tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74640876524506069402024-02-19T03:24:35.825-08:00Standards-Based ClassroomA 1st grade teacher blog about aligning student work to the standards while keeping it real and keeping it fun!JulieAldersonFosterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14335859759237549190noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7464087652450606940.post-16743909250358037552014-07-18T11:58:00.000-07:002014-07-18T12:27:41.832-07:00Folder Organization<div style="border-image: none;"><div style="border-image: none;">One of my summer tasks this year was getting my folders organized. A big part of being an effective Standards-Based Classroom is having your standards organized in such a way that you can make sure you are not only covering the standards but also displaying them in the classroom for easy reference.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="border-image: none; clear: both; text-align: center;">I'm really excited about the way they turned out. I think they are going to be so helpful this year.</div><div class="separator" style="border-image: none; clear: both; text-align: center;">The blue folder on the left is my units folder. It contains the entire year! It has the units, broken down into lesson plans, as well as all of the standards I need to post for each unit and all of the word wall words to be posted for each unit.</div><div class="separator" style="border-image: none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">They fit nicely in a 3 ring binder and are the perfect size for the standards. </div><div style="text-align: center;">(I have Deanna Jump's adorable set of kid-friendly standards; purchased on TPT:)</div><div class="separator" style="border-image: none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-image: none; clear: both; text-align: center;">So for each unit, I placed all the focus standards into one of these zipper pouches . If the same standard is used in more than one unit, I made more copies so that I can just grab this pouch when I start a new unit, place them in my standards display area and boom! I'm done.</div><div class="separator" style="border-image: none; clear: both; text-align: center;">Then at the end of the unit I gather them up, put them back and grab the next set. </div><div class="separator" style="border-image: none; clear: both; text-align: center;">It's going to be soooo easy and organized! I can't wait!</div><div class="separator" style="border-image: none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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Here is my notebook open to the first unit of the year. On the left are the pockets with the standards and word wall words, on the right is the first page of the unit itself. The highlighted words are the verbs of the standards. Each one is aligned to learning activities and assessments. <br />
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The completed notebook. It's full but manageable. I used a 3" binder from Staples. It has rubber (the black parts) "hinges" that allow the binder to be very full and heavy but still open easily without cracking at the seams. It also lays nice and flat and it easy to open and close. These binders are a little pricey but I've had them for almost 2 years already and they are well worth it.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="border-image: none; clear: both; text-align: center;">The white one is my math materials. Our grade level has not purchased a math program for the past two years. I have been creating materials to meet the first grade Common Core standards and we have been using them primarily to teach our math. All of the lesson plans and anchor charts and handouts and student practice pages are in the binder.</div><div class="separator" style="border-image: none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-image: none; clear: both; text-align: center;">The pink binder on the right is my science and social studies binder. Again, it contains units I have created to teach our standards in those areas. My grade level friends and I decided we wanted to integrate our writing with our science and social studies so each unit is also aligned to the Common Core writing standards.</div><div class="separator" style="border-image: none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-image: none; clear: both; text-align: center;">The last pink binder is my ELA supplemental materials. Our school has a purchased phonics/reading program that we like pretty well. That binder contains supplemental materials that I have created to "fill in the gaps" of the purchased program.</div><div class="separator" style="border-image: none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-image: none; clear: both; text-align: center;">I like having all of my materials together like this. It is going to be a real time-saver this year. </div><div class="separator" style="border-image: none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="border-image: none; clear: both; text-align: center;">How have you organized your standards and units? I'd love to hear your ideas too!</div><div class="separator" style="border-image: none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a data-mce-href="http://standards-basedclassroom.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/signature.png" href="http://standards-basedclassroom.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/signature.png"><img alt="signature" class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-123" data-mce-selected="1" data-mce-src="http://standards-basedclassroom.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/signature-300x209.png" src="http://standards-basedclassroom.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/signature-300x209.png" height="209" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-image: none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Julie-Alderson-Foster" target="_blank"><img alt="tpt store icon for website tn" class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-88" data-mce-selected="1" data-mce-src="http://standards-basedclassroom.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/tpt-store-icon-for-website-tn-300x300.png" src="http://standards-basedclassroom.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/tpt-store-icon-for-website-tn-300x300.png" height="300" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-image: none; clear: both; text-align: center;">If you're interested in seeing any of the materials I have created, they are available at my TPT store by clicking the link above. Thank you!</div><div class="separator" style="border-image: none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Meet the creative team at Standards-Based Classroom.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">This is Scooter.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> She really throws herself into it.<br />
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Sometimes we work so hard, she falls asleep at her desk!<br />
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Meanwhile, the support staff warms up my computer bag; just in case I need it.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">I'm so thankful for my great team. Without them, I would be able to accomplish so much more, so much quicker. But, it wouldn't be nearly as much fun:)</span><br />
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as you can plainly see.<br />
I made it from my hands and feet,<br />
which are a part of me.<br />
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It comes with lots of love,<br />
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I'm wishing you a very<br />
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Our turkeys turned out cute this year. Notable ones shown here:) Heehee.<br />
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Wishing you a Happy Thanksgiving!</td></tr>
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</tbody></table>JulieAldersonFosterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14335859759237549190noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7464087652450606940.post-50246771394627790102013-01-09T13:30:00.000-08:002013-01-09T13:30:06.089-08:00My word wall is driving me crazy<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">
Ok. I've had it with my word wall. I loved it when I set it up almost 5 years ago but it has really taken a beating this year.</div>
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I really liked the black against the blue for bright clear contrast but it is getting a little raggedy. The red carpet is where I have story time and since our county is making budget cuts and my class size almost doubled this year, we are squeezing in so many kids for story time that some kids are leaning against the word wall.<br />
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I got inspired over Christmas break and made a really cute set of labels for the word wall that was sort of "Elmer" inspired (love that book!) and matches the fabic I have for curtains and rocking chair cushions. <br />
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I took a picture of each child on Santa's lap.<br />
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I bought 6 sheets of sparkly gold foam at Wal-mart for 99cents each.<br />
I cut the foam into quarters and then cut out an oval picture window in each section.<br />
I crazyglued the picture to the back of the foam and then attached a magnet. <br />
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JulieAldersonFosterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14335859759237549190noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7464087652450606940.post-63506678879732113412012-12-31T00:15:00.002-08:002012-12-31T00:18:25.543-08:00Gingerbread House Party<br />
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For our Christmas party we made Gingerbread houses out of milk cartons, graham crackers, frosting and candy, candy, candy.<br />
I started doing this as my "party" about 15 years ago instead of the old paperplate full of chips, cookies and cupcakes and I have never looked back. The kids always say it is the "funnest party ever!" and I agree!<br />
I prepare the cartons the day before by washing and drying them and then hotgluing them to a plate for stabilty.<br />
Then at the party, every child gets a big blob of frosting with a popsicle stick for spreading, graham crackers, and a baggie full of candies for decorating. Some kids just sit and eat the candies out of their bags (but if that's their idea of a fun party, what can I say?)<br />
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Here are some pictures of our houses.<br />
Slide the house, plate and all, into a 2.5 gallon ziplock bag and send it home! Merry Christmas!<br />
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Here are some pics from our recent unit on Magnets. Shown is my student teacher demonstrating how magnets attract and repel before students broke off for their own exploration with magnets. They were just a little eager to crowd around that table.
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After vocabulary development and exploration,<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Magnets are very cool because the south pole sticks together with the noth pole and they both stick together with each other and I know a bunch about magnets. They are very! very! very! strong."</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ok, I flipped and saved this picture 3 times! But, everytime I go to insert it; it's upside down!<br />
It was too good to leave out though. Here's what it says:<br />
"Magnets are cool. Magnets stick to metal. Magnets don't stick to wood. Magnets attract to a refrigerator. <br />
This is what I learned."<br />
Complete sentences beginning with capitals and ending with (rather large) periods. Ahhhh, they are listening:)</td></tr>
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We used my magnets unit. It's aligned to Georgia science standards for first grade and Common Core standards for informational text and writing.<br />
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JulieAldersonFosterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14335859759237549190noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7464087652450606940.post-25433557004055558542012-10-18T17:31:00.001-07:002012-10-18T17:44:30.896-07:00What was I thinking?<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Have you ever done something like, uhm, create a blog, and then immediately say </span><br />
<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">"What was I thinking?" I don't have time for this! </span><br />
<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Well, I don't know if I'll ever find time to post more than this one musing but I thought I'd go ahead and put all my freebies from TPT on here so my little blog won't be empty.</span><br />
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