3rd Grade Thursday- Sticky note teaching...

It's that time again.. Third Grade Thursday!

Today, I thought I'd share a little bit about how you can use sticky notes with Interactive Anchor Charts!

I bought these awesome sticky notes-- they are super sticky, and not just at the top!!!  I knew they would be perfect to add to any anchor chart when teaching.

Here's what I did...

I knew my kids needed some extra practice with types of sentences.  So, I printed off words to make a tree map.  I decided I needed to focus on only a few types of sentences at a time.  So, I stuck them on some white chart paper to form my tree map.  (You can grab the words to make your own tree map by clicking the picture below.)

I asked my students to give examples of the different types of sentences.  Then, I wrote them and asked where it should go.  

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If I was in a brick and mortar setting I might pass out the sticky notes to each table and ask each kid to write a sentence.  Then, read it aloud to the class.  Finally, they can place their sticky note sentence where it belongs on the anchor chart.  You might also consider letting their friends decide where it goes.  Turn it into a game.. Just a thought!

The end result:  Don't you just love how colorful it makes the chart!

 I found a million other resources to go with my lesson!!  But, I didn't have time to gather them all for this post.

However, I did have to share this adorable song on Types of Sentences.  So perfect!

3rd Grade Thursday! Educents Bundle-- worth the money!!!

I had to pop in to ask if you guys had seen the awesome resource on educents this week?!?!

Well, of course I bought it.  I am a new 3rd grade teacher, and I can use all the help I can get!  As much as I love the new challenge/adventure.. it definitely helps to find some great products for a steal!  

Click the picture to check it out!

Third Grade Thursday- Fluency!

 

This week I wanted to share with you guys things I have been working on with my kiddos during RTI.  Drum roll please..... FLUENCY!

 

And silence...

Oh, so it's not just me!

You didn't do it very often with your kiddos either...

 

Well, I have decided to make it an important part of my lesson each day during RTI.

 

First, I wanted to establish the why behind fluency..  So, I found this FREE poster from MsJordanReads tpt shop!  This was the perfect way to explain why fluency is so important.

 

 

She has a wonderful blog post about teaching fluency.  I found oodles of resources in that post that are free and super helpful!

 

Next, I found a few different word lists.  To start out each session we take turns reading a list of words.  Some of them are real words and some of the lists are nonsense words.

 

 

I found this word generator to make me a new list each day!  I just took a snapshot of each list and added it to my ppt.

 

We also practiced phrases!

 

Finally, I explained what it meant to be a "cold read".  I gave them each a passage.  They were able to read it 3 times through.  By the 3rd time, I told them their tongue should be on fire because it was a hot read!!!  Of course, they thought I was silly...  But, I explained by the 3rd time, they should have some comprehension of the text they just read. I found a ton of free passages from the links below:

Fluency Freebies 1

Fluency Freebies 2

Fluency Freebies 3

 

 

And, of  course you want to have data to show their progress.. Well, I was introduced to the website easycbm.com 

 

It is amazing and FREE!!!

 

You can pick a certain area to test your kiddo in.  Enter their score and it will have a beautiful little chart to display for ya!  So, in love!!

 

I also purchased this wonderful product during the FB sale!!!

 

SCORE!!!

 

I hope you have found this post useful.  If ya did, leave me some comment love.

 

Have a great rest of the week!!!

 



3rd Grade Thursday- sample RTI ppt.

 

This week I wanted to share one of my sample ppt's I made to use for RTI.  I can share it because I flattened some of the pages.  Yay!  However, you won't be able to edit it.

 

Do you remember going to Cherry Carl's website???

 

 

If not, you should definitely head over there and check it out!

She has oodles of stuff for free!

 

When I taught K I would grab some of her little sight word readers and a ton of other things.  I recently stumbled upon her site the other day when looking for a few activities for RTI.  I had completely forgotten about it???  I have downloaded so many things from her site recently.  The ppt I created has snippets of pages from her site.

 

You can click on the picture below to grab the ppt:

I hope you're having a great week!



3rd Grade Thursday!

Don't quote me on this.... but--

I am going to try to do a 3rd grade post every Thursday.

 

This week I want to talk a little bit about how I teach virtual.  Many of you have asked me about it, but until recently I couldn't really answer any questions because I was still learning!

 

It basically works like this..

You create a powerpoint to teach your standards.  You would create it just like in a brick and mortar classroom.  Instead of handing out a piece of paper or a worksheet at the end of your lesson, you give them a slide.  They have "tools" to write/draw on the slide/board to answer the questions and work out the problems.  I wear a headset with a mic.  I teach my lesson and talk to the kids just like in a classroom.  Instead they cannot see me-- we are all learning virtually!!!  It's really pretty awesome!  The kids have options to raise their hand, answer yes/no or abcd, etc.. 

 

Each Monday we do what's called a Monday Meeting.  I really like this because it gives you time to talk with the kids, introduce the vocabulary for the week, talk about the standards, do a student of the week, play a fun game, and get to know your kids.  So, I created a powerpoint for my 1st Monday Meeting.  I cannot offer it to you for free due to clipart and other activities that have copyright.  But, I wanted to show you what I do every day! 

 

Here are a few pictures from my Monday Meeting: 

 

This was my first week teaching my kiddos, So I wanted to introduce myself!

 

 

We always talk about our standards and go over the vocab for the week.  I created my vocab slides using pictures.  It not only helps me explain the word better, but it gives my students a visual.

 

 

 

We played a fun game called I spy! Have you heard of it?? JK!!

Finally, I wanted to do an educational activity before leaving our session.  This is my new favorite pack on tpt!!!  I bought the Reading Comprehension Bundle from Across the Hall in 2nd Grade.  This pack is awesome!  There are a ton of short passages and questions at the end.

 

Since I cannot give them a worksheet.. I simply create a slide for each student by taking a picture of the passage.  Are you wondering how in the world I did this... Google: the snipping tool.  If you do not have it downloaded on your computer.  Don't walk-- RUN (virtually) to download it now!!

I take a picture and insert it into my ppt and when they finish their work, I save it as a PDF and bam- I have evidence for their learning!  Pretty awesome!!!

 

Well, I hope you found this post interesting.  My learning curve right now is straight up.. So, please be patient with me if you ask any questions. 

 

PS- tomorrow is Friday!!!!