Teacher Junky: October 2016

Monday, October 31, 2016

Bean Boozled

BEAN BOOZLED BEAN BOOZLED BEAN BOOZLED

Objective: Students will read high frequency words with a bonus game! Students will count to 10.

Each group will need: 1 Bean Boozled candy set (I used 4th edition-found on Amazon), jelly beans for counters, 10 frames, sight words and cards for drawing.

1 student will turn over a sight word, if they can read the word, they get to place a jelly bean on their 10 frame. Once the student gets to 10 they can draw a card from the card pile. It will either read:

SKIP - they don't have to spin

SPIN - spin for bean boozled

GIVE TO A FRIEND - choose a friend at the table that has to spin
They can do ask the card says or they can spin.... All my class chose to SPIN!

Each table needs a Bean Boozled set (I asked my class parents for donations)

After explaining the rules, I appointed team captains to help with following directions and raising their hand if they had a question.

Have trash cans sitting near by just in case someone gets an awful flavor!!!!!

Once a student reached 10, the class stopped and we all sang....
Bean Boozled Bean Boozled (name ) has been Bean Boozled.

Sunday, October 23, 2016

NUMBER SURGERY

NUMBER SURGERY in Kindergarten

Objective: Students will compose and decompose numbers 6-10. Students will read, write and represent numbers 6-10. Students will formulate different ways to create numbers 6-10.

Prior to this lesson.. I told my students that they would be "On Call" to perform a surgery in the classroom. We had been talking about community helpers and how doctors help us. They all decided that they wanted to be a doctor/surgeon so this is were the idea "on call" came from. The day of the surgery, the students walked into the classroom to see this........

My Wonderful Homeroom Mom create my Ambulance.

MY WONDERFUL HUSBAND CREATED
THE IV STANDS OUT OF PVC PIPE. THE
BAGS ARE PIPING BAGS FOR ICINGS
AND THE RED BLOOD LIKE MIXTURE IS
LIQUID HAND SOAP WITH RED FOOD
COLORING. I BOUGHT THE CLEAR TUBING
FROM HOME-DEPOT.

THE HEART BEAT MONITOR WAS PLAYING IN THE
BACKGROUND AS THE STUDENTS WERE PERFORMING
THE SURGERY.

LARGE LIGHTS WERE ATTACHED
TO LOOK LIKE SURGERY LIGHTS.

CHAIRS SET UP TO LOOK LIKE A MEDICAL CLASS.

IN THE PATIENT FILE: A NUMBER THAT HAD BEEN IN A
"WRECK" AND NEEDED HELP BEING PUT BACK TOGETHER.
AN OBSERVATION SHEET TO COMPLETE AT THE END OF THE
SURGERY.

EACH TABLE WAS ASSIGNED A PATIENT FILE.

EACH TABLE HAD A BIN WITH TOOLS: GLUE, 10 FRAMES, NUMBER LINE, NUMBER BONDS, BAND AIDS,
COTTON BALLS, Q-TIPS, SEQUENCE, MARKERS

I PERFORMED SURGERY ON MY NUMBER 1ST SO THE
CLASS WOULD HAVE AN IDEA OF THE CORRECT STEPS TO TAKE.

Parents volunteered to "scrub" the kids in.

1st they had to identify their "patient" (number)- cut up number

Next step was to create the number:

After checking multiple times to see if there was a "heartbeat", then their patient was admitted for home.

Finished Product..............

Sunday, October 9, 2016

Project Based Learning: Communities

Have you heard of PBL? I began researching Project Based Learning this past summer and I was intrigued at the amount of Student - Led learning that was incorporated into each project.

Project Based Learning is a teaching method in which students gain knowledge and skills by working for an extended period of time to investigate and respond to an authentic, engaging and complex question, problem, or challenge. PBL allows students more ownership of their learning. We all know that TTESS is the new teaching appraisal in Texas and the state is looking for lessons to be more student led vs. teacher led.

I will be honest and tell you that you must PLAN PLAN and PLAN. Just like any other good lesson you need to be well prepared before you present it to the students. My team did a great job of brainstorming ideas and how the students would execute the project. I was a bit nervous not knowing how the kindergartners would respond to the research but with great planning and discussion amongst our Team it worked out GREAT! I was able to walk around and monitor and prompt questions in each group.

Here is a glimpse look at our first PBL: Communities

Letter to Parents

We discussed all different types of Maps and why they are important. We then began plotting our own Map of our Community.

After assigning jobs, we began researching. I assigned a team leader to be in charge of clicking the enter button for the PowerPoint (Mrs. Heinze created- Thank you). At the end, a YouTube video was embedded about their job. They also looked at books and then recorded their findings on paper. We shared with the class.