I don’t know about you, but I’m not looking forward to the next few weeks of school. This week I had 3 days off, and sure that’s restful. I even convinced myself that I didn’t need to spend time at school doing any of the million things I need to do. I just needed to spend a few days away from school. For my sanity. But the next few weeks are going to be crazy.
Early on this year, a group of bloggers that I admire tossed around the idea of doing a monthly link up of “bright ideas” with no strings attached. No freebies. No products. Just great, often simple, ideas that make a difference in our classrooms. I’ve been so excited to participate in it often throughout this year, sharing ideas that work for me and my students. This year, I showcased a variety of posts from management
I receive office supplies from Shoplet.com from time to time to try out. I was super excited when these Astrobright sets arrived at my house. I received the Neon Astrobrights colored paper and the Happy Astrobrights colored card stock sets. I generally just use the colored paper that my school supplies and I rarely, rarely have used card stock. Well, after using both of these sets, I don’t think I’ll be going back to either. I
Last week we took a look at Character Traits. We spent a lot of time discussing how traits described a character on the inside. We also talked about adjectives, though the students often gave the characters nouns as traits. We’ll work on that during our next go around. We started by taking a look at Lulu because she’s a phenomenal, big character in the books. If you aren’t familiar with Lulu and the amazingness Judith
Over the years, I’ve used a variety of systems to manage my small groups and centers rotations. I’ve used Slides and Powerpoint to display one chart with different slides for each day of the week as detailed in my Small Group Instruction Management post. My Editable Centers and Small Group Display has been a savior for that! I’ve also used Powerpoint to time, signal, and rotate through my small group rotations each day. Every year,
