May
19
By Tina
Math Center Madness!
So I have gotten my new math centers up and running! I had been running literacy centers in a way that was meaningful and differentiatied for my students, yet manageable for me which was awesome, but I hadn't found that same tempo for math...until now!
After a lot of researching/pinteresting/colleague chatting etc I came up with 10 essential strategies for math that I felt my grade 3 kiddos could work on, build on, and excel with. I then created activities to help build those skills at a variety of levels. Each strategey is its own center with several activities…
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May
18
By Tina
Success Criteria
I recently attended a workshop by assessment guru "Anne Davies" and I have adopted a tip of hers.
Colour code your success criteria then have students indicate on their papers where they included that requirement.
I like to use little stickers from the dollar store as it is tidier than massive amounts of highlighting, but there are many solutions!
Students just stick their stickers above or beside the sentence that correaltes with that colour and badda-bing-bodda-boom! Not only have they had to self reflect (I love the "I have no where to stick my 'red'…
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Apr
28
By Tina
Hey everyone!
Here is a tip that I have been using to make success criteria more manageable in the classroom. When I am doing a big project I get out my chart paper or smartboard, add the clipart, prepare what I think the kiddos will say...etc.... But for little day to day tasks I needed something more 'on the fly'. So I made this "Success Criteria" Sign. I used my Cricut to cut out the letters. I always play up the importance of success criteria by tell my students that they just need to follow the success criteria and it will be "Easy peasey". So, I added that to my little sign. …
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Apr
14
By Tina
Yahoo!! My freebie is posted in the TPT newsletter this week! How exciting! :)
My new item "Roll up the Rim to Read" has been a huge hit in my classroom!
Our school (and parent council- who TOTALLY ROCK!) finally scraped together enough money for a wicked home reading cart. IT is so great my kiddos can take up levelled books each night- Yeehaw!
I spent ages sorting, labelling and levelling the books with my team, that I was going to make darn sure the books were used. I knew I needed some incentive for my kiddos. Up here int he great white north of Canada our local coffee shop "Tim…
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Feb
23
By Tina
I love Timers!!
I use them to make sure my kiddos don't doddle on their washroom trips or take too long finding a library book. I use them to share computer time ("Work together, one person is in charge of the mouse and Keyboard for 3 minutes then, switch") or to remind me when a student is getting an early pick up. I love timers.
I love them even more now that I added these little stretchy bracelets I found at WalMart! They are hand for kiddos, they don't end up dropped or in pockets (or even worse, 'washroom hands') and the kids think it is super cool!
The timers are just from…
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