tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-90545779686538150072024-02-20T09:44:35.376-05:00Mr. Giso's Room to ReadMr. Gisohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05750735200101564754noreply@blogger.comBlogger98125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9054577968653815007.post-49466693307505192032022-02-03T17:35:00.002-05:002022-02-03T17:35:40.006-05:00What's Mr. Giso Making "Room to Read" Pick 11<div style="caret-color: rgb(75, 62, 52); color: #4b3e34; font-family: Questrial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;"><b><u><span style="color: #b45f06;"><br /></span></u></b></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(75, 62, 52); color: #4b3e34; font-family: Questrial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;"><b><u><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEguex0NSXG-kQEICxsP1H0FU9GpAsGSQ5m_cfnwRKu_xr7YWKvn_bZoMLuZBRdGDuKOXU4odKx03wOL7WjMcghWi54pevpSJEbZWDrA6Dm1hGcVcmsSBqkRzrU_Ryy0pTzW7ra7mewY0zZATLI7oL4l3pDXMZz94x2dEp0sCmfK-uQDO6z7Th5XyNB6=s500" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="451" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEguex0NSXG-kQEICxsP1H0FU9GpAsGSQ5m_cfnwRKu_xr7YWKvn_bZoMLuZBRdGDuKOXU4odKx03wOL7WjMcghWi54pevpSJEbZWDrA6Dm1hGcVcmsSBqkRzrU_Ryy0pTzW7ra7mewY0zZATLI7oL4l3pDXMZz94x2dEp0sCmfK-uQDO6z7Th5XyNB6=s320" width="289" /></a></div></u></b></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(75, 62, 52); color: #4b3e34; font-family: Questrial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(75, 62, 52); color: #4b3e34; font-family: Questrial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;"><b><u><span style="color: #b45f06;"><br /></span></u></b></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(75, 62, 52); color: #4b3e34; font-family: Questrial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;"><b><u><span style="color: #b45f06;">Title</span></u></b><span style="background-color: white;">: <u>Sometimes People March</u></span><br /><div><u><b><span style="color: #b45f06;">Author/Illustrator</span></b></u>: Tessa Allen</div><div><span style="color: #b45f06;"><b><u>Publication Information</u></b></span>: 2020, Balzer & Bray</div><div><b><u><span style="color: #b45f06;">Received or Recommended By</span></u></b>: Amazon</div><div><b><u><span style="color: #b45f06;">Number of Pages</span></u></b>: 28</div><div><b><u><span style="color: #b45f06;">Level/Target Audience</span></u></b>: PreK-adult</div><div><b><u><span style="color: #b45f06;">Genre</span></u></b>: Picture Book/ Narrative Nonfiction</div><div><b><u><span style="color: #b45f06;">Date Finished</span></u></b>: February 2, 2022</div><div><b><u><span style="color: #b45f06;">Part of a Series?</span></u></b>: No.</div><div><br /></div><div><b><u><span style="color: #b45f06;">First Lines</span></u></b>: <i>Sometimes ants march. Sometimes bands march. Sometimes people march.</i></div><div><br /></div><div><b><u><span style="color: #b45f06;">Last Lines</span></u></b>: <i>And together we find the courage to march</i>.</div><div><br /></div><div><span style="color: #b45f06;"><b><u>Quotable Quotes</u></b></span>: </div><div><i>•People march for the freedom to love and live and learn.</i></div><div><br /></div><div><i>•People are more powerful together</i>.</div><div><br /></div><div><b><u><span style="color: #b45f06;">Teaching Points</span></u></b>: This book is great tool to launch a study of historic movements and marches of both the past and the present. The end pages include supplemental information to all the key figures and featured marches throughout the text and illustrations including the Woman's Suffrage Movement (1776-1920), the Greensboro Sit-Ins (1960), Loving v. Virginia (1967), the Black Lives Matter movement (2018-present), the Pride Parade (1970-present) and the People's Climate March (2017).</div></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(75, 62, 52); color: #4b3e34; font-family: Questrial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;"><br /></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(75, 62, 52); color: #4b3e34; font-family: Questrial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">Author Tessa Allen dedicates this book to her family "who have always encouraged [her] me to be feisty and curious." It introduces young readers to a familiar use of the word "march" as something both ant and bands do. From there, it expands the idea to marches that occur in order to resist injustice, create change, gain freedom, and protect the earth. The carefully placed illustrations help show that people can show resistance in many ways besides marching. These ways include using voice, typed words, songs, or art. In addition to marching, this picture book cleverly shows how people resit by having meetings, standing up, sitting down, or even taking a knee. This book carries the theme that even though the road may not be easy, problems may become too complex, and one may grow pretty tired and feel defeated people, when together, can make a difference. This is book leaves the reader hopeful, inspired and empowered. It celebrates the heroes who have stood proud for us and have fought for us to receive the many rights we have today.</div>Mr. Gisohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05750735200101564754noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9054577968653815007.post-25149982904676855512022-01-30T15:44:00.005-05:002022-01-30T15:45:16.360-05:00What's Mr. Giso Making "Room to Read" Pick 10<div><b style="caret-color: rgb(75, 62, 52); color: #4b3e34; font-family: Questrial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;"><u><span style="color: #b45f06;"><br /></span></u></b></div><div><b style="caret-color: rgb(75, 62, 52); color: #4b3e34; font-family: Questrial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;"><u><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi7sWcwFa7xNdDKoLP2QkuTxmP1PCpWZ85yCCSHelqkMxpYD3nj_9kAvzUxVYkI7EaTawqI535X-gvwIXIutY7-vUgfiK0j6AcPAhHc83Ss_ejF48x5trwLtYHJySdYpUuQwOYeWk9Y-UryE_oZesA-9Zylx0Xi0LfBwjNtgyZMq6xJLmgiDX3WgTeh=s499" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="499" data-original-width="333" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi7sWcwFa7xNdDKoLP2QkuTxmP1PCpWZ85yCCSHelqkMxpYD3nj_9kAvzUxVYkI7EaTawqI535X-gvwIXIutY7-vUgfiK0j6AcPAhHc83Ss_ejF48x5trwLtYHJySdYpUuQwOYeWk9Y-UryE_oZesA-9Zylx0Xi0LfBwjNtgyZMq6xJLmgiDX3WgTeh=s320" width="214" /></a></div><br /></u></b></div><div><b style="caret-color: rgb(75, 62, 52); color: #4b3e34; font-family: Questrial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;"><u><span style="color: #b45f06;"><br /></span></u></b></div><div><b style="caret-color: rgb(75, 62, 52); color: #4b3e34; font-family: Questrial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;"><u><span style="color: #b45f06;">Title</span></u></b><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(75, 62, 52); color: #4b3e34; font-family: Questrial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">: <u>Harbor Me</u></span><br style="caret-color: rgb(75, 62, 52); color: #4b3e34; font-family: Questrial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;" /><div style="caret-color: rgb(75, 62, 52); color: #4b3e34; font-family: Questrial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;"><u><b><span style="color: #b45f06;">Author</span></b></u>: Jacquelin Woodson</div><div style="caret-color: rgb(75, 62, 52); font-family: Questrial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><b><u>Publication Information</u></b></span><span style="color: #4b3e34;">: 2018, Puffin Books</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(75, 62, 52); color: #4b3e34; font-family: Questrial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;"><div><b><u><span style="color: #b45f06;">Received or Recommended By</span></u></b>: 4th and 5th grade ELA teachers at my school</div></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(75, 62, 52); color: #4b3e34; font-family: Questrial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;"><b><u><span style="color: #b45f06;">Number of Pages</span></u></b>: 176</div><div style="caret-color: rgb(75, 62, 52); color: #4b3e34; font-family: Questrial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;"><b><u><span style="color: #b45f06;">Level/Target Audience</span></u></b>: Grades 5-8</div><div style="caret-color: rgb(75, 62, 52); color: #4b3e34; font-family: Questrial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;"><b><u><span style="color: #b45f06;">Genre</span></u></b>: Realistic Fiction</div><div style="caret-color: rgb(75, 62, 52); color: #4b3e34; font-family: Questrial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;"><b><u><span style="color: #b45f06;">Date Finished</span></u></b>: January 30, 2022</div><div style="caret-color: rgb(75, 62, 52); color: #4b3e34; font-family: Questrial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;"><b><u><span style="color: #b45f06;">Part of a Series?</span></u></b>: No.</div><div style="caret-color: rgb(75, 62, 52); color: #4b3e34; font-family: Questrial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;"><br /></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(75, 62, 52); color: #4b3e34; font-family: Questrial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;"><b><u><span style="color: #b45f06;">First Lines</span></u></b>: <i>We think they took my papi</i>. It's over now. Or maybe it isn't. Maybe, even as I sit on my bed in the dying light of the late afternoon, it's beginning again. Maybe Ms. Laverne is looking over the new class list, her finger moving down the row of names.</div><div style="caret-color: rgb(75, 62, 52); color: #4b3e34; font-family: Questrial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;"><br /></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(75, 62, 52); color: #4b3e34; font-family: Questrial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;"><b><u><span style="color: #b45f06;">Last Lines</span></u></b>: <i>Me too</i>, I say. And when I rest my head against his arm, when the music circles around us, when my uncle stopped packing and joins in with his guitar and we pool up the song as if we'd always been singing it, what I know for sure now is that this is the end of one of many stories. And also a beginning.</div><div style="caret-color: rgb(75, 62, 52); color: #4b3e34; font-family: Questrial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;"><br /></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(75, 62, 52); font-family: Questrial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><b><u>Quotable Quotes</u></b></span><span style="color: #4b3e34;">: </span></div><div><span style="color: #4b3e34; font-family: Questrial, sans-serif; font-size: medium;">•<i>But what's unfamiliar shouldn't be scary. And it shouldn't be avoided either</i>.</span></div><div><span style="color: #4b3e34; font-family: Questrial, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #4b3e34; font-family: Questrial, sans-serif; font-size: medium;">•None of us really knew about forevers yet. We were still just learning how things could change in a minute--how you could be in the middle of putting plates on the table when the phone rings with bad news.</span></div><div><span style="color: #4b3e34; font-family: Questrial, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #4b3e34; font-family: Questrial, sans-serif; font-size: medium;">•<i>I want you to know that we are all flawed</i>, he said. <i>We all have those days when we don't want to show up. Days we just want to forget the world. Doesn't make us bad people. Just makes us people. And time moves as it moves. In a month, this moment won't be anything.</i></span></div><div><span style="color: #4b3e34; font-family: Questrial, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div><span style="color: #4b3e34; font-family: Questrial, sans-serif; font-size: medium;">•Tragedy is strange. It takes away. And it gives too.</span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(75, 62, 52); color: #4b3e34; font-family: Questrial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;"><br /></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(75, 62, 52); color: #4b3e34; font-family: Questrial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;"><b><u><span style="color: #b45f06;">Teaching Points</span></u></b>: Immigration, social justice/injustice, author's craft and structure (use of dialogue), poetry, diverse family structure, character development, social emotional learning, bullying, death and dying</div></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(75, 62, 52); color: #4b3e34; font-family: Questrial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;"><br /></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(75, 62, 52); color: #4b3e34; font-family: Questrial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">This is the story of Hayley, Holly, Esteban, Tiago, Amari and Ashton--classmates in what appears to be a sub-separate middle school classroom. It's set in the Crown Heights section of Brooklyn. Their endearing teacher, Ms. Laverne, gives them the last hour of Friday to sit in a circle, alone, and "talk." Things start off with an awkward silence among the six classmates who couldn't appear to be more different. Over time, however, they grow into a tight circle of friends who realize that they all share experiencing loss, wanting to belong, seeking to be free, and more importantly, looking to be "harbored" when in need. The group shares their darkest secrets in their ARTT Room (A Room to Talk). This book is a mirror book to young adolescents dealing with incarceration, death of a parent, diverse learning styles, racial identity, socioeconomic imbalances and deportation. This book serves as a powerful window to those that may not directly relate to the characters in this book. Reading this invokes a feeling of empathy during a time when we need it most. When asked why she wrote this book, Woodson notes "I have so many questions. 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I'm so excited about this tenth "Ways to Learn at Home" because it's the TRUE story of a hero born enslaved, named Mary Walker. At 15 she, along with her family were freed. At 20, she married and had her first of three children. At 68, she continued to work in order to raise money for her church. At 114, she was the only one left living out of her whole, entire family. Lastly, are you ready for this one? At 116, she LEARNED TO READ! </div>
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Please enjoy Mary's story written by Rita Lorraine Hubbard and illustrated by Oge Mora by clicking <a href="http://youtu.be/6ClaistsSAg?hd=1" target="_blank">HERE</a>. Get ready to learn the lesson that you are NEVER too old to learn.</div>
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As you know, this book is a biography--a true story of someone's life. Find a biography or use the biography I just read to you. As you read your biography, or re-watch the video, fill out the spots in this template. You can print it out by clicking <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1IuAkh_-HnxJK0cENJeN6IHS33Rs9fZli/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank">HERE</a> or just copy over the boxes and titles on a piece of paper you have at home. Have fun learning about the life of someone. When we study biographies, remember to ask yourself, "What lesson can I learn from studying this person's life." </div>
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After reading and listening to the book by Rita Lorraine Hubbard, journal about what you would like to learn how to do. Mary Walker said "You're never too old to learn," so this may be something that will take you a very, very, long time to learn. That's OK. After all, Mary was 116 when she learned to read her Bible. Mr. Giso always says, reading does not come easy for everyone at the same time. This is something that's true with so many tricky things.<br />
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This "Ways to Learn at Home" celebrates how we are a community of readers. Miss Cipoletti is back with a read aloud of the book by Renata Bowers called <b style="text-decoration: underline;">Good Dogs, Great Listeners</b>. This book is about a main character named Charlotte. Charlotte isn't really being a good listener--ever! She floods the house, gets in to her mom's makeup and has a romping good time that ends up with a leg injury! What she doesn't do, however, is read. Charlotte has not yet found her "groove" in her reading community. Find out about her mischief and reading life by clicking <a href="https://vimeo.com/407767003/0fae26a849" target="_blank">HERE</a>.</div>
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After listening to this book, you learn how Charlotte turned her injury into a positive by reading to her "pets." One of the things I have taught you about being a good reader is that readers keep track of their reading lives and set goals for reading. After reading this book, you can start to play my version of Genre Bingo. To play, just print out the Bingo Boards or list the categories on some scrap paper--you don't need to have a printer, you can just make your own Bingo Boards like the ones I made by clicking <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1v4k4EyJL47M8xfG6oAacD2E3TGkZcLc7/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank">HERE</a>. Remember that a book's genre is the kind of book it is. There are two categories of genre--fiction and nonfiction.</div>
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After reading and listening to the book by Renata Bowers, Miss Cipoletti gave you a topic to write about. In your journal, write about what made you love reading and how you got interested in books. If you don't consider reading to be one of your favorite things to do...yet... that is OK too. Write about that too. Reading is does not come easy for everyone at the same time.</div>
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This "Ways to Learn at Home" is about mathematics. To get us thinking about how mathematics is all around us <b><u>ALL</u></b> the time, I have picked an animated version of the fun book <u>Math Curse</u> written by Jon Scieszka (below) and illustrated by Lane Smith. This adventure begins with Ms. Fibonacci announcing in class that "You can think of almost anything as a math problem." Click <a href="https://vimeo.com/405459406/f717afb604" target="_blank">HERE</a></div>
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After listening to <u>Math Curse</u>, I bet you are ready to play around with some numbers. I have a really fun game. To get ready to play this game you need about 3 sets of cards with the digits 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 written on them (only one digit on a card). Mix the cards up and place them in a bag, bowl or even a pillow case. Before you cut the cards, they could look something line this.</div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgiabelle"; font-size: 12pt;">4. Keep playing until the paper is filled. The person with the most number of points wins. As a </span><span style="font-family: "georgiabelle";">challenge, play again. This time award points for making the smallest number.</span></div>
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After reading and listening to "Math Curse," search around your home pretending that you have "caught the curse!" Where do you see mathematics? Describe what you see and how you know it's connected to mathematics. What do you realize has a little bit of math in it, after listening to the book? I can't wait to hear your thoughts. You can also write me to explain the strategy you discovered in the game. Be specific and use an example.</div>
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Our fantastic Community Volunteer is featured today. We are so excited to hear Mrs. Karam read aloud a book for us that shines with unique illustrations and beautiful messages. It's one of my favorites. Special thank you to Mrs. Karam for taking the time to put this read aloud together. Be sure to notice the framed print on the wall to the right of Mrs. Karam; it connects to the story so nicely. The main character in this story is Miss Rumphius. The book is both written and illustrated by Barbara Cooney.</div>
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Miss Rumphius travels far and wide in search of a way to leave her legacy to the world. She does find a way to make the world a more beautiful place thanks to a certain type of flower. Mrs. Karam wants to share her connection to the story, as she too, enjoys working in her garden just like the main character you are about to meet.</div>
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Enjoy listening to the travels of Miss Rumphius. Tell someone in your family what you think the theme of the story is. What lesson does the author want you to take away? Here is Mrs. Karam in one of her many travels just like Miss Rumphius. She is hiking the Pacific Coast Trail in the state of California. Click <a href="https://vimeo.com/403433368/97dc1be44c" target="_blank">HERE</a> to listen to Mrs. Karam read our story.</div>
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After listening to this story we know two things. Miss Rumphius traveled near and far and took the time to appreciate what was around her. The setting of this story appears to change on every page. I'd like you to pretend that you are traveling. Pick a place. It can be to a place you have traveled to OR a place you would like to visit. It can be near like the park or a place far away like Antarctica!</div>
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After reading and listening to "Miss Rumphius," write about what you think you can do to make the world a better place. You may be young, but there are so many simple things you can do around your house these days to make someone smile. Imagine that you are now 20 or more years older. What do you see yourself doing to leave your mark like Miss Rumphius? We can't wait to hear what you have to say. Your thoughts are important. They matter. Thank you again, Mrs. Karam!</div>
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Hi, my friends! We have my student guest teacher Ms. Cipoletti back for another guest read aloud. She has picked one of her favorites-- <b><u>The Word Collector</u></b> by Peter H. Reynolds. This book celebrates the power of words. Words that are fun to say. Words that describe who you are. Words that spark your imagination. Words you have around your house. Words that you come across in your books. Words, words, words in general! After listening to this book, you can start to put together a word collection of your own. Ms. Cipoletti will give you some ideas on how to find words after she reads you the book. Enjoy listening to Jerome (the main character) teach you about the power words have. Click <a href="https://vimeo.com/402736876/fb0ba7b552" target="_blank">HERE</a> to listen to the story.</div>
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To get started on a word collection of your own, the possibilities are endless! You can print out the activity I have prepared by clicking <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1wGp7UdNtI3FLFXNFL7nqLeU1fWXnUaEV/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank">HERE</a>. All you need to do is search for words and put them on the blank slips of paper. Of course, you can get a piece of paper, cut up slips and make a collection of our own. You can even use a notebook to start a word collection.</div>
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You can even upload a picture of you with a special word to the official <b><i>Word Collector Website</i></b> by clicking <a href="https://www.wordcollector.org/shareyourwords" target="_blank">HERE</a>. Share your word with the world!</div>
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Today, we tried a Zoom conference call. Boy, was it exciting to see so many smiling children-- and two of my teacher besties-- again. We even saw some parents, siblings and pets. One cat fell asleep. I guess not everyone was entertained? Our principal even made a guest appearance. I did a silly read aloud and another teacher lead us through an open-ended math problem. It felt good to do this. It felt like school again for the first time in two weeks. </div>
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The book I have to share with you is both written and illustrated by Allen Say. It's titled "Grandfather's Journey." It's about Mr. Say's grandfather's story. Both the author and his grandfather love their homeland Japan as well as their second home, America (California, in particular). After you listen to me read aloud this story, I have a project where you can have the chance to hear a story of a grandparent or older member of your family by making a phone call. It's perfect for this time when people older than us are staying home in order to keep safe and healthy. Click <a href="https://vimeo.com/401515739/876e5d1e43" target="_blank">HERE</a> to watch me read aloud "Grandfather's Journey."</div>
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Call or FaceTime a member of your family. This person could be a grandparent, older neighbor or friend of the family--anyone older than you are. ASK the question and RECORD your answers in the <b><i>Now and Long Ago</i></b> book I put together. Just like the author, Allen Say, you can start thinking about your own family's history. How cool? You will be doing very important work! </div>
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There are two versions of the book. One has the "dotted" lines and the other has "regular" lines. Pick the one that will help you write the neatest. Click <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1L9DzXAJqbDvNr0LWDwtRH2kvKCUz2XQJ/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank">HERE</a> to get the books. Feel free to send me pictures of your books. I'd love to hear the history you have recorded.</div>
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After reading and listening to "Grandfather's Journey," write about if you have a home away from home, too. Maybe you live in two households? Maybe you or your family were born in another country and miss it when you are not there like the grandfather in the story? You can even write about a country you'd like to visit because your family has roots there. For example, Mr. Giso would love to get to visit Italy someday because that's where his family is from.</div>
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Happy Wednesday. Today, we have a special read aloud and journal prompt put together by Ms. Cipoletti. She's our guest student teacher from Salem State University. Ms. Cipoletti picked a book that was new to me. I loved hearing it. The illustrations are very different, too. She does such a good job making sure that we have time to enjoy the illustrations. Miss Cipoletti is also reading the "Little LuLu" series by Judith Viorst. I love these book so much. There are now 4 published. (Many of you read these with me). They are a great read aloud for children and adults of any age. Children in second grade and up can even work on reading them independently.</div>
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This book really is important because of its message. <u>Maybe</u> is written by Kobi Yamada and illustrated by Gabriella Barouch. It explains how all of us (big adults and small children) have lots of possibilities out there. We can be anything and do anything. I learned that no matter how young or how old you are, we never know what new things can come our way. I have been thinking what possibilities are out there for me?</div>
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Click <a href="https://vimeo.com/400628534/3d61a73190" target="_blank">HERE </a>to watch and to listen to Ms. Cipoletti read aloud this book. In the beginning, she will tell you an idea for a writing about reading--perfect for a journal. I will explain what you can write, below too.</div>
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After reading and listening to <u>Maybe,</u> write down what are your dreams. You are important to us! What makes you important? Anyone can email me your journal, and I will make sure to send it to Ms. Cipoletti so she can hear your answers. We love and miss you.</div>
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Good afternoon, all. I'm hoping that you have had a happy and healthy weekend. I've been enjoying all the email I've been getting. It really puts me in a good mood to keep hearing from students old and new. A lot of you want to know what I've been doing, since I can't be with you each day. Teachers are still very busy having lots of video conferences with each other. We are planning activities to send out and making sure we are reaching out to you. In addition to that, I have been doing lots of cooking, cleaning and extra long walks with Velma and Winston. Here is what I made for dinner yesterday--chicken piccata. Well, it was actually "turkey" piccata because there was no chicken left in the supermarket. Yummy!</div>
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Here is what cleaning in my living room was like this weekend. I took off the couch cushions, vacuumed them, washed my comfy blankets and dusted lots of things. Thank you mom and dad who helped buy me my favorite, orange (of course) couch.</div>
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Also, here is Velma and Winston on a walk. They are doing what they do best. Smelling. EVERYTHING. Every. Chance. They. GET! I'm over the smelling, but am being patient because that's how they learn about their worlds.</div>
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Lots of you enjoyed my reading to you on Facebook, so I have another read aloud and an activity you can do at home. The book is written by Mem Fox and illustrated by Julie Vivas. Mem Fox is a professor who teaches children's literature (just like me). She's from Australia (not like me). Watch me read aloud her book Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge. You can do that by clicking <a href="https://vimeo.com/399953277/c8924f0e85" target="_blank">HERE</a>.</div>
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After listening to the book, you can go around your house and hunt for things that spark your memory. I prepared a list of things to gather around your home, just like Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge did to help Miss Nancy Alison Delacourt's memory. You can use the picture below for your hunt or get a print out of the hunt by clicking <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1uGT3wVhJc0yif1QUop-V3DX9ljQQaxrY/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank">HERE</a>. Special shout out to Mr. Gonzalez @teaching3rdwithmrg on Instagram for the idea of sharing memories that made me think of this book. Have fun searching for memories! Let me know what you come up with. You can even put in a comment here, below this post. There is a free spot on the hunt, so maybe you can challenge someone to get three in-a-row with you?</div>
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Thank you to Manuela Molina Cruz @mindhart.kids on Instagram for publishing this book for young children. I have special permission to share this book with you. It explains what the virus is, what it does to you and how each of us can do our part to help it from spreading. There's a page where you can draw how the Coronavirus is making you feel which is a great outlet for children and a resourceful starting point for family discussions.</div>
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You can view or print the Coronavirus book by Manuela Molina Cruz by clicking <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1VLmjqHyQsKCxHnEzrKz9PLq8S-PMqfVr/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank">HERE</a>.</div>
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Print out my "Journal Pages" by clicking <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1upUFWYqDTHFQxP9f6PCfCRAaZVMVeOG9/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank">HERE</a>.<br />
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Thank you Smithsonian National Zoo & Conservation Biology Institute. You can go to their website and view a live webcam of many of their animals in their natural "zoo" habitats. Watch their naked mole-rats, giant pandas, lions and elephants. Be patient because sometimes these living things can be hiding from us. </div>
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You can make a scientist's journal page by copying the one in the picture below or printing it out if you're able to. Draw and record what you see (OBSERVE). Draw and record why you think you are seeing what you're seeing (INFER). Record your wonderings (QUESTION). Once you click on a cam, there should be a FAQ (frequently answered questions) icon to click on to search for answers to your questions. You can visit the cams whenever you want. Have fun being a zoologist recording animal behaviors.</div>
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Print out my "Webcam Notes" page by clicking <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1aXk4_cQQY8BtcIlgAf-YhHMHpLAKNZ3W/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank">HERE</a>.</div>
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Visit the Smithsonian National Zoo by clicking <a href="https://nationalzoo.si.edu/webcams" target="_blank">HERE</a>.</div>
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Another great activity can be to create a journal. Feel free to write and illustrate a picture whenever you are in the mood. You can use a notebook you may have at home, staple a bunch of pages together to make a book, or print out my journal pages like you see in the pictures below.<br />
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Since Sant Patrick's Day is this week, here is a journal idea for you. What does luck mean to you? Do you have a good luck charm or a lucky number? Write about it. If you are one of my students writing me a virtual journal, send me your thoughts and I will tell you about my lucky number and my good luck charm. Here is a sneak peek.<br />
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I gave my desk chair a quick 2 minute makeover. Here, you can see my desk chair before the makeover.</div>
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All I had to do was stretch one cover over the back cushion and the second cover over the seat cushion. Each cover has an expandable elastic and is supposed to be one size fits all. I was skeptical at first, but it did fit perfectly with no trouble! Take a look.</div>
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I'm honestly not sure how I stumbled upon this, but it was most likely by doing an Amazon search for "orange" for obvious reasons (it's my favorite color). These covers are made by Deisy Dee and are described as being perfect for computer office chairs. Click <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B078C8C7DX/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1" target="_blank">HERE</a> to order. Here's the final result. </div>
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<u><b><span style="color: #b45f06;">Author</span></b></u>: Kelly Yang</div>
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<b><u><span style="color: #b45f06;">Mr. Giso's Book Pick Number</span></u></b>: 8<br />
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<b><u><span style="color: #b45f06;">Received or Recommended By</span></u></b>: Mrs. Erps, The Literacy Coach at my school</div>
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<b><u><span style="color: #b45f06;">Number of Pages</span></u></b>: 286</div>
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<b><u><span style="color: #b45f06;">Level/Target Audience</span></u></b>: Grades 3-8</div>
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<b><u><span style="color: #b45f06;">Genre</span></u></b>: Realistic Fiction with an Autobiographical influence</div>
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<b><u><span style="color: #b45f06;">Date Finished</span></u></b>: July 29, 2019</div>
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<b><u><span style="color: #b45f06;">Part of a Series?</span></u></b>: No, but the sequel to <u>Front Desk</u> is coming in 2020!</div>
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<b><u><span style="color: #b45f06;">First Lines</span></u></b>: My parents told me that America would be this amazing place where we could live in a house with a dog, do whatever we want, and eat hamburgers until we were red in the face. So far, the only part of that we've achieved is the hamburger part, but I was still holding out hope. And the hamburgers are pretty good.</div>
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<b><u><span style="color: #b45f06;">Last Lines</span></u></b>: "Wait, wait, wait!" she said. "Let's get a picture!" "I'll take it!" Hank jumped out. As he held his hand up and clicked, I looked around at my new family and smiled. It was a picture I'd been waiting a long, long, time for.</div>
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This incredible read took me along the journey of Mia and her parents-- all three immigrants from China who traveled to America in search of freedom. Mia manages the front desk of the Calivista Motel while her parents work tirelessly to clean and upkeep the motel for its guests. The Tang family, together with the residents who live weekly in the motel, teach us what compassion, loyalty, hard work and freedom really mean. Family can be chosen. We follow Mia's hopes and dreams, feel her letdowns and heartbreak and are left with a piece of her heart. Many accounts of Mia and her parents are based on the author's childhood working in several motels. This makes this read even more poignant and inspirational for me.</div>
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We are reminded of how much we can learn through the eyes of a child and how they are, in fact, listening to their elders-- even if it may appear that they aren't. Mia reflects, "My grandmother used to say that people don't change. Our heart is like a rubber band. It might stretch a little, but it snaps right back." Mia isn't quite sure that this is true. She has hope it's not. Mia knows that if people don't have the power to change, we are in a way, doomed! I'm with her. </div>
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Reflecting upon this book's significance, Kelly Yang notes "Often during tough times, the first instinct is to exclude. But this book is about what happens when you include, when despite all your suffering and your heartache, you still wake up every morning and look out at the world with fresh, curious eyes." This story is so inspiring, and it's not over. A sequel comes out in 2020. Thank you Ms. Yang for sharing so much of your childhood with us.</div>
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Mr. Gisohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05750735200101564754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9054577968653815007.post-50405181472792369652015-12-03T21:52:00.000-05:002015-12-03T21:52:21.751-05:00It's a Beautiful Day for Room 126! DonorsChoose.org Project Update<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I'm super duper excited to report that 13 generous donors have funded my first <a href="http://mrgisosroomtoread.blogspot.com/2015/12/my-donorschooseorg-project.html" target="_blank">DonorsChoose.org</a> project in full! My thrilled students and I are so thankful and want to wish a sincere thank you to those that helped us meet our goal of ordering six <i>Hokki Stools</i> for our small group, "u" table.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Special thanks to my family members, friends, friends of my friends, colleagues, parents within the Salem community and even two anonymous donors for thinking of us. Not only have they donated funds, but have left many thoughtful messages too.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I asked my first and second grades to come up with ways to say thank you, so I'll let them say it best...</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">"Thank you so much!"</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">"We think we will do better on our studies!"</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">"We appreciate what you have done for us."</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">"Thank you for the Hokki Stools. We can't wait to get them!"</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">"Thank you for being such a good community member to our class."</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">"You have been so nice to us."</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">"We will welcome you in case you want to come visit us!"</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">What an awesome day for us! We definitely felt the season of giving today.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">I've been reading so many funded projects on social media these days. It seemed to make sense to come up with my own project on DonorsChoose.org. For those that know about my school, the <i><a href="http://carltonschool.org/innovation" target="_blank">Carlton Innovation School</a></i>, you understand how seamlessly my project "Help for Hokki Stools" fits into our model. You see, we teach reading, writing and mathematics in a workshop model. This means that after a small whole class lesson on a skill, concept or strategy, it's practiced and scaffolded in small groups around smaller tables I call "the kidney table" or "the 'u' table.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">A set of six <i><a href="http://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2015/05/19/10-solutions-for-students-who-fidget-in-the-classroom/" target="_blank">Hokki Stools</a></i> would help me maximize the learning in these small group sessions that happen all day long. My students would get so much out of these additions to our classroom community. </span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: large;">I put up this project some time ago which, unfortunately, didn't spark any donations. Yesterday, I decided to post it on my <a href="https://www.facebook.com/MrGisosRoomToRead/?ref=hl" target="_blank"><i>Mr. Giso's Room to Read's</i> Facebook page</a>. A family member suggested I share it on my personal page too, so I did! In less than an hour, my project was basically half-funded by seven people! I'm amazed and so thankful for the generosity of my donors. People's kindness and generosity is so much appreciated. I love that I know so many kind people interested in "paying it forward!" </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-size: large;">My project's deadline in January 20th, so at this rate, I'm hoping I achieve my project's goal. Sharing my project with friends, family and colleagues will help me so much. A donation would help too. Thank you, thank you!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">(Click <a href="http://www.donorschoose.org/project/help-for-hokki-stools/1718457/?rf=link-siteshare-2015-12-teacher-teacher_3170293&challengeid=20657472" target="_blank">HERE</a> to read about it and to donate.)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #424242;">The Hokki Stools will allow me to get full attention from my littles--even at the end of the day when I let them know my little secret-- "Teachers get tired too!" I can only begin to imagine how successful these will be in my busy classroom. These stools are engineered so that students can move back and forth and concentrate at the same time because the stools absorb their energy so that they can focus and give me their attention. How awesome it this? No one likes to stay still--especially me. True story! These Hokki Stools are a true gift, based on brain-based research that will give children an extra boost to succeed. My students deserve this boost, but they are too expensive for me to pay for by myself. Gone will be the days when my students are asked to "stop moving!" This will benefit my kinesthetic learners, those that work extra hard to pay attention and just about any student that gets fidgety. Let's face it. This happens to the best of us!</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #424242;"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The materials needed are shown above. They are PVC pipes (any size works), but I got the 1 inch-width kind, a number of PVC pipe connectors and a bin (not pictured). In addition, you see some spray paint and a PVC pipe cutter. I didn't have one of my own, so I picked it up for about ten dollars. It cuts the pipes very easily! There's orange spray paint and <i>what I thought</i> was a clear fix spray to prevent the paint from chipping. Turns out it was a white glaze, so I turned my newly painted orange sensory center back into a white one--<i>oh well, it happens</i>! For the complete set of directions and list of materials, please click <a href="http://www.thekindergartensmorgasboard.com/2015/09/a-kindergarten-smorgasboard-diy-pvc.html" target="_blank">HERE</a> to get sent over to <i>The Kindergarten Smorgasbord</i>.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">With it being Halloween and all, I used spiders, skulls, bones and eyeballs to fill my sensory bin. The rice is dyed with food coloring. To do this, simply place some rice in a zipped plastic bag along with a few teaspoons of rubbing alcohol and your food coloring. Shake it up and add more food coloring and alcohol if needed. Leave it to dry over night in flat pans covered with aluminum foil to prevent you having to wash the pans when you are done...no clean up = awesome! You can also use the same method to dye pasta. Other fillers I have been saving are green and red bow tie pasta for December as well as white styrofoam peanuts for January. Click <a href="http://www.thekindergartensmorgasboard.com/2015/09/last-year-i-started-using-sensory-bin.html" target="_blank">HERE</a> for 13 of <i>Mr. Greg's</i> sensory bin ideas throughout the year. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Here is the completed project in my classroom. I cut up an orange pool noodle to keep the bin sturdy. <i>Mr. Greg</i> said this step was optional. I like it. It's orange along with most of the things in my classroom.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I used witch fingers and candy corn clip art (free from TpT) to make my center activities. With the fingers, the students sort them according to true and false equations. Get them <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0s5KbMCA_EkcTd4aVFzVmZvVHc/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank">HERE</a>. With the candy corn, the students need to find the mystery number to make the equations true. Get them <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0s5KbMCA_EkNW9XSU5kUHloaDg/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank">HERE</a>. My mathematicians love this so far. It really is fun to sift through, calming in a way for may of them too! </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">After fifteen years in the same school, I began a few summers ago packing and unpacking due to my decision to change schools. Once the city movers unloaded all my things, this photograph shows my classroom after a week of unpacking. YIKES! After days, it appeared as if I had not accomplished a thing.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Now that the move is behind me, I’m pleased to be able to share some organizational tips with you. To begin with, an organized classroom library is essential to foster a love of literacy. Here you see a number of blue and orange tubs. These are actually coolers—the kind intended to fill with ice and cold drinks during a hot summer day. They double as sturdy book bins.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">I’m always looking for ways to store things. Here you see some orange buckets. They are perfect for holding reading pointers, phonics phones, etc. You can also see one of the many brown ottomans that I use for chairs around my guided reading table. Inside of course, is storage perfect for running records, assessment folders, etc.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Teachers often ask me how I am able to store so many things in my classroom. The answer is that I put bins in high spaces. Here you see clear and colored tubs. In these, I place items that I don’t use on a regular basis, such as fabric, scraps, extra sentence strips, yarn, etc. Over the sink, I store my stickers in photo boxes—one for each month.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">A great way to make things look neat and organized is to purchase plastic shoeboxes or similar sized tubs. They are relatively inexpensive, so you can buy them in great quantity. As you can see, rows of the same container look more uniform and tidy. What you don’t want to be seen, cover with fabric and tension rods. You don’t even need to know how to sew—just use a glue gun.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Another favorite way I keep things organized is by using hardware holders. This handy-dandy organizer is perfect for keeping tiny things in their places. I use it for my student banks (a form of positive rewards), magnetic letters, calendar pieces, etc. I suggest that you always glue an item on the outside for easy ID. Oh, and—BONUS!—they are fairly inexpensive, too.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">If you are like me, you have loads of posters and a lack of wall space, or should I say FREE wall space. To solve this problem, get a portable clothes-hanger rack. These are way sturdier, less bulky, and cost tons less money than a pocket chart stand. I use one to organize my charts for instruction. This way they are easily accessible. I can put one up using the hanger and do not need to fuss over tape. Easy up, easy down.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">I hope you have gained an idea or two and are off to organize your classroom. As I always say, an organized classroom is a well-managed classroom. This summer, I'm at it again! I'm not changing schools or positions, I'm just moving to the end of the hall. Look forward to seeing me document this move from beginning to end soon. Happy Summer!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">This year, I am enjoying teaching our second grade social studies curriculum to my first and second graders. This is in part to a series of activities I have created featuring my projects completed both at home and at school. My newest unit (click <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Family-Roots-A-Home-Project-and-School-Activity-Resource-1763147" target="_blank">HERE</a>) incorporates these standards from the <i>Massachusetts History and Social Sciences Curriculum Framework </i>(2003).</span><br />
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•Explain the information that historical time lines convey and then put in chronological
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which students, their parents, guardians, grandparents, or other relatives or ancestors
came. With the help of family members and the school librarian, describe traditional
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•With the help of the school librarian, identify and describe well-known sites, events, or
landmarks in at least three different countries from which students’ families come and
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">To kick off our study of family roots and family history I sent my students home with a letter introducing our new unit and asking families to list countries from their roots. After that, we made a bulletin board with </span>yarn<span style="font-family: inherit;"> and a map of the world with yarn depicting our roots.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">They really enjoyed studying flags and researching them in various atlases and online sources. After this kick off, I sent home an at home project where my learners had to research one country out of the many that make up their family roots. This at home project included making a family tree, placing their roots on a world map, listing historic landmarks from </span>their country, describing foods, traditions and other cultural elements, etc. It also asked families to research the influence on America as well as goods and services found in their chosen country. When all were passed in, they were so excited and eager to share all that they have learned. It was fantastic!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Other projects we enjoyed were creating family flags and making a mobile with each member of our family represented on it. We made a class book of our "classroom family," designed family stamps and made personal time lines. Here are some finished projects.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">My student teacher came up with the idea to introduce graphing by putting together a class graph of our roots by origin. This product has a page for students to make their own graph--I liked this idea so much, I had to add it. All and all, we learned so much from </span>each other during this unit of study. It's great to begin a new school year with it!</span><br />
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Mr. Gisohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05750735200101564754noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9054577968653815007.post-53926498119036450592015-02-28T17:50:00.002-05:002015-02-28T17:50:17.621-05:00Accountable Talk Tools<br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Boy, has it been a long time since my last post! I've been busy, to say the </span>least,<span style="font-family: inherit;"> with teaching three courses this semester, loving my 1/2 classroom by day and shoveling, shoveling, shoveling the 3 feet + of snow that has plagued the Northeast. Can we say seven snow days and school on two days during April vacation?</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Since last year, my school has had professional development on Accountable Talk across all subject areas. We want our learners to be thinkers--more than that. We want our students to think deep, to encourage each other to think deeply and to be able to clearly and accurately explain their deep thinking to others. We have had quite a few walk-throughs in order to measure our growth (anonymously) throughout our journey. The results have allowed us to celebrate how far we have come and to plan our next steps to get even better!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Encouraging Accountable Talk in my classroom has been a learning curve. I was challenged at first to figure out when I could talk and when I couldn't! At the same time however, I was eager to push my students. They were ready.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">In mathematics one day, my principal and a team were doing a walk-through. The children were very busy working on a non routine math problem (at the beginning stages). They hadn't solved it right away. Some weren't on the right path to getting the problem solved. Some mathematicians were doing a lot of talking, but were saying incorrect information. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">At first, I thought this went wayyyyy wrong. I wasn't sure if saying anything to the groups was OK. Afterwards, my principal said something really powerful. "You coach the talk, not the math."</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Coaching the talking, not necessarily the content was an eye opener for me. Because I teach first and second graders, my goal was to work on how we talk to each other. To do this, I need to model it, scaffold it, reinforce it and model it some more! It's OK to be doing the talking as the teacher when it comes to training our young thinkers how to use accountable talk. I do this in a number of ways.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">If a student appears to be challenged I may say, "How about talk to your team? Tell them the specific part that has you confused."</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">If a group is finished with a problem early, I may say, "Talk to each other. Come up with another way to show your thinking."</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">In a turn and talk, I am always reinforcing accountable talk "I notice how not only did you say you disagree with your partner's thinking. You explained why with evidence from the text!"</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">From the above example, you can notice how I am coaching the talk, not the content of my lesson. There are so many great resources out there to promote accountable talk. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">My teaching partner and I really like this one because of the icons that diving the type of talk from talk that will ask a question, to talk that will begin to state a friendly </span>disagreement<span style="font-family: inherit;">.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">In my classroom, I made an Accountable Talk bookmarks and have hung up many banners with questions, response stems, etc. Both are available in my TpT store by clicking <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Accountable-Talk-Tools-1737649" target="_blank">HERE</a>. Below are some to which I refer when I want to push thinking during mathematics.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I have a whole banner of them over one of my large bulletin boards too. I have modeled a few at a time over the course of this year. The reading teacher and the </span>speech<span style="font-family: inherit;"> therapist in my school have both hung some up in their classrooms too.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">It's almost here. You know you are excited that it's on a Friday this year, right? No "day after Halloween candy hangovers" to fret over. I'm looking forward to having an little extra Halloween fun myself. I made these Halloween shakers last year, but I never got around to blogging about them. Oh I know that it's so hard to believe that a teacher got too busy, but it's true. This idea was inspired by lots of fellow bloggers out there. If you look around you will see sight word shakers, addition facts shakers, verb shakers, etc. I've made some for spring and for Valentine's Day, too inspired by teachers that are nice enough to share their ideas. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">My Halloween shakers start off by recycling those fancy Tropicana orange juice bottles. I use my all time favorite GOOF OFF remover to take off the labels. Let it sit on there for about 10 minutes and peel away.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Next, go to the supermarket and pick up some Goya beans that are black and orange--for obvious reasons. I selected black </span>beans and lentils. It's odd that the bag says red lentils, but believe me, they were orange. Here's the picture to prove it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">For my next trip, I headed to the local craft store to buy some orange glitter and some Halloween trinkets. These eyeballs are actually erasers. In addition, I picked up rubber spiders, skeletons and some fancy glitter pompoms. Oh, I got some candy corn too. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">For my next step, I typed up a label for the </span>front of the shaker and a bunch of words to be used to create a spooky Halloween story. To do this, I printed out the words and cut them so that the same word was on the front and back of the cutouts. These words were placed inside the shakers. I laminated them, but I don't think it's necessary. To use this activity, the students get fun Halloween-themed paper, start to write a spooky story, and shake the shaker to find spooky words to incorporate into their story. It's like having a 3D word bank. Check these out!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Hope you are here because you follow me on instagram and saw that I would be posting tonight. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">It was a great Tuesday back from our Columbus Day weekend. If you are like me, you took advantage of the extra day off to catch up on sleep and that project (or two) you had wished to get done since summer vacation. For me this project <b><i>that refused to get crossed off my "To Do" list</i></b> was making a set of quality anchor charts that go along with our reading workshop </span>language.<span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Here's Winston helping me out with my weekend project. Such a good boy.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">My goal was to create three charts.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">1. Turn and Talk expectations</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">2. Reading with a Partner expectations</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">3. Guided/ Independent Reading Block expectations</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Like many of you, I find myself saying the same things over and over to my readers during </span>reading workshop. Does any of this sound familiar?</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">"Keep you eyes on your books."</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">"Face your partner."</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">"What do you mean you didn't complete your writing in response to reading?"</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">"Why is your hand up now?" For this one I follow up with "Unless it's blood, throw up, or a bathroom explosion-to-be, I'm not available." (I'm not kidding!)</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">"Look at the way you are shoving your books into that browsing box." (My books are my babies!)</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I was cognizant that I needed quality picture cues to go along with my expectations because many of my multi-age readers are beginning readers as well as English language learners. SO, here they are. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">TWIST your legs like a pretzel.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">SIT knee-to-knee with your partner.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">LOOK at your partner eye-to-eye.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Partner 1 talks; partner 2 listens</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">SWITCH and take turns.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>Click <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0s5KbMCA_EkaUh5NGtxaWk0aUE/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank">HERE</a> to download the picture symbols for my "Turn and Talk" anchor chart.</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I'd like to note that I have a list of partner 1 and partner 2 names. Partner 1 is stronger, academically and talks first and sets the expectation. Partner 2 follows up. Thanks Joia, for this tip!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">SPEAK clearly.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">LISTEN carefully.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Take TURNS reading.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Stay on TRACK with your books.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">SIT shoulder-to-shoulder, elbow-to-elbow.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">ASK questions to clarify what your partner means.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">HELP each other figure out tricky parts.</span><br />
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<b><i><span style="font-size: large;">Click </span><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0s5KbMCA_EkZWVMUWtlWVFTSjg/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">HERE</span></a><span style="font-size: large;"> to download the picture symbols for my "Reading Partners" anchor chart, too.</span></i></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">After my mini lesson, I pull my guided reading groups (along with my awesome teaching partner Ms. Hill and literacy specialist Mrs. Lowd--insert "raise the roof gesture"). Our readers, not in a small group, independent read, work on phonics activities, and read with a partner following these expectations. I really think the position of the partners is so important for management purposes. Also, it allows for the words to subliminally "sink in." Fluent readers reading to less fluent readers works wonders.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Here are my Guided Reading expectations. I made two columns. The eye depicts what it "looks like" and the ear depicts what it "sounds like." My readers came up with these suggestions during a reading workshop launch lesson. Based upon my school's model of continuous progress, I have had many of the kids I share last year--you totally can tell. They are rockin' the reading workshop lingo. Here's all three anchor charts featured in my library. My next chart is going to be Rug Expectations...we need them. Have any suggestions for me? YIKES!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">It looks pretty good, but I wanted my front classroom wall to appear a little less cluttered. I decided to go with a banner style </span>alphabet because these triangle, banner-like signs are all over blogs these days. I chose colorful backgrounds that had hints of oranges and warm tones which go nicely with my classroom colors (orange, brown and blue). Here is my favorite clip art, the pizza for the letter "p."</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I hung up the letter signs using orange ribbon and those heavy duty 3M hooks. Here's a pic that shows this. Because I had used the clips before, I hot glued them instead of buying those replacement sticky mounting pieces--how's that for saving some money?</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">To match, I dyed my own clothespins by putting them in Rit dye for about half a day stirring </span>occasionally<span style="font-family: inherit;">. Of course they had to dry overnight. This was a quick and fun DIY project that I had always wanted to do. <i>Summers are just perfect for that!</i> I have many clothespins </span>left<span style="font-family: inherit;"> over. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">My goal this summer is to take some time for myself to do something I find relaxing. It's school related, but it's also part of my hobby--reading children's literature. I'm considering this a "two birds with one stone" kind of deal. This idea is a double bonus. It will put all the countless scrap booking supplies I have to use. They have been collecting dust for years. I am also playing around with the idea of using this as an assignment in my Children's Literature in the Elementary Grades course this fall.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Our <i><a href="http://www.teachinglearningalliance.org/" target="_blank">Teaching and Learning Alliance</a></i> (TLA) coach, Joia, ended our last PD with sharing ways to encourage summer reading for both ourselves and our students. I was inspired. She showed us some very neat ways of keeping track of reading in journals, on bulletin boards, etc. I thought this was a perfect idea. The reading coach in our school, Shawna, and I have decided to read and log as many books as possible over the summer. We have started already even though our last day of school is (<strike>YIKES</strike>) June 25th. We are sharing and trading books and hope to get a few more colleagues on board. Each book we read will help us become better teachers and will more importantly, give us the chance to share these books with our students and to incorporate them as possible mentor texts for Reading Workshop. This is the cover of my journal. Surprisingly, it's not orange.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Here is the beginning of my Summer Reading Scrapbook. The first book I read was <u>Esio Trot</u> by Roald Dahl. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Joia said I had to read it, so I did! It was adorable and exciting. I made Alfie the turtle and typed out the turtle chant whispered by Mrs. Silver in order to get her pet to grow. Because Mr. Hoppy </span>kept a garden, I incorporated some plants along the sides with the word "grow." Here is the finished product.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">After this, I put together a PowerPoint template that I will use to journal some thoughts for each book. I'd love to attach it for you, but I can't due to the font and </span>border<span style="font-family: inherit;"> copyrights. The information I chose to record was, in part, inspired by a wikiHow I came </span>across<span style="font-family: inherit;"> on Pinterest. Click <a href="http://www.wikihow.com/Create-a-Summer-Reading-Journal" target="_blank">HERE</a> for it. It includes the following.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I'm looking forward to sharing with you my summer reading. Please leave a comment with a </span>favorite book or two. Here's my "Room to Read" pick. . .</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Esio Trot</b></span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This fantasy begins with "Mr. Hoppy living in a small flat high up in a tall concrete building." He lives above Mrs. Silver (his secret crush). Retired, Mr. Hoppy tends his garden. He's lonely and sad. Afraid to ask Mrs. Silver for tea, he devises a plan to help Mrs. Silver's beloved turtle, Alfie, to grow. It involves Mr. Hoppy's homemade tortoise-catcher, a secured chant from a tribesman in North Africa and over 140 tortoises! Whether or not Alfie grows or if Mr. Hoppy confesses his love for Mrs. Silver are revealed by the end. This book is surprisingly, a quick read. I read it in one sitting on my back porch. It's ideal for a few days worth of interactive read aloud in grades two or three and perfect for an opinion writing piece (you will understand this if you have read it). This book is definitely all you would expect from Roald Dahl!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">This Teacher Appreciation Week comes at a very challenging time for educators everywhere. This being said, I wish the following TOP 10 for our profession.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">1. May our job performance be judged in more ways than using a Number 2 pencil such as the love of learning we spark, the sense of curiosity we ignite, the sophisticated literacy and mathematical foundation we lay, the life lessons we teach, the look only we can understand that shows how much our students look up to us, and the community of citizens we raise.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">3. May our school systems be run (at all levels) by politicians who collaborate NOT alienate us. Our schools, our children and our livelihood are not to be belittled to dollar signs, corruption and one's political agenda. It's just not OK. Saying "it's for the kids" does not mask the evil.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">4. May we begin to unite, to come together, to be joined by parents, friends and families to protect our profession! There has never been a more crucial time to start a plan. Before others judge us and throw around hurtful one-liners, may they take time to learn what is the "real deal."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">5. May the most needy, poor and unstable children continue to get many of the most dedicated, qualified and passionate teachers out there--they need us most.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">6. May our families, our personal friends and our spouses/significant others, continue to put up with us--the stress we take home, the extra/unpaid work we take home that takes us away from you, and the physical and mental exhaustion we face at the end of each day.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">7. May both our future and current children of our own (or in my case my doggies) continue to grow despite the fact that at times our attention may be taken away, in part, to raise a class of 20+ children.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">8. May we be free from financial stress. May you receive a raise that meets the cost of living. If you do get one, may your insurance not be hiked so that in reality you make LESS than you did in years past.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">9. May we not lose hope in our profession. It's still the best one. It's still the one that teaches ALL THE OTHERS. Stay strong and encourage-- not discourage our very brightest to be future teachers. We need them.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">10. May we take 50 seconds today and everyday to, from the front of the room, look at our students (of all ages), take a deep breath, smile and thank them for all they teach us. Thank them for being the reason we persevere each day despite all that we have against us. Thank them this week. We are strong enough week after week, ALL year including those summers we "don't get paid." We don't need a week to call our own.</span><br />
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