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19 June 2013

Using Pinterest at School: {Summer School Ideas}

You know I love Pinterest.  I find so many good ideas on there.  Sometimes they work, sometimes they don't.  But I've still got to try.

With summer either already started (in my case), or starting soon, with that comes summer school.  Now, I'm not a fan of the drill and kill, same old same old boring summer school.  Which is why I don't normally teach it.  But, it's going to be different at my school this year.  This year, it is going to be more of a language and experience enrichment summer school.  We've found that lots of our students just don't have the vocabulary or background knowledge to understand higher level things, so by doing this, we're hoping to fix that.  And have a good time in the process.

So, here are my favorite things that I've pinned to use in my summer school class:

Make your own sidewalk chalk
Gangham Style Parody, "Farmer Style"
Source: youtube.com via Amanda on Pinterest
Edible Dirt w/ cute plant fork
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26 October 2012

Using Pinterest at School: {Math Ideas}

I know what you're thinking...MATH on a BOOK BLOG?!?!?!  But hey, I don't just teach reading.  I have some math remediation groups, too, and I do inclusion during several math blocks.  So, I figured I'd throw these ideas out there, in hopes that it will help someone. 

So, here are some of my favorite ideas from my Math board, enjoy!:

Source: mathwire.com via Amanda on Pinterest
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19 October 2012

Using Pinterest at School: {Parental Involvement}

Today, I'd like to share my Parental Involvement Board on Pinterest.  A lot of these ideas are letters to send home or tips you can give parents for working with children at home.  That being said, I have to translate for my parents, so I won't be printing these out myself, but I'll be using them as a guide.

Please, feel free to check out my other school boards:  School Stuff, Stuff I'm printing for school, Anchor Charts, Technology and Reading and Writing.  You never know when I added something new!  

Here are some pins from my Parental Involvement board that I think you'll enjoy:
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10 September 2012

Its Monday! What are you reading? From picture books to ya

Its Monday!  What are you reading?  From Picture Books to YA is a weekly feature hosted by Jen and Kellee of Teach Mentor Texts and inspired by Its Monday!  What are you reading by Sheila at Book Journeys.

Last week:  I finally finished the audiobook of Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince.  I also read and finished Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer.  

I'm starting to read Wonder to my 4th graders.  I really hope that in the 25 minutes I have them each day, we can really get the full impact and meaning of the book.  They seem to be enjoying it---we watched the trailer, and I got several questions, "Mrs. Furman, why aren't they looking at him?"  and "Mrs. Furman, what's wrong with his face?"  And then I read the line about how Auggie wasn't going to describe what he looked like, because what you were thinking was probably worse.  You could have heard a pin drop.  


Last week's posts:
September 3:  Its Monday! post; Be positive, spread the #schooljoy
September 4:  Happy first day of school ; #schooljoy
September 5:  Deep Thoughts on Harry Potter: Book 6; #schooljoy
September 6:  I'm on the Nerdy Book Club blog; #schooljoy
September 7:  An oldie but a goodie:  Where the Red Fern Grows; #schooljoy

This coming week:
I plan on starting to listen to the audiobook of The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern.  I'm not 100% sure what physical book I'm going to start reading yet, so I'm open to suggestions!

September 10:  This post; #schooljoy; BBAW Day 1:  Showing the love
September 11: My BBAW (Book Blogger Appreciation Week) interview with Wendy from Musings of a Bookish Kitty; #schooljoy
September 12:  Review:  Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer; #schooljoy; BBAW:  What does book blogging mean to me?
September 13:  Thursday #Thirstday, Review:  The Dark Unwinding by Sharon Cameron; #schooljoy
September 14:  Using Pinterest in School {Technology Board}; #schooljoy

What are you reading?
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31 August 2012

Using Pinterest at School {Back to School Ideas}


To continue with my "Using Pinterest at School" posts, today's pins come to you from my "Back to School" board.  This is a variety of gift ideas, first day poems, stuff to put up on the smartboard/projector, etc.   

Clicking the image will take you to the original source.

Here are my favorite "Back to School" pins (in no particular order):
10.  Poem, "Twas the Night Before School Started"

9.  A "getting to know you" activity
Source: mrsruss.com via Amanda on Pinterest

8.  Anchor chart for what respect looks and sounds like.  Maybe a good thing to create together on the first day.

7.  Back to School Jitters youtube video
Source: youtube.com via Amanda on Pinterest

6.  A cool twist on the traditional getting to know you page.  If I remember correctly, the link doesn't work, but it isn't hard to make your own (email me)

5.  Back to school free printables

4.  Please note that this link just takes you to the teacher's very cute blog, but doesn't tell you how to make a QR code.  See my blog post (here) for easy directions how to make your very own scanny code.

3.  Make a "Me Bag"


2.  Great list of procedures (even for veteran teachers)

1.  You're o'fish'ally a __________ grader

As always, if you like my pins, or would like to see more, feel free to give me a follow.  If you leave a comment here and tell me you did, I'd love to follow you back. 
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24 August 2012

Using Pinterest in School {Reading and Writing Board}

 
To continue with my "Using Pinterest in School" posts, today I'm sharing my "Reading and Writing" board.  It originally started out as my "Guided Reading" board, but I started finding so many reading and writing ideas that didn't quite fit under the "Guided Reading" umbrella, so I changed it!

Clicking the image will take you to the original source.  

In no particular order, here are 10 of my favorite ideas:
10.  What to teach at each guided reading level

9.  A super organized guided reading binder!

8.  Sample Plans

7.  Book lists for reading strategies

6.  Pretty self-explanatory :)
Source: sanjuan.edu via Amanda on Pinterest

5.  Reader's Notebook ideas.  

4.  Conferencing form

3.  Also pretty self-explanatory :)

2.  Two minute mysteries to teach inferencing
Source: squidoo.com via Amanda on Pinterest

1.  Fluency practice with common(ish) phrases

As always, if you like my pins, feel free to follow.  If you let me know that you did because of this post, I'll follow you back.
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