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Some of the teachers that attended my Professional Development were asking if I could post some of the printable newsletters, power points, worksheets that I have create in a printable version- Welp, honestly... I can't figure out how to do it in blogspot, but you can go to my wikispace, which is links above- download the printable piece and print it as your own! Let me know if you are looking for something specific.

Printable Shaped Books-

My kids love themed writing... and I have found that shaped books promote writing as well.

This is an awesome place to create printable books-

Printable Books

Egg-celent

Easter is just around the corner, a little sooner than usual- making March a very busy month. We have covered Dr. Seuss Day, National Pig Day already.... and still have the 1st day of spring, st. patricks day, and easter!

I am setting eggs in my classroom after Easter this year- Julie Reno, Shanon Reuter, Lynn Brown, and Krisit Moore- are going to do it at that time as well- I think Judy Ryster and Natalie Mitchell have already set theirs- If anyone else is interested please let me know- I am going to purchase a few Fancy Chicken eggs to set with a few reg. old chicken eggs- Diversity! hahahaha

Anywho...

Here is what I have-

Brainstorming for Eggcelent Writing:

Eggs-citement about eggs

Eggs on PreKinders.com

Incredible edible egg

From Seed to Plant

We started our plant unit this week...
Today we planted our seeds & we will be keeping a daily journal recording and charting the growoth of the plants. We planted hollyhocks, cacti, and bachlor buttons- Hopefully they will grow! We read the Gail Gibbons book From Seed to Plant and then discussed what things a seed needs to grow... I am planning bulletin board idea that grow from week to week. It will start as a seed... Then grow a sprout.... and so on until it blooms....

Here are some cool links:

a to z teacher stuff

Plant Thematic Unit

Let The Snow Go!!!

We want spring... But we still have winter! I took my kids outside with black construction paper to catch snowflakes. They were amazed that you could see the differences in each flake.

DINOSAURS

This week our story is "If the Dinosaurs Came Back"

There are tons of GREAT Dino books to do a complete unit!!!!

My Big Dinosaur Book

How do Dinosaurs Play with Friends

When Dinosaurs Came with Everything

And lots more at http://www.amazon.com/

We did and illustration-recreation of
the illustrations in the books- My class

has NEVER been this quiet!!!! The kids

loved recreating the exact pictures....

And, Yes! I let them trace... the L/A part

of the lesson was for them to write there own

words to go along with the picture!

Also. http://www.teachertube.com/ has

a lot of amazing dino videos-

here is the link

dino videos

Dr.Seuss Day

There are a lot of really cool online readings of Dr. Seuss Books-

Here are the links for a couple:

the zax

the cat in the hat

think about it...

Teachers are expected to reach unattainable goals with inadequate tools. The miracle is that at times they accomplish this impossible task. -Haim G. Ginott

Reading Videos!

You have to check out this site!
It has been one of my favorites for
a while! They just added some new stories:

http://www.storylineonline.net/

Let's Vote!!!

I created this ballot for a lesson on "Election Day"- I plan to disuss the different animals- Have a debate and graph the election results!

I also have an election lesson on- My Teacher for President and Duck for President...

All About Teeth!!!

Visit the Dentist with Marty- Video
http://www.ada.org/public/games/marty.asp

Dental Health Month
http://www.dltk-kids.com/crafts/miscellaneous/dental_health_month.htm

Colgate Kids
http://www.colgate.com/app/Kids-World/US/HomePage.cvsp

Pearly Whites
http://webtech.kennesaw.edu/jcheek3/dentalhealth.htm

Good Books-
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_gw/102-4348777-6995302?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=teeth

National Geographic Videos Online

This is an awesome site-

Great way to incorporate technology and science!!!

http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/

Be sure to try the Leaping Lizard video-

Are Your Teaching 21st Century Skills That Are Much Needed?

Why do we need to build 21st Skills with our students?
Watch this you tube video- You will be amazed at the statistics!!!

http://theconnectedclassroom.wikispaces.com/Classroom

Teaching Tolerance

Kristi gave me this web site today-
There are lots of free educational materials

www.teachingtolerance.org

Web Sites for Kids (Some More)

Here are a few other web sites that I've found for kids that are fun as well as educational.


www.noggin.com
www.kidsgames.org
www.pbskids.gov
www.prongo.com
www.bubblegum.com

Hope You Like Them.
Teresa B.

1st Grade- Color of his Own!

Chameleon Stuff:
Coloring page

Learn all about Chameleons

Chameleons Information Network

Ed Helper Chameleon Ideas

The Mixed up Chameleon
http://www.thevirtualvine.com/themixedupchameleon.html

I mean...

I meant from now till middle March...oops! ;)

New gal at Schhol

Stephanie Reader will be in my room for a few (60 hours) days from moe to middle March. Thought you'd want to know. She is a senior at OUC.

Any Questions?

Does anyone have anything (tech. related) -that you need help with or would like to know about?

Thanks!

There were a couple of sites there that I was not aware of...Thanks!!! TeresaB

Thanks for all the web sites, Jennifer. I'll be very busy checking them all out!
Judy

Games and Gadgets!

These are some sites that I like to use in my centers. I have a list of many more- If you find these useful I will add the rest. Please let me know what you think of these... click the comment link at the bottom of this entry and leave a comment!
Click- Healthy Teeth for a site on oral health.

Click- Clifford's Interactive Story Books

Click- Children's Storybooks Online

Click- ABC order

Click- Alphabet Action

Click- This is AMAZING- Bembo's Zoo: Letters Come to Life

Click- All About Arthur

Click- CBeebies Stories and Rhymes

Click- Missing Word Game: Between the Lions

Click- Curious George Activities

Click- Draw and Color with Uncle Fred

Click- GameGoo- This site has a lot of FUN games.

Click- Starfall Games

Click- ABC kids- Disney

Click- I Know That : Games

Relatives:Reading & Technology

"Teaching in the Information Age requires that educators modify their view and transform their instructional practices to utilize technology’s power to improve the reading ability of students. "
Check out the site below:
http://mrsdell.org/reading/

Technology in Reading Instruction- This article is very informative-
Check it out:
http://www.serve.org/seir-tec/publications/NewsWire/Vol6.1.pdf

A friend for Language Arts- How technology can enrich reading and writing skills
http://www.electronic-school.com/0198f4.html

These two articles are on-Technologies that support
Reading Comprehension in students with disabilities:
http://www.dinf.ne.jp/doc/english/Us_Eu/conf/csun_98/csun98_026.htm

http://www.hoagiesgifted.org/eric/e599.html

What are smart boards?

I have been reading through some of the needs assessments, and a lot of our technological "wishes" could be solved with smart boards. Smart boards, which can simply be used as a white board, but it interacts with your computer. You can access your computer from standing in front of the class. You can do power point lesson and pull up photos and/or articles from the Internet to share with your class. Your finger tip acts as the mouse... so it's really quite simple.

Although Smart Boards are amazing and would be lovely to have in every classroom- they can be a little expensive. Most schools represented in my technology courses at OU Athens have smart boards in every room, but there are a few that have one smart board set up in a lab style. The teachers reported that they simply reserve the room on a schedule posted in the main office...

Click the link to see more on Smart Boards!!!

Communication is Key

I do believe that we need to improve our way of communication in this building. We need to be able to spend time with other grade levels ( and our own ) to discuss topics such as intervention. We all need to be using the same form of intervention. I often find that someone may be using a form of intervention that I am not familiar with. This makes it difficult for me to understand the outcome of the intervention. It would be highly beneficial if we were able to see what (if any) intervention a current student received in the past. This would also let you know when the student began to struggle and what has (or has not worked) in the past.

Communication Is Key...

Do you Agree?

What is your opinion on our current intervention process?

Do you feel you know what forms of intervention other teachers are doing?

How would it benefit you (and your students) if you knew the interventions used with each specific child in the past?

Please answer the questions honestly!