Sunday, February 27, 2022
Teaching Oasis Resources
Wednesday, August 4, 2021
Calming Construction Boxes
Well in just 11 short days teachers in my district report back to school. This is our first year starting school before Labor Day so we lost 2 weeks of our traditional summer vacation. I'm frantically trying to finish up all the things on my to do list and finally completed this project.
If you'd like to implement this in your own classroom, the materials are located here: Calming Construction Boxes. I included 6 task cards in each box.
I do not charge for the materials I create, however I do accept donations via Paypal, CashApp and TpT Class Fund.
Last year, our school counselor introduced "Zones of Regulation" to my 2nd graders and I knew I wanted to do more to support this initiative. We also are a "Caring School Communities" school and integrate social and emotional learning into each day.
At the beginning of the year we'll talk about these boxes and complete our booklets to use as a resource when students need to "take a break."
Here's a list of the materials I used, I made 3 boxes for my class:
- 3 Clear Plastic Pencil Boxes
- 3 Plastic Colored Rings
- Make It Blocks from Dollar Tree (Legos, Building Bricks)
- Mini Cups
- Hashtag Blocks
- Dough
- Straw Connectors
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Monday, July 5, 2021
Ingenuity Lab
One idea I want to implement is an Ingenuity Lab (ingenuity is one of our school system's core values). I decided I wanted to start our days off with creativity. So instead of traditional morning work, students will come in and grab their bin for the week and complete that day's challenge. This is very similar to morning tubs or morning missions as I've also seen them called.
- 24 containers (plastic pencil boxes would be perfect)
- 24 plastic colored rings (metal rings could also work)
- mini cups
- puffy snowflakes
- straw constructor
- creative flakes
- hashtag blocks
- dough & toothpicks
- linking cubes
- foam base 10 blocks
- magnetic shapes
- wooden planks
- foam pattern blocks
- building bricks (Dollar Tree has Make-It Blocks that would also be perfect for this)
Tuesday, June 22, 2021
I Survived the 20/21 School Year!
Sunday, May 16, 2021
EOY: Beach Party
It's been so long since I've had the opportunity to write a blog post! My district went hybrid back in October, back to all virtual in December, then FULL TIME... every student, five days a week beginning in February. By the time that happened I had had 1 of 2 vaccine shots so I felt a little better about having 20 second graders in my classroom all day long. Where we learn, eat breakfast, lunch and snack and even have music. It's a lot to adjust to. Luckily, I have not had any student that needed to quarantine during this time so I could focus my time on planning classroom lessons and not planning for students at home as well.
This school year is winding down and I'm planning our end of the year party. In the past, I've done a Hawaiian Luncheon where I made hawaiian Meatballs, ham and turkey sandwiches on hawaiian sweet rolls. The days of me cooking for my students are gone and due to Covid restrictions our classroom party this year will look different.
How are you planning to celebrate the end of this unprecedented school year?
I decided to have a Beach Party. Students will dress is beach/ tropical attire and I plan to decorate the room, Party City has some great items. Here are the activities I have planned:
- eat beach themed snacks (Pinterest has tons of ideas)
- play board games
- Kidz Bop 2021 Dance Party
End of the Year Memory Bracelets |
Ocean Coloring Book |
Build a Sandcastle |
Saturday, October 31, 2020
Classroom Tour 20-21
I never thought I'd be wearing a face mask and shield to teach in... but here I am!
Because of social distancing, there are no rotations in my classroom so each child has a Station Basket for the week. I disinfect materials between cohorts. Each basket has the same type of activities just different topics. I took all my math and literacy stations and split them up to create the baskets.
This is their supply basket. They keep it in the desk on the days they are at school and in their cubbies on days they are not. I created Learning Handbooks of all our VA Standards and they have Math Fact Fluency Folders and Sight Word Folders as well.
On days my students are at home, I sent home packets that list their computer, packet and guided reading assignments.
I finally but together my Super Improver Board along with my student's Swag Tags. They are so excited about this!
Monday, April 13, 2020
Birthday Cookie Cards
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