Five for Friday!

I have been gone too long! I didn't know just how long until this minute. This is the best way to get back in the game....Link up with Doodle Bugs Teaching!



 

While the rest of the country has been having a harsh and snowy winter, ours has been slow to start. We finally started to see some winter, it is about time! There is serious talk of moving the Iditarod sled dog race start to Fairbanks (from Willow) and the snow lovers have been missing their snowmachines.

 

 

 



My 2nd grade group has been showing great progress this year and some of their parents ask for homework, so I put this together and keep my fingers crossed that they will make time for it.

I shared the Positive Pirate Reward system in September 2014.
It has been awhile since I've sent homework, but one or two parents ask about it and are willing to help their child  do it and send it back, so I have put more effort into it.
I have a Connecting Math group that is going well and there is a nice one page homework page that is easy to complete for the kids. We have a homework graph and a big plus sign is put on for each piece of homework. For my friends who have a difficult time but want the credit, they get opportunities to do the homework at school and get that plus.
On Fridays, we have a bit of a ceremony of counting the plus signs and putting that number of stars on the pirate cards. I just draw a star with a marker on the card, nothing fancy.

 

Our gas prices dropped, even here in Alaska!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I had a birthday...


Next week I am going to the Alaska Special Education Conference! I am so excited! It has been 12 years since the last time I attended.  I also will be going with a friend and co-worker, so it will be fun and informative all at the same time. Woooo!
I'll tell you all about next week!

Later!

Paula

 

Whew!!!! We Made it to Vacation!

I had my doubts...I really did! But the last day of school finally arrived and the kids loved saying "See you next year!" as they boarded the buses, and I loved getting extra hugs. It was a good day.

Here are some things we did the last 2 weeks.

Promethean board high frequency word game. Very motivating! Students take turns choose a word, reading it and moving it to the stocking. Sometimes there is a surprise under the word, like a present or a reindeer. they placed the surprise under the Christmas tree. They loved it!

I found these great Christmas tree Bingo pages in my Christmas box. They are from funfrugalmommy.blogspot.com. I'm pretty sure I got them last year and I haven't been able to locate the blog, it keeps taking me to fun frugal homeschool, perhaps they changed their name? Anyway, I like to give credit where it is due! The circles have a sight word on them. I would say a word, they find it and dot it with the paint. Again, so simple, but fun! We had 3 different pages. 

Here's an old favorite, they line up the strips starting at the bottom, then they glue, glitter and dot! 

I must show off my first BIG FAT CHECK! I finally tried using EBATES while ordering Christmas gifts and got some money back! and there will be more! 

That's it for now, I'll try to check in later this week before Christmas, but just in case...

Merry Christmas

I hope it is relaxing and enjoyable for all of you.

Paula

Five for Friday .....,November 21, 2014

Linking with Doodle Bugs Teaching!

This week I went to a basketball fundraiser disguised as a Luau! It was great fun and I can't resist an auction! So I bought a couple of unnecessary things and also this beautiful drawing by Ross Coleman. His lovely wife works at our school.

A student with limited mobility enjoys Christmas lights. This was set up and attached to a switch, it has a timer so the lights will stay on for whatever time is set.

It is very motivating for him.

I am playing more with the promethean board, it is becoming a bit of an obsession! It began with the Connecting Math Concepts lessons and is growing steadily! The lessons seem to flow better with the basics already on a flipchart and of course...the student interest has increased!

My latest creation is a sight word game, students choose a word to read, move it to the bottle on the side , I placed a bottle there because the shape fit in the available space.sometimes there is a surprise behind the card, in this case a turkey! We played this game on the pocket chart with hidden monsters and they loved it!!the idea comes from conversations in literacy's blog!

ABOVE AND BEYOND!

I attended a training today for this program, it is a math program for learners with intellectual delays. It comes with ten frames and tiles plus some other neat stuff. It emphasizes understanding of number concepts, place value and has a whole unit on money. I loved parts of it, annnnnd didn't understand some of it! Especially their version of solving subtraction problems. It has lots of great components such as objectives listed, assessment forms, suggested accomadations. I'm planning on using it to help my students understand number concepts...1 to 1 correspondence and numeral recognition.

I am so frustrated trying to do this with iPhone and kindle fire! Ahhh! I am tech challenged already!Missing my laptop! Ok....ok....think positive....Thank goodness I HAVE an iPhone and tablet. Thank you power of the universe.

Ok, I'm done. Enjoy your short school week,

Paula

Five for Friday with Doodle Bugs...11/14/14

The weeks are flying by, it is hard to believe that it is almost Thanksgiving ! Time to link with Doodle bugs!

                      

My new glasses really do darken more! I am getting more comfortable with the progressive lenses, and like the frames.

Happy Veterans Day to my awesome husband!

Semper Fi!

I am revamping some of my task folders, this one is sequencing numbers, each paint bucket has 2 numerals with a missing one. The brushes have the missing numeral. I took this photo to be an answer key, I plan on keeping the answer keys seperate so they aren't tempted to peek and they can self check without too much fuss. I'll let you know if that works!

The brushes are kept in a snack Baggie and it is labeled with the folder name and how many pieces should be in the bag when they put them back. I plan on being very annoying about that.

The Velcro piece on the back will ensure that the bag can be attached to the folder and less likely to become seperated from it.

Beginning to organize math centers. This is the front of the teacher desk.

Beautiful sunrise this morning!!

I am missing my laptop! I hope to replace it, but Christmas is coming, children need to go to the dentist and my husband says we need a generator!

Tell me about your tips and tricks when you create and organize folder and box tasks.

Later,

Paula

Five for Friday....November 7, 2014

I haven't been here awhile because my computer bit the dust...has gone to the computer graveyard...electronic heaven... And so on. However! I am linking with Doodle Bugs for the week through my iPhone ! So if it looks a little strange ....

1st.....

BOOMER SOONER!!!!

2nd.......

The wood stove is in! Ready for winter (NOT)

3rd......

Making cookies with the twins- always an adventure!

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5th............

Full moon so gorgeous this week!

Have a great week,

Paula