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It’s the Holiday Season!

December 8, 2013 By Rachel

Everything Christmas-y makes me smile!  
My apartment is decorated and I L-O-V-E it!  Here’s my tree!
 My cats are loving to sleep under it!  I don’t want to put the presents under it because it’s just so cute!
 This past week at school a friendly little elf visited and he’s been up to no good! I’ve been posting about it on Instagram. If you’re not on Instagram, you should really join!  We have so much fun there!
 
We have also added some Christmas flair to our math lessons!
We turned paper plates into peppermints and add math problems to the white spaces.  Such an easy center!
I picked up this during the Cyber Monday sale from Across the Hall in 2nd Grade.  We’re going to start it tomorrow and I can’t wait!
Secret Santa {A Classroom Community-Building Activity}
And we have some fun things planned for with our countdown.  If you missed it yesterday, read about it here.
We’re making ornaments for our parents this week!  Can’t wait to show y’all
Hope you have a wonderful week!
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    1. Alison Rose says

      December 8, 2013 at 10:24 PM

      Love your tree, Rachel! Your kitty is so cute hanging out under there. I added you on instagram! Can't wait to check out your pics! 🙂
      Alison
      Rockin' and Lovin' Learnin'

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    Rachel | 4th Grade Teacher
    How long is your students’ attention spans? I o How long is your students’ attention spans?
I only have about 10 minutes before I lose them! 🤪
And I don’t know about you but my lessons are typically longer…so I try to mix it up every 10 minutes with a Think-Pair-Share or some kind of movement
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    6 ways to get your students participating in your 6 ways to get your students participating in your lessons!
1️⃣ Think Time - giving your students time to think about the answer keeps your over achievers from answering all the questions 
2️⃣ Movement - Stand/Sit if this is your answer
3️⃣ Turn & Talk - Everyone shares their answer with a partner
4️⃣ Hand Signals - Perfect for multiple choice questions
5️⃣ Think-Pair-Share - Combines the think time with turn & talk 
6️⃣ Repetition - repeat important information to help it stick
🗣🗣Which number are you trying this week?!
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    Do you have these 4 teacher goals?! 1️⃣ Instr Do you have these 4 teacher goals?!
1️⃣ Instructional Goal - How are you improving your instruction?
2️⃣ Relationship Goal - How are you building relationships with students or coworkers?
3️⃣ Balance Goal - How are you trying to have a better work-life balance?
4️⃣ Non Instructional Goal - What other area are you trying to improve?
Here’s my 4 goals!
1. Vocabulary Instruction 
2. 2 Positive Notes a Week
3. Leave by 3:00 3 out 5 days
4. Clean off back counter once a week
What are your goals?
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    Coming back from break is a lot easier than the fi Coming back from break is a lot easier than the first day of school!
Less teacher talk 🗣
More student talk 👥
1️⃣ Give your students time to catch up with each other. Even adults like to chit chat about what we did during break!
2️⃣ Review procedures by playing a fun game. Charades is a great way to act out procedures to see if other students can guess what they’re doing!
3️⃣ The halfway point of the school year is a great time for students to set goals!
What’s your favorite thing to do after a break?!
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