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This is the label I made for my Daughters Mandrake costume. You can see the costume here, craftylilthing.blogspot.com/2008/01/my-little-mandrake.html And here craftylilthing.blogspot.com/2008/01/my-little-mandrake.html And I used it for a miniature mandrake I crocheted for a swap. You can see a picture in this post. craftylilthing.blogspot.com/2009/05/reducio-sock-swap-gif... Please feel free to use my label. I would love to see a picture of your costume, craft,... Just leave me a link. :)

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I LOVE my class this year. Diverse. Capable. Sweet. Unique. Enthusiastic. Energetic. Hard-working. Funny. Lovable. These are some of the words that come to mind when I think of my first graders. But one more word that also comes to mind is...chatty. Very chatty. We are a 'work in progress' with this. And thank goodness, we are continuing to improve each week. :-) Now, don't get me wrong, I believe a classroom should be FULL of rich, collaborative dialogue. Student discussion is vital, and our little guys need frequent opportunities to engage with peers and share their thoughts. I pride myself on having a dynamic, student-centered classroom that encourages this. To foster this kind of a climate, however, students also need to learn how to be effective listeners and independent workers. There are appropriate and inappropriate times for talking, and to get students to adhere to these boundaries, clear expectations must be set. Here are 12 ideas/strategies to try when working with a chatty class.

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I love using the Two Truths and a Lie strategy to get students practicing applying math concepts in my class. Normally, this is used as an ice breaker. For example, I might share the following three

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So my awesome Peeps have put me in charge of sharing something meaningful with you this week! My class loves center time so I wanted to share just a little about how we rotate centers. This year I am going to split up my literacy & math centers. So I am only going to share about my literacy center rotation today. I have 8 literacy centers. Each child gets to go to 2 centers for 20 minutes each while I am pulling groups. I try to put a higher student or 2 with a lower student. That way if they need help there is usually someone there to help. Also when I pull groups according to reading levels there are still children in the center. I take their pictures on day 1 and print them to use for center groupings. The pictures are put up with sticky tack. So if we need a group swap it's easy to move them. The centers in the middle are on velcro. That way each morning I take the bottom center off and move all the centers down one spot then the groups get 2 new centers each day. How do you swap your centers around? Click below to go grab my center sign freebies. Don't forget to check back next week for a tip from one of my Peeps!

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I love to decorate and label my classroom with student photos! Students will take ownership of their classroom and their personal belongings with these custom labels. Also, students of all ages will quickly be able to identify which items is their's quickly. Perfect for young learners in preschool and kindergarten! These labels fit on the front of book bins from Target, Lakeshore, and Michaels. Either insert into a clear pocket or adhere by laminating and hot gluing to book bin. These labels can be used for so much more than book bins such as classroom supplies, cubbies, backpack hooks and etc.! What's included? You will get every label in all 4 different color palettes! Rainbow Red Pink Orange Yellow Green Blue Purple Pastel Red Pink Orange Yellow Green Blue Purple Primary Red Orange Yellow Green Blue Purple Boho Brown Rose Dark Tan Dark Gray Light Gray Light Tan Black and White Included are directions on where to download the free font used or use whatever font you prefer! Links to video tutorials on how to take square pictures, which is required for this product to work as pictured. Links to video tutorials on how to remove backgrounds on student photos and how to insert student photos into the labels. Please note that this product is in a compressed file that will need to be unzipped, that the file is editable using PowerPoint, and that directions can be accessed in the PDF file included. You may also like: Editable Name Tags with Student Photos Editable Mailbox Labels with Student Photos Simple Alphabet Poster with Real Life Pictures Simple Number Posters

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Another busy week... I can't believe September is done! October is going to be just as busy! I have three and a half inservice days, picture day, Thankgiving (Canadian style), and Halloween. Where am I suppose to teach in there?? Well, this week we started our math stations and the kids are LOVING them! They ask about them every day. I wish we had time every day! They are very hands on and lots of fun! Most of the activities come from other great bloggers, so I'll share links to them! Here is what the tubs look like. I bought 10 Sterilite snap-lid containers to store all of the materials in. For my work board I just display them on my whiteboard with magnetic tape. Love that stuff! Each day we do math stations, I just move the number cards around. I keep the groups to 2-3 students. We are starting with one station a day, but I made a second set of numbers in case we ever have time for two stations a day. Now onto my first set of stations. I am focusing on number and counting right now. All of the stations have a recording sheet to go with the hands on activity, but I am saving those for the second time around with the same stations. I want the students to really get a chance to explore the activities before completing the recording sheets. For most stations, I make three versions of each activity so each group member has their own set. I put each set into a large ziplock bag and tape the label/directions to the front of the bag. Station #1: All Boxed Up! from Cara Carroll's (The First Grade Parade) Ready, Set, Learn! {Back To School Math & Literacy Activities} Unit ---> click here to purchase I love Cara's unit. Such fun activities for back to school! My kids love the crayon activity. They have to match up number words, numbers, tally marks, and ten frames. The numbers range from 5-20, but I just included the numbers 5-10 for right now. I can add the harder ones in later. She also has a recording sheet to go with it. All I did was make a label for the bag. Download here. Station #2: Spill the Beans Students shake a cup of 10 double-sided bean counters. They colour in how many landed red and write a number sentence to go with it. I also have versions for 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9. Download the game and label for each of them below. {The first set of pages use the Canadian spelling of "colour".} Spill the Beans 5 Spill the Beans 6 Spill the Beans 7 Spill the Beans 8 Spill the Beans 9 Spill the Beans 10 {As per a request, the next set of game pages use the American spelling of "color".} Spill the Beans 5 Spill the Beans 6 Spill the Beans 7 Spill the Beans 8 Spill the Beans 9 Spill the Beans 10 Station #3: Counting Cups (inspired by Sarah Cooley over at First Grader...at Last!) I put a different number of objects (shells, beads, rocks, pom poms, buttons, etc.) in each cup. Students count the objects and write the number on the recording sheet. Click here for recording sheet and label. Station #4: Ordering Numbers by Mrs. Magee (First Grade Brain) ---> download numbers 0-15 free here Such a cute station idea from Mrs. Magee. I love the clipart! In her freebie of numbers 0-15, you get the work mats and card as well as two different worksheets. You can also purchase her unit with numbers up to 110. Station #5: Race to Trace from Shari Sloane ---> downlad this and other great math games here I laminate the game boards and include dry-erase crayons and dice. Students take turns rolling a dice and tracing that number. The first student to complete their page wins the race! You can use the game board as the recording sheet--just have students use crayons or makers on the paper. Download the label here. Station #6: Playdoh Numbers What a great sensory approach to practicing numbers. I think this is one of my students' favourite stations. Download number cards, recording sheet, and label here. Station #7: Buggy Friends Count by Tens by Ms. Arnold ---> download this freebie here Big thanks for this freebie! Students put these cute tens bugs in order then complete the recording sheet with the missing numbers. Check out Ms. Arnold's other great items over at her TpT store. She has a super sweet Back to School Math Fun unit that I will be using for future stations. Station #8: Unifix Cube Patterns I used these awesome unifix cube pattern cards from Jennifer Meacham's site (download here). Students love building patterns with these blocks. You can download my recording sheet and label here. {As per a request, here is the version using the American spelling of "color"--download here.} Station #9: Ten Frame War Students play war with Power of Ten cards. There is a single person recording sheet (students have to colour the ten frames and circle the one with the most) and label you can download here. {As per a request, here is the version using the American spelling of "color"--download here.} Station #10: Clothespin Math inspired by Cara Carroll's (The First Grade Parade) ---> download her freebie here I loved Cara's idea and her cute polka dot letters, but I needed some simple numbers for my kids. You can download my number cards and label here. Cara also included a good recording sheet with her clothespin cards. Well, I think that is enough rambling for now! I hope you can use some of these ideas. Also, many thanks to all the fabulous bloggers out there who have shared such FANTASTIC ideas with the teaching world. I can't express how much I have learned from everyone out there! Keep sharing and happy weekend everyone! :)

Well, my school year has barely ended, and call me crazy, because I am already planning and creating for next year!! I have a list a mile long of new ideas that I can’t wait to try out for next year. My first one?!?! Close Reading Toolboxes!! This post contains affiliate links to amazon.com. If you…

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