A while back I blogged about how I create my own alphabet line in my classroom. I wanted to easily explain the process to some new teachers at my school, so I went back and revisited the post. This is a great way for students to have ownership of the classroom, and in my opinion, student drawn alphabets are always better than anything I could make with clip art or purchase at a teacher store. Here are my directions! I hope you can find it useful! Create Your Own Alphabet Introduce a new letter each day, in the order of your choice or your school's program (I prefer McCracken’s). How you introduce the letter is really up to you. I usually start with an alphabet song, have students say the letter and the sound and show them how to write the letter. Each day create a circle map for the letter. The students brainstorm words that begin with that letter and the teacher draws the pictures and writes the words on the circle map. Sometimes I ask students...
I can't believe it's been 4 years since I last posted on this blog! So much has changed, including the name of this blog, my TPT store, everything! I've changed schools twice and moved up to first grade. I started and finished my journey to become a National Board Certified teacher, and I've become a grandma-twice! I'm currently working to use all that I've learned to create new contact. I hope you can follow my journey. Please check out my improved TPT store and new social media platforms! TPT Pinterest Instagram Facebook Pin It
OMG! I see so many people posting about getting ready to go back to school! I've been teaching summer school for the month of July! One more week. I am having so much trouble even wrapping my head around going back to school for real! Honestly, it's been a very interesting summer and I've learned so much, I just haven't had much time for anything else! I've recently had a request for an update for my Beach Buck Behavior Plan. The plan now includes an option for students to clip up to purple. If you are going to use a clip chart, I do agree that giving students a chance to move up can be very motivating. I personally no longer use any kind of behavior monitoring chart, but this is still the behavior plan I use in my classroom. I only use the beach bucks to "catch students being good". It has worked beautifully and I don't miss my behavior chart one bit. I only use the coupons to reward good behavior. Sad choices are...
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