tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-46696930219872737692024-03-13T23:03:37.284-07:00KNJ KreationsKNJ Kreationshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03157999603271109275noreply@blogger.comBlogger37125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4669693021987273769.post-60974914157503651332015-08-31T08:58:00.002-07:002015-08-31T08:58:53.773-07:00$2 for B2S!Well, summer has flown by and we are getting ready to go Back to School!!!! Our teacher workshops begin this Wednesday and Thursday and our kiddos join us next Tuesday, September 8th!! And to share our excitement with all our teacher friends, we have made EVERYTHING in our store $2!!!! $2 to celebrate back 2 school!! visit our <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Knj-Kreations" target="_blank">TPT Store</a> to check out all our resources!! TODAY ONLY!!! Have you gone back to school yet? <span id="goog_418174636"></span><span id="goog_418174637"></span><br />
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Let's be honest--is there any better way to stick some PD in this summer than by laying in the sand and reading a book of your choice? Probably not. Although I attained a less than admirable sun burn that covered 85% of my body the other day, the real winner was still me for discovering, reading, and finding good use for a new favorite book of mine--<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Teach-Thinking-Skills-Within-Common/dp/1936764075/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1437760790&sr=8-1&keywords=How+to+Teach+Thinking+Skills+Within+the+Common+Core&pebp=1437760796500&perid=01GZ21ZBZAK8YJSJ6RTQ" target="_blank">How to Teach Thinking Skills With the Common Core.</a> <br />
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Toward the end of the school year, I began to ask myself those age-old educator's reflection questions in order to help me choose some books to read over the summer. The goal, of course, was to be able to gain more knowledge to drive my instruction and planning for the following year. While I feel as though I have a firm grip on reader's workshop (newly implemented this year), math workshop, management, the inclusion model, etc. there are still things I am willing to admit I need to know. I have lost count of the number of days I have driven home from work beating myself up over one child not "getting it" or an 80 second disconnect I had with others during small group instruction. It was not until I found this book that I could even pinpoint one major area I was not exploring enough of with my students--critical thinking. <br />
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I am well aware all of our students are supposed to have a solid foundation of higher-order thinking skills in order to meet the rigorous demands of changing state curriculums and assessments. Assessments that will one day (as of now) determine their college and career opportunities. What I was not entirely convinced of was just how much brain-training would need to go into attaining these critical thinking skills. In other words, yes, in schools teachers must explicitly teach students how to think before expecting them to think. Add that to high ESL populations, Title I, Special Needs, Basic Skills, teacher collaboration, demands of your district, curriculum changes, PARCC....suddenly you are asking yourself things like, "Hmm..If I only eat canned soup for x years, will I have enough money to move and never work again?"<br />
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Until you read this book. Authors Bellanca, Fogarty, and Pete have made it so simple for teachers to hit the ground running with teaching thinking skills to students. I actually read all 186 pages thoroughly in about 2 hours (sans sunscreen...woops) giving me enough time to post-it, highlight, and annotate. The book is organized very effectively--one unit for each thinking area educators should teach to their students, otherwise known as the 7 Cs (they sure know their way into our hearts).<br />
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1) Critical Thinking--Analyze, Evaluate, Problem Solve<br />
2) Creative Thinking--Generate, Associate, Hypothesize<br />
3) Complex Thinking--Clarify, Interpret, Determine<br />
4) Comprehensive Thinking--Understand, Infer, Compare and Contrast<br />
5) Collaborate Thinking--Explain, Develop, Decide<br />
6) Communicative Thinking--Reason, Connect, Represent<br />
7) Cognitive Transfer--Synthesize, Generalize, Apply<br />
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It seems like a lot, but let me tell you. This is a short, quick, easy read and very beneficial. The authors organize the information and teaching strategies so clearly. Haven't you seen all of those words before, anyway?! Problem Solving. Oh! Problem Solving! We do that in math! Yup...but you coouuullllddd explicitly teach it through acronyms, song, and concrete objects first to ensure students acquire the skill with accuracy and finesse. It's pretty simple--the more you talk to them with familiar words, objects, and situations, the more successfully you train a part of their brain that they'll need to use later. <br />
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My favorite part of this book is definitely the road map given for each skill. There are variations of explicit teaching lessons, a walk through of integrating the skill into a content lesson, and a CCSS performance task lesson. I especially adore these "Look-Fors and Sound Bites" tables:<br />
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Wow, I did not expect to write this much at all--sorry everyone. Long story short, this book was probably one of the best I've read since I began teaching. I am so excited to incorporate a short "Thinking Skills" period into my classroom schedule in September (I have a few open blocks). I'm going to attempt to use this book to drive instruction and truly teach my students how they are going to need to use their brains throughout the year.<br />
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So after a long day at the beach....My skin- 0, My students- 100!<br />
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KNJ Kreationshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03157999603271109275noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4669693021987273769.post-64463457105142050892015-07-23T08:49:00.003-07:002015-07-23T08:54:11.559-07:00KNJ Hits Wheel of Fortune *Teacher's Week* !About a month ago, KNJ participated in Two Truths and a Lie hosted by <a href="http://teachtalkinspire.blogspot.com/2015/06/tell-all-tuesday-two-truths-and-lie.html" target="_blank">Teach Talk Inspire.</a> It was hard to come up with a lie to trick you all, but we did it! We had so much fun getting to know our fellow bloggers, and we hope you had fun getting to know us! Listed in our three facts there was indeed a lie. But while many of our followers thought it was this...<br />
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2. One of us will be auditioning for Wheel of Fortune. <br />
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...that was actually true! In fact, I was even selected after the audition process and got the chance to fly out to L.A. and be on the show last week! What.a.surreal.experience. One I could never forget. Let me tell you a bit about it...<br />
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I will go on the nerd record here, and say that being on Wheel of Fortune has been a lifelong (26 year) dream of mine. I dreamed about Wheel of Fortune like most young girls dreamed about their wedding day. Since the original Nintendo, I became fascinated by the game, and how I could put letters together and create words. It also gave me a leg up when kids started playing Hangman at school. And I'm there all like, "Is this a prize puzzle?!" Anyway...<br />
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I applied online about once a year and even followed the Wheelmobile to Atlantic City, NJ about two years ago. At the Wheelmobile events, there are over 1,000 people and you have to just hope, pray, and cross your fingers and toes that your name will be called. Long story short, that was not my time to shine. Then, in early June I received an e-mail to attend an invite-only audition in New York City. Naturally, I freaked out with excitement, but I didn't want to get my hopes up. For all I knew there would be 1,000 people there again. Until there wasn't. There were only FIFTY. I could see my chances of actually being chosen as a contestant getting stronger and stronger.<br />
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The audition process was pretty simple. There was a large electronic puzzle board hanging in the front of the ballroom of the Marriot Hotel and when your name was called you had to jump up and quickly guess a letter. If you wanted, you could even solve. My competitiveness and excitement were rapidly rising until I finally was chosen. I guessed a letter, and solved-- PACIFIC ISLAND PARADISE. I was nearly drenched in my own sweat at this point. A perfect concoction of joy and nervousness was mixing up and literally coming out of my pores. <br />
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Next, there was a 5 minute paper quiz of unfinished puzzles to complete. After they were graded, 25 people were asked to leave and 25 people had the opportunity to stay and play some more. Guess who got to stay?! After the audition we were told that if we were chosen for the contestant pool we would receive a letter in two weeks. <br />
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On the FOURTEENTH DAY I received a letter in the mailbox with the Wheel of Fortune logo on it from Culver City ,California. You could only imagine what I looked like...<br />
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Once you are chosen to be in the contestant pool, you could be on the list for up to 18 months. Lucky for me, I got my taping date one week after the initial letter. I was so relieved I did not have to wait in anticipation for over a year. I had to be in LA on July 16th to tape for Teacher's Week which was just the icing on top of the cake. This was the version of the game I truly did want to play, although I wouldn't have been picky. <br />
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When I tell you this is a once-in-a-lifetime, completely surreal experience, I truly mean it. It was the most exhilarating 22 minutes of my life, and entirely different from playing at home. They had told us that repeatedly since the early audition process, but I didn't truly believe it until I was there. You have to pay attention to so many things (unused letter board, scoreboard, timer, wheel, etc.) that you almost forget the purpose is to solve puzzles. I was also in the red spot directly next to Pat Sajak which added some gruesome pressure--but lots of camera time ;) . <br />
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The producers select the three people who will be playing together. There are 6 tapings in a day. Each group of three randomly selects a ball with your taping number on it--we were 4, which happened to be my lucky number AND the number of the overhead bin where I stored my carry-on luggage. I was golden. Then, each contestant randomly chooses another numbered dice which determines your spot in the game (red, yellow, or blue). Then, hours are dedicated to practice spinning, filming promos for your local news stations, makeup, going over rules, and more! We even got to meet Vanna behind the scenes--what a beauty! Let me tell you, the hours spent to practice spinning were without a doubt NECESSARY. My arms aren't made out of spaghetti or anything, but this thing was HEAVY. Like 2,400 pounds heavy. No simple flick-of-the-wrist was getting this wheel to spin.<br />
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The game FLEW by, but was absolutely incredible. One of the most unexpected surprises was how quickly all 18 of us contestants became instant friends. Since we spent so many hours together before taping, we all got to know each other so quickly. Being that we were taping for Teacher's Week, we were also all educators from all over the country sharing a love for our jobs, and also a love for this silly game we had all been playing since we were children. Also, as everyone knows, teachers are the best Wheel players. We all knew we were going to do fantastic, and I could not get over the outpouring of love and cheer we all had for each other. Every single person genuinely wanted everyone to do well. We got to sit in the audience and cheer on all of our new friends before it was our turn, which doubled as last minute practice. <br />
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While I'm in a sort of social media confidentiality agreement and can't spill the beans about how I did, I can tell you that my show will air on Thursday, September 17th during Teacher's Week. Every game from Monday-Friday is going to be fantastic and worth watching so make sure you tune in! I was even able to give a little shout out to my Robert Gordon School of Roselle Park, NJ and a little KNJ/TeachersPayTeachers semi-shout-out (we couldn't use business names). <br />
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I highly suggested applying and going through the audition process one day. It was an unbelievable experience and WHEEL LOVES TEACHERS!<br />
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KNJ Kreationshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03157999603271109275noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4669693021987273769.post-47370896688218693272015-06-12T06:15:00.002-07:002015-06-12T08:17:05.248-07:00Two Truths and a Lie part II<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Well, it is time for the grand reveal!!! We had so much fun reading everyone's comments with their guesses for us!! And getting to know so many blogging colleagues was just awesome. Incredibly, no one guessed correctly! However, we appreciate all the participation and have randomly selected a winner to choose something from our TPT store! But first...</span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">#2 ~ N actually auditioned for Wheel of Fortune just YESTERDAY!!!! [more on that in a future blog post!!!]</span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">#1 ~ Sadly, between the 3 of us we have not made it to 10 European countries. I think we've covered about 3 or 4!!!</span><br />
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We are linking up with <a href="http://teachtalkinspire.blogspot.com/2015/06/tell-all-tuesday-two-truths-and-lie.html" target="_blank">Teach Talk Inspire</a> and joining her summer linky party on this Tell all Tuesday to bring you Two Truths and a Lie!!! We've been busy today as we've also joined up with other bloggers on summer reading ~ Check out what professional reading we've been doing over on our instagram @knjkreations<br />
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This is such an awesome way to get to know our fellow bloggers! I'm going to tell you 2 facts about us and 1 lie. If any of our followers can guess the lie - we will choose a winner to win an item from our <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Knj-Kreations" target="_blank">TPT Store</a>!!!<br />
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<span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I loved sharing #teachersshare 10 things about on us on our Instagram page (@knjkreations) earlier this week! And I found the cutest picture of the 3 of us from Lisa's wedding over at <a href="http://sparklinginsped.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Sparkling in Self Contained</a>. </span></div>
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Can you say, "It's been a while"?!!!! I just realized that our last blog post was back in FEBRUARY!!! Well, needless to say the school year was super hectic for all of us. Changes in evaluations and teaching standards had us revamping so many of our lessons and kept us super busy. Things are still crazy and expectations are HIGH! for both teachers AND students! Here in NJ, teachers are trying to prep for the PARCC exam and meet all the common core standards in classrooms to really prepare the kiddos. Sometimes we've found that our math textbooks don't quite reach the goals of the standard. So while we are continuing to give the "chapter tests", we are also trying assessments directed at the standard. This way, we can see if the students really do understand the standard and if THEY know what they are expected to know. It's a quick, to the point assessment with a writing to explain, too!! Here is an assessment for 5th grade OA.A.1. <br />
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<br />KNJ Kreationshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03157999603271109275noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4669693021987273769.post-69129706253419575052014-02-17T14:32:00.003-08:002014-02-17T14:32:56.966-08:00Snow? What snow?! **GIVEAWAY**<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Well, hello there! Boy, has it been a while! Today is President's Day and our 4 day weekend turned into a 5 day weekend because of……can you guess???…..SNOW! </span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">We are covered in many inches of snow and have used up 5 of our snow days already. I feel like we haven't had a full week of teaching in all of 2014!! Here we are wanting to teach and needing to get our little crew ready for state testing in MAY (so much closer than you think!) and it seems like we can't get started. Of course, we start working hard in September but once January comes around we're asking ourselves: What have we not gotten to yet? But we just haven't been able to get there! Even our beaches are snow covered - check out me and Mr. B going for a stroll on the beach - what made me think it could be warmer there?! (aaah wishful thinking)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">You'll find word problems and task cards that ask students to estimate, use arrays, use area models, and solve using both the expanded algorithm and the standard algorithm!!! perfect for when we get back to school after snow!! Can you believe we are supposed to get MORE SNOW tomorrow?! If we have another snow day, the KNJ teachers are going to go CRAZYYYYY!!!!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Are you interested in winning our Snow Day Multiplication pack? There are 80 problems in the whole pack! If we have at least 10 entries, we will give it away to a lucky winner. But please share with us - have YOU had snow? or are you somewhere warm…and sunny…with palm trees…driving with open windows…oh, summer - where art thou?!</span></div>
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KNJ Kreationshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03157999603271109275noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4669693021987273769.post-36688618598244309962013-10-09T16:39:00.000-07:002013-10-09T16:39:45.216-07:00A Peek Into My Classroom & A Sale! <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Well now that we have been back at school for a month (exactly a month today!) I finally got around to taking some pictures of things in my classroom to share. I also have lots of cute project pictures to put up in upcoming blog posts, so be sure to check back soon :) </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Here are some other things I love in my classroom. This is our Goal Board. I created this myself! We come up with a goal, and each time we accomplish it, the football moves 10 yards. When we reach the goal, we earn the reward. As you can see, we are almost at our goal of a no homework night for everyone bringing in all parts of their homework! </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Keeping with the football theme, this is a Writing Goals chart I made. These are some goals we are starting off with, and I have about 20 other sheets of interchangeable goals. Each child has a football clip to attach to their goal. They have a sheet they color in when they show me progress towards their goal also. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">One last thing to share is our behavior board. We have a classroom number that we move up for excellent class behavior and listening, and that can move down for not following directions, being too noisy, etc. It starts at 10 each day. We move 1 space for being above an 8 and 2 spaces for being above a 10. They can also earn bonus spaces for good behavior during drills or assemblies. There are different milestones to earn rewards! </span></div>
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<br />KNJ Kreationshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03157999603271109275noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4669693021987273769.post-91056795475914551992013-09-02T08:08:00.001-07:002013-09-02T08:08:18.128-07:00last minute...<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Well, it is Labor Day today but it doesn't really feel like a holiday! Tomorrow we have our last chance to make sure our classrooms are ready for B2S next Monday and i got NO sleep thinking of all the last minute details. </span><br />
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<li><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Should I re-make my VOICES (from 6+1 Traits of Writing) mini posters to match my "ice cream colors" theme?....</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">OH NO! i need to get recipe cards for our "Recipe to Success" bulletin board....</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">BULLETIN BOARD! WE STILL DIDN'T DO OUR 4TH GRADE BULLETIN BOARD!!!!...</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">i have two horseshoe tables - and i still haven't decided which one i'm going to use as my "spot" (read <a href="http://knjkreations.blogspot.com/2013/08/flippin-excited.html" target="_blank">THIS</a> about how we got rid of our desks....what the @*&# were we thinking????)</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">must finish painting the bookshelf (i'll post before & after pics after <strike>i</strike> the husband finishes it!)</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">WHEN can i do this awesome <a href="http://helloliteracy.blogspot.com/2013/08/observing-describing-inferring-with.html#comment-form" target="_blank">Picture of the Day</a> that Jen Jones from <a href="http://helloliteracy.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Hello Literacy</a> does? i really think it'll help students with so many reading skills!</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">i still have nowhere to put my calendar!!....is that realllllllly necessary?!</span></li>
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KNJ Kreationshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03157999603271109275noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4669693021987273769.post-74787582167383814392013-08-22T21:00:00.001-07:002013-08-22T21:14:29.394-07:00NJ Blogger and more!<span style="color: #674ea7;">Look what i found!!! I've been wondering where everyone gets their cute state bloggin' sign from and after hours (and hours) of blog hopping i found it here at <a href="http://fifthinthemiddle.blogspot.com/p/blogs-by-state_9707.html" target="_blank">Fifth in the Middle</a>!!!! FINALLY!!!! </span><br />
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The Teachers Pay Teachers Back to School Sale is about to begin! Don't forget to visit <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Knj-Kreations" target="_blank">KNJ's spectacular store</a> ! All of our products will be <span style="font-size: large;"><strong>20% off!! </strong></span>We currently have a lot of Common Core Materials for Grades 3-5 (perfect for adhering to the standards in your classroom this year!). Hope to see you there!<br />
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Wow! It's already Wednesday again! Where has the past week gone? Well, KNJ made our annual trip to Lakeshore today and could sum the shopping spree up into one word--overwhelmed. There were so many cute things out and great materials for common core, literacy stations, math stations, etc. To be honest, the bags are still in my car and I have no idea what I just walked out with! Opening them up is going to be like Christmas morning! I do know that I got a lot of important things (to decorate with) and probably NOTHING that I truly need. It's officially that time of the year for us, and I'm feeling many different emotions, especially after shopping today!<br />
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For this week's Win it Wednesday, we will be giving away a <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Wild-About-Reading-Genre-Posters-Jungle-Theme-824525" target="_blank">new item</a> in our Teachers Pay Teachers store--READING GENRE POSTERS! These posters are jungle themed, and even if you do not have a themed classroom they are just so stinkin' cute (if I do say so myself)!<br />
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To win this product, you must follow one simple rule! Leave a comment below telling us your NUMBER ONE, <span style="font-size: large;">CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT</span>, <span style="font-size: x-large;">MUST BUY</span> product for this school year. Don't forget to leave us your e-mail as well! A winner will be announced this Friday.<br />
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KNJ Kreationshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03157999603271109275noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4669693021987273769.post-40796070406234391252013-08-07T14:37:00.002-07:002013-08-08T12:37:55.648-07:00Win it Wednesday!!!<div style="text-align: left;">
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: inherit;">Welcome back to Win it Wednesday, fellow blog-hoppers!!!! We have got a fantastic treat for one lucky follower! It seems as though EVERYONE is getting ready to go back to school. A-U-G-U-S-T can be a very scary word! Our best sellers right now are our Back to School Packets! We have created these packets for 2nd, 3rd, and 4th grade. JUST ADDED (well...i'm proofreading right now so it'll be up and ready to go by the end of the night) is a 5th grade back to school packet! Each packet contains activities for the corresponding grades. <span style="background-color: white; line-height: 16px;">These are great activities for students to work on the first week in class to interact with each other, as well as good independent activities if you need time to collect supplies or get things in order in your classroom! All the back to school packets are currently our featured items on <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Knj-Kreations" target="_blank">KNJ Kreation's TPT Store</a> so please click to check them all out! <span style="font-size: x-large;">ONE LUCKY WINNER </span>will win one of our back to school packets of choice! </span></span><br />
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KNJ Kreationshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03157999603271109275noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4669693021987273769.post-48834961217992694672013-08-05T11:21:00.002-07:002013-08-05T11:21:35.066-07:00The First AUGUST Made It Monday! I can not believe it is August already! Summer, slow yourself down! I love linking up to <a href="http://4thgradefrolics.blogspot.com/2013/08/monday-made-it-august-5.html" target="_blank">Fourth Grade Frolics</a> Made It Monday, it kind of gives me a deadline on working on things so I can post them for everyone! I have 2 things to post for this week. First, this cute little craft I made that I saw on Pinterest. It was very easy (and cheap!) to make. It only took me about 20 minutes or so to make and cost about $4. I bought a tiny round glass vase at Michael's, as well as the ribbon and the flowers. (Plus I had a 20% off your entire order coupon!) I hot glued the pencils onto the vase, glued on the ribbon, and added the flowers! Easy! Now I just have to decide if this is going to decorate my desk, or my guided reading table :)<br />
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Next up is an addition to something I made for another Made It Monday. I made nice designer clothespin clips to go with my mini clip charts. Click <a href="http://knjkreations.blogspot.com/2013/07/made-it-monday-and-chance-to-win-new.html" target="_blank">HERE</a> to go to the post about those if you want to read about them! Anyway, I bought some washi tape at Michael's (which I think is my new favorite thing) and used it on some clothespins to decorate them. Again, very easy! I think I might modge podge over them to keep them from getting destroyed. Here are a few of them finished, and on the mini clip charts. </div>
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And last, I just wanted to share an awesome recipe that I made for a BBQ party. It's "Sand Cake" which is just like the Dirt Cake with Oreos, but you use vanilla pudding and Golden Oreos. I think I like this one even better! I had to decorate with teddy grahams doing beach activities and use a pail and shovel as serving dish. I couldn't find mini umbrellas or I would have used those also :) </div>
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<br />KNJ Kreationshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03157999603271109275noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4669693021987273769.post-37084324200573719152013-08-04T18:14:00.005-07:002013-08-04T18:14:58.908-07:00and the winner is....<span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">a quick post to announce the winner of the <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Back-to-School-Word-Problems-Fourth-Grade-791012" target="_blank">4th Grade Back to School Word Problems</a> because SHARK WEEK has officially begun!!!!!!!</span><br />
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KNJ Kreationshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03157999603271109275noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4669693021987273769.post-20210287694739040292013-08-02T13:18:00.002-07:002013-08-02T13:26:25.802-07:00Currently August Link Up!I love, love, love link ups and linky parties! I have not actually done one myself (until now), but see them all the time in some of my favorite blogs. The possibilities are endless! In fact, I just set my own personal goal for September: to create my own linky party from scratch and see how many followers jump on board (is that even how it works? I'm too excited to think!) Until then, here is my first link up to <a href="http://ohboy3rdgrade.blogspot.com/2013/08/currently-august.html" target="_blank">Oh Boy 4th Grade</a> with her fabulous Currently August. I have a feeling I filled this out wrong. It took a lot of Mic word, text boxes, copy, paste, Paint, pdf-ing, etc. Oh well! It looks cute enough for me! <br />
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KNJ Kreationshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03157999603271109275noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4669693021987273769.post-22077372206050302022013-08-01T19:07:00.001-07:002013-08-01T19:07:36.374-07:00Desk Shmesk!^^^ These were my exact words on the last day of school. While cleaning out my classroom and preparing for a new year of co-teaching (excitement!) my co-teacher and I realized that in order to use our space with small groups optimally, my Mack truck of a desk would have to find a new home. With the help of a fellow teacher (thank you, July) we proceeded to push the desk with all our might out into the hallway and say farewell. Now, as it slowly turns to August I am wondering if this was a horrible decision. Yes, I have much more space in the room. But the paper clips...the stickers...the pens...the tchotchkes...the papers that need to be graded! Where are they all going to go?! My reaction to all of this was reminding me of one of my favorite "Friends" moments of all time. I'm pretty sure these facial expressions belonged to me in the middle of a Target aisle today...<br />
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I ended up pinning for an hour today in hopes of finding ways to utilize a small space while still remaining organized. Fortunately, I found some great stuff from so many dedicated teachers out there. One project I chose to make today came from <a href="http://mrslambsclass.blogspot.com/2013/06/those-fabulous-drawers-monday-made-it.html" target="_blank">the Tattooed Teacher</a> and also <a href="http://4thgradefrolics.blogspot.com/2013/06/monday-made-it-61013.html" target="_blank">4th Grade Frolics</a> (both incredible blogs that I suggest you follow if you are not already!). The idea is to create a small space for papers that need to be graded, filed, or copied. I won't lie...papers have piled up quite high on my desk (R.I.P.). I needed someplace to store them and this was the perfect solution. And since the combination of yellow and gray is my latest color obsession, I went with it!<br />
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I started with a set of 3 Sterlite drawers which each measure 8 1/2" by 11" (perfect for papers!) With Powerpoint, I created three labels (Copy, Grade, File) which you can download for free <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Copy-Grade-File-Drawer-Labels-FREEBIE-804699" target="_blank">here</a> and get creative with your own fonts! Here is a picture of the materials I started with, along with a picture of my final product!<br />
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KNJ Kreationshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03157999603271109275noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4669693021987273769.post-4888208639260185002013-07-31T10:07:00.000-07:002013-07-31T10:07:17.843-07:00Win It Wednesday! Plus a few random thoughts :) Hi everyone! We wanted try and start a Win It Wednesday, where you can enter to win a product from our <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Knj-Kreations" target="_blank">Teachers Pay Teachers store</a> each week. We wanted to be able to share with our awesome followers.<br />
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This week you have the chance to win these <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Back-to-School-Word-Problems-Fourth-Grade-791012" target="_blank">Fourth Grade Back To School Word Problems</a>! They are for beginning fourth graders, and a review of third grade standards. A cute way to start of the year with a review!<br />
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As usual, just leave a comment below along with your email address, and we will pick a winner on Sunday August 4. (I can't believe it is August already! Where has the time gone??)<br />
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Yesterday, I went to some stores to start getting stuff for my classroom after realizing it is going to be August already this week. Michael's Craft Store now has a whole teacher section! They have borders, letters, posters, etc. What I went to find though is some washi tape, or crafting tape. I had never heard of this until I saw it on Lisa's blog <a href="http://gradefourbuzz.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Grade 4 Buzz</a>. So I immediately needed to buy some. I want to try and put it on some of my clothespins like she did. If you search washi tape on Pinterest there are also so many fun ideas! Why I have not heard of this until now, I don't know. Once I use it for some fun crafts I will post them. But here are the designs I got. (Love the pink zebra print!)<br />
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Finally, I want to post about a giveaway we have donated to over at <a href="http://junglelearners.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Jungle Learners Blog</a>! You can head over to her blog to enter for a chance to win great prizes. Our <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Ways-To-Show-Multiplication-Pack-748439" target="_blank">Ways To Show Multiplication Pack</a> is included! Good luck! Click <a href="http://junglelearners.blogspot.com/2013/07/everyone-around-worldcome-on.html" target="_blank">HERE</a> to head over to the giveaway.<br />
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<br />KNJ Kreationshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03157999603271109275noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4669693021987273769.post-29426019603351507592013-07-29T08:37:00.003-07:002013-07-29T08:37:53.926-07:00Made It Monday! Time for another Made It Monday link up with <a href="http://4thgradefrolics.blogspot.com/2013/07/monday-made-it-july-29.html" target="_blank">Fourth Grade Frolics</a>! Now that it's almost August and summer is slowly dwindling down I feel like I could have a "Made It" every day of the week. I have so much on my to-do list that I want to make before the new school year arrives!<br />
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This week I made these little iPods. I actually made them at 3 in the morning on Saturday night because I just could not sleep. I was wide awake like it was 3 in the afternoon. After laying down and trying to sleep for a while, I just decided to get up and do something, and maybe that would make me tired.<br />
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The result... I made these iPods! It's bright colored cardstock and I used some various bowls and soup cans to make circles for the dials. Then copied the designs off my iPod.<br />
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I am going to put them by my library. Each week I am going to choose a few students who have finished books, take their picture with that book, and they will write a book recommendation it. I am going to put the picture in that box above the dial, it's hard to see drawn in pencil. I am going to call it the iRead Book Corner, so the kids can see what their classmates think are good books to read! I'm hoping that this will make them actually work on reading and finishing the whole book in order to be chosen and write something!<br />
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