Poetry Tool #2- Part C Alliteration

Greetings!
It has been FAR too long since I have posted on my poetry lessons, and now I am two weeks behind in posts. So I will try my best to blog over the next several days and catch everyone up.

We ended Post #3 at the middle of my Alliteration lesson. I had run out of time to really finish the lesson and so I simply had them read poetry books to find examples, which was part of the lesson, for a long amount of time. I found that I was in such a rush to "get through" the lesson, that I was leaving comprehension in the dust.

When they returned for the next class period, we started by correcting their homework, which was Lewis Carrolls, Jabberwocky.  I found that many of the students had a hard time because the poem has so many invented words (Tool #2, Part B) that they couldn't really make sense of the words. It was fun to hear what they thought some of the words were as well. This did take a large chunk of time, but I felt it was totally worth it because we were reviewing SO MANY concepts.

After we corrected homework together (I had a copy of the poem under the document camera), I reviewed what we had already covered about differences in poetry and prose, Tool #1 (Rhythm), and Parts A, B, and C of Tool #2 (Musical Language).


I was excited to have them pick up where we left of the day before and get them writing alliterative phrases/poem. I stuck with more of the tongue twister genre for this writing assignment because I REALLY wanted my students to HEAR the alliterative sounds. 

I instructed them to take the first letter and SOUND from their first name and try writing a sentence using that SOUND as much as possible. At first they didn't understand it too well. So I gave many examples using student's names.

Morgan makes mega muffins every morning. 

Rad wrestles really rowdy road-runners.

It only took a couple before the kids were having a ball. It really was fun when they picked up that the words the to SOUND the same, NOT start with the same letters!

Here are a couple of student examples:

I let them write for about 10 minutes and then I had them share their two favorites with their partners before drawing names and having 4 students read to the class.

I was really impressed with how well they did. I knew that this would become part of the "hunt"activities for the nightly poem and I was confident that they would master it over time.

For their homework, they read a poem called Chuck's Chips. It is in the Tongue Twister book I shared in my last post. The students had to identify the alliterative phrases in the poem (and there was a lot!) as well as all the other "hunts" I assigned.

Thanks for reading post #4 in this series. If you missed the first post, you may want to start HERE and catch up. :) If not, that's okay too. I am just so pleased that you are here. Don't forget to follow my blog to get all the latest news, updates, and more. 

Cheers!

-MrHughes

Share the Wealth Teacher-Author Spotlight- LINDA KAMP

Greetings Dear Share the Wealth Friends!

As January draws to an end (I know, what in the world happened... I could've sworn we just had Christmas!) I am hoping that our part of the world warms up just a bit. We have been in the negative degrees for almost three weeks now. The last two days have seen warmer temperatures, so I can only hope they continue to rise a little. I am not ready for Spring, just not wanting to live in a deep freezer anymore.

I can't believe that it has been two weeks since my last teacher-author spotlight either. Why, as teachers, do we always feel like the year is in fast-forward?!? Anyways, thanks for joining us here again on An Educator's Life as we Share the Wealth, or rather, Spill the Beans, about another teacher-author!

Let's get started!

I am pleased to introduce you to Linda Kamp. This is what Linda told me when I asked about her background and such: "I have been teaching for 17 years. While I currently teach second grade, I have also taught Kindergarten and First grade. Teaching is a wonderfully creative outlet for me and I teach my kiddos that their creativity is contagious! We can think, learn, and achieve outside the box!"

I tell you, these lower grade teachers have SO MUCH ENERGY! Phew! I wanted to start this posting off by sharing 10 items that I think you really should check out. You may find yourself thinking, "Nah, not right now. Maybe later..."! Well, before you leave this posting, I urge you to take a gander of a couple of them. Linda is so amazingly creative and talented. I wish I taught lower grades so I could more of her resources. Here they are in no special order:


Teacher-Author Spotlight Resources Participants

1. Tomie dePaola: An Author Study 2. Oh, The Things That You've Given Us! {Here's Our Gift To You!} 3. FootBowl Math Centers 4. Be My Chocolate Valentine Math and Literacy Centers

5. Writing Activities for Valentines Day 6. S'more Smart Students! Back to School Bulletin Board Display 7. The Turkey Wants a Hot Dog! {A Persuasive Writing Craftivity} 8. Gingerbread Story Elements: Popular Versions of The Gingerbread Man! (FREE ITEM)

9. Butterfly Life Cycle On A String Craftivity 10. Stellaluna {A Common Core Book Study}

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Linda has had over 1500 comments left about her (currently) 38 resources and, yup, you guessed it, has a 4.0/4.0 rating! Here is just a taste of what others are saying about her "stuff":

nickyskier

Excellent! What a fantastic resource. Having the foldable flower book is great because the children can show what they have learnt as part of the end of the unit.

January 20, 2013

laffytaffy6109

I am very excited to try this out on the monday after superbowl sunday! My math class is mostly boys and they will absolutely love this. It is a great review of skills for third grade in a format where they won't even realize they are practiciing necessary skills. Thanks for your hard work : )

January 20, 2013

Debi Legerski  (TpT Seller)

Thank you for such a great new opportunity for my class. We love doing these activities when we can't go outside due to the cold temps!

January 15, 2013

If you want to read MORE feedback, you can visit her store HERE and then click on the "Ratings & Comments" tab.


As we near the end of this spotlight post, I couldn't possibly end without sharing something incredibly amazing from Linda. If you only buy ONE THING this month, then this has got to be it. Currently priced at $10, this 46 page gem of a resource has everything you need to teach the life cycle of plants. Let's take a little tour of Linda's Life Cycle of Plants set, shall we? Beware, however, for you will find yourself, like I did, WANTING TO OWN IT!

Linda has included an wonderful tale of contents so you will be able to find the activity that need at a moments notice. Easy Peasy!

The following pictures are random pages from the packet that I wanted to use to show you the quality (which is stellar) and the formatting (which is uncluttered and easy to follow). So, please understand that these pictures are NOT in the order they would be in the purchased kit.

Here is an example of the word wall word/ vocabulary cards that are included. I love that they are eye-catching and easy to read. (I do find myself wishing there was a tiny picture on each one- but that is the visual learner in me- ha ha!). Love these!

This is a fun poster/discussion starter. I love that Linda included such a diverse set of leaves to help the students see that leaves are not just the ones we color for our fall tree pictures.

Graphic organizers are in abundance in this kit. Do I like that? No! I LOVE IT! A graphic organizer is one of my favorite tools because the STUDENTS have to do all the work/writing and thus the LEARNING! These organizers are simple, yet effective and fit the theme and need they were created to fill.

I also really like how Linda has created that scientist feel for her resource. The students can't help but feel they are being real scientists (which they are) while completing these engaging activities. 

If you feel you need MORE of a tour, Linda has a whole blog post on this unit. I have looked it over and it is truly amazing what the students get to do in these great collection of activities. Just click HERE (or on the picture below) to visit the post.

Well, that concludes another fun look at an amazing teacher-author. Remember you can find Linda on her BLOG, on PINTEREST, on FACEBOOK, on TEACHERS PAY TEACHERS, and on TEACHERS NOTEBOOK. With all the fun freebies and giveaways that Linda does, you will want to connect with her on several, if not all, of these media outlets!

Thanks for joining us this week. I hope you will stop by again soon. Also, don't miss my Journey into Poetry Land series. I am sharing my day by day experience of teaching poetry to 60 4th, 5th, and 6th graders.
First post can be found HERE, the rest can be found here on An Educator's Life. Hope to see you again soon.

Have a great weekend,
-MrHughes 

P.S. Please remember to click on a SOCIAL MEDIA button at the bottom of this post and "Share the Wealth" and help others learn about this amazing teacher-author.

Please Note: This was NOT a paid review of this teacher-author. Neither money nor product influenced my opinions or statements about this seller and his/her products. Also, prices, ratings, and changes to products after my review may occur, but I do strive to give the most current and accurate information possible at the time of this posting.

Poetry Tool #2- Musical Language- Part B- Invented Words (and a start on Part C- Alliteration)

Dr. Seuss is such an amazing writer. He ability to bend the rules of writing and poetry astound me. He was the perfect name to bring up as I introduced Part B of Musical Language to my students. 

INVENTED WORDS!

I had a hands-on lesson planned for this tool. After we talked about Dr. Seuss for a bit, I started by having the students listen to a story by Jon Scieszka and Lane Smith called Baloney. If you haven't ever read this book you need to! It is such a perfect example of invented words. It is about a little alien that is late to school and has to give an excuse as to why. So, he makes up a HUGE story and invents words to describe many of the items he uses and encounters. 

My students LOVED it! Then, it is fun to tell them that almost all of the "made up"words are actually REAL words from several languages around the world.

After I read them the book, I told them they were going to list 10 words for those 10 items around the room and then make up a new word for that item. 

I modeled for them so they could see what they were supposed to do.

I chose:

desk

chair

teacher

clock

pencil

I renamed them:

desk=sked

chair=popsquat

teacher=talkity-talk

clock=tell-timer

pencil=higrate

The kids just raised their eyebrows at me. Undaunted, I proceeded to explain to them that they were going to use these words in a poem. Then I used those words to write a free verse poem as a model. This is what I wrote:

The Classroom

I was sitting on my popsquat

Watching the tell-timer tell time.

My talkity-talk was going on and on

While I watched the tell-timer tell time.

My higrate was tapping on my sked, not writing my notes

While I watched the tell-timer tell time.

But, when my talkity-talk tapped on by sked,

I knew my time-teller watching must end.

I was very pleased with myself. I turned to see uncertainty on their faces. I laughed at them and told them to get started on their own list and poems. I was actually quite impressed with what my students were able to create. 

A few students got stuck on how to rename things. I told them that an easy strategy was one that I had used. I asked them to look at my first word and the new word I had made. They pointed out that I had just mixed up the letters of the "real" word. The light clicked on above their heads and they were able to move forward and finish their lists and start their poems. 

It was hilarious to see what they came up with. After they finished making the "new word"list and writing their poems I had several students share with the class using the document camera. Below are a couple of examples.

For the second part of class, I wanted to get a start on Part C as well!

Part C is also one of my favorite tools to teach. How lucky for me that I teach all my favorite tools...ha ha. I wonder how THAT happened.

Anyways, Part C is Alliteration. The students had heard the word, but couldn't place it's meaning. I said, "Let me share an example of an alliteration with you!" They sat and watched me expectantly. I think they thought I was going to do a back-flip or something. I just stared at them for a moment. They started to get all fidgety like they were in trouble. Then I blurted out, "Betty Boughta, bought some butter, but she said, "This butters bitter, if I put it in my batter it will make my batter bitter."

They looked at each other, and then at me and all together said, "What did you just say?".
I laughed and repeated it.

I then shared Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers with them. Someone finally shouted, "OH, alliteration means tongue twisters!"

Well, that isn't really what I was hoping for, but it was a start. I guided the discussion to help them understand that alliteration is about the BEGINNING sounds of words. I shared a few more examples out of this book:

I didn't link it because it is out of print and very costly right now.
Then I handed out my trusty poetry books and the students went on an Alliteration Hunt. When they found an example, they raised their hands and shared with the class.

It was fun to watch them discover that alliteration is found in short groups, in phrases, and in entire poems.

The poetry hunt brought us to the end of the class time. I was sad as I hadn't quite finished my planned lesson, but I knew I could add it on to the beginning of the next day.

Their homework assignment for the night was "Jabberwocky" by Lewis Carroll. The students were to underline the common nouns, circle the proper nouns, and then choose one of the stanzas and try and guess what the invented words that Lewis Carroll had invented were supposed to mean.

Thanks for reading post #3 in this series. If you missed the first post, you may want to start HERE and catch up. :) If not, that's okay too. I am just so pleased that you are here. Don't forget to follow my blog to get all the latest news, updates, and more. 

Cheers!

-MrHughes

100th Day of School 3-D Style

If you have been following this blog for any amount of time (or my TpT/Teachers Notebook Stores) then you know that I LOVE to make dodecahedron projects for my students to complete. They LOVE the engaging, simple assignments which they then turn into that geometrical wonder, the Dodecahedron.

With Hundreds day coming up, I knew that I wanted to make a kit for that. I got to wondering what I could would work well as the 12 mini-assignments. I wanted them to be fun, but I also wanted them to have meaning and not just all be coloring or "silly".

I pulled out my 100th Day file folder that was over flowing and skimmed and scanned the contents. I was pleased to find several ideas that sparked my creativity and I set to work. When I finished, I knew that I needed a test group. I mean, these activities were activities that I had been using for years, and I loved them. But I had never combined them in this fashion. Well... the 4th grade teacher graciously offered to be the test driver. I turned the kit over to her and this is what happened:

I always love the look of a completed dodecahedron. The students never tire of seeing them come to life in front of the their very eyes. These are going to make a very amazing 100th day display in the school. The 4th grade teacher has spent the last several days letting the students work on them as time allowed. 

Wahoo! Another fun resource ready to share.

Cheers!
-MrHughes :0)


If you are interested in learning more, you can check it out HERE in my TpT Shop or HERE in my Teachers Notebook Shop.

I also wanted to share some of my other dodecahedron kits that are currently available.

Poetry Tool #2- Musical Language- Part A

Welcome back to Post #3 in this series of Poetry Lessons in my classroom. If you missed the first post, you may want to start HERE and then catch up. If not, well, that's okay too. :)

     The first week of the unit was spent introducing poetry, reading LOTS of poetry books together and individually, and doing "poetry hunts". I only have all my classes four days a week. We have 1/2 day Friday every week, and so I only keep my homeroom class (my 6th graders) on that day. So I am teaching poetry 4 days a week right now. Thursday of the previous week was when we really hit Tool #1- Rhythm and Repetition. I actually spread that over two days as I was looking at my lesson plans. We spent a lot of time practicing and reviewing.

Monday of this last week, I started on Tool #2 and I had, what I hoped was, an amazing game plan. I would Use this format (This is from my on-line plan book):

Mini-Lesson:

-Correct Homework

-Review Tools- 

=Rhythm: Repetition and Beat

-Write a poem that has rhythm and repetition about winter

Do one together

---Snow is falling, falling, falling

---Drifting, drifting, drifting down

---Kids are laughing, sledding, building snowmen

---Kids are falling, crashing, creating snow angels.

Start Tool #2: MUSICAL LANGUAGE (WORD CHOICE)

--Onomatopoeia

=Students write a definition in their journals: Words that sound like the actions or sounds they represent

==Onomatopoeia Brainstorm sheet list as many as possible on each line. Work with your partner. (3-5 minutes)

==Share with class (call on several students)

==WILL CONTINUE ON TOMORROW

--Practice Porch Light Poem

--If you still have time, hand out the homework, read over the poem and discuss

HW: Youth, I Do Adore Thee! Underline the COMMON NOUNS.

I decided that to really ingrain it in their brains, I needed to do a review the next day and then assign a poem that would allow for practice of the previous days topic. We reviewed the Snowflake Souffle poem, read it together, in a round (works PERFECTLY for that), and then we talked about where all the nouns were located. I still find it troubling that some many of my students- all grades- can not identify a noun, I will be making a nouns review game/activity soon to help with that.

After we reviewed the homework poem, we reviewed how Tool #1- Rhythm (beat and repetition) is vital to poetry. Then, I modeled a poem for them that included repetition  I am FAR, FAR from a poet, but it was fun to share an example with the class. 

Mine was this:

Snow is falling, falling, falling

Drifting, drifting, drifting down

Kids are laughing, sledding, building snowmen

Kids are falling, crashing, creating snow angels.

As a class we decided that the ending of the last two lines didn't quite work with the rhythm and beat. We took off "snowmen" and "snow angles" and that seemed to help. So we decided on this:

Snow is falling, falling, falling

Drifting, drifting, drifting down

Kids are laughing, sledding, building

Kids are falling, crashing, creating.

Then I asked the students to write a poem with rhythm and beat about winter. I thought some of them were going to have a heart-attack. But, after I quieted the terror and whining, they settled down and started to write.  Here a few of the students poems:

 I had several students share their work with the class and show it under the document camera. We were able to talk about poetic form, etc. It was a great discussion tool and many students found that they had an inner poet they didn't know existed. 

This sample below is from a student who was VERY hesitant and resistant to trying. I coaxed and cheered until the student finally gave it a try. I think the results are amazing. This student even used a tool we hadn't really addressed yet- onomatopoeia. An avid hunter, this student wrote about something he/she could relate to: Duck Hunting!

So, after we had a good share time, we moved on to Tool #2- Musical Language. I tied this to the 6-traits of writing's Word Choice trait. 

Students wrote this on the "next clean page" in their journals and we proceeded. 

I was excited to teach Part A of this tool. It has three parts that will be separate posts. Part A is Onomatopoeia This is such a FUN, FUN tool of any writing, not just poetry. Thankfully, The Write Genre book had some fun ideas, but a majority of my lesson came from a unit I had purchased on Teachers Pay Teachers by the Peanut Gallery. Teaching Onomatopoeia: Creative Activities for the Classroom (Common Core) is totally worth the $$$! Regardless of what you use, you will want to do many activities to get the kids excited. This lesson by FAR had the most participation. The kids loved making all the "sound effects" that came with the activities. We used one of the pages from the above kit as part of their homework, Onomatopoeia Brainstorm. The students were put in groups for a few minutes to get started, and then they were to finish at home. I told them they would want to finish their assignment because they would need it for tomorrow's poem writing.

We again ended by getting out all the poetry books and  searching and searching for examples. The kids LOVED sharing the little snippets they found.

As class ended, I went over their assigned homework poem. I choose, "Youth, I Do Adore Thee!" from William Shakespeare. The students thought it was a odd choice, but the strange rhythm and the obvious repetition made it an easy choice. 

And so ended another success class session about poetry. 

WAHOO! I am LOVING this unit.

Check back soon for the next post in the series. I will be sharing my lesson Tool #2- Musical Language Part B- Invented Words.

Cheers!

-MrHughes

Poetry Tool #1- Rhythm

Welcome to Post #2 in a series of posts about my current journey teaching poetry to a group of 60 students composed of 4th, 5th, and 6th grade students. If you missed the intro post to this series, click HERE and check it out. It was posted on All Things Upper Elementary of which I am a contributor.

I was excited to start teaching the tools of poetry because that is where the students would get the chance to actually WRITE some poetry. I also planned to integrate our grammar study into this unit. Having tried to do a grammar lesson and then integrate it into the writing later was a total bust for me. I figured that I would have a longer block to to teach poetry AND it would be more authentic for my students. Turns out I was right!

We started by labeling the top of "the next clean page" in our journal (the next page after our listing of the difference of poetry and prose, and of the 6 tools) with "Tool #1- Rhythm". Student then wrote what they thought the definition of rhythm was . It was an interesting discussion. My musical students could show me examples with clapping and tapping, but couldn't really put it into words. After sharing several ideas, we decided that rhythm is comprised of beat and repetition.

First, for beat, I handed out rhythm sticks (thick dowels cut into thirds) to each student and (after explaining the expectations for use like "When I am talking, both sticks are in one hand", "No drumming on your desk or neighbor", etc.) then I asked them what was something that most people had around them every day that  has rhythm.

It was pretty quickly decided that MUSIC has rhythm. What I did next shocked them. I cranked the music and we practiced finding the rhythm of different genres of music. We played everything from county to heavy metal- (WHOA ON THE HEAVY METAL- more than I can take, I think). But they LOVED it. Whenever they struggled to find the beat of the song, I would have them close their eyes and listen before tapping. It was amazing how fast they were able to find it when they weren't distracted by their neighbors tapping.

After we jammed out for a bit, I  read several poems and had them tap the rhythm. I read some rhyming poems, but also many that were not rhyming because I wanted them to see that more than just rhyming poems have rhythm to them.

Then we studied what was meant by repetition. Both in beat AND in words. I read them the poem "Negro" to them and we discussed possible reasons that Langston Hughes would have repeated the words, "I am a Negro: Black as the night is black, Black like the depths of my Africa." at the end of the poem. I was surprised at their thoughts about this. Many picked up that he wanted to show that, despite the trials and problems his people had faced, they were still a proud people.

I then handed out all the poetry books again and had the students scavenger the pages looking for places where words were repeated. It was great fun to hear what they found and watch as they made connections between what we discussed to what they were reading.

For their homework, I gave them a poem called "Snowflake Souffle" by X. J. Kennedy . The students were to read it to a parent/family member and get it signed, underline common nouns, and circle proper nouns.

It was a wonderful end to a wonderful lesson. Don't miss Post #3 coming soon.

Cheers-
MrHughes

Share the Wealth- January 19, 2013

Greetings Friends!
I am so excited to bring you another awesome Share the Wealth Freebie Linky. This week we have some fantastic freebies that you WON'T WANT TO MISS!!!! I hope that you location is much warmer that it has been here in rural Utah. We have been hitting -20 degree Fahrenheit until just that last couple of days. Brrrrrr! Much to chilly for MY taste.

I also wanted to let you know I also posted over at the awesome All Things Upper Elementary blog that I am a collaborator on. Click HERE to check out my post on Teaching Poetry. If you haven't heard about our blog and you are an upper elementary teacher, you will totally want to check this one out and join us. I mean, after all, we upper elementary teachers have to stick together to survive the beginnings of the hormone war!

Anyways, on with the post. I do ask that you click on a SOCIAL MEDIA BUTTON at the bottom of the post and Share the Wealth with others.

Thanks,
MrHughes


"Share the Wealth" Saturdays Participants

1. Free Graphic Organizer for ANY Fictional Book by MrHughes (Grades: 3 ) 2. Fancy Hearts - Clipart from Graphics From the Pond (All Grades) 3. Narrative Text Features created by Michelle Williams (Grades 3-6) 4. Valentine Ventures: Playful Puppet Centers 5. My Vocabulary Keeps Growing from Stephanie at Middle School Matters Blog 6. Making Winter Sentences with Sentence Frames K-1 by Arlene Sandberg 7. Valentine Freebie! Common Core Quick Math Sheets from Jan Bernard (Grade 3) 8. Groundhog Day TicTacToe by 4thGradeRacers (Grades 3-6) 9. There's "Snow One" Like You Awards (Grades K-3) by The Peanut Gallery 10. Winter Color by Sum Game by Teacher Tam (PreK to first) 11. Double Trouble Hearts Addition@ Primary Inspiration (1-2) 12. Inverse Operations Anchor Chart from 4mulaFun (Grades 7-9) 13. Community Helpers Emergent Reader by Erin Palleschi (Grades Pre-K-1) 14. Metric Posters from Kimberley Quinn (Grades 4-6) 15. Valentine's Beginning and Ending Sound Freebie! from Karen Jones (Kdg)) 16. President's Day Compare & Contrast Created by Lisa Lilienthal (Grades 2-5) 17. First Crossword by Christine Maxwell PreK-1

18. Color My World- White Activity Pack by gingerose Pre-K to 1st 19. Countdown to Spring Break from TheHappyTeacher {ALL grades} 20. Student Portfolio Self-Assessment Form (Gr. 4-8) 21. Whoo Knows Their Number Bonds to 10 (Gr 1-3 22. Peace Month Roll and Cover from All Y'All Need (Grades K-2) 23. Landforms Science Show-and-Tell 24. Groundhog's Day Predicting Sheet 25. Dear Teacher Letter by 2peasandadog 26. Nervous and Endocrine System Graphic Organizer Grades 6-8 27. Home for the Holidays by Word to the Wise (Grades 1-6) 28. Valentine's Day Writing Paper by Mrs. D's Firsties 29. Brain Aerobics - Warm Up Worksheets by Cate O'Donnell (Grades 3 - 5) 30. FREE MLK Jr Writing Paper 31. Janice Malone 32. Snowman Number to Picture match 1-20 by Loving Primary 33. No Homework, No Problem by More Time 2 Teach (Grades 2-5) 34. Multiplying Fractions (Grades 4-6)-Creative Educational Concepts

35. Word Wizardry: Solving words with spells by Tinas Teaching Treasures 36. Wizard of Boz - "Sum"body Loves You - Dice Game 37. Penguin Clip Art by The Reinspired Teacher 38. Repurposed {Word Work} by LDIMom (PreK-1) 39. Winter Addition Practice Worksheets from The Brainy Boutique (Grades K-2) 40. Pinkadots Elementary: Free Classroom Library Cards 41. Get Your Snow On! Graphic Organizers & Vocabulary Maps by 2nd Grade Glance 42. Daily Word Problems Sampler Pack by Mary Carr (Grades 7-9) 43. Confusion Locomotion- Commonly Confused Words by Fourthandgoal 44. Frigid Digits- Base 10 Blocks and 2-Digit Numbers by Fourthandgoal 45. Over 250 Writing Prompts/Journal Topics 46. Black History Month Projects 47. 100th Day Center Activities (Grades K-2) 48. Word Hunt Created by The Kindergarten Pod (Pre-K - 1st) 49. Barb Evans

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Share the Wealth Teacher-Author Spotlight- Teaches Third in Georgia

Hello and Welcome to the first Teacher-Author Spotlight of 2013! I must say that I have an amazing line-up of teacher-authors that are excited to meet you this year. In fact, I am booked all the way through November. C-R-A-Z-Y! 

I am excited for this year to develop and bloom! I have joined in with so many exciting adventures lately that my head is spinning. My latest and most exciting excursion yet is the invitationd to be a part of the All Thing Upper Elementary think tank. With 14 amazing teachers from all over the country working together, how can it NOT be fantastic? Not only am I excited to share my ideas, my classroom, my experience- and believe that makes me very excited (and nervous), but I am also giddy to learn from my 13 fellow teachers there AND all of you whom I hope will join us and share your insight and wisdom. To check that out, you can click HERE. I hope you will consider becoming a follower of that blog! You won't be disappointed.

Okay, okay. I know that you are ready to meet our amazing teacher-author. So... let's get this party started!

I would love to introduce you to Randi Smith, the creator and operator of Teaches Third in Georgia.

Randi shared this with me: "My name is Randi Smith. I currently teach third grade in North Georgia and have been teaching for seven years. I LOVE making fun and exciting things for the classroom and always try to bring in what is most popular to my kids. Engaging lessons and building a fun classroom environment is my goal."

Okay, so after reading that, how can you NOT be excited to meet Randi? With nearly 200 hundred, yes, you read that right, TWO HUNDRED resources for your browsing pleasure, you are sure to find a wonderful and useful activity, games, or CC aligned resource to fill that hole in your lesson plan. 

Here are 10 resources (A COUPLE FREEBIES INCLUDED) that I wanted to share with you:


Teacher-Author Spotlight Resources Participants

1. Freebie!! PolkaFont from TeachesThirdinGeorgia! Commercial Use Friendly 2. FREEBIE!! Brushstrokes Background Bundle 3. Mr. Popper's Penguins Common Core Unit-3rd-5th- Plans, Resources-COMPLETE! 4. Common Core Poetry and Figurative Language Unit- 3-4-5 Lesson Plans, Resources

5. Valentines Day Multiplication Mosaics! Set of 5-Unique Skill Practice 6. St. Patrick's Day Multiplication Mosaics-Fun Fact Practice! 7. Forest Fun Multiplication Mosaics! 8 Pages of Fun! Color By Number 8. And Then What Happened,Paul Revere? Common Core Unit for Third Grade!

9. Make Your Own Color By Number Clipart Collection-16 Images-Commercial Use 10. 3rd Grade Common Core Math -ROUNDING-8 Days of Lesson Plans

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I hope you enjoyed browsing these fantastic resources. Did you notice that she has almost 700 teachers that follow her store? That must also mean that she has some goodies worth check out. I guess that the nearly 1500 votes (feedback) that she has received also speaks for herself, as her rating is an overall 4.0/4.0!

Here are just a few comments that customers have left. You can see ALL her feedback my clicking HERE and then clicking on the "Ratings and Comments" tab.

amberlazo

This is a great format for a book report and my students are very excited about doing it!!

January 9, 2013

Catherine Reed  (TpT Seller)

These are great! Thanks so much for sharing. It's awesome that you included the blacklines! Saving ink :)

January 9, 2013

Ashley Langford  (TpT Seller)

Great! Thanks! Can't wait to use them in my Historical Figures stuff!

January 9, 2013

ziggyagain

I hope this will help those students who are still struggling with place value. Thank you.

January 8, 2013

LisaCoalwell

You put a lot of work into this to make it colorful and easy to read; I can't wait to share it with my students ~ thanks!

January 8, 2013

I love that she has so many buyers telling her that the just LOVE her resources. In fact, I wanted to share a really FUN freebie from Randi at Teaches Third in Georgia. (You see ALL of her Freebies by clicking HERE!) 
Here is the FREEBIE you really need to get:

This AWESOME set of clip art characters and houses is FREE! I was so excited to find it. It really got me to thinking of all the ways I could use this. 
For example, you could use these:
-as a sequence activity
-puppets in a puppet show
-a writing center
-for point of view lesson (write from the point of view of the character you draw out of a bag)
-math activities
-and more. 

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