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Five For Friday!

August 16, 2013

Friday! Friday! Friday! It’s the first Friday of my back to school season. =) Let me tell you, I’ve earned it this week. Today I thought I’d give you a little run down of my favorite activities this week.


1. We’re Going Places!

 
We’ve been working hard to get to know each other and our room this week. This is one of my favorite simple activities from the week. I used Lita Lita’s school bus craftivity to make a cute hallway display. Each student wrote a short paragraph about themselves. I love that it looks like we’re all a team and going places together. It was hard to get a straight on picture in our narrow hallway, but you get the idea.


2. Jumping Beans
One my sweet kiddos brought in jumping beans for our class. The anticipation was so much fun! I gave each student one and had them make guesses about what the little objects were. Unfortunately, the third student who guessed gave it away because he already knew what they were (we’re still working on not giving away the ending, oops). It was still fun watching them stare at the little critters as they warmed up before hopping around like crazy. I took a video in case you haven’t seen them before.



3. Communicating and Following Directions

One of our first science investigations is all about being a good team member. It’s important to build a solid foundation for group work early on. I need my students to share, take turns, listen to each other, and do their best when we’re in groups… especially when we’re working with science tools. I put my students into pairs and give each child an identical set of gram cubes. They each put up books or folders to hide their work space. The first partner builds a structure with his cubes and then gives oral directions to the second partner in an attempt to duplicate the structure. They take turns in both roles. I think this group was the best group I’ve ever had and many of them were able to successfully build the same structure!


4. Monster Bracelets

Building upon our group work idea, check out this management strategy! It never seems to fail that I end up with one group that has way too many students in it because they switch to be with their friends instead of going where they are assigned. So… I bought a pack of neon plastic bracelets and a super cute monster pencil pouch. I counted out 4 bracelets of each color for 24 total bracelets. Students can reach into the bag to grab a random color, or I can pass them out. They must wear the bracelets during group work. This eliminates students switching groups on me when I’m mixing them up.


5. Glitter!!

This was my last DIY project of the summer. I used glittery letters from Hobby Lobby and hot glued them onto a wooden strip. I painted the strip with metallic paint first to make it match. I love how it looks in front of my desk, but I forgot to take a picture so here it is in my office before I took it to school. Easy!


I can’t wait to see what everyone else is up to. Be sure to link up!


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  1. Molly says: August 16, 2013 at 9:38 pm

    What a great idea for the monster bracelets! Love it! And Jumping Beans – how fun!!

    Molly
    Lucky to Be in First

  2. ~brookeb~ says: August 16, 2013 at 9:47 pm

    I love the bracelet idea too!
    Brooke

  3. Alison says: August 16, 2013 at 10:14 pm

    How fun! Where did you find the jumping beans? I'm loving the bracelet idea also!
    Alison
    Rockin' and Lovin' Learnin'

  4. Kimberly Burke says: August 16, 2013 at 10:18 pm

    I love the bracelet idea. Keep those great ideas flowing.

  5. First Grade Buddies says: August 16, 2013 at 10:43 pm

    Cute idea to use the bracelets for grouping students! I love how you say you can keep track of whose in which groups!

    🙂 Tamra and Sarah
    First Grade Buddies

  6. The Brown-Bag Teacher says: August 16, 2013 at 11:03 pm

    Jumping beans???? How fun! I have never seen such a thing. Thanks for sharing. 🙂

    Catherine
    The Brown-Bag Teacher

  7. Erin T says: August 17, 2013 at 10:09 pm

    What!!! I've NEVER seen or heard about jumping beans before!! That was crazy – I felt like I was watching some CGI motion picture…
    Weird!!! haha
    Erin
    The E-Z Class Follow on Bloglovin

  8. Alison Hislop says: August 17, 2013 at 10:15 pm

    The bus activity is very cute! Thanks for sharing! I also love your management idea with the coloured bracelets – Sometimes I feel a little lost in those first few weeks so need something like this!
    Alison
    Teaching Maths with Meaning

  9. Lita Lita says: August 18, 2013 at 2:21 pm

    Thanks so much for posting about the bus craftivity! Love the jumping beans too 🙂

  10. Sra. Carro says: August 25, 2013 at 6:05 pm

    Love the monster bracelets! I'm sure your kids love that! I'm sharing your great idea at my FB page. Thanks for sharing!

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