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Deck the Classroom!

December 18, 2014 By Rachel

I love everything about Christmas!
And I love bringing that into the classroom!
I bought a full size tree on sale last year after Christmas.
I couldn’t wait to put it up!
 Of course, I decked it out in our classroom colors!
 We have a countdown everyday in December to do different activities!
(Find this countdown in my free resource library)
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We made Math Decorations to decorate our door!
 Multiplication Christmas Trees
 A Merry Christmas banner by the fabulous Christina Bainbridge
(sorry for the bad ipad pictures)
 And of course, you have to have a countdown to Christmas Day!
Elfis our elf is always hanging around!
We made Snowman ornaments as our parent gifts!
They were super easy to make!
Plastic ornaments from Michaels for $.48!
Cut strips of white paper and rolled on a pencil.
Black & Orange sharpies to draw the face
Hot glued poms and pipe cleaners for earmuffs!
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    1. Mrs. Bartel's School Family (Alyce) says

      December 19, 2014 at 3:14 PM

      What a fun classroom!! I love the countdown, I am going to prep that over break for next year…Maybe the Christmas banner also. Thanks for the great ideas!
      Alyce

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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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