Calling Plays in 2nd Grade has hit 100 followers and in honor of that occasion she is giving a way a gift card to her favorite store - Target! I am practically getting goosebumps thinking of the amount of damage careful shopping that I could do in the Dollar Bins with a $50 card! If you would like a chance to win, head on over and enter!
In honor of National Ice-Cream Day, I took my youngest Luke out to enjoy some ice cream. All of the other boys had plans with their friends so we made it a date! We had a great time talking math - he had just learned about the concept of infinity and he was arguing that the last number should be the last number to be named. Fun talking math philosophy with a 6 year old!
Anywho, in honor of National Ice-Cream Day, here is a math journal freebie for you! Enjoy!If you have any issues downloading, email me at kellys3ps@sbcglobal.net and I will help you out!
I was honored to be nominated for the Liebster Blog award by Emily at 2nd grade Mon-"Stars"! which made me happy because I love her blog and I was happy that she noticed little ol' me!
I have been wanting to get Hot Dots forever, so I was excited to see that Yearn to Learn was having a Hot Dots giveaway! Head on over and enter to win your choice of 2 individual sets of Hot Dot cards and one Hot Dot Pen courtesy of Educational Insights!
My youngest three sons attended a baseball camp put on by the Reno Aces, our local minor league baseball team. Tyler has attended for the past two years, but this year was the first year for Cody and Luke.
Here are the three of them walking across the parking lot towards the stadium.
You can tell how excited Luke was!
There was a sign welcoming the campers.
The boys enjoying the dugout.
They loved meeting their favorite players! And Luke won a catching contest and won an autographed batting glove used by Adam Eaton during a game. Luke hasn't taken it off yet! LOL! Not bad for a rookie.
The best part was what happened at the game that night - they gave raffle tickets out if you donated food or money to the food bank. Look at the prize we won! It was an amazing day at the ball park! Thank you Reno Aces!
And to thank you for reading through this long off topic post fun family filled adventure, here are a few baseball themed freebies for you!
One thing that I really missed when I was teaching middle school was the idea of a morning meeting. When I student taught in 4th grade, my mentor introduced me to the idea of the morning meeting, and I felt like it really helped build relationships with the students. It is definitely something I want to include this year, but I wanted to beef it up a bit with some academic content as well.
From what I've found on-line like this sample chapter from Morning Meeting Ideas Grades 3-6 morning meeting includes:
1. A Greeting
2. Sharing
3. Group Activity
4.A Morning Message
The sample chapter also gives a list of things you might want to have to incorporate the morning meeting. I really love the way Mrs. Bainbridge keeps a tub of supplies handy near the morning meeting area.
Mary Howard, the RTI guru herself, recommends using running records weekly to assess the lowest 20% of your students and every three to four weeks for the rest of your students. Here are a few resources to use:
The Teacher's College Website has a ton of Benchmarks for all reading levels that you can print off and use. I know I will definitely be printing out a ton of these!
