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creative way to stop note passing

by Colleen

Jan 21, 2009

I'm mentoring a fifth grade girl and have been asked to talk with her about the note passing she is doing in class every day. Does anyone have a creative idea to share? I know she's wasting her time in class, but she is very shy and not very verbal. No way could she afford a cell phone to communicate with her friends. What have you tried to stop th...See More

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Colleen Thank you!!! I'll pass it on!! Great idea!

Jan 22, 2009

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paulaj Read the notes aloud. That stops a LOT of them.

Feb 9, 2009

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Math - probability

by Edward Einhorn

Jan 22, 2009

I posted a probability lesson I use for my school visits (and occasionally for tutoring). I find it to be very effective, in general. I'd love to hear any thoughts.

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Retired teacher has 6 CDs of great poetry to give free to ?

by Raftery

Jan 22, 2009

oetry CDs read by great actors to be given free to interested teacher. You will need a cd player and I will eed an address. Readers- Vincent Price, Helen Hayes, Alexander Scourby, Thomas Mitchell, Agnes Moorehead, Raymond Massey or Mike Whorf [email removed].

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Jan Crowder On 1/22/09, Raftery wrote: > Poetry CDs read by great actors to be given free to > interested teacher. You will need a cd player and I will > eed an address. Readers- Vincent Price, Helen Hayes, > Alexander Scourby, Thomas Mitchell, Agnes Moorehead, Raymond > Massey or Mike Whorf [email removed].

Jan 22, 2009

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Lauri On 1/22/09, Jan Crowder wrote: > On 1/22/09, Raftery wrote: >> Poetry CDs read by great actors to be given free to >> interested teacher. You will need a cd player and I will >> eed an address. Readers- Vincent Price, Helen Hayes, >> Alexander Scourby, Thomas Mitchell, Agnes Moorehead, > Raymond >> Massey or Mike...See More

Jan 22, 2009

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Open House

by Pat K

Jan 22, 2009

I'm looking for some fresh ideas for Open House. Anything will be great!

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Any suggestions welcome... writing in spanish

by cdelafuente

Jan 22, 2009

Hi, I just started at an elementary school, just like many of you we are preparing for the writing taks. I have a group of kids who will be taking taks in spanish, and need a lot of work on writing compositions. Anyone have any ideas of what I can do to help them improve. Currently I am using the qqped (quien, queria, pero, entoces, despues) but th...See More

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paulaj Use writing workshop and 6 Traits. It may be too late for this year to accomplish much. I have no suggestions for short-term fixes, except have the "author" read to the class and let the class help... they need insturciton in this, but it is a great method...

My student shave said things such as: - Maybe you could make it more exciting. -...See More

Jan 23, 2009

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blackline of game board

by Laura

Jan 22, 2009

I lost my master copies of game boards that students could cut, glue and mount to create games for their lit. circle books. I can't recall the site from which they came - any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Laura

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Adrienne Here's a website I found. Gameboards are mixed in with other games.

Jan 22, 2009

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Adrienne Here's another site. You can customize the game boards.

On 1/22/09, Adrienne wrote: > Here's a website I found. Gameboards are mixed in with other > games.

Jan 29, 2009

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Science-Homebound teacher

by Rhonda

Jan 23, 2009

Hi!

For the past 5 years I've been working with students in their homes one on one. I consistently have the problem of having to follow lesson plans that are generally worksheets thrown together in 10 minutes while I wait in the office for work for my student. My question is how do I make a packet of worksheets fun. I am doing a review of ...See More

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Erin Hi Rhonda, A great website that I love using is BBC for Science especially...I'm assuming since you posted on this board that the students you are working with (and this one in particular) is in 3rd-6th possibly. There are lots of wonderful different activities to practice different science things on the BBc website and even little quizzes that the...See More

Jan 23, 2009

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TAKS Writing Resources

by Steph/4/TX

Jan 23, 2009

OK Texas teachers...What are your favorite resources to use for the conventions part of the TAKS writing test? We have the TAKS Master book, Step Up to TAKS, and Measuring Up (which isn't that great for writing!), but we are needing some more resources to use with our small groups and tutoring sessions. We are really needing something that breaks t...See More

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Daniella Kamico makes 2 different books. One is just TAKS stories. The other is games to run and make, plus it has practice pages divided into 3 categories... 1. sentence structure 2. usage 3. mechanics.

I am at home having a snow day so I can't tell you what each is called, but you can probably look it up or email me if you can't find it and want...See More

Jan 27, 2009

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msg/4th/Tx Have you tried TAKS Coach? It's broken down into sections like Capitalization, Punctuation, Spelling, Adjectives/Adverbs, Subject Verb Agreement and Sentences (Complete, Incomplete).

On 1/23/09, Steph/4/TX wrote: > OK Texas teachers...What are your favorite resources to > use for the conventions part of the TAKS writing test? We >...See More

Jan 27, 2009

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Valentine's day

by Sarah

Jan 24, 2009

I wanted to show a movie on Feb 12 for Valentines's Day I teach 5th. any suggestions?

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Small reading groups...boring

by Tayy

Jan 24, 2009

Hi all,

I teach reading and have to do many small reading groups a day. I am bored to death with small reading groups. Its the same of thing every week: Pull a group, build background knowledge for the story( my kids usually have none so I do all the talking), picture walk, vocabulary development,etc. I then give students a purpose for rea...See More

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3rd Grade Teacher On 1/24/09, Tayy wrote: > Hi all, > > I teach reading and have to do many small reading groups a > day. I am bored to death with small reading groups. Its the > same of thing every week: Pull a group, build background > knowledge for the story( my kids usually have none so I do > all the talking), picture walk, vocabulary devel...See MoreOn 1/24/09, Tayy wrote: > Hi all, > > I teach reading and have to do many small reading groups a > day. I am bored to death with small reading groups. Its the > same of thing every week: Pull a group, build background > knowledge for the story( my kids usually have none so I do > all the talking), picture walk, vocabulary development,etc. > I then give students a purpose for reading and have students > either read chunks on their own or read aloud chunks. We > discuss different points and I ask questions based on > whatever the focus skill is. Some days I just tell them read > on their own at their seats and I give them an assignment > because I don't want to do through the boring small group. > What do you all do in your groups each day?

That would get boring!! I have 4 small groups and I vary the activities weekly because I get bored, too (and I just have my small group). Anyway, I level their work so it's different and I'm not doing the same thing over and over and over (lower group gets easier work, higher group gets harder work).

I use graphic organizers a lot and have them focus on one skill...fact/opinion, main idea/detail, etc. Then they have a specific graphic organizer for that skill. Sometimes I'll have them make something to show they understand what they've read. For example, I'll read a selection and ask them the author's purpose; entertain, persuade, or inform. They write it down in one of 3 columns. One time we read a story and made a main idea/supporting detail kite. Or we'll read something and change a fact to an opinion. Sometimes we'll read a passage about tornados and one about icebergs and compare/contrast them. I also let them read/listen to short mystery stories and have them use the clues to help them decide whodunnit (they love these). To save time, my kids also have a bookmark that they use to write down unfamiliar words they see in the book. Then they look it up later and if they still have questions, ask me. I have found that most of the time they select different words.

One thing I do whole group (but could be modified for small group) is toss a beach ball with questions - who are the main characters, what's a problem/solution, main idea/details, etc.

Good luck and I hope these ideas help spice up your reading.

Jan 26, 2009

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