tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4077791612416239452024-02-20T11:36:12.867-08:00Busy Bees in FirstBuzz in and check out creative ideas to use in your classroom.Mrs. Kamererhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11577904173282355349noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-407779161241623945.post-38379845924090875522011-08-30T18:40:00.000-07:002011-08-30T18:42:06.153-07:00Welcome to my beehive!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Dm5ZZSX7fYc/Tl2QlQTTWAI/AAAAAAAAADA/bgdif1XEV1o/s1600/P1010183.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Dm5ZZSX7fYc/Tl2QlQTTWAI/AAAAAAAAADA/bgdif1XEV1o/s320/P1010183.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is the entrance to my classroom. This is my second year with my bee theme. </span></div>Mrs. Kamererhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11577904173282355349noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-407779161241623945.post-59147756321274559812011-03-30T19:29:00.000-07:002011-03-30T19:29:30.482-07:00High Frequency Word Dot Game<div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Write a high frequency word in each box. Two or three partners take turns drawing straight lines to connect the dots. The child that connects the dots to complete a box must read the HFW before he can write his initials in the box under the word. Once a word is read, the child gets one more turn. Just like the game I played as a child, but with a twist. My students enjoy playing this game.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><a href="https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=explorer&chrome=true&srcid=0BxDak9BpuyvAMTY4MzAxODAtZDI4ZC00NzJmLWJhNjEtZjlhNzlhY2E0NGU0&hl=en&authkey=CLyspLYN"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">HFW Dot Game</span></a>Mrs. Kamererhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11577904173282355349noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-407779161241623945.post-75153112243958254392011-03-25T19:51:00.000-07:002011-03-25T19:51:08.692-07:00Measurement Mini Work Station<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Mini Station Contents:</b> Mice with varying tail lengths, paper strips of varying lengths, plastic reptiles, tape measure, ruler</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Answer Sheet:</b> <a href="https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=explorer&chrome=true&srcid=0BxDak9BpuyvAMGY1YjZkZDAtMTBkNi00Nzc2LTk5MGYtM2JhZGIxNmE4ZTcw&hl=en&authkey=COHFk-8P">Mouse Answer Sheet</a> <a href="https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=explorer&chrome=true&srcid=0BxDak9BpuyvAMDI4NWY5NTAtNDgxMy00Nzg3LTljYmUtNmM0MDQzZmNiMjhl&hl=en&authkey=CKH6g-0C">Mouse Answer Key</a></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Answer Sheet:</b> <a href="https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=explorer&chrome=true&srcid=0BxDak9BpuyvAYWM4Mzc1MWEtZmVmMS00OTNkLTgzYmEtM2U2ZDNlNmU3YWYw&hl=en&authkey=CMPnpoEL">Place Value</a> (Choose numbers from the bag. Use the Unifix cubes as tens and ones to show the number.)</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Answer Sheet:</b> <a href="https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=explorer&chrome=true&srcid=0BxDak9BpuyvAMjAzZDQ2ZmMtMDk5OS00YTU1LTgzZmUtOWMyOGYxM2YyNWRh&hl=en&authkey=CNbghqsJ">Egg-cellent Addition</a> (Write numbers 1-10 in the sections in an empty egg carton. Put 2 bingo chips in the carton, close, and shake. Make an addition number sentence with the 2 numbers that the chips land on.)</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=explorer&chrome=true&srcid=0BxDak9BpuyvAOThiMWNlNTAtZTI1Zi00MTA3LTg5YmEtNDRkYWNkN2Y3MDYw&hl=en&authkey=CP7-rN8K">Where's My Word?</a></span>Mrs. Kamererhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11577904173282355349noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-407779161241623945.post-51538978054402056502011-03-19T19:00:00.000-07:002011-03-19T19:00:09.368-07:00Number Mini Work Station<div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Mini Station Contents:</b> Math Font Sort (found on the web), Fun in the Sun (found on the web), number/object matching game</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Answer Sheet:</b> <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1rNyFZqCiZULmKS1_HiZdLcMpyBRn_wd6kBlHQ6GCz0k/edit?hl=en&authkey=CM662pMI">Fun in the Sun</a></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Answer Sheet:</b> <a href="https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=explorer&chrome=true&srcid=0BxDak9BpuyvAYzE5NzMzNDEtYTRhYy00NzcxLWIwMGYtZTEwZTFjOWE1N2Zm&hl=en&authkey=CNng4cMM">Restaurant Menu</a>, <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1alZUkbSuycbivDVmPc2jdq_54rf2i2cD1wAiWItnnBg/edit?hl=en&authkey=CJrx3ogC">Restaurant Receipt</a></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Mini Work Stations: place value, addition, counting, numbers, grammar, spelling, (2) word building, graphing, making connections, money, time, measurement, ABC Order, and Sequencing</span></div>Mrs. Kamererhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11577904173282355349noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-407779161241623945.post-76311352333351283672011-03-19T07:04:00.000-07:002011-03-19T07:04:41.143-07:00Mini Math Work Stations<div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have been creating mini math (and some reading) work stations since the beginning of March. The kids love them!! So far I have 15. (Then I ran out of clear shoe boxes.) I plan on making 15 more. They are housed in cubbies that I got from a clothing store that went out of business. The plastic shoe boxes fit perfectly in the cubbies. Besides the 15 mini work stations, I have larger work stations placed around the room. I got my inspiration from Debbie Diller's books. I had her literacy work station book and just purchased her coordinating math work station book this month. I love her ideas!</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here is a picture of the cubbies with the 15 mini work stations.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And a close-up picture.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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<a href="https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=explorer&chrome=true&srcid=0BxDak9BpuyvANjc2YTQ0YWQtNWNhZS00ODA0LTljZTAtYzc5N2ExODA2ZjEy&hl=en&authkey=CKHF3vgI">Sunny Money Record Sheet</a>Mrs. Kamererhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11577904173282355349noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-407779161241623945.post-26631998089715022942011-02-07T15:53:00.000-08:002011-03-26T12:30:18.643-07:00What's Inside the Writing Work Station?<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here are some of the items that I have in the <b>Writing Work Station</b>.</span><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Stencils, Word Tiles, Pictionary, Sentence Starters</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I also keep lined paper handy, as well as blank cards, stapled blank books, paper for writing lists, word walls, and a <i>Writer's Helper</i> binder. The binder has different pages to help the children when they are writing including: word walls, words to start sentences with, and other helpful pages. I will have to share that idea also later.</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=explorer&chrome=true&srcid=0BxDak9BpuyvAMDdjMzI5MDctNTNkZC00ZGQwLThkMzQtNjU1MzBkNDQ2ZWE5&hl=en&authkey=CNmA0OEH">Writing Work Station Picture</a></span>Mrs. Kamererhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11577904173282355349noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-407779161241623945.post-82165599796918998142011-02-02T17:04:00.000-08:002011-02-02T17:04:07.156-08:00Organization and Storage<div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You will see numbers on every work station goal sheet. I just number them as I make them. I use the numbers on a chart so i can check off which goal sheets the students have completed. This is just how I chose to organize my goal sheets. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">All of the materials for each work station are kept in large Rubbermaid containers. I will take pictures when I have a chance. At the beginning of the school year, the containers just had a few things. By the end of the year, there will be tons of activities at each station. I use 3M hooks to hang work station signs off of each container. I also hang other activities that the children can do at that station when the goal has been completed.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">All of my work station signs and papers in each station are laminated. They will last for years. I bought my laminator for about $25 at WalMart 3 years ago and it works great! I get my laminating pouches at Sam's Club. They cost $20 for 200 pouches. This is much cheaper than buying small packages of pouches. </span></div>Mrs. Kamererhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11577904173282355349noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-407779161241623945.post-7755062292683956192011-02-02T16:48:00.000-08:002011-03-10T18:26:12.758-08:00Valentine's Day Work Station Goal Sheet<div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My coworkers and I dug through our Valentine's Day files and choose some activities that I put together for us to use at our work stations. I was making 2-sided stapled packets for my students. My co-worker had a great idea to copy the pages onto 11x17 paper, then fold the paper in half. Sometimes we have an insert for some of the activities that we staple inside. I like to use the 11x17 paper the best. The following activities were gathered from old worksheets, online, and created by me. For the art project work station, the children are to make a valentine for someone special. I like to use the seasonal mini book reproducibles for the classroom library work station. They are easy for the children to put together and read. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">During our half hour of RTII (Response to Instruction and Intervention) time, some of the children get small group intensive practice on reading/math skills, while others are working on their work station goals. I have created a variety of themed work station goal sheets to keep the students accountable for the work they are doing at the different work stations.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I want the children to be enriched while reinforcing skills previously learned. I have found the work stations to be a great addition to my daily schedule. Before I would have to give the children many worksheets and workbook pages to complete while I worked with individual students or small groups. By the time I would explain all of the directions to the children and start to work with a small group, the children, who were at their desks, already forgot all of the directions and would be coming up to me. I would get nothing done and would have what seemed like thousands of papers to check in the evening.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The work station goal sheets are simple and quick to check. They children do not even realize that they are doing "real" work. They enjoy using clipboards and working at different work stations spread out around the room.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Some of the activities on the goal sheets were created by me, found online, or borrowed from others. </span></div>Mrs. Kamererhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11577904173282355349noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-407779161241623945.post-86100196194738612082011-02-01T14:51:00.000-08:002011-02-01T14:51:00.750-08:00Work Stations<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For the past three years I have been trying to implement centers/stations so my students can do more meaningful independent activities while I am working with students who need extra help. I do not have an aide to help me, so I have to figure out a solution on my own. This has been a difficult task that I have been working on diligently. After reading Debbie Diller's book <i>Literacy Work Station</i>s, I was able to create work stations that have been a success in my classroom. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_i7mTlBPglBY/TUiLyGrXYQI/AAAAAAAAAAc/3Y9uaAKnIVk/s1600/literacy+work+station.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_i7mTlBPglBY/TUiLyGrXYQI/AAAAAAAAAAc/3Y9uaAKnIVk/s1600/literacy+work+station.jpg" /></a></span></span></div>Mrs. Kamererhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11577904173282355349noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-407779161241623945.post-61408906820364407222011-02-01T10:24:00.000-08:002011-02-01T10:24:23.090-08:00Just starting...My 7 year old son told me that I should start a blog. I like to create and share things for my class, so I guess I will giving blogging a try. We shall see how this goes. Enjoy!Mrs. Kamererhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11577904173282355349noreply@blogger.com0