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Teaching ideas and activities to support the personal financial literacy standards in middle school!
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Financially savvy kids are future leaders!
I just got back from spending four days at a friend's house on the James River. Beautiful river, wonderful hostess, fun with the kids, quiet, relaxing evenings sitting on the porch, and the house was just adorable! But there was no wifi. Completely disconnected. For four days! No blog or FB or e-mail! The horror! Somehow, we survived our technological blackout and the giveaway went just fine without me:) We have our three winners! Amanda, Cheryl, and Andrea will receive e-mails soon:) Thanks to all the wonderful TPT teachers who donated products! Go visit them and see what they have to offer! Mrs. P's Ed Tech Talk The Meek Moose KTP on TPT Mizell Multiage Whimsy Workshop Miss V's Busy Bees Hardcore Teacher Resources I Teach, What's Your Super Power? Common to the Core Mrs. Richards' Musings 2 Peas and a Dog Comprehension Connection Enchanted Kindergarten Jungle Learners To thank you all for participating and following along, I made a little math mat while I was at the river:) You only need a handful of counters and a target number! Click the picture to download:)
What Is It Really Like To Earn And Manage Your Own Money? Time to keep it real! What will happen once students leave the safe confines of school and venture into real life? Rather than dancing in musicals and playing basketball nine hours a day, they will have to go out and get a real job (yuck!) and pay bills (ugh). Oh, the humanity! While it is impossible to give you a completely accurate real-world experience that includes all of the little intricacies of real life, this project intends to push financial literacy skills and develop decision-making skills that will be with stick with students - forever and ever and ever and ever. - In Bookkeeping 101, students analyze the spending of different individuals and determine whether or not they have the funds to purchase an item they would like. - In Budget Busters 101, students analyze the budgets and actual spending of different individuals. Are they spending within their budget? - In Monthly Payment 101, students will calculate monthly payments of different loan options and choose between them. - In Real Life students will take on the multifaceted Game of Real Life project that requires that they make choices, set budgets, encounter life changes, and much more! Finally, students will complete both a personal and financial reflection that encourages them to record their reactions to their financial twists and turns. This project is an officially licensed adaptation of content from Clark Creative Education (formerly 21st Century Math Projects). NextLesson makes changes with permission.
Financially savvy kids are future leaders!
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Hello Everyone! I know! It has been a long time since my last post. I have had so much family stuff going on that I have been absolutely crazy tired by the end of the day. I think things are settling in now, so I finally had a second to sit down and present a quick post. Thanks for hanging in there with me. I am so excited about how our poetry unit is coming along. We have one more week and then I'll be ready to share some of my little poets' work! They have been loving it!! Until then, I wanted to share a new unit that we started incorporating into our math curriculum. Personal Finance. Yes! You read that correctly. I don't know if you have that in your objectives, but in Texas we try to cover saving, spending, and sharing. Our adopted curriculum (Pearson) does a good job of supporting the objectives with technology based lessons, but if you know me, you know I have to have some things to accompany the curriculum in my math tubs. I created a Personal Finance unit that I am sharing tonight. Here are a few pics from the 50 page unit. All vocabulary words are included in a set of mini posters to post in classroom The unit includes some whole group vocabulary activities and 6 math tub activities. I can't wait for my kids to learn through these hands on personal finance activities and I hope they will help you help your kids learn as well! If you are interested, you can get the unit for free----CLICK HERE!!! :) Let me know how it goes and if I need to add anything else. Well, that's all the time I have for now. I promise I'll be back very soon!! As always, thanks for visiting. You are the best!! Joyfully! Nancy
Financially savvy kids are future leaders!
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The best classroom management ideas for online learning, your daily routine, helping kids manage emotions and setting classroom expectations. Plus, fun new ideas for rewards!
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The best classroom management ideas for online learning, your daily routine, helping kids manage emotions and setting classroom expectations. Plus, fun new ideas for rewards!
The best classroom management ideas for online learning, your daily routine, helping kids manage emotions and setting classroom expectations. Plus, fun new ideas for rewards!
The best classroom management ideas for online learning, your daily routine, helping kids manage emotions and setting classroom expectations. Plus, fun new ideas for rewards!
Classroom management chatty class materials to help get a talkative class quiet and under control in fun, positive ways! Blurt beans, voice level chart and posters, blurt alerts, quiet turtles, and more! Have a chatty class? Do your talkative students get louder and louder during small groups until it feels like chaos? Do they talk when you're talking then ask you what the directions were as soon as you finish? Don't worry. This is totally normal. And completely fixable. Really! These are the materials I show in my: 25 Chatty Class Classroom Management Strategies for Overly Talkative Students blog post! Please READ THE BLOG POST BEFORE BUYING this to make sure you want the materials! :) There are no student worksheets or activities in this pack - it is JUST the labels, forms, etc. that I show in that blog post (that are listed below). This pack includes: - Blurt Alert forms - Blurt Dessert cards - Blurt Beans Jar Label - Animal Voice Level Chart (perfect to use with Quiet Turtles strategy!) - Animal Voice Level Posters (Full page) that match the chart - Students vs. Teacher display materials - Blurts Hurt Poster (Helps kids understand why blurting out isn't allowed) - How to Whisper Poster (Helps teach kids to be whispering whales & understand what it means to whisper) Again, please READ THE BLOG POST BEFORE BUYING this to make sure you want the materials! There are no student worksheets or centers in this pack - it is JUST the labels, wall decor, forms, etc. mentioned above that I show in that blog post. They're awesome materials to manage behavior but I don't want anyone to get this thinking there are worksheets or centers included and be disappointed. My goal always is to make you happy & save you time... happy teacher and happy kids! These materials are great for getting a chatty class under control! I wrote a ton of tips on that blog post (25 tricks to be exact!) including how to use blurt cubes and the above mentioned materials to get a quiet class under control - I hope they can help if you're struggling with getting a talkative class to quiet down. :) You may also like: Tattling vs. Reporting Pack - Miss Giraffe
My students absolutely LOVE playing Classroom Management Games! I have designed this game set for May and June to cover any behavior needs you need to cover. You just choose the behavior focus before playing the game with your class. These games target those behaviors while positively reinforcing students meeting your expectations. Classroom games are played as a whole group and end with some sort of reward. You can also play the games in teams, tables, or individually. These games are also great if you are homeschooling. You can use these as incentives to complete activities and assignments during your day. I have included a list of mostly free prize ideas in the resource. I print the games on cardstock and laminate them. I use Velcro dots to attach the game pieces to the game boards. This game requires students to earn all of the shark's teeth by the end of the day. If you are working on transitions, and students exhibit a quick, quiet, and smooth transition, they earn a shark tooth. I attach the pieces with velcro dots. If it's not completed by the end of the day, they have to start over the following day. Fill the Cup requires students to earn pieces to fill the glass of lemonade by the end of the day. If you are working on cleaning up, and students exhibit that behavior, they earn a piece. I attach the pieces with velcro dots. If it's not filled by the end of the day, they have to start over the following day. Tropical Tic Tac Toe is played like traditional Tic Tac Toe. When students exhibit the positive behavior, the student gets to add an X to the game board. When students do not meet expectations, the teacher gets to add an O to the game board. The first with three in a row wins! Hearties Hunt can be played as class vs. teacher or you can play it by tables or teams. When a table or students are being on task, for example, they get to move their game piece. The first to the treasure wins! For Beach BUMP, just choose what behavior you want to focus on. When students do not meet expectations, the teacher gets to add a game piece to the board. When a student meets your expectations, that student gets to add a game piece to the board. The first with four in a row wins! Don't forget that you can bump each other off the board! BEE on Task Challenge is a students vs. teacher behavior whole group behavior management tool. Reward students for positive behaviors by giving the class side of the board a game piece. For negative behaviors, the teacher side earns a game piece. At the end of the day or class period, the class must exceed the teacher side for a reward! These games have made all the difference with my class! But I have to say that in order for them to work, it's up to you, the teacher, to keep them going. You do have to keep reminding them of the game and make it competitive. Stay positive and be an encourager. You will begin to see your students mirroring those same qualities. You can click any of the pics from the post to check out the resource. I would love to hear how it goes in your classroom! Please feel free to tag me on Instagram to share how they are going! You can also save by purchasing the Bundle for the Entire Year below!
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The best classroom management ideas for online learning, your daily routine, helping kids manage emotions and setting classroom expectations. Plus, fun new ideas for rewards!
Are your students being discourteous to school furniture? This resource provides fun, interactive activities to encourage students to think critically and understand the consequences of their behavior. WHAT'S INSIDE:Chairs on Strike includes a mentor text link to an original story by Jennifer Jones, teaching students why it's important to show respect for school property. Plus, the pack provides differentiated graphic organizers, a cause and effect anchor chart, a chair apology letter template, a problem and solution graphic organizer, a vocabulary worksheet, and two interactive coloring pages or posters for the classroom. Help your students learn to be respectful of school furniture with Chairs on Strike! By engaging with the activities included in this resource, students will better understand the consequences of mistreating their school property and will gain valuable writing skills, such as persuasive writing. This resource is easy to use, effective, and sure to help your students gain a greater appreciation for school property and display more respectful behavior.
The best classroom management ideas for online learning, your daily routine, helping kids manage emotions and setting classroom expectations. Plus, fun new ideas for rewards!
The best classroom management ideas for online learning, your daily routine, helping kids manage emotions and setting classroom expectations. Plus, fun new ideas for rewards!
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Teaching students the power of their words is so important, especially early on in the elementary years! Giving students an opportunity to practice using their words for encouragement, kindness and to bring others joy is something that we as teachers can so easily build into our day. The Compliment Box is one of my favorite […]
