Tutoring Tuesdays - June 26th, 2018

Happy last Tuesday in June! Wow time is flying by! I did not tutor 2 weeks ago, but I did last week and had another terrific session!

I started out tutoring with a new skill for her. We worked on place value in the 1,000's place using my Fireflies Place Value in the 1,000's Task Cards. She was given a number and she had to read the question at the top to see if it wanted the ones, tens, hundreds, or thousands place. She did a fantastic job. If you use the board game like we did if you land on a firefly you get to go again.

Next, I had her work on again putting numbers in the 1,000s place in order using my Books Ordering Numbers in the 1,000's. She did a great job, only missing a couple.

Then I introduced her to ordering fractions from least to greatest. These cards are not for sale, but you can get them from Jason's Online Classroom. He sells them as clip art. First I had her label each fraction. We worked on halves, thirds, and fourths. Then I had her put the halves in order, then the thirds, and last the fourths. She did a fantastic job!

We finished tutoring working on counting dollars and coins with twenty dollar bills. On a white board I had her write the amount using the dollar sign and decimal point. She did a fantastic job especially with counting those twenty dollar bills. I put it with a game board, which is not included with the cards. You can use them with any game board or as traditional task cards. A recording sheet and answer key is available!

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Tutoring Tuesdays - April 17th, 2018

Happy Tuesday! Half way through April already. Wow! I hope each of you are hanging in there as you near the end of the school year. I wish your students the best of luck on their tests. Last Tuesday my poor dog accidentally was cut under her eye at the groomer. :(  Next week she will get her stitches out.

Last Wednesday, in tutoring I started out with a worksheet that I will post sometime reviewing capacity conversions, feet to yards, yards to inches, days in a year, etc. We also did some division by 2 and telling if the time was A.M. or P.M.

Then we worked on ordering numbers in the thousands least to greatest using my Smart Flowers Ordering Numbers in the Thousands Task Cards. I simply gave her 4 cards and she put them in order from least to greatest. There are 10 sets of cards in all.

After that we worked on rounding numbers to the 10's place using my Princess Rounding Numbers to the 10's Race. She had asked me to create a princess game so I did just that! She did a fantastic job and didn't miss a single question!

Then we worked on some task cards where she had to name a third of a given number. There were dice on the cards to help her. This is a skill she was working on in school. These cards are not yet available for purchase.

After that we finished by working on giving back change using my brand new Giving Back Change Task Cards. I gave her money manipulatives to help her give back the change. I did them with her as I was helping introduce what she had been introduced to in school. Even her teacher said this is a very difficult skill for 2nd graders. I plan to do a few more with her this Wednesday.

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Tutoring Tuesdays - October 3rd, 2017

Wow, it is already Fall/Autumn! It has been awhile since I last posted for tutoring Tuesdays because I didn't tutor for 3 weeks. I last tutored last Thursday so this post will be about that. I also was without power a couple of days due to Hurricane Irma and then had to get my computer fixed to turn on. It's been an adventure but I am same and unharmed. We did not get hurricane winds here on the space coast in Florida. Thank goodness it went west. I still had some damage to the roof and fence, but it sure could have been worse.

Anyway, back on topic I had a great time tutoring the superstar 2nd grader! She is such a smart cookie. We started working on reviewing missing number equations by filling in the missing addend using my Scarecrows Missing Number Equations Task Cards. These can be used as traditional task cards for Scoot or any other cooperative group game or placed at a center. I put it with my Scarecrow Sight Word board game that you get with the sight word race game. Land on a crow go back to start, but land on a scarecrow you get to go again. Click the picture if you would like to use the task cards with your students!

Next we worked on place value to 1,000 using my Fall Monsters Place Value to 1,000 Task Cards which includes the board game. In this game children pick a card and read to see if they need to tell what number is in the ones, tens, or hundreds place. Then they roll one dice or a spinner and move that many spaces. Watch out for the monster as it will send you back to start! A recording sheet and answer key are included if you would prefer to use it for Scoot, Quiz, Quiz Trade, etc. Click the picture if you would like to use the task cards with your students!

Next we used a Bump game from my Subtraction Fluency Bump Games to practice 9 facts. I taught her to add the two digit together in the 2 digit number to be able to subtract 9 quickly. So if it is 14-9 add 1+4 to get 5 for the answer 14-9=5. She picked that up really quick! Click the picture if you would like to use the task cards with your students!

We ended with my Counting Coins Task Cards. I put it with my Community Helpers Sight Word Race game board. If you land on a community helper you have to go back to start. The money task cards come with a recording sheet and an answer key so you can use it for Scoot or any other cooperative group activity or for early finishers.

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Freebie Fridays - February 3rd, 2017

It's already February! Wow, January flew by so quickly. I am thankful that in January I stayed completely healthy. 2016 wasn't too kind to my health and I am believing that 2017 will be so much better. Enjoy this week's freebies!

This week's Freebie is Valentine Monster Sight Word Games contains two games. One is a game with cards where your students read a sight word, roll one die (dice) and move that many spaces on the game board. Watch out for the monsters they will send the student back to start, but if your student lands on a love bunny they get to go again. The other game is print, add a die (dice) or spinner and play! That game contains sight words on the game board. Children read the sight word they land on and again if they land on a monster they go back to start. There are no bunnies on that game. Click on the picture to grab it for free. Be sure to leave positive feedback if you download it for my hard work and remember it cost me money to make it free for you. I buy the clip art and fonts. I'd appreciate following my store too!

An InLinkz Link-up

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Freebie Fridays - January 20th, 2017

Wow, already the 3rd Friday of January! Time is zipping by. I believe those in the southern hemisphere are back in school, correct me if I am wrong! Welcome back and I wish you a successful year. Now on to the FREEBIES!

Kids seem to LOVE I Have, Who Has games! This is an older one I made that I know your students will love. "I Have, Who Has Real and Nonsense CVC Short A Words" will help make sure your students understand the CVC rule. I also love this game because children have to listen. There are no start or stop cards with my version. The reason is simple you can start with any card any time you play, thus making it a slightly different game. When it gets back to the first card, the game is over. None of the store bought ones that I used many years ago had start or stop cards either. If you enjoy the game please leave positive feedback for my hard work. Remember I buy the clip art even for free products so I very much appreciate it when you take a minute to leave that feedback.

An InLinkz Link-up

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Freebie Fridays - October 28th, 2016

Happy Fridays! I can't believe this is the last Friday in October. I hope each of you who celebrate Halloween have a great Halloween and that you and your students stay safe out there.

Thanksgiving will be our next holiday and it's just right around the corner so I thought I would share a brand new freebie that I created. Thanksgiving Skip Counting by 25 Puzzles is a perfect hands on activity to introduce your students to counting quarters. They can't count quarters if they can't count by 25's so that is why I created these 4 color and b/w puzzles. I hope that using these before counting quarters helps make counting money easier for your students.

An InLinkz Link-up

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Task Card Fun

If you follow my TPT and TN stores you know that I have been cranking out Task Cards. Most of my Task Cards are 6 to a page to help you save paper. My basic addition and subtraction to 10 Task Cards are 4 to a page so I could make the text larger for the little ones.

Some ideas for using task cards:

• Early Finishers
• Centers
• Have students paste them in a Math journal and then show their work under the question.
• Play Scoot, Quiz, Quiz Trade, Numbered Heads Together, or other Kagan Cooperative Group activities.

The following are my newest Task Cards, which you can get on TPT by clicking TPT or TN to get on TN.


          Multiplication               TPT   or   TN                                                  

 
        Counting Coins                TPT    or   TN

Addition and Subtraction Regrouping    TPT    or    TN

 
            Elapsed Time                       TPT

 





If you have suggestions for task cards please list them in the comment.  I love to make resources that benefit my loyal customers!

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Positive Behavior Plan/Money and Pin It To Win It!

First off do you want to win some of my teaching products?  It's pretty easy to do. 

Go to my Pin It To Win It Pinterest Page http://pinterest.com/topcntryfn/pin-it-to-win-it/ 

Pick a pin or more than one and pin it to a board of your choice. 

Next click on the picture of the pin and go to that blog post about that product. 

In the comments type in your e-mail address just like you would do for a contest and a link to your pin.  You have until Sunday Feb. 24th at 7pm Eastern to enter!  Good luck everyone.

Now how about a really awesome positive behavior plan that I used while teaching 2nd grade.  I stopped using it part way through my last year of teaching 2nd because the school developed another positive plan and 2 were just too hard to juggle.  This one incorporates money, which fits 2nd Grade Common Core Standard!  On yeah!!!

First you'll need plastic coins and some Crayon Banks like these ones from Party Palooza.  If you google it you can find many places that carry them.  Click the picture for the ones from Party Palooza.  I forget where I got mine.

Next when your students are making good choices, maybe only a few opened their book, or some were quiet in line when others weren't, etc.  you would give them a coin.  I started with pennies in 2nd grade and then nickels and so forth.  Then every other Friday, I had my students count their coins and go shopping in my treasure chest store.  I had prizes valued at everything from 5 cents (plain pencils and erasers) up to $6 or $7 for an inner tube from the Dollar Tree, Teddy Bear, etc.  I had many prices in between. 

Besides teaching children to make good choices, this also taught my students to save money for something they really wanted and it helped reinforce counting coins!  You could start this even in Kindergarten using pennies and I've heard of teachers using it in 1st grade.  My students learned to tell me how much change they should get back!  I believe this would work for any grade level!  Older students put a student in charge of cashier every week or two instead of you doing it!

I know many classes don't do treasure chest anymore, but you could do this with your other rewards.  Assign money amounts for no shoes, eat with teacher, wear slippers, etc.

Is this something you'd like to try?  Have you tried it before?  Tell us about your behavior plan in the comments.