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Here was a super quick little math activity I did with my kids to practice starting with the whole when we subtract.<br />
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I just drew a tree onto paper and copied it. Then they colored their tree. Then we used old-school bingo dotters to add the apples. The green ones weren't the most beautiful, so I tried to improvise with the hand-drawn circles. Next time I will probably have them just color in a lighter green. <br />
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Some of my stronger writers wrote their own sentences, and some of my strugglers just filled in the sentence frame. <br />
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Jeremie Tharphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08325052504821498613noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7537457086703417229.post-24095908257238216172015-09-17T17:46:00.001-07:002015-09-17T17:46:01.143-07:00Stop. The. World.<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div>My life has changed so much since I last was here. I changed school districts, went back to first, and then changed schools again! I'm now in a non-title school teaching first grade. And I feel like I can breathe again. I feel so good that I actually came up with a creative idea all by myself. It's been a LONG while since I did that. So here it is! <div><br></div><div>We've been learning all about text features in nonfiction tests. We've labeled me, each other, the room. We've labeled. A lot. Then we wrote captions for random photos on the Internet. We used magazines and sticky labels and made these: </div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu0nN8XT-R5M3P0gjHhmquguVVLLWayZHfBQ6UTxt9yJkId7NmCKwfFaOC_wxfoXok1sjRds2M349DdtUzyAyUo30Fqm9wpfxMfvEjeXXfijzhAAYftu9KAYORKDOAojN_c8eLWTae3X3Z/s640/blogger-image-810366572.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu0nN8XT-R5M3P0gjHhmquguVVLLWayZHfBQ6UTxt9yJkId7NmCKwfFaOC_wxfoXok1sjRds2M349DdtUzyAyUo30Fqm9wpfxMfvEjeXXfijzhAAYftu9KAYORKDOAojN_c8eLWTae3X3Z/s640/blogger-image-810366572.jpg"></a></div><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWGjOt6AlJY4jbOBS4KubPb6yk-URM5NGSctmlA_RkRaQs0v3wnjQYNdjSIy007RsynBpmQQ4N0RzJcGnMPrXs_CA5xC4aKUj0i_kFin3W_716vE7CSr1we8TiWRPQ6T9cH3FK60A1EhHn/s640/blogger-image--1558192223.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWGjOt6AlJY4jbOBS4KubPb6yk-URM5NGSctmlA_RkRaQs0v3wnjQYNdjSIy007RsynBpmQQ4N0RzJcGnMPrXs_CA5xC4aKUj0i_kFin3W_716vE7CSr1we8TiWRPQ6T9cH3FK60A1EhHn/s640/blogger-image--1558192223.jpg"></a>I dug through my classroom library and pulled out all the nonfiction books I could find that included captions and labels and gave them out to my kids. 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I started playing fantasy football when I met my husband as a way to find some excitement in an entire day of watching football and became fairly competitive about it. I've won our league the past few years (even though this year I got ROBBED) and have become a giant Wes Welker and Peyton Manning fan. Peyton is such a good sport and role model that I can't help but like him, and the Broncos in turn, even though I love the Chiefs the most. So happy Super Bowl Sunday friends!<br />
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<br />Jeremie Tharphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08325052504821498613noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7537457086703417229.post-55778525033495840382014-01-20T14:39:00.000-08:002014-01-20T14:39:19.806-08:00I'm Still Alive! Here's a freebie or two for you.So.... I've pretty much just neglected this little blog for a very ridiculously long amount of time. Life with the littles just doesn't allow for a whole lot of time to create, blog, or very honestly, sleep. But they're terribly cute so I guess it's worth it.<br />
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Here's what I've been working on for a long time and just finally put the finishing touches on.<br />
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Irregular plurals are so stinking hard- especially when they didn't even have a great handle on regular plurals. So we went back to basics and started with just nouns that need s and es. This pack includes posters for each of the major rules (add s, add es, change y to ies, change f to ves and irregular. It also has some reversible irregular flash cards so they can practice and self check. I had them do a little scoot around the room with them first and then self check that way. It has a practice page as well as an assessment. I hope you like it! If you click on this Irregular poster, you can have this one for free. :)<br />
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This week we're continuing our research of Arctic animals. Here's the little non-fiction book we're going to use to write small reports on each animal along with a few options for writing sheets. It's free, too as a thank you for sticking with my blog-slacking.<br />
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Jeremie Tharphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08325052504821498613noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7537457086703417229.post-83030311997005177542013-10-12T13:44:00.002-07:002013-10-12T13:47:23.519-07:00Five For Friday- Heavy on the Language with an Appleicious Freebie!<div class="MsoNormal">
Well Helloooo Saturday!
You are like a breath of fresh air after an incredibly long short
week. I decided to link up with Five for
Friday for the first time in what seems like ages!<o:p></o:p></div>
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Language, Language, Language is the name of the game right
now for me. The way our grade level is doing
Guided Reading rotations has me teaching zero guided reading kids :( but all
100 second graders their Language (I just can’t find it in me to call it
Grammar… I feel like I should be rapping their knuckles with a ruler if I use
that word) standards. So I find myself
repeating the same Language lessons three times in a row every morning. I am telling you- collective nouns are going
to KILL me soon! We have been doing some
pretty fun stuff to review those First Grade things that were a little sketchy
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1. Types of Sentences.
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2. Verbs. <a href="http://www.theteacherwife.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">The TeacherWife</a> has <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Action-Verb-Unit-131310" target="_blank">this</a> amazing verbs pack and in it is a small version of this anchor
chart that I just totally stole (don’t worry- I asked her if I could share).
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Each group got half of a post-it and got to choose a verb to
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they couldn’t act it out, then we knew it probably wasn’t a verb. Although one little guy chose “fart” as his
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3. Space Explorers. I pretty much love my bulletin board
that is above my lockers in the hall. For
my little astronauts, I took some <a href="http://melonheadzillustrating.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Melonheadz</a> clipart and enlarged it a bunch,
then sent it to Office Depot to print. I’m thinking about putting up some pumpkins
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4. Appleicious Measurement.
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centimeters and my kids are OBSESSED with it.
I saw a version of this with a pumpkin and decided to change it a little
for our apple week. It was very fun.
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5. Today our school district and community have their fall
festival and I hauled my cuties out to walk in the parade. They were perfect- even though Addison
insisted on actually MARCHING because apparently, that’s what you do in a
parade. We fell slightly behind because
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In the story Mr. Putter and Tabby eat a LOT of english muffins and drink a LOT of tea. Many of my kids weren't familiar with those things so we did a little taste test. Mr. Putter eats his english muffins with jam and Tabby eats his with cream cheese so we did the same and compared the results. I should have taken pictures, but I was exhausted! And I am NOT a tea drinker, so I'm pretty sure it was not delicious, and most of my kids said they weren't really huge fans either. It's honestly due to my really lacking culinary ability, more than anything else. Then we worked on the vocab from the story and did some comparing and contrasting of the characters. Last, we read a bunch of their of other stories and compared those! Whew! It was a BUSY week! <br />
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Pick up a Mr. Putter book sometime. It will melt your heart.Jeremie Tharphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08325052504821498613noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7537457086703417229.post-74008563601736696502013-08-24T16:48:00.002-07:002013-08-24T16:48:41.841-07:00We've been writing.... Here's a freebie!I have to be honest- this change of grade level has been HARD! The second grade team does things and communicates SO differently from the team I've worked with forever... Planning has become much more of a struggle than I can remember it ever being. But I am surviving! Some days more than others. <br />
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Anyway... when in doubt about what you're supposed to be teaching- have your kids write, right?. I love to see what they come up with, and then stick them in a class book and throw them in our library. They're always a favorite that kids grab when they have time to choose a book. I made a couple of book covers for our writing so I thought I'd share. Hope you like it!<br />
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It's just as easy as it looks. All of my copies, read-alouds, and printed lesson plans for each day get filed into these babies and I pull them out as I need them. My team know that if I need an emergency sub or something to just grab that day's file. I had used the same folders for eight years and decided this year that I should change them up. I found these at Mardel and love them. <br />
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Here is the view from my door. I have 28 students this year so we are pretty much just like sardines. I'm still working on a desk arrangement that doesn't end with casualties...<br />
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I used paper lanterns to make these planets that hang from the ceiling with my Addison. I basically just tore strips of tissue paper and glued them on. We got covered in glue. Ads was in heaven.<br />
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Here's my ceiling tile art inspired by <a href="http://theinspiredapple.blogspot.com/">Abby</a>. It's not the most beautiful thing I've ever made, but at least it is finished.<br />
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I do really love my objectives board. I found a random dry erase board, added border and some letters, sweet-talked the custodian into drilling into cinder block, and voila! SO easy to change each day.<br />
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My classroom library, which I FINALLY leveled.<br />
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I'm pretty fond of this guy too. They're my classroom jobs. I plan to add tissue paper to the jets but haven't finished.<br />
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Here's the view of my hodgepodge of a computer area... We are lucky enough to have five classroom laptops, I'm just having a hard time making that area look welcoming.<br />
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This is another of my favorites. Each morning students get their name off of the rocket and graph it based upon the question. It is a fast way for me to take attendance, which I suck at, as well as give them some text to start their day with, and practice graphing. Then at teh end of the day one of my class jobs is to put them back on the rocket for the next day. Did you notice the missing R? I think I am being punked. This is the second R I have lost! Plus, I think "fo" is kind of funny. I'm working on replacing it. <br />
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<br />Jeremie Tharphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08325052504821498613noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7537457086703417229.post-58558513555991018502013-08-12T19:02:00.002-07:002013-08-12T19:02:42.742-07:00I Have to Admit, I Love Talking About MyselfI'm alive! Nobody freak out. I know I haven't been around much (like, ahem, all summer!) but I am alive and well. And I decided the best time to make my reappearance was during Teacher Week over at <a href="http://imbloghoppin.blogspot.com/2013/08/teacher-week-13-lets-talk-about-me.html">BlogHoppin</a>. So I'm here to link up and tell you ten things about me- prepare to be thrilled. My life is nothing if not thrilling. :)<br />
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1. I live for my babies. It sounds cliche, and sometimes I'm a total crab-o-la to them, but they are the best thing I've ever done and just the absolute coolest. Addison, 3, and Cooper who just turned one. Addison is spunky, opinionated, and as smart as a whip. She loves to read familiar books to me and whip out words like acrobatic when she is doing something... well... acrobatic. Today I asked her if she was going to be a good kid in school and she told me that she's going to be a lunatic. Fantastic. Excited about those conferences. Here's my little spitfire.<br />
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2. Cooper is my laid-back, happy little goat. This child will eat anything you put in front of him and he TORE UP his first birthday smash cake. We had to take it away from him because he was shoveling so fast I thought he would make himself sick. He's so happy and can make your day with one of his adorable little dimple grins. <br />
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3. I am married to the perfect guy for me. His name is Andrew and we met at church (code word for bar). I actually had his niece and nephew in the After School Program that I ran so he likes to say that's why I didn't think he was some random creeper. He is make-your-belly-hurt funny, although that's worn out somewhat on me, and the kindest person. We got married in 2009 and I remember telling him in my vows that I love how his heart breaks along with mine for my students. He would walk 100,000 miles for us, and it is the same for every person he meets. He supervises at a warehouse and he loves his employees as much as I love my students. Here's a picture of us, as well as one of our sweet little fam.<br />
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4. I am ridiculously sarcastic and it gets me in tons of trouble. Some people just don't get it. I also put my foot in my mouth all the time. Andrew thinks it is hysterical, but sometimes it really sucks! <br />
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5. I'm a do it until it is right kind of girl. If my bulletin board is off center, I just have to fix it, even if it takes a long time. I wish I could break this habit, but so far, no luck. <br />
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6. I have a tendency to get completely overwhelmed, and when that happens, I somehow spiral into being totally unproductive. I just spin my wheels and get nowhere. I wrote about five posts for this neglected little blog this summer, but none of them got finished because by the time I was ready to edit them, they were out of date.<br />
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7. My summer was spent planning birthday parties. Addison wanted a Fancy Nancy ballerina party so we had it at a local ballet studio and brought tons of terrible costume jewelry and had parfaits and punch with our pinkies up. Don't you love the little guy with a tutu? Totally posh.<br />
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Cooper's party was monster themed and at our house. It was chill, just like him, and so much fun. All of our favorite people were here and he was so agreeable. <br />
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(I sewed each of these little monsters and I am NOT domestic like that. I was very proud of myself!)<br />
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8. For some reason I just can't figure out how to leave school at a decent time each night. We have the amazing blessing of having parents who are both retired and are able to watch our kids but our school days can make for long days. I feel huge amounts of guilt for staying late to clean up after myself each night or plan for the next day, or just sit at my desk with my head down. :) I HAVE to be better about it this year or I fear I might lose my childcare...<br />
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9. I bribe my students to find things I've put down and can't find. "Oh nuts. First one to get eyes on my stapler gets a Skittle." They love it and I lose way less stuff that way. I'm so absentminded!<br />
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10. I am painfully transparent. I have zero secrets. I try to always tell the truth. If you want to know something about me, ask. I frighten people who meet me with my candidness (is that a real word? I typed candidacy first but realized that has a totally different meaning.). My BFF has a student teacher this year and I had to apologize to her for being slightly too honest about the value of our Professional Development last week. :) Then I talked for a half hour about breastfeeding and poopy diapers. What you see is what you get with me. Love it or hate it. <br />
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See you tomorrow with a tour of my space themed room!Jeremie Tharphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08325052504821498613noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7537457086703417229.post-77610967556331365442013-06-06T14:35:00.001-07:002013-06-06T14:37:46.087-07:00Summer is in Swing- and an Assessment BundleI've been reading about all of the teachers who are STILL in school. Holy cow... I think I would die. We've been out for a couple of weeks now, and to be completely honest, I'm slightly more exhausted than when I am working. These two are wearing me out! <br />
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Addison is doing one day a week of summer camp and one day of gymnastics, although it sounds more like ananastic when she says it. There've been very few words she didn't just pick up right away, so I'm reveling in the cuteness of this one. She is also convinced that she needs a stick with a ribbon on it like Dora has when she does gymnastics... I'm seeing a trip to the store in our future. <br />
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Cooper is pulling up like a crazy man. He has NO regard for safety so I pretty much spend my days moving him away from catastrophes. I. Heart. Naptime.<br />
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Jeremie Tharphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08325052504821498613noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7537457086703417229.post-63585917754497503732013-05-27T20:19:00.000-07:002013-05-27T20:19:03.178-07:00The Best Birthday Gift Ever! 2 Fonts for You!My birthday was Saturday and I pretty much spent the whole day pouting because I was sick. Poor me. :) In between my bouts of whining, Andrew found the time to give me my gift and I almost died. He got me an iPad. Ok, whoopdee doo you're probably saying. Everyone has an iPad, blah blah. Well not me. Until NOW!! He actually took one of my eight gajillion hints and bit the bullet and it is so. freaking. amazing. The first thing I did was download iFontMaker and get to work. It's kinda (don't tell him this) the only reason I even wanted the silly thing. Here are the first two fonts I made. Could you see yourself using them? <br />
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Jeremie Tharphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08325052504821498613noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7537457086703417229.post-4918047289234550962013-05-11T21:24:00.003-07:002013-05-11T21:24:45.792-07:00Five For Friday... Grump-A-Saurus Style on a Saturday<br />
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junk so we’re literally tearing it up” kind of way… To finish it off we made
these icecream scoops inspired by <a href="http://smittenwithfirst.blogspot.com/">Smitten with First</a>.</span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">I made a quick little cone pattern that you
can download by clicking on the image and then copied her adorable
display.</span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">Are you amazed by the four
addend cone?</span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">That was done by one of my
little talented and gifted darlings.</span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">All
on her own.</span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">She knocks my socks off each
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This weird clock that I don’t have room for
on my desk and a stylus for the IPad that my classroom doesn’t have because I
teach primary and we don’t get those.
It’s pretty much a slap in the face.
“Oh teacher who is so appreciated- your grade level doesn’t get Ipads
because we don’t value you enough, but everyone else does so here is a stylus
to… I don’t know. Pick your nose
with.” I am sorry. I know I sound SO ungrateful and grumpy but I
work in an urban school and take a lot of crap from a lot of people, and I’d
LOVE to feel like someone cared AT ALL. And it isn’t about a gift. It
isn’t. A sweet email, written just for
me, would do the trick. Instead I get a
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5. Monday is Field Day and we will be sporting our
TyeDye shirts. We make them in April to
wear on our field trip to the aquarium and will be pulling them back out
Monday. I did something wrong because
they are NOT beautiful but my awesome little guys were totally fine with using
fuscia as our color. That’s this group
of kids. So easy going and willing to do whatever. Do any of you TyeDye with your class? What
did I do wrong here? Why do they look
like this? I followed the RIT
instructions closely and they’re still pretty much just allover pink. Oops.
And don’t mind the wrinkles. I just pulled it out of a pile of clean
clothes that is, seriously, about 4 feet high.
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Anywhoo- here they are if you want to take a look. Eventually I want to bundle them all but just haven't gotten around to it yet so I'll leave links to the others, too, just in case you want to check them out. Happy shopping!<br />
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<span style="line-height: 115%;">1. Last week we spent the week learning all about
plants. They came in with so much
background knowledge so I felt like we could totally run with it. We </span><span style="line-height: 18px;">didn't</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> take any time going through the parts of a plant or what a plant needs. We jumped
right in to fun stuff like the parts of a plant that we eat. Here’s our bulletin board, inspired by
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with my very loveable class. Hold. The.
Phone. Everyone tells me that I will
love the content of Second but I have been in First for EVER and I’m a little
terrified by the newness of it. Like I
said before, my class is really great and they’re pretty excited that I’m coming with them but I think I’m a little in denial. There are some definite perks- my team can be a little toxic, I negotiated an actual reading table out of the deal... but I am still having to work on remembering this:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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a candle, treats and a Sonic gift card. She wrote me a sweet little card
thanking me for all of my work on the yearbook.
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The first is just a practice page I plan to use for Spelling. They just write the word, illustrate it, and use it in a sentence. <br />
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Jeremie Tharphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08325052504821498613noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7537457086703417229.post-26254447240486678682013-04-30T20:46:00.000-07:002013-04-30T20:46:00.110-07:00A Very Exciting Package Arrived Today! and other randomnessOkay, so no other person on the planet is going to celebrate this like I am, but my school yearbooks finally arrived!!! This was my first year as the yearbook sponsor (aka- school photographer, nag, and pretty much entire do-er of the entire stinking thing... grumble, grumble...) and while it was hours and hours (and MORE hours) of work, they're finished and published and look amazing! (although I might be a little biased.) Now, if someone comes up and tells me they found a mistake I might have to knock them out, but for right now I'm going to enjoy the feeling of opening a big box of a project that was pretty much completely mine and watching my little readers dive in and enjoy being engaged in text. And then I'll start knocking people out. <br />
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Do any of you do the yearbook? What shortcuts have you found? I am looping up with my class (heaven help them) and worried about time requirements. For real. These bad boys took me about 150 hours! Yikesers... I'm going to pretend I never figured that number out. <br />
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I'm selling some of my kids' old toys at a consignment sale this weekend and took it to drop off tonight. Here's what my car looked like when I opened up the back. Hee hee. This picture makes me laugh just because of how crazy I know it would make my very OCD husband. I'm such a dang disorganized mess sometimes.<br />
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Lastly in this very random post (which I am just realizing has absolutely not one iota of classroom stuff in it... opps!) I leave you with one of my school darlings. He loves his cowboy boots and wears them with everything- as you can see in this picture. The day before he tucked his sweatpants in to them. Love him. Lots. (And btw- that is not a passed out child behind him. They are rolling down the hill. Don't ask.)<br />
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I'll be back soon to post our Ocean stuff!Jeremie Tharphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08325052504821498613noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7537457086703417229.post-20520104703371365472013-04-03T19:56:00.001-07:002013-04-03T19:57:22.799-07:00Currently- April<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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copies/ prep centers. Well, last week was Spring Break and I decided to just
mail it in.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am paying for that b-i-g
time. I just can’t function this way. I’ve been living out of a big
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focused on Olivia by Ian Falconer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Don’t
you just adore that little pig? She cracks me up, and my class this year has
pretty good listening comprehension so at some points they were hystercally
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to identify problem and solution so we took an Olivia book a day, read it, discussed,
and listed all the problems and solutions we could think of.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here’s what that looked like. Not the most
beautiful thing I’ve ever done, but it worked.</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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persistent, creative, and onry were my favorites.) I think the bubble map I
made for this was attrocious so I’m not sharing. :) <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s embarassing but I put it together in two
minutes. My teammate played a fun little game where each group thought of
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Jeremie Tharphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08325052504821498613noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7537457086703417229.post-14964086218022154162013-03-29T05:45:00.001-07:002013-03-29T06:05:54.275-07:00One Grumpy BunnyOh Friday. I've been looking forward to you all week! I'm posting this stuck in traffic (don't worry- voice to text!) and Andrew has to work ALL weekend so I'm already a little grumpy this morning but I thought I'd swing by and let you know that I'm putting my stuff on sale this weekend too. And I know you're supposed to just pick five items, but since I only have about five items I just decided to put everything on sale. And I know I've been the most negligent blogger ever lately, but I have a post in the works about all the stuff we've been doing with Olivia this week. Check back later for some fun with that silly piglet. <br />
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Jeremie Tharphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08325052504821498613noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7537457086703417229.post-80266398405785841682013-03-10T21:09:00.000-07:002013-03-10T21:12:43.172-07:00Holy Assessment Time, Batman!Have you guys been assessing like crazy lately? Does it make me strange that I actually sort of like the assessment piece of the job? Besides those few kids who get stuck on the format and who need it modified for them, I've found that good, kid-friendly assessments can give us awesome information about what they still need and even where we can begin the reteaching process. On the other hand, I've been staring at a stack of papers to grade all weekend and that isn't so exciting, but it is a means to an end. <br />
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Here is a link to the set of assessments that I created for my district to use for Quarter Three, although they really could be used at any point throughout the year. They are all short little two page assessments, with a few rubrics, writing samples, and checklists thrown in. I've just given them in my classroom and tried to work out any kinks or change any wording that was confusing but would love to hear feedback. I also made a set that we used to assess at the <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Back-to-School-ELA-Common-Core-Assessments-for-First-Grade">beginning of the year</a>, a set for <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/First-Grade-ELA-Common-Core-Assessments-Part-One-with-PBL-Project">Quarter 1</a> and a set for <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/First-Grade-ELA-Common-Core-Assessments-Part-Two">Quarter 2</a>. They're almost all different, but a few of them- Sight Words and Speaking and Listening- stay the same. <br />
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Happy testing friends!Jeremie Tharphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08325052504821498613noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7537457086703417229.post-14087678795130278832013-03-05T20:45:00.001-08:002013-03-05T20:45:29.114-08:00Character Adjectives FREEBIEAs I've been assessing my kids with all of the new assessments I JUST finished (more about those later), I'm finding that they straight up STINK at giving adjectives that describe characters that are actually supported by the text. What the heck? I totally thought they had that. Double dang. So, since we're deep in the heart of all things Seuss this week, we're gonna choose our favorite character, list some adjectives that describe them, and then write how we got that idea. I thought maybe someone else could use it, too, so here it is. Just click on it to download it. If you do find it useful, tell me how it worked so I can use it that way, too!<br />
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Jeremie Tharphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08325052504821498613noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7537457086703417229.post-33733243484425315212013-02-23T06:26:00.002-08:002013-02-23T06:26:33.473-08:00Look What It Only Took Me Months To Figure Out!I am so proud of myself! Look what I made this morning... My very first product preview! It only took me, like, three hours (hopefully I get better at it with time...) and I'm sure I did it in the most complicated way possible, but I'm happy with it and I knew that only the world of bloggers would understand why I am so excited. There are some things the husband just won't ever get, and this is one of them. Just click on the picture to see the actual product on TpT. Hopefully Part Three of these assessments will be out soon. They're a work in progress and my lovelies are impeding the actual progress. <br />
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Here in KC we've been pretty much swallowed up by snow. Yesterday we got a foot in about two hours! Needless to say, I'm at home with my kids and there's little hope of my leaving the house in the forseeable future... Stuck. While I love being with them, I also get a little bit of cabin fever and I must say, it has hit. Hard. Too bad for me. I don't think my car could even get out of the driveway if I tried.</div>
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Because I just love these Five for Friday posts from <a href="http://doodlebugsteaching.blogspot.com/">Doodlebugs</a>, I figured this week I'd focus on five of the anchor charts I've been using lately as well as a couple of the fun artsy things we've done over the past couple of weeks. </div>
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1. Here is the anchor chart I refer to when we're working on vowel teams. They love the song from Starfall <a href="http://www.starfall.com/n/skills/two-vowel/load.htm?f">here</a> and so we song it A LOT when we find these vowel combos. </div>
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2. We've also been learning about George and Abe and I use these to record facts about them. I used <a href="http://www.scrappindoodles.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=52&products_id=4674">this</a> ScrappinDoodles clipart as inspiration to draw them.</div>
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3. We've been working and working on Addition Strategies and my kids are STILL rather stumped. However, they have LOVED the strategy of Making a Ten since I started calling them "Ten Friends". They get so excited when they see a "Ten Friend". We've done lots to build up this skill. I held up fingers and they held up the friend (for example, I hold up 4, they hold up 6). I did that a lot while lining up, waiting for specials, during bathroom breaks since it is quiet. I also used a deck of cards and turned one. They'd call out or write the friend on their white board. We also played some matching games. A few of them are still relying on the chart, and converting this to subtraction will be interesting, but for now I am just happy to see them finding the friends. I'm also including one of the matching games we used in our Guided Math tubs. Just click on the picture.</div>
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4. For the culmination of Chinese New Year we always paint these banners. I think I got this from a Mailbox magazine years ago, and have done it for as many years as I've been teaching. They. love. it. It's actually the chinese symbols for Gung Hay Fat Choy and they just emulate what I paint. I love that they all turn out just a little bit differently.</div>
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5. Finally, I have the good fortune of teaching right next door to one of my very best friends. While I was away on maternity leave this fall, she went and found the world's most adorable apple craft. They made little stained glass apples. I'm for sure going to do them next year so I'll post pictures of them then. Anyway, she was smart enough to think of adapting them for Valentines' Day! You just cut a heart out of contruction paper and lay it on contact paper. Then I cut up a bunch of tissue paper and put it in a bucket. The kids just picked out the colors and layered them inside the heart. I stuck them straight onto the window and Presto! Stained glass cuteness in about ten minutes.</div>
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If you're buried in the snow, hope you're enjoying another long weekend. If you're not... Well... You probably have a beach nearby so I don't feel too sorry for you. :)<br />
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