tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35331584320198968222024-03-05T02:15:57.923-08:00Diving Into 2nd GradeWe learn, create, and grow alot in 2nd grade. Come and "SEA" what we are doing!Jean Robinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10972363695236309584noreply@blogger.comBlogger140125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3533158432019896822.post-7000476419674763892016-08-14T14:05:00.003-07:002016-08-14T14:12:14.316-07:00CH-CH-CH-Changes!<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Hey all! It's been more than a hot minute since I blogged...almost a hot year! And it's been a crazy year. Personally I have had a lot of changes in my household. Some sad and some happy. One of the happy ones was that in January I had a baby. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Here is proud big sister holding her.....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">And what my gorgeous girls look like now... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I mean SERIOUSLY, do I make cute babies or what?!? :) And with faces like that the sad things aren't so sad or at least not going to bring me down. But needless to say those changes caused me to not blog, not make anything for TPT etc for a long, long time. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Now, as if having personal changes were not enough for me I decided to make a MAJOR change in my professional life AAAANNNNDDDD...SWITCH TO KINDERGARTEN! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">So, what does that mean for Diving Into 2nd Grade??...I have no idea... Other than I still want to blog... I still want to create resources for TPT...And I still want to share what is going on in my classroom. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I decided to change the theme of my room too. And I am going with camping. This is a sneak peek at my room...and I am OBSESSED with how this looks. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">And because I've switched grade levels I had to move away from<a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Beach-Theme-Decor-Birthday-Beach-2011253"> the birthday beach</a> that I created for my ocean themed 2nd grade classroom and go with a camping themed one so I made a campfire themed birthday chart. You can find it <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Fired-Up-About-Birthdays-A-Camping-Theme-Birthday-Chart-2729810">here. </a> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">That's all from me for now. If you've already started back, I hope your school year is off to a good start! If you are like me and you are getting ready to head back in a few weeks then I hope you enjoy your last little bits of summer vacation!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">~Jean~</span></div>
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Jean Robinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10972363695236309584noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3533158432019896822.post-23910315527202800432015-08-25T19:13:00.001-07:002015-08-25T19:13:25.847-07:00Success on the NWEA MAP Test Part 2: I MAP tested. Now What? <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Back with the 2nd part of my Success on the MAP Test series.</span><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Now that I have been MAP testing for many years I write down my kiddo's end score so I have an idea of what I am working with right away. Even though it is usually uploaded to the site by the next day I still like to have that initial score. (If you didn't do that don't worry. Like I said it is usually uploaded within 24 hours.) </span></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">You will see this large menu. Now, my curriculum director has different access than we do and so she is able to print off a really nice one page list of my students scores and goals. Since I don't have access to that I am going to show you how you can find those scores in two different ways. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large; text-align: center;">One way is by clicking on projection or summary under Achievement and Growth reports. This will give you everyone's scores on a couple of sheets ,but it also includes a lot of other extra numbers and info that I don't do much with. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Obviously I can't show you exactly what these sheets look like because of my students personal info that are all over them. But I can show you some modified versions. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">This is the one you will get with the achievement and growth report. To get the total growth score you would look at the projected RIT and projected growth columns. Adding those two columns together gets you the score they should get at the end of the year. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">This is what will come up when you view the report. Underneath all the blue are my students scores in each of the RIT bands for the 4 sub areas of math. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Now, get your printer ready. You are going to print ALL of this info. The good news is once you print it for one year you can just sticky note over the students on right hand side. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The best way that I have found to organize this data is in binders sorted by test ( Math, Reading, and Language Usage) , then by sub area, then by RIT band.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Now I am sure there are other ways that you can organize your information, but you are going to need to find something that works for you because there is no way to keep ALL of the information overload you are about to get straight without it!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">So work on getting your binders assembled and then join me for the next part which is planning for small groups!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;">2nd:</span> In those 9 years that I have been MAP testing we as a school went from a laisez faire attitude, to having it be part of our teacher evaluations. So I have been on all ends of the spectrum when it comes to testing. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;">5th:</span> Finally, and the most important in my opinion, I am a *real* teacher and I am in a *real* classroom. We've all had PD from people who truly have no idea how things work in a classroom. Or had higher ups who try to tell us to do things that we *know* won't work. And while my classroom dynamics will be different than yours, the things I am going to share are all things I have actually done in my room. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I'm excited to share this with you. However, I am taking a page from my pal Angela over at <a href="http://hippohoorayforsecondgrade.blogspot.com/">Hippo Hooray for 2nd grade</a>. She did not schedule a specific time or date when her <a href="http://hippohoorayforsecondgrade.blogspot.com/2015/02/the-ins-and-outs-interactive-notebooks.html">interactive notebook series posts</a> would go live. And I am not either. But I am hoping to have this series finished by the end of summer so that you have all of the information before starting back to school and testing. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">If you have any questions about MAP testing or info that you would like me to make sure to include leave a comment here or on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Diving-Into-2nd-Grade/307097336083272?ref=hl">my Facebook page</a>. </span></div>
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<br />Jean Robinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10972363695236309584noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3533158432019896822.post-45015501959361667052015-07-20T08:06:00.001-07:002015-07-20T08:06:28.176-07:00Planning Your Morning Work<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">First off, its been a hot minute since I blogged that's for sure!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Kelli at <a href="http://survivingthelittlepeople.blogspot.com/">Surviving the Little People</a> posted recently about trying to get back into blogging and some of her goals. It inspired me to get back into blogging and, while I am not ready to commit to anything more that trying to at least do a couple of <a href="http://ohboy3rdgrade.blogspot.com/">Currently</a>'s or <a href="http://doodlebugsteaching.blogspot.com/">Five for Friday</a> linkys, I am ready to blog again. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I still have almost a month and half ( don't hate!) before school starts again ,but you all know that we teacher's spend our summer planning for success for the coming school year! So with that in mind I have been thinking about morning work and how to best handle that time. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Typically I spend Thursday or Friday after school planning, printing, and prepping for the next week of school. I am always looking for areas to improve on and one area I felt could use some streamlining/ improvement was morning work. Typically what I do for morning work for the week is to look at things like Super Teacher Worksheets or Teachers Pay Teachers until I found 5 skills that I felt would be good independent practice for my kiddo's. This could be a time consuming process! So I decided that for this coming school year I was going to focus my morning work and make each day a specific area of focus. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Monday's are going to be devoted to a math concept from the previous week that my kiddo's need practice with. We use Bridges Math at my school and I really love the number sense that my kiddo's have developed over the past two years. However, it is sometimes tough to find pre-made practice pages that align with it. In the past I have created some of my own ,but it can get overwhelming with all of the other things I have to do. However, only having to create one piece a week seems much more doable to me. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">In Michigan we take a "lovely" standardized test called the MStep. I am sure you all, unfortunately, have something similar where you are. This was our first year with it so we weren't exactly sure how to prep our kiddo's ahead of time. One of the things that the 3rd grade teachers have asked 2nd grade to do next year is to do more writing prompts so that they are used to writing to a specific topic.Our writing curriculum is all about genre writing and writing workshop, which does not include a lot of time for prompt writing. Our reading curriculum ( we use Wonders) has writing prompts built into the writing portion of the curriculum which I will be using. But you could use prompts from Super Teachers or type writing prompts into TPT and see what you can get!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Each week with Wonders we have a different weekly grammar concept. Our kiddo's are assessed on this concept on Fridays. Wonder's has some really good practice pages for grammar. Last year I put them at my writing station as a have- to. But not all my kiddo's were at that station throughout the week and I wouldn't usually check that page until after the week was up. By giving it as morning work I have 2 days to clear up any misconceptions before they are assessed on Friday. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">We also do a weekly spelling test on Friday. Every week as part of our weekly homework packet I send home the spelling words for the week ,as well as the previous week's test. We also review the words throughout the week during our Wonders time. But about March of this past school year I started having my kiddo's practice their spelling words for morning work and they did SO much better on their weekly spelling tests. Last year I typically did this on Friday morning, but with all that we usually have going on on Friday's I thought moving it to Thursday would allow for more guaranteed time. </span><br />
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<br />Jean Robinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10972363695236309584noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3533158432019896822.post-25359053304961145312014-11-02T17:45:00.000-08:002014-11-02T17:45:02.954-08:00Currently November<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Oh my word. August???? Really? That was the day of my last post.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I can't even tell you how many posts I have started since then that I have not finished. I feel like I have read a lot of posts on blogs and Facebook from people who have been in my same boat of just not feeling the blogging thing. I wish I was more frequent with it, but I am a Gemini and we are really passionate about things for short bursts of time. :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So tonight, since my husband is monopolizing the tv, I am linking up with <a href="http://ohboy3rdgrade.blogspot.com/">Farley for her November Currently. </a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><u>Loving:</u></b> On Friday, because having a Harvest Party ( our version of a Halloween party) at school and the promise of trick or treating that night wasn't enough to make my kiddo's crazy we also got the first snow of the season! It didn't stick, but it was still exciting. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><u><b>Thinking:</b></u> Of course, if you have ever read a post by me you know I absolutely LUH-HUV Christmas. Some of my blogging buddies and I are doing a Secret Santa gift exchange and I am SO psyched about it. I also just got my Beans presents from Santa this weekend too, so I definitely have Christmas on the brain. :) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But my clothing budget does not allow for $98 to be spent on a vest. I mean really? Its basically like a puffy tank top. ;)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I was hoping to get a white one this weekend from a couple of different places that were having sales but neither Old Navy nor Lands End had the one I wanted. :( </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">My first product is my Making Connections packet. Confession time: Comprehension used to not be my favorite thing to teach...probably near the bottom. But after taking several classes on it Comprehension has become one of my absolute favorite things to teach. If we could do nothing but read good books and discuss them in my room all day I would be happy as a clam. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I made this packet back when I was starting my comprehension journey. To me Making Text Connections is one of the "easier" comprehension strategies to teach and so it is usually one I start off with. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">It comes with 3 posters, student bookmarks, response sheets and question strips that could be used in a variety of different ways. You can find it in my store <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Making-Text-Connections-Connecting-What-You-Know-to-What-You-Read-806795">HERE</a>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I change my kids seats monthly. I find that if they stay by each other too long they become best friends. And by best friends I mean they talk. A LOT. ;) I also enjoy decorating for the seasons/ holidays. So I created my seasonal nameplates packet so that I could change their name plates when I change their seats. Which is a good thing because by the end of the month those babies have DEFINITELY seen better days. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The clip art on the cover is representative of the clip art you will find on the name plates. The 2nd image lists all of the different designs. ( There are 20 different styles!) You can get that <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Seasonal-Name-Plates-1046725">HERE</a>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">However, my post is not about how to store them as I think this is very teacher specific depending on space, organization style, and amount and type of containers. :) But if you want some organizational ideas check out <a href="http://mrsrobinson2ndgrade.blogspot.com/2013/08/teacher-week-day-3-organization.html">this post from last summer</a>. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">My two stars are how to deal with the sudden influx of 20+ notebooks, boxes of crayons, and scissors etc. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Now I don't get 100% of the supplies then, although that would awesome. :) So we do have to take care of some things on the first day. Confession ( Although for many of you I am sure it is nooooo surprise.) I HATE clutter. I hate mess. I hate when things are not in their place.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> So unloading the supplies time in my room used to just make me itch. It was a horrible way to start our very first day together. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Here is my next tip on supplies. Spread it out throughout the morning and put away the supplies as you get them. Here is what I do. While my students are working on something else, usually morning work, I will call for supplies one at a time. For example, all the tissues. Students that didn't bring them in already will bring them to me and I will put them away where I store them. Then I will call for something else, like plastic baggies, and put those away before calling for a new item. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">This really works for me for three reasons. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Reason #1: It keeps the piles of supplies to a minimum. Yes, our backpacks are in the room and they take up some space. But overall the "mess" is a lot more under control and it helps to keep me sane on a very insane morning!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Reason #2: I can point out acceptable behaviors and start conversations about what we act like in 2nd grade. I usually have someone model bringing me a supply first before I have others do it. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Each of the character traits has a poster explaining the trait in kid friendly language, a list of books that help students to understand the trait, and then a writing response that includes space for students to write and draw about the topic. No more scrambling to find SOMETHING to do with them. This is ready to go and requires very little of our precious instructional time. You can check out the first month, respect and responsibility, <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B2NOpJkUe7fEQllvczBiSE1DMmc/edit?usp=sharing">HERE. </a></span></div>
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Jean Robinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10972363695236309584noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3533158432019896822.post-22412107097714022842014-07-11T21:34:00.002-07:002014-07-11T21:34:52.035-07:00Instagram and My Apologies<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">First off, I want to do the "I'm a horrible blogger song and dance," because I am. Until tonight I have been COMPLETELY unmotivated to do anything blogging or TPT related this summer. Mostly because at the very tip top of the ol' bucket list was to spend time with my Peanut this summer. She starts Kindergarten in the fall ( WHERE DOES THE TIME GO?!?!?!!?) and so I decided that this was going to be a Peanut and Mommy summer. We have had a great time so far. We did Vacation Bible School at my church. We have gone to the downtown theater every Thursday for their summer kids movies, gone on lots of bike rides and just basically enjoyed one another's company. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Suddenly though, motivation has struck me again. You know something I can't stand is people having fun without me. Ha! Can you say social butterfly here?! I saw that <a href="http://imbloghoppin.blogspot.com/">Blog Hoppin</a> was having a photo scavenger hunt on Instragram and since getting an Instagram account has been on my bloggy to do list since forever ago I decided now was the perfect time. My user name is <i>robinsonj2004 </i>if you want to follow me. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">In other creating news, I am going through my MAP/ NWEA Binders and starting on my list of things to make from that. I am also working on a massive post with how I prep for MAP that I am going to post closer to the start of school. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Well, the countdown is on! And I am sure you know which countdown I mean...yes, the one to the end of the school year. Don't get me wrong. I love, love, love my peanuts. But I also love my summer time and getting to be an at home momma to my own baby. Being a teacher, for me, is the best of both mommy worlds. Now, I still have (a little under) a month to go...but I know some of you are talking <i><b>days</b></i> till your break begins. So I have teamed up with some of my blogging buddies to bring you this end of the year blog hop. Along the way you will find some fun tips, tricks, and freebies to help you end your year in a fun way!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Then ,since we aren't paying for a bus, we supply hot dogs, buns, and drinks out of our 2nd grade account. We invite parents to come too and we usually get at least 1/3 of the parents who are able to come. It really is a great way to visit with our students and parents in a more relaxed fun setting than we normally get to.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>And me, manning one of the grills. Usually we have a parent who does this job, but last year it wound up being me!</i></span>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The 2nd thing I have to share with you is the end of the year gift that I make for my kiddo's every year. This one does require some preplanning so it may be something you file away for next year. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i> Obviously in this picture their name is covered up.</i></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> I try to take a picture of at least one special event a month...although some months have 5 and some months have 1. I vary it between group shots, partners, and individual. I have a couple of pictures that I always take ( 1st day of school, last day of school, field trips), but every year it is a little bit different with what kinds of pictures I am taking. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">This is what I do. I get those $1 photo albums that hold about 30 pictures at Walmart. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">As the year goes along I try to do two things. Thing #1 is I try to buy the photo albums when I go grocery shopping so I am not scrambling to get 20+ at the last minute. Thing #2 is I try to print out a picture of each kid at least once a month, or every other month...so again, I am not trying to print a ton of pictures at the last minute. Walgreen's has great photo deals and I usually wait for one of those. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">In the past I used scrapbook papers and stickers to decorate and hand wrote a little message about EACH picture. But last year, with my new found clip art and font knowledge I created them on the computer. SO.MUCH.EASIER! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i> These are just a couple of the examples of inserts I made for last years photo albums.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I wish I could show these to you a little more in depth but because of privacy issues I can't. I always get parents who compliment me on it and I have students who tell me 6-7 years later that they still have those memory books. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I send them in the mail to my students with a letter and a thank you note to their parents. My students love to get mail from me and even though it is money out of my own pocket, I know getting them in the mail makes them that much more special. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">So those are my tips. I hope there was something that sparked your creativity...and if not, there is always the next stop! Go check out what <a href="http://teachtworeach.blogspot.com/2014/05/keep-calm-and-survive-2nd-grade-end-of.html">Amna has to share over at Teach Two Reach</a></span><br />
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<br />Jean Robinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10972363695236309584noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3533158432019896822.post-47647914432770776962014-04-16T18:33:00.002-07:002014-04-16T18:41:17.212-07:00It's a Second Grade Thing!I am so excited to team up with some of my second grade bloggy friends to bring you a brand new, collaborative Pinterest board!<br />
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The purpose of this board is to share some of our spectacular second grade teaching ideas and resources with our followers. Here are some of the amazing bloggers participating:<br />
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~Jean~Jean Robinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10972363695236309584noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3533158432019896822.post-66522246434825565982014-03-30T05:00:00.000-07:002014-03-30T13:22:33.019-07:002nd Grade Product Swap and Blog Hop: Math Stations and Journal Prompts for April<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Welcome to the second grade product swap and blog hop! EIGHTEEN wonderful second grade bloggers have joined together to swap and review each other's products. Best of all, we are giving away all of the products to one lucky winner! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">If you are looking for the start of the hop, head over to see <a href="http://www.secondgrademathmaniac.com/2014/03/second-grade-product-swap-shopping-at.html">Casey at 2nd Grade Math Maniac</a><span style="color: red;"> </span>to start hopping. As you check out all the fabulous products, make sure to follow each blog on Bloglovin' as well. There will be a Rafflecopter at the last stop. This is where you can enter to win all of the products being reviewed!</span></div>
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So, I was lucky enough to be able to choose something from <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Second-Grade-Math-Maniac">Casey's store</a> to review. It was a tough choice, but ultimately the item I chose was her <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Math-Stations-and-Journal-Prompts-for-April-Second-Grade-Common-Core-1170662">Math Stations and Journal Prompts for April.</a> ( All aligned to CCSS, of course.) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> I chose two items that my students are currently working on, measurement and time, to have them practice a little more. </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz5gTyAGL3BhryIW69xUTzY8WM_AQs6TVKGo6UDROIlCvc1rnIknpeDl7LXuxuVuaxE_wQrPLPoPOcyjX67dyh1Rku4KQrEEyd3AAVCE05MWB1tmOIXrk2SlglhjReAnOpEdnmVqKCNCY/s1600/WP_20140329_003.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz5gTyAGL3BhryIW69xUTzY8WM_AQs6TVKGo6UDROIlCvc1rnIknpeDl7LXuxuVuaxE_wQrPLPoPOcyjX67dyh1Rku4KQrEEyd3AAVCE05MWB1tmOIXrk2SlglhjReAnOpEdnmVqKCNCY/s1600/WP_20140329_003.jpg" height="225" width="400" /></a></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">This is the measurement activity. It comes with 6 pages that have pictures of two things to measure. Not only do students record their measurements, but they also have to find the difference between the two. This station activity packs a lot of punch. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> The other one that I chose was the time activity. I love that this is so straightforward, but such a necessary skill to practice. You could do it as a station for students to practice independently or in small groups. You could also play it like a scoot game and place the cards at tables or around the room, for a little extra movement. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Finally, the last thing I am sharing is the journal prompts. Each page has 5 of the same journal prompts, but there are 20 different prompts to choose from! When my students come back from lunch that is our math time. But trying to get them focused on the lesson right away is impossible. So when we come back from recess and lunch I always give them about 5-7 minutes of time to either read or work on a math skill. I thought this would be the perfect time to use these prompts. I have really tried to get my students writing more in all subject areas this year and these journal prompts are just the thing to encourage it in math.</span><span style="color: red; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></div>
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<br />Jean Robinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10972363695236309584noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3533158432019896822.post-5585197754179939242014-03-01T08:18:00.001-08:002014-03-01T08:18:24.359-08:00Five For Friday: Other People Are Creative and Talented Edition<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Happy Saturday friends!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br />SO yesterday we had ANOTHER snow day and it was number 13...yes 13!! So after having worked only two days this week I thought that I would showcase other peoples hard work for my Five for Friday post.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">My blogging buddy Angela over at <a href="http://hippohoorayforsecondgrade.blogspot.com/">Hippo Hooray for 2nd Grade </a>has MANY great products. We have been hard at work learning and re-learning regular and irregular plural nouns. My kiddos have really become obsessed with playing Scoot. So I picked up her <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Scoot-Plural-Nouns-649106">Plural Nouns Scoot</a> game and we used that for me to assess their learning. ( Coincidentally it was Angela's Estimating Scoot games that got them addicted.) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">We play Scoot 2 different ways in my room. Way #1 is everyone gets a card and we rotate around my tables. Way #2 is I put one card on our lockers out in the hall and we rotate down the line. Either way it gets them up and moving, so important for our littles, its a quick assessment and they think they are playing a game! Win/ Win for all!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">This bulletin board is inspired by the book Chicks and Salsa. It is SOOOOO cute! I have never read that book, but just based on this bulletin board I am checking it out!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Once they fill out their reading log, they spend the rest of their time reading! ( Kind of a giveaway by the name of the station.) Unfortunately due to circumstances beyond my control my kiddo's only get about 15- 20 minutes of schedule independent reading time per day so that is why I have everybody go to reading station at least once a week.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">When I introduce stations this is the first station that I introduce because to me it is the simplest one to understand. There are only two steps to remember: Fill out the log and Read! I keep it fresh by allowing them to read with stuffed animals only at this station. I also read out loud to them at least once a day and many times I pull a "special" book from my book shelf for read aloud. I leave that book out for them to read during reading station. If they have any issues with words they can whisper/ ask someone at the station with them, but otherwise they are independently reading the whole time. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">So that is how I run my reading station. Check back next Wednesday for a peek at my word work station and ( of course!) a freebie!</span><br />
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<br />Jean Robinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10972363695236309584noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3533158432019896822.post-78552907840432166592014-02-16T18:21:00.003-08:002014-02-16T18:21:47.716-08:00Five For Friday<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Happy Valentines Day Friends! Hope you got some LUV today!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Me? We had today off. So I spent 7 hours in my 2nd home, AKA my classroom, getting lesson plans/ organizing/ cleaning/ laminating done. Peanut spent ALL 7 of those hours with me. She was amazing. Then we brought home pizza to the Mr. and enjoyed some family time and Funniest Videos. Not the most exciting of Valentines Days, but great since I got to spend it with my favorite people. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Now both of those people are in bed and I am spending the rest of my night blogging and doing laundry. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">So here I am, linking up with <a href="http://doodlebugsteaching.blogspot.com/">Doodlebugs Teaching</a> for the Five For Friday linky. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">1. We started an informational writing unit this week. So I busted out my <a href="http://www.pinterest.com/pin/62206038575256774/">Pinterest project</a> from last year and the<a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/A-Non-Fiction-Text-Features-Search-598211"> non fiction text features freebie from my TPT store </a>and got down to work. We have been reading a lot of non fiction lately and they really enjoy it. I think they are going to love writing non fiction. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">2. Since we had today off we had our Valentines party yesterday. I didn't have a ton of time,but wanted something cute to pass out to my students. So I grabbed a bag of suckers, a freebie border and font from TPT and VOILA. Insta- Valentine. Then one of my beans brought me a cute homemade Valentine. It is S'more stuff in a jar with a note that says " There is no teacher I love S'more than you." SO Cute!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">3. I am working on a post on my classroom management. I rarely have issues with students and my administrators have sent teachers to observe in my classroom to see my classroom management at work. This is just a taste of what will be in that post....and a good way for me to really get on with it and get it done! :) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Happy weekend everyone! Your favorite second grade bloggers are back, this time with sweet savings for you. We have gotten together to form a dollar sale linky party! Each blogger will be adding 2-4 products to the link up below that will be <b>on sale</b> for ONE DOLLAR now through Sunday night. Come Monday morning, all of the products will go back to their regular price, so make sure to grab them while you can!</span></div>
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Jean Robinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10972363695236309584noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3533158432019896822.post-14686505810211280572014-01-11T14:26:00.001-08:002014-01-11T14:26:08.156-08:00Five For Friday<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Happy Saturday Friends!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">No, your eyes are not deceiving you. I am ACTUALLY participating in Five For Friday this week. ( Yes, I know it's Saturday, but better late than never....Especially since it was never for MONTHS now!)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">We rescheduled it for this Friday. I wish I could share all the cutey-cute pics of my Little Beans in their jams. You will have to settle for this impromptu <i>wehavetogetourkidsfromrecessasapquicksmile</i> picture of me and my grade level team. :) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">( Super bummer that we took this pic AFTER one of my teamies student teachers left. She was wearing FOOTIE jammies. SO cute!)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">( And if you missed it, it is in <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Jean-Robinson">my TPT store</a> now. You can get it <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Smitten-With-Arrays-1047527">here</a>.) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I like to change my kiddo's seats monthly and I like to change their desk name plates when I move their seat. I started creating this product for myself at the beginning of the year ,and have been adding to it each month for my own use. After creating the freebie for the hop I got inspired and finished it. You can see that there are over 20 different kinds of name plates. It might be my favorite product of mine. :) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">( Like my numbers? The background is by<a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Dots-Of-Fun"> DOTS OF FUN</a> and the Numbers are<a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Littlered"> LITTLE RED</a>.)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I have been stocking up on items for my Peanut and I already have her Valentines presents done.... Yes, we do presents for Valentines day in my house. :) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">So anyways, last night I was shopping and found this Ariel play set for 75% off! I paid only $12.50! ( I know what the Easter Bunny will be bringing her this year.) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">So that was my week. I am glad I was finally able to share! </span><br />
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<br />Jean Robinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10972363695236309584noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3533158432019896822.post-33561134388884609962014-01-03T21:34:00.005-08:002014-01-05T09:44:27.099-08:00Sorry I Have Been AWOL! ( Here is a Freebie to Make it Up to You!)<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Sooooo, yeah. Not posting since November. Not cool. Sorry. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">What can I say but, life happened! You ALL know how that goes. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">But I am here today to say that I am BACK ( FOR REAL) and I have an awesome Freebie ( Plus 29 more!) to offer you!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Head over to my facebook page <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Diving-Into-2nd-Grade/307097336083272?ref=hl">HERE</a> to get your freebie!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">THEN! Head over to Tori's Teacher Tips facebook page <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Diving-Into-2nd-Grade">HERE</a> to get 29 more awesome freebies!</span><br />
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Jean Robinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10972363695236309584noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3533158432019896822.post-7963038306665072632013-11-13T11:32:00.001-08:002013-11-13T11:32:38.383-08:00K5 Learning InvitationSo a week ago I got an email from a website called K5 Learning to check out their website for FREE for 6 weeks with one of my students and write a review of the site. <br />
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I was pretty psyched to do it. I see bloggers sharing the things they get asked to review all the time and so this made me feel like a "real" blogger. <br />
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I am starting it today with one of peanuts and before I start it I needed to put this little blurb on my blog. <br />
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<em>K5 Learning has an </em><a href="http://www.k5learning.com/"><em>online reading and math program</em></a><em> for kindergarten to grade 5 students. I've been given a 6 week free trial to test and write a review of their program. If you are a blogger, you may want to check out their open invitation to write an </em><a href="http://www.k5learning.com/review-k5"><em>online learning review</em></a><em> of their program. - See more at: <a href="http://www.k5learning.com/review-k5?sid=20520#sthash.9iY93nx5.dpuf">http://www.k5learning.com/review-k5?sid=20520#sthash.9iY93nx5.dpuf</a></em><br />
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Enjoy your Wednesday friends. I think I may ACTUALLY have a 5 for Friday post in the works! Craziness I know!<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">Today I am actually linking up with <a href="http://ohboy3rdgrade.blogspot.com/2013/11/november-currently.html">Farley over at O Boy 4th Grade for her November Currently.</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I thought this <a href="http://www.pinterest.com/pin/62206038576545709/">yummy pin</a> would be perfect to share for this time of year. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The recipe looks pretty easy and only 500 calories for the WHOLE loaf! I am IN!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Seriously, this class NEEDS to end. All of my free time seems to go towards that class and I don't feel as if I have learned anything that is really beneficial to my class. :( But on a positive note, you know I love me some Christmas season and it is ALMOST here! ) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">*Fingers crossed* I am hoping to have a post for you tomorrow or Wednesday about our 2nd Grade Market Day. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">You know how when you haven't blogged for awhile its hard to get back in to the routine, that is how I have been for the past month... Or maybe you are a WAY better blogger than me and you never take a break. :)
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Link up with a quick tip that makes life in your classroom easier. There are no weekly themes or topics. The only real "rule" is that you may not link up with a paid product or unit. Our goal is to share the small nuggets of greatness that are happening every day in our classrooms! If you missed the backstory about how this party got started, click <a href="http://mrsrobinson2ndgrade.blogspot.com/2013/05/happy-happy-joy-joy-its-thursday-and-it.html">here</a>! Angela and I would also appreciate it if you linked back to our blogs and included our button in your post :)</span>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">So I loved the kiddo's having book bins in my room last year and I know many of you have them in your room. But I just did NOT have the space for them this year due to the new math curriculum that we adopted. ( It came with 12 binders! 12!!!!!) I needed the bookshelves that housed the book bins last year for something else. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">In the past I used green file folders in a crate as book "bins", but I didn't really like how long it would take the kids to find theirs. So I thought about what made the book bins so easy to use and how I could transfer some of that over to the crate. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">I decided that adding a photo to the top of their green folder would make it easier for them to see right away which one was theirs. (Plus, even though it seemed pretty obvious to me which way the folders were supposed to go, I always had kids who were trying to put them in sideways or upside down and it just became a mess. This way they know for sure which way it is supposed to be. ) I also staggered them so that they could also be more easily seen. </span><br />
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Jean Robinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10972363695236309584noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3533158432019896822.post-26516222394166963512013-09-05T18:57:00.002-07:002013-09-05T18:57:20.208-07:00Classroom Quick Tips Linky! We're Back!<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Happy Thursday Friends! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">This is my first week back at school and so life is crazy and busy as I get used to being back into the swing of things. I am loving my new peanuts. They are doing an awesome job of getting used to 2nd grade rules and expectations. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I am so excited to bring this linky back. I love everything about it. I love that it is teachers helping teachers. I love that we aren't linking up with paid items ( freebies are totally cool). Most of all I love doing it with my BBB <a href="http://hippohoorayforsecondgrade.blogspot.com/">Angela at Hippo Hooray for 2nd Grade.</a> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Today, I don't a picture to share with you because , well, it's against the law.... How's that for an intro!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I thought this would be a good tip, especially for those teachers like me who have just started school.
I don't know about you but our end of the day time is CRAZY! I started this two years ago and I am SO happy I did. Gone are the " oh my goodness did so and so leave" feeling in my stomach.
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">What I do is take a list of my students names out at the end of the day for pick up. When kids leave me I cross their name off. That way I know for sure that I did say goodbye to my student. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">It is also handy because so many times parents will say something to me that I need to remember but by the time I get back to my room it has slipped my mind. Jotting a note down on the bottom of the list has helped me to be WAY more organized.
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">So there you have it. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I hope you will link up with us and share yours!
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">And I know, all of you who have been back in school since August are really crying for me right now. But just keep in mind that while you were living it up in June I was still teaching last years peanuts. :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><em><span style="font-size: small;">I am giving you the disclaimer now that I am not sure how much blogging will actually get done over the next couple of months. On top of all the regular teaching duties we all have, I have to take a class to renew my teaching certificate, and I have another pre-student teacher. SO, I will be a busy, busy, girl.</span></em> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">So anyways, thought I would jump back in with </span><a href="http://ohboy3rdgrade.blogspot.com/2013/09/currently-september.html"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Farley's Currently</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">. I know I say this every month but how KEY-UTE is this months currently. Seriously lovin' it!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I am seriously jazzed about my new peanuts and going back to school....BUT, I love summer time with my OWN peanut. It is always sad when that comes to a close. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The last spot is the Love Yourself Spot. And I *love* that idea. We definitely have to take care of ourselves too!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">So here is how I plan to do just that...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The hubs just recently got a new bike ,and after getting a bike cart for Peanut, we are ready to rock n' roll with the family bike rides. We went for one the other night and it was SO much fun. We used to go on bike rides as a family all the time when I was little, so going on one the other night with my own child made me feel SUPER old. :) I love to walk, but the Hubs...mmmm, not so much. This is something active that he WILL do with me so I am pumped about that. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">My peanut LOVES her nails painted. And I do too. So I can take care of me, take care of her, AND start a fun tradition with her.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Finally, I lovey-love-LOVE TV. I am so excited for my shows to come back on this month...Scandal, Greys Anatomy, Glee, ( Although I am devastated about Cory Monteith! SO, SO sad), DWTS, Chicago Fire, The Voice...I could go on and on. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Well, that's all from me! To those of you like me who go back tomorrow, enjoy your last day of summer. And to those of you already in school I say enjoy your Monday off!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">My number one wish listed item and one of my best sellers is my </span><a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Shopping-at-the-School-Store-Finding-Sums-and-Estimating-2-and-3-Digit-Numbers-641170"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Shopping at the School Store: Finding and Estimating the Sums of 2 and 3 Digit Numbers pack</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">. ( Geesh! That's a LONG title!)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">It comes with 6 different instruction and recording sheets so you can level your students independent practice based on the skills they need more work on.</span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Here is an example of one of the instruction pages and recording sheets.</span> <br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">My second most wish listed item is also my newest. It is my </span><a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Making-Text-Connections-Connecting-What-You-Know-to-What-You-Read-806795"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Making Text Connections packet</span></a>. </div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">OH SO MUCH to choose from. I will not even tell you the amount on my wish list because it is A-LOT!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">But one of the things I have moved from said wish list to my shopping cart is</span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">This is by That's So Second Grade and I am IN LOVE with it! You can get it </span><a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Snapshots-of-Our-Year-Classroom-Timeline-791447"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">here. </span></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Thursday nights are my girls night. My best friend and I hang out and watch bad TV and eat junk. And usually I put her to work. Tonight's project was cutting out the labels for my FISH ( Friday Information Sent Home) folders and gluing them on.</span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">We also watched one of my FAVORITE bad movies. Grease 2.</span> <br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> My favorite part: Cool Rider! Seriously if you have never seen this movie at least watch this clip. It's great!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Peanut and I spent most of our day today working in my room. I am LOVING how this area looks.</span> <br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">See the brown nightstand in the picture. I am wondering if I should paint it? And if so what color? I have kind of reached that point in summer where my creativity and my brain are starting to go.</span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Thoughts?????</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I hit over 1,000 Facebook likes the other night and I am PSYCHED! I am working on a fan freebie currently and hope to have it up tomorrow. :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Well on Monday I said I was hoping to link up with <a href="http://imbloghoppin.blogspot.com/2013/08/teacher-week-now-teach-organizing-for.html">Blog Hoppin </a>all week...what I forgot about was the Tuesday post about showing off your room. And mine is simply not ready. It is not NEARLY as bad as when it was <a href="http://mrsrobinson2ndgrade.blogspot.com/2013/07/being-brave-some-classroom-before-photos.html">HERE</a>, but its not anything to be showing off. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Today's topic is organization, which I LOVE! Things sorted and labeled and facing the same way make my heart super happy. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I thought I would share a few of the ways I have things organized. I find that especially in my " space challenged" room being organized is so important to my sanity and sets a good example for the students. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> We do AR at my school. I am not the biggest fan of it, but it is what it is. I have all of my books labeled for AR. If you click on the picture you can see that each of my books has a sticker. The sticker on the book corresponds to the level in AR. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I used to have ALL of my books organized into AR levels and just sitting on the shelf. Well, I can keep them organized and beautiful that way, but 7 year olds cannot. :) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">So a couple of years ago I got a ton of plastic tubs at the Dollar Store and sorted my books down a little more. I do still have some books that are just arranged by AR level. But now I also have them grouped by series, genre, and author. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">When they are first introduced to the library in my room we go book shelf by book shelf. I take all of the books out and walk around our room dropping the books as I go. Then I divide the kids up unto teams. They have to take a tub and find the books they think belong in the tub. The first team done is the winner. It is a fun way for them to be introduced to the organization of our library.</span> <br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Now, while I do love a good label I don't love taking time to re-label things year after year. This cabinet stores a lot of art and crafting supplies. So while I do think it is important to label things in your classroom, especially things used by your peanuts, I don't think everything needs to be labeled. If you use clear boxes, like I do, then you can save yourself from having to label and re-label if you consolidate or change things around because you can see in the box. Just keeping things neat and tidy is a form of organization in and of itself. :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">#5 You already know I collect Santa's (or you should if you have ready any post where I talk about Christmas...which is just about every one! LOL!) But I also collect angels and Jim Shore figurines... Jim Shore angels like in the picture above...DOUBLE SCORE!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">He seriously should be married to someone who wants like 5 or 6 kids.... I am not that person. :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Yesterday when I got out of the shower I found this:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The two of them snuggling while watching " Call Me Maybe" ( Peanuts favorite song) and singing along. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Seriously, love that man!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">So there you go! I tried to think of things I haven't shared before. I would love to learn more about you! Go link up!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">~Jean~</span></div>
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