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With the morning hustle bustle, sometimes it's easy to forget to ask your students important questions pertaining to their home life. Each morning I stand by my door and greet my kiddos with a "high five, handshake, or hug." This is also when I check their planners to see if mom or dad signed his/her child's planner for the previous day. Since my third graders LOVE to share (who doesn't?!), I decided to post up a daily question outside my room door. While students are waiting to check in with me, they can think of their answer. So far, my students are loving it! Here are some other questions I plan to use:<br>
-What did you eat for dinner last night?<br>
- What does your family do for fun?<br>
-What is your favorite home-cooked meal?<br>
-Have you ever been on vacation? If so, where?<br>
- What does mom/dad/guardian do for a living?<br>
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I'm excited about incorporating these questions int my morning check-in because this also let's students know that they have someone who cares about them. Thanks for reading!Jen Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02301519224198929652noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6825713963539453030.post-10170544298786062672013-08-09T19:47:00.001-05:002013-08-09T19:47:22.428-05:00Paper Station!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Today I completed my paper station for students. I used to simply put ALL (and I truly mean all) extra copies into my "Extra Tub." As you can imagine, this wasn't always the most organized space or even that easy to navigate through on any level if we're being honest here. I never liked it, but I was determined to fix it this year. In the picture shown above I labeled my new organizer for students to easily turn in their work. In the left side, students will be able to turn in their guided reading work based in their levels (O,W,L,S). The middle section is dedicated to spots for homework, StoryTown tests, in-class reading/math/SS/Social Studies as well as writing samples. The right side is the "Pick Up" station for students to, well, pick up last week's homework, this week's homework, important notes/forms. I like the idea of this area because my kiddos (and I for that matter) will no longer be sorting through random worksheets with the hopes of coming up with the right one. This will eliminate that! </div>
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<p>I took a few pictures of my classroom to share as I gear up for the new year and Meet the Teacher Night. My class list won't officially be ready until later this week, but I'm planning on about 23 or 24 students to start the year. Much like many of you, it seems like every time I take one thing off the list, I add 3-5 more. That's just the way it.goes, right?!</p>
<p>As I get more done, I'll post more pictures! </p>
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I chose a section in the back of my room to serve as my students' organization station. This was an area that I have been SO excited to set up, as my previous classroom had virtually no spots to do this in. So far I have reused and repurposed miscellaneous containers (including old Tupperware and Clorox wipe containers) to create the space. The crayons (far left) are stored in 2 clear boxes that can easily picked up for groups to use if needed or storage for those lost crayons we tend to find at the end of a busy day. ;)<br />
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This station is set up for students to be able to grab markers, crayons, colored pencils, glue, erasers, scissors, rulers, highlighters, or dry erase markers quickly without disrupting the class or asking me for the item he/she needs. My helpers of the week will be in charge of sharpening pencils and making sure the entire station is tidy and ready to go each day. This gives my students a chance to be more independent and clears me of being interrupted in the middle of a lesson!Jen Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02301519224198929652noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6825713963539453030.post-35498992203229887902013-07-19T15:36:00.000-05:002013-07-19T16:03:43.026-05:00Desk Drawer Organization!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I am in the midst of tackling my desk and its functionality. I FINALLY got my drawers organized in a way that I can easily keep track of office supplies and items I use on a regular basis. Here is a picture of one of my top drawers, which features three tuna cans to hold rubber bands, tacks, and brads (yes, I cleaned them thoroughly of course! I don't even like tuna!! Thanks to Laissezfaire for the tip!)) I keep my extra staples, staple remover, poster markers, district copy slips, tape rolls, whiteout, and push pins here. Each item has a spot of its own. I'm ashamed to say that my drawer didn't look anything like this for the past two years, and it ALWAYS drove me crazy. Better late than never to do something about it!<br />
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What I really try to do when I'm organizing a space is look around and reuse or repurpose containers that I already have. You can see down below that the magnet holder box is simply an old sidewalk chalk container, and the clothespins were stored in a basket I had that I wasn't using.<br />
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The next picture shows another one of my drawers, where I store clothespins and various cards. It's important to keep thank you notes or blank cards handy when a co-worker or student does something nice or gives you a gift. I absolutely love my colorful cards as well as my W cards. These come in super handy throughout the year!!<br />
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Now onto more organizing for the rest of my desk:) I'll be posting more pics of my tricks and tips for the spaces I organize next! <br />
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So I've been seeing ADORABLE binder covers all of over the place, and I was just getting ready to print myself off some binder covers when I looked around and saw some extra owls amd scrapbook paper I had on my bookshelf. It was then that it dawned on me that I should just whip my Cricut machine out and make my own! It took only a few minutes before these were thrown together.<br />
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I made binders for Student Information, Common Core, Student Data, and Substitute Teacher. I need to get a couple more made for Homework copies, Green Team, STUCO, amd Parent Communication, but this is a start!<br />
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I finally finished the cart for students to store their books. I cut super sturdy cardboard into pieces and then used fun-colored duct tape to finish the look. Finally I tested out my creation, and it works splendidly! This should be a nice addition to my classroom and will hopefully create more space in students' desks.<br />
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I also added the I-PICK chart shown below to the side of my cart:)<br />
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<br />Jen Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02301519224198929652noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6825713963539453030.post-73398159214988232652013-07-09T08:00:00.000-05:002013-07-09T08:00:07.370-05:00We're OWL Excited for 3rd Grade!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Here is the bulletin board featured in the hallway outside my classroom. The letters show up better when you're actually in person, but after looking at it here, I might trace it with a black marker to help them stand out better. For now, this is what it is:) I made a "moon" (hopefully you can tell it's a moon?). When I first put it up and stepped back to take a look, I noticed that my "craters" looked a little like a pizza topping. Maybe I was just getting hungry... oh well! It is what it is! <br />
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I originally thought that I could/should make a tree here in the middle, but then I figured that I probably do not have the artistic talent to do that, so I scrapped that idea. It probably would have looked funky anyway with trying to put long tree branches across the sides. That's when I decided on the moon. Owls and moons just seemed to go together. :) Maybe, maybe not, but I went with it.<br />
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<em>Note: While trying to staple the ends around this circular beast of a bulletin board, I accidentally put a staple in my thumb. Yes. You read that right... Yowzas! I'm still not really sure how this happened, but one moment I was stapling away and the next I was staring down at this staple stuck right in my thumb. I calmly removed said staple and decided to be a bit more careful as I completed this project. Do be careful out there, fellow staple-happy friends! It's a dangerous job...but somebody's gotta do it!</em><br />
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I took a chunk of brown paper and cut it into four pieces. Then, with each piece, I lightly crumpled it and stapled it up. I like that it sticks out a little bit, but I have to admit: I've never done tree branches before, but I think they turned out okay. It only took a couple of minutes, so I was a big fan of that! <br />
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Finally I added the cute owls to perch on the branches. I am waiting to put my students' names on the owls until my final FINAL class list comes out, but I can easily write them on.<br />
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I only put borders on the tops and bottoms because I liked the more "open" feel. I think it would have looked funky for this particular bulletin board to be closed up on the sides.<br />
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That's one more thing checked off the list! Jen Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02301519224198929652noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6825713963539453030.post-85218241392346383622013-07-07T08:00:00.000-05:002013-07-07T08:00:09.982-05:00Owl Reading Cart<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I'm pretty excited because the librarian at our school offered up this wonderful book cart that rolls up free for the first taker. Luckily I was the winner! Here is what I am planning to do with it. First, I took off any old labels that were on it. Then I added these adorable reading owls to it (numbered 1-24). The cart has an identical backside, so that's where the other owls are at. As we have students select their 3-5 books to have on hand at all times for Daily 5, I thought <em>What better place to have my students store their books than on this super handy cart?!!</em> This will help keep my books from being damaged in their desks, and they all have a designated space for storing their books.<br />
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I am going to add a piece of cardboard in between each owl to help divide each student's space. When I get that done, I'll post new pictures so you can see the end result!<br />
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This is another item that I added to my cart:<br />
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Since my students will be able to see any books that other students have "checked out" from my library, I made several of these owl notes (laminated). They say "Please! I noticed you have a book I'd like to check out. When you're done, please see # ___" Disclaimer: I haven't tried this system out yet, but the hope is students will feel like they have a chance at the book they've had their eye on for a while. <br />
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Students will write their number on the line with dry-erase marker and stick it in or underneath the book they would like to read next. We'll see how this little experiment goes, but I thought <em>Why not?</em> We have to request holds on books we want from a local library, so why not place a "hold" on a classroom book? Jen Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02301519224198929652noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6825713963539453030.post-4773609954733257232013-07-05T08:00:00.000-05:002013-07-05T08:00:04.248-05:00Read Owl about it!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Here are some more pictures of my room! The picture above will be my newsletter and important upcoming events board. It's not done yet, but it's right next to my whiteboard at the front of the room. This makes it handy to refer to and is also nice if students need an extra copy of something they know where to find it. I put everything here that might be coming up: book fairs, field trips, important announcements, etc.. </div>
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This is one of the first OWL items that I bought:) I loved it then, and I still love it now! </div>
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The picture shown above is a sneak peak as to what the area above my desk looks like. I still have to add student birthdays in, but I'm waiting for my lamination to come back for that. :) I chose to put the calendar in this area as well because I know I refer to it a lot too so it's in a handy spot for us all! I hung the tissue paper flowers (green, yellow, and purple) in the upper corner because they add a fun element to the room.</div>
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My math bulletin board in not yet complete, but here is a sneak peek into what it currently looks like. The posters feature key words for addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. I also put a hundreds chart in because we use those A LOT at the beginning of the year. This particular chart is funy to me because it is actually surrounded by planets. Whomever I got this from was really into space, which DEFINITELY does not go with my owl theme. Instead of getting a new hundreds chart, I simply added owl border around it. Ta-da! It's like magic! I found the pink measuring chart from Hobby Lobby. I know it's supposed to go in a little girl's room, but for now, I thought it would be fun to have students record their heights (it's starts at 20 inches) throughout the year.</div>
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My Reading bulletin board is simple yet usable. I stapled my chart paper to the board because we use it quite frequently when working on different indicators, so it's at a handy height for me to reach and write on as well as visible for my students. Also, the lower chart is a Character Traits poster that is added to each week based on the characters featured on in our weekly stories. <br />
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There will be more pictures posted as I continue to set up my room!Jen Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02301519224198929652noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6825713963539453030.post-42610928415393513912013-07-03T20:17:00.002-05:002013-07-03T20:17:40.793-05:00Incorporating Owls into the Daily 5!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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We are officially half way through with summer, which means my thoughts are turning more and more back towards school. With that being the case, I usually spend one day a week up at school decorating and working on things in my room. I know once school begins there won't be much time to try some of the cute things all over Pinterest. I'm trying to get things nice and organized before the craziness starts back up!</div>
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The picture shown above is the newest picture of my classroom (from my door, showing the back of the room). My sister and niece bought me the owl decorations hanging above each group. They are actually wind spinners, but they were the perfect find for my room! I love them!</div>
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This is a picture of what will be my guided reading and Daily 5 system. My school started the Daily 5 (more like Daily 3 because we only incorporated Work on Writing, Read to Self, and Read to Someone). This year we are going to focus on using the Daily 5 within our guided reading program. I will have four groups (OWLS), and the chart helps to show what time and which activity my little owls are to be participating in. I used my Cricut to help make the letters, and in order to fit them onto my small owls, I had to shorten some of the titles. Here is what I made:</div>
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-Mrs. W (guided reading groups to meet with me)</div>
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I'm so excited to share more pictures of my new room! This is a picture of a segment of the front of my room, near my door. My bookshelf is magnetic, so I am able to utilize the sides of it as well. There are still some details that need to be added, but it's coming along!</div>
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Below is a feature bulletin board. We teach art every week, and I thought it would be nice to show off my students' work right where they and anybody else who visits our room can see it. I also plan to hang some artwork up from the ceiling, but this space will be nice and easy to update and change out quickly. </div>
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After spending some more time in my room, I just had to share my favorite new bulletin board! I'm all about owls this year (seriously-can they be any cuter?!!), so I thought up this clever little saying for it:) I found the editor's poster at the Supply Closet-watch out though! This baby is 5 1/2 feet long! I love it because my students and I will be able to see it from anywhere in the room. Sooo worth the ten bucks! I found the idea for displaying the various types of writing on pinterest (big surprise!).<br />
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More pictures of my classroom to come soon!Jen Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02301519224198929652noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6825713963539453030.post-1274099821862907882013-06-27T20:20:00.000-05:002013-06-27T21:22:07.680-05:00Colorful Bulletin Boards<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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So...I have been working on getting my classroom ready for the new school year. My room is huge, but the entire back and front walls are covered with floor to ceiling bulletin boards. Boo hoo, right? Well, my dilemma came from the bulletin boards being a dull red color. Absolutely nothing in my new colorful owl decor matched the red. I had some fabric already, but instead of paying an arm and a leg for more fabric, I came across some great sales for flat sheets. Yes, the majority of my bulletin board fabrics are actually sheets (SO much cheaper!!)!<br />
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Another problem I ran into were the large gaps that existed between each piece of fabric. I initially thought I would need to have at least 3 layers of trim borders around each fabric section. It wasn't until I was standing in the store holding a ton of trim that it hit me: " It seems so silly to spend this much money on trim when I could use that on other things I really do need for curriculum. Why not try something else?" A night or two later, the answer dawned on me: USE PLASTIC TABLECLOTHS! On my next trip to school I took one plastic tablecloth, cut it into 4 long pieces, and proceeded to staple away around each side of my fabric. I bunched and stapled for quite some time, but I'm loving the 3D effect and added color!Jen Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02301519224198929652noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6825713963539453030.post-81883120557403522132013-04-08T08:55:00.000-05:002013-04-08T08:55:07.955-05:00Act II: The Shrinking Egg!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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We continue to amaze ourselves as young magicians, but we did it again! We mastered yet another egg magic act! This one is called the "Shrinking Egg," and the name will not leave you disappointed. My students took turns pouring Karo Syrup (corn syrup) on top of our shell-less egg. Over night, our once opaque egg turned into a shriveled up mess! It was pretty cool to see this huge change, and my students LOVED feeling the egg.</div>
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Welcome back to our continuation of the Dissolving Peeps Experiment! My students made their Day 3 peep observations. Compare these photos to those of my previous post. :) </div>
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Still bright pink, but starting to get smaller in size.</div>
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WHOA! Our poor little peep only has half of his body left! </div>
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This looks totally and completely disgusting, but of course, I still had PLENTY of students who offered to eat this peep right up (don't worry: I did NOT allow that to happen!) GROSS!</div>
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So fresh and so clean! This little peep has been stripped of its pink-ness but smells great!</div>
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My students completed their observations and noted that the vinegar had the biggest chemical reaction to the peep. We were surprised because many of us (myself included!) thought that the Pepsi Max would cause the peep to dissolve the fasted. I loved this experiment because my students looked forward to completing their observations each day and were telling their parents all about it!</div>
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I told my class that "I brought my peeps with me to school today," although that one went over their heads:) Their interest was peeked when I pulled them out of the package and discussed our new science experiment that will take place for the rest of the week. My students were given a spreadsheet with Day 1- Day 5 across the top and a box for each ingredient going down the left-hand side. Their job was to observe any changes that occurred within our peeps. Each day, students are to complete their observations. We then discuss our findings with the rest of the class.<br />
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Day 1: We set a peep in the following liquids: water, apple juice, vinegar, soda (we did Pepsi Max), and laundry detergent.<br />
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Almost no change with the water, except giving the water a little pink tint.</div>
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We have all been surprised with the detergent so far. The pink has been magically wiped away, and it is is really soft to the touch. </div>
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You heard right! My class can now successfully complete (drum roll please)....THE DISAPPEARING ACT! (With an egg that is!) We are trying out some new science experiments, and this one is proving to be a hit! We put a raw egg in a glass bowl and poured vinegar over the top. I placed this under my data projector while we were working on an activity so my students could look up and observe what was happening every once in a while. They were excited with all of the bubbles that were forming around the egg, but they were in for a huge surprise (and so was I, this being my first time doing this and all!).<br />
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After sitting for the rest of the day and all night, my students were anxious to see what changes had taken place. They put their Scientist's Goggles on (so to speak) and observed the egg. We noticed that there was a lot of things floating towards the top of the bowl of vinegar. We decided to explore further and touch it. When I rubbed it with my thumb, the shell (or what used to be the shell) came right off! The kids oohhhed and awwweed; they were pretty impressed. After the entire white shell was off, we were left with an egg whose yolk you could actually see. I had my students come up and hold it in their hands to feel our egg's newfound texture: we decided the best way to describe it was "water balloon." <br />
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We are now exploring another experiment with this egg. We poured Karo Syrup over the top of the egg and are interested to see what results we get with this one! Stay tuned!Jen Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02301519224198929652noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6825713963539453030.post-28155214616642259292013-03-19T17:14:00.001-05:002013-03-19T17:14:31.931-05:00Operation Garage Organization :)Now that Spring Break is here (although you wouldn't know it since it is actually SNOWING outside), I decided to get myself in gear and get some things more organized. My first job to tackle: the garage. Let's just say the garage has been a special place reserved for...well...anything and everything. We had the usual garage clutter offenders: auto items, outdoors equipment, tools, etc...but there were also things like boxes of electronic equipment left over from my husband's business or my piles of clothes/old shoes that needed to be donated. Let's just say the garage was, well, pure and utter chaos. Until now. The best part? I only had to buy a few hooks and the paint!<br />
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Normally I buy my paint from Home Depot because I really like Behr paint, but I had this gut feeling to check out the selection at Lowe's (which is also a great store!). Whenever possible, I browse through the "mis-tint" paint section and wouldn't you know the exact color of orange was there as a paint and primer for $5.00! It was meant to be! <br />
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For whatever reason, my computer didn't allow me to turn this picture, but these hooks are AMAZING! All you need is a screwdriver (not even a drill), and they install in a matter in minutes. You don't even have to locate the stud-just put them where you want them! <br />
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The bright lights kind of mess with this picture, but here is our "outdoor" section. Chairs, golf bags, radio, coolers, ladderball, water balloons, roller blades, etc...</div>
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This is quite possibly my favorite area of the garage:) We already had these handy drawers, so I spray-painted them and put cute labels on to easily organize them. Before I actually pulled everything out of the garage, I could not tell you what tools we had/or where it might be lying. Small items were stored here. Hammers, screwdrivers, sanders, and drills are on the shelves below (in black cabinet).<br />
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We also have 3 large white tables that I stored behind the black cabinet. Now all I have to do is paint the door and put a curtain on it. I started to label the items where our hanging tools are using a stencil, but that turned out to be an epic fail. Spray paint was not the best idea for that one. I repainted my mess up gray again and will return to that later. :) At least the garage is finally organized.<br />
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Well it's that time of year again! Time to go Leprechaun Hunting! We started the week off by brainstorming things we knew about leprechauns (what they look like, what they wear, etc...). Then the conversation turned to how AWESOME it would be to actually catch a leprechaun...I'm not sure what we'd do with one once we got it, but that's beside the point;)</div>
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Students designed a plan to build a Leprechaun Trap using items from our room. Some were quite interesting...for example: "Let's get a plastic Easter egg. Put a piece of gold in it, and then when he comes, we snap it shut!" I then asked who would be stationed here all night because I sure wasn't staying all night! Then we came up with the design shown above, which of course we tested out. We put the pot of gold (yes, <em>real</em> gold <em>not</em> the plastic coins. If you were to use plastic coins, though, I'm sure putting rocks at the bottom of the pot to make it heavier and more believable would work just fine-not speaking from experience or anything;) It might also help to tell the kiddos that if you touch the gold it takes away the real gold's smell, thus making the scent not as strong for a Leprechaun to detect. </div>
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We put the gold out on our counter to let him know that he had it here for him, and Lennox the Lucky Leprechaun actually visited our room and wrote us a note! He said he could smell the gold but couldn't find it yet. Then we found our Leprechaun book out. He must have been catching up on his reading!<br />
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He also pulled out my green blanket that covers my chair. We thought it looked like he had tried to climb the blanket to get closer to the counter where the gold was...<br />
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The day that we set our Leprechaun Trap, students wrote Lennox all kinds of notes! I had to go to a meeting that afternoon, but this is what I came back to:) They wanted to make sure he saw ALL of them, especially because Lennox wrote back to students who had written to him the day before. There was even a cheez-it sitting in with the trap in case he got hungry! Sidenote: this leprechaun has TERRIBLE handwriting! My students giggled when he said that he was just learning to write in cursive:)</div>
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We decided that we should all enter the room at the same time in the morning to see if our trap had worked. I promised that I would lock my door as soon as I got here, but that I would not peek in. It drove me crazy not to get to school early, but I kept my word. I did not come to school early. When we tip-toed into the room, this is what we saw:</div>
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Sometime during the night, Lennox golfed, hopped through my cabinets, tossed desks and chairs around, sprinkled Leprechaun glitter around, and who knows what else!?</div>
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It was a CATASTROPHE! My kids were shocked, but we had to find out: Did we catch Lennox?!!</div>
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I took a video of the whole thing, but sadly, no, we did not catch our Leprechaun friend. However, Lennox did leave green mints, gum, glow sticks, and chocolate gold coins for all of my students. I guess I'll forgive him for giving me a mild heart attack:) My students KNEW this was the real deal because "Mrs. Watkins would NEVER EVER do that to our room!" (their words). </div>
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The chaos lasts for a little while but eventually everything gets picked back up (and re-organized right before Spring Break!) and gets back to normal. This is one of my favorite days of the entire school year:) </div>
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We earned our Mystery Message today entitled "Chop Stack." Using chop sticks, my kiddos were challenged to pick up chap stick and try to stack it one on top of the other. This was a pretty difficult task; I couldn't do it in the one minute! We also made another challenge using cups and chops sticks. The students <em>really</em> enjoyed attempting to stack them or make a pyramid. They are begging for more tries! I think I'll use it as a motivator to get other tasks done. ;)Jen Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02301519224198929652noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6825713963539453030.post-42865500435202426432013-03-08T17:19:00.001-06:002013-03-08T17:19:31.287-06:00Help Wanted Area in the Classroom!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I have created a "Help Wanted" area in my classroom:) The idea came to me after going through a few of my books, and noticing a few that were damaged or in the place. I have seen the idea to use a "Book Hospital" on Pinterest (where else?!) and decided to incorporate that into a job for a class librarian. The jobs I chose to post are shown below. I also decided to make this <em>kind of</em> like a real application process, where applicants have to fill out a form to be considered for the job. I am looking forward to seeing what kind of responses I get. :)<br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Kristen ITC';">If you are a person who likes writing and helping others, then this job is for you! I am looking for people who can help revise other students’ papers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To apply for this job you must have your rough draft and final copy completed. Please complete the following questionnaire and return it to Mrs. Watkins.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Kristen ITC';"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Name _______________________________ Date _______________<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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This ad is for class librarians. It says: <span style="font-family: 'Kristen ITC';">Our class is in need of 2 librarians this week. There are books that need sorted and <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">neatly</i> put away. Some books might even need to visit the book hospital. If this is a job that you would like to apply for, please fill out the form below. The deadline to return applications is at <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">12:00 p.m. today.</b> </span><br />
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</span>Jen Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02301519224198929652noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6825713963539453030.post-71004551474957209402012-12-09T14:56:00.000-06:002012-12-09T14:58:29.656-06:00Mini-society: STARVILLE!!Our 3rd graders have been very busy gearing up for STARVILLE, which is the mini-society that happens only once a year! To prepare for this economics study, students learned about scarcity, production, goods/services, and currency. They had to complete "factory work" a few times a week to create goods that would be sold at a store. Students also filled applications online and had to explain why he/she would be good at that particular job. Finally, on Friday, the big day was here! The pictures explain a lot, but we had 20 stores at our STARVILLE, where students worked at two <span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875);"><img src="webkit-fake-url://7034BF36-A2EF-432C-A340-46DBC1EADB7A/imagejpeg" /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875);">different places and were given the opportunity to shop as well-just in time for the Christmas <span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969);"><img src="webkit-fake-url://42A136C8-6EAA-4095-B804-744DF43AD75A/imagejpeg" />!</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875);"><img src="webkit-fake-url://F78FEA45-6FAD-4C69-816A-A951D5BB1BBC/imagejpeg" /></span><br />
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Looking for some last-minute ideas to play at your fall party? Well, look no more! Here are some ideas for fall party games to play:</div>
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Thanks to <a href="http://kimboscrafts.blogspot.com/2011/10/halloween-games-for-kids-also.html">Kim</a> for these great ideas! </div>
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country at a different time of the day,and that's why each time zone is an hour
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<th bgcolor="#00cd66" width="25"><span class="wtz">V</span></th>
<th bgcolor="#5cacee" width="25"><span class="wtz">U</span></th>
<th bgcolor="#ff3030" width="25"><span class="wtz">Ter</span></th>
<th bgcolor="#00cd66" width="25"><span class="wtz">S</span></th>
<th bgcolor="#5cacee" width="25"><span class="wtz">R</span></th>
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<th bgcolor="#00cd66" width="25"><span class="wtz">P</span></th>
<th bgcolor="#5cacee" width="25"><span class="wtz">O</span></th>
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<th bgcolor="#00cd66" width="25"><span class="wtz">Z</span></th>
<th bgcolor="#5cacee" width="25"><span class="wtz">A</span></th>
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<th bgcolor="#00cd66" width="25"><span class="wtz">C</span></th>
<th bgcolor="#5cacee" width="25"><span class="wtz">D</span></th>
<th bgcolor="#ff3030" width="25"><span class="wtz">E</span></th>
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<th bgcolor="#f7f7f7"><span class="wtz">USA Time Zone Map- 12 HOUR
FORMAT</span><br />Time mode:<a href="http://www.worldtimezone.com/time-usa24.php" target="_top">24
hours</a> or <a href="http://www.worldtimezone.com/time-usa12.php" target="_top">12 hours (AM/PM)</a><br /><span class="wtz">See Time map for <a href="http://www.worldtimezone.com/time-indiana12.php">State of Indiana</a>
<br /><span class="wtz">Time map for <a href="http://www.worldtimezone.com/time-canada12.php">Canada</a>
<span class="wtz">Time map for <a href="http://www.worldtimezone.com/time-mexico12.php">Mexico</a> <span class="wtz">Time map for <a href="http://www.worldtimezone.com/time-caribbean12.php">Caribbean / Central
America</a> <br /></span></span></span></span></th></tr>
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<td><a href="http://www.worldtimezone.com/"><img border="0" height="455" src="http://www.worldtimezone.com/time/usa-map-text.php?sessionid=f112f34fff1ceb3d37f1e237388045c9&forma=12map" width="650" /></a></td></tr>
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