Classroom Procedures - Easy Management Ideas

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Whole-Group Reading with a Small-Group Twist - FREE Download

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Reading Response Ideas

Super Hands-On Science

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Science Picture Books:

• The Most Magnificent Thing By:  Ashley Spires
• Actual Size By: Steve Jenkins
• A Passion for Elephants:  The Real Life Adventure of Field Scientist Cynthia Moss By: Toni Buzzeo
• Eye to Eye By:  Steve Jenkins
• Handle with Care:   An Unusual Butterfly Journey By:  Loree Griffin Burns
• Mesmerized:  How Ben Franklin Solved a Mystery that Baffled All of France By:  Mara Rockliff
• Mistakes that Worked:  40 Familiar Inventions & How They Came to Be By:  Charlotte Jones
• Mr. Ferris and His Wheel By:  Kathryn Gibson Davis
• Neo Leo:  The Ageless Ideas of Leonardo Da Vinci By:  Gene Barretta
• The New Way Things Work:  From Levers to Lasers, Windmills to Web Sites, a Visual Guide to the World of Machines By:  David Macaulay
• Now & Ben:  The Modern Inventions of Benjamin Franklin By:  Gene Barretta
• On a Beam of Light:   A Story of Albert Einstein By:  Jennifer Berne
• Rosie Revere Engineer:  By Andrea Beaty
• The Watcher:  Jane Goodall's Life with the Chimps By:  Jeanette Winter
• Timeless Thomas:  How Thomas Edison Changed Our Lives By:  Gene Barretta
• Tooling Around:  Crafty Creatures and the Tools They Use By:  Ellen Jackson
• What Would You Do If You Had Animal Teeth? By:  Sandra Markle
• Toys! Amazing Stories Behind Some Great Inventions By:  Don Wulffson
• The Tree Lady By:  H. Joseph Hopkins 
• What Do You Do with an Idea? By:  Kobi Yamada
• The Girl Who Never Made Mistakes By:  Mark Peck and Gary Rubinstein
• You Decide to Go to the Moon By:  Faith McNulty
• Iggy Peck's Big Project Book for Amazing Architects By:  Andrea Beatty (preorder now)

Small-Group Math [Teacher CPR]

Increase Math Achievement with Teacher CPR! After the whole-group mini-lesson, the students meet with their FLEXIBLE readiness groups. The groups are:

• Teacher:  Tier instruction to offer support or use this time to teach students with advanced readiness different skills. Last year, many of my 2nd graders were doing 3rd grade work.
• Computation:  Making 10s Card Game, Fast Fact Practice, Number Bonds - Once a week, students were given a sheet with 100 computation fluency problems. Once they finished the paper, they could do puzzles or pattern blocks. They were motivated to finish! :)
• Problem Solving: Model Drawing -- Button Cards and Bean Cards work well! They're self-checking. You can purchase them through Crystal Springs Books, http://www.crystalspringsbooks.com. I've seen them on Amazon too.
  
  
  
  
• Review: I use technology for this station. Front rowed.com is one of my favorite educational sites because it differentiates based on readiness. Plus, it gives teachers data! 

Writing Mini-Lessons for IL

Writing Mini-Lessons for 2nd Grade:  https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B7aH3SiAC_rAWmZhOU8xVVRmUWc

Writing Mini-Lessons for 3rd-5th Grades:   https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B7aH3SiAC_rAQnkySnNxOVF6c0U

Writing PowerPoints: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/uvwiogahjdaw2u5/AAADNSCsD4dNQWmEXFPNmLS2a?dl=0 

Parts of Speech Lessons: (These are meant to be layered. Start with SN/V PowerPoint. Spend five minutes a day (or less). After students are used to this question/answer rhythm, use the Adverb PowerPoint. It still revisits SN/V. :) )  https://www.dropbox.com/sh/1gsy50m79e061zl/AADk1blY6UXqN3CGt6n6YlOda?dl=0