I have a good friend whose nephew is heading into first grade and needs some online reading resources to help with practice. Besides the obvious in reading books, what are some great sites I could offer?
Is your school offering summer school? If so - what programs or resources do you utilize for this? For reading? math?
What are your favorite participatory books? Eric Litwin and I share a list of my favorite books as part of the professional development book we wrote. Check out this list of my favorite:
https://www.ginapepin.com/_files/ugd/5fe563_cb4ad2b743cf48929bab9cc05385720d.pdf
So many of the students in intervention right now are not able to separate their head from their eyes... and this causes a lot of reading issues. So we have partnered with our OT and students do quick EYE COLUMN JUMPS during intervention. How do you monitor functional vision during learning?
I have this downloadable for free on my website: https://www.ginapepin.com/_files/ugd/5fe563_bac012bed9a14a4b9800eebbae03d4df.pdf
or https://www.ginapepin.com/blank-10-1-1-1-1-1-1
How does your whole school share upcoming important dates with one another? We utilize Google Calendar for this - i.e. field trips, end of year concerts, testing dates etc. What do you use - and what would be your ideal scenario?
Are your states requiring any additional coursework related to the Science of Reading? In Indiana, we have to take an 80 hour course on our own time to renew our Elementary licenses. Just curious what other states are requiring.
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I have a parent asking for websites to help her son with 4th grade math over the summer. What do you suggest?
What are you doing to keep your students motivated to do well on end of year district assessments for grades K-2? I am awarding my students play money if they show growth so that they can purchase a prize from our classroom store. I am also posting their pictures outside my classroom.
No power or Internet!
Today, and hour into our day, the power went out in parts of the building due to weather. How do you quickly switch your teaching when you have no power or Internet?
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As a Stem school, we host a family stem night each spring. What are some go to ideas for stations or ideas for community partnership? We’re always looking to expand our reach!
How do you reduce test anxiety for state testing?
This year, we are having our younger grades who do not test "adopt" a class and make cards that will be put on our testing students desks each morning.
As your students walk out the door at the end of the year, what do you want them to remember? Many teachers end their year with a final reflection project. I have seen teachers who do a themed project on a topic that the student is interested in. Some ideas included a specific dog breed, space, tornadoes, surfing, etc. The project included activities using skills that they learned through the year: writing a persuasive paper, an acrostic poem, creating a graph, making a bookmark, historical facts.... They ended their project by presenting them to parents and other classrooms in the school. This project allowed the students to reflect and celebrate their year while using their skills on a topic that was appealing to them.
What kind of activities do you have planned for your students to make the end of the year memorable?
As your students walk out the door at the end of the year, what do you want them to remember? Many teachers end their year with a final reflection project. I have seen teachers who do a themed project on a topic that the student is interested in. Some ideas included a specific dog breed, space, tornadoes, surfing, etc. The project included activities using skills that they learned through the year: writing a persuasive paper, an acrostic poem, creating a graph, making a bookmark, historical facts.... They ended their project by presenting them to parents and other classrooms in the school. This project allowed the students to reflect and celebrate their year while using their skills on a topic that was appealing to them.
What kind of activities do you have planned for your students to make the end of the year memorable?
Do you share infographics with your families? Here is a 1st grade infographic I created for families on our Title One and 31A website! live link: https://www.canva.com/design/DAEVrngZWVU/EpC6uCn__b0alyfLzrzTgg/watch?utm_content=DAEVrngZWVU&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link&utm_source=editor
Are you looking for an easy SEL activity for identifying feelings and emotions? Here is a PDF I created on Canva - use it with playdough, clay, or insert into a heavy duty clear pocket!
This is a chart we use in our building when students come for support - during support time. They put it in one of those clear pockets (heavy duty) and write on it with a dry erase marker. We call it What I Need time
What are your favorite end of year or ABC countdown ideas? We want to change up what we do this year and would love to hear what you enjoy to celebrate the end of the year!
