tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37114992273047350992024-03-18T23:15:22.756-05:00Castles and CrayonsKelli :)http://www.blogger.com/profile/00999081490666025024noreply@blogger.comBlogger187125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3711499227304735099.post-74049155789757735882015-10-04T19:21:00.000-05:002015-10-04T19:21:43.155-05:00SALE for World Teacher Day<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;">In celebration of World Teacher Day on Monday, October 5, 2015, swing by <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Kelli-Bollman">my TpT store</a> for 20% all products - including bundles!</span></div>
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Kelli :)http://www.blogger.com/profile/00999081490666025024noreply@blogger.com240tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3711499227304735099.post-5944739952562179162015-09-28T21:21:00.003-05:002015-09-28T21:22:22.981-05:00Back to School Kinder Math and GIVEAWAY<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: large;">To kick off Kindergarten math, our first unit is Geometry! </span></div>
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: large;">We spent two weeks learning about 2D shapes, three weeks learning about 3D shapes, and 1 week reviewing and discussing how 2D and 3D shapes are alike and different!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: large;">As a lot of you know, this is my second year back in Kinder after spending four years in first grade. I forgot what the beginning of Kindergarten was REALLY like! There is nothing like that first week! :)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: large;">The first week our math consisted of Calendar time! We did the wall calendar, the Starfall calendar on the Promethean board, and sang some fun songs</span></div>
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: large;">The second week, we dived into number writing. LOVE <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Number-Poems-152371">Simply Kinder's number writing poems and pages</a>. We did two numbers a day. Such a cute way to learn number formation! </span></div>
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: large;">The third week, we began studying 2D shapes. We also launched Math Work Stations this week. The kiddos started out with pattern blocks and picture cards in their tubs. </span></div>
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Kelli :)http://www.blogger.com/profile/00999081490666025024noreply@blogger.com62tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3711499227304735099.post-65637813086317169242015-08-27T19:45:00.002-05:002015-08-27T19:46:07.650-05:00Colorful Kindergarten Days<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #674ea7;">Hi, y'all! Second and third week of Kindergarten are in the books! Whew! I have sweet, sweet babies, and they are catching on so quickly! What a great Bunch I have this year!</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;">I blogged about the first week of Kindergarten {<a href="http://castlesandcrayons.blogspot.com/2015/08/first-week-of-kindergarten-favorites.html">here</a>}. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;">For the second and third weeks of Kindergarten, we had color days! </span><br />
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<span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;">I dabbled in color days last year after my move down from first grade, but I wanted to hit the color fun full force this year! My kiddos loved it and so did I! It provided just enough structure and fun for the second and third weeks of Kindergarten!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;">We did color word tracing, writing, and coloring for our morning work. These pages are included in my new <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Colorful-Kindergarten-Color-Days-unit-2059173">Colorful Kindergarten unit</a>!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;">We kicked off every morning meeting these two weeks with the <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Color-Train-Sing-Along-Read/dp/1591984416/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1440722182&sr=8-4&keywords=color+train">Color Train song and book by Dr. Jean</a>! Love this tune!!! After we listed to the whole song, I would teach them the verse for the color of the day. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;">Then, we would head over to <a href="http://www.storybots.com/videos#colors">Storybots</a> to watch the video for our color of the day! OBSESSED with Storybots! </span><br />
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<span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;">The kiddos LOVED the color snacks each day! I did a Sign Up Genius for the snacks and my sweet parents took care of me!</span><br />
<span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;">Most of the snacks were quick and easy! </span><br />
<span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;">Our last color day, White day, we read <i>Mouse Paint </i>and mixed colors with food coloring on white frosting! YUMMO!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 16px; text-align: start;">Color poster option 1: polka dot border </span><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 16px; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 16px; text-align: start;"><br /></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;">Hi, friends! I am 10 days into Kindergarten and am LOVING my new Bunch!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;">While it is still fresh in mind, I wanted to recap some of favorite activities, resources, and ideas that I used to survive the craziness that is the first week of Kinder!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;">It makes me DIE when they say hilarious things like, "What is a book bag?", "What is a binder?" or "What does have a seat mean?" HAHAHA! Such sweet babies!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;">Skittles, people! Get you some! One big bag is great - I started weaning by the end of the week. But for the first few days -- they push their chair in and come to the carpet nicely, they get a Skittle! They put their paper in the basket and come to the carpet, they get a Skittle! They walk nicely to line up at the door, they get a Skittle! I was only giving about 4 - 5 a day the first few days, but they work like a charm! By Friday, I was down to one Skittle a day and started the second week Skittle free! </span></div>
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<span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;">{WAKE UP WORK}</span></div>
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<a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Playground-Coloring-Sheets-1095995"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;">I used some of these from TpT!</span></a></div>
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<span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;">Pass a stuffed animal around and share their name and something about them!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;">"Hi, my name is Kelli and my favorite color is pink"</span></div>
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<span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;">We shared the favorite color, animal, sport, food, and holiday the first week of school. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;">We sang The Mack Chicken Dance, Rise and Shine by Dr. Jean, Welcome to School by Stephen Fite, Tooty Ta by Dr. Jean, to name a few!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;">Read Aloud: We did a fun read aloud for our first week of morning meetings! We did Pete the Cat Rockin in My School Shoes, Five Little Monkeys, etc. Something they could listen to and look at with the story! </span></div>
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<span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;">{MATH}</span></div>
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<span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;">We did our wall calendar and the Starfall calendar during this time. Next week, calendar gets shifted to the morning meeting time, but for the first week, learning our calendar routine is our math lesson!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;">{LUNCHROOM PRACTICE}</span></div>
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<span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;">We went down to the lunchroom and practiced walking in the lunch line, holding our tray, and putting our number in at the end of the line. It really helped for them to practice while it was quiet and not crowded! :)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;">We played the Can You Guess My Letter? game from Babbling Abby!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;">We did 5 letters a day {6 on Friday} and it was SO much fun! </span></div>
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<span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;">It was also a great informal assessment to see who could identify beginning sounds!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;">The first week we focus on all the letters in the alphabet as we read <i>Chicka Chicka Boom Boom</i>!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;">Monday: Read <i>Chicka Chicka Boom Boom</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;">Tuesday: Listen to <i>Chicka Chicka Boom Boom</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;">Wednesday: Watch <i>Chicka Chicka Boom Boom </i>DVD</span></div>
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<span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;">Thursday: Read <i>Chicka Chicka 123</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;">Fun Friday: We made a coconut tree craft with their names and made a coconut tree snack! </span></div>
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<span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;">I got the Cinnamon SchoolBook Alphabet and Number cookies from <a href="http://www.traderjoes.com/fearless-flyer/article/1126">Trader Joe's</a>! The kids LOVED them!!!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;">She does a great hitting the response to literature CCSS and aligns the stories with our Social Studies and Science themes each week! We also do Zero the Hero during this time! </span></div>
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: large;">I finally got to start decorating!!! My favorite part!!! </span></div>
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: large;">I added a new animal alphabet this year from Lavinia Pop! </span></div>
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: large;">It is a FREE download! I adore that every letter has an animal to go with it - perfect for my jungle theme!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: large;">I also LOVE the <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Reading-Strategies-Posters-and-More-Colorful-1301620">Animal Themed Reading Strategy posters from Nicole Bunt</a>! I searched high and low for ones that I loved {cute animal clipart and fun fonts!} and these fit the bill! And wait for it - they are FREE!!!!! </span></div>
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Kelli :)http://www.blogger.com/profile/00999081490666025024noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3711499227304735099.post-64776448949912584932015-07-18T15:18:00.003-05:002015-07-22T08:42:08.362-05:00Classroom Setup 2015 - Day One <div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: large;">I head back to school on July 27 {LOVE our modified year round calendar}, so I have been up at school setting up my classroom for the 11th time {HOW is that even possible?!?!}</span></div>
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: large;">I am sticking with my jungle theme again this year - let's face it: I have way too many dollars invested in zebra and leopard print! :)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: large;">I love getting the furniture into place! I feel you can really start to see the vision for your classroom! It is SO tempting to start decorating first -- all the freshly laminated summer TpT purchases!!! Ha!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: large;">BUT, I always find that I feel more progress when I put all the furniture into place on Day One. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: large;">THEN the fun decoration can begin! </span></div>
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: large;">I was able to get all furniture into place, all boxes unpacked, and fabric on the bulletin boards. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: large;">Check back for more progress photos next week! </span></div>
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Kelli :)http://www.blogger.com/profile/00999081490666025024noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3711499227304735099.post-55007216013608497832015-02-24T22:04:00.002-06:002015-02-24T22:05:27.589-06:00Blending Boxes GIVEAWAY<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: large;">Hey, y'all! I am up late tonight since we are having our second snow day tomorrow! Snow in the South is never taken lightly and I am ready for a comfy day in...Pinterest recipes ready to try and a list of TpT updates to make in my shop! </span></div>
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: large;">I just posted my newest unit, <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Blending-Boxes-Short-Vowels-1727540">Blending Boxes {Short Vowels}</a>! I love Blending Boxes and used them every single week in my small groups in first grade! </span></div>
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: large;">I use the Blending Boxes to introduce the sound in small groups on Mondays and then use the boxes to set the purpose of our small groups throughout the week. It only takes about a minute to have the children blend the words, but it is a great way for little readers to build their confidence. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Blending-Boxes-Short-Vowels-1727540">Blending Boxes {Short Vowels}</a> includes 20 color pages and 20 black and white pages! There are four pages for each vowel - three pages have cvc words and one page has ccvc words. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: large;">Now that I am in Kinder land, I am working on blending boxes for each letter of the alphabet. I still use the short vowel boxes and will use the blend and digraph boxes this spring with my Kinders!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: large;">Head over to Facebook to enter the giveaway for this unit!</span></div>
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Kelli :)http://www.blogger.com/profile/00999081490666025024noreply@blogger.com29tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3711499227304735099.post-36252228885987050992015-02-02T17:55:00.002-06:002015-02-02T17:55:20.711-06:00100th Day Hooray! <div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: large;">Hello? Hello? Anyone there?</span></div>
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: large;">I am embarrassed by my blog absence!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: large;"> I will sum it up in two words. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: x-large;">KINDERGARTEN. MOVING. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: large;">Haha! Let me elaborate!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: large;"> When we moved to Georgia, I accepted a Kindergarten position. I have been teaching first grade for the past four years! After just four years, I COMPLETELY forgot what the first few weeks of Kinder is all about. Whew! I recovered sometime in October, but then it was time for the holiday trifecta! So, here I am!!!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: large;">We moved twice in the past six months! We moved from Birmingham to Atlanta and stayed with my parents until our house was ready. Then, we moved into our house a few weeks ago! Simply said...boxes instead of blogging! </span></div>
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: large;">I am thrilled to be back! I have seriously missed blogging and creating! I have kept tons of notes in my iPhone about blog post ideas and upcoming units! </span></div>
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/100th-Day-Hooray-FREE-Mini-Unit-1685695">100th Day Hooray!</a> is the newest mini unit in my shop and it is FREE! Please check it out! Nothing fancy...just some festive fun ideas, a Tootsie Roll Pop experiment, and printable prompts! </span></div>
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: large;">Have y'all celebrated your 100th day already? If so, tuck it away for next year! I LOVE that TpT now gives you access to your free downloads. Such a time saver!!!</span></div>
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Kelli :)http://www.blogger.com/profile/00999081490666025024noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3711499227304735099.post-43284548957159838482014-09-04T16:33:00.000-05:002014-09-04T16:33:10.284-05:00Back to School! <div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: large;">Leaves, apples, pumpkin spice lattes! I can barely contain my excitement! </span></div>
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">We are in week 5 and I am just coming up for air!!! </span></div>
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">My last update was in July as I told you about how I was unassigned! </span></div>
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">I am THRILLED to share with you that I am teaching KINDERGARTEN!!!!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I am just loving it! I am at a FABULOUS school, with a FANTASTIC team, and I have a DARLING class! I seriously could not be happier! Thank you so much for your thoughts and prayers! God has a plan for our lives that far </span>supersedes our understanding! God is good! We are thrilled to be back home in Atlanta with our family and friends! :)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: large;">Since I am now in Kindergarten {pinch me!} my new products will be geared toward the littlest of learners! :) </span></div>
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: large;">- I am working on an alphabet writing activity that will be posted on TpT shortly! Be on the lookout for a giveaway! </span></div>
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: large;">- I will be updating the Roll and Read {Fluency Phrases} packets with more pages...and phrases for each vowel letter! </span></div>
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: large;">- I will be doing a recap of sorts at the beginning of each month! I will be back shortly with a recap of August. This is my first year back in Kindergarten after teaching first grade for four years... I am jotting notes down about units, when I introduced certain activities, etc. I want to use this blog to help me remember - haha - and to hear your input about when you introduce certain tasks with your Kinders! </span></div>
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Kelli :)http://www.blogger.com/profile/00999081490666025024noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3711499227304735099.post-54638356105702350392014-07-07T09:09:00.002-05:002014-07-07T09:16:25.704-05:00Summer Update<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: large;">Happy summer from the South! Hope everyone had a marvelous 4th! Can you believe summer is half way over?! July means classroom setup! June is still easy breezy...full of beach, lake, and pool days! But, JULY?! It means business! </span></div>
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3;"><span style="font-size: large;">I have taken a break from blogging because...we have been preparing for our move back to Georgia from Sweet Home Alabama! We will miss our awesome Bama friends and neighbors! I am also leaving behind a fantastic school filled with the sweetest parents, kiddos, </span><span style="font-size: large;">and some of the BEST teacher friends a girl can have! </span></span><span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: large;">We are so excited to be close to family and friends again after living in Bama for 6 years!!!</span><span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: large;"> </span><br />
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: large;">The hubs got a great new job in Atlanta and I had a Kindergarten position at a </span><span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: large;">fantastic</span><span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: large;"> school</span><span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: large;">! But...don't you hate the but? </span><br />
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3;"><span style="font-size: large;">I don't know what school or grade level I will be teaching this school year! </span><span style="font-size: large;"> I am sort of having heart palpitations just typing it!!!! Of course, with Kindergarten, we know comes the numbers game! I have played this game for many years! I taught Kinder in Georgia for two years and in Alabama for two years! In Alabama, I was the newest hire and both summers it was touch and go all summer to see if we would have the numbers for me to stay! The third summer I was lucky enough to have a chance to loop up to first grade with my sweet class, and I jumped at the chance! No more numbers game....sign me up! </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: large;">Alas, here I am again in the same boat! After nine years of teaching {four in Kinder and five in first grade} I am back at the mercy of numbers! </span></div>
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: large;">However...I have made a list of the positives and negatives...just in case some of my fellow Bloggers find themselves in my predicament! </span></div>
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: large;">*I have a job! I have signed a contract and will be placed...eventually! :)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: large;">*I can't change themes, which will save me money! I was all about changing my theme...I have been a jungle theme for four years and was itching to switch! But...because I won't find out my grade level or school until the week of pre planning, there ain't no time for that! This saves me some serious cash! </span></div>
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: large;">*I can't work over the summer! This is a hard one for me...but sort of refreshing if I can distract myself with my Nook, shopping, Pretty Little Liars on Netflix, etc! This is the first summer that I have not been printing, laminating, cutting, etc! It is a nice break {so I tell myself! ;)}</span></div>
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: large;">*The unknown! Eek! So scary the places my mind will go! I just pray, pray, pray! Every time I get anxious about it, I pray that He will place me where I am needed most and that there will be kiddos in my class that I am meant to teach next year!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: large;">Is there anyone that taught Kinder/first grade for several years and then moved to another grade? Like fifth? Just preparing myself! Please tell me your grade changing story! Please!!!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: large;">So, until then...I will be filling up my new planner! There is nothing more I love than a fresh new planner with brand spanking new Flair pens! Ahh! This is a renewed obsession after I took a brief hiatus and tried to go new age and keep a Google cal. </span><span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: large;"> Last year, I was all about Erin Condren, but as much as I adored it, it was too big to carry in my purse and I ended up leaving it at school or at home...and well that defeats the purpose of a planner.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: large;"> I am loving the Lilly planners this year! They have four sizes {this is the medium} and it is only $22.00. Score! It is big enough to have not squeeze your writing, but small enough to drop in my bag and go! LOVE!!!!!!</span></div>
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Kelli :)http://www.blogger.com/profile/00999081490666025024noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3711499227304735099.post-11614958048041069132014-04-27T14:58:00.007-05:002014-04-27T14:59:20.291-05:00Launch into Space au, aw Word Work unit<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;">Happy Sunday, friends! It is gloomy and rainy here in Bama and I am loving it!! Perfect day to nap and post a TpT unit, of course! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">One of my goals this school year was to make a word work unit to go along with our phonics skills with our new reading series.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I am thrilled that I am finally finishing up the last few units!! I will be posting these soon and will also bundle them together for a year long first grade phonics word work unit pack! </span></div>
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Kelli :)http://www.blogger.com/profile/00999081490666025024noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3711499227304735099.post-32934736832796791182014-04-22T11:33:00.001-05:002014-04-22T20:19:08.187-05:00Place Value {Quick Tip}<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: large;">Hey, long lost blog friends! Hope everyone has had a fabulous spring break and a blessed Easter! </span></div>
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: large;">Here is a quick change that I implemented this year and it has made a WORLD of difference with my firsties understanding of place value! I saw this tip on Pinterest many moons ago, but when I went back to try to find the source, I didn't have it pinned and a quick search left me empty handed. If you know who to credit, let me know!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: large;">Instead of using straws to count the number of days in school, use <b>place value tens towers and ones cubes</b>! Is that not GENIUS?!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: large;">My favorite <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Place-Value-Packet-of-Fun-112634">Place Value resource is from Cara Carroll</a> - check it out!</span></div>
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Kelli :)http://www.blogger.com/profile/00999081490666025024noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3711499227304735099.post-1337448262494827302014-02-25T21:43:00.001-06:002014-02-25T21:43:14.180-06:00Three Million STRONG Sale!!! <div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: large;">Y'all!! I can't believe TpT is three MILLION{?!?} teachers strong!! How amazing is that??</span></div>
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: large;">My shopping cart is FULL to the brim and ready to check out on Thursday!! This sale is Thursday AND Friday, February 27 and 28. </span></div>
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<br />Kelli :)http://www.blogger.com/profile/00999081490666025024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3711499227304735099.post-32014030280167891862014-02-12T16:38:00.002-06:002014-02-12T16:38:45.139-06:00FB Giveaway!! <div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: large;">It is coooold here in Bama! We are bracing for another snow storm…we are going on our fifth snow day! In my nine years of teaching, we have NEVER had so many snow days!! I am loving it! :)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: large;">It is time for another giveaway on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/CastlesandCrayons">Facebook</a>! I would really like to post more on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/CastlesandCrayons">Facebook</a>! It's quick, easy, and you can see pics and get info just like on the blog! What's not to love?! :)</span></div>
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Kelli :)http://www.blogger.com/profile/00999081490666025024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3711499227304735099.post-21120493922879035472014-01-26T14:11:00.000-06:002014-01-26T14:11:13.788-06:00Facebook Giveaway!<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: large;">My next few giveaways will be on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/CastlesandCrayons">Facebook</a>! I would really like to post more on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/CastlesandCrayons">Facebook</a>! It's quick, easy, and you can see pics and get info just like on the blog! </span></div>
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: large;">Click on the f to head over to my Facebook page for a chance to win my newest TpT unit: <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Tweet-Tweet-long-vowel-ea-ee-Word-Work-1079802">Tweet, Tweet {long vowel e ~ ea, ee} Word Work</a> and my newest updated unit: <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Cherry-Pie-long-vowel-i-ie-igh-y-Word-Work-140421">Cherry Pie {long vowel i ~ ie, igh, y} </a>Word Work!!!</span><br />
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Kelli :)http://www.blogger.com/profile/00999081490666025024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3711499227304735099.post-34623675761706585792014-01-05T21:17:00.000-06:002014-01-05T21:17:44.629-06:00Roll and Write {January} Giveaway!<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: large;">Happy 2014, friends! Hope you had fun ringing in the new year {if you stayed awake ;)}! </span></div>
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: large;">I just LOVE the new year!! The fresh new start, the goal setting, the organizing!!! I am SO like Monica on friends! Organizing makes me HAPPY! I even have a 'Monica closet' in my house! Did you see the episode of Friends where Monica has a locked closet and they all try to get in to it…only to find that is stuffed FULL of stuff! My house is neat…but be careful opening the Monica closet under my stairs…things may fall on you! :)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: large;">I am SO excited that is fiiiinally Juanuary! Can't wait for this new season! </span></div>
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: large;">And in other news, I just started watching Revenge on Netflix and I am OBSESSED. Where have I been???????????</span></div>
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: large;">With the new year comes new products! One of my all time favorite items in my classroom is DICE! You may have caught on to this with my Roll and Read and Roll and Graph units! :) </span></div>
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: large;">Spice up your writing time with <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Roll-and-Write-January-1045892">Roll and Write</a>! All you need is a die, a color or black and white copy of the Roll and Write January page, and a Roll and Write printable writing paper. </span></div>
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Kelli :)http://www.blogger.com/profile/00999081490666025024noreply@blogger.com37tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3711499227304735099.post-65761358473412656262013-12-12T20:17:00.003-06:002013-12-12T20:18:34.891-06:00Holiday Party ideas<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: large;">Hi, friends! Only 13 days til Christmas!! This month is flying by!!! </span></div>
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: large;">Our holiday party is next week! Would love to hear what you will be doing in your rooms!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: large;">We have one hour for our party. I like to do stations! I have done a gingerbread theme the past few years to go along with our Flat Gingerbread project! </span></div>
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: large;">OLD SCHOOL! My kiddos absolutely loved this last year! Good ole blindfold, spin your partner round and round, and let them have at it! Lots of laughs at this one!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: large;">This is the BEST party craft, hands down! No hot glue guns, never ending 0.00001 inch foam pieces that DON'T STICK with Elmer's glue!! Love, love these from <a href="http://www.orientaltrading.com/diy-gingerbread-house-sticker-scenes-a2-57_6399.fltr">Oriental Trading</a>!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: large;">We are headed to the farm for a field trip tomorrow, so today was our last school day this week! :) The farm is my most fave trip of the year - it is so much fun! It will be in the low 60s here in Alabama - perfect fun fall weather!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: large;">We started our Opinion writing unit this week! </span><br />
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<span style="color: magenta; font-size: large;">CCSS ELA-Literacy W.1.1 Write opinion pieces in which they introduce the topic or name the book they are writing about, state an opinion, supply a reason for the opinion and provide some sense of closure. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: large;">This week, we started with <i>Hey, Little Ant</i>! LOVE this book!!! </span><br />
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: large;">LOVE this creativity from sweet <a href="http://thefirstgradeparade.blogspot.com/2013/04/hey-little-ant.html">Cara</a>!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: large;">We used this paper from <a href="http://www.dots-n-spots.com/?p=1782">Dots and Spots</a> to help us organize our ideas!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: large;">Several friends have asked me to repost this activity to TpT. I decided to take it off TpT this summer due to copyright reasons. I don't want to have any resources that I didn't create…I obviously did not make up this little lesson! Here is a <a href="http://happyhomefairy.com/2011/11/19/thanksgiving-tradition-the-5-kernels-of-corn/">link</a> to a blog that features The Legend of the Five Corn Kernels. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #b4a7d6; font-size: large;">This year, our faculty was encouraged to pick one word as a focus for our year. I picked BALANCE. It is the busy time of year where we need to balance school, home, and LIFE! Take time to grab a latte {preferably pumpkin!} and call a friend! Or read a magazine! Or organize a closet...oh wait, that is the Monica in me...you know, Monica from Friends?? I LOVE to organize...when something is organized, it makes me happy!!! But seriously, I am trying SUPER hard to balance everything! One way I am doing that is to close the laptop at 8:00 pm. I really try to have some down time before we head to bed! Being balanced and happy will make me a better teacher!! :) </span></div>
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<span style="color: #b4a7d6; font-size: large;">How do you keep the balance in your life? I would love to hear your tips! </span></div>
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<span style="color: #b4a7d6; font-size: large;">Short vowel u has two themes - Pumpkin Patch {if you study short vowel u in the fall in first grade} or Backyard Bugs {if you study short vowel u in the spring in Kindergarten!}</span><br />
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I have added another page to the units - Stretch the Sounds with pictures! I had a sub last week and I needed an activity for them to work on after reading a Phonics Tales book. So there you have it - because sometimes you just need an activity sheet with out cards! </span><br />
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<span style="color: #b4a7d6;">I will email the Short Vowel Word Work bundle to 2 friends this Friday - just comment below with your email address! </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: large;">Happy Sunday, friends! It is absolutely gorgeous here in Alabama! Fall has finally arrived! :) </span></div>
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: large;">Let's take a peek at our week in review! I kind of wish I could write my lesson plans when the week was over! As Type A and OCD as I am, I always add ideas throughout the week from YOU! I have started making sticky notes on my plans to remember ideas for next year! </span></div>
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: large;">Week in review - September 23 - 27</span></div>
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: large;">I have to be honest, I have never explicitly taught these blends before! I have always taught them within other focused skills. I struggled to find stuff for this week! </span><br />
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: large;">We launched Word Work this week! The kiddos did a great job and were super excited to have a new choice!! </span></div>
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: large;">I like this because the kids write the whole word in one color, versus every letter in a different color. I feel that they spend so much time changing markers that way! Ha! </span></div>
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: large;">I snagged this freebie from <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Domino-Addition-and-Subtraction-FREEBIE-473451">Khrys Bosland</a> - perfect to add to Math Work Stations this week! </span></div>
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: large;">We also learned a new card game - Addition War! Why do kiddos just eat card games up? </span></div>
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: large;">After learning all about sentence structure and what makes a good sentence, we are looking for errors and using editing marks! </span></div>
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: large;">Check out <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Sentence-Fix-Ups-Grammar-Punctuation-Language-Handwriting-Practice-308645">Christie's super cute Sentence Fix Up unit</a>! LOVE it!!! It is just perfect for my firsties! Love the editing marks poster and the practical practice pages - and of course, the cutie construction theme! </span></div>
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: large;">We had a fun apple week!!! We tasted apples, described apples using our five senses, made a torn paper apple, and ended the week with homemade {or schoolmade as one of my cuties pointed out!} applesauce! So delish over vanilla ice cream! </span><br />
<span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: large;">I used this recipe from <a href="http://findtimeforfun.com/homemade-crockpot-applesauce-recipe/">Find Time for Fun. com</a> - turned out perfectly! </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Congratulations to Lisa and Robinann17! Check your email for the Crap Trap {short vowel a}, Fishy Fishy {short vowel i}, and Play Date {beginning l blends} Word Work units! Thanks to everyone for their sweet comments! </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: large;">Happy fall y'all!! I have to wait until the first day of fall to get my Pumpkin Spice latte! I swung by Starbucks on my way to school this morning to pick one up! Made my morning so happy!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: large;">This year, one of main goals is creating word work units to go along with our new Wonders series. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: large;">Many of the skills are skills I have previously taught with other series, but some are new! I am updating older units and creating a streamlined look!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: large;"><b>Stretch the Sounds</b> - this a new explicit teaching activity that I do every Tuesday during our phonics time!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: large;"><b>Write the Room</b> - Half of the class writes the room while I work with a group on the carpet and then we switch! We write the room every Wednesday!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: large;">I DO NOT do all of the activities in one week! I just like to have several activities to choose from! :) </span></div>
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: large;">I realized I have posted some units but did not give away any for free! Shame on me!!! </span></div>
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: large;">Comment below with your EMAIL ADDRESS for a chance to win ALL 3 new units:</span><br />
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: large;">I will email all 3 units to 2 people on Wednesday!</span><br />
<span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: large;"> Happy Monday to you! Hope your week is off to a great start!</span></div>
Kelli :)http://www.blogger.com/profile/00999081490666025024noreply@blogger.com32tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3711499227304735099.post-42552269787943042602013-09-12T21:27:00.000-05:002013-09-12T21:27:56.875-05:00Math Work Stations - the First Month! <!--StartFragment-->
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is my second year doing Math Work Stations and I love them just as much as I
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year, I have 15 kiddos in my class and I have 6 groups of 2 and one group of 3.
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">The <span style="font-weight: bold;">first
week of school</span>, to launch math work stations we made an
anchor chart on the Promethean board of what math work stations should look
like and sound like. I had students model the right way and the wrong way {CRINGE!} to do math work stations. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3;">Sorry for the AWFUL pic - I just thought that I could have taken a screen shot of the actual flipchart from my computer at school - DUH! Next time, friends! :)</span></div>
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started with all 7 tubs having the same activity: <span style="font-weight: bold;">Number
War</span>.
Simply use decks of cards with the face cards taken out. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"> I modeled this game the first week of school
and we started this game in the math work stations the <span style="font-weight: bold;">second
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only did math work stations for about 5 minutes…we are building our stamina
just like with Daily Five! After the five minutes were up, we practiced
cleaning up during our clean up song {<a href="http://www.drjean.org/html/cds_f/cds_all_day_long.html">Tidy Up by Dr. Jean</a>} and putting our math
work stations away in the right order. </span><br />
<span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: large;">By the way, does anyone have an awesome clean up song?? I am looking for a new one after using Dr. J for about 7 years now!!! </span><br />
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second day we did math work stations for about 7 minutes and by the end of the second week we were up to about 10 minutes. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">The <span style="font-weight: bold;">third
week of school </span>we began our unit on geometry and I added
two more activities to math work stations. </span></div>
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also added the Shake a Shape {or connect four} game to 3
tubs. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Now,
there are at least two activities in each tub. Either pattern block cards OR
Shake a Shape game AND all the tubs still have Number War in them. </span></div>
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and the </span><span style="font-weight: bold;">iPad</span><span style="font-weight: bold;">
mini </span>to
two of the stations...</span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large; text-indent: 0in;"> 7 stations total {5 games/activities and 2 technology}.</span></span></div>
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semester we focus mostly on addition and subtraction, so all of the math work
stations will have addition and subtraction activities. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Second
semester, we move on to place value, data, numbers to 100, fractions, and more.
Two of the tubs will remain addition and subtraction activities so that the
children can maintain their fluency with addition and subtraction facts
throughout the year!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: large;">TGIF, friends! </span></div>
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: large;">Hope you've had a great week! We just finished our third week and I am oh so glad that my firsties are beginning to get into our routine!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: large;">I am linking up with <a href="http://doodlebugsteaching.blogspot.com/2013/09/five-for-friday-linky-party-september-6.html">Kacey</a> for another <a href="http://doodlebugsteaching.blogspot.com/2013/09/five-for-friday-linky-party-september-6.html">Five for Friday</a>!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: large;">1. <b>School Tube</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: large;">I looove School Tube! We can not access You Tube at school, so School Tube is the next best thing!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: large;">One of my favorite channels is <a href="http://www.schooltube.com/channel/havefunteaching/">Have Fun Teaching</a>. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: large;">LOVE their Counting by 1's, 2's, 5's and 10's videos! Check it out!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: large;">Check out Fishy, Fishy, my new short vowel i Word Work unit! </span></div>
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: large;">This week, we are studying geometry! Check out this freebie for a Shake a Shape four in a row plane shape game! </span></div>
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3;"><span style="font-size: large;">I am SO SORRY I kind of bailed on the Schedule Spotlight series!!! Well, not kind of. I actually did bail on the series. For real. :( </span><span style="font-size: large;">Note to self - do not have linky party or blog series leading up to the first week of school! Y'all were so sweet to check on me - I am alive and well! :) </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #8e7cc3;">And thank you to the sweet soul who pointed out that I actually have to PUBLISH the scheduled post for it to actually post!! Sheesh - how did I miss that?!?</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: large;">I had two posts left: one was Social Studies and Science and the last one was packing up procedures! </span></div>
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: large;">The packing up procedure post was just to round up to 10 posts for the series...so I am just going to nix that one, mkay?</span></div>
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: large;">We use the enVision Math series {aligned with Common Core} and the McGraw Hill Wonders reading series {aligned with Common Core}. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: large;">This is our plan so far! If you have any questions about any of the units of study, please email me at castlesandcrayons@gmail.com.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: large;">LOVE, LOVE, LOVED this <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/All-About-Me-Book-700752">All About Me book from Ashley Sanderson</a> - just perfect for our Marvelous Me unit last week! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #8e7cc3;">Stay tuned for the next Phonics word work unit to be posted on TpT and a math freebie! :)</span></span></div>
Kelli :)http://www.blogger.com/profile/00999081490666025024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3711499227304735099.post-16208370863454385102013-08-03T00:21:00.000-05:002013-08-03T00:27:51.748-05:00Schedule Spotlight Series #8 - Small Groups<br />
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: large;">Hey y'all! I am so sorry for the late post - is it me or does your Blogger scheduling post function not work??? I have tried this to no avail for a few years! Every time I schedule a post for a busy week {like this one} it DOES.NOT.POST. It seems easy - like ridiculously easy, so I am just not sure what I am missing!!! Has anyone else struggled with this?? I feel kind of dumb :)</span><br />
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: large;">This is the eighth post in the 10 week Schedule Spotlight series!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: large;">For those of you just joining in the fun, we are going through our day, minute by minute and hour by hour! Almost as a good as observing…but saving money on gas and sub pay! :)</span><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;">7:45 - 8:15 ~ Morning Work {<a href="http://castlesandcrayons.blogspot.com/2013/06/schedule-spotlight-series-morning-work.html">Post #1 - June 10</a>}<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="color: red; font-size: large;">8:15 - 8:30 ~ Calendar {<a href="http://castlesandcrayons.blogspot.com/2013/06/schedule-spotlight-series-2-calendar.html">Post #2 - June 17</a>}</span><br />
<span style="color: red; font-size: large;">8:30 - 9:00 ~ Math {<a href="http://castlesandcrayons.blogspot.com/2013/06/schedule-spotlight-series-3-math.html">Post #3 - June 24</a>}</span><br />
<span style="color: red; font-size: large;">9:00 - 9:45 ~ SPECIALS</span><br />
<span style="color: red; font-size: large;">9:45 - 10:30 ~ Phonics {<a href="http://castlesandcrayons.blogspot.com/2013/07/schedule-spotlight-series-4-phonics.html">Post #4 - July 1</a>}</span><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;">11:00 - 11:30 - LUNCH</span><br />
<span style="color: red; font-size: large;">11:30 - 12:40 ~ The Daily Five Sessions 1 and 2 {<a href="http://castlesandcrayons.blogspot.com/2013/07/schedule-spotlight-series-5-daily-five.html">Post #5 - July 8</a>}</span><br />
<span style="color: red; font-size: large;">{Writing Mini Lesson - <a href="http://castlesandcrayons.blogspot.com/2013/07/schedule-spotlight-series-6-writing.html">Post #6 - July 15</a>}</span><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;">1:15 - Restroom Break</span><br />
<span style="color: red; font-size: large;">1:15 - 1:45 ~ The Daily Five Session 3 </span><br />
<span style="color: red; font-size: large;">{Comprehension Mini Lesson - Post #7 - July 22}</span><br />
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: large;">I think small groups are one of the most important parts of our day! I pull two, sometimes three small groups a day! </span><br />
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: large;">To begin every small group, we chant either the Alphabet Chart or Blend and Digraph chart. I start with the Alphabet chart with some groups and introduce the Blend and Digraph chart with all groups by Christmas! It only takes a minute or so, but I think it is a great daily review, and it signals to their sweet brains that we are about to start our group time! </span><br />
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: large;">Both the <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Alphabet-Chart-FREE-138750">Alphabet Chart</a> and <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Blend-and-Digraph-Chart-FREE-139048">Blend and Digraph chart</a> are free downloads in my TpT store!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: large;">After our chart chant, we move into a review of our phonics skill of the week. This part takes about 5 minutes and I use a variety of materials. Sometimes we do a <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Roll-and-Read-Fluency-Phrases-Bundle-Pack-Long-Vowels-Short-Vowels-Digraphs-345205">Roll and Read</a>, or maybe a quick card game from a phonics unit! Check out my <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Crab-Trap-Short-vowel-a-Word-Work-791274">newest unit for short vowel /a/, Crab Trap</a>! </span><br />
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: large;">After our chart chart and phonics review, we begin a little guided reading lesson. I read one book with each of my groups every week. One day is for prereading activities, such a picture walk through the book, sight word previews, and I Spy {I spy a word they might have difficulty with and they find the word and read it out loud}. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: large;">The next day is for reading and re reading! Sometimes we partner read, read in different voices. I always try to give each reader a compliment on this day! "I love the way Brady read with expression today!"</span><br />
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: large;">The third day is for re-reading for fluency and a writing activity.</span><br />
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