Items filtered by date: June 2012

Let's Decorate!

Use the large road signs as gentle reminder posters for a wall.

Print double ones and hang them back-to-back with a piece of fish line and suspend from the ceiling.

Several “My students are out of this world” signs, hung from the ceiling, dangling down at various lengths in front of your back to school bulletin board, with your students’ first day photographs, would add interest.

Use the smaller ones for a bulletin board boarder, or make bookmarks, a magnet, or cut slits and make pencil toppers for your students.

Hang the “Danger” sign on your door, and suspend the “Quiet Zone Testing” one, on your doorknob when you are assessing.

Use the “Think” sign as a cover for a writing prompt for a “What are your thoughts today?” journal.

Whatever you decide to use the signs for, I hope you find them helpful.

Click on the link to view/download Student Road Signs

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“ I touch the future; I teach.” Ms. McAuliffe

Grammar Can Be FUN When You Make It A GAME!

Since the Goin On A Bear Hunt Punctuation and Capitalization activities were such a huge hit, as promised, I made cat, dinosaur, frog and pig, cards too.

They follow the same format.  The beauty of this is, that it empowers students and builds their self-esteem.

Repetition of some activities is important, especially with young children, because they can’t read directions.

Once the teacher has read, explained and modeled an activity and students have done it, they are good to go the next time around.

This independence makes them feel great and the teacher is freed up to work one-on-one with struggling students or ESL children.

A definite win-win all around, and the big reason I set up my tabletop lessons and easy readers the way I do.

By sprinkling the cards around the room and having children search for them, you help get the wiggles out, add some variety into your students’ grammar routine, and make correcting sentences a lot more fun, than simply handing out a worksheet.  + it only takes a few more minutes and your students are now excited and ready to “get down to business!”

Because of this, these cards and recording sheets make great Daily 5 or writing center activities and help students nail the Common Core State Standard: RF.1.1

Click on the links to view/download: the cat, dinosaur, frog, or piggy punctuation and capitalization activity packets.

Each set also includes a certificate of praise.

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“It’s possible we could teach kids anything.  I get them to live the concepts.  My job is to push them.  I want 30 Rocky Balboas, 30 students who are thirsting to learn.” -Joseph Vicari

18 pages. Use the large road signs as gentle reminder posters. Print double ones and hang them back-to-back with a piece of fish line and suspend from the ceiling. Use the smaller ones for a bulletin board boarder, or make bookmarks, a magnet, or cut sli

7 pages. Common Core State Standard:RF.1.1 Students will enjoy going hog wild as they look for these 12 piggy sentence cards that are missing a capital letter and end punctuation.