I'm back!!!!! I know I have disappeared from blogland for several months. I needed a break and was getting way too overwhelmed with my little first grade nuggets. They are my first priority. I wanted to share an idea I came up with to keep me organized. As you know, I am a HUGE Daily 5 fan and still implement in my own classroom. I change things up from year to year and try to make them better. Anything to make my life easier, yes please! I was walking the aisles of Target one day...of course the post it aisle. I have always had a post it obsession and now it's COMPLETELY sort of out of control (according to the hubs). I posted this photo on IG the other day and noticed there are some other post-it fanatics out there. I was making sub plans which we all know are so painful to do. So I decided to show my IG fans how I make them pretty and more organized for my sub. I thought I should share this here too! I always have plenty of … [Read more...] about Daily 5 Post-It Lesson Plan-Bright Idea
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Today I am joining over 180 bloggers who are sharing their bright classroom ideas. Unfortunately, I did not participate last time but I found wonderful ideas that I am using already! Do you do AR in your classroom? I do & I promote it heavily. My students are obsessed with taking AR tests. We currently only have two student computers in our classroom. This has caused major arguments when someone cuts in line. It drove me cray-cray. I used to have my students write their names on the board & erase it when they were finished taking a test. This was not working well at all. There has to be a procedure in place for this to run smoothly. I get asked a lot how my class accumulates so many AR points. I truly believe having this system really helps! I DO NOT let my students take tests while I am teaching whole group. They take tests all day long. I do let them take tests if they are in "Read to Someone" or "Read to Self" during our Daily 5 rotations. They … [Read more...] about Bright Ideas