Hey lovelies! Sorry I haven't been posting as much lately. I've been so busy! I'm that crazy teacher that is at the school before 7 and typically leaves after 5.... haha. :-p Here are some things that have been going in my classroom!
My fabulous cohort, Cheri, and me! We're rockin' our matching reading shirts! 4th and 5th grade Reading teachers :) She is such a great mentor, friend, and partner!
We've been working on Cause & Effect this week. We did this Rally Coach (Kagan) activity on Wednesday! The students really enjoyed it! Students work with a partner to solve the missing piece. Student A solves the first problem, and student B coaches and praises. Then, they switch roles. I made the mistake with my homeroom class of giving each child a worksheet. Rally Coach works a lot better if the pairs only have one sheet! (p.s. handwriting was not part of this grade/activity.... lol it was strictly working on cause & effect and coaching skills) :-p
We also played an "I have, Who has" review game for Cause & Effect. I found it for FREE on TpT by Sarah Tighe! You can get it {HERE}. I didn't get to the game with all my classes, so we'll be reviewing next week!
My blue light filters came in! The students seem to really like them. My student with Dyslexia was so excited that I bought them! I think it really helps him! So neat!
Made this little anchor chart to match my 3rd and 4th grade Reading Teachers. I work with such amazing women and educators! They have fabulous ideas to share. Every day we collaborate and come up with new ideas! It makes coming to work so much fun! We will be working on textual evidence in more depth after our novel test.
We have started something new in our parish called RTI. RTI stands for Response to Intervention (or Really Terrific Instruction... lol). Interventions are used to differentiate instruction and fill in the gaps for the lower/middle students as well as challenge the higher-level students. I've gotten lot of great ideas from friends, educators, and mentors. I'll be sharing more ideas in the future. These are just two ideas I received in the last couple of weeks. Monica, a Gateway teacher, recommended this textbook. I'll be delving into it this weekend! The book discusses the use of "menus" to allow students to choose different activities.
Kylie, my coordinator, suggested that students can "progress monitor" each other with fluency. Students can time each other reading a passage or story. I thought it was a wonderful idea, but I didn't want bunch of timers going off. So I ordered 20 one minute timers. That way, students can practice reading for 1 minute. One student flips the timer and listens while the other student reads. I will be trying this next week while I progress monitor my group.
I hope you all have a fabulous weekend! There is so much more I want to share, but it's time for me to relax my brain! :)
