tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44270942807053709322024-03-13T05:16:01.228-07:00A View Into My ClassroomKellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07214920946457242598noreply@blogger.comBlogger117125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4427094280705370932.post-29731634250958746032017-08-05T08:39:00.000-07:002017-08-05T08:41:09.844-07:00#SPEDCHATSATURDAY - Classroom Organization<center>
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I'm excited to be apart of an awesome group of Special Educators hosting #SPEDCHATSATURDAY for the next few months. Today I'm sharing all about Classroom Organization.</center>
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If you've followed my blog or social media, you know how much I love organization. Like, A LOT. I have too much to do in my teaching day than to be wasting time by searching around for something I need. I need to be able to grab something quickly and move on with my students. Due to the fact that I literally have not stepped foot into my classroom since after summer school ended, I'll be sharing all sorts of classroom organization with you from previous years. Today we're only talking about organizing materials. Paperwork is a whole other topic for another day. =)</center>
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When your classroom (office or work space) is organized, you can pretty much find anything quickly and easily. The most difficult part of getting organized is the TIME it takes to get your materials organized in a way that works for you. You'll need a space to sort all of your materials in order to group them. Where are you going to store your materials? Do you prefer binders? File drawers? Bins? What space do you have available?</center>
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Be prepared. Getting organized means it has to get worse before it gets better. For example, as you clean your supply cabinet, you need to pull EVERYTHING out of the cabinet. As you do that, group similar items that you know you can store together. Figure out an organization system that's right for you and your needs.</center>
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My classroom certainly did not get this way overnight. When I have the time (and energy) I tackle another area of my classroom. I am really good at PURGING. And you need to be too! Take a good, hard look at the items your organizing. Is it even worth it to store the item? Will you REALLY use it in the future? Us teachers are really good at hoarding. We think that we will use that one item some day. Well guess what, we are not going to use it. Toss it. You totally have my permission. </center>
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Nothing looks more organized than matching bins that are COLORED.... not clear. If you can find them, buy something colored or with a pattern. It will hide the contents. But don't forget to label the outside so you can quickly find what you are looking for. These giant bins from IKEA hold my seasonal books, center materials, and some random odds and ends that just don't fit in the closet.</center>
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Inside those bins, I simply printed the months at the top of some cardstock to sort my centers. Same with my books. I printed a divider for each season, topic, etc. It's not pretty, but it does the trick. </center>
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If you have clear containers, just line the front with some scrapbook paper to hide the contents. Label the outside and you're good to go.</center>
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How about books? Your classroom library. Everyone likes to sort them a little differently. I have my leveled by reading level on top for the fiction and sorted by topic for non-fiction on the second shelf. The bins are from Lakeshore and are perfect for classroom libraries... they have held up really well. Although sorting your classroom library is a huge job, the students are more likely to find something that interests them, rather than one bookshelf with everything thrown in. I also have all of my classroom library titles saved in an Excel file. This way I can quickly find a book for a read aloud or specific topic. </center>
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Our Guided Reading books are sorted by level in the IKEA magazine boxes. The students do not touch these boxes, which is why they actually have held up pretty well. </center>
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Last summer I took the time to organize all of my math manipulatives. That wasn't easy! I pulled everything out of the math cabinet and sorted it by topic. So all of my teaching ideas/materials for each topic are in the large bins (from Walmart) and actual manipulatives are in the smaller bins. Did it take time? Sure. But now I literally have everything I need right behind me when I teach math.</center>
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For math centers, I use these Dollar store baskets with number labels hot glued to the front of the baskets.</center>
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Our Fairview Learning Centers are set up on another bookshelf with baskets and each student has their own box to put their materials in. I make all of my labels with packing tape for "lamination" and then hot glue them onto the baskets. Super easy. </center>
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I also am a big fan of curtains. It makes your room look neat and tidy when the clutter is hidden. I don't have a lot of file cabinets, so I use crates to store a lot of my materials. Just make a label for the front, and you know exactly where to find what you need. </center>
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The only classroom project I actually worked on this summer was organizing my new Fine Motor Center materials. I started doing Fine Motor Centers in February and needed a place to store all of the materials (and not in my garage in random bags brought home from school). I used the <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Monthly-Bin-Labels-FREEBIE-1873772">freebie monthly tags from Teaching Special Thinkers</a>, printed in a smaller size. Michael's had their Iris Scrapbooking storage boxes for only $3.99 this summer and I couldn't pass them up. Now my materials won't be spread out all over the place and I can quickly find what I need.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwNfInNhKnpCzdhPhTGZ-Y906mMpCraBeonlCcHKotiVKgJijXACUtRVI3EACYq2eipT60lNlFo7A651Er4f17oCBTVmHiA7uKLf6KQwcyjjjiIXJ-hpf78GSDTJEE9SNr2YBfttI87JQ/s1600/IMG_6966.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1201" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwNfInNhKnpCzdhPhTGZ-Y906mMpCraBeonlCcHKotiVKgJijXACUtRVI3EACYq2eipT60lNlFo7A651Er4f17oCBTVmHiA7uKLf6KQwcyjjjiIXJ-hpf78GSDTJEE9SNr2YBfttI87JQ/s320/IMG_6966.JPG" width="240" /></a></center>
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Clearly, that's the theme of this post. If you take the time to organize and label your materials, later on when you need something you'll be able to actually find it quickly. When someone walks into my room and asks to borrow something, I literally can tell them what cabinet, what shelf, what container. I know our time is precious and it seems like there are a lot of better things you could be doing with your time than sorting art supplies or math manipulatives. But in the long run, being organized makes you a much more efficient and effective teacher. What's the point of storing something if you can't find it when you need it?</center>
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Hopefully something I have shared here with you today will inspire you to organize just one cabinet or just one drawer. Tackle one little project at a time and pretty soon your classroom will be well organized.</center>
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If you have an organizational tip or photos you'd like to share, please comment below. Or post them on social media with the hashtag #SpedChatSaturday. Feel free to use this template and join us in getting organized for the new year!</center>
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Check out the upcoming topics hosted by various Special Education teachers on #SpedChatSaturday. Thank you to <a href="https://thebehaviorbunch.blogspot.com/">Ashley at The Behavior Bunch</a> for organizing these awesome topics!</center>
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I am absolutely terrified of public speaking. I get all hot and clammy. My stomach hurts. My heart races and I forget what I was going to say. I stumble over my words. The struggle is real people.</center>
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I am seriously an introvert. I would much rather just be with my people. Meeting new people is uncomfortable and kinda scary for me. Small talk is really hard for me. </center>
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But... within the last few years I have really tried to challenge myself. Heck, I started this blog to meet new people and find my #dhhteachertribe. I also pushed myself <i>way</i> out of my comfort zone by volunteering to be the website administrator for the <a href="http://www.cal-ed.org/">California Educators of the Deaf/Hard of Hearing organization</a>. Meeting new people.... standing up on stage.... introducing myself <i>in ASL</i> no less! All big and scary steps. </center>
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In March of this year I presented at the CAL-ED conference on using Fairview Learning Rotations in the classroom. Wow! Was that an experience! The nerves were real. But I did it. I didn't die. I didn't even throw up! Progress people. Progress.</div>
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So what's my point? We can all do hard things. We can get out of our comfort zones and make magic happen. <br />
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My goal: next year I'd love to go to the TpT conference and <i>really</i> stretch myself out of my comfort zone. </div>
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Teaching in a multi-age classroom, that means a lot of students at a lot of grade levels. (Which is kinda why I have been MIA recently.) This school year I had 11 students. 8 of those students use FM technology in my class and in their mainstream general education classes. We happen to use Phonak Inspiro transmitters with Roger technology. (For those of you that are not familiar with FM systems, the teacher wears the microphone and the sound transmits directly to the student's hearing aid, no matter where the teacher is in the classroom. It minimizes background noise and makes a world of difference for my D/HH students.)</center>
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To be honest, the cords for all the mics and all the loose audio boots/shoes gave me anxiety. The cords were always falling behind the book shelf and I just couldn't handle the mess and needed to find a solution.</center>
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Hello Michael's craft storage section! I found this little divided box with three drawers and was able to use a 50% off coupon. It's the perfect size for holding their transmiters and FM boots. I labeled each section with the student's name and even had a extra slot for audio computer cords. </center>
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My husband drilled holes in the drawers to allow for the charging cord to fit into each divided section. No more fishing for cords! I bought those tiny boxes at the Dollar Tree and no more audio shoes! All of their equipment looks alike to me, so now it's easy to find the student's equipment and it's easy to plug in and charge for the night. I did buy some cord keepers from Amazon, but found I don't need to use them. The cords do not slip out of the holes in the back of the box.</center>
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Next up.... another one of my favorite Interactive Notebooks I have found. Our kinders that are still learning their letters need lots of extra practice identifying and sorting the letters. I found this <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Interactive-Notebook-Letter-Identification-1314079">Interactive Notebook Letter Identification</a> set by <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Creative-In-Kinder">Creative in Kinder</a> and have used it ever since!</center>
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Congratulations to Olivia for winning our first giveaway of the ASL Dolch Word puzzles! Heather over at <a href="https://mrsburgen.blogspot.com/">Mrs. Burgen's Sign Me Up</a> will be emailing her with her prize soon.</center>
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Sorry I am a few days behind on Giveaway #2. We just got back yesterday from our D/HH program's annual overnight field trip. We took the students to the snow and skiing for the first time. As I was watching my students come down the 'big' ski hill I noticed a new found confidence and sense of accomplishment. Wow. Really, that's something I cannot teach in the classroom. (A lot of people have asked about how we raise the funds and plan our overnight field trips. I'll have to blog about that soon!) </center>
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Jaime is going to give away one of her <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/1st-Grade-LANGUAGE-Interactive-Notebook-Common-Core-Aligned-1367605">Interactive Language Notebooks </a>to one of my blog readers! If you win, you can choose the best grade level that's right for you. She has <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/1st-Grade-LANGUAGE-Interactive-Notebook-Common-Core-Aligned-1367605">1st</a>, <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/2nd-Grade-LANGUAGE-Interactive-Notebook-Common-Core-Aligned-1347097">2nd</a>, and <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/3rd-Grade-LANGUAGE-Interactive-Notebook-Common-Core-Aligned-1402256">3rd</a> grade Language Interactive Notebooks to pick from. This giveaway is open until Tuesday, March 14th at 12:00am, so enter to win now!</center>
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Wow! What an amazing weekend of learning, collaborating and networking at the California Educators of the Deaf/Hard of Hearing Conference! I arrived home tonight so inspired and motivated! </center>
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Today I presented my very first workshop on the topic of Setting up Effective Fairview Learning Rotations in Your Classroom. (Tons of information will be posted soon about my workshop.) Public speaking is not my 'thing'. I get butterflies in my stomach and my voice cracks. But I've decided enough is enough. It's time to stop reinventing the wheel as teachers. There are so many teachers out there doing incredible things in their classrooms and we need to share more. Share our knowledge, our resources and our materials. So today was my first step in getting off my little island in my little area and sharing what I do on a daily basis with other deaf ed teachers from all over the state of California.</center>
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I had a power point packed full of resources that I use in my classroom during our Fairview Learning Rotations. Some were my own. But many were by other awesome Teacher's Pay Teacher authors out there. I reached out to those teacher authors asking if they'd be willing to partner up and offer a giveaway here on blog. Many of those teachers said, "Heck yes! I'll help!" </center>
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I'm excited to announce that over the next two week's I'll be featuring some of my favorite resources that I use in my classroom and will be offering a giveaway of that resource. I know you'll love them too!</center>
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Today, I'm sharing these awesome ASL Dolch Word Puzzles by <a href="https://mrsburgen.blogspot.com/">Mrs. Burgen's Sign Me Up</a>. Heather just released these puzzles and I am super excited about them! FINALLY some resources with ASL clip art to help my students who need those visual cues. My students already love them! They are having fun while learning and practicing their sight words!</center>
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Thanks Heather for being apart of this giveaway! I know there are lots of deaf ed teachers out there that can really use these resources! If you'd like to enter to win a set of the preprimer, primer and 1st grade puzzles, enter to win below. The giveaway will end on Wednesday night. </center>
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#1: The line-up of <a href="http://www.cal-ed.org/pages/workshops2017.html">workshops and sessions</a> are awesome! There are 22 workshops to choose from. Lots of teachers are sharing everything from new technology ideas for the classroom, writing strategies to behavior management. There is something for everyone!</center>
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#2: I am even going to be presenting on setting up Fairview Learning Centers in your classroom. I am terrified to stand up in front of others to present. But I am hoping that more teachers will do the same. We all seem to be reinventing the wheel and everyone is creating their own stuff. Why not just share it with others? Real teachers sharing the real stuff they have going on in their classrooms. So I will take that leap and hope I don't choke.</center>
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#3: Networking, networking, networking. I have met some amazing teachers through CAL-ED. Through those connections I have been able to visit other D/HH programs and bring back ideas for my own classroom.</center>
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#4: You don't have to be on your own island. So many times we feel isolated as D/HH teachers working out in our own districts, counties, rural areas, big and small towns. Sometimes just coming to CAL-ED is reaffirming that there are so many other teachers that have the same exact struggles as I do. </center>
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#5: This year it's at the beautiful Westin in Pasadena. It's a gorgeous hotel with amazing views.... but you'll be too busy learning from other teachers to really enjoy the full beauty of downtown Pasadena. </center>
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Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07214920946457242598noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4427094280705370932.post-49791526316576894682016-11-22T14:29:00.002-08:002016-11-22T14:30:11.668-08:0020 Questions<center>
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In my very spare time, I really enjoy scrapbooking. It's not something I get to do often enough. I go on a retreat twice a year... and that's about as much time as I get. Other than the Project Life app on my phone. I am trying out the digital Project 365 (366 this year) format this year and am hoping that by the time the year is done Becky Higgins will be printing bound books directly from the app. That's my hope!</center>
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A few years ago I created "20 Questions" books for my girls. I can't find the original source, but this certainly was not my original idea. I typed up 20 questions and used an 8x8 album. I prepared 10 years worth of questions for my girls, for ages 3-13. </center>
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Now each year around their birthday, we sit down and I write down their answers. Now that my oldest daughter is old enough to write her own answers, she takes great pride in writing out her answers.</center>
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You think you will remember these things when your children are young.... but you won't! Why not document your kids favorites year after year? If you'd like to try out a 20 Questions book for your little one, here's a free printable you can use. <a href="https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B7WCWRsHshfjZGtlTHQwblZaSWc">You can simply print the PDF format to use the same questions I did, or you can edit the questions in Power Point. </a></center>
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What?!? August 1st? How the heck did that happen? I am not ready for August yet. We only have two weeks before school starts again and I am so not ready. </center>
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I'm seeing all these fun teacher planners out there and loving them! I checked out ordering some stickers for my new planner and they just didn't fit my needs. I needed more of this and less of that. So.... I stretched myself and figured out how to create my own! Oh I am one happy girl now with a happy planner! I did some online research on how to print, scan and then cut out the stickers. I wasn't about to hand cut all of these cute stickers! No way. So after a few attempts I figured out those sweet little kiss cuts and offset lines and I've got my very own custom planner stickers! Whoop!</div>
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I shared them on Instagram and by request, I've added them to my TpT store! If you are looking for custom made planner stickers that match your district's calendar and needs exactly, then these are for you! AND they are on sale right now with the big TpT sale! You can check them out <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Customizable-Teacher-Planner-Stickers-2686532">here</a>. </div>
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I am excited to say that I finally finished my curriculum development class last week! Yahoo! I focused on sight word development for my deaf/hard of hearing students. </div>
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For extra enrichment, I made a new sight word game crate! I took all of <a href="https://www.pinterest.com/kelly_s_/sight-words/">these ideas I found on Pinterest</a> and made 20 sight word games for my students to play this next school year. We focus a lot on sight words, so I know my kiddos will love these activities. </div>
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In order to incorporate some more hands-on sight word activities, I plan on playing a sight word game at least twice a week. To make it more exciting, I made some craft sticks with all of the sight word activities. We'll randomly pull a stick to choose the game. </center>
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If you'd like to make your own sight word game crate/box.... here's a little freebie for you. <a href="https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B7WCWRsHshfjMEtpVWV6VTd3eWc">Grab your own sight word game sticks here.</a> </center>
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This was year number two that I taught summer school and once again, it flew by so fast! I just love the half days and the fact that I get to make my own schedule. I don't have to worry about kids coming and going from mainstream. Everyone is there at the same time and we can just do our thing. It was easy peasy! Here's a few highlights from our summer school program. </div>
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We did a construction/STEM theme this summer for some fun hands-on learning. The kids loved using their own imagination and creativity to build everyday. I set up 16 STEM tasks and each day they picked a different box to build with. I snapped a photo each day and then they would write about their building creation the next day in their STEM journal. (Which I forgot to get a photo of.) I had them writing and they didn't even realize it! =)</div>
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For literature we focused on Iggy Peck the Architect. We had a lot of fun with this story. The kids thought it was hilarious. Our second book was Rosie Revere the Engineer. They love it just as much! Many of our summary skills and vocabulary revolved around these two books for the summer.</div>
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When the day is full of activities the day just flies by! Our last hour always flew by with our centers time. I set up 8 different centers and the students rotated three times for 20 minute centers. By the end of the week they had visited each center and been to small group with me. Engagement is the key and keeping them busy! Due to the large range of kiddos I have (from kindergarten to sixth grade), I had to put out several different centers that would hit everyone's needs. That's always fun finding materials to reach everyone!</div>
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So in order to really target those sight words for the kindergarten students I created<a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Construction-Themed-SIght-Word-Centers-2692432"> these Construction Sight Word centers</a> to get us through the summer. If you're interested in four different construction themed centers, you can find them <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Construction-Themed-SIght-Word-Centers-2692432">here in my TpT store</a>. </div>
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For art, we made some Lego blue print stamp painting. I collected various size Legos from my daughter's stash and the students just dipped the bottom sides into the paint and stamped them on the construction paper. I hung up their art work for a cute display during summer school. Then at the end of summer school I used their Lego art as a folder to send home all of their work from summer school. </div>
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While learning about architects, I had one of our teacher's husband come in and talk to the students about his job as a construction estimator. He brought in actual blue prints and tools for the students to check out. He was so awesome with the students and they had a million questions for him.</div>
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During summer school we're not supposed to take any field trips. It's a pretty lame rule... but it was made due to those that just want to walk up to 7-11 every Friday to kill time. Well, I was able to write up a proposal and show the educational benefit of our field trip and it was approved! So during our third week of summer school we went to Home Depot. The staff was fabulous! They arranged a tour with their mascot Homer so the kids could see each section of the store. We saw everything from how they mix the paint to cutting a key. The kids were so into it! Homer gave them each a flag and a goodie bag.</div>
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Then we went back into their training room and they each got to make one of their Builder's Workshop kits. (You know you can take your own kiddos to Home Depot the first Saturday of the month? They put on a kids Builder's Workshop for free.) The students made a little Ice Age 2 bowling game. They were in heaven! That morning one of students were shocked that they were actually going to *use* a hammer all on their own. She was so proud of her creation!</div>
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During the last week of school we had a different theme each day. Yes, it was a lot of work for me. But it was so worth it! The days flew by and the kids were engaged and having fun the entire time. </center>
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Typically the last week of school <i>seriously drags</i>. Not this year! My kids were shocked to walk into the classroom and find the desks and tables were missing. In their place was a tent, camping chairs and even a little camp fire. Camp Read-a-Lot was ready to go!</center>
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I made up some little 'Adventure Passes' for the students. They had to complete all six centers in the morning in order to make s'mores in the afternoon. Talk about motivation! I used <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Camping-Clip-Art-1231616">this free set</a> of camping clip art to label our buckets and to make the adventure passes. </center>
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I downloaded the center <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Camp-Learn-A-Lot-Literacy-and-Math-Centers-644890">activities here</a> and they were perfect for my kiddos. I also found some little freebies <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Freebie-Camp-Learn-A-Lot-1251201">here</a> and <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Read-and-Sequence-Going-Camping-298218">here</a> that we used. I quickly prepped the centers and our whole morning was filled with learning and kept everyone busy. Well worth the work during that tiring last week of school!</center>
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Well.... for me summer school is still in full swing and I have not official started my summer quite yet. But it's coming very soon. I <i>cannot</i> wait!</center>
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Today I'm linking up with <a href="http://4thgradefrolics.blogspot.com/">Tara over at 4th Grade Frolics</a> for my first Monday Made It of the summer!</center>
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I found a little down time this weekend to make our Summer Bucket List board. </center>
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First off, I found a frame at the Goodwill. I took out the glass, spray painted it black and added some mesh chicken wire to the back. Then I realized our tiny clothes pins were not going to fit in the mesh, so I tied on some bakers twine in order to clip on our cards.</center>
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My girls and I sat down and thought about all the things we'd like to do this summer. They wrote on some Project Life tropical theme cards that I found on clearance at Joann's. My girls are 8 & 6 and I adore their little kid writing. I started to write on the cards as they dictated, but heck, why not have them write them out!?! I added the date that we completed that event at the bottom of the card. I think at the end of the summer I might make a little summer album with pictures and these cards. Super cute!<br />
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We clipped them onto the bakers twine. We didn't even have enough space for all the things they'd like to do! Apparently our summer is going to be pretty darn full!<br />
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I have been pretty busy working on my Curriculum Development class for some extra units this summer. No rest I tell you! So I'll share a few things I've done for my class.</center>
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I am working on putting together a sight word curriculum for my little guys moving up to my class. All of my students are deaf/hard of hearing so we don't spend very much time on phonics. =) It's all about sight words in my class. </center>
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I'm using <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Sight-Words-687022">Lavinia Pop's sight word readers, flip books, homework, and writing centers</a> to create weekly sight word activities. I've paired them with nonfiction readers from Scholastic to also do some interactive reading. I was able to get all of my lesson plans done and submitted for my class. Boom. Done.</center>
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I found some ready to print Read Every Day homework folder printables <a href="http://proudtobeprimary.com/setting-up-classroom-and-home-reading/">here</a>. I've got my envelopes prepped and ready to go for the new school year along with my parent letter. Check that off the to-do list.</center>
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Back in the fall, I threw a little "You Rocked the Test" celebration for the teachers at my daughter's school. You see, this was the first year that the SBAC test scores were released in the state of California. It turns out that my daughter's school had the highest test scores in the district. This is a pretty big deal. It's a complete underdog story. My girls go to an amazing school with staff that are dedicated to helping their students succeed. It's not even our "home" school. I purposely chose this elementary school knowing that the staff there really "get it". Sure, they could go to the school I teach at, or their home school, but I truly believe the school they attend has an amazing culture where kids really do come first. It happens to be a Title I school with the highest percent of EL and special ed in the entire district. But their years of looking at learning in a different way with RtI and addressing all learners seriously paid off! </div>
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When I found this out, I just knew that the PTA needed to celebrate all of the staff and their hard work! Finally all the work truly paid off and now everyone knew what ROCKSTAR teachers work at this school! I made invitiations and put them in all of the teachers/staff boxes inviting them to the celebration breakfast. </div>
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I went to every thrift store in town looking for vinyl records. I scored at the Goodwill with sets of 4-6 in one box for 50 cents! I bought a red/aqua digital paper pack and printed all the papers with my new HP Instaink. I cut out tons of circles with my circle cutter to cover up the middle of the records. My patient husband drilled holes into all of the records so I could hang them from the ceiling with fishing line. </div>
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For centerpieces, I cut out stars on the Silhouette machine. I wrote all of the teacher/staff names on each of the stars that were glued onto wooden skewers. </div>
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For the table runner, I used mesh wreath fabric to run down the center of the table. I added single records all the way down the table with a disco ball I also found at Goodwill. </div>
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For the food table, I typed up a note for the teachers/staff thanking them. I also found some old candle stick holders that I spray painted black and hot glued records to the top. The PTA provided bagels, coffee and juice from Panera Bread. </div>
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This theme was a huge hit with the teachers. PTA was delighted to provide the teachers and staff with a special celebration. It was exactly what they needed... surprise celebration to recognize their hard work. A little thanks goes a long way.</div>
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Each year my colleague and I decorate the staff lounge to celebrate our school's classified staff. We have quite a few support staff that work in our program and at our school. Without their help, our program would not run as smoothly. We enjoy decorating and bringing attention to all their hard work!</center>
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This past week we decorated the lounge using an Award Winning theme. It really turned out cute and we got lots of compliments from the staff. Since we decorate and celebrate each year, the staff look forward to it every year. </center>
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Luckily, we invested in a Silhouette last year which helped cut all 200 stars that we hung from the ceiling. I cut the stars and my colleague sewed them together. We make a great team! </center>
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Each year we give the classified staff a little treat. This year I made little swag bags with Zebra popcorn. (Zebra popcorn is seriously addicting! Just a warning!) I bought the large bags of Zebra popcorn from Costco and filled up these cute little treat bags I found on Amazon. I cut <i>more</i> stars and printed each of their names on the stars. I found these adorable little clothespins at Michael's for the perfect finishing touch. Simple and done!</div>
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The table runner is made out of a roll of polka dot wrapping paper, a folded red plastic table cloth and strips of tickets. Throw on some star confetti, extra stars and some movie clap boards from Party City and it turned out pretty cute!</div>
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The popcorn center pieces were found at the Target Dollar Spot. The red starbursts in the center pieces are from Dollar Tree. Seriously simple.</div>
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We had a great week celebrating our Classified Staff! The lounge looks so plain and boring now that the decorations are down. Until next year..... <br /><br /><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqppRVs5EZQJJldXFIFo4-6SUISRFrnuTw3TLYZXr9FZ2RG55NGKH1EJpGoVPI52MTQNn1_Cx9EczeqK2XpKpugjFwrm5Jshe-d-EpQ__VEoY-mN_nVp8PDkwHHDQpfvjtAmtedP0gkHiq/s1600/signature.png" width="150" /></center>
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Hey! Hey! Long time no post! Now that the school year is winding down there are so many things to talk about! First off, how the heck do people do it? I don't know how they balance teaching, family and blogging. I just can't seem to get all three down at the same time! But I am looking forward to the summer when I have more time on my hands! Yahoo!</center>
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One of my many other hats that I wear is Secretary on the PTA at my daughter's school. It's important for my girls to know that I am involved in their education and in their school. I may not be able to volunteer in the classroom or go on every fieldtrip, but being apart of PTA is the right balance for me. Plus, we make time for things that are a priority, right?</center>
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So I finally convinced the PTA President to let me decorate for the Staff Appreciation breakfast... oh you know, 24 hours before it happened. No problem. I got this! I quickly threw together some invites for the staff. Complete with Stickles. Because everything is better with a little sparkle.</center>
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I quickly put together some last minute decorations for a Rise and Shine breakfast theme. Simple, but bright and cheery. It's all about the colors. I hung some pom poms and lanterns. The huge sun is made out of poster board. </div>
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Oh Pinterest. You get me every time! I saw <a href="http://www.u-createcrafts.com/sunburst-tablecloth-tutorial-2/">these sunburst pom poms</a> and needed to make some. The round table ended up being too big and my table cloth too short to make the sunburst table cloth. So I ended up hanging them above the food table. I really could have used some more poms and lanterns there, but that's what I had to work with at the time.</div>
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I found this perfect little <a href="http://handmademayhem.blogspot.com/2012/02/you-are-my-sunshine-free-printable.html">free You are My Sunshine printable</a>. I had some frames laying around the house and decided to resize the prints to make them fit the IKEA frames I had. </div>
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I added lemon slices to the mason jars for the flower center pieces. The four lines from the song fit perfectly down the staff table. (The runner is mesh wreath making material and worked perfectly for a long runner.)</div>
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This little celebration came together quick and the teachers really enjoyed it. As a teacher myself, this is really the least I could do to thank them for all of their hard work!</div>
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But they sure were surprised when they came into the breakfast the next morning to new couches, tables and a rug! PTA showered them with love this year! Now they have a cozy place to relax and enjoy their breaks. You <i>do not</i> want to see the couch that was there previously. This was a major splurge, but the teachers are worth it!</div>
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Welcome to my new and improved blog! Isn't it pretty? I am super pleased with the end result thanks to <a href="http://instructandinspire.com/">Gabby at Instruct and Inspire</a>. Sadly, this talented blog designer is no longer designing blogs. I am just very happy I was on her wait list and able to squeeze in before she closed her design shop. Thanks Gabby! </center>
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With a new blog, it's forcing me to really look at my goals for this little blog and my TpT store. Naturally, we would all like to do more. If only there were more time in the day! Seriously. But I am going to give it a go. </center>
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Close Reading- it's new to my classroom and a challenge for my students. I found these simple Close Reading activities from Mrs. Thompson's Treasures. I tried out the Fall pack and loved them! I need the rest of the sets for the rest of the school year.</div>
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Yesterday I talked all about our <a href="http://aviewintomyclassroom.blogspot.com/2015/09/class-meeting-routines.html">class meeting routine</a>. One of the things we use in my class are Calendar Skill Sticks. </div>
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After we do most of our meeting, each of the kiddos pulls a stick from our Calendar Skills can. These questions challenge the students and work on those calendar skills that we don't hit on everyday, but are essential questions.</div>
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The student reads and then answers the question. If they need help, we work together as a group to answer the question.</div>
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Today I am giving way two of my <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Calendar-Skill-Stick-Questions-2079468">Calendar Skill Sticks</a>! This product has 36 calendar related skills questions. Simply print them out on white or colored paper and then glue them onto large craft sticks. Pop them into a labeled can and you are good to go. Easy peasy. Add these Skill Sticks to your calendar routine and challenge your students.</div>
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Do you and your students have a morning meeting? This is such a great time to connect with your students and for them to learn basic calendar, math, and other skills.</div>
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In my class, we do our class meeting after lunch. That's when the majority of my students are back with me... so we wait until the end of the day. In the past, I wasn't feeling "calendar time" and often skipped it. Now that I have added in some new skills and tasks, this is a fun and engaging time for all of us. Let me show you what our Class Meeting looks like...</div>
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First up, we read our daily message. Everyday the message varies. This is a great way to remind the students about schedule changes or fun things coming up. But we always write the date two ways. Sometimes I add in a skill, like circle all the capitals or vowels. Sometimes it's a task like write your phone number. </div>
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Next, we do our basic calendar skills. I hand out those little wooden stars that read Today is, Tomorrow will be, and Yesterday was. We find the day on the calendar and go through each star. The students place the star stick into the correct envelope and find the day to attach to our signs with velcro. <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Simple-Black-White-Polkadot-Classroom-Decor-Pack-1927367">These signs are available in my Simple Black & White Classroom Decor pack.</a> </div>
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For those of you that are curious, I actually made my own pockets on my
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Then we count how many days we have come to school. We write the number on a small white board and then change our hundreds straw chart. </div>
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We answer our <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Daily-Graphing-Questions-720536">question of the day.</a> These are two pizza pans covered with wrapping paper and ribbon. I used magnetic paper and printed out all of our names onto magnets to make it easy to respond yes or no to the question. (Next year I need to make the magnets way smaller!)</div>
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Now we move on to our number of the day. I used the Silhouette to add this circle and title to my white board easel. I am in love with vinyl and could find 101 uses for it, that's for sure!</div>
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I pass our our Class Meeting binders and a fine tip expo marker to each student. </div>
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We record the number of the day and we figure out the chart below. One more, one less, ten more, ten less. </div>
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Often times we have to pull out the base ten blocks to figure out 10 more and 10 less. These are tough math skills for most of my kiddos. But it's such good practice! </div>
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Next, we write our number of the day in word form and expanded form. I found these <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Morning-Meeting-calendar-math-1665089">calendar/math skills here</a>. I copied them and slipped them into page protectors. When we're done, the students use a 1/4 of a wash cloth to clean off their pages. We save LOADS of paper this way. </div>
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Last up in our books, we make the number of the day in coins. I always try and have the students show me two different ways to make that amount. Once again, not an easy skill for some of my students. If we have time we do several other skills in the back of our binder.
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After our binders, the students get to pull one stick from our <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Calendar-Skill-Stick-Questions-2079468">Calendar Skill Sticks</a> jar and answer a question. I'll blog about these tomorrow. There will be a giveaway as well! Come back tomorrow!</div>
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This is where I store most of our calendar and meeting supplies. Everything tucks in nicely between the white board on our meeting area side and on the backside I have a pocket chart with vocabulary words for our writing area. This is a Lakeshore easel that I took apart and spray painted black. I know lots of teachers out there have them, and it's actually really easy to do. </div>
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Welcome everyone to a little peek into my classroom. My home away from home. </div>
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I teach 1st-6th grade Deaf/Hard of Hearing students in a Special Day Class. I have 7 students that come and go throughout the day. We started school about three weeks ago, so my classroom is well lived in at this point. </div>
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So let's get to it! Here's my classroom for this year!</div>
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This is the view as you enter the room. As you can see, black and white polka dots are kinda my thing.</div>
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The bulliten board as you walk in the door always has our fun seasonal work. (I'm still missing a few kiddos up here.)</div>
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This large table and area I use for math instruction. </div>
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Math centers for early finishers and extra practice.</div>
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I added an Estimation Station this year to our math routine. Such a hard skill! </div>
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I was inspired by Amy Lemons to organize all of my math manipulatives, centers, and activities. It was time consuming, but well worth it! Everything is right there behind me that I could possibly need.</div>
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The entire math area... </div>
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Small group instruction area along with all of my sight word activities in the crates.</div>
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Our Fairview Learning area and centers. </div>
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The front of the classroom and where we do our whole group learning.</div>
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I use the right side of the board for our current literature book we're reading. My students are loving Chrysanthemum right now!</div>
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We use a classroom economy system in my classroom. The students earn money for various "jobs". At the end of the week they get to visit the class store. The plastic drawers are filled with goodies from the Dollar Tree and the Dollar Spot. They really look forward to our class store!</div>
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I am trying out drawers for each day of the week to store all of my lesson materials. This is stored under my front table. So far it seems to be working well.</div>
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This is our calendar/class meeting area. We are spending a lot more time here this year working on basic skills and language, language, language. </div>
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My favorite addition this year is our Class Meeting binders. We work on our phone numbers, addresses, number of the day, etc during our afternoon Class Meeting.</div>
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Part of our Class Meeting also includes basic calendar skills and answering a question of the day. </div>
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The next little area is my Guided Reading area. During Fairview Learning rotations, I teach 1:1 reading with each of our students. </div>
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Our beloved Guided Reading library that we've collected over the years. </div>
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Due to the fact that I have 1st-6th grade, my word wall is color coded for each of the Dolch sight word lists. That way the students can quickly find the words they are looking for. </div>
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Writing center... </div>
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Our classroom library, sink area, and computer stations. </div>
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I have my classroom library organized according to reading level. </div>
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Behind my teacher desk we have a little staff area. This is an informational area for my signing instructional assistant and the educational sign language interpreters that work in my classroom. The photos on the shelves are places we have gone on our overnight field trips as a program. And that tall bookshelf? Those are educational resources that I never even seem to crack open now that I have Teachers Pay Teachers... but feel guilty about getting rid of!</div>
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My D/HH teacher friends will appreciate my Hearing Aid tool box. Rather than holding teacher supplies, it holds all of our hearing aid supplies and student batteries as well. The white binder is for documenting who is wearing their hearing aids, if they are broken, etc.</div>
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I also store our student laptops in this teacher area as well. This little file holder works well for organizing laptops in a small space.</div>
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This little file pocket chart hangs right behind my desk. It's perfect for sorting to do's, to file, etc. The binders are my student progress binders that I keep on each student. </div>
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And finally... the view from the other side of the classroom. That teacher desk? It's never really that clean and organized. But I knew you all would be visiting today, so I picked up a little for my guests. ;)</div>
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I hope you enjoyed my classroom tour. Thanks for stopping by. Thanks Angie and Ashley for hosting this classroom reveal linky! I can't wait to peek into everyone's classes!</div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Ahhh. My last week of summer vacation has arrived. *Insert solemn music here* I am getting my classroom ready as well as all of my curriculum for the school year this week. Fun! But for now, I'll show you what I made this past week!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This is my favorite project from the week. It's obviously not for the classroom, but for home. I'm not a fancy, lots of jewelry kinda girl. But I have been adding to my collection recently and am trying to dress outfits up a bit more. So I needed a place to store all of my earrings and necklaces. I bought this $3.99 frame at the Goodwill. I spray painted it. My husband added some knobs and cut down the chicken wire for me. (By the way, the knobs cost more than the rest of the supplies combined! Geesh!) I added a little fabric to the back to match my bedroom. I love the way it turned out! Now clearly I need some more earrings to fill up all that empty space!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Okay, I'm on the home stretch. We'll see if I can get any real projects done this week with setting up the classroom and savoring the last few days of summer! That cute fabric garland is <i>still</i> on the to-do list!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Good morning everyone! Welcome to #SPEDChatSaturday. Today I'm host our topic on Together is Better- Special Education and General Education. We're talking all about communicating and collaborating with General Education Teachers.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">How are your mainstream/inclusion placements decided? At my school, that is left up to me to approach and talk to the general education teachers. Since I have been on this campus for the past 15 years, I have a pretty good feel for the teachers on the campus and who would be the best match for our students. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">During my initial meeting with each teacher, I give them a Confidential Mainstream Notebook for each student placed in their class. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">An opening letter</span><b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I fill out a <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7WCWRsHshfjLTV4SDBwZ2h1M2c/view?usp=sharing">student summary sheet </a>for each of my students. It's a quick way for the general education teacher to get to know the student that will be coming to their class. I like to include a picture of each student. Sometimes our teachers "know" who are kids are on campus, but this allows them to connect their face to their name.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I am excited to use these new IEP reminder post-it notes this year. It will be easy for the general education teacher to remove them from the notebook and place the sticky note onto their own calendar. It's quick and simple. The same with a teacher contact post-it. The general education teacher can place this near their phone for easy reference. I just uploaded these <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Post-It-Notes-for-the-Special-Education-Teacher-2018900">post-it notes to TpT</a> as a freebie. Go download them and get ready for the new school year. There is also a template page included for you to create your own post-it notes to print. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I also include guidelines for mainstreaming with Deaf/Hard of Hearing students. This is especially important reminders for teachers that have never mainstreamed before. I would suggest including general information on your population of students you work with. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This first meeting is usually a very brief as I recognize everyone is crazy busy before school starts. After I go through the student's needs and concerns, I schedule a follow-up meeting with the general education teacher to go into more detail after the first few weeks of school. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Email is a special education teacher's friend! It's so hard to track down teacher's after school. I feel like I waste so much time looking for teachers. Scheduling a time to meet or at least emailing a teacher ahead of time that you'll be stopping will save so much time. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">My students each have at least 15 minutes a month of general education consult time written into their IEP. I try and schedule time to meet with at least one or two general education teachers a week. (Remember, I have 1st-6th grade... which is a lot of teachers to communicate with.) That way I have touched base with each teacher once a month. Sometimes this happens more often if there are issues, but we know how that goes. A lot of time is spent figuring out changes in schedules and trouble shooting equipment.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Collaborating with the general education teachers we work with is key! We have to be willing to go above and beyond to be apart of the team and make sure all of the needs of our students are met. So what does this look like for you? For me, it varies from year to year, needs of my students, and time I have available.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">One year I had a student who was really struggling with reading and needed more intervention. I was able to go into the general education classroom for an hour a day a teach a reading group. This allowed the general education teacher to split her class into two groups and rotate the students. It also gave me a chance to really see my student in action during reading and give her support without pulling her out of the general ed class. It was a win-win for both gen ed and I. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Some years I am able to leave my Special Day Class to go teach sign language to the general education classes we mainstream with. The students love it! It helps bridge the communication gap and it gives the general education teacher 30 minutes a week of prep time. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">If you are modifying something for your student in the general education classroom, share that with the teacher. They probably have a student or two that could also use that same lesson in a modified format. One year I taught a modified writing group for some struggling writers from the gen ed class <b>and</b> my student. My student was able to be with her peers and get the specific instruction she needed, but it also helped the other students in that group.<b> </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">We all recognize how large the general education class numbers have grown over the years. Some of our upper grade classes have 36 kids in them! Those are crazy numbers! When our sign language interpreters are not busy and our deaf/hard of hearing students are doing independent work, they assist the general education teacher. They grade papers, file, etc. I always talk to the gen ed teacher ahead of time and let them know that my student is that staff member's priority. But if they are working independently, it's okay for them to assist. Most teachers are very appreciative of the extra set of hands and like the assistance. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I always ask if there is something that I can provide for the general education classroom. Sometimes my kiddos are one extra number that the teacher did not plan for when purchasing supplies. Every little bit helps and shows the general education teacher that you are a team. For one of my classes I take pictures each year for a special project. I crop, blow them up larger and print them for the teacher. It's one less thing she has to worry about and I'm happy to help. Any thing extra you can help with is always appreciated.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The only way we can educate the whole child is to do it all together as a team. That means we as special education teachers need to go the extra distance, do the extras, spend more time, be more flexible and put ourselves out there more. Our work is never done! But our students are the ones who benefit from this team approach. They are worth it!</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I'd love to hear about how you communicate and collaborate with the general education teachers you work with. Link up below. </span></b><br />
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