Have I mentioned…
I LOVE FALL
OK…Many times.
I live in NORCAL.
We don’t have the TRADITIONAL
4 seasons.
DID YOU KNOW THERE ARE 4 ????
In NORCAL…
we have
Summer ( 90-100 degrees )
Fall ( 80-90 degrees)
Winter ( foggy… 60-70 degrees…sometimes cooler )
Spring ( 70-90 degrees )
It’sOK…I LOVE my HOMETOWN.
Sometimes.
OH…well… 🙂
And so on.
SO now that it’s 80 degrees & FALL..
What’s UP in ROOM 3??
We use Brag Tags on rings during the month.
They earn BRAG TAGS
for
following classroom / school rules
AND
Lifeskills
At the end of each month…
They transfer their earned BRAG TAGS from RINGS..
To string necklaces.
They get to wear their necklaces ALL DAY AT SCHOOL
and then
HOME!
( Parents are told at BTS night
to REWARD their kids for necklaces
at the end of the month!) 🙂
English Language Arts
Word Sorts…NO GLUE!
Pick 3 crayons.
Color the words according to the KEY!
Write!
Back from 2 week vacation.
TEACHER…..CLEAN YOUR TABLE!
I don’t have a teacher desk. #bestdecisionever
Reading ROCKERS! #alternativeseating
Birthday Books.
On each student’s brthday ( or close to ),
We make a class BIRTHDAY BOOK!
We do these during MUST DO TIME!
Independent work.
We have a “FRAME” style we use.
Everyone makes a page.
We STAPLE together and VOILA!
CLASS BIRTHDAY PRESENT!
We sing and dance as we PRESENT ( haha ) it to the birthday student!
LAST..( whew..what a week !)
GUIDED MATH
My newest & favorite time of the day!
We are doing
MATH MUST DO’s & MAY Do’s
( Same format as ELA centers in the AM )
KEEP YOUR ROUTINES THE SAME!
We go the the MATH Calendar ( next to ELA Calendar )
after lunch.
Math Calendar
After we go through the “math board”…
We NOW ( Quarter 2) do MATH MUST DO’S.
( Approx. 45 minutes )
Must DO’s
#1 MATH JOURNAL
Story Problem with illustrations & number sentence.
#2 Math Paper
A Workbook Page FROM YESTERDAY ( review )
#3 MATH TUB (center) with a PARTNER
I do the whole class MATH lesson BEFORE centers.
SOMETIMES we do the workbook page together…sometimes they do.
Depends on the Lesson. We have a district curriculum to follow.
( Approx. time 45 minutes )
What am I doing?
GUIDED MATH GROUPS!
I meet with 2-3 kids at a time.
We work on a STRATEGY.
NO worksheets!
They need to have independent strategies to do ON THEIR OWN!
I can’t take the assessments FOR THEM!
So…
Here is what’s UP in room 3!
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