Back to School Cyber Search

The Back to School Cyber Search is over, but feel free to continue searching all the products and blogs that contributed to this successful event!

 

I am excited to announce a Back to School event that you will not want to miss!  Mark your calendars, it takes place for one day and one day only.  On Saturday August 11, myself along with 10 other bloggers will be giving away one paid product for free!  Yes, free!  Items are normally priced anywhere from $3.00 to $8.00 and will be yours with a simple click of a mouse.

For this event, I am sharing with you a product that I think will be beneficial to 3rd-5th grade teachers that are or are getting ready to implement the Common Core.  On Saturday August 11, you will be able to download my Place Value-4th Grade Packet, valued at $7.00 for free. 

While this is a 4th grade packet, it is also beneficial to 3rd and 5th grade teachers that are differentiating their lessons and/or centers.  In this packet you will find the following:

• 3 posters with standards 4.NBT.2 broken down into manageable chunks.
• 4 vocabulary posters containing essential vocabulary  
• Fix It Card Pack-Number Forms
•  I have...Who has...Place Value
• 2 Partners check practice sheets that allows partners to work side by side to complete a problem
• 2 Find a Buddy Who practice sheets that will get your students up and interacting with other classmates. 
• Premade exit slips that address the standard being addressed. 
• Blank exit slips to provide you with flexibility.

I hope to see you back here on Saturday August 11, for this exciting Back to School Cyber Search!

In Case of Emergency

It is rare that an actual emergency occurs at school.  In my ten years of teaching, I can remember a small smoke incident in the school kitchen causing us to have to evacuate the building and one lock down, nothing serious just taking precaution.  As for weather, I live in Southwest Missouri so tornadoes are our threat and  cause us to take shelter every so often.

I don't know about you but there are times when my desk may not be in tip top shape.  When we are participating in a drill or in the case of a real emergency I don't want to have to worry about finding my class list on top of keeping my students safe.  This is always on my beginning of the year to-do list, I create an "Emergency Class List" and place it right by my door. 

I place a class list inside a page protector.  I have thought about laminating it, but as we all know our class list may change during the year with students leaving or coming in.  The page protector allows me to be able to change out my list if needed.  

The last thing that I do is place a piece of velcro on the back of the list and attach it to my wall beside the door.  I have found the velcro to be the most dependable. 

This coming school year I am making a change, and a change it will be.  I will be teaching 6th grade and will be departmentalized.  So instead of having one class list I will have several.  Here is a look at what I am planning on doing.  Same idea, but a list for each class and placed on a ring.














If the bell sounds for a drill or an emergency, my class list is always in the same spot and next to the door ready for me to snag.  How do you plan for emergency situations?