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Sticky Thoughts

admin — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 13:58:37 +0000

I created a Venn Diagram including “Academics” and “Social” categories. I explained to my students that they would each have a pad of Post-It® Notes on the corner of their desk, and could write a note about any situations or questions they may encounter during the day. It really gave the students a voice.

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bulletin board

admin — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 13:15:54 +0000

Create a wish list bulletin board for the holidays. Make a Christmas tree background and create “ornaments” with Post- it® Notes. Each ornament can have something for the classroom, such as pencils, paper, kleenex, or books. Instead of giving me a gift, when students ask what I want for christmas, I suggest that they can get an ornament off the tree and get something to help the class.

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Word Scramble

admin — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 20:39:06 +0000

In an effort to reinforce the spelling of a word, place one 4 x 6 Post-it® Note that has one letter of the word on it, on the front of as many students needed to spell out the word. Have the students scramble themselves up and give them one minute to arrange themselves in the right order so that the word is spelled out correctly.

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Question Summary Parking Lot

admin — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 13:46:58 +0000

During class, students jot down questions on Post-it® Notes that I don’t answer or don’t answer well enough. At the end of class, all students place a Post-it note on the “Parking Lot” on the board. If a student does not have a question, they write “no question” on their note. I collect these notes and answer all questions during my lesson summary. High school students are very self-conscious about asking questions in front of their peers. Since everyone puts a note on the board, no one knows who had questions and who did not.

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Gettin’ to know ya!

admin — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 16:26:22 +0000

Each student uses a Post-it® Note to write 5 interesting facts about himself or herself. They then post it to the board, randomly. I select the notes and see if I can match the note to the student. I then make up 4 Post-it® Notes about me, 3 with facts that are false or only partly true and one that is completely true. They then have to guess which is correct. Great ice breaker activity!

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Answer of the Day

admin — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 16:01:07 +0000

An “Answer of the Day” is clearly posted where students check in on a dry erase board. Throughout the day students add Post-it® Notes to our question board to display what a possible question might be. This activity can go along with any topic and gives every child an opportunity for recognized success.

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Note Taking and Choosing Information

admin — Fri, 07 May 2010 19:09:01 +0000

One of the hardest things to teach is how to take notes! Kids always want to put way too much information – especially when they’re listening in teacher-led discussions. My trick? For a short activity, I provide the information in a 10 minute lecture – but the kids can only write on one side of a 4×4 Post-it®! We then post the post-its up on a giant post-it and discuss what information was important, what wasn’t, and what they should be writing in a lecture!

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Ask the Expert

admin — Mon, 03 May 2010 15:44:23 +0000

When we are begining a new unit I write key terms, people, locations etc. for the upcoming unit on Post-it® Notes (one per note). These post it notes are placed on our classroom word wall. Each student is assigned to become the expert on one of each of the key terms, places etc. that are listed, using post-it on our word wall. They sign the corner of the post-it, do their research (in class/homework) and during the course of the unit, as we come across these key terms, etc. each student, I mean expert, teaches the class about his or her term, person, place etc. The post-it stays up and kids use them as a reference for who to ask when seeking clarification or additional information about one of the word wall terms. The kids are empowered to “be the expert” on a particular piece of the curriculum and it encourages cooperative learning and positive social skills among my students. This can be used at almost any grade level and in any subject area. This project also allows the teacher to easily differentiate instruction by allowing the student to present their knowledge of the key term in a variety of ways while maintaining the consistency of using the post-it note system to make a word wall.

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Two Truths and a Lie

admin — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 18:18:58 +0000

A beginning of the year activity for students to get to know each other and their teacher. Can be modified to use as a test review too.

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Ticket Out the Door

admin — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 20:13:25 +0000

The students are each given one Post-it® Note at the end of the class period. To be able to get “out the door”, they have to write about something they have learned that day. As they leave, they must hand the Post-it note to the teacher to be able to leave.

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