Posts Tagged ‘Text to Self Connection’
Seeking parts of speech
Submitted by: Amber
June 2nd, 2010
Categories: 4th Grade | Language Arts
Estimated Time: 0-10 minutes
Description: When my students are learning a certain part of speech, they each take a Post-it® Note and stick it to the page in their AR novel that they are currently on. The objective is to write down as many (adjectives, for example) as they can find in their own novel that they are currently reading. This shows students that parts of speech are EVERYWHERE!!!
Great People, Great Stamps
Submitted by: Jennifer
May 27th, 2010
Categories: 2nd Grade | 3rd Grade | 4th Grade | 5th Grade | Art | ESL | History | Language Arts | Reading & Writing
Estimated Time: 50-60 minutes
Description: Students use Post-it® Notes to design a stamp of a person they believe should be honored. Then they write a letter to the US postal service about their stamp and why it should be made, and stamp it with the Post-it Note.
Ask the Expert
Submitted by: Anne-Marie
May 3rd, 2010
Categories: 1st Grade | 2nd Grade | 3rd Grade | 4th Grade | 5th Grade | 6th Grade | 7th Grade | 8th Grade | Art | Classroom Management | ESL | History | Language Arts | Math | Music | Reading & Writing | Science | Special Education
Estimated Time: 20-30 minutes
Description: 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.
Two Truths and a Lie
Submitted by: Coleen
April 16th, 2010
Categories: 3rd Grade | 4th Grade | 5th Grade | 6th Grade | Classroom Management | Math | Music | Science
Estimated Time: 10-20 minutes
Description: 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.
Spelling Game
Submitted by: Kathy
March 31st, 2010
Categories: 2nd Grade | 3rd Grade | 4th Grade | 5th Grade | Language Arts
Estimated Time: 10-20 minutes
Description: The teacher writes one spelling word on each Post-it® Brand Note. The note is attached to the back of one student's shirt. The student sits facing the front of the classroom with the spelling word on their back. Students in the classroom gives the student at the front of the class clues to guess the word on his back. When the student guesses the word, the student must also spell the word. The student in the classroom giving the the winning clue, will be the next student to come to the front of the room and another spelling word is attached to their back.
