tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34976797699948512982024-03-14T00:38:04.171-04:00A Place to ShareThis is a place to share teaching ideas for Preschool through 5th Grade.Dana Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15861672975255725312noreply@blogger.comBlogger59125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3497679769994851298.post-13717546190527809682012-07-11T19:29:00.003-04:002012-07-11T19:33:00.001-04:00Phonics Dance and a Letter/Word/Sentence Sort FreebieI just found out today that my request to go to a <a href="http://www.phonicsdance.com/" style="color: #3d85c6;" target="_blank">Phonics Dance</a><span style="color: #3d85c6;"> </span>Workshop in August was approved! I am super excited! I sort of used the Phonics Dance with my kiddos last year, and I really loved how much it seemed to help my really low students remember the letters and sounds. Now I get to learn how to do it for real!<br />
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I made a letter/word/sentence sorting activity to share with you today. All you have to do is print, laminate and cut, then it is ready to go. Hope you can use it!<br />
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<br />Dana Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15861672975255725312noreply@blogger.com24tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3497679769994851298.post-22763026407372893332012-06-17T11:18:00.000-04:002012-06-17T12:01:44.820-04:00Summer?We have been on summer break for a little over a week, but I feel like I haven't been able to relax yet. My new classroom for next year was a little (how do I say this nicely?) <strike>disgusting</strike> packed full of <strike>junk</strike> tons of furniture and thirty years of teaching materials. I started working in there on our first day of summer, along with the help of a fabulous friend and some wonderful family members. I am trying to get as much done now as I can, because we are not sure if we will be able to get into the building in July, and our building is the last on the schedule to be cleaned this summer - and it will happen in August. I don't want to be scrambling to get everything finished last minute. Many full trash cans and recycling bins later (not to mention the fact that the hallway outside my door is filled with the unwanted furniture and decent teaching materials that I am not going to use), I think we have gotten most of the unwanted stuff out. We have also been cleaning all of the math manipulatives, magnetic letters, and all of the plastic storage containers. This week we begin our first 2-week session of summer school, so I will be doing that until noon every day and then tackling the organization and storage of all the things I am keeping in the room. Whew!<br />
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Anyway, I have found some fun beginning of the year ideas on Pinterest, and I thought I would share. :)<br />
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Check out these adorable apples from <a href="http://kindergartencupcakecrumbs.blogspot.com/2011/08/meet-greet-plus-something-sweet.html" style="color: #0b5394;" target="_blank">Kindergarten Cupcake Crumbs</a>:<br />
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Love this picture timeline idea from <a href="http://sciencenotebooking.blogspot.com/2010/01/hallway-display-idea.html" style="color: #0b5394;" target="_blank">Science Notebooking</a>:<br />
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I am loving this explanation of how she set up her math workstations - I have been thinking a lot about how I want to set them up for my K kiddos, and reading this last night really helped me to get a clearer picture of what I want to do. This is from <a href="http://first-grade-garden.blogspot.ca/2011/09/math-stations-set-1.html" style="color: #0b5394;" target="_blank">First Grade Garden</a>:<br />
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I also love this post on classroom organization from <a href="http://first-grade-garden.blogspot.com/2012/04/classroom-organization.html" style="color: #0b5394;" target="_blank">First Grade Garden</a> - love her labels!<br />
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ANOTHER thing I love from <a href="http://first-grade-garden.blogspot.com/2011/09/some-randomness.html" style="color: #0b5394;" target="_blank">First Grade Garden</a> (she has lots of awesome ideas - make sure you check out her blog!):<br />
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I also have to say that I love Kathleen from <a href="http://growingkinders.blogspot.com/" style="color: #0b5394;" target="_blank">Growing Kinders</a>. I have bought a couple of her products from TPT for next year, and I can't wait to use them!<br />
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You can check out my Pinterest boards <a href="http://pinterest.com/dbaker29/" style="color: #0b5394;" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
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<br />Dana Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15861672975255725312noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3497679769994851298.post-47542325264192115782012-05-26T13:34:00.001-04:002012-06-17T11:19:18.692-04:00I Wonder...A while back I read this book: <br />
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Love it!!! Now that I am thinking about setting up my Kindergarten classroom for next year, there are several ideas from the book that I am planning to implement. </div>
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I created this paper this year when we were studying forest animals.</div>
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Here are some samples from my kiddos.</div>
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Click on the picture above to download your copy of this sheet. Hope you can use it!<br />
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<br /></div>Dana Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15861672975255725312noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3497679769994851298.post-75430368292557712882012-05-07T18:59:00.000-04:002012-05-07T18:59:37.595-04:00I really am still alive...Hello! <br />
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I am so sorry for my long absence from my blog - this year has absolutely flown by! I have still been blog stalking a bit here and there, but nothing like I was able to do last summer.<br />
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I was so excited to be able to go to the Cincinnati Blogger meet-up earlier this year and meet so many wonderful teachers! To be completely honest, I felt kind of like I was meeting celebrities when I met Abby <a href="http://theinspiredapple.blogspot.com/">(The Inspired Apple)</a>, Michelle <a href="http://fabulousinfirst.blogspot.com/">(Fabulous in First)</a> and Amanda <a href="http://oneextradegree.blogspot.com/">(One Extra Degree)</a> - these girls are just so amazing!<br />
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I recently found out that I will be teaching Kindergarten next year (I will be replacing my own Kindergarten teacher!), so I am very excited about that and I am already in planning mode for next year. <br />
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I have so many things that I have thought about posting on here this school year - it may take me a little while to catch up! Look for another post and some freebies soon!Dana Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15861672975255725312noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3497679769994851298.post-91426874745562909722011-09-05T13:13:00.000-04:002011-09-05T13:13:14.135-04:00Doubles Game and Doubles + 1 GameClick on the pictures to download the games!<br />
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I read a post by a fellow blogger within the past few days who recently experienced some issues with using a picture taken by someone else, and I don't want to have those problems! Any helpful ideas? I appreciate any advice.<br />
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Don't worry, I will continue to post free items on here as well. I am still looking for a teaching position, and very few have been posted in our area this summer - it is so depressing! I thought that making items to sell on TPT would give me something to do and possibly justify at least some of the clip art purchases I have made over the last 6 months or so!<br />
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Thank you for your help!Dana Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15861672975255725312noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3497679769994851298.post-22237615831043742952011-07-27T12:52:00.001-04:002011-07-27T12:55:18.597-04:00Subtraction and Multiplication Games<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>Hey all,<br />
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I would have had these posted earlier, but I started reading <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Hunger-Games-Suzanne-Collins/dp/0439023521?ie=UTF8&tag=apla09-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">The Hunger Games</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=apla09-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0439023521" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1" /> and could not put it down! I ordered <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Catching-Fire-Second-Hunger-Games/dp/0439023491?ie=UTF8&tag=apla09-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Catching Fire (The Second Book of the Hunger Games)</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=apla09-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0439023491" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1" /> and <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Mockingjay-Hunger-Games-Book-3/dp/0439023513?ie=UTF8&tag=apla09-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, Book 3)</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=apla09-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0439023513" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1" /> from Amazon, and I am expecting to receive them today - I can't wait!!! I can't believe I waited so long to read these books - if you have not read them yet, start now!<br />
Or you can wait until after you download these games... I have a few subtraction games (-2, -3, -4, -5) and a few multiplication games (x1, x2, x3, x4) to share today. I am still planning on creating a doubles addition game, a doubles plus one addition game, multiplication games for x5, x6, x7, x8, x9, and x10, and division fact games. Any other requests?<br />
Click on the pictures below to download the games! As before, if you download my games, please consider leaving a comment (I love comments!) and/or becoming a follower of my blog. Thanks!!!<br />
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</tbody></table>Dana Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15861672975255725312noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3497679769994851298.post-36622711812845939132011-07-23T17:58:00.004-04:002011-07-23T18:20:35.620-04:00Addition and Subtraction Games<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I have gotten good feedback on the other games I have posted based on "Bang!," and so I thought I would try making some math games that will be played the same way. Click on the pictures below to download the games. If you download my games, please consider leaving a comment (I love comments!) and/or becoming a follower of my blog. Thanks!!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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That's all for now! I have some more games in mind like this, I will post them when I am finished!Dana Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15861672975255725312noreply@blogger.com23tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3497679769994851298.post-34502874433533115432011-07-17T21:15:00.000-04:002011-07-17T21:15:23.054-04:00Out of the Mouths Of Babes Linky PartyMrs. Dillard is hosting a linky party to share all of the funny things that kids say. This made me think of when I was student teaching in a 3rd grade classroom. For Right to Read Week, every classroom chose a country to study. Our class was studying New Zealand, and one of the facts that we learned was that there are more sheep than people in that country. The next day, one of my students proudly brought in a sign she had made at home the night before:<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It is a Canon Pixma iP2600. Overall, I like it a lot. I got it from Wal-Mart for around $30, maybe a little less. I have had it for a while now (I think about 2 years), and purchased it to replace a similar Canon printer. I buy ink at Sam's - they have a pack with 2 black cartridges and 1 color cartridge for about $48, which is quite a bit cheaper than purchasing the cartridges separately at other stores. I seem to go through ink pretty quickly though - admittedly, I do print a TON of things, but it makes me wonder what else is out there printer-wise. Who better to ask than my fellow teacher-bloggers and blog-stalkers? I doubt many people print from their home printers as much as we do! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</tbody></table>Dana Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15861672975255725312noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3497679769994851298.post-43107608026079602892011-06-29T16:27:00.006-04:002011-07-01T20:24:04.774-04:00Two New Shark! GamesI have been working at a summer camp for struggling readers the past few weeks, and my kids at all levels have been LOVING the Shark games. Several of them even asked if they could play the game at home, so I printed out gray scale copies of the game at their level for them on colored paper so that they could have their own copy, and they were very excited.<br />
I have 2 new versions of the Shark! Game to share. The first uses the Dolch Pre-Primer Sight Word List.<br />
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The second game can be used for letter identification and/or to practice letter sounds.<br />
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You should be able to click on the pictures to download the files. This is the first time that I have used Scribd, so let me know if you have any issues with downloading!<br />
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Links to the other Shark! Games:<br />
<div style="color: red;"><a href="http://love2learnandshare.blogspot.com/2011/02/shark-3rd-grade-dolch-sight-word-game.html">Third Grade</a></div><div style="color: red;"><a href="http://love2learnandshare.blogspot.com/2011/02/2nd-grade-dolch-sight-word-game.html">Second Grade</a></div><div style="color: red;"><a href="http://love2learnandshare.blogspot.com/2011/01/1st-grade-dolch-sight-word-game.html">First Grade</a></div><div style="color: red;"><a href="http://love2learnandshare.blogspot.com/2011/01/shark-kindergarten-dolch-sight-word.html">Kindergarten</a></div>Dana Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15861672975255725312noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3497679769994851298.post-2820759932760332342011-06-11T11:14:00.000-04:002011-06-11T11:14:23.484-04:00Amelia BedeliaOne of the last things we did before school was out was have students read an Amelia Bedelia book in a small group and talk about the idioms. We were short on time, so I only had my students write down 3 of the idioms in their book, but I made sheets for 4 and 5 idioms also.<br />
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Dana Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15861672975255725312noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3497679769994851298.post-78214020672031797502011-05-01T12:31:00.000-04:002011-05-01T12:31:40.946-04:00Hey all,<br />
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I am still alive, I have just been super busy!<br />
I have gotten several emails lately about people having trouble downloading things from my blog. Sorry about that - not sure what is going on. If you have trouble, feel free to email me with what you want and I will send it to you.Dana Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15861672975255725312noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3497679769994851298.post-83455075546277172382011-04-17T15:34:00.002-04:002011-04-17T17:01:30.996-04:00Digital StorytellingA few months ago, I saw posts about digital storytelling on two great blogs I follow: <a href="http://oneextradegree.blogspot.com/2011/02/digital-storytelling-bundle-on-tpt.html" style="color: purple;">One Extra Degree</a> and <a href="http://msk1ell.blogspot.com/2011/02/digital-storytelling.html" style="color: purple;">Ms. M's Blog.</a><span style="color: purple;"> </span> I think I am going to try this out myself in a few weeks, so today I compiled some links with information about digital storytelling. Click on the picture to download - hope you find it useful! <br />
(Edit - for some strange reason, now when you click on the link it says something about so many people viewing/downloading it and reaching a quota, so it won't open the file... I am so <i>loving</i> Google Docs lately... Anyway, if you want this list of links and it won't open for you, feel free to email me and I will send it to you.)<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: large;">Thank you all for entering and thank you to Brooke Perry at <a href="http://www.eduperry.com/">Primary Perspective</a> for allowing me to give one of her fantastic units away! If you are interested in purchasing her Fairy Tale unit, head over to her <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Happily-Ever-After-A-Fairy-Tale-Unit-for-Primary-Learners" style="color: purple;">TPT store</a>!</span></span>Dana Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15861672975255725312noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3497679769994851298.post-86236123207767996752011-04-10T13:49:00.000-04:002011-04-10T13:49:47.117-04:00Inferring Word MeaningI just made this and thought I would post it in case anyone else can use it. Click on the picture to download.<br />
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P.S. Don't forget that my giveaway ends tonight at 7pm! Make sure you enter to win Brooke Perry's fantastic Fairy Tale Unit!Dana Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15861672975255725312noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3497679769994851298.post-86004237113756996722011-04-03T11:23:00.000-04:002011-04-03T11:23:44.310-04:00Fantastic Fairy Tale Giveaway!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-6JVeL5BASrM/TZiQOogVI1I/AAAAAAAAALg/g1416mrfxLg/s1600/ftz_divider5.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="58" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-6JVeL5BASrM/TZiQOogVI1I/AAAAAAAAALg/g1416mrfxLg/s640/ftz_divider5.png" width="640" /></a></div><br />
Wow - I can't believe I have over 300 followers! I am so grateful for every single one of you, and I LOVE reading all of your blogs too! <br />
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On to the interesting part - the giveaway!<br />
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The very talented Brooke Perry from<span style="background-color: white;"> </span><a href="http://www.eduperry.com/" style="background-color: white; color: purple;">Primary Perspective</a><span style="background-color: white;"> h</span>as agreed to give a copy of her brand-new <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Happily-Ever-After-A-Fairy-Tale-Unit-for-Primary-Learners" style="color: purple;">Fairy Tale Unit</a> to one of my followers! We will be doing a Fairy Tale unit soon, so I bought a copy last night right after she posted it to TPT. I am so glad that I did! It is 48 pages of fun activities that both you and your students will love!<br />
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You can have up to 3 chances to win. <b>Please leave a separate comment for each of these and leave your email address!</b> <br />
1. Follow Brooke's blog, <a href="http://www.eduperry.com/" style="color: purple;">Primary Perspective</a>, and leave a comment here telling me that you do.<br />
2. Follow my blog and leave a comment telling me that you do.<br />
3. Leave a comment sharing something that you do when teaching Fairy Tales.<br />
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The winner will be announced on Sunday, April 10 at 7pm. Good luck!<br />
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Here is my take on the Number of the Day sheet. Click on the picture to download the PDF.<br />
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Sorry I have not been posting much lately - life has been a little crazy! I do have several things in the works though - they will be posted as soon as they are finished. Dana Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15861672975255725312noreply@blogger.com6