tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56872095002644165402024-03-12T19:43:53.215-05:00Vintage TeacherA blog dedicated to the sharing of knowledge and resources of a truly "Vintage Teacher."Vintage Teacherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08517816049428878165noreply@blogger.comBlogger277125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687209500264416540.post-76410442665125652282011-10-27T22:40:00.002-05:002011-10-27T22:40:00.314-05:00Five Friday Freebies - Week 22<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">f you are not a TN member, membership is FREE. Here is a link to register so you will be able to download. <strong><a href="http://www.teachersnotebook.com/shop/VintageTeacher/signup">Teacher Notebook Registration</a> </strong>Click on log in or register.<br />
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Freebie #2 - <a href="http://www.teachersnotebook.com/product/DownUnderTeacher/free-sunflower-synonyms#">Sunflower Synonyms</a> by Down Under Teacher<br />
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Freebie #5 - <a href="http://www.teachersnotebook.com/product/westiefan/nouns-and-verbs-match-up">Nouns and Verbs Match Up</a> by First Grade Friends<br />
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As I was looking at things pinned at Pinterest I came across a link to some wonderful addition and subtraction strategies posters. <br />
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Since I follow this blog, I don't know how I missed this, but I had to share them with you. They are from Step into 2nd Grade with Mrs. Lemons. <br />
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Don't miss out on these as Mrs. Lemons has them saved into Google Documents so you can also have a copy. How great is that!<br />
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Thanks Mrs. Lemons for sharing your resources.<br />
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<a href="http://stepintosecondgrade.blogspot.com/2011/10/i-heard-your-cries.html">Addition posters</a><br />
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<a href="http://stepintosecondgrade.blogspot.com/2011/10/subtraction-strategies.html">Subtraction posters</a><br />
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Be sure to visit her blog to learn the easy to follow directions in order to receive her wonderful products.<br />
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Thanks Ana for being so generous!<br />
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I did however recommend that she use the tutorial with the projector to have them work as a class reading the scales.<br />
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<a href="http://us.ohaus.com/us/en/home/markets/education-world/teachers-and-schools/balance-tutorials.aspx">The tutorial from Ohaus</a> is great practice for students to learn to add and read the numbers used on a triple-beam balance. (Click on triple beam)<br />
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I have used the tutorial on an interactive board as well as I have had my students practice individually on a singular computer. <br />
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My teammate told me later in the day her students LOVED the activity.<br />
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If you are teaching students on <a href="http://us.ohaus.com/us/en/home/markets/education-world/teachers-and-schools/balance-tutorials.aspx">how to measure with a triple-beam balance</a> this is a great tutorial! One more thing, it is FREE! <br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://us.ohaus.com/us/en/home/markets/education-world/teachers-and-schools/balance-tutorials.aspx"><img height="200" src="http://us.ohaus.com/_img/products/img_TBB-US_family_001_big.jpg" width="200" /></a></div>Vintage Teacherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08517816049428878165noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687209500264416540.post-8195272645838780522011-10-20T23:06:00.003-05:002011-10-23T06:55:37.253-05:00Five Friday Freebies - Week 21<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">If you are not a TN member, membership is FREE. Here is a link to register so you will be able to download. <strong><a href="http://www.teachersnotebook.com/shop/VintageTeacher/signup">Teacher Notebook Registration</a> </strong>Click on log in or register. <br />
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Freebie #2 - <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Noun-Sort-Fall-and-Halloween">Noun Sort-Fall and Halloween</a> by Holly Baker<br />
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Freebie #5 - <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Measuring-Monsters">Measuring Monsters </a>by Karla Banks<br />
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We opened up a paper grocery bag and they used a charcoal briquette as their drawing utensil. The next day each group wrote what they thought the story was.<br />
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I am bringing this up because it was a great activity, but also because I have came across an article with a video and some resources I think my students would have thoroughly enjoyed and I learned some new things additionally! See how<a href="http://www.youngzine.com/article/cave-art-found-was-it-prehistoric-preschool"> preschoolers and this ancient cave</a> may be related by clicking on the image below.<br />
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<div style="text-align: left;">Most of us deal with students being bullied every day. How sad?</div><br />
Stop Bullying has some short webisodes that are cartoons to help address this situation. There are 12 different episodes for different types of bullying. Each cartoon is about 2 minutes long.<br />
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Need some creative writing ideas to help your students. <a href="http://teacher.scholastic.com/scholasticnews/games_quizzes/writecaption/index.asp">Writing captions</a> is harder than you think. They have to be short and express creativity. <a href="http://teacher.scholastic.com/scholasticnews/games_quizzes/writecaption/index.asp">Scholastic News </a>has a section in their website that allows students to write and submit a caption for a picture each week. Below is the picture for this week. <br />
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</div><div>I was thinking this would be a great weekly activity for the classroom. Print the picture and have your students come up with the caption. They could work in groups or individually. Have them vote on the best two and you submit those. That way everyone is sharing ideas and trying to come up with the best. The next week you can see which captions were chosen. </div><div><br />
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All students can submit a caption they came up with, but I think the sharing and explaining would help some of us "less creative" individuals. I also am thinking of some of my past students who would just submit anything so they could say they did and would have benefited by the sharing, etc.<br />
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<a name='more'></a>One year I printed pictures submitted to a photography contest for the Kansas City Star and my eighth graders wrote a story to go with the picture. They were awesome. Some of the students I thought would just slop down anything really got into it and I was amazed with the thought and effort they shared. </div><div><br />
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Write on index cards the names of several different tunes your children would know and can hum. (My students don't know the tunes so I usually have to teach them the tunes.) You will need one tune for each group.<br />
Examples: Row, Row Your Boat, Mary Had a Little Lamb, etc.<br />
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Each child draws a card from the group and doesn't tell anyone what tune they have. <br />
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When you say go, everyone starts humming their tune and walking around the room trying to locate the other people in their group humming the same tune. There is no talking and they are NOT allowed to show anyone the card. When everyone has been "Found" they go to a location on the edge of the room away from the others and hum their song loudly, then stand silently. (I usually tell them how many people make up a group ahead of time so they will know how many people to find.)<br />
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When the last group has gone to a location and the room is now silent, I pick up the cards. I now have groups for the activity that we are doing.<br />
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Freebie #2 - <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/FREE-Halloween-Would-You-Rather-Questions-for-Kids"> Halloween Would You Rather Questions for Kids</a> by Rachel Lynette<br />
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Freebie #5 - <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Halloween-Costume-Descriptive-Writing-Prompt-Handout">Halloween Costume Descriptive Writing Prompt Handout</a> by Ann Marie Smith<br />
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Freebie #6 - <a href="http://www.teachersnotebook.com/product/Kindergartenkiosk/halloween-haunting-developing-alphabet-letter-naming-fluency">Halloween Haunting: Developing Alphabet Letter Naming Fluency</a> by Kindergarten Kiosk<br />
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Freebie #8 - <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/FREE-Boo-Bump-Halloween-Math-Game-Addition">Boo Bump Halloween Math Game (Addition)</a> by SunnyDays<br />
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Freebie #9 -<a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Halloween-Brain-Teaser-with-Double-Double-Letters"> Halloween Brain Teaser with Double Double Letters</a> by Margaret Whisnant<br />
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Freebie #10 - <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Halloween-Brain-Teaser-with-Double-Double-Letters">Candy Corn Roll and Remove </a>by Melanie Bowers<br />
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Freebie #11 - <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Yum-Candy-Corn-Fact-Families">Yum! Candy Corn Fact Families</a> by Primary Grafetti<br />
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Freebie #12 - <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Over-in-the-Pumpkin-Patch-Counting-Mats">Over in the Pumpkin Patch Counting Mats</a> by Little Miss Kindergarten<br />
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Freebie #13 - <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Halloween-Fact-Family-and-Noun-Sorting">Halloween Fact Family and Noun Sorting</a> by DeAnne Davis<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">I just had to share this <a href="http://quenchyourfirst.blogspot.com/2011/10/its-pigometry-baby.html">PIGometry idea from Quench Your First blog</a> in their study of 2D shapes. I also pinned it on my Pinterest board. They made their pigs then wrote about them. More details on the specifics are available at <a href="http://quenchyourfirst.blogspot.com/2011/10/its-pigometry-baby.html">Quench Your First</a> blog.</div>Vintage Teacherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08517816049428878165noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687209500264416540.post-50197922841653102902011-10-10T18:17:00.001-05:002011-10-10T18:17:00.170-05:00Page Corner BookmarksI stumbled on these page corner bookmarks. What a great activity or maybe they could be made and given as "prizes" for special readers, etc. To get the directions, go to <a href="http://nheilke.com/blog/?p=2628">I Can Make That</a> for directions or click on the bookmarks below. <br />
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Freebie #2 - <a href="http://www.teachersnotebook.com/product/thebubblyblonde/trick-or-treat-odd-amp-even-numbers#">Trick or Treat - Odd & Even Numbers</a> by The Bubbly Blonde Teacher<br />
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The idea at Education World was to make a bingo cards with just the answers then play giving the riddle as the call out. Maybe a fun party game for the Halloween party? What do you think? <br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Riddle Question: What is a ghosts favorite ride at an amusement park?<br />
Riddle Answer: The roller ghoster.</span><br />
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Riddle Question: Where does a fish keep its money?<br />
Riddle Answer: In a riverbank.<br />
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Riddle Question: What kind of car does an electrician drive?<br />
Riddle Answer: A volts-wagon.<br />
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Riddle Question: Why did the woman wear a helmet at the dinner table?<br />
Riddle Answer: She was on a crash diet.<br />
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Riddle Question: What is the difference between here and there?<br />
Riddle Answer: The letter <i>t.</i><br />
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Riddle Question: Which city has no people?<br />
Riddle Answer: Electri-city!<br />
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Riddle Question: What does a duck wear when it gets married?<br />
Riddle Answer: A duck-cedo.<br />
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Riddle Question: What gets wetter and wetter the more it dries?<br />
Riddle Answer: A towel.<br />
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Riddle Question: Which month is the best month for a parade?<br />
Riddle Answer: March.<br />
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Riddle Question: What has a foot on each side and another one in the middle?<br />
Riddle Answer: A yardstick.<br />
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Riddle Question: Why is Alabama the smartest state in the U.S.A.?<br />
Riddle Answer: It has 4 As and 1 B.<br />
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Riddle Question: What do you see twice in a week, once in a year, but never in a day?<br />
Riddle Answer: The letter e.<br />
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Riddle Question: Which bone keeps getting longer and shorter?<br />
Riddle Answer: A trombone.<br />
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Riddle Question: What did one potato chip say to another?<br />
Riddle Answer: Lets go for a dip.<br />
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Riddle Question: What kind of coat only gets put on when its wet?<br />
Riddle Answer: A coat of paint.<br />
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Riddle Question: What do you call a deer with no eyes?<br />
Riddle Answer: No eye deer."<br />
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Riddle Question: What building has the most stories?<br />
Riddle Answer: A library.<br />
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Riddle Question: Where does Friday come before Thursday?<br />
Riddle Answer: In a dictionary.<br />
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Riddle Question: What are two things you cant eat for supper?<br />
Riddle Answer: Breakfast and lunch.<br />
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Riddle Question: What has just two words but thousands of letters?<br />
Riddle Answer: A <i><u>post office</u></i>.</span><br />
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Riddle Question: What runs around your house but never moves?<br />
Riddle Answer: A fence.<br />
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Riddle Question: Why did the silly gardener plant a light bulb?<br />
Riddle Answer: He wanted to grow a power plant.<br />
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Riddle Question: Why did the cookie go to the doctor?<br />
Riddle Answer: He was feeling crummy.<br />
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Riddle Question: What is a cannibals favorite game?<br />
Riddle Answer: Swallow the leader.</span>Vintage Teacherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08517816049428878165noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687209500264416540.post-58358930152220427332011-10-02T14:24:00.002-05:002011-10-02T15:12:30.335-05:00Earth Science Link Up<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-size: x-large;"><b>"Earth Science Week" </b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-size: x-large;"><b>Linky Party</b></span></div><br />
Earth Science Week is October 9-15. <br />
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I thought I would host my first linky party. The topic is Earth Science. Please link any resources that you feel might benefit teachers. You can link blog posts, Internet resources you found helpful, etc. Please link resources for all grade levels.<br />
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1. If linking to a blog post please link directly to the post.<br />
2. All posts should deal with Earth Science.<br />
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If you don't have a blog, you can still participate. You can leave comments explaining your ideas and you can participate in the linky party by linking to resources you have found helpful!<br />
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</div><div>After catching the fish, the player must "measure" the fish against the ruler and select the correct tank.</div><div><br />
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Freebie #2 - <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Farmhouse-Fact-or-Opinion-Freebie">Farmhouse Fact or Opinion Freebie</a> by A Series of 3rd Grade Events<br />
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All though that may not be physically possible for many of us, but it is available virtually for all of us. <br />
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How about taking a trip to the Smithsonian with <a href="http://americanart.si.edu/education/insights/midnight/">Meet Me At Midnight</a> or maybe exploring the <a href="http://www.mnh.si.edu/mammals/">Mammal Family Reunion</a> is better, or how about a trip to the <a href="http://nationalzoo.si.edu/Animals/WebCams/default.cfm?hpout=webcam_link&xtr=">National Zoo via live web cams</a>?<br />
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Explore and enjoy!Vintage Teacherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08517816049428878165noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687209500264416540.post-87789977734793683622011-09-28T21:40:00.001-05:002011-09-28T21:41:11.621-05:00Story StartersAre you or your students looking for a new idea to write about?<br />
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</div>Vintage Teacherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08517816049428878165noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687209500264416540.post-48097341777853921812011-09-26T16:00:00.003-05:002011-10-09T20:06:32.387-05:00I Heart Your Blog Award Received<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #eeeeee;"><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-MoQ1aonNRp8/TnwgTtV235I/AAAAAAAAAl8/6QZJtxEw63I/s640/screenshot_06.jpg" /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #eeeeee;">I would like to thank Maria from <a href="http://charmedinthirdgrade.blogspot.com/">Charmed in Third Grade</a> blog for this wonderful award. She has brightened my week! Thank you so much for extending this to me.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #eeeeee;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><b>I Heart Your Blog Award</b>: </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;">A <a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-MoQ1aonNRp8/TnwgTtV235I/AAAAAAAAAl8/6QZJtxEw63I/s1600/screenshot_06.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; color: #f95b71; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration: none;"></a>dear friend of mine taught me a profound lesson several years ago when she shared her personal mantra, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;">"There Is Only Love". Since then, I have realized that by adopting this mantra in my own life, I have changed my whole approach to everything I experience. That being said, as a total newbie to the teacher's blogging world, I discovered this gold mine of amazingly creative and talented teachers out here in cyber space. There are so many of you spreading the teaching Love around the globe by sharing your ideas and experiences. I just had to create a blog award to celebrate those of you who have touched my heart and inspired me, increasing my LOVE of teaching.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"> </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #eeeeee; line-height: 20px;"><br />
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</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 18px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-family: inherit;">When you are awarded the <b>I Heart Your Blog Award</b> you are asked to do the following things:</span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #eeeeee;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"></span></span><br />
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<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3qK8ZRg90RQ/Tc3IJ1N-VGI/AAAAAAAAABQ/yu66eji1Yzs/s1600/208033_10100527712541650_1904899_63196256_7768020_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #eeeeee;"><img alt="My Photo" border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3qK8ZRg90RQ/Tc3IJ1N-VGI/AAAAAAAAABQ/yu66eji1Yzs/s220/208033_10100527712541650_1904899_63196256_7768020_n.jpg" /></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #eeeeee;">In my first grade community, Writer's Workshop is a big deal! I have been working with my kids since the first day on Writer's Workshop procedures, and it is almost time for parent teacher conferences and the end of my first quarter. My school is year round, so my firsties have been working hard since July. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #eeeeee;">In reading we are working on characters, setting, problem/conflict, and solution. Since reading and writing go hand in hand, I created this<a href="https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=explorer&chrome=true&srcid=0B9g8CUrXss4gZDliZTdmNWEtNWQyYi00MWU5LWJjOTctNDJkZDZkOTA0NWRi&hl=en_US"> template for my first graders to publish</a> a piece of writing using all the skills they have learned this quarter. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #eeeeee;">The first page is a brainstorm template to write or draw anything they are thinking they might want in their story. We have read many picture books, so I pull out some favorites (anything Mo Willems, for example) for reference and to spark ideas. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #eeeeee;">After this, each day is devoted to creating a different page in the story line. We spend a day on each page to make sure that each part of the story is created with care. After each page is created, we put the book together! </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #eeeeee;">We have a "publishing party" then where each first grader puts their story on their desk, and the children (and myself) walk around the classroom to read each others' stories. They can leave comments or a smiley face with their name on a piece of paper next to the child's published story. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #eeeeee;">This is a great way to end the quarter, and I am sure other first grade communities are doing this as well! Enjoy the template and I hope it helps to create some wonderful first grade pieces of writing. <a href="https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=explorer&chrome=true&srcid=0B9g8CUrXss4gZDliZTdmNWEtNWQyYi00MWU5LWJjOTctNDJkZDZkOTA0NWRi&hl=en_US">Template for published piece.</a></span><br />
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