Five For Friday

I'm linking up with Doodle Bugs Teaching for a quick round of

In case you missed this post, I posted all the materials I use in our class data folders on tpt as a freebie!  I love using these, and my kiddos love to see their progress!

We read The Lonely Scarecrow this week.  Then, we made our own scarecrows.  We also wrote narratives describing what our scarecrow would spend his time in the field doing.  Some dreamed about playing football, watching tv, shopping with friends, and going swimming!  It was an AWESOME writing activity.  I'll post more pictures of those when they are finished.  

 

 After months of waiting for it to go on sale, I finally bought this #2 sign from Hobby Lobby for half off!  Now this wall is complete!

The Second Grade performed a skit today at the assembly.  We recited a Thanksgiving poem, sang a Thanksgiving song, and told several facts about Thanksgiving.  It was super cute!

I even had the pleasure of singing the national anthem at the beginning of the assembly.  One of my "groupies" snapped this lovely picture!

 

 And finally... after a loooong rainy day with inside recess, I am ready to spend the weekend curled up on the couch with my new favorite guilty pleasures!!!  

Happy Weekend Everyone!  

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THANK-ful Teachers! {Thursday}

It's the last day to link up with the ladies of Blog Hoppin'.  

Thursday:  NEW IDEAS!  Have any tips that you've discovered recently that made you think, "Why haven't I been doing this all my life?"  That's what we are posting about!

Brain Breaks!

Our afternoons are soooooo loooooooooooong.... so we often do one quick brain break to get our energy back up.  It's amazing what a few minutes of movement can do!

Their favorites this year are:

Data Folders!

I just started using these this year and I love them!  Each child has a folder with a graph for each subject in it.  I grade their weekly tests, hand them back on Fridays, and they graph their scores.  

They love seeing their progress and the areas they need to work on.  We always talk about how we can improve and what we can do differently in the future.  It also helps us work on our graphing skills (how many more words did you read this time than last time, what week did you score the best, the worst, etc.)

It really helps them take ownership of their grades.... even as early as 2nd grade!  

Click on either picture above, or here, for all the graphs/labels I use.  

I included the pdf version and the original excel version (because I'm sure most of you have different scores/goals for testing.)

I used Cara Carroll's fonts for most of the graphs.  :) 

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