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Teaching Common Core With An Easy Reader Booklet

Halloween Triangles

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They often enjoyed playing “I Spy” and trying to find a shape in the real world, so I decided to think of some fun triangle shapes that they might see on Halloween, and the booklet,  Halloween Triangles was born.

I introduced the easy reader ike this:

“Uh Oh! It's Halloween and these spooky triangles can be seen! Count them if you dare!”

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They’ll have fun during "Tally Time" and then afterwards, graph childrens opinions of what triangle character was their favorite.

I’ve also included 10 traceable word flashcards for students to practice or cut out and use with other sets, to make new sentences.

Great for "word work" during Daily 5 activities.

This is a cute rhyming booklet, (rhyming is a Common Core Standard) that packs in a lot of skills, as it incorporates math with reading in a fun way.

Click on the link to view/download Halloween Triangles.

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“Shoot for the moon.  Even if you miss it you will land among the stars.” –Les Brown

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The Colors Of Fall

It's Time For Fall; It's Time For Poetry!

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My editor at Mailbox Magazine sometimes had that on her list of assignments.

I always run my “creations” by my husband Dan.  He’s great with word choice, and making things have the correct amount of syllables and still make sense!

Through all sorts of laughter, he helped me so much with The Colors Of Fall; I simply had to add his name to the “credits”.

I tried to include poetry, nursery rhymes, and other easy readers that rhymed as part of my genre each month, so that my Y5’s would get used to hearing rhymes.

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I’ve included the poem on a separate sheet of paper, for you to read and hang up, as well as the booklet.

You can simply read it to your class or print off copies and have them trace and write the color words in their matching colors.

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Click on the link to view/download The Colors of Fall

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“Every child is an artist.  The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up.” –Pablo Picasso

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Teaching With Nursery Rhymes: Hickory Dickory Dock

It's Time To Mouse Around

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When looking into the background of this nursery rhyme, I discovered that it was indeed intended to teach about counting.

Who knows, maybe that led to the possibility of a little bit of time telling thrown in, as the reason why numbers were so important.

Hickory, dickory, and doc, is believed by some to mean,  8,9,10.  How we got to one and why a mouse is running around the clock, remains a mystery, but makes a wonderful writing prompt.

In my packet, Hickory Dickory Clock, I’ve included 2 such writing prompts that turn into what could be hilarious class books: Hickory Dickory Dock: Who Else Went Up The Clock and Why? Helps students use their imaginations and work on verb skills.

I’ve written an extension of the poem to help jumpstart their imaginations, as well as review all 12 numbers, where a duck waddles up the clock at 3, followed by a rabbit who hops up at ten only to do it over again, culminating with my favorite, the cow, who of course jumps over the clock at noon, hoping to later jump over the moon.

A trace and write the verbs worksheet is also included.

The other class book is entitled: Why Did The Mouse Run Up the Clock? Did he have a secret meeting with his girlfriend; was there a piece of cheese hidden up there; was he running away from the cat?  Your students will have fun solving the mystery on their page and illustrating it.

There’s an anchor chart poster of the modern version of the rhyme, as well as one of the 1901 Mother Goose version that uses the intro line “Hickety Dickety…”

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Also included are two “craftivities” and a spinner game, which help reinforce telling analog time as well as digital time.

Hickory Dickory Dock Clock Game:

Hickory Dickory Dock Glue the Numbers on Your Clock, is a spinner game that is played with 2 to 4 players.

Students twirl the spinner. Whatever number they land on, they snip & glue to their clock and trace the digital time on the pendulum area.

The first child to complete all 12 numbers is the winner and receives a mouse for the top of his clock as well as a mini-certificate.

The rest of the children glue their numbers on their clock to earn their mouse sticker as well.

Teachers can have students add a brad and paperclips for clock hands to make this game into a “working” clock to whole-group assess the students, if they want to take this one step farther, or stop there and make the paper plate mouse clock.

Paper Plate "Mousin' Around" Clock:

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Pre-cut small strips of black paper. Students will snip these into a point and glue one to the back of their mouse.  If you want the ears to be 3-D have them cut on the lines and bend back.  This will help them move the mouse to the different times, as they can gently tug on an ear.

Poke a hole through the mouse, add a brad and fasten it to the back of the plate.

Whole group assess to the hour, by calling on students to give you a time.  Children move the mouse’s tail to show that time and then hold up their clock.

Cat Got Your Tail? Time to the hour mouse slider:

Finally, “Time to Pull the Mouse’s Tail” also reviews time by the hour.

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Using glue dots, I’ve added wiggle eyes and a small pom-pom nose for that extra touch of pizzazz.

The teacher calls on quiet students to call out a time.  Children slide the mouse’s “tail” to reveal that time and hold up their mouse.

Play continues ‘til all 12 times have been shown.

I’ve also included traceable word flashcards for analog as well as digital times + covers to make an Itty Bitty booklet.

A sample of each one of the activities makes a sweet bulletin board: "Time to see what's up in ____________'s classroom!" or... Hickory Dickory Dock What's Going On On Our Side Of The Block?

Click on the link to view/download the  Hickory Dickory Clock Packet

I hope this idea comes just in TIME to be a nice fill-in for whatever you’re doing right now.

I’d enjoy hearing about how you use it. diane@teachwithme.com

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"Don't put a question mark, where a period should be." -Unknown

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