tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-71593574539603128942024-03-13T07:54:28.138-05:00Multi-Grade Matters: Ideas for a Split ClassDeborah Devinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05291271325757182112noreply@blogger.comBlogger256125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7159357453960312894.post-26733565080094110862022-02-25T13:31:00.002-06:002022-02-25T13:36:43.767-06:00Making Personal Books For Struggling Readers<p> </p><h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 22px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0.75em 0px 0px; position: relative;"> I am currently tutoring a First Grader who is reading at a Level B.</h3><h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 22px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0.75em 0px 0px; position: relative;"> I started making books about her life, and it has really made a difference in her attitude and interest. </h3><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-6130118761549337547" itemprop="description articleBody" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 836px;"><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Here is one of the latest: Skyler's Hats</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhWelz_iZap1nNu6FzjOrQRjdgaLyi7cHk8khgddThYKciGH8KuYApoXItzixJonLFWd04E0k8YbeVw59WvhbfZKwZwuJTYeFZrWhncSwfhkqw3QfaZhljq8z_WLwzcuIz6vNPhfstqiIlTRUAAh4tWKuKiQKsNbZdBSzkk76sT6oW1mGyJnDAKToq8JQ=s1280" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I should tell you that Skyler is her big brother who she idolizes.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Miss Deborah is me! (Who she thinks is her secret weapon!)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I am working on the words: I, he, his, like.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I just thought you might find this idea interesting.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> I tell the mother which pictures I need, and she takes the pictures</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> and emails them to me.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Smiles,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Deborah</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br style="font-size: 13.2px;" /></div></div><p><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p></div>Deborah Devinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05291271325757182112noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7159357453960312894.post-43980793289725063772020-10-20T16:16:00.000-05:002020-10-20T16:16:23.898-05:00Words Their Way: Within Words Sort 8<p><span style="font-size: medium;"> I've been working with my 2 granddaughters on improving their spelling. I chose the <u><i>Words Their Way </i>Program</u> because I wanted it to fit the needs of two different age groups with similar deficiencies in spelling skills. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">As an Instructional Coach for a large school district, I have been trained by Pearson Learning Group and have trained teachers how to use the program. So I thought I would share some of the materials that I develop to go along with the sorts the girls and I will be doing together. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">We are on Sort 8 in the yellow book, Third Edition. (Within Words)</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">This lesson focuses on "short and long i" vowel sounds. I noticed that many of the long i words have the ending <b>ice. </b>So I began gathering a collection of words that ended "ice." </span></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uawEr6SuT4g/X49LwTLk4XI/AAAAAAAAIk0/nZLNDKuPFkgQPWGZWPy8RANm97KsCC79wCLcBGAsYHQ/s1280/Slide2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1280" height="360" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uawEr6SuT4g/X49LwTLk4XI/AAAAAAAAIk0/nZLNDKuPFkgQPWGZWPy8RANm97KsCC79wCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h360/Slide2.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">These are the words that I decided to use to expand their knowledge of "ice" words.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><h2 style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>This is the sheet that I used on Zoom. </b></h2><div><b>I shared this page on Zoom, and the girls took turns writing the first sounds on the line to make the new words that I was giving to them orally.</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-y8wS-Mibee0/X49MrjjmnRI/AAAAAAAAIlE/ZCUT5yNnivQJDBk8DZOq3aQ1_2sHIC2uwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1280/Slide1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1280" height="360" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-y8wS-Mibee0/X49MrjjmnRI/AAAAAAAAIlE/ZCUT5yNnivQJDBk8DZOq3aQ1_2sHIC2uwCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h360/Slide1.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Believe it or not, they really liked learning the word- sacrifice, as they didn't believe they could actually spell it. They liked the challenge. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Together we looked up the meaning of the word using the Longman Dictionary.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">When I search for definitions, I add "Student Friendly" to the search.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><h1 class="pagetitle" style="background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.6em; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; text-align: start;">sacrifice</h1><div class="dictionary" style="background-color: white; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"><span class="dictentry" style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 25px; padding: 0px;"><span class="dictionary_intro span" style="background-color: #35a3ff; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: white; display: block; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 5px 0px 10px -7px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 10px;">From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English</span><span class="dictlink" style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span class="ldoceEntry Entry" style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span class="topics_container" style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; display: table; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span class="related_topics" style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 4px 1px 0px;">Related topics: </span><a class="topic" href="https://www.ldoceonline.com/Religion-topic/" style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: red; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: color 0.5s ease 0s, background-color 0.5s ease 0s;" title="Religion topic">Religion</a></span><span class="frequent Head" style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span class="HYPHENATION" style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: red; font-size: 25.6px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">sac‧ri‧fice</span><span class="HOMNUM" style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: red; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: super;">1</span><span class="PronCodes" style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span class="neutral span" style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> /</span><span class="PRON" style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">ˈsækrəfaɪs</span><span class="neutral span" style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">/</span></span> <span class="tooltip LEVEL" style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: red; font-size: 19.2px; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" title="Core vocabulary: Medium-frequency">●●○</span><span class="POS" style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: green; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px;"> noun</span> <span class="speaker brefile fas fa-volume-up hideOnAmp" data-src-mp3="https://d27ucmmhxk51xv.cloudfront.net/media/english/breProns/sacrifice_v0205.mp3?version=1.2.8" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #fa6360; display: inline-block; font-family: "Font Awesome 5 Free"; font-size: 20.8px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 900; line-height: 1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 5px; text-rendering: auto;" title="Play British pronunciation of sacrifice"> </span> <span class="speaker amefile fas fa-volume-up hideOnAmp" data-src-mp3="https://d27ucmmhxk51xv.cloudfront.net/media/english/ameProns/sacrifice1.mp3?version=1.2.8" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4693db; display: inline-block; font-family: "Font Awesome 5 Free"; font-size: 20.8px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 900; line-height: 1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 5px; text-rendering: auto;" title="Play American pronunciation of sacrifice"> </span></span><span class="Sense" id="sacrifice__1" style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 15px 20px; padding: 0px;"><span class="sensenum span" style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 5px 0px 3px; padding: 0px;">1</span> <span class="GRAM" style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: green; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 5px 10px 3px; padding: 0px;"><span class="neutral span" style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">[</span>countable, uncountable<span class="neutral span" style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">]</span></span><span class="DEF" style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> when you <a class="defRef" href="https://www.ldoceonline.com/dictionary/decide" style="border-bottom: thin dotted gray; border-image: initial; border-left: none; border-right: none; border-top: none; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: inherit; transition: color 0.5s ease 0s, background-color 0.5s ease 0s;" title="decide">decide</a> not to have something <a class="defRef" href="https://www.ldoceonline.com/dictionary/valuable" style="border-bottom: thin dotted gray; border-image: initial; border-left: none; border-right: none; border-top: none; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: inherit; transition: color 0.5s ease 0s, background-color 0.5s ease 0s;" title="valuable">valuable</a>, in order to get something that is more important</span></span><span class="Sense" id="sacrifice__1" style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px 0px 15px 20px; padding: 0px;"><span class="DEF" style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px; 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<span style="font-size: large;">Today when I met with the two 5th Grade students that I am tutoring, we continued on our journey to understand the function of interjections in writing and in our speech.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">After doing a bit of research on the Internet, I realized that emoji are "emoticons." Check out this chart that attempts to describe the feelings shown with the emoji.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">The definition of emoticons is: </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">A pictorial representation of a facial expression to
express a person's feelings or mood, or as a time-saving method. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">So hopefully you can see the connection between interjections in speech and writing ... and emoticons.</span><br />
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<span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;">So I decided to make a series of cards showing different emoji characters and have my student connect it to an interjection.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img class="emoji emoji1f60b" data-c="😋" />😓 = Oh no!</span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: large;">Then we used that interjection in <u>dialogue</u>. </span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: large;">"Oh no! My mother is going to be so angry when she see this broken dish."</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-size: large;">Lastly, we wrote a sentence that might be in a <u>narrative writing</u>.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #38761d;">Oh no! The teacher saw me pass that note to Ali. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="color: black;">I was trying to make connections between ways we use interjections. </span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="color: black;">Yippee! I believe they understood. 😊 </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="color: black;">Smiles,</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="color: black;">Deborah </span> </span></span><br />
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Deborah Devinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05291271325757182112noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7159357453960312894.post-88324334685080261042018-04-24T00:12:00.000-05:002018-04-25T20:05:54.635-05:00What is an Interjection....5th Graders Want to Know.<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">What is an interjection ?....5th Graders know. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"> Or they should know, according to the Common Core Standards. Those amazing 5th Graders are expected to know the function of interjections, in general, and their functions in particular sentences...YIKES!!!!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">First, let's deal with the word interjection.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">interject = emoji</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">5th Graders get emoji's</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Even their clothing features emoji's.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">So use it!!!! Yeah!!!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">An interjection is not commonly used in formal or academic writing, because they don't convey facts... they convey feelings.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">"Wow! This is the perfect time to teach dialogue writing." pleaded Mrs. Devine.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">"Gosh, ,you mean it?" said those 5th Grade Teachers.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"> "Use those interjections, and teach them to punctuate it correctly, and you can </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">live happily ever after, " said Mrs. Devine.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"> Smiles,</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">P.S. I told the children, that I tutor,</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;"> that ! and ? is stronger</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"> and that is why you see them in dialogue writing instead of a ,</span></div>
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will naturally set up the cardboard tube and blocks to make </span><u style="text-underline: single;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 14.0pt;">an
incline</span></u><span style="color: black; font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 14.0pt;">.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They will want to see the car roll through
the tube and how far the car will travel. Next, they will want to compete
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<u style="text-underline: single;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Through teacher intervention</span></u><span style="color: black; font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 14.0pt;">, instead of hearing students comment,
“My car went farther than yours,” you can hear, “My car went farther. It went
to the 10 and yours went to the 8.” </span></div>
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number line including a visual ten frame. </span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 16.0pt; font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;"> If you would like to do it with your students, it will be available in my Teacher Pay Teacher store soon. All the response sheets and ten frames are done for you in both English and Spanish for only $2.00. </span></span></span></div>
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Deborah Devinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05291271325757182112noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7159357453960312894.post-66644095200109021032018-01-30T21:35:00.000-06:002018-01-30T21:41:16.303-06:00A Fun Way to Learn Letter Patterns in Your Name<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;">While working in a Developmental </span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">Preschool </span>Classroom, I noticed the center in which students work on letter formation. That doesn't sound like much fun, but the teacher was working hard to make it as enjoyable as possible. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Just imagine a young boy trying to learn how to spell his name...</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> C H R I S T O P H E R.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Since the next thematic unit is transportation, I decided to make him a special surprise. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">His very own parking lot with lettered cars. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Here is the parking lot, complete with individual parking spots for each car. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">F U N !</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">By the way, I don't want you to think this activity is only for boys.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 16.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now, I couldn't have every student wear a hat like this, or share my hat with the speaker because of head lice concerns. So I made a laminated “Think Out Loud
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 16.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><br />By the way, the blank cap was purchased at Hobby Lobby for about $2.50. It actually had head breathing holes sewn in the fabric and that is how I stuck the pipe cleaners out through the hat.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms";">Smiles,</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 16.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Deborah </span></span></span></span>Deborah Devinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05291271325757182112noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7159357453960312894.post-31108665866981995372018-01-24T22:02:00.001-06:002018-01-24T22:09:10.906-06:00Proper Nouns All About You<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;"> I've been tutoring a 2nd Grader and a 3rd Grader in writing. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We have been editing our writing and that lead to a short lesson about Proper Nouns. I created this worksheet to create a connection between themselves and Proper Nouns. I think it made a difference, so I thought I would share it with you. </span></div>
<span style="font-size: large;">Let me know, in the comment section, if it helped your students or not. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1700nhB2pKFNGPSjHqUfKrMMaNSCotuk3/view?usp=sharing">Click HERE to download the worksheet.</a> </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This difference leads to a discussion about what attributes make a particular shape. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Here's another way to change up counting the days of school. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Each day is worth one penny.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Deborah </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I laminated this calendar so I could actually draw the weather pictures on each day. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Next, we took it a step further and predicted the weather for the next day. "Likely"... not "What do you think the weather will be like tomorrow?" Why? </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Likely is the correct terminology to use when discussing probability. Likely leads to 'most likely' and 'least likely," if you have a split K/1 or 1/2 class. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Deborah </span>Deborah Devinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05291271325757182112noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7159357453960312894.post-34981193565229221372017-03-07T06:09:00.000-06:002017-03-07T06:09:33.343-06:00Grade K or 1st: Fraction Pizza Center<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">Here is an idea for a quick math center. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> How do you cut these pizzas to share them equally? </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">They are fun to make out of play-dough also in a kitchen center.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">My granddaughter had 2 friends over for a sleep-over and we made individual pizzas. So each child cut their pizza with a fun pizza cutter utensil to show how they would share their pizza with 2, 3, and 4 friends. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">By the way, my granddaughters laugh when I ask them to do things like this because they know I love sharing math with them. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">My last post discussed using numbered magnetic clips to help you organize models in a classroom setting.
Here, I used the numbered clip that corresponded to the number item on
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">So what I would do is: First, <span style="color: red;">meet individually with ADD students and write down the steps they needed to do to complete the project</span>... for example, researching a topic.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Then, I would <span style="color: red;">cut the steps into strips and clip them to the numbered magnetic clips</span> that hung on the magnetic whiteboard near their desk.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">As that student <span style="color: red;">completed that step, he/she would turn over the strip and clip it back onto the clip</span>.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">This became a <u>VISUAL picture</u>
of how he/she were progressing towards the completion of the project.It shows not only how much more he/she needed to do, but also how far they have come.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">They could see their own progress!! </span></span><br />
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ADD/HD students it's so hard to keep focused... they get overwhelmed and
get lost and don't know what to do next.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: magenta;">This visual clue kept them on track, and answered that question of what they needed to do next, without me guiding their every move. They began taking responsibility for their own progress.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: magenta;">Smiles,</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: magenta;">Deborah </span></span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;"></span><i>P.S. Sometimes I get overwhelmed with life too, and I find myself writing down those small steps. I find it a great comfort for myself, and I LOVE checking off the steps as I complete them.</i></span></span></span>Deborah Devinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05291271325757182112noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7159357453960312894.post-91324484254098918812017-03-04T23:07:00.002-06:002017-03-04T23:07:32.085-06:00Identifying Angles of a Triangle: From Worksheet to Models<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">But, I changed up the lesson by creating large construction paper triangles that closely resembled each of the shown triangles on the worksheet.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">These triangle could be measured, and the group passed each triangle around as we discussed the angles together.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Suddenly, the classification based on angles used in the triangles began to make sense to the dual language students in the small guided math group. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> It took more work on my part to make the individual triangle models, but the students seemed to understand it more clearly and the discussion from the group was great!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: magenta;">Deborah </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">If you teach math using guided math groups,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"> here is way to quickly review what your students know about lines, and angles.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-rN81vyedCW8/WLM7zhDBcqI/AAAAAAAAGIg/dcLUOUjKgjc13Z0gwtO8QI6pUaszAZU4wCEw/s1600/DSC_0800%255B1%255D.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-rN81vyedCW8/WLM7zhDBcqI/AAAAAAAAGIg/dcLUOUjKgjc13Z0gwtO8QI6pUaszAZU4wCEw/s400/DSC_0800%255B1%255D.JPG" width="400" /></a><span style="font-size: large;">An Art Project illustrating different types of lines and angle. This poster illustrates these Common Core Standards:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6F30lEu7WXldUpqVU92aHNSdmM/view?usp=sharing">Click Here for copy of my rubric. </a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">If you teach a multi-grade class, two different art project posters could show different concepts that students are working on. For example, the 3rd Graders could be illustrating these Common Core Standards</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span><a class="identifier" href="http://www.corestandards.org/Math/Content/3/G/A/1/" name="CCSS.Math.Content.3.G.A.1">CCSS.Math.Content.3.G.A.1</a><br />
Understand that shapes in different categories (e.g., rhombuses,
rectangles, and others) may share attributes (e.g., having four sides),
and that the shared attributes can define a larger category (e.g.,
quadrilaterals). Recognize rhombuses, rectangles, and squares as
examples of quadrilaterals, and draw examples of quadrilaterals that do
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Have you ever used an art project to evaluate students in the area of mathematics? </span></div>
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Smiles,</div>
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Deborah </div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Did a quick review with my 4th Grader about how answers are entered into the PARCC Math Test when multiple choices of a possible answer are NOT GIVEN. </span><br />
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<br />Deborah Devinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05291271325757182112noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7159357453960312894.post-61540622891786892472017-01-26T12:00:00.001-06:002017-01-26T12:00:54.199-06:0057 is a Composite NumberI've been working with a fourth grader on prime and composite numbers. As soon as she walked into our session, she couldn't wait to tell me how she corrected the teacher in class.<br />
<a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-JnfDYY9AmAY/WIoysoDAzvI/AAAAAAAAGE4/Kq9k4Vp6iYsvwynpQJZz9PzdK5qec8CMACLcB/s1600/raise-your-hand-clip-art-cliparts-co-eAjf2g-clipart.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-JnfDYY9AmAY/WIoysoDAzvI/AAAAAAAAGE4/Kq9k4Vp6iYsvwynpQJZz9PzdK5qec8CMACLcB/s320/raise-your-hand-clip-art-cliparts-co-eAjf2g-clipart.jpg" width="176" /></a><span style="font-size: large;">"She thought 57 was a prime number. I told her the factors for that number were 1, 57, 3, and 19 so it couldn't be a prime number... and EVEN her teacher's manual was WRONG!"</span><br />
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<span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;">Can't you just image how wonderful it felt to be the </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;">at that moment... </span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black;">Here are some resources that I used to work with her on understanding prime and composite numbers:</span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black;">1. Learn Zillion https://learnzillion.com/lesson_plans/2048-4-determine-prime-and-composite-numbers-c</span> </span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;"> I just love this site and the easy to understand videos that they offer. When working with one child, you can pause the video and talk about the concept as they view the video. <span style="color: blue;">If you have parent volunteers for your class, this is a great way for them to interact with your students too. The lesson is all prepared, all they have to do is TALK to individual students and clear up any misconceptions. Follow up that talk with 4 or 5 math questions to double check understanding. In MULTI_GRADE Classroom, use 2 different videos... to meet individual needs of the students.<br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-size: large;">2. Cool Math Internet Site</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Give all your students a 100 chart and as a whole group do this lesson with them, <b><u>which allows them to find all the prime numbers through 100.</u></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> http://www.coolmath.com/prealgebra/00-factors-primes/03-prime-composite-numbers-01</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">3. Brain Pop </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">If you have access to the internet site, Brain Pop, use this video and other materials that have been created for this lesson. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Have you used any of these resources? Do you find them useful?</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Are there other resources that you find useful. Please leave a comment, as I'd love to hear your thoughts.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Smiles,</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Deborah</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: large;">We've been talking about how an Opinion Writing Piece is organized. I wanted to use her senses of touch and sight to make a connection about what that structure really was all about.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: large;">First step: Get ready to tell the reader of your Opinion Writing Piece your opinion. Grab their attention so they really want to listen to your opinion about a subject. Then state your opinion clearly...I believe that</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Then we took an opinion piece, that we had written together previously, and cut it into sentences and or paragraphs. We glued those parts on the top of our finger-painted structure to see if we had really written a strong writing piece about our opinion about what's the best summer fruit of all. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;">"In my opinion using sensory experiences in your concept instruction, assists children and adults in learning and retaining information. First, we know that stimulating the senses sends signals to children’s brains that help to strengthen neural pathways important for all types of learning." </span> (Now you finish this opinion writing piece and think about what your opinion is.)</span><br />
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For all these reasons, I decided to use the PARCC 2016 and 2015 Release Math Items for 4th Grade and create a student friendly foldable worksheet to use to start discussing the released items while teaching the same material in class.<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> <span style="color: red;">Also suggested are talking points for the teacher to use </span></span><span style="color: red;"><br /><span style="font-size: large;">while discussing the individual questions.</span></span><br />
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<a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Making-ConnectionsPARCC-Math-Released-20162015-Items-and-Foldable-Worksheet-2925754"><u><b><span style="font-size: large;">Check it out at my Teacher Pay Teacher Store here.</span></b></u></a></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"> is available for download for free for teachers use from the Florida Center for Instructional Technology using this link:</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span><a href="http://etc.usf.edu/clipart/37100/37133/us-10_37133.htm">Florida Center for Instructional Technology <i>Clipart ETC</i> (Tampa, FL: University of South Florida, 2009)</a><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: small;"> If you have never visited this site, it has many graphics available for math that are </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: small;">The site says "shopping cart," but that is for commercial use.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">Windows</span>: Right mouse click on any of the images and choose <i>save image to disk</i>. Select the destination folder and click <i>save</i>. You can also click and drag the image to your desktop.<br />
<span style="color: blue;">Macintosh</span>: Right mouse click on any of the images and choose <i>download image to disk</i>. Select the destination folder and click <i>save</i>. You can also click and drag the image to your desktop.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Adaptation for 1st/2nd Multi-Grade Class: It's also a great time of the year to start practicing reading thermometers with the 2nd Graders.</span><br />
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<span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"> Invite your school nurse into the class during calendar time. Have her talk about how she uses a thermometer, and the many different kinds of thermometers that are available. Then have the 2nd Graders write step-by-step directions on how to take your own temperature, a drawing that shows 98.6 on a thermometer and what the resulting temperature means...98.6 and 102.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Smiles,</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;">Deborah </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: large;">I would practice choral counting by tens to 100</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: large;"> both forward and backwards.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: magenta;">Adaptation for 1st/2nd Multi-grade Classes: Replace the digits with the number words... ten, twenty, thirty, fourty.. after you reach the second 100, or continue the pattern to reach 310, </span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: magenta;">i.e. 100, 110, 120, 130....</span> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">This graphic for the hands</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"> is available for download for free for teachers use from the Florida Center for Instructional Technology using this link:</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span><a href="http://etc.usf.edu/clipart/37100/37133/us-10_37133.htm">Florida Center for Instructional Technology <i>Clipart ETC</i> (Tampa, FL: University of South Florida, 2009)</a><br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: small;"> If you have never visited this site, it has many graphics available for math that are </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: small;"> for students and teachers to use free of charge. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: small;">The site says "shopping cart," but that is for commercial use.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: red;"><u>How do you download the clipart?</u></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Windows</span>: Right mouse click on any of the images and choose <i>save image to disk</i>. Select the destination folder and click <i>save</i>. You can also click and drag the image to your desktop.<br />
<span style="color: blue;">Macintosh</span>: Right mouse click on any of the images and choose <i>download image to disk</i>. Select the destination folder and click <i>save</i>. You can also click and drag the image to your desktop.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Deborah </span></div>
Deborah Devinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05291271325757182112noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7159357453960312894.post-85926425252088283582016-12-16T13:20:00.001-06:002016-12-17T11:36:08.668-06:00Chart Showing the Organizational Structure for Opinion Writing: With 3rd/4th Split Grade Adaptation<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">While working with a Third Grader to make sense of the organizational structure for opinion writing, </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Notice that an opinion writing piece does not</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It only states the personal experiences or facts/evidence to support their reason for the writer's opinion. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">For example, my opinion could be that EVERY garden should contain</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I don't have to persuade you...</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I only have to explain to you why I feel that way.</span><br />
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<span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;">By the way... i<span style="color: red;">n your opinion, should every garden contain a fairy garden?</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: blue;"><br /> Then, the 4th Graders would meet as a grade level group, with their teacher, for a mini-lesson on what is the difference between Opinion and a Persuasive Writing Piece. Lastly, they can also write to answer the same question as the 3rd Graders, but take it one step further to not only express an opinion, but</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: blue;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: blue;"><b class="def">to make someone do or <a class="query" href="http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/believe" title="believe">believe</a> something by giving them a good <a class="query" href="http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/reason" title="reason">reason</a> to do it or by writing down your thoughts so clearly and convincingly it helps the reader <span style="color: red;">confirm their similar view or change their opinion to agree with yours.</span></b></span></span> </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Deborah </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Have you seen the Equivalent Fraction tool on Illuminations. <a href="http://illuminations.nctm.org/Activity.aspx?id=3510">Here is a link to this tool.</a></span><br />
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Deborah Devinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05291271325757182112noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7159357453960312894.post-63680074203526480782016-12-14T10:48:00.000-06:002016-12-14T10:48:25.989-06:00"I'm Still Standing" Divisibility Rules Game<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">As your students begin to know the rules, have a "Were You Correct?" game. Earlier in the day, have students cut out an individual set of matching divisibility rules. When the game begins everyone lays out the strips on top of their desk. At "Go" everyone works at matching their strips correctly with no time limit. Students stand up at their desk when they have matched all strips. Teacher begins calling out the correct matches. Students stay standing as long as their matches are correct, </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I know what a relationship is between friends, boyfriends, and parents... but what do they mean when they ask me about <span style="color: red;">relationships in math ?</span></span><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Since I know that the orca whale is 30 feet long, I can use that fact to help me know how long is the blue whale's length.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">That's the relationship between the two lengths.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I think drawing a comparison model helps student see the relationship too. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Does anyone think about it differently than that? Especially when you are explaining a math relationship </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">to a 10 year old child in 4th Grade. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Deborah </span></div>
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