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Friday, February 24, 2012

Friday Treats: 2.24.2012

As I've discussed before, I send out Friday Treats to my staff each week.  Today I thought, why not share them a little more widely, so I hope you enjoy them.  I've kept the links from where these awesome ideas originally came from* (they are infrequently my own).




Bloom’s Taxonomy for Parents- has explanations that parents could understand for the levels & some activities.  This might help with continuing learning at home- maybe with literacy?  

This is an interesting article about how you might be able to foster creative thinking by doing things differently.  Their example is pouring milk before cereal when making breakfast.  Let your kids see you doing things in different ways…maybe they’ll start seeing the world + learning differently. J 









 I squirted two primary colors into each of the three Ziploc freezer bags, put a white piece of paper under them, and taped the whole thing down with painter's tape. Then I let the eager boys have at it!


This site Freeology.com has all sorts of free printables. 

I liked this one:












I thought this was a nice behavior tracker…kids start at the middle and can see where they want to go-
 

…although I think I would chance the top one to Parent Contact, too.  Why not contact parents when kids are really great too?  I bet they’d love to hear that their child is amazing!

Along those same lines, you could cut 4 x 6 paper, have the kid decorate one side about their accomplishment, and you could write on the back and send it in the mail as a postcard to the parent. 




Brown Bag Book Club…such a cute idea- grade level classes could get together to discuss a book and snack on a healthy snack too (you can buy plain popcorn & brown bags- just put the popcorn in the bag and microwave…no need for oil or butter & is way cheaper than the ‘microwave popcorn’


(the info is…Title, Characters, Setting, Main Idea, Author’s Purpose)
How cool is this? Brown Bag Book Club! Glue the graphic organizer/response to the front of a lunch bag- after the students complete the form and then get into the groups to discuss the book, fill the bags with popcorn! Tasty fun!

 


























Enjoy your weekend…

*I did not create these, nor am I taking credit for them.  See the links above for the person who owns the rights to them (where applicable)

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