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Thursday, July 14, 2011

Daily Schedule

In order to get my blog out there, I am taking part in any of the linky parties I hear about!
Head on over to Simply 2nd Resources to check out everyone's schedule!

http://simply2ndresources.blogspot.com/2011/07/daily-schedule-linky-party.html

Below, you will see my schedule from last year. I will be trying to keep about the same schedule this year, even though I am moving up from 2nd grade to 3rd grade.


7:55 – 8:15 Arrival / Morning Work
8:15 – 9:00 Math (on days 2, 4, 6, the AIS math teacher would pull her math kids for ½ of this time, leaving us both with smaller groups to work with)
9:00 – 9:15 Spelling / Word Work
9:15 – 10:00 AIS Reading / Enrichment Block (most of my students would leave with the various AIS Reading teachers, leaving me with a group of 5 for enrichment – I loved this period!)
10:00 - 10:15 Snack 
10:15 – 11:00  ELA Centers / Small groups (students were on a rotation of going to centers with a buddy or working with me at the reading table)
11:00 – 11:30 ELA Whole Group (this is where I had to do my work with the basal, focus skill, focus strategy, etc)
11:31 – 12:11 Special (Day 1 Music, Day 2 PE, Day 3 Computers, Day 4 PE, Day 5 Art, Day 6 PE)
12:15 – 12:40 Lunch
12:40 – 1:00 Recess
1:00 – 1:10 Text Talk (this is my read-aloud; I would read a chapter book – the Clementine series was our favorite – and we would add interesting word to the text talk wall, and talk about them. These were posted all year for us to use and discuss – it really helps increase vocabulary!)
1:10 - 1:20 Penmanship / Cursive (another favorite time of the day – they felt like “big kids” learning cursive!)
1:20 – 1:45 Writing or Grammar (Monday - process wtg, Tuesday - weekly grammar skill, Wednesday - process wtg, Thursday -weekly grammar skill, Friday - journal wtg)
1:45 – 2:15 Science or Social Studies (we rotated just about every-other month teaching a science chapter or social studies unit)

Thanks for stopping by!

 
~ Laura

Wednesday, July 13, 2011

Bulletin Boards

I just found out about an awesome bulletin board linky party!

http://reallyroper.blogspot.com/ is asking for suggestions for bulletin board sayings.

This is my first time participating in a linky party, since I just started up my blog! Here are some of the bulletin boards I did with last year’s 2nd graders. Each month I tried to come up with some kind of crafty idea for my students to help me decorate the classroom. I hope to do this again this year, although I will have to come up with new ideas so the students I’m looping with get something new and exciting - hopefully this party will give me some new ideas!

Here are the ones I have pictures of!






~ Laura

My First Post!



Hey everyone!

Welcome to my new blog! I am a 3rd grade teacher from New York. This will actually be my first year teaching 3rd grade, which is a big change for me! I spent the last four years teaching 2nd. Before that I spent 5 months as a long-term substitute in AIS reading (grade 2) and math (grades 2-4).

I have been following many wonderful blogs this summer, and decided to give my own a try. I feel like I have too much time on my hands!

Again, thanks for visiting, and I will post more soon!

~ Laura