Monday, June 27, 2011

Good idea!

Saw a great idea in Debbie Diller's Math Stations book that I thought I'd share. Using that foam shelf liner/drawer liner material keeps manipulatives in place while students are working. It is especially helpful when using rolling dice.

Thursday, June 23, 2011

In LOVE with "Pinterest"

If you haven't already discovered "Pinterest"......check it out!  It is the organizational tool I've been dreaming of.  You organize your "thoughts" by "pinning" photographs to different online collections.  Say you're reading someone's blog and they post a picture of an organizational tool or picture of their classroom activities that you want to remember.  All you do is "pin" the picture to your board.  You can organize your boards any way you want and the pinned picture provides a "linkback" to the site where the picture is.  AWESOME! No more making lists of links for me!  And, you can share your pins on facebook and twitter.  Happy, happy, hap-py!  http://www.pinterest.com 

Wednesday, June 22, 2011

Step into 2nd Grade with Mrs. Lemons: Foldables Galore

Step into 2nd Grade with Mrs. Lemons: Foldables Galore: "So, after years of folding and cutting foldables for my students to use, I finally realized that I could create them as a document! I wish I..."

Step into 2nd Grade with Mrs. Lemons: Ways to use foldables!

Step into 2nd Grade with Mrs. Lemons: Ways to use foldables!: "I went hunting through my files today to look for some things to add to my blog. Since it's the end of the school year I don't have any stu..."

Friday, June 3, 2011

Story Starters


http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/storystarters/storystarter1.htm

I found this really cute "gadget" for coming up with ideas for "story starters" while I was browsing around the net today. Just thought I'd share!

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