Teaching with Intention Book Study Chapter 4

Can I just say that I love this book!!!! It is dead on so far on every topic that it is written about. It is a breath of fresh air in all that is polluting the world of education!!! Well enough with my ranting! I am linking up for chapter four of the book Teaching with Intention.

 If you do not have this book and want to read it please click on the book below and it will take you to Amazon!

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Chapter 4 was about classroom culture. We must promote a culture that supports thinking and what better way then to share how we think. It is important for us to model how we think. Think aloud! Show the students how we too must think about things and we also ask questions and we wonder as well. Model how to think about different concepts. Modeling this is essentially teaching this skill.

My kids use my brainstorming sheets to share what they are thinking and to display their thinking on different topics! They love to write down what they are thinking and share it with their groups and the class. Here is the sheet they use. Feel free to download and use it if you like!

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An Anniversary, new products and a Giveaway!

I am so excited to be sharing this blog post with you! Guess who is 50 years old??? No it is not me!!! Not yet any way. This amazing company has been in the business of providing educators with high quality materials for half a decade! Who is it, you ask?

Now, how do they stay in our good graces for so long?.. They do this by creating outstanding products. 

I am so excited to be a

This means I get to see and share exclusive products with you! Oh and of course have a giveaway for one of my lucky readers as well!

The products I am going to share with you are the Woodland Friends Collection, and the turquoise and red Painted Pallette.

First, for an awesome border combination, I loved  the Ombre Turquoise Scalloped Border and Poppy Red Wavy Border . These are both new from the Painted Pallette collection. What an amazing color combination. This is great for any themed classroom. They are bright and vibrant and just adds a little zing to your room. 

Here are two different ways to combine these two borders together:

 

Now of course you can also do it the old fashioned way and use one at a time. Here they are alone:

   

Now pair these with the Painted Pallette 2" Turquoise Uppercase Letter Stickers  and the Poppy Red 4" Chevron Letters! What a display you could make! Here are the stickers and the letters:

This combination is great for any time of the year but to add some seasonal flair to your room, combine this combination with the WoodLand Friends Cut Outs and what a cute display you will have. 

or the same theme with the coordinating Woodland friends Border!

These are so cute and I love the colors! But it doesn't end here! There are stickers to coordinate with this display. I love th friends stickers.

There you go some amazing products coming your way.

So we are celebrating Creative Teaching Press' 50th anniversary, new products and of course our giveaway. Enter using Rafflecopter below for your chance to win a 50 dollar gift card from Creative Teaching Press and then click on the button below  to head over to another exclusive blogger to see what they are sharing and to enter their giveaway as well! 

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