Reading Journal

Story Structure Roller Coaster!

Students will love having a visual aid they can relate to for understanding rising and falling action in a story. 

Give each student the worksheet Click here 

Students will write 1 sentence on each coaster car

        Rising action àRising action àClimax àFalling Action

Students will write 1 sentence on each coaster car

        Rising action àRising action àClimax àFalling Action

The cars are labeled to help remind students what to write.

Also, the cars are colored to depict the rising action up to the climax (more intense color) to the cooler falling action color.

Reading Journals

Well, as you can see from the pictures, Reading Journals are definitely FUN !  Emily is having a BLAST   with them !!

This is a 4 panel book fold. You glue the last page to the journal.

One the first page the student will write the title and draw a picture,

Next, is the Setting…..then  Character……Conflict….and finally Resolution !

 Mayree…

Math Journals

Division Help Pocket

The pictures in this are self explanatory on what to do.  The students will paste this into their MATH JOURNALS to use when they are doing math worksheets.

Chain of Events

(Story Sequence)

 This is a fun way to help students see the sequence in a story.  It can be changed for story elements, character traits or you name it!

 1.   Give the students 4 index cards with a hole punched in the middle (lengthwise)  at the top and bottom of each card. 

2.   On the 1^st card, students will write the title and the author.  On the back side they will draw and color a scene that represents the story.

3.   On the 2^nd card, students will write the beginning of the story and on the back side of that card illustrate a scene from this part of the story.

4.   Students will continue until the ending card.

5.   Spread open paperclips and connect them to the cards.

Hang them in the room. :)

 

3 Forms of Numbers Card Game

My Set of 3 matching cards

Emily Playing the Game

My granddaughter and I went to the “Everything’s a Dollar” store and came up with a cool card game for students to play.  This game will reinforce the 3 forms of numbers, standard, expanded and word form, in a fun way.

I printed up 3 sheets of labels of various numbers in the 3 different forms. Next, I put the stickers on the backs of cards I purchased at the store.  (3 sets of cards for $1.00)  I’ve up loaded the labels that fit Avery 5260 and 5160 for you to use. 

Students can play the game in 2 different ways.  They can play it like “Go Fish” or using the “Rummy” rules.

I played this with my granddaughter and she preferred the Rummy way. She said it was more “challenging”. J

I plan on printing the rules of both games and let the players choose.

Everything you need to make your game is on the links below.  All you need to do is get an old set of playing cards or go to the Dollar store and get them.

I do plan on laminating my cards as I really think the kids will love this game and I want it to last!

Labels for your Avery 5160 or 5260 Click the link for your template

Click here for 1st sheet of number labels  Number labels

Click here for 2nd sheet of number labels  2nd sheet number labels

Click here for 3rd sheet of number labels 3rd sheet of number labels

Mayree

Vocabulary Cubes

I got the idea to put sticky letters on unifix cubes from Pineterest.  I can’t remember who though.  I took the idea and applied it to our vocabulary practice. 

I used 3 packs of sticky letters so each player would be sure to have enough letters to make the words. 

You need 3 players.  One player is the “Reader”. The reader job rotates through all players.  The reader will read the definition for the word.  The reader will use the synonyms on the reader card as he/she reads it in a sentence.  The first player to correctly connect and spell the word wins a point.  Play continues till center rotation time is up.

The vocabulary game rule card is available on google doc by clicking the link below.

Vocabulary Cube Rules

Mayree

New Classroom Signs

Hey! I’ve been working on some new signs for my classroom.  My color scheme is Green, Pink and Yellow. 

These signs can be downloaded from Google Docs and you can edit them as you like.  At least I hope they download! 

I’ve taken some pictures so you can see what they look like and I’m embedding a link.  J 

Mayree

Click Here for link --> Classroom Signs