tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82719803700598913832024-03-13T03:25:03.921-05:00Third Grade GaloreThird Grade Galorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10196336394192061683noreply@blogger.comBlogger190125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8271980370059891383.post-37315847323995825462015-03-27T19:00:00.000-05:002015-03-27T19:00:01.680-05:00Classroom Tested Resources - Awesome Giveaway<div style="text-align: center;">
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Third Grade Galorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10196336394192061683noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8271980370059891383.post-46649037008653024642015-03-19T21:18:00.001-05:002015-03-19T21:18:31.573-05:00Cooperative Groups Spelling Game! <div style="text-align: center;">
Every year I play this game with my kids</div>
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and every year, they love it!</div>
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It's super easy and can be finished in about 10 minutes.</div>
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I place the kids into groups of 3 or 4.</div>
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Each group needs something to write on:</div>
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paper/pencil</div>
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whiteboard/marker.</div>
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Next, I give the class a very broad category.</div>
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The kids are usually good at helping with this part.</div>
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school</div>
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music</div>
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animals</div>
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sports</div>
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Then, I choose a letter from the alphabet.</div>
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I usually pick the common ones: R,S, T, C, B...</div>
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Finally, the game begins!</div>
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This part usually last about 3 minutes</div>
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and I play some fun background music.</div>
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SHARING TIME!</div>
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I have the rule that no team can talk when another team shares.</div>
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You talk - you lose a point!</div>
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Each team gets a chance to share their list.</div>
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Your team only gets a point if no other team has that word.</div>
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We've played one round each day this week</div>
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and the highest score so far is 10 points.</div>
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I keep track for the week and announce the winners at the end.</div>
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Then, I'll make new groups and start over.</div>
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Please note, that I did not create this game.</div>
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I found it years ago in a Scholastic book,</div>
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so I am by no means taking credit for it.</div>
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Third Grade Galorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10196336394192061683noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8271980370059891383.post-58115580067668995882015-02-28T20:50:00.000-06:002015-02-28T20:50:54.926-06:00Super Easy Review Activity!<div style="text-align: center;">
So many times, we'll read something one day,</div>
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and then I want to do a quick recap the next day.</div>
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I wanted to get my kids engaged in our review from the previous day,</div>
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so I came up with this SUPER EASY review activity. </div>
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I asked them to take out the reading from the day before.</div>
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They had to write down 4 words that they</div>
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Then, on the board, I made a list of all their words.</div>
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The kids came up and put a tally mark under</div>
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Yes!</div>
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But they loved getting up and marking their choices.</div>
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Finally, we looked at the results and circled the top 4 choices.</div>
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It was fast, easy and we were able to review what we read the day before.</div>
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Third Grade Galorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10196336394192061683noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8271980370059891383.post-45093732277818066312015-02-07T09:00:00.000-06:002015-02-07T09:00:01.793-06:00FREE Reading and Math Resource Sites<div style="text-align: center;">
I recently found two sites that have tons of reading and math resources. </div>
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The best part... they're free! </div>
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The first one is </div>
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It's one of those sites that you need to take some time to explore. </div>
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There's lessons and ideas for all the main subjects </div>
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we have to teach.</div>
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One section has quickly become my favorite...</div>
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I'm always looking for reading passages to use with my kids.</div>
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I need them for small groups, homework or mini-lessons.</div>
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This site has a ton to choose from and you can just print and use.</div>
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The second site is</div>
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This site only has math lessons,</div>
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but it's loaded with ideas.</div>
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My favorite part is the lessons page.</div>
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You can search for lessons by grade level</div>
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or even specific standards.</div>
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Third Grade Galorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10196336394192061683noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8271980370059891383.post-91291645885325353492015-02-01T09:00:00.000-06:002015-02-01T09:00:01.503-06:00Compare and Contrast Literature<div style="text-align: center;">
The past two weeks we've been working on </div>
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It was one of my favorite units so far this year.</div>
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We started by comparing and contrasting two purple pens.</div>
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Then, it was time for a pen and a pencil.</div>
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Then, we spent four days reading books in small groups.</div>
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Each group read two books by the same author and </div>
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the books had the same characters.</div>
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I was able to differentiate based on reading levels.</div>
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Check out these pics of the kids reading.</div>
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I wish you could see their faces,</div>
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because they were so into the books!</div>
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I'm so excited to be joining some other teachers for:</div>
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of this event - I met another 3rd grade teacher!</div>
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I love to meet 3rd grade teachers from other states</div>
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I traded products with Jennifer from Laman's Terms!</div>
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My kiddos and I played her multiplication PowerPoint game:</div>
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My kids LOVED this game!</div>
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I projected it onto my whiteboard and we played students vs. teacher. </div>
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The kids went first and picked a number off the board.</div>
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A multiplication problem with a missing factor or product was shown.</div>
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All my kids had a small dry erase board and </div>
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If they all got it correct, they received a point.</div>
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The game is set-up so you can keep score within the PowerPoint.</div>
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I was WAY ahead of the kids, so I offered them - All of Nothing.</div>
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They took the offer and their final problem was:</div>
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They were SO excited because it was a fact everyone knew!</div>
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They won the game!</div>
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It was great to hear their positive comments</div>
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It was clear they were having a good time </div>
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practicing their multiplication facts.</div>
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Jennifer is offering a <a href="https://drive.google.com/a/jcsc.org/file/d/0B5t_59zjGJERNUFlZkVVNXR5ejQ/view?usp=sharing">FREE SAMPLE</a></div>
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Simply click on the link below.</div>
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The call just came that school is cancelled for tomorrow!</div>
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It's going to be too cold for the kids to safely get to school.</div>
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The kids haven't gone out for recess the past two days because...</div>
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it was too cold.</div>
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That's Chicago weather for you!</div>
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When the kids don't go out, </div>
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they are nutty the rest of the day.</div>
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On "No Recess" days, I try to keep them active in the afternoon.</div>
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Today we had an INDOOR SNOWBALL FIGHT!</div>
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During math, we were doing a ton of paper cutting</div>
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"Has my teacher gone crazy?"</div>
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When we finished cutting, </div>
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it was time for the fight.</div>
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I reviewed the rules ahead of time:</div>
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1. No throwing paper at faces.</div>
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2. When I say "stop" you need to stop immediately and clean up.</div>
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The snowball fight began and the kids LOVED it!</div>
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They threw the paper and kept picking more off the floor.</div>
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I gave them a minute of fun.</div>
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When I said, "Stop,"</div>
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everyone stopped.</div>
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It was a short amount of time,</div>
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but it got a few of the wiggles out.</div>
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What are some fun activities you use for "No Recess" days?</div>
Third Grade Galorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10196336394192061683noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8271980370059891383.post-2175583040073877162014-10-25T22:18:00.000-05:002014-10-25T22:18:02.919-05:00Linking Words in Writing - FREEBIE<div style="text-align: center;">
Just a quick post about using linking words in writing.</div>
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We've worked on introductions, reasons and closings.</div>
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We added some linking words to our writing journals,</div>
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but my kids weren't using the words.</div>
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So, I created this sentence matching activity for them.</div>
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I put the kids into groups of three.</div>
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Each group was given six sentences.</div>
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Three of the sentences were reasons</div>
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and the other three were sentences with linking words.</div>
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All six sentences were about the same topic,</div>
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so my kids had to make sure the linking word sentence</div>
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matched the reason.</div>
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It's a short activity that can be completed</div>
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independently or with partners.</div>
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You can grab the cards for free by <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Linking-Words-Sentence-Matching-Activity-Freebie-1518475">clicking here</a>!</div>
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Third Grade Galorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10196336394192061683noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8271980370059891383.post-72277751520538066872014-09-24T21:53:00.001-05:002014-09-24T21:53:47.190-05:00Sharing Pictures with Parents<div style="text-align: center;">
I love taking pictures!</div>
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I'm constantly taking pictures of my family, </div>
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places I visit, </div>
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and the kids in my class.</div>
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I love to see pictures of what my two little girls</div>
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are doing during the day when I'm at work.</div>
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So I really wanted to be able to share the pictures I take during the school day</div>
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with all the parents in my class.</div>
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This year I started to use the Shutterfly Share Site.</div>
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I had a regular Shutterfly account, so I just logged in.</div>
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Then I created a Share Site.</div>
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<img alt="Go to the Shutterfly home page." src="https://cdn.staticsfly.com/img_/ui/sitenav/sfly_logo_header_full@2x-v13455566800002129.png" /></div>
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It's free!</div>
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It's easy to sign up!</div>
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Parents need to sign up </div>
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and get approved by you</div>
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before they can view the pictures.</div>
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Parents can download pictures </div>
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or order directly from the site.</div>
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I use the Shutterfly iPhone app</div>
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and it's really easy to download the pics </div>
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from my phone straight to the site.</div>
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A few parents have thanked me for setting it up.</div>
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They love to see what is happening in the classroom.</div>
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How do you share pictures with parents?</div>
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Third Grade Galorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10196336394192061683noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8271980370059891383.post-79151028914068713812014-08-30T21:18:00.003-05:002014-08-30T21:18:59.217-05:00KABOOM! - A Review Game for Any Subject<div style="text-align: center;">
My kids LOVE to play Kaboom!</div>
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You can use it for any subject</div>
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and it can be played whole class or small group.</div>
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Here's how it works.</div>
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Make cards with questions you want the kids to answer.</div>
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We were reviewing parts of speech,</div>
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so I put different words on the cards.</div>
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I put all the cards in a bowl </div>
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and divided the class into teams.</div>
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Team #1 picked a word and decided if the word was a </div>
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noun, adjective, verb or pronoun.</div>
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If they were correct, I awarded them a point.</div>
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If they were incorrect, Team #2 had a chance to answer.</div>
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Sometimes, numerous teams get a chance to answer</div>
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because no one gets it correct.</div>
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What is so fun about this game?</div>
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The KABOOM cards!</div>
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If a team draws a card with the word KABOOM,</div>
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they lose all their points.</div>
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I have used this game with parts of speech, math facts, </div>
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social studies review and math story problems.</div>
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You can download my grammar card games for free.</div>
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Just click <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4_vASnpCuzoNnktX1pWTDNMNjQ/edit?usp=sharing">HERE</a>.</div>
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I'd love to hear if you have played this game with your class.</div>
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Enjoy!<br />
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<br />Third Grade Galorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10196336394192061683noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8271980370059891383.post-51595466320678226932014-08-08T16:04:00.000-05:002014-08-08T16:04:15.230-05:00Schools Around the World FREEBIE!<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">School hasn't started for me yet,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">but I'm already thinking about activities for us </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">to do the first few weeks.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Last year, my students really enjoyed reading about </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">schools around the world.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It was interesting to see how schools are the </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">same and different than our own.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We went over to this link:</span></div>
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<a href="http://www.factmonster.com/world/statistics/school-years.html"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">http://www.factmonster.com/world/statistics/school-years.html</span></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">You can download two different forms <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Researching-Schools-Around-the-World-1381247">HERE</a>.</span></div>
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Third Grade Galorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10196336394192061683noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8271980370059891383.post-33743576843315252602014-07-31T21:10:00.000-05:002014-07-31T22:50:24.781-05:00I Love Foldables!!<div style="text-align: center;">
I can't tell you how many items my students</div>
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I Love Foldables!</div>
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We used foldables in reading, writing, spelling, math, science and social studies.</div>
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I love them because they keep my students focused.</div>
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The cutting and pasting gives the kids a bit of a break.</div>
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They are always talking during this time,</div>
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but still getting the materials ready.</div>
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To get myself ready for next year,</div>
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I created my latest set of</div>
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I love using these in so many ways.</div>
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Sometimes, my kids glue a single foldable </div>
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Other times my kids use them with a guided reading article.</div>
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I used <a href="http://www.readworks.org/">readworks.org </a>a ton last year.</div>
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I would print an article and the kids stapled it to a piece of construction paper.</div>
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Under the story, we glued one of my Common Core foldables responses.</div>
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we stapled the text question from the site.</div>
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I didn't do this often, but I liked having the multiple choice questions</div>
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I have even put a bunch together and made a lapbook.</div>
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The best part is they can be used for ANY text!</div>
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Third Grade Galorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10196336394192061683noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8271980370059891383.post-14244456055366330522014-07-23T08:25:00.001-05:002014-07-23T08:25:36.198-05:00Printable Boggle Boards - ON SALE<div style="text-align: center;">
Just a quick post about one of my favorite items..</div>
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Boggle Boards!</div>
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When I saw the Boggle boards all over the internet,</div>
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I quickly jumped on the bandwagon.</div>
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Then I realized it was taking up space</div>
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and I would forget to change the letters.</div>
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That's when I created...</div>
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Printable Boggle Boards.</div>
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In the past, I've used them as a morning worksheet</div>
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Do you have a Boggle board?</div>
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How do you use it in your class?</div>
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As a special treat,</div>
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I'm marking them down to $1.00!</div>
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Hurry, this offer won't last.</div>
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I think it's Wednesday!</div>
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Third Grade Galorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10196336394192061683noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8271980370059891383.post-52505927595788050762014-07-03T21:41:00.000-05:002014-07-03T21:41:49.987-05:00Beginning of the Year Ideas....To Save and Read Later in July!<div style="text-align: center;">
You would think summer means a lot of time for blogging,</div>
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but it doesn't for me.</div>
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I've been enjoying time with my two little girls</div>
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and reading some great professional development books.</div>
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Thank goodness for Laura over at <a href="http://wherethemagichappensdaily.blogspot.com/2014/07/tons-of-freebies-for-beginning-of-year.html">Where the Magic Happens</a></div>
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and her awesome<a href="http://wherethemagichappensdaily.blogspot.com/2014/07/tons-of-freebies-for-beginning-of-year.html"> linky </a>about digging into the new year.</div>
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It's giving me a specific reason to blog! </div>
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Get the new year started!</div>
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I'm not thinking about it too much,</div>
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I really like this idea better instead of wasting</div>
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I've been all over Pinterest looking for fun ideas.</div>
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Here are a few links I want to check out.</div>
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I'm sure I will be making some changes with math and reading.</div>
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Here are two of the six book I bought to read this summer.</div>
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I used these all the time last year. </div>
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There are different math fact forms included in this pack.</div>
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Some pages look like this.</div>
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Happy Monday!</div>
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I'm currently reading the book, </div>
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The Book Whisper by Donalyn Miller.</div>
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I've only read three chapters, so I haven't really made it to the "meat" of the book.</div>
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So far I know that I want to reorganize my classroom library.</div>
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I also want to quickly read more books that the kids are interested in reading.</div>
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I'm hoping that Donalyn will share how she conferences with the kids</div>
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and holds them accountable for reading 40 books.</div>
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I'm going to set a goal for the kids in my third grade class. </div>
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I'm not sure about 40, but maybe 30.</div>
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I can always change it next year.</div>
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I want to plan more mentor text reading lessons</div>
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and really try to get my class to LOVE reading.</div>
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Our district helped us to get organized and find a reading level for each student.</div>
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I'm going to start this at the beginning of the school year.</div>
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I'm also going to keep going with my small reading groups.</div>
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I'm sure there will be some changes there as a read some other books this summer.</div>
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These foldables are my top selling item.</div>
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They are easy to cut out and paste into reading journals.</div>
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You can also choose a few different foldables</div>
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These are another one of my favorite items.</div>
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The pages are meant to be cut in 1/2.</div>
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I often copy two pages back to back.</div>
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Each kid then gets a 1/2 sheet of paper.</div>
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You can put a few pages together to make a small packet.</div>
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I'll be honest, reading is not one of my favorite subjects to teach.</div>
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I have a feeling by reading some professional books and making a few changes,</div>
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I will learn to love it.</div>
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I'd love to give away a copy of each product above.</div>
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Simply answer this question and I'll pick two winners in the next day or two.</div>
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What are some professional books you have read </div>
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Welcome summer!</div>
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This is my first full week of break</div>
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and I'm loving it!</div>
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I'm linking up with <a href="http://4thgradefrolics.blogspot.com/2014/06/monday-made-it-summer-week-3.html">Tara</a> to share this idea.</div>
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Be sure to head over to her blog to check out </div>
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some other awesome projects!</div>
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I have my kids make these a few times during the year. </div>
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A mini-book does just that!</div>
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First, take a sheet of paper and fold it in half.</div>
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You need to cut the paper starting at the side with the fold.</div>
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Stop once you get to the middle crease.</div>
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Take the two ends, and push them together.</div>
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I'm holding only one end, because I had to take the picture!</div>
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I'm not on summer break yet, but I will be soon. </div>
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That means more time for blogging! </div>
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This summer I'm teaming up with Laura Graham from</div>
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Check out some of the topics we will be discussing in June. </div>
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Organize my Classroom!</div>
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DRAWS FOR EACH DAY OF THE WEEK<br />
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The drawers are labeled Monday - Friday<br />
and the last one is for extra stuff.<br />
I love being able to put things in the drawers<br />
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It definitely keeps me organized.</div>
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SHOE BOXES FOR SCHOOL SUPPLIES<br />
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I buy these for the class because not all sizes will fit into our desks.<br />
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CHECK OFF LIST FOR EACH ASSIGNMENT</div>
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Either you or the kids can check off the names as assignments are turned in.<br />
I cut the lists into strips and place them with each assignment.</div>
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Yes, I already am starting my summer project list. </div>
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My biggest mission is to redo my <b>files</b>. </div>
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I'm bringing them all home, buying new folders and relabeling. </div>
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I did this with my math last year and threw out a TON of papers. </div>
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I even nearly wrote each CC standard on each file. </div>
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What's the problem? </div>
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I don't know all the standards by heart. </div>
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It shouldn't be too hard to relabel the folders. </div>
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What are some of your organizational goals for the summer?<br />
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Be sure to head on over to <a href="http://wherethemagichappensdaily.blogspot.com/2014/05/organized-maybe-just-touch.html">Laura's blog</a><br />
and check out some other organizational ideas<br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">7 more days!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I can't believe the year is almost over.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">To help make my life easier, I made this 3rd grade packet.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I made it last year and the whole 3rd grade team sent it home.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Each month has a calendar of daily activities.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Some will take only a few minutes and others take a bit more time.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I include a parent letter for you to use or you can write your own.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The parents all loved having some structured review to use.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A PIZZA PARTY!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Any student that returned a completed packet when school started </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I bet about 25% of the kids completed the packet.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">No.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My thought was, at least I tried to help.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You could use the activities as homework </span></div>
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Third Grade Galorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10196336394192061683noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8271980370059891383.post-50198239519358765972014-05-16T21:43:00.000-05:002014-05-16T21:43:12.681-05:00Did we get all the information? - A Get Up and Move Review Activity<div style="text-align: center;">
This week we read and learned about the Great Chicago Fire.</div>
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The kids love learning about this event,</div>
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so it makes it easy to teach.</div>
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We watched a movie clip, read the textbook</div>
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and used the internet to find information.</div>
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They recorded everything in a small foldable book </div>
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with specific titles on each page.</div>
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This helped to guide them in finding the info.</div>
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Today I wanted to make sure that everyone had </div>
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most of the info. </div>
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I really didn't want to do usual...</div>
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sit at my projector and everyone share what they found and record what you don't have and blah, blah, blah. Boring!</div>
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So I quickly created this idea.</div>
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The kids had to find a partner and review their info on the first two pages of their book.</div>
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Record any new info that their partner shared..</div>
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Then, we continued this on all the other pages.</div>
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This is not a super exciting post, </div>
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and all the kids were engaged. </div>
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How can you use this activity? </div>
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Third Grade Galorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10196336394192061683noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8271980370059891383.post-73047957427484497802014-04-26T21:10:00.000-05:002014-07-03T21:54:43.888-05:00Website - FREE reading passage and related math problems<div style="text-align: center;">
I wanted to share a website a colleague showed me this week.</div>
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Have you heard of </div>
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Basically, each night they add a new informational text passage.</div>
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There are high interest topics.</div>
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This week we read about taking SELFIES!</div>
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Did you know the first selfie was actually taken in 1839?</div>
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After reading the passage,</div>
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there are leveled math problems for the kids to solve.</div>
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The easy ones are REALLY easy,</div>
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but the harder ones do take a bit of thinking.</div>
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In fact, only about three kids in my class</div>
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My kids just recorded their answers on the back of their paper.</div>
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I used the activity for morning work, </div>
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but it could also be homework.</div>
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You can even incorporate some reading</div>
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skills into the mix.</div>
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I'd love to hear how you could use these passages and math problems. </div>
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Third Grade Galorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10196336394192061683noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8271980370059891383.post-47223719374028952472014-04-16T20:47:00.000-05:002014-04-16T20:47:09.957-05:00Using Staff Data to Teach Graphs - The Kids Love It!<div style="text-align: center;">
Spring is just about here and the kids can feel it!</div>
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When the kids feel it, so do the teachers.</div>
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I'm finally taking the time to get out a new blog post.</div>
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Today I'm sharing a few ideas I used with graphing.</div>
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I started by putting this question on the board.</div>
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Every student went up and wrote an answer.</div>
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Then I started to ask questions -</div>
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What was the most common food?</div>
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How many people wrote steak?</div>
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I asked the questions and called on students quickly.</div>
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I believe I even said, "Why don't you know the answer?"</div>
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and "Why is this so hard?"</div>
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We came to the conclusion that the info wasn't organized,</div>
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so it was difficult to answer the questions.</div>
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Next everyone was able to survey the class.</div>
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We all used the same question and choices since it was our first survey.</div>
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I gave each student a class list so they are able to survey all the students in class.</div>
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The next day the superintendent was coming to our school.</div>
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My principal needed classrooms to visit, so I volunteered.</div>
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The only reason I did was because I had a good math lesson planned.</div>
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I put this up on the board:</div>
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I told my kids I made a picture and I wanted them to see it.</div>
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Some thought it was the Chicago Skyline.</div>
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Others thought it was a graph of the survey we completed the day before.</div>
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They were wrong!</div>
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It was a graph showing what subjects the teachers at our school like to teach the most.</div>
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They were quite excited to find out that it was actual data</div>
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from an email survey I sent to our staff.</div>
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We quickly learned that it's important to have certain labels on a graph.</div>
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Our final step was to make a horizontal graph.</div>
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Can you see my error?</div>
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What are some fun activities you use with graphing?</div>
Third Grade Galorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10196336394192061683noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8271980370059891383.post-69022268605722684222014-04-03T20:47:00.001-05:002014-04-03T20:47:53.770-05:00Positive Thinking Thursday - How We Treat Others<div style="text-align: center;">
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This year I've really been trying to have a more positive attitude.</div>
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There are so many changes in education,</div>
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but I'm choosing not to complain about them.</div>
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I try to find the positive in all the changes.</div>
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My gosh, I didn't even complain when we had negative temps here in Chicago.</div>
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There were snow days and we have to make them up at the end of the year.</div>
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What can be good about that?</div>
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My family and I have a warm home, good jobs</div>
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and food on the table.</div>
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Attitude is everything!</div>
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I found this quote the other day and I really like it.</div>
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It was posted on the We Are Teachers website.</div>
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It really made me think about how the kids in my class</div>
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and my own kids act.</div>
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I want them to be good people because it is the nice thing to do,</div>
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not because they will get rewarded.</div>
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I have found that I do sometimes have to reward</div>
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this type of behavior at the beginning,</div>
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but over time the kids do it on their own.</div>
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How do you teach this in your classroom or own family? </div>
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