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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I saw this on a post, but can't seem to find it again - how crazy does that make me??? If anyone knows the original version of this, give me a gentle memory-reminder, please.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Anyway, I tried it with my kids this week and it worked brilliantly. Each child had a piece of A3 paper, already divided up into 2.5cm squares. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">On the top row they wrote their name using capital letters...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The second row was for their favourite 'thing'...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And the last row was for something they just loved...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Now a little trick that I have discovered over the years with painting, and black markers, is to use laundry markers for the black writing. For some reason unexplainable, a black laundry marker doesn't run AT ALL when painted over with water paints. A laundry marker is always on our booklist each year, so each child has their own at art time. Just makes life so much easier...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So everyone's piece of art is now mounted on black card, to make the colours pop, and on display in the room. I have had 4 new students over the last 3 weeks, and this was a great activity to get to know them a little further, and to also quickly have a piece of their work up on display at this late stage of the year - only 7 more teaching weeks with this little class. How quickly the year has flown...</span></div><script type="text/javascript" async data-pin-color="red" data-pin-height="28" data-pin-hover="true" src="//assets.pinterest.com/js/pinit.js"></script><script type="text/javascript" async src="//assets.pinterest.com/js/pinit.js"></script>Judithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16406164663751567997noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3628675898905329690.post-16670338982528207492012-09-27T14:08:00.000-07:002012-09-27T14:08:04.931-07:00Sshhhh! It's Secret Student time...<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Don't you just love it when a linky party takes off, and all the super teacher ideas from around the globe are at your fingertips!!! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">...initiated a Behavior Linky Party, the ideas that have been posted are </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">incredible</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">...and you can cruise through the ideas at any time you are in need of a little extra help with that one child in your class.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I am not a teacher who has time to reinvent the wheel, so when I see something fantastic I like to run with it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And that is exactly what happened when I was reading </span><span style="color: magenta; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>Stephany's</b></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> post, </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Now that you are back, I will continue. Stephany posted that she was offering a copy of her Secret Student Cards for free.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But sadly, us Aussie teachers spell several words differently to our teaching counterparts over 'The Pond', and the word <u><i>behavior</i></u> is one of those (I even have trouble typing it your way). <i><u>Behavior</u></i> to us is spelt <u><i>Behavio<b>u</b>r</i></u>. Could I be so <b>bold</b> to ask Stephany to change the spelling???? You bet! And she did! What a super teacher to do that.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So a big thanks to Stephany! I now have <strike>my</strike> her Secret Student system all ready to go, starting after the holidays - yes, I am on two weeks mid semester holidays at the moment. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">To make this 'really' work for my class (and me!!!) I have it all up and ready to go, with minimal effort required each day. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Things need to be organised for me, so I have a document folder (labelled) and all of the little certificates printed off, cut out and named ready to be stored in the folder.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Inside the folder I have a checklist of names so that I know everyone has a turn...all I have to do each morning is pop a little certificate in the container. How easy is that??? A solid little addition to my already working behaviour program...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And I even found the exact same container that Stephany used - at IKEA! Wonder who will be my first Secret Student????</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">...and see who can help you...last check there was a generous <b><span style="font-size: large;">84</span></b> teachers offering up their tried and proven Behavio<b><u>U</u></b>r Management ideas...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The first 3 weeks of Unit 6 in the Australian Curriculum has seen Year 1 focusing on Number Sense. And after 3 straight weeks most, if not all of my class has a very solid understanding of counting, skip counting by 1's, 2's, 5's, 10's to 100 and place value (imagine here my leap of joy at such success!!!) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The assessment piece was a fun, hands on activity conducted during weekly maths rotates - how easy was this to be??? </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Last Friday, after school, an email came through to all staff advising that we were now all on 'photocopying rations' due to the school budget! And we are only 3/4's of the way through the school term. It is going to be one long 11 week term now. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I guess that the Gonski review for funding needs to be implemented quickly, as my school is in desperate need of extra funding for the basics. Considering we are only allowed 5 sheets per student per week it isn't really hard to cut back, so now is the time for me to whip up some work centres that don't require any sheets. Most of my literacy stations have an accompanying activity sheet, so I need to think quickly.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">First off is a Silly Sentence activity that <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Monica-Burke"><span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>Monica</b></span></a> has at her <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Monica-Burke"><span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>TpT</b></span></a> store, and I adapted it to fit in with what my class is learning at the moment, pulling in a lot of our sight words, and changed the American words to Australian (Mom to Mum).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">There are 300 words in lists of 10 (nothing new there!) and each list is coloured in the same colours across the school. I laminated up the first 100 words to display in my room this week.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Now I am on the asking side, I am after any and all of your best and fun ideas for literacy centres that don't involve photocopying. Activities that you rely on or find that the class just love....</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Well today I am extending out a hand to a fellow Aussie teacher, who is super-into Maths. If you ever need a creative idea in the area of maths, then Alison from ...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Teaching Maths with Meaning has excellent Free Resources, and who of us doesn't love a Freebee!!! From Posters to Place Value Cards, this site has it all. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And if you like the look of these, head over to her TpT store, were you will find a massive amount of products, already to be used in the classroom. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So, time to share some bloggy love, and head over to </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">What a fun week I have coming up in maths! Following the C2C Australian Curriculum for Year 1 (Unit 5), this coming week has its focus on <b>Length</b>, or more exactly, <b>comparing lengths with informal units.</b> Don't you just love working with kids using informal units??? They always have a ball, and don't realise they are learning. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The first thing I am 'required' to do is put together a Messy Maths Box. C2C gives the following outline...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Messy Maths Box (two or three large tubs to share </span><i style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">between groups) containing a range of the following:</i></div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-style: italic;">straws, counters of different types, 3D shapes, 1 cm </span><i style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">cubes, match sticks, cotton reels, paddle pop sticks, </i><i style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">MAB blocks, 2 cm cubes, milk bottle tops, bread tags, </i><i style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></i><br />
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lengths of string or wool, lengths of paper tape</div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have also sourced a few brilliant activities for maths rotations this week, inkeeping with the theme. Thursday is a 1:1 assessment lesson on the topic, so several independent activities are needed.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: magenta;"><b>Maria</b></span> at <a href="http://kindercraze.blogspot.com.au/search/label/measurement"><span style="color: magenta;"><b>Kinder-Craze</b></span></a> has a super little Hands-On Measurement Freebie -</span></div>
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<b><span style="color: magenta;">Jessica</span></b> at <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Jessica-Boldridge"><b><span style="color: magenta;">TpT</span></b></a> has a fun bat measurement activity -</div>
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<b><span style="color: magenta;">Jessi</span></b> at <a href="http://fanfabfirst.blogspot.com.au/"><span style="color: magenta;"><b>Fantastic, Fabulous, Firsties!</b></span></a> has a Monster Measurement Mansion Game to help reinforce non-standard measurement.</div>
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And my last piece of informal measuring for the week is an idea that I saw(???) where you tape the units together so the groups actually have a tape measure made out of paperclips, paddlepop sticks, breadtags etc. This helps to reinforce the idea of butting the measuring pieces up for accuracy.</div>
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So it looks like I am all set for the week in maths. Is there anyone else out there following C2C for Year 1, or who uses a Maths Messy Box??? Also, jump in with any other measurement activities that you use...</div>
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</span></div>Judithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16406164663751567997noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3628675898905329690.post-55392675108999647442012-07-27T01:47:00.001-07:002012-07-27T01:47:49.245-07:00Peggy about Behaviour...<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Just how brilliant are all the peg clip chart behaviour systems being used in classrooms around the globe!!!</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://sunnydaysinsecondgrade.blogspot.com.au/2011/07/clip-it-up.html"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>From Sunny Days in Second Grade</b></span></a></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>From <a href="http://www.miss-kindergarten.com/search/label/classroom%20ideas"><span style="color: purple;">Miss Kindergarten</span></a> </b></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: purple;">From </span><span style="color: #741b47;"><a href="http://theinspiredapple.blogspot.com.au/2011_08_01_archive.html">The Inspired Apple</a></span></b></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Where this idea originate from I do not know. But a huge 'Thank-You' to the clever person who did indeed invent this concept. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here is my little chart, that hangs proudly out the front of my room...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Close up (and a much clearer picture!!!) - </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My pegs have been dyed in various colours, and are stored in one of my drawers...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And when my little lovelies reach the Outstanding, and remain there for the entire day (what a challenge I do set!!!) then they receive a little jewel...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Five jewels and the peg goes home, choose a new colour peg, and the cycle continues. Now, just how easy is that??? </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">After seeing the stunning guitar chart above, and the many other creative charts out there, I would love to make a few more up to match my theme each school term. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So many ideas, and so little time...</span></div>Judithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16406164663751567997noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3628675898905329690.post-15820549312685814522012-07-27T00:51:00.000-07:002012-07-27T14:20:25.182-07:00Why, Thank-you...<div style="text-align: justify;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Drum roll, please..........for my first teaching blog award!!!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A huge Aussie thanks to a talented teacher, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: large;">Tania</span></b>, from <span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: large;"><b>Mrs Poultney's Ponderings</b></span> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">for passing this onto me. She has been kind enough to acknowledge my little blog. Go and meet Tania, and say hello...</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And also, would you believe it!!! A second nomination from <span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;"><b>Vicky</b></span> who lives at -</span><br />
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b><a href="http://keepcalmandimagine.blogspot.com.au/"><span style="color: #38761d;">Keep CALM & Imagine...</span></a></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The award is the Liebster Award, which has been blog-hopping around the globe for some time now.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But the award comes with rules, that I must adhere to (now I know how my little kids feel in class). </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">The rules:</span><br style="line-height: 22px; text-align: -webkit-auto;" /><span style="line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">1. Link back to the person who gave it to you. </span></span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">√ </span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The 5 Newbie Bloggers that I am passing this award onto are...</span></span></div>
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<span style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">- Holly from <a href="http://mrsehleskindergartenconnections.blogspot.com.au/2012/07/document-camera-on-your-wishlist-ive.html"><span style="color: red;"><b>Mrs. Ehle's Kindergarten Connections</b></span></a></span></span></div>
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<span style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">- Jessica at<span style="color: #38761d;"> <b><a href="http://tales-of-a-first-grade-teacher.blogspot.com.au/2012/07/rockin-resources-and-giveaway.html?showComment=1343374482749#c1500226419292387196"><span style="color: #38761d;">Tales-of-a-First-Grade-Teacher</span></a> </b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">- Ms Feuerstack from over at <span style="color: blue;"><b><a href="http://funandlearninginfirst.blogspot.com.au/2012/07/newbie-blogger-blop-hop.html#comment-form"><span style="color: blue;">Fun and Learning in First</span></a> </b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">- Liz at <span style="color: magenta;"><b><a href="http://polkadotfirsties.blogspot.com.au/"><span style="color: magenta;">Polka Dot Firsties</span></a> </b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If you have already received this award, think of it as a double bonus at the end of a long week. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Catch up with you all again soon.....J</span></div>Judithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16406164663751567997noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3628675898905329690.post-57933582437942819892012-07-23T20:29:00.000-07:002012-07-23T20:29:58.641-07:00Reinventing Sight Words...<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Lots of very creative teachers around the globe use the <b>Dolch</b> word system, <b>Fry </b>words, or the <b>Magic 100</b> and have made up many, many brilliant games to help kids practice and learn these words. And they have published these games on their blogs, or Pinterest, to share with others.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">There are bingo games, flashcards, posters, songs and 100's of games made, all ready for use in our classrooms, and all created with a fun element. So, why am I reinventing the wheel???</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Well, my school is using a system called <b>MULTILIT - M</b>aking <b>U</b>p <b>L</b>ost <b>T</b>ime <b>I</b>n Literacy! </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It helps struggling students pick up the basics. There are 200 words in the sight word component, presented in 30 groups of 10 words. But when I went to the usual spots to get some inspiration (yes, I'm talking Pinterest!) there is nothing. Not a single solitary flashcard or sheet to be had!!! </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But, worst still, no fun games for rotational groups!!! </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Result is - time to make my own...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">First game is just a basic roll the dice, move and say the word game. The above photo covers games for the first 10 groups of words. The school has 'modified' the way we display the words. Instead of working from list 1 to 30 we cover a 5 colour system (very confusing, I must say). Lists 1 and 2 are blue, 3 and 4 are pink etc.....so the kids progress through the colours as their sight word knowledge increases. So you can see why I need to reinvent this poor old system, quickly!!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This is the first 'blue' level, lists 1 and 2, which basically covers all the initial words. For each level I glued the game onto backing cardboard that matches the level, and made the picture and arrows on the game in the same colour as well.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">These are the words for the first 'orange' level, covering lists 9 and 10. You can see that the progression of words is increasing in difficulty. I made up 5 copies of each level so that the class can play in pairs, at their level during group time.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And a quick little recording sheet for the kids to write down the words they land on!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So my plan of attack is to create one or two new games each week using the MULTILT words. Fingers crossed that I stay motivated enough to stick to this goal...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">By the way, has anyone else ever used this MULTILIT system at all??? Would love to hear how you made it work successfully...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This teaching year 'Down Under' saw the introduction of our new National Curriculum. Strangely, not all the States and Territories are following it. Queensland is, so that means I'm in the thick of it!!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My year level is on-track to the day, which means we are up to Unit 5 Week 2 Lesson 1 in spelling...<span style="color: red;"><b>'r' influenced vowels </b></span>'ar', 'er', and 'ir'. I have noticed that they are also called 'r' controlled vowels overseas. Same thing, different name.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Kerrie from <a href="http://whoosinfirst.blogspot.com/" style="color: #990000; font-weight: bold;">Look Whoo's in First </a><b style="color: #990000;"> </b>has a great free-download game called <span style="color: #990000;"><b>Captains Crew R Controlled Vowels </b></span></span></div>
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T<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">hen, of course, I just HAD to check out what is showing up on <span style="color: black;"><b><a href="http://pinterest.com/search/?q=r+controlled+vowels">Pinterest</a> </b></span>- and there goes the rest of my day!!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Kathy at <span style="color: #38761d; font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/irstgradealacarte.blogspot.com.au/search?updated-max=2011-04-04T23:23:00-04:00&max-results=20"><span style="color: #38761d;">First Grade a la Carte </span></a> </span>has a super game for kids to practice their r-controlled words. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Well, I live in the sunny state of </span><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #b45f06;">Queensland, Australia</span>.</b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My teaching career has all been in what we call '</span><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #38761d;">lower primary</span></b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">', that is, Year 3 and under. Though I did do a few years in Special Education.</span>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I started this teaching blog only <b><span style="color: #351c75;">a few months</span></b> back. After seeing such wonderful, creative blogs and ideas out there I just <span style="color: #351c75;"><b>HAD</b></span> to join in - you all know how it is!!! Once the blogging bug bites there is no return...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">So hard to share a tip with being so new to this obsession. But the blogs I admire are the ones that reflect the owners passion to teaching, their enthusiasm shines through the words, and is contagious. Then on some level they encourage me to follow the evolution of their classroom, or resources throughout the year. The best blogs are written by teachers who work hard and obsess about teaching. And this list of brilliant bloggers in the teaching world is endless ...</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Next task for me is to try to take a clearer shot of the above, and add in the sheet that goes with it...nothing like a newbie in the blogging world - so much to learn...</span></div>
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<br />Judithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16406164663751567997noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3628675898905329690.post-51749706602598465402012-07-02T00:08:00.000-07:002012-07-02T00:08:23.760-07:00Coffee, Kids, and Compulsive Lists....Giveaway...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Shanyn, from the blog Coffee, Kids, and Compulsive Lists is giving 9 lucky teachers the chance to win brilliant products, all generously donated by the likes of -</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">*<span style="color: red;"> </span><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red;"><b>Tori</b></span> at </span><a href="http://toristeachertips.blogspot.com.au/"><span style="color: red;"><b>Tori's Teacher Tips</b></span></a><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; text-align: center;"> is donating her <span style="color: red;"><b>Seasonal Word Lists for K-3</b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">*<span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: orange;"><b>April</b></span> at<span style="color: orange;"> <a href="http://ideabackpack.blogspot.com.au/" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: orange;">The Idea Backpack</span></b></a></span> is donating her </span><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: orange; font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Writing-Graphic-Organizers-for-Common-Core-Standards-Grades-3-5" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span style="color: orange;">Writing Graphic Organizers for grades 3-5</span></a> </span>AND her<b><span style="color: orange;"> <span style="text-decoration: none;"><a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Wayside-School-Class-Writing-Activity" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Wayside School Writing activity</a></span></span></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So, I suggest you all head over quickly and register your interest....</span></span></div>
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I am not one who likes unplanned changes in my classroom!!! So on the last day of term, when a telephone technician turned up and installed my new classroom phone I was a little on edge. Very glad that I now had contact with the outside world from the boundaries of my classroom, but distraught that the 'only' place in the room to install this new piece of technology was right in the middle of the class manipulative/computer area. Really???? Computer dislodged, shelving moved, wall hangings loosened, but at least he 'attempted' to make it look half decent... see, new phone on top shelf...</div>
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<span style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;">So this has boosted me along rather quickly to re-think the configuration of my classroom (yes, mid year!!!) And no, the phone can't be moved or wall mounted at all (asbestos in the building, so no drilling, nailing etc to be had).</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;">And, at the same time I inherited this 'lovely' filing cabinet - is it just me or is this colour strange???</span><br />
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So, as a teacher, we always have a Plan B tucked up our sleeve...
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The end result is using my holidays to first of all come up with Plan B, and to repaint the cabinet. It is in really good condition, and a quick coat of spray enamel should liven it up for a deserved spot in the room - extra free storage, who will turn that down based on colour????</div>
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The 'new' section of class will be set up later this week, after the filing cabinet has dried off and been transported back to school. Looking forward to sharing it with you all......</div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Well, this is my first post in relation to teaching. After many months of 'watching from the sidelines' at all the other fantastic teaching blogs around the globe, I am now going to have a go.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I will probably just watch for a little while longer, but will definitely be up and running for next year. Now don't laugh! We all know just how quickly it will come around.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So from <span style="color: blue;"><i>'The-Other-Side-Of-The-Pond'</i></span> I look forward to becoming a regular teaching blogger and sharing ideas with you.....</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Oh, a quick little about me....I teach Year 1 in Brisbane, Australia and love it!!!</span></div>Judithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16406164663751567997noreply@blogger.com0