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Birthday Booklets

admin — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 16:06:27 +0000

Create a take-home Birthday Booklet a child will cherish for a long time but that takes up hardly any of your time. Some kids have kept these for years and still have them!

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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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Counting Syllables

admin — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 16:06:24 +0000

Write down every students name on a chart paper. Pass out the Post-it® Notes. Read the student’s name and have all students count the syllables. The student who has that name walks to the front and writes the number down on the Post-it® Note. He/she places the Post-it next to his/her name.

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Head for Cover

admin — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 02:01:36 +0000

Each student is given a package of Post-it® Notes to be kept in their pencil box. A word writing prompt is given everyday. Example – write three words that describe an orange. Each student is given something different to write down. Set up a writing center in separate area of the classroom. A large cardboard box or book case works well to make a section that can be covered. After students have written their words they cover the writing center with their Post-it notes, covering it like wallpaper. Students then go to the “Head for Cover” writing center and select 3 to 5 words to be used in a writing assignment. Keep pillows, journals or clipboards and more Post it notes to make this a fun area to think, imagine and write. This is a great way to give them choices and help them along with their writing.

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What are they thinking?

admin — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 01:15:48 +0000

During guided reading groups students use talking bubble shaped Post-it® Notes to write what characters may be thinking as they they read a story. This especially encourages making inferences to character motives or feelings.

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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 different animals 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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Password into class

admin — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 22:00:15 +0000

I use Post-it® Notes to write our sight words on. I start with one and keep adding as my students are able to read them. These notes are stuck to my classroom door and each child must read the “passwords” to enter each morning. By listening how well each other read, it motivates everyone into being able to read all the words. These words are then used to “write the room” during our center time. Later in the year, the words can be moved to make sentences for everyone to read. The children love to change the sentences to surprise each other.

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Giving Tree

admin — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 21:56:20 +0000

Read aloud The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein. Create a poster size tree. Hand out apple shaped die-cut Post-it® Notes. Have students write ways they can give to their classmates and community. Keep the tree up all year and add ideas.

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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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