tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5215775494716581402024-02-18T20:59:32.163-08:00The Reading Rug--Fun in First GradeA teacher's blog.Emmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11122001518344575086noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-521577549471658140.post-48087057161242619312016-11-12T11:41:00.000-08:002016-11-12T11:41:01.436-08:00<img height="240" src="webkit-fake-url://0c01e101-7f17-4197-a67e-d943fc98cda7/imagejpeg" width="320" /><br />
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http://thereadingrug-funinfirstgrade.blogspot.com/?m=1Emmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11122001518344575086noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-521577549471658140.post-21417891961436597602014-03-29T10:44:00.000-07:002014-03-29T10:44:35.290-07:00Parent SurveysRight before spring break this year, I decided to send out some surveys, to try to figure out exactly how parents felt about my classroom, and alternative seating in general. I left room for comments for each question. I will include some of them here too.<br />
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Here are the results!<br />
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Emmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11122001518344575086noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-521577549471658140.post-72812220209214717912014-03-10T17:40:00.000-07:002014-03-10T17:40:00.227-07:00Results and ReflectionFirst, let me start off with saying that I am going to break this post into two parts. In the first part I am going to talk about how alternative seating affected me as a teacher. Then I will talk about how it affected the kids.<br />
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I guess, before I start talking about this year, let me take a second to talk about previous years as a teacher. I have taught two years prior to this year, and I'm just going to come out and say it. I have had a ROUGH time. Having ADHD myself, I am prone to frustration and emotional overwhelm and it appeared that teaching (at least kindergarten and first grade) tended to exacerbate it. I felt run down and tired more often than not, and I found myself getting frustrated by the constant distractions that were brought on by my kids.<br />
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Not only that, but I felt like my physical space (my classroom) was so cluttered by the visual noise of all those desks, chairs, backpacks, etc. Take a look at my room last year.<br />
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This is only half of the room mind you. Thats a lot of desks.</div>
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I was constantly tripping over chairs and desks (and sometimes kids)...</div>
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This drove me absolutely crazy. </div>
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Another thing that stressed me out was the fact that they had their hands inside their desks ALL DAY LONG! What were they doing in there?? (Eating, breaking their crayons, cutting paper, sharpening their pencil, gluing their scissors shut...) All this made me feel the need to have everybody sit straight up with their hands folded on their desk all day. Not unlike what you would find in an old fashioned one room school house...</div>
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And let me tell you, keeping that up every day was exhausting. I quickly started feeling as though if they started fidgeting, and putting their hands in their desk, and tipping in their chair, that I had absolutely lost control. And it happened ALL THE TIME! This lead complete and utter anxiety on my part. I am talking about having a very tight chest, closed throat, pounding headache, and racing heart. I sometimes felt like I was having a panic attack. And it would sometimes last all day.</div>
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Skip to today, where I have no desks. They can't hide what they are doing to their crayons and pencils. They can't secretly color pages and pages of notebooks without me even noticing! It's so wonderful! And since I am not so stressed out about what they are doing and how they should be sitting, I don't mind the fact that they are wiggling around in their spot. In fact, I hardly even notice it! I almost never have the closed throat, tight chest stress that I endured for much of last year. And since I am relaxed, my kids are relaxed. It is quite the change.</div>
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As for my kids, I obviously did not have them in my class last year, but I do know for a fact that there were at least two kids that were major behavior problems last year. They both had spent MANY days in the office or in the resource room because of emotional outbursts or defiance. This year, I have been told that one appears to be a completely different child, and the other has made enormous growth when it comes to behavior as well. </div>
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I believe that the alternative seating has had quite an effect on my kids' learning and behavior, but I cannot confidently articulate how much at this point. The next thing that I am going to do is send out a survey to parents asking their opinions on alternative seating, and how it has affected their child this year. I will report my findings in my next blog post.</div>
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<br />Emmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11122001518344575086noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-521577549471658140.post-6389946522073112722014-03-09T18:55:00.000-07:002014-03-09T18:55:00.231-07:00Working the kinks out- creating structureWe are in the third quarter of the year, and I consider this year a huge success. But it did take some creative problem solving to get things to run smoothly.<br />
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It's funny because I remember the first week of school so vividly. It went down like this:<br />
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Day 1: "Oh they are going to love this!"<br />
Day 2: "They really feel special being the only ones that don't have to sit at desks!"<br />
Day 3: "I am never going back to desks again!"<br />
Day 4: "OH NO! WHAT HAVE I DONE!?!?"<br />
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I laugh as I think about it now, but at the moment I had a mini heart attack! How are they going to take a spelling test? What about whole group lessons? What about BENCHMARK TESTING?!?<br />
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Luckily, I am an out of the box thinker by nature. By the second week of school I had created enough structure to take care of my two biggest concerns. <br />
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The first thing I did was give everyone an assigned spot for whole group learning (where they are following along with their own paper). I needed to have some kids at the tables, and some kids on the floor with lap boards. I assigned the spots, and then I decided to give this seating structure a name. Don't ask me how I came up with it, but it is called "Operation Crocodile".<br />
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Yup. The kids love it.</div>
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The next thing that I did was create another seating structure for formal testing. This was basically just a very spread out version of "Operation Crocodile" with dividers (to discourage cheating). This one's name is a little less cool. It's just "Testing Position".</div>
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During reading and math the kids sit in Operation Crocodile. But during Daily 5 and Writer's Workshop, they get to choose their own spot. Before I could let them run free with the seating choices I had to give them the rules of choosing their own spot. Here are my rules:</div>
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I STILL have kids that try to sit next to their friends. But they move away as soon as I remind them of the rules. Most of the kids really like sitting alone. Away from the distractions.</div>
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Here they made little rooms for themselves in the library.</div>
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Another challenge that popped up was where are they going to put their stuff if they don't have a desk? Luckily I anticipated this challenge and was ready before school began. I went to the Dollar Tree and got four of these little baskets. They keep their pencil boxes in these, and get them out when they are going to use crayons or pencils. </div>
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Here you can see their textbooks as well as some community supplies. As for unfinished work, I have a couple magazine holders that hold a folder for each one of them. They can put papers that they are working on, and packets that we are not finished in them. I just stick these on the two tall tables.</div>
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In my next post, I am going to talk about my results and reflections looking back at the year, but for now, let me give you a hint on how I feel about it... In my opinion, DESKS ARE DEAD! :)</div>
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Since our school doesn't have a library, I was under a great deal of pressure to have an amazing classroom library, to expose my kids to a wide variety of reading material. Luckily, throughout my internship and two years of teaching experience, I have managed to get my hands on a great deal of books. It's funny, when I was starting out, I was thinking, oh my gosh, its going to be impossible to get so many books to fill my classroom! But really, I felt like they just sort of fell into my lap! </div>
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Anyway, I wanted to organize my books in a way that supported my students of learning the skill of choosing their own level of book. All too often you wander into a classroom where all of the books are already leveled, and the child does no work in choosing a just right fit book. He goes over to the "J" basket, looks through it, and takes whatever one that looks the most interesting. Well unfortunately, life doesn't really work like that in the real world. Libraries do not have leveled books; it is up to the reader to decide if they can understand the words and meaning. Same for bookstores, garage sales, etc. I want finding a just right fit book to be something that is automatic. It will take practice, sure. But somewhere in there, they will learn the confidence to walk into any place with books, open one up, and decide for themselves whether or not it is suitable for them. <br />
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I ended up just going through my mountains of books and throwing them into piles. A pile for bugs, a pile for space, a pile for Clifford, Arthur, Dr. Seuss- I had so many piles! But when I was done, it felt like a much more organized space than just putting them into crates, like I see some teachers doing. I did end up actually throwing in my leveled books from Journeys just so that I could know what level they were really reading at. (They like knowing what level they are at too!) I kept them in separate containers from the other books though.<br />
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As I had said previously, my room was so small that I needed to really be careful of how my library was set up. I had so many books that I needed a lot of room, but didn't exactly have the room for it. I had an idea to set up my library like a book store, with "isles" for convenient and space saving shopping. Here are my "isles" from a side view.<br />
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The top bins hold the Journey's leveled readers. They go from A to L. Under those are the categories of books. I got those book bins from the Dollar Tree!</div>
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No doubt, all these categories and book bins would be really confusing for any teacher, much less a first grader. But I created a management system for these books so that all kids can put these books back where they belong EVERY TIME. I put a colorful garage sale sticker (just the little circle one) on the back of all the books, then covered it up with tape. Then I wrote a number on each one that corresponds to which book bin it belongs in. I wrote the number OVER the tape because, if need be down the line, you can get the marker off the tape to assign it a new number. (Color over it with white board marker, and it wipes right off!) Now at this point of the year (March) the numbers are starting to come off the books, but by now, everybody can guess where each book belongs. I'll have to go back and rewrite some of the numbers though... =/</div>
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Now, as for categories, I wanted to give my kids something to look at when shopping for books. A sort of reference for all the categories of books that I had. I came up with this list that I posted inside the library in both isles.</div>
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All in all, I have 36 categories. I catch my kids standing there, just looking at this list, thinking of the possibilities! I love it.</div>
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If you would like to download my category list click <a href="https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B4M2vClpol6SRnZWZFNKb0hncUU/edit" target="_blank">here</a>!</div>
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<br />Emmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11122001518344575086noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-521577549471658140.post-83974903339069429192014-03-04T21:04:00.000-08:002014-03-04T21:04:49.582-08:00The roomOH WOW. Hello! <br />
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Needless to say I've been a busy bee since August. And I'm not the best at keeping up with blogs. But here I am at last to post pictures of my room. <br />
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It all started because <a href="http://thereadingrug-funinfirstgrade.blogspot.com/2013/06/alternative-seating.html" target="_blank">my room is so small</a>, remember? Well, I couldn't possibly fit 20 desks in there and keep myself sane. (I hate the visual "noise" of all those metal legs, not to mention a bazillion things to trip over and maneuver around all day). So I began with a simple idea of three tables. Two at normal first grade height, and one with the legs taken off.<br />
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Here they are. Not too beautiful yet, but I like the different levels. Adds some dimension.</div>
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Next I added our big rainbow table and our bucket chairs. (Don't mind the mess!)</div>
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I got five heavy duty buckets from the Home Depot. It actually worked out perfectly, because all of the manipulatives for our math program fit in them. Which is amazing, because I literally don't have room for them anywhere else... :)<br />
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Next I made my library. Now I consider this to by a real work of art. Since I am so cramped for space, I needed to condense my library into the smallest space possible. I ended up making it like this with two "isles" for easy and efficient book shopping.<br />
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I use the Journeys Leveled Readers on top (they go from A to L in my room), then everything underneath it is categories of interest. To see how I categorized my books, see my library post.</div>
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After that, it was really just about adding the actual seating. I got my exercise balls for one of the big tables, regular chairs for the other one, then for the little table I filled a body pillow with a BUNCH of bubble wrap. </div>
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And since you are wondering, no, the bubble wrap does not pop when they sit on it.... but it does make noise when they move around on it. They seem to like the noise, and it doesn't drive me crazy. Win-win!</div>
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<br />Emmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11122001518344575086noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-521577549471658140.post-56329385626866178192013-08-17T20:39:00.001-07:002013-08-17T20:39:38.642-07:00Our ScheduleHere is our (tentative) schedule for first grade. Please note that this schedule will run more smoothly once the kids have more stamina later in the year.<br />
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8:05-835 Workshop Way/ tasks/ reading lists</div>
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8:40-9:00 Phonograms and new phonics rule</div>
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9:00-9:30 Writer's Workshop</div>
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9:30-10:00 Daily 5 round 1</div>
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10:00-10:10 Bathroom breaks</div>
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10:10-11:05 Whole group reading instruction (Journeys)</div>
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11:05-11:15 Recess</div>
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11:15-11:35 Lunch</div>
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11:35-11:45 Bathroom breaks</div>
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11:45-12:00 Read aloud/ calendar</div>
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12:00-12:30 Daily 5 round 2</div>
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12:30-1:15 Math</div>
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1:15-1:30 Spelling</div>
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1:30-2:00 Daily 5 round 3</div>
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2:00-2:15 6 Traits Writing review</div>
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2:15-2:25 Snack</div>
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2:30-3:00 Arts block</div>
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3:00-3:30 Arts block</div>
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3:30-3:45 Pack up/ jobs</div>
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3:50 Dismissal</div>
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Yep, that is a LONG DAY. But we don't have school on Fridays, so I guess it's okay :)</div>
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Meanwhile, my friend and coworker, Lori picked up these half boxes thinking I could somehow use them in my classroom. <div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrjGl7xCia8_aGf1OqnlHeEXxBhyk-LGBnuv49VaG10OK7MjTzc-voYxHt5AA6v3OokaNatuz7_8Obz_UJxBdrEL15v_20k805EScHN2EAFcjeQ5i5M9pLbeJ0tWvKohHwDPsNmKuvCCw/s640/blogger-image--1242163045.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrjGl7xCia8_aGf1OqnlHeEXxBhyk-LGBnuv49VaG10OK7MjTzc-voYxHt5AA6v3OokaNatuz7_8Obz_UJxBdrEL15v_20k805EScHN2EAFcjeQ5i5M9pLbeJ0tWvKohHwDPsNmKuvCCw/s640/blogger-image--1242163045.jpg"></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Lori has the best ideas, I swear! She says, why not make little desks out of these! They are perfect for first graders sitting on the floor with their legs stretched out in front of them! 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I think the kids will really like them and they were really easy to make! We spent 10 minutes (and one dollar) to make each one! 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We moved last weekend! Just across town, but still. Now I am a little closer to work, and it's about $100 cheaper than our last apartment. Our new apartment has less living room and bed room space, but WAY more bathroom/ kitchen/ storage space. We can now hide our stuff to make it look like we are really neat and tidy!! We went to Ikea to get some new stuff to make our apartment more homey. </div>
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A couple hours and a few hundred dollars later, we had our new living room. I love it. Yes, it is brown and ORANGE. The pillows and candles really bring out the orange in the rope bridge (in the large wall canvas). I think it looks awesome! Now all we need are some curtains.</div>
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Some other very exciting news is that WE GOT A PUPPY! Well, not a puppy puppy... We rescued this beautiful pup from the Scottsdale Pet Hotel. She is two years old, and we think that she is a Basenji mix. <br />
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They found her in Yuma (of all places..) roaming the desert in May. <br />
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Rue is getting along at our apartment just fine! Her only flaw is that she will lick you to death. She has a few toys, although she prefers to play with us more than her toys. She is potty trained, and has had no accidents *so far*. She doesn't seem to be interested in any of our stuff, and is not destructive at all, although we have not left her alone yet. We do have a crate for her when we leave, but she slept on our floor last night. She wants to climb up on our bed to sleep with us SO bad, but she settled for the floor after a few minutes of failed attempts. When we woke up she was lying on her back with her paws up on the wall. Haha! She is adorable!<br />
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Anyway, I am meeting the new first grade teacher tomorrow! I am beyond excited about that! We are just meeting to chat about school, but we are meeting at the school on Thursday. More things to come! <br />
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Chao!<br />
<br />Emmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11122001518344575086noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-521577549471658140.post-70363344657125387612013-07-10T20:09:00.000-07:002013-07-10T20:09:00.586-07:00Last Year<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I guess I went MIA last year for... the whole year, but I took pictures of my classroom, and I would like to share them now.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Here was my room at the VERY beginning of the year. You can't really tell from this picture, but most of those desks are the double wides. Then some of them are normal (on the left side). I didn't even have enough desks for the amount of kids that I would be having. I had 29 desks, but was getting 32 kids. Notice the small table up there? That was my solution.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Here is my reading rug area (although I didn't have a rug over there until a few weeks into school year.) From here you can see my easel, my stuffed monkey, Markle Sparkle, my library, my calendar, all about me board, white boards, erasers, phonics phones, Journeys instructional cards and a weird hundreds chart (I won't be using that again). </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My library and my Workshop Way philosophy signs (see my <a href="http://thereadingrug-funinfirstgrade.blogspot.com/2012/07/workshop-way.html" target="_blank">Workshop Way post</a>).</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I love this! I took all of my teaching resource books and put them in a bunch of magazine holders from Ikea. Then made little labels and put a strip of contact paper across the whole thing. Only... now as I have had to move rooms this year, the thing does not move well as one giant piece. I wish I would have just wrapped them individually with contact paper. Oh well, live and let learn.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I set this up later in the year for supplies. On top you will see The Prince (our pencil sharpener under the blue bucket... it says "Shh! The Prince is sleeping!) and little containers for spelling words and word wall words.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px; padding-top: 4px; text-align: center;">Finally, I got rid of all the double wide desks and got normal ones! Not to mention the fact that I lost a lot of kids and ended up with 24! I put them into groups of four and put the supplies in the middle. The teams got to pick out the animal team name, and each team was awarded points for appropriate behavior. Each week the winning team got a trophy to sit at their desks for a whole day and they got to do "window paints" on one of my giant windows. Quite the crowd pleaser.</td></tr>
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Anyway, that was my room last year. This year it will be very different because there will be NO DESKS!! I will be doing alternative seating! Check out my <a href="http://thereadingrug-funinfirstgrade.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">other posts</a> to see how things are progressing!Emmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11122001518344575086noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-521577549471658140.post-72967866327099006752013-07-07T17:32:00.000-07:002013-07-07T17:32:00.648-07:00Things to buyHere is a list of things I'll be needing in order to get my room ready for alternative seating (if it's crossed off that means I recently got it)<br />
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<li>fabric for <a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/38702878020753679/" target="_blank">bean bag chairs</a> and <a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/38702878020808482/" target="_blank">bucket chairs</a></li>
<li>t shirts (to make <a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/38702878020745915/" target="_blank">t shirt pillows</a>)</li>
<li><s>bubble wrap (for stuffing)</s></li>
<li><s>buckets</s></li>
<li><s>exercise balls</s></li>
<li>pillow cases (in sets of 3 to make a <a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/445856431829987347/" target="_blank">pillowcase sleeping bag</a>)</li>
<li>book boxes (magazine holders from Ikea)</li>
<li>packing tape (to reinforce said book boxes)</li>
<li>unstuffed long dog toy (to make a <a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/38702878020770875/" target="_blank">weighted lap/neck wrap</a> for my barometer child)</li>
<li>stuffing (rice/beans or polybeads) and scent for said weighted lap/neck wrap</li>
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Emmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11122001518344575086noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-521577549471658140.post-91099804081311999502013-07-05T17:03:00.000-07:002013-07-05T17:03:00.452-07:00Recent Purchases<br />
I have been thinking (obsessively) about how to set up my room next year. Since I have been working full time at a daycare that is an HOUR away from my school, I can't exactly get there to move things around, but I have been sorting things out in my head. <br />
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I made a few shopping trips this past week and I am excited to share the things that I have gathered.<br />
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<a href="http://www.treasures4teachers.org/" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Treasures For Teachers</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">-</span> This store is AMAZING. Their mission statement it "to provide free and low cost supplies to teachers from community reusable resources". You pay $35 a year for membership, but it is well worth the price. Last time I was there, they gave me a huge FREE box of bubble wrap! I have literally filled my car up of stuff from there and have spent less than $20. <br />
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Anyway, from Treasures for Teachers I got my big box of bubble wrap (I will be stuffing my DIY bean bag chairs with it... lice will not live in it!), rolls of accounting tape for my writing center, a writing center organizer, a no heat laminating machine, mailboxes, a big couch cushion pillow, and some big books. All in all I spent just under $30. Here are some pictures of my purchases.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The big couch cushiony pillow, stuffed with bubble wrap of course. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I'm putting this on my writing table. I can put markers, pencils, <br />
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Anyway, from Ikea, I got some rugs, a trash can (although I'm using it as a place to store my rolled up rugs), a picture frame, an awesome lamp (and light bulbs), and also a couple things for my home. I spent about $40 at Ikea. Here are some pictures.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I bought 4 little ruggies at $1.99 each. Only big enough for one kid to sit or lie on it.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Here's how I'll store the rugs. The trash can was $3.99.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My amazing new lamp and bulbs.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It will look like one of these when it's not so... in a box.</td></tr>
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Anyway, I still need to make a trip to Jo Ann Fabric store. I need to pick out some fabric to use for the bucket cushions and for the bean bag chair. I'm thinking green and yellow, but we will see.<br />
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That's all for now!<br />
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Chao!</div>
Emmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11122001518344575086noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-521577549471658140.post-60365804096910051112013-07-02T17:17:00.000-07:002013-07-02T17:17:00.079-07:00Daily 5 Anchor ChartsI was going through my little workbook on Daily 5 that I got from the Conference that I went to a month ago. I wanted to make a list of all the anchor charts that I would need to make in order to successfully launch Daily 5. Obviously, I won't fill in the I charts until the students make the suggestions, but some of them I can make ahead of time. Also I was thinking, that I can make the headings on the big paper pad in the order of which I will introduce the anchor chart. I just don't like feeling scrambled to write something while I have kids watching me. I always feel so rushed. <br />
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Anyways, here is the order of my anchor charts:<br />
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<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">3 ways to read a book</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Read to self I chart</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Where to sit (or how to find a spot to sit)</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Good fit books</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Work on writing I chart</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">What to write about (or how to choose a topic)</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">List of writing genres (or forms of writing)</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;">List of word work materials</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;">How to set up materials</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;">How to use materials</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;">How to clean up materials</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75;">Acceptable behaviors for listen to reading</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75;">How to use listening station materials</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta;">Read to someone I chart</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta;">EEKK (Elbow elbow knee knee)</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta;">How to choose a partner</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta;">Coaching strategies (how to coach your partner if they don't know a word)</span></li>
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** <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Read to self, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">work on writing, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;">word work, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75;">listen to reading, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta;">read to someone</span>**</div>
Emmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11122001518344575086noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-521577549471658140.post-79568572916912937642013-06-30T13:02:00.000-07:002013-07-02T22:32:49.399-07:00Why make the switch to alternative seating?<br />
Desks and chairs were the bane of my existence last year. All year long kids were tipping, wiggling, falling out of- come on, you know- their chairs. On top of it, since I teach first grade it was the first time they had a desk... so they were secretly cutting, gluing, playing with toys, anything but paying attention- in the secrecy of their own desk. Teaching kindergarten last year, it was my first time with desks as well, and let me tell you, I was wondering what all the hype was about. Thats why when I got moved into my new itty bitty room I said "There's no way I'm putting 20 desks in here!" Seriously. That would be my whole room! And you could only tetris them in one specific way to make them all fit! No thank you! I went with tables. <br />
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Not only that, I went with two tables. Like- as in, seating for 8. Now add my horseshoe table for small groups and you have seating for 13. I'll have 20 kids. But it's okay because I'll be doing alternative seating. When I went to the Daily 5 conference last month and one of the sisters, Joan, said that she only had seating for half of her students. She uses alternative seating... in fact, she said that all of the classrooms in her school use alternative seating. If it works for them, it will surely work for me.<br />
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Think about it. If someone told you that you have to exhaust your stamina reading books and practicing writing, where would you choose to tackle this task? I would choose my bed. Seriously. I love reading or writing while propped up in my cozy bed... I'm there right now! I'm guessing not that many people chose to work in rigid plastic chairs at a table or desk, right next to others who were more than likely audibly mouthing their own stories to themselves. Why should we expect kids to do it??</div>
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By letting a child sit/stand/crouch in a spot that is best for him, it will completely change his ability to work independently in reading and writing. Meaning, it will make him a better reader and writer! Who doesn't want that!!<br />
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A Pediatric Physical Therapy study conducted in 2006 indicated that when a group of children diagnosed with ADHD were given alternative seating instead of school chairs they paid better attention and scored higher on standardized tests. When kids with an extra amount of energy are given the freedom to sit the way they choose, and switch positions freely, they are more likely to be engaged than if they were forced to sit a certain way for a long period of time. Take it from me, a person who has struggled with ADD since grade school myself, this is HUGE.<br />
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Apart from the academic benefits, there are also behavior benefits. Children that are constantly out of their seat can feel at ease in their new comfy spot, and will more likely remain there for longer. Kids that prove to always be a distraction will be more engaged, so they won't take learning away from others. Kids that get tired and ornery half way through the day are more likely to stay alert.</div>
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Other benefits include:<br />
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x It creates a community in the classroom.<br />
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x It forces kids to be more organized.<br />
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x It fosters independence.<br />
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x It helps develop metacognitive skills.<br />
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x It's so stinkin' fun!<br />
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Stop by later, and I'll show you some pictures of what I'll be using for my alternative seating!<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Here is a few articles on the benefits of alternative seating:</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.thedailycafe.com/public/849.cfm" target="_blank">What? Not every student has a Desk?</a> --</span>The Sisters talk about their own experience with alternative seating.<br />
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<a href="http://www.ednewscolorado.org/news/students-stand-balance-and-bounce-to-learn" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Students stand, balance and bounce to learn</span></span></a> -- An news report about alternative seating in the classroom. A lot about standing at tables.<br />
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<a href="http://www.mayo.edu/pmts/mc4400-mc4499/mc4409-0906.pdf" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Standing Room Only in Classroom of the Future</span></span></a> -- This study conducted by the Mayo Clinic was set up to study the effects of "no seats" on fighting obesity in a classroom. Scroll to page 4 for the article.<br />
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<a href="http://www.news-herald.com/articles/2011/04/13/news/nh3879946.txt" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Teachers, parents favor exercise balls in classrooms (with video)</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">-- A news article that shares the benefits of a "chairless classroom".</span></span><br />
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Emmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11122001518344575086noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-521577549471658140.post-54642316459309718272013-06-29T10:11:00.000-07:002013-06-29T10:11:57.970-07:00Lap Boards<br />
Since I am doing alternative seating this year, I will only have table space for about 12 out of 20 kids. *GASP!* Where will the other sit to do their work?! Why the floor of course! <br />
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I took it upon myself to take a little trip to Home Depot last week to see what I could find to make my own lap boards (since I will not be buying anything fancy). I asked an employee where I might find shower board, since I knew that that is what they used to make our white boards at school. <br />
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I found the stuff, and at $13.65 for a board the size of one of our big white boards at school it was pretty cheap. <br />
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I explained to the employee that I needed these to make lap boards for school because I am a teacher (magic words, you'll find) and he was more than happy to cut them to whatever size I needed. Happy day!<br />
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I got a solid 15 boards that were exactly 12x18, then an extra 5 more that were like a fraction of an inch off, then an extra little guy that I don't know what his dimensions are. I'll be keeping 8 of them, and giving the rest to another teacher in my school. Oh, and I'm sure this goes without saying, but they can be used as dry erase boards too.<br />
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At the Daily 5 conference that I attended last month, The Sisters said that having kids lie on the floor using a lap board to write works wonders for kids with underdeveloped fine motor skills. These are typically the kids that have great gross motor skills (typically highly active boys) that try to use the larger arm muscles to make up for their little hand muscles. The result is very sloppy handwriting and fleeting stamina. Here is what they said to do:<br />
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<br />Emmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11122001518344575086noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-521577549471658140.post-23589388487284693572013-06-27T23:01:00.000-07:002013-06-27T23:01:00.930-07:00Alternative SeatingSo as I mentioned in a previous post, I got the OK from my principal to scrap my desk and chairs and use alternative seating. I have been exploring the idea of it on the internet, and people are generally saying one of two things. There is the first group (primarily made up of veteran teachers) that think it is crazy to ditch the desks for this new age practice, and a second group of teachers who have tried it, loved it, and have never even thought about going back to it. Seriously, I have not even found a person who has tried it and hated it. Sure, it is going to be hard to have to teach them to be able to do... everything... from literally anywhere in the classroom, and I'm sure that it will take a lot of time to teach the DOs and DON'Ts at the beginning of the year, but I am doing Daily 5! A part of Daily 5 is teaching them how to be extremely independent and giving them a choice on what to do and where to sit (or lie, or stand, or crouch).<br />
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I have been doing a lot of research and I have many things that I want to try next year. Unfortunately, the classroom that I am moving into is a lot smaller than the one that I am used to. In fact, it is small by anyone's standards. I was given the choice, and I actually chose this room though. <br />
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The room that I oh-so-professionally hi-lighted in yellow is my new room. The room above it was my old room. Needless to say, I am in a closet. The problem is, is that when my school was being built, they never intended on having more than one teacher per grade level. Well the numbers were higher than expected last year and they hired a couple of teachers to teach some combo classes. This year, apparently the numbers have increased again because there will be TWO TEACHERS PER GRADE LEVELS!! I could not be more excited!! It will be so awesome to bounce ideas off of someone that is teaching the same standards and going through the same grade level behavior drama! As of now, they have not hired anyone to be my other half... but I did get an email telling me that they have given someone a second interview and they are considering hiring her! I hope we get along!<br />
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Anywho, here is a list of the things that I'll be using as alternative seating:<br />
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X <a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/38702878020745915/" target="_blank">t-shirt pillows</a> (DIY)<br />
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X <a href="http://www.soyouthinkyourecrafty.com/1999/01/rollie-pollie_28/" target="_blank">bean bag chairs (DIY)</a><br />
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X <a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/38702878020753656/" target="_blank">bucket seats</a> (DIY)<br />
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X <a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/154389093446812891/" target="_blank">crate seats </a>(DIY)<br />
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X <a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/38702878020753656/" target="_blank">PCV camp chairs</a> (DIY)<br />
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These links will take you to the Pinterest pins that I got my inspiration from, but I haven't taken my own pics yet. They will come soon! Let me know what you think of my ideas!Emmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11122001518344575086noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-521577549471658140.post-79138445930636149012013-06-26T20:11:00.000-07:002014-03-08T17:43:37.771-08:00Daily 5<h4>
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My principal sent my two favorite teachers and me for two days! We got to go to Daily 5 AND Cafe! It was seriously so great! I learned a TON, and it really reminded me why I wanted to be a teacher in the first place! The Sisters were so inspiring and down to earth! I could go on and on! Let's just say that the conference was well worth it!<br />
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I went into the conference with very limited knowledge on Daily 5 and Cafe. I attempted to bust out the first book <a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/1571104291/?tag=googhydr-20&hvadid=8852306937&hvpos=1t1&hvexid=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=3406961901422774505&hvpone=19.00&hvptwo=&hvqmt=e&hvdev=c&ref=pd_sl_52k3erty67_e" target="_blank">The Daily 5</a> on the plane to NC. I didn't get very far, however, and decided that I would probably learn just as much at the conference as I would have reading the book... And learn much I did. And we even got two little workbooks during the conference that held all the most recent theories and practices that The Sisters had to offer. <br />
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Oh, and did I mention? They gave out a bunch of freebees too! My favorite little gift was a set of wind chimes! I will hang them up from the ceiling and use them to signal when to regroup to discuss and reflect between dailies. This was the first gift we got, and people went nuts! I swear, it felt like an episode of Oprah's Favorite Things!<br />
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Well I am so inspired by what I learned so I am giddy to get into my new classroom and start setting up. A lot more to come soon!<br />
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<br />Emmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11122001518344575086noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-521577549471658140.post-15016468194787732692013-06-13T20:28:00.002-07:002013-06-13T20:29:33.633-07:00New developmentsMy principal just gave me the okay to do alternative seating in my classroom! Meaning balance balls, papasan chairs, bean bags, and cushions galore!!! No pics yet, but they will be coming shortly!<br />
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Emmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11122001518344575086noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-521577549471658140.post-1642758626140812012012-07-31T06:39:00.000-07:002012-07-31T06:39:39.269-07:00Workshop WayWell I have had a very busy summer, between working (mostly) full time at a day care as a full time float teacher (just for extra summer $$$ :)), and switching to a brand new school, attending the required trainings, setting up my new classroom, and just trying to wrap my mind around the philosophy of my new school. <br />
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That's not to say that I do not agree with it, or that I do not wish to incorporate the ideals, because it is actually quite the other way around. I really find the whole thing to be very powerful in theory, beautiful even! It is just that it is very different from many things that I have learned in college, and it is CERTAINLY different from what I saw at my previous public school. But as I have said in previous posts, I am teaching at a Charter School so they can be a bit more "Out of the Box" when it comes to this type of thing.<br />
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It's called <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><a href="http://www.workshopway.org/" target="_blank">Workshop Way</a> (r)</span>, and it is based on the work of Grace Pilon. I just finished a five day training on it, and immediately searched the world wide web for anything, ANYTHING about this program from teachers who have embraced it. What I found was very vague, limited information that seemed to leave readers more confused than when they started. Even when I took to the blogging community, it was essentially unheard of.<br />
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However, I understand it, at its core, and while it is somewhat confusing at first (and still can be-at times) I really do believe in what the message is here behind this program, and that is that <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b>you can't leave Human Growth up to chance.<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Meaning, you have to teach students </span><i>how</i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> to live their lives as "fully dignified, intelligent human beings" as Grace Pilon would say.</span></span></b></span><br />
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"a way for a teacher to organize time, content, and materials so human growth is not left to chance. It's a way all teachers can give all students the condition that release their remarkable human potentials. And it works with all students because it does not depend on where students start. Neither does it depend on prior learning of students or on the background of teachers."</blockquote>
I highly recommend anyone to read the full article above, as it will give you much more information than I can at this time. Admittedly I still have such limited knowledge on the subject because I have not taught, or lived rather, this philosophy.<br />
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What I can say about it is this. In my classroom I will be hanging six of the philosophy signs:<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b>It takes COURAGE to be willing to risk.</b></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b>We are FREE to make mistakes while learning.</b></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b>We RESPECT the rights of others.</b></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b>We don't have to know everything today.</b></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b>It is intelligent to ask for help.</b></span><br />
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My students will be familiar with these mantras, and understand them as universal truths inside our classroom.<br />
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I will also be setting up tasks for students to be doing independently while I meet with each individual student to listen to their homework, which is a list of vocabulary words and phrases that they read fast in order to develop fluency, word meaning, confidence as a reader, and accountability for studying the list each night.<br />
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The homework comes in a pack that my school ordered from the company, as well as the ideas for the tasks. <br />
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You can order these items <a href="http://www.workshopway.org/ProductCatalog/productdisplay.asp?category_list=2" target="_blank">here.</a> <br />
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I will be posting more information about the tasks, homework, and overall climate of my new classroom as everything progresses. I have a feeling that this year is going to go a lot more smoothly than it has in the past because of this program. It's all about taking the fear out of taking risks while learning. We will see how things go!<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Please let me know if I have violated any copyright laws with this post, and I will do what I can to fix it! Like all of my students, I am still learning too!!</span><br />
<br />Emmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11122001518344575086noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-521577549471658140.post-52882051075823350152012-05-25T06:14:00.001-07:002014-09-20T22:49:08.675-07:00Math Fact Tubs<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">The secret: FROSTING!</span></b></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Around Christmas time, I sent out a school-wide email informing the teachers that I am collecting frosting tubs, and to send any of them my way. It was perfect timing, as third grade was just finishing up their Gingerbread Houses! I ended up getting about ten of them in all. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">---I would suggest having people clean them out first, because I spent a good chunk of time scraping frosting, but I took what I could get from nine year olds on a sugar high!-- </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">I have done many things throughout the year with these frosting tubs... I love them because you can easily give them removable labels with index cards, they are small enough to sit at students' desks, and they are easily stored.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">ANYWAY, what I used one tub for each set of math facts. One for adding zero, one for adding one, one for adding two, one for take away one, take away two, and I even made some more challenging ones for my higher students such as adding ten, making ten, and doubles. Sometimes I just have a whole center based on one puzzle, or I let them take a tub back to their seat when they are finished with their work. They have really proven to help sharpen their mental math skills this year, and the kids really enjoy using them.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">For each set, I took several index cards (probably 15-20) and put a problem on the left side, then I wrote the answer on the right side. I waited to cut them up until after I laminated them all, to save time and energy cutting all of the individual pieces. I used different colored markers to make each set, so I could easily tell which set a piece belonged to in case one got misplaced. I am really happy with the way these turned out!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><b>Update: I made a TON of literacy and math puzzles for frosting tubs available <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Emma-Berger" target="_blank">here</a> for download!</b></span><br />
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I added a little color to mine, even though the papers got caught in the laminator, so now they are a little wrinkled... (UGH the plastic that was going in fused with the plastic coming out, and it was a huge jumbled mess!) But even so, I think its alright for this year. </div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">I especially like my SWBAT sign. I used a sentence strip and mounted it on several colorful index cards. Its awful psychedelic, don't you think?</span>Emmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11122001518344575086noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-521577549471658140.post-82422761596111904242012-05-01T00:30:00.000-07:002012-07-31T06:44:00.950-07:00Color Rings<br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;">These little gems are called Color Rings in my class. They are leveled flashcards for advanced kindergarten. My class started on an almond color ring that has all of the letters and color words. In order to pass the almond ring and move on to the next, the student must name all letters and the corresponding sounds, as well as all of the color words. They must be able to get through the whole ring with no mistakes in order to move on to the next. The rest of the rings cover a total of 240 sight words. They keep the color ring at home and practice with their parents until he or she is confident that they will make no mistakes. I will then test them on the particular ring. </span></span><br />
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for first grade. Plus, many Kinders jump at the opportunity to learn
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<li><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;">Almond</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;">Red</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;">Orange</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;">Yellow</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;">Green</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;">Blue</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;">Purple</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;">Brown</span></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;">For a full list of the words, plus the templates used for the flashcards email me at mmbrgr1@gmail.com</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;">I'll post a picture of all of the color rings together later. </span></span>Emmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11122001518344575086noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-521577549471658140.post-20197624350624661542012-04-30T21:04:00.001-07:002012-07-31T06:40:40.702-07:00My Classroom<div style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">
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