Freebie Friday

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Teaching young learners to work in cooperative groups and to share responsibilities can be a JOB! These cooperative group cards enable kids to take responsibility and to be a contributing member of the group. 

I start off teaching one job at a time, usually the group leader. I allow the students  to become familiar with the  responsibilities of the leader then I introduce another job.

Here you go! Hope you like it!

How Sweet It Is!

 

This week's Monday Made It was inspired by two blog posts from last week.

 

I loved the "Caught bee-having" bucket idea from Miss Nelson. I had to work my creative magic so the bucket could fit in my room. This is what I came up with!

 

I took it a step further . . .I have a glass jar filled with Smarties in my classroom. About once a day I ask the kids a "smarty question," which is a question that is higher order and requires some thinking. If a student gets the smarty question correct, she gets a Smartie. So I made this new bucket for Smarties. I've made it available at my TpT store for free if you're interested.

 

The next idea I found at  Foreman Teaches. She made a bucket for mentor text, which students can read after she reads to the class. I loved the idea because my students also love to read my books after I have read them. With this idea, the books are in one basket and the students can read them independently when they are finished with their work.

 

 

Next I made a behavior clip chart to match the sweetness theme that I have going on in my classroom.

This is also found for free in my TpT store :)

And it doesn't end there! I also printed and laminated my grammar anchor charts. I color code them so students know when they're looking at red, that means nouns (blue=verbs, purple=pronouns and yellow=adjectives). I clipped them to coordinating ribbon, but plan on using Velcro to attach them.

 

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