tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20330775099517465472024-03-14T02:30:50.785-07:00The Kindergarten CorralCindy Hutter and Tanya Wildmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07396186849577419778noreply@blogger.comBlogger65125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2033077509951746547.post-28105538396295660122012-06-21T08:18:00.000-07:002012-06-21T08:18:25.761-07:00How Are You Spending Your Summer?First of all, thank you so much for all the requests for copies of my "Bloom's Taxonomy for Math" labels! I hope everyone that has a copy will find them useful this school year. Our math committee presented a workshop last week and I introduced the labels to the teachers that attended and they were able to make a set before they left. It went well! You can email us at <a href="mailto:wildhutteach@yahoo.com">wildhutteach@yahoo.com</a> and request a copy for yourself.<br />
My summers have changed over the years. My kids are 17 (will be 18 next month) and 15 years old so no longer are my summer days filled with swimming lessons, VBS, zoo trips, sports camps, trips to the library, etc. We are finished with all things that involved Erin's high school graduation and party. Will's summer school baseball is over. And, we aren't going on vacation until next month. So, I've had some time on my hands. I am not good with idle time! I like having a schedule! Call me crazy but, I don't think I know how to relax and not at least think about school and my classroom...<br />
I have been stalking blogs more lately and I have spent WAY too much time on Pinterest. But, that is not a waste of time in my opinion if I find things that I think will make my life easier when school starts or will be beneficial to my students. Here are a few things I have found:<br />
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Melissa over at <a href="http://fisforfirstgrade.blogspot.com/">F is For First Grade</a> teaches first grade at the same school where we teach. She told me about the "Skinny Pencil Club" that she read about from Sarah (who is my fabulous sister in-law) over at <a href="http://firstgraderatlast.blogspot.com/">First Grader...At Last!</a>. Sarah starts each one of her first graders with a beginner pencil (those fat pencils that we used to use a long time ago) at the start of the school year. Once they have shown that they can consistently form their letters correctly, put spaces between their words, etc. they graduate to the "Skinny Pencil Club" and are presented with a skinny pencil with a ribbon and little tag attached. See her blog archives to find her post about this if you are interested. We did not put beginner pencils on our supply lists last year so I ordered enough from Office Depot for our class to have one at school and one for us to send home with each student so they can practice for homework. <span style="background-color: white;"> I am going to make a chart or poster to hang in our classroom to showcase the student's names once the have made it into the "Skinny Pencil Club". I know it will take our kindergarteners longer to graduate to the skinny pencil than it will for Melissa and Sarah's first graders. We probably won't have any until after we have instructed the students on each letter in handwriting but it is a goal and incentive for neat handwriting. </span><br />
Did y'all know about Kimberlee Fulbright over at <a href="http://teachertakers.blogspot.com/">Teacher Time Savers</a>? If not, you need to go browse her awesome blog and thank her for all the wonderful FREE classroom items she offers. I am not even kidding here, y'all! So many incredible common core freebies and LOTS of other things, too.<br />
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I have ordered a few things for the new school year. Luckily, we are allowed into our school whenever we want during the summer (except when they are waxing the floors) and our bookkeeper works all summer and we are allowed to use some of our school funds to order classroom supplies. I found these binder dividers that have 31 pre-printed tabs. I love this because I use binders for the students files for assessments and their personal information. I always use a number system so that I don't have to make new dividers each year. But, in the past I have only found 8 tab dividers. <br />
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I've also been trying to find some things I can go ahead and make now so when I need them during the school year and things are crazy, I won't have to spend time making them. We saved all the old and broken pencils from the last part of the school year and I have been peeling them in order to melt them into hearts for the student's for Valentine's Day. What kind of things do you all make during the summer to use later? </div>
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Okay, I am going to go wake up my teenagers now and see what we can do today! Please leave a comment and share what kinds to things you've been doing to prepare for next year! I really want to know! </div>
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<br />Cindy Hutter and Tanya Wildmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07396186849577419778noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2033077509951746547.post-4764062331288137172012-06-03T06:03:00.000-07:002012-06-03T06:10:11.352-07:00Bloom's Taxonomy for Math<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I was chosen during the school year to attend a training session that was given by our county to learn about the CCSS for math. Our state will be putting all of these in place next school year (2012-2013). Two teachers from each grade level were sent from our school to this training. Those teachers are now the "Math Committee" for the school for next year and we have to share our training with the rest of the teachers. We started doing this in a one hour meeting after school a few weeks ago and we will finish in a session this summer at the school. The committee has decided to make part of the training a "make and take" so the teachers will have something to take back to their classroom and help them with the changes. <br />
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<span style="line-height: 16px;"> One thing I have made for the teacher's training are these index cards that will be handy to help teachers remember the revised questioning of Bloom. On the back of each card are a few example questions to use that go along with the part of Bloom's Taxonomy that is on the front of the card. Put them on a ring and keep these close to your math lesson plans and viola, you will have help at your finger tips when you are wrapping up your math lesson or questioning your students during your math lesson.</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 16px;"> Print on Avery Labels 5163 and attach to regular size index cards. </span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 16px;">Email me at wildhutteach@yahoo.com and I will be happy to send you a copy of the labels! Have a great Sunday!</span></div>
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<br />Cindy Hutter and Tanya Wildmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07396186849577419778noreply@blogger.com27tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2033077509951746547.post-81013962318858576562012-01-22T06:00:00.000-08:002012-01-22T06:00:24.303-08:00100th Day and Valentine's GiftsFriday was the 100th day of school for us. The students were greeted with this at the door of the classroom.<br />
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</div>Cindy Hutter and Tanya Wildmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07396186849577419778noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2033077509951746547.post-53464348598019037862012-01-02T08:36:00.000-08:002012-01-02T08:36:33.826-08:00RUN, Don't walk!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jAX_AoYdyRk/TwHajAHI2dI/AAAAAAAAARY/TyLhc1xygqY/s1600/010112185920.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jAX_AoYdyRk/TwHajAHI2dI/AAAAAAAAARY/TyLhc1xygqY/s320/010112185920.jpg" width="180" /></a></div>I have seen a few posts about using these little gems in stations. And, we all know it will be February before we know it. I went to my local Dollar Tree last week looking for these. Well, they had cleared out all the Christmas stuff and were working on stocking the shelves with Valentine's items. I found the box that these were in but since they had not been unpacked and placed on the shelf, I did not ask if I could buy them. I decided to go back a couple of days later. I went back on Friday and they were still not unpacked. So, this time I asked the nice workers if I could buy something that wasn't on the shelves yet. They said sure and even opened the box for me. There were packs of these plastic heart shaped boxes with writing on them on top of the stack but as I dug down in the box, I found the plain ones. They come 10 to a package for only $1!! I bought 8 packages (remember I co-teach and we have 40 students). These will go FAST! Hope you get some if you are interested. I haven't been to the Target Dollar Spot yet. Can't wait to go there!<br />
The teachers in my county go back to work tomorrow and I am ready! I will miss taking my time drinking my coffee in the mornings and the time I have been able to spend with my family and dog but I need structure and a schedule! I have been using <strike> some </strike> A LOT of this down time to combine all the awesome downloads I have gotten from all of your into folders. I have been copying all those folders onto a flash drive so I will be able to always have them with me. Well, I will be trying to find a flash drive today big enough to hold all of them. I will also be making a run to the teacher store to buy some new desk name tags and hopefully these will make it for the second semester. Enjoy your day everyone!!Cindy Hutter and Tanya Wildmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07396186849577419778noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2033077509951746547.post-72566507516152092562011-12-29T19:01:00.000-08:002011-12-29T19:01:22.297-08:00Happy New Year!We've been out of school since December 20th and I have been itching to get back into my classroom because I have had a running list in my head of all the things I want to have done before next week. Luckily the teachers go back a day before the students. Well, yesterday I spent a few hours in my nice, quiet, and clean (it won't stay that way for long) classroom and thought I would share with you all the plans I have for the three days that the students will be at school next week. <br />
<div>We will be learning about New Year's traditions and doing activities from <a href="http://kindergals.blogspot.com/">Kim Adsit</a> and <a href="http://www.eduperry.com/">Brooke Perry</a>'s New Year's units. I emailed the parents from our class and shared with them what we will be doing when we return to school and asked them to talk with their children about their family new year's tradition. I also asked them to email me back and let me know about what time their child went to bed on New Year's Eve because we will be graphing that information. I wanted to make sure the students would have some help in this department because some of them might not remember.</div><div>The students will return on Wednesday. We will start the day by talking about our class rules and reminding each other of the discipline dozen. After we do our calendar activities, we will discuss that we have started a new year. I will read the book <u>The Night Before New Year's</u> by Natasha Wing.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-6jJMqSHrhao/Tv0jn5V0ISI/AAAAAAAAAQk/dsNiniRW6Zg/s1600/61XpRS4ynML._SL500_AA300_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-6jJMqSHrhao/Tv0jn5V0ISI/AAAAAAAAAQk/dsNiniRW6Zg/s1600/61XpRS4ynML._SL500_AA300_.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">In the book, the author talks about sharing fond memories of the year past. We will be doing the same about our school year so far. We will use the tree map in Kim's <a href="http://kindergals.blogspot.com/">"Hooray for New Year's Day"</a> unit. We will list the student's favorite events from each month of the school year from August to December. After we finish that, we will do the 2 math pages from the same unit all about the number 12.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">On Thursday, I will read the book <u>New Year's Day</u> by David F. Marx. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-MO_Gkkx0bjY/Tv0k55aoeqI/AAAAAAAAAQw/9rsPjIh0n7U/s1600/New+Years+Day-c.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-MO_Gkkx0bjY/Tv0k55aoeqI/AAAAAAAAAQw/9rsPjIh0n7U/s320/New+Years+Day-c.jpg" width="264" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">On Friday, I will ask the students what they think a resolution is. We will do a shared writing activity and write about some of the answers. After reading the book, <u>Squirrel's New Year's Resolution</u> by Pat Miller. I will ask the class about the meaning of the word resolution again. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-W2-C1FEcbJE/Tv0m6blAAeI/AAAAAAAAARM/4AII17kOnQo/s1600/Squirrelresolut-210.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-W2-C1FEcbJE/Tv0m6blAAeI/AAAAAAAAARM/4AII17kOnQo/s1600/Squirrelresolut-210.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Once we have established the real meaning, I will help the students decide on their own resolution. The students will write their resolution or goal unto a speech bubble. We will make a face to go with the party hats we made on Thursday and put the two together and add a party noise maker blower kind of thingy. We will add their speech bubbles that have their new goal on it and make a hall way display. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I hope everyone has been enjoying their break! I can't believe the first semester of the school year is over! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div>Cindy Hutter and Tanya Wildmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07396186849577419778noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2033077509951746547.post-39414773855440755882011-12-02T20:16:00.000-08:002011-12-02T20:16:31.680-08:00Out of the Mouths of Kinders...part 2So, we have been busy learning about "Christmas Around the World" this week. On Monday, we shared our own Christmas traditions and made stockings. On Tuesday, we listened to <u>The Legend of the Poinsettia</u> and learned about Christmas traditions in Mexico. We made poinsettias from red and green construction paper. Before moving on to France on Wednesday, I was reviewing with the students what we had learned so far in our journey. We were discussing what we remembered about Mexico and I asked, "What was the name of the flower we made that came from Mexico?" An eager student waved his hand in the air and gave me that "I know, I know" look so, I called on him. He proudly said, "The Mayflower!!!" Bless his heart! Too much information crammed into his little brain in the last couple of weeks...<br />
Check out my awesome sister in-law's blog (<a href="http://firstgraderatlast.blogpsot.com/">firstgraderatlast.blogpsot.com</a>) and her super cute "Christmas Around the World Scrapbook"! <br />
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</div>Cindy Hutter and Tanya Wildmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07396186849577419778noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2033077509951746547.post-61421761685547134952011-10-02T08:20:00.000-07:002011-10-02T08:20:21.246-07:00Out of the Mouths of Kinders...So, on Friday, I was teaching a math lesson on positional words. I was using an adult size chair just like the ones the students sit in as a prop. I stood behind the chair and asked the students, "If I stand here, what am I to the chair?" They responded, "Behind!" I stood in front of the chair and asked the students, "If I stand here, what am I to the chair?" They all said, "In front of it!" This went on until I said, "What if I crawled under the chair? What would I be?" I was waiting for the response, "Below." But instead, from one of my friends, I got the response...., "Stuck?" HAHAHA!! Then another friend said, "You couldn't fit under that tiny chair!" Well, at least they were listening!!<br />
To go along with this lesson, we used the awesome "Little Spider" positional words book that Shannon over at<br />
<a href="http://kinder-pond.blogspot.com/">Kindergarten Hoppenings</a> shared with us. Thank you, Shannon!!<br />
I also just found and pinned this little book about positional words over at <a href="http://candokinders.blogspot.com/2011/09/lets-work-on-positional-words.html">Can Do Kinders</a>! We will be using this soon for a follow up. But this time, I will not be using a chair as a prop.... ;-)Cindy Hutter and Tanya Wildmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07396186849577419778noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2033077509951746547.post-63481881547141712782011-09-25T09:04:00.000-07:002011-09-25T09:04:45.903-07:00Common Core Math Standards ~ Free "Dates Taught" ChecklistWe have been so extremely busy with our new class and life in general that we have not had a chance to update our blog. I feel like such a slacker! Everyone else has been doing such a great job and we appreciate all the awesome ideas we have been getting from all of you as usual!<br />
We have been given the Common Core Standards for Math in our county and have been told which ones to add to our teaching this year along with our state's course of study. We have also been given an updated month by month pacing guide which includes the CCS that aren't already in our state's course of study. Basically, the pacing guide is to help us stay on track so that we cover all the standards by the end of the school year. Our school uses Scott Foresman Investigations series as our math curriculum. <br />
Anyway, I created a very simple table to help me keep up with when I teach our sweeties all the standards. The reason I did this was because I use extra games and activities that I find from all of you or on Pinterest in my math work stations and I want to include the standard covered with those activities as well. I want to use this table so I can reflect on what skills I have given our students plenty of opportunities to master and be able to check at a glance and see what skills I still need to give more attention to. Here it is if you would like to try it:<br />
<a href="https://docs.google.com/leaf?id=0B2Y0jKgJGnkbMTU3YmFmMDUtY2M5ZC00Nzk5LWFjZmYtZWU4NzVkYTliN2I5&sort=name&layout=list&num=50">Common Core Standards Math - Kindergarten</a><br />
<a href="https://docs.google.com/leaf?id=0B2Y0jKgJGnkbY2JhZWU5ZjAtZWIyMi00MjI4LWI1YjktMGEwNTYxYmUwMmRh&sort=name&layout=list&num=50">Common Core Standards Math - Kindergarten 2</a><br />
<a href="https://docs.google.com/leaf?id=0B2Y0jKgJGnkbMDQ5YTc0NDUtYzI1YS00NjZjLWIzMmEtOGEyMDExOTEzYzMz&sort=name&layout=list&num=50">Common Core Standards Math - Kindergarten 3</a><br />
Please forgive my lack of cool skills when uploading documents from Google Docs. I can't remember how to upload them unto the blog showing the actual document. I will try to do better next time. =)<br />
I think my husband, family, and dog would love for me to get out of the "back to school - need to organize - need to plan ahead - want to make all the things I find on the web mode" and pay a little attention to them. I know my poor house needs some attention as well! What can I say? I love this time of year!!<br />
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<br />Cindy Hutter and Tanya Wildmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07396186849577419778noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2033077509951746547.post-5711907159024793272011-09-11T11:10:00.000-07:002011-09-11T11:10:37.692-07:00Shapes and ColorsWe finished our 2 week unit on shapes and colors last week. Here are a few of the highlights:<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOZmn-_HjGnNwvZ5iNvwzdKg5uTRJDeDS95tQjR5uO3Pqka3gUlbc-u2rBtF83GI_hHWiqBP4BqHWXal3hK6fjtIdyZ8QODTEe6XON2cazkvhL3BiIndcSpNdMyUS1PlEHU59PHsc4-w8/s1600/2011-08-28_16-23-57_706.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="206" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOZmn-_HjGnNwvZ5iNvwzdKg5uTRJDeDS95tQjR5uO3Pqka3gUlbc-u2rBtF83GI_hHWiqBP4BqHWXal3hK6fjtIdyZ8QODTEe6XON2cazkvhL3BiIndcSpNdMyUS1PlEHU59PHsc4-w8/s320/2011-08-28_16-23-57_706.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">During calendar time, we used our color quilt to sort pictures that Tanya and I cut from magazines. I would pull a picture from a big envelope and give it to a selected student and they would attach the picture to the correct color on the "quilt". I made the quilt by laminating the pieces of construction paper after I labeled each piece with the name of the color. Then, I just simply taped the pieces together on the back. The students loved this and now that the quilt is full of sorted pictures, we might hang it in the room as a reminder of our colors or hang it as a hallway display for a while.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh10ivNBGUzOg11yfkfX4RNw-qEM6tXKKv8IOhmQC4YbZCE6j9wKO7gTSelp67l6z80hiruQ7xNzxEOPl3TZMxfZELXvyEv1si99cxY7EyGyilkTt6-0k4lfjdeM7ztSVkA-HspRhOyDQw/s1600/1315763233805.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="294" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh10ivNBGUzOg11yfkfX4RNw-qEM6tXKKv8IOhmQC4YbZCE6j9wKO7gTSelp67l6z80hiruQ7xNzxEOPl3TZMxfZELXvyEv1si99cxY7EyGyilkTt6-0k4lfjdeM7ztSVkA-HspRhOyDQw/s320/1315763233805.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We had a special "shape snack" on Friday to celebrate the end of shape unit! We asked parents to help send in the ingredients. For rectangles, we had graham crackers and cheese. Our squares were "Life" cereal and Cheez-its. Fruit Loops and banana slices were our circles. For triangles, we had Triscuit Crisps crackers and Bugles! Our students thought the special snack was delicious!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuI0hM0cLz8zEfJAhrsZiJ2yYPHZkugcXHHz49uWWhwZasVcnmC7vAOQ7DT5QCxJgQPa_KKLAk0d1oHjwthM4CCQTLzEC27RNw6naQxAS0CFvfL_6RCRQbPkuz_vfeqcKeclqSv1uqMLk/s1600/1315763234431.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuI0hM0cLz8zEfJAhrsZiJ2yYPHZkugcXHHz49uWWhwZasVcnmC7vAOQ7DT5QCxJgQPa_KKLAk0d1oHjwthM4CCQTLzEC27RNw6naQxAS0CFvfL_6RCRQbPkuz_vfeqcKeclqSv1uqMLk/s1600/1315763234431.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">After reading <u>Brown Bear, Brown bear, What Do You See?</u> we made these necklaces for a lesson in symmetry and as a retelling aid for the students. We got the idea from the website <a href="http://www.makinglearningfun.com/">www.makinglearningfun.com</a>. The students and parents LOVED this activity! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Our next unit of study will be The Farm.... EIEIO!! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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Below is a picture of what it looks like during our reading block and the literacy stations that the students rotate through.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_dbGKFK_ClJGsKqa_jaC4xKCiyGFudHDkTN-CuPOgjQCk09fb5GclJmKOL7Di4bFiKLcGPOelogB8a9aQNoKU4rNqIZjHxETbUPUkAE2bvWxgjBpqsbqr-Y1ku9av3UfexxzbuqUyo-o/s1600/2011-08-28_15-56-32_744.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_dbGKFK_ClJGsKqa_jaC4xKCiyGFudHDkTN-CuPOgjQCk09fb5GclJmKOL7Di4bFiKLcGPOelogB8a9aQNoKU4rNqIZjHxETbUPUkAE2bvWxgjBpqsbqr-Y1ku9av3UfexxzbuqUyo-o/s320/2011-08-28_15-56-32_744.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Tanya glued the icons for each literacy station to a library book pocket. At the bottom of the pocket chart, are the craft sticks with the student's pictures on them that we use to place in the pockets so the students will know which station they are supposed to work in. We will use the same method for math work stations and it will look like this:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKgYvbt7CS6l5IRKEmNAqwRY9NAg9WbDiNfDsjpFlT0qg6Td4l5iTt3Z0_ZmOl0RlNBRDbvEI3nzviSajWE8rcVzWdx4NeYh92N6_cOWAhunL5XSWVHCR7EkWos_u8ik4xbHPvPzbtyQo/s1600/2011-08-28_15-55-47_222.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKgYvbt7CS6l5IRKEmNAqwRY9NAg9WbDiNfDsjpFlT0qg6Td4l5iTt3Z0_ZmOl0RlNBRDbvEI3nzviSajWE8rcVzWdx4NeYh92N6_cOWAhunL5XSWVHCR7EkWos_u8ik4xbHPvPzbtyQo/s320/2011-08-28_15-55-47_222.jpg" width="211" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I turned the same pockets over and attached a label that has a 1-5 in a different color with "Math" written in multi-color under it. For example, there are 2 pockets that have the number 1 on them but one of the pockets has a red 1 on it and the other pocket has a blue 1 on it. The same goes for the numbers 2-5. This is the "Stations" chart behind my small group table. The "Stations" chart behind Tanya's small group table has the same labels but the colors on her pockets are yellow and green. This will make sense when you see the next picture. We put 2 student's pictures in each pocket. The students will take a look at the "Stations" chart and see what color and number is on their pocket. Then they will go to this shelf:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIlzLG8VSYUp6Bkd9ruaVY8Vmr2OzpperUFWvdGqypZFbsw1Yk5fbvjykEs55dqw2u-WsdqqZCwrj0z9FrEsiCr1Lhqf-bVcCCwGB2FZbKd-SDReSjr5oGHv0OzT4hRbPyE0DSsYNVSlI/s1600/2011-08-28_15-57-58_41.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="292" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIlzLG8VSYUp6Bkd9ruaVY8Vmr2OzpperUFWvdGqypZFbsw1Yk5fbvjykEs55dqw2u-WsdqqZCwrj0z9FrEsiCr1Lhqf-bVcCCwGB2FZbKd-SDReSjr5oGHv0OzT4hRbPyE0DSsYNVSlI/s320/2011-08-28_15-57-58_41.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We are fortunate that Tanya's very sweet father in-law built this fabulous cubby/shelf for Tanya several years ago. She used to use it as a binder holder and cubby space for her students but it has been quite a while since she only had 20 students in her class. So, we found a new fabulous use for it! Here is a closer picture so that you can see how the tubs are labeled to match the pockets in our "Stations" charts:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuiGQReCqmrBypM5UIxHcKfF2SBvCg4NfusUrXnkBy7esfTiMj1popIUXzuy_1cSd8Z-RIjQHANqtBvHermFW63Ac9Z3n2b9oz_X_v9O4mRqYwFV4v2T7m7BWasxSkqepARAjSN0Am3o8/s1600/2011-08-28_15-58-07_74.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="184" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuiGQReCqmrBypM5UIxHcKfF2SBvCg4NfusUrXnkBy7esfTiMj1popIUXzuy_1cSd8Z-RIjQHANqtBvHermFW63Ac9Z3n2b9oz_X_v9O4mRqYwFV4v2T7m7BWasxSkqepARAjSN0Am3o8/s320/2011-08-28_15-58-07_74.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The students match the color of the number on their pocket in the "Stations" chart to the color of the number on the tub. They will use the materials in the tub to do their math task. Thank you, Debbie Diller! Later when we have math work stations at the computer, pocket charts, or other areas of the room, I will label those areas the same way I labeled the tubs and the students will go there to do their math tasks. Right now, we aren't meeting with small math groups yet and we are still working on the procedures so the students are only going to one station a day. We will teach them how to clean up and rotate to another station soon. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The number 1 tubs have pattern blocks in them. Last week the students got to freely explore the pattern blocks. This week, I added pattern cards that I found on <a href="http://www.confessionsofahomeschooler.com/">www.confessionsofahomeschooler.com</a> If you haven't been to this awesome website and checked out the "my printables" tab, you really should!! The tubs labeled 4 have the play dough I made and shape cards for play dough that I also got from that great website. She shares lots of free printables! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The students also freely explored unifix cubes and counting bears last week. This week the unifix cubes are in the tubs labeled with the number 2 with some pattern cards I made a few years ago. Counting bears are in the tubs labeled with the number 3 with 1 to 1 math mats that I got from <a href="http://mrswilliamsonskinders.blogspot.com/">mrswilliamsonskinders.blogspot.com</a>. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The math mats help with one to one correspondence. The students have not freely explored our geoblocks yet, so that it what is in the tubs labeled with the number 5. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The students loved the math tasks they did today! We will tweak a few things tomorrow and keep on keeping on!! Hope at least some of this made sense! HAHA! And, that someone got something out of it that they might like to try. Today was our 13th day of school. Only 7 more days until another visit from Zero the Hero! Our students can't wait. I am so pleased with how math is going so far. Hope it continues!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div>Cindy Hutter and Tanya Wildmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07396186849577419778noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2033077509951746547.post-53202529573920189282011-08-28T08:58:00.000-07:002011-08-28T15:32:09.807-07:00Too Cute, Had to Share!Our little "cowpokes" spent part of each day last week exploring math manipulatives. So far, they have had the opportunity to explore pattern blocks, linking cubes, buttons, geo-boards, and teddy bear counters. They have really enjoyed getting their hands on these materials and they have been so creative. <br />
We love it when our students carry over what they have learned from one subject to another subject. An awesome example of this showed itself to us on Friday when one of our cuties created what is pictured below.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVy2t7WhLke_jNjjmNPWFfeCelSu9ifArTsDZz6hAW1uZ1CskaYBgZjBF1S_7rRcS1cZdDCVcEBG1H1fkasbKd61hNzoiyv1rS-EcdQ_M2XuxMosx_7ZPZCSUP6TwgH6BJQ1-y4q0Mbsw/s1600/2011-08-26_11-16-49_373.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVy2t7WhLke_jNjjmNPWFfeCelSu9ifArTsDZz6hAW1uZ1CskaYBgZjBF1S_7rRcS1cZdDCVcEBG1H1fkasbKd61hNzoiyv1rS-EcdQ_M2XuxMosx_7ZPZCSUP6TwgH6BJQ1-y4q0Mbsw/s320/2011-08-26_11-16-49_373.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>This is our friend Carson, he was exploring the teddy bear counters and was proud to announce to Tanya, "Mrs. Wildman, look! The bears are the class and we are in group time doing the morning message!" Notice he used the lid to the tub that the bears were in as the SMARTBOARD! How fantastic is that??!! L-O-V-E it!!<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm3Hb1PEQJodaWDN99u8zrEnsoMmRVVzpMsJdWLz1kKaGGL81bvy4FpUpwkP02cwDbZq25cjuZQ39epvIxuro9a1lvf9GCH8H5RLTB7L2TKIRKXip6cJYoVnfK_73N5ycXX4VVIpD3hfE/s1600/2011-08-26_11-17-00_815.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm3Hb1PEQJodaWDN99u8zrEnsoMmRVVzpMsJdWLz1kKaGGL81bvy4FpUpwkP02cwDbZq25cjuZQ39epvIxuro9a1lvf9GCH8H5RLTB7L2TKIRKXip6cJYoVnfK_73N5ycXX4VVIpD3hfE/s320/2011-08-26_11-17-00_815.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We know he has been paying attention! This made our day! So glad I have a cell phone with a decent camera on it. It was definitely a "Kodak moment"! =)</div>Cindy Hutter and Tanya Wildmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07396186849577419778noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2033077509951746547.post-47426174955009158592011-08-21T18:00:00.000-07:002011-08-21T18:01:58.426-07:00We Are Going to Make Some Play Dough!First, let me just say that we have had a fabulous start to our new school year! We have a class full of little personalities and I don't want to jinx us but I think we have a pretty well behaved group. We have already moved some little chatty Cathys away from each other. So, hopefully we will start our new week with even better behavior. AND, our behavior clip chart is working BEAUTIFULLY!! Our kinders love wearing the stickers Tanya made from labels when they move to blue or purple. I am going to share with all of you this week. Now, onto the topic of this post. During the next few weeks, we will using play dough in our first math and literacy stations. I have found some great activities out in blog world dealing with using play dough to make shapes, letters, numbers, etc. I know our students are going to love it! I spent part of this afternoon making home made play dough to use in the stations. Here is a picture of how it turned out:<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYSBX3qiPwAVSRuVCEyiWdgsuqORyfYAkvkfyP4u46ELoICQUAqlQO7hyJ9GI-i66D9lWD9on3Tc5YGcYSuniLkbw-z0KlL3tjnYcL0BR28_5N8eB9iBMw6hGIuld2R76sviCfTg3WQQI/s1600/IMG_6404.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYSBX3qiPwAVSRuVCEyiWdgsuqORyfYAkvkfyP4u46ELoICQUAqlQO7hyJ9GI-i66D9lWD9on3Tc5YGcYSuniLkbw-z0KlL3tjnYcL0BR28_5N8eB9iBMw6hGIuld2R76sviCfTg3WQQI/s320/IMG_6404.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I made a double batch of the green and the blue. I am so pleased with how it turned out! We are going to make another batch of yellow and another batch of red with our students as our first cooking activity of the year. This is the recipe I used:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">1 cup plain flour</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">1/2 cup salt</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">2 tsp. cream of tartar</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">1 cup water</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">1 tsp oil</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">food coloring</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Mix all ingredients together with a fork until the mixture is smooth and one solid color. Pour the mixture into a pan and bring to a boil over medium heat. Stir until smooth and until play dough bunches up to form a ball. Take it out of the pan and allow the play dough to cool. Knead for a few minutes and store in an airtight container.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I got the recipe from <a href="http://www.playdoughrecipe.org/">http://www.playdoughrecipe.org</a>. This website has recipes for all kinds of play dough! This is just the traditional recipe. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Looking forward to this week of Teacher Week 2011!! =) </div><br />
Cindy Hutter and Tanya Wildmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07396186849577419778noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2033077509951746547.post-11169622000805915382011-08-10T18:58:00.000-07:002011-08-10T18:58:00.691-07:00More Classroom Pics and a Glance at Our Student BindersTomorrow is the first day of school! Tanya and I are as ready as we are ever going to be. Our classroom is all spiffy! All the crayons, pencils, and supplies are in place. We are looking forward to seeing all <u style="font-weight: bold;">41</u> of our new friends! <br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq8q0QkqrY5j50GCQ0nrg3hDMnoFUIx7ZkjPTtnwdDxIbt-VHeVbz45fgmHC4tntf3kifltduX5mxqWTVjmaR7Sz1xQAqWwfc2uU3KiXRqSgayEFmgNjAepIgesOyLj670b0M1VciDyTM/s1600/IMG_6333.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq8q0QkqrY5j50GCQ0nrg3hDMnoFUIx7ZkjPTtnwdDxIbt-VHeVbz45fgmHC4tntf3kifltduX5mxqWTVjmaR7Sz1xQAqWwfc2uU3KiXRqSgayEFmgNjAepIgesOyLj670b0M1VciDyTM/s320/IMG_6333.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We put books, poems, "popcorn words" on spiral index cards, and math activities that we want the students to do at home in the pocket of this folder. Each homework folder holds the child's reading log. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4jT8O9V4KJALm7kqMpk9oGD2MHxQWnE6sH10t_imCfPx1-KwDcoOPx6yOOvX5A_PKNBjcVbS4jKwGqTZoKckVtIkpUCPA4jio82MnJrqrosNCr8xhLVi-sOJ3dzCV26Ak-IEJyuSoq7w/s1600/IMG_6334.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="179" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4jT8O9V4KJALm7kqMpk9oGD2MHxQWnE6sH10t_imCfPx1-KwDcoOPx6yOOvX5A_PKNBjcVbS4jKwGqTZoKckVtIkpUCPA4jio82MnJrqrosNCr8xhLVi-sOJ3dzCV26Ak-IEJyuSoq7w/s320/IMG_6334.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">In the back clear pocket of the binder, we added change of transportation forms on bright pink paper and the absence notes we found on someone's blog that was so sweet to share on blue paper. This is the first year we have included these notes. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> We showed the parents our binders Monday night. Tomorrow we will model how we use our binders and stress over and over to the students that it is very important to treat our binders with care. Tanya and I have white laundry baskets on our small group tables each morning. We teach the students to put their binders in the baskets each morning as part of our unpacking routine. We give the binders back out at the end of the day with homework, notes, etc. in them. The students take the binders home each day and bring them back the next day. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Now, it is time to get ready for bed! Tomorrow is going to be a LONG day!! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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Cindy Hutter and Tanya Wildmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07396186849577419778noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2033077509951746547.post-69234049934320008792011-08-07T08:13:00.000-07:002011-08-07T08:13:58.465-07:00TOMORROW!We will meet our new group of little friends tomorrow! "Meet the Teacher" is tomorrow morning and "Parent Night" is tomorrow night. Ready or not, the new school year is about to begin. Tanya and I have worked our fannies off (wish that was really possible...) in our new classroom. We are thrilled how it all turned out. After being very cramped in a smaller classroom for 2 years with 40 students, we are more than just a little bit tickled to death to have such a big space to teach, encourage, and nurture our new babies! Here are some more pictures of the finished project. <br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5zG8DUP-09e3QYT4Xrx0-ivYp0DSVq3WjtcmUuoInI-EGddf5CXPIqsPyi8E-HcJslpDDuwAkqwsx2Hy3ExOCgjRN1LrKtV6pWj1JJwde37NHvfNbcmWUn8U92zHkf8pcI4-XpLrRcy4/s1600/IMG_6319.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5zG8DUP-09e3QYT4Xrx0-ivYp0DSVq3WjtcmUuoInI-EGddf5CXPIqsPyi8E-HcJslpDDuwAkqwsx2Hy3ExOCgjRN1LrKtV6pWj1JJwde37NHvfNbcmWUn8U92zHkf8pcI4-XpLrRcy4/s320/IMG_6319.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is one of our "Listening to Reading" stations. Two students will be at this station at a time listening to a book on a cd. We are using some of our awesome crate seats here. </div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEQukqZ-60OuogOJ3PWMAQNiyIwdWG67_uhiSULsvw2tj5luOegooiPVEIj5dwEUcGJsxoyrocT_DkRSrBm_LbMNRMUh-pG2SYWvqXASXCI83WmhuLINdyQG7lkHQP1BN-BA9g428dArY/s1600/2011-08-05_13-30-20_45.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEQukqZ-60OuogOJ3PWMAQNiyIwdWG67_uhiSULsvw2tj5luOegooiPVEIj5dwEUcGJsxoyrocT_DkRSrBm_LbMNRMUh-pG2SYWvqXASXCI83WmhuLINdyQG7lkHQP1BN-BA9g428dArY/s320/2011-08-05_13-30-20_45.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We display our "Giving Tree" during "Meet the Teacher" and "Parent Night". On each apple, we have written something that we will need but was not on the supply lists. These are simple things like extra snacks, electronic cleaning wipes, and card stock paper. We ask parents to please pick one if they can and donate the extra supply.</div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcLwdUrEdbHejboLoXtkVFpSj8uwMD5w8x9Mi8Am-_oADYuuY_TLH2mlgOaR70xYtZx_xlAAe1pJhDNUOU3CXlZHXnRa6Ev3xe7-J5hcZa_2uL6XnbK-UfbNjcQem2QWUH8O8-PulzZmg/s1600/2011-08-05_13-30-34_579.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcLwdUrEdbHejboLoXtkVFpSj8uwMD5w8x9Mi8Am-_oADYuuY_TLH2mlgOaR70xYtZx_xlAAe1pJhDNUOU3CXlZHXnRa6Ev3xe7-J5hcZa_2uL6XnbK-UfbNjcQem2QWUH8O8-PulzZmg/s320/2011-08-05_13-30-34_579.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We are very fortunate to have 2 closets in our classroom. Tanya's very sweet husband and father in-law made these boards of hooks and hung boards with 21 hooks in each closet. Above the hook, we attached labels with the student's names on them. In our class, Mrs. Hutter's students are known as "yellow dots" and Mrs. Wildman's students are know as "green dots". This is because when they go into the gym for PE, each class has a certain color dot to sit on while they are getting instructions for the day. My class sits on yellow dots and Tanya's class sits on green dots. On each student's name tag on their desk, there is either a yellow circle or a green circle. That is how the student will know which color dot they are. We put a large yellow circle over the door of one closet door and a large green circle over the other closet door. The students with a yellow circle on their name tag will go into the closet with the yellow circle over the door and find their name over a hook and the same with the students with a green circle on their name tag. Clear as mud for you??</div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc4usEq-JY552CbZICFxxQb_bvyPLPMMeWzzzVPIriFHRfC4Kh_B-rVVRYw6VE1r7Gx2LpzbpWuSEDIkKVdZKHb_ptAQUgc4cWOE8NOOGhAuxeWy-jiCPktjThK6vl1V2fR8oCXvrG2tM/s1600/IMG_6310.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc4usEq-JY552CbZICFxxQb_bvyPLPMMeWzzzVPIriFHRfC4Kh_B-rVVRYw6VE1r7Gx2LpzbpWuSEDIkKVdZKHb_ptAQUgc4cWOE8NOOGhAuxeWy-jiCPktjThK6vl1V2fR8oCXvrG2tM/s320/IMG_6310.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is the bulletin board outside one of the doors of our classroom. Tanya did a fabulous job with her handy dandy Cricut! Each horse has a student's name on it. So super cute! We love it!</div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh21o8sAK8rX3-jHxU8NdsuilaSs7Sm-rAq1f2s11ihSIf6nsrGMQpw5kpzwthKN0KTlDTuiUqmagEdt_PzYXOHgN9-sCbiChGhxq_MQD1LT3OaTlZMtdlD_6BvrnEWAvfBqzqxSbHUwtk/s1600/IMG_6311.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh21o8sAK8rX3-jHxU8NdsuilaSs7Sm-rAq1f2s11ihSIf6nsrGMQpw5kpzwthKN0KTlDTuiUqmagEdt_PzYXOHgN9-sCbiChGhxq_MQD1LT3OaTlZMtdlD_6BvrnEWAvfBqzqxSbHUwtk/s320/IMG_6311.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is on the wall in the hallway between the 2 doors of our classroom. Another terrific job done by Tanya and her trusty Cricut! This is where we will display the student's art work, etc. We have already received lots of kind words about the display. </div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8vFPsgo465mm3c9myni-RsYsjfKYUmKX0f4kIuGQKS-rG1UQSl4bx01ydIvVo3yTnqwUNWcQNd82xzI9SiWzn9W5mtjzL9pJDhrVpsBx-GRaBAi5WyNveaKDsW3w0QeAU0mxPeSe0UWk/s1600/IMG_6312.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8vFPsgo465mm3c9myni-RsYsjfKYUmKX0f4kIuGQKS-rG1UQSl4bx01ydIvVo3yTnqwUNWcQNd82xzI9SiWzn9W5mtjzL9pJDhrVpsBx-GRaBAi5WyNveaKDsW3w0QeAU0mxPeSe0UWk/s320/IMG_6312.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">On each end of our classroom, we have a set of cabinets and counter tops like this. We are also lucky to have 2 sinks!! We use the clear bins on the counter for the student's snacks. We have groups of desks set up like 5 tables. Each group has a number hanging above it. (you can see the number 1 in this picture) Each morning we place the corresponding bin on the right group of desks. In the bottom of the empty bin, we place a small trash bag or sometimes we use plastic store bags. When the students come in and start to unpack their backpacks, they put their snack in this bin on top of the empty bag. Once everyone is done doing that, we put the bins back on the counter. At snack time, we put the bins back out and the students get their snack. When it is time to clean up, they put their trash in the plastic bag that we placed in the bottom of the bins. That way, we just have 5 bags of garbage and all 40 students don't have to make a trip to the garbage can. We simply put each bag of trash in our large class garbage can. Saves lots of time!! We read to our students while they eat their snacks.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLVkvGkeSNZc2ok_VtxCdNJXlqGAgeQnDPc34v7gUDyYDkFZkYRwCINLj8uzDECwg_kzBopRC5v_-0o-rRl7pRNR1ul-emw11lTRNKJUUrcQHrVv_WS_iNGZckZUOfx7Gr0jMbGmeInnQ/s1600/IMG_6313.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLVkvGkeSNZc2ok_VtxCdNJXlqGAgeQnDPc34v7gUDyYDkFZkYRwCINLj8uzDECwg_kzBopRC5v_-0o-rRl7pRNR1ul-emw11lTRNKJUUrcQHrVv_WS_iNGZckZUOfx7Gr0jMbGmeInnQ/s320/IMG_6313.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> This is the view of our classroom from our whole group area. Notice the signs hanging over each group of desks. Tanya made these with her Cricut, too. We added the number and dots like on a die so that the students could count if they couldn't recognize the number at the beginning of the year. We will call out the numbers when we want them to line up, or to give out praise, like "Group 4 is doing a great job working quietly", etc. At each end of the large white board, we have our "Cowpoke of the Week" boards. Each week we will draw 2 students names out of paper sacks. These students will be our "Cowpokes of the Week". These students decorate a poster, bring family photos, trophies, favorite toys, etc. and we display them. We read about these students during snack and they get to be helpers in the classroom. We start each year with Tanya and myself being the first "Cowpokes". Our posters and family photos are displayed now.</div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZmIfcfZ0htWEnYz8KBFOJxmphonVq4-GaXoY3kpQEo8QmuEa4cYzTGoWWTP7PEK6NTYwd6FbIEY8GPD1KxebSQ6BSpKuf9qTeTKYHDMM9_5aBLexpVmsfLl-Q-22f4GbULFaXnL1rnZI/s1600/IMG_6315.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZmIfcfZ0htWEnYz8KBFOJxmphonVq4-GaXoY3kpQEo8QmuEa4cYzTGoWWTP7PEK6NTYwd6FbIEY8GPD1KxebSQ6BSpKuf9qTeTKYHDMM9_5aBLexpVmsfLl-Q-22f4GbULFaXnL1rnZI/s320/IMG_6315.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We sorted through every book in our classroom. It took a couple of days. Most of them were already in a labeled bin but we did find several that were in bins that they shouldn't be in. We made new western style labels using a really cute font we got from "Lettering Delights". We have 8 or 9 shelves like this one full of bins of books.</div><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbhszjuSZjdo9pAvK4LlYvxn1XS0qGyqeM6hHEQDMy9NYiFcMgNkIqh54q4yuSE9R1zYIY9cHfP_n4xL5Zl3c1eRbap9zsSnLZeLd0ay4fTpVjY84cJtvKi9jeTrQJ2q9CyVtkI2njqZw/s1600/IMG_6318.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbhszjuSZjdo9pAvK4LlYvxn1XS0qGyqeM6hHEQDMy9NYiFcMgNkIqh54q4yuSE9R1zYIY9cHfP_n4xL5Zl3c1eRbap9zsSnLZeLd0ay4fTpVjY84cJtvKi9jeTrQJ2q9CyVtkI2njqZw/s320/IMG_6318.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is our whole group area. We are so excited about the SMART Board! And that we will have room for all the students to sit on the carpet or floor. The last 2 years we didn't have enough room for everyone to sit in front of the rocker at once. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">So, I may not get much sleep tonight due to nerves and excitement! Is anyone else like this? This will be my 12th "Meet the Teacher" and "Parent Night". WOW!! I guess it has gotten a little easier but not less nerve wracking! </div>Cindy Hutter and Tanya Wildmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07396186849577419778noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2033077509951746547.post-23298150331725234662011-08-02T18:34:00.000-07:002011-08-02T18:34:42.476-07:00It's Beginning to Look A Lot Like a Classroom!Tanya and I have been BUSY!! We finally have almost all our furniture in place. We have cleaned out and organized EVERYTHING! Tanya has kept her Cricut buzzing along. Things are getting put up on the walls. Tomorrow we will decorate the hall outside our classroom and we will start putting together our orientation packets. Lesson plans will be made and name tags will be put on desks later in the week. And, we will have the room all set up for meeting our new kinder friends on Monday and then having our parent night Monday night. Here a just a few new pics of what we have been working on:<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Tanya used her Cricut and the western cartridge to create our super cute "Birthday Buckeroos" wall! LOVE IT!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO6nbbA_6TjULA-UZYDgvKr3wnI4M6yuUa0JD_869PbVuZAIoekkHbMVk4CfeV2QG5tiCM30yTAizqgOwtgrzncwxU2-jm3w0nv_ztfzXuDW00dhh5Q1XDphn0pX7R59nmFG6Cqyr2vxk/s1600/IMG_6308.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="255" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO6nbbA_6TjULA-UZYDgvKr3wnI4M6yuUa0JD_869PbVuZAIoekkHbMVk4CfeV2QG5tiCM30yTAizqgOwtgrzncwxU2-jm3w0nv_ztfzXuDW00dhh5Q1XDphn0pX7R59nmFG6Cqyr2vxk/s320/IMG_6308.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This is our calendar area. Tanya used her Cricut to make the words (they look like rope). I borrowed "Make Every Day Count" from someone on an awesome blog but, I can't remember which one. I bought the calendar pocket chart and the "Counting the Days" pocket chart from Really Good Stuff. I've never had one of these before. I have always just added what I wanted to my calendar bulletin board. I use the little pig next to the "Counting the Days" pocket chart as another way to count the days in school. We add a penny each day and exchange pennies for nickels, nickels for dimes, etc.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwwqCX8Owvy6QC02_XmEoFbhv_oJqtRd4VW3fo7iZhd2pf20suVLkOIpb7k9vUBYxK0itWHpdQNy7iMTFLGTf1eA8TEGSDrvCSqkYOg_7KvY6__cnd_GOxdf1vGr2E6JqaDIuUHnv41oY/s1600/IMG_6307.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwwqCX8Owvy6QC02_XmEoFbhv_oJqtRd4VW3fo7iZhd2pf20suVLkOIpb7k9vUBYxK0itWHpdQNy7iMTFLGTf1eA8TEGSDrvCSqkYOg_7KvY6__cnd_GOxdf1vGr2E6JqaDIuUHnv41oY/s320/IMG_6307.JPG" width="213" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">"Chow Time" - lunch menu posted over the shelf that we will use for lunchboxes. Love all the western fonts we found on Lettering Delights! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">More photos to come! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This is how Tanya and I spent our morning. We made 18 of these adorable crate storage seats. We are using them for our small group tables and at the computers that the students will be using. We love the fabric because it goes so well with our western theme. Tanya picked it up at Hobby Lobby. We first saw the idea on the blog, <a href="http://whattheteacherwants.blogspot.com/">What The Teachers Wants</a>. Thanks for the idea! I know there are more of you out there that are going to make these. Happy crafting!</div>Cindy Hutter and Tanya Wildmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07396186849577419778noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2033077509951746547.post-37168258004820857022011-07-23T05:52:00.000-07:002011-07-23T05:52:06.891-07:00Our Summer "Break" is OVER!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi78Eg_E2GagbbC9Mle1HH-nEEFo2Gp_oG5jwOOLELy421PJH1A2EZrC_jjntdP8Dxm6Q_jigsACMy3GlUSNCyqh3UPmLo4T6UvQQJCzVC2i6PUA60f7V8s5lTJJtHTNB0dte7JvzKfztY/s1600/IMG958524.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi78Eg_E2GagbbC9Mle1HH-nEEFo2Gp_oG5jwOOLELy421PJH1A2EZrC_jjntdP8Dxm6Q_jigsACMy3GlUSNCyqh3UPmLo4T6UvQQJCzVC2i6PUA60f7V8s5lTJJtHTNB0dte7JvzKfztY/s320/IMG958524.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> Thursday night, Tanya and I got an email from our principal. It read, "Movers came today. Your things are in your classroom. :-)"<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3XWhNSWGITV56MTZjjPHXoju7ouzAuIdimYMCZzpOxMd58lCr0KvF9Aa5CupdLU5cTPjFLsdwag_d-y017MLAkR-1Ncdq0V7av7KtmqPe4TQhilhYMwp94w5UOe8wphdVOsMvS6AK1UE/s1600/IMG952793.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3XWhNSWGITV56MTZjjPHXoju7ouzAuIdimYMCZzpOxMd58lCr0KvF9Aa5CupdLU5cTPjFLsdwag_d-y017MLAkR-1Ncdq0V7av7KtmqPe4TQhilhYMwp94w5UOe8wphdVOsMvS6AK1UE/s320/IMG952793.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> So, Friday morning, Tanya went to the school to check things out. And sure enough, our things from the old classroom are now in the new classroom. <br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbSw_SYH7c9cHsFyllDKzY2KMUx2NZnIO-Vgj6SqhVfMvVzvvB-8vlKY02FQHELSXb68bFjWIa2XQ_AdlORNR7jBNur3lYf9PoKRrNXh23gC5qVZHlKnDk7-AlBOErgwZUCqewewBgwzk/s1600/IMG954526.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbSw_SYH7c9cHsFyllDKzY2KMUx2NZnIO-Vgj6SqhVfMvVzvvB-8vlKY02FQHELSXb68bFjWIa2XQ_AdlORNR7jBNur3lYf9PoKRrNXh23gC5qVZHlKnDk7-AlBOErgwZUCqewewBgwzk/s320/IMG954526.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> We have A LOT to do! But we could not be more relieved to FINALLY have only our things in the new classroom now!<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoYq7Y3MFcxpFya5oZTT_lvohK_Ew5hZes0sD4miJrzITKMLMAzvCwfiZRN8yastw9y7slvqz0JLFKH1aj_Zf3Db2HUWHwKdiwI3ge26swra3gbdoLp4Sm_n44_mXRZE21Pw60X96FhmM/s1600/IMG958520.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoYq7Y3MFcxpFya5oZTT_lvohK_Ew5hZes0sD4miJrzITKMLMAzvCwfiZRN8yastw9y7slvqz0JLFKH1aj_Zf3Db2HUWHwKdiwI3ge26swra3gbdoLp4Sm_n44_mXRZE21Pw60X96FhmM/s320/IMG958520.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Our student orientation and parent night are both 2 weeks from Monday. Guess what we will be doing until then???? We have to put our room together, do our bulletin boards, move a few more things, make all the name tags,etc and do all the regular paper work type of things. But today, Tanya is coming to my house and we are making 18 of the crate storage seats!! We will be using them at our reading tables and as seats for the students to use at our computers. Can't wait to post pictures of our finished products!! Have a great weekend everyone!!Cindy Hutter and Tanya Wildmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07396186849577419778noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2033077509951746547.post-8645847411445902322011-07-21T08:16:00.000-07:002011-07-21T08:16:58.226-07:00Back to School Books<a href="http://debbiediller.wordpress.com/2011/07/21/books-for-back-to-school/">Debbie Diller </a>is asking readers to post what books we read to our class on the first few days of school. She has a list of some great ones! Tanya and I love to read The Kissing Hand by Audrey Penn to our class. It is such a sweet story and the students can relate to the little raccoon. Last school year, we had a precious little girl who was suffering extreme separation anxiety from her mom. Her mother read in our first week's newsletter that The Kissing Hand was one of the books we had read aloud to our class. She bought the book and it became a nightly read at their house. The best part about the whole thing was that little Miss MM started coming to school with a heart drawn on the palm of her hand and it helped her get over missing her mom so much. We would see her looking down at the heart and kissing it sometimes. One of the best memories of the school year!! <br />
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To make ourselves feel better and to help remind us of all we have done, I am going to post some pictures of the awesome organization we have done!!<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl8Iy_1KxGkp0z5YS17pQSpHCU2bojJkBJ9VOCHUx-oPFzju7ODRHO84LlNwYcHyVVsI6U9dY86hFmsKHpwh6YLgc0BH0fmKogrAnEmvWYCYQ79VWUgj4Txl7xwktdsJFXZLhTAKqWfaY/s1600/2011-07-19_15-50-33_403.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="113" width="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl8Iy_1KxGkp0z5YS17pQSpHCU2bojJkBJ9VOCHUx-oPFzju7ODRHO84LlNwYcHyVVsI6U9dY86hFmsKHpwh6YLgc0BH0fmKogrAnEmvWYCYQ79VWUgj4Txl7xwktdsJFXZLhTAKqWfaY/s200/2011-07-19_15-50-33_403.jpg" /></a></div>Tanya took a few trips to Big Lots and purchased these great tubs/totes. She worked hard to organize our reading materials for small group, whole group, and stations. Here are a couple of shelves in our reading closet.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQVa9LhA5EEQGmmCFPuVoCvwDWsIkr1JPBv2nFbGiJWB3mGqV_3wvMK_yUNVAmGD3-4T7LO8hlY-kyoB8dHFBq1hxX_Llehca36_qhBJGpabpOykQb0MLaM1pefnyOsc8hEYgOU7n4kZk/s1600/2011-07-19_15-50-46_456.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="113" width="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQVa9LhA5EEQGmmCFPuVoCvwDWsIkr1JPBv2nFbGiJWB3mGqV_3wvMK_yUNVAmGD3-4T7LO8hlY-kyoB8dHFBq1hxX_Llehca36_qhBJGpabpOykQb0MLaM1pefnyOsc8hEYgOU7n4kZk/s200/2011-07-19_15-50-46_456.jpg" /></a></div>These tubs/totes are holding our books on tapes/cds. We categorized them into themes so we can easily just pull down the bin labeled with whatever we are teaching and put the materials into our "Listening to Reading" station. Tanya made labels using a Lettering Delights font that looks western because our classroom has a western/cowboy theme. These tubs are on the top of one of the sets of cabinets in our classroom.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuSFf_N0yCm826PGoy9T3HWmFc2eLjq0K-CQiO2oKQWx0jrR7O_9zPmKIKTkFeqbStddkCqoBVksn_DfuMZtxOcPrmhy8-WX2KzZaA9eSzUFbbgF-SsCG19ormf5sbiIbYDY8TgzRw-H8/s1600/2011-07-19_15-51-13_207.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="113" width="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuSFf_N0yCm826PGoy9T3HWmFc2eLjq0K-CQiO2oKQWx0jrR7O_9zPmKIKTkFeqbStddkCqoBVksn_DfuMZtxOcPrmhy8-WX2KzZaA9eSzUFbbgF-SsCG19ormf5sbiIbYDY8TgzRw-H8/s200/2011-07-19_15-51-13_207.jpg" /></a></div>Some of our arts and crafts supplies are in this cabinet and yes, we labeled it too! The rest of the arts and crafts supplies are in the cabinet next to this one and the cabinet under it. ALL LABELED!<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKI3FRRPIcJd9ykiNzICmI_s5pVg9TyZhi3oFz1QVhpalyZem2H3dgZdKU1uNzc8tFtFoqv_Yckb6qUMDNd289k8VWaQ6-WlPyXsiLO6sWvE-ynYYpFn4rMHVcAyUVb-_VhmAINolDBo0/s1600/2011-07-19_15-51-33_920.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="113" width="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKI3FRRPIcJd9ykiNzICmI_s5pVg9TyZhi3oFz1QVhpalyZem2H3dgZdKU1uNzc8tFtFoqv_Yckb6qUMDNd289k8VWaQ6-WlPyXsiLO6sWvE-ynYYpFn4rMHVcAyUVb-_VhmAINolDBo0/s200/2011-07-19_15-51-33_920.jpg" /></a></div>We are so lucky to have 2 sets of these awesome wide shallow drawers in our classroom. Tanya labeled each drawer with either what kind of paper is in the drawer or what color 12X18 construction paper is in it.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyWsmvfI-0GP6Q8AwoGhU54D2EAmArWJ__LTcU-T0z_GLnxi5u4nNc7GMeVEHcZ9-zDkElP6O7M74AJDM8XViZzho_neNtbvzZRXnErz2AheH_6Bsom_HD943MwL1y3U3YOyckf1wcH7Y/s1600/2011-07-19_15-49-50_378.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="113" width="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyWsmvfI-0GP6Q8AwoGhU54D2EAmArWJ__LTcU-T0z_GLnxi5u4nNc7GMeVEHcZ9-zDkElP6O7M74AJDM8XViZzho_neNtbvzZRXnErz2AheH_6Bsom_HD943MwL1y3U3YOyckf1wcH7Y/s200/2011-07-19_15-49-50_378.jpg" /></a></div>Okay, all our math books used to be in one tub that was just labeled "math". Actually in a few tubs labeled "math". So, I decided to organize them into categories. We now have tubs for patterns, counting, numbers, colors, addition & subtraction, time & calendar, shapes, measurement, sorting & comparing, fractions, and Greg Tang & other. WOO HOO! I know I will use more of my math books now that I know where they are!<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiduszJE1w9Q3jIWTWMuX76uqcNYKTqr4-4o9BAkhFNjondcvgTFAekfinKC-q04Yb09bk-Xb9u1j1NoWHdnL6oEl9iG3uVIOIF2iv0-tor58vlDNdFXheLD3PhdtMt-gyhlsZrVO271ds/s1600/2011-07-19_15-50-03_547.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="113" width="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiduszJE1w9Q3jIWTWMuX76uqcNYKTqr4-4o9BAkhFNjondcvgTFAekfinKC-q04Yb09bk-Xb9u1j1NoWHdnL6oEl9iG3uVIOIF2iv0-tor58vlDNdFXheLD3PhdtMt-gyhlsZrVO271ds/s200/2011-07-19_15-50-03_547.jpg" /></a></div>A close-up of the cute western style font I purchased for 50 cents at Lettering Delights! I used this font for the labels on the math book tubs.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKw7O3Ph-6A84W72hZPdsPXYcL8-MohxCyE93aSevOv0Et3mg8ZkKlwsCKtDM1jZiRUdLHzpZrGcxDXvqFOQuwM2fymKZvuWo4uPFItX9iRXNWdoEcOmhjY-LdgQxB1PktqyFZN1qLx4Q/s1600/2011-07-14_16-46-30_48.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="113" width="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKw7O3Ph-6A84W72hZPdsPXYcL8-MohxCyE93aSevOv0Et3mg8ZkKlwsCKtDM1jZiRUdLHzpZrGcxDXvqFOQuwM2fymKZvuWo4uPFItX9iRXNWdoEcOmhjY-LdgQxB1PktqyFZN1qLx4Q/s200/2011-07-14_16-46-30_48.jpg" /></a></div>I sorted our math materials and used the very cool labels Deanna Jump and Mrs. Wills Kindergarten were so kind to share! <br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFgT3_GImpzR2oWTj16eIFNeKPf_pWP93JSK3QNDk4TfGuhljF2cxwroTFjfprgFhworJa1J7VOb-mZlfjid1DdiQCsJmD50LRWXSEBmCSqk_Kx6DLSsMzqqPWIeg5kwSLA9Fr7yluQcw/s1600/2011-07-14_16-46-17_700.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="113" width="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFgT3_GImpzR2oWTj16eIFNeKPf_pWP93JSK3QNDk4TfGuhljF2cxwroTFjfprgFhworJa1J7VOb-mZlfjid1DdiQCsJmD50LRWXSEBmCSqk_Kx6DLSsMzqqPWIeg5kwSLA9Fr7yluQcw/s200/2011-07-14_16-46-17_700.jpg" /></a></div>More of the math materials! One whole side of one of our closets is now full of math stuff!<br />
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We aren't finished yet! We have made labels for all the supplies the students will be bringing with them. We have the empty cabinets for these things waiting...<br />
So, I think Tanya and I will have a new motto this school year...."A place for everything and everything in it's place!" <br />
While you are all setting up your classrooms for the new school year, just say a little pray for us!! Hopefully we will be all moved in and ready to roll by the time our students get there!!Cindy Hutter and Tanya Wildmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07396186849577419778noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2033077509951746547.post-78384415433127438142011-07-15T06:22:00.000-07:002011-07-15T06:31:39.452-07:00New Classroom! Lots more space!!Tanya and I are fortunate enough to be moving into a very large classroom this summer. We are slowly moving things into cabinets and closets right now and trying to be very organized while doing so. We have been using the awesome labels everyone has been sharing! The classroom seems rather large to us right now because we have taught the last 2 school years with 40 students in a classroom meant to be a science lab. I am sure our new dreamy HUGE classroom will start feeling smaller when we get all our furniture and kiddos in there. Here is my question, if you had more space in your classroom than you do now, what would you add or improve? Also, if you have blogged about your classroom arrangement, direct us to that post so we can get some ideas. We are so excited about the extra space!!Cindy Hutter and Tanya Wildmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07396186849577419778noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2033077509951746547.post-79082961709980563912011-07-13T07:05:00.001-07:002011-07-13T07:11:16.868-07:00Sneak PeekWe are working on a "Parent Packet" for student orientation. It will contain forms for the parents to fill out and important info about our classroom. Look for the whole packet in our TPT store very soon. <div><a title="View Tell Me About Your Child on Scribd" href="http://www.scribd.com/doc/59943555/Tell-Me-About-Your-Child" style="margin: 12px auto 6px auto; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,Sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none; display: block; text-decoration: underline;">Tell Me About Your Child</a><iframe class="scribd_iframe_embed" src="http://www.scribd.com/embeds/59943555/content?start_page=1&view_mode=list&access_key=key-zbdc37dygb9a7x5g4ay" height="true" ratio="0.772727272727273" scrolling="no" id="doc_7424" width="100%" height="600" frameborder="0"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">(function() { var scribd = document.createElement("script"); scribd.type = "text/javascript"; scribd.async = true; scribd.src = "http://www.scribd.com/javascripts/embed_code/inject.js"; var s = document.getElementsByTagName("script")[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(scribd, s); })();</script></div>Cindy Hutter and Tanya Wildmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07396186849577419778noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2033077509951746547.post-76981539634765822692011-07-11T13:39:00.001-07:002011-07-11T13:46:45.445-07:00Behavior Systems and RewardsHello to all our blogger friends! We need some ideas. Tanya and I want to change the way we track behavior through out the school day. We have used the green light, yellow light, and red light system for the last 2 years. And if a student didn't move their clip all week, they would get to go to our pitiful little treasure box on Friday. We use a laminated red file folder that has a chart/calendar for the whole school year on the inside and mark it each day so the parents will know how their child behaved that day. We called them "behavior charts" and we kept them in the back of the student's binders. It was taken home each day but only initialed by the parents on Fridays. We are tired to DEATH of this and want a more positive way to deal with this in the classroom. <div>What do you all do? And how do you reward the students? Please leave us a comment and share your idea! If you have blogged about this in a past post, please direct us to that post. </div><div>We thank all of you for sharing all your great ideas!! </div>Cindy Hutter and Tanya Wildmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07396186849577419778noreply@blogger.com10