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one classroom at a timeAllie @ The Gypsy Teacherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15771901874112860613noreply@blogger.comBlogger479125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5299673734675672220.post-67163602541209223802021-04-10T11:41:00.001-05:002021-04-10T11:41:42.238-05:0010 Test Prep Games to Engage Your Upper Elementary Class<span id="docs-internal-guid-850fc587-7fff-e38e-61dd-449f1911f24c"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Do you feel like you’ve used all of the test prep games in your arsenal so much that they don’t truly engage your upper elementary students anymore? Are you preparing for state testing and need some fresh ideas for state testing prep? Well, teacher friend, am I glad to see you! I popped over to my local Dollar Tree the other day to gather ideas for you that are cost-effective and will engage your learners as they prepare for state testing as well as any other tests in your class. Keep reading to discover new test prep activities your students will love!</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4-hLhzF1VvIddDYXO5Qouc5J-B2VP4L_4hGCXwOdL2bQkMPi7ge_DoX9d2DtC0k3Js8X1F8d68gmxbKdt1Ix_qKz6A4OzuHhhdefamURsuW11i3prTQrDo0Oop15Rw23OYnPL5hEohcw/s1802/test-prep-games.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1802" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4-hLhzF1VvIddDYXO5Qouc5J-B2VP4L_4hGCXwOdL2bQkMPi7ge_DoX9d2DtC0k3Js8X1F8d68gmxbKdt1Ix_qKz6A4OzuHhhdefamURsuW11i3prTQrDo0Oop15Rw23OYnPL5hEohcw/w426-h640/test-prep-games.png" width="426" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Are you ready to take your test prep games to the next level?</td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><h2 style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-top: 18pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">One of the Best ELA & Math Test Prep Games</span></h2><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">When I walked into my local dollar store, the first thing that caught my eye was a whole aisle of Easter eggs! It’s currently springtime when I’m writing this, so this is not much of a surprise. There were all kinds of plastic, fillable Easter eggs (including ones shaped like balls and seashells!), and I thought of how much I love using these in my test prep games - 4th grade, 3rd grade, and 5th grade students all love.</span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">There are several ways to use these eggs for your state testing prep, but the basic steps are to print out test review questions, cut them up, and put them inside the plastic eggs. Then, you hide them somewhere, and your students have to find them! I love making it a scavenger hunt, where kids are in teams, and they each have a color of Easter egg to look for. The papers inside the eggs have their review questions and include a clue to where the following eggs are around the school. Students must solve the test prep problems and then move on to find the next egg!</span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">You can also do one big egg hunt outside where you hide the eggs, and everyone goes to find one, solve the review question inside, and get another one. The third test prep game I use Easter eggs for is as an escape room of sorts. Kids have to find and solve eggs in a particular order, and when they solve all of the test review questions, they unlock a prize!</span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFJHnoHLPZKbQmtQzHn2xZiobhenK_2pSUEq5oPoVcWL6xtBGARLQPR9_MuQUnbe4Krdrv6fQS6o0KwBVfhRcWh3Bq9Tui_GuuwCavVdB6VY68SUgifqY0xmq-zrEDL5u7mnCwNBRb2nQ/s2048/ela-test-prep-games.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="ELA test prep games" border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFJHnoHLPZKbQmtQzHn2xZiobhenK_2pSUEq5oPoVcWL6xtBGARLQPR9_MuQUnbe4Krdrv6fQS6o0KwBVfhRcWh3Bq9Tui_GuuwCavVdB6VY68SUgifqY0xmq-zrEDL5u7mnCwNBRb2nQ/w640-h360/ela-test-prep-games.png" title="ELA test prep games" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Use Easter Eggs for ELA Test Prep Games like scavenger hunts!</td></tr></tbody></table><h2 style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-top: 18pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Math Test Prep Games</span></h2><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Turn the pool noodles into a math test prep game to review </span><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Equivalent-Fractions-Activities-4590584" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">equivalent fractions</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">! Use a serrated knife to chop up some pool noodles into pieces so your students can make equivalent fractions with them, and put them in an open space in your classroom. Give your students</span><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Equivalent-Fractions-Task-Cards-4432480" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> a math test review problem</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> where they have to solve and then find the equivalent fractions, or even work with the fractions to add or subtract them! You can also make your questions word problems, as I know that’s always a tricky area for students. </span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Another one of my favorite test prep games 5th grade is Bingo! I found this bingo game set at the dollar store and thought about how you could create math problems where the answers were the numbers you called, so the students have to solve </span><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Lines-and-Angles-Anchor-Charts-and-Activities-5382989" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">the math problems</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> to see if they get a bingo! Ex: “I 520,000 divided by 10,000!” You can use this strategy with any math test prep you’re doing to help your students </span><a href="https://www.alliethegypsyteacher.com/2018/01/educate-engage-enrich-enjoy-math.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">review math skills</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> before state testing.</span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0MLv9DOoy6YopTOxTCvn4F_syrZm5uOee75mteBmSfX1eRIbyx4O5sGLF7XV1aK0uLYl2uP0Q5FXOokrhaLe1Wa63R3Klah3hobRtgdcI4pPPZLy-qGGZK4v6yIZ9AjRDhhNZ_VGL4Dg/s1802/math-test-prep-games.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="math test prep games" border="0" data-original-height="1802" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0MLv9DOoy6YopTOxTCvn4F_syrZm5uOee75mteBmSfX1eRIbyx4O5sGLF7XV1aK0uLYl2uP0Q5FXOokrhaLe1Wa63R3Klah3hobRtgdcI4pPPZLy-qGGZK4v6yIZ9AjRDhhNZ_VGL4Dg/w426-h640/math-test-prep-games.png" title="math-test-prep-games" width="426" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Use pool noodles and bingo for math test prep games.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><h2 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: normal; white-space: pre-wrap;">Standardized Test Prep Games for Any Subject</span></h2><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I love using gift bags and tissue paper to bring some hype to my standardized test prep! Grab a bunch of these bags and put tissue paper in them. You can also put a prize in each bag, or each bag can have the next review question the students have to answer. Showing them a bunch of presents will get them excited to see what’s inside. You could also put a question and a piece of a puzzle in each bag so that once all of the questions are answered, they create a puzzle to show them their prize (extra recess, Quizziz game, etc.). One other way to use these is as a countdown to finishing state testing. Every day after their tests, someone from the class gets to unwrap the activity you do together.</span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">You can also play a test prep game where students earn tickets for correct answers. At the end of the game, you draw a few tickets, and the students who have those tickets </span><a href="https://www.alliethegypsyteacher.com/2020/08/12-digital-classroom-management-rewards.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">get a prize</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">! This is an excellent option for test prep games that aren’t points-based.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc1_R_MA71mTIQrjYvZtbPV6pLc7sd2ybZFh2XBGja9dLAMPDLSVTOzGhdpbKy1I1_QchvpNOL1Yfyg-95etTmI75vM_pnXPUS8O6ufIpBjETVURREnA7qpjMRMmsRH76aKZ3NAIoDHFo/s2048/test-prep-games-4th-grade.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="test prep games 4th grade" border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc1_R_MA71mTIQrjYvZtbPV6pLc7sd2ybZFh2XBGja9dLAMPDLSVTOzGhdpbKy1I1_QchvpNOL1Yfyg-95etTmI75vM_pnXPUS8O6ufIpBjETVURREnA7qpjMRMmsRH76aKZ3NAIoDHFo/w640-h360/test-prep-games-4th-grade.png" title="test-prep-games-4th-grade" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Add hype to make standardized test prep games 4th grade more engaging!</td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><h3 style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 4pt; margin-top: 16pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #434343; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Shaving Cream is a Must for Your State Testing Prep!</span></h3><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Shaving cream isn’t necessarily a test prep GAME, but it’s one of the easiest ways to engage your students! Spray a bit of shaving cream on each of their desks and let them play with it for a bit before you do your test prep. Then, have students answer your test prep questions by drawing with their fingers in the shaving cream! This test prep activity works great for math, spelling, or grammar.</span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><h3 style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 4pt; margin-top: 16pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #434343; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Small Group Test Prep Games</span></h3><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Another of my fun test prep games is using these games in the toy section of the Dollar Tree! These can be used in small groups or as a class, and you can use them to review for any test! I usually make the rules to include that students must </span><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Place-Value-Anchor-Chart-3rd-Grade-4844029" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">answer a question</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> before they can have a turn at the game. If you pick up the ring toss for your 3rd grade test prep games (or any other grade for that matter), your students can keep track of how many times they land the ring on the target, and whoever has the most landed rings is the winner.</span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6VDB4ti9Rgy0zqQ5Jktjjvkxs5kCZQR6eEbH7Yawhq_XaaNj8y5ZsHhBgRajVhHBJ3TlxBsMpXaikiIoaTQq-BjOGJGGBFhycwd8Utu5W5A3xWWpAK4CmyhuzSsUsmBLGz9GXIUu4ty0/s1802/3rd-grade-test-prep-games.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="3rd grade test prep games" border="0" data-original-height="1802" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6VDB4ti9Rgy0zqQ5Jktjjvkxs5kCZQR6eEbH7Yawhq_XaaNj8y5ZsHhBgRajVhHBJ3TlxBsMpXaikiIoaTQq-BjOGJGGBFhycwd8Utu5W5A3xWWpAK4CmyhuzSsUsmBLGz9GXIUu4ty0/w426-h640/3rd-grade-test-prep-games.png" title="3rd-grade-test-prep-games" width="426" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Use these for 5th, 4th, and 3rd grade test prep games in small groups!</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div><h2 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: normal; white-space: pre-wrap;">Test Prep Games for the Classroom That Students Love</span></h2><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Have you seen the ball popper toys? I found bunnies for Easter, but they have them frequently at the Dollar Tree and in Bullseye’s Playground at Target. Students can have a bank of review questions, and each time they finish one, they get to either make a basket with their ball popper or see how far they can get the ball to fly, and they can earn points based on that! This tool can work for so many test prep games - 4th grade and other elementary grades love them! Kids always love a challenge, right?</span></p><h3 dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 4pt; margin-top: 16pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #434343; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Create a Room Transformation to Play Fun Test Prep Games</span></h3><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I love using dollar store decorations to create a room transformation, and it doesn’t have to be crazy! I saw these island decorations and items and instantly thought of how you could make an island or Hawaiian-themed transformation to play your standardized test prep games. Kids could wear summery outfits, and you can hang up these inflatable palm trees and flower paper cutouts around your room. </span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">You could have challenges set up like “Reading on the Beach,” where they sit on a beach towel to practice their reading test questions, and “Sand Castle Math,” where they get a cup or some building tool for each correct answer they get in the math task cards to build a castle as high as they can. Kids can also wear sunglasses for added engagement, and I highly recommend playing </span><a href="https://youtu.be/vPhg6sc1Mk4" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">ocean waves</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> in the background for a peaceful test prep day!</span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4PtiF1s2AYMx7Z9iICLqm8acmiOQT9LGiFbfsWy8kZvW63iY8yYDDl1D3PBrPdUG0JD6AuonmwQSA24WR5WDOas1BUlzJIq8EB1xfFp1A18FHKpEEwEddeE6kQocY8PwpIIBYzxk0YOU/s2048/test-prep-games-5th-grade.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="test prep games 5th grade" border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4PtiF1s2AYMx7Z9iICLqm8acmiOQT9LGiFbfsWy8kZvW63iY8yYDDl1D3PBrPdUG0JD6AuonmwQSA24WR5WDOas1BUlzJIq8EB1xfFp1A18FHKpEEwEddeE6kQocY8PwpIIBYzxk0YOU/w640-h360/test-prep-games-5th-grade.png" title="test-prep-games-5th-grade" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Create a room transformation for a whole day of test prep games 5th grade!</td></tr></tbody></table><h2 style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-top: 18pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Need More Test Prep Games Ideas?</span></h2><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Check out these articles for other fun test prep games for your upper elementary testing season!</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><a href="https://minds-in-bloom.com/36-awesome-test-prep-review-ideas/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">36 Awesome Test Prep Review Ideas!</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.edutopia.org/article/game-based-approach-test-prep" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">A Game-Based Approach to Test Prep</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><a href="https://theowlteacher.com/engaging-test-prep-ideas/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Engaging Test Prep Ideas</span></a></p><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Food for thought: don’t forget to prepare your students for state testing </span><a href="https://www.alliethegypsyteacher.com/2019/07/building-a-classroom-community.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">mentally and emotionally</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. This time of year can be taxing for them, and they may be feeling anxious about state testing. So while preparing them with test prep games is super important, preparing their minds and hearts is just as important! Watch this video for strategies to prepare your upper elementary students for state testing.</span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><iframe allow="autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="true" frameborder="0" height="350" scrolling="no" src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/video.php?height=350&href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Ftheclassroomcommunitycopilot%2Fvideos%2F739720003411618%2F&show_text=false&width=560" style="border: none; overflow: hidden;" width="560"></iframe></div></span><div></div>Allie @ The Gypsy Teacherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15771901874112860613noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5299673734675672220.post-34477022505182771142021-02-28T14:20:00.002-06:002021-02-28T14:20:39.861-06:00My Top 13 February Favorites<span id="docs-internal-guid-7bd8d412-7fff-b7a5-e75c-9f52f0e019d1"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I love sharing my favorite discoveries or long-time loves on Instagram, so I thought I would share my February Favorites with you too! This month has flown by and has been filled with negative temperatures, work events, and preparation for my new brand and website! I can’t wait to share it with you! As we wrap up this month, here are the things I’m currently loving! Click any of the links to get these items yourself (some of them are affiliate links, which means I make a small commission off of your purchase, but it doesn’t cost you anything extra!). And make sure to share what you’re loving in the comments!</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp77i8L1yVdqab8vpBGgjsstw-T7CSLjHTQnxFkv_9Arrc9lLU7OOK1QTaK6YWbr9_dLwtQRvi-jCze8JauVw7qz_hAMp3jOO-uQuW7ZzKJLvJ85AionbyeQj82M8UewPxN4NUmEIj61g/s1200/february-favorites.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="february-favorites" border="0" data-original-height="675" data-original-width="1200" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp77i8L1yVdqab8vpBGgjsstw-T7CSLjHTQnxFkv_9Arrc9lLU7OOK1QTaK6YWbr9_dLwtQRvi-jCze8JauVw7qz_hAMp3jOO-uQuW7ZzKJLvJ85AionbyeQj82M8UewPxN4NUmEIj61g/w640-h360/february-favorites.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">What are your February favorites? Keep reading for the details on my favorite things this month!</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><h2 dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-top: 18pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Lifestyle February Favorites</span></h2><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In 2019, my word for the year was CULTIVATE. So, when I found </span><a href="https://amzn.to/37VpcRX" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">this book collection</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> from Jonathon & Melissa Helser and the Cageless Birds, I was pumped! It’s designed to help you connect with and build your relationship with the Holy Spirit. There are a lot of journal prompts, Scriptures, and beautiful art pieces (writing, poetry, drawings, photographs), and it speaks to my soul every time I open </span><a href="https://amzn.to/37VpcRX" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">the book</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">!</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Well, as it does, life got away from me, and I didn’t continue with the rest of the </span><a href="https://amzn.to/37VpcRX" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">books in the collection</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. As I started 2021, I was reminded of them and jumped back in with the second volume called The Clarity Winter Brings. It is perfect, not just for the time of year but also for the season of life I’m currently in. I believe God brings things to the surface when we need them most, and this definitely happened with this book. It’s what my heart and soul needed. You can find </span><a href="https://amzn.to/37VpcRX" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">the whole Cultivate set here</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. It’s not your regular devotional, and I love it so much!</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I’ve heard great things about </span><a href="https://amzn.to/2MxiNoG" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">these Micron pens</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> for years, but I just finally got myself</span><a href="https://amzn.to/2MxiNoG" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> a pack</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> this year. I’ve loved it for taking sermon notes and writing in my journal! It’s thick enough to be super versatile but not as thick as a marker or brush pen. Highly recommended!</span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7LoZCYZ7PZHFLx9v4Y1glO4qEoQ0WxksxW06G7X_0s26OCoga7WrW3Jl9Cg6Wy8_NA6__xxlJOioc7ECB4__sg2HRodIrJDw8xqiaCVBBZ5T1E7z0uBnp5ycKFYSfdqJU1Un2zrm7CLE/s1500/february-favorite-things.png" imageanchor="1"><img alt="february-lifestyle-favorites" border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7LoZCYZ7PZHFLx9v4Y1glO4qEoQ0WxksxW06G7X_0s26OCoga7WrW3Jl9Cg6Wy8_NA6__xxlJOioc7ECB4__sg2HRodIrJDw8xqiaCVBBZ5T1E7z0uBnp5ycKFYSfdqJU1Un2zrm7CLE/w426-h640/february-favorite-things.png" width="426" /></a></div></span><p></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I am chronically indecisive when it comes to purchasing anything over $40. So, I’ve been putting off getting some </span><a href="https://amzn.to/3uOaNRJ" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">wireless earbuds</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> since they’ve come out. Mainly because I have some over-the-ear wireless headphones that still work well. But when I started working out at my gym when other people were also exercising, those headphones didn’t work as well (not to mention my ears got sweaty! haha!). I finally decided to try </span><a href="https://amzn.to/3uOaNRJ" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">this pair of wireless earbuds</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> from Amazon. They aren’t AirPods, but they also aren’t the cheapest of the bunch. They’ve worked well so far, and I love popping them in as I walk out the door and listening to my audiobooks before I start my workout.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I wasn’t going to include this in my February favorites roundup because I’m not finished with it, but I just had to! I started listening to </span><a href="https://amzn.to/3pWlhL2" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Jen Hatmaker’s newest book Fierce, Free, and Full of Fire </span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">this week, and I am obsessed with it! I was quite literally crying this morning as I listened to Chapter 3 - I’m not a super emotional person, so you know it has to be good. Must must must read!! Jen reads</span><a href="https://amzn.to/3pWlhL2" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> the audiobook</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, which just makes it even better! I look forward to working out because I get to listen to </span><a href="https://amzn.to/3pWlhL2" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">the audiobook </span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">on my walk to and from the gym each morning. </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAJMfcdiBONpdTGBk7__332QoBaDDSULGkj4_r8gBcvMmzUDYmqsXiXzttuWY648w9SHgN7sx5lRoZ1a26xe9zcdc8OeaD4QzaVnovXHzsE1PCEyT1d-wWXUDdd9jO-yoKeH7xjhrwQZY/s1500/february-favorites-book.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAJMfcdiBONpdTGBk7__332QoBaDDSULGkj4_r8gBcvMmzUDYmqsXiXzttuWY648w9SHgN7sx5lRoZ1a26xe9zcdc8OeaD4QzaVnovXHzsE1PCEyT1d-wWXUDdd9jO-yoKeH7xjhrwQZY/w426-h640/february-favorites-book.png" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">One of my FAVORITE people to follow and connect with on Instagram is </span><a href="https://www.teachergolz.com/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Jess Golz</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><a href="http://instagram.com/teachergolz" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">@teachergolz</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. I’ve been following her for years, and I love love love her realness, hand-lettering (#golz!), beauty & plant recommendations, and just her whole aesthetic! She also lives in the Midwest, so I feel like we need to meet IRL. She has</span><a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/teachergolz" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> a small business </span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">where she sells stickers, sticky notes, banners, and more with her art on them. She recently started selling “Bevvie Hugs,” and as soon as she announced when they were going to launch, I set three alarms on my phone so I wouldn’t miss out. I was able to purchase this set, and I’m in love! Her stunning art is screen printed on them, and they come in this pack of three sizes. I love the black with blues and purples, and they just make me so stinking happy! So </span><a href="http://instagram.com/teachergolz" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">go follow Jess</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> so you can get your hands on these the next time she launches them!</span><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgmpDKWdwcNDWl9X7qUYSY0q3N2aM5bfrd5b8365WeDlO2dcP6zASZ1U6ZOxnnbeplU3B8ek42ROIQ2zIbikOJ9kD5uDRSkg6xAb6EhqxglCOXk-IYt_2fyzKtI9eVBewJ641pULC4rdk/s1024/february-favorites-2021.png" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" data-original-height="683" data-original-width="1024" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgmpDKWdwcNDWl9X7qUYSY0q3N2aM5bfrd5b8365WeDlO2dcP6zASZ1U6ZOxnnbeplU3B8ek42ROIQ2zIbikOJ9kD5uDRSkg6xAb6EhqxglCOXk-IYt_2fyzKtI9eVBewJ641pULC4rdk/w640-h428/february-favorites-2021.png" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><h2 dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-top: 18pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Beauty February Favorites</span></h2><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">My skin gets SO DRY, especially in winter. I’ve been keeping </span><a href="https://amzn.to/2O8JpNc" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">this Weleda cream</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> at my desk and use it multiple times a day to keep my hands moisturized. It’s been a lifesaver, especially when we’re washing hands more. The scent is unique, but I like it a lot, and it feels like a dream! I will be repurchasing after I run out!</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Last year around this time (helloooo midwest winter), I experienced some skin problems on my face because my skin was super dry, but I couldn’t find something that worked to help it. Someone recommended </span><a href="https://amzn.to/3dTo3y6" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Kiehls Midnight Recovery Concentrate</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, and I went all-in with Kiehl’s. I got a little gift set with the ultra facial cream, avocado eye cream, and </span><a href="https://amzn.to/3dTo3y6" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">this serum</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, and my skin was so very happy! I’ve been using all three for most of the year, and my skin is clear, bright, and nourished. If I had to choose just one, I would have to choose the </span><a href="https://amzn.to/3dTo3y6" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Midnight Recovery Concentrate serum</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. I use it every night before bed, and it is magical! Well worth the price tag.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8Ninv9MJ_9F1N3aCMD-FnsRh-TIFaD27u3dsNKQRFEUafxBNLsBNYDj3xq6nFoVaO1Q3NAH7nGxZ9VPuST6ZDfwN09I8DBkLf9v7rd_7eL3y_zwMoH6IKdpfYDM7R1j_r3zxPUquqyPw/s1500/skincare-february-favorites.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8Ninv9MJ_9F1N3aCMD-FnsRh-TIFaD27u3dsNKQRFEUafxBNLsBNYDj3xq6nFoVaO1Q3NAH7nGxZ9VPuST6ZDfwN09I8DBkLf9v7rd_7eL3y_zwMoH6IKdpfYDM7R1j_r3zxPUquqyPw/w426-h640/skincare-february-favorites.png" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Now, let’s talk hair. I am blessed to have A LOT of hair - it’s one of my favorite things about my body. However, styling takes forever and a day! So I usually have to choose either curling it or blowdrying it, and I love my hair curled, so I go with that. I’ve been experimenting with different leave-in conditioners and products to help my hair look its best, even when it’s air-dried. I’m so pleased with </span><a href="https://amzn.to/2MCiXv8" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">this Odele air dry styler</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">! My hair feels soft and ready to go after using it instead of how it usually feels (dry and tangled) if I don’t use anything on it when I get out of the shower.</span><p></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Speaking of shower products, I finally got one of </span><a href="https://amzn.to/3ktjg80" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">these scalp scrubbers</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, and they are worth the hype! I looove having my hair played with and getting it washed at the salon, and</span><a href="https://amzn.to/3ktjg80" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> this scrubber</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> is the next best thing. I apply my shampoo to my hair, and then I use </span><a href="https://amzn.to/3ktjg80" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">this scrubber</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> to work it in and scrub my scalp. It helps get rid of any build-up, and it feels so good!</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkJvXBx8xVLP9AhftlyiKP3c5uGAuD2uLVM9xda58rgVIRbsCXAeXJZQ5XWw6Wme2w4Gq-zDG1BrYtlnhpT1QEi5mRfDL-doTcGYDrd22psVI_CQ6KJPaeVPmWJgR-ACTWGxEl3waKKUU/s1024/february-beauty-favorites.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="683" data-original-width="1024" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkJvXBx8xVLP9AhftlyiKP3c5uGAuD2uLVM9xda58rgVIRbsCXAeXJZQ5XWw6Wme2w4Gq-zDG1BrYtlnhpT1QEi5mRfDL-doTcGYDrd22psVI_CQ6KJPaeVPmWJgR-ACTWGxEl3waKKUU/w640-h428/february-beauty-favorites.png" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I tried </span><a href="https://amzn.to/3bLKOBF" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">the viral Sky High mascara</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> this month too, and I am OBSESSED. My lashes have never looked this good! I always go with waterproof mascara because my eyes are sensitive and get watery sometimes. With </span><a href="https://amzn.to/3bLKOBF" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">this mascara</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, my lashes are lengthened and voluminous. I’ve already purchased a back-up, just in case it somehow gets discontinued!</span><p></p><br /><h2 dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-top: 18pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Home February Favorites</span></h2><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I have taken a page from </span><a href="https://www.teachergolz.com/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Jess Golz</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">’s book (she’s the one who inspired me to share monthly favorites, too), and I am choosing my favorite houseplant of the month to share with you! This month, it is my golden pothos, Ruthie! Gahhh, she’s a beauty! I purchased her from Ikea last Fall. Her growth started slow, but she’s finally vining and is growing like a weed! I just started propagating her too. She hangs in</span><a href="https://amzn.to/3r7bIu3" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> this beautiful macrame planter</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> next to my desk, and I love how she brings life to the space.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSNkfCyqoNhcxJb4xL_T2Cna7RmSYvtR-WXn5knD2i0UMo_uCcVFxIfAijffnqYo9rDs-O0Aok3XopX8cc00-spa4dARgtbXmOqcpoUybYNWgxO4RUQccRmrpZR40wt1oIQHqQlzYDr9A/s1024/plant-favorites.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="683" data-original-width="1024" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSNkfCyqoNhcxJb4xL_T2Cna7RmSYvtR-WXn5knD2i0UMo_uCcVFxIfAijffnqYo9rDs-O0Aok3XopX8cc00-spa4dARgtbXmOqcpoUybYNWgxO4RUQccRmrpZR40wt1oIQHqQlzYDr9A/w640-h428/plant-favorites.png" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I purchased </span><a href="https://amzn.to/2O4zWXg" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">this desk riser</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> this month because I wanted to stand and work throughout the day now that I’m working from home. It was perfect timing because work was heavy this month! I love that I can easily switch from sitting to standing with the pull of a lever. I also appreciate that it raises my screen just a bit even when I’m sitting, making for better posture and less back & neck strain.</span></p><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhykg8MTUNJjorLnGgk1SW-8JgJEE-weCRZyOGHrBb9P3tGsqHc_U8hiqouVd2UFmkSS-s_hyphenhyphenVTTeLqkg-8TkkDrV_jSs6hyphenhyphena01oXJzGxf9ekYvevDKKwLx4Ayst5JNzPm7AP0Jpzu1z0A/s1500/work-from-home-favorites.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhykg8MTUNJjorLnGgk1SW-8JgJEE-weCRZyOGHrBb9P3tGsqHc_U8hiqouVd2UFmkSS-s_hyphenhyphenVTTeLqkg-8TkkDrV_jSs6hyphenhyphena01oXJzGxf9ekYvevDKKwLx4Ayst5JNzPm7AP0Jpzu1z0A/w426-h640/work-from-home-favorites.png" width="426" /></a></div></div><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">As I said, it was a busy work month! Whenever I know that stress will be added to my life for a season, I try to take away some stress. I knew going into the month that I wanted to order some sort of meal service, so I didn’t have to worry about grocery shopping and cooking. I had heard A LOT about </span><a href="https://glnk.io/rloo/alliethegypsyteacher" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Eat to Evolve</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> on Instagram, and I thought that I’d give it a try. I’ve NEVER loved a meal service more than </span><a href="https://glnk.io/rloo/alliethegypsyteacher" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I love Evolve</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">! The food is SO fresh (it’s cooked over the weekend and shipped out on Monday) and really good for you. They cater to a host of diets and food needs (gluten-free, paleo, keto, Whole30, etc.). </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In fact, as I write this post, I’m chowing down on some </span><a href="https://glnk.io/rloo/alliethegypsyteacher" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">grilled chicken and green beans with roasted garlic ranch</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. It’s one of my favorite meals! I also am obsessed with the Taco Bowl, New Orleans Chicken and Shrimp, and Carne Asada. I 100% recommend that you give it a try, especially during this busy season of teaching, parent-teacher conferences, and state testing (eww!). You can get 15% off your first order by using the code GYPSYTEACHER at checkout or </span><a href="https://glnk.io/rloo/alliethegypsyteacher" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">clicking here</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">! </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://glnk.io/rloo/alliethegypsyteacher" imageanchor="1" rel="nofollow" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="683" data-original-width="1024" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-u48uGZ_lg-XCOYkxoVQNneM3nCxnXMXowad5NCgpQjaoPwXza1hY0iX9BxqrTHKG1g5AFruHtNobYSp4wx7sswiFJYyfU7bq6512UEQkB9sg9DH7pntLjrECURcvs1Dhvhc58EPBBVY/w640-h428/february-food-favorites.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Sending you a giant coffee cheers for reading all the way through this post! Let me know if you have any of these same favorites or what you’re loving right now! March is gonna be a great month, and I can’t wait for you to see what’s all in store! Here’s something I’m FOREVER loving: classroom community! If it’s a struggle for you right now, </span><a href="https://thegypsyteacher.lpages.co/classroom-community-planner/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">download my free Classroom Community Planner</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> to get tips and an action plan. </span>Don't forget to start with the heart!</p>Allie @ The Gypsy Teacherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15771901874112860613noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5299673734675672220.post-89425101598363688252020-11-21T13:35:00.004-06:002020-11-21T13:47:06.709-06:0010 Unique Boho Teacher Gift Ideas for Christmas<div style="text-align: center;">Are you on the hunt for some unique teacher gift ideas for Christmas or the holiday season? Well, my friend, you’ve come to the right place! I love finding fun and beautiful gifts to make your gifting and wishlisting even easier! I would say that I have a bohemian style, which has become more popular this year. Rainbows, macrame, and effortless greenery and florals make this style, and my heart soar! If you have a boho teacher in your life or you love this style as much as I do, let’s find you some beautiful boho teacher Christmas gift ideas!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/#"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4vhPlIutyToFVembJD8svAZuoP_4TREROkOFTQRO7ZwTE3TsCOFBG1cPPRSOzpK6FOlsQKhxONZvlhyphenhyphenGj-6c_mnFhZuJKveLL6cyZd8lJSU1z6bEaDSK3B2aZPzBa-KkVskZv3KbQgtM/w640-h359/cute-teacher-gift-ideas-for-christmas.png" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Boho Teacher Gift Guide: Unique Christmas Gifts for Teachers </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><h2 style="text-align: center;">Beautiful Gift Ideas for Teacher on Christmas to Make Her Swoon</h2><div style="text-align: center;">These foolproof Christmas gift ideas for a teacher will give her all the heart eyes! We are always on the hunt for a bag that we can use to carry our teacher things to and from school that is both stylish and functional. I love<a href="https://amzn.to/3nDFnZR" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> this canvas backpack</a> because it will hold up to the daily teacher life, and it has beautiful boho features like the detail down the middle and straps!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I am forever looking for<a href="https://amzn.to/32TQVA9" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> hair ties </a>during recess or those days where I need to pull my hair into a messy bun. Especially on the days when I want to look cute and do my hair, but then end up sweating because of all the things on my to-do list as a teacher. You feel me? <a href="https://amzn.to/32TQVA9" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">These scrunchies</a> have a romantic velvet feel with the blush and mauve color, so they’re not only helpful for holding your hair out of your face, but they also look so cute on your wrist and in your hair! These are great Christmas gift ideas for teacher friends.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I don’t think that it is possible to have too many <a href="https://amzn.to/38WJ2h4" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">cute travel mugs</a>, do you?! Somehow, I always end up with a desk FULL of beverages by the end of the day/week. Coffee, water, my breakfast smoothie, and usually something else during the day! Travel mugs are useful, which makes them one o the best teacher gift ideas for Christmas. <a href="https://amzn.to/38WJ2h4" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">This Steel Mill & Co Insulated Thermal Mug</a> is gorgeous with the woodland florals and greenery design. It’ll keep your teacher fuel cold or hot (depending on what you prefer), and it’ll match your boho teacher vibe!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/#"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi206hD_fhYAwfyuMHTwxQEGm998aqLzq7HS6Zsvx3dpHruQPeJL-HSrqi_RjztffRqLuoCKb_S2Br1x4wAVLeJYlnEMExCYOVdb4xdBFf1Cq6sw3nFnFzYVBChA8GIL2jtOmn1WyeT3tw/w426-h640/gift-ideas-for-teacher-on-christmas.png" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Snag one of these Christmas gift ideas for a teacher and make her day!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><h2 style="text-align: center;">Home and Classroom Decor Christmas Gift Ideas for a Teacher</h2><div style="text-align: center;">I recently moved into a new apartment and have loved finding cute bohemian elements to add to my decor! These decor pieces are good teacher gift ideas for Christmas because your teacher friend can use them in her home or classroom! The first one is <a href="https://amzn.to/36SkiEi" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">this Moroccan leather floor pouf</a>. Isn’t it just stunning?! I love the warm tones in the leather and white details. This would be a fun flexible seating spot in your classroom or make a cute floor pillow for your living room.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I got <a href="https://amzn.to/3kCXWLz" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">this pack of battery-operated remote-controlled fairy lights</a>, and I am in LOVE! You can bend the wire however you’d like and wrap it around things in your home or classroom. There are several settings, and I love being able to <a href="https://amzn.to/3kCXWLz" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">turn them on</a> with the touch of a button! <a href="https://amzn.to/3kCXWLz" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">This four-pack</a> will give the teacher in your life easy ways to make her classroom or home feel cozy and magical any time of year.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">This next teacher Christmas gift idea is something unique and beautiful! I absolutely love this stunning <a href="https://amzn.to/2UzKTAd" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">macrame wall hanging</a>! It looks like it was handmade, and it will bring such a cozy touch to any space with the texture and cream color. I love when our classrooms look like home, and <a href="https://amzn.to/2UzKTAd" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">this macrame tapestry</a> will do the trick! I’ve been macrame-obsessed this year, and if you’re a boho teacher, you probably have been too.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Candles are always good Christmas gift ideas for your child’s teacher! I love <a href="https://www.anthropologie.com/shop/capri-blue-fir-firewood-jar-candle3?category=candles&color=038&type=STANDARD&size=One%20Size&quantity=1" target="_blank">this Fir Firewood candle</a> from Anthropologie because it sets the mood and lifts my spirits even in the cold, long winter months. Not to mention, the design is stunning and will look beautiful set out on your coffee table or in your home!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/#"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg34D5bFSETKyKsW0j-M8Fpn1DfMasua6U3r1Q2eJlhuR4z3WvirXywGERwY7s6gSQcKtAZCvrUAf8AkqXvdfnro1qDW4sd3PZ5M6fO0MS44ztFo73sOG8jV7_m1o5f2tX9xFleo9jMpZU/w640-h360/best-teacher-gift-ideas-for-christmas.png" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Best teacher gift ideas for Christmas - Cozy Boho Decor!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><h2 style="text-align: center;">Christmas Gift Ideas for Teacher Coworkers: Casual Friday Style!</h2><div style="text-align: center;">Does your school let you wear teacher tees on Friday? It’s such a fun way to end the week, and it feels like we’re able to let loose a bit! I found some fun boho teacher Christmas gift ideas, easy enough to purchase and send to your favorite teacher or teacher coworker! It all started with <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/863533784/teacher-shirts-for-women-vintage-boho?ref=shop_home_active_69&variation0=1565686601" target="_blank">this Boho Rainbow Teacher Tee</a>. If you can’t tell, I’m feeling the olive green vibes right now and loving it! <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/863533784/teacher-shirts-for-women-vintage-boho?ref=shop_home_active_69&variation0=1565686601" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">These tees</a> are so cute, and a teacher creates them. This is a great way to look cute and shop small!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">And, let’s pair it with <a href="https://amzn.to/38PWC61" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">this beautiful kimono </a>for a boho flair! Kimonos are my jam - I love that they are flouncy and feminine but comfortable to wear and keep me covered. <a href="https://amzn.to/38PWC61" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">This boho duster kimono </a>will go great with that tee shirt but can also be worn with so many other outfits! I love the mix of patterns and beautiful golden color. This is one of my favorite Christmas gift ideas for teacher wife!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">And look how cute <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/796575821/boho-rainbow-keychain?ga_order=most_relevant&ga_search_type=all&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_search_query=boho+rainbow+keychain&ref=sr_gallery-1-7&organic_search_click=1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">these boho rainbow keychains </a>are! Hello, inexpensive teacher gift ideas for Christmas that will make your teacher smile! Wear them on your lanyard as part of your casual Friday teacher style, or add them to your keychain, backpack, or teacher pen pouch. They would also make great Christmas gift ideas for teacher friends!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/#"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE5tYggV0Jtl9n2kqq81wSGWtS8QVmlaaF5RhbZauvZKPs7eaW3hbrpFmC7ImNi1vVs4livWb8_GLMhSw0w2JI4ZOFz7Ce1a1cuHauMc2LNk51v0gaxxr6SAuN0pSo_4QMpd15ZA51FLs/w640-h360/christmas-gift-ideas-for-a-teacher.png" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I hope these teacher Christmas gift ideas help you purchase something special for the amazing teachers in your life! If you are a teacher who loves the boho style, make sure to share this blog post, so your loved ones have some gift ideas for you and pin it for years to come! Some of the links included are affiliate links, which means that I make a small commission for your purchase without charging you more money. It’s a little way to <a href="http://www.alliethegypsyteacher.com/2019/12/holidays-around-the-world.html" target="_blank">spread Christmas cheer this holiday season</a>! Here’s a look at all of the Christmas gift ideas for teachers again with links below!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/#"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGVPeCcjSAfxkJkb4prW_cvEeXe_FvQi-TEFHMSoI03C-CWi7ywriOshGCPWQlXk2-fy5kjY4x78oNNfzRiBLJgioJMJOfznCxC6D8APWU7jeNj6HKyBbjjIlKUYPEcAeAS1WGvLpklcw/w426-h640/teacher-gift-ideas-for-christmas.png" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/3nDFnZR" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Boho Canvas Backpack</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/32TQVA9" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Velvet Scrunchies</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/38WJ2h4" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Woodland Floral Travel Mug</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/36SkiEi" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Moroccan Leather Floor Pouf</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/3kCXWLz" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Battery Operated Fairy Lights</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/2UzKTAd" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Macrame Tapestry</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.anthropologie.com/shop/capri-blue-fir-firewood-jar-candle3?category=candles&color=038&type=STANDARD&size=One%20Size&quantity=1" target="_blank">Fir Firewood Candle</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/863533784/teacher-shirts-for-women-vintage-boho?ref=shop_home_active_69&variation0=1565686601" target="_blank">Boho Rainbow Teacher Tee</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/38PWC61" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Duster Kimono</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/796575821/boho-rainbow-keychain?ga_order=most_relevant&ga_search_type=all&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_search_query=boho+rainbow+keychain&ref=sr_gallery-1-7&organic_search_click=1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Boho Rainbow Keychains</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8CnVwMosu3mxoGTV4Y0TqRaz7oM6YYVVfppN8yFvFFyzySkhCOncCZgloJmvl2gJDn7R6N6jHMnl5BmMQs2BVcB-BtE83ZLyThNAtCDohBA_pATtmN0cICQiS0G1_km0yzC2FB1W9zEi8/s1600/Signature.png" /></div>Allie @ The Gypsy Teacherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15771901874112860613noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5299673734675672220.post-36423833371413502302020-08-22T15:27:00.003-05:002020-08-22T15:32:02.246-05:0012 Digital Classroom Management Rewards Your Students Want!<span id="docs-internal-guid-a8b2ec8c-7fff-f3ce-4d0d-a89af562e49b"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Whether you’re teaching virtually, in the classroom, or a hybrid of the two, you’re probably working on a digital classroom management plan! It’s such a KEY part of building a foundation for your class (especially when you mesh it with classroom community), and I want to make sure you have everything you need in place to be successful. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7pXSKe7V74luLrnwLaFDgIzPLc2SfiNNl1zPADhCoG8epy1Knbz7Z425nwEG0h_EJX6i8MHoClGhQQsvqj9182FX7TkaxSHwsMzYPjRTFvgtgsMAljWjYCZGHj4A46D_kqH5eXB6ZKEw/s2048/digital-classroom-management-tools.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="digital-classroom-management" border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7pXSKe7V74luLrnwLaFDgIzPLc2SfiNNl1zPADhCoG8epy1Knbz7Z425nwEG0h_EJX6i8MHoClGhQQsvqj9182FX7TkaxSHwsMzYPjRTFvgtgsMAljWjYCZGHj4A46D_kqH5eXB6ZKEw/w640-h360/digital-classroom-management-tools.png" title="These digital classroom management rewards are perfect for remote learning!" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><p></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The ultimate goal is for our students to be intrinsically motivated, but let’s be honest. That doesn’t always happen. ESPECIALLY at the start of the year (not to mention where quarantine, social-distancing, and technology are involved). What can we give as digital classroom management rewards that won’t cost us much and pique our students’ interests?</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I’ve formulated a list of twelve rewards to work with any of the digital classroom management tools you choose to incorporate into your system. You can choose which of these free digital classroom management rewards would interest your students! I like to use classroom cash as my classroom management system, so I’ll be assigning these rewards dollar amounts for students to cash in on!</span></p></span><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 16pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">1. Pajama Pass</span></span></h2><span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">My students LOVE pajama day, so I thought this would be a fantastic digital classroom management reward for individual students or the whole class! You could also call it “Class in your Comfies,” if you don’t want to limit to pajamas. </span></p></span><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 16pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">2. Teacher Helper or Tech Assistant for Digital Classroom Management</span></span></h2><span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Kids LOVE being the assistant or helper, and I don’t know about you, but I can use all of the help I can get! You can give them the “Tech Assistant” badge, and whenever is having technology trouble, they can contact the tech assistant before you! That’s a win-win classroom management incentive if I ever saw one!</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgywcne_nYuE33cauJBQq_Hmj2QP2NL1IwyRljZ6NwRDW8pyCoyzEVIS7Ahdod2UcG2XFE8Jjx-EWr6VP2o2DB5SXp10igTEqDFvemmDN4f7yvSgwPSaTGamQYAjZ0JpsWLq76F_t2kLPY/s2048/digital-student-rewards.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="digital-student-rewards" border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgywcne_nYuE33cauJBQq_Hmj2QP2NL1IwyRljZ6NwRDW8pyCoyzEVIS7Ahdod2UcG2XFE8Jjx-EWr6VP2o2DB5SXp10igTEqDFvemmDN4f7yvSgwPSaTGamQYAjZ0JpsWLq76F_t2kLPY/w640-h360/digital-student-rewards.png" title="Temporary jobs make excellent digital student rewards because they build leadership skills and are free classroom management incentives!" width="640" /></a></div><p></p></span><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 16pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">3. Video Call Lunch Bunch</span></span></h2><span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">If you have your lunchtime open, this would be SUCH a great way to build relationships with your students while rewarding them for remarkable classroom behavior! You can have them choose two friends, and the four of you can get on Google Meet or Zoom together. You can eat lunch and chat together!</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">P.S. - I </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">100% recommend putting your students in small groups of 4-5 and inviting each group to a first-week-of-school lunch bunch with you to get to know each other! Relationships, first and always!</span></p></span><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 16pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">4. Personalized Screen Wallpaper</span></span></h2><span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">If you’re crafty on PowerPoint, Google Slides, or the Procreate app, you could create a personalized laptop or iPad screen wallpaper for students! You could ask them for a list of their favorites and make them super special! I love anything we can do to show our love for our students in creative ways. The wallpaper would also keep them reminded of staying on task while online, which will help your digital classroom management.</span></p></span><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 16pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">5. Virtual Field Trip Chooser</span></span></h2><span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I love virtual field trips, and so does my class! How fun would it be for our students to choose which virtual field trips we go on? Choosing the trips would increase their buy-in and let them learn about what interests them. I’m all about incorporating my students’ interests into my classroom management!</span></p></span><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 16pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">6. Morning Meeting Leader to Combine Digital Classroom Management and Classroom Community</span></span></h2><span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Morning Meeting is my class’s favorite part of the day, and once we get to know each other and get into the routine, I gradually release responsibility to my students to lead. They LOVE being in charge and leading our class meetings, so this is a MUST as a reward starting in November. </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Morning-Meeting-Slides-GROWING-BUNDLE-Social-Emotional-Learning-3rd-5th-4761005" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">These Morning Meeting slides</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> make having student leaders a piece of cake because everything is planned and ready for them! They just need to read the directions and lead the class in the greeting, share, activity, and message of the day! The</span><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Morning-Meeting-Slides-GROWING-BUNDLE-Social-Emotional-Learning-3rd-5th-4761005" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> growing bundle</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> has been a lifesaver for </span><a href="https://thegypsyteacher.lpages.co/virtual-morning-meeting/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">virtual learning</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> too. </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Morning-Meeting-Slides-GROWING-BUNDLE-Social-Emotional-Learning-3rd-5th-4761005" rel="nofollow" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="digital-student-incentives" border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpnNX9mDuFzICo2-oFxCQ1kGcW7GIEH63_IY26NnnPF_PJXboIgw6hq513mAd6zyYa9Nzc5AnzwIuqoDUVDd0L2yfE9W5UoNKj_j8XiVzCun_S4JbJ6ZAD5GwUudwJ9EWPXUgO-K71lMA/w640-h360/digital-student-incentives.png" title="Are you virtual teaching this year? These digital student incentives are great options for rewarding positive student behavior through your digital classroom management system!" width="640" /></a></div></span><p></p><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 16pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">7. Digital Puzzle Pack</span></h2><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">You can make some digital puzzles in Seesaw or Google Slides and send them to the students! I’m thinking of word searches, crossword puzzles, sudoku, word scrambles, mazes, etc. These digital classroom management rewards are great because they work the students’ brains, and once you have some made, you can send them to students as needed. </span></p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 16pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 16pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div></span><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 16pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">8. Show and Tell</span></h2><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Show and Tell is not just for the primary students! Even your upper elementary students love sharing about what they love! My students love showing and telling about their pets, toys, siblings, books, bedrooms, and more. Show and Tell is a tremendous digital classroom management reward, and it builds classroom community as students get to learn more about each other! </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimZ4VBceEksPaclOevaapZIvkLRIsCVCHV-d_fr3im3p_Nqvl63sEJ1ouFusnDNIkCD_aP-FOagLkeD-Y9SBVgdp1C09zEuyZkduXQjLJCOGqaifbIIWj3X55t8_ssbBpheaG3elNiSNc/s1500/digital-classroom-management.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="digital-classroom-management" border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimZ4VBceEksPaclOevaapZIvkLRIsCVCHV-d_fr3im3p_Nqvl63sEJ1ouFusnDNIkCD_aP-FOagLkeD-Y9SBVgdp1C09zEuyZkduXQjLJCOGqaifbIIWj3X55t8_ssbBpheaG3elNiSNc/w427-h640/digital-classroom-management.png" title="Digital Classroom Management may prove to be tricky while virtual learning is happening. But these 12 digital student rewards will incentivize students to go above and beyond!" width="427" /></a></div><p></p><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 16pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">9. Personalized Sign in their Yard</span></h2><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I don’t know a kid who wouldn’t like to wake up one morning and see a bright, personalized sign in their yard! Here are some sayings you could use:</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“An Awesome Fourth Grader Lives Here!”</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Honk to tell (Student Name) that s/he is amazing!”</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“(Student Name) is part of the (Class Name) Family, and we think s/he is pretty great!”</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><iframe frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="//ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&OneJS=1&Operation=GetAdHtml&MarketPlace=US&source=ss&ref=as_ss_li_til&ad_type=product_link&tracking_id=thegypsyteach-20&language=en_US&marketplace=amazon&region=US&placement=B0894VXXG1&asins=B0894VXXG1&linkId=6907fd77464f8042073514d32031f6da&show_border=true&link_opens_in_new_window=true" style="height: 240px; width: 120px;"></iframe><iframe frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="//ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&OneJS=1&Operation=GetAdHtml&MarketPlace=US&source=ss&ref=as_ss_li_til&ad_type=product_link&tracking_id=thegypsyteach-20&language=en_US&marketplace=amazon&region=US&placement=B002762NPU&asins=B002762NPU&linkId=83252e6203e11acceb4a73e2e23caa23&show_border=true&link_opens_in_new_window=true" style="height: 240px; width: 120px;"></iframe><br /></span></p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 16pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 16pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div></span><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 16pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">10. Read-Alouds are Always a Good Choice!</span></h2><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The student who gets this reward can either read a picture book aloud to the class on Zoom or Google Meet, or s/he can pick the next book that you read to the class! The book that you read to the class can be a picture book or a novel, whichever you choose. My students LOVE our novel read aloud time after lunch every day, so that’s what I would have the student choose!</span></p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 16pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 16pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div></span><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 16pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">11. Rainbow Pass</span></h2><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I was thinking about how much my students love to write and do their work with different colored pens and markers - I have a coupon called Rainbow Writing, where they get a special container of colored pens to write with for a day! You could do this digitally by allowing them to choose the color the words they’re typing are! I usually don’t allow them to change the font color from black because... #timesuck. But, it would be a fun reward for your digital classroom management system!</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh55pm5PZB8S8KTnOVa7uRD6EnjDjuWdcNYAGOvmKuoeRX_MpxNvkBHuftjx3viVxybeGqr73XL84zJ-pHNSu4Ec2Ex3T7pCarKKDkNXJ9Dgqj3TSP4wZcGJJlTynNh6SJ1a0uI76vwCUw/s1500/digital-rewards-for-students.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="digital-rewards-for-students" border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh55pm5PZB8S8KTnOVa7uRD6EnjDjuWdcNYAGOvmKuoeRX_MpxNvkBHuftjx3viVxybeGqr73XL84zJ-pHNSu4Ec2Ex3T7pCarKKDkNXJ9Dgqj3TSP4wZcGJJlTynNh6SJ1a0uI76vwCUw/w427-h640/digital-rewards-for-students.png" title="Digital rewards for students can create student buy-in and incentive your students to stay on-task! I love using these digital classroom management tools! Digital coupons, digital choice boards, etc. are great options for digital rewards for students!" width="427" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><p></p><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 16pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">12. Chalk Obstacle Course</span></h2><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This one will take a bit more work on your end, but it could be harder to receive as a reward, so you don’t have to do it as often! I loved seeing all of the creative chalk obstacle courses people created during the quarantine. So how fun would it be to make them for your students and their families on their driveways?! As a student, that alone would make me want to exceed your expectations so I could earn that incentive! </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><iframe frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="//ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&OneJS=1&Operation=GetAdHtml&MarketPlace=US&source=ss&ref=as_ss_li_til&ad_type=product_link&tracking_id=thegypsyteach-20&language=en_US&marketplace=amazon&region=US&placement=B00TBURYU4&asins=B00TBURYU4&linkId=63df5827d05efb8370e0f8f100844c9d&show_border=false&link_opens_in_new_window=true" style="height: 240px; width: 120px;"></iframe><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Yay for rewards that hardly cost you anything but make your digital classroom management system a success! Let’s make this year the best year yet and encourage our students to make wise choices, exceed expectations, and enjoy the little things! Planning your classroom management incentives and rewards is so worth it!</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGU1OV_37fcfLQ_r2RgJjhWEVxOl3SETDxQkQKjQ7IKlTlO9yfzcqFTWiD_zuPU85TyR2Fej91m4vpDQxU4UeQ0k86rop1LJ2o3WJM6Axby9UZdzgtjnGoKptTv_WXWFLXc40eXJbL5EM/s1500/digital-classroom-management-system.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="digital-classroom-management-system" border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGU1OV_37fcfLQ_r2RgJjhWEVxOl3SETDxQkQKjQ7IKlTlO9yfzcqFTWiD_zuPU85TyR2Fej91m4vpDQxU4UeQ0k86rop1LJ2o3WJM6Axby9UZdzgtjnGoKptTv_WXWFLXc40eXJbL5EM/w427-h640/digital-classroom-management-system.png" title="Use these student rewards as an incentive for your digital classroom management system! They can be used while remote learning and in the classroom!" width="427" /></a></div><p></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">If you’re looking for more help when it comes to classroom community, check out </span><a href="https://thegypsyteacher.lpages.co/classroom-community-planner/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">my free Classroom Community Planner!</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> It’ll help you plan for every part of building a tight-knit culture and community in your classroom. It’s transformed my class, and I’m here to help you make yours better too!</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://thegypsyteacher.lpages.co/classroom-community-planner/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3_xuU5HYEIX_egZTsrAv2XeJu0deuYyahG4ljMKURyOHpdme5q_kxt9a6wmEz80SQaRG7l_i81Ct4Co9aOa-Yx5qtyxLO5h4HN5v7sZ0UJogp_lBr63d7CxiINR7Fe7UgFxRaf_eutXQ/s640/classroom-community-planner.png" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><p></p><div><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8CnVwMosu3mxoGTV4Y0TqRaz7oM6YYVVfppN8yFvFFyzySkhCOncCZgloJmvl2gJDn7R6N6jHMnl5BmMQs2BVcB-BtE83ZLyThNAtCDohBA_pATtmN0cICQiS0G1_km0yzC2FB1W9zEi8/s1600/Signature.png" /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Allie @ The Gypsy Teacherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15771901874112860613noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5299673734675672220.post-7850953242248157182020-07-09T11:58:00.002-05:002020-07-09T12:01:31.132-05:007 Morning Meeting Activities 4th Grade Students LOVE!<span id="docs-internal-guid-c0c4a422-7fff-f9b0-5941-04b5dff5b9a3"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0e101a; font-family: arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Morning Meeting is the best part of the day in my 4th-grade classroom, and I want to share some of my fourth graders’ favorite morning meeting activities. These morning meeting activities are ones that we use all year to work on teamwork, classroom community, and just having fun building relationships together! BONUS: All of these morning meeting activities work for social distancing too!</span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img alt="morning-meeting-activities-4th-grade" border="0" data-original-height="1260" data-original-width="2240" height="359" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRO7FJ5DBCwW-LGar_LG8AOy4hc6F4Fxe322lIYhtxJTsZt08wspGclskaG6SnwbchZu_B1b_gJvj7SYfsuKYlLTOsQ_isJJlAuS_a_wVClSuhw-qmGSUXMSbiYfmLHrAkTrIT6nXzwp8/w640-h359/morning-meeting-activities-4th-grade.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="Use these 4th Grade Morning Meeting Activities in your classrooom!" width="640" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Use these Morning Meeting Activities 4th Grade in your classroom!</td></tr></tbody></table><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0e101a; font-family: arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br />If you’re lead</span><span style="color: #0e101a; font-family: arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">ing virtual morning meetings, you’ll definitely want to download these FREE Virtual Morning Meeting Slides! I created two weeks of Morning Meeting Greetings, Shares, Activities, and Messages that you can do over Zoom or Google Meet. Just drop your name and email here, and I’ll send it to you right away!</span></p><pre style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><script src="https://f.convertkit.com/ckjs/ck.5.js"></script>
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</pre><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0e101a; font-family: arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Inspector Bullfrog is one of our favorite</span><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Morning-Meeting-Slides-GROWING-BUNDLE-Social-Emotional-Learning-3rd-5th-4761005?aref=34v36qej" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> morning meeting</span></a><span style="color: #0e101a; font-family: arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> activities because it’s silly and fun! It also requires observation skills! Here’s how to play:</span></p><ul style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><li dir="ltr" style="color: #0e101a; font-family: arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Everyone should start sitting in a circle. Choose one student to be the inspector and send him/her outside of the classroom for a second.</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="color: #0e101a; font-family: arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">All students should close their eyes, and you tap one of them on the head or shoulder. That student is the bullfrog.</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="color: #0e101a; font-family: arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The inspector returns to the classroom and stands in the middle of the circle. S/he tries to figure out who the bullfrog is by looking at the students.</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="color: #0e101a; font-family: arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The bullfrog attempts to put the rest of the class to sleep by sticking out his/her tongue at them. But s/he has to make eye contact with the student, so the student knows it’s him/her who s/he put to sleep.</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="color: #0e101a; font-family: arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The student who is put to sleep by the bullfrog dramatically lays down on the floor to tell the inspector that s/he fell asleep.</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="color: #0e101a; font-family: arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The inspector has three guesses to try to figure out who the bullfrog is. S/he wins if s/he guesses correctly. The bullfrog wins if s/he puts the whole class to sleep before being caught or not being guessed by the inspector!</span></p></li></ul><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0e101a; font-family: arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">How to make this social-distancing safe: make the circle as spread out as you can!</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0e101a; font-family: arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6vSOP5FlC6E58MyH3f-alUL6R7Yi2NEKFFoBes5naKfbaRaSHwDiU-BZQmmUm5u49gbNPrPsoq4BE36c0faB3YFVddUME8bbobCbzEh5VY9XetqMlq1y5xyhj1s1MBU0EXVDVSToad5g/s2240/morning-meeting-activities-for-4th-graders.png"><img alt="morning-meeting-activities-for-4th-grade" border="0" data-original-height="1260" data-original-width="2240" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6vSOP5FlC6E58MyH3f-alUL6R7Yi2NEKFFoBes5naKfbaRaSHwDiU-BZQmmUm5u49gbNPrPsoq4BE36c0faB3YFVddUME8bbobCbzEh5VY9XetqMlq1y5xyhj1s1MBU0EXVDVSToad5g/w640-h360/morning-meeting-activities-for-4th-graders.png" title="Inspector Bullfrog is one of the morning meeting activities for 4th grade that you can play all year long!" width="640" /></a></div><h2 dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0e101a; font-family: arial; font-size: 17pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br />One of Our Favorite Morning Meeting Team Building Activities: Group Juggling</span></h2><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0e101a; font-family: arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Okay, I have to warn you, this morning meeting activity is tricky! I definitely would not recommend this for students below Third Grade, because it takes a lot of attention and focus! But I love the challenge that this morning meeting activity required of my 4th-grade students. Here’s how it works:</span></p><ul style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><li dir="ltr" style="color: #0e101a; font-family: arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Get a few dodgeballs or soft balls for this activity. You probably won’t need more than four at first, but may need more once students get better at it. Depending on your class size, you may choose to split your students into two groups,</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="color: #0e101a; font-family: arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Students stand in a circle, and each has a number (we use our class numbers, but you can choose whatever numbers you’d like). Mix up the numbers, so they aren’t all standing next to each other. Let them know which students have numbers before and after them. (Ex: You are 1, you are 2, you are 3, etc.)</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="color: #0e101a; font-family: arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Pass Student 1 the first ball, and s/he tosses the ball to Student 2. This continues through all of the numbers, and the last student passes the ball back to Student One. This repeats, and as the first ball gets about halfway around the circle, pass another ball to student one for him/her to start tossing too. Now students have to keep track of two balls in the circle. If they get the two balls juggling well, try to add a third one!</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="color: #0e101a; font-family: arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">If a ball drops at any time, they have to start over with one ball at student 1. At the end of the time you have, note how many balls was the record so that next time you play, you can try to beat your record!</span></p></li></ul><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0e101a; font-family: arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Group Juggling is a fantastic morning meeting activity to build teamwork, coordination, and focus! It’s not as easy as it seems! But my fourth graders love trying to work together to juggle more balls each time! If you’re worried about the spread of germs, have all students wash their hands before and after playing!</span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO7iyD_Taqhh3jv0wEUdKw-Lkfk0fLDwn_LGuWAqUibJsMzxIMpduL6SKATyZH1avqGv2gscgj_vIPzZI34kIzIa1K4paw1kw1xvcmt5SkQPnHPhsZowirHY1C8xcvOUw_KJSkUHl7-ns/s1200/morning-meeting-activities-4th-grade.png"><img alt="morning-meeting-activities-fourth-grade" border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="800" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO7iyD_Taqhh3jv0wEUdKw-Lkfk0fLDwn_LGuWAqUibJsMzxIMpduL6SKATyZH1avqGv2gscgj_vIPzZI34kIzIa1K4paw1kw1xvcmt5SkQPnHPhsZowirHY1C8xcvOUw_KJSkUHl7-ns/w426-h640/morning-meeting-activities-4th-grade.png" title="morning-meeting-activities-fourth-grade" width="426" /></a></div><h2 dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0e101a; font-family: arial; font-size: 17pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br />Freeze Dance - One of those Morning Meeting Activities that is just plain fun!</span></h2><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0e101a; font-family: arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I don’t know about you, but sometimes we just need a dance party! My fourth graders LOVE freeze dance just as much as my Kindergarteners did! (Did you know that I taught primary for three years before finding my true love of upper elementary!?) Freeze dance is perfect for those days when you don’t have a lot of time for your morning meeting. Here’s how to play:</span></p><ul style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><li dir="ltr" style="color: #0e101a; font-family: arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">When the music is playing, everyone should be dancing where you can see them. I encourage my students to dance around the room and have fun with it!</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="color: #0e101a; font-family: arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">When you stop the music, everyone should freeze. If you catch people who are still moving, they are out and sit down until the next round starts.</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="color: #0e101a; font-family: arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Start the music again and keep playing until one student is left standing! He/she is the winner!</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="color: #0e101a; font-family: arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">You can have the winner pick the next song to dance to, be the DJ and you play the game, or just celebrate them and play again.</span></p></li></ul><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0e101a; font-family: arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">For a challenge, once you’ve played a few times with your students, play opposite freeze dance and freeze when the music plays and dance when it stops. THAT is pretty hilarious! If you’re trying to keep social-distance, just make sure your students keep a distance.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"></p><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf-KbRtONRT7n1Q84W_3AiUcQlUp76MN0jB_nQ9BXIm3GRMdHyvNs5Me9s6GdFx4HqKDlvA7Wj-dMN1r8GDd_8WDsRYZDkybBWcHLe3GLVQEHRIyN2KRLM97JONO_q9LcH5U3zueBvPJI/s1200/morning-meeting-activities-fourth-grade.png"><img alt="morning-meeting-group-activities" border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="800" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf-KbRtONRT7n1Q84W_3AiUcQlUp76MN0jB_nQ9BXIm3GRMdHyvNs5Me9s6GdFx4HqKDlvA7Wj-dMN1r8GDd_8WDsRYZDkybBWcHLe3GLVQEHRIyN2KRLM97JONO_q9LcH5U3zueBvPJI/w426-h640/morning-meeting-activities-fourth-grade.png" title="morning-meeting-group-activities" width="426" /></a></div><p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><h2 dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0e101a; font-family: arial; font-size: 17pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">STEM Challenges - Get Your Fourth Graders Thinking Outside the Box</span></h2><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0e101a; font-family: arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I don’t do them often, but I will include a STEM or STEAM challenge in our Morning Meeting plans now and then! These Morning Meeting Activities encourage creativity and problem-solving. You can use any materials you have on hand or choose to do a specific challenge and make sure you have specific materials ready to go. Here are some of our favorites:</span></p><ul style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><li dir="ltr" style="color: #0e101a; font-family: arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tallest Tower Challenge: This one is so easy because you can prep it in 3 minutes or less! Grab some random supplies, divide them between groups of students evenly, and let them work together to build the tallest tower in 5 minutes! We’ve done this with index cards, tape and paper, manipulatives, and so much more!</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="color: #0e101a; font-family: arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Aluminum Foil Boats: Students create a boat out of foil that will float and carry as much weight (pennies) as possible! Then, test your creations and award a winner!</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="color: #0e101a; font-family: arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Book vs. Paper Challenge: Can a single piece of paper hold a book off the table/floor? The short answer: yes, it can! Challenge your students to see if they can figure it out!</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="color: #0e101a; font-family: arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Paper Plane Challenge: Set a specific and measurable goal/challenge for your paper airplanes to meet (goes furthest, stays in air longest, etc.) and see who can create a plane that meets the challenge!</span></p></li></ul><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0e101a; font-family: arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This is the tip of the iceberg when it comes to STEM Morning Meeting Activities for fourth Grade! Let me know your favorites in a comment below!</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"></p><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTmZePLZGNF-odaGJLavBoWwKhuR57a5fO1HkvSA6Dt0Y5_PPGoWyDy7G-Lk4dy0jJIAEV5dQAcxGv5EJ-IBJ5oGU6DWCsG9oCm-qlX1s5hRl6ZSpYjmhpPyVTGIvBBH9q_uATft9NBnI/s2240/morning-meeting-activities-for-4th-grade.png"><img alt="morning-meeting-activities-for-4th-grade" border="0" data-original-height="1260" data-original-width="2240" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTmZePLZGNF-odaGJLavBoWwKhuR57a5fO1HkvSA6Dt0Y5_PPGoWyDy7G-Lk4dy0jJIAEV5dQAcxGv5EJ-IBJ5oGU6DWCsG9oCm-qlX1s5hRl6ZSpYjmhpPyVTGIvBBH9q_uATft9NBnI/w640-h360/morning-meeting-activities-for-4th-grade.png" title="morning-meeting-activities-for-4th-grade" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><h2 dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0e101a; font-family: arial; font-size: 17pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Math Baseball - Morning Meeting Activities with an Academic Focus</span></h2><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0e101a; font-family: arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I usually keep my morning meetings focused on community-building, social-emotional learning, and warming up for the day, but I will occasionally incorporate some content review. Math Baseball is one of my students’ favorite games to play, and it’s easy to use for whatever standards you need to review! All you need is some flashcards and three chairs. Here’s how to play:</span></p><ul style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><li dir="ltr" style="color: #0e101a; font-family: arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Line students up in two lines facing you. Put the three chairs around the classroom to look like a baseball diamond. Where the students are is home plate, then you’ll have a first, second, and third base.</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="color: #0e101a; font-family: arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Show the first two students (the first in each line) a flashcard and have them solve the problem and say the answer. Whoever answers correctly first advances to first base. The other student goes to the back of his/her line.</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="color: #0e101a; font-family: arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Keep playing and advancing students - the student on first base will move to second, etc. When students move to home base, they get a point (they keep track individually) and go to the back of a line. Play as long as you’d like!</span></p></li></ul><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0e101a; font-family: arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">If you want to play this while keeping your distance, have students stand further apart and just stand by the “bases.” You could play this with other content too - I think vocabulary baseball could be a great idea!</span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><h2 dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0e101a; font-family: arial; font-size: 17pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Active Tic-Tac-Toe - An Activity to Build Critical Thinking and Teamwork Skills</span></h2><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0e101a; font-family: arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I picked up a tic-tac-toe board in the Target dollar spot, and it has been awesome to use in the classroom! This activity is a classic game with a twist that pushes students to think quickly and work as a team! I would say that this is best for 3rd Grade and up.</span></p><ul style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><li dir="ltr" style="color: #0e101a; font-family: arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Before starting, make sure your students understand how to play tic tac toe. Split the class into two teams and have them line up in two lines on one side of the classroom. Give one team the X pieces and the other team the Os. Place the tic tac toe board on the other side of the classroom.</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="color: #0e101a; font-family: arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">On your go, have the first student in each line run over to the board and place their piece in a square and run back to tag the next student. As they put pieces on the board, they are trying to get 3 in a row. If each team puts down all of their pieces without getting a tic tac toe, the next students in the lines go and move one piece into a different square. This continues until one team gets three in a row!</span></p></li></ul><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0e101a; font-family: arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This one is a little harder to do while social distancing, so I recommend playing it on the board and giving each student an expo marker instead! It’s fun to see how their brains work and if they play offensively or defensively!</span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHiWEaQ99tFbM06jMK-ejO0Oa8xs6CNsenL4Z6paQu67LkHGlAiBWCNFPXgBiZsm83e3dJ74W2_CH4EVHtXsiP3DiDbD2PgRk3vgkabNiPGeu3BiaLwq_kFOr9kc0Xomt0ndvJk3Wt9LM/s2240/morning-meeting-activities-fourth-grade.png"><img alt="morning-meeting-games" border="0" data-original-height="1260" data-original-width="2240" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHiWEaQ99tFbM06jMK-ejO0Oa8xs6CNsenL4Z6paQu67LkHGlAiBWCNFPXgBiZsm83e3dJ74W2_CH4EVHtXsiP3DiDbD2PgRk3vgkabNiPGeu3BiaLwq_kFOr9kc0Xomt0ndvJk3Wt9LM/w640-h360/morning-meeting-activities-fourth-grade.png" title="morning-meeting-games" width="640" /></a></div><h2 dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0e101a; font-family: arial; font-size: 17pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br />Alibi - One of My Top Pics for Morning Meeting Activities in Fourth Grade</span></h2><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0e101a; font-family: arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I love Alibi because it requires students to be creative and listen to each other! It doesn’t require any materials and is such a fun </span><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Morning-Meeting-Slides-GROWING-BUNDLE-Social-Emotional-Learning-3rd-5th-4761005" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Morning Meeting</span></a><span style="color: #0e101a; font-family: arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> game to have in your arsenal. Perfect for fourth graders who are working on justifying their answers too! Here’s how to play:</span></p><ul style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><li dir="ltr" style="color: #0e101a; font-family: arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Choose one student to be the detective. S/he has to go outside for a second while you choose one other student guilty of committing the “crime.” The detective will have to determine who the guilty person is through questioning.</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="color: #0e101a; font-family: arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The detective reenters the room (everyone is sitting in a circle), and you make up an elaborate silly crime committed. (Example: I walked into my classroom this morning just like every other morning, and it was BOOBY-TRAPPED! Someone set traps up so I would be splashed with orange juice and fall into a pool of marshmallows before getting covered with chocolate sauce! Detective, can you figure out who did this?) </span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="color: #0e101a; font-family: arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Then, the detective goes around the circle, and everyone comes up with an alibi that tells why they couldn’t have committed the crime and were innocent. S/he asks everyone again, and all the students say the same answers except for the guilty student who changes his/her alibi.</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="color: #0e101a; font-family: arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">If the detective guesses correctly, s/he wins!</span></p></li></ul><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0e101a; font-family: arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I know that you have A LOT on your plate, and I want to help you spend less time planning outside of school. 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Grab the </span><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Morning-Meeting-Slides-GROWING-BUNDLE-Social-Emotional-Learning-3rd-5th-4761005" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">bundle here</span></a><span style="color: #0e101a; font-family: arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, so you have all the Morning Meeting plans you need for the whole school year! </span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJa0toIGsLTAi-yQmC72ov1RqqKuUXjOc3mySrgz6oqYQihKlx8u67vctalIdJMgJxpGG6UQgswE0DlOWHL_3g11SGo3h3tXlTCetaN04DNhXiG54irkrMk-9WG02FvM1optvFu4HlWPM/s1200/morning-meeting-activities.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="morning-meeting-plans" border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="800" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJa0toIGsLTAi-yQmC72ov1RqqKuUXjOc3mySrgz6oqYQihKlx8u67vctalIdJMgJxpGG6UQgswE0DlOWHL_3g11SGo3h3tXlTCetaN04DNhXiG54irkrMk-9WG02FvM1optvFu4HlWPM/w426-h640/morning-meeting-activities.png" title="morning-meeting-plans" width="426" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Morning Meeting activities can be hard to come up with sometimes. Want your class meetings planned out for you? <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Morning-Meeting-Slides-GROWING-BUNDLE-Social-Emotional-Learning-3rd-5th-4761005" target="_blank">Click here!</a></td></tr></tbody></table><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0e101a; font-family: arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br />What are your students’ favorite Morning Meeting Activities and Games? Let me know in a comment. 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How to Boost Classroom Community During Digital Learning</h2>
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If you clicked on this post, you're probably planning for or in the middle of digital learning or at home learning! Digital learning tools have become NECESSARY while I'm writing this, as we're amid the Coronavirus quarantine. Whether you are required to have digital learning plans mapped out for your class during extended school closures or not, checking in with your students will help ease everyone's tension and keep you all connected outside of the classroom. These are my favorite ways to boost your classroom community during <a href="https://www.friedtechnology.com/post/teaching-online">digital learning</a> without being in your school building! </div>
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Digital Learning Morning Meeting</h3>
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If you know me, you know how vital Morning Meeting is to my daily classroom routine. It is the most significant way to boost your classroom community, and my students and I genuinely miss it when school is closed. The good news is that you can hold video morning meetings as a digital learning strategy!</div>
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<a href="http://www.zoom.us/">Zoom </a>is my favorite tool for video conferencing, and it is the perfect digital learning platform for your digital morning meetings! You can create a free account that includes sessions up to 40 minutes (during this extended quarantine, they waived the time limit) with up to 100 people. Here is <a href="http://bit.ly/ZoomDirections4Students">a FREE guide</a> for your students on how to use Zoom from <a href="http://www.thetechieteacher.net/">The Techie Teacher</a>!</div>
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So, how do you use Zoom for your digital <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Morning-Meeting-Slides-GROWING-BUNDLE-Social-Emotional-Learning-3rd-5th-4761005">morning meeting</a>? This is what my digital learning class meeting looks like:</div>
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<li style="text-align: left;">Send Zoom link, time, and directions in Google Classroom AND Remind (send it out any platform your school uses)</li>
<li style="text-align: left;">Start call about 5 minutes early, so I'm there when the students are.</li>
<li style="text-align: left;">When everyone logs on, give them a few minutes to chat freely and catch up.</li>
<li style="text-align: left;">Mute all, and welcome all; before starting, give some guidelines (ex: hand signals, raise your hand to speak, one person speaks at a time, stay focused, etc.)</li>
<li style="text-align: left;">Do a feelings check-in (show on your face how you're feeling, call on 2-3 students to expand on their feelings)</li>
<li style="text-align: left;">Greetings: air high fives or tens, air hug, air fist bump, etc.</li>
<li style="text-align: left;">Share: Question for them to answer, raise hands to respond, call on a few students.</li>
<li style="text-align: left;">Activity: exercises, mindful breathing, dance break, drawing challenge (have students get pencil and paper and draw something in 30 seconds and then hold it up to show everyone)</li>
<li style="text-align: left;">Message: before class, write a message and share it through your screen or on a whiteboard you hold up.</li>
<li style="text-align: left;">Action Plan: share what they should be working on that day, what to do if they have questions, etc.</li>
<li style="text-align: left;">Closing: everyone can chat for a few minutes before signing off</li>
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To make things easier for you, I recommend using my paperless <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Morning-Meeting-Slides-GROWING-BUNDLE-Social-Emotional-Learning-3rd-5th-4761005">Morning Meeting slides</a> during your digital learning class meetings! Then you can share your screen, and your students can see the slides, just like usual in class! They keep everyone on task, and the <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Class-Meeting-Slides-Days-41-60-Social-Emotional-Learning-5009058">social-emotional support</a> will help your students as they work through their big feelings.</div>
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There are LOTS of Zoom tips and tricks to make these digital class meetings even more successful. Ashley (<a href="http://www.instagram.com/itssimplyelementary">@itssimplyelementary</a>) has a highlight on her Instagram of suggestions, so I recommend checking that out, or searching online </div>
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Building Relationships when Digital Learning</h3>
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Building relationships with your students is one of the most crucial parts of being a teacher, along with fostering relationships between students. It is harder to do during digital learning days, primarily if your students differ in their access to technology. Here are my digital learning solutions for continuing to build relationships and checking in on your students.</div>
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Snail Mail Chain</h4>
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Who doesn't love snail mail?! Everyone loves getting fun things in the mail, so let's start a snail mail chain when your students are learning from home! This will make your students' digital learning experience brighter. Get enough envelopes and stamps, so you have four for each student in your class. Preferably, find one larger envelope and three smaller ones per student. </div>
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Then, write to each of your students! You can make your own, or print <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Student-Postcard-FREE-RESOURCE-5346739">these free cards</a> from The Creative Classroom. At the end of your note, tell your students to PASS IT ON! Make three cards for friends, classmates, or family members, and use the stamps to mail them! Once you've finished the cards, put them in the bigger envelopes with three small envelopes, three pieces of paper, and three stamps inside. Use the fourth stamp on the outside to mail them off! </div>
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Your students will be so excited and will cherish those sweet notes when they're missing you! You can also do this during the summer or Christmas break. It's always a good idea to send some love to others, whether you are digital learning or not!</div>
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Google Check-Ins</h4>
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I'm all about checking in with our students to see how they're REALLY feeling and support them. Halee has a BRILLIANT plan to do this in and outside of the classroom! She has created Google Check-Ins. She uses Google Forms to ask her students a couple of questions every day, and then she is able to see their responses immediately. I love this because it's private and it's quick and easy. You need to check out <a href="https://alattelearning.com/2019/08/03/google-check-ins/">her blog post about Google Check-Ins</a> and get the template for FREE!</div>
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One quick tip for digital learning I learned from her on Instagram is to make the google form an ungraded QUIZ because you can respond to their comments right on the form! It will give you opportunities to build those relationships and support them.</div>
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Digital Learning Journals</h3>
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One of my favorite digital learning tools is a journal. Encouraging your students to keep a journal will not only help them to write each day and document your extended school closure, but it will also give them a space to get out all of their feelings, thoughts, and questions.</div>
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Obviously, they can write in a physical journal or notebook. But the students can also create a digital journal using Google Slides or a Google Doc. For this, create a template you want them to use, and share it with them in Google Classroom. When they make copies of their journals, they can share them with you, so you can read what they write! It will make digital learning for students even more impactful, as they're able to reflect on and process what they're learning and experiencing.</div>
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You can also give them a specific writing prompt if it's hard for them to come up with what to write. I love using these <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Elementary-Writing-Prompts-Digital-Printable-Writing-Distance-Learning-5347836">elementary writing prompts </a>because there is such a variety of prompts! This resource comes with digital and printable writing prompts, and it differentiates the writing activities for different levels of students. You can assign a specific prompt each day or give them several to choose from. My students love getting to choose which prompt to write about!</div>
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Digital Learning Days Events</h3>
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It's also fun for extended digital learning days especially, to hold a variety of events for your students! Special events are a great way to make them feel part of the community when they're stuck at home. These digital learning events are my favorites:</div>
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Spirit Days for Digital Learning</h4>
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Several teachers and schools have encouraged Spirit Days for digital learning and teaching! Let the students know what the theme is for a specific day, and everyone comes to your video meeting dressed up! You could also have them take pictures or videos of themselves to upload to your digital learning platforms.</div>
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Here are some digital learning spirit day ideas: bring a stuffed animal, pajama day, dress like your teacher, rainbow day, superhero day, crazy hair day, fancy day, and so many more! Which one will you do with your students for your digital learning day?</div>
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Social Distancing Parade</h4>
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Holding a teacher parade is super creative for those teachers and schools where all of their students live in the same neighborhoods! Announce that there will be a teacher parade in the community at a specific day/time with the route they'll be driving. </div>
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At that time, you can drive through, and the kids can come out of the house and wave to you as you drive down their streets! You could even decorate your cars and beep the horn when you see your students!</div>
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This is an excellent idea for extended closures due to sickness because everyone will be home and needing some fun! Families can make signs for the teachers and staff to see too! Build that community!</div>
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Again, this activity would be best for schools with students in the same vicinity. For this digital learning activity, tell all of your students to make the same picture or shape and to put it in the front windows of their houses where those on the street can see them. (Example: everyone makes a rainbow, or your school mascot, or a heart)</div>
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For example, I might send out an announcement that everyone should make a rainbow and put it in the front window of their house for others to see by Friday at 9:00 am. Then, I would encourage families to take a walk around the neighborhood sometime on Friday after 9 am, and the kids would see how many rainbows they can find!</div>
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This digital learning experience gets families out of their houses, getting fresh air, and the kids have a mission. How many can they see?</div>
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I hope these ideas and activities for digital learning will help you as you work to boost your classroom community without the classroom! My goal is to help your digital learning experience be the best it can be! I would love to hear from you: how are you connecting with your students? How can I support you in digital learning and teaching?</div>
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Also, I created these <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Life-Skills-Resources-for-At-Home-Distance-Learning-Upper-Elementary-5338069">free digital learning resources</a> for teachers to give to families to encourage learning and practicing life skills! Parents can use them to spark conversations and activities that aren't academic but still have students learning tons!</div>
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BONUS! If your school is distance learning right now, check these out for more resources and digital learning strategies:<br />
Find out <a href="https://mrsleblancslearners.net/distance-learning-in-elementary/">what is the best platform to use</a> during distance and digital learning!<br />
Use this <a href="https://www.theprimaryparade.com/preschool-visual-schedule/">Preschool Visual Schedule</a> for your littles during at home learning!<br />
Here are some tips for <a href="https://naomimeredith.com/how-to-teach-online-for-home-learning/">how to teach online for home learning</a>!<br />
Get some <a href="https://inspireteachgrow.com/distance-learning-support-for-gifted-students/">distance learning support for gifted students</a> here!<br />
Need <a href="http://www.busymissbeebe.com/math-online-learning-resources-for-students/">Math online learning resources for students</a>?<br />
Read <a href="https://counseloraccents.com/school-closed/">The School Counselor's Guide to School Closures</a>.<br />
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The 100th Day of School is rapidly approaching...or it might actually already have come! Either way, it is a day for celebration and documenting the learning that has happened this year! It’s one of the only days in the school year where you can ask your students, “What have you learned in these 100 days of school?” and they’ll actually give you a decent answer! </div>
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There are SO MANY ways to celebrate the 100th Day of School, but, to me, the most important thing is TO CELEBRATE! I know that you have mountains of grading, the looming observations, 10527 days of indoor recess, and an overflow of standards to teach before the dreaded standardized testing. But, you also have 30 kids who are still kids, and adding in some fun activities where they’re still learning is SO important, and it will make such a difference! So, here are my favorite 100th Day of School Activities for Upper Elementary.</div>
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100th Day of School Activity: Dressing Up</h2>
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You may get some preteen eye rolls when you talk to your students about dressing up for the 100th Day. But know that really, they’re excited, especially when they find out that YOU’RE dressing up too!</div>
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Dress like you’re 100 years old!</h3>
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I did this with my fourth graders, and we had a BLAST! Oh my goodness, I was blown away by their creativity! (And I was pretty excited for the challenge to draw on some wrinkles and gray my hair!) </div>
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Students came in with hats, glasses, cardigans, walking sticks, collared shirts, baby powder in their hair, and it looked like I had a class of 100-year-olds instead of 10-year-olds! The student who took the cake though had his parents shave the top of his head, so it looked like he was balding!! HILARIOUS!!</div>
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Make a shirt with 100 things on it!</h3>
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This is a 100th-day activity I did with my kindergarten classes, but the older kids would definitely have fun with it too! Task your students to add 100 of something to a shirt and wear it to school. I’ve had students cut 100 things out of magazines and attach them to the shirt. Others have poked 100 earrings into a shirt. It’s incredible to see the things they come up with!</div>
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Don’t forget to have a fashion show on the morning of your 100th day to show off their creations!</div>
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100th Day of School Activity: Morning Meeting</h2>
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Morning Meeting is a must for me every day of the year, but I like to amp it up a little more on the 100th day! Here’s what I usually do for the 100th Day of School Morning Meeting:</div>
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<b>Morning Meeting Greeting</b>: If we’re all dressed like we’re 100 years old, we’ll act that way as we greet each other. Also, you can have students pass a greeting around the circle and say, “Happy 100th Day, (name)!” To make it even more fun, create a handshake like touching 1 finger, and then make a zero with your hand and bump hands twice, to make 100!</div>
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<b>Morning Meeting Share: </b>Make a list of things they have learned this 100 days of school or 100 fun memories. You can also have students share what they would like 100 of and what they would NOT like 100 of.</div>
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<b>Morning Meeting Activity</b>: You can prepare some 100-second challenges for students to complete (How many times can you jump rope in 100 seconds? How tall can you build a tower in 100 seconds? How many marshmallows can you stack in 100 seconds? etc.). Or you can put students into groups and give them 100 plastic cups, 100 blocks, or 100 strips of paper, and see what they can create! </div>
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<b>Morning Meeting Message:</b> Here are some sample prompts you can use - choose one to write on the board and have students answer! </div>
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If you were given $100,000, what would you do with it?</div>
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If you could travel to 100 places, where would you go?</div>
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Would you prefer to travel in time back 100 years or forward 100 years? Why?</div>
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What would you like to accomplish before you are 100 years old?</div>
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100th Day of School Activity: Centers</h2>
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I have to say, after several years of planning and teaching on the 100th day of school, centers are my favorite part of the day! You can combine all of your favorite activities for the 100th day of school and make them engaging for your students. I have several different stations planned so students can rotate through them for a couple of hours. They can be reviewing concepts as well as having fun! These 100th day of school math activities, reading activities, and writing activities and more are low prep and easy to do independently.</div>
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100th Day of School Task Cards</h3>
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Task cards make centers so much easier! They give the students exactly what they need to do while providing choices and adding a fun element. I created these <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/100th-Day-of-School-Activities-Task-Cards-Upper-Elementary-5169394">100th Day of School task cards</a> for your classroom:<br />
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100th Day STEM Challenges</h3>
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All kids love building and making things, and the 100th day is a great time to let them do that! I love adding in a couple of centers that challenge students to think creatively and work together to make something.</div>
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Give your students 100 <a href="https://amzn.to/364xu6t">dominoes</a> and see if they can create a chain reaction! This also became a favorite indoor recess activity for my students! You can also challenge students to create a structure out of 100 <a href="https://amzn.to/3awH6ue">blocks</a>, <a href="https://amzn.to/2TCq0F2">popsicle sticks</a>, <a href="https://mathgeekmama.com/100th-day-stem-activities/?utm_campaign=coschedule&utm_source=pinterest&utm_medium=Bethany%20%7C%20Math%20Geek%20Mama&utm_content=100th%20Day%20of%20School%20STEM%20Activities%20for%20K-6%20%7BFREE!%7D">legos</a>, etc. Basically, whatever you have lying around can become a STEM challenge!</div>
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100th Day Writing Projects</h3>
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There are so many fun writing projects you can assign to your students. One of our favorites in fourth grade was taking a picture with the <a href="https://apps.apple.com/us/app/oldify-old-face-app/id621561671">Oldify app</a>, and then writing about what life will be like when we are 100 years old!</div>
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You can also have students use 100 words exactly to write a letter to someone or write about the 100 places they want to visit. You can also give them the prompt of what would life be like if we lived 100 years ago or who would you bring for dinner if you could bring 100 people, dead or alive?!</div>
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A fun extension of the writing is having the students record themselves reading their writing as a video in <a href="https://apps.apple.com/us/app/chatterpix-kids/id734046126">Chatterpix</a> or another app. It adds a technology piece to the project and keeps them engaged in their writing longer!</div>
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<a href="https://www.ndteaching.com/all-blog-posts/100th-day-of-school-activities-for-middle-school">100th Day of School Activities for Middle School Students</a></div>
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<a href="http://www.alliethegypsyteacher.com/2016/03/100th-day-of-kindergarten.html">100th Day of Kindergarten Plans</a><br />
<a href="http://wearebettertogether-shanonjuneau.com/100th-day-of-school/">100th Day of School</a><br />
<a href="https://rootsandwingskindergarten.com/2017/02/the-100th-day-of-school-how-it-all-began.html">How the 100th Day of School Began</a><br />
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What are you planning for your 100th day? Don’t forget to pin this image to reference year after year so you can repeat your favorite 100th day of school activities! Happy 100th Day of School!!<br />
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Allie @ The Gypsy Teacherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15771901874112860613noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5299673734675672220.post-76843749988305168012019-12-08T04:44:00.000-06:002019-12-08T04:44:00.605-06:00The Journey up the Mountain<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I’ll be honest…this post is unlike most of the other’s you’ll read on my blog. It’s very candid- as if we were sitting down at a coffeehouse together. It’s time that I share this part of my life with you. I was scrolling through pictures from 2018, and I happened on one that stopped me in my tracks. It’s a selfie from a year ago, and it’s got me all up in my feelings. Here’s the story behind the picture…<br />
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Allie @ The Gypsy Teacherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15771901874112860613noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5299673734675672220.post-72358082362868325162019-12-01T14:34:00.000-06:002019-12-07T07:02:45.794-06:00Holidays Around the World Made Easy<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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One of my favorite units to teach is about holidays around the world in December. No matter what grade I teach, I include this in my lesson plans, because I love learning and teaching about cultures around the world! Just because this is a busy time of year does not mean you can’t bring holidays from around the world into your classroom! I’m here to help make teaching holidays around the world in December EASY and FUN!</div>
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<span class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qoxvz85zpygz78zhz81zz74z7z65zvz86zz80zbz83z0z122zuz72zyz85ztz85zpz122z50z70zcz86z">You probably just let out a big sigh or rolled your eyes when you read this heading. <b>DON’T CLICK AWAY</b>! I promise this will not be expensive or hard. In fact, you probably already have most of what you need! It doesn’t have to be Instagram-worthy - it can be as simple as sticking some butcher paper up on your wall. <b>YOU DO YOU</b>.</span></div>
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<li style="text-align: left;"><span class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qoxvz85zpygz78zhz81zz74z7z65zvz86zz80zbz83z0z122zuz72zyz85ztz85zpz122z50z70zcz86z">Get</span><span class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qoxvz85zpygz78zhz81zz74z7z65zvz86zz80zbz83z0z122zuz72zyz85ztz85zpz122z50z70zcz86z s-lparen"> </span><span class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qoxvz85zpygz78zhz81zz74z7z65zvz86zz80zbz83z0z122zuz72zyz85ztz85zpz122z50z70zcz86z h-lparen">(or</span><span class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qoxvz85zpygz78zhz81zz74z7z65zvz86zz80zbz83z0z122zuz72zyz85ztz85zpz122z50z70zcz86z"> make)</span><span class="attrlink url author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qoxvz85zpygz78zhz81zz74z7z65zvz86zz80zbz83z0z122zuz72zyz85ztz85zpz122z50z70zcz86z"><a class="attrlink" data-target-href="https://amzn.to/33Hel9D" href="https://amzn.to/33Hel9D" rel="noreferrer nofollow noopener" target="_blank"> flags</a></span><span class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qoxvz85zpygz78zhz81zz74z7z65zvz86zz80zbz83z0z122zuz72zyz85ztz85zpz122z50z70zcz86z"> of the countries you will be studying or just a variety of flags. </span><span class="attrlink url author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qoxvz85zpygz78zhz81zz74z7z65zvz86zz80zbz83z0z122zuz72zyz85ztz85zpz122z50z70zcz86z"><a class="attrlink" data-target-href="https://amzn.to/33Hel9D" href="https://amzn.to/33Hel9D" rel="noreferrer nofollow noopener" target="_blank">This one on Amazon</a></span><span class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qoxvz85zpygz78zhz81zz74z7z65zvz86zz80zbz83z0z122zuz72zyz85ztz85zpz122z50z70zcz86z"> is less than $10 for 82 feet of flags! Great to hang around your classroom, and, for more impact, intertwine with </span><span class="attrlink url author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qoxvz85zpygz78zhz81zz74z7z65zvz86zz80zbz83z0z122zuz72zyz85ztz85zpz122z50z70zcz86z"><a class="attrlink" data-target-href="https://amzn.to/37QiIlQ" href="https://amzn.to/37QiIlQ" rel="noreferrer nofollow noopener" target="_blank">twinkle lights</a></span><span class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qoxvz85zpygz78zhz81zz74z7z65zvz86zz80zbz83z0z122zuz72zyz85ztz85zpz122z50z70zcz86z">! Have students try to find the flags of the countries you study, too!</span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qoxvz85zpygz78zhz81zz74z7z65zvz86zz80zbz83z0z122zuz72zyz85ztz85zpz122z50z70zcz86z">Make sure you’ve got a </span><span class="attrlink url author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qoxvz85zpygz78zhz81zz74z7z65zvz86zz80zbz83z0z122zuz72zyz85ztz85zpz122z50z70zcz86z"><a class="attrlink" data-target-href="https://amzn.to/2r5owaD" href="https://amzn.to/2r5owaD" rel="noreferrer nofollow noopener" target="_blank">world map</a></span><span class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qoxvz85zpygz78zhz81zz74z7z65zvz86zz80zbz83z0z122zuz72zyz85ztz85zpz122z50z70zcz86z"> to mark your travels!</span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qoxvz85zpygz78zhz81zz74z7z65zvz86zz80zbz83z0z122zuz72zyz85ztz85zpz122z50z70zcz86z">If you want to get fancy, get some school butcher paper and create an airplane outside your door or inside the walls of your classroom!</span></li>
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<span class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qoxvz85zpygz78zhz81zz74z7z65zvz86zz80zbz83z0z122zuz72zyz85ztz85zpz122z50z70zcz86z">Holidays Around the World in Morning Meeting</span></h3>
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<span class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qoxvz85zpygz78zhz81zz74z7z65zvz86zz80zbz83z0z122zuz72zyz85ztz85zpz122z50z70zcz86z">Use your class meetings to introduce different holidays around the world that you’re studying! You can have students greet each other with the holiday greeting in each language. If you have a student that celebrates that holiday, you can ask him/her to teach the class how to say the greeting. If you don’t have an in-class resource, you can find most of the holiday greetings for different December holidays around the world on YouTube!</span></div>
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<span class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qoxvz85zpygz78zhz81zz74z7z65zvz86zz80zbz83z0z122zuz72zyz85ztz85zpz122z50z70zcz86z">Your activities could be a special activity or game that the culture does around the holidays! </span><span class="attrlink url author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qoxvz85zpygz78zhz81zz74z7z65zvz86zz80zbz83z0z122zuz72zyz85ztz85zpz122z50z70zcz86z"><a class="attrlink" data-target-href="https://www.parents.com/fun/games/educational/games-from-around-the-world/" href="https://www.parents.com/fun/games/educational/games-from-around-the-world/" rel="noreferrer nofollow noopener" target="_blank">This article</a></span><span class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qoxvz85zpygz78zhz81zz74z7z65zvz86zz80zbz83z0z122zuz72zyz85ztz85zpz122z50z70zcz86z"> from Parents.com has ten GREAT games for you. </span><span class="attrlink url author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qoxvz85zpygz78zhz81zz74z7z65zvz86zz80zbz83z0z122zuz72zyz85ztz85zpz122z50z70zcz86z"><a class="attrlink" data-target-href="https://www.littlepim.com/blog/two-great-holiday-games-from-around-the-world" href="https://www.littlepim.com/blog/two-great-holiday-games-from-around-the-world" rel="noreferrer nofollow noopener" target="_blank">This post </a></span><span class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qoxvz85zpygz78zhz81zz74z7z65zvz86zz80zbz83z0z122zuz72zyz85ztz85zpz122z50z70zcz86z">has two more that your students would love, to go with Germany and Mexico! You can also have playdough challenges where you give each student some playdough and tell them to make one of the holiday icons in 5 minutes! Then you get to look at all of their masterpieces and see whose creation is the closest to the actual icon!</span></div>
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<span class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qoxvz85zpygz78zhz81zz74z7z65zvz86zz80zbz83z0z122zuz72zyz85ztz85zpz122z50z70zcz86z">The message portion of your Morning Meeting would be a great place to incorporate direct instruction of the culture and holiday you’re learning about. You can write a message to your students with information in it, or just have a discussion, show pictures, etc. about the culture and holiday traditions!</span></div>
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<span class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qoxvz85zpygz78zhz81zz74z7z65zvz86zz80zbz83z0z122zuz72zyz85ztz85zpz122z50z70zcz86z">Holidays Around the World in Math</span></h3>
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<span class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qoxvz85zpygz78zhz81zz74z7z65zvz86zz80zbz83z0z122zuz72zyz85ztz85zpz122z50z70zcz86z">It’s easy to integrate Holidays around the World into ELA, but it can prove a bit more difficult for Math. Here are some of my favorite math activities for learning about Holidays Around the World:</span></div>
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<li style="text-align: left;"><span class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qoxvz85zpygz78zhz81zz74z7z65zvz86zz80zbz83z0z122zuz72zyz85ztz85zpz122z50z70zcz86z">Have students figure out how far away the countries you are studying are from you! Great for research and working with large numbers. You can also have students figure out the most cost-effective way to get from your town to a place whose culture you’re learning about. This would be a fun and real-world project for older students!</span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qoxvz85zpygz78zhz81zz74z7z65zvz86zz80zbz83z0z122zuz72zyz85ztz85zpz122z50z70zcz86z">Have a math party, or incorporate some of the ideas in </span><span class="attrlink url author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qoxvz85zpygz78zhz81zz74z7z65zvz86zz80zbz83z0z122zuz72zyz85ztz85zpz122z50z70zcz86z"><a class="attrlink" data-target-href="https://aroundthekampfire.com/2019/11/christmas-holidays-around-world-math-party-ideas.html" href="https://aroundthekampfire.com/2019/11/christmas-holidays-around-world-math-party-ideas.html" rel="noreferrer nofollow noopener" target="_blank">this blog post from Around the Kampfire</a></span><span class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qoxvz85zpygz78zhz81zz74z7z65zvz86zz80zbz83z0z122zuz72zyz85ztz85zpz122z50z70zcz86z"> in your math centers! Linda is a genius with these activities!</span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qoxvz85zpygz78zhz81zz74z7z65zvz86zz80zbz83z0z122zuz72zyz85ztz85zpz122z50z70zcz86z">Amanda Stitt has a </span><span class="attrlink url author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qoxvz85zpygz78zhz81zz74z7z65zvz86zz80zbz83z0z122zuz72zyz85ztz85zpz122z50z70zcz86z"><a class="attrlink" data-target-href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Winter-Holidays-Around-the-World-Math-Christmas-Around-the-World-5th-Grade-4216256?utm_medium=social&utm_source=pinterest&utm_campaign=tailwind_smartloop&utm_content=smartloop&utm_term=36997344#show-price-update" href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Winter-Holidays-Around-the-World-Math-Christmas-Around-the-World-5th-Grade-4216256?utm_medium=social&utm_source=pinterest&utm_campaign=tailwind_smartloop&utm_content=smartloop&utm_term=36997344#show-price-update" rel="noreferrer nofollow noopener" target="_blank">5th Grade Math Project </a></span><span class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qoxvz85zpygz78zhz81zz74z7z65zvz86zz80zbz83z0z122zuz72zyz85ztz85zpz122z50z70zcz86z">which is another great option if you’re short on planning time! It looks amazing!</span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qoxvz85zpygz78zhz81zz74z7z65zvz86zz80zbz83z0z122zuz72zyz85ztz85zpz122z50z70zcz86z">Holidays around the World math building challenge: Use any task cards that your students need practice with along with some sort of block or building material. As students complete a task card, they get three more blocks. As they get blocks they try to build something that goes along with the holiday you’re studying! </span></li>
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<span class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qoxvz85zpygz78zhz81zz74z7z65zvz86zz80zbz83z0z122zuz72zyz85ztz85zpz122z50z70zcz86z">Holidays Around the World Books</span></h3>
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<span class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qoxvz85zpygz78zhz81zz74z7z65zvz86zz80zbz83z0z122zuz72zyz85ztz85zpz122z50z70zcz86z">Who doesn’t love picture books?! They are such great tools for teaching something new and connect the students to new cultures, concepts, and experiences! Here are some of my favorites for teaching Holidays around the World in December:</span></div>
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<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Walk-This-World-at-Christmastime/dp/0763689211/ref=as_li_ss_il?keywords=walk+the+world&qid=1575192900&s=books&sr=1-2&linkCode=li2&tag=thegypsyteach-20&linkId=4cd7cd18198ed0f5c7a0a4dd5f270abc&language=en_US" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="//ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&ASIN=0763689211&Format=_SL160_&ID=AsinImage&MarketPlace=US&ServiceVersion=20070822&WS=1&tag=thegypsyteach-20&language=en_US" /></a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="https://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=thegypsyteach-20&language=en_US&l=li2&o=1&a=0763689211" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /></div>
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<a href="https://www.amazon.com/World-Cookies-Santa-Follow-Santas/dp/0544226208/ref=as_li_ss_il?keywords=cookies+for+santa&qid=1575192877&s=books&sr=1-2&linkCode=li2&tag=thegypsyteach-20&linkId=715620c049d0c988b93a3d9980b85dd5&language=en_US" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="//ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&ASIN=0544226208&Format=_SL160_&ID=AsinImage&MarketPlace=US&ServiceVersion=20070822&WS=1&tag=thegypsyteach-20&language=en_US" /></a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="https://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=thegypsyteach-20&language=en_US&l=li2&o=1&a=0544226208" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /></div>
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<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Twas-Nochebuena-Roseanne-Greenfield-Thong/dp/0670016349/ref=as_li_ss_il?keywords=las+posadas&qid=1575192985&s=books&sr=1-2&linkCode=li2&tag=thegypsyteach-20&linkId=9e0ab9a54e8497144860307baea8a138&language=en_US" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="//ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&ASIN=0670016349&Format=_SL160_&ID=AsinImage&MarketPlace=US&ServiceVersion=20070822&WS=1&tag=thegypsyteach-20&language=en_US" /></a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="https://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=thegypsyteach-20&language=en_US&l=li2&o=1&a=0670016349" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /></div>
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<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Legend-Old-Befana-Italian-Christmas/dp/1481477633/ref=as_li_ss_il?keywords=la+befana&qid=1575194152&s=books&sr=1-1&linkCode=li2&tag=thegypsyteach-20&linkId=c9b1b8868994b1f43b8c17f16ebe12df&language=en_US" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="//ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&ASIN=1481477633&Format=_SL160_&ID=AsinImage&MarketPlace=US&ServiceVersion=20070822&WS=1&tag=thegypsyteach-20&language=en_US" /></a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="https://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=thegypsyteach-20&language=en_US&l=li2&o=1&a=1481477633" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /></div>
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<span class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qoxvz85zpygz78zhz81zz74z7z65zvz86zz80zbz83z0z122zuz72zyz85ztz85zpz122z50z70zcz86z"><a href="https://amzn.to/2srKxR9">Lucia Morning in Sweden</a> is such a wonderful book to learn about Lucia Day and Swedish traditions!</span></div>
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<li><span class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qoxvz85zpygz78zhz81zz74z7z65zvz86zz80zbz83z0z122zuz72zyz85ztz85zpz122z50z70zcz86z">Have students read or listen to a book about the holiday, discuss it with a classmate, and respond to it.</span></li>
<li><span class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qoxvz85zpygz78zhz81zz74z7z65zvz86zz80zbz83z0z122zuz72zyz85ztz85zpz122z50z70zcz86z">Use a Venn Diagram to compare and contrast two of the holidays, and then write about the similarities and differences.</span></li>
<li><span class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qoxvz85zpygz78zhz81zz74z7z65zvz86zz80zbz83z0z122zuz72zyz85ztz85zpz122z50z70zcz86z">Come up with <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Christmas-Categories-Game-December-Winter-Holidays-Baking-Generosity-2909219">holiday vocabulary </a>for students to play games with, memorize, and use in writing.</span></li>
<li><span class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qoxvz85zpygz78zhz81zz74z7z65zvz86zz80zbz83z0z122zuz72zyz85ztz85zpz122z50z70zcz86z">Use Holidays around the World </span><span class="attrlink url author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qoxvz85zpygz78zhz81zz74z7z65zvz86zz80zbz83z0z122zuz72zyz85ztz85zpz122z50z70zcz86z"><a class="attrlink" data-target-href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Winter-Holidays-Around-the-World-Reading-Comprehension-Passages-3rd-4th-Grade-2896280" href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Winter-Holidays-Around-the-World-Reading-Comprehension-Passages-3rd-4th-Grade-2896280" rel="noreferrer nofollow noopener" target="_blank">reading passages</a></span><span class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qoxvz85zpygz78zhz81zz74z7z65zvz86zz80zbz83z0z122zuz72zyz85ztz85zpz122z50z70zcz86z">.</span></li>
<li><span class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qoxvz85zpygz78zhz81zz74z7z65zvz86zz80zbz83z0z122zuz72zyz85ztz85zpz122z50z70zcz86z">Have students research a certain holiday and present their findings to the class or make a video about the holiday and culture.</span></li>
<li><span class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qoxvz85zpygz78zhz81zz74z7z65zvz86zz80zbz83z0z122zuz72zyz85ztz85zpz122z50z70zcz86z">Teach how-to writing and have students write a how-to writing piece on something that they have learned to do from a culture or holiday tradition.</span></li>
<li><span class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qoxvz85zpygz78zhz81zz74z7z65zvz86zz80zbz83z0z122zuz72zyz85ztz85zpz122z50z70zcz86z">For your younger to middle-aged elementary students, <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Christmas-Around-the-World-Label-and-Color-BUNDLE-3516206">work on labeling or writing</a> about each holiday you discover.</span></li>
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<li><span class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qoxvz85zpygz78zhz81zz74z7z65zvz86zz80zbz83z0z122zuz72zyz85ztz85zpz122z50z70zcz86z">Crafts are also a great idea for Holidays around the World, but they can tend to get tedious after a while. I would recommend having your students choose a holiday to represent through craft at the end of each week, and give them all sorts of materials to make something. But, the twist is to keep the Holidays around the World crafts open-ended! Students will have seen the holiday traditions and items of each culture through books, videos, and lessons. So, why not let them create what they love the most!?! They can be so creative, and it’s a great way to engage the upper grades. </span></li>
<li><span class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qoxvz85zpygz78zhz81zz74z7z65zvz86zz80zbz83z0z122zuz72zyz85ztz85zpz122z50z70zcz86z">Students can make Holidays around the World journals to keep track of what they learn and write down what they experience. This is a great keepsake to remember these holidays and traditions, and even introduce some to their families at home!</span></li>
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November is the perfect month to focus on teaching the social-emotional learning element of gratitude! I have seven activities on gratitude that you can use with your students or even your own children to promote thankfulness this month and all year long! These gratitude activities for kids help us be mindful of what we have! Get ready to dive into seven fun, engaging gratitude activities for elementary students!<br />
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I love introducing all of my social-emotional topics and, really, any topic with picture books! Picture books are so helpful when teaching because they give our students tangible examples and experience with what they’re learning.</div>
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I’ve collected a list of my FAVORITE gratitude books to read with my students. Clicking on the links will take you to Amazon, so you can add them to your collection!</div>
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<a href="https://amzn.to/2qietOH">Gracias/Thanks</a> is about a young biracial boy who is recounting what he is thankful for in a poetic way! I love that I have students that can see themselves in this book- I always aim to increase the diversity in my read alouds!</div>
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<a href="https://amzn.to/2MzsekG">Thanksgiving in the Woods </a>is a sweet story with beautiful illustrations and words about a family in New York who spends Thanksgiving in the woods on their farm for over 20 years! It’s based on a true story.</div>
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<a href="https://amzn.to/35R6pEW">Thankful</a> is the perfect way to start out the month of November. It shares in a poetic way who is thankful for what, and it’s just perfect for teaching gratitude and thankfulness! It’s one that I’m adding to my collection this year!</div>
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<a href="https://amzn.to/2N1eyxQ">The Secret of Saying Thanks</a> reminds us of the wonders of the world that we can tend to forget to be thankful for! It has beautiful illustrations and provides a great story to read and discuss gratitude.</div>
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<a href="https://amzn.to/2BwcLeO">Today I Am Grateful </a>is another great jumping off book to start or continue the gratitude discussion. It gives active ways to be grateful at the end of the book and teaches students to be grateful!</div>
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If you want some more Thanksgiving book recommendations for kids, read my friend <a href="https://littlelearningcorner.com/2019/10/10-popular-thanksgiving-books-for-kids.html">Sarah's blog post</a> on Little Learning Corner!</div>
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Gratitude Activity 2: Gratitude Walk</h3>
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Getting outside in nature calms us down and helps us be mindful of what’s around us. For one of our gratitude activities, I like to take my students on a walk outside around the school. Before we go for our gratitude walk, I talk about grounding ourselves and using our senses to be mindful of what we experience.</div>
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During the walk, we may pause and close our eyes, take some deep breaths, and listen. If it’s safe, I have my students take their shoes off during a part of the walk and feel the ground through their feet. We might share things that we’re grateful for during the walk or afterward. Maybe you want your students to pick up something to remind them of the walk, or maybe not.</div>
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Once our Gratitude Walk is complete, I usually give my students five minutes to sketch or write in a journal whatever is in their brain. They can write how they felt, what they sensed, what they felt grateful for, what they thought of during the walk, etc. Then, we will discuss it all together or in small groups, </div>
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This gratitude activity expands our minds of what we have to be grateful for and helps us reflect on life around us.</div>
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Gratitude Activity 3: Write Thank You Cards</h3>
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From a young age, my mom had me writing <a href="https://amzn.to/2JalwzH">thank you notes</a> for birthday and Christmas gifts. And even though I [still] sometimes roll my eyes at the task, I do know that it is such an important act of gratitude. Not only does it acknowledge what others do for us, but it also makes us appreciate their special gifts or acts. Plus, it makes the recipient feel so special!</div>
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This is one of my favorite, easy expressing gratitude activities. Having our students write<a href="https://amzn.to/2JoYHZd"> thank you cards</a> help them think about all of the things that others do for us that we can be grateful for. I have my students write thank you notes to other teachers, support staff, admin, parent volunteers, each other, etc. Everyone chooses someone to thank, and we spend time writing thoughtful, specific, kind thank you notes to them.</div>
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You can make the cards out of construction paper, or pick up a couple of packs of cards for students to choose from. Here are some of my favorites from Amazon:</div>
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Gratitude Activity 4: Serving Others</h3>
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Some of my favorite gratitude activities for elementary students are service projects. Pushing our students outside of themselves and their bubbles helps them better understand the world around them and how they can serve others. These gratitude activities for the classroom to serve are a great place to start:<br />
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Conduct a Drive</h4>
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Have your class decide on something to collect for a specific group of people in your area. It could be a food drive for a local food bank, clothes drive for a women’s shelter, a book drive for another school in need, etc.</div>
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One drive that would really be meaningful for our students is a toy drive. Have each student bring in a toy that they are willing to give to another child, take a picture of each student with their specific toys, and have them write about a memory they have with that toy. Then, find a donating service to give the toys to, along with the pictures and stories. What a special way to pass on a special toy to another child!</div>
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Better your School</h4>
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There are several gratitude projects you can do to make your school a better place. You could plant a tree, build a garden and plant some vegetables or flowers, help organize the library, read to a younger class, pick up trash, start a recycling program, etc. The opportunities are endless! It would be best to get your admin involved right away to make sure that your project is approved before you plan and take action!</div>
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This is not a new thing in the teacher world, but I think it’s a great service project for our students! Organizing and serving teachers through a coffee cart or coffee station helps our students learn so many things, and helps them show gratitude for staff in a tangible way.</div>
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You could make this a weekly project for the month, or the whole year! To make things easier and not recreate the wheel, I’m going to direct you over to <a href="https://www.mrsdscorner.com/coffeecartfriday/">Mrs. D’s Corner</a> - she has everything laid out for you step-by-step to get started! <a href="http://theresourceteach.blogspot.com/2017/04/classroom-food-cart.html">The Resource Teacher</a> also has great ideas to make this work!</div>
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Gratitude Activity 5: STEM Gratitude Tower</h3>
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Add a STEM element to practicing gratitude by making a Gratitude Tower!! This idea comes from <a href="https://carlyandadam.com/thecarlyandadam/2018/11/15/3-ways-to-teach-gratitude-in-the-classroom?rq=gratitude">Carly and Adam</a>, and I love it! It gets all students engaged in thankfulness- as students write what they are thankful for on <a href="https://amzn.to/35RYl6F">index cards</a>.</div>
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Then, they work to build the tallest tower using the<a href="https://amzn.to/35RYl6F"> index cards</a> they wrote on! It shows that as we work together and be mindful of what we are grateful for, we can make something special!</div>
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This gratitude activity gets our students thinking about why they are thankful for each other! Each day I choose one student randomly to be our spotlighted student of the day. That student sits in front of the whiteboard, and then I ask the students what do you love about (student)? Why are you thankful for them? </div>
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The students answer, and then write their answers with <a href="https://amzn.to/2W0zg4X">expo markers</a> on the board behind the student. You can also keep these a surprise for the student until the end. We fill up the board with compliments and reasons we’re thankful for them, and then I take the student’s picture with all of the words of encouragement. I send the picture to the child’s parents that day, and print and <a href="https://amzn.to/2o4eWmO">frame</a> the picture for a gift sometime during the year!</div>
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We do this for every student - one each day until everyone has had a turn. This really makes the students feel special and seen, and it gives them opportunities to be encouraging and appreciative of their peers!</div>
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Gratitude Activity 7: Thankful Tree</h3>
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This might be my FAVORITE of the gratitude activities for the classroom. I do <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Gratitude-Activity-Thankful-Tree-Class-Project-Gratitude-Tree-Activity-383699">this</a> with my students every November, and I see the difference it makes in their mindfulness and gratitude. We make <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Gratitude-Activity-Thankful-Tree-Class-Project-Gratitude-Tree-Activity-383699">a class thankful tree</a>! This is how it works:</div>
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Before November 1st, I make a tree trunk and branches on a bulletin board or wall in my classroom. I make it out of <a href="https://amzn.to/32zV6Ph">brown butcher paper</a>. I also print out a bunch of leaves on <a href="https://amzn.to/32BK6B1">red, orange, and yellow paper</a>. You’ll need enough<a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Gratitude-Activity-Thankful-Tree-Class-Project-Gratitude-Tree-Activity-383699"> leaves</a> for each student (and you) to write on one each school day in November. I cut leaves for each of us for November 1st.</div>
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Then, on the morning of November 1st, I introduce our <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Gratitude-Activity-Thankful-Tree-Class-Project-Gratitude-Tree-Activity-383699">Thankful Tree</a> in Morning Meeting. I first read one of the books I shared above. We discuss gratitude, and why it’s important to be thankful for all the good things in our lives. I introduce the <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Gratitude-Activity-Thankful-Tree-Class-Project-Gratitude-Tree-Activity-383699">Thankful Tree</a> and share that we will be working on our mindfulness and gratitude this month with this class gratitude project. </div>
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I explain that every day we will each start the day by writing one thing that we’re thankful for on a leaf, and bring it to Morning Meeting. At Morning Meeting, we will share what we’re thankful for, and I will attach the leaves to our tree. As we go through November, <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Gratitude-Activity-Thankful-Tree-Class-Project-Gratitude-Tree-Activity-383699">our gratitude tree</a> will continue to flourish with leaves! The trick is that you can’t write the same thing twice. Every day you must think of something different that you’re thankful for. Practicing gratitude every day will help us be more mindful of our decisions and our mindset.</div>
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Next, I will show my leaf for the first day, and talk about how our leaves can be specific or broad, but it’s good to be creative and mindful about every part of our days. Every day may not be good, but we can find something good in each day. I will put my leaf on the tree, and give each student a leaf to go write something that they are thankful for on. And I will put them all up on the tree afterward.</div>
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TIP: I put all the other leaves I printed out in a center on November 1st for the students to help me cut all of the leaves out. It works on their fine motor skills, and we can get them all done in 1-2 days. I keep all of the blank leaves in a basket, and students know to grab one when they come in each morning, write what they’re thankful for, and join me in our meeting area for Morning Meeting. Routines will help <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Gratitude-Activity-Thankful-Tree-Class-Project-Gratitude-Tree-Activity-383699">this activity</a> work even better!</div>
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It’s so exciting to see <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Gratitude-Activity-Thankful-Tree-Class-Project-Gratitude-Tree-Activity-383699">our tree</a> expand as we continue to be thankful throughout the month! If you want to save time and make your life easier, you can check out this<a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Gratitude-Activity-Thankful-Tree-Class-Project-Gratitude-Tree-Activity-383699"> resource here</a>!</div>
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I love incorporating these gratitude activities for kids into my November lesson plans and beyond! The gratitude activities help our students become mindful of what they have to be thankful for and learn how to express gratitude in many ways! </div>
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Morning Meeting is one of the most important parts of my school day, and I believe that it should be a pillar in every classroom. For those of you who do Morning Meeting, or if you’re interested in starting Morning Meeting, you probably know that the first component of the Responsive Classroom Morning Meeting is the Greeting. Students work on their manners and respect as they greet their classmates. Greetings are an integral part of building classroom community too, as we acknowledge each other and build relationships in our safe space.<br />
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Sometimes it can be challenging coming up with fresh ideas for Morning Meeting greetings that are different than the norm. I love adding seasonal or holiday morning meeting greetings to my arsenal to peak student interest and enjoy each season and holiday. </div>
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Here are five Morning Meeting Greetings for Fall- my favorite season! You can use these morning meeting greetings for kindergarten all the way up to upper elementary and even middle school! I have included a couple for the whole season, as well as a Halloween-themed greeting and a Thanksgiving-themed greeting. Make sure you read to the bottom of this post for a freebie and to pin this post to refer back to during the autumn months! </div>
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Morning Meeting Greeting 1: Falling Leaves</h3>
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This Morning Meeting greeting is done with all students standing in a circle. The first student waves to his/her neighbor and says, “Good Morning, (Student’s Name)”. Student 2 shakes Student 1’s hand and says “Good Morning, (Student’s Name).” Then, Student 1 acts like a falling leaf (as if Student 2 shook his branch to make him fall off the “tree”) and falls to sit on the ground. </div>
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This continues around the circle, and the last student standing shakes hands with the first fallen leaf so that everyone is seated at the end of the greeting!</div>
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Morning Meeting Greeting 2: Pumpkin Seeds</h3>
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Before Morning Meeting begins, get a hollow<a href="https://amzn.to/2UyTvWW"> pumpkin </a>(or orange bucket if a pumpkin isn’t available). Cut seed shapes out of <a href="https://amzn.to/2HQOfsG">colored paper</a> and write each student’s name on a seed, and put them into the bucket. During your Greeting time, call one student to pick a seed out of the pumpkin (without looking) and greet that student with a fist bump or high five. Then, Student 1 sits down and Student 2 picks a seed out of the pumpkin. This continues until all seeds are out of the pumpkin and everyone has been greeted! Keep the seeds to reuse several times!</div>
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Morning Meeting Greeting 3: Smores</h3>
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Students can mingle around and find different partners to do this with, or they can sit in a circle and take turns greeting each other. Basically, they will make a hand stack with their partners. They will take turns using a hand - Student 1’s first hand will act like a graham cracker, and be flat on the bottom. Student 2’s first hand will act like the chocolate, and be in a fist with his/her fingers on top of the first hand. Student 1’s second hand will act like the marshmallow, and be in a fist with his/her fingers sideways, and Student 2’s second hand will be the second graham cracker, laying flat on the top. </div>
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Once all four hands have been stacked, they’ll greet each other, and then act like they’re eating a s’more and say “YUM!” at the end!</div>
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Morning Meeting Greeting 4: Trick or Treat</h3>
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This is a class greeting. Everyone is seated in a circle, and this is the dialogue that happens:</div>
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Class: “Ding Dong” (acts like they’re pushing a doorbell)</div>
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Student: “Who’s there?” (acts like he/she is opening a door)</div>
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Class: “Trick or Treat, (Student’s Name)!”</div>
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Student: “No tricks here...our class is a TREAT!” OR “Happy Halloween, Class!”</div>
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You can choose (or make your own) for what the student will say at the end. Then, this will continue around the circle so that everyone has a chance to be greeted.</div>
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Morning Meeting Greeting 5: #Thankful</h3>
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This is a great greeting to do in November, when we near Thanksgiving, or any time! It’s very similar to a Compliment Circle. Everyone will sit in a circle with their legs out in front of them. You, as the teacher, start by saying, “I’m thankful for (Student’s Name) because…” and finish the phrase. You’ll have to model some ideas that are deeper and more meaningful than “He’s a great friend” or “ She’s really nice”. Encourage students to think outside of the box. Whichever student you choose says, “Thank you (your name)” and pulls in his/her legs. Then, the student to your left (or right) is next to repeat the greeting to someone whose legs are out in front of them. By the end, everyone has greeted someone else, and everyone has received a greeting!</div>
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If you’re a visual learner like me, I’ve recorded myself doing and teaching these greetings. Feel free to watch this video to get a better idea of how each morning meeting greeting works!</div>
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Here are some more great fall blog posts from other teachers to read!<br />
<a href="https://theteacherhouse.com/h-e-a-l-t-h-y-b-o-d-y-h-e-a-l-t-h-y-m-i-n-d/?fbclid=IwAR3qWzy0vEd-BWD_e-BqImpCdQc5K_0oLYo0nzThv8CUyeJO4Cnfl8TNBsw">The Teacher House has a great post on how to get students healthy!</a><br />
<a href="https://earthfixes.com/2019/08/28/teaching-about-science-and-nature-for-elementary-grades/?fbclid=IwAR00wTGRnSlZ49aNzGjiTjyDo2F3P2IZi45caIAVBPXRwXA-o2WQxQY99AM">This is a great read about incorporating science and nature into your lessons!</a><br />
<a href="https://brainninjas.ca/emergency-sub-plans/?fbclid=IwAR2_MFtM_YG-VZkpoSsLQq679PoGjEo72zA04ZEi-le7lN1UanN9p6WExb0">Feeling the sniffles or stomachache coming on? Brain Ninjas has you covered with Emergency Sub Plans!</a><br />
<a href="https://teachinginroom5.com/3-secret-tips-to-increase-your-scholastic-book-club-orders/?fbclid=IwAR2pSoC39X-gsT4GVqEDnhYOw25zFSGf_LfHnLLf4baCzZPEexVFlD3jS2M">Teaching in Room 5 has awesome Scholastic book order secrets to share!</a><br />
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If you love Morning Meeting as much as I do, I want to make your life easier by planning all of the greetings, sharing questions, activities, and messages for you! I have <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Morning-Meeting-Slides-GROWING-BUNDLE-Social-Emotional-Learning-4761005">a growing bundle for 3rd-5th grade of Morning Meeting slides</a>, and they include social-emotional concepts too! If you need to save some time and energy this year, <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Morning-Meeting-Slides-GROWING-BUNDLE-Social-Emotional-Learning-4761005">click here</a> to get more info!<br />
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I hope you and your students enjoy using these greetings to strengthen your classroom community this fall! I’d love to see them in action - feel free to snap a photo or video and post it on Instagram or Facebook, and tag me! Don’t forget to pin this post to your Fall Pinterest Boards too!!<br />
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I am very passionate about building a classroom community, or classroom family, that is tight-knit, supportive, respectful, honest, collaborative, and loving. Not only does it help when it comes to<a href="http://www.alliethegypsyteacher.com/2019/02/classroom-management-ideas.html"> classroom management</a>, but it also makes our classroom feel safe. Building a community of learners in the classroom gives students a home away from home where they can be their true selves, learn from others, and take ownership of their learning<br />
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It can prove difficult to get to that point of a strong classroom community though. Our students come to us as strangers...some may be friends, others may not. We get a smorgasbord of cultures and personalities, and it is our task to bring our learners together. The important thing, even though it may be difficult, is to start building a community in the classroom from day 1. And, I have several ways you can do that.<br />
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Building a Classroom Community with Morning Meeting</h2>
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I LOVE Morning Meeting!! It makes me so happy to start each day together in a circle getting to know each other better and growing together. We collaborate, laugh, learn manners, and have discussions about important topics. I love including social-emotional learning into my Morning Meeting too- talking about character traits and strategies to help us through tough situations. This is one of my favorite ways for building classroom community in elementary school and middle school.<br />
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The Impact of Morning Meeting</h3>
You may be thinking, “Why do I need to take time out of our already limited schedule for a classroom meeting?” Not only does a classroom meeting (it doesn’t have to be in the morning!) build a sense of community in the classroom, but it also: <br />
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<li>Gives a safe space for students to share what’s on their hearts, no matter if it is big or small.</li>
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Morning Meeting Key Components</h3>
The<a href="https://www.responsiveclassroom.org/category/morning-meeting/"> Responsive Classroom</a> model of Morning Meeting has four components: Greeting, Share, Activity, and Message. I believe that they are all very important, and I try to include all four in my classroom meetings every day. They don’t have to be very long- my Morning Meeting structure usually looks like this:<br />
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<li>Greeting: 5 minutes (teaches manners, respect, and speaking & listening skills)</li>
<li>Share: 5 minutes (works on speaking/listening skills, storytelling, and empathy towards others)</li>
<li>Activity: 10 minutes (encourages collaboration, team work, problem-solving, and having fun!)</li>
<li>Message: 10 minutes (can incorporate character education, academic concepts, and a preview of the day)</li>
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If you struggle coming up with fresh Morning Meeting ideas, or just need help jump-starting your Morning Meetings, check out <a href="https://www.pinterest.com/thegypsyteacher/morning-meeting/">my Pinterest board</a> that I’ve curated just for you!! It’s broken up into grade levels, so you can find what works for you! Click on the picture or <a href="https://www.pinterest.com/thegypsyteacher/morning-meeting/">HERE</a> to browse the board!<br />
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Building a Classroom Community with Mentor Texts</h2>
Mentor texts can be so helpful when teaching students how to respect, accept, appreciate, care for, and love one another. No matter the age of your students, you can find mentor texts for what you need. I use them throughout the year to help me mentor my students and help the all-important Social-Emotional Learning “click”.<br />
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Mentor texts are usually picture books that carry a certain theme and provide a jumping off point for fantastic discussions. They can be used to teach an academic standard, but I personally use them most for social-emotional learning and character education. There are character traits mentor texts on everything from friendship and kindness to self-control and responsibility. Here are a few of my favorites! (You can click the titles or pictures to get them on Amazon. I use affiliate links but it doesn’t cost you any extra and it helps me out a bit!)<br />
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<a href="https://amzn.to/2SEGRVs">What if Everybody Did That?</a> is a great book to discuss the importance of rules in life, and in the classroom. During and after reading, you can discuss what would happen if everybody did different actions or didn’t follow the rules. It’s important to discuss that we have consequences for our actions, no matter what they are, and how we should think before we do something. I definitely recommend reading this one during the first weeks of school!<br />
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<a href="https://amzn.to/2JPCd3Y">The Invisible Boy</a> is one of my favorite picture books of all time. It makes me tear up each time I read it. It’s a story of friendship and accepting each other no matter how we look or act, and how important that is. I love the message through the illustrations too. It’s a must-read!<br />
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<a href="https://amzn.to/2Yi5ht7">A Flicker of Hope</a> is a hopeful story that gives several ways to ask for help when someone needs it. It’s an important story to share for the times when students may feel down, depressed, or need help in any way. It also builds our hope and shares how you can be a hope builder too!<br />
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<a href="https://amzn.to/2YcpJHz">Jabari Jumps</a> is an awesome book about perseverance, determination, and courage. It would be great for testing season or any time students need a boost of confidence!! I love the beautiful story of Jabari!<br />
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Building a Classroom Community with Student Ownership</h2>
At the beginning of the school year, it is so important to guide your students in setting goals. There are many ways to do this- <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Reflection-Journal-Reflection-Records-for-the-Year-3300832">with journals</a>, setting one single goal at a time, etc. But the important thing is to teach them how to set a goal that is (1) achievable and (2) measurable. That way they can reach their goals and set bigger ones!! <br />
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Goal-setting with your students helps them take ownership of their learning. If they know the goal they have, and are reminded of it, they are motivated to reach it themselves, and you can be there to encourage them as well. Checking in with students throughout the year, individually or in small groups, is a key factor for success too!<br />
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I love using <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Levels-of-Understanding-Posters-1973744">Levels of Understanding</a> to also help students take ownership of their learning. They can be used as a self check-in, after a small or whole group lesson, or they could even write their level on the top of their work after they finish! The <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Levels-of-Understanding-Posters-1973744">Levels </a>help you as a teacher see where your students are at, and who may need some reteaching. But they also help your students think about their learning and how well they understand concepts. This teaches them how to self-regulate and when to ask for help.<br />
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<span style="text-align: center;">My friend </span><a href="https://teachingorganized.com/student-centered-classrooms-create-community/" style="text-align: center;">Danielle</a><span style="text-align: center;"> shares all about how she gives her students ownership by creating </span><a href="https://teachingorganized.com/student-centered-classrooms-create-community/" style="text-align: center;">a student-centered classroom</a><span style="text-align: center;">. I love this idea, and I agree that it's so important that your students feel a part of your classroom community!</span><br />
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Building a Classroom Community with Consistency</h2>
Something that I have learned in my five years of teaching is how important consistency is to our students and classroom atmosphere. My first year teaching I was NOT consistent, and I could tell, because my classroom community was a MESS all year! My students did not respect me or each other very well. I struggled <a href="http://www.alliethegypsyteacher.com/2019/02/classroom-management-ideas.html">managing my classroom</a>. We had fun, but it definitely could have been so much better!<br />
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<a href="https://vestals21stcenturyclassroom.com/classroom-management-techniques-for-new-teachers/">Megan</a> has so many awesome <a href="https://vestals21stcenturyclassroom.com/classroom-management-techniques-for-new-teachers/">Classroom Management techniques</a> that would have saved me much heartache and stress my first year of teaching. She simplifies it for you and helps you start your school year on the right foot!<br />
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I love this <a href="https://jessicazannini.com/2017/06/26/how-adding-a-little-mystery-can-make-classroom-management-magic/">Classroom Management idea</a> from <a href="https://jessicazannini.com/2017/06/26/how-adding-a-little-mystery-can-make-classroom-management-magic/">Jessica</a>! I used it when I taught Kindergarten and Fourth Grade, and it works so well!!<br />
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<a href="https://teachingdunnsimply.com/2019/07/25/classroom-behavior-management/">Leslie</a> has all kinds of tips and helpful information for you in this <a href="https://teachingdunnsimply.com/2019/07/25/classroom-behavior-management/">Behavior Management post!</a> She has great ideas on how to start the school year off right and become a behavior management PRO!<br />
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Kate shares <a href="https://primarilykate.com/10-strategies-for-building-relationships-with-students/">10 strategies for building relationships with students</a>!<br />
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Lindsay has great tips for <a href="https://lindsayannlearning.com/building-classroom-culture/">building a classroom culture</a>!<br />
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Meredith has a fantastic post about <a href="https://www.thetransformedteacher.com/blog/2019/6/16/being-happy-as-a-teacher-without-feeling-guilty-about-it?fbclid=IwAR3nmjSHtlWAd0ZB7q33dSPWQVcSH5GPvryNHxW5xp79BDoiUD72rh7Xx3A">being happy as a teacher without feeling guilty about it!</a><br />
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I love this <a href="https://www.tailsofteaching.com/2020/01/cheerful-teacher-challenge.html">Cheerful Teacher Challenge</a> from Olivia! It's a free download!<br />
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Beth has awesome strategies for <a href="https://www.thebetterteacherproject.com/post/how-to-really-build-relationships-with-students">building relationships with your students</a> - so important!!<br />
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Building a caring classroom community from Day 1 is crucial for a close-knit classroom that respects, loves, and encourages one another! I hope these ideas and tips help you make this year the best yet!! Please pin this image to save it for later and share it with your friends!<br />
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If you're looking for hands-on and fresh ways to <a href="https://thecampbellconnection.com/equivalent-fractions-on-a-number-line/">teach equivalent fractions on a number line</a>, you have to check out <a href="https://thecampbellconnection.com/equivalent-fractions-on-a-number-line/">this post</a>. Melissa is an equivalent fractions GENIUS!<br />
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Dear Burned Out Teacher,
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I see you. I know you. I sometimes am you. Teacher life is
hard – the long hours, the emotional wear and tear, the lack of funds, the
large class sizes, the list goes on and on. Maybe you’re ready to search for other
career options for burned out teachers or just need some advice for burned out
teachers. Whether you are a burned out teacher yourself, or you have a sweet friend
who is showing the signs of teacher burn out, I am SO glad you are here.
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You are so valuable to the teacher community. You have
creative ideas to share. You have a passion for teaching that may be just
smoldering at the moment, but I assure you that the flame can be revived.
Whether you’re a burned out preschool teacher, a burned out special education
teacher, or a burned out elementary teacher, among others, I have good news for
you. But first, I want to ask you some questions. Stick with me; because there's <a href="http://www.kaysemorris.com/sellyourteachingresourcesonline">teacher GOLD</a> waiting for you at the bottom of this post! Make sure you share it with your teacher friends so they can change their lives too!<br />
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Why did you become a teacher? What do you love about
teaching? If you could have your dream teacher job, what would it look like?
While you think about why you decided on this teacher career, let me share my
answers with you.
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Before the Burned-Out
Teacher Life</h2>
I became a teacher because I couldn’t dream of a better job.
I love kids – <a href="http://www.alliethegypsyteacher.com/2017/03/teaching-in-tanzania.html">building relationships</a> with them, <a href="http://www.alliethegypsyteacher.com/2019/02/classroom-management-ideas.html">caring for them</a>, being a part
of those lightbulb moments. Putting a smile on their face, knowing them more
than just as students, and helping them grow as a whole person. Those are my
favorite moments.
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I’m also a planner TO MY CORE. I was homeschooled as a kid,
and by age eight I was using my mom’s old teacher edition textbooks to write
lesson plans for my class of stuffed animals and dolls. I loved keeping my
agenda in order as a middle and high school student. And once <a href="https://www.pinterest.com/thegypsyteacher/">Pinterest</a> came
out, my love for planning lessons continued to grow as I pinned all of the
teacher things to use later in my career!
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My favorite thing about being a teacher (besides the kids)
is using my creativity. I love coming up with unique and creative lessons where
I use everyday objects to create <a href="http://www.alliethegypsyteacher.com/2017/03/label-teacher-get-littles-writing.html">learning experiences</a> and deepen my students’ thinking.
I love connecting our Science concepts to what we’re <a href="http://www.alliethegypsyteacher.com/2018/12/a-merry-and-bright-classroom-4.html">reading</a>, and even into <a href="http://www.alliethegypsyteacher.com/2018/01/educate-engage-enrich-enjoy-math.html">our math practice</a>. I love transforming my classroom into the ocean or <a href="http://www.alliethegypsyteacher.com/2019/03/poetry-unit.html">a poetry café</a>
to peak my students’ interest and get them involved in every aspect of
learning. I love creating resources where they stay engaged throughout the
entire lesson and think critically about what they’ve learned.<br />
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My Dream Teacher Job
where I am Never Burned Out</h2>
My dream teacher job is to <a href="http://www.alliethegypsyteacher.com/2019/01/teacher-must-haves.html">teach abroad</a> and build my online
teacher business while I do it. My goal is to make enough money in my business
to fund my travels and my life overseas. And when the time comes to start my
family, I’ll be able to work from home full-time and be a CEO Teacher.
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I can’t believe that I’m saying this…but I am beginning to live
my dream teacher life!! Sure, not every day is a dream. Even as I’m writing
this, I’m recovering from a week of pure teacher burn out. To be honest, I was
on the brink of a breakdown. But I get to put the school life aside on the
weekends and split my time between resting and building my online empire! And,
come Monday, I’m ready to love my sweet students even harder and make every
moment in the classroom count! I make my resources for them, and then put them
up in my online store. I not only get to impact their lives, but the lives of
students across the globe!!
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I have BIG GOALS, and they keep me motivated even when I may
feel burnt out at school. I love that selling my teaching resources online is
SO different from the day-to-day classroom life. I get to make my own schedule,
work on my ideas, and use my creativity in blog posts and
resources and marketing. I truly believe it is the best burned out teacher career
change!
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The Perfect Job for
the Burned Out Teacher</h2>
Did you reflect on those questions above? I have a feeling
that you came into this field to help kids, to use your creativity, and to
change the world. Well, if you’re a burnt out teacher looking for a new career,
or just need help fueling your flame again, I believe that I have one of your
best options:
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And here is the good news:<br />
You will still be helping kids, even more than you currently
are, as teachers around the world use your quality resources in their
classrooms. AND you will change the world through those resources. And guess
what? You get to use your creativity to make and sell those resources. This is
my Team Jobs resource that I created for my classroom, and now other teachers
have this same system in their classes!
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Now, you may be asking yourself some questions, just as I
did. But let me quiet those voices of doubt in your head…<br />
“Why would someone want my resources?” – Because if they work
for your students and you put in quality work, they will have so much value for
teachers. I have two product lines in my store that exist because they worked
wonders for me in the classroom!
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“What if no one buys what I sell?” – If you put in the time
and energy to create awesome resources and market them the right way, you’ll have
no problem selling them! I have <a href="http://www.kaysemorris.com/sellyourteachingresourcesonline">learned so much</a> on my journey, and I’m starting
to see AWESOME results!
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“Where will I find the time?” – You find time for the things you value. Maybe you’re not ready to
quit your teaching job yet (or maybe you are! You GO, <a href="http://www.kaysemorris.com/sellyourteachingresourcesonline">CEO Teacher</a>!!). But you
can put in early mornings or late nights and see how it goes. Who knows? You
may just decide to build your online teacher empire full-time!!
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“It seems so overwhelming. Where do I even begin?” – If you take
ANYTHING out of what I write to you today, PLEASE take this: start with <a href="http://www.kaysemorris.com/sellyourteachingresourcesonline">Kayse
Morris</a> and take the <a href="http://www.kaysemorris.com/sellyourteachingresourcesonline">Transform Your Resources course</a>.
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I started my business on my own in 2012. And I had NO IDEA
what I was doing. I did a lot of trial and error and learned through podcasts
and blog posts. But, when <a href="http://www.kaysemorris.com/sellyourteachingresourcesonline">Kayse</a>, who I had been die-hard following on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/kaysemorris/">Instagram</a>
(I LOVE her authentic, funny, encouraging <a href="https://www.instagram.com/kaysemorris/">IG Stories</a>!!), announced that she was
launching a course that would teach me all about how to sell my teaching
resources online, I was ALL-IN. I watched her free training videos, filled out
her workbook, and set my alarm for when the course cart opened. I was READY to
learn from the BEST, get all of my ducks in a row, and cultivate this side-hustle
into a big-time business!
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<span style="text-align: left;">I dove into <a href="http://www.kaysemorris.com/sellyourteachingresourcesonline">her course</a>, watched all of her video lessons, and put them into practice in my Teachers Pay Teachers store, blog, and social media. And guess what?! <a href="http://www.kaysemorris.com/sellyourteachingresourcesonline">Her AMAZING secrets</a> really work!! I’ve almost TRIPLED my earnings this year compared to what I made January-May 2018. I also found my passion sharing what I love with teachers on Instagram, Facebook, and Pinterest!</span></div>
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<a href="http://www.kaysemorris.com/sellyourteachingresourcesonline">Kayse</a> gives actionable steps in bite-sized pieces that you
can apply every step of the way. She and her team are always there to answer
questions, motivate, and further my learning. I have more passion and fire for
this online teacher empire than I’ve ever had, and I get to do this alongside
hundreds of other teacherpreneurs who are also growing their businesses!! As Kayse
says, there’s room for EVERYONE on the playground!!!
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Don’t be the
Burned-Out Teacher who didn’t Go for her Dreams</h2>
Now, there’s one more doubt you may have. And I had it too.
Right before I paid for <a href="http://www.kaysemorris.com/sellyourteachingresourcesonline">Transform Your Resources</a>, I hesitated because of the amount
of money I was about to pay. I thought, “Wow, that’s a lot of money for me. I
don’t know if this is worth it. What if I end up wasting this money?” But you
have to spend money to make money. Investing in YOU is always worth it. It also helps destroy the teacher burn out, because you're pouring into and valuing yourself. If you
have the passion and the drive to make this happen, your investment will not
return void. And, can I tell you, since that day, I never had ONE DOUBT that I
wasted my money. <a href="http://www.kaysemorris.com/sellyourteachingresourcesonline">Transform Your Resources</a> is worth EVERY SINGLE PENNY. I have
recouped that money and made more since I purchased the course.
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So, my burned-out teacher friend, are you ready to fuel your
fire with a new passion? It’s time for a new season of life, growth, and joy.
Let <a href="http://www.kaysemorris.com/sellyourteachingresourcesonline">Kayse</a> breathe a breath of fresh inspiration into your tired mind and heart.
Let <a href="http://www.kaysemorris.com/sellyourteachingresourcesonline">Transform Your Resources</a> transform your LIFE, as it did mine. I am no
longer burnt out, because my passion and creativity are funneled into this
online teacher world. And, six months in, I love it even more. I’ve even gone
to the next level of being in The CEO Teacher Membership that you can be a
part of once you’ve taken <a href="http://www.kaysemorris.com/sellyourteachingresourcesonline">Transform Your Resources</a>! I believe in Kayse and her
courses 100%, and I know you will too!
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Don’t hesitate in taking the leap of faith to live your best
life. You were not created to be ordinary and to be a burned out teacher. You were made for
MORE. Join me in the <a href="http://www.kaysemorris.com/sellyourteachingresourcesonline">Transform Your Resources</a> community! Let’s escape the teacher burn out and grow our teacher
empires together!<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">April is National Poetry Month, but Poetry can be taught all
year long! I planned my fourth grade poetry unit for April, so that we could
wrap it up with a Poetry Café room transformation the first week of May. It
turned out to be one of my favorite writing units to teach, but it was daunting
at first, because I hadn’t taught poetry before! So, I did lots of poetry
lesson plan research, and am excited to share what worked great for us. If
you’re in my boat, or you’re just looking to mix up your poetry unit for
elementary or middle school, this is for you!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">This poetry unit study was three weeks long. Week One, I
taught seven Figurative Language elements. Week Two, I introduced poetry –
poetic elements, studying poems, brainstorming poem topics, and we dipped our
toes into writing poetry. Week Three, we dove in to writing our own poems!! You
can make this a short poetry unit, or a long one, but I value quality over
quantity in my classroom. Here are my poetry lesson plans…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">My students didn’t have any background knowledge on
figurative language, so we first spent time on that, because it makes up so
much of the poetry we read! I purchased <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Figurative-Language-Flip-Book-1560096">Joey Udovich’s Figurative Language Flip Book</a> and it helped us practice each element.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I also downloaded these free<a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Free-Figurative-Language-Posters-2142317"> Figurative Language Posters</a> to
introduce each element. We focused on one or two elements per day. I chose to
teach – simile, metaphor, hyperbole, personification, idioms, alliteration, and
onomatopoeia. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Here are the read-alouds I used to help teach these
elements. We jotted down examples of these elements as we read to hang up next
to the posters. (Amazon affiliate links included)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">After spending the week learning about figurative language
and putting it into practice, we reviewed with <a href="https://www.crafting-connections.com/2015/04/figurative-language-anchor-chart.html">Deb Hanson’s free sorting activity</a>! It was great to have students justify why they sorted the components
how they did. We used the posters from earlier to help us if we got stuck, too!<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I first connected music to poetry, and we read and discussed
some song lyrics. We tried to detect figurative language too! Then, we talked
about how we would be writing our own poems, and we generated a list of ideas
for poets, using this anchor chart.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The next day, we studied a poem. This lesson came directly
from The Teacher Studio. So, I will direct you to <a href="https://theteacherstudio.com/kicking-off-our-poetry-studies/">her awesome blog post and free lesson</a>! This helped my students get familiar with poetry, and our
discussions were awesome!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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poetry unit, I would suggest the <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/POETRY-UNIT-Elements-of-Poetry-Poetry-Booklet-Poetry-Analysis-Poetry-Bundle-1779994">Poetry Unit Bundle by Rockin Resources</a> and the
<a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Poetic-Elements-Gallery-Walk-3677510">Poetic Elements Gallery Walk from Amazing Materials for You</a>. These resources
are both worth their weight in gold, and I truly believe in saving time by
purchasing fabulous resources from other teachers!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I used the Poetry Bundle throughout my entire unit…Rockin
Resources gives you everything you need to teach the different kinds of poetry
and even gives the poem-writing sheets for your students to write their poems
on. She also includes Poetic Elements posters, which I used to connect
figurative language to poetry, and teach my students how to use poetic elements.
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">We used the <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Poetic-Elements-Gallery-Walk-3677510">Poetic Elements Gallery Walk</a> on Day 3, after
introducing poetic elements with the posters from Rockin Resources. To set up
the gallery walk, I looked up the poem suggestions in the resource, and printed
several of them out. I also printed some of the graphic organizers in the
resource and made booklets for each student. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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then challenged students to find the poetic elements in the poems and fill out
the organizers! Some were easier than others to find, but this really helped
solidify figurative language and poetic elements!<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Now it’s time to get to the Poetry Writing! I tried to keep
everyone organized with a Poetry Portfolio – a folder with all of the poems
they have written and will write. There is a cover that I printed for each
student to color and glue on the front in the <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/POETRY-UNIT-Elements-of-Poetry-Poetry-Booklet-Poetry-Analysis-Poetry-Bundle-1779994">Poetry Bundle</a>. I printed out both
the Large Poetry Portfolio and the Small Poetry Portfolio pages that we used.
The small pages also had the anchor charts next to them, and I used those for
our rough drafts. Once they wrote the rough draft, they would come show it to
me, we would fix mistakes, etc. Then they would copy the final draft onto the
large poetry pages. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">We started with the Haiku Poem. I used <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/POETRY-UNIT-Elements-of-Poetry-Poetry-Booklet-Poetry-Analysis-Poetry-Bundle-1779994">the Poetry Slam anchor charts</a> to introduce all of the poems from the Poetry Bundle. We
discussed how these poems all have to do with something in nature. So, we went
outside to get ideas for our haikus. We used this <a href="https://www.upperelementarysnapshots.com/2018/03/take-your-students-on-haiku-hike.html">Haiku Hike freebie</a> to
brainstorm ideas!<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">After we took field notes on what inspired us on our <a href="https://www.upperelementarysnapshots.com/2018/03/take-your-students-on-haiku-hike.html">HaikuHike</a>, we tried our hands at writing haiku poems! I really encouraged students
to capture one moment in nature in their poems.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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Write Original Poetry<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">This is when we really dove into writing more poetry. I
chose seven poems to teach my students and to have them write. I found examples
online to show them, but I would recommend these poetry books to find awesome
examples and inspiration! <a href="https://www.amazon.com/shop/alliethegypsyteacher">Click here to find ALL of the books for this unit!</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Each day I would introduce the new poem, show examples,
explain how to write it using the anchor charts included in the Poetry Bundle,
and then the students would work on writing that poem. At the end, they had a
collection of beautiful poetry!!<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Once we had learned about all of the poems and wrote our
final drafts, we prepared for <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BjC1W6ynFep/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link">our Poetry Café</a>! We practiced rehearsing our
poems so we would be able to read them loud and clear. I can’t wait to share
our poetry café with you next week, and give you tips and ideas, as well as a
FREEBIE!! It was one of my favorite moments of the school year, and the perfect
way to end our unit. Make sure to come back for that post, and pin this one for your poetry unit!!<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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I have a special guest on the blog today to give you some awesome teacher meal prep tips! I've connected with <a href="https://www.adventuringkelsey.com/">Kelsey </a>on <a href="http://www.instagram.com/adventuringkelsey">Instagram</a> - we're both teachers from Nebraska! Her blog - <a href="https://www.adventuringkelsey.com/">Adventuring Kelsey</a> - is full of awesome tips and inspiration. Make sure you go and follow her after reading this great blog post she wrote with you in mind! There's a freebie at the bottom for you too! </div>
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Teachers, moms, and workforce women alike all have one thing
in common. We want to be efficient with the time we have. We want to spend the
least amount of time on chores, errands, and those annoying ungraded papers
that always end up following us home, and the most amount of time with friends,
family, and taking care of ourselves.<o:p></o:p></div>
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From the day I began teaching I knew that meal prepping was
what I needed in my life to ensure that extra time to spend on the things that
I enjoy. Being a person who pursues a healthy lifestyle, meal prepping has
become very beneficial to my way of living. I can hear you now, “You’re telling
me to take 3-4 hours out of my sweet weekend to plan and cook food?” Heck yeah
I am. I totally get it. I know the feeling of the weekend being too short. But
don’t you feel like week nights are even shorter?! Why not have an extra hour
of time each night to spend with your kids, cuddling your fur baby, or catching
up on your Netflix shows while still having a delicious dinner prepped and
ready to go? I know that hour provides me with endless possibilities and it
feels FABULOUS. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Let me provide you with a few tips to get you started on
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It all starts with a plan. Either write it down on a notepad
or in your phone, listing out all the groceries you will need. I even go to the
lengths of making sure I write down how much of each item I need. That way it
won’t be necessary to make extra trips to the store throughout the week. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Start by thinking through what you are prepping. What’s
going to take the longest amount of time? Can you multitask by baking your
chicken while you chop up the veggies? This one takes some working through,
practice, and simply just experience. If something can bake while I work on
preparing another item, that’s the first thing I pop in the oven. If prepping
my lunch is going to be quicker than my breakfast, I start with the lunch.
Think your meals through, and just know it’s going to take some time to get
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granola you’re going to put on your yogurt? Portion it out and put it in a
baggie or small Tupperware. You won’t regret it when your workout ran longer
than expected in the morning and you don’t have time to measure out and toss
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I get it. I know it sounds like a lot. And I’m not going to
lie to you, at first it will be. But once you get in a routine you will never
regret spending a couple hours of your weekend preparing your meals for the
week. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Happy Prepping!<o:p></o:p></div>
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If you’re looking for more tips and tricks, check out my
FREE Meal Prepping Guide designed just for teachers like you! In it I include 5
tips that have helped me throughout my teaching career to stay on track with
health and fitness! I even provide you with some quick, healthy, recipe ideas!<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial narrow, sans-serif;"><a href="https://organizedinelementary.com/3-ways-that-grocery-pick-up-changed-my-life/">Here's another great blog post about using grocery pick up to save time with meal prep!</a></span></div>
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Ahh...February. The month of LOVE and KINDNESS and HISTORY. There is SO many reasons to love this month, but it can also be a struggle. We've gotten to the point of the year where students are starting to get antsy. Winter break is long gone and Spring Break can't get here fast enough. Maybe you've had a few snow days, or you're hunkered down due to indoor recess. Your classroom management strategies from August (or October...or January) aren't cutting it anymore. Can't a teacher get a BREAK?!!?</div>
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I'm here for you teacher friend!! I understand your pain (<a href="http://www.alliethegypsyteacher.com/2015/02/photo-a-day-4.html">you can click here for my own February madness story during my first year of teaching</a>), and I'm here to help refresh you and your classroom to finish the year strong, with a tight-knit classroom community and a well-oiled classroom management machine! I have some FRESH classroom management ideas for your elementary classroom that will take your class from ugh to YAY!! The best part is...you can start using them TOMORROW!<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Just so you know, all of the Amazon links in this post are affiliate links. This means I make a small amount from any purchases made through my links, which helps me keep teaching abroad as a missionary in Tanzania! </span></div>
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Idea #1: Assess what's working and what's not. </h3>
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You know your students by now - what makes them work hard, what makes them give up, what lights up their faces, and what makes them groan. Use this to your advantage! Take out a piece of paper or open up a document on your computer (yes, right now!) and write down everything that encourages and motivates your students. Write down what systems are currently working WELL in your classroom and what problems you're having.<br />
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Now, let's figure out how to make your life easier by motivating your students in ways that actually work. Do they respond well to encouragement? Or do they enjoy competition? Have you tried an individual behavior management system? Or does a whole group, teamwork idea work better?<br />
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Here is something that work best for ALL students: giving them ownership...whatever the reward is, let THEM decide. Take a vote, make a list, choose a random number, etc. This puts their behavior and their actions back on them. If you decide that you're having a popcorn party if they all bring homework back on time, but they don't like popcorn, the homework won't be back on time! But if you vote on three suggestions that are all okay with you, and they get to choose, you bet your students will be motivated to do anything and everything to get that reward!</div>
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I've taught Kinder, First, and Fourth, and all of my students LOVED games and competitions. Bingo is a super fun and easy way to capture their attention and get them working on a goal. I made my own Behavior Bingo last year for my fourth graders, and it looked like this:<br />
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But, I have to say, I've found a better way for you. Ashley, the mastermind behind <a href="https://www.teachcreatemotivate.com/">Teach Create Motivate</a>, has made these super fun themed bingo games! She has big ones for your whole class or small ones for individuals or groups. I love this because you can use it time after time or year after year by laminating every thing and using velcro!! You can get her<a href="https://www.teachcreatemotivate.com/classroom-management-bingo-free/"> free emoji bingo</a> to get you started!</div>
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Idea #3: Back to Basics Bootcamp</h3>
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Sometimes we all need to go back to the basics. To reset, refresh our memory, and renew our focus. You can do this with your students by becoming a <a href="https://lipsticklittles.com/collections/new/products/presale-skill-sergeant">Skill Sergeant</a> with <a href="https://amzn.to/2V2tYUS">some camo</a>, <a href="https://amzn.to/2EdMLXP">aviators</a>, and <a href="https://amzn.to/2GLdX1L">a whistle</a>, putting <a href="https://amzn.to/2TZTDgM">camo plastic tablecloths</a> on your desks, and planning a day of reviewing classroom routines & expectations along with bootcamp exercises! If you want some extra special additions, check out these <a href="https://amzn.to/2EgojVN">inflatable tires</a>, <a href="https://amzn.to/2V4A7QF">camo netting</a>, <a href="https://amzn.to/2V0G3dp">camo pencils</a> for your students, and <a href="https://amzn.to/2V0H45d">dog tags</a>!<br />
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You can also add new procedures or change some of the things that are not working on this day. This would be a great time to implement<a href="http://www.alliethegypsyteacher.com/2018/12/a-merry-and-bright-classroom-3.html"> a new classroom management strategy</a>, like bingo above or some of the other ideas below! </div>
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I did a week of kindergarten bootcamp after winter break, and it really helped my sweet kinders get back in the swing of things! Here are some of my favorite resources to use with K-2 when reviewing expectations:<br />
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Both of these resources help your students practice their phonemic segmentation, inventive spelling, and writing, as well as the specific expectations in your classroom. You can use them as a reminder all year long, or at the beginning of the year.<br />
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Do you have classroom jobs? Do they actually work FOR you or are they giving you more work to do? I love giving students responsibility in our classroom...because it is OURS. But, I struggled with keeping up with all the jobs, so I created <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/TEAM-JOBS-Promoting-Teamwork-and-Classroom-Ownership-3317315">Team Jobs</a>. They have been awesome for my sanity and my classroom community!<br />
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I love that each poster has the expectations and jobs for each team on them, so we can reference them throughout the year, and I don't have to explain them 5,002,743 times! They are editable too! I also can switch up the teams of students so that everyone gets to work with different classmates. I have found that with team jobs, I don't have to remind students to do their jobs, because the teammates do!<br />
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Each of my students have a number, and I print and laminate <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Number-Labels-1981129">these numbers</a> on <a href="https://amzn.to/2T1vfhA">Astrobrights paper</a> on the posters that I printed and laminated. I also have<a href="https://amzn.to/2SOyuZZ"> velcro dots</a> on the back of the numbers and on the posters to easily switch jobs every month.<br />
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Another idea that I've used in Kindergarten is having a helper (or two) of the week. That way everyone gets lots of time to help, and you can easily remember one or two students to give tasks to (passing out papers, messenger, line leader, etc.). You can see how I display my helpers <a href="http://www.alliethegypsyteacher.com/2015/10/welcome-to-kinder-jungle-part-1.html">here</a>!<br />
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Sometimes changing your classroom management might feel overwhelming because you see so many things that need a refresh. My suggestion is to choose one thing to focus on that you feel is the most important to your classroom's harmony and your students' success. Work on that for a couple of weeks and then go to the next small piece. Soon enough, the domino effect will take place and your classroom will be better than ever! Here are some <a href="https://usemymindsaveyourtime.com/2019/01/01/24-brilliant-ways-to-manage-your-classroom/?fbclid=IwAR02NQl74Uwjx0cErCtWxk_Z8mNltZ8RtJC-TrNyPraj8xUAEd7qyHBxzzk">great ideas</a> to get you started:</div>
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I have personally used Quiet Critters with my Kinders, and though I don't recommend using them all of the time, on those certain occasions when you do need the whole class quiet, they are FABULOUS! It feels like a classroom fairy has come and sprinkled quiet dust all over your students!!</div>
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They are easy to make - <a href="https://amzn.to/2V8xspd">sparkly pom poms</a>, <a href="https://amzn.to/2Gv3hoB">googly eyes</a>, and <a href="https://amzn.to/2V4UqgW">foam</a> cut into little platforms that look like feet. Here's a <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Quiet-Critters-Jar-Label-FREEBIE-2063187">free label</a> for your jar too!</div>
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Finding ESL Games for middle schoolers can be a challenge, depending on the levels of your English Language Learners. These ESL activities are proven to increase engagement and language learning! They would work great for high school ESL or upper elementary English Language Learners too! </div>
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I teach ESL to 4th-8th graders in Tanzania, and it can prove difficult to find ESL classroom games that help my students practice important skills while having fun! I know you and your students will love these 5 ESL games for middle school students!</div>
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<a href="https://create.kahoot.it/">Kahoot</a> can be used for all levels and all areas of study, but I've found that middle schoolers love this game because they love competition AND technology! If you haven't heard of <a href="https://create.kahoot.it/">Kahoot </a>before, it's a website where you can make a question/answer game with your own questions, or you can <a href="https://create.kahoot.it/search?filter=1&tags=esl&levels=grade_06%2Cgrade_07%2Cgrade_08&orderBy=relevance">choose a game that someone else has created</a>. Your students use devices in teams or individually to answer the questions, and you project or show the questions via SmartBoard or Projector. It times the students, keeps track of points, etc. It is SUPER engaging, and the options are endless!</div>
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<a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Scattergories-BUNDLE-3247764">Scattergories</a> is such a fun word game that challenges students to think outside of the box, and choose unique words. They learn new words from each other, and think critically about the words they use. I use these games as a warm-up at the beginning of ESL Class.</div>
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I give the students <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Scattergories-BUNDLE-3247764">a list of categories</a>, we roll <a href="https://amzn.to/2t4vWIB">a letter dice</a>, and they have a few minutes to think of words that fit the categories and start with the letter that we rolled. It's harder than you may think! Then, students get points if they write unique words that match the requirements. Whoever has the most points at the end, wins!</div>
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I've got <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Scattergories-BUNDLE-3247764">a growing bundle</a> of all of these <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Scattergories-BUNDLE-3247764">Scattergories Games</a> that I create in my store too, so you can play all year long! Grab it now before the price increases!</div>
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For some reason, I get instant engagement from my middle school ELLs if we play a game with a ball. I love this Socratic Soccer Ball idea from <a href="http://www.buildingbooklove.com/2016/08/10-things-for-english-teachers-to-have.html">Building Book Love</a>! We read <a href="https://amzn.to/2GaT3Kf">The Tale of Desperaux</a> together as a class, and at the end of the period, we would pass around the soccer ball and answer the questions!</div>
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One important skill that English Language Learners can practice is showing, not telling, in their writing. <a href="http://crafting-connections.blogspot.com/2014/04/show-dont-tell-writing-minilesson.html">Deb from Crafting Connections</a> has an AWESOME free lesson with a fun bingo game on this! My ESL students loved playing the game, and I loved teaching them how to make their writing more descriptive. Here's a snapshot of her game:</div>
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Allie @ The Gypsy Teacherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15771901874112860613noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5299673734675672220.post-2402773206342327112019-01-13T07:00:00.000-06:002019-01-13T07:00:04.731-06:00Teacher Must Haves for this Teacher Abroad!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I teach in Tanzania, East Africa, the land barren of Target, Amazon, and Etsy. So whenever I'm back in the States I make sure to stock back up on my favorites! These are my teacher must haves! I do have to be selective though, because I only get 2-3 50 pound bags to take with me. These favorite things are the cream of the crop!</div>
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<a href="https://amzn.to/2SNNa8j">This</a> is always by my side! I drink SO MUCH WATER in Tanzania because it's dry and hot most of the year. Our classrooms are open air, and sometimes we'll get a *wonderful* (said very sarcastically) burst of dusty wind that blows through, and I literally cannot keep teaching without quenching my parched throat! Also, this thing is HUGE and keeps my water as cold as I want it!!! Also, I love the straw attachment. It sounds strange but I truly think that I drink more water because of it!<br />
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I use these at home and in the classroom! I buy my oils from <a href="http://rwrd.io/ic4vja9">Edens Garden</a> - I especially love their <a href="https://www.edensgarden.com/collections/create-your-own">Create-Your-Own Gift Sets</a>! These essential oils are great quality and potent, but not quite as pricey as some other ones on the market. I enjoy the <a href="http://rwrd.io/ic4vja9">Synergy Blends</a> - Fighting Five, Breathe Easier, and Exhale are some of my favorites! I love mixing peppermint, lemon, and lavender in the classroom for a blend of focus and relax! The Fighting Five blend is perfect for the cold and flu season, as it has oils that provide immunity support! Also, I love the oils for their fragrance aspect. I love candles, but they are HEAVY to pack in my suitcase, so these are a great, better-for-you option!<br />
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Papermate Pens</h3>
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Hi my name is Allie and I'm a pen addict! ;) But, I do have high standards, and the pens in TZ just don't cut it! If I'm writing, the <a href="https://amzn.to/2M9tJV2">Papermate InkJoy Gel Pens </a>are my favorite. They write so smoothly, dry quickly, and the colors are beautiful! But, I also have a pretty great <a href="https://amzn.to/2CfZHKy">Flair Pen</a> stash! The colors are so fun, and I love using them when I'm doodling, handlettering, etc.<br />
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All the Bins & Storage</h3>
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I love a good plastic container that keeps me organized! I use a myriad of these in my classroom, and I try to bring over a few each year to make it easier to stay organized. The <a href="https://amzn.to/2VJNNS2">ones pictured above</a> are from Really Good Stuff. They're perfect for my classroom library! Here are some more of my favorites:<br />
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Device Protection</h3>
If Tanzania has taught me anything (and believe me, I've learned A LOT), one of the big life lessons is to PROTECT MY DEVICES! I've had quite a few technology fails (including a broken laptop screen that I took to get looked at, decided to wait until I was back in the US to get fixed, and then found out the guy in TZ had stolen my hard drive 😠🤦🏻♀️), and now I have all of the protection! I got <a href="https://amzn.to/2slds6l">this case</a> for my laptop, and absolutely love it! If you're a map & watercolor lover like me, you need it in your life!<br />
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I stick to Otterbox cases for my iPhone, because I find that it is the best at protecting. Currently I've got <a href="https://amzn.to/2sp7CRq">this one</a> on my iPhone 7.<br />
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The Quietest Pencil Sharpener</h3>
<a href="https://classroomfriendlysupplies.refersion.com/l/936.513404" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/refersion_client/820/creatives/10-08-14-12-53-19_ClassroomFriendlySupplies_Ads_336x280.jpg" /></a> <a href="http://bit.ly/2snw3hT">This pencil sharpener from Classroom Friendly Supplies</a> is the BEST for 3 reasons:<br />
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3. It's quieter and less expensive than most electric sharpeners! When purchased in a three-pack, <a href="http://bit.ly/2snw3hT">they</a> cost $17.99 each! And, once you teach your students how to use it correctly, it's very user-friendly.<br />
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Multifunctional Teacher Bag</h3>
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I don't know about you, but I lug a lot of stuff to/from school each day - laptop, planner, personal items, teacher manuals, papers to grade, and much more. I've finally found my FAVORITE teacher bag- the <a href="https://amzn.to/2RQ1d01">Vera Bradley Campus Tech Backpack</a>. I love it for many reasons - it's a backpack, which makes it easy to carry; it has a special compartment just for my laptop; it has lots of space with three different pockets, the largest pocket is very roomy, and fits everything perfectly; it has a trolley sleeve so I also use it as my personal item when traveling; it has side pockets for my water bottle and travel mug on either side; and so much more!!<br />
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I've got to have a good teacher planner! I'm one of those people who really enjoys paper planners - and I've used several that I loved! One year I splurged and got an Erin Condren planner - it was gorgeous! But now I'm definitely on <a href="https://amzn.to/2Fr5O1L">The Happy Planner</a> kick! I've mentioned this before, but my favorite part is that I can insert and remove any papers I want! I print out my schedules, to-do lists, student info, and it all goes into my planner! This is the kit I got this year:<br />
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Happy New Year, friends! I hope you had a wonderful holiday season and are ready to CRUSH your goals this year! Did you know that only 8% of people actually ACHIEVE the goals they set? I plan to be a part of that 8%, and I hope you will too, so that we can raise that statistic! I want to share with you today how I plan to set my goals into action so they become my reality.<br />
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For the past several years, I have decided on a word for the year. This has become very popular, and I would LOVE to hear if you have a word for the year! It is quite amazing how much that word actually does in my life, and as I look back on certain years, that word was very foretelling on those 365 days! This year my word is cultivate.<br />
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I plan to cultivate:<br />
:My health by working out 4-5x per week, cutting things out of my diet (currently working on chocolate!), and eating whole food that will fuel me.<br />
:My relationships by making time for the people I love and consistently checking in on them and by building my relationships on social media! Also, my relationship with the Lord by spending time with Him. One way I'll be doing that is by using <a href="https://amzn.to/2Rd2sqf">The Cageless Birds' Cultivate Collection</a>:<br />
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:My personal life by reading 25 books this year, organizing my computer files,<br />
:My business by creating more resources for my teacher friends, learning how best to market myself, writing a blog post each Sunday, updating my website and store, amping up my email list, and much more. I've got BIG goals here!!<br />
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I was listening to <a href="https://kaysemorris.com/">Kayse Morris</a>'s podcast - The Go-Getter's Podcast about <a href="https://kaysemorris.com/podcast/measurable-goals-for-your-future/">Setting Measurable Goals</a> and she has so much wisdom about this topic. I definitely have measurable goals for all of my business goals for my year. I have a few suggestions for you as you make goals for your personal life, your classroom, etc. These are also things that you can discuss with your students as we train them to become young adults who know how to set and crush their goals!<br />
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Okay, so I have another podcast suggestion for you...<a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/rise-podcast/id1245763628?mt=2">Rachel Hollis's RISE podcast</a> is another favorite! She shared how she reflects on the year and sets goals for the next one on <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/rise-podcast/id1245763628?mt=2#">What I Did Right and What I Did Wrong in 2018</a>. She sets goals in these three categories: Personal, Create, and Market. If you're a teacher, yours could be Personal, Classroom, and Create (or something else). Writing down all of your goals into these three categories is my first tip for you. It lets you flesh out all the things you want.<br />
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Once you have all of your goals down on paper, I suggest that you break those up into quarterly goals. For example, I have a goal to create 40 new resources this year, so I plan on making at least 10 before the end of March. Then, I can reassess at the end of Quarter 1 to see how things are going, and if I need to catch up on anything or if I can refocus on something else.<br />
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I love using a planner to break up my goals into bite-sized, attainable steps. As I wrote out my Quarter 1 Goals, I went through the calendar spreads in <a href="https://amzn.to/2FhNKaD">my planner</a> and wrote down my due dates. When I would need to write my blog posts by, when I would take product photos, when I would make my new resources, etc. For you, it may be when you need to organize your papers, when you need to plan for centers, when you need to clean out your desk drawers, etc. Making due dates for those smaller tasks will help keep you on track to meet your larger goals.<br />
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Then, as I look at each week, and each day, I can write down my tasks to make sure I complete those steps on time. I like to batch my work too. For example, if you have math stations in your classroom, instead of coming up with new activities each week, spend a whole afternoon setting up and organizing math stations for your quarter of school. Then, all you'll have to do is swap things out, and your time can be used on other things.<br />
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Also, as I write things down in <a href="https://amzn.to/2FhNKaD">my planner</a>, I enjoy using different colored pens so when I get to a day when I want to batch my blog posts, I can find all of my blue tasks and write all the blog posts I need for the month. My favorite pens are <a href="https://amzn.to/2SEfwBV">Papermate InkJoy Gel Pens</a>!<br />
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My last tip, which works great with our students too, is to keep your goals visible. Make a vision board (currently on my to do list!), write your big goals on your mirror or sticky notes, or even put your current goal as the background of your phone. For your students, Ashley at Teach Create Motivate has these awesome <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Student-Goal-Cards-Editable-2793502">Student Goal Cards</a> for your students to choose a goal to work on, and they keep that card on their desk, so they remember to work towards that goal!<br />
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I hope these tips inspire you to set BIG, MEASURABLE goals and work hard to break them down and crush them! I would LOVE to know your goals or word for the year. I'm sharing more about my goals on my<a href="http://www.instagram.com/alliethegypsyteacher"> instagram</a>! Let's keep the conversation going over there!<br />
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Invitations to Create are one of my favorite art centers for my early elementary classroom, but they would be perfect for upper elementary too! We all have an urge to create SOMETHING, and so stirring that up in our students, and encouraging them to think outside the box is so important. That is what today's post is all about.</div>
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If you search Invitation to Create on <a href="http://www.pinterest.com/thegypsyteacher">Pinterest</a>, you will come across COUNTLESS ideas that are awesome for all year long. When I taught Kindergarten, I would make an Invitation to Create center for several of my themes - insects, Christmas, weather, etc. The premise of this concept is that you give the students materials and let them create what they want. You can do this with any material - paper, wooden blocks, playdough, craft supplies, toys, etc.</div>
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When I found these felt placemats at Target, I got inspired to create a felt Invitation to Create! <a href="https://amzn.to/2Sbdl8L">Felt</a> is one of my favorite materials to work with because it sticks to itself! You don't need glue, tape, or a stapler. I'm not currently in the classroom, but if I was (or when I am), I would keep this center as an option all month long.</div>
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You can add this center into your normal rotation, or it could be a morning bin, early finisher activity, or even a Christmas party station! I think it would be fun to give some inspiration to the students, so you can cut pictures out of magazines, or even print them out from the internet of seasonal items they could create.</div>
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When I used to do this activity, I would have my students make something, glue it together, and send it home. Well, not only was it messy, disorganized, and didn't really make much sense, but it also depleted our supplies. My suggestion now is, once they've finished a creation, have them (or you) take a picture of it with a class<a href="https://amzn.to/2R0xdOz"> iPad</a> or your phone. Then, you can send it to their parents via email or text! After the picture is taken, they can take it apart and start again! That's another reason I choose to use <a href="https://amzn.to/2Sbdl8L">felt</a>!</div>
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I hope this gives you a fresh idea on another Makerspace option for your classroom! I love giving students free reign, in boundaries, to create their masterpieces!! I'd love to see your students' work - you can always tag me on IG at <a href="http://www.instagram.com/alliethegypsyteacher">@alliethegypsyteacher</a> if you use this idea in your classroom!</div>
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<a href="http://www.alliethegypsyteacher.com/2018/12/a-merry-and-bright-classroom-1.html">Deck the Halls</a><br />
<a href="http://www.alliethegypsyteacher.com/2018/12/a-merry-and-bright-classroom-2.html">A Special Keepsake</a><br />
<a href="http://www.alliethegypsyteacher.com/2018/12/a-merry-and-bright-classroom-3.html">Classroom Management Strategies</a><br />
<a href="http://www.alliethegypsyteacher.com/2018/12/a-merry-and-bright-classroom-4.html">December Book Recommendations</a><br />
<a href="http://www.alliethegypsyteacher.com/2018/12/a-merry-and-bright-classroom-5.html">Coworker Gift Ideas</a><br />
<a href="http://www.alliethegypsyteacher.com/2018/12/a-merry-and-bright-classroom-6.html">Holiday Writing Activities with a Freebie</a><br />
<a href="http://www.alliethegypsyteacher.com/2018/12/a-merry-and-bright-classroom-7.html">Christmas Party Activities</a><br />
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As we're wrapping up the holiday season in our classrooms, you may be preparing for a holiday party! Or, if you're a parent, maybe you plan to have some of your kids' friends over for a party at home. No matter how you choose to celebrate the holidays, I have some tips and tricks for your to make your kids holiday parties the #bestpartyever!</div>
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<b>Tip #1: Include STEM activities!</b></div>
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Problem-solving activities keep our kids engaged and can take some time to do! One of my favorite activities that works well for all ages of kids is <a href="https://amzn.to/2BxEsn4">cup</a> stacking! It may sound too good to be true, but this easy activity is something the kids LOVE. If you use <a href="https://amzn.to/2BxEsn4">these green cups</a>, the kids can try to make Christmas trees! With my 4th graders, I made it a competition to see who could stack all their cups fastest without having them fall over. </div>
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I also love these blocks that you can find at Target. They build fine motor skills and the possibilities are ENDLESS! If you can't find them, <a href="https://amzn.to/2S9I4mm">these brain flakes</a> work really well too. You can challenge kids to make certain things, like Santa's sleigh, a menorah, a snowman, etc. Then, they can vote on which creation they like best!</div>
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<b>Tip 2: Play games that get their energy out! </b></div>
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Freeze Dance is one of my FAVORITE games, and it's so easy!! All you need is <a href="https://amzn.to/2S9PZjF">holiday music</a>! When you play the song, the kids dance. When you stop it, they need to stop. If they don't freeze, they're out! This is what Freeze Dance looks like at our school in Tanzania! </div>
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Click the picture above for my favorite Christmas music. Or, if you're a Spotify lover like me, here's one of <a href="https://open.spotify.com/user/missbensko/playlist/0ZsUIkWJLan0G1EFToeF2S?si=I_-DnxLfSji38GuWbFYtsA">my favorite Christmas playlists</a>!</div>
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Another fun game is called Face the Cookie. I'm sure you've seen this one, as it's a popular Minute to Win It game. It is HILARIOUS and so much fun! Everyone starts with <a href="https://amzn.to/2Bvrd6i">a cookie</a> on their forehead, and they have to work it down and get it into their mouth without using their hands!</div>
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<b>Tip 3: Finish with a Fun Game for All!</b><br />
I love ending with a game where everyone wins. Last year, I wrapped up a whole bunch of small gifts in one big <a href="https://amzn.to/2Bv7XGj">Saran Wrap</a> ball. Unfortunately, I don't have a picture of my fourth graders playing our game, but it was a blast! I would play music, and they passed the ball. When the music stopped, the person holding the ball would unwrap the plastic until they got one gift out of it. Then the music would start again and they would keep passing it! Here's more details if you need them:<br />
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Another twist on this game that would be super fun and easy, if it's last-minute, is using these "It's a Surprise Toy" kits from Target!<br />
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You can find them in Bullseye's Playground for $3 for three. Each wrapped gift contains a stretchy holiday toy. Get enough so that each student has one wrapped toy. </div>
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When you play the music, have students pass the gifts around the circle. When it stops, they start opening the gift they currently have. Play the music again to have the gifts be passed again. Keep going until the gifts are unwrapped. Whatever gift the students end up with is the one they keep!</div>
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Here is another holiday party idea I LOVE:<br />
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Jenna May @fromsept2mrsmay has this awesome Party in a Bag idea! Give each student a white paper bag and her FREE note, and have them bring back the completed bag for the party!! More info on her IG (click on the pic!).<br />
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No matter what you decide to do for your holiday parties, I know they will be great and your kids will love them!! The most important thing is to have fun and keep it simple!<br />
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Hey friends!! Wow...we're already in the third week of December! I hope your classroom is very merry and bright, and calm ;)!! I'm thrilled to have you back for more of my Merry and Bright Classroom series. Scroll to the bottom to see links to all of the blog posts for this series!!</div>
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Today I'm focusing on writing. I love teaching writing, and especially love reading students' writing. Last year, when I taught fourth grade, I gave each student a reading response journal, and we would write back and forth to each other about the books they were reading. It was a BIG task, and thankfully I only had 12 kids, but it was so much fun! Erin, @flavorsof4th on IG, suggested to give your students a Target Blank Book as a letter-writing journal for their Christmas gifts, and I think that is such a great idea. Getting students to write in real-life circumstances is so important! You can click on the pic to get more info from her on this.</div>
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The holidays are a GREAT way to incorporate fun writing activities in our classrooms!! I have three activities to share with you that you can implement as a whole class activity, put in your centers, or use as early finisher activities and more! Also, there's a FREEBIE coming your way at the bottom of this post, so keep reading!</div>
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Sentence-writing is such an important skill and standard that will be built upon throughout our students' schooling. As a first grade teacher, I noticed that my students really needed help with how to write a complete sentence, so I created a Silly Sentence Scoot. I made up some silly sentences, cut them into words, and put one mixed-up sentence at each desk. The students had to rearrange the sentence to make it readable and complete, and then write the silly sentence on their recording sheet. Then, they mix up the sentence for the next person, and wait to SCOOT to the next desk! By the end of this activity, they totally mastered the complete sentence structure and writing.</div>
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I thought this would be a great activity to engage your students this last week before break, and help them practice this skill. So I decided to make a Christmas Silly Sentence Scoot! This has 24 Christmas Silly Sentences that are broken up on word cards. Each word card has a picture on it for easy distinguishing between sentences. I've also included nine CHALLENGE cards, if you have more than 24 students. Use these as a whole group activity or a holiday literacy center!</div>
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My second holiday writing activity is great for your beginning writers. These are called Label and Color activities. When I taught Kindergarten for two years, I wanted to find a method to get my sweet kinders from barely writing capital letters to writing complete sentences. I use labeling to introduce writing stories to my students, and have a whole blog post on that process here:</div>
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We start by writing stories in our heads by drawing pictures, then we work on labeling those pictures. But, to get them from point A to B, we practice labeling as a whole class, in small groups, and independently. That's where these Label and Color resources come in.</div>
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There are differentiated levels of labeling: labeling the beginning sound, tracing the label, and then labeling with inventive (or correct) spelling. I love this because I can have the whole class working on the same page, but all at their levels. My high flyers can be writing their own labels. My students who are on track can be working on deciphering the beginning sounds. And my ELLs and students who need more scaffolding can trace the labels.</div>
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My students love these activities because they get to color the pictures after they finish labeling, doing their best work! I love them because they practice the important skill of stretching out sounds they hear and putting letters to the sounds. They may not always complete them perfectly, but it gives me, the teacher, a good idea of how best to help them moving forward.</div>
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My third holiday writing activity can be used for any grade level. You can use them as discussion starters, morning meeting questions, journal prompts, writing center prompts, and much more! They are Class Journal Jar prompts! </div>
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You can pair these with a craft or project, or give your students the freedom to pick what to write about. I have these in color and black and white. You could project them onto your SmartBoard, or print and laminate them. The "Would You Rather" prompts are great discussion starters! </div>
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We use these all year long in my classroom (I have 100 of them now!), and my students love using them to spark their writing creativity! I would love for your students to get inspired by these as well, that's why I'm giving you 12 prompts for FREE!</div>
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In my Journal Jar resource, I give you 96 prompts - everyday prompts and then at least four per holiday throughout the year. I've created a separate file JUST FOR YOU with eight Christmas/Winter Holiday prompts and FOUR BONUS PROMPTS, exclusive to my blog readers!!</div>
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Want to read more ideas to help keep your classroom merry and bright?</div>
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<a href="http://www.alliethegypsyteacher.com/2018/12/a-merry-and-bright-classroom-1.html">Deck the Halls</a><br />
<a href="http://www.alliethegypsyteacher.com/2018/12/a-merry-and-bright-classroom-2.html">A Special Keepsake</a><br />
<a href="http://www.alliethegypsyteacher.com/2018/12/a-merry-and-bright-classroom-3.html">Classroom Management Strategies</a><br />
<a href="http://www.alliethegypsyteacher.com/2018/12/a-merry-and-bright-classroom-4.html">December Book Recommendations</a><br />
<a href="http://www.alliethegypsyteacher.com/2018/12/a-merry-and-bright-classroom-5.html">Coworker Gift Ideas</a><br />
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Welcome to Day 5 of A Merry and Bright Classroom series! I'm so glad you're here! If you missed any of this week's posts, the links are at the bottom! Today I have something SO exciting in store! Make sure you read to the end of the post!</div>
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Do you exchange gifts with the other teachers at your school? Maybe with your grade level team? Or just your teacher besties? Well, I've got you covered with three handmade, special gifts that are sure to bring joy to your teacher friends! </div>
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The first gift I would suggest is one of the pouches from <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/TheGypsyTeacher">my Etsy shop</a>! All of the items in my shop are handmade by artisans in Tanzania! Some of the creators are independent, others are a part of an organization who teaches them to sew these beautiful bags. My favorite are the large pouches. They fit all of my favorite pens, post-its, and more, and keep them contained in my teacher bag!</div>
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I also love these makeup bags, made by The Binti Project. This project rescues women from trafficking and rehabilitates them- teaching them skills like sewing, farming, cooking, etc. I have several fabric options of these in my shop, and some of them even have a wipeable inside, made with tarp!</div>
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My second suggestion comes from <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/INKchicago">the Etsy Shop INKChicago</a>. I found this shop thanks to the #teachergram community! I love that they create beautiful handlettered designs on different items! I especially love this mug:<br />
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And their STICKERS are my favorite! I currently have the Create lightbulb on my laptop and this one on my Hydroflask!</div>
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Okay, now for the GRAND finale! TEACHER SHIRTS!! Oh my goodness, how we love them all! There are SO many awesome shirts out there, but I have to say, when I saw this design, I knew I had to make them a part of this blog post series! I LOVE these sellers, and their shop has some phenomenal designs! They are called <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/whimsyandwhiteboards">WhimsyandWhiteboards</a>!</div>
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Isn't that the most perfect tee for the holidays?! I think you and your team would look AMAZING rocking these the last week before winter break!<br />
And, it goes so well with my blog series, I asked Kelly, one half of WhimsyandWhiteboards, about partnering up for a giveaway! She is so amazing and is giving one of you awesome teachers one of these beautiful shirts! They have red and green shirts available, and their shirts are super high quality.<br />
The giveaway is super easy and super quick, so make sure you get your entries in! It will close Sunday at 6 pm CST. I will then email the winner to get their information sent to WhimsyandWhiteboards so we can get the shirt to you ASAP! We would LOVE your help to get the word out about our giveaway, and you can share it using this image. Don't forget to link back to this page, so your teacher friends can enter too!<br />
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If you've missed any of the blog posts, here are the links:<br />
<a href="http://www.alliethegypsyteacher.com/2018/12/a-merry-and-bright-classroom.html">Introduction to A Merry and Bright Classroom series</a><br />
<a href="http://www.alliethegypsyteacher.com/2018/12/a-merry-and-bright-classroom-1.html">Deck the Halls</a><br />
<a href="http://www.alliethegypsyteacher.com/2018/12/a-merry-and-bright-classroom-2.html">A Special Keepsake</a><br />
<a href="http://www.alliethegypsyteacher.com/2018/12/a-merry-and-bright-classroom-3.html">Classroom Management Strategies</a><br />
<a href="http://www.alliethegypsyteacher.com/2018/12/a-merry-and-bright-classroom-4.html">December Book Recommendations</a><br />
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Thank you for an awesome first week of this series! Come back next week for a whole lot more holiday cheer! Happy weekend, friends!<br />
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I am a #BookNerd and I'm proud to say it! I love reading, and love instilling a love of reading in kids. My one-year-old nephew LOVES books, and I will read his favorites to him 1000x because I love that he loves books!</div>
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Today I'm sharing some of my FAVORITES with you all for December! And, don't worry, no matter what you're teaching this month, I have a feeling I have some books for you! I've separated my favorites into categories to hopefully help you find some new reads! I also have some read alouds that I found on YouTube, if you'd rather incorporate those into your lesson plans. 53 links, y'all!! I've got something for EVERYONE!</div>
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Just so you know, any Amazon links that I provide in this post are affiliate links, but I would never share anything that I don't love. I just want to share my favorites with you, to give you some fresh ideas for read alouds or books to add to your collection. </div>
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Christmas around the World is one of my FAVORITE holiday units!! I'll be sharing more about this next week, but I have a bundle of resources in my TPT Store that I use too! Here are some books to share with your students about the different ways different countries celebrate Christmas:</div>
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<a href="https://amzn.to/2QiI86k">A World of Cookies for Santa</a></div>
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<a href="https://amzn.to/2Pq5sKa">Walk This World at Christmastime</a></div>
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<a href="https://amzn.to/2PoLAaj">Celebrate Christmas</a></div>
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<a href="https://amzn.to/2Svfxrb">Too Many Tamales</a> - <a href="https://youtu.be/raan8BPY9b0">YouTube Read Aloud</a></div>
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<a href="https://amzn.to/2E6KQov">The Legend of Old Befana</a></div>
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<a href="https://amzn.to/2PiQZzP">Babushka</a></div>
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<a href="https://amzn.to/2rnSGlT">Cobweb Christmas</a></div>
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There are WAYYYY too many amazing Christmas Read Alouds for me to share, but here are eight that I LOVE!! I've tried to give a good mix for you!</div>
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<a href="https://amzn.to/2PnYwxk">Olive, The Other Reindeer</a> - <a href="https://youtu.be/9_r68U4D9N0">YouTube Read Aloud</a></div>
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<a href="https://amzn.to/2PnZ1rc">Bear Stays Up for Christmas</a> </div>
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<a href="https://amzn.to/2Svskdd">Snowmen at Christmas</a></div>
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<a href="https://amzn.to/2E4SKP0">Pick a Pine Tree</a></div>
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<a href="https://amzn.to/2UkRvRo">The Little Reindeer</a></div>
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<a href="https://amzn.to/2PqkoIx">Red and Lulu</a></div>
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<a href="https://amzn.to/2KZ7MHu">The Nutcracker in Harlem</a></div>
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My favorite part of Christmas is celebrating Jesus's birth! I recently read The Christmas Cat with my cousins, and OH MY GOODNESS it has become a FAVE! These are all so sweet though...</div>
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<a href="https://amzn.to/2PmQnt2">The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey</a></div>
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<a href="https://amzn.to/2SwI67H">The Christmas Cat</a></div>
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<a href="https://amzn.to/2Umweqr">A Birthday Party for Jesus</a> - <a href="https://youtu.be/xrZRdOOEP2o">YouTube Read Aloud</a></div>
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<a href="https://amzn.to/2SzZtVl">Jesus Calling: The Story of Christmas</a></div>
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<a href="https://amzn.to/2E1ZJZb">Twas the Evening of Christmas</a></div>
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<a href="https://amzn.to/2L1k0j5">Nativity</a></div>
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<a href="https://amzn.to/2EeUmH3">Christmas in the Manger</a></div>
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<a href="https://amzn.to/2PnkjFl">Humphrey's First Christmas</a></div>
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It's important to teach our students about other holidays people might celebrate too! And it includes EVERYONE in the conversation! Here are some great read alouds to get the convo started in your classroom.</div>
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<a href="https://amzn.to/2Ssrxd0">The Legend of the Poinsettia</a></div>
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<a href="https://amzn.to/2rnn1AX">Seven Spools of Thread</a></div>
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<a href="https://amzn.to/2L0LnJZ">Lucia Morning in Sweden</a></div>
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<a href="https://amzn.to/2EjaGXf">Ruby's Chinese New Year</a></div>
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<a href="https://amzn.to/2Psm8B2">Latke the Lucky Dog</a> - <a href="https://youtu.be/ybWzBggopxk">YouTube Read Aloud</a></div>
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<a href="https://amzn.to/2PmC5IL">Diwali</a></div>
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If you have a Gingerbread Day or include some cookie fun into your plans, these are all such great choices for books! I love to make gingerbread playdough for my students to play with after we read these too!</div>
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<a href="https://amzn.to/2SvvRs4">The Gingerbread Girl</a></div>
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<a href="https://amzn.to/2QDqEkC">The Gingerbread Pirates</a></div>
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<a href="https://amzn.to/2PodhjM">The Gingerbread Mouse</a></div>
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<a href="https://amzn.to/2Ssvcrg">Gingerbread Friends</a></div>
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If you don't celebrate these holidays, don't you worry! I've got you covered with some winter-themed books. Sneezy the Snowman is SO cute and great for retelling, as is the Cold Lady book. </div>
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<a href="https://amzn.to/2SyKgn9">Sneezy the Snowman</a> - <a href="https://youtu.be/AaYCexsVhhs">YouTube Read Aloud</a></div>
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<a href="https://amzn.to/2PnkyQL">The Magic of Friendship Snow</a></div>
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<a href="https://amzn.to/2rkpVXo">Let it Snow!</a></div>
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<a href="https://amzn.to/2PoS4pR">There Was a Cold Lady who Swallowed Some Snow</a></div>
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<a href="https://amzn.to/2rmmq2B">Ten Sparkly Snowflakes</a></div>
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<a href="https://amzn.to/2L0llX9">Over and Under the Snow</a></div>
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<a href="https://amzn.to/2L2zdjM">The Mitten</a></div>
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<a href="https://amzn.to/2Pn8DSU">The Snowy Day</a></div>
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If you're looking for a fun way to incorporate these books into your classroom or household, Becca @ <a href="http://www.foxwellforest.com/">Foxwell Forest</a> has a great blog post of how she does a <a href="http://www.foxwellforest.com/christmas-book-countdown/">Countdown to Christmas</a>! Click the link or the picture below for all the details and a freebie!</div>
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I hope you enjoyed Day 4 of my A Merry and Bright Classroom series!! If you want to pin this post to come back to later and share with your Pinterest besties, here's the image! And make sure you pop by tomorrow, because you DON'T want to miss out on an awesome giveaway happening!!!</div>
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