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1-2-3 Come Do An Alphabet Craftivity With Me

So that I could get a handle on the ability of my  new students, I always liked to do some fun assessing of my first graders the first week of school.  

alpha bird, alphabet activities, alphabet assessments, alphabet games, bird crafts, bird activities, common core alphabet, common core state standards kindergarten, common core state standards first grade, bird crafts, alphabet crafts, alphabet assessmentsTesting and assessing students can be tedious and overwhelming for young children, as well as time consuming for you.  Keeping that in mind, I designed Alpha Bird.

Precut "Alfie's" body parts from a variety of colors of construction paper.  Students choose the pattern pieces that they want, and glue them to their paper plate bird body. 

alpha bird, alphabet activities, alphabet assessments, alphabet games, bird crafts, bird activities, common core alphabet, common core state standards kindergarten, common core state standards first grade, bird crafts, alphabet crafts, alphabet assessmentsTo expedite things, I'd fold the paper plates and staple them shut ahead of time, leaving the bottom middle open so that students can insert their alpha-bird legs.  

For extra pizzazz I added several feathers for a tail.  You can buy a bag full at The Dollar Store.

alphabet gameStudents cut and glue the alphabet strips to make Alfie's legs. When everyone has completed their alpha bird, play "I Spy" by calling out a letter. 

Students find and trace both the upper and lowercase letters.  When they  have done so, children raise their hand, so that you know that everyone is done. 

With just a glance, you can see who is struggling.  Call on a child to choose the next letter.  Play 'til all of the letters have been traced.

Alfie offers a simple, quick and interesting way to whole group assess, while providing a nice review of upper and lowercase letters.  The birds also make a stunning hallway wall border.  Simply tie a yarn loop at the top and suspend from the ceiling.  Caption: "We know our letters and that's something to TWEET about!"

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"If plan B doesn't work, don't give up; the alphabet has 25 more letters!" 

1-2-3 Come Do Some Alphabet Activities With Me

I had a few requests for some black line letter posters, to use as alphabet anchor charts. Woo Hoo! After a lot of work they are finally done!  Click on the various links to grab them.

uppercase letter posters, black line uppercase letters, outline letters, alphabet posters, alphabet games, alphabet booklets, alphabet crafts, alphabet centers, common core alphabet, alphabet lessons, alphabet crafts, alphabet artI made a set of separate uppercase letters and enlarged them to take up the entire page. You can use them as posters or for a variety of other fun activities.

These are perfect for running off your students' initials and then having them decorate however they wish, or reinforce that letter and sound, by having students decorate the letter with words and pictures that begin with that letter. 

Encourage them to use stickers, clip art, pictures cut from magazines, photographs and even drawings.  This idea makes an interesting and fun homework assignment, or something they can work on for their Daily 5 word work.  Click on the link to view/download the Uppercase Letter Posters

If you read the book Chicka Boom, run the letters off on a variety of colors of construction paper, laminate and then cut out.  Scatter them on your classroom Chicka Boom palm tree.

uppercase letter posters, black line uppercase letters, outline letters, alphabet posters, alphabet games, alphabet booklets, alphabet crafts, alphabet centers, common core alphabet, alphabet lessons, alphabet crafts, alphabet artI also made a set of large lowercase letters as well.  To strengthen upper body muscles, run off several sets and have students lie on their tummies and make up words. These too, are great for your Chicka Boom activities.  

I've included a tip list of ideas of all sorts of fun things you can do with these letter sets, including games like a giant Memory Match or "I Have; Who Has?" + a Kaboom game. 

Because the letters are easy to see, choose 4 posters and put one in each corner of your room.  I dangle mine from the ceiling. 

You can then play the game 4-Corners.  Each week choose another 4 letters 'til you have reinforced and reviewed them all.   Click on the link to view/download the Lowercase Letter Posters.

uppercase letter posters, black line uppercase letters, outline letters, alphabet posters, alphabet games, alphabet booklets, alphabet crafts, alphabet centers, common core alphabet, alphabet lessons, alphabet crafts, alphabet artTo make an awesome class alphabet book, use the letter posters that show both the upper and lowercase letter together.  Glue them on a variety of colors of construction paper.  

Scatter them on the floor face down and have students pick a letter that they will decorate for your class book.

uppercase letter posters, black line uppercase letters, outline letters, alphabet posters, alphabet games, alphabet booklets, alphabet crafts, alphabet centers, common core alphabet, alphabet lessons, alphabet crafts, alphabet artI made a sample page of the letter Aa, where I used words and pictures that started with that letter.  This is a photo of my completed page. 

uppercase letter posters, black line uppercase letters, outline letters, alphabet posters, alphabet games, alphabet booklets, alphabet crafts, alphabet centers, common core alphabet, alphabet lessons, alphabet crafts, alphabet artI also included this as a non-colored pdf, so that you can easily make a sample of your own to share with your kiddos.  

uppercase letter posters, black line uppercase letters, outline letters, alphabet posters, alphabet games, alphabet booklets, alphabet crafts, alphabet centers, common core alphabet, alphabet lessons, alphabet crafts, alphabet artI've included two covers for you to choose from for your ABC class book as well.  

Click on the link to view/download the Alphabet Book Poster Packet.

Finally, since all of the number puzzles have been such popular downloads, I thought it would be fun to make some alphabet ones.  I purposely made them using both upper & lowercase letters, because I think it's very important for little ones to see both letters together. 

By immersing them with "matches" the light bulbs start going on.

uppercase letter posters, black line uppercase letters, outline letters, alphabet posters, alphabet games, alphabet booklets, alphabet crafts, alphabet centers, common core alphabet, alphabet lessons, alphabet puzzles, alphabet crafts, alphabet artIf you want a set in color, have your students help you decorate them, then laminate and trim.  Keep each puzzle in its own Baggie. 

Use them as an independent center, or have students work on them as a whole group activity.

You could also run off the initials of your students and have them make a personal letter puzzle

Once they've diddled around with their creation as a puzzle, have them glue it to a sheet of construction paper, leaving a small gap in between the pieces to create an interesting mosaic

These look wonderful on a bulletin board. The alphabet number puzzle packet, will be FREE for an entire year, after which time they will become part of Diane's Dollar Deals in my TpT shop. 

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"Don't ever take a fence down, until you know the reason it was put up." - G.K. Chesterton

1-2-3 Come Do Some New Year Craftivities With Me!

I wanted to get some “Happy New Year!” items designed and posted before you leave for Christmas break, so you can get a few things ready for when your kiddo’s return, before you take off that teacher hat and truly relax.  

happy new year activities, new year activities, new year crafts, writing prompts for january, new year writing prompts, resolution activities, graphic organizers, alphabet activities, alphabet crafts, alphabet games, math activites, subtraction activities, January Daily 5 activities, activities for January Daily 5, Start things out by leaving a bookmark on or inside your students' desks, as a sweet surprise when they come back.  I've taped a lollipop on the back of mine, that they can quietly suck on while they do their morning tabletop lessons.  Click on the link to print some off now.  Happy New Year bookmark.

happy new year activities, new year activities, new year crafts, writing prompts for january, new year writing prompts, resolution activities, graphic organizers, alphabet activities, alphabet crafts, alphabet games, math activites, subtraction activities, January Daily 5 activities, activities for January Daily 5, The Place Value “Happy New Year!” craftivity can be done as a whole-group or independent center. Students trace and write the numbers, cut them out, arrange them in correct order to form the New Year and then glue them under the appropriate place value “door.”

The last door helps children practice subtraction as they subtract the year they were born, from the New Year, to get their age. It’s self correcting, because they know how old they are!

Before hand, demonstrate yours on the board to review how this is done. Even when I was in my 20’s children always thought that was so “old!” Click on the link to view/download the Place Value New Year craftivity.

happy new year activities, new year activities, new year crafts, writing prompts for january, new year writing prompts, resolution activities, graphic organizers, alphabet activities, alphabet crafts, alphabet games, math activites, subtraction activities, January Daily 5 activities, activities for January Daily 5, Some of my kiddo’s had not mastered counting backwards from 10 to 0, so I designed the New Year’s Glitter Ball Slider to help them practice.   Even little ones are familiar with the New York, Times Square countdown ball, so this was a great Segway.  

I’ve also included a strip to count from 20.   Add some silver glitter for that extra bit of pizzazz. I had my kiddo’s crouch down and then jump up and yell “Happy New Year!” when we got to zero. Click on the link to view/download the Happy New Year Countdown Slider.

When one thinks about the New Year, it’s inevitable that a few resolutions come to mind. This was a new word for my Y5’s, so I presented it as a promise to themselves, of what they’d like to improve on.  

happy new year activities, new year activities, new year crafts, writing prompts for january, new year writing prompts, resolution activities, graphic organizers, alphabet activities, alphabet crafts, alphabet games, math activites, subtraction activities, January Daily 5 activities, activities for January Daily 5, With that in mind I designed some New Year word art craftivities last year, using Tagxedo, one of my favorite educational sites. You can set this up as an independent computer center for students to think up their own designs and words.

happy new year activities, new year activities, new year crafts, writing prompts for january, new year writing prompts, resolution activities, graphic organizers, alphabet activities, alphabet crafts, alphabet games, math activites, subtraction activities, January Daily 5 activities, activities for January Daily 5, The packet has a list of 68-positive "resolution" words + an ABC booklet for students to "improve" alphabetically.

Click on the link for this great verb reinforcement tool and vocabulary builder.  New Year's Word Art Craftivities.

vFor more parts of speech practice,  I know your kiddo's will enjoy playing the Fractured New Year writing prompt game.  Students take turns rolling the dice to fill in a word from the adjective, noun or verb list, which creates a hilarious story. 

When everyone has completed the game, have students read their stories aloud, and enjoy all of the giggles.  Click on the link for Fractured New Year fun.

cFinally, I’ve also designed a New Year's graphic organizer for students to fill in with some interesting writing prompts.

  Children can draw a picture of themselves or glue a photo to the center oval.

happy new year activities, new year activities, new year crafts, writing prompts for january, new year writing prompts, resolution activities, graphic organizers, alphabet activities, alphabet crafts, alphabet games, math activites, subtraction activities, January Daily 5 activities, activities for January Daily 5, Thanks for visiting today. Feel free to PIN away. I hope you can stop by tomorrow for the newest FREEBIES.

"Character is the ability to carry out a good resolution long after the excitement of the moment has passsed." -Cavett Robert

1-2-3 Come Do Some Winter Craftivities With Me

PTL  things are FINALLY back to normal in my little cyber-world.  Few things have the capicity to incapacitate me, as much as computer problems.  I'm such a control freak that when something happens that is out of my control, it is way beyond frustrating. Anyone relate? 

We now have a brand new server and everything seems to have transferred well.  Sorry if you experienced broken links and error messages while I was swinging from the ceiling pulling my hair out.  I'm all better now, and can't wait to share lots of new stuff that I played around with, to keep my sanity, while experiencing insane glitches.

shape activities, snowflake activities, christmas gifts for students, christmas gifts for students to make, shape flashcards, shape games, shape activities, shape crafts, snowflake crafts, snowman activities, snowman crafts, snowman poems, common core snowflakes, common core snowment, snowman tea light pin, snowman tea light magnet, snowflake alphabet cards, free alphabet cards, snowman alphabet cards, winter alphabet cards, winter writing prompts, Christmas games, winter games, winter math games, learning name activities, snowman craftsThis is a potpourri of winter-themed "stuff."  My new personal favorite I call My Shapely Snowflakes I was watching the overhead at church Sunday; they had a lovely snowflake posted on the message.  The center was of all things a hexagon!  That's a "toughy" shape that I'm always on the look out for fun things to do with it. 

Beside the Pentagon and a few nuts and bolts, it's hard to give children an example.  My husband thinks I should shut off my creative enthusiasm every now and then, especially at church, but I was so excited to design My Shapely Snowflakes I sketched a note to myself. 

You can make a set to use as flashcards, a bulletin board, interesting assessment, or independent matching center.  I've also included a spinner, so students can play a game. Click on the My Shapely Snowflakes link to grab it. 

shape activities, snowflake activities, christmas gifts for students, christmas gifts for students to make, shape flashcards, shape games, shape activities, shape crafts, snowflake crafts, snowman activities, snowman crafts, snowman poems, common core snowflakes, common core snowment, snowman tea light pin, snowman tea light magnet, snowflake alphabet cards, free alphabet cards, snowman alphabet cards, winter alphabet cards, winter writing prompts, Christmas games, winter games, winter math games, learning name activities, snowman craftsOne of my Y5 standards was that students could recognize and spell their names.  Although my kiddo's accomplished this by the end of September, they always enjoyed any activity that involved their names.  

With that in mind, I designed this wintry alphabet snowman.  You can give your students the option to spell their name, so they have a sweet sign to decorate their bedroom door with, or have them think of a winter word they'd like to spell out like: peace, love, joy, snow, winter or even welcome.  Hang them in the hallway with the caption: "_________________'s Kinders Are Simply Brrrr-illiant!"

There are 4 different sets of alphabet cards to choose from.  You can also print, laminate, trim and use for a variety of games.  A 3-page list of ideas is included in the packet. This is the one I made for my grandson.  Click on the link to view/download the Snowman Alphabet craftivity.

shape activities, snowflake activities, christmas gifts for students, christmas gifts for students to make, shape flashcards, shape games, shape activities, shape crafts, snowflake crafts, snowman activities, snowman crafts, snowman poems, common core snowflakes, common core snowment, snowman tea light pin, snowman tea light magnet, snowflake alphabet cards, free alphabet cards, snowman alphabet cards, winter alphabet cards, winter writing prompts, Christmas games, winter games, winter math games, learning name activities, snowman craftsIf you're tossing in some poetry to cover a variety of genres, have your students make an acrostic poem.  Students of all ages enjoy making them, and they are a nice way for children to review letters and words that begin with those letters.  I've made a template for a snowman, winter, and frozen word acrostic.  Click on the link to check out The Snowman Acrostic craftivity.

shape activities, snowflake activities, christmas gifts for students, christmas gifts for students to make, shape flashcards, shape games, shape activities, shape crafts, snowflake crafts, snowman activities, snowman crafts, snowman poems, common core snowflakes, common core snowment, snowman tea light pin, snowman tea light magnet, snowflake alphabet cards, free alphabet cards, snowman alphabet cards, winter alphabet cards, winter writing prompts, Christmas games, winter games, winter math games, learning name activities, snowman craftsI know many of you are out there searching the web for quick, easy and inexpensive ideas for your kiddo's to make as a gift, or for you to give to them.  How about a pin? The snowman tea light is not my original idea.  I found it all over Pinterest as a magnet and decided to diddle around with one as a pin.

As a child I LOVED my Santa, Rudolph and Snowman (pull-the-string and light-up-the-nose) pins you could buy at the "dime" store.  Anyone else remember those? 

I used E6000 to glue on the pin back, wiggle eyes and bow; added the mouth with a permanent Sharpie, and cut off the finger of a black glove to make the hat.  Yes it stretches that much!  Roll the end up, so they don't look frayed and add a dot of glue to keep it rolled.

The Dollar Store sells these gloves in all sorts of colors.  I think red or green would have looked nicer, but I had black around the house so tada! (2 pair makes 20 inexpensive pins/magnets.)  You can also buy a pack of tea lights there too.  Make sure you position the hat so that you don't cover the light switch.

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"What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness.” - John Steinbeck, Travels With Charley: In Search of America

1-2-3 Come Practice Letter Recognition With Me!

The more you emmerse your kiddo's with letter activities, the more likely the light bulb of understanding will easily come on.  Although important, trace and write worksheets, can become tedious and boring after awhile. (skill-drill & kill) It's important to give little learners a variety of hands-on activities.

apple activities, pumpkin activities, leaf activities, football activities, alphabet activities, common core alphabet, alphabet games, alphabet crafts, upper and lowercase alphabet worksheets, upper and lowercase alphabet games, common core kindergarten, common core 1st grade, Daily 5 activities for fall, daily 5 activities,free common core lessons for kindergarten and first grade,I try to think up ideas that involve some sort of crafty aspect.  Children LOVE these; they provide fine motor skill practice, and completed projects make great bulletin boards and wall displays, that help build a child's self-esteem.  I call today's quick and easy letter "craftivity" Search & Find. I strived to do at least one activity a month that recycled something, so using old newspapers to trace on, fit the bill and the results look terrific.  These are wonderful for a seasonal Daily 5 activity too!

apple activities, pumpkin activities, leaf activities, football activities, alphabet activities, common core alphabet, alphabet games, alphabet crafts, upper and lowercase alphabet worksheets, upper and lowercase alphabet games, common core kindergarten, common core 1st grade, Daily 5 activities for fall, daily 5 activities,free common core lessons for kindergarten and first grade,Here's what to do:

  • Print off the fall-themed templates.
  • Cut out; trace onto an old file folder and then trim. 
  • Make several templates to expedite tracing by students.
  • Allow children to choose a shape and trace it on a page of the newspaper, that has plenty of writing on it. I try to include several standards when I design an activity, so I made a prediction page to practice some math skills. 
  • Students cut out their shape, and fill out the prediction part of the data on the matching worksheet. (Common Core State Standard: 1.MD.1)

apple activities, pumpkin activities, leaf activities, football activities, alphabet activities, common core alphabet, alphabet games, alphabet crafts, upper and lowercase alphabet worksheets, upper and lowercase alphabet games, common core kindergarten, common core 1st grade, Daily 5 activities for fall, daily 5 activities,free common core lessons for kindergarten and first grade, Students find and circle the upper and lowercase letters that the shape starts with.  i.e. If a child chooses an apple, they will search for Aa’s. I tried to think up themed-shapes for fall, and added a football, to help excite the boys in your class.  To make this a bit more difficult for older students, have them search and circle all of the letters that are in the WORD and then tally or total, how many of each letter they found.  

apple activities, pumpkin activities, leaf activities, graphing activities,football activities, alphabet activities, common core alphabet, alphabet games, alphabet crafts, upper and lowercase alphabet worksheets, upper and lowercase alphabet games, common core kindergarten, common core 1st grade, Daily 5 activities for fall, daily 5 activities,free common core lessons for kindergarten and first grade,When they are done, students color their newsprint craftivity, with a watercolor marker or highlighter, so that the newsprint still shows through.

Students glue their work to the matching worksheet and fill in the data. Older students can use the greater, less than, or equals symbol, to show THEIR answer, to the correct answer.

apple activities, pumpkin activities, leaf activities, graphing activities,football activities, alphabet activities, common core alphabet, alphabet games, alphabet crafts, upper and lowercase alphabet worksheets, upper and lowercase alphabet games, common core kindergarten, common core 1st grade, Daily 5 activities for fall, daily 5 activities,free common core lessons for kindergarten and first grade,When everyone is done, you can graph how many of each beginning letter, that your class found, counting by 10’s.  Write each child’s amount on the board and show the addition, one step at a time, to get to a grand total.

Before graphing, have students predict which letter they think they will find the most of, and why. Click on the link to view/download the Search & Find Alphabet Craftivity packet. For more Alphabet FREEBIES, click on the link, to pop on over to that section of my site. Enjoy!

apple activities, pumpkin activities, leaf activities, football activities, alphabet activities, common core alphabet, alphabet games, alphabet crafts, upper and lowercase alphabet worksheets, upper and lowercase alphabet games, common core kindergarten, common core 1st grade, Daily 5 activities for fall, daily 5 activities,free common core lessons for kindergarten and first grade,Thanks for visiting.  Feel free to PIN away.  To ensure that "pinners" return to THIS blog article, click on the green title at the top; it will turn black, now click on the "Pin it" button on my menu bar.  If you'd like to take a look at all of the creative-educational items I pin, click on the heart to the right of the blog. Hope you can pop back tomorrow, for my newest FREEBIES hot off the press!

"Those with a lively sense of curiosity, learn something new every day of their lives." -Unknown

1-2-3 Come Make A Puppy Pal With Me

This puppy "craftivity" is really versatile. 

sliders, alphabet activities, shape activities, counting activities, skip counting activities, common core lessons for kindergarten, common core lessons for 1st, free common core lessons, puppy crafts, puppy activities, summer writing prompts, end of the year writing prompts, beginning of the year writing prompts, 1st week of school writing prompts, writing crafts, whole group assessment activities, upper and lowercase letter activities, alphabet games, shape games, skip counting games, skip counting crafts, mother's day card, father's day cards, footprint crafts, keepsake crafts, You can use the slider template and review upper or lowercase letters, 2D flat shapes, counting to 30, or skip counting by 2's, 3's 5's, or 10's, by cutting slits and inserting the appropriate strip of paper (slider).

These make a nice end-of-the-year activity, to send home with students as a fun way to review and practice over the summer, so they don't forget what they've learned.

Likewise, they are a terrific way to introduce your new students to these concepts at the beginning of the year as well.

Sliders are an easy way to whole-group assess and a fun way to review standards via playing "I spy" games.

sliders, alphabet activities, shape activities, counting activities, skip counting activities, common core lessons for kindergarten, common core lessons for 1st, free common core lessons, puppy crafts, puppy activities, summer writing prompts, end of the year writing prompts, beginning of the year writing prompts, 1st week of school writing prompts, writing crafts, whole group assessment activities, upper and lowercase letter activities, alphabet games, shape games, skip counting games, skip counting crafts, mother's day card, father's day cards, footprint crafts, keepsake crafts, Children can also make a keepsake card for Father's Day or Mother's Day, or to give to anyone else, by simply writing the recipient's name on the bone.

What makes this puppy extra special, is that you trace a student's foot with their shoe on, to make the puppy's ears.

Add a school photo for even more pizzazz.

I made the card on the right for my daughter, from baby Kaiden.

Finally, you can also use the Puppy Pal as a topper for a variety of writing prompts.

I've made writing prompt "bones" for the beginning of the year as well as the end. i.e. "I'll have a dog-gone great school year because ..." or I had a dog-gone good school year because..."

Click on the link to view/download the Puppy Pal Writing Prompt Card

sliders, alphabet activities, shape activities, counting activities, skip counting activities, common core lessons for kindergarten, common core lessons for 1st, free common core lessons, puppy crafts, puppy activities, summer writing prompts, end of the year writing prompts, beginning of the year writing prompts, 1st week of school writing prompts, writing crafts, whole group assessment activities, upper and lowercase letter activities, alphabet games, shape games, skip counting games, skip counting crafts, mother's day card, father's day cards, footprint crafts, keepsake crafts, Thanks for visiting today.  Feel free to PIN anything that you think others may find helpful.

"The best teachers teach from the heart, not the book." -Unknown

I Spy A Letter!

common core lessons for kindergarten, common core lessons for 1st grade, letter activities, letter lessons, alphabet activities, alphabet lessons, letter identification, letter assessments, traceable alphabet cards, alphabet flashcards, alphabet bookls, upper and lowercase letter identification activities, traceable alphabet worksheets, I spy upper and lowercase letter activities, alphabet letter sliders, alphabet games, My Y5's really enjoyed playing games.  It was a hands-on fun way to get all sorts of life-skills and standards covered in a short amount of time.

I designed "I Spy A Letter." with those concepts in mind, as they will help teach: Common Core State Standards:RF.K1d, L.1.1a

I Spy A Letter is a very versatile packet. Although the picture shows lowercase letter samples, the packet also works on recognizing and practicing uppercase letters in an interesting way as well.

Your students will enjoy becoming ABCDe-tives as they spy letters and then trace them.

They will also like making a slider. Sliders are simply the upper and lowercase letters of the alphabet, listed vertically on two separate strips of paper.  Students slide their strip through two slits that make a viewing "window".

You can use this packet for table top worksheets, Speed games, or even as an interesting and less stressful assessment tool.

I've also included traceable upper and lowercase letter flashcards with a cover, so students can make Itty Bitty booklets, a tip sheet of what else you can do with the traceable cards, + "kaboom" bomb cards to make games even more fun.

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These too can be a fun "I Spy!" game, or used as an assessment tool.  Finally, I've also designed an ABCDe-tective certificate of praise.

Click on the link to view/download the "I Spy A Letter" Packet.

Thanks for visiting. Feel free to PIN anything from my site. (Create, teach, SHARE!)

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"Worlds can be found by a child and an adult bending down and looking together under the grass stems or at the skittering crabs in a tidal pool." -Anonymous

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