DUPLI COLOR WRITER TEAM

Sex and drugs and rolling panels

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MC'TLP

GETO BOYS

Psykopath's

MECHELEN - Eerste legale graffitizone geopend

MECHELEN - Mechelen heeft zijn eerste legale graffitizone geopend. De stad wil de kunstvorm niet verbieden, maar wil wel ongewenste graffiti verminderen ... (De Standaard 28/11/2011)

Reading Strategy Charts

I've created reading strategy charts to align with the graphics used in my personal focus walls.  I've uploaded the file to my TpT store.

LEKKER BUFFEN

HM 2nd Grade: Theme 3, Selection 2

Theme 3 a Trip to the Firehouse

HM 2nd Grade: Theme 1, Focus on Poetry

Various themes have a section called, "Focus On ..."  or "Progress Monitoring".  I picked up the manuals at school today and completed Theme One: Focus On Poetry.

Theme 1 Focus on Poetry

EROS – BCP CREW

Vu à l’exposition “ L’art du graffiti à Bruxelles ” au musée d’Ixelles jusqu’au 4 septembre 2011.

1 : Eros 1992 (reproduction photo de Jean De Cooman via « Dehors » d’Adrien Grimmeau, p 80) .

2 : Eros – Oxe – BCP dédicace du livre d’or « L’anarchie et le chaos engendrent un équilibre naturel ».

3 : Zone –BCP dédicace du livre d’or

HM 2nd Grade: Theme 3, Selection 1

Theme 3 Chinatown

JEAN

Postcard Exchange

It's time to sign up for a postcard exchange!  The basic idea is to enlist 50 school teachers, one in each US state, and get their class to commit to writing and sending out 50 postcards. 

You'll need to send out 49 postcards to each state participating (you are the 50th).  This does require you to purchase postcards and stamps.  

If you find 25¢ postcards, that will be $12.50 in postcards, 40¢ postcards will run you $20, and 95¢ postcards will cost you $47.50.

Postcard stamps are 29¢ each, so the 50 stamps are going to cost $14.50.

Ms. Mathes and I would like to open up a postcard exchange to classrooms with a blog so that we can read blog post updates with pictures of cards received. 

The exchange is open on the first come, first serve basis.  Participants will include an introduction to their classroom and a fact about their state.  We would also like to include a line "want to learn more about _______, just Skype us at _____" OR "want to learn more about ______, just contact us at _______".

We would like all participants to mail out their postcards by the end of October.  The deadline is set to allow correspondence between participants through blogs, email, or Skype.  

Are you hooked?  Link here and see if your state is available and details on how to join the postcard exchange!  

ZIPO

SOT - THUGB

NILEM - ALORS

SNCF, RATP, transports lyonnais, marseillais et lillois contre graffeurs

Dommages et intérêts cléments contre les tagueurs

Les fans de graffiti (tagueurs, graffeurs, collectionneurs) ont éprouvé du soulagement ce matin. Le tribunal de Versailles a, une nouvelle fois, été plus clément que prévu dans ses condamnations pour dommages et intérêts à l'encontre de cinquante-six tagueurs poursuivis pour dégradation ... (Libération 21/06/2011)



Les books des graffeurs mis sous scellés

Les books des tagueurs sont une mémoire qu’on ne doit pas détruire» Questions à Karim Boukercha Auteur de «Descente interdite» ... (Libération 21/06/2011)

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GRAFFITI DEUS

Math Work Stations: Chapter 5

MWS Chapter 5

Here's a list of books for various skills across all curriculum. You'll find math on pages 3-6.
Skill Books

Last week I posted Batter Up. This game works on place value through 1000.

Are You Ready 4 Doubles Connect Four reinforces doubles math facts.

HM 2nd Grade: Theme 2, Selection 3

Here is the 3rd focus wall for theme 2. The selection is Around the Pond:Who's Been Here?

Theme 2 Around the Pond

HM 2nd Grade: Theme 2, Selection 2

Here is the 2nd focus wall for theme 2. The selection is Exploring the Parks with Ranger Dockett.

Theme 2 Ranger Dockett

Stelplaats wereldwijd bekend in graffiticircuit

SINT-NIKLAAS - De politie pakte zowel zaterdag als zondag buitenlandse graffitispuiters op in de buurt van de stelplaats van de Spoorwegen aan de Entrepotstraat. Ze bleken in het bezit van luchtfoto's van stelplaatsen over heel Europa ... (Het Nieuwsblad 15/06/2011)

HM 2nd Grade: Theme 2, Selection 1

Here is the 1st focus wall for theme 2. The selection is Henry and Mudge: Starry Night.

Theme 2 Henry and Mudge

HM 2nd Grade: Theme 1, Selection 3

Here is the 3rd focus wall for theme 1.  The selection is Mrs. Brown Went to Town.

Theme 1 Mrs Brown Goes to Town

HM 2nd Grade: Theme 1, Selection 2

Here is the 2nd focus wall for theme 1.  The selection is Julius.

Theme 1 Julius

Personal Focus Wall

Ya'll, I've been keeping myself busy the first few days out of school.  Why do we feel the need to jump back into the game without a days break?  Several years ago, my county adopted Houghton Mifflin Reading.  When I started Mrs. Saoud's Blog in 2009, I featured many resources to use on bulletin board focus wall.  The only problem is the lack of space made available after all other requirements are posted, so I reworked my system.  I decided to create a set of posters that allows the focus wall to be private and personal.

At times the kids become a little distracting when getting in and out of their seat.  To create independence, I encourage an open classroom allowing kids to use any resource or supply they need without asking.  Okay, this is given within reason.  There are a few, people I know we all have them, that will try to evade their work.  For testing purposes, I have an office in each desk.  After thinking it out, I decided to incorporate a personal focus wall in their office.  This partition is commonly used for testing.  I do LOVE collaborative groups but there are times when reading is private to allow personal reflection.  Other times, the kids are moving about in pairs on the floor and need a system that will allow travel without lots of tools.

To make this work for me, I cut off the edge of a pocket protector since the whole punched side for notebooks will not be needed.  I stapled the sheet protector to the inside of the office.

Each week the kids will rotate out a new focus wall.  The old wall will go in their resource binder (link embedded) as a reference.  I love having the binder available with familiar stories that align with the strategies.  When the strategy cycles through a second time, the kids can check their reference sheets and pull this familiar story to draw on their schema.

This will become a collection of words and strategies for the kids to use as reference at workstations, independent reading, or writing.  Here is a preview of the first focus sheet created. 

Theme 1 Dragon Gets By

I've just completed a set of Comprehension Skills and Strategies Posters (link embedded) for my classroom walls.  The poster images are the same as the images in our personal focus walls to ensure consistency and allow students to make connections to our mini lessons.

FREIGHT TRAIN - DEBIL

FREIGHT TRAIN - CMS

FREIGHT TRAIN - UBEL

FREIGHT TRAIN

FREIGHT TRAIN - VENL

FREIGHT TRAIN - SKET

FREIGHT TRAIN - MEDIA KARLHEIN

FREIGHT TRAIN - BECK

Math Work Stations: Chapter 4

MWS Chapter 4

Hayley Bishop of Bishop's Blackboard has a wonderful set of place value flashcards in her TpT store for FREE.  I downloaded, printed, and use in my work stations. 

During district training, I received a Skills and Concepts alignment document developed by RTI Teaching Connections of UCF and funded by the State of Florida. An additional document created was the Concept and Skills Checklist.  See notes above for additional details...

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