Scoot nouns linked to Charlotte's Web

Decided to have a shot at making my own Scoot cards. These ones are on nouns but linked to Charlotte's Web. There are some that have to select the noun in a sentence from the book, some to fill in the missing noun and some to name the picture/character. There are 25 cards in total, an answer key and student 1-25 grid to complete.

Positive notes to send home

My kiddies love getting stickers and certificates. I've created a special jotter for one student to send positive notes home to help with some difficulties but I wanted all my kids to enjoy getting positive notes. Having a full class of jotters to write in during the day would be impossible so I decided to make little cards. I wanted something that was easy for me to print and make but would look really special for the kids. I decided just to make little business card size printed cards that I could write a quick note home. I even made a matching box to hang on my wall to keep them in. These are so simple but actually one of my favourite things I've made recently. I printed them double sided so my name is one side and a plain side on the other for writing on.



My little quick positive notes.

Kids blogging

We've had blogs at school for a while now and I love them but they are usually us teachers posting information with or on behalf of the kids. For our Charlotte's Web/ farm building project my class will be using their own blog. I set up a secure blog for just the class and took them through step by step. Always amazes me how well they take these new things on. I then encouraged them to have a play around. Explained that there is nothing they could do that would be a problem as I can edit or delete them. They are enjoying experimenting with them. Shows how their acceptance of new ICT and not being afraid to just have a shot makes such an impact on how well they do. Will hopefully have some examples to share.

I'd love to hear of anyone else using blogs or other social media with your class and how you use it.

Star of the week seat cover

I finally got round to making a new one as my last one got a bit tatty. I'd seen seat covers in a school but bought ones, loved the idea though. Decided to make my one for the star of the week. My kids love it because it has a padded cushion and 2 large pockets. It also has a carry handle and probably most importantly looks good and shows off their star status!

Charlotte's Web character display

Tried to draw big characters but couldn't get sizing right so decided to go vintage and make character posters based on the books illustrations to help emphasise the story being set in the past and not so new like the movie. Word of warning -wear plastic gloves if doing tea staining...my hands are orange now! I'm sure this idea for a display could be applied to loads of other displays with an olden twist or theme.

Charlotte's Web display step 1.

The start of my Charlotte's Web display. Haven't quite decided what I'm putting up next....any ideas?

Number bonds display

I made this a while ago after a child mentioning that number bonds sounded like James Bond. I have to say it's one if my favourite displays especially coming from a simple comment a child made.

Here are two examples of active start station cards that I'm starting with my class. Groups would rotate through the stations during the week in their active start time. I have also made cards for writing, reading and then a general (topic related) one. 

 You can click on the picture to go to google.docs.

A busy weekend making

I have had a busy weekend catching up on my to-do list of things I wanted to make for my kiddies or to organise my classroom. Here are some of the things I've made. You can click on the picture to get the file at google docs. For some reason I can only upload 2 pictures each time so will post them on different posts.

My first blog

I have recently discovered the world of teacher blogs and I'm hooked! Making things for my class and using my computer combines two of my passions so getting to see so many fab ideas, particularly from America, has been a great inspiration. I've decided to try and do my own blog and share some of the things I do as a teacher. Learning this as I go so advice always welcome!

Hope I can share some great ideas as many others have done so for me.

Here is something I was making today. Sentence reminders for some kids who need help to remember the key features when writing a sentence, and also the order. (any bloggers got advice on how to make this a file accessible to you if you wanted it for yourself?)