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Friday, March 15, 2013

Five for Friday

We had a great week this week.  From 19 parent-teacher conferences in one day to cooking pancakes for my students, we did a lot of learning and had a lot of fun too.   

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1.  Swooning over spoons!  This week our phonics skill was the oo sound like in the word spoon.  So, we made this adorable anchor chart. 

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I wrote on plastic spoons with a black Sharpie, then taped them to chart paper.  Easy-peasy!

2.  We held Traffic School in our classroom.  An important concept of print is interpreting environmental print.  The MAP test we take has a bit of a focus on street signs.  So off to traffic school we went!

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I posted 10 traffic signs around the classroom and the students used clip boards to draw pictures of the signs and try to interpret their meanings. 

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3.  Parent-Teacher Conferences

Well, no more parent-teacher conferences until next year.  I had 19 conferences on Wednesday afternoon/evening.  I was sp-ent by the time I got home that night.  Lucky for me I only had 2 conferences on Thursday. 

This is the sign above my classroom windows, that they parents faced as they sat with me at my table. 

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4.  This baby came with our class book order this week!  I spent pretty much every bonus point I had on this sweet puppy.  Cannot wait to use it!

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5.  And finally, today I made my first graders pancakes.  Our main story this week was If You Give A Pig A Pancake.  So, of course we read a recipe so that we are understanding how to read to perform a task.  Then I got busy and cooked pancakes for my class. 

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I had some toppings to pretty up our pancakes (cherries, whipped cream, syrup, chocolate chips, and sprinkles).  The students were allowed to choose 2 toppings.  050

The students had to complete this paper to write about what they asked for when I gave them a pancake.  I’ll compile all their responses into a class book to add to our classroom library.

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I’m looking forward to next week, when this will be at our pocket chart center!

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Enjoy your weekend!

6 comments:

  1. So many fun things are happening in your classroom! I'm so glad I found you through the linky.

    I am going to have to use your spoon anchor chart. Too cute. What a concrete way to remember phonics.

    I, too, recently got the same laminator. I LOVE mine!

    So glad I found your blog :)

    The Frizz

    The Frizz in First Grade

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  2. That laminator is SO EXCITING!!! Oh, and I love your spoon anchor chart too. What a great visual and connection!

    Happy weekend!
    Angela :)
    Hippo Hooray for Second Grade!

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  3. 19 conferences in ONE day? Oh my word - you have earned a little relaxation this weekend. Enjoy :)

    Molly
    Lucky to Be in First

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  4. Like the spoon idea - I'm going to use it when we get to oo - thanks for sharing!
    Sara

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  5. Pancakes...great idea. I will have to read the book and make pancakes. Love it.
    Alyce

    Mrs. Bartel’s School Family

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  6. Love my laminator:) So glad I found you over at TpT. I am your newest follower!

    Tammy
    The Resourceful Apple

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