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TPT Teacher Appreciation Sale May 2-3
The TPT Teacher Appreciation Sale officially starts today! Be sure to check out my store - Jordan Johnson. All items are 28% off if you use the code CELEBRATE.
Here are two of my favorite math items for sale in my store...
Learning About Line Plots - Great practice and activities for teaching line plots to 2nd graders...
Find the Missing Factor - Around the Room - Great activity to practice multiplication and missing factors.
Teacher Appreciation TPT Sale
TPT Cyber Sale - Monday & Tuesday
My entire TPT Store (Jordan Johnson) will be on sale for 28% off Monday and Tuesday (November 30 and December 1) for TPT's site-wide cyber sale! Be sure to check out my products!
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More Love for Back to School Sale...
TPT is having their back to school bonus day sale - More Love for the Back to School Sale. Be sure to check out my store to save 28% on all items! Enter the code MORE15 to receive the 28% off savings at check-out!
I know I'll be stocking up on a few more goodies during this great sale!
I know I'll be stocking up on a few more goodies during this great sale!
Big TPT Back to School Sale - Tomorrow and Tuesday!
Hi everyone! A quick reminder, not that you don't already know, that the big TPT Back to School Sale will be going on Monday, August 3 and Tuesday, August 4. This is a great time to stock up on your back to school goodies. My entire store (Jordan Johnson) will be 28% off during the sale.
Here are two items from my store that would be perfect for Back to School -
In this packet you'll find:
Student Interviews, Goal Setting Sheets, Writing Prompts about Summer and the New School Year. Perfect for 1st or 2nd grade! Check it out in my store here.
This would be perfect for writing activities or a writing station. 22 different prompts about school and back to school related topics. 3 different writing response pages for students to use! Color copies provided as well as printer friendly copies. Check it out in my store here.
Hope everyone finds many goodies at the sale! I know my cart is starting to get full with all of those wish list items I've been looking at all summer!
Pick a Prompt - New Lit Station Idea
So I was trying to think of some ways to update my writing station and I came up with "Pick a Prompt." In addition to the other writing station tasks (writing a list, comic, story, card, letter), I thought it would be fun to come up with prompts that fit the different points in the school year and that could be changed out to keep it fresh so kids don't get bored. This is also great practice for responding to a prompt which is a skill all kids need to know how to do with standardized testing.
My first version is for Back to School. I tried to make the prompt questions fun and interesting and also covered a variety of topics (books, specials, recess (a student favorite)). These prompts are a great way for you to get to know your kids and your kids to get to know each other.
Here's what they look like...
I'm planning on using this as a task option at the Writing Station during Literacy Stations. These also could be used whole group. You could have all students respond to the same prompt and then share out. You could also give each student a different prompt card, have them respond, and again share out.
I also provided three different writing response pages. Two of them have pictures (different sizes) and one does not. The one without pictures could be used for students who don't like to draw, if you want them to focus only on the writing, and it could also be used as an additional page if they need more than one pages when responding.
Check these out in my TPT Store - Pick a Prompt - Back to School
Subjects and Predicates
We've been reviewing subjects and predicates over the last few days and my kids have struggled with knowing the difference. Some kids have understood the difference between the two, but are having a hard time identifying the whole subject and predicate. They are just picking out a word when really a few words are making up the subject or the predicate. So, here's how I decided to reteach/review subjects and predicates...
First, we watched a Brainpop Video on Subjects and Predicates. There's just something special about Tim and Moby explaining something. Kids just listen :-).
Then, we worked on a Subject and Predicate Sort from Jill Gribbin's TPT Store. Check it out here.
My students worked on this with their table group and had a blast deciding where each part of the sentence should go.
Lastly, we completed Subjects and Predicates Around the Room. This was our first Around the Room Activity of the year. Unfortunately we were so busy with the activity that I didn't get a chance to take any pictures, but I've posted a few below of the actual freebie so you can check it out.
The Subjects and Predicates Around the Room is now in my TPT store as a freebie - be sure to download it here!
Thanks for stopping by to see how we worked on subjects and predicates!
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New Back to School Product and Last Day of the TPT Sale!
I got my newest product done just in time for the last day of the TPT Blast Off Back to School sale. And, this product is perfect for back to school. Here's a sneak peek....
Getting to Know You - Back to School Packet
Here's an example I filled out for the All About Me Project (circle map and writing paper). Please don't judge my stick figure. Art is not my strong suit lol.
Getting to Know You - Back to School Packet
Here are a few of the pages... (any page with 1st or 2nd grade on it has one for the other grade too)
Student Interviews
Making New Goals for the New School Year
Here's an example I filled out for the All About Me Project (circle map and writing paper). Please don't judge my stick figure. Art is not my strong suit lol.
Thanks for checking out my new product. Be sure to head over to my TPT Store and get it now while it's on sale. The Blast Off Sale only lasts through today so head over there and be sure to enter the code "BTS2014" to get 28% off my entire store.
Mental Math Ideas - 2.NBT.8
Here's one of the packets I've had waiting in my TPT file to finish and update with picture of my kids in action. This TPT packet focuses on the math standard - 2.NTB.8 - Mental math adding and subtracting 10 and 100 from any number 0-999. We did this lesson later in the year which I debated was the right timing. However, I'm glad I waited. By April/May, my kids had a stronger foundation with number sense for 3 digit numbers so they had an easier time understanding that the only number changing is either in the tens or hundreds spot depending on if you are adding or subtracting by 10 or 100.
Here are some pictures of my kids playing the Mental Math +/- 10 Bingo. They had a great time playing!
Here's another game in my Mental Math Packet. This game is called "Solve It." Students flip over a number card. Then, students flip over a +/- card that tells them to either add or subtract 10 or 100 to the number. Then, students record the number sentence on the recording sheet and solve the problem using mental math.
Here's my pack on TPT - Be sure to check it out - Mental Math Practice
Thanks for stopping by!
What If Story Prompts....
One of my favorite writing activities that I always do at the end of the year are my What If Story Prompts. By this point in the year we've covered the writing standards and the kids need a little fun and creativity. So, instead of having them on boring index cards like normal, I finally typed them up and added some spiffy backgrounds.
To see how I've used these in the past, click here.
See product examples below...
http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/What-If-Story-Prompt-Cards-1248269
To see how I've used these in the past, click here.
See product examples below...
Be sure to check it out in my TPT store, here.
Thanks for stopping by! Have a great rest of your weekend!