Assess Me Week 2

I love Linky Parties! We learn so much about each other and from each other! I am linking up with The Tattooed Teacher for week 2 of her Assess Me Linky!!! Here are my answers for This or That!

Click below to see how others answered this weeks Assess Me questions!!!

Monday Made It- GoNoodle Champ/Hero Sticks

Hello, I am linking up with 4th Grade Frolics again for her weekly Linky..... Monday Made It!

I love this linky! This is a great resource to see all the awesome things teachers are making for their classrooms! It really is an inspiration and a wonderful place o get ideas and to share ideas. So here is my

How many of you use GoNoodle??? I love GoNoodle but I do not love the loud discussions my students seem to find acceptable to have when we have maxed out our champ/hero and need to choose a new one. Do you all have this situation????

Well, I decided to make a GoNoodle Hero Stick Choice cup.

Now there will be no more loud discussions over who will be our next champ. I will now choose a popsicle stick and whoever the champ is on the stick is who our next champ shall be.

I bought one of those awesome little trash cans from Walmart!

These are $1.00 at Walmart! I love these!!!!

Then I printed out the champs and a label. I glued the champs to a popsicle stick and wrote their names on them.

I glued the label to the front of the can and put the sticks inside and voila... A GoNoodle her/Champ stick can! Click n the picture below to get the label and champs to glue on the top of your sticks!

So there is my GoNoodle Champ/Hero Stick can! I hope this can be useful for you! Click on the picture below to go see what some other talented educators made on Monday!!!!

August Pinterest Pick 3

I am linking up for the monthly Pinterest Linky with The Inspired Owl and Pawsitively Teaching! I love this Linky!!! You get so many ideas to use at home and at school. This month our focus is on the classroom! 

This is just too cute!

I love this as a supply caddy for my room!

Love this extremely!

So there are my three picks for August! Click below to see what others have to share!!

An InLinkz Link-up

My August Currently!

I am linking up again for the monthly Currently Linky with Farley from Oh'Boy 4th Grade!

Here is my Currently!

Listening- I am listening to Train as I blog and create!

Loving- All of the blogger friends I have made over the year, all of my friends and especially my family!

Thinking- I have so much left to do and school starts soon!

Wanting- No stress- Ha Ha Ha

Needing- To get into my classroom- maybe this will take some stress away!

B2S RAK- I am going to create little notes of encouragement and attach little treasures for my team mates and my special coworkers for the first day back!

Well there is my currently! Click on the pic below to see what some other educators are currently doing!

Assess Me! A Get To Know Me Linky

I am so excited to be linking up with The Tattooed Teacher for her Linky Party, Assess Me! A Get To Know Me Linky!!! I love Linky Parties! This is when we meet so many amazing teachers around the country!!!

So Here goes nothing!

I always talk to myself. I am very Superstitious. Cracking knuckles is nasty! I am never hungry! I am watching LMN! I have my wisdom teeth. I showered. I have been to Disney. I sometimes wear my glasses. I live in Delaware but I was born and raised in Massachusetts.

Click below to learn about some other awesome teachers!!!

Daily 5 Book Study Chapter 9

I can not believe that the book is over! I have enjoyed reading this book by the 2 Sisters! They have another book that I think I am going to dive in to soon.

I love the quote the Sisters started the chapter with! 

Chapter 9 deals with Daily 5 being used in "Special " Circumstances!

The Sisters discuss using Daily 5 in several different circumstances! Here are my outtakes from the chapter!

Barometer Students:

We all have a barometer student in our class. These are what the sisters refer to as the challenging students! We must remember that if we help these students and give them the tools they need they will be successful!!!

But we also have to do the following:

1. Stay out of their way! This is hard for me! but I will be working on this this year!

2. Make sure we teach the 10 steps to Independence. Remember there are 10 of these, we do not skip them or decide to pick and choose which ones to teach. There are 10 and we need to teach all 10.

3. If they are misbehaving, have them stay in at recess for a little while to practice appropriate behaviors.

4. If this does not work, you mat need to have a special spot for them to sit, a timer to help with their stamina, whatever tools you feel will help these students be successful!

5. Make sure they pick Good Fit Books!!!

Substitute Teachers:

We all know how crazy it is to get ready for a substitute! We worry if our plans are done and how our students were going to behave or folow our routines. It is very important for us to make sure the routines are kept as normal as possible. It should be like you are there. But we need to make sure that we write detailed plans. These should be specific Daily 5 plans that can be used with every substitute.this provides consistence for the students!

New Students:

AS the school year goes on, we all get a new student here or there. We need to kep in mind that not all teachers do Daily 5. So when the new students arrive, review the I Charts and the 10 steps. This is a great time for review for the entire class! Another great plan to have in place is to have students be the buddies for the new students. They can teach them the ropes!

Parents:

Open Communication is necessary for this to be successful. Explain all procedures and routines to the parents. Send home Daily 5 information. Keep them informed. This will insure that all those involved understand the Daily 5 process!

We must remember that we must trust our kids! I know this is hard at times but we must loosen the ropes and allow them to choose. In order for this be done successfully, we must teach all 10 steps of independence! You can do it! 

Well this is the last post of our Daily 5 Book Study! Check out TPT, there are so many resources available! Also, we have had several free resources throughout our book study!

Here are the links to my previous posts:

Chapter One

Chapter Two

Chapter Three

Chapter Four

Chapter Five

Chapter Six

Chapter Seven

Chapter Eight

An InLinkz Link-up

Back to School Book Favorite and Freebie!!

I am very excited to be linking up with Brenda from Primary Inspired for her linky on our favorite Back to school Book!

I love books!! I have soooo many books I love to read when we go back to school that it took me a while to choose the one I wanted to share today! I read the books that the other awesome educators who linked up with this awesome linky shared so make sure you check out their books to get even more great ideas!

Any ways, The book I absolutely love to read to my kiddos when we go back to school is Too Much Glue written by Jason Lefebvre. 

How many of you have had the lovely words screamed out in class, Mrs or Mr. ________ I have too much glue! How many have said remember boys and girls just a drop not a lot!

This book is about a young man who loves glue. This book takes place in the art room, where just like many classroom teachers, the art teacher has given the warning of using too much glue. Well, Matty loves glue and he did not listen to her warning. The results are hilarious. The kids love reading and seeing what happens to Matty!

Here is a you tube reading of the book:

Here are some freebies for your class room! Here is the glue poem I read to my kids and post in my room and here is my label for my glue buckets! Please feel free to download and use them!!!

Click on the book worm below to go see what these other awesome educators love to read for Back to School!