tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-39471462988892481742024-03-13T01:22:31.006-07:00Teacher to the CoreI hope this blog and my TpT store make your teaching life sweeter, easier, and happier. I am all about literacy and unique ways to engage students and captivate kids hearts and minds!Katie Knighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06132519093483761325noreply@blogger.comBlogger275125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3947146298889248174.post-72682488590124305902024-02-11T12:24:00.000-08:002024-02-11T12:24:34.171-08:00Valentine's Day In Kinder and First Grade!<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #ff8cc6; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: large;"><span style="color: black;">Taking attendance on Valentine’s Day can be almost impossible! Tiny k</span></span><span style="font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: large;">ids with BIG energy are running at you with candy, flowers, their valentines, and a tray of 32 cupcakes! </span></div>
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<span style="color: #ff8cc6; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: large;"><span style="color: black;">1. I ask, " Who has something they need to give me?"</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #ff8cc6; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: large;"><span style="color: black;">2. [Acting so excited] I say, "I can't wait to see everything you have brought to school!"</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #ff8cc6; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: large;"><span style="color: black;">3. "Before I can collect anything! You get to search for and color hearts! You do that, and I'll take attendance."</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #ff8cc6; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: large;"><span style="color: black;">* They are to stay seated and color neatly while I take attendance. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #ff8cc6; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: large;"><span style="color: black;">* The kiddo with the most hearts wins!</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #ff8cc6; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: large;"><span style="color: black;">* If you win but your work is sloppy, you are disqualified. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #ff8cc6; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: large;"><span style="color: black;">* After attendance, I will give you five more minutes to color. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #ff8cc6; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: large;"><span style="color: black;">* During this time, I will collect what the students have brought to school. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: large;">Can I hear an AMEN for lunch time? We used to party the last hour of the day, but then I am breathless and my room looks like a bomb went off in it as the kids leave. No, thank you! </span><span style="font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: large;">After lunch we did some great Common Core Valentine learning, cleaned up the room, and ended our day like we always do. We read a story, packed and stacked, and had our <a href="http://teachertothecore.blogspot.com/2013/12/in-2014-dont-nag-instead-brag.html" target="_blank">daily awards ceremony</a>. It was calm. It was beautiful, and it was calm. Wait, did I already say that it was calm?</span></div>
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<span style="color: #ff8cc6; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: large;"><span style="color: black;">* The story leads young Polly Pig to her family to find love. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #ff8cc6; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: large;"><span style="color: black;">* I think that “family love” is important at this age. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #ff8cc6; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: large;"><span style="color: black;">* The Disney Channel teaches kids too early to look for love in their peers. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: large;">It was a perfect way to teach that sometimes a question can have more than one correct answer. </span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: large;">Handing out Valentines can take all day if you let it- so here is an idea: "Dance and Drop" them.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: large;">* Do not allow the kids to address valentines to specific kids in class. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: large;">* This is because we dance Conga line style through the room and drop a valentine into every bag. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: large;">* This year 30 kids handed out valentines in under 10 minutes! I kid you not! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: large;">* I played Gloria Estefan’s Conga Song and we were done is a snap. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: large;">* The quickness also allowed us to spend time doing other fun things during our party. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: large;">* I was leading the conga, so I could not take pictures- Sorry. The LAST thing you want to see is me doing the conga! </span></div>
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<span style="color: #ff8cc6; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: large;"><span style="color: black;">If you stop the candy intake, you can avoid the candy-induced freak out {maybe}. I let them look through their goodies and cards and then I hand out a plate. I ask them to set one treat from their Valentines Stash onto the plate. Everything else is going to go into the bag.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: large;">My final fabulous, fun, and academic idea comes via <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Valentines-Day-Science-Candy-Heart-Experiment-FREE-1634839" target="_blank">Curriculum Castle</a>! Seriously, friends, this is a real winner! I bought a bunch of plastic test tubes from the Dollar Tree. I put 3 test tubes on every table in order to keep Valentine’s Day as academic as possible! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: large;">Happy Valentine's Day everyone, and may the odds be ever in your favor!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8b7rdaa_J8I/YBn3yX7FKvI/AAAAAAAAOGI/1mbNyPMoh0wBWXEljpC1rQZt9gh8a4hYACNcBGAsYHQ/s700/May%2Bthe%2Bodds%2Bbe%2Bin%2Byour%2Bfavor%2Bthis%2BValentine%2527s%2BDay.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="700" data-original-width="600" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8b7rdaa_J8I/YBn3yX7FKvI/AAAAAAAAOGI/1mbNyPMoh0wBWXEljpC1rQZt9gh8a4hYACNcBGAsYHQ/s320/May%2Bthe%2Bodds%2Bbe%2Bin%2Byour%2Bfavor%2Bthis%2BValentine%2527s%2BDay.png" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: large;">I am NOT equating Valentine's Day in first grade to The Hunger Games, well actually I am. If you know, you know. I hope these ideas help save your sanity. </span></div>
</div>Katie Knighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06132519093483761325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3947146298889248174.post-68740013262090057992022-10-02T14:25:00.002-07:002024-02-11T12:21:41.964-08:00October Teach With Me!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Bats-Batty-About-Verbs-Smart-Art-Common-Core-Language-Arts-367238" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="438" height="525" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTylG5gNzS6GBaP2eP72X790GlHZofMb27Lv6dSsD4A7RN0znR6YfoIZ8y85l8Pq5eWVXQerNtHLnvGdnTo1c-xdriAEVI-CDpcMvNfQCQ73rPptcfFoQkuQlW7UNBSdDKZ4TtOcxkHlSGvOioNnuEzTvokGTxAtH3Rq--84II1hPfYEe3qH9hKD1YKg/w479-h525/Batty%203.jpg" width="479" /></span></b></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.6em; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;">This little gem will help your kids explore verbs!</span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.6em; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.6em; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;"></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Bats-Batty-About-Verbs-Smart-Art-Common-Core-Language-Arts-367238" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="427" data-original-width="640" height="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjkUWmU76mhyJ2Ucipw7qmzNDYNo5XdvxT5pVNaetVkcHGNjolPqSB-hrYaBxUyt9k2CXFdWIG8s-lI6AOzibTSgcfFd05_1V65TjO3ufj8Y2e5RSSWduCK_OR20o_I1aohepUNyjtxmRMxR1JYEJ7tMFt9JqN3_9sHX4Vdzv-5LhIATdWr2-hr4iFeg/w404-h270/Batty%202.jpg" width="404" /></a></span></b></div><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br /></span></b><p></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.6em; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.6em; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;">I start with a non-fiction book on bats. As we read, we make a list of Batty Verbs.</span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.6em; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.6em; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;">Each child writes 1 verb on each bat wing. They cut out the bats and take 1 home to mom. One goes on the bulletin board (thumbnail 1) or on the second art project (thumbnail 2) shown. Your choice!</span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.6em; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.6em; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;">On the back of the second art project I have students write verbs with their white crayon.</span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.6em; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.6em; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;">Page 1 bats</span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.6em; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;">Page 2 moons</span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.6em; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;">Page 3 clouds</span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.6em; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.6em; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;">These are ready to be photocopied onto construction paper. No tracing templates.</span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.6em; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.6em; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;">Of course you could use this bat for rhyming, synonyms, antonyms... Even writing your first and last name for kinder. You have limitless possibilities.</span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.6em; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.6em; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;">Get Batty Freebie here: <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Bats-Batty-About-Verbs-Smart-Art-Common-Core-Language-Arts-367238" target="_blank">Batty About Verbs</a></span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.6em; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.6em; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;"></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/I-Can-Make-No-Bake-Pumpkin-Pie-Literacy-and-Craft-6182277" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="400" height="418" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGnEBlT4Vz-3EdTng_wLLaAEAGkGg83eZB2Z2iCMErIkMpmLVHg_XclKmK2UWQhf66NobHvkxLlgM4DeNLkSnDIKTrK_RSQB3EVjjYUHnVco9DSGxR-qlSP9LkIYJ0-TBX8X6rJaH30uAVcBlj4O3JGByZCezUVnGBMhwbBVIUtCt_ZMhu2lcxyF8kHA/w418-h418/Pumpkin%20Pie.JPG" width="418" /></a></span></b></div><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;"><br /></span></b><p></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.6em; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;"><span style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: black; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">I Can Make Pumpkin Pie </span>is such a cool unit! My students talk about even on the last day of school! We make the no bake pie filling in class using the included recipe, but we skip the pie crust and use graham crackers instead. This makes it easy to make, serve , and enjoy! The differentiated passages are perfect for fluency, comprehension, and close reading. I have included a full writing unit to help your students write the "perfect paragraph" including that tricky sense of closure! The darling art will bring this unit to life, delight your learners, and make your classroom beautiful!</span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.6em; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.6em; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;">This is an informational <span style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: black; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">How To </span>passage- <span style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: black; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">I can make pumpkin pie!</span></span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.6em; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: black; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;">What's Included:</span></b></span></p><ol style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: inherit; list-style-position: outside; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 40px; text-align: start;"><li style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;">Lesson Plans for the week</span></b></li><li style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;">Differentiated Passages (1st-2nd grade)</span></b></li><li style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;">Art project (copy machine ready, no tracing) Directions are in words and pictures. Perfect for a substitute teacher.</span></b></li><li style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;">Bulletin Board lettering that says "No Bake Pumpkin Pie"</span></b></li><li style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;">Two Full Writing units / <span style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: black; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Opinion and Informational "How To" are provided</span>. You pick, do one or both!</span></b></li></ol><ul style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: inherit; list-style-position: outside; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 40px; text-align: start;"><li style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit; list-style: disc; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;">Brainstorming pages (I put these under the doc cam and complete with the kids)</span></b></li><li style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit; list-style: disc; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;">Quick write for easy writing and grading</span></b></li><li style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit; list-style: disc; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;"><b>Themed writing pages with multiple line choices.</b></span></li></ul><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;"><b>Get Pumpkin Pie resource here: <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/I-Can-Make-No-Bake-Pumpkin-Pie-Literacy-and-Craft-6182277" target="_blank">No Bake Pumpkin Pie</a></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/I-Can-Tell-That-It-Is-Fall-Literacy-Art-6182017" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="400" height="516" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0AgiGP_Lsq8rlXN7oNHCxa3-HY24twqy-mP6SceNKpRcgdcKSG54xmBMWnD-qxhTbj1iItSGJdVYaU6G8BZs13RJ7YnhRlYMoc5Nf7MazH6gmobGJrP_1PCm5f0A5K9FkzjrhRIxyfwbvYLp-tDaYb1qKlm_YNWGQHiqcSYHmt8wGZetJhLYdz08-0g/w516-h516/I%20can%20tell%20it%20is%20fall.JPG" width="516" /></span></b></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.6em; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;"><span style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: black; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">The signs of fall are everywhere! </span>These differentiated passages are perfect for fluency, comprehension, and close reading. I have included a full writing unit to help your students write an acrostic poem about what they see and do in this wonderful Fall Season! The darling art will bring this unit to life, delight your learners, and make your classroom beautiful!</span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.6em; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.6em; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;">This is an informational text- <span style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: black; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">The Signs Of Fall / I can see that it is fall.</span></span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.6em; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.6em; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: black; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;">What's Included:</span></b></span></p><ol style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: inherit; list-style-position: outside; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 40px; text-align: start;"><li style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;">Lesson Plans for the week</span></b></li><li style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;">Differentiated Passages (1st-2nd grade) 2 passages total in 4 formats</span></b></li><li style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;">Art project (copy machine ready, no tracing) Directions are in words and pictures. Perfect for a substitute teacher.</span></b></li><li style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;">Bulletin Board lettering that says "It's Fall"</span></b></li><li style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;">Full Writing unit</span></b></li></ol><ul style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: inherit; list-style-position: outside; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 40px; text-align: start;"><li style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit; list-style: disc; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;">Brainstorming pages (I put them under the doc cam and complete with the kids)</span></b></li><li style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit; list-style: disc; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;">Fall Acrostic Helper with pre-printed words and ideas to help kids (and teachers) write</span></b></li><li style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit; list-style: disc; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;">Themed writing pages are actually fall leaves to decorate your room!</span></b></li></ul><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;"><b>Get resource here: <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/I-Can-Tell-That-It-Is-Fall-Literacy-Art-6182017" target="_blank">I Can Tell It Is Fall</a></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Columbus-Indigenous-Peoples-Day-Reading-Writing-Art-Comprehension-1475234" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="400" height="514" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrWeRVKUsD4vhp_2Y7aimEJnPE2E6ZqepbPNFdBgWa-eWt6shE6m6UNFVAY8Snctu1Zuhzhvt7aGvH1Ci77DkI_JdSiyGFW6YOr-GdzSuiAoi7m_QqjbX6pZ7VoAg3aNWYqdR0xKRP3DyumhNVtSQLqJKeDIyz6mA37qepUXV85PHQnPyG47uqCwYY2g/w514-h514/Columbus.JPG" width="514" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.6em; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: black; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">2021 update includes a passage on Indigenous Peoples' Day.</span> This current unit has grown to include a passage for those moving away from celebrating Columbus Day and moving toward celebrating the cultures here prior to explorers and settlers. This passage can also be used with prior materials to provide a more complete view of historical events. As we know better we do better.</p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.6em; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.6em; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: black; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Columbus, A European Explorer: </span>These differentiated passages are perfect for fluency, comprehension, and close reading. I have included a full writing unit to help your students write the "perfect paragraph" including that tricky sense of closure! The darling art will bring this unit to life, delight your learners, and make your classroom beautiful!</p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.6em; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.6em; padding: 0px; text-align: start;">This is a Social Studies informational passage on <span style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: black; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Christopher Columbus </span>or<span style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: black; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> Indigenous People's Day.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.6em; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.6em; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: black; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">What's Included:</span></p><ol style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit; list-style-position: outside; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 40px; text-align: start;"><li style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Lesson Plans for the week</li><li style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Four Differentiated Passages (1st-2nd grade) available in 4 different formats</li><li style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Art project (copy machine ready, no tracing) Directions are in words and pictures. Perfect for a substitute teacher.</li><li style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Bulletin Board lettering that says "Christopher Columbus"</li><li style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Full Writing unit</li></ol><ul style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit; list-style-position: outside; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 40px; text-align: start;"><li style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit; list-style: disc; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Brainstorming pages I put under the doc cam and complete with the kids</li><li style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit; list-style: disc; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Vary your sentences! A brainstorming page of ways for kids to start their sentences.</li><li style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit; list-style: disc; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Quick write for easy writing and grading</li><li style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit; list-style: disc; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Themed writing pages with multiple line choices.</li></ul><div style="text-align: left;">Get resource here: <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Columbus-Indigenous-Peoples-Day-Reading-Writing-Art-Comprehension-1475234" target="_blank">Christopher Columbus / Indigenous Peoples</a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Pumpkin-Life-Cycle-Reading-Writing-Craft-925231" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="960" height="521" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfyHpraSt9UNT-dODoBhShZspd-vfs-bbLnVlNC8WAzuVs323yNJ8YGJGktJqlxhJrmmcxee1vcHZLJiaiX_5dhPQdwcgmqVTBSSOqMzP1n7cXqY84I0f9DrtHBHb6P152FOMfe_4RMi2AeOJE7BzNTEOa4GaQDIj2lDHIU72vUV1R74hi4sednJS_Cw/w521-h521/Pumpkin%20Life%20Cycle.JPG" width="521" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.6em; padding: 0px; text-align: start;">This unit teaches your students about the life cycle of the pumpkin while allowing them to practice their reading skills. Students will engage using these materials because they are rigorous and fun! You will love this packet because your students will growing as readers, scientists, mathematicians, writers, and test takers. That's right you even get a test to fill your grade book! What more could anyone want?</p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.6em; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.6em; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: black; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">What's Included</span></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.6em; padding: 0px; text-align: start;">-Interactive little book/reader</p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.6em; padding: 0px; text-align: start;">(Differentiated for the Fall Season of both 1st and 2nd grade.)</p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.6em; padding: 0px; text-align: start;">-Vocabulary cards</p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.6em; padding: 0px; text-align: start;">-Descriptive writing</p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.6em; padding: 0px; text-align: start;">-Art that is easy and low prep</p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.6em; padding: 0px; text-align: start;">-Test</p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.6em; padding: 0px; text-align: start;">-Graphing</p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.6em; padding: 0px; text-align: start;">-Rhyming</p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.6em; padding: 0px; text-align: start;">-Syllables</p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.6em; padding: 0px; text-align: start;">-Pumpkin patch book that will be a favorite in your classroom library.</p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.6em; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.6em; padding: 0px; text-align: start;">The preview shows every page of the little readers so that you can see if they are great for your kids.</p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.6em; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.6em; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: black; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Little Reader & Teacher Magic</span></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.6em; padding: 0px; text-align: start;">I read this book with my first graders to help them with hard words like "dirt, sprout, and vine". They love learning about pumpkins and reading those "content words" makes them feel so good and impresses their families! They love the interactive moment on each page where they are circling, crossing out, or coloring in! They will find reading to be fun and think you are the most magical teacher with this book!</p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.6em; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.6em; padding: 0px; text-align: start;">Get resource here: <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Pumpkin-Life-Cycle-Reading-Writing-Craft-925231" target="_blank">Pumpkin Life Cycle</a></p></div></div></div></b></span></div></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Pumpkin-Poem-Song-Reading-Fluency-Writing-and-Craft-7201496" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2056" data-original-width="2000" height="412" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1pItSPaaFaFO83q_VTBC37RK-KFukpQzajrfn2CjDPRxEu75ygcf-WF1CdRPqBhiPUksabBdrc80crCLmEEX5QHsL9po_wNd3NdEdu9XsiOEE-Jtb61oyh0-DCVzEMvWLqP-u2HfohdpVkLnKTxzVQ2Z3RbxTIh4jDT26eirFTzbwWg1OEzemMSFZfQ/w400-h412/Pumpkin%20Poem.png" width="400" /></span></b></a></div><h3 style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;">Pumpkin Poem</span></h3><div style="text-align: center;"><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;"><span style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: black; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Pumpkin-Poem-Song-Reading-Fluency-Writing-and-Craft-7201496" target="_blank">Pumpkin Poem</a> </span>is a perfect passage for early readers! One sentence per line and picture clues to help your youngest readers. Differentiated passages with more depth, complexity and vocabulary are included as well.</span></b></p><ul style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: inherit; list-style-position: outside; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 40px; text-align: start;"><li style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit; list-style: disc; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;">1st grade October</span></b></li><li style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit; list-style: disc; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;">2nd Grade October</span></b></li><li style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit; list-style: disc; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;">Sing Along with the You Tube Song "Orange Pumpkins" (info in product)</span></b></li></ul><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;">These differentiated passages are perfect for fluency, comprehension, and close reading. I have included a full writing unit to help your students write the "perfect paragraph" including that tricky sense of closure! The darling art will bring this unit to life, delight your learners, and make your classroom beautiful!</span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: black; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><ins style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;">What's Included:</span></b></ins></span></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;">Two Differentiated Passages (End of Kinder-First Grade) available in 4 different formats</span></b></p><ol style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: inherit; list-style-position: outside; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 40px; text-align: start;"><li style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;">Beginning Reader</span></b></li><li style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;">Fluency Passages with and without numbers</span></b></li></ol><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;">Comprehension Focus on:</span></b></p><ol style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: inherit; list-style-position: outside; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 40px; text-align: start;"><li style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;">Matching</span></b></li></ol><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;">Art project</span></b></p><ul style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: inherit; list-style-position: outside; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 40px; text-align: start;"><li style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit; list-style: disc; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;">Copy machine ready, no tracing</span></b></li><li style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit; list-style: disc; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;">Directions are in words and pictures.</span></b></li><li style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit; list-style: disc; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;">Perfect for a substitute teacher.</span></b></li></ul><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;">Bulletin Board lettering that is quick and easy to cut out</span></b></p><ul style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: inherit; list-style-position: outside; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 40px; text-align: start;"><li style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit; list-style: disc; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;">Print or copy directly onto construction paper cut to 8.5X11</span></b></li><li style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit; list-style: disc; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;">Bulletin Board Lettering "Our Pumpkin Patch"</span></b></li></ul><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;">Full Writing unit</span></b></p><ol style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: inherit; list-style-position: outside; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 40px; text-align: start;"><li style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;">Brainstorming pages I put under the doc cam and complete with the kids</span></b></li><li style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;">Quick Write for easy step by step writing</span></b></li><li style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;">Final Draft is written onto the Pumpkin Art</span></b></li></ol><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;">Bonus:</span></b></p><ol style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: inherit; list-style-position: outside; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 40px; text-align: start;"><li style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;">Lesson plan for how I use this unit</span></b></li></ol><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;">This unit is available in 2 Bundles:</span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Reading-and-Fluency-with-Coordinating-Writing-and-Art-Literacy-All-Year-Fall-1774255" style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #067c64; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">Fall Literacy</a> (392 Happy Customers)</span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Literacy-All-Year-Reading-and-Fluency-Passages-with-Coordinating-Writing-and-Art-1975883" style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #067c64; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">Literacy All Year</a> (630 Happy Customers)</span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: black; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;">High Praise for Literacy All Year Units:</span></b></span></p><ul style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: inherit; list-style-position: outside; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 40px; text-align: start;"><li style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit; list-style: disc; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;">"NEVER have I had such a comprehensive unit that is absolutely perfect for ALL my kiddos. The graphic organizers that support the writing... top notch. My kids were writing paragraphs with openings and closings WEEK ONE. I send home the reading practice for homework. I was dumbfounded when my ELS kids... still in early reading behaviors... touched and read the passages top to bottom. Worth EVERY penny. I wish I had bundled!" -Suzan Sudlow</span></b></li></ul><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"></p><ul style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: inherit; list-style-position: outside; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 40px; text-align: start;"><li style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit; list-style: disc; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;">"First off, thank you for being such an inspirational speaker at the K-1 conference! You inspired me to do more, and your bundles have helped me up my game without making my life harder! Thank you for adding all the pictures and examples." -Natalia C</span></b></li></ul><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;"><b>Grab Pumpkin Poem here: <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Pumpkin-Poem-Song-Reading-Fluency-Writing-and-Craft-7201496" target="_blank">PUMPKIN POEM</a></b></span></div></div><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;"><br /></span></b><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/American-Heroes-Reading-Timelines-Tests-Art-481166" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="3000" height="495" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHEGccegj3UmzIy4Pz3aNimjqFknkRQEcLm5oBSxVDpnsVEmMZsozWkT03ug8Z5qHTiFWFmX7Rjve2ng31Bh1XBGZ_yJ_LwO4fZui4eWCwS3HGLd3bG1pH0Pa9Ur6ZItoKQZCqzVAFKTsQRY9SezM3ZsVWx3dWVa_F8S3xo_lOrXyahcpx5TqEEGdGsw/w495-h495/American%20Heroes.jpeg" width="495" /></span></b></a></div><h3 style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;">American Heroes</span></h3><div><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;">Like Mammals of the Woods and American Symbols this unit falls into the category of “Common Core: Informational Reading and More”. I have provided 14 differentiated fluency passages on America's most beloved heroes. Included are tests, art projects, activities, and a timeline that covers from the 1750 to the present. This unit is double the size of my other units, but I am not going to charge you $16. Times are tough, the job we do is tough, and the low price is my way of making quality curriculum affordable.</span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px;"></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;">Please download the 14 page preview. The preview is heavenly, since you can see everything discussed below in detail and pictures....I love pictures!</span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px;"></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;">Heroes covered in this unit:</span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;">-Johnny Appleseed</span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;">-Betsy Ross</span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;">-George Washington</span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;">-Helen Keller</span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;">-Abe Lincoln</span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;">-Harriet Tubman</span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;">-Alexander Graham Bell</span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;">-Susan B. Anthony</span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;">-Amelia Earhart</span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;">-Bessie Coleman</span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;">-Martin Luther King Jr.</span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;">-Rosa Parks</span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;">-Barack Obama</span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px;"></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px;"></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;">The fluency passages are differentiated to provide you materials to challenge all levels of reading in your classroom.The differentiation also means that this unit can reach first – third graders.</span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px;"></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;">Each Hero Has:</span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;">- differentiated fluency passage</span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;">- a test/ reading comprehension page</span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;">- background information card to display on timeline</span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;">- timeline graphic - full color and approx 10 inches tall</span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;">- timeline birth year card</span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px;"></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px;"></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;">Grammar Searches and Grammar Anchor Charts:</span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;">Grammar practice is provided in the form of grammar searches on the fluency passage. I have also provided anchor charts for the major parts of speech.</span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;">-nouns</span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;">-pronouns</span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;">-verbs</span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;">-helping verbs</span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;">-subject</span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;">-predicate</span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px;"></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;">Common Core activities are:</span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;">-Grammar Searches</span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;">-ABC Order</span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;">-ABC Order African American History Month</span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;">-Syllable Clap Out</span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;">-Timeline Practice</span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;">-Reader's Challenge Game</span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;">-Information for Famous American Fridays</span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;">-Information for turning your classroom into a "Living Wax Museum"</span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px;"></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;">Smart art: masters are photocopier ready, no tracing.</span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;">-Johnny Appleseed ~Smart Art Component: Writing</span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;">-George Washington ~Smart Art Component: Writing</span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;">-Abe Lincoln~Smart Art Component: Writing & Grammar Search</span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;">-Martin Luther King Jr. ~Smart Art Component: "was" and "wanted"</span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px;"></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px;"></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;">This unit is a whopper. 168 pages of pure joy.</span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;">This curriculum takes me from Jan - April as a first grade teacher. I do 1 hero a week, Famous American Friday Fun, and my student's reading goes through the roof. Plus, they are learning about true heroes, building character, and filling up my grade book as we go!</span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;">Get resource here: <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/American-Heroes-Reading-Timelines-Tests-Art-481166" target="_blank">American Heroes</a></span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;"><b></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Skeletons-Reading-with-Coordinating-Writing-and-Craft-7300393" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1963" data-original-width="2000" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaEUIgVAy2FKYjG86QimYjdrEOJSMteCcoEJoRAW4-A45_P3yn3zM8Q4tdAahKa0xMpK7tXWjcT4PylOzdt4OaqOGTPBAn3rt-Ea_0oMNtTeFh0E8kJ_7lvPkEcyt-7CpH-fS6mJ93UvNAT0u1UQprZl8z7JoHcycwsy-hpTOcgRMUEwfk24nWOi_XUQ/w522-h512/Skeletons.png" width="522" /></span></a></b></div><h3><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Skeletons-Reading-with-Coordinating-Writing-and-Craft-7300393" target="_blank">Skeletons</a></span></b></h3><p></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;"><span style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: black; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Skeletons-Reading-with-Coordinating-Writing-and-Craft-7300393" target="_blank">Skeletons</a> </span>is a perfect passage for early readers! One sentence per line and picture clues to help your youngest readers.</span></b></p><div><ul style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: inherit; list-style-position: outside; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 40px;"><li style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit; list-style: disc; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;">You can play the You Tube Songs Skeleton Dance</span></b></li><li style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit; list-style: disc; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;">Your kids can sing and follow along</span></b></li></ul><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px;"></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;">I have included several differentiated passages that are perfect for fluency, comprehension, and close reading.</span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px;"></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;">I have included a full writing unit to help your students write the "perfect paragraph" including that tricky sense of closure!</span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px;"></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;">The darling art will bring this unit to life, delight your learners, and make your classroom beautiful!</span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px;"></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: black; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><ins style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;">What's Included:</span></b></ins></span></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;">Two Differentiated Passages (End of Kinder-First Grade) available in 4 different formats</span></b></p><ol style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: inherit; list-style-position: outside; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 40px;"><li style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;">Easy Reading</span></b></li><li style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;">More complex text</span></b></li><li style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;">Fluency Passages with and without numbers</span></b></li></ol><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px;"></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;">Comprehension Questions Focus on:</span></b></p><ol style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: inherit; list-style-position: outside; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 40px;"><li style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;">Looking back into the text</span></b></li><li style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;">Matching</span></b></li><li style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;">Labeling</span></b></li></ol><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px;"></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;">Art project</span></b></p><ul style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: inherit; list-style-position: outside; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 40px;"><li style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit; list-style: disc; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;">copy machine ready, no tracing</span></b></li><li style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit; list-style: disc; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;">Directions are in words and pictures.</span></b></li><li style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit; list-style: disc; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;">Perfect for a substitute teacher.</span></b></li></ul><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px;"></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;">Bulletin Board lettering that is quick and easy to cut out</span></b></p><ul style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: inherit; list-style-position: outside; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 40px;"><li style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit; list-style: disc; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;">Print or copy directly onto construction paper cut to 8.5X11</span></b></li><li style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit; list-style: disc; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;">Bulletin Board lettering Says : "No BONES about it, we care cute"</span></b></li></ul><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px;"></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;">Full Writing unit</span></b></p><ol style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: inherit; list-style-position: outside; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 40px;"><li style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;">Brainstorming pages I put under the doc cam and complete with the kids</span></b></li><li style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;">Vary your sentences! A brainstorming page of ways for kids to start their sentences.</span></b></li><li style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;">Quick write for easy writing and grading</span></b></li><li style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;">Themed writing pages with multiple line choices.</span></b></li></ol><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px;"></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;">Bonus:</span></b></p><ol style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: inherit; list-style-position: outside; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 40px;"><li style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;">Lesson plan for how I use this unit</span></b></li></ol><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px;"></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;">This unit is available <span style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: black; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Bundled for Big Savings :</span></span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Looking-For-More-Literacy-Expansion-Pack-1-7301572" style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #067c64; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;">Looking for More Literacy - Expansion Pack 1</span></b></a></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px;"></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: black; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;">High Praise for Literacy All Year Units:</span></b></span></p><ul style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: inherit; list-style-position: outside; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 40px;"><li style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit; list-style: disc; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;">"NEVER have I had such a comprehensive unit that is absolutely perfect for ALL my kiddos. The graphic organizers that support the writing... top notch. My kids were writing paragraphs with openings and closings WEEK ONE. I send home the reading practice for homework. I was dumbfounded when my ELS kids... still in early reading behaviors... touched and read the passages top to bottom. Worth EVERY penny. I wish I had bundled!" -Suzan Sudlow</span></b></li></ul><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px;"></p><ul style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: inherit; list-style-position: outside; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 40px;"><li style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit; list-style: disc; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;">"First off, thank you for being such an inspirational speaker at the K-1 conference! You inspired me to do more, and your bundles have helped me up my game without making my life harder! Thank you for adding all the pictures and examples." -Natalia C</span></b></li></ul><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px;"></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;">To See the Whole <span style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: black; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Teacher-To-The-Core/Category/Literacy-All-Year-Series-296823" style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #067c64; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">Literacy All Year Series</a></span> Click <span style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: black; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Teacher-To-The-Core/Category/Literacy-All-Year-Series-296823" style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #067c64; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">Here</a></span>. Link stays on TpT and in my store.</span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;">Grab resource here: <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Skeletons-Reading-with-Coordinating-Writing-and-Craft-7300393" target="_blank">Skeletons</a></span></b></p></div></div><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Spiders-Reading-with-Coordinating-Writing-Unit-and-Craft-7201388" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="2000" height="522" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc1Dh43XFqEyycC1STcpZ6wgVy1eKGz4NxZ8uhoC1QWuDmcvsC8HFhkMQIV83xKXjANXOZu89KWzSa6C237DqlNCw6B2mpPxxQ30FHo_QWDdKXykqIWY5CZD3q99zvzCiAKEmGXi4DumW9X6bOa8DzB8Cm9Uf67xgQCIZa3RBpfH2rtXc1hkU_FF1xBw/w517-h522/Spiders.png" width="517" /></span></b></a></div><h3 style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Spiders-Reading-with-Coordinating-Writing-Unit-and-Craft-7201388" target="_blank">Spiders</a></span></h3><p></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;"><span style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: black; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Spiders </span>is a perfect passage for early readers! One sentence per line and picture clues to help your youngest readers. Differentiated passages with more complexity and vocabulary are included as well.</span></b></p><div><ul style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: inherit; list-style-position: outside; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 40px;"><li style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit; list-style: disc; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;">1st grade October</span></b></li><li style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit; list-style: disc; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;">2nd Grade October</span></b></li></ul><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px;"></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;"><span style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: black; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">PRIOR to the Fall of 2021 These units were only available in the Fall & Literacy All Year Bundles. I am listing them individually so teachers can buy in when ever they would like. </span><span style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: black; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Please note the <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Teacher-To-The-Core/Category/Literacy-All-Year-Series-296823" style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #067c64; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">bundles are at a HUGE discount</a> and have been purchased over 1,000 times. You might want to check them out.</span></span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px;"></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;">These differentiated passages are perfect for fluency, comprehension, and close reading. I have included a full writing unit to help your students write the "perfect paragraph" including that tricky sense of closure! The darling art will bring this unit to life, delight your learners, and make your classroom beautiful!</span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px;"></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: black; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><ins style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;">What's Included:</span></b></ins></span></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;">Two Differentiated Passages (End of Kinder-First Grade) available in 4 different formats</span></b></p><ol style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: inherit; list-style-position: outside; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 40px;"><li style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: black; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;">*NEW* Beginning Reader (Picture clues on every line)</span></b></span></li><li style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;">Easy Reading</span></b></li><li style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;">More complex text</span></b></li><li style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;">Fluency Passages with and without numbers</span></b></li></ol><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px;"></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;">Comprehension Focus on:</span></b></p><ol style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: inherit; list-style-position: outside; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 40px;"><li style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;">Refer back to the text</span></b></li><li style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;">Drawing upon students inferencing and schema</span></b></li></ol><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px;"></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;">Art project</span></b></p><ul style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: inherit; list-style-position: outside; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 40px;"><li style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit; list-style: disc; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;">Copy machine ready, no tracing</span></b></li><li style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit; list-style: disc; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;">Directions are in words and pictures.</span></b></li><li style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit; list-style: disc; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;">Perfect for a substitute teacher.</span></b></li></ul><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px;"></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;">Bulletin Board lettering that is quick and easy to cut out</span></b></p><ul style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: inherit; list-style-position: outside; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 40px;"><li style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit; list-style: disc; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;">Print or copy directly onto construction paper cut to 8.5X11</span></b></li><li style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit; list-style: disc; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;">Bulletin Board Lettering "Spiders"</span></b></li></ul><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px;"></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;">Full Writing unit</span></b></p><ol style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: inherit; list-style-position: outside; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 40px;"><li style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;">Brainstorming pages I put under the doc cam and complete with the kids</span></b></li><li style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;">Quick Write for easy grading and editing</span></b></li><li style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;">Final Draft pages in various formats</span></b></li></ol><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px;"></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;">Bonus Gifts included:</span></b></p><ol style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: inherit; list-style-position: outside; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 40px;"><li style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;">Lesson plans for how I use this unit (Monday - Friday)</span></b></li><li style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;">Pictures of Bulletin Boards</span></b></li><li style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;">Fluency Graph</span></b></li><li style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;">Sense of Closure Anchor Chart</span></b></li></ol><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px;"></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;">This unit is available in 2 Bundles:</span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Reading-and-Fluency-with-Coordinating-Writing-and-Art-Literacy-All-Year-Fall-1774255" style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #067c64; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">Fall Literacy</a> (392 Happy Customers)</span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Literacy-All-Year-Reading-and-Fluency-Passages-with-Coordinating-Writing-and-Art-1975883" style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #067c64; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">Literacy All Year</a> (630 Happy Customers)</span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px;"></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: black; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;">High Praise for Literacy All Year Units:</span></b></span></p><ul style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: inherit; list-style-position: outside; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 40px;"><li style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit; list-style: disc; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;">"NEVER have I had such a comprehensive unit that is absolutely perfect for ALL my kiddos. The graphic organizers that support the writing... top notch. My kids were writing paragraphs with openings and closings WEEK ONE. I send home the reading practice for homework. I was dumbfounded when my ELS kids... still in early reading behaviors... touched and read the passages top to bottom. Worth EVERY penny. I wish I had bundled!" -Suzan Sudlow</span></b></li></ul><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px;"></p><ul style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: inherit; list-style-position: outside; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 40px;"><li style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit; list-style: disc; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;">"First off, thank you for being such an inspirational speaker at the K-1 conference! You inspired me to do more, and your bundles have helped me up my game without making my life harder! Thank you for adding all the pictures and examples." -Natalia C,</span></b></li></ul><div><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div></div><div><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;"><b>Grab resource here: <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Spiders-Reading-with-Coordinating-Writing-Unit-and-Craft-7201388" target="_blank">Spiders</a></b></span></div><div><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Illustrative-Math-Homework-and-Assessments-Unit-1-8501990" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="2000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJsvaoi4twQzdqIVa2CNhLXaYkINn1GBgWbBxaYIJk5E7dg8XvW5jqg8500c8cPE85QLekr7BhW4RkjdeRIv_RaBRNLeNkMXR8vyURrXRAP5yc9rAVBlJKrdrXbF_aEe1QyCGuNwtoa7p9gpbnC2xGSTwZ0i0M5cF-6byHvyV-r-AiE82xDe8QN7ltAQ/s320/unit%201.jpeg" width="320" /></span></b></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.6em; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;">These <span style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: black; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Illustrative Mathematics</span> units are for <span style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: black; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">extra practice / homework </span>and include<span style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: black; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> assessments.</span> They are carefully designed to be <span style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: black; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Illustrative Math</span> friendly and kid-friendly.</span></b></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;">Grab Unit 1 here: <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Illustrative-Math-Homework-and-Assessments-Unit-1-8501990" target="_blank">UNIT 1</a></span></b></div><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;"><br /></span></b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Illustrative-Math-Homework-and-Assessments-Unit-2-8524210" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="2000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTVrBJhrNP0DD6vMUPxBqH4jtdSMWgKLPbQ93Ovo2yINTJpLnSoRExtPmMMo1Lrily8BwaOLaLth3FDsjmhQSEy5g1svVTQyz-K68l3Bk0o3sIUOXY9lElQV9K9YUG-CThjxT8Gqj6aanBRTyImU2bp9GjLZAw2E8q8Z63Sa8blTEZfmbXnkxozZdd4g/s320/unit%202.jpeg" width="320" /></span></b></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.6em; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: black; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;">Extra Practice / Homework and Assessments : (See every page in the preview)</span></b></span></p><ul style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: inherit; list-style-position: outside; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 40px; text-align: start;"><li style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit; list-style: disc; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;">1 extra practice page per lesson</span></b></li><li style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit; list-style: disc; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;">Supports vocabulary</span></b></li><li style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit; list-style: disc; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;">Lesson format is extended here</span></b></li><li style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit; list-style: disc; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;">Kid-friendly graphics and topics</span></b></li><li style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit; list-style: disc; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;">Supports game-play</span></b></li><li style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit; list-style: disc; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;">Can be sent home as <span style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: black; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">homework</span> or <span style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: black; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">used in class</span></span></b></li><li style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit; list-style: disc; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;">Each page can be used as a quiz, exit ticket, or cool down</span></b></li><li style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit; list-style: disc; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><ins style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;">Can be used outside of the IM program as standards-based math practice.</span></b></ins></li><li style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit; list-style: disc; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;">Assessments</span></b></li></ul></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;">Grab Unit 2 here: <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Illustrative-Math-Homework-and-Assessments-Unit-2-8524210" target="_blank">UNIT 2</a></span></b></div><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;"><br /></span></b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Illustrative-Math-Homework-and-Assessments-Unit-3-8561595" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk9oDPPpDuVgkd34YGq4R84fwKUnaN9InCLvsjfW7YCeSLLNlMpLwwJI9gyj5nOqfZxPHVCA_KLtoMh-lzi64BBPqc7HdGQyiQq112YdmIFQs09NP0g1PwdWqQzdBO06h9HeHYXMN_wagxf77kjJZfXGS91hI5F5GcNL2iEAYUvASk2P05l-9OHX07Dg/s320/unit%203.jpeg" width="320" /></span></b></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.6em; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: black; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;">Will you be making other units?</span></b></span></p><ul style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: inherit; list-style-position: outside; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 40px; text-align: start;"><li style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit; list-style: disc; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: black; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;">Yes!</span></b></span></li><li style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit; list-style: disc; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;">I need this extra practice as much as you do!</span></b></li><li style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit; list-style: disc; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;">I plan to post a unit every few weeks.</span></b></li></ul><ul style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: inherit; list-style-position: outside; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 40px; text-align: start;"><li style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit; list-style: disc; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;">Please enjoy them "hot off the press" until then.</span></b></li></ul></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;">Grab Unit 3 here: <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Illustrative-Math-Homework-and-Assessments-Unit-3-8561595" target="_blank">Unit 3</a></span></b></div><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;"><br /></span></b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Illustrative-Math-Homework-and-Assessments-Unit-4-8610321" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #067c64; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank"><span style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Unit 1</span> </a>Posted August 25th</span></b></li><li style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit; list-style: disc; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;">⭐ <span style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: black; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Teacher-To-The-Core/Search:Illustrative" style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #067c64; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">Unit 2</a></span> Posted Sep 7</span></b></li><li style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit; list-style: disc; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;">⭐ <span style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: black; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Illustrative-Math-Homework-Unit-2-8561595" style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #067c64; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">Unit 3</a></span> Posted Sep 18th</span></b></li><li style="background-repeat: no-repeat; 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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">We have been eating worms and rocks- that’s right… GUMMY worms and POP rocks to explore our 5 senses!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">We have been doing the best activities, reading, and writing every day for the past 3 weeks. We ate worms…gummy worms of course!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">We read little books that were heavy on sight words and sentence structure patterns. </span> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">We sniffed and giggle and sneezed…</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">My higher students got to do fluency in guided reading.</span></span> </span></div>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/5-Senses-informational-reading-and-exploration-863231" target="_blank"><img alt="" border="0" height="514" src="https://lh3.ggpht.com/-bXQpcUzBB0Q/UiqND4JBYKI/AAAAAAAAGdo/pNdTc5RI1yM/Slide11_thumb%25255B2%25255D.png?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: center;" title="This 5 Senses reading pack that will have them BEGGING for more. This pack has true differentiation. Emergent readers are provided for the end of Kinder and start of first grade levels. Easy reading passages are provided for higher readers or to use mid to end of first grade. I am telling you, this pack has everything. Reading, writing, activities, and tests!" width="375" /></a></span> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">They were crazy over the common core questions because they had multiple correct answers. My favorite is the question on sight: “You see a giant rock flying toward your face. What might your brain tell you to do?” Answers I got:</span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span> </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #9b00d3; font-family: inherit;">Scream so your mom can be there when the rock hits you.</span> </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #9b00d3; font-family: inherit;">Duck so the rock hits someone else.</span> </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #9b00d3; font-family: inherit;">My brain says move, but my feet are too slow. The rock hits me in the eye.</span> </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Speaking of rocks, we also ate rocks. Pop Rocks.</span> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I thought I was so cool thinking of the Pop Rocks idea about 8 years ago when I taught second grade and then I knew I was cool when </span><a href="http://theinspiredapple.blogspot.com/" style="font-family: inherit;" target="_blank">Abby</a><span style="font-family: inherit;"> blogged about it last year. This told me two things: Abby and I share a brain (love it) and that teachers are the most creative bunch of people out there!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">It’s a big pack folks! Over 100 pages of sensory fun!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Tomorrow we are going to be taking one of these tests. I think I might let the kids decide which test they want to take!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/5-Senses-informational-reading-and-exploration-863231" target="_blank"><img alt="" border="0" height="333" src="https://lh3.ggpht.com/-E_2lDJ6qQnA/UiqNJb4jgaI/AAAAAAAAGeo/FHbjU6rQCtk/High%252520interest%252520informational%252520reading%252520for%252520first%252520and%252520second%252520graders_thumb%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: center;" title="High interest informational reading for kinder, first and second graders. This unit has true differentiation! Emergent readers and passages are both provided. Journal pages are designed for the lows and highs." width="476" /></a></span> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">A big thank you goes to Nikki from </span><a href="http://melonheadzillustrating.blogspot.com/" style="font-family: inherit;" target="_blank">Melonheadz</a><span style="font-family: inherit;"> for drawing the clip art I needed. Previously it was all my own drawings and DJ inkers bears. The DJ stuff was adorbs but my drawings were frightening!!! Thank God for </span><a href="http://melonheadzillustrating.blogspot.com/" style="font-family: inherit;" target="_blank">Nikki</a><span style="font-family: inherit;"> !</span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span> </span><br />
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Katie Knighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06132519093483761325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3947146298889248174.post-73805119479368411962022-09-25T08:03:00.002-07:002022-09-25T08:06:53.722-07:00Reading Buddies Book Tags<p><span style="font-size: large;"> <span style="font-family: Century Gothic;">I am a sucker for the plush reading buddies and the books that match! BUT </span><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic";">they can cause a problem. When my kids are looking for new books to take to their desks, which do they want to take? Yep, they want the book and the toy! Enter my FREE Book Tag</span><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic";"> solution!</span></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Reading-Buddies-Book-Tags-8578106" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="Reading buddy book tags help kids know that they CAN read this book but they CANNOT take it or the matching book buddy to their desk." border="0" data-original-height="2588" data-original-width="2000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSvmiYKOnrCl2WfAEUKjqOXrlAOuHx7tBlEZNucfgafcYZgAy6sqJpisIUSLV1BtRfKeKgST-9bhURoc5NtbCaE1ac-QFmRrGveewAZKjIfl7i8H2T-Yh3hqRvNJWuL5fxHYM2T09dYYOVew3KZrbilFXfo3bhRkJ7nZnbPOGFLpLhGWYrCpvlOHRzGQ/w494-h640/Slide1.jpeg" width="494" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><span><a name='more'></a></span><span style="font-family: Century Gothic;"><br /></span></span><div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Century Gothic;">Reading buddy book tags help kids know that they CAN read this book, but they CANNOT take it or the matching book buddy to their desk to keep for a week. </span><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic";">This has helped my students know that certain books stay out for all kids to read during our daily 5 reading rotations.</span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic"; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><h1 style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: Century Gothic;">Easy Install of the Tags:</span></h1><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Reading-Buddies-Book-Tags-8578106" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="FREE Reading buddy book tags help kids know that they CAN read this book but they CANNOT take it or the matching book buddy to their desk." border="0" data-original-height="2588" data-original-width="2000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqVPbE4kyyiNmqliaaMVaU2anYsQJl-VbaPB2yb-5EYefV0CqsPLJW-3DeM3R0IKHgWx5w6u-c667p_NwgSqaei3QpdqkIyapoj11OKV1nEqVoiILykoVKubkp6u54DLk_ebXQrsON-dGng_6Sc64lGBrm7A1xypcBI42v72VjwzmxyXU_4oFMlT3tZg/w494-h640/Slide2.jpeg" width="494" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Reading-Buddies-Book-Tags-8578106" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="FREE Reading buddy book tags help kids know that they CAN read this book but they CANNOT take it or the matching book buddy to their desk." border="0" data-original-height="2588" data-original-width="2000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4_RSFypg2NM5kBPrnphpV_Qg2CaHzZvdWvBSvVS-eT3msVMCRRsa7TXs7xLIvrnyw9cS70d7C39MXLL1BgWw_vmuAh8ixh_aac8UktVQ2Vp-Z3GzPTlmYSeEMX06m7xeVqRpMQM_uU1PX9nlPLl1UEn6vlaPHNt5Up4Y6_VRiwMEfxUCMMMI7kzWuug/w494-h640/Slide3.jpeg" width="494" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><h1 style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Century Gothic;">Tag Choices:</span></h1><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Reading-Buddies-Book-Tags-8578106" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="FREE Reading buddy book tags help kids know that they CAN read this book but they CANNOT take it or the matching book buddy to their desk." border="0" data-original-height="2588" data-original-width="2000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc_p-GEjE9MXfui-ycmhzU3a3cD2M3o_SZvfSGD9j-Et5w1a2rGisanT-vnkkcvTnXsbexs0ISxmvj8uPA-V5x0w6KLjt-56cTtEtm1Gkzw7m_pGEVqKBvnWAPxLcDeOzylGErcUq6qO61MZAFCN_Kc3uEi-f-_Hn_uAMZzr71brhjuBmqxP6Z5g1dqQ/w494-h640/Slide4.jpeg" width="494" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Reading-Buddies-Book-Tags-8578106" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="FREE Reading buddy book tags help kids know that they CAN read this book but they CANNOT take it or the matching book buddy to their desk." border="0" data-original-height="2588" data-original-width="2000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2NSdTdoFeEvaP7UdJ0w_1z5CBtXK4Nk34E1HdPheqsbQbEE5VGWW5USH5naSelNFwm0vR4-j6LnVavaimKToPrm4wmZ3ps6DRMkg9cbva_Z_iLTs2bftQpHEqM_wLBs5WGUtrHCvZ6wpWq65DRuLbmtj5rCTrKRb0nYYh7yT1LktiddZERhJQP16B1A/w494-h640/Slide5.jpeg" width="494" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic"; font-size: large;">The second tag choice is handy if you a book does not have a matching plush doll, but you still don't want it going into desks. </span><div><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic"; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic"; font-size: large;">The series below is too big and bulky to have at desks, so these will be tagged on Monday as soon as I print and laminate more of these tags!</span><div><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic"; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Reading-Buddies-Book-Tags-8578106" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="" data-original-height="1119" data-original-width="857" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg6zXYob9A3RlK0LSFPCrUspq_yH7nk8As_xYqw_5JvJQCHev5ZQalX0J0xWZ3br_RHoeZZWii1bhTaa9cgZoag31AFf6LEVdbGGK1ULbUsHARRzgFUOB7RtrkrznFPJji9jQXXqXCExiKxdiDRtxlpZD7bfl6n7aGyrZudD_uDASak-7lbw9uJftw5sA=w490-h640" width="490" /></a></div><h1 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Century Gothic;">Grab these on Teachers Pay Teachers:</span></h1></div><div><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;">These Book Tags are free on <b><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Reading-Buddies-Book-Tags-8578106" target="_blank">Teachers Pay Teachers</a></b>. Click the link {<b><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Reading-Buddies-Book-Tags-8578106" target="_blank">HERE</a></b>} or the picture below. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Reading-Buddies-Book-Tags-8578106" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjjr4TRHz2eBVfb7bsxj6Vme49yxjmxW8GE65zLry1Cj9x8OOwQsS3FtaPor5nn1uGI34gDCZ9apT7HpwBUhJu3cRAitaBCxaDDX9EtzCWllLsWBx5p6Ew7_BPxfmdSUpUDV7weLPR-D1-HFV46lef5hF-8HgU3trW6ad6Go1CsEyCm7bpJUvjII2HXg/s320/Slide49.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div></div>Katie Knighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06132519093483761325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3947146298889248174.post-67310341986608557522022-09-10T11:53:00.005-07:002022-09-13T15:37:40.236-07:00Back To School Teach With Me!<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Fall-Literacy-Reading-Fluency-with-Coordinating-Writing-and-Art-1774255" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="639" data-original-width="426" height="853" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSgCe6iA_-18XIE1-jGpJJ5_mB6HppDW1dgdY7xWD-nePfNTlTl5SFNo_CqiJkahjD9eeclPJM5Bjpz578AIrK3H-BeygUBPQ2zYenBNR_jGBVWmaYodrv_m7SliIrazBrLzsmXx8LSXEGNza3t7IAt90UHeAQd_0qTuk1_1nwMOeQBflXDlFdDPhzCQ/w568-h853/Fall%20Literacy.png" width="568" /></a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: start;">At the start of every year there is a slight panic: </span></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><ul><li style="text-align: start;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b>What will they read that is decodable?</b></span></span></li><li style="text-align: start;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b>How will they get going on paragraph writing? 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I tap into the not so distant memories of happy, hot summer days. </b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: "Century Gothic"; font-size: x-large;"><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: "Century Gothic"; font-size: x-large;"> You and students </b><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: start;">are going to LOVE this <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Fall-Literacy-Reading-Fluency-with-Coordinating-Writing-and-Art-1774255" target="_blank">l</a></span><span style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Fall-Literacy-Reading-Fluency-with-Coordinating-Writing-and-Art-1774255" target="_blank">iteracy </a></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: start;"><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Fall-Literacy-Reading-Fluency-with-Coordinating-Writing-and-Art-1774255" target="_blank">unit</a>!</span></span></b></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><ul><li style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: start;">The three text types of the Common Core writing starting with personal narrative because kids love to write about what they know BEST, themselves!</span></span></b></li><li style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: start;"> The informational reading that supports writing and reading skills.</span></span></b></li><li style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: start;"> Shared reading / Fluency passages and fluency charts.</span></span></b></li><li style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: start;">The art that makes school fun and your classroom beautiful. </span></span></b></li></ul><div style="text-align: start;"><div style="color: #222222; font-family: "Century Gothic"; font-size: x-large; font-weight: 700; text-align: center;">Let's talk about "Back to School Emotions" It is easy to feel "strung out" and your kids feel many of the same emotions. </div><div style="color: #222222; font-family: "Century Gothic"; font-size: x-large; font-weight: 700; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGdrfZoFdsTXwG4GF_8faSB4WXiX7OG--gjX3NDRYSH6gMUDHPiT6rysRw_8OChv3YQmZEnEO3s1xua6H_N3CLDMuMSVZh3Cf3BYBAASCRWB6jPBIMNjxKkMHlwplsjNkgTQsM7R8h57BDbepZBsD1WtkkUqooBCiN5AEFIPKORv4w0OTd9we-Cf6TbA/s720/Slide12.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="720" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGdrfZoFdsTXwG4GF_8faSB4WXiX7OG--gjX3NDRYSH6gMUDHPiT6rysRw_8OChv3YQmZEnEO3s1xua6H_N3CLDMuMSVZh3Cf3BYBAASCRWB6jPBIMNjxKkMHlwplsjNkgTQsM7R8h57BDbepZBsD1WtkkUqooBCiN5AEFIPKORv4w0OTd9we-Cf6TbA/s320/Slide12.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">This unit is one for my absolute favorites. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><ul><li>It teaches the many emotions we might have</li><li>I have my kids read the emotions with a matching voice, so that later when we read a "sad sentence" our voice is "sad"</li><li>The predictable and decode-able text ENSURES success.</li><li>The writing and art are quick and easy for this unit. </li></ul></div></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Fall-Literacy-Reading-Fluency-with-Coordinating-Writing-and-Art-1774255" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="400" height="459" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3XRZiL4cKFhoq0aRhCNTsJPAdrnjh6Gs2NzD-I2pF4e30jqo8bXHCjqnrK9KwEv81Ffv302Qagm9mJ_eI6K2g5AjJWnnPl4OH8LyBL0_yTR8ctUhvIlDOuP22JwFZIWfI4eV_WMZEfv6SVxE9ZiItBmmPUU-ZzSuadSRABZwD94K6Iqh-fR-Cf1QNcQ/w459-h459/We%20Love%20To%20Eat.JPG" width="459" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="color: #222222; font-family: "Century Gothic"; font-size: x-large; text-align: start;">This "We Love to Eat" shared reading / writing / art resource has a focus on color words. </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhTSy66JoV5_gOvzBG4nQDV6SgHjZfX4enghMotE5K86pigQejl3eb-5M6dvF_fXrkTjpXjWU4BjVVDa7OzXOr57AMqCkRaJ2-adqI8BAXj8V32ZLocaKOAsOCNsmVxTIM8Ez2eb5Hq6QUOYZZYz_UgKOZc11F9gqcuW2mH03_rg70jmuvnYw2RkRhuQ/s960/Slide6.PNG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhTSy66JoV5_gOvzBG4nQDV6SgHjZfX4enghMotE5K86pigQejl3eb-5M6dvF_fXrkTjpXjWU4BjVVDa7OzXOr57AMqCkRaJ2-adqI8BAXj8V32ZLocaKOAsOCNsmVxTIM8Ez2eb5Hq6QUOYZZYz_UgKOZc11F9gqcuW2mH03_rg70jmuvnYw2RkRhuQ/s320/Slide6.PNG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHWjZlc0iiDGrbhUTx9LUFA4LuZB7lHYboU2Ir1wShZYway9gxfFNJJYENP8n9n-cDAScKiexczyHmptsqq0jJRdFr73SNDH7P5FlMTLUZx2zylsOkmo1_IloT_xnkgY0Y1qJ13Jr-Y36Fa-wUyOc9LDOFj5ozYHU1bIFUIIAdSKE35UUcb3ryMvq9Dg/s960/Slide5.PNG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHWjZlc0iiDGrbhUTx9LUFA4LuZB7lHYboU2Ir1wShZYway9gxfFNJJYENP8n9n-cDAScKiexczyHmptsqq0jJRdFr73SNDH7P5FlMTLUZx2zylsOkmo1_IloT_xnkgY0Y1qJ13Jr-Y36Fa-wUyOc9LDOFj5ozYHU1bIFUIIAdSKE35UUcb3ryMvq9Dg/s320/Slide5.PNG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmggu3vS4F8a9WWAvYRqS3f4hKimi-nPAYoNvGwuOeF_X5nXR-uT1xwfOO-3DVts5O_iyCHd0ZPB_5owmjjLeiFrg11zrY-HP9gYX1yrPNMNX2-mIMMcuNdkzRowD8pgc_4AshuhSRqwMNVRUuGKjBrRXtYGypHkh59A2jOuJg-FjsfPm1FQ7f8IJ5vw/s960/Slide7.PNG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmggu3vS4F8a9WWAvYRqS3f4hKimi-nPAYoNvGwuOeF_X5nXR-uT1xwfOO-3DVts5O_iyCHd0ZPB_5owmjjLeiFrg11zrY-HP9gYX1yrPNMNX2-mIMMcuNdkzRowD8pgc_4AshuhSRqwMNVRUuGKjBrRXtYGypHkh59A2jOuJg-FjsfPm1FQ7f8IJ5vw/s320/Slide7.PNG" width="240" /></a></div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: start;">All <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Fall-Literacy-Reading-Fluency-with-Coordinating-Writing-and-Art-1774255" target="_blank">units</a> even have a comprehension passage with questions on the bottom. This will expose first graders to Common Core style testing in small doses. Plus, we need these grades in our grade book! </span></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: start;"><br /></span></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: start;">Later in January, you have full-sheet quizzes are designed in true Common Core format with multiple correct answers, bubbling in, and free response.</span><span style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"> </span></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Fall-Literacy-Reading-Fluency-with-Coordinating-Writing-and-Art-1774255" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="400" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEdMjRFzECHNjhN6KzTBFIl6rVHxRnwqpPKkQ9fcMuNC2rU3DaDaUgfpHrWrncAB94jp2rjyxCVx9BdPMppO11B_tXYXjR5uezw6uNiY2YJNnC2rQrtUmlMsAcSVp0X83ITJ9ARWCwHLk0T4ztDrDvUl_0cj6gltZFAoQeBMat5iwg3aHh0QaA0PWa_w/s320/A%20Cat%20Can.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: start;"><br /></span></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: start;">All reading <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Fall-Literacy-Reading-Fluency-with-Coordinating-Writing-and-Art-1774255" target="_blank">passages </a>are available in 3 formats. </span></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: start;"><br /></span></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><ul><li><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: start;">Easy Reading with 1 sentence per line.</span></span></b></li><li><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: start;">Comprehension passage.</span></span></b></li><li><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: start;">Fluency passages with numbers.</span></span></b></li></ul><b style="color: #222222; font-family: "Century Gothic"; font-size: x-large; text-align: start;">These formats also feature the </b><span style="background-color: #f4cccc; color: #222222; font-family: "Century Gothic"; font-size: x-large; text-align: start;"><b>OPTION</b></span><b style="color: #222222; font-family: "Century Gothic"; font-size: x-large; text-align: start;"> to have parents sign off in the corner for homework use. </b></div><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Tying-Shoes-Poem-Growth-Mindset-Reading-with-Coordinating-Writing-Unit-Craft-7301596" style="font-family: "Century Gothic"; font-size: x-large; font-weight: bold; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="350" data-original-width="350" height="501" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTSWpKps6HPZXe7wJW7gCY2NKujIuo1HB6Mu-PYBXbDKd4LOJt4IWnJKnxLcYiXg45xoTy25MkyGtWRlSLq9Z_3W44TlV0UStkK2HLgTawLkEPuizFUPqfXNWwUIzVp94QJjygxrC-_2uyr-hvvyhS0IR8euBm-xrBJwR_mkmEjeCV9647nDekw6n8dA/w501-h501/Tying%20Shoes.jpg" width="501" /></a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: black; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: black; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Learning to tie your shoes is a freaking "Back to School" MUST HAVE. </span></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: black; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: black; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> The Laces Poem </span>is a perfect passage for your 1st and Second Graders! </p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px; text-align: center;">Why? </p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px; text-align: center;">Because every first or second grader has had to learn (or is still learning) to tie their shoes. </p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px; text-align: center;">I have included a full writing unit to help your students write the "perfect paragraph" including that tricky sense of closure! </p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px; text-align: center;">It's differentiated for 1st-2nd. The darling art will bring this unit to life, delight your learners, and make your classroom beautiful!</p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px; text-align: center;">We memorize this together over the month. </p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px; text-align: center;">At the end of the month I allow them to recite. </p></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: start;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Farmer-Farmer-What-Do-You-See-Reading-Fluency-Writing-and-Craft-7328140" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="350" data-original-width="350" height="496" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjljc_L7CMGViAQnffyKEvU4rip4xsjVxOV3yWR-GqhLelEH9djbqEvKIMUOO45bmhMG42_tNe5oGC634159Uvg9sFP0ruoyEM8YyCx2b8Eq0gnh-gmcEiDsDSa9q_0WRvWYQ9VC-tvoxM_lYEGJ2McPGHGF7TQpJwqQDpsx4cA8Rtayy3BObtI0Bn34w/w496-h496/Farmer%20Farmer%201.jpg" width="496" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: black; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Farmer, Farmer, What Do You See? </span>is a perfect passage for early readers because it is:</p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Modeled after Brown Bear, Brown Bear</li><li>Pictures on every line</li><li>Easy writing and art</li></ul><p></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="350" data-original-width="263" height="152" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihpzlTHiyLaFk3yKLQJS67pGHZqOmSP977uThTUYKfWc4Be6fxanbwJiab08ORxkD7t-iVDy3Tvx3ygd4hzQUe3_4aX0dK4lRt05BD9jyTF6X7eTkM5lhufmYvPqHrFXDK-n5OszFfSI7uViywN5JS6rxniffS7vVRVuXGPLDRq9fNY05o4ShyUJtT8w/w114-h152/farmer%20farmer%204.jpg" width="114" /></a></div><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px; text-align: center;">If they love Brown Bear, Brown Bear, </p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px; text-align: center;">then they will LOVE THIS!</p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"> </p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px; text-align: center;">The adorable art makes a beautiful bulletin board and showcases the learning happening in your classroom!</p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><br /></p><h2 style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px; text-align: center;">Checking for Understanding: </h2><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px; text-align: center;">Now let's talk about back to school checking for understanding.</p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px; text-align: center;">The kids are TOTAL squirrels this time of year and if we cannot make things engaging we will lose them and experience behaviors we don't want. </p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px; text-align: center;">Enter these FREE true and false cards. </p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/True-False-or-Yes-No-Cards-5152352" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="270" data-original-width="350" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwB1he6fwYI6z7uVD3SrRPKviSO68Ob6xmFscAIxUN7CZHQncfWiISEzckfDxRwRUP1KH0xcjWf3ruiaxcwB1SOHmS70s3bLJGUAoCZH9enTKPrlEHzU3MxfqcujKzlCDvY4jauSRtKD38SdUz8SwsRr-DM-m2DhP1dLr_sJm_ZxNIl-rbt-2YBshHGg/w497-h384/True%20False%20Yes%20No%20Cards%20FREEBIE.jpg" width="497" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px; text-align: center;">These True/False or Yes/No cards are a quick, fun and easy way to have kids show their understanding. </p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px; text-align: center;">And they are <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/True-False-or-Yes-No-Cards-5152352" target="_blank">FREE</a>! </p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px; text-align: center;">Here's how I use them: </p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"></p><ul><li style="text-align: left;">Say a statement</li><li style="text-align: left;">They show their card to answer. </li><li style="text-align: left;">Cards are not folded, they are rotated to show yes or no to your statements. </li><li style="text-align: left;">Little kids eat this up, and since I use them only about 1x a week they stay novel and super fun!</li><li style="text-align: left;">Keep a class set near your carpet time area and quickly pass these out to check for understanding.</li><li style="text-align: left;">PRO Tip: Have kids hold the card near their chest so that they cannot see the other kids' answers and you actually have a very fast informal assessment!</li><li style="text-align: left;">Just print, laminate and go!</li></ul><div style="text-align: center;"><h2> Homework Folders:</h2></div><div style="text-align: center;">Kill me now... they are a lot of work. </div><div style="text-align: center;">But they are less work with this</div><div style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Kid-Helper-Reusable-folder-activities-and-reference-pages-Kinder-2nd-grade-5879760" target="_blank">Free homework folder for first grade</a>.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I call my folders "kid helpers", not "homework folders" because we use them in class too! </div><p></p></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Kid-Helper-Reusable-folder-activities-and-reference-pages-Kinder-2nd-grade-5879760" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="350" data-original-width="270" height="602" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMIr0Iec7lU2eejm8LzDAcCq3llilWWgIhFs7zY_y268bTXOJvw_kGmbNH2bPlwkQG-CW_0a-82yRRYYSDGTuepXAluDjGLz3lRtBplb1rPYXSQntJAwSkA8EG5Xt9w7b7js-Dpcue8wBFAiIAVVRTtwS-aMqIvvB9GbYoawWwnur-ep99dW2ZVx4_XQ/w465-h602/Kid%20Helper%20Freebie%201.jpg" width="465" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px; text-align: center;">These are what my students use every day in class and at home. I placed these pages into sheet protectors, and that makes them erasable and reusable if the kids use an Expo marker. These folder activities and reference pages rock!</p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px; text-align: center;">This is a <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Kid-Helper-Reusable-folder-activities-and-reference-pages-Kinder-2nd-grade-5879760" target="_blank">freebie</a> (for now), but will become a paid product SOON. Enjoy!</p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><br /></p><h2 style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px; text-align: center;">Moveable / Useable Sound Wall</h2><div style="text-align: left;"><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>I have my sound cards hanging off of a push pin.</li><li>I can grab sounds and the kids can build words using our real sound cards! </li><li>Getting the cards back up on the wall is less of a mystery because I have small circles up on the wall to mark their place. </li><ul><li>It's not like it's hard to put the cards back, but this allows me to not have to think about it.</li></ul></ul></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI3eAyU2hKbjoMgwMLkBOxnfdSOqAe1aH4MpyRRC1AOJAR0zHjo8a9Ap8CXOdeYTuAO4CWfjpBJohFvhJqCUZtd58K2MdMKhYSmCUaRsl4AefgyyKxI7Y2AGyznqA4pieQmyPZ0kJ4BO8VsxcQtZzrptU6fEsLcuHVemqQ85D1ZSR9XhNffYssdEHl5g/s350/ABC%20and%20Digraphs%20Circles%20FREEBIE%201.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="263" data-original-width="350" height="372" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI3eAyU2hKbjoMgwMLkBOxnfdSOqAe1aH4MpyRRC1AOJAR0zHjo8a9Ap8CXOdeYTuAO4CWfjpBJohFvhJqCUZtd58K2MdMKhYSmCUaRsl4AefgyyKxI7Y2AGyznqA4pieQmyPZ0kJ4BO8VsxcQtZzrptU6fEsLcuHVemqQ85D1ZSR9XhNffYssdEHl5g/w496-h372/ABC%20and%20Digraphs%20Circles%20FREEBIE%201.jpg" width="496" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: start;">I use <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/ABC-and-Digraphs-Circles-1493971" target="_blank">these</a> to make my phonics wall interactive! Now we can do making words activities with our giant phonics cards. Talk about fun!</span><br style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: start;" /><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/ABC-and-Digraphs-Circles-1493971" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="263" data-original-width="350" height="120" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAoneAYr2oCuScjU27fNo-Ki6uJv7eTt7AYJmJuB8yT6FgcI6VJg3B2wcAD0FG7dwLTx-pwrEvjErEnTCiCBnYnnOM_6WIM7_MzSzAwsDmywpPUuA65Z1SUynpbqCKIibZnxWfhQVJT9paDlUh0b54O5N0JDeG1d3bjXpsLCnARH7q_rhqljrvdDEARA/w160-h120/ABC%20and%20Digraphs%20Circles%20FREEBIE%202.jpg" width="160" /></a> <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/ABC-and-Digraphs-Circles-1493971" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="263" data-original-width="350" height="121" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA6vu-sK3o0FI5Od_oCLXqkqeH1OWFP29SP-V8nh_SFAypMejkE911GBfye-vAImukVyHroCvm2-3gBU38snOQpJ1f356SgjL-Cl-j228h0eh5jWq6suV01OVLdZtj8Aeb8x4oDqG_jQRYzzOiKZHzXheIKLcxwa8BLqdE1bNtts5eU3Iy9IpSOH1RMQ/w162-h121/ABC%20and%20Digraphs%20Circles%20FREEBIE%203.jpg" width="162" /></a><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/ABC-and-Digraphs-Circles-1493971" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="263" data-original-width="350" height="124" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLo5yC3OLWr6goJVx9gwDpoaHJ4VW89SEi22qfv-8Zb_gopEU57yNgtMggqgTZgs1boKT4KIJfgPhIFXpShMuPF2w_R2w6Uw3FPgMS7fcxnUUepNEBHCbjTT9lE_CibBY0Xyh50zBae4fakmNg1ngNHYFWxcF9qA32mezgnwtBvoClnpdbVmfbgayiLg/w165-h124/ABC%20and%20Digraphs%20Circles%20FREEBIE%204.jpg" width="165" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: start;"><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/ABC-and-Digraphs-Circles-1493971" target="_blank">ABC and Digraphs</a> are the only cards included. This freebie is not editable.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: start;"><br /></span></div><h2 style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: start;">Sight Words</span></h2><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: start;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Benchmark-Advance-Sight-Words-5879695" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="Benchmark Advance and Dolch sight words." border="0" data-original-height="350" data-original-width="350" height="582" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9wd6hVtHhEiPRJrmlyJGQTqMDCDJD_739tmDkGtxNbaPy7WoYnfXk0m4N4STH2I_FzwsveMVwuy8T2mwRklrSzF9JiDzQ_Klz-QOlJQN9-Bja680w0KHm26Qh-l6kfWBM2Dxa7VcX1oow3OQXDntvgYbPm54S2mwQ0R5FM_1-5zRLz5-qOvidEK45Qg/w582-h582/Benchmark%20Advance%20Sight%20Words%201.jpg" width="582" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px; text-align: center;">This <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Benchmark-Advance-Sight-Words-5879695" target="_blank">sight word program</a> comes in two versions. </p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px; text-align: center;">Version 1: Benchmark Advance First grade words spread over 30 lists. </p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px; text-align: center;">Version 2: Benchmark Advance words plus bonus words spread over 30 lists. I use the second version because I wanted to add in bonus words that help students learn those tricky contractions, math words and more.</p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Benchmark-Advance-Sight-Words-5879695" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="350" data-original-width="270" height="237" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQxbt4E6QMSBNaYmzDstdEtCkzWMekFOyHrfT4J2frulDOeXm83BVNE4GFKxcowganUdikNKkDHPdpH38Xwu3RDzjm5mlROIcfC-cgkTDMVDNwmWmpRJ1POU8T1GA40Qm3HIwuzhonUtDoTwhaj8BODROem17KT5XoyIukrgneMKLv8hvtY2TY0MX_Kg/w182-h237/Benchmark%20Advance%20Sight%20Words%202.jpg" width="182" /></a> <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Benchmark-Advance-Sight-Words-5879695" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="350" data-original-width="270" height="235" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDGWEcp2Lt2FsGqQcK4SQK7i1PwnfwpM_vNzlmMvab42A0yWXLIub-mKiOw31v4wVZRku70XPTPyVjBDuZUBLwOjBckTMLk96Zw1Wr8KbrA7FKzwmFFZwVIKwXv_wg6q66UrowwEqq4ab9-579fm5rrVw3evmkJmMvlmiLDbZpOMBjttlXJRAXR2Io3Q/w182-h235/Benchmark%20Advance%20Sight%20Words%203.jpg" width="182" /></a></div><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px; text-align: center;">This <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Benchmark-Advance-Sight-Words-5879695" target="_blank">program</a> focuses on reading growth and also helping children experience less stress while being tested. How you ask? Check out the preview for a quick explanation with pictures.<br /></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px; text-align: center;">I have them for Benchmark Advance and Dolch Words.</p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Community-Freebie-3389145" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="350" data-original-width="350" height="507" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs9zPtsucnoWMYyx94KrsUeovDQpqU5kK6g8wRpYZuEBVV4rWvFciy_lhZanokYAO9jHaPaNm7O6XbCXTl4xfAjZ73y7KrZTpz6WEc-nu_vnjWRkw9MfJP7EN0KZs89TxpMPusGOO9okQlPmMykdNBPCoAlMJvGSieOvAjmStpJBYLs4JzZCgdMU9R-w/w507-h507/Community%20Freebie%201.jpg" width="507" /></a></div><br /><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px; text-align: center;">This sweet little <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Community-Freebie-3389145" target="_blank">freebie</a> can be used to support or coordinate with <span style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: black; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Benchmark Community Helpers Unit 1</span>, Hurricane Harvey, Irma, and Showing Texas and Florida Love. I hope you enjoy these pages that are perfect for 1st grade readers.</p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Community-Freebie-3389145" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="350" data-original-width="270" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZVtgJqI9A-xDLZL8G9X2JMpodWPxCqhvDf8tXnTSecTQXzJWxk_ulQAygBUec0R2pglHd10E5MvuEJlHUcBAycwxCikrIwesbCidB1CrNQdSQ3rQq5ngrKU8Ug2bSHb90L1E9KBzwdbKnlDOltYl1PGb1qm7yhAnqjelCU-evNM8rPRrSEY97WAtPww/s320/Community%20Freebie%202.jpg" width="247" /></a></div><br /><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px; text-align: center;">Page 1- I Can Help:</p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px; text-align: center;">Defines community</p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Community-Freebie-3389145" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="350" data-original-width="270" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOiCLLsZ68QZMsGDA2BfhUGxvxDBuATVuvNPApC-TpdPwx6Q5klQMhN8zuSyZnLlZKalyWTWQiGZr9TC4lwYZmg4MrHOqhVpTQstudvhDWhPlXIsMzF-1W50hjCZ0vSedNdEHLxbPAlKghZS9sBZLaHyDAHwSaWhALVAbfGQG7uTAT6ScLHCkGoRvmXw/s320/Community%20Freebie%203.jpg" width="247" /></a></div><br /><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px; text-align: center;">Page 2- Am I Helping?:</p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px; text-align: center;">Kids read and sort short scenarios</p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Community-Freebie-3389145" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="350" data-original-width="270" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQlWyd941_E7w4sy2gUZ4awJ_NrSxmi5vfbNgURdHi0DUiyQiADGpiJLbqUd8oMQ3ddVRQafKvi9YQekrXW4NZrKOvcIbKJG6eryh8CIVmAlsWWEuIZo8saSUzNt3AmAZyO8D9wBZj6q3FEyvS3piK80i1EH9t_2XPvmqdbufYXoQUwpnLlXdO2cf-fQ/s320/Community%20Freebie%204.jpg" width="247" /></a></div><br /><p style="background-color: white; 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margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;">Picture clues on each line to help your youngest readers.</li></ul><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #222222;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Community-Helpers-Reading-Fluency-Writing-and-Craft-7330982" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="350" data-original-width="263" height="179" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdAtquqDW-3On4Jbn09AGn06iOM6jW8726VCOxp_C-8d4QRuBYAgzIX8imhuPiQ_Aw7lxKmnTd725RWjcrUnoS5LMmNXZb3L2ygGfC_7prZt91jj-RF0P96C2vy5YiQM-3mxGe2dJTrPPebMgrQuU65LQrOr4XjyH2VtGWBbve9Rdkg7_rhFMb6sS2IA/w134-h179/Community%20Helpers%202.jpg" width="134" /></a> <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Community-Helpers-Reading-Fluency-Writing-and-Craft-7330982" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="350" data-original-width="263" height="182" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgubeGXtHNEDFVsoonoamBNAtuNkHJgicAwrzG4PhkrSo74hjnA7XxyfUWLeWtEN2nhgtynps3sWwn5YO9P4PvDxWns4DOEfuXAcSsyEwUZ7CQIZ-w9JUo28dmp_ey2X6C1if5ndHT_PXGAZv2hznPa8C3rjSz0GNJL_Yfxj0IwsIzL-qYyV6lyufWSvA/w137-h182/Community%20helpers%203.jpg" width="137" /></a> <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Community-Helpers-Reading-Fluency-Writing-and-Craft-7330982" style="margin-left: 1em; 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box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: inherit; list-style-position: outside; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 40px; text-align: start;"><li style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit; list-style: disc; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;">1 extra practice page per lesson</span></b></li><li style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit; list-style: disc; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;">Supports vocabulary</span></b></li><li style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit; list-style: disc; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;">Lesson format is extended here</span></b></li><li style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit; list-style: disc; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;">Supports game-play</span></b></li><li style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit; list-style: disc; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;">Can be sent home as <span style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: black; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">homework</span> or <span style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: black; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">used in class</span></span></b></li><li style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit; list-style: disc; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;">Can also be used as a quiz</span></b></li><li style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit; list-style: disc; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><ins style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;">Can be used outside of the IM program as standards-based math practice.</span></b></ins></li></ul><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: black; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;">Will you be making other units?</span></b></span></p><ul style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: inherit; list-style-position: outside; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 40px; text-align: start;"><li style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit; list-style: disc; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: black; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;">Yes!</span></b></span></li><li style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit; list-style: disc; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;">I need this extra practice as much as you do!</span></b></li><li style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit; list-style: disc; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;">I plan to post a unit every few weeks.</span></b></li></ul><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="background-repeat: no-repeat; 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Come to the blog to see how she turns the amazing freebie into a fun game called Noodles." border="0" data-original-height="3059" data-original-width="2000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCYuUmtTo5a14YmP-FwHt0j_BzGRRPMB3apxfaAqys57kiNTYJgjZu_k7tPcNPD5ck3d1nw9hCukq9-VNqQqh8NwCcAWSNI96Q2L_sd71SnPLfSaoQrfaCXJVy6Uks0W74_9pRKRtL8OWvQSfTbJHQb2EYeETmzRt99jQZzjf7qfMd2MWbnmWUKjRRpg/w261-h400/Slide2.jpeg" width="261" /></a></div><p></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><b>Want a <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Check-your-PLAN-4673593" target="_blank">freebie</a> that cuts down on the amount of teacher nagging you have to do? This is it! Nobody wants to nag so <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Check-your-PLAN-4673593" target="_blank">acronyms</a> really help.</b></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"></p><ul><li style="text-align: left;"><b>I simply teach the acronym <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Check-your-PLAN-4673593" target="_blank">PLAN</a> and it helps my students get into a self-controlled learning mode</b></li><li style="text-align: left;"><b>I teach the WHOLE acronym day 1, then spend time focusing on each letter for the next 4 days of school.</b></li><li style="text-align: left;"><b style="text-align: center;">Before I release them to do anything, I say check your <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Check-your-PLAN-4673593" target="_blank">PLAN</a> or PLAN to "do it right" as I point to the chart.</b></li><li style="text-align: left;"><b style="text-align: center;">When they are at the carpet or their desk, I say, "Oh! Nice PLAN" or "Check your <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Check-your-PLAN-4673593" target="_blank">PLAN</a>" if a child needs redirecting.</b></li><li style="text-align: left;"><b>It works wonders!</b></li><li style="text-align: left;"><b>It also helps me give out PBIS points. </b></li></ul><p></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"><b>Good PLAN = Me giving a compliment and students earning points.</b></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"><b>I print these posters at Staples. </b></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"><b><br /></b></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"><b>You can even make this into a game! I call it Noodles: </b></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><b>Tell the kids to "check your PLAN".</b></li><li><b>The should fall into the expected behaviors.</b></li><li><b>Then say "noodles" </b></li><li><b>Kids act like noodles without falling on the floor or touching others. </b></li><li><b>Then you say "Check your PLAN" and they come back into the expected behaviors. </b></li><li><b>So this game takes seconds to play. It still takes seconds even if you are playing a few rounds, but the impact is JOYFUL and effective!</b></li><li><b>Times to play Noodles with your class:</b></li><ul><li><b>In line</b></li><li><b>At desks</b></li><li><b>At the carpet</b></li><li><b>Before an assembly is starting and other classes are filing into the auditorium. Parents love to see kids having fun with their teacher while still learning how to "do things right". </b></li><li><b>Anytime. This a way to review expected behaviors without nagging or taking up valuable time.</b></li></ul></ul><p></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Teacher-To-The-Core " style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="Teacher to the Core is a first grade teacher author who brings you the best resources" border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="2000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKBdwYcktRsncwYZPSod_ilsXVfsrmviEG2h8l1twAY-hEuv9b5PYzTXqp1bcT62VykFK70jdbucdzLoViWeRJBuHSzJ-ptGi85S3jYZYnxs-L5FadOz7UxuRiAZRL6q26RzhQ0ZJqkfadj86wFhu6gg-hY-eUMfZepb7sBjCly4Yt02nnzs-_WFiADA/w320-h320/Shopping%20cart.png" width="320" /></a></div><b>Well that was a LONG POST but I sure do hope you got an idea or two, LOTS of freebies, and that you "Teach With Me" this month. Click the image above to grab freebies from my store or click {<a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Teacher-To-The-Core " target="_blank">HERE</a>}</b><p></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"><b><br /></b></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"><b>I wish you the best of luck with Back To School.</b></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><b>You ARE a Teacher to the Core of your heart.</b></li><li><b>You have GREAT instincts, and you have got this.</b></li><li><b>Trust yourself and have fun!</b></li></ul><p></p></div></div></span></div></div><br />Katie Knighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06132519093483761325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3947146298889248174.post-20891642356392077522022-09-06T07:07:00.003-07:002022-09-10T10:04:23.523-07:00Phonics In First Grade<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxcLemDbY3b3z7I0EqjqXjKspEntdGEGLo4pPuz8ClqLz34q_A3cIXmRCExtWshO1sGKRQUoCb0upCaen6I01oLlmWU3muYVY0yBARMdcfP64KthX_FOI-kDIebNnzr-oqYr-p-gXKBEBfuvn_In3QBQTF9JXcyfVXdWtVHd526eOQOGNO3W8mDbPXKw/s3000/Slide31.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxcLemDbY3b3z7I0EqjqXjKspEntdGEGLo4pPuz8ClqLz34q_A3cIXmRCExtWshO1sGKRQUoCb0upCaen6I01oLlmWU3muYVY0yBARMdcfP64KthX_FOI-kDIebNnzr-oqYr-p-gXKBEBfuvn_In3QBQTF9JXcyfVXdWtVHd526eOQOGNO3W8mDbPXKw/s320/Slide31.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;"><b style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;"><span style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: black; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">The most important things to remember when teaching phonics are:</span></span></b></span><div><ol style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;"><b>Be explicit and complete. </b></span></li><ul><ul><li><b style="font-family: "Century Gothic"; font-size: x-large;">I never skip phonics, ever. </b></li><li><b style="font-family: "Century Gothic"; font-size: x-large;">Even if it seems like most of the class "has it", I still have them write using the sound. </b></li><li><b style="font-family: "Century Gothic"; font-size: x-large;">Writing it: can they write it at the word level? (cat, hat, sat)</b></li><li><b style="font-family: "Century Gothic"; font-size: x-large;">Writing It: Can they write it in context (The black cat is sitting on a mat)? </b></li></ul></ul><li><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;"><b>Cycle back to short vowels (again) in December for your low readers. </b></span></li><ol><ul><li><b style="font-family: "Century Gothic"; font-size: x-large;">The emerging readers in your class were probably not ready in kinder or the start of first, but they are ready in Dec. </b></li><li><b style="font-family: "Century Gothic"; font-size: x-large;">(Use my roll, read, and write shown below for high impact practice with low teacher prep / involvement)</b></li></ul></ol><li><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;"><b>Be aware of language needs. Cat in English is gato in spanish, so review the pictures and English words that match. </b></span></li><li><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;"><b>Practice pronunciation. </b></span></li><ul><ul><li><b style="font-family: "Century Gothic"; font-size: x-large;">E and I as short vowels can be alarmingly similar to the ear of a child if their mouth is not making the sounds properly. </b></li></ul></ul><li><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;"><b>Let kids practice in both receptive and expressive ways. </b></span></li><ul><ul><li><b style="font-family: "Century Gothic"; font-size: x-large;">Remember literacy is like breathing. Reading is breathing in and writing is breathing out. So their phonics practice should include reading and writing. ENTER the incredibly engaging resources below! </b></li></ul></ul></ol><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Short-Vowel-Roll-Read-and-Write-with-Dice-2169908" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="350" data-original-width="350" height="557" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzBfArYixl_sYVqd-FLuVB2QbwGpmg0rD0vIVFIb32a4QpAaPUir0HjGJ7uBVTVLfq6DBz114pF4-08Y0rI3MPmv4LWjvuFxi23eTFC-xWWYF0IFyuoPqpgPRHK_CGf3d082sXrTgrLLPIGGi-OGm2L2MKKhELd7NuXSdW_pRS5h5EMOeg2bsq6rxiaw/w557-h557/short%20vowel%20roll%20read%20&%20write%201.jpg" width="557" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;">Dice make this phonics activity </span><span style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">highly interactive and engaging</span><span style="background-color: white;">! This is a perfect way to end kinder or start first grade! You and your students will LOVE this! </span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; text-align: start;">This unit covers the short vowel sounds.</span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;">Short a</span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;">Short e</span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b>Short I</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b>Short o</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b>Short u</b></span></div></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;"></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Short-Vowel-Roll-Read-and-Write-with-Dice-2169908" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="263" data-original-width="350" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJkxqLaEEbZ6PULCeM2aIgujoTNGCw33M9QcSGTqpFTbNeULKHWxPeXYdWhgW_FAx2MEQMbNjkXpGNIdSKu87LLbYoNYRUJ9hXj0sBpyMbx3P1baI5P57wg5fomrTUKVD1mzrMKDK2UvganMx6UeFjUXYxrFCFMCVeH01eCk2oHpSKTcxgTZ_oUj2ong/w640-h478/short%20vowel%20roll%20read%20&%20write%203.jpg" width="640" /></a><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Short-Vowel-Roll-Read-and-Write-with-Dice-2169908" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="263" data-original-width="350" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2YdOgboKTIdU6_X0oisNkixQuREV8jlUYhRrImkn7NKI67jyCvgJugTuYE-rBJLUvxXNWG_XnA1tjQRtD6P0h04SNkXDlykvgSbSvqIMJ2RJX6iqKIH6gL7075n4nqEIGAeIyr-RHkLetXUgpK0XjvHTQN8XnTjAfQAq5zgUvz0lLH39FaFFO7e6hCA/w400-h300/short%20vowel%20roll%20read%20&%20write%202.jpg" width="400" /></a> </span></b><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Short-Vowel-Roll-Read-and-Write-with-Dice-2169908" style="font-family: "Century Gothic"; font-size: x-large; font-weight: bold; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="263" data-original-width="350" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaLOWsPnrF8p9Jo3z4nH46yzsMIAM0ME-tU-CGinBGr7jJvd5CAoTEepSNQtsbHhk4yScj_WIa2mJVUfRCJAQo_brN71hBhCE_xccDUdeSw-5GVIA4g3APOWnPC7h4wKuILZ4wnV--smgW3yTNy2Mfy-uzFgGL3-cul-4hv16Q-ECEdQpsysdgK9O1Yw/w400-h304/short%20vowel%20roll%20read%20&%20write%204.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;">Delight your students AND build those Foundational Skills to help students become more proficient writers and readers! </span></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"><br /></span></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; text-align: start;">These pages are easy enough to complete independently, slide right into your centers time, or use as homework. </span></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"><br /></span></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; text-align: start;">They are exciting enough for a great collaborative learning game! </span></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"><br /></span></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Blends-Roll-Read-and-Write-with-Dice-2174592" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="350" data-original-width="350" height="493" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCSxq2anTGIrBubSzDjxCG7gQsDUi2qQLRatuBVghHo0OWLlwlaimniRzxwYL5MgB1MEiLY4lkTxOh0p4gF19LqwvhzP2ap1S_Okcn-Kowmz1TKtgDTkHvJNLlfaFUKM1rKzTUZJeWosmHDERwlFPyoAVczeA3t7CbrdWx0nQK0Fjfds1CEHkarR42dw/w493-h493/Blends%20Roll%20Read%20Write%201.jpg" width="493" /></a></div><br /></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: start;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;">This resource covers blends. The graphics inside are sure to delight, engage and help kids anchor the sounds with words. </span></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: start;"><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Blends-Roll-Read-and-Write-with-Dice-2174592" style="font-weight: 700; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="263" data-original-width="350" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6ameR-xNCn5VAaZhzrU80aBLAV766pGwe23cki97LOeo2hrkG7pcYZLa5kbze5Nj7dEPlFWhh5sTOy1m36-7VdRCbD0gqsuQmfsTdrF0o50n3ygh56S9h7qQMjwOCLjlQBV2yD_MQWHS9K_tDUHu6l5x1Da-vQbKmZ5Mk2wjt6lSy-tnAa4c-cKbrCQ/w640-h480/Blends%20Roll%20Read%20Write%202.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: start;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: start;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;">An anchor sentence is provided in the upper right corner and can be used to help students fin the sound in context and build reading comprehension. </span></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: start;"><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Blends-Roll-Read-and-Write-with-Dice-2174592" style="font-weight: 700; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="263" data-original-width="350" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6ameR-xNCn5VAaZhzrU80aBLAV766pGwe23cki97LOeo2hrkG7pcYZLa5kbze5Nj7dEPlFWhh5sTOy1m36-7VdRCbD0gqsuQmfsTdrF0o50n3ygh56S9h7qQMjwOCLjlQBV2yD_MQWHS9K_tDUHu6l5x1Da-vQbKmZ5Mk2wjt6lSy-tnAa4c-cKbrCQ/w640-h480/Blends%20Roll%20Read%20Write%202.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;"><b>Kids write their own sentence using one of the words on the page to promote student investment and allow for expressive writing practice. </b></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: start;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: start;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Blends-Roll-Read-and-Write-with-Dice-2174592" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="263" data-original-width="350" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8hdZEgidc3AAaVCtzStcy06_SxYXdP6SX9k3SPOBMnTsy-A5mNrJDB0L8fxN8kQzaoJBWQEHWLsobrht94fUydfWWdARa5b5-SrfTr7vVvji9SSiVVF_4oxcE3GfAgogEile8iHA3pBWHnsp7n02vyO-v3OHH2Ii82JBB-q8biQRINLzE1u4PARsuPQ/w400-h301/Blends%20Roll%20Read%20Write%203.jpg" width="400" /></a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Blends-Roll-Read-and-Write-with-Dice-2174592" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="263" data-original-width="350" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2C3dj57GPLPxHqnoqVoXcCNSI96wSg_9j9cIZX_hEa526UO8Ma61iWWAjwAgjpwxBh4UvewJbgWnFxb8LMF_C2Vr2FSf2tvGhuv0iwnED4kKJUJvhl7UmvMSrGI3DIsxUlUwV0sOcchPtPenDBXbZVwbOU0aH2n1JOUJpUryIXyZihS1sAk5q1ZAiVQ/w400-h300/Blends%20Roll%20Read%20Write%204.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></b></span><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: start;">Here are the blends in this resource:</span></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: start;">L BLENDS sl, bl, cl, fl, gl, pl</span></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: start;">R BLENDS br, cr, dr, fr, gr, pr, tr</span></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: start;">S BLENDS sk, sm, sn, sp, st, sw</span></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: start;">TRIPLE BLENDS thr, scr, shr, spl, spr, str</span></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: start;"><br /></span></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: start;"><br /></span></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: start;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b>Word families are a powerful way to teach phonics: </b></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: start;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b>I created these to be easy to photocopy and send home as meaningful practice. Some teachers are using them for in-class practice after direct instruction. </b></span></span></div><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Short-Vowels-Phonics-Tri-Folds-2716623" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="350" data-original-width="350" height="469" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJySMQvF7IQci-pgVnbLpZocw_aX_FlIXw2LDkkIJXUU1NTaRNe9nBIDOCi1MnuOM-1dicCCVRLqniwdhOEHxNU1H_2YyHdHh7UiJ4IQiIM3fkMKkuJw8VUUpE6PmtZ21dysjhp3J72WtEAYvUY-OXbnRcfq1N3sVXND807WdB9LUJPHMnJukvH7xuBA/w469-h469/Short%20Vowel%20Tri-fold%20Cover%201.jpg" width="469" /></span></a> </p><p></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;"> Short vowel and CVC word work activities are essential for kids learning to read. This unit features phonics tri-folds that are easy to prep and use for small or whole group instruction. Includes 5 units for short a, short e, short i, short o, short u. </span></b><b style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;">You can save BIG money now with this <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Short-Vowels-Phonics-Tri-Folds-2716623" target="_blank">Short Vowel Bundle</a>!</span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;"><b></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;">Tri-folds also make wonderful homework activities! A single page homework activity that covers all these skills is a real treasure!</span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;"><b></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Short-Vowel-O-Phonics-Tri-Folds-2755886" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="350" data-original-width="350" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCa9dBMSxb_skXrszmVyi_Q33lUndemqFD6R70b5Sce1T6G7oR9L_hAATDizy5bZ1cxQ9UQOXr2LeA9vg01hcjvHg0TWoCmYqmV_GKDPgJby_IVr_PZLMFnYhKkujGbHxmPT91AGpSb51NV84ozFRaxVNnWrhcBGvBtrCwJF30OV8xiFLcWV1cSYjpIA/w400-h400/Short%20Vowel%20Tri-fold%20Cover%203.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;">front</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Short-Vowel-O-Phonics-Tri-Folds-2755886" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="270" data-original-width="350" height="310" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMMCc0o2_o6UlojacGqeXakOlIS2iHUbW4OmeWQdDDPT-essp0Sv5c2EiSBwkzn6q_z7fGDYRwY0k68eLq2I6w8Lecf6WCozmloadkRCdYEeSpcMOeOSCRI-AMc3hqG9XfHHpltkS2chxPSJqJArPZPWzaZKxHKsQ5vaeLx8EsyCbjDcgLkk4DK2vUWA/w400-h310/short%20o%202.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic"; font-size: x-large;">back</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsLXLcXus2bxzOTw4u6QA49Q1LcShgTv8LTSwsobYGQKYw9CBHM0uygj5XhZPq6xzqADhp9vWFVARx69z_PlJJnNf8U-mAA1IgjckU8bRw-oSfujUAAJW88_fqxKYTBPZpv0TmyTrAphZGul35z2NbRcy_oWy7yFdfVK1rE8ZhWFQ92nmGZ3v3smE6Mg/s3069/Slide12.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2371" data-original-width="3069" height="309" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsLXLcXus2bxzOTw4u6QA49Q1LcShgTv8LTSwsobYGQKYw9CBHM0uygj5XhZPq6xzqADhp9vWFVARx69z_PlJJnNf8U-mAA1IgjckU8bRw-oSfujUAAJW88_fqxKYTBPZpv0TmyTrAphZGul35z2NbRcy_oWy7yFdfVK1rE8ZhWFQ92nmGZ3v3smE6Mg/w400-h309/Slide12.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic"; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Short-Vowel-O-Phonics-Tri-Folds-2755886" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="350" data-original-width="350" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwVf1kIs6nNgx-vB3Khq7OQ2jSs2x-qEKkuKLRvoAOnoe8RCXM8GJmHUqXyStYGYi_Vm8xoKGDx9XdwVfD_MaCs6z0LO46-l2A9zA2EiN7cHAYqQdHvQia5-yZ3tulcHrx3o4pSB-Ht-XfN8MtcofHF0dImQdL1aoDHWhSIHFJB_Ixl5rQYdeyDJEc5Q/w400-h400/short%20o%201.jpg" width="400" /></a> </span></div><p></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;">These are also perfect for your language learners (ELD students)! Activities are thoughtfully designed and filled with picture clues that support thinking, vocabulary acquisition, and comprehension.</span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;"><b></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Short-Vowel-E-Tri-Fold-Phonics-Brochures-2718755" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="350" data-original-width="350" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSG1SwOAoJmghzAT288G6kwpuQxNPcxmxYpiQDEh7mjkM4f4h3bsWCe33Nr3dwHfV5HV_IUgho-UbQx9eHY4-ndyZ4GAzrpDQJ3_R2lpdxwzd7gpvcU_CMK2DWIWV7upowY_THMn_RwNodyAgo05NmSymtuQm05cu0DQN7QfWNXqe1ZSFYUt3U9sidvQ/w400-h400/Short%20Vowel%20Tri-fold%20Cover%204.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="350" data-original-width="350" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu5A5VhbI9ZFSrKrbvDq6UFj5u8vtEIdP7ShwJqmOszVTafaiIZhWVqDSNtHqbcKCYTKOqTmmGIeg9t8Hs2F5S5Cspudz-MLGo2ZwnsFhQhgyIyL3AOh0sJOj_x56KzGiY3TicR6udnCK84WzKqLCP7bao5ReSKZOWYGZ975XzdVI9jpqIxhuHz-64bg/w400-h400/short%20e%201.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;">Features: </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><ul><li style="text-align: left;"><b style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;">The reading comprehension is kept easy with a focus on single CVC sentences. </span></b></li><li style="text-align: left;"><b style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;">There are no long paragraphs to read or non-sense phonics stories that many children find boring. </span></b></li><li style="text-align: left;"><b style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;">The CVC sentences include a comprehension component. </span></b></li><li style="text-align: left;"><b style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;">Children are asked to circle the CVC word family word within the sentence and also the picture that matches! This is a brilliant component!!! </span></b></li><li style="text-align: left;"><b style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;">CVC/ sight word sentences are carefully crafted to be easy enough for kinders in their last months of school or first graders at the beginning of the year!</span></b></li><li style="text-align: left;"><b style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;">This is CVC, short vowel, and sight word heaven!!!</span></b></li><li style="text-align: left;"><b style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;">Finally, phonics pages that build comprehension but are easy enough to read!</span></b></li></ul></div><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;"><b></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Short-Vowels-Phonics-Tri-Folds-Short-U-3014493" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="350" data-original-width="350" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE0orqvXOR0XVCe8xRhvXK5zUYTCVsU-91hMo1oJKcGYPCEkZ1xTLOiu7AmvqbLIe9xcNyYR3BrQWiMOwiYj7qkIsFyEhetmhT7XeRjTG8uWQ76THEeFr29sDkI3hZP0ecry63NTEb32df-dX5saE8BO3ESchDnil4nsW7PAk3B0tyRFUSBJaCOcQwgA/s320/Short%20Vowel%20Tri-fold%20Cover%205.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMGhCRYPlwJDOhWxs5niiaUnxG1MmX04WQLJ3T3Em5sMuI9LFtJRkqV0caNSyH08TVRY_SV8az6HMMd2ec9dzNaXHwUFIjo6kMHgv_eKHg6aEXZUEvunUmRMV9z-zfHk4mccoaWNcpywKLHcpEnEHzeWWjouR8_LFP1n-gDHnTIpLcv9cKJTAJutSYMg/s350/short%20u%202.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="270" data-original-width="350" height="309" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMGhCRYPlwJDOhWxs5niiaUnxG1MmX04WQLJ3T3Em5sMuI9LFtJRkqV0caNSyH08TVRY_SV8az6HMMd2ec9dzNaXHwUFIjo6kMHgv_eKHg6aEXZUEvunUmRMV9z-zfHk4mccoaWNcpywKLHcpEnEHzeWWjouR8_LFP1n-gDHnTIpLcv9cKJTAJutSYMg/w400-h309/short%20u%202.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNf4vc3eC37AgvnPgQ3pBP-Hv1BMLNKrcwGwoUVp8hEFg3tq7SNwPECmjxaB0CWE2Aevlau24WljF-BhWjyV21Xye3IOViBvv8zS2oTUr3P8Dql1O3XtEtel8A5zbIkn1F4f0vf4Xn7x85WDyfPs4-PIjDcw3ASSV9nHxv7x6ncPCLtewpA46PnFDifg/s350/short%20u%201.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="350" data-original-width="350" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNf4vc3eC37AgvnPgQ3pBP-Hv1BMLNKrcwGwoUVp8hEFg3tq7SNwPECmjxaB0CWE2Aevlau24WljF-BhWjyV21Xye3IOViBvv8zS2oTUr3P8Dql1O3XtEtel8A5zbIkn1F4f0vf4Xn7x85WDyfPs4-PIjDcw3ASSV9nHxv7x6ncPCLtewpA46PnFDifg/w400-h400/short%20u%201.jpg" width="400" /></a> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;">If you are a kinder teacher who is looking for a mid to end of the year unit, then this is for you! If you are a first grade teacher looking for a great way to start the year, then look no further! <span style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: black; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">All teachers K-2 need this unit in their intervention tool kit!</span></span></b></div><p style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;"></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Short-Vowel-I-Phonics-Tri-Folds-2720847" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="350" data-original-width="350" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV0Kge_O-SDVjIAIS1JDcXIA_mbP-mySpVpxqWtGggFbOd4gc8ucgNASZukV-_aS0uiIA3Tn-UuDPpRNRv2UOuDa0xnnpaUe8pJ2xGt2r6eT6GMXIJRHvgbNRd87x0d13ceVSkjwyVITcsEAldEcvJfX6iWkPAonM7EKoXKDz44IcXF3jPh4SZZjmH8Q/s320/Short%20Vowel%20Tri-fold%20Cover%206.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Short-Vowel-I-Phonics-Tri-Folds-2720847" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="270" data-original-width="350" height="261" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAfEhENdyWkUfdlxoSrAP2d4_UdKF0QIqrvF7J5xGJ2DmfouXKdVSmMcaNyfBbbD0h3ARYsBcuYFwrjn59ps2fHR6NiHK6HVprtHiltrp4wzHKx0AkPm6rHg3B2CR2g43rf-aOGNRQuJIa2P_BgL8CLZnLRH5UG2nv27ZSrxPR176spjlvpAINhO9n5g/w337-h261/short%20i%202.jpg" width="337" /></a> <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Short-Vowel-I-Phonics-Tri-Folds-2720847" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="350" data-original-width="350" height="255" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOScBDHY1ZqYwg006BgcwNC2R4ECObqu7bPvbta7Q70hu3fMk59kukYLNYm6YTHcme1qpFzALW1L5Q9NQXcjmUMy0cMIMpCvfl4I4OSD5qmAVkOaMAPAXrXIR9ag-ykLPnS5fQOGoTMmh88ktvUTFiDauJ3bIOQFEL4h6Guqh85b-xt_X0ZAn3IOOHuA/w255-h255/short%20i.jpg" width="255" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Short-Vowels-Phonics-Tri-Folds-2716623" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="350" data-original-width="350" height="492" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqLAN44e9N1U7zUdUh4Eq4SrEU3QjUc7CuHqi-5uhHzyl4fRHffHPmiuABqoii3bRNgGGkAVsQUIyAeTXxHGBgFZXkJtDwOO3ZgB72-m-WW6diiTfDHGz3UQWYJHYScIqBtpISJcQwxNrlX6sTYkcsTDCo6je3aj663N0Kwjg0nBYFzyqmDjaXD6cm4Q/w492-h492/Short%20Vowel%20Tri-fold%20Cover%201.jpg" width="492" /></a> </div><b><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;"><span style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: black; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></span></span></b><p></p><div><br /></div></div>Katie Knighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06132519093483761325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3947146298889248174.post-16084156362860753522022-09-04T11:04:00.006-07:002022-09-04T12:23:55.592-07:00American Symbols Art<p style="text-align: center;"><font face="Century Gothic" size="5">Holy Cannoli! This unit is everything you need to teach American Symbols!</font></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHyPP4Eu5vY4F7FuzG8n_vz04e7UlF7RLRJDwQw5Qtp_-EJ4UvzF7ST_LEeY6rdiwR-4_r_OGCLRR094OPK39A_qWYEAA7Lt1vhIyeW3aiKmxCgyzE-U6wrV36vqHdpVSTWPBrhJIGI7Epz3QLrSEaco0PUP4z3HTNJH-92a-hBsmhtyS67iOMFAdcUg/s1440/American%20Symbols%20Cover.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="960" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHyPP4Eu5vY4F7FuzG8n_vz04e7UlF7RLRJDwQw5Qtp_-EJ4UvzF7ST_LEeY6rdiwR-4_r_OGCLRR094OPK39A_qWYEAA7Lt1vhIyeW3aiKmxCgyzE-U6wrV36vqHdpVSTWPBrhJIGI7Epz3QLrSEaco0PUP4z3HTNJH-92a-hBsmhtyS67iOMFAdcUg/w426-h640/American%20Symbols%20Cover.png" width="426" /></a></div><br /><font face="Century Gothic" size="5"><br /></font><p></p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-W-ndU1jM_z4/UtM2E7XyQZI/AAAAAAAAHng/EptkK5Chl78/s1600-h/American%252520Symbols%252520SMART%252520ART%252520by%252520Teacher%252520to%252520the%252520Core-%252520Each%252520project%252520has%252520an%252520academic%252520task%252520on%252520it%252520to%252520up%252520the%252520rigor%252520and%252520make%252520your%252520classroom%252520look%252520brilliant%252520and%252520beautiful%25255B7%25255D.jpg"><img alt="American Symbols SMART ART by Teacher to the Core- Each project has an academic task on it to up the rigor and make your classroom look brilliant and beautiful" border="0" height="498" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-FkwNJCmdOMQ/UtM2F1AoDFI/AAAAAAAAHno/F4Y6wvEsAHQ/American%252520Symbols%252520SMART%252520ART%252520by%252520%25255B4%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; border: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="American Symbols SMART ART by Teacher to the Core- Each project has an academic task on it to up the rigor and make your classroom look brilliant and beautiful" width="637" /></a></p> <p><font face="Century Gothic" size="5">This has been on my heart and my “to create” list since the moment I posted my American Symbols unit. Now it’s come to life! My students love ART and I love making it for them. I am very motivated to create this year since Jackson is in first grade too and his teacher does all my curriculum in her class. His teacher and I are “besties” and she was thrilled when I showed her the completed masters!</font></p> <p><font face="Century Gothic" size="5">This art will make your room stunning! But it will also make your students smart. Each art project has a skills based component to it. Here is the Place Value White House, for example. </font></p> <p><font face="Century Gothic" size="5"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-rgAdiDVMRss/UtNPuW3oJOI/AAAAAAAAHsA/XegElgoGw44/s1600-h/Teacher%252520to%252520the%252520Core%252520%252520American%252520Symbols%252520White%252520House%252520SMART%252520ART%252520is%252520makes%252520your%252520classroom%252520look%252520amazing%252520and%252520your%252520students%252520brilliant%25255B6%25255D.jpg"><img alt="Teacher to the Core American Symbols White House SMART ART is makes your classroom look amazing and your students brilliant" border="0" height="436" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-tkWjoXUiCps/UtNPvKkD3YI/AAAAAAAAHsI/aVZ-ze7Ek2w/Teacher%252520to%252520the%252520Core%252520%252520American%252520Symbols%252520White%252520House%252520SMART%252520ART%252520is%252520makes%252520your%252520classroom%252520look%252520amazing%252520and%252520your%252520students%252520brilliant_thumb%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; border: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Teacher to the Core American Symbols White House SMART ART is makes your classroom look amazing and your students brilliant" width="596" /></a></font></p> <p><font face="Century Gothic" size="5">I have added this art to my already existing American Symbols unit, turning it into a {BUNDLE}. It even got a new cover. If you already bought the original unit, just download again!!! The art is all yours as a GIFT!!!!</font></p> <p><font face="Century Gothic" size="5">I did not raise the price when making this a bundle for Sunday the 12th, Monday the 13th, and Tuesday the 14th only. Just in case some of my readers have this on their wish list, get it off your wish list and into your cart, if you want the deal of the century!</font></p> <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2j9cOIFR8CHI0HB-kbD8Sy0kuHQ5Vyf_qxbbckD7puwbop0KUMTS-H4UOJT7H-upY_7wNE4SGgoMOo5-XIE4b4kHQonUwdPDc0csKgHtuzx20Fio1zQ9FAf7CfV3wlm_5WDsQbGdjpxmj4-KsvzOfyQzSAOO8vvo5CvCzyy7JA45H9HfISmfNfp0j8w/s1440/American%20Symbols%20Cover.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="960" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2j9cOIFR8CHI0HB-kbD8Sy0kuHQ5Vyf_qxbbckD7puwbop0KUMTS-H4UOJT7H-upY_7wNE4SGgoMOo5-XIE4b4kHQonUwdPDc0csKgHtuzx20Fio1zQ9FAf7CfV3wlm_5WDsQbGdjpxmj4-KsvzOfyQzSAOO8vvo5CvCzyy7JA45H9HfISmfNfp0j8w/w426-h640/American%20Symbols%20Cover.png" width="426" /></a></div><p></p><p align="center"><br /></p> <p><font face="Century Gothic" size="5">What? You can’t see the little pictures and want to see some of the pages in a larger format? Why of course! I aim to please! I have updated the ENTIRE Informational Reading pack. New fonts and some tweaks make this one of my favorite units EVER!</font></p> <p align="center"><font face="Century Gothic" size="5">Little Books introduce the concepts.</font></p> <p align="center"><font face="Century Gothic" size="5"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-VeMnksHw81M/UtM2NJDB5mI/AAAAAAAAHo4/-eMrHxS5wAQ/s1600-h/Amazing%252520materials%252520for%252520getting%252520unparalleled%252520reading%252520results-%252520from%252520Teacher%252520to%252520the%252520Core%252520American%252520Symbols%25255B5%25255D.png"><img alt="Amazing materials for getting unparalleled reading results- from Teacher to the Core American Symbols" border="0" height="404" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-MHM7MQsbPGQ/UtM2NzZ9_7I/AAAAAAAAHpA/Vojmng3sVVQ/Amazing%252520materials%252520for%252520getting%252520unparalleled%252520reading%252520results-%252520from%252520Teacher%252520to%252520the%252520Core%252520American%252520Symbols_thumb%25255B3%25255D.png?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; border: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Amazing materials for getting unparalleled reading results- from Teacher to the Core American Symbols" width="521" /></a></font></p> <p align="left"><font face="Century Gothic" size="5">My informational reading passages are designed to be readable for first graders, but also have rich vocabulary and are rigorous and engaging enough to be read again and again.</font></p> <p align="left"><font face="Century Gothic" size="5"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-qi7fuidUe4o/UtM2O1omMpI/AAAAAAAAHpI/20Ui3xI8iCU/s1600-h/Amazing%252520materials%252520for%252520getting%252520unparalleled%252520reading%252520results-%252520from%252520Teacher%252520to%252520the%252520Core%252520American%252520Symbols%252520%2525282%252529%25255B6%25255D.png"><img alt="Amazing materials for getting unparalleled reading results- from Teacher to the Core American Symbols (2)" border="0" height="509" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-t69VLLyTSL8/UtM2P5NxxoI/AAAAAAAAHpQ/T2PKfMXqIGI/Amazing%252520materials%252520for%252520getting%252520unparalleled%252520reading%252520results-%252520from%252520Teacher%252520to%252520the%252520Core%252520American%252520Symbols%252520%2525282%252529_thumb%25255B4%25255D.png?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; border: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Amazing materials for getting unparalleled reading results- from Teacher to the Core American Symbols (2)" width="654" /></a></font></p> <p align="left"><font face="Century Gothic" size="5">Here is a sample of the 8 activities and 3 tests included. These skills pages keep the theme going and the rigor high. </font></p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/--v40Ir--zbM/UtM2RAmnKUI/AAAAAAAAHpY/EHNEZQkGsMY/s1600-h/Amazing%252520materials%252520for%252520getting%252520unparalleled%252520reading%252520results-%252520from%252520Teacher%252520to%252520the%252520Core%252520American%252520Symbols%252520%2525283%252529%25255B5%25255D.png"><img alt="Amazing materials for getting unparalleled reading results- from Teacher to the Core American Symbols (3)" border="0" height="480" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-5wgl5l7f70E/UtM2SD9d2qI/AAAAAAAAHpg/rGLT_cVz_Rw/Amazing%252520materials%252520for%252520getting%252520unparalleled%252520reading%252520results-%252520from%252520Teacher%252520to%252520the%252520Core%252520American%252520Symbols%252520%2525283%252529_thumb%25255B3%25255D.png?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; border: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Amazing materials for getting unparalleled reading results- from Teacher to the Core American Symbols (3)" width="620" /></a></p> <p align="left"><font face="Century Gothic" size="5">I am evangelical about fluency, and I tell anyone who will listen how it has changed how I teach. These are a few slides for my upcoming “I Teach K”conference presentation. I’m getting ready people. My presentation is only a few weeks way!</font></p> <p align="left"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-tXYZHLbGjfA/UtM_w29EIYI/AAAAAAAAHrE/HQ1_dhpk39k/s1600-h/A%252520case%252520for%252520fluency%252520in%252520America%252527s%252520Classrooms%252520%25255B5%25255D.png"><img alt="A case for fluency in America's Classrooms" border="0" height="471" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-A9YU9bf94mc/UtM_x0VQ1-I/AAAAAAAAHrM/X602dIXqqic/A%252520case%252520for%252520fluency%252520in%252520America%252527s%252520Classrooms%252520_thumb%25255B3%25255D.png?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; border: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="A case for fluency in America's Classrooms" width="614" /></a></p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-ugH7U1Xsix4/UtM_ynIOOAI/AAAAAAAAHrU/ZzDJ1nn6KIA/s1600-h/A%252520case%252520for%252520fluency%252520in%252520America%252527s%252520Classrooms%252520%25255B11%25255D.png"><img alt="A case for fluency in America's Classrooms" border="0" height="472" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-ltCFiQKOFfg/UtM_zp4psiI/AAAAAAAAHrc/XI3xUbIfWRU/A%252520case%252520for%252520fluency%252520in%252520America%252527s%252520Classrooms%252520_thumb%25255B7%25255D.png?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; border: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="A case for fluency in America's Classrooms" width="611" /></a></p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-AZAj9Kng-Fc/UtM2XOXV1II/AAAAAAAAHrk/OLCj2CxDHPc/s1600-h/Slide6%25255B9%25255D.png"><img alt="Slide6" border="0" height="482" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-qQdWi2Wd9lU/UtM2X7FpSlI/AAAAAAAAHrs/My2-l3tVLNI/Slide6_thumb%25255B7%25255D.png?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; border: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Slide6" width="607" /></a></p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-3EAsFDzCtiQ/UtM2YsPaOWI/AAAAAAAAHqY/Zn8J2o1ho3A/s1600-h/Fluency%252520Grid%25255B15%25255D.jpg"><img alt="Fluency Grid" border="0" height="448" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-MyZ5KKjtl6M/UtM2ZKw3oeI/AAAAAAAAHqg/7SV3jRUmAoo/Fluency%252520Grid_thumb%25255B11%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; border: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Fluency Grid" width="559" /></a></p> <p><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6GiaCq8V4nFODRzUWw0cU9Uam8/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank"><img alt="Download now" border="0" height="194" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-4j9ioAuB6no/UtM2Z-o-EHI/AAAAAAAAHr0/oLL1NSLBE1g/Download%252520now%25255B7%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; border: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Download now" width="185" /></a></p> <p><font face="Century Gothic" size="5">Here is my fluency grid. Most grids have tiny squares and are ugly. This is big and cute. This is perfect to run on the back of the passages and/or to put on a bulletin board for kids to see their amazing growth. The large boxes are just easier for first graders to write in. Plus, it is great daily math practice. If you read 85 words, then where do you put that number? Yep, you put it in the 80+ column because you did not get to 90 yet. These are the conversations that make math real!</font></p> <p><font face="Century Gothic" size="5">Well, I love you all! I am off to go clean my house and try to remain calm about my upcoming presentation. What tips do you have for me as a speaker? </font></p> <ul> <li><font face="Century Gothic" size="5">What do you love doing during a conference session? </font></li> <li><font face="Century Gothic" size="5">What do you hate doing?</font></li> <li><font face="Century Gothic" size="5">In a power point do you want to watch short video clips of fluency in action?</font></li> <li><font face="Century Gothic" size="5">What goodies do you want to walk away with?</font></li></ul> <p><font face="Century Gothic" size="5">Please leave your tips and I will pick 2 winners from this blog posts and 4 winners from Facebook. Click <a href="https://www.facebook.com/TeacherToTheCore?ref=br_tf" target="_blank">here</a> for Facebook. <font face="Century Gothic" size="5">The contest is over and…..</font></font></p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-U43UwESzMeM/UtX9KzeyPVI/AAAAAAAAHsY/T7dEB11kdaI/s1600-h/image%25255B2%25255D.png"><img alt="image" border="0" height="215" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-fIAKscVWBu0/UtX9LQhOCQI/AAAAAAAAHsg/DpiZVNf820Q/image_thumb.png?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; border: 0px; display: inline; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="183" /></a></p> <p><font face="Century Gothic" size="5">Jay Pea is our winner! Thank you for all of the tips you offered. I hear you on the CONSTANT think, pair, share in trainings. It does get old. I won’t do it, but I will bring freebies!</font></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcXD_j-4eQ0-p8sEHLQApjDtU20QR_gQ9KqmBltDG7bWrfTcGMYn6apxyP0Rz4cQyrQ1uHYn--nUh8xtLs8TH_sP7bAWc6WxvZB30oBZsAae3pUXoYFbRVg9wo79NDmI_fQofp1IYDCDYoADbJP-z8xo4-NrTK6fgoieYTLw9DDYq0DaL3gF7RDz6VSg/s3000/Slide5.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="2000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcXD_j-4eQ0-p8sEHLQApjDtU20QR_gQ9KqmBltDG7bWrfTcGMYn6apxyP0Rz4cQyrQ1uHYn--nUh8xtLs8TH_sP7bAWc6WxvZB30oBZsAae3pUXoYFbRVg9wo79NDmI_fQofp1IYDCDYoADbJP-z8xo4-NrTK6fgoieYTLw9DDYq0DaL3gF7RDz6VSg/w427-h640/Slide5.png" width="427" /></a></div><br /><font face="Century Gothic" size="5"><br /></font><p></p> Katie Knighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06132519093483761325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3947146298889248174.post-83927115541817383782022-09-02T20:15:00.029-07:002022-10-01T15:55:41.902-07:00Illustrative Math First Grade<p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Illustrative-Math-Homework-and-Assessments-Unit-4-8610321" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="2000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_tDMlb7p19IYG-5nK8xwx0FC1LyaXcttbW5ugf4xGpmmKZGhBX7DQhHSpz9sSUHvt3ZOj6ZkLDR1N5PNX3dQ8u9pE4KcuYvrp-PICUODxSHzlsri6CTzW07L1ha6zd7WxLJeB1RqDXeMp05NIZKLtIG4K12YYp-P_SGWFW6fmuFRXDPimsJTs7Cff3g/s320/Unit%204.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Illustrative-Math-Homework-Unit-3-8561595" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="3000" height="283" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhktlBADtS3lk_v177aaxbfgB3vakpfnCgKjTk5JMdNzZvtV46nGPGFxe9WSN3SdyE5pS2L97X9R_gtnJs56TJOH6_bdmmwT8_oWfuVswx6MowR6SFVGwbg1xF-eN7WJCM5CW20nAJDoD-2TE67TCPVEPVh2M-8Jgapi7AMSTQOqwaZhrj6iHk17Xy-qg/w283-h283/Illustrative%203.1.jpeg" width="283" /></a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: "Century Gothic"; font-size: x-large;">Looking for support with Illustrative Math to help & engage your first graders? </b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Illustrative-Math-Homework-Unit-2-8524210" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="350" data-original-width="350" height="471" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGBrVj8f76jfTTW8hoiXoI5vkWT98fJ5LR7lm6VvepH5qNTzZrffpw6bYk0KLpyNm6NVL9Zek02eaCtOyv2ALl1vtitGXnsFGKuee2ot43n3dyKv1aTbPPLfJDGEHd574fqtUbHnDL3wzWN2jzEsdHb6lLFRuPaH7bk70PlSh2sdDX_Ivz-RNm8HbWrw/w471-h471/illustrative%20math%20unit%202%201.jpg" width="471" /></a></p><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;"><b>Grab Unit 1 here: <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Illustrative-Math-Homework-and-Assessments-Unit-1-8501990" target="_blank">Unit 1</a></b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;"><b>Grab Unit 2 here: <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Illustrative-Math-Homework-Unit-2-8524210" target="_blank">Unit 2</a></b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;"><b>Grab Unit 3 here: <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Illustrative-Math-Homework-Unit-3-8561595" target="_blank">Unit 3</a></b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: large;"><b>Grab Unit 4 here: <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Teacher-To-The-Core/Search:Illustrative+Math" target="_blank">Unit 4</a> </b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Illustrative-Math-Homework-Unit-2-8524210" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="1183" data-original-width="790" height="787" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpS_jN3NUinMyoBWDBzsJ_eV2x7AgYZp4G7xmxjZqDIoY7bqOq-U_aeWaXHI5J_RiS0kOynm7XLqgld3oDdllARdDA3djrmgr3tMOse56tOZN-bKBc2jvSbzYXtpRvXnQ33qpvzC25Wph_YU9sbr5_8RlY3P7DPgIuE_KMhs9P1J41jrjfpT4qPQNHnw/w526-h787/Unit%201%20unit%202%20unit%203%20unit%204%20IM%20math.png" width="526" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Illustrative-Math-Homework-Unit-1-8501990" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: medium;"><b><img border="0" data-original-height="350" data-original-width="350" height="370" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTVghyw7yZr68_0hOLgzhzCj6W53ASslt07hOGGgOx-cfDuc3sTiYNR4j57x0fATiJkzNh8Pqp7Ro8ENeDzToHEE-mMLVY79jETIIwDALVYTbpXj9WlPQm7rziNXKDaggVMEIImmHI0Uf9JK7EPyQFU82Ab5luQGpIpHiBCEGHuU3OJTGK116hBlUFSg/w370-h370/original-8501990-1.jpg" width="370" /></b></span></a></p><h1 class="ProductPageSummary__header" style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><p style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: x-large;">Illustrative Math got you down? I'm here to help! </span></p><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Illustrative-Math-Homework-Unit-1-8501990" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_ndAbJMBhgnqACd13YuLBh_DTVBcZfLXp0DOXFVEG-DTVbEIISTV4SEP2rswEXYGIL7qiI2zm0no_kETj3M8cEJ2Wz0jhUbbzDM3nIkXr2KQlMm3SOLAtxNNgYmHYJIh9iwzJb6u7nc5SAhVg2_ji6KYgr2Is2drTaGXeCrcCwCxIjCCLIhCnsL10fA/w480-h640/IMG_1175.HEIC" width="480" /></span></a><p style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px; min-height: 1.3em; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Century Gothic;">This unit is for <span style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; 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I am taking self-care to a whole new level and this <a href="https://shopwhiteelm.com" target="_blank">Gemini Mini</a> bag is helping me.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgLwkEAEEQOps6dOOx6AOXW986MCKzICX4QIfET2FagJ_YreKnec6oQ4LNwtlLvd18cvABN9KP1uJUgrrGQo5lCOPv5PeO_r4fyJ9pDA-28_1eAfRNNqtfWskVC-SKsX7K2IMUUn8Bge09IALVMDot4_4xn55NVyqHBeAAAjP0PI6AAXQh4y3XdbbTExw=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="457" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgLwkEAEEQOps6dOOx6AOXW986MCKzICX4QIfET2FagJ_YreKnec6oQ4LNwtlLvd18cvABN9KP1uJUgrrGQo5lCOPv5PeO_r4fyJ9pDA-28_1eAfRNNqtfWskVC-SKsX7K2IMUUn8Bge09IALVMDot4_4xn55NVyqHBeAAAjP0PI6AAXQh4y3XdbbTExw=w343-h457" width="343" /></a></div><br /><p>Taking good care of myself while teaching means I have the tools, foods, and pampering items I need to get through the day. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjdweDLeWrLnybrmJYlK-S5QMIR1DZh0z8BGEOgyQXq6AOKIRcA0izeFLMDdqguGoRVb5ZaF6wTlGUM4bekmD4jlJZNlDTYkL3qcxmzxkJMcEmxTFi4xfrt-9GSAvPRakZZVRfpNPIJYqdLRT1tILT7-c7kUJxqKjGBOant_k6fPArFMGx6vV9c9YNQWw=s1377" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1377" data-original-width="1284" height="391" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjdweDLeWrLnybrmJYlK-S5QMIR1DZh0z8BGEOgyQXq6AOKIRcA0izeFLMDdqguGoRVb5ZaF6wTlGUM4bekmD4jlJZNlDTYkL3qcxmzxkJMcEmxTFi4xfrt-9GSAvPRakZZVRfpNPIJYqdLRT1tILT7-c7kUJxqKjGBOant_k6fPArFMGx6vV9c9YNQWw=w364-h391" width="364" /></a></div><br /><p>The bag is gorgeous, but it was the pockets for me. I literally have everything I need organized at my fingertips. Plus, <a href="https://shopwhiteelm.com/collections/backpacks" target="_blank">White Elm </a>chose bright and cheerful interior colors that help you find your items. I find black interiors challenging and depressing. This bag's interior is bright and cheerful.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjXdI3rqnvrMosf6-eZ1KskVtldFSDLupjdWmNhVPjrUbP7bpSDbayvce-MYONU7_MUEMM1qs6v6F3SzfihGO8fAuLT_qTiIzZqMpH6oCxLGw34aJiIUeje5Nw1dM4hl77CQhOYcTXLGl8nhuXHYBgVk6S6mj4_JBzUh6WwVSr6TETeMibYcgvmCD2wUQ=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="442" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjXdI3rqnvrMosf6-eZ1KskVtldFSDLupjdWmNhVPjrUbP7bpSDbayvce-MYONU7_MUEMM1qs6v6F3SzfihGO8fAuLT_qTiIzZqMpH6oCxLGw34aJiIUeje5Nw1dM4hl77CQhOYcTXLGl8nhuXHYBgVk6S6mj4_JBzUh6WwVSr6TETeMibYcgvmCD2wUQ=w332-h442" width="332" /></a></div><br /><p>My fully packed bag has:</p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>2 picture books and my laptop (headed to staff meeting) in the padded sleeve</li><li>Hairbrush</li><li>Tampons in a cute pencil privacy case since there is always a line at the ladies room</li><li>A keto snack bar</li><li>Baggie of nuts</li><li>Sanitizing wipes</li><li>Hand sanitizer lotion spray</li><li>3 masks</li><li>My son's inhaler </li><li>Disney Mickey Hand sanitizer to pass around at lunch with my team </li><li>Sunglasses</li><li>My Giant All About the Benjamins wallet from 31 in the front pocket</li><li>Lipgloss stored in the pen holder slot</li><li>32 ounce Water Bottle</li><li>20 ounce coffee thermos </li><li>Keys on the dedicated key-fob ring </li></ul><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjCsxQP9M_y480dtWw9qwmDqohJFwh7aYPhYLui-awmc-if9m8EwZ29fZ75RlJZNMsnN0gnldQ9r3_6gZu1o1lgn8NybnHjdxHXujGaWYtten-UelfcgxxwQ3tpdbsmj8-ybKLebCjhZqAdhrq8FGodI2ezRohUV06eCSKd7YM3Vzo0P--8kE_LZbLkIg=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="491" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjCsxQP9M_y480dtWw9qwmDqohJFwh7aYPhYLui-awmc-if9m8EwZ29fZ75RlJZNMsnN0gnldQ9r3_6gZu1o1lgn8NybnHjdxHXujGaWYtten-UelfcgxxwQ3tpdbsmj8-ybKLebCjhZqAdhrq8FGodI2ezRohUV06eCSKd7YM3Vzo0P--8kE_LZbLkIg=w368-h491" width="368" /></a></div><br /><div>This front pocket runs the length of the backpack and I love it! Its great for sunglasses, or in my case, my giant wallet because I want my money, receipts and cards organized too.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj_qS1X_NZiCyRxzJBAjlC1NB7AH4tmb3Ibfz0kKWcXgslqjZStFM0rsFi9vTayM18YGzI0uM_dBQosYqLHKbxOXK1RPIYyrhCVc4Nigwqgwap4vCkPKDWKxgSOjR2syWlNU6zXiYqSnjgOnO5Pfx_4CS75DlVy9-cqT-a4LIbE7dJnlblybcK4KHpjYw=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="520" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj_qS1X_NZiCyRxzJBAjlC1NB7AH4tmb3Ibfz0kKWcXgslqjZStFM0rsFi9vTayM18YGzI0uM_dBQosYqLHKbxOXK1RPIYyrhCVc4Nigwqgwap4vCkPKDWKxgSOjR2syWlNU6zXiYqSnjgOnO5Pfx_4CS75DlVy9-cqT-a4LIbE7dJnlblybcK4KHpjYw=w391-h520" width="391" /></a></div><br /><div>The side pockets are soooooo incredible! I am able to carry TWO of my 32 ounce drink bottles !!!! I mean AMEN.... I need to hydrate and "caffeinate". This bag allows that EASILY. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjW4MqDD7AE_cXT8jIjB8JJhYk5b6v2_GAz5QCF1dTqwZWUhYrukes54lPpQBLj4LexcdSIJNd7m7edcEmzc62Kv3hjzgKDYrgK9StS6SqjDsThmBDx-doWLMglV0kwmukIu47Zof4Efpl816mT-HVHcVyvsZ436wo7f8zQx4xymM2vJ_JfM8JFsaqvvQ=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="461" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjW4MqDD7AE_cXT8jIjB8JJhYk5b6v2_GAz5QCF1dTqwZWUhYrukes54lPpQBLj4LexcdSIJNd7m7edcEmzc62Kv3hjzgKDYrgK9StS6SqjDsThmBDx-doWLMglV0kwmukIu47Zof4Efpl816mT-HVHcVyvsZ436wo7f8zQx4xymM2vJ_JfM8JFsaqvvQ=w346-h461" width="346" /></a></div><br /><div>The interior's large, padded sleeve must be discussed! I mentioned earlier that I had a laptop in here. This is ONLY because I am going to a staff meeting. Otherwise I would not carry it home. But what I do carry back and forth are my cherished picture books. The padded sleeve keeps them safe and separated. I can also slip some grading in that large sleeve. I bring grading home 1 time a week. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhcevIcqJ7P5JrVKHzpluKs_DXlNMAwvouVIczwfYiQax1Ycm9EpBQsfys4aabDqEM7wJfILgN6vuXRzI8YvAqa9OaC8zP57vDRyfiGpMw1QlxpO1cyYtEDIWoqf7kiq_TZJBBmw3HKOqH1P9YHx9ZuYE8rniglt-YzzgEZzsiCSUI8IeOU3fSmLhikCA=s1216" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1216" data-original-width="1216" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhcevIcqJ7P5JrVKHzpluKs_DXlNMAwvouVIczwfYiQax1Ycm9EpBQsfys4aabDqEM7wJfILgN6vuXRzI8YvAqa9OaC8zP57vDRyfiGpMw1QlxpO1cyYtEDIWoqf7kiq_TZJBBmw3HKOqH1P9YHx9ZuYE8rniglt-YzzgEZzsiCSUI8IeOU3fSmLhikCA=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>There are 3 ways to carry this amazing bag:<p></p><p></p><ol style="text-align: left;"><li>Over the arm</li><li>Crossbody </li><li>As a backpack (my personal favorite since I have books in there)</li></ol><div>The <a href="https://shopwhiteelm.com/collections/gemini-mini-backpacks" target="_blank">Gemini Bag</a> comes in 2 sizes and 10 glorious colors to love. I have the mini, but I am MAXIMUM in love with it. The full-sized Gemini has more pockets and can carry up to 17 inch laptops! WOW!</div><div><br /></div><div>Want to see me pack my bag? Head to my instagram reels and see this bag in action. Find me @teachertothecore_katie_knight. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhn5289D6CNIuvMrcDSU9ldUaedKq1bfMDdBEvhYpy7fyW6mrMroOyv20QTlkJggsvObW35zTfP2etm_VUg1gaLyajvlwmbvWze7JlYRhuBXwmoklyVkvmeM6_64WKXAMeqXnuMvOvkKo7sXqL6DXLldnLsa5TT_wB2-O5V9sQvgTYpveVAK_kphsN2pA=s3023" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3023" data-original-width="3023" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhn5289D6CNIuvMrcDSU9ldUaedKq1bfMDdBEvhYpy7fyW6mrMroOyv20QTlkJggsvObW35zTfP2etm_VUg1gaLyajvlwmbvWze7JlYRhuBXwmoklyVkvmeM6_64WKXAMeqXnuMvOvkKo7sXqL6DXLldnLsa5TT_wB2-O5V9sQvgTYpveVAK_kphsN2pA=w400-h400" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgmfj1UZfE1sGM3lXdNsgJfs0kCLM7vbPnvRcfAUaCXD60s1tNER9PoGDV_DhM0AifMxfFDSpDMonNamledw5VP0sUwpIOwO8_gkZbHrn2_GROn_nr-O9shnMDf65lx3R-phTcDNZVkPDJibt1gixW4UVRaHnnitGzLSOSriuQkeSL3iiyPjIeONVV8tg=s1645" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1645" data-original-width="1284" height="511" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgmfj1UZfE1sGM3lXdNsgJfs0kCLM7vbPnvRcfAUaCXD60s1tNER9PoGDV_DhM0AifMxfFDSpDMonNamledw5VP0sUwpIOwO8_gkZbHrn2_GROn_nr-O9shnMDf65lx3R-phTcDNZVkPDJibt1gixW4UVRaHnnitGzLSOSriuQkeSL3iiyPjIeONVV8tg=w400-h511" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div>My last pro-tip is to utilize the key-fob ring. I attach my keys with a retractable lanyard! I can leave my keys secured and pull on the retractable string to unlock my house door or classroom door and let the keys snap back inside. I will never have to dig for my keys again!</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiI12aQNL-Snvp8_cspMWt2srx2Zm2yS0rydwFVmFPsOLy6l0bKl4qqjYcg5XCkw03a2RPjxkozGtir5bTdVh3lYD59MLmTJ5PXZkDHNAPCpvrMhtRIqF3Yd0RIVzoNslh7tTqxR_WaZAnfVzQfzTA5OLosjazkJExMeH-b6q4Ntt4TfzMNSS1AfhnpOA=s1683" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1683" data-original-width="1284" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiI12aQNL-Snvp8_cspMWt2srx2Zm2yS0rydwFVmFPsOLy6l0bKl4qqjYcg5XCkw03a2RPjxkozGtir5bTdVh3lYD59MLmTJ5PXZkDHNAPCpvrMhtRIqF3Yd0RIVzoNslh7tTqxR_WaZAnfVzQfzTA5OLosjazkJExMeH-b6q4Ntt4TfzMNSS1AfhnpOA=w360-h472" width="360" /></a></div><br /><div>And there you have it! I'm off for another teaching adventure with my <a href="https://shopwhiteelm.com/collections/gemini-mini-backpacks" target="_blank">White Elm Gemini Mini</a>!</div><div><br /></div><p></p>Katie Knighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06132519093483761325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3947146298889248174.post-40494776202405335192018-10-21T18:40:00.111-07:002021-02-22T08:18:42.270-08:00Almost "Silent Reading" Lesson using WhisperPhones<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VAcxxP06_QA/W80lSfthGKI/AAAAAAAAN5E/ASeTR8uRD0cqww2eFGSquak4bx38x0IyQCLcBGAs/s1600/Reader%2527s%2Bworkshop%2Bmini%2Blesson%2Band%2Bsome%2Bsilent%2Breading%2Bideas%2Busing%2BWhisperphone%2BSolos%252C%2BWhisperphone%2BDuets%252C%2Band%2BWhisperphone%2BSelect%2Bby%2BKatie%2BKnight.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="960" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VAcxxP06_QA/W80lSfthGKI/AAAAAAAAN5E/ASeTR8uRD0cqww2eFGSquak4bx38x0IyQCLcBGAs/s16000/Reader%2527s%2Bworkshop%2Bmini%2Blesson%2Band%2Bsome%2Bsilent%2Breading%2Bideas%2Busing%2BWhisperphone%2BSolos%252C%2BWhisperphone%2BDuets%252C%2Band%2BWhisperphone%2BSelect%2Bby%2BKatie%2BKnight.JPG" /></a></div>
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aren't your mama’s </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic";">W</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic";">hisperPhones</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic";">!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic";">Gone<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>are the days of going to a home improvement
store, buying PVC pipe, sawing it apart,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>gluing</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic";"> </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic";">your fingers together, and painting
said pipe in order to create your own </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic";">whisper phones</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic";">. </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic";">Instead, I went to <a href="http://whisperphone.com/">whisperphone.com</a>
to buy them already made! Plus you can use the code TTTC20 to get 20%off your order.</span></span></div><div style="direction: ltr; language: en-US; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-top: 0pt; mso-line-break-override: none; punctuation-wrap: hanging; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed; word-break: normal;"><span></span></div><span><a name='more'></a></span><div style="direction: ltr; language: en-US; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-top: 0pt; mso-line-break-override: none; punctuation-wrap: hanging; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed; word-break: normal;"><br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8m8fgUe5b2c/YBoINixwSzI/AAAAAAAAOG0/51XaujcN8SI7ZNC-5QcUktNa2pW_NZGTgCNcBGAsYHQ/s640/IMG_6635.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="640" height="379" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8m8fgUe5b2c/YBoINixwSzI/AAAAAAAAOG0/51XaujcN8SI7ZNC-5QcUktNa2pW_NZGTgCNcBGAsYHQ/w379-h379/IMG_6635.jpg" width="379" /></a></div><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;">Here</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;">was</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;">my</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;">experience from the moment I opened the box:</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt; text-align: left;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DXOZSKgMfjE/YBoIZYRCcPI/AAAAAAAAOG4/L9U7yx2ulOguOH2VCdZCZcsxyZkMPa7ugCNcBGAsYHQ/s960/Reader%2527s%2Bworkshop%2Bmini%2Blesson%2Band%2Bsome%2Bsilent%2Breading%2Bideas%2Busing%2BWhisperphone%2BSolos%252C%2BWhisperphone%2BDuets%252C%2Band%2BWhisperphone%2BSelect%2Bby%2BTeacher%2Bto%2Bthe%2BCore.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="960" height="478" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DXOZSKgMfjE/YBoIZYRCcPI/AAAAAAAAOG4/L9U7yx2ulOguOH2VCdZCZcsxyZkMPa7ugCNcBGAsYHQ/w478-h478/Reader%2527s%2Bworkshop%2Bmini%2Blesson%2Band%2Bsome%2Bsilent%2Breading%2Bideas%2Busing%2BWhisperphone%2BSolos%252C%2BWhisperphone%2BDuets%252C%2Band%2BWhisperphone%2BSelect%2Bby%2BTeacher%2Bto%2Bthe%2BCore.JPG" width="478" /></a></div><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;"><b>Buddy
Reading:</b></span><span style="font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;"> </span></span></div><div style="direction: ltr; language: en-US; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-top: 0pt; mso-line-break-override: none; punctuation-wrap: hanging; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed; word-break: normal;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;">With the <a href="http://www.whisperphone.com/index.php/whisperphones/whisperphone-duet-paired-reading-choral-reading.html" target="_blank">WhisperPhone Duets</a> they can:</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;">1. hear each other <b>clearly</b></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;">2. read or listen</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;">3. track the text<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div style="direction: ltr; language: en-US; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-top: 0pt; mso-line-break-override: none; punctuation-wrap: hanging; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed; word-break: normal;"><span style="font-family: century gothic;"><span style="font-size: 26.6667px;">4. Be a little spaced out of they both have a copy of the book.</span></span></div><div style="direction: ltr; language: en-US; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-top: 0pt; mso-line-break-override: none; punctuation-wrap: hanging; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed; word-break: normal;"><span style="font-family: century gothic;"><span style="font-size: 26.6667px;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="direction: ltr; language: en-US; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-top: 0pt; mso-line-break-override: none; punctuation-wrap: hanging; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed; word-break: normal;"><span style="font-family: century gothic;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-p68BTkWglpE/YBoIm-T9KtI/AAAAAAAAOHA/8fTQLbihny42NpkEBTlaVGLnP5VRp783wCNcBGAsYHQ/s960/Reader%2527s%2Bworkshop%2Bmini%2Blesson%2Band%2Bsome%2Bsilent%2Breading%2Bideas%2Busing%2BWhisperphones%2Bby%2BKatie%2Bat%2BTeacher%2Bto%2BCore.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="960" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-p68BTkWglpE/YBoIm-T9KtI/AAAAAAAAOHA/8fTQLbihny42NpkEBTlaVGLnP5VRp783wCNcBGAsYHQ/w400-h400/Reader%2527s%2Bworkshop%2Bmini%2Blesson%2Band%2Bsome%2Bsilent%2Breading%2Bideas%2Busing%2BWhisperphones%2Bby%2BKatie%2Bat%2BTeacher%2Bto%2BCore.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /></span></div><div style="direction: ltr; language: en-US; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-top: 0pt; mso-line-break-override: none; punctuation-wrap: hanging; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed; word-break: normal;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> I think buddy reading can go sideways when the listener cannot hear and engage. So, b</span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;">uddy reading with the </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;"><a href="http://www.whisperphone.com/index.php/whisperphones/whisperphone-duet-paired-reading-choral-reading.html" target="_blank">WhisperPhone</a></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;"><a href="http://www.whisperphone.com/index.php/whisperphones/whisperphone-duet-paired-reading-choral-reading.html" target="_blank"> Duet</a> was a win from moment number one.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;">I also noticed that the kids
can have some space between them with the <a href="http://www.whisperphone.com/index.php/whisperphones/whisperphone-duet-paired-reading-choral-reading.html" target="_blank">Duet</a>. Sometimes a little extra space can keep the tickling</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;">and poking to a minimum.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;"><b>Small
Group Reading Table:</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;">At</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;">my</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;">
</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;">table,</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;">I</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;">have</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;">
</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;">lots</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;">of</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;">tricks</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;">
</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;">up my sleeve and lots of ways to
find out how it’s really going.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;"><br /></span>
<span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;">One way
to find out “how it’s going” is to conference with a child and ask them what
they</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;">are</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;">reading
and if</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;">there</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;">is</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;">anything I</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;">can</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;">help</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;">
</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;">them</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;">with.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These conversations can be much quieter when I use a Duet between myself and the child.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">I know a photo would be perfect here, but it would have to be a selfie... awkward during a a reading conference....</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">I do have a picture of having them re-reading the guiding reading text. I can listen in and notice the voice of one child and the tracking of another child. </span></span></div>
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small group strategy to is to listen in on reading.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All the kids are whisper reading their
text.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I stagger-start the readers and
they know to read/ reread until I say stop. Before the Duet, I would have to
lean in and really get into a kid’s space to hear them, now I just hand them
the </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;">WhisperPhone</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;"> Duet and we can both be relaxed as
I listen to them and do strategy chats.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;">I
am seriously drooling over the <a href="http://www.whisperphone.com/index.php/whisperphones/whisperphone-select-cat/whisperphone-select.html" target="_blank">Select WisperPhone</a> for my Guided Reading Table. The
virtues of this product are numerous.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;">1.
All kids can get a </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;">WhisperPhone</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;"> </span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;">2.
I can select different kids and listen in without them knowing who I am
listening to.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is not a game of
“gotcha”, but I can hear who is struggling, I can hear fluency, and I can hear
pace</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;">3. I can even take a running record on a child without the reader
knowing. Some kids struggle during a running record because they experience
test-stress. There</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;">is NO stress.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;"><b>Hands-Free Solo WhiperPhone</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;">Look</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;">mom…no hands!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I cannot tell you enough how amazing the
hands-free </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;"><a href="http://www.whisperphone.com/index.php/whisperphones/whisperphone-solo-cat.html" target="_blank">WhisperPhone Solos</a></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;">are. </span></div><div style="direction: ltr; language: en-US; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-top: 0pt; mso-line-break-override: none; punctuation-wrap: hanging; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed; word-break: normal;"><ol style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;">I like that my students can read
naturally with their hands available to track, turn pages, and hold the
book.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></li><li><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;">They can dig ar</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;">ound in their
reading box without putting the </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;">W</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;">hisperPhone</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;"> down and another friend grabbing
it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></li><li><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">They can read in a dynamic imaginative voice without driving me crazy. </span></span></li></ol>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;"><b>Do
they really work and are they durable? Should I invest?</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;"><u>Yes, YES and Yes</u>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They function beautifully and kids can hear themselves very clearly.
They are also very durable.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Kids and teachers don’t
have to live in fear of breaking them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>As with anything I buy and they use, we discuss respect and care, but
these</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;">are</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;">not</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;">easily</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;">
</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;">broken even when adjusting them to
different sized heads. </span><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9Ww6YPQrfG4/YBoK_b-pS6I/AAAAAAAAOIU/XFN-tHWLv8MXHX7IHzcoajYO9P7a2_UIwCNcBGAsYHQ/s2048/AdobeStock_245728259.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1407" data-original-width="2048" height="326" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9Ww6YPQrfG4/YBoK_b-pS6I/AAAAAAAAOIU/XFN-tHWLv8MXHX7IHzcoajYO9P7a2_UIwCNcBGAsYHQ/w475-h326/AdobeStock_245728259.jpeg" width="475" /></a></div><b style="font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;">Helping kids develop a quiet "dynamic
reading" voice which will help with metal images and fluency:</b></div><div style="direction: ltr; language: en-US; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-top: 0pt; mso-line-break-override: none; punctuation-wrap: hanging; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed; word-break: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;"><b>AKA</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;"><b>Why I really love WhisperPhones:</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;">Research
has shown that the finest literature becomes no more than a tangle
of words in the mind of a non-fluent child.</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;"><br /></span>
<span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;">No wonder older kids report that they don’t
like to read and reading is boring. If we could listen in on their “reader’s
voice” what would we hear? Monotone and choppy reading would be my guess.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;">So how do we help our kids become fluent?
There are MANY ways to help build fluency, but I want to focus on 2 tricks
today. </span><br />
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<h1 style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed; word-break: normal;"><u><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;">Model, Model, Model!</span></u></h1>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;">Your</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;">read</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;">
</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;">aloud</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;">time</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;">is</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;">
</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;">precious.</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div style="direction: ltr; language: en-US; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-top: 0pt; mso-line-break-override: none; punctuation-wrap: hanging; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed; word-break: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;"><br /></span></div><div style="direction: ltr; language: en-US; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-top: 0pt; mso-line-break-override: none; punctuation-wrap: hanging; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed; word-break: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;">Your</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;">reader’s voice is the best model in the
classroom.</span></div><div style="direction: ltr; language: en-US; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-top: 0pt; mso-line-break-override: none; punctuation-wrap: hanging; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed; word-break: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;"> </span></div><div style="direction: ltr; language: en-US; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-top: 0pt; mso-line-break-override: none; punctuation-wrap: hanging; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed; word-break: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;">Your voice is entertaining and inspiring. Your</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;">reader’s voice is like a flame and they
are moths. Your passion becomes theirs. </span></div><div style="direction: ltr; language: en-US; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-top: 0pt; mso-line-break-override: none; punctuation-wrap: hanging; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed; word-break: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;"><br /></span></div><div style="direction: ltr; language: en-US; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-top: 0pt; mso-line-break-override: none; punctuation-wrap: hanging; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed; word-break: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;">But have you ever thought about reading
aloud in a whisper voice to model how they should be reading aloud? </span></div><div style="direction: ltr; language: en-US; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-top: 0pt; mso-line-break-override: none; punctuation-wrap: hanging; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed; word-break: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;"><br /></span></div><div style="direction: ltr; language: en-US; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-top: 0pt; mso-line-break-override: none; punctuation-wrap: hanging; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed; word-break: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;">By modeling
this, you are showing them that their face, their voice, and their imagination
is creating a dynamic story. Their voice should be going up and down as the
punctuation demands. Their reader’s voice should remain dynamic even though it
is quiet and eventually silent.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As their
voice goes silent we want to be sure that</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;">
</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;">voice</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;">is</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;">still</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;">
</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;">dynamic in their mind.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div style="direction: ltr; language: en-US; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-top: 0pt; mso-line-break-override: none; punctuation-wrap: hanging; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed; word-break: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;"><br /></span></div><div style="direction: ltr; language: en-US; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-top: 0pt; mso-line-break-override: none; punctuation-wrap: hanging; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed; word-break: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;">The author of Readers </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;">W</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;">orkshop, Debbie Miller, talks extensively
about kids “creating a movie in their mind”. Movies are action-packed,
dramatic, and the characters have emotions. The reader who is creating a
dynamic movie needs to practice a dynamic voice.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;">
</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;">believe</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;">that</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;">
</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;">teachers</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;">need</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;">
</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;">to</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;">model
this.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div style="direction: ltr; language: en-US; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-top: 0pt; mso-line-break-override: none; punctuation-wrap: hanging; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed; word-break: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;">Here
is how I like to model this:</span></div><div style="direction: ltr; language: en-US; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-top: 0pt; mso-line-break-override: none; punctuation-wrap: hanging; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed; word-break: normal;">
<b><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;">Reader’s</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;">Workshop</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;">Mini
Lesson with Whisper Phones: </span></b><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;">Grab
the</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;">book</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;"> </span><u style="text-underline: single;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;">Don’t let the Pigeon Drive the Bus </span></u><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;">and bring your class to the
carpet.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Explain</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;">to</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;">
</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;">them that “Good readers, who enjoy</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;">their</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;">
</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;">story, read</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;">a</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;">
</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;">fictio</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;">n</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;"> book</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;">
</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;">with</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;">emotion
and drama.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;">The</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;">author</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;">
</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;">and</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;">the</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;">reader work together to entertain the
reader’s</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;">imagination”. </span></div><div style="direction: ltr; language: en-US; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-top: 0pt; mso-line-break-override: none; punctuation-wrap: hanging; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed; word-break: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;"><br /></span></div><div style="direction: ltr; language: en-US; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-top: 0pt; mso-line-break-override: none; punctuation-wrap: hanging; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed; word-break: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;">Then say, “Watch me
do this”. </span></div><div style="direction: ltr; language: en-US; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-top: 0pt; mso-line-break-override: none; punctuation-wrap: hanging; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed; word-break: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;"><br /></span></div><div style="direction: ltr; language: en-US; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-top: 0pt; mso-line-break-override: none; punctuation-wrap: hanging; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed; word-break: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;">Read the entire book in a true whispered voice, not a stage whisper.
If they all stage whisper your room will still be too loud. So model a true
whisper. The book is familiar enough and the text large enough that they will
be able to follow along.</span></div>
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you are done reading, go back and briefly explain what you did saying, “Kids
did you hear how as I was reading my voice went up and down? When the pigeon
was begging, my voice was too. When He was getting upset, my face showed that
same frustration.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Did you also see how
it was hard to hear me? I was enjoying the book, creating a movie in my mind,
but I wasn’t loud. Now </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;">you </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;">try.”</span></div><div style="direction: ltr; language: en-US; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-top: 0pt; mso-line-break-override: none; punctuation-wrap: hanging; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed; word-break: normal;">
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;">I
handed out </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;">W</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;">hisperphones</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;"> to my louder characters in class
and some to kids who wanted to use them because they just love hearing
themselves clearly.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then the class read
a fiction book.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I roamed and enjoyed and
smiled at their fluency growing before my eyes. The room was quiet enough for
me to sight word</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;">test</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;">on</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;">e</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;"> child</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;">
</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;">and</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;">do
a running record and reading conference with another child. </span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;">They
came back to the carpet and each read a page of their book to their assigned
partner as a form of debrief and checking in.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;">The
hands-free Solo </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;">Whisperphones</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;"> just made this process so much
quieter. </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;">A</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;">s a teacher who needs quiet to
think, I say a big THANK YOU and AMEN!</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;"><b>Storage Ideas:</b></span></div>
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are durable enough for kids to store the WhiperPhone Solos in</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;">their</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;">reading</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;">basket,
if</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;">you</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;">
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;">Since</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;">I</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;">have</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;">
</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;">12</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;">,</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;">I</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;">
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cabinets that hold the Duets.</span><span style="font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt; mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;">I just
hang the hoses over the big hook and we’re ready for next time!</span><span style="font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt; mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div><div style="direction: ltr; language: en-US; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-top: 0pt; mso-line-break-override: none; punctuation-wrap: hanging; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed; word-break: normal;"><span style="font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt; mso-spacerun: yes;"><br /></span></div><div style="direction: ltr; language: en-US; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-top: 0pt; mso-line-break-override: none; punctuation-wrap: hanging; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed; word-break: normal;"><span style="font-family: century gothic;"><span style="font-size: 26.6667px;"><br /></span></span></div><h1 style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed; word-break: normal;"><span style="font-family: century gothic;"><span style="font-size: 26.6667px;">Covid: GERMS : OMGoodness</span></span></h1><div style="direction: ltr; language: en-US; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-top: 0pt; mso-line-break-override: none; punctuation-wrap: hanging; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed; word-break: normal;"><span style="font-family: century gothic;"><span style="font-size: 26.6667px;">OMG what about COVID?</span></span></div><div style="direction: ltr; language: en-US; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-top: 0pt; mso-line-break-override: none; punctuation-wrap: hanging; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed; word-break: normal;"><span style="font-family: century gothic;"><span style="font-size: 26.6667px;">OK, I have not even returned to campus yet, but the duets will not be used for a while and that makes me sad. The company doe offer filters, but I just will wait a bit. </span></span></div><div style="direction: ltr; language: en-US; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-top: 0pt; mso-line-break-override: none; punctuation-wrap: hanging; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed; word-break: normal;"><span style="font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 26.6667px;"><br /></span></div><div style="direction: ltr; language: en-US; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-top: 0pt; mso-line-break-override: none; punctuation-wrap: hanging; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed; word-break: normal;"><span style="font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 26.6667px;">The solos are tossed in my sink and </span><span style="font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 26.6667px;">sanitized</span><span style="font-family: century gothic;"><span style="font-size: 26.6667px;"> after every use. That has been my policy since day 1. They dry in my sink and in the morning my little girls put them on on the lovies around the room for use that day. Sounds sexist... the little girls. None of my boy want to do it. The girls do. </span></span></div><div style="direction: ltr; language: en-US; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-top: 0pt; mso-line-break-override: none; punctuation-wrap: hanging; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed; word-break: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="direction: ltr; language: en-US; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-top: 0pt; mso-line-break-override: none; punctuation-wrap: hanging; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed; word-break: normal;">
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: 20pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">Update- Use the code TTTC20 to get a 20% discount off of your order! </span></span><br />
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Are looking for a game that is fast-paced, brain-building, and wildly fun without becoming wild? Look no further than <a href="http://www.blocksrock.com/" target="_blank">Blocks Rock!</a> available on <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Blocks-Rock-Educational-Competitive-Building/dp/B005D1HQ9Y/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1527820696&sr=8-1&keywords=blocks+rock" target="_blank">Amazon</a>!<br />
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Use your blocks to recreate the image you see on the card before your opponent can!<br />
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1. Divide the blocks out. Each player gets 2 of every color. I gave the kids baskets to keep their blocks separated, but it's not necessary.<br />
2. Players face each other.<br />
3. One player flips a card over.<br />
4. Both players begin to build the image they see on the card using their blocks<br />
5. Player taps the bell to say they are done building<br />
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I wanted to my students to learn to play by working together and celebrating one another!<br />
Here are the steps I gave the kids:<br />
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1. I put a set of blocks on each table and showed them how to lay out the blocks and cards.<br />
2. One player at the table team flipped the card over<br />
3. Table mates took turns adding a block to the building area until the image on the card was recreated with blocks.<br />
4. Once the group agreed that #1 the blocks were all touching #2 it was neat, and #3 the image and blocks matched- the table group rang their bell.<br />
5. When other table groups heard a bell they did the most silent loving whisper cheer as a way to acknowledge the accomplishment.<br />
We did this for about 20 minutes and each table group got to build about 5 times. They were smiling happy and engaged!<br />
Here is my little crew in action. As I walked around I kept saying, "We are a team and we are building together. How fun is this!?!?" I snapped pictures like a proud mama... a school mama!<br />
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<span style="color: cyan; font-size: x-large;"><b><u>Clean Up:</u></b></span><br />
After we practiced as a team, we worked together to put the blocks away. The bottom card in the zipper case color matches the blocks. The games goes away so easily and neatly. (I was VERY, very, very happy with the thought that went into how easy this game is to take out and put away). The cards go away securely and the whole thing zips up and can be carried to back to the spot where it is stored. Watch it happen, by clicking play!<br />
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Once the kids know how to play they are ready to compete head-to-head.<br />
Now competition can usually get noisy, but I reminded them of the importance self-control and I have had NO problems... at all.... like none. Not one.<br />
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I call this the "Tap and Grab" They tap the bell button then pinch the bell to stop the ringing. Even if the bell is tapped loudly the sound stops immediately after the bell body is pinched. So the bell rings for a hot second and stops ringing when pinched!<br />
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I have 32 kids and 3 sets of blocks. When lots of kids want to play I have them switch out players with every ring of the bell.<br />
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1. Bell rings for a hot second- two new players come in<br />
2. Blocks are cleared by the new players<br />
3. A new card is flipped<br />
4. Players build until the bell is tapped and pinched<br />
5. Both sets of building and bell ringing hands go up and they move out to let in two new people<br />
6. Keep this going for as long as the kids like.<br />
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<span style="color: cyan;"><b><u><span style="color: #666666; font-size: x-large;">Spatial Awareness and Social Grace:</span></u></b></span><br />
As a child of the 80's I owe my spatial intelligence to the game Tetris and Lincoln Logs. Today's kids have such advanced games and such poor social skills that they can be hard to captivate. Rocks Block instantly engages with a real tangible toy and teaches them how to win and lose. With guidance from family and teachers this game can teach them how to win and lose with grace.<br />
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<span style="color: cyan; font-size: x-large;"><b><u>Spatial Awareness: </u></b></span><br />
Children choose how to build based on how they see it. Some build it flat, some stack, some build left to right or the reverse. Either way they have to see and replicate with their hands. That hand to mind connection is a big brain-builder!<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: cyan; font-size: x-large;"><b><u>Social Grace: </u></b></span><br />
I think some kids have never lost a game to another human being. I am sure they have lost 1,000 times on a video game, but when they play with older siblings or parents they must be allowed to win all the time. This is my only explanation for the tempers I see in the recent years.<br />
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Learning to have fun whether it's a win, lose, or draw is important. It's easy to teach this skill to kids when you are explaining to them how to play this game.<br />
1. Yes, one off the objects of this game is to be the first to build the structure.<br />
2. Another object is to watch how your friends build and enjoy watching their turn while you wait for your turn.<br />
3. When it is your turn the object is to TRY to build it first, but also to spend time together and enjoy each other. Winning can be fun but so can seeing your friend win when they are up against you.<br />
4. One of the easiest way to soothe that disappointed or jealous feeling off loss is to say "Good Game!"<br />
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This games gives me a chance to model this kind of sportsmanship, friendship, and gentleness.<br />
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Whether it's a rainy day or kids just want a quiet game to play outside, this game is wonderful. Some kids just don't fit into the world of handball and gossip. They sit on the fringe. Having a game like this can give kids something to do, to be good at, and grow in their social skills.<br />
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I don't recommend sending this out if its windy because you don't want the cards to blow away. I would also send this game out with a digital timer. 5 minutes before the end of recess they need to neatly pack it up and line up with the kit. The timer will let them know when they need to get packing.<br />
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This game comes with 2 levels of paper cards and a free app that has the kids can use to build some incredible and challenging 3D items! Some of the more complex builds on the iPad take almost the whole set. So if a child is playing solo and you have an iPad this is a fun way to go.<br />
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However, I love how the kids are manipulating real blocks in between their precious chubby fingers, so I like them playing with each other more than along-side the iPad. Since we are talking about leveled play- I have a cool idea for you if you have more than one set. I declare one game as the "relaxed game". Kids who are more nervous might want to join that game because we are all going to go a little slower be more chill with the "relaxed game" set. My quiet ones gravitate toward this. My kids who want to be fierce will play on the other two sets.<br />
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This is engineering at it's sweetest. Kids, uncomplicated blocks, problem solving, and race to replicate! Can this be any better to meet the STEM needs in your classroom !?!? Once the game is purchased it can be used and enjoyed for decades!<br />
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<span style="color: cyan; font-size: x-large;"><u><b>Quality Family Fun at Home or on the Go:</b></u></span><br />
This is a perfect game to play in a restaurant while you are waiting for your meal. I recommend not using the bell and rather placing a cotton ball in with your set. First family member to complete their build grabs the cotton ball and is the winner. Your family will be interacting and enjoying one another. You will probably be the only family in the restaurant not glued to their phones. Since this game can be played without a plug, it's also great for camping and boating!<br />
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<span style="color: cyan; font-size: x-large;"><b><u>How to Get Block Rock! in Your Classroom:</u></b></span><br />
1. Shop the Blocks Rock! site: <a href="https://mkt.com/blocksrockgame/" target="_blank">Shop Blocks Rock!</a><br />
2. Shop Amazon ; <a href="http://blocks%20rock%20game/" target="_blank">Shop Amazon</a><br />
3. Create a Donors Choose project: <a href="https://www.donorschoose.org/" target="_blank">Go to Donor's Choose</a><br />
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<a href="https://www.donorschoose.org/" target="_blank">Donors choose</a> is a site that connects teachers with companies who are looking to donate to classrooms. Setting up an account is simple and setting up a project is easy as well. Businesses are investing in your classroom to build a better future so when you write your short proposal you might want to include the the thinking benefits of this game as well as the social emotional growth that kids make while playing. Any project that offers hope to employers about social emotional growth is sure to be funded. All donations made from companies or private citizens are also matched by a matching company, so projects like this one get funded quickly.Katie Knighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06132519093483761325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3947146298889248174.post-18936617190291024042018-02-22T18:17:00.000-08:002018-03-20T16:43:49.468-07:00Help students improve their printing<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">Formation issues can happen because sometimes kids do not have enough practice or their practice has not been meaningful enough. To help build meaning, I do a few things. I read the kids the book <a href="http://www.educlime.com/lilestbopr.html" target="_blank">Living Letters</a>. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This book helps the kids understand that a “writing line” has 3 parts and certain letters LIVE on certain parts of the line. My students love this book and their printing rapidly improves when I add this extra layer/story meaning to their paper and pencil lives. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">When you teach the letters, teach them in connection with each other. Do not teach them in ABC order. Teach them in line formation order. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I teach them in this order:</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">1. Skyscrapers</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I teach the skyscraper/ sky letters first when I have their full attention the 1st fay of school. Plus, I want to eradicate kids forming their letters from the bottom up RIGHT away.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><strong>Skyscraper Letters</strong>: b d f h k l t</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><strong>Dirt Letters</strong>: g j p qu y (I teach qu together because they stick like glue)</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;"> This magnetic wand is so fun! The dot goes on the front and the wand goes behind. The child pulls the wand down from the back of the card and the dot appears to magically travel along the arrow path.</span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<li><span style="font-size: large;">The mind, arm, and hand are working together to pull the magnetic dot along the letter's correct path. This builds a visual memory along with movement which means the learning will make more of an impression on the brain.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">The large card brilliantly illustrates the arrow path. This something that is hard to see on paper even if you are using a font with the arrows on it.</span></li>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Buy these cards and magnetic wand {</span><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="http://www.educlime.com/matrsepr.html" target="_blank">here</a></span><span style="font-size: large;">}</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Let’s talk honestly about grip. Kids can come up with strange ways to hold a pencil. Some kids look like they are wielding a weapon, but all kids with grip issues resist fixing that grip. These pencils are AMAZING for several reasons:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The triangle shape instantly fixes grip issues. In the picture above, I just handed him the pencil. I didn’t say ANYTHING. He moved the pencil around in his fingers with a total expression of “wonder” and asked if he could use it the rest of the day.</span></div>
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<li><span style="font-size: large;"> Amazon, Target, and the dollar store all carry these pencils! Links for purchase {</span><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Paper-Mate-Handwriting-Mechanical-2017486/dp/B077PDNQJ8/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1519273803&sr=8-4&keywords=triangle+mechanical+pencils+for+children" style="font-size: large;" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: x-large;">here</span></a><span style="font-size: large;">} ,</span><span style="font-size: large;"> I just got 8 pencils for less than $2.50 on Amazon as an "add-on" item!</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-size: large;">Lead refills are on Amazon. </span><span style="font-size: large;">Leads can be purchased {</span><a href="https://www.amazon.com/June-Gold-Thickness-Convenient-Dispensers/dp/B01FRRN9ZI/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1519273955&sr=8-4&keywords=1.3+lead+refills" style="font-size: large;" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: x-large;">here</span></a><span style="font-size: large;">}</span></li>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Poor printing is sometimes a matter of skill and sometimes a matter of will. This journal paper addresses BOTH. It’s my gift to you.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Now you don’t have to waste your time writing the letter correctly for them- simply circle on their poorly written letter and the correct letter from the alphabet to the left. Boom, boom, done! You don’t even have to check to see if they fixed their errors! A kid-friend / shoulder partner can verify that the fixes have been made!!!! </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Washi tape is the easiest because it’s thin and fits on a tape </span><span style="font-size: large;">dispenser. However, washi tape isn’t cheap! I have asked parents to send some in to help their child. I have been very fortunate that they were more than willing to help. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">It’s like a 2 day magic bullet that saves you an entire year of squinting to figure out what they wrote.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Boys with printing issues often see writing as a chore, and the tape just makes it more fun.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This does not have a lot to do with printing, but it’s a component of my journal paper and an ESSENTIAL component in my writing program. So, I wanted to take a moment to show you how my first graders use a green and red/pink crayon to build self-editing skills.</span><span style="font-size: medium;"> <a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-e4uLCmOsfpk/Wo94tHg_VkI/AAAAAAAANfk/q08CNZDbHx4_X5I_450BVVBW-9hwGLzXQCHMYCw/s1600-h/Slide9%255B5%255D"><img alt="Get neater printing right away with these 6 tips, tricks, and freebies from Katie Knight at Teacher to the Core" border="0" height="960" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-ThIiUWlDb4A/Wo94t7eUWjI/AAAAAAAANfo/sAs9rh2ut2crHrvsGA5_vBMD3SE22tLqwCHMYCw/Slide9_thumb%255B2%255D?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border: 0px currentcolor; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="Get neater printing right away with these 6 tips, tricks, and freebies from Katie Knight at Teacher to the Core" width="960" /></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">Instagram is filled with darling pictures of families that were created on the Rhonna Designs app. Make your own!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: medium;">It’s easy to use and fun IF you know what you are doing. It took me a minute to figure out, so I thought I would share some tips with you.</span></div>
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THE APP</div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">You will want to use the right app. Notice I didn’t say “get” the right app because you will honestly want them all. So buy what you want but use the this app.</span><br />
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Your Portrait</div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">I have taken screenshots of the process as I built a family for my dear friend Candice.</span></div>
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Background</div>
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Faces</div>
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Erasing</div>
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Accessorize</div>
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Sizing</div>
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Layering</div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">I hope this helps and that you have an easy time making a cute family portrait!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: medium;">Enjoy, and until next time, Happy Teaching! </span>Katie Knighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06132519093483761325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3947146298889248174.post-28033196025589544012017-12-28T19:48:00.000-08:002023-12-29T11:49:49.507-08:00New Year’s Eve or Noon Year’s Eve in 1st and 2nd Grade<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: medium;">So today’s post is near and dear ! ! ! ( !!!!!! )</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">I am going to share one of my favorite classroom activities! ! ! ! !</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">It’s called Noon Year’s Eve !</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">I saw this on <a href="http://littlekinderwarriors.com/about-me" target="_blank">Katie M</a>’s Instagram account and knew I had to try it!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">So I did try it and LOVED it !!!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">Let me tell you it was easy and a blast! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">I created some activities to make it rigorous and give me both Social Studies and Writing content for my first week back in January.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">Any party needs good food! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">So we toast the “Noon” Year with some bubbly lime soda.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">On Monday, I put up a black plastic table cloth, and hung a sign that said “Happy Noon Year”. </span><span style="font-size: large;">The kids were full of questions!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">1. What is that?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">3. What’s a “Noon” Year?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">My answer was, “Let’s learn about NEW Year’s and I sure hope you are at school on Friday so you can see what 'Noon Year’s’ is all about!!!”</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">They loved how easy this book was to understand and I like how much they learned! If you have used any of my books before you know that I make them to be interactive- where the kids write in the little book itself.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">I wanted to let the parents know about the magic I am planning, so I sent home this note! The party is so easy and inexpensive that I did not collect money or get volunteers. I just wanted the families to know all about our amazing party! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">For my 1st week back I ease into math. The kids have been on 2 week brain-break filled with Santa, video games, candy, and cousins. Easing in is better than jumping in and drowning- at least I think so. I like to come back and begin to practice counting backwards so that we know what to do at the upcoming Noon Year’s Eve Party. I am always shocked who cannot count backwards.... Actually, I am never shocked, but still it's a lot of kids who need practice. I use this count back from 20 sheet (see below!):</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">BUT I want them to count back from 20 because this is an essential subtraction skill.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">1. Lay out a table cloth, sprinkle your confetti scraps onto it, and put out your food.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">Special joy and thanks to Katie M from Little Warriors:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">She is a joy! Read her <a href="http://littlekinderwarriors.com/about-me" target="_blank">blog</a>, see her at a conference if you can, and follow her Instagram for a daily dose of Warrior JOY! Big LOVE to you Katie. This party idea of yours is THE best way to start the year!</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: large;">I am telling you the kids learned a lot, and they had a great time negotiating where each valentine should be classified? </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: large;">- Should the Hello Kitty with Dove chocolate go on “Characters” or “Candy”? </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: large;">We ended up separating them so that they could go in both places. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: large;">It was a perfect way to teach that sometimes a question can have more than one correct answer. </span><br />
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<div style="font-weight: 400;"><ol style="text-align: left;"><li style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: large;">Ask kids to bring in 1 extra Valentine.</span></li><li style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: large;">Have 4-5 blank hearts ready</span></li><li><span style="font-family: century gothic; font-size: large;">As the kids are opening their valentine cards and consuming sugar walk the room and get a vibe for the common themes or categories.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: century gothic; font-size: large;">Be sure to make an “other” category to cover the random valentines that don’t fit any category to cover the randos (random valentines that don't fit any category)</span></li><li><span style="font-family: century gothic; font-size: large;">Gather the kids in a circle and glue or tape as your kids decide where each card should be categorized and classified. </span></li><li><span style="font-family: century gothic; font-size: large;">Super fun, time filler, academic, and they love it. </span></li></ol></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: large;">Handing out Valentines can take all day if you let it- so here is an idea: "Dance and Drop" them.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: large;">* Do not allow the kids to address valentines to specific kids in class. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: large;">* This is because we dance Conga line style through the room and drop a valentine into every bag. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: large;">* This year 30 kids handed out valentines in under 10 minutes! I kid you not! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: large;">* I played Gloria Estefan’s Conga Song and we were done is a snap. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: large;">* The quickness also allowed us to spend time doing other fun things during our party. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: large;">* I was leading the conga, so I could not take pictures- Sorry. The LAST thing you want to see is me doing the conga! </span></div>
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<span style="color: #ff8cc6; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: large;"><span style="color: black;">If you stop the candy intake, you can avoid the candy-induced freak out {maybe}. I let them look through their goodies and cards and then I hand out a plate. I ask them to set one treat from their Valentines Stash onto the plate. Everything else is going to go into the bag.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: large;">My final fabulous, fun, and academic idea comes via <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Valentines-Day-Science-Candy-Heart-Experiment-FREE-1634839" target="_blank">Curriculum Castle</a>! Seriously, friends, this is a real winner! I bought a bunch of plastic test tubes from the Dollar Tree. I put 3 test tubes on every table in order to keep Valentine’s Day as academic as possible! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: large;">Happy Valentine's Day everyone, and may the odds be ever in your favor!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8b7rdaa_J8I/YBn3yX7FKvI/AAAAAAAAOGI/1mbNyPMoh0wBWXEljpC1rQZt9gh8a4hYACNcBGAsYHQ/s700/May%2Bthe%2Bodds%2Bbe%2Bin%2Byour%2Bfavor%2Bthis%2BValentine%2527s%2BDay.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="700" data-original-width="600" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8b7rdaa_J8I/YBn3yX7FKvI/AAAAAAAAOGI/1mbNyPMoh0wBWXEljpC1rQZt9gh8a4hYACNcBGAsYHQ/s320/May%2Bthe%2Bodds%2Bbe%2Bin%2Byour%2Bfavor%2Bthis%2BValentine%2527s%2BDay.png" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: "century gothic"; font-size: large;">I am NOT equating Valentine's Day in first grade to The Hunger Games, well actually I am. If you know, you know. I hope these ideas help save your sanity. </span></div>
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Have you heard of these amazing <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Kinder-gardening/Search:Show+and+Tell+Aprons" target="_blank">Show and Tell</a> aprons!?! Everybody is talking about them!<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I have a really low group and at the start of the year some didn’t know the difference between a letter, a word or a number. I can slip this child-sized apron onto a friend who get’s it and they can help the strugglers! Kids LOVE wearing these aprons! They feel so grown up.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This is the apron that I am wearing a lot right now. It’s a tutu !!!! I died and went to teacher heaven when I saw this! So, the cards inside… I want my 1st graders to figure out how to make the equation true by the time I am done taking attendance. It’s so easy to change out the cards AND you can stack the cards inside each pocket as well ! So I can have 5 equations ready to go inside the pockets. Just pull out the top cards and BAM! New equation revealed !</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Here is another tutu apron, but this one is child sized! I can let a little princess assist me with lessons! In this lesson, the cards show verbs that we are going to add -ed to. Once we add -ed (making the word past tense) we say the word a few times and listen to see which ending sound the -ed makes. The card can go into the pocket behind the sound. The aprons are easy on off so you can change assistants easily. Did you notice that I wrote on the last 3 cards? Yep, you can laminate plain paper and use a dry erase marker! </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I cannot say enough wonderful things about this book series or the free little book in this post! These books tackle hard subjects in ways kids can grasp.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This series tackles the hard to understand themes in history such as separatism, bravery in the face of an unkind world, being different, seeing your passions come to life, and doing the impossible. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Every single book in this growing series is amazing. I know this because I own ALL of them!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The Helen Keller book took my breath away. One of the pages is almost completely black. This alone shocks kids. The author tells the kids to close their eyes and ears. This helps the kids understand what a blind and deaf person might experience. They can empathize with how Helen might have felt. When a book series can transport children directly into the lives of historical figures, you KNOW you have found a teaching jackpot!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">If you are getting ready for Black History Month in February then you will want the Rosa Parks book for sure!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Is that powerful or what!?! Until these books, my students could not understand how and why the bus boycott really worked. But the simplicity of the word choice is beyond brilliant!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The illustrations are second to none. I love how the historical figure is drawn to be child-sized in the big world. If you look, Rosa is tiny compared to the bus owner. This helps the children really see <em>themselves</em> in the shoes of the historical figure! Plus, the whole book is written in the first person!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The books are also written with a tremendous amount of “heart”. I think every child in the room can see how Abe feels about the boat of people being “sold down the river to new slave owners”. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I love these two books for use around Presidents Day!!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">These books by Brad Meltzer are a treasure!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This is a cool video to show if you are wanting to talk about author's purpose since he tells us in the 30 second video why he wrote the books.</span><br />
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<span style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Thank you for taking the time to teach about MLK. So many teachers have to "sneak" social studies into their day, and if that is you, well done for spending instructional time on this mighty man. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I have many reasons I spend a week on MLK and then follow it with more time spent on Rosa Park and Jackie Robinson. </span><span style="font-size: large;">I'd like to start with a very personal reason that exemplifies how MLK changed the course of my family's history. My great-grandfather was born a member of the Cherokee Nation. He was what some in the South might called "passe blanc", meaning he had light enough skin that he was NOT instantly recognizable for what he was. My great-grandfather hid his true-self because it was 1920. The people of the Cherokee Nation were considered sub-human. They were caged on reservations, and their children were not allowed to attend white schools. The Civil Right Movement changed all of this for all people, and I am so thankful. </span><span style="font-size: large;">It is NEVER lost on me that my own life was and is directly changed by Martin Luther King Jr's work and sacrifice. </span><span style="font-size: large;">I wish my great- father lived long enough to see the kids in my classroom. He would be so proud. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I love starting any unit with a book, and in this case I let <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hC-RyrakaQM" target="_blank">LaVar Burton kick off our MLK study</a> with his reading of ,,</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I feel like my kids I teach are tender-hearted and have not become jaded by bad experiences yet. Cultural diversity, cultural acceptance, and shared cultural experiences are part of their daily lives. My students seem to have been sheltered, and they are part of a happily, diverse population. My students are shocked to learn that long ago the color of your skin decided so much. In some cases, no matter how hard you worked or how good you were, you could not do certain things because of your skin color. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We get cracking with some eggs all smiling and colorful. We crack one of each color and we talk about what we see.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I will tell you that I allowed every child to crack open a REAL egg. It was a wonderful experience. The families were asked to send in an egg for their child. As a result the parents very already invested and curious as to what we were doing in class. It was an exciting week!!!! </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I put many white and brown eggs together and I address the eggs as a group. I say things like the following:</span><br />
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<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">They look mostly the same.</span></li>
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<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">I notice that some differ in size.</span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">I notice some differ in shade and color. </span></li>
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<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"> Avoid saying "see the brown egg is just as good as the white egg." In saying that, you might be accidentally indicating that they were unequal before. </span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">"My skin color does not determine my future. We were created equal. We are equal." This is a powerful statement.</span></li>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It really does matter what’s inside, and we are not all the same. We are uniquely gifted, have different degrees of good and “not so good” character inside us. So, how do we know if someone is filled with good or bad character? Can we look at their outside? Can we decide by their skin color, their clothes, their smile? No you have to get to know the person. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Kids are so tender, so you really have to drive this point home! Everyone has a bit of bad inside wanting to take over. Self control and good choices are ways we can show and grow our good character!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This is such an important lesson that I end it with a very concrete way to <a href="https://app.gonoodle.com/channels/think-about-it" target="_blank">be a friend and show good character</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I love to read several books to the kids including my favorite <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Martins-Big-Words-Martin-Luther/dp/1423106350/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1452741867&sr=1-1&keywords=martin%27s+big+words" target="_blank">Martin’s Big Words</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I adore this book! Martin's most important words are in a huge font, hence the name of the book.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Then, I like them to do some <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Martin-Luther-King-2298635" target="_blank">reading on their own</a>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We also read about Martin in our <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Martin-Luther-King-2298635" target="_blank">fluency passage</a> for the week followed by a quiz. I need those informational reading grades in my grade book. How about you?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">OK, now do you know <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xXZhXTFWnE" target="_blank">Kid President</a>? Of course you do because you are amazing. If you are just meeting him today from this post, then I have done my good deed for the day!!!! I love him. He does such a good job making MLK so accessible! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We head back to You Tube to wrap up our week of MLK and watch the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I47Y6VHc3Ms" target="_blank">very beginning and very end of his speech</a>. I think it’s important for kids to see the march. The peaceful singing, walking, and talking. I think this helps them understand that MLK really meant “peace”. There was no yelling, throwing of bottles, or hitting. They walked and sang and changed history.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">On Friday, after we have learned everything we can learn, and our brains are tired and we so proud to be together as friends at the table of brotherhood, we sit down and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROracLAcRSc" target="_blank">watch this nice long movie</a>. If you want to watch the movie I strongly encourage you to preview it. There are video clips of real events and it is hard to see some of the clips. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> This book is a perfect book for a Close Reading activity and working on Summarizing in Writing.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Teaching 1st graders to summarize vs retelling can be hard. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This book's summary might sound like this: Santa wanted to change everything about himself, but nobody liked it, so he changed everything back.</span></div>
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Katie Knighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06132519093483761325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3947146298889248174.post-69894158001252845832016-08-14T21:25:00.002-07:002022-09-03T10:10:57.618-07:00Math In Motion Freebie<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: medium;">Can you imagine a 7 hour staff meeting with only a few breaks? We would DIE. Our students feel the same way- enter FREE "</span><span style="font-size: medium;">math in motion" games!</span><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">Our students probably feel the EXACT same way. I teamed up with my friend </span><a href="http://www.sitspots.com/?aff=24" style="font-size: large;" target="_blank">Joyce at Sit Spots</a><span style="font-size: medium;"> and we came up with some fun games to play during centers!</span><br />
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I explained how we play “<a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Counting-On-Freebie-Math-in-Motion-Game-2731510" target="_blank">Counting On Hopscotch</a>” here in a you tube video!!!</div>
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I am excited to offer you a hundred and 120 chart to help your students with their counting on endeavors! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Math-In-Motion-FREEBIE-2731510#show-price-update" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="350" data-original-width="271" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNgBZt8LkNXhl32wzI4oPd_dn9yXek6ZbhDTmflTZIXvx2Im6myCR9e_8l1RPI7BU86NTy-Bper1aqvYGBTB7krcBvPpLixZH08rZgiIlf0jB6QPknHuHsTHhq2_k8fZHs_ic2psAmQH057d9aMVd7BWhyssdDkiVf_CslNB5pGG8z1vlhbq0olPVE9g/s320/Math%20in%20Motion%201%20a.jpg" width="248" /></a></div><br /><div align="center"><br /></div>
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This is seriously fun! You do need to teach the kids to whisper if you don’t have a high tolerance for noise and happy kid sounds such as giggling or high fives. To me it’s worth it.</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I am delighted to announce another close reading freebie! This goes with the book<u> A Color of His Own </u>by Leo Lionni. I am obsessed with Close Reading and the real results it’s bringing to my student’s literacy. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Since delving into close reading I have made these few changes that have yielded HUGE results.</span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: normal;">1. When I choose a book I try to think of a </span>right there question<span style="font-weight: normal;">/ statement that can be answered/proved by the text or pictures. </span></h2>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;">I </span>write this question on a 3x5 card and tape it inside the book<span style="font-weight: normal;"> for future use. If you remember my post on The Very Hungry Caterpillar, then you remember my question was, “How do we know the caterpillar is very hungry?”</span></h2>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;">2. Mark student evidence or </span>thinking with a Post-It note<span style="font-weight: normal;">.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;">1. Kids love to interact, so let them interact with a paper passage by using </span>highlighters or crayons<span style="font-weight: normal;">.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: large;">If you would like to find the paints I used, just head to Walmart. They are by Sargent and are only carried in store. Its is $2.97 for the set of 6. When the containers are empty just refill. The containers alone are worth the money to me! They are bound together, and I actually like them better when they are half full because the q-tips can stand up inside without getting too much paint on them. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Close reading is a real joy! This one in particular is fabulous because I have also included writing and art. I chose to print the chameleon on Astrobrights Lemon Yellow paper because I wanted the paper to pop on my walls. I want to line the hallway with these so the kids can read them. I NEEDED colored paper to pop off beige walls and draw them in. Don’t you think the kids will become better friends when they read all about what other kids want and expect from them? I think so too. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I love the book The Very Hungry Caterpillar ! Don’t you? You will love the close reading activity that I have written as a gift for you and all your teacher friends!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I mean how many copies do you have? I THINK I have 3 copies and the plush reading buddies to match. I wanted to offer you a fun little activity to do with this book. I have included the video link too because my students love to watch the magic of You Tube!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Click the picture above to be linked to YouTube or click {<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVRDd0ZyfX0" target="_blank">here</a>}. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I am loving that the Common Core focuses on close reading! But Close Reading can be confusing for many teachers and kids! Just remember <u><strong>the</strong></u> <u><strong>kids annotate</strong></u> by circling confusing words and underlining main ideas or important plot parts(literature). Have kids work with their table group to help each other on the confusing words. <strong><u>As a first grade teacher I remind</u></strong> them to connect to the text and ask questions. I also ask text dependent questions that require evidence. Now close reading can be far more complicated and in depth for older grades, but we teach littles. So let’s not be so complicated that we end up skipping the whole thing due to PTSD. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">When you are close reading a book that you are reading out loud it can be little tougher, since the kids can’t all come up and write on your book. I suggest using post it notes so that you can mark their thinking. Plus, I created a“Very Hungry Close Read” so that my students could practice underlining the main idea/ important plot points since they cannot underline on the book. I hope that this little page benefits your kiddos, and that they can find some added depth in this classic story! Here is how I do it.</span><br />
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I want to encourage you to take care of your sweet self. I want you to plan something this week that is just for you. I want you to play. I want you to give yourself permission to laugh, smile, cry, and let go. I want you to be wild and free and gentle with yourself! Remember you can cannot fill others with an empty cup.<br />
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I want to say 3 words to you from the bottom of my heart!</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">You are loved, cared for, seen, and precious.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Get a good night's sleep and let's go create some #happyclassrooms this week. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">In case you have missed any part of this #happyclassrooms mini-series, here are links below. Just click any picture. And until we meet again, happy teaching!</span></div>
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Work completion is no small task. In kinder and first grade kids constantly ask do I have to ____________? Yes, little one you do, and you need to finish quickly so that the class can move on to our next BIG awesome learning. <br />
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A few of my loves have a hard time getting done in a timely manner and I have found that this little paper really helps. Not all of my students use these at this point in the year, but the few who still do really enjoy getting a heart or stamp over each kid. Then, once the paper is full I shout them out at the end of the school day. They often get a skittle too as a reminder that life offers sweet rewards to those who work hard and complete tasks. Grab this freebie by clicking the picture below.<br />
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Sweet teachers, please remember you are the thermostat to happiness in your classroom. We all want #happyclassrooms. You can do this. Get those kids to scamper toward <strong>what you want</strong> by shouting out the greatness you see in them and others! Have a fabulous day and enjoy the freebies!Katie Knighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06132519093483761325noreply@blogger.com