Attention Grabbers (with videos)

It is amazing to me how many teachers use Teachers Pay Teachers.  I know it really has changed my life and way of teaching.  Resources are right at my fingertips, ideas posted on some of my favorite blogs, and best practices are discussed by a collaborative group of teachers, like myself.  I tell others, TpT is one of the greatest PDs and collaborative educational resources there is.
My top seller on Teachers Pay Teachers is my Attention Grabbers packet.  It has been pinned over 2,000 times!!  That just blows my mind!!  Many teachers from all different grade levels and from other states have purchased this classroom management tool for their classrooms.

Here are a few videos of my students reciting some of the Attention Grabbers in this resource pack.  These are not the greatest videos, but they will give you an idea of how they work.  When the teacher says something, the kids have a response.  It allows students to talk... (they are just saying what you want them to say and not off task).

Not only has it been a great product for me on TpT, but it has also had the most meaningful feedback.  These are just a couple...



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Endless Possibilities,
Stephanie

Get Your Game On

More game ideas to come with this "Get Your Game On" Series on Primary Possibilities.

Endless Possibilities,

Stephanie and Stephany

15 Ways to Educate with Play-dough

If you are interested in any of the products that were mentioned in the post above, you can check them out by clicking below.

 

Endless Possibilities,
Stephanie

Is it Summer Yet??

Well...here in Indiana we had snow 2 weeks ago (during Spring Break) and today I broke down and turned the air conditioning on in my classroom!!  My question is...Where did spring go?  I am a lover of HOT, HUMID summers...I know, I know...I'm a little odd :) but I am really looking forward to this summer, even if it is showing up a little early. 
 Last year my son was in Kindergarten and I didn't want him to loose all of that knowledge over the summer, so I created Summer Brain Food.   Well now he is in first grade so he needs another Summer Brain Food. Since I was on a roll I made one for 2nd grade as well:)

 

 

Each of these packets contains a half page quick activity to help your kiddos review the Common Core Standards.  Here is a preview of each Summer Brain Food:

 

If you leave a blog post comment, I will choose two random winners to win a Summer Brain Food packet of your choice.  I will post the winners Friday!

And the WINNERS are.....

 Congrats Ladies!  I will contact you today to see which packet you would like to have!  Thanks :)

Kathi

Manic Monday and Frogs

First, I want to announce the winner from the Summer Awards Post.  The winner is...  Lisa from Always an Adventure in Kindergarten!!  Congratulations, Lisa!!  We will be emailing you, so think about the awards that you wish to have.

This week, I will be assessing my students on letter-sound production.  As we approach the end of the school year, my kindergarteners are having some difficulty staying focused and on task.  I created this freebie to use for assessing, but my students will stay on task using the popsicle stick and frog.  They will "hop" as they produce the letter sounds.  We will complete this as a group first.  We will do it very slow and work our way to fluently reading these to a partner.
Click here or the picture below to get your free copy.

Stephany also has a Frog Themed Nonsense Word Freebie.  Students sort the frogs onto "Real" and "Nonsense"logs and then record their answers onto a recording sheet.  Use this activity to help boost your students' NWF scores on DIBELS.

I also am working on a This and That Classroom Theme set for Frogs!!  I am far from being finished; as it is a large file.  My hopes is to have it posted before May.  Here is a preview!!  It will include Nameplates, Months of the Year, Days of the Week, Calendar Numbers, 'Hundreds, Tens, Ones' Chart, Odd/Even number of the day, Name Tags, Classroom Numbers, Mailbox Numbers, Table Tags, Classroom Jobs, Supply Labels and Labels for Helpers.  I will post it on our Facebook page as a flash freebie as soon as it is completed.  Be sure to follow us on Facebook to get the latest news and updates.

I walked into Stephany's classroom last week and her class had made an incredible frog life cycle book.  Later, she will get it up her for you to see!!  She has some of the greatest ideas!!

Have you seen this frog game?  It is super easy and so fun for the kids.  Check it out here or click the picture below to go to Amazon. 

There are so many neat ideas out there to teach with frogs.  I was just looking through Pinterest and found these ideas.

Endless Possibilities,
Stephanie