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Estimated Time: 0-10 minutes

Description: Students place their Post-it® Note along a number line according to how well they understand the lesson.

Labels for graphic organizer

Submitted by: Marcia

July 6th, 2010

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Estimated Time: 20-30 minutes

Description: Make a hands-on labeling activity that can be used for class instruction and re-used for center or individual activities. Computer-generated labels with words or pictures on the Post-it® Notes may a visually appealing manipulative teaching aid.

Scavenger Post-it® Notes

Submitted by: Kathryn

July 6th, 2010

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Estimated Time: 60+ minutes

Description: As you go through the school day, be on the look out for Post-it Notes attached to anything on -campus. The students have to collect them and research the answer to the question or define the term by what ever means possible. ie asking other teachers, administrators, look up, etc. The student who comes up with the most information in the time allotment wins a prize.

Sight Word Wiz

Submitted by: Kristie

July 6th, 2010

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Estimated Time: 0-10 minutes

Description: As a teacher of first grade students, encouraging children to read and write encompasses multifaceted, creative means. Using a piece of cardboard (10 x 12") or paper folders each child labeles it with their name. I use Post-it® Notes to write unmastered sight words on. Each student is taught how to scaffold the Post-it® Notes so that they are easy to flip up in order to read. When a child has mastered the sight-word on three separate occasions (I date the back side) they can take that specific sight word Post-It® home. Most often, the students stick it to the inside of their lockers to display how many words they can read. They tend to compete with each other to see how many Post-It® notes each other has. A few creative children have actually patterned the Post-It® Notes in specific color arrangements to create pictures. It is amazing how a little sticky paper can encourage a child to learn. Since Post-It® Notes do not put pin holes in walls like staples or leave sticky tape residue on things, I use Post-It notes all the time. I do the same for learning addition and subtraction facts as well as spelling words, when children misspell when writing. I use to use specific colored Post-It® Notes for specific tasks (yellow - sight words, green - addition facts, etc.) but I have found that the children love the different colors, especially the new colors. Thank you Post-It for helping motivate my students to learn!

Matching Gone Postal

Submitted by: Kendra

July 6th, 2010

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Estimated Time: 20-30 minutes

Description: This can be used for any grade level and for virtually any subject. (Kindergarten could use pictures instead of words.) Half of the students get a Post-it® Note with a vocabulary word, math problem, history date, etc. (whatever is appropriate for the lesson or subject and the grade level) written on it (the "Question" note.) The rest of the students each get an "Answer" note which corresponds with one of the "Question" stickies. The "Question" students post their stickies on their foreheads or chests for all to see. The "Answer" students hide their stickies. The "Question" students then have to find the person who holds their match by asking the other students pertinent questions about the sticky they have hidden until they find their match.