Happy, happy, happy day, friends! I am so glad you are here, and that
Friday has arrived. I am ready for my PJs, the blogging world, and reading
response letters. 🙂 It’s a good life, isn’t it? Today, I’m linking up with
Kacey from Doodle Bugs to share about my week!
We have several students with Turrets Syndrome. Two of the students’ tics
and noises are less noticeable, and the students have learned to channel and
control many of the movements. The third student has extreme ticks and noises.
Honestly, they are very disruptive and occur frequently, but we learn ways to
cope with them in the classroom. This week, the student’s counselor mentioned
some research that suggested using a metronome for helping to control tics. We downloaded Pro
Metronome on a student iPad, purchased headphone splitters, and gave it a
try. Friends, WOW! I am actually tearing up thinking about it. Were the student’s
tics still there? Sure. Did he still have noise outbursts? Yes. Were his
movements or noises so noticeable that they negatively impact his ability to
learn or participate in class? NO! Did this student score Mastery on every exit
slip this week? YES! Honestly, it is nothing less than a miracle.
Guess what?!? I blogged this week. *gasp* I know. And not only did I
blog, I blogged 3 times! No, I am not cracking up, but I definitely feel like I
am hitting my post-Fall Break teaching groove. 🙂 From Socrative,
to SPAM,
to a bullying
book display, it’s been a great week!
We are two weeks post Fall Break, and we are in our reading stride! The
past week has been the week of anchor charts – summarizing, quoting, coaching
friends, and SPAM. I did not use as many in the first quarter (we would just
use the SMART Board to make charts and I would never transfer them). Transferring
them to chart paper in the past two weeks has done wonderful things for my
kiddos. The visual reminder is SO helpful, and helps to focus our time in the room!
A few weeks ago, Dana from Common
to the Core told me I won her $100 School Outfitters
Giveaway – eeekkk! This was such a lovely surprise, and I was able to stock
up on so many teaching goodies. They arrived this week, and I am SO pleased. I
was able to pick up all of my classroom essentials – Crayola Dry Erase Makers,
a new stapler, gold and silver Prang permanent markers, white cardstock, and
glue sticks. Thanks School
Outfitters and Dana!
Fall has arrived, and Kentucky is beautiful.
Thanks so much to Kacey for hosting! Make sure to stop by her blog to
see all of the amazing things going on in classrooms around the world. 🙂
Congrats on the school supply win! I absolutely love all your anchor charts — I really need to keep up with my mine. I've been a little back logged so they've been going up on the SMARTboard instead… maybe I just needed to be reinspired 😉
What a great picture of Kentucky! I went to college in Kentucky and it will hold a little piece of my heart for sure… but I'm not too far away in Ohio. It's also quite beautiful here right now. I love fall!
Hello! I just passed your name along to a friend of mine looking for a TpT seller for older grades. I remember you made great products for the little guys and so I knew your products for your older kids would be equally as great! Love the blog re-design! Tamra and Sarah
I have to apologize for not stopping by your blog sooner…I LOVE your new blog design. It is perfect! I love the bullying display on your school wall. I think that is something we need at our school as well. I am off to pin it to my boards. Thanks for sharing. -JBright Concepts 4 Teachers aime
I am glad you had a wonderful week! I absolutely love anchor charts. I use them all the time. I agree that they are a wonderful visual reminder for students. I am glad to hear the metronome on the iPad worked so well with your students. Sounds great! Enjoy your weekend!
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Congrats on the school supply win! I absolutely love all your anchor charts — I really need to keep up with my mine. I've been a little back logged so they've been going up on the SMARTboard instead… maybe I just needed to be reinspired 😉
What a great picture of Kentucky! I went to college in Kentucky and it will hold a little piece of my heart for sure… but I'm not too far away in Ohio. It's also quite beautiful here right now. I love fall!
Have a great weekend,
Amanda
My Shoe String Life
Hello! I just passed your name along to a friend of mine looking for a TpT seller for older grades. I remember you made great products for the little guys and so I knew your products for your older kids would be equally as great! Love the blog re-design!
Tamra and Sarah
I have to apologize for not stopping by your blog sooner…I LOVE your new blog design. It is perfect! I love the bullying display on your school wall. I think that is something we need at our school as well. I am off to pin it to my boards. Thanks for sharing.
-JBright Concepts 4 Teachers
aime
I am glad you had a wonderful week! I absolutely love anchor charts. I use them all the time. I agree that they are a wonderful visual reminder for students. I am glad to hear the metronome on the iPad worked so well with your students. Sounds great! Enjoy your weekend!
Amy
Eclectic Educating
Your new design looks amazing!! And glad to hear 5th grade is treating you well !! 🙂
Happy Fall !:)
Kelly
First Grade Fairytales
I love the coaching anchor chart. Thanks for sharing!
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It will surely be much better for the students to have some glance over the technical ideas as exclaimed in earlier statements and also to produce more facts in connection. sop for ms
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