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McGraw Hill Wonders Reading take home sheets for practice at home! All 10 units are included and have each units list of sight words, vocabulary words and phonics, Great at home practice for kiddos!!!! ...
As Spring Break approaches, I find that my fifth graders are in need of some reminders as to what it means to be kind to each other. In general, they are sweet kids, but at times the words they use and actions they take, particularly on the playground, aren't the kindest. Our read aloud for the month is Wonder by RJ Palacio so the theme of kindness fit right into our room. It just so happens that a new book, We're All Wonders by RJ Palacio, a picture book intended for younger readers to access the story, came out this week as well. So the timing was perfect. (the two links above are my affiliate links and will take you to Amazon to buy the books.) I began by asking the students what kindness is. We brainstormed a list of ideas and created an anchor chart. Then I read the picture book to the students. Because we had just finished Wonder, they were so excited to read this new version. When we finished, I asked the kids to think of all the ways, in both the picture book and the novel, that people were not very kind to Auggie (the main character). The kids were able to fill our entire circle map in no time. It was easy to recall how people would scream in his face, recoiling at the way he looked. They remembered the names Auggie was called and the no-touching game that was played. The instantly told me about all the awful things that happened to him. I then asked the kids to brainstorm ways that, if they were in the novel with Auggie, they could be kinder to him. Again, they had no problem thinking of ways they could be kind to Auggie. Next, I asked the students to think about their own real life. I asked them to reflect upon how they personally treat others and how they personally could make better choices when speaking to others. Here is where things got a little challenging. You see, when students are talking about fictional characters, or reading news stories about OTHER kids they don't know being treated unfairly or unkindly, they know exactly what they would do if they were there. Because they aren't there. They know they never will be there. But when confronted with their own lives, and real possibilities for what they would have to do to step in or change situations, it is a bit harder for them. So I asked them to brainstorm 15 different ways they PERSONALLY could show kindness to our classmates. (I drew a lot of inspiration for this next part from Study All Knight's FREE Kindness unit, which you can grab here.) The students then used tempra paint and painted 15 (or so) rainbow sunshine rays. They also drew their own Wonder-Inspired portrait. (I have previously done this before, but had them focus on precepts and writing....if you would like to do that, click here. It is one of my fav lessons too!) The students then glued their Wonder portraits into the middle of the rays, used Sharpie to outline and write the 15 ways they could show real kindness in their lives (one way per ray) and were done. They came out amazing. (See the picture at the top of the post!) What is better though, is that the past two days, my students are actively trying to be kinder to each other. They are watching their words. I have seen people purposefully go up to those who tend to wander during group time and invite them into the group. I have seen students smile at others just a bit more. It truly has been a Wonder. Right now, for a limited time, Amazon has the book available for $3.99!!! Snag up to 4 copies at that price. Use my affiliate link here to get your copy ASAP before they are all gone!! SaveSave
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Do you what to have your own Wonder Woman Paper Puppet ? Download the template by clicking the link below. Then it's as easy as print, cut out and assemble!
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Another week down and I am still wiped! There is no kind of tired like teacher tired at the beginning of the year! { For sure!} I am linking up with Doodle Bugs Teaching to showcase my week. We focused on colors. There are so many good books and ideas out there about colors. It was hard to try to narrow down my activities. These are what I ended up with. We read 'Brown Bear Brown Bear What Do You See?' To retell the story using these adorable bear puppets. The littles loved them! I got them from a fellow teacher in my building. She thought they were originally from Miss Kindergarten. Please let me know if this is not correct! We also manipulated play-doh to cover these brown bear mats. The little ones each had an animal from the book to cover with tissue paper squares to make our own brown bear class book. I love how these turned out! 'Dog's Colorful Day' was another story we read. We practiced gluing dots on this dog. The morning class had fewer dots to glue on since they are younger and less experienced. :) After reading 'Pete the Cat I Love My White Shoes' the little learners worked on a cause and effect activity. First we completed the activity on an actor chart as a whole group. Then each little one had their own paper to complete. They did awesome! I love Labor Day weekend! My Tigers begin their football season AND the Kansas City Irish Fest is this weekend. Heaven :) I work part-time at Anthropologie, mostly because I have an addiction to that store. :) It is a great company. If you are a teacher from now until September 7th you can get a 15% discount by showing your teacher ID. Link up your week with Doodle Bugs Teaching. Thanks for reading! Have a great day. :)
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Today, 4th grade starting working on their self portraits, inspired by the art of Tad Carpenter, and the fabulous art teacher Katie Allain. You can check out their art on their Instagram accounts, if you click on their names. He's the artist who designed the cover for the book, Wonder! Here's how we created ours! Materials: Sax 90lb paper Sax liquid watercolors Sharpie markers Pencils hair examples Day 1: Talk about the book and movie, Wonder. I plan on playing the audio book, and listening to it while they work. I demonstrated how to draw a simple outline of a face and a simple hairline, like the artist did. I then demonstrated how to trace/color with a Sharpie, and paint with liquid watercolors. I also put up different hair styles on the screen. I think individual copies at their tables would work better, btw :) Here's my fist 4th grade class, working on theirs today!
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Because we focus so much on papercrafting and mixed media here on the blog, we recognized that many of you may not be familiar with parchment crafting. This beautiful and intricate craft can be intimidating! You might be asking yourself "what tools do I really need to get started?"
Malinda here again, and this past week I worked on Link's Champion tunic! I used applique for all the details, which is an easy technique to learn. I'll walk you through the process: I drew my designs on paper first since I needed to duplicate them for symmetry. You can draw directly on the paper side of Heat n Bond
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Date: Circa 2000s Source Type: Postcard Publisher, Printer, Photographer: Monkey Design Company Postmark: None Collection: Steven R. Shook Remark: This postcard is produced by Monkey Design Company of Kaohsiung City, Taiwan, and sold in the United States of America by Monkey Design USA. Monkey Design cut out postcards are very high quality - exhibiting excellent print quality, colorful design, and good directions. The postcards are produced using heavy card stock, resulting in in 3D paper art forms that are durable and do not bend or sag in higher humidity environments. Copyright 2012. Some rights reserved. The associated text may not be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without prior written permission of Steven R. Shook.
some of 1/2B's beautiful bridge silhouettes Lesson Background: My class have been engaged in a Technology unit for the past few week...
