200899013676603.post-79265894007837560202013-07-28T21:36:00.001-05:002013-07-28T21:41:59.298-05:00Sunday Smorgasbord<br />
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done. I got overlays on my fingernails and I had a
pedicure on my toes. It felt fantastic. I had Hana use one of the colors of my
classroom and put chevron stripes on them. I think they turned out very cute.</span> </span></div>
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Here are my new and improved dining room chair seats. Love how they turned out.</div>
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Tammyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13150556420654401864noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2909200899013676603.post-52665717086131141792013-07-24T21:42:00.000-05:002013-07-24T21:55:46.789-05:00Hurricane Kansas<span style="font-size: large;">This is going to be a quick post because I am very tired from today's activities. We had the biggest storm that I have seen while living here in Pretty Prairie. Rain, Hail and 100 mph winds. I felt like I was watching one of my videos for my weather unit in school about Hurricanes. Here are a few pictures of what we had to clean up today. (Tree limbs, branches and leaves, leaves, leaves.)</span><br />
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This is our porch when the storm was halfway through.<br />
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During the storm, the tree across the street was uprooted.<br />
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Part of our tree in the front yard was on the sidewalk. Our pool was still standing though. :)<br />
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This was our neighbors trampoline and it was a block away from its house.<br />
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Our neighbors huge tree was uprooted.<br />
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This car was actually on the other side of Main Street and the wind blew it across the street and the steakhouses roof came off and crashed into the building and car.<br />
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Roof metal hanging from the powerlines.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">It was a crazy day of clean up around my town. It was like being in a tornado but no houses were torn down. </span><span style="font-size: large;">Anyway, I am off to get some sleep because my body is extremely tired.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Tammy</span>Tammyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13150556420654401864noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2909200899013676603.post-83964445636832155282013-07-22T10:28:00.002-05:002013-07-22T10:31:26.395-05:00R . . . E . . . A . . . D<span style="font-size: large;">I am nearing the end of my summer break. I have two and a half weeks left so I am working hard on finishing up my projects that I wanted to do this summer but didn't do or complete yet because of other things that popped up.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> I had the letters READ up last year over my tree but I just put the letters on the wall. </span></div>
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I went to Hobbly Lobby and bought the wooden shapes and the ribbon. I had the paint from painting my bulletin boards and I had the letters from last year.</div>
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I painted each of the wooden shapes.</div>
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Tacked on the ribbon using small tacks.</div>
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This is what it looked like with ribbon on.</div>
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I placed the letters on using glue dots. I don't like my letters always being straight so I made each letter a little crooked.</div>
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I made the bows using a tutorial off of Pinterest also. It took me awhile with the bows. Never made bows before. I think they turned out pretty good if I do say so myself. (FYI ~ the bows are not glued to the ribbon yet)</div>
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Final piece was to put it up in my Classroom Library. I really love how it turned out and my tree is still there. It is right beside it on the left. I stapled the ribbon to the wall and then I hot glued the bows on. Put a few butterflies and bird's around the read sign and it will be finished.</div>
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I also remade my "sharp pencils" and "need sharpened" cans using my rooms colors. Here is a before and after pic.</div>
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I hope you enjoyed reading my post today. Hop over to<a href="http://4thgradefrolics.blogspot.com/2013/07/monday-made-it-72213-early.html" target="_blank"> Monday Made It</a> and see what other people are creating and maybe you will get inspired to make something.</div>
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Tammyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13150556420654401864noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2909200899013676603.post-722711833019644112013-07-16T21:41:00.001-05:002013-07-16T21:42:45.520-05:00Harvest is OVER!<span style="font-size: large;">Well, it has been a long three weeks and I wish I could say that some of it was vacation time but it was not. Harvest went very well here in the "fly over state" of Kansas. I am very glad that it is over. It was very longggg hourrrrssss with very little sleep. I've said this before and I will say it again, </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">"GOD BLESS FARMERS".</span> </span></div>
<span style="font-size: large;">I don't know how they do it every single day going up and down those fields. Three weeks was good enough for me.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Some of you were interested about what we do during harvest so I took my camera and clicked some pictures as we worked. Here we go . . .</span> <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is where it all begins in the morning around 8:00 am. We get the Semi's on the road<br />
with the wheat and we head out to the fields to service the combines and trackers.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We made it to the first wheat field.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My daughter works for the same farmer also. She and Cody are fueling up the<br />
combines and trackers and checking the oil levels.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is me and my job is cleaning the windows of the combines and trackers.<br />
Fun!! Fun!!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is my view from the cab of the combine. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Here is another view from the combine. This is called the header and it<br />
brings the wheat into the cutters and then it goes into the combine.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Once the combine is full of wheat, the trackers come by while we continue<br />
cutting wheat and we empty our wheat into their carts. Then the carts go<br />
to the semi's to fill them.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is what it looks like far away.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Here's a night view for you. We would work until around 10:30 and leave for <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">There it is . . . This was my life for the last three weeks. So glad it is over and I can go back to thinking about school since there is only three weeks before we start here in Kansas. Time is going very fast.</span></div>
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Tammyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13150556420654401864noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2909200899013676603.post-14864601506905243422013-06-23T22:30:00.000-05:002013-06-24T07:23:51.025-05:00Harvest Has Begun<br />
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is an all day job and then some. I will leave in the morning around 8:00 and be
back home around 11:00 or 12:00 midnight. We cut as much wheat as we can in a
day and it makes for long hours of going up and down fields but I wouldn't
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<strong><span style="font-family: "DJ Dash"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: Gungsuh;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">With that being said, I probably won't be on the computer
blog hopping or writing many posts for these next two weeks. I come home very
tired and smelly. I shower and go right to bed to wake up the next morning and
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<strong><span style="font-family: "DJ Dash"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: Gungsuh;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">I <span style="color: red;">LOVE </span>these two weeks in the summer.</span></span></strong></div>
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Tammyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13150556420654401864noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2909200899013676603.post-53993337109818982702013-06-20T17:16:00.004-05:002013-06-20T17:16:47.950-05:00Throwback Thursday ~ Quarterly Parties<div align="center">
<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";"><span style="font-size: x-large;">I am so excited
about joining <a href="http://thefirstgradeparade.blogspot.com/2013/06/throwback-thursdaya-weekly-linky.html" target="_blank">First Grade Parade's Throwback Thursday Linky</a>. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS";"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">I have already been thinking about my Classroom Management with my quarterly
parties for next year since I will be moving to another building.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Since it is summer, I have not been able to
meet with my new teammates yet so I am not sure what they have organized already
for our grade level. I am very excited about sharing my idea with the quarterly
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has flown. I have so many things to post so I am hoping to keep them in order so not to confuse people each day. The end of our first quarter of school was October 10. It has been so much fun working with my set of "SMARTIES" this year. They are such a great group of students but some need some work on learning how to be responsible and respectful to others. They are great with me in the classroom but when they leave my room, a few think the rules don't apply to them anymore. I am sure that some of the teachers and parents out there know what I am talking about. Anyway, our second grade team decided last year that we would have Quarterly Parties for those students that showed responsibility and respect throughout the school day, including the bus rides to school and home. Here were the requirements for them making it to the party.</div>
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What a difference we saw with homework being turned in, behavior in specials improving and no office referrals. SO on October 10, 2012 we had our first quarterly party of the year.<br />
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Out of my 17 students that I have in class, only 3 of my students could not participate in the activities. It is a hard thing to have them miss this fun day (and sometimes it is hard on the parents too) but on the other hand it is a good life lesson. They need to learn that there are consequences for the actions that they choose. I will tell you that two of the students who missed the party this last time are on track to make it to the next party. They are both working really hard at getting their homework turned in. :) So anyway, that is how we decide who gets to come and who does not. On with the show!!!</div>
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As the students come into the classroom, the music from ToyStory was playing in the background. Some of the students dressed up as cowgirls and cowboys for the day and others wore their normal clothes which was perfectly fine. As we started our day, the students made their own cowboy hats. They cut them out and decorated them and then we fit them around their heads with cut sentence strips. They looked adorable on them.</div>
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background. Some of the students dressed up as cowgirls and cowboys for the day
and others wore their normal clothes which was perfectly fine. As we started our
day, the students made their own cowboy hats. They cut them out and decorated
them and then we fit them around their heads with cut sentence strips. They
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about 30 minutes long. We were at the Barrel Racing first. Each student was
able to pick the color horse they wanted to ride. I was the official time
keeper. I showed the students how to go around the barrels and how to follow
the spray painted lines so that they did not get any points taken off their time
for going the wrong way. What fun! The student with the fastest time won a
belt buckle from Pretty Prairie's Largest Night Rodeo. Here are some fun pics
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After that event, we went to Roping Steers. This was fun to
watch because none of my students this year have ever swung a lasso before.
Last year, I had a couple of boys who did very well and helped the other
students learn how to do it. It was a learning experience for them all this
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The last station that we had was the Hay Hauling activities. I
put my class into two teams and they had to move the hay bales from one side to
the other side. It was kind of like a relay race. They had so much fun
cheering each other on.<br />
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busy that morning. The students went to lunch. After lunch, we started making
our homemade Rootbeer. That was a lot of fun and a little eerie. These are my
teammates. They made the homemade rootbeer and I took the pictures. It was very
good and the dry ice made it even better. The kids loved it.</div>
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After making the
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the desks and put down their sleeping bags or blankets and pillows and we began
watching the movie "Toy Story 2". The kids were so ready to relax and eat some
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We are now working on
the second quarter of school and last year we did a quarterly party with The
Polar Express. This year we decided not to do that because kindergarten and
first grade did the movie. We are working on having a quarterly party with a
Grinch Theme. We are so excited about that. If you have any ideas or know of a
site that has great ideas, pass it along to me. We already have an adult
costume for picture taking. Can't wait!!</div>
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What do you do to
encourage your students to do their homework or to be good citizens outside your
classroom? I was going to try and do a Linky Party but after reading the
information about it, I'm not sure I understand how to do it yet. So if anyone
would like to email me how to do a Linky that would be easy to understand, that
would be fabulous. Thanks so much!</div>
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Tammyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13150556420654401864noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2909200899013676603.post-51546638584715776862013-06-19T22:13:00.003-05:002013-06-19T22:13:10.651-05:00Work on Writing & Journaling<div style="text-align: center;">
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</span><span style="font-family: "CK Handprint";"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">What an evening!</span> </span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "CK Handprint";"><span style="font-size: x-large;">We had a
thunderstorm come through last night, which is a good thing because we need
rain, but it's not that great when you realize that the rain is coming into
your house through your roof.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "CK Handprint"; font-size: x-large;">We haven't had <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>hard</u></b> rain in over two
years because of the drought so we didn't realize that our roof was needing assistance
until last night. Good thing it was only the south side of our house. I don't
think I could have found anymore totes or tubes to use to catch the rain.
Anyone else getting any surprises from their homes this summer?</span></div>
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</span><a href="http://loryevanspage.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Lory's Page</span></a><span style="font-size: x-large;"> for her Summer Blog Party ~ </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "CK Handprint"; font-size: x-large;">I am in desperate need of help
in this area. WRITING is not one of my strong teaching points.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With our schedules the last couple of years,
we have only been giving 30 minutes of writing time and it is usually at the
end of the day. Well, you know as good as I do that if it's at the end of the
day, you don't get that whole 30 minute block of time because you have to wrap up
your day with your students; </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "CK Handprint"; font-size: x-large;">hand out homework assignments, </span></div>
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agenda books, </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "CK Handprint";">and so on</span><span style="font-family: CK Handprint;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">…</span><span style="font-family: "CK Handprint";">.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "CK Handprint";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span><span style="font-size: x-large;">We were not allowed to
have writing instruction during our reading block.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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IN WICHITA!!!!!!!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "CK Handprint"; font-size: x-large;">This next year is the first
year that they are putting writing instruction into the reading block.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is how it is broken up:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: CK Handprint; font-size: x-large;">I guess what they are doing is taking that 30 minutes and putting it into our reading block. (short 5 minutes) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "CK Handprint"; font-size: x-large;">Sooooooooooo I
am on the hunt to find information about how other teachers implement work on
writing into their Daily 5 time. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I'm
assuming that they are going to be wanting us to teach the writing process
during this time and I am not sure how this is all going to fit in there.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am excited about having writing in my
reading block but nervous that I may have to take something out of my reading
block that I love doing. Any suggestions out there in blogland would be greatly appreciated.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "CK Handprint"; font-size: x-large;">About journaling ~ My students do receive a journal at the beginning of the year for writing. Our journals are homemade with the writing process at the beginning of it and a sight word list included with many pages of lined paper with a small box at the top for drawing a picture. We used it off and on depending on what activity we were doing at that time of the year. some of the students writings were on topics of choice but other assignments had a topic that they needed to follow. The students really did enjoy writing in their journals but we just didn't get to it like we should have. As I said before, this is the area that I need more help in than any other. I am not ashamed to say it. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "CK Handprint"; font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #351c75;">MY NAME IS TAMMY FLICKINGER AND I NEED HELP WITH WRITING!</span> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "CK Handprint"; font-size: x-large;">So if you read my post PLEASE give me some suggestions or a link to a blog that you may know that could help me become a better writing instructor. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: CK Handprint; font-size: x-large;">Many thanks ahead of time.</span></div>
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Tammyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13150556420654401864noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2909200899013676603.post-7400091617787170012013-06-15T15:33:00.001-05:002013-06-15T22:26:30.064-05:00Ten Pin Linky Party ~ Pinterest Ideas<span style="font-family: "DJ Doodlers";"><span style="font-size: large;">I am linking up with</span><a href="http://justreed-ashley.blogspot.com/2013/06/ten-pin-linky-party-your-favorite.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue; font-size: large;"> Just Reed</span></a><span style="font-size: large;"> for her Ten Pin Linky Party. Simply link up your
10 favorite pinterst pins for the topic of the week and share.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "DJ Doodlers"; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-size: large;">1. This is my wish for my teacher/teaching area for this year. No Clutter! Neat and Clean.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "DJ Doodlers";"><span style="font-size: large;">2.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I moved building this year and my new room
does not have carpet. I love the thought of using Bath Mats for the students to
sit on.</span></span></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: "DJ Doodlers";">3. I would LOVE to
make this Hallway pass board. It would be a cute addition this year.</span></span></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: "DJ Doodlers";">4. These seat crates
are such a great idea. Will I have time to make them this summer? Only time
will tell.</span></span></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: "DJ Doodlers";">5. I have 4 frames
that I want to fill with Inspirational Sayings. Here is one
that I am going to use.</span></div>
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the letters for READ that I put up on my wall last year but I love the idea of
adding ribbons and backboards to them. Great for my Classroom Library area.</span> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "DJ Doodlers";"><span style="font-size: small;"><o:p><a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/563724078327734654/" target="_blank"><img alt="kclassroom20" border="0" height="112" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-uYGki9yhugs/UD2G9XD6VDI/AAAAAAAAcAQ/0P6ZETSF67g/kclassroom20_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border: 0px currentColor; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="kclassroom20" width="200" /></a></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: "DJ Doodlers";">7. Love this idea for
my National Geographic that we get each month. I always save one or two copies
to put into the classroom library. I love how organized this looks.</span></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: "DJ Doodlers";">8. I decided to use
this color scheme for my classroom this year. I am also thinking about putting
the birds in there also along with my butterflies. I love the blue and green
together.</span></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: "DJ Doodlers";">9. For the last 12
years, I have had carpet in my classroom. This next year, I do not. I am very
worried about the noise level of the chairs and desks but I came across this
art teacher and his wonderful idea that he came up with. I will be cutting felt
squares for a while.</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: "DJ Doodlers";">And last but not
least, #10.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I really like how cute and
inviting this word work area is. I have a door that joins the other 2nd grade
classroom and I'm thinking I may add this to that door.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "DJ Doodlers";">Well, if you like
what you see, click on the picture and pin it to your pinterest boards. AND if
you like this idea, go to <a href="http://well,%20if%20you%20like%20what%20you%20see,%20click%20on%20the%20picture%20and%20pin%20it%20to%20your%20pinterest%20boards.%20and%20if%20you%20like%20this%20idea,%20go%20to%20just%20reed%20and%20link%20up%20with%20her%20linky%20party./" target="_blank">Just Reed</a> and link up with her linky party.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "DJ Doodlers";">Until Next Time,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "DJ Doodlers";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Happy Blogging</span></div>
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Tammyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13150556420654401864noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2909200899013676603.post-74136477066081514872013-06-14T21:43:00.001-05:002013-06-14T21:57:57.372-05:00Five For Friday (June 14)<br />
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<span style="font-family: "DJ Doodlers";"><span style="font-size: large;">Happy Friday Everyone!
It has been a busy day of working in my new classroom today so now that I am
home sitting, I decided to link up with <a href="http://doodlebugsteaching.blogspot.com/2013/06/five-for-friday-linky-party-june-14th.html" target="_blank">Doodle Bugs Teaching's</a> Five for Friday.
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "DJ Doodlers";">Last week I linked
up and blogged about what I was going to do this coming week. (You can click
<a href="http://tammyflickingerpage.blogspot.com/2013/06/five-for-friday.html" target="_blank">here</a> if you would like to read it before going on.)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now we are going to see if I got done what I
said I was going to do.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-ascii-font-family: "DJ Doodlers"; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: "DJ Doodlers"; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "DJ Doodlers";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "DJ Doodlers";"><span style="font-size: large; mso-spacerun: yes;">Drum Roll Please ..........</span></span></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: "DJ Doodlers";"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;">1.</span> I decided I was
going to take on re-doing our patio chairs. </span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "DJ Doodlers";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: "DJ Doodlers";"><span style="font-size: large;">Well, I accomplished a little bit
(I mean a little bit) of this project. (You never really realize how long something is
going to take until you start working on it.) I spend one and a half hours
ripping the seams out of the back material of the chair so that I would know
how much to cut but also how to sew it back up again. </span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "DJ Doodlers";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: "DJ Doodlers";"><span style="font-size: large;">This piece turned out
pretty good. I need to make sure the next one is a little tighter before
putting the screws through the material. </span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "DJ Doodlers";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: "DJ Doodlers";"><span style="font-size: large;">Once I got the back on, I decided that
I would continue with the seat part. I began ripping the seams out of that too
but then thought <strong><u><em>MAYBE</em></u> </strong>the piece is the same size as the back of the chair. So
I went over to the other piece and laid it down on top and did an estimate
(just like we do with our students) without ripping the rest of the seams and decided, <u><em><strong><span style="color: red;">YES</span></strong></em></u>, it should be the same
size.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><u><em><strong><span style="color: blue;">BIG MISTAKE!!!</span></strong></em></u> I sewed it all
and went to put the chair bottom on and it was 2 inches too short.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "DJ Doodlers";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: "DJ Doodlers";"><span style="font-size: large;"><u><em><strong><span style="color: red;">WHAT????</span></strong></em></u> </span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "DJ Doodlers";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: "DJ Doodlers";"><span style="font-size: large;">As a person who sews, I should have
known better but I wanted to get this one chair <u><em><strong>DONE</strong></em></u>. Now I only have a back to
the chair done and I need more material.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Shopping I will go on Monday.</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "DJ Doodlers";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: "DJ Doodlers";"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;">2.</span> Find the leak in the pool ~ Did not get that found yet but my neighbor who is 5 years old, has really enjoyed swimming in our pool because she can stand up and play without floaties. My children also got in on the fun with her.</span></span></span></span></div>
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school to decide my theme for my classroom and to organize the closet. I finished working on three of my
bulletin boards. Two of them are a light blue color and the top bulletin board
is a light green.</span></span></span></span></span></div>
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bought some contact paper, cut it the right size and stuck it on. I only
had one cubby hole that was hard because the teacher before me must have stored
glue bottles in there because there was a spill and no one cleaned it up </span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "DJ Doodlers";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "DJ Doodlers";">so I
had to scrape and scrub to get the dried glue up. <u><em><strong>UGH!</strong></em></u><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I even had to go find a band aid in another
teacher's room because I cut my finger with the tool I was using. The final
product turned out pretty good if I do say so myself. </span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "DJ Doodlers";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family: "DJ Doodlers";"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #b45f06;">5.</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Continuing to read Debbie Miller's <u>Reading
With Meaning</u>! I am really enjoying her book and I'm going back to reread
September and October chapters so that I can start planning my lessons for
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<span style="font-family: DJ Doodlers; font-size: large;">We shall see what next week bring's. Hopefully harvest will start. That will keep me very busy for about two weeks.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "DJ Doodlers";"><span style="font-size: large;">I am excited to be linking
up with <a href="http://loryevanspage.blogspot.com/2013/06/summer-blog-party-week-1-read-to.html" target="_blank">Lory <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Evan's Summer Linky Party</a> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "DJ Doodlers";"><span style="font-size: large;">about
<span style="color: #30302e;">revising and tweaking our Daily 5 and Math
Work Stations a bit for this coming school year. This is very exciting because I
love both books and love how my classroom flows because of these two wonderful
authors. So here we go:</span></span></span></div>
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</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "DJ Doodlers";"><em><u>READ TO SELF:</u></em></span></b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "DJ Doodlers";"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #30302e;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "DJ Doodlers";"></span></b></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "DJ Doodlers";"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #30302e;"><span style="color: #30302e; font-family: "DJ Doodlers";">Our
district requires each teacher to have 30 minutes of Reading and Conferencing
each day. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We are supposed to do 15
minutes of a read aloud and 15 minutes of children reading by themselves. Well,
you know as well as I do that that is not enough time for children to read by
themselves and get enough practice in.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I changed my schedule a little bit and
planned my 15 minute read aloud during my Reading Block and that freed up 30
minutes so that children can read while I confer with 3-4 students. With that
information, you have probably realized that I do not have </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "DJ Doodlers";">Read to Self</span></b><span style="color: #30302e; font-family: "DJ Doodlers";"> during our Daily 5 time. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It just did not work with my schedule.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="color: #30302e; font-family: "DJ Doodlers";"><span style="color: black;">This
is how I started my year off with <strong><span style="color: red;">Read to Self:</span></strong></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #30302e; font-family: "DJ Doodlers";">The
students were allowed to pick two books that they would keep with them for the
week. I did explain to them that they needed to make sure that they could read
these books and that they were something that they wanted to read. (This is a
lesson in itself. </span><span style="color: #30302e; font-family: Wingdings; mso-ascii-font-family: "DJ Doodlers"; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: "DJ Doodlers"; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span></span><span style="color: #30302e; font-family: "DJ Doodlers";">) These were the books that they would practice their Stamina
with. They would keep these in their seat sacks for the time being and we would
meet at the Classroom Library to make our Anchor Chart and discuss what </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "DJ Doodlers";">Read to Self</span></b><span style="color: red; font-family: "DJ Doodlers";"> </span><span style="color: #30302e; font-family: "DJ Doodlers";">looks
like, feels like, and sounds like. We would then get our books out of our seat
sacks and I would show each student where they would be sitting for <span style="color: red;"><strong>Read to
Self</strong></span> time. Once everyone was seated, I would start the timer to see how long
they could read. It only took 1 minute before someone was talking to someone or
asking for my help. (Just an FYI, our first grade teachers did not focus on
Stamina so this was a new thing for these students.)<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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</span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="color: #30302e; font-family: "DJ Doodlers";">I rang
the bell that I use in my classroom as the signal to gather back at the
Classroom Library. We would discuss what happened and we would reread our
Anchor Chart together. I would send the students back out to their spots again
to see if we could beat the 1 minute time and we didn't.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: #30302e; font-family: Wingdings; mso-ascii-font-family: "DJ Doodlers"; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: "DJ Doodlers"; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">L</span></span><span style="color: #30302e; font-family: "DJ Doodlers";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #30302e; font-family: "DJ Doodlers";"><span style="font-size: large;">I rang
the bell again and the students would meet me at the Classroom Library. We
would graph our stamina and that would be our lesson for the 30 minutes of
Reading and Conferencing. (Just an FYI again, I did not meet with students for
the first month of school for conferencing during this time. I was being an example and reading myself.)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It took us until the middle of September to
be able to read for 20 minutes without any interruptions. It made me a little
nervous about not meeting with students but it paid off at the end.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Look at these readers reading away in my
classroom.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I loved this time of my day!</span> </span></span></span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;">In 2 of these pictures, you can see our Stamina graph. I kept it hanging at our Classroom Library the whole year.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="color: #30302e; font-family: "DJ Doodlers";"><span style="color: black;">Each week the students would pick two new books to work on and we would continue to build our stamina during Reading and Conferencing.</span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">
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<span style="color: #30302e; font-family: "DJ Doodlers";"><span style="font-size: large;">I have
been working on my Classroom Library for about three years now.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Each year our local bookstore has a big sale
and you can buy a Walmart bag of books for $10.00 and believe me, I stuff as
many books as I can into one bag.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have
many different bins with different labels. Here are a few:<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #30302e; font-family: "DJ Doodlers";">Clifford Books<span style="mso-tab-count: 4;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #30302e; font-family: "DJ Doodlers";">Author Books<span style="mso-tab-count: 5;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #30302e; font-family: "DJ Doodlers";">Dr. Seuss Books<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #30302e; font-family: "DJ Doodlers";">Fairy Tales &
Movies<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #30302e; font-family: "DJ Doodlers";">Poems & Song
Books<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #30302e; font-family: "DJ Doodlers";">Frog and Toad<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #30302e; font-family: "DJ Doodlers";">Fancy Nancy<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #30302e; font-family: "DJ Doodlers";">Sea Animals<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #30302e; font-family: "DJ Doodlers";">Mammals<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #30302e; font-family: "DJ Doodlers";">Reptiles and Amphibians<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #30302e; font-family: "DJ Doodlers";">Golden Books<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #30302e; font-family: "DJ Doodlers";">Disney Books<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #30302e; font-family: "DJ Doodlers";">Boy Books<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #30302e; font-family: "DJ Doodlers";">Girl Books<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #30302e; font-family: "DJ Doodlers";">Curious George
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<span style="color: #30302e; font-family: "DJ Doodlers";">Beginner/Easy
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<span style="color: #30302e; font-family: "DJ Doodlers";">Middle of the
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<span style="color: #30302e; font-family: "DJ Doodlers";">Junie B. Jones Chapter Books</span></div>
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<span style="color: #30302e; font-family: "DJ Doodlers";">Magic Treehouse Chapter Books<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #30302e; font-family: "DJ Doodlers";">Scooby Doo
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<span style="color: #30302e; font-family: "DJ Doodlers";">Horrible Harry
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<span style="color: #30302e; font-family: "DJ Doodlers"; font-size: large;">I have many other book bins too and some of them I need to reorganize because their are too many books in them.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #30302e; font-family: "DJ Doodlers"; font-size: large;">Here are a few pics of my Classroom Library:</span></div>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/--53DXAb00yw/UbVEmRVMrfI/AAAAAAAAAqY/KsuZ0uYfLw0/s1600/My+Classroom+017.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/--53DXAb00yw/UbVEmRVMrfI/AAAAAAAAAqY/KsuZ0uYfLw0/s400/My+Classroom+017.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">If you look closely, I have books on the book shelf but I also have books<br />
on the floor in book bins and on the table beside the reading couch.</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-LWHwhbWZ27Y/UbVEngVhdkI/AAAAAAAAAqg/4utrRsBd3fQ/s1600/My+Classroom+025.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-LWHwhbWZ27Y/UbVEngVhdkI/AAAAAAAAAqg/4utrRsBd3fQ/s400/My+Classroom+025.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Here are more of my books labeled. You can also see the end of the book bin<br />
on the other side of these shelfs. That book bins has 8 compartments for books.</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Pdz-rr7pj4c/UbVEpUVTbQI/AAAAAAAAAqo/tgbFxTPSLPc/s1600/My+Classroom+029.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Pdz-rr7pj4c/UbVEpUVTbQI/AAAAAAAAAqo/tgbFxTPSLPc/s400/My+Classroom+029.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I added this because my students loved it. This was the reading couch. The<br />
helpers of the day (which were two) could read on the couch for the day.<br />
The students could also use the pillows for Read to Self time.</td></tr>
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<span style="color: #30302e; font-family: DJ Doodlers; font-size: large;">I do have another book shelf beside the entance to the classroom but I don't have a picture of it.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #30302e; font-family: "DJ Doodlers";"><span style="font-size: large;">WOW!! This was a
long post but I hope you found it useful. I am looking forward to reading other
teachers posts and seeing how they began their Daily 5 journey last year. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #30302e; font-family: "DJ Doodlers";"><span style="font-size: large;"><o:p>Until Next Time,</o:p></span></span><span style="color: #30302e; font-family: "DJ Doodlers";"><span style="font-size: large;"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #30302e; font-family: "DJ Doodlers";"><span style="font-size: large;"><o:p> Happy Blogging</o:p></span></span></div>
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Tammyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13150556420654401864noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2909200899013676603.post-64182357199595636782013-06-07T14:44:00.001-05:002013-06-09T20:12:55.088-05:00Five For Friday <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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<span style="font-family: "DJ Doodlers";"><span style="font-size: large;">Happy Friday
Everyone!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: "DJ Doodlers";"><span style="font-size: large;">I am sitting in my
home right now enjoying some quiet time. My husband and daughter are at work and my son is
swimming at my sister-in-laws pond. I decided that I would try and find that
leak that we have in our pool but I am having a hard time finding it without the
snorkel and face mask. I think I need to wait until my son comes back with
those items.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "DJ Doodlers";"><span style="font-size: large;">So I decided to link up with <span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><a href="http://doodlebugsteaching.blogspot.com/2013/06/five-for-friday-linky-party-june-7.html" target="_blank">Doodlebugs</a> for her</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "DJ Doodlers";"><span style="font-size: large;">I have not participated in her Linky Party before so hopefully I am not too off base with this. I am going to post the five things that I plan to get done next week.</span></span></div>
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</span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "DJ Doodlers";"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "DJ Doodlers";"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;"><strong>1.</strong></span>
Change the material for the patio chairs outside OR at least try to do
this.</span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I bought our patio table and chairs from Craig's List very cheap.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is the material that I am going to use for the chairs.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It's only about 1/4 full of water. My 5 year old neighbor is loving it because <br />
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<span style="font-family: "DJ Doodlers";"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: magenta;"><strong>3.</strong></span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Read some books and make some quizzes for
Book Adventure.</span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">These are just a few books I will be reading.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "DJ Doodlers";"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: yellow;"><strong>4.</strong></span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Continue reading Debbie Miller's new edition
of Reading With Meaning.</span></span></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: "DJ Doodlers";"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><strong>5.</strong></span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><strong> </strong></span> </span>Decide on the color of paint (the theme of my
classroom) that I want to make my bulletin boards for my work day on Monday in
my new classroom.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I'm not sure who this room belongs to but I love the colors. (I save the pictures and forget<br />
to write where they came from. I need to be more careful with that.)</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "DJ Doodlers";"><span style="font-size: large;">That's not a long list, right? We shall see if we accomplish it. So what do you have planned for your week?</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "DJ Doodlers";"><span style="font-size: large;">Anyway, I am in need of some blogging
help!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was following <a href="http://mrsstanfordsclass.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Mrs. Stanford's</a>
videos on how to make a </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "DJ Doodlers";"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://mrsstanfordsclass.blogspot.com/2013/03/blogging-101-create-grab-my-button.html" target="_blank">Grab My Button</a> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "DJ Doodlers";"><span style="font-size: large;">and it's not turning out like it should.
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you look on the side of my page you
will see my picture but it is kind of blurry and my HTML is not in the
box.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Any suggestions from my awesome
blog friends out there of what I am doing wrong. I have redone it three times,
each time following her advice on what to do. Any help would be appreciated.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: "DJ Doodlers";"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Happy Blogging</span></span></div>
Tammyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13150556420654401864noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2909200899013676603.post-14076416096429267642013-06-06T07:00:00.000-05:002013-06-06T08:16:02.754-05:00Book Adventure<br />
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<span style="font-family: "DJ Doodlers"; line-height: 115%;"><strong><span style="font-size: large;">Do you have
Accelerated Reader in your school (AR)?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Would you like your students to take comprehension tests after reading
their books to see if they truly understood what they were reading?<o:p></o:p></span></strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "DJ Doodlers";">At my school, we do
not have AR so I have found a great place online that allows your students to
take tests without any cost to you.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yes,
that is right.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is </span><span style="font-family: "DJ Doodlers"; line-height: 115%;">FREE</span><span style="font-family: "DJ Doodlers";"> for you to use.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I love it and so do my students.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The site is called "<a href="http://www.bookadventure.com/Home.aspx" target="_blank">Book Adventure</a>"
and it is monitored by Sylvan Learning.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "DJ Doodlers";"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "DJ Doodlers";">As the students take
tests, they earn points and they can receive awards from Sylvan Learning. I
will say though that the awards are not very good so I usually don't use them.
I give other incentives in my classroom for the students to reach goals.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What I do love about this program is that it
tells the students right away whether they passed the test or not and it gives
me good feedback on who I need to visit with more during my daily Reading and
Conferring.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I hope you check this site
out if you don’t have AR because it has really helped my students become eager
readers.</span></span></span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: "DJ Doodlers";"><span style="font-size: large;">I wanted to give a shout out to </span><a href="http://missventrella.blogspot.com/2013/06/monday-made-it-book-bin.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">MissV's Busy Bees</span></a><span style="font-size: large;"> Monday Make-It .</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "DJ Doodlers";"><span style="font-size: large;">She got me thinking about how I could better my
organization with Book Adventure by using her "Book Bin" idea for my
student's books.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "DJ Doodlers";"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">Here is a picture of what she did.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "DJ Doodlers";"><span style="font-size: large;">Usually after my
students finish a book, they have to come and get a sticky note, put their
names on it and place it on their book. Once they have done that they place the
book on my kidney table and wait for me to call their names to take their tests
on the computer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I'm sure you are thinking,
"Well that sounds organized enough" but it is not. The majority of
the time I am moving these books off of my kidney table so that I can meet with
small groups of students or work one-on-one with students.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So I pick up all the books and pile them somewhere
else where they are also going to be in the way later on.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Her "Book Bin" idea got me to
thinking that I should have a basket where the students place their books when
finished. That way I am not moving them from place to place all the time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Check her blog post out if you are interested
in her idea too.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "DJ Doodlers";"><span style="font-size: large;">I also want to give a shout out to <a href="http://bainbridgeclass.blogspot.com/2013/06/my-class-website-going-going-gone-soon.html" target="_blank">Bunting, Books, and Bainbridge</a>. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "DJ Doodlers";"><span style="font-size: large;">She is thinking about retiring her classroom website, not her blog, and wants everyone to know. Go visit her blog and read her post about what is happening in her world.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: DJ Doodlers; font-size: large;">Thanks so much for visiting my blog and I hope that you can use something that I have posted.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: DJ Doodlers; font-size: large;">Until Next Time,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: DJ Doodlers; font-size: large;"> Happy Blogging</span></div>
Tammyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13150556420654401864noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2909200899013676603.post-56559819667754328602013-06-04T15:11:00.003-05:002013-06-09T17:20:27.579-05:00Busy Monday and New Classroom Pics<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "DJ Doodlers"; line-height: 115%;">Y</span><span style="font-family: "DJ Doodlers";">esterday was a
busy day for me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My son, Kyle, is taking
golfing lessons so we traveled (50 miles) for that lesson in the morning.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was a 2 hour lesson so I stayed since I
really didn't have any place to go.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At
the end of his lesson, he was informed that he may move up a level because he
is not a beginner like most of the other students that were there. Next week
when we go again, he is going to have to pass a test about Golf Rules. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If he passes, he goes to another golf course
with more experienced golfers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I sure
hope he passes!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "DJ Doodlers";"><span style="font-size: large;">After the golf
lesson, I dropped Kyle and his friend off at the YMCA waterpark to swim while I
went to my new classroom to organize the filing cabinet. (The teacher before me
left a lot of files that I need to go through so that I can put my files in
there.) Found some exciting things.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here
are a few before pictures of my classroom. I can't wait until they are finished
cleaning the room so that I can really get in there and start decorating and
organizing.</span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is a pic from the doorway into my new classroom.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This view is from my kidney table/teacher area.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is a view from the corner of the room facing the door out to the hallway.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is looking at my teacher area for next year. I have two closets. Yes!!</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "DJ Doodlers";"><span style="font-size: large;">It doesn't seem very
big to me right now.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not sure if I am
going to be able to fit everything that I had in my other room into this one. My
old room was longer but not as wide.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This one is wider but not as long. You would think that it would be
okay. We shall see.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Also, there are
soooooo many more bulletin boards then I had in my other classroom. Not sure
what I am going to put on all of them. <o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "DJ Doodlers";"><span style="font-size: large;">After I worked on
that for about 2 hours, I picked up the boys and we headed to the Pink Theatre,
which is the cheap theatre here in town $3.50 per ticket, and we watched
"OZ The Great and Powerful". We had not seen this movie yet and it
was one that I wanted to see. I really liked it but at the end I wish they
would have made more of a connection with the wicked witches and how the Red Ruby
Slippers became so popular with the Wizard of Oz.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Oh Well, I guess that is just the teacher in
me...:)</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "DJ Doodlers";"><span style="font-size: large;">After the movie, we headed back home the 50 miles and finished the evening at home. Hope your summer break is going great!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "DJ Doodlers";"> Happy Blogging</span></div>
Tammyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13150556420654401864noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2909200899013676603.post-55212473064861729542013-06-01T21:50:00.001-05:002013-06-09T17:20:01.780-05:00A New Beginning and June CurrentlyWell, it has been a while again since I have posted anything. Life gets so crazy sometimes at the end of the year but summer vacation has started for me and I just received my new book that I am reading to better my teaching for my students. It is the 2nd Edition of Reading with Meaning by Debbie Miller.<br />
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I love reading her books. She writes them just like you are there with her. I started reading the book yesterday and I already have a favorite part of the book. See if you like what she is saying also.<br />
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<em>"What if you are mandated to do something that you know in your he</em><span class="text_exposed_show"><em>art is not best for kids? Look at it carefully. Maybe there is a piece of it that will work. As for the rest? Chances are good that both your method and the new one have the same goals; maybe you just believe in going after it a little differently. Think about how you believe reading needs to be taught, and be ready to thoughtfully emplain how and why. Then make an appointment with your principal and do it. Most administrators listen to and support teachers when we speak with conviction, know the research behind our beliefs, and present out point of view in respectful, rational ways. </em></span><br />
<span class="text_exposed_show"><em>This is even more important now. Envision yourself as a social activist, in your building and maybe even beyond. After all, we're the ones who spend our days with children, and we're the ones who see and feel the effect of ill-conceived policies and programs in the faces, hearts, and minds of the children we teach. I'm sometimes told by those in power, "What you say makes a lot of sense, but we've adopted a new program and have mandated teachers to teach it with 'fidelity' for at least the first three years." </em></span><br />
<span class="text_exposed_show"><em>I used to think, What? You're asking teachers to pledge fidelity to a program over fidelity to children? For three YEARS? Now I say it right out loud. Nicely.<br />But we can't say that if we can't show how what we're doing is working for student learning and getting them where they need to be. We have to ask the people making the mandates to articulate the purpose behind them, and work to find out if we are meeting children's needs in diffferent ways. If we don't want people to tell us what to do and how to do it, we must be clear about what we are doing and why we're doing it, and back it up with strong evidence that shows all students are on their way to achieveing at least one year of growth in their time with us."</em> <br /> I so like her thinking. She is feeling the same way as some teachers who really want to do what is best for students. Can't wait to read the rest of her new book. Has anyone else read this book yet?</span><br />
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<span class="text_exposed_show">AND on to June's Currently with Farley at <a href="http://ohboy3rdgrade.blogspot.com/2013/06/june-currently.html" target="_blank">Oh' boy 4th Grade.</a> I haven't done one in a while and I miss looking at other people's posts. Here it is:</span><br />
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<span class="text_exposed_show"> Happy Blogging</span>Tammyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13150556420654401864noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2909200899013676603.post-70552443805844218122013-03-24T18:26:00.000-05:002013-03-24T18:26:18.169-05:00"The Noun Game" Linky PartyWell, I have to say that it has been really fun looking at others Blogs and trying to guess which of their 3 statements was a lie. I'm not sure I can remember all of them that I went to but I am going to try and go back and see what some of them said. So for some of you that are waiting to hear what my lie was, here it is.<br />
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I am <span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><u>NOT</u></span> a golfer but my family loves to play. I am the cart driver when they all decide to go play 9 holes. Maybe some day I will learn how to play but for right now I enjoy riding along and watching my family.<br />
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#1 ~ Yes, I was a swimmer for 11 years and 4 of those years was in College. I swam for New Mexico State University and yes, I almost made it to the Olympic Trails. Here is a picture of me at one of our practices outside. I loved swimming outside because of the GREAT tans that you would get.</div>
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#2 ~ Yes, I do ride a motorcylce and I LOVE it. Once the weather starts getting nicer and the snow stops falling (yes, we got snow yesterday here in Kansas), I will be riding to work.<br />
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So, there you have it. A little sneek into my life. I am now going to linky up with <a href="http://flyingintofirst.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Flying Into First Grade</a> again for her next linky. Here it is:</div>
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You simply just name your favorite person, place, thing and animal. That's it. Here are my favorite nouns.</div>
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Tammyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13150556420654401864noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2909200899013676603.post-31040898789193837632013-03-22T13:01:00.000-05:002013-03-22T13:01:02.823-05:00Brush and FlossWe are a little behind in getting our Dental Unit done for the month of February. We had four days out of school because of a snow storm that hit our area so that caused some problems with lesson planning. Anyway, full speed ahead and we arrived at our Dental Unit the first week of March (right before our Spring Break). The students had a wonderful time learning about their teeth and how to take care of them. I had to make the lesson unit a lot shorter because of the days off but the students still enjoyed it. Here are a few of the things that we did......<br />
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The students were given tiny marshmallows that represented their teeth. Then they glued (with white glue not gluesticks) their marshmallow teeth onto the diagram that was given to them. We had to let the teeth dry over night before beginning our lesson on flossing. This way the teeth were hard and the glue was completely dry.<br />
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Here she is flossing away. The students really enjoyed this hands-on lesson about taking care of your gums. After we were finished with flossing, we talked about what would happen if we didn't brush our teeth. The students came up with some good perdictions of what they think would happen. So our next activity was this.....<br />
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The students each received a hard boiled egg which represented their tooth/teeth. I gave each one of them a cup to put the egg into. We poured Coke into each of the cups and we let the egg/tooth sit in the Coke for the weekend. When we got back on Monday, the students couldn't believe how gross the inside of the cup looked. We talked about what would happen if we didn't brush our teeth for a long period of time and the students agreed, with all the junk that we eat, our teeth would probably look like our egg, <br />
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Each of the students took their cup and removed their egg/tooth. Now came the magic....................... I talked to the students about what we could do to make this egg/tooth healthy again AND of course they said, "Brush the egg/tooth.". I gave each of the students a toothbrush with a small cup of water and some toothpaste. They began brushing their egg, and what do you know, their egg/tooth started to become white again.<br />
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They were so excited. When the students got finished, we looked at our egg/tooth again and we talked about the appearance of it. Was the egg/tooth as white as it was before we started this activity? And of course the answer is "No". It is white but with a hint of discoloration to the egg/tooth. This is when we really talked about the importance of keeping our teeth and gums clean.</div>
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Tammyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13150556420654401864noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2909200899013676603.post-81989501096567225862013-03-20T10:31:00.000-05:002013-03-20T10:45:21.755-05:00Rock Star Party<br />
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Well, the third quarter has come and gone. I can't believe how fast the time is going this year. I have such a great group of second graders. It is getting to the point during the year when I realize that I only have 42 days left with these wonderful youngsters and I will have to give them away to their new third grade teachers. But no more worrying about that. Our Third Quarterly Behavior Party was a smashing good time. <br />
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In order for the students to participate, they had to make sure that they turned in 80% of their homework for the quarter, that they had no office referrals to see the principal and their behavior in class and at specials was acceptable. These were the activities that the students participated in:</div>
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Four students at a time got to come up to the table and decide how they would like to dress for their Rock Star Picture. While these students were deciding this, the other students were working on puzzles around the classroom. Here are a few of our fabulous rock stars......<br />
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The students then went to another classroom and began designing their Rock Star Picture Frames. They turned out so cute especially when we put the Rock Star Pictures in them during the afternoon movie. It was a great activity and the students got to take them home that afternoon. Here is what one of the frames looked like....</div>
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The students then went to their last station and that was the Rock Star Dance room. We had two strobe lights going in the room along with rope lights. We did have one sparkle thing (I don't know really what it is called) hanging from the ceiling. The students had such a great time of dancing around and just being a kid. I loved watching them enjoy themselves.</div>
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In the afternoon, the students had the privilege of watching the Disney Movie <u>"CAMP ROCK".</u> They enjoyed popcorn and juice boxes while watching the movie as a grade level.</div>
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What a great way to end the third quarter and start off Spring Break. Can't wait to see my students next week and hear all about their great adventures.</div>
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I was visiting Mrs. Madden at <a href="http://www.teachingmaddeness.com/2013/03/lets-get-acquainted-linky.html?showComment=1363710266440#c495263369448943144" target="_blank">Teaching Maddeness</a> and saw this linky party. </div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-size: large;">Think of 3 things about yourself or your life. You should make 2 of them truths and 1 of them a lie. You can list them on your post in any order. Do NOT give the answer yet in your post. People will try to guess your lie in your comments of your post. So remember to be very creative so that it is hard for people to get it right. At the end of the week you can share the answer in your comments from the post or include it in a post you make at the end of the week.</span></div>
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1. I was a swimmer for 11 years of my life. Four of those years were in College. I was very close to making the Olympics trials during my college years in the Breaststroke but I was off the qualifing time by 4 tenths of a second.</div>
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2. I love to be outside and when I get a chance to ride my motorcycle, I am out there. It is such a great feeling to be riding. It is one of the things that I enjoy doing that makes me forget about the stress of life. My thinking is "If you can't ride a horse, the next best thing is riding a motorcycle."</div>
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3. Even though I am a teacher, I love to play golf with my family. My husband is a greens keeper at the golf course that we have in our town and my daughter and son love to play also. During the summer, I usually work on Sunday afternoons in the clubhouse. Golfing is a sport that we all enjoy participating in.</div>
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