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Monday, April 29, 2013

Student Recommended Books

Today I was with a 5th grade class. I asked them for book recommendations. They had some great ideas.

One student recommend "Artimes Fowl" because its a great mystery that keeps unfolding. Just as one mystery is solved another one begins. I'm going to have to give this one a try. I've had many students ask for book recommendations who are looking for mysteries. I think this will be good to have in my back pocket. 

One student had just begun the "Spiderwick Chronicles" because so many of her friends recommended it. I have also read this book, it is a charming modern fairy tail.

"Big Nate" was recommended to a student because it is funny and Nate is always doing what he isn't supposed to.

A student recommended "Calvin and Hobbes." She loves all how funny it is. Yay for a classic cartoon! It makes me really happy to see kids reading things that I read when I was a kid.

This book is recommended by a fifth grade boy for having really good action and adventure.
 
This one is currently the class read aloud book. Over two days I had the pleasure of reading chapters three through six to the class. Each day they begged for more. It is a tale of a young girl who's family is going through hard times, how she deals with her struggles (such as living in a car) and how she tries to help her family in an unconventional way. It is now on my book list. 

Thursday, April 25, 2013

Behavior Chart

This is a great idea. When a student is doing good they are asked to move their pin up one. If they are not on task, they move their pin down one. Everyone starts the day on green. At the end of the day if your pin is on blue you get 1 ticket, on pink you get 2 tickets & on purple you get 3 tickets. At the end of the week there is a ticket drawing.

I spoke with the teacher who made this. She said she hardly ever needs to have students take a break. She just has them move their pin down one color.







Monday, April 15, 2013

Thing 1 and Thing 2

Walking through the halls of a school last week I saw a great idea. Students (probably in 1st or k) had written short pieces about what they would do if the Things came to their house. They published their work with this adorable craft project.



Wednesday, April 3, 2013

Great Sub Plans

This is what I want to see in sub plans. Every thing is laid out clearly. There is a good hierarchy to the information between the time, the activity and the description. There is enough information describing each activity but it is never over explained. I love these plans! It's all about the little things in life.