tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-42482017415743649382024-03-05T07:15:51.616-08:00Grade One Wow!A blog for teachers. Kindergarten and Grade One!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4248201741574364938.post-11211821707699088892012-11-02T16:01:00.000-07:002012-11-02T16:01:10.787-07:00Make your own Washroom Passes!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I love how cute these washroom passes turned out! I simply chopped a scrap piece of 1 x 2 into the appropriate length and then pointed the ends using my chop saw.<br />
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I dug out the acrylic craft paints (the cheap ones I bought from the dollar store years ago) and painted up the wood to look like pencils. I used a sharpie to outline the pencil eraser and the shaved part and then to print "boys" and "girls" on each pencil.<br />
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I don't have a picture, but I later drilled a hole in the eraser part and threaded a piece of twine in through the hole. These pencils now hang on the cupboard by our classroom door. When a child needs to use the washroom, he/she simply grabs the pencil and places it on their desk. This way I know who is gone and it's easy to manage how many people can leave the room at one time.<br />
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Early in the year there were ALOT of trips to the bathroom simply because the whole concept of putting a pencil on your desk was really exciting for the little ones. Now we're all good and it's a great tool!<br />
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So I was driving to the corner store yesterday and found what turned into this adorable puppet theatre! <br />
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I got my friend to go pick it up for me and bring it home. I was trying to figure out what it may have been originally used for? Some kind of kitchen thing I'd guess? I really have no idea. Imagine this structure covered in layers of dust and cobwebs and gunk. I used TSP and the whole bit to clean it up nice. I even got out my handy dandy steamer</div>
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I was originally thinking I could turn it into something for the laundry room when all of a sudden I was struck by the shape of the top! It looked like a puppet theatre. <br />
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I primed it and then painted it... and sewed the curtains with fabric I already had at home! I used a $2 curtain rod from the dollar store to hold the top curtain where the show takes place, and just stapled hemmed fabric to the inside of the theatre to hide the performers (and to hide puppets and stuffed animals).<br />
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Here's the finished product</div>
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years ago, before blogs became so popular, I had an endless and disorganized "bookmark" system on my computer filled with <b>preschool<i></i></b> and <b>kindergarten teaching<i></i></b> websites. I saw a post where someone had filled a margarine or yogurt tub with plaster of paris and then set the lids of the markers in to dry. It was great, but not very "cute" and I needed cute in my <b>classroom<i></i></b>. </div>
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From there, I saw another teacher site (again, it was maybe 7 or 8 years ago so I'm sorry I don't remember who to send you to) a woman who had a system similar to the one I have up above. If you know the site, please comment so I can put a link to their site!</div>
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Anyhow, is an easy <b>DIY project<i></i></b> to store your markers that you can whip up for your classroom from scrap wood, a drill, a spade (if that's what you call it), and a hammer. Hot Glue is optional.</div>
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I started with a few scrap pieces of 1 x 4 and 1 x 2 wood. You could use whatever wood you have at home. Most people have something laying around in their basement or garage. Drill holes in the wood using one of these. I THINK you call them a spade but I'm not sure. </div>
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The small one is for the <b>Crayola Original Fine Line Markers<i></i></b>, and the large one is for the Crayola Original Broad Line Markers. </div>
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When you drill the holes, the cap won't fit in unless you hammer it. This is important because you want a super tight fit. I've used two of these in my kindergarten classroom for the past seven years and a lid has NEVER popped out. When the markers run out, you simply replace the markers and use the new lids for something else (I always threw them in the craft centre).</div>
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Some little people might not have the strength in their hands to pull the markers off the base. If this is the case, simple SIT the markers in the appropriate lid. The colours do NOT dry out if they are just sitting there. When I use them for my charts, I put one hand on the base and pull the marker out. I love these and so have my kindergarteners!</div>
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Here are a couple I found on pinterest or google. This one is from<a href="http://onceuponafirstgradeadventure.blogspot.ca/2012/06/made-it-monday-okay-its-tuesday-but.html" target="_blank"> Once Upon a First Grade Adventure</a>. She has a great printable for you to use here too!!!</div>
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This one is from <a href="http://1happyteacher.blogspot.ca/search/label/birthday" target="_blank">One Happy Teacher</a></div>
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And this one is the one I chose to follow most closely because had a bunch of card stock paper in fun bright colours in my <b><i>grade one classroom</i></b> that I could use up. I also love the magnetic letters. I have trillions of them in my classroom so this is how I'm going to set it up! I love it! Go check out her blog at <a href="http://kcrewkidsrock.blogspot.ca/2011/09/this-and-that-in-our-rockin-room.html" target="_blank">Mrs. Ring's K-Crew Kids</a>. She even has a printable for the balloons! </div>
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Use this spinner to play a graphing game with your kindergarten or grade one students. Print it on card stock and then laminate the spinner. Then, use a pin to poke through the middle of the circle. Place a paperclip on a brad and then put the brad through the hole. Bend the clips from the brad and then flip the spinner. If you land on a green tent, then put a marker on the column with the tent. </div>
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This is a fun game that enhances turn taking skills in your kindergarten, preschool or young primary child. </div>
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Print both the construction piece and the game pieces. Cut out the game pieces and then laminate. Use a die and have children build their creation. Turn this into a fun game. Children take turns rolling the die once. If they roll a six, then they add the piece next to the six on the construction sheet. If they roll a six again, then they miss that turn.</div>
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Here are some cute calendar pieces and monthly headers for you! (<a href="https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B6KksOXPwYVPZXFEcHZMeVhkS2c/edit" target="_blank">CLICK HERE</a>)<br />
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Here are some days of the week cards for you to print and use for your daily calendar in your primary classroom or preschool. (<a href="https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B6KksOXPwYVPbWZZVTZlcW1aZHM/edit" target="_blank">CLICK HERE</a>)</div>
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This is a fun Roll and Build Game. Print<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> the instruction sheet and the game pieces (to save ink, you can cut out a square of blue for the background). Cut out the game pieces and then laminate. Use a die and have children build their creation! Make this into a fun game. Players take turns rolling the die once. If they roll a six, then they add the piece next to the six on the game instruction sheet. If they roll a six again, they miss that turn! </span>(<a href="https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B6KksOXPwYVPRC1raG83Zi0wM00/edit" target="_blank">CLICK HERE</a>)</div>
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The Kissing Hand is a back to school favourite in the primary grades, and I've often started off September with a lot of learning focusing on the book. <br />
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This is a clothespin counting activity. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Have students count the "kissing hands" on each card and then place a clothespin on the correct number. Place a small heart sticker on the back of the correct number for self checking! (<a href="https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B6KksOXPwYVPTno5d083VnoxeXM/edit" target="_blank">CLICK HERE</a>)</span></div>
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Next I have a Kissing Hand math mat. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Use heart shaped erasers as counters to add to your mat. Roll a die or choose a number from a bag and add the corresponding number of heart erasers to the handprints. Teach one to one correspondence and numeration! (<a href="https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B6KksOXPwYVPMDRqRk0yczg5WG8/edit" target="_blank">CLICK HERE</a>)</span></div>
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Kids love playing concentration! Here's one for the Kissing Hand (<a href="https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B6KksOXPwYVPZW16cGhCUld4bEE/edit" target="_blank">CLICK HERE</a>). <span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Print two copies of this activity, cut out and laminate. Lay the pictures upside down and then flip over two at a time. If you get a match, then you keep the cards!</span></div>
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So I'm out of time for now, but I have more activities for you to see... Either check out my Kissing Hand Page on my old website at <a href="http://www.play2learnprintables.com/TheKissingHand.htm" target="_blank">www.play2learnprintables.com </a> or click "Follow" on my blog so that you can see the rest without having to click... I'll be putting it up later today!</div>
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Years ago I had a website called <a href="http://www.play2learnprintables.com/" target="_blank">play2learnprintables</a>. It was a place where I put all of the literacy or math centers I made to keep track of them. I shared them online. I'm going to pull them here so you can have easier access to them!<br />
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Print <a href="https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B6KksOXPwYVPdjFpdmdYSmZHckk/edit" target="_blank">this grid</a> to use for a learning activity with your students. Children use a die to roll a number. They then place a small object like a foam piece on the appropriate number of images. Great for preschool, daycare, kindergarten or primary teachers! Think about picnics sun and watermellon! </div>
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Play <a href="https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B6KksOXPwYVPSnFMVkRtOS0xM0E/edit" target="_blank">this</a> as you would the traditional tic tac toe game. This simple activity helps teach children higher order thinking skills!<br />
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Teach young children the days of the week using <a href="https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B6KksOXPwYVPbHE2OXpFYnBjVFk/edit" target="_blank">these</a> fun thematic cards!<br />
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Cut out the cards and laminate! Students then read the phonetic or sight words to sort onto the appropriate mat. Use the large letter tiles to help build the word before sorting. To self check, keep a library pocket on the back of each card with a copy of the correct words on a card (the template has "in" and "not in" words grouped together)<br />
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Cut the cards below on the black line. Children count the seeds on each watermellon and pin a clothespin on the correct number. For self checking, place a sticker on the back of the correct number so the student can flip and check! <br />
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Print two copies of this activity. Turn the cards upside down and students flip to find matches! These high frequency words help encourage reading fluency!<br />
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A few years ago I read <a href="http://kidwriting.homestead.com/" target="_blank">KidWriting</a> by Eileen Feldgus and Isabel Cardonick. It shaped the way I teach writing to children in kindergarten and I wanted to share a few ideas with you.<br />
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Here is a picture of the chart we used on the first day. I used this when teaching junior and senior kindergarten combined. This means I had three year olds in my class. YES! They wrote in their journal on the first day too! As suggested in the book, I asked the little ones to raise their hand if they knew how to write. Many were cautious and many reluctant to raise their hand. I let them know before we started the lesson that ALL of them already DID know how to write and I was going to show them how!</div>
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First I show them straight line writing. I draw it on the chart and then encourage my kindergartens to follow with me using magic writing. We start at the left and draw a straight line in the air and make a dramatic "POOF!" for the period at the end. We continue progressing in difficulty through wiggly writing, zig zag writing, loopty loop writing, things that look like letters, letters that we know, listening for sounds and then grown up writing!</div>
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The children are then encouraged to head to the tables and write at a level that is appropriate for them. I remind them that if they can writing using sounds, it would be just CRAAAAZY to write using loopty loop writing, or if they can write using wiggly writing then WHY would they write using straight line writing... I punctuate this discussion with my best gasp for effect so that my kindergarteners try their best and I don't have someone who can write phonetically writing using zig zag writing.</div>
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In our kindergarten classroom we have cubbies. There are days, early in the school year, where you can't see the floor! Coats, boots, shoes, backpacks, lunchpails, extra clothes and papers are strewn anywhere and everywhere. In theory, that nice looking cubby with a cute sticker label for each child would be EASY to keep tidy, right? Ha ha... I wish I took a picture of the "before" cubbies. I don't have a photo, but here is what they look like <br />
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In order to keep them neat, I involved the students in making a chart that included everything we needed to think about when we were leaving our cubby area. We brainstormed ideas and this is what we came up with.<br />
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We refer to the chart over and over and over again early in the year and it works WONDERS! When I did the chart in class, I drew the pictures beside the sentences. Later, I took pictures and glued them on to make it more "real" to them.<br />
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Several years ago an online friend named Lori introduced me to "The Popcorn Song." It is sung to the tune of "Mary Had a Little Lamb" and is the best invention yet to help kids learn their sight words. Since learning about the song, and sharing it at a kindergarten meeting way back when, many teachers in our board use this and all see the success! <br />
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Every morning we sing this song in fun ways, and throughout the day, children are excited to see a popcorn word in shared writing, in a story book, on the smart board, or hidden inside a big word! I LOVED the popcorn song SO much but wanted to expand upon it and use music to help my little ones learn ALL of the pre-primer Dolch words.<br />
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About five years ago, I came up with a NEW song that would help my students do just that. I included in it a FEW of the words from the popcorn song, but wanted to make sure that every word from the list was there. I tried to make it catchy, and used rhyming words to help with the flow. We sing this song to the tune of "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star"<br />
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Here it is! Please feel free to share, but PLEASE link back to my post here as I'm new to this blog thing and would like to get some followers! Thanks so much!<br />
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Ask your students to tell you what they see. You'll quickly get a clear response. "I see three teddybears." The lesson comes when you ask your students to tell you how they KNOW there are three teddybears.<br />
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I did this lesson with balls, and got so many answers:<br />
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"I just know."<br />
"Because I'm smart."<br />
"Because there ARE three."<br />
"It was in my brain."<br />
"I'm ready for grade one."<br />
"My eyes told me."<br />
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I was searching for the response that suggested my students could EXPLAIN their thinking. Ultimately one little girl told me:<br />
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"I counted them"<br />
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It was then that I gasped dramatically and my little ones got so excited. It took, literally ten minutes to get to this answer. I explained that I needed them to pretend that I didn't know ANYTHING at all ... that I had never HEARD of "three" before and they had to explain it to me. <br />
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Ultimately, we figured out that visible thinking is taking our thoughts out of our head so that other people can see them. NO, we aren't pulling our thoughts out through any holes (as one suggested)... but we ARE sharing them with others through writing, drawing, dramatizing or creating. <br />
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Here is the chart we came up with!<br />
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My students thought it was great fun posing to show me they were thinking! We had this as an anchor chart the last month of school. It really prompted the students to elaborate on the "WHY" behind what they know and helped them to think more meaningfully.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4248201741574364938.post-4154550623188641342012-06-23T20:52:00.001-07:002012-06-23T20:52:19.022-07:00Accessible Class ListsWe're always looking for class lists to use for record keeping, or to keep track of who has brought in what for trips etc. I use file folders to give my lists a place to hang in my room. I like having these out of my cabinet so that I can grab them easily or ask a volunteer to grab one without having to root through my filing system.<br />
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Simply use a file folder and tape up the sides to make it into a pouch. Put a label on it (everything has to have a label! ha ha) and use double sided carpet tape to tape it to the wall. Those cinder block walls don't like anything hanging on them, but carpet tape seems to do the trick.<br />
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Here's the finished product!<br />
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For years I fumbled with organizing papers to send home with my students. I have always used a Friday File system where I'd send home work on the last day of the week. I used to use magazine boxes labelled with each student's name, but these took up a lot of room (especially considering I had TWO kindergarten classrooms and needed sometimes 50 boxes. I'd simply put a label with each child's name on the box (turned around) and a cute sticker. <br />
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This year I tried an idea I'd seen others use. I bought a package of hanging folders and a file folder box from Zellers.<br />
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I threw it all together and printed up a plain label and glued it onto cardstock. I had one for my red class and one for my blue class. Next year I'll only have ONE class... so it will be much easier to keep track of!<br />
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I simply file childrens' work or notices that come from the office in this bin as they come to me. Also filed in the labelled hanging folders are a "Friday File" for that child. This is simply made of a pocket folder At the of the week, I gather up the contents of each hanging folder, put it in the Friday File and send it home. Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4248201741574364938.post-48702952980637826322012-06-23T03:49:00.000-07:002012-06-23T03:49:14.866-07:00Packing Up!I wish I had taken pictures of my kindergarten room before I started packing it up two weeks ago. We still have four more days of school, but each day during center time my little ones have been helping me to get the room ready for summer! <br />
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We wash the toys ourselves during free choice play! If only the enthusiasm for washing would extend beyond the primary years! I set up the water table with a timer beside it and dump one bucket of toys in every ten minutes. Four students eagerly vie to participate! It's so cute watching them vigorously scrub the toys they played with all year! I know our wonderful custodian just loves us as I call for him each day to mop up the pool of water on the floor! He comes to us happily, so we're all good! We do appreciate him!<br />
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I'm heading in today and I'll take a picture of the assembly set up (no kids in the pic, sadly). It will give you an idea!<br />
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What else have I tried? At my old school I would bring out four or five bins each day during the last week and ask parents to take one home to throw in their dishwasher! They get super clean, and it means less work for me... but I really love getting the kids involved and the washing center does the trick!<br />
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If only my own children were as enthusiastic about dishwashing?!<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4248201741574364938.post-61263775730765859372012-06-22T14:02:00.000-07:002012-06-24T11:46:22.545-07:00Grade One, Here I Come!After 14 years of teaching Kindergarten, I am about to say goodbye to my days with the smallest ones in the school and move on up to grade one! I'm SO excited! While I loved Kindergarten for a very long time, and still do... I'm ready to move up and explore the world of teaching and learning from a new perspective!<br />
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