I have been so busy getting ready for my new classroom and grade next year.
I broke out my cricut machine and made numbers and backgrounds for my behavior chart and Where are you charts. I found some really great large gems at dollar tree last week and they worked great! I glued the numbers to the circles that I made then to the bottom of the gems. I added magnets and now they look great! I found that the clear gems worked the best! I will post pictures when I finish the board.
Well, that inspired me to use my cricut more and my mat was no longer sticky so I needed a new one. Our local Walmart no longer stocks Cricut products so I started looking online. My husband said Ebay and helped me start looking. Well, needless to say, we managed to find much more than just mats. (Actually the mats were cheaper site to store from Walmart so that is where I got them) I found cartridges, blades and housing for the blades. I can't wait until they get here. I still had to order a couple of things from Wal-Mart.
Well while we were looking around, I thought of the Daily5 books that I have been wanting to read. We didn't find them much cheaper on Ebay, so I ordered the e-book for the Daily5 and I have almost finished it! I am so excited about it!!! I think this is the answer to my classroom. I have been struggling with managing the class during testing and small groups just as the sisters did. I can't wait to finish it and start on the CAFE book. I have to wait for the second one to arrive because I ordered it print.
I have been reading a lot of what Stephanie at Third Grade Thoughts has been posting. She is great! Here is a link to her page on Daily5 signs and gestures.
She used a lot of whole brain teaching with the daily5. I love the idea of gestures to help the students to remember the terms and definitions.
I am off to read more, and create more. I'll post pictures when I get things finished!
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