tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7623185713635560622024-03-14T12:32:50.930-04:00Mrs. Cobb's Kinder SproutsA Kindergarten teachers ideas, creations, and thoughts on her classroom!Carolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08007310087287587591noreply@blogger.comBlogger77125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-762318571363556062.post-79684854588878253412014-02-19T00:24:00.002-05:002014-02-19T00:24:42.767-05:00GA Bloggers Meet-Up!!<center>
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I know, you never hear from me. I'm sorry. :( </center>
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Last year I blamed graduate school, this year it's a new Thirty One business and Gifted Endorsement.</center>
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My GA blogging friends, put March 22nd on your calendars! We are meeting in Macon and it'll be fantastic!!</center>
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As for how teaching is going, this year has been pretty grand! I would share more, but I have gotten so many resources, graphics, etc from other awesome teacher/bloggers that I am afraid I'd share something I shouldn't and honestly struggle to remember which idea I got where! Ah! What to do?!?</div>
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Carolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08007310087287587591noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-762318571363556062.post-89569699835365795162013-10-14T10:33:00.000-04:002013-10-14T10:33:05.605-04:00All About Seat Sacks<center>
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I have been distracting myself with my new Thirty One business, which has been so fun! Check it out, by the way -- <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"><a href="https://www.mythirtyone.com/carolcobb23">https://www.mythirtyone.com/carolcobb23</a>/ </span>Leave me some comment love on this post and I will choose a winner Saturday to get a discount of 15% at my Thirty-One store!!<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 14px;"> </span></span> Due to all the attention I have been giving to my Thirty One business I have been neglecting my poor lil blog here. It is fall break now and I have more time on my hands, so here we go!!</center>
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Seat Sacks</center>
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I used to go a little crazy with handling storage and organization of pencils, completed work, and library books - not to mention the alphabet strip and letter tiles for phonics. </center>
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Solution - SEAT SACKS!!</center>
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These are simply extra large fabric stretchy book covers. I bought them for $1 at back-to-school time. </center>
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Bottom: Ten Frame Mat, completed work to take home, pencil pouch (another great solution I am LOVING this year and will post about soon), and an alphabet strip.</div>
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Each table has a different color set of seat sacks, which helps with calling kids to line up, go to their seats from the carpet, and so forth. </div>
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First, she sent me plastic poly envelopes and colorful clothespins to help with differentiating my workstations! I got the idea for color coding what tasks I want each child to do in their math workstation tubs from Marsha at <a href="https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&ved=0CC4QFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.differentiatedkindergarten.com%2F2013%2F07%2Fmath-stations-tips-and-freebie-linky.html&ei=Ur9JUs2sDYSO9ASAq4CIAQ&usg=AFQjCNFZSjhbvJWdRDx2ZQfVq6TTiH9Fwg&sig2=LTF92G3SUWdNEwINtDoJ8Q&bvm=bv.53217764,d.eWU">A Differentiated Kindergarten</a>. So, the poly envelopes hold materials for kids coded a certain color on the schedule chart, and there are 2-3 envelopes at each station.<br />
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I also got some treats that reflect some of my interests - cute gifts that just make me smile! Angie and I both love to watch "Psych" - so imagine my delight with my new "psych-o" sticker and pineapple. And the cupcake bookmark...too cute!!</div>
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The cupcake is currently decorating my new Home Organizer I ordered from Thirty One. I had a Thirty One party a couple weeks ago and loved the experience so much I decided to become a consultant. There are many items that are perfect for my classroom! I'll have to blog about my pretty new bags and the Home Organizer sometime soon. :)</div>
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To all who entered, thank you so much! My students are <b>in love</b> with using these pens and after almost two months now they are still in perfect condition! You can get them on amazon at the following links:</div>
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Here is one of my favorite parts of my classroom, the Literacy and Math Workstations Pocket Chart! The pictures have dots that let the kids know what tiered materials to work on in their various stations. They are also able to be very independent about reading the chart to see where they need to go. I expand the Literacy side to "Round 1" and "Round 2" next week! </center>
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Here is one of the Word Work stations: it's a<a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/See-Bead-Write-Differentiated-Self-Correcting-Common-Core-Letter-Fun-277953"> "See - Bead - Write" activity from Marsha McGuire</a>. You can find it on TPT - my kids LOVE it!! I am also pretty dang proud of my tackle box for the letter beads. It works beautifully!</div>
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Here is how I am storing the above center. There are different color-coded envelopes of various difficulties, and again, the kids know which one I want them to use by consulting the Workstations Pocket Chart. Differentiation for centers made easy! I love my new plastic envelopes by the way -<b><i> I got them from my SLANTbox buddy for September! Thank you!!!</i></b></div>
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Here is the other word work station as well as where I store the iPads. Notice the Hot Dot Pens - these are going to be a year-long item with changing cards, I think! The kids love it! <a href="http://cobbkindersprouts.blogspot.com/2013/09/hot-dot-pens-giveaway-and-literacy.html">My giveaway for those ends TONIGHT by the way have you entered?</a> Also, check out how I finally managed to add a paper with pictures of this year's kids modeling good workstation behavior.</div>
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Here are my math workstation tubs. I think I got the labels from Fran Kramer, maybe? The monsters are so cute! The blue lidded boxes are all math manipulatives. Also, peek those rainbow names on the word wall - so cute!<br />
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Here is some math! We made shape monsters! It's a glyph. Again, an idea I saw somewhere, so unfortunately I probably shouldn't throw the directions out for free. :/ I also really like my new numbers on the wall, especially the teen numbers. Got all that off tpt this summer, but can't remember from who. Holler if it was you and help me link to it! Too tired to dig for it at the moment...</div>
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Slightly messy supply storage. I love my baskets! </div>
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I am pushing journaling this year. So far I have writing journals for morning work and math journals that we do every single day. The math journals don't have fancy name labels - those are dollar spot name tag stickers from Target! </div>
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My Wall of Wow. Currently featuring shape yarn art. Real nice. </div>
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Right by the door, my transportation chart. I think I have blogged about it before...</div>
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This year I added Rit-dyed mini-clothespins in blue and green. They match pretty well I think.</div>
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You can also see our "Today's Password" sign. I usually put a sight word on it.</div>
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Below you can see the rest of the whiteboard. Right smack in the middle is more shape art. It's supposed to be houses on a waterfront made with a construction paper collage and watercolor paint. </div>
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Oh, and my beloved "I need a pug!" notepad.</div>
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I had for the first time ever a kid bring in an apple for the teacher. </div>
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:) Epic!!!</div>
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Hello, friends! It has been a busy, busy first month of Kindergarten. Although much time was spent on testing, I am still happy with how everything is going. I have a sweet class! Thank God!</center>
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One big part of our work in the last week was getting Literacy Stations rolling. I spend a couple weeks modeling the stations, then a couple weeks letting the kids practice independently while I supervise and coach. Then, I will begin pulling guided reading groups! </center>
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Today, I made posters for most of the stations I use, and the good behaviors I have seen in the last week.</center>
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These show my kids this year, and to protect their privacy I am leaving the picture and file I made as private as possible. I assure you though...they are precious!! I wrote "I can" summaries of directions with each picture and placed each in a sheet protector AKA cheapo lamination. These will be taped near each station as visual reminders.</div>
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I was graciously sent the Hot Dot Pens by Educational Insights to test them out with the many old Hot Dot Cards I inherited with my classroom. They have been in use for 3 weeks now and the batteries are going strong. The kids love the dog and cat characters and the happy noises. The pens also buzz when the child has correctly answered a few questions in the row - and that little buzz is a good incentive to get the answers right! The only downside is that my kids hold the pens around the animal's collar where volume control is at, so they keep changing the volume! That's ok though really, because even at maximum volume the pens are pretty quiet and do not disturb nearby workstations at all!</div>
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I am currently using Letter (cap to lowercase) Matching and Rhyming Cards, but as the year goes on I will just by swapping out the cards in this center. I love that although the content will change, the way this activity works never will. In my opinion, these Hot Dot Pens make a great center that is self-checking and easy to differentiate!</div>
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The fantastically amusing Reddit (if you are not familiar with it...it's a social media news site) is being especially awesome right now! They are matching generous souls with needy teachers to send them care packages based on wishlists! Fellow teachers, if you want to share a wishlist,go check it out on Reddit:<a href="http://redditgifts.com/exchanges/redditgifts-teachers-2013/?inv=rua"> http://redditgifts.com/exchanges/reddit-gifts-teachers/</a> </center>
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I teach all the basic subjects to Kindergarten kids, many of whom started this school year knowing barely any letters, numbers, or shapes. I have to have them reading, writing, adding and subtracting by May! To accomplish this, I LOVE to use technology and especially tablets. I have two old somewhat hacked android tablets and my Asus transformer already, but the school also just gave me two iPads to use with my students! Yay! </center>
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What is missing, however, are good apps and tough headphones. I have bought many google play apps with my personal money for the android tablets, but as I am trying to pay off graduate school loans while saving money to start have my own kids in a somewhat fiscally responsible way... well, I just know I am going to hurt my budget buying more apps this year. Also, I will remind you I teach kindergarten and they literally EAT headphones, so I am always in need of new headphones that have not been severed by mindless chewing. </center>
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Pre-planning is behind me and school starts Monday! It's still a little hard to believe summer is officially over. </center>
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With school starting back up, I knew I needed a new pencil sharpener, and was eager to try the one everyone is raving about: the interesting manual sharpener from Classroom Friendly Supplies. </center>
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I believe I am going to like this sharpener because it can sharpen all sorts of pencils to a very sturdy yet long point. It sharpens pencils quickly, and you can tell when the pencil is done without peeking at because you can feel and hear when the blade stops touching the pencil. The bin that catches the shavings really catches them all, too! No mess! </center>
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As a Kindergarten teacher - I was hoping it would be easy enough to operate so that a student could help sharpen pencils for me. This is something I would never usually allow...but I believe it is feasible with this! You saw my baby sister in the video operating the sharpener: she's only six and was able to use it after just one brief demonstration from me! Notice that she is sharpening a colored pencil - it worked just fine for that! She had already sharpened the other end...and wanted to do the other end for the video camera! </center>
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The construction is mostly metal, which is so rare to find in this age of plastic everything. There is a little plastic, but it is rock solid. For example, I dropped the shavings bin from about 4 feet to my hard tile floors and it was totally fine! Because it is not electric, you won't have to worry about a motor burning out. Furthermore, the blade is easy to remove so if it does get gunky you can clean it off without a major disassembly project. </center>
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In summary, and to quote my best friend who also was drawn into testing it while she sharpened over 100 pencils with it for me ...</center>
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Their website offers a ton of good information and videos all about the sharpener, so you'll want to go check it out. I would not hesitate to buy this now that I have tried it.</center>
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1. Kate at <a href="http://funinecse.blogspot.com/">Fun in ECSE</a></div>
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<span style="color: magenta;"><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: inherit;">At the moment, my new pencil sharpener from Classroom Friendly Teaching Supplies! I am working on an extensive review to tell you just exactly why I have joined so many other pencil-sharpener-enamored teachers! This thing is just so darn nifty!</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: magenta;"><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: inherit;">A pug! Pugs are highly committed and will stick right by your side! I like to be right down on my student's level, giving them support in a friendly and supportive way! </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: magenta;"><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: inherit;">I am about to start my fourth year, so three years completed! I have been at the same school and same classroom each year. </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">There is a little Chinese restaurant in my town that has the sweetest family operating it where I love to go get Philly Roll Sushi. Nom.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">Spring - it fascinates me to see all the plants growing and flowers blooming, plus the weather is pleasant. Minus the pollen - the pollen is awful. lol!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">Nope....maybe someday...</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><b>7. What subject do you most like to teach?</b></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">Science! I have actually spent two days this week getting great science ideas at Project WET and Project Learning Tree workshops - so fun!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">No, but I used to have frogs. I plan to get a new pet this year.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">I have been reading this article for ideas and how-to info: </span><a href="http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/top-teaching/2013/01/welcoming-class-pet-living-mascot">http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/top-teaching/2013/01/welcoming-class-pet-living-mascot</a></div>
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and Petsmart does grants for pets - did you know that?? <a href="https://netforum.avectra.com/eWeb/DynamicPage.aspx?Site=PCT&WebCode=EventDetail&evt_key=1e3bd9d9-1ca1-4a3c-bd8f-a1bb76a3484a"><img src="https://netforum.avectra.com/public/DocumentGenerate.aspx?Image=741ee13a-fda5-417f-a54a-72c556f6ec21" /></a></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">My kidney table/ small group instruction area. It's full of goodies and is the spot where I feel like I have the best quality time with my students. Here is a pic from last year of that area, new classroom tour is coming later next week!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">Arnold Schwarzenegger. As the Kindergarten Cop. That movie is one of my favorites!!!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">1. I have a pet immortal turtle. For real, immortal. His name is Fred.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">2. I was just 19 when my husband and I got married and everyone's first question was if I was pregnant! We have been married 6 years now and still - No Baby! Kinda proud of that accomplishment...</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">3. I am grade level chair for Kindergarten at my school.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">5.</span><span style="background-color: white;">I lived in Oklahoma when the May 3rd 1999 tornado happened - so the Moore tornado this year brought back a lot of memories. Did get to meet President Clinton during that ordeal though...</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">6. I finish my Master's Degree in less than two weeks!! Hallelujah!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">7. </span><span style="background-color: white;">I have never made less than an A in any class. And on the topic of having a brain...</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">8.</span><span style="background-color: white;">I am a member of Mensa! Got 99th percentile on the MAT last year so I joined for fun. I have gone to one outgoing and let me tell you, we're a peculiar and rather socially awkward group. :/</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">9. I cooked pork rind breaded spicy chicken the other day. Want the recipe sometime?</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">10. I take great pride in my manual car driving skills because I survived my first year teaching driving a 5-speed Mustang that would overheat everyday so I had to cool the engine via strategic manipulation of the engine thanks to having the car be manual. That was fun...</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">11. My sweet handsome pug is a rescue dog who went from snarling behind the toilet when we brought him home to rarely leaving my side when I am home! I love my pug!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">1. How long have you been teaching?</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">2. What is your favorite back-to-school book or activity?</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">6. Do you have a favorite source for fonts or clipart?</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">10. What made you decide to be a teacher?</span></div>
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Who LOVES presents? Who LOVES packages in the mail?</div>
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1 Big Rule - out of the at least 5 items totaling at least a $10 value - one must be homemade! </div>
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So yes, happy day!<br />
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I have not only been busy trying to finish a massive case study for my last grad school class, but also learning about a cool tool for texting parents. It's <a href="https://www.remind101.com/">remind101.com</a>!<br />
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I made a presentation to teach teachers how to get started with <a href="https://www.remind101.com/">remind101</a> that I will share with my school next week, but I thought you all would like to see it too! So here ya go!<br />
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I also made a small poster that I will post at open house and some forms for parents to let me know if they have signed up for<a href="https://www.remind101.com/"> remind101</a> or not. Here is a peek at the poster:</center>
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<i>I used frames from <a href="https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&ved=0CC8QFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.teacherspayteachers.com%2FStore%2FLovin-Lit&ei=aL_5UaebBpTa9QTd7IHQBQ&usg=AFQjCNFp5FCzls4MpZCtYeM04JZAbhxVVA&sig2=PjiCkHo12JCo9XGa130UeQ&bvm=bv.50165853,d.eWU">Lovin Lit</a> and a font from <a href="http://www.teachersnotebook.com/shop/kindergartenworks">KindergartenWorks</a> - I think it turned out cute!</i></div>
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Over the weekend, my marvelous husband helped me build a new clip chart stand and repair a broken pocket chart stand. I am so pleased with the results! Read on to learn how we made these stands awesome!</center>
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I got this new behavior management clipchart from <a href="http://teachingwithloveandlaughter.blogspot.com/">Teaching with Love and Laughter</a>. You can actually get he beautiful clipchart on her <a href="https://www.facebook.com/TeachingWithLoveAndLaughter?bookmark_t=page">facebook page</a> as a Freebie - isn't she sweet?!? Her TPT store is <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Lori-Rosenberg-Teaching-With-Love-And-Laughter">HERE</a> where you can get calendars to go with the clipchart. You can also click the button below to visit her blog. But before you go, read on to see how I solved the problem of having no good wall space in my classroom to hang my new clipchart!</div>
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What I wanted to make was a <b>free-standing, sturdy, non-topple-over-able stand</b>. My husband and I went to Lowes and bought a 5 gallon plastic bucket with a lid, two 1x2x8' wooden poles, and sand. We cut the two poles tall enough to stand in the bucket and hang the clipchart from them, with support beams going across. We also put a piece of wood flat on the bottom to help hold it steady. Then, the bucket will have sand added, lid snapped on, and ta-da there you have a clip chart stand! We made it in maybe 30 minutes? That included dig out the tools and remember how to load the staple gun time. This design is SO sturdy! My husband was like "Can I make and sell these?!?" Can't wait to see how it looks in my classroom. I do still want to paint the wood blue and am considering covering the bucket where it says "Lowes." Spray paint, maybe? Duct tape?</div>
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I had purchased this clothing rack to use as a pocket chart stand three years ago. It was only about $35 and handy to grab at my local Walmart. Last year, the plastic joints failed and the whole stand would come crashing down! It was awful! My husband can fix anything with a drill though, I think! So, I recruited his help to repair it, because I don't want to buy another one!</div>
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First he drilled holes in the top piece so the vertical bars could be secured inside the metal pole running across the top. </div>
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This was where I had tried to fix part of it with masking tape (all I had in my classroom handy):</div>
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I covered that damaged, cracked part with pretty teal duct tape! This was purely a cosmetic touch, though!</div>
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Now I could just about hang from this pocket chart stand because it is so well stuck together! See, broken things can be fixed! Yay! That saves me some money!</div>
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Today I reached <i><span style="color: purple;">101</span></i> followers - I am so excited! To celebrate, here is a post to make you laugh! Sorry this has nothing to do with teaching whatsoever, but it is my beloved pug being ridiculous. Enjoy!</h3>
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The item I have for you today is something I use for progress monitoring number recognition with numbers to 20. Simple directions are included in the download, which you can access by clicking the picture below:</center>
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I love this recording form! I hope you find it helpful. I am sharing it as a .doc so you can edit the date on the top as needed. I store all my progress monitoring for all my RTI kids in one binder with pocket dividers. Forms like this go after a child's divider, and their divider pocket holds extra assessment materials (like flashcards or the form I have to use per the district for listing each week's results). I will share more about that when I get the binder set for the new school year.</center>
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<b><i><span style="font-size: large;">I went and started setting up my classroom for the new year!</span></i></b></center>
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Here is what will be my carpet whole-group area. There used to be a gutter shelf at the base of the wall that disappeared over the summer. It was pretty dilapidated, but I am going to have to rethink some storage with it gone.</center>
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This is the view from the doorway. I have most furniture in lace, except a couple book shelves. We cover everything with butcher paper for the summer, it's like Christmas unwrapping everything! Haha!</div>
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Ok, now the rest of these pictures are after everything is back in their places and unwrapped. I am so excited about my new seat sacks!! See them on the blue chairs? Those came from Target and were only $1 each! If you try this idea, be sure you get the JUMBO size. </div>
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Here is a close-up of one of the seat sacks. The folder and library book fit snuggly, yet easy enough to get in and out. I am thinking I will put their pencil case in there too along with an alphabet strip and name tag. Their name tag could actually go on top of the folder! Ahh, the possibilities! More to come on the seat sacks in the future, I assure you! I'll make a "Seat Sack Tour" post - how does that sound?</div>
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The next two pictures mostly show that while I did put furniture back, I also unpacked some and made a mess! That's just how it goes though, right? I will be back tomorrow to work even more, especially on unpacking stuff shoved in cabinets and hanging my new alphabet and numbers. I guess the spring butterflies can come down now, too. :/</div>
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After a buy last couple of weeks of visiting family, starting my last graduate school class (yay!!!), and moving my grandpa into assisted living, I am back!</center>
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1. It's my two-week countdown to the end of summer! I will be busy busy busy the next two weeks preparing my classroom and I plan to share my endeavors with you. :)</center>
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<span style="font-size: small; font-weight: normal;"> I have a short two weeks of summer left! Two! So, I am finally slowing down the pinning and surfing for ideas, and springing into action on my t-do list. Today, I was going to get started moving furniture back in place in my classroom but, alas, the floors were about to be waxed in the main hallway so I only had enough time to unload a few boxes of stuff and pick up all my back to school files and stuff.</span></center>
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<li><span style="font-size: small; font-weight: normal;">First up on my to-do list from that pile is cleaning off permanent marker written names off various little items like the cupcakes I decorate my door with and the clip-on name tags for the first few days (I know I got those from someone...can't remember who!). I'll also take stock of my supplies for transportation necklaces - these are a MUST in Kindergarten to me. I can see a a glance from these how a child gets home. You can get them at teacher supply stores, and then I 10 mil laminate them for durability. They take them off for the school day and then wear them home and back to school.</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-size: small; font-weight: normal;">Finally, there is shopping to be done, but I am really trying not to bust my budget. I will be eyeballing sales for the following items, so if you see a great deal let me know!! </span></li>
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The highlight of the week was definitely celebrating the 4th of July with friends in the geekiest way possible. It was super rainy here in Georgia, yet we still stubbornly went swimming in the rain. Then, we gathered around the kitchen table for some geeky gaming time: we played an awesome Marvel super heroes deck building game called Legendary:</div>
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The scenario we played involved protecting a "baby" from the evil villians. To remember which villian had the "baby," we enlisted the help of this epic Transformer! Hehe!</div>
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I LOVE LOVE LOVE playing games with friends. Usually at some time while playing I think about how much I love teaching my kinders skills with fun games. Last year's group was all about the classic card game of "Go Fish!" We use the Saxon Phonics curriculum and the kids would play go fish where they matched picture cards to word cards. Simple? Yes. Fun? Absolutely!</div>
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Finally, not free but how CUTE?? I might have to get a set of these for numbers:</div>
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On Wednesday, Rosco the pug got his nails done. He is the biggest baby about nail grinding (can't say I blame him though, I'd spazz if you came after my nails with a Dremel grinder, too). After each successful nail grinding where success is defined as neither the pug or groomer bleeding, Rosco gets something new from the pet store. How do you like this polo?</div>
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That's my baby sister! She just finished Kindergarten and my husband I took her out for Hibachi for her birthday. It was one of those hibachi grills where they cook in front of you:</div>
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And my sister just had this blank face of amusement? concern? I don't know, what do you think she's thinking:</div>
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Carolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08007310087287587591noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-762318571363556062.post-6521997782285433852013-07-05T12:53:00.000-04:002013-07-05T13:24:57.249-04:00Pins, Pins, Pins!<center>
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I could not resist linking up with this! I have been pinning ideas like a mad-woman this week, and hope you will also enjoy some of these wonderful ideas. You can click my pinterest button on the sidebar or right here to follow my many boards. </center>
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I have had open house on my brain, trying to think of how I can make it both fun and efficient. I love how this idea has the parent go ahead and clip the child's transportation on my <a href="http://cobbkindersprouts.blogspot.com/2012/07/monday-made-it-3.html">transportation clipchart</a> (you can get the text/ graphics I use as a FREEBIE. </div>
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How stinkin' cute is this?? The "where do you live" standard is a BEAST for my kids, so maybe this adorable craftivity will help?</div>
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Oh my word, I pray this will work. Getting some kids to hold a pencil right can seem impossible! I totally tried this out myself though and they're right - it leaves you only one option for how to hold onto the pencil. I can imagine a kid finding a way around this trick eventually though...*sigh*</div>
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On the topic of writing materials...</div>
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Might have to sneak in a picture of my <a href="http://cobbkindersprouts.blogspot.com/2011/07/beach-buddy.html">handsome pug</a>. :)</div>
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So when I saw <a href="http://primarypossibilities.blogspot.com/2013/06/play-doh-fun.html">Primary Possibilities</a>' collection of Play Doh activities, I was delighted!!! I am way over budget for this month, so sadly these have to go chill on my wishlist...but they will be mine, one day. Seriously, you must check out her ideas. Brilliant and well-made!</center>
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Carolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08007310087287587591noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-762318571363556062.post-56906219289664257352013-06-25T14:24:00.002-04:002013-06-26T14:40:12.622-04:00In light of the impending death of google reader...<a href="http://www.bloglovin.com/blog/5888035/?claim=9bg7zgsznrd">Follow my blog with Bloglovin</a>
I have switched over to using Bloglovin.com! It is actually much nicer than google reader - woohoo! You should check it out and use it to follow my blog!<br />
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Hi everyone! I recently put together a quick digital story movie for my Mercer University graduate school reading class on how I teach literacy skills in my kindergarten classroom. Since I filmed in the summer, I couldn't use my classroom for the videos, but it is still a rather accurate representation of my favorite methods and strategies for literacy instruction. </center>
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As a requirement for a curriculum class I am currently taking for my Masters Program, I had to make a presentation about a curriculum model. I picked Universal Design for Learning, because it has been a topic of much discussion recently! I wanted to learn more about it and how it can be used in my classroom. I hope you find this Prezi informative:</center>
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