We started by introducing the 5-Finger Retelling chart and using the elements of a story to help us retell all the important parts of a story. Let’s start with the charts I made for the week we were practicing Retelling using familiar stories. It’s also a win-win because I get to do a little art, which I don’t really have time for at home! So stop on in and look around! I have found that the kids, especially little ones, use and remember more from the charts when they are very visual, so I make time in my week to create these charts using characters from the stories, pictures to illustrate a poem or concept, and bright colors. They help the kids remember stories, access words they’ve learned, or recall tools to help them organize their thinking. I LOVE making charts! Step into my classroom and you’ll probably say, “Wow, someone has too much time!” but to be honest, I don’t! I just love them so much and love the way they are useful but can add so much character (sometimes literally) to our walls. Next time, I think I’ll add a place for them to label the name of each shape, also! ![]() They got to design their own face and then recorded how many of each shape they used. We took advantage of teaching shapes the week of Halloween and made shape jack-o-lanterns! Kids got a template and black die-cut pattern block shapes. My kids quickly picked up the term and knew that it was the math word for corners. Also, the 2nd and 3rd grade EnVisions use the term “vertices” so it made more sense. ![]() We chose as a team to use “vertices” as a bridge to 3D shapes. I laminated this chart to keep up all year, sorry about the glare!Īny 1st grade teachers in Austin? The EnVisions math adoption goes back and forth between the term “corners” and “vertices”. We made towers, used counters and have incorporated the concept into Problem of the Day each week. I don’t know about your kids, but this concept always gets my kids! We introduce it with comparing numbers to try to help kids have more time this year to practice. We have one for subtraction, but the photo is MIA right now! (soon!) The students and I came up with ideas of what to put on our addition chart after a week of exploring addition with manipulatives, pictures, models, equations, and story problems. ![]() I really love 1st grade and my kids are funny, imaginative and so much fun! I can’t wait to share our Writer’s Workshop with you soon! They are LOVING writing and our Author Studies have really empowered them to create and share their own books! Which means that my class has a WIDE range of needs this year and we are still settling into how to make this work smoothly.īUT, that being said. Right next door! I thought it would be totally weird, but it’s been great actually! I asked him what he thought of having his mom right next door, “I LOVE it!!” So far, so good!Ĥ) I am the Inclusion teacher and have 5 students that receive support in Reading, Writing and Math. My room is still labeled in both languages and some of the charts (like the Working with a Buddy Chart) are still bilingual.ģ) JonahBear is in 1st grade too, this year. Two of my teammates in particular are so fun, sharing, and just great!Ģ) Our grade did not have enough students to fulfill Two-Way Dual Language this year, so I’m back to just teaching in English. It has been a little weird and overwhelming at times, but it’s getting better. More soon!ġ) I am still in 1st grade, but with an entirely new team. Sorry, my camera was not cooperating with the lighting in my room. So, pull out a book, trace and color a little, it will be worth it, I promise! Here are a few from the first weeks of school. But when my kids walk in every day and see their favorite characters on the wall, they make great connections, they share memories of favorite stories and they remember how FUN reading is! I use them to find a picture with either the doc cam or computer, project it on the wall and trace it onto chart paper! Yes, I do a LOT of coloring at home, and yes, it might seem trivial to some. I am BLESSED to have a station in my classroom with a doc cam, computer and projector. I get compliments on my characters all the time but you should know something…I have a secret helper. I LOVE book characters! I love that they cover my wall and remind my students of the amazing stories we’ve read and the journeys we’ve been on. So I ask you to be patient and keep checking back, I am motivated (Thanks, LaserTest) and ready to go! That being said, I have SO MANY ideas for posts. ![]() However, we are on the greener side of the hill, folks, and I am starting to have more time. Not to get into the nitty-gritty, but a divorce with kids is a time-consuming and GIANT ordeal. My past year has been an upheaval to say the least. I got a comment today that really made my day, made me feel guilty, and motivated me, all at the same time.
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