Monday, September 25, 2017

Weekly $25 Teachers pay Teachers Gift Card Giveaway September 25, 2017


 Every week we give away a $25 Teachers pay Teachers gift card to one very lucky teacher! Don't miss out on your chance to be the lucky winner!




GIVEAWAY DETAILS:  


Prize: $25 Teachers Pay Teachers Gift Card


Giveaway Organized by: Kelly Malloy (An Apple for the Teacher)






Rules: Use the Rafflecopter to enter.  Giveaway ends 10/2/17 and is open worldwide.




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Monday, September 18, 2017

Weekly $25 Teachers pay Teachers Gift Card Giveaway September 18, 2017 - With a Bonus Prize!


It is time for our weekly giveaway and this week we have a Bonus Prize for the winner!  Every week we give away a $25 Teachers pay Teachers gift card to one very lucky teacher! And... this week, that lucky winner will ALSO get a laminator!






GIVEAWAY DETAILS:  



Prize: $25 Teachers Pay Teachers Gift Card and a Scotch Laminator!



Giveaway Organized by: Kelly Malloy (An Apple for the Teacher)








Rules: Use the Rafflecopter to enter.  Giveaway ends 9/25/17 and is open worldwide.




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Tuesday, September 12, 2017

Compassionate Confrontation

I started using Compassionate Confrontation in my classroom last Spring and it has been amazing!

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Compassionate Confrontation has not only reduced tattling in my classroom, but it has helped my students to develop skills of self advocacy.

I started by introducing the following sentence stems written on sentence strips to my students.


They say:

When you...
I feel...
Because...
Next time...
I am prepared to...

As I introduce the stems to them, we also brainstorm ways we might use them.  An example I might give, is when someone that sits near you is making noises.  

The student might say,

"When you tap your pencil, I feel distracted, because I need it quiet when I am doing my work.  Next time you make noise, I am prepared to ask Mrs. Malloy to move you to a different spot in the classroom."

I love how much better my students are becoming at solving problems for themselves!  If you give it a try, I'd love to hear about it in the comments below!


Monday, September 11, 2017

Weekly $25 Teachers pay Teachers Gift Card Giveaway September 11, 2017


It is time for our weekly $25 Teachers pay Teachers gift card giveaway! Every week we give away a $25 Teachers pay Teachers gift card to one very lucky teacher!




GIVEAWAY DETAILS:  

Prize: $25 Teachers Pay Teachers Gift Card

Giveaway Organized by: Kelly Malloy (An Apple for the Teacher)







Rules: Use the Rafflecopter to enter.  Giveaway ends 9/18/17 and is open worldwide.



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Friday, September 8, 2017

Celebrate 2017 Back to School Season with a $50 Wal-Mart Gift Card Giveaway


Some of my favorite Teacher Authors have gotten together to help you out with some great giveaways for Back to School!  This week we are giving away a $50 Wal-Mart gift card.

Once you have entered, be sure to click on my Giveaway tab to enter all of the other giveaways this month!



GIVEAWAY DETAILS

Prize: $50 Wal-Mart Gift Card

Giveaway organized by: Kelly Malloy (An Apple for the Teacher)




Co-hosts: Kelly Malloy (An Apple for the Teacher),  Teacher Jeanell, LIVIN' IN A VAN DOWN BY THE RIVERMrs Hansens HelpfulsPreK Kristin, Heart2Heart Teaching, Leah Popinski, Kathryn Watts, "Dee Bibb - Teaching at the Beach"Teaching Second GradeA Library and Garden, It's Kinder TimeTeaching Ideas For Those Who Love TeachingWalk with Me a Second,Teach with Hope, Kelly McCown, and Digging Deep to Soar Beyond the Text.

Rules: Use the Rafflecopter form to enter.  Giveaway ends 9/15/17 and is open worldwide.

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Wednesday, September 6, 2017

Monthly $75 Teachers pay Teachers Gift Card Giveaway - September 2017


It is time for our monthly giveaway!  You have a chance to win a $75 Teachers pay Teachers gift every single month, and today is the day!

Once you have entered, be sure to click on my Giveaway tab to enter all of the other giveaways this month!




GIVEAWAY DETAILS:  

Prize: $75 Teachers Pay Teachers Gift Card

Giveaway Organized by: Kelly Malloy (An Apple for the Teacher)




Rules: Use the Rafflecopter to enter.  Giveaway ends 9/13/17 and is open worldwide.



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Monday, September 4, 2017

Weekly $25 Teachers pay Teachers Gift Card Giveaway September 4, 2017


It is time for our weekly giveaway!  Every week we give away a $25 Teachers pay Teachers gift card to one very lucky teacher!




GIVEAWAY DETAILS:  



Prize: $25 Teachers Pay Teachers Gift Card



Giveaway Organized by: Kelly Malloy (An Apple for the Teacher)









Rules: Use the Rafflecopter to enter.  Giveaway ends 9/11/17 and is open worldwide.



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Friday, September 1, 2017

Place Value Ideas to Start Your Year!


As the beginning of the year approaches (or has started for some), we look at lessons and units to help start off the year. One of the units is place value. Why? It helps students understand the meaning of the numbers they are writing and using. Without this foundational knowledge students can struggle in regrouping, understanding expanded notation, speaking, and writing the word form of standard numbers. 

Some friends of mine and I have shared a few of our ideas and units to help strengthen students place value understanding.



Place Value Houses Project Idea – Mrs. Hansen’s Helpfuls

One strategy I use to help build the skills for a strong place value foundation is to create Place Value Houses. This project allows students to visually see how numbers are grouped into “threes” and allows students to practice number formation, speaking, and writing. They are simple to make. Just draw houses with three bedrooms a piece. Label the house bedrooms ones, tens, and hundreds. Then name the houses hundreds, thousands, millions, etc. Students even love to make it look like a neighborhood. Students can also make number cards to fit into the houses.





Other practice is also available through self-checking task cards. Students can decipher expanded notation and word form to make the standard numbers. Students look at the task card and then build the number on the Place Value Houses. To check students simply flip over the card. Once the Place Value Houses are built, these task cards can make a great center!

Interested but don’t want to make them from scratch? No problem, try these products:​

Place Value Houses Project

Place Value Task Cards – Self-Checking


Math Mysteries – Mrs. J’s Resources

Revisiting and building on place value knowledge is a necessary task to set up students for success to learn new math concepts later on in the year. The place value math mystery “Case of The Puzzled Pirate” has been built as a fun activity to practice and consolidate a variety of place value skills in one. Its design for different levels allows for you to choose the best option for your students. 


Choose an earlier (or easier) grade level to refresh students before starting a new Place value unit, or choose the level that meets your standards to review content learned at the end of a unit. The added factor of the mystery will help students try and persevere with challenging sections, and will help you gauge just how much your students know (or don’t!)

Click the link to view the bonus free video hook that comes with "Case of The Puzzled Pirate":


Practice Makes Perfect! – Kelly Malloy

Once your students have mastered the place value skills required for your grade level, you will want to make sure to practice and review them so that they don’t lose them! I Have, Who Has games are a great way to practice skills in the classroom. They are a great whole group activity that can be used for review, test prep, fluency, listening skills, and mental math. My students and I love using these games to review our skills and place value is no exception.

  

I have a special freebie Place Value I Have Who has game that you can download here.



I also have Daily Math Review Resources for 1st through 5th grade that not only review place value, but other skills as well!  You can find them here.





Celebrate 2017 Back to School Season with a $50 Barnes and Noble Gift Card Giveaway

Week 5 of our Back to School Giveaways has started, and it is time to give away a $50 Gift Card to Barnes and Noble.  Just think of the great books you can buy for your classroom!

Once you have entered, be sure to click on my Giveaway tab to enter all of the other giveaways this month!





GIVEAWAY DETAILS

Prize: $50 Barnes and Noble Gift Card


Co-hosts: Kelly Malloy (An Apple for the Teacher),  

Rules: Use the Rafflecopter form to enter.  Giveaway ends 9/8/17 and is open worldwide.

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