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Sticky Pollen

admin — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 20:10:19 +0000

Students will act out the process of pollen moving from the anther to the stigma of flowers. Students will be assigned the roles of flowers or pollen movers. The pollen will be represented by yellow Post-it® Flags and the flower petals, which attract the pollen movers, will be represented by tropical Post-it® Notes.

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Swatters

admin — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 15:42:54 +0000

Get a large piece of bulletin board paper and mark it off creating a 5 by 5 grid so that there are 25 squares. Laminate the grid so you can reuse it for another day. In each square, put a large Post-it® Note with the answer to a Math, Science, Social Studies, or Reading question. I usually create my questions by topic, i.e. Civil War, Geometry to review at the end of the unit. After all your answers have been placed on the grid, break your class into two teams. Give the first player of each team a fly swatter (a sanitary one) and explain the rules…1) No swatting a classmate. 2) No swatting actual flies because that’s just gross. 3) The first to swat the correct answer wins a point for their team. Read off your questions and have your students swat away! The team with the most points at the end of the game win! My students love this game. They beg for it everyday and it can be adapted to any subject! You can take all the post its off at the end of the game and put them in a plastic bag to reuse again.

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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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Sustainable Development Learning

admin — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 13:45:32 +0000

I’ve used this with children in 3rd grade all the way up to adults at Parent Association meetings held at the school. The most important principle of sustainable development is integrating environmental, social equity, and economic considerations (”planet, people and profits”). So when we have a decision to make as a class or a school, this is a way to bring sustainable development to life.

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You Post It!

admin — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 01:30:57 +0000

1. Read chapter summary

2.Cooperative groups are given different colors of Post-it® notes

3. Questions from summary are written on different pieces of butcher which is placed on various tables.

4. When the timer goes off all groups are located at a table, they must answer the question on the Post-it note–one student will write the answer on the Post-it.

5. When the teacher says “Post-It” the student post the note and immediately move to the next table where the next question and butcher paper is located.

6. When we are done, I can tell which group answered the question correctly by looking at the color of the Post-it notes.

7. If the answer is wrong the Post-it will be removed.

8. The group with the most Post-it notes will win the game.

1. Read chapter summary

2.Cooperative groups are given different colors of Post-it® notes

3. Questions from summary are written on different pieces of butcher which is placed on various tables.

4. When the timer goes off all groups are located at a table, they must answer the question on the Post-it note–one student will write the answer on the Post-it.

5. When the teacher says “Post-It” the student post the note and immediately move to the next table where the next question and butcher paper is located.

6. When we are done, I can tell which group answered the question correctly by looking at the color of the Post-it notes.

7. If the answer is wrong the Post-it will be removed.

8. The group with the most Post-it notes will win the game.

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Morning Response

admin — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 21:04:24 +0000

My students start their day with a prompt on a large chart paper. They then write their response and name on the Post-it® and place it on the chart. Sometimes the chart requires them to place the Post-it as part of a bar graph, or they may be used for students to share out what they have learned about a various topic in social studies or science. We sort them in various ways, use the responses to do math problems including addition, subtraction, mode, range, etc. This activity has been great to get my second graders writing, without having to worry about spelling. It also allows them to share something about themselves each day. They are always anxious to hear everyone’s response when we go over them later in the day. This activity also is nice because it gives them something to do as soon as they walk in. I can then submit attendance and lunch count to the office while they busily get their post-it ready.

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Stick With Science Safari

admin — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 20:50:32 +0000

Before school I place photos of different big game animals (in duplicate) around the school (with permission from the administration) in such places as the cafeteria, bathrooms, locker areas, etc. Students put on safari hats and take Post-it® Notes with them into the hallways of the school to “capture live game” label them with the Post-it notes as to what the correct animal is with its scientific name and “Bring them back alive” in their safari bags. The students try to get as many animals different as possible. When students return to the classroom they unload the bags, sort the animals, and the animals are researched via computer. Power Point presentations or movie maker movies are made using the animals in the presentations to be presented to the class.

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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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