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December 04, 2014

10 Tips for iPad group work

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This year, I was so fortunate to receive a grant from my district for the purchase of eight iPad minis along with the apps GarageBand and MadPad HD. As you can imagine, I was beside myself in excitement!!! Eight iPads, only for my classroom!??! I have been using only one iPad for the last two years, so having eight iPads was thrilling to ponder! It has been a fun and exciting journey so far...with some small bumps along the way. I thought I'd share my tips and strategies to help you in case you are also lucky enough to have more than one iPad in your classroom, but not lucky enough to have …

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July 18, 2014

10 Strategies for Rhythmic Reading and Writing

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With this blog post, I'm hoping to give you lots of ideas to specifically address rhythmic reading and writing! Some of the ideas I will describe in this blog post, some will link to other blog posts, and some will link to freebies and other products. #1: Popsicle stick writing: I wrote in detail about popsicle stick writing in this blog post on my collaborative blog, the Kodaly Corner. #2: Dry erase boards: Having students dictate on dry erase boards can be a great way to practice rhythmic writing. I ordered my own set of 30 individual dry erase boards and markers, but I've heard that so…

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February 12, 2014

Five Favorite Pins of February

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Since it's almost Valentine's Day, I realized it's time for my linky party for February! If you are a blogger, feel free to join the linky party by following the directions at the end of this post. Here are my five favorite pins this month! You can click on each picture to be taken to the original pin. #1: Self-assessment folders This pin shows how you could use these folders to have students assess themselves with exit tickets. I recently posted about The Bulletin Board Lady's exit ticket set , and I think these folders could be a great way of both collecting exit tickets AND hav…

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November 27, 2013

Turkey Rhythms

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A few weeks ago, I found a pin on Pinterest that I thought was really cute for classroom teachers: I wondered if there was a way I could adapt this idea to rhythm. I was excited when I found foam turkeys on Oriental Trading . When they came in the mail, each set looked like this: They actually came with one more smaller paper plate, but I discovered that overlapping and then gluing paper plates together was much harder than it looked, so I turned it into a one-paper-plate craft! After gluing all the parts on, the turkeys looked like this: Each turkey came with six feathers, but I only used five. F…

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November 14, 2013

New Ideas

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Once again, I'm excited to join the Blog Hoppin' Linky Party, this time to blog about new ideas! Often, when I get new ideas, it's from collaborating and sharing with other teachers. I have a few friends in my district who I absolutely love bouncing ideas off of. Whether we are chatting about something we tried in our classrooms, or something we are thinking about trying, we can share ideas without fear of judgment. I encourage you to find a friend who teaches the same subject/ grade level as you do, and share ideas with them!  Here are three new organizational/ management ideas: #1:…

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