Pinterest Update

I had a Reading/Writing board on Pinterest and I decided to separate them into two boards.  Now I have a new Writing board.  I will be deleting the writing pins from the Reading board soon so make sure you go follow the new writing board!  Enjoy your Monday!

Pinterest Ideas

How did we ever live without pinterest?  I find so many great ideas there.  Seriously, pinterest and blogger have made me a MUCH better teacher!

Here are my latest pinterest finds:

Laminated envelopes to hold finished work, organized by assignment?  Genius!  I will be making one of these for each group I see. 

These would be so easy to make and great for building number sense.

 

Easy to make flipbook - You just need to make 2 sets of consonant and blend cards and one set of vowels for the middle.  

I printed 10 of these on cardstock and laminated them then I also ran a bunch of paper copies too.  The students can write on the laminated copies over and over again.  I have the kids cut pictures or words out of newspapers and magazines (and scrap paper from the copier) and glue them to the paper copies.  They can also add their own pictures.  

I love this making words folder! 

I know I have said this before but seriously, all of the wonderful blogs out there and pinterest have made me a better teacher so thank you and keep blogging and pinning!

Oh, How Pinteresting!

It has been a very slow start to the year!  As I mentioned in a previous post, almost everything I created or planned over the summer doesn't work for my students needs this year so it's back to the drawing board!  I have to say that without all of you and your ideas, my room would not be running as smoothly as it is.  Today was day 14 of school but between 3 flood days, 5 RtI meets and 2 CSE meetings, I am just starting to actually teach! Since my students haven't finished anything worth sharing yet, I figured I'd post about my favorite pinterest finds.  

My district created a writing rubric for all elementary teachers to use to score students writing.  They can score a 1, 2, 3 or 4.  Our new report cards are now done the same way - no more a's or 83's, now students are receiving a 4 (exceeds expectations), 3 (meets expectations), 2 (progressing), 1 (struggling)...anyways I found this student friendly rubric that I will definitely be making in the near future.  

I made guided reading sticks over the summer and I plan on using them with my 5th graders.  My 3rd graders need more scaffolding.  I love these thinking clouds because they provide sentence starters for the kids.  

My students have a hard time editing their writing.  Editing practice can be really boring and time consuming when I only have 30 minutes with the kids.  I love these editing practice pages because they cover the basic mistakes that I want my students to look for and they are quick.

Last years state math test was almost all word problems.  Needless to say, our focus in math this year is problem solving.  My students tend to give up when given a challenging problem so any incentives to keep them motivated are welcome!  I love that this little award specifically mentions problem solving. 

Click on the pictures to be directed to the source.  I'm off to write lessons for next week so that when I wake up tomorrow I have nothing school related to do! 

Enjoy your weekend!

-Becky

Pintrest

Pintrest.com is my new favorite website.  I'm a person who loves mood boards and pintrest.com is basically a mood board site.  Once you sign up, you will add a "Pin it" button to your favorites and create board titles.  Then as you go through websites and see ideas you like, you click the Pin It button and select the picture you want.  It pins it to your boards for you, attaching the link to the site you are on.  I made boards for teaching ideas, house ideas, wedding, and art.  I'm thinking about breaking my teaching ideas board into Lesson Ideas, Center Ideas, Decorations, and Management.  Then when I need a lesson idea, I can quickly go to my board.  Love Love Love this site!