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If you are like me, you have not had much exposure to Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students. </div>
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Most general education teachers do not. Deaf and Hard of Hearing students comprise about 1% of the overall population of school-age children. Approximately 1 million people in the United States are Deaf. The World Health Organization states, "Around 466 million people worldwide have disabling hearing loss, and 34 million of these are children".</div>
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Because Deaf students do not make up a huge part of our population, we are ill-equipped to have them in our classrooms. A few years ago I started an ASL class at our local community college. I have fallen in love with the language. Not only am I able to communicate with the Deaf community, but I am prepared to have a Deaf student or Deaf parents in our school. </div>
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Now, I am not saying go out and be an expert in ASL (although I think everyone should learn ASL). We do have licensed interpreters around, but think about how much it would mean to be able to communicate one-on-one with the Deaf community.<br />
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I digress...Let's talk about how we can educate our students and colleagues about Deaf and Hard of Hearing students. </div>
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Responsive Classroom is a huge component of my classroom. </div>
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We start out with Morning Meeting every morning. This promotes community, a safe and welcoming place, and sharing of ideas. Throughout the day there are many techniques and strategies used to continue our growth of community as a classroom. All students are welcome to be who they are and feel comfortable and safe in our classroom. </div>
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In a Responsive Classroom climate, all students feel like a part of the community and in turn, have better learning outcomes. </div>
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After you have the climate of the classroom set, here is what you can do in your classroom for Deaf and Hard of Hearing students. </div>
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Now that we have our classrooms set up and our environment ready for learning, let's talk about educating the staff.</div>
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I have recently completed an BASIC ASL class in our district. I did it for my ASL Level 4 course. It was one of the best things I have done. The teachers and staff who took the course LOVED it! We had so much fun learning basic signs and information about Deaf community and culture. </div>
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There were so many times that we had a discussion about something and they were surprised to find out the information. </div>
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The first day I had them take a "quiz" on Deaf information.</div>
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When we went over the answers, most were very surprised about some of the information. </div>
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Here is a sample of some of the myths we discussed:</div>
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The idea for this activity is from <a href="https://www.tolerance.org/magazine/summer-2015/toolkit-for-clear-connection">Tolerance.org</a>. </div>
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Another idea from Tolerance.org is to have texts available with Deaf children and read them to the class. </div>
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<a href="https://blog.ai-media.tv/blog/7-childrens-books-about-deafness">AI</a> has a great post with a list of children's books about Deafness.</div>
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There are many ways to educate your staff and students about Deaf community and culture. The best way would be to connect with a member of the Deaf community to help you out.</div>
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Disclosure: I am not, by any means, an expert in Deaf community or culture. I continue to learn every day. Currently, I have an ASL tutor that I meet with once a week and I try to go to Deaf Coffee Social at Panera as often as I can. I will be continuing on my ASL journey in the fall with ASL level 5. I ask questions constantly and learn every day. </div>
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I have been taking a graduate course on Growth Mindset.</div>
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What is it?</div>
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Well, it's something I have had for a while. I may not have had it all along, but it has definitely been developed in my teaching career. </div>
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It's that idea that your mind is not set when you are born. You have the potential to do anything. We are not static learners.<br />
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In the past I have watched the <a href="https://www.classdojo.com/">Class Dojo</a> videos and my class has participated in the activities. This has carried over into different areas during our day. This year I am going to bump it up and make sure it is a philosophy my class has in all areas of the school day.</div>
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I will be talking to the parents about Growth Mindset on Curriculum Night and sending home notes, letters, and posters periodically. I am also going to have a Keynote presentation that I will show to the students in school and send home to the parents. </div>
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I found a fantastic blog I have been reading too. </div>
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The latest article posted is about Coding and developing a Growth Mindset. </div>
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The one I have found the most interesting is "Mistakes are not always equal". That is so true. We try to teach these young students about mistakes and how they help our minds grow, but maybe we need to take a step back first and make sure we are teaching them that all mistakes that we make are not the right ones to grow our brains. </div>
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If you have any good websites and/or resources about Growth Mindset, please share them with us. We can all learn from each other. </div>
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One of the things my kiddos need to work on is Place Value.<br />
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It is not something that is covered in our program as much as we would like, so I decided to create a product after a game I had seen many years ago.<br />
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During calendar everyday we go over Place Value.<br />
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We record how many days of school we have had so far.<br />
We talk about how many hundreds are in the number, how many tens and how many ones are in the numbers.<br />
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I realized that this was not enough. So, I started to think about what the kids needed. I remembered a game they had played a long time ago when I first started teaching and I made up this product.<br />
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My firsties LOVE it!<br />
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My students choose this every day. They love it THAT much!<br />
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<span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">After the cards are printed, cut out, and laminated, students can play the game. Once the cards are shuffled, one student draws a card. The student can decide where to place that card (Hundreds, Tens, Ones, or Discard). You cannot move the card to a different spot once it is placed. This play goes on until the board is filled with a number in each place.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></div>
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<span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">Have students fill out the recording sheet after each game.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></div>
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<span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">You can play a couple different ways.</span></div>
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Add within 100, including adding a two-digit number and a one-digit number, and adding a two-digit number and a multiple of 10, using concrete models or drawings and strategies based on place value, properties of operations, and/or the relationship between addition and subtraction; relate the strategy to a written method and explain the reasoning used. Understand that in adding two-digit numbers, one adds tens and tens, ones and ones; and sometimes it is necessary to compose a ten.</div>
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Understand place value.</h4>
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Understand that the three digits of a three-digit number represent amounts of hundreds, tens, and ones; e.g., 706 equals 7 hundreds, 0 tens, and 6 ones. Understand the following as special cases:</div>
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100 can be thought of as a bundle of ten tens — called a "hundred."</div>
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The numbers 100, 200, 300, 400, 500, 600, 700, 800, 900 refer to one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, or nine hundreds (and 0 tens and 0 ones).</div>
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Count within 1000; skip-count by 5s, 10s, and 100s.</div>
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Read and write numbers to 1000 using base-ten numerals, number names, and expanded form.</div>
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Compare two three-digit numbers based on meanings of the hundreds, tens, and ones digits, using >, =, and < symbols to record the results of comparisons.</div>
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Use place value understanding and properties of operations to add and subtract.</h4>
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Fluently add and subtract within 100 using strategies based on place value, properties of operations, and/or the relationship between addition and subtraction.</div>
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Add up to four two-digit numbers using strategies based on place value and properties of operations.</div>
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Add and subtract within 1000, using concrete models or drawings and strategies based on place value, properties of operations, and/or the relationship between addition and subtraction; relate the strategy to a written method. Understand that in adding or subtracting three-digit numbers, one adds or subtracts hundreds and hundreds, tens and tens, ones and ones; and sometimes it is necessary to compose or decompose tens or hundreds.</div>
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Mentally add 10 or 100 to a given number 100-900, and mentally subtract 10 or 100 from a given number 100-900.</div>
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Explain why addition and subtraction strategies work, using place value and the properties of operations.<span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 12.6px; line-height: 0; padding: 0.25em; position: relative; top: -0.5em; vertical-align: baseline;">1</span></div>
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We had so much fun yesterday!<br />
We celebrated our 100th Day of School!<br />
My firsties were beyond excited!<br />
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I purchased Deanna Jump's 100th Day Math and Literacy Fun! She calls it a mini-unit, but there are so many jam-packed activities in here.</div>
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I set up stations around the room for them to work with 100 things at each.</div>
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The best thing about this was that you didn't have to go out and purchase anything (unless you didn't have the cups, but who doesn't have a hundred cups in their cupboard or know someone in your school who does).</div>
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Do you use Student Notebooks? I didn't until this year.<br />
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I will never go back.<br />
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If a notebook day is not scheduled, my firsties are disappointed. :)<br />
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I print off the problem for them. I tried to have them write it in their notebooks themselves, but I figured that it is not an assessment of their writing. And it's much faster.<br />
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After we finish Calendar and Rocket Math, students get their papers and glue them into their notebooks. They sit on the rug and wait for the rest of the students to get ready. While they are getting ready, I write the problem up on the board. I read it to them and I have them talk to their "Smart Partners" about the problem. An example would be from the problem below. "Talk to your Smart Partner about how you are going to solve this." I give them about a minute to have a conversation then I call on a few to share what their Smart Partner has decided to do. They share what their Smart Partner said, "My Smart Partner, (insert name) said that he was going to solve the problem by counting on his fingers." This way, they are listening to their peers and sharing what their partner said, not what they, themselves said. Listening AND speaking!!!<br />
When I have chosen a couple to share, I ask them if they are ready and then I give them three to seven minutes to record their answers depending on the difficulty.<br />
While they are figuring out the answer I walk around and choose three students to share when the time is up. I look for three different answers and write their names on the board after the time is up.<br />
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<span style="font-family: , "arial" , sans-serif;">My firsties love jobs in the classroom. We have Calendar time every day before we begin our math lesson. I already have one student who is the Calendar Person for the day (I really should get a better title for that job. :) ). Anyway, we look at the weather outside, but I'd really like them to incorporate more Science in it. I am going to introduce Meteorologist for the Day. They are so excited to start. Since we live in New York, we are going to a little to the west to Minnesota (Go Vikings and Twins) to compare the weather. </span></div>
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In many parts of the country, it seems that the weather is always changing. Where does this weather come from? Can you predict the weather for where you live by looking at what the weather is like in other parts of the country? Why does this sometimes work? In this experiment, students will explore how storms appear to have a tendency to come from the west. They will relate this observation to the rotation of the earth.</div>
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The goal is for students to learn how the movement of local weather systems relates to the rotation of the earth.</div>
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If one looked down at the earth from above the north pole, the Earth would appear to be rotating counterclockwise. However, for those of us who are not at the north pole, it appears that the Earth is rotating from the west to east. This is why we say the Sun rises in the east and sets in the west. Clearly, the Sun rising and setting doesn’t depend upon the Sun’s movement, but rather on the Earth’s rotation.</div>
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The Earth’s rotation has immediate implications for weather. We often watch weather systems on television without giving too much thought to where weather is actually coming from. As the student will observe, weather systems sometimes appear to come from the west. This can partly be attributed to the fact that the Earth is rotating from the west to the east.</div>
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Older students may be interested in learning about the Coriolis Effect. The Coriolis Effect pertains to how two people on a rotating object (such as the Earth) perceive the movement of objects. For example, if two people on opposite sides of moving merry-go-round try to toss a ball between them, they will rapidly get frustrated because the ball will always appear to curve away from the intended target. This deflection also contributes to weather systems, which is part of the reason why hurricanes on weather maps spin counterclockwise in the northern hemisphere and clockwise in the southern hemisphere.</div>
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<li>In your lab book, make two columns. In one column you will be indicating what the weather is like where you live. In the other column, you will indicate what the weather is like west of you.</li>
<li>Write down the weather where you live. Next, consult your source for what the weather is like west of you. For example, if you live in New Jersey, you might indicate what the weather is like in Chicago. If you live in San Francisco, you might indicate what the weather in like in the Pacific. Write down what your source says the weather is like west of you. Good sources for this information are your local newspaper, or one of the following web sites:</li>
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They came in and taught a lesson on automobiles and then were able to build a car out of Legos. They worked in teams of two and followed directions provided by the leader.<br />
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When they were done building their cars, they got to build a figure and then test their cars out on the floor.<br />
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I just signed up for my second year!<br />
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Who is going?<br />
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We have been trying to get our announcements to be more thought provoking and interesting instead of the same old...same old.<br />
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We have a committee and we have met several times. We have set up a Google Doc so that people can sign up for a week or two and send their kiddos down to do the announcements.<br />
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Don't get me wrong, it HAS gotten better, but I feel that we are missing something still.<br />
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This is the format from before:<br />
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Greeting<br />
Announce the day (we run on a six day cycle)<br />
Birthdays<br />
School Pledge<br />
Pledge<br />
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Greeting<br />
Announce the day<br />
Birthdays<br />
Students from the class that signed up have a written statement, information, or joke about the week or something they are learning about<br />
School Pledge<br />
Pledge<br />
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I just don't think we changed it up enough. It's more interesting, but I think it's still blah.<br />
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Any suggestions would be wonderful.<br />
What do you do for your morning announcements?<br />
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Thank you in advance and have a wonderful day!<br />
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I know things get hectic during the holidays with everything.<br />
Remember your precious four pawed family members. Holiday time is stressful for them to.<br />
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First I have to share my fur babies.<br />
Vader is a puppy we are raising for <a href="http://www.cci.org/">Canine Companions for Independence</a>.<br />
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We just turned him in for Professional Training in November. We miss him so much, but we know that he is going to do great things for someone. :)</div>
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This is Rosie and Gloria. Two spoiled-rotten babes. We just love them!</div>
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Did you know that I have a song for almost every month of the year?<br />
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I worked with some good friends to create some songs that your kiddos will remember.<br />
They are sung to the tunes of songs we all know and love.<br />
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Each song has the spelling of each month.<br />
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I will start with September and go from there since that's when we start school.<br />
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One of my favorites is the November Song to the tune of TheAddam's Family song.</div>
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We sing the first time through with a Woo Hoo! and then the second time through with a Yee Haw!</div>
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Another one to the tune of Mary Had a Little Lamb. </div>
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Sung to the tune of I've Been Working on the Railroad, you have to get the letters just right when you spell the month out. </div>
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The longest of any of the adaptations, this March song is perfect for clapping and rhythms.<br />
This is to the tune of BINGO.<br />
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My firsties adore singing this. We pause and hold out the note at treeeeeeeeeeee, then go in really fast to the next line.<br />
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Crazy running events like Ragnar Relay Races. </div>
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3. I have raised two puppies to be service dogs. </div>
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Yardley did not make it into professional training and became our family dog.</div>
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Vader just went in on November 3rd. We received his first "report card" last wee. He is doing really well. He was assigned to a trainer named Lisa and is beginning professional training. </div>
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4. I have just become an empty nester. </div>
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All three of my children are in college or graduated from college. </div>
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5. My Aunt Kate got me interested in teaching.<br />
I can't remember a summer when we didn't go into her classroom.<br />
She began teaching the year I was born and I got my first teaching job the year she retired.<br />
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6. I have recently become interested in triathlons. </div>
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I have competed in three so far. </div>
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7. I LOVE Phish!</div>
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8. I am a huge The Office and The Big Bang Theory fan.</div>
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I have been through the entire series of The Office about four times.</div>
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9. I run for a boy named Hunter. </div>
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Our Math Specialist was pushing-in the other day.<br />
We were working on Rocket Math Numeral Writing.<br />
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I was looking around the room to give some of my firsties a visual of what they could look for when writing their numbers. I noticed that their number lines on their desks did not have the guiding lines to help them form their numbers. I have several letter trains up that have the lines for them, but no numbers.<br />
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I looked at my friend and asked her if she had any. She said she would look. Well, I got home and I decided to work on some myself. I talked to my first grade team mates and we decided what was needed on the train.<br />
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Numbers with guide lines<br />
Ten Frames<br />
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Marine Corps Marathon<br />
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Let's go back to the beginning of the year in March when the lottery opened.<br />
I put my name in. Why not? If I got in...I got in. If I didn't...I didn't.<br />
Well, I didn't! I was relieved. Really. A marathon was not on my bucket list. I had surgery in 2010 on my back. Who does a marathon after back surgery?<br />
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We started out strong. 11 miles in and we were under our pace and feeling pretty good about it.</div>
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Then, one of our teammates started feeling like her nutrition was not right.</div>
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This is one of the last things you want to happen.</div>
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We slowed down and began to walk/run a bit.</div>
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No worries...the only thing I wanted to do was finish!</div>
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That's when we began to have fun!</div>
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Selfies...Talking to Marines...Posing for Photos!</div>
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Yes! We became that group!</div>
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The most emotional part of the race was the Blue Mile. Photo after photo after photo of fallen Marines. I was sniffing and trying to keep a brave face for those who have fought for us.</div>
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Then came the families of the fallen with flags and cheers like I have never experienced. I became a blubbering mess running by these amazing families. They were giving out high-fives and cheering us to keep going. I was running by saying "Thank You!'. I am really not sure if they ever understood me, because I was crying pretty hard. </div>
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There is no way I would have been able to finish this without these two.</div>
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I was browsing Pinterest and I found some really amazing ideas to use for my fall classroom.<br />
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Schooling a Monkey (don't you just love that name?) has some STEAM pumpkin activities to do in the classroom.</div>
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I have lanterns in my classroom, but I never thought of using them as seasonal decorations! When fall is done, flatten them and save them for next year. Brilliant!</div>
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How do I forget about these each year. I am definitely doing these this year. My firsties are going to LOVE them! </div>
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Holy Cow! Jackie has a TON of fall activities. These can easily be used in an elementary classroom! I can't wait to use these!</div>
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We are excited to start to use this. Our third and fourth graders were issued ChromeBooks this year. They will have to take their state tests on the computers in a couple years. In order to help them be proficient in taking the test we have decided to teach them how to use the computer more efficiently.<br />
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That being said, there was a long discussion of what happens when students bring home their devices and are not able to use them. No wifi.<br />
Some public libraries will lend you a computer and a hotspot. Is this the answer? I am not sure. I know the answer is not to tell a parent that there are plenty of places with free wifi. Starbucks...Dunkin"...the firehouse.<br />
Is that what these kids need to be doing at 7:00 or 8:00 at night? Doing their homework in a car near the fire station? I am not sure what the answer is for this.<br />
I am fortunate to work in a district that has some money available for new technology. Our students are lucky, but that doesn't mean they have the same access at home.<br />
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What about those districts that don't have the funds?<br />
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On September 26th, National Geographic is airing a documentary about the Digital Divide in America. I have watched the trailer. I can't wait to see it. I think it is going to open up some eyes.<br />
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Wow! It has been too long since I have posted.<br />
The school year has started out absolutely wonderful.<br />
I have had some tough classes the past few years and this one looks like it might be a dream. There are the typical bumps I will encounter, but for now, I am living the honeymoon out with them. :)<br />
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I wanted to share my before and after photos of my classroom and now that I'm thinking of it, I need to add more. I got this adorable quote from Dr. Seuss to put up on my wall.<br />
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I just love it! I will post a photo later of my wall.</div>
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Here are a few before and after photos. I am trying to keep spaces clear for more students work.<br />
My whiteboard is ACTUALLY going to be used as a whiteboard!<br />
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There are subtle differences. I am going to make some changes during the year. I am hoping to incorporate more flexible seating and space for my firsties.<br />
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I hope you all had a great start to the year.<br />
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So, I am trying something new. I have been a professional photographer on the side for about five years now. I absolutely LOVE it!<br />
When I attended the Northeastern Regional TpT Meet-Up there was a lot of talk about photos and how to use them in your products.<br />
So, I thought I would try it. Why not, right? I am already doing it... :)<br />
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So far, I like it. :)</div>
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I live in upstate New York. We don't start school until after Labor Day every year and we don't end until the end of June every year.<br />
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You know how it is...where did my firsties go? It was like there was a light bulb that went off in the beginning of June and it was not a very bright one. This one said, "It's June, we are done with school!". It has been quite a month so far.<br />
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One of my favorite expressions that I have used over and over in my life is...Two goods and a bad. For some reason with every two goods, there is always a bad. :)<br />
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It started off with our new Science Kits being delivered.<br />
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This is the first good. My kiddos LOVE them. We have already gone through eight lessons. They can't wait until the next day until we can do more.<br />
They are learning about sound. These kits have everything.<br />
The other day they made their own kazoos and tested them out to see which one worked the best.<br />
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The second good is that my kiddos are so interested in Read to Self right now. We have had a half hour each day dedicated to this.<br />
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Quite amazing from what they have come from.<br />
In the beginning of the year when I introduced Red to Self, their first practice was 15 seconds! Now they are begging for Read to Self.<br />
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I have no idea, outside of these two good things, where my firsties have gone. They have been trained, we practice, we have gone over one million times how to walk in the hall, how to raise your hand when you would like to talk, how to use the crayons AND put them back. I could go on and on!<br />
So where did they go?<br />
Are they somewhere deep down inside?<br />
I hope so for their second grade teacher's sake. :)<br />
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I have a few go-to clipart artists.<br />
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Our BOCES district has taken the initiative to really get moving on the NGSS.<br />
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We have decided to use the Smithsonian Science Kits.<br />
I am in LOVE with them. We have had training for kindergarten, first, and second grade so far. The rest of the elementary grades will be in the fall.<br />
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If you're like me, you have been looking for something to do with your kiddos for Mother's Day. :)<br />
I have found some cute, easy crafts to work on next week.<br />
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Oh my goodness! This is just the cutest!</div>
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I don't think it will take much time and her printable is free! </div>
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This is done using a bottle cap and paint.</div>
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I just love this idea!</div>
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I was looking for things other than flowers too.</div>
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There are so many crafts out there!</div>
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So cute!</div>
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The last one for this post is this adorable heart/hand project.</div>
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How adorable is this?</div>
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It is soooooo time to get this splint off!</div>
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I have my (hopefully) last appointment next week. It's been 13 weeks. UGH!</div>
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My daughter made her decision to go to Elmira College in the fall! We are so proud of her!</div>
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Nothing like waiting 'til the last minute!</div>
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10:00 the night before her decision was due!</div>
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We filled her room with balloons!</div>
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So FUN!!!</div>
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We are working on "I read to you. You read to me." in Guided Reading.</div>
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I was able to have some down time with my youngest. We played Yahtzee while my cat decided to try to fit into the box. </div>
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So much FUN!</div>
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My Tuesday evening spin class!</div>
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Happy Friday!<br />
It's the first day of Spring Break for me! Woot Woot!<br />
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I'm linking up again with Kacey at Doodle Bugs Teaching.</div>
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We had a planned 2 hour delay yesterday. We had our last session with our Writing Workshop coach! Wow is she amazing!</div>
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We talked about strategic groups in Writing Workshop. I showed her my latest interest in my classroom. That is writing as much as we can...well this kind of backfired on me as my students were racing to see how many pages they could add to their story...not necessarily with great content. </div>
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What a great strategic group lesson!</div>
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I went back to my classroom yesterday and had a talk with my many pages writers. We had a wonderful conversation about what we really want to be in our story and what good writers write in their stories. </div>
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I continue my triathlon training with biking and swimming. I'll be running this Saturday in a race and have to get back into my running routine. </div>
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My amazing colleague is turning 50 on Sunday. We decorated her door and had a black out for her. </div>
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Oh Yeah!! Did I mention that it was also PJ day!!!</div>
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We are watching all the birds on the Cornell Bird Cams.</div>
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This is our favorite by far!</div>
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