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This one is about colorful characters
who come to a Halloween party.

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See you all tomorrow!

Palma :)

Friday, October 24, 2014

All of This For 1 Dollar Each?

Our Best "What Do You See" Books are 60-75% off:

My students LOVE to complete these FUN books and all three of them are on sale for $1.00 each!

They are filled with counting, numeral writing, and color word recognition skills.

Students fill in the color word on each page.Click the images.

This book lets students count the
Thanksgiving images and write the
number of objects in each set.

This counting book goes to five.
Click the image.

This book lets students count the Christmas holiday
images and write the number of objects
they see in each set.

This counting book goes up to sets of ten.
Click the image.

All of these books are great for students to take home

and read to their families.

Grab 'em while you can.

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Student may choose one of these or create their own.

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Palma :)

Tuesday, October 14, 2014

Common Core At Its Best

When The Teacher Becomes The Facilitator:

We were exploring all of the ways to create 6. I didn't give any directions; I only gave my small group of four students 6 double sided (red & white) chips and the ten frames I won at I Teach K last summer. I asked a few questions, but mostly I just let them discover on their own or with a partner.

I arranged my chips in a different way than you did,
but we both have 2 white chips and 4 red chips.

At first, I just let them play with the ten frames and chips.

Then, The Magic Happened:

Let me show you how to make an AB pattern with your chips.

They explored and discussed so many ways to create 6.

They learned from each other.

They helped each other.

They used their words and had so much fun making different combinations of 6.

How many more do I need to get to ten?

You can get these plastic double ten-frames at Lakeshore. Click HERE for the link.

Now, We Will Complete Page 6:

Each week, we create a picture using one or two shapes. On week one we used only one piece.

On week 2 we used 2 pieces. They could be the same or different.

Can you see how the house is 1 + 1 = 2, but the bird is 2 + 0 = 2?Sorry about the paint on the sunglasses :o/

On week 3 we used 3 pieces. They could pick one or two shapes, not three.

Imagine the fun your kids will have creating objects with all one shape or two shapes.

After we created the picture, we completed the sentence with words. This is what page 6 might have had on it:

My students came up with these.

Then, we wrote: 6 is a ________. (flower, star, ship, etc. They got to pick one.)

I printed 2 of the same page on each master so you can simply copy
the entire packet, cut the pages in half, and staple both mini books.

Then, we completed the number sentence that went with the picture:

0 + 6 = 6

1 + 5 = 6

2 + 4 = 6

3 + 3 = 6

This makes a great book to keep for Open House.

You can find my Addition Book by clicking HERE.

See you all tomorrow.

Palma

Wednesday, October 8, 2014

Have You Heard About Harriet???

Your Students Will LOVE This New Book:

I LOVE the illustrations too!

It's called Harriet Can Carry It and it's by Kirk Mueller and illustrated by Sarah Vonthron-Laver.

Check out the web site by CLICKING RIGHT HERE.

What It's All About:

Harriet and her little Joey decide to spend the day at the beach, but oh, what they encounter along the way to the shore. This story lends itself to all kinds of activities like sequencing the events and naming the many marsupials who Harriet and Joey encounter.

How You Can Get A Copy:

Just CLICK HERE for the link.

Kirk is also a gifted musician who has written many children's songs. He visits schools in Southern California where he presents a 45 minute presentation to children about the writing process, marsupials, and sings some of his original songs.

You will want to "like" his Facebook page too. Click HERE.

I'll see you all tomorrow.

Palma :)

Monday, October 6, 2014

Did You Catch My "October Fun" Post?

You can find it ...

... by clicking RIGHT HERE. It's filled with fun activities from using pool noodles to money to teach addition, ordinal numbers, sight words, and so much more.

Click the image to see the blog post.

ENJOY IT

and I'll see you all tomorrow.

Palma :)

Saturday, October 4, 2014

What Is Easy, Quick, And FREE for 60 Days?

Assessment FUN (It's not a paradox, really, it's not)

When my students actually BEG to be tested, I know it must be FUN for them.

I have been using ESGI for several years now and I have to say it makes assessments quick, easy, and enjoyable for my students and for me. Students take the assessments online so you can use anything from a desktop computer to an iPhone. I love testing on my iPad so I can just visit students at their seats and ask them a few questions, click "yes" or "no" and I'm done.

Sometimes I let the kids click "yes" or "no" while I watch.
They LoVe to take the tests.

Getting Started:

You can get going in no time with their quick instructional videos and their 60 day FREE trial.

Just click on the orange tab where it says 60 day free trial.

Click the image above to see ESGI's homepage.

You can use their ready-to-go tests or create your own. Many amazing teachers from throughout the USA have created tests aligned with their state or grade level. You can learn more by clicking where it says "learn more" all the way to the left at the bottom of their home page under "Custom Assessments"

Do You Teach T.K.?

Well, here is a bonus for you. I have taken the pre-school foundational standards and the Kindergarten CCSS and I have found a middle ground of T.K. standards that I wrote assessments for.

You can find them by clicking HERE or by clicking <learn more> at the bottom left of ESGI's home page, then scroll down and click <Palma Lindsay's Transitional Kindergarten Tests> and you will see the names of all of my tests.

Click the image to get started.

Click HERE to see how to add my tests to your list of assessments.

It's Easy, it's quick, and it's FREE for 60 days. Then use code B2174 for $40 off.

Oh, And The Data Is Amazing:

Bar graphs, pie graphs, and charts, oh my!!! Your administrator will be delighted with all of the data you can provide for each child.

~Click on the gray part of the bar graph and you can view your intervention group for any given skill.

~Click on the pie graphs and you can see the percentage of students who have mastered each test.

~Click on the Class Report Charts and you can even re-order them by 1st name, last name, skills mastered, etc.

Can you see why I LoVe, Love, Love ESGI?

Have you also used it? Let us know how you like it by leaving a comment.

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I have alphabet and numeral cards like this one.
Once they are laminated, students can practice
tracing and writing the letters and numbers tons of times.

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See you all tomorrow.

Palma :)

Thursday, October 2, 2014

Have You Tried This Yet?

Think About It:

Have you ever tried to write with one of those giant 18" pencils? It's kind of hard to control, right?

This is a giant pencil in an adult's hand.

Well, just think about the little hands in your classroom, especially the ones who are holding a pencil for the first time. Trying to write with a regular-size pencil must feel awkward.

This is a regular size primary pencil and it looks
so big in a kindergarten student's hand.

At first, I started using little golf pencils in my class when I was teaching letter formation. But sometimes they are just too small.

Then, I found tiny dry erase markers that were fatter than the golf pencils. I used them on laminated printing practice cards. They worked great because the students can easily glide the marker over the laminated letters and then they simply erase the card and it's ready for the next student. I have been able to use these cards for years.

Click HERE to see the number tracing cards.

This year, we are able to get these cool triangle shaped pencils from Ticonderoga. They are called the Laddie Tri-write pencils. Their shape makes them easy to grip, but they are just as long as a regular-sized pencil and children were still struggling with them. :o(

The Solution:

Dave Garner to the rescue!!! Dave is engaged to my team partner and he kindly came to our rescue.

Dave cut our cool triangle pencils in half so we now have cool little triangle pencils which are easy for my students to hold.

Here is the full size "tri-write" pencil and one Dave cut in half.

They no longer struggle with holding their pencil and that allows them to concentrate on writing.

Here is a link to the pencils. CLICK HERE.

Dave use a table saw to cut the pencils. He was able to cut the pencils while keeping them in the box, so one cut and he was able to cut 12 pencils into 24 pencils. Half of them have erasers and half don't.

Thank you, Dave, for helping my students with these cool little pencils.

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