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Post-it Patterns

admin — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 19:59:39 +0000

Pattern recognition is an important ability, frequently evaluated on state standardized tests—and IQ tests.

Multicolored Post-it® Notes help students practice!

The teacher (or another student) sets up a pattern. Below the pattern, Post-its of each color become the multiple choices.

The student selects Post-it that should come next in the pattern.

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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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Who am I?

admin — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 13:06:33 +0000

I use Post-it® photo paper to print the faces of all of the children in my autistic support kindergarten class and I also write their first names on regular Post-it® Notes. Then I ask the children to match their face to their own name, and eventually, to match the faces of their peers to the names of their peers. We do this activity every day, and slowly but surely, the children in my room are able to recognize their own names in print, and that of their peers. It’s the first step in their pre-literacy activities! And it’s really fun too, because with Post-it® Notes, they can restick them over and over. Mistakes aren’t a big deal, because you can just reposition them! Also, when the students get really good at recognizing their names and faces, it is great for classroom management- the children’s names and faces can be put on their chairs, their tables, their possessions… everything!

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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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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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Genres of a Different Color

admin — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 17:13:02 +0000

It is important for students to learn about the different genres of literature.

Using the 6 colors from each assorted colored Post-it® Note, I make a chart with the students to place up on the wall of the classroom.

It would look like this:

Pastels Oceanside Drama
Bashful Fable
Butter Fairy Tale
Citrene Fantasy
Glacier Fiction
Heather Fiction in Verse
Brights Lipstick Folklore
Lime Historical Fiction
Cosmic Horror
Sunshine Humor
Lucky Legend
Nantucket Mystery
Jewel Tones Cheeky Mythology
Crimson Poetry
Golden Realistic Fiction
Evergreen Science Fiction
Cobalt Short Story
Majestic Tall Tale
Earth Tones Jungle Biography/Autobiography
White Essay
Cream Narrative Nonfiction
Sand Nonfiction
Cocoa A play

This activity involves categorizing each book that is in the classroom or that comes into the classroom. When a teacher introduces a book that she is going to read, or when a student selects a library book, or even for a larger activity of going through a self of books in the room—-the students will try to guess the genre that the book is and when it is correctly identified a Post-it Note will be placed in the book.

Take a Post-it Note (select the correct color for the genre from the chart in the room) and place it on the inside of the book cover with only 1/2 inch showing above the pages. Select a student to write the correct genre on the Post-it note and leave it in the book. Eventually all of your in classroom library books will be categorized and by the end of the school year—guaranteed—each student should have an excellent grasp of the different genres of literature. The students may want to Post-it label their own books at home.

The students enjoy being “genre detectives” as they try to figure out the genres for each book. Some books may have more than one genre. This activity can be used in all of the grades as well as in Special Education and Title 1 Reading rooms.

You will be amazed at how quickly they will catch on to the different genres of literature.

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KID’S SPELL

admin — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 16:32:10 +0000

GIVE EACH STUDENT A LETTER ON A POST-IT® NOTE TO WEAR OF SOME OF THEIR SPELLING WORDS. THE STUDENTS FIND EACH OTHER TO CORRECTLY SPELL THEIR ASSIGNED WORDS.

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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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