Amy, Thank you for the great activities. I used one yesterday and my kids loved them. I appreciate your time and effort in sharing with the group. Thanks...
My kids have also really enjoyed your activities! We played Chutes and ladders as a cause/effect activity, and then we made a huge c&l board on the floor of...
You're welcome! Glad I could share ideas. I'll all about not re- inventing the wheel!! I get SO MANY ideas from this list that I could never share enough...
I plan to use them next week. They're great! Thank you! Cindy/VA/2nd ... From: thepeachykeanes To: ThrivinginSecond@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, December...
I am planning on doing a compare and contrast/ change the ending for
Gingerbread Man/Baby next week (not this one but the next one). Could you
share any ideas,...
I received this from the National Wildlife Federation. I thought some of you might be interested. You do not need say I referred you. I do not qualify as I am...
Hi Peachy: I get all the messages sent directly to my inbox. I can never remember my log in or password. Can you please email me the file? I wanted to email...
Marcia, years ago I used to make gingerbread men out of sandpaper, glue, white paint and cinnamon sticks. You cut a gingerbread form out of sandpaper and rub...
Please send the worksheets. Thanks. Tracy Bell ... From: Sue woodall <swoodall47@...> ... Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail beta. Dear...
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Hello! I was wondering if anyone is using the new Macmillan series called Treasures? It is very intensive and I was wondering how others are getting...
I just found a site with a ton of reading lessons. http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/index.asp? grade=1&strand=0&engagement=0&display.x=31&display.y=6 I...
p.s. If anyone has any other easy games for a group of active kids from 3 years to 6th grade for the party... please share!!! Thanks again! JO Ann ... -- "For...
Marcia, as you can tell, I've held onto this email for over a year lol! Was wondering if you still have these calendar journals in .doc format? Have you happen...
I still have the original message with attachment. Here it is. Cindy/VA/2nd ... From: Marcia Goudie To: ThrivinginSecond@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday,...
Merry Christmas and a blessed New Year!! Jo Ann/OH -- "For I know the plans I have for you... plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans for hope and a...
Hello Fellow Second Grade Teachers and HAPPY NEW YEAR! I was wondering if anyone has any experience with differentiating spelling lists. We have four second...
I'm getting my feet wet with individual spelling lists...but more than one student may have the same list with an accompanying poem. Then when I give the...
Hello, I teach after school remediation 2 afternoons a week for about an hour. I was wondering if anyone had any ideas of activities to do with the students...
... pre-test on Monday , if they get a 90% or 100% they receive a challenge list (third or fourth grade level). All students will complete spelling jobs...
How about some Readers Theater (Reading A-Z has some that are leveled) and also work on research. Reading comprehension comes in through reading for...
I give the spelling Inventory out of Words Their Way to guide me in giving spelling lists. I have not found it difficult to give individual word lists. I...
I gave the Words their Way assessment at the beginning of the year. I put the kids into groups according to their placement from this test. Instead of working...
I use Word Study( Words Their Way is a program that uses Word Study) for individual spelling lists. I gave my students an assessment using Word Journeys ...
Do any of you actually count the grade the kids make on these different
tests? If you do.... Is a 100 on each of the different levels counted the same? How Do...
Some of the teachers at my school are piloting Word Journeys, about three weeks ago I decided to give it a go. I don't use our anthology so I was very hard...
I teach third grade and my district is also using Word Journeys. I am still having lots of difficulty finding the right words and how to use them during the...
As far as finding the words to test them on. Words Their Way as well as Word Journeys has many lists in the back of their books. Kathy Ganske also just came...