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With the end of the year fast approaching (yikes! 16 days - scary but exciting at the same time!), we're starting to begin review mode with centers and other areas as we're still trying to finish up units!
So, I thought I'd show you what I've been working on this week.
Our butterflies emerged from their chrysalis! We said goodbye on Wednesday (all 5 made it!). It was hard, because at first, they didn't want to come out! We made sure to release them in the field behind our school, near the woods and away from the playground and bus loop!
Our "Flat Stanleys" started coming in this week! So far, our Stanleys have visited Newport News (VA), Utah (Great Salt Lake), Texas (Austin), and California (Fort Irwin).
We are finishing up our prefix/suffix unit and I was rather disgusted with some of the sheets I had because they combined prefixes (which is a good thing because it saves paper, right?) but was wrong for the order I was teaching it in! My kiddos do better with an activity on the carpet and then an independent one at their seat to "seal" their learning.
So, if you're not happy, change it, right? I created a set of activity sheets with ONE prefix or suffix per page, and made them look fun so my kiddos would enjoy themselves as well as learning (very important this time of year to catch their attention!).
I also played around with some shapes on Microsoft Publisher and created flowers. I always do a flower activity to decorate our tree in the hallway with prefixes and suffixes! I'm pretty happy with the way they turned out!
I also had a few review items I've made previously and then realized I hadn't shared nor had I put them on TpT or TN! These I've either already used or are using them for review (or both!). Click on the pictures on the ones you'd like to check out closer!
Okay, well, sorry for the double blog post today but Blogger's schedule kinda messed me up with the announcement of the Teacher's Notebook sale/drawing. I also saw where they are offering a $5,000 scholarship to an online university for a Master's in Teaching! That's in addition to the drawing they're holding for the $100 Oriental Trading Gift Card. Wow! You can click on the link in my earlier post to take you there! (I'll be adding a sidebar one soon!).
Be sure to check out my sale thru the 10th - everything in my store SHOULD be (I say should because I found one item that had gotten overlooked!) 50% off and with TN's extra 10% off, that's 55%!!!!! Please be sure to stock up - it's a great opportunity! Several items are less than 50 cents!!!!
I think we have 10 days left. Frankly, I don't count. The kids do. My assistant does. However, if I began to count, the panic would set in on EVERYTHING I have left to do, and not enough time to do it in! I mean, I need at LEAST a day to clean off my desk and we get a day and a half at the end of the year for workday/checkout. AUGH! Speaking of which, I have NO CLUE where my "end of the year" checklist is....probably on aforementioned desk!
But, that's the not point of this post. No, I have spend most of today working on review games for my students. I need something to hold their interest and be fun and make me feel like yes, they DID learn something this year! :)
So, I thought I'd share what I've done. Hopefully someone else can use it as well....granted, these are based on Virginia standards, but after reading an article, I found that Common Core and Virginia are pretty well aligned (shhh....VA is trying to take credit that they helped inspire CC according to one of the articles, but I'm not so sure about that!).
Okay, for Science, yes, I did a SCOOT! I actually have been thinking of taking the cards though and using it for a game show type review, but I might just stick with SCOOT on this one.
For History, I created review cards (whew! 56 of them!) where we're going to do a scavenger hunt type thing and kids will be running around the room, searching, and waving cards, shouting answers to me, wanting a sticker on their chart. Sound hectic? :) Actually, I sit there happily on my reading table, taking it all in because they are so HAPPY to be reviewing and learning! In the chaos, there IS a sense of peace! Ha!
And, since this is something we did this week that my kids surprisingly loved (I mean, how can you jazz up dictionary skills?) I'll share with you our "Dictionary Detectives." The kids had a GREAT time looking up unfamiliar words, as well as familiar ones they had no clue had other definitions! Then, they went crazy and just started looking up words! Can't ask for a better moment than that!
Click on any of these images to see them closer on Teacher's Notebook. They're also on TpT as well, but ahem, I priced one a little cheaper on TN and I'm thinking of throwing a sale REAL soon to celebrate the end of the year. I will DEFINITELY let you know! (I'm just trying to load some more items on there first!).
Have a great week! :)
