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November Teacher Talk

Posted by Deann Marin of Socrates Lantern

It’s November Teacher Talk Time…..Can you believe that Thanksgiving is just a few weeks away. Time sure flies.  We have so many great tips and ideas for you from awesome educators. Be sure to take a look at what everyone has to say.

If you’re interested in joining this unique group of teacher entrepreneurs, blogging buddies and/or our blog linky, sign up here….The Best of Teacher Entrepreneurs Marketing Cooperative. If you decide to join, be sure to mention one of our names.
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Politics, Elections & Voting, Oh My!
By Deann Marin of Socrates Lantern

We educators, need to have faith that students care enough about our democracy to become voices of change.
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Holiday Self Care
By Retta London of Rainbow City Learning

My message today is about some ways that you might consider in taking care of yourself during these always fast paced couple of months ahead.
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It Depends on the Angle – Complimentary and Supplementary Angles
By Vicky Rauch of Scipi

Since most students are visual learners, I try to visually help them remember definitions. This is how I visually taught them the difference between complementary and 
supplementary angles.
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Why Does U Always Follow Q in English Spelling?
By Gini Musmanno of Reading Spotlight

Have you ever wondered why the letter U always follows Q in English spelling? Here’s the answer.
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Do You Know These Top 5 Core 2-Word Phrases?
By Susan Berkowitz of Susan Berkowitz

Far too many students never make it to the symbol sequencing stage of AAC use. Whether because of presumed lack of potential or lack of knowledge about how to move students along beyond single words, we end up with many AAC users who are not communicating as competently as they could – and need.

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Avoid Comparing Adjectives That Are Absolute
By Charlene Tess of Charlene Tess

Something can be unique, but not more unique.
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Free Art DecoChristmas Tree Coloring Pages to Support St Jude’s Childrens Hospital
By Margo Gentile of Margo Gentile

Get some free “Art Deco” Christmas coloring pages with links to powerpoint tutorials showing how to make Christmas graphics using basic shapes. 
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Five Tips for Teaching Literary Analysis Writing in Grades 5-8
By Marcy Howe of It’s a Teacher Thing

Learn five practical tips for teaching one of the most challenging genres in writing.
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Preserving History
By Kathie Yonemura of Tried and True Teaching Tools

History books (& Hollywood) have often depicted Native Americans in very stereotypical and often degrading roles. Researching and creating scrapbooks of California tribes highlights the important relationship between the regions and natural resources, dependence on the land, as well as their beliefs.
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Reasoning with Evidence & Persuasive Thinking
By Tracy Willis of Wild Child Designs

 

Raise your hand if you wish your students would support their thinking with evidence! Visible thinking’s Claim-Support-Question is a great way to build your students’ capacity. This post explores how reasoning with evidence can flow across your curriculum with one BIG thinking routine!
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MATH LESSON – Place Value and Rounding Unit

By:  The Owl Teacher

3rd Grade

I love Math Workshop!

Ever since the implementation of reading workshop and writing workshop, I have been hooked!

I love the structure of it and how engaging it is for kids.  Plus, with all these students struggling to focus for long periods of time- it’s perfect for them!

Since most people are relatively new to math workshop, I have created detailed and engaging lesson plans to help teachers implement it in their classroom, without the fear of losing important instructional time while learning all the many other new practices!

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My Place Value and Rounding Unit (Titled Number Sense) is a great unit to start off Math Workshop with!  In this unit, there are 15 days of detailed, scripted lesson plans!  Of course, you are not obligated to utilize the script, it is only there to assist you in becoming familiar with the workshop language.

This unit contains a pretest to help you target the specific needs of your students along with a post test to see how well it went!  Additionally it contains the all important common core vocabulary on cards for your word wall or anytime you need them.

Each lesson contains a warm up activity, a mini-lesson, guided practice, independent practice, and a closing!  Of course there are also practice sheets, answer keys, and games to assist your students in learning!

Of course, it’s a hands-on unit, so you can expect lots of concrete activities with manipulatives to help all learners grasp the important common core standards.  Finally, to ensure I meet the various needs in your classroom, each lesson contains intervention suggestions and enrichment options!

This Workshop Unit is DEFINITELY worth it!

Read some of the reviews received so far:

Beth says:  “This product is AMAZING! Not only have you have thought of every single detail, but you have laid it out in a beautiful way that is easy for kids to use and keeps them engaged. Thank you for including visuals like anchor charts for each lesson and vocabulary cards. This will really help the students understand the concepts more clearly. I especially love that you even included scripted lesson plans. They will be really helpful when I have tutors or others pull kids for intensive intervention because it will guide them on exactly what to say! I also appreciate that you included standards for grades 2-4 so that these lessons can both remediate and enrich depending on the needs of the students. Thank you, thank you, thank you! Will you be making more sets for other math standards? (I hope so!)”

Mary says:  “Wow! You have put a lot of time and thought into this unit. It will be wonderful to have something to help me with guided math workshop for my students with special needs. I’ve been feeling overwhelmed with 3 groups, but this will help me teach everyone the basic concept and then differentiate to meet their needs!”

You can check out this unit for yourself by clicking here to head on over to my Teachers Pay Teachers store!

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MATH – “Math Workshop Can Work For YOU!”

By:  The Owl Teacher

Grades 3-5

There are so many workshops out there- Reading Workshop, Writing Workshop, and even Math Workshop!  Just when you get one down, the another comes around!  The nice thing is, they are very much alike!  Even if you are feeling a bit overwhelmed or exhausted, I can make it easy for you!

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Head on over to my blog where I have posted lots of information regarding math workshop and how to make it work in your classroom – without being overwhelmed and exhausted!

I love math workshop and you can too!  Click here to read my post on making math workshop work in your classroom!

Click here to read my Math Workshop – Guided Math Series!

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FREE MATH LESSON – “Multiplication Strategies Mobile and More!”

The Owl Teacher – 3rd grade Math

The common core standard in third grade, 3.OA.1 states that we have to teach our students the various multiplication strategies such as equal grouping, repeated addition, using a number line, and forming arrays!  So, I created this fun and engaging lesson for you to choose from on which way you wanted students to demonstrate their understanding and use of these strategies!  It’s all found here in my Multiplication and Division Math Workshop Sampler!

Multiplication and Division Sampler Workshop

This exciting sampler comes with one complete scripted lesson from my Multiplication and Division Math Workshop Unit.  The lesson is in the math workshop format – with an opening, a mini-lesson, guided practice, independent practice, and a closing activity!

You can choose to have students represent their understanding of the multiplication strategies by the adorable 4 door foldable or the star mobile!  (My blog contains information about how to create it as a Hot Air Balloon too!  Click here to see that post!)

 

To download this exciting FREEBIE just click on the picture above of the cover  (or click here)where it will take you to my Teachers Pay Teachers Store to download it!  While you are there, follow my store so you can be up-to-date on all newly posted math workshop products!

Multiplication strategies foldable and mobileOther related products you may enjoy:

Multiplication and Division Complete Workshop Unit

Multiplication and Division Fact Fluency Program

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MATH: Complete Math Workshop Lesson Plan Unit for Time

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Grade 3 Math

What’s the newest and hottest trend in math right now?  That’s right! Math Workshop!  Would you like to implement math workshop but don’t know how?  Are you new to math workshop and are still trying to figure it out?  Why not let me do that work for you!

Time Math Workshop Lesson PlansI’ve created some complete math workshop units just for you!  My newest unit on Time is complete with the following:

*15 days of complete lesson plans

*A unit overview

*Vocabulary and Word Wall Word Cards

*Time Pretest

*Scripted Lesson Plans to assist with the language of math workshop (Perfect for substitutes!)

*Warm Up Activities for each lesson

*Anchor Charts

*Mini-lesson materials

*Guided practice and independent practice activities

*Games

*Review practice sheets

*Interventions for each lesson for remediation

*Extensions for each lesson for enrichment

*Closings such as ticket out the door or mini-assessments

*Post Test

*Answer Keys

You can check it out here in my store (click on the link):

The Owl Teacher’s Math Workshop Units

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