tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6966396411371874422024-03-13T23:02:28.059-07:00The Apple Basket TeacherNancy Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12939654028738447329noreply@blogger.comBlogger179125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-696639641137187442.post-52002635552894425742018-07-13T21:37:00.001-07:002018-07-13T21:48:32.623-07:00A Look Back: ADHD Diagnosis, Bullet Journal, Cube Timers, Brain Dump, Growth Mindset, Katie's Teacher Tea, & Encouraging Words<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large; text-align: start;">At the beginning of 2018 I had the goal of trying to a monthly post, but I had such a difficult time trying to keep up with posting on the last day of the month...whenever I do blog, it takes me a <u>long </u>time, usually several different times of sitting down and working on the photo collages I make, the subtitles, writing, and adding links. I got so very discouraged...this post was originally started back in April, but wasn't close to being ready to publish...then I thought I would combine April & May, then I just abandoned it...I want to put it out there though, even if just one person benefits from it, then it is worth it. I am sorry for my lack of consistency. I hope to share a few more things as I look back at the 2017-2018...if nothing else I will have a record for me to look back at in the future.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">April 2 I got my official ADHD Diagnosis...so what does that mean now? Well, I have been watching lots of videos on YouTube, these are all channels that I have subscribed to...</span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large; text-align: start;">I also have been reading several books as well <u>Answers to Distraction</u> is by Dr. Hallowell {two of the podcasts above are his, & I have heard him as a guest on other shows} <u>The Healing Power of the Breath</u> was recommended by Dr. Hallowell, <u>The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People</u> is mainly because I teach at Leader in Me School, but it fits with so much of what I am learning about my brain & more...now, I did also buy <u>Taking Charge of Adult ADHD</u> by Dr. Russell A. Barkley, but ....hmmm...not sure where it is!! {very ADHD}</span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I had seen on Instagram & Pinterest pictures of Bullet Journals & I thought it seemed like way too much work, but then I watched the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkZEEQG6IVE" target="_blank">How to ADHD episode</a> about Bullet Journals and saw them in a whole new light...it has structure & flexibility...everything is in one place...it can be simple or creative...I first started with a 70-page spiral binder to see if it would work for me...I really liked it and switched to what you see above..I have my mission statement taped to the inside cover, the next picture is of my index {the beauty of the Bullet Journal...you can put things anywhere, you just list it in the Index so you can find it easily}, next is a picture of half of my weekly/daily log {including my tracking of being In the Word before in the World}, next I have a page about my Word for 2018~Joy, as I shared above, I am reading <u>The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People</u> & as I was reading I was struck by his idea of there being 'Lighthouse Principles' & so I did my own sketch note for that idea, one of my traits that seems to be a common ADHD trait is that I get really excited about things...for me frequently it is something new I have discovered, usually tied to learning &/or technology...I decided to periodically write down what I a currently excited about and date it, at the back of my Bullet Journal I am keeping a Book Log & Tracker...so far I am really liking my Bullet Journal & I feel like it is the right balance of organization/structure & creativity/freedom for me.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I can't remember where I first learned about the cube timer, but I started purchasing them as a part of my subscribe & save with Amazon, and I am loving them...for me it is a great tool to keep me on track for short amounts of time before and after school {more about that in the next section}...I like that they are tactile & I am not focused on the countdown like I sometimes am with a digital timer...I also love using them with my class!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I have been fascinated by Growth Mindset for several years, I love ClassDojo's video series about Growth Mindset is one of my favorite things about ClassDojo! This board is a hybrid of two different sets that Amie has to offer...the first is from her store <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Growth-Mindset-Posters-Bulletin-Board-Display-Classroom-Decor-for-the-Art-Room-3282585" target="_blank">Glitter Meets Glue</a>...I saw the glittery brain & got so excited that I bought it...I didn't take the time to READ the whole title...</span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">then I found in her other TpT store <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Growth-Mindset-Posters-Bulletin-Board-Display-Classroom-Decor-Printables-3363140" target="_blank">PhotoClipz</a> she had one for any classroom, but I couldn't resist using the glittery brain from the first set!...also, our school is a Leader in Me school & with Habit 1 we talk about using Proactive Language which fits with Growth Mindset perfectly! This is one of my favorite boards in my classroom! {Amie has given permission to share this on my blog post...there just may be a new glittery version coming for regular classrooms ;-) I will add a link for it if and when that happens}</span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Katie Knight is one of the sweetest and kindest people I have met in the online teaching community...this spring for the third year she hosted a lovely tea for Southern California teachers in her beautiful home...it was wonderful to visit with old friends and meet new ones...and the food was incredible! Such a wonderful afternoon!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large; text-align: center;">To end this post, I have this taped into my Bullet Journal, it comes from the end of <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JiwZQNYlGQI&t=1s" target="_blank">Jessica McCabe's TED talk</a> and it is a reminder that I frequently need to reread. </span><br />
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<br />Nancy Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12939654028738447329noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-696639641137187442.post-21246141935998949622018-07-03T19:00:00.000-07:002018-07-03T19:00:10.435-07:00GYTO ~ Get Your Teach On National Conference<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Last week I was so blessed to attend the Get Your Teach On National Conference in San Diego. This conference was started by Deanna Jump & Hope King. The focus of the conference was student engagement. There were so many amazing presenters! The energy was incredible during the whole 2 1/2 days! 2,500 teachers were pumped about teaching and you could see it, feel it, and hear it!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I was so glad to see my online & Teacher Meet Up friend Amy! We were in the 3rd-grade sessions together! Melissa, my good friend, and first-grade teacher at my school attended the conference with me. It was fun to spend time together and share about how this could have a positive impact on our school! We have already met once to share our thoughts, ideas, & inspiration from the conference.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I <u>loved</u> ALL of our keynote speakers, but I have found myself reflecting on & pondering so many of the things that Michael Bonner said. He became known for being on the Ellen Show {twice} after a video his 2nd-grade students made went viral. Michael has such a huge heart for his students and it shows. He found ways to help them have significant academic growth, but beyond that, seeing the joy & love in his students' faces tells the story I want to learn from! I have bought the Kindle version of his book <u>Get Up or Give Up</u> and have begun reading it. I am now following him on social media & I look forward to learning from him.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I know that it is now the beginning of April...I am giving myself some grace...it's spring break & I will keep working on this until I am ready to hit the publish button...it was my goal for 2018 to post at the end of every month...the end of February I had been sick and dealing with some other things so this is my post for both February & March...</span><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Well, now it is Sunday night, the END of spring break...I managed to avoid most of the things on my 'Spring Break To Do List' including working on this blog...I did spend time with family, relaxed, and accomplished some other things...so here it is February & March...</span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large; text-align: center;">A major highlight in February was attending the 3rd Annual Teachers Take Meet Up! It was so wonderful to see dear friends & meet new ones. We had a wonderful time and I am so grateful to the 'Fab Four' who have planned these great Meet Ups!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large; text-align: center;">I met Katie at a Teacher Get Together Tea 2 years ago & have followed her adventures of the last year as her husband played Iago in the Traveling Cast of Aladdin...she went with Reggie & it was so fun to see her pictures of the places they went and hear about her journey...well, Aladdin came to Southern California & Katie was able to offer a special deal for friends & family...I asked my good friend Linda if she would like to go & take our daughters...we did...it was AMAZING!!! We had dinner with Katie & Reggie after the performance & Linda's daughter shared how she had made the costumes for her high school's production of Aladdin & how she wants to be a Theater Major with an emphasis in costume design...Reggie invited us backstage!!!! It was so wonderful, a memory none of us will ever forget!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large; text-align: center;">In March, our 3rd & 4th-grade classes had a field trip to Legoland...it is about a 3+ hour bus ride to get there...I had been sick for a while with a sore throat & cough, but it turned out to be a great day for everyone...I highly recommend the ramen, it was all freshly made and the perfect thing to eat!!! The only major challenge...we were supposed to be back around 7...we got back around 9:30!...the buses refueled, EVERY child had to use the restroom at that stop, & traffic! In spite of the long day, I know the students had a fantastic time!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">In my last post I shared about Jessica McCabe's TED Talk & how my life was impacted by it...well, in March I got to meet her!!! I love her YouTube channel 'How to ADHD'...it was also Tyler's 3rd birthday...he loved meeting Jessica's dog Chloe, had fun riding the train with his uncle & daddy, and getting a chance to spend time with his dad...we enjoyed his birthday dinner at Rainforest Cafe...it was a GOOD day!!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large; text-align: center;">I love when things just seem to fit together!! This school year I read & enjoyed <u>Wonder</u> & saw the movie...then I read <u>A Fish in a Tree</u>...both are EXCELLENT books & if you haven't read them, I HIGHLY recommend them both...I gave <u>A Fish in a Tree</u> to my principal to read, and then gave it to one of our 6th grade teachers...the 5th & 6th grade classes had read and seen <u>Wonder </u>& I thought <u>Fish in a Tree</u> would be a great follow up to <u>Wonder</u>...in Wonder the main character is a boy in <u>Fish in a Tree</u> it is a girl...the title is based on the quote supposedly said by Albert Einstein, "Everyone has genius, but if you judged a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it would spend its life feeling stupid" The book deals with a girl with Dyslexia...the 6th grade teacher not only read the book, she read it to her whole class & they loved it too...at the same time Jessica from How to ADHD came out with her first song, Try Different (the Fish Song){based on the quote as well}...it all fit so well!!! Okay, if you are reading this in the first 24 hours...possible typos!! I just want to hit publish & get to bed!! {By the way, over break I WAS diagnosed with ADHD...the beginning of a new adventure for me!}</span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> Back in 2014, I decided to go with the idea of choosing a word for the year. I had seen them being posted all over the web, and I really had been struggling with feeling 'stuck'...I didn't want to use the word 'unstuck' and I was praying about it. It was like a thought that whispered in me, "ASK me to get you unstuck" and I knew ASK was meant to be my word.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> My 2018 word came to me during a time of prayer too. I had it just kind of come to me, but once the word was in my mind, it was anchored in my heart...I feel so excited and blessed that 'JOY' is my word this year. I have written out 4 key verses with JOY in them. I have created these prints as a special fundraiser for an amazing ministry that I hope to share about soon.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">UPDATE: Yesterday I returned from the TpT Conference, which I hope to blog about this week, and during the conference, I started researching whether or not quotes are copyrighted. It appears to be a very gray area, but until I have more information the picture of the product title WILL NOT link to the product. I have temporarially made the product inactive. My heart is aching over this as I have invested so much time and energy into this set of quotes, but integrity means more to me than profit. When I have it back in my store I hope to do a new launch. Thanks for your patience!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I have long believed that Words DO Have Power...the words that we read, think, and say can have such a major impact on our lives as well as on the lives of those around us.</span><br />
<span style="color: #990000; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="color: #990000; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I have many memories from my 3rd grade year of school, and very few from 4th grade. When I think of 4th grade two words come to mind, 'Idiot' & 'Dummkopf' {which means idiot in German}. As an adult and a teacher, when I look back I can see that it was a challenging class...also, my teacher had been a 6th-grade teacher, but our district just switched to middle school...no 5th-grade spots were open, so he was 'stuck' with 4th grade...I started the year on the 'honor roll', but by the end of the year, I wouldn't do any work...I don't think that the words were directed at me, at least at the beginning, but they still had an incredibly devastating effect on me. My mom realized something was wrong when another teacher went to her and asked what was wrong...the teacher said that I used to be a bright, bubbly child, but I had become dark, quiet, & withdrawn. My 4th-grade teacher has as much of an impact on me becoming a teacher as my amazing 3rd-grade teacher. I try to choose my word wisely in the classroom, knowing that they may be remembered by my students for many, many years.</span><br />
<span style="color: #990000; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="color: #990000; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">Words Have Power.</span><span style="color: #990000; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">..I said it again, I need to keep reminding myself of that fact and reading and telling myself those words repeatedly...here is some honest, raw, truth...weekly, if not daily I hear </span><span style="color: #990000; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"> "loser" "failure" "pathetic"...not said to me by family members or coworkers, but inside of me...private, but crippling...it is a constant battle for me, when I blow it, start something but don't finish it, see the messy desk & clutter all around me that I can never seem to tame, don't blog for months, don't finish the 10+ TpT projects I have started, struggle with paperwork, or a hundred other things that are a part of life I hear those words SCREAM inside my head...at least now I know I need to battle those words, and one of the best ways is to fill my brain with ...whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable~if anything is excellent or praiseworthy~(I need to) think about such things.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #990000;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "verdana" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"> {this is from Philippians 4:8 Parenthesis words added by me}</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #990000; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="color: #990000; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">A couple of years ago I began collecting quotes that 'spoke' to me and designing them. I wanted to be reminded of these words and I wanted them to be aesthetically pleasing to look at {at least pleasing to me} I designed them in PowerPoint and then turned them into a PDF. I realized that I wanted to share them on Instagram, so I reformated them into square pictures and then added my logo. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">'It is my story, however, and maybe by reading it you might be reminded of the importance of your own story.'</span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Well, I don't know if there will be just one person who's life will be touched by my story, or at least parts of it that I will share in this post, or more, but I have had this blog post bouncing around in my head and heart for several months.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">If you have read past blog posts of mine, you know that I have a heart for Orphan Care...it is kind of interesting because I believe that Steven Curtis Chapman is part of the beginning of that heart transformation.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">If you don't know his story related to Orphan Care, here is a BRIEF synopsis~ He & his wife MaryBeth have 3 biological children, Emily, Caleb, & Will Franklin. When Emily was about 11 she had it on her heart that their family should adopt. Her parents weren't on board at first, but through prayers of Emily, conversations, situations they encountered, & God working on their hearts they adopted Shoahannah, known as Shoey, from China. They later adopted Stevey Joy, & Maria from China as well. There is more to their story, which I will share later, but this earlier part Steven shared in concerts I attended, interviews I heard or read, & through his music. This is the first I remember God touching my heart about Orphan Care.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">God didn't stop there. Our pastor at the time and his wife were unable to have children and decided God was calling them to foster care, not planning to adopt, just doing temporary care. They got a call about a newborn who's mom needed some time and they took her in. Over the course of the next few years, the mother lost all parental rights and they adopted her. It was amazing to watch their story unfold.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">God used the words of the band members of Audio Adrenaline (a Christian band) when my family saw them in concert,as they shared their story of adopting a little one from Haiti who had literally been thrown into a latrine as a newborn.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">In 2008, the Chapman family suffered a major tragedy. There was an accident in the family's driveway in which their recently turned 5-year-old daughter {same age as my daughter at the time} was hit and subsequently died. 16 or 17 year old Will Franklin was driving. My heart was broken for the family. I followed them and their story very closely, praying for them frequently and even making a scrapbook for them in 2009. I read Mary Beth's blog all year {her words had a huge impact on me} and later her book <u>Choosing to See</u>:</span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">God wasn't finished touching my heart. In the spring of 2010, we had a Friends Day at our church and our current pastor invited friends of his, Kermit & Tami Alexander. Kermit is in the Football Hall of Fame having played for The 49s & LA Rams. He went through his own family tragedy, which you can read about in his book below, but part of healing for him involved them adopting 5 brothers and sisters from Haiti, and the whole family was there at our church. Here is a link to the People magazine article about the adoption, unfortunately, it doesn't show the picture of the family...just google him and go to images. </span></div>
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<img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="https://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=theappbastea-20&l=li3&o=1&a=B01LZJU4AH" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /> <img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="https://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=theappbastea-20&l=li2&o=1&a=B009ODUC66" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /> <img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="https://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=theappbastea-20&l=li3&o=1&a=B000FCK1BG" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /> <img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="https://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=theappbastea-20&l=li3&o=1&a=B00P42X420" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /><span style="color: #990000; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Probably the biggest influence on this change of heart came about in a way related to teacher blogs. In the spring of 2011, I was VERY into discovering teacher blogs and absorbing all of the great ideas being shared, as a matter of fact, I began this blog during spring break that year. Well, in those days blogs were celebrating 100 followers, 200 followers, etc. by having giveaways. I read about an elementary blog Building Blocks {which I can no longer find} that was having a giveaway. Either I didn't know about hyperlinks yet or there wasn't one so I Googled the name and I found Building the Blocks and discovered one of the most influential people in my life, Amy Block & her family. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="color: #990000; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Amy has 4 biological children and five adopted children. At the time I found her, the family was getting ready to move to Guatemala. Two of their children are adopted from Guatemala, and the country had recently closed the doors for American adoptions. The image above goes to a post that was right around the time I discovered the Blocks.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large; text-align: center;">When I started my TpT store years ago and was setting up my page, there was a 'quote box' to fill in. I wanted to come up with something that was mine, not from someone else. This space is now transformed by many sellers, and hopefully, soon mine will be transformed too, but this is the quote I came up with:</span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large; text-align: center;"> There are two situations that have brought this quote to life for me. One is Emily Chapman Richards. The choices she made as an 11-year-old girl have literally changed the world. The ripples that have gone out have helped to place hundreds if not thousands of orphans into forever families!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Those waves are LIVES CHANGED FOR THE BETTER! Amy & Todd's lives yes, but also for their 5 adopted children & their biological children too...but that is just the tip of the iceberg!...all of the lives in Guatemala and the lives touched, just like mine, by Amy sharing her stories, her WORDS through her blog and now on Facebook! </span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I cannot move on to my quotes product without first saying that the words that have the most power are from THE Word, God's Word, the Bible. If you have never read His Word, I encourage you to start. John is a good book in the Bible to start with or start small and read some verses off of Pinterest. His Word has the power to transform lives, always for the better.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">What an AMAZING weekend I had last week!! I went up to Monterey to enjoy a fun day with teachers and TpTers from all over the Pacific Coast. Last year the Meet Up was in Sacramento and many teachers from last year were back for this Meet Up. I drove about 6 hours with my daughter & met up with my sister who had driven in from Sacramento to stay with us and spend the day with Sieanna while I was with the teachers.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">My sister, daughter, and I started our day checking out beautiful, large, colorful, metal flowers on the way into the meet up spot. They dropped me off and they checked out Monarch butterflies &. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">There were approximately 80 of us in our Teachers Take Monterey t-shirts! The four lovely ladies pictured above {picture credit: Tales of Teaching with Tech} planned a fantastic day of fun & connecting by planning a scavenger hunt throughout the Cannery Row area. Our group was quite large, 12 of us, but we had a ton of fun!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">#10 Parent Communication Without Compromising my Privacy</span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">This year I had almost all of my parents sign up with Class Dojo. I loved that I could shoot parents a quick message without my phone number showing. I communicated individually with 20 different parents this year. The conversations were sometimes questions parents had about homework, letting parents know when after school tutoring was canceled, parents letting me know that their child was sick that day, communicating with parents about behavior issues & more! It works just like you are texting the parent, but it goes through the app, so the parent never sees your phone number.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">With other management systems I have used I would need to get up to my desk to record behavior or be in the classroom. I keep my cell phone with me, {I frequently wear a cute apron with pockets} I bring up the app & I can record positive or negative behavior with a notification sound that all the student can hear. {it can be turned off if it is too distracting} Easy peasy~Lemon squeezy!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Once the students have logged in from home they can modify their Avatars to look they way that they like, the personalization provides ownership for the students.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Class Dojo comes with several built-in behaviors, but you can customize them to meet your district/school/classroom goals/rules/expectations. For example, you can have '4 S Line' which is part of our PBIS expectations of how we walk in the hallway {4 S is Silent, Still, Straight, & Smiling} or you can have 'Was Proactive' {Seven Habits~Habit #1} Each behavior can be worth a different amount of points if you choose. I currently have all of mine +1 or -1. Here is a look at my behaviors from this last year:</span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I use the random name generator constantly! Sometimes I use it for awarding points without playing favorites & the students know that I am using it...I tell them as we are walking to the cafeteria that I am using Dojo & they know if their name comes up and they are in a 4S Line they are getting a point & if they are turned around talking they are getting Needs Work on a 4S Line -1. This also works great when I am working with a group...I just hit the name generator & glance up to see if that person is on task.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I don't just use it for points, but also for calling on students to answer or share so that I don't call on the same students over & over.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Class Dojo now allows you to add a personal note when you to assign points; you only have a few seconds before that top part saying "Add Note" disappears, so you have to be quick! I don't use it every time, but I have used it for situations where I felt the parents needed some more information about what happened. {I love that the sample student is Bradley Pitt!}</span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Each school that uses Class Dojo has a Class Dojo Mentor & the Mentor is invited to be a part of a Closed Facebook Group...they can ask questions, share ideas, and make suggestions... </span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">#3 Class Dojo Mentor Resources! </span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large; text-align: center;">This Drive is LOADED with GREAT STUFF!!! Certificates, Banners, Graphics, Bookmarks...and more & more & more!!! </span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">This last year Class Dojo introduced Class Story & School Story...it is a place where you can share pictures from class, messages/reminders about class pictures, report cards, book orders, having a substitute the next day, dress up days & more! These can be shared through Class Story with all parents who have logged on with the code provided by the teacher or through School Story for all parents connected! {Check Mentor Drive for graphics/pdfs to use!}</span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">This is soooo exciting!! It was just released yesterday, July 20th! Now students can keep a digital portfolio of their class work!! I am looking forward to using it this coming year! Here are some pictures & the video I asked permission to use to tell you more:</span></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large; text-align: center;">The first 2 had a big impact on my students & they would refer to the videos when we encountered challenges or new learning!</span></span><br />
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<br />Nancy Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12939654028738447329noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-696639641137187442.post-6566309370275731342016-07-14T10:55:00.002-07:002016-07-22T11:33:48.958-07:00Words Have Power ~ Words of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.<span style="color: #990000; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I have been preparing to write this post for DAYS. I am finally ready to write the post that has been on my heart for the last week or so.</span><br />
<span style="color: #990000; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="color: #990000; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Our country has been going through some troubling days. I had been visiting family in Northern California and there was no news on, what I learned at the time was through social media & it broke my heart...death, anger, hatred, violence, loss, pain, frustration...I thought I would post the words of Dr. King as my response, but I came across these words of John F. Kennedy:</span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I created this on my phone & posted it 5 days ago, but I kept thinking about Dr. King and his words.</span><br />
<span style="color: #990000; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="color: #990000; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I feel blessed to live in a country that chose to make a national holiday to celebrate, reflect on, & remember a man who stood for peace, love, & strength. We lift up this man, but who did he get his values from? Whom did he emulate? Who helped him to choose to love instead of hate those who threatened not only his safety but that of his wife & children?</span><br />
<span style="color: #990000; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="color: #990000; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I have found that many children, maybe even many adults don't know what his profession was...he was a minister. His strength, wisdom, calm, courage, and determination came from his relationship with Christ and faith in God. We as a country look up to him, but we frequently jump over why he was who he was & what he deeply believed.</span><br />
<span style="color: #990000; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="color: #990000; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I have spent every spare moment since I got back home looking up his words & then designing 28 of his quotes in what I hope you will find is an aesthetically pleasing manner. </span><br />
<span style="color: #990000; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="color: #990000; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Words have such power & the words of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. ring just as clearly & beautifully today as when he spoke or wrote them if we will choose to listen & reflect. This set will be going up in my TpT store, but for those who stop by my blog, and hopefully read it, the set is my gift to you. You are even getting a bonus. I am providing you with PNG versions of the landscape view. This means you can print them out as 4 x 6 prints or 5 x 7. <b>Just be sure to uncheck the box that says "Fit picture to frame". </b>You may print out the quotes in the PDF & you may use the square JPEGs on social media {please to not remove my watermark} and you can even set them up as a slide show on your computer screen. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Praying that LOVE will prevail in this country! Thank you for taking the time to read this post. I too have a relationship with Christ and He is the reason for my peace and joy. If this is new to you, seek out someone that you know to speak with or find a Bible believing church, just like the one Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. lead and learn more about the man, Jesus, who was Dr. King's strength.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Nancy</span>Nancy Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12939654028738447329noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-696639641137187442.post-48523444236032274672016-07-02T16:43:00.003-07:002016-07-02T16:43:50.668-07:00FREE Office/Classroom Supplies & More~~I Love NAEIR: Learn More About it Here! :D<span style="color: #990000; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Wow, is summer flying by! I have not blogged like I wanted to so far, but here is my start! I have blogged several other times about a favorite site of mine, NAEIR, but this time, I did a video to walk you through their site & show you what is currently available</span><span style="color: #990000; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">. I walk through the site & show you some of the great deals available there. I hope you will take a few moments to watch.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I have wanted to get this post up for at least a week, but I had several challenges along the way: pictures that didn't load in Dropbox, a partially written post that didn't save in Blogger, preparing 2 days of lesson plans, & oh yes, spending my birthday at the hospital while my 20-year-old son {stepson} had open heart surgery to put in a pacemaker! {Below is a picture of Tyler, his girlfriend, & son; grandma {me} with Tyler Jr. & us grabbing food while Tyler was getting ready for surgery.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Search Elmer's Teacher Club on Facebook & like them. They share quotes, images, & more to encourage & inspire teachers. It is so nice to see these in my Facebook feed! Most Fridays they give away prizes, I haven't won YET! Someday!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large; text-align: center;">I am LOVING this book!!!! I got it in a Scholastic book order thinking it might be okay because I had liked some of his videos. To begin with, I was surpised to learn more of Roby's {Kid President} story and how Kid President came to be...did you know Roby has Brittle Bone Disease?...I didn't before I started reading his book. He has had over 70 broken bones & 13 surgeries...wow! He has such an incredible energy & joyful spirit, it is contagious watching him & reading his book....I STRONGLY encourage you to pick a copy or 2 or 3...classroom library, gifts...here is his video promoting the book.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large; text-align: center;">Words carry such weight in our lives; they are powerful. I have many memories from my 3rd grade year of school, an very few from 4th grade. When I think of 4th grade two words come to mind, "Idiot" & "Dummkopf" {which means idiot in German}. As an adult and teacher, looking back it was a challenging class...also, he had been a 6th grade teacher & our district just switched to middle school, no 5th grade spots were open, so he was 'stuck' with 4th grade...I started the year on the 'honor roll', but by the end of the year I wouldn't do any work...I don't know that the words were directed at me, at least at the beginning, but they still had an incredibly devistating effect on me. My mom realized something was wrong when another teacher went to her and asked what was wrong, the teacher said I used to be a bright bubbly child, but had become dark, quiet, & withdrawn. That teacher had as much of an impact on me becoming a teacher as my amazing 3rd grade teacher. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large; text-align: center;">I have included square images {JPEGs} to use on Instagram {they do have my watermark} which I found works great as a slide show on the computer! All quotes are also in a PDF landscape so you can print these out for your classroom, staff room, home, or as gifts...all rectangular pages have my copyright information in font size 6.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large; text-align: center;">Update on May 10th, wow was this post full of errors!...I have edited the post...Tyler went home from the hospital on Sunday & is recovering well...his follow-up is May 18...prayers for his recovery are greatly appreciated!</span>Nancy Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12939654028738447329noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-696639641137187442.post-50532584219022115562016-03-18T23:27:00.002-07:002016-03-18T23:58:55.149-07:00Long Post~ A Loss, A Get Together, A Snowball Fight, Special Guests, 500,000,000, & Periscope Linky<span style="color: #990000; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Wow, I know the Meet-Up that I am posting about here has been almost 4 weeks ago, at times I thought about not sharing about the day but, I AM going to finish & publish this post...</span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">The week after I got back from the Meet-Up in Sacramento, I came home from school & went straight to bed every day...I thought I would post the next week & then we had tragedy strike our church youth group {I have a 12 & 16 year old} March 2, one of the boys got a blood infection & went into septic shock, we knew at lunch time that day he was being airlifted to Loma Linda, and received word around 4 that he had passed away...his twin sister Taylor celebrated her 16th birthday on March 9, one week after he went to heaven, today at our church we had a service that was a celebration of his life...the church was packed...Tyler was on the wrestling team, had been active in 4H, was a Police Explorer, active in our Youth Group & Youth Choir...in his almost 16 years on earth he had a powerful positive inpact on so many in our small community...at the end of the service our pastor shared that he frequently asks for the Bible of the person he is doing the service for...Tyler had a new Bible & at first our pastor didn't think there was anything in it, then he noticed that Tyler had written on the inside cover these 2 words~ BUT GOD the first verse that was shared was this 'But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave, for He shall receive me' Psalm 49:15...he shared 3 other verses, but that one was a goosebump moment for many...the family had river rock on the tables at the meal after & Sharpies...many rocks looked like this...</span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">So sorry I have been missing for a while...2 weeks ago </span><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">{Now 4 weeks ago!}</span><span style="color: #990000; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"> I had the MOST AMAZING TIME at the Pacific Coast Teacher Meet-Up!!! I had the MOST INCREDIBLE DAY!!!!!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">The group had planned a photo scavenger hunt. A group of us quickly set off for Old Sacramento. There were 7 of us in our group. {Introducing them from left to right in the bottom right picture} <b>Kelly </b>from <a href="http://applefortheteach.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">An Apple for the Teacher</a>, is my first TpT friend that I met at the conference in 2014. I was so glad that she was at the meet up too! <b>Mercedes </b>from<a href="http://surfingtosuccess.org/" target="_blank"> Surfing to Success</a> was so much fun to be around! I met <b>Caryn </b>{she doesn't have a blog yet} on our walk from the Capital to Old Town. I wish that I remember how exactly our conversation began, what I do remember is that I was telling her how I had tried Periscope in the summer, set it aside once school began & then did a scope about a week earlier with 5 live viewers & 2 replays...CARYN WAS ONE OF THOSE 5 VIEWERS!! She was so SUPER supportive & encouraging...it made me realize if only ONE person reads this post or watches a Periscope it is NOT all for nothing...we don't know the impact it might have on that one person, on his/her classroom, on his/her staff...we just need to keep doing what we feel called to do & leave the results to God. {more about Periscope later}...<b>Brittany </b>from <a href="http://kindergartenlovestory.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Kindergarten Love Story</a> was also in our group & it was fun getting to know her too!...<b>Amy </b>does not yet have a TpT store or blog...I am so glad we had such a mix of experiences!...she is a 3rd grade teacher too, so it was fun to talk about our classroom experiences... I was really excited to meet <b>Shelby </b>from <a href="http://wigglingscholars.com/" target="_blank">Wiggling Scholars</a>...before the get together I had been exploring her blog a bit and I was so impressed with her knowledge about Growth Mindset {something I have been learning more about recently for my students AND MYSELF}...I thoroughly enjoyed having several chats with her throughout the day!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">...and the GOODIES!!...oh my, did the planners line up all kinds of goodies for us!!! ...it felt like Christmas going through the bag! Special thanks to </span><b style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">Laura </b><span style="color: #990000; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">from <a href="http://www.teachingfrombeyondthedesk.com/" target="_blank">Teaching From Beyond the Desk</a>, </span><b style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">Erin </b><span style="color: #990000; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">from <a href="http://www.veryperryclassroom.com/" target="_blank">Very Perry Classroom</a>, </span><b style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">Sarah </b><span style="color: #990000; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">from<a href="http://www.talesofteachingwithtech.com/" target="_blank"> Tales of Teaching with Tech</a>, from </span><b style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">Brianne </b><span style="color: #990000; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">from <a href="http://www.hooorayforteaching.com/" target="_blank">Hoo-oray for Teaching</a> for creating such a fun, energizing, positive, exciting, memory~making day!!!!!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Our class read that in America we use 500,000,000 straws EACH DAY...it is so hard for us to wrap our brains around what that number means...so we went out to the playground and measured out the area 10,000,000 base ten blocks would take up, talked about it being as high as it was long for 100,000,000 & then measured out 5 lengths of it for 500,000,00! That's a lot of base ten blocks!! We discussed how straws, although hollow, are much bigger...the kids were really amazed!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">This Linky was actually done over a month ago, but I still wanted to link up. In July I blogged about Periscope...if you click on the image below it will take you to that post...when I tried Periscope this summer I didn't know about Katch yet...Katch allows you to save your Periscopes & share them, I have now done 3 scopes including the one I mentioned earlier, and you can see them <a href="http://bit.ly/tabtkatch" target="_blank">here</a> I am watching Periscopes again when I have a few moments & when battery life & data are good...I especially like Jen Jones from Hello Literacy & the <a href="http://www.iteachtvnetwork.com/" target="_blank">iteachtvnetwork</a>.</span><a href="http://www.theapplebasketteacher.blogspot.com/2015/07/periscopewhat-is-it-let-me-tell-you-more.html" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ccgXVnv-Evw/VuzcIsmsCwI/AAAAAAAAI8s/_wvTwWJUm6kKTdzS1I4r-nU6vLRECaZ-w/s640/lll.png" width="640" /></a></div>
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Nancy Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12939654028738447329noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-696639641137187442.post-60793668612787943432016-02-07T23:28:00.000-08:002016-02-08T08:37:17.584-08:00SoCal Meet-Up, Valentine Banquet, The Power of Yet, Dioramas, & Kahoot<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Yesterday it was such a pleasure to meet up with 32 other lovely ladies who blog & TpT! I LOVED Katie's home...just look at her color coordinated bookshelf!, but more than loving her beautiful home, I LOVED Katie~her gracious, beautiful, welcoming spirit...the whole afternoon was filled with wonderful conversations & yummy food! I am so blessed to have been a part of this day!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I headed straight from Katie's house to our church's Valentine Banquet...it is a big deal for me, not just because our youth put on a delicious meal, wonderful entertainment, including songs by our youth ensemble, a hilarious version of the Newlywed Game {staring our 4 pastors & their wives}, and yummy desserts...no, this Valentine Banquet was the 15th anniversary of my first date with my husband & 14 years ago he proposed AT the Valentine Banquet in a skit...my daugher{in the kissing booth picture with me} wouldn't be here if it weren't for the Valentine Banquet! It made for a terrific day!!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large; text-align: center;">If your students use devices in class, I HIGHLY recommend using Kahoot! My students LOVE it!!!! I love that they get the immediate feedback on whether they got a question right or wrong.</span><br />
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Nancy Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12939654028738447329noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-696639641137187442.post-28089432835159893592016-01-31T17:23:00.000-08:002016-07-09T15:52:35.815-07:00Five for Fraturday: Teacher Meet Up, Bible Journaling,FIND, Sticky Note Love , & Do you want to build a...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I was so blessed to attend the Manhattan Beach SoCal Blogger Meet-Up! I enjoyed talking to everyone that I was able to visit with! The 4 ladies in the upper right coordinated & planned a very pleasant, casual, comfortable, inviting Meet-Up...there were goodies from TpT...including 2 living breathing goodies~Sam & Jillian!...I was hoping to win a membership to Sheila Jane's Teach Happy Group...I have connected with her a bit on Social Media & I am excited to meet her in 3 weeks at #teacherstakesacramento2016, but no luck this time...one of the highlights for me was meeting Janice from Island Lover Teacher...she had really encouraged me several weeks ago when I was down...I am so excited for TWO Teacher Meet-Ups this month, one on Saturday & the other in 3 weeks!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Just 5 days ago I came across this post from Cara Carroll on Instagram...it got me searching the hashtags #biblejournaling, #illustratedfaith, & #biblejournaling community...I have been finding & following a ton of IGers who are sharing this amazing form of worship...I have been screenshotting, cropping & adding their IG names...I plan to put it as a powerpoint/slideshow on my computer to encourage me...here just a few...</span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I did this in my lesson book...I really didn't think I had anything like this in me...maybe one day I will venture into Bible journaling, but for now I will enjoy the creations of others!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">FIND is my word for 2016 & this Word Doodle was made for me by Jodilyn from Daisy a Day Doodles! You can buy this along with other Doodle Words in her <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Power-Words-Goal-Words-Focus-Words-2344233?aref=83wfb4ia" target="_blank">TpT store</a>. I am excited to have it on my sidebar to remind me to FIND what I need to FIND this year!</span></div>
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<br />Nancy Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12939654028738447329noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-696639641137187442.post-34515375466021279282016-01-23T21:30:00.000-08:002016-01-24T09:02:47.887-08:00So Cal Winter Blog Hop & Giveaway! Winter Freebies!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I am so excited to be participating in this Blog Hop {my first ever Blog Hop!} with other Southern California Bloggers! I have lived in Southern California my whole life {okay, 5 years on the Central Coast while I attended Cal Poly San Luis Obispo}. I feel so blessed to live in Southern California! I live & teach in the High Desert of California {Teaching in Barstow & living in Newberry Springs}. We have the most spectacular sunrises & sunsets here! I love that I am just an hour or two away from wonderful day trips. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"> A favorite of our family is going to Big Bear. It is only an hour away from our home & yet it is so very different from the desert, it is a beautiful mountain town! We have gone on a few small boat trips on the lake as well as once going out on wave runners. Jim & I spent the first few nights of our honeymoon at a Bed & Breakfast right on the lake. We try to take a trip up there every few months. Right now it has snow, but we more typically go up in spring, summer, & fall. We will walk along the lake, wander through the shops, and love many of the restaurants there {I think we have tried most of them!} Our favorite place to grab a special treat is An R</span><span style="color: #990000; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">an Ju Gelato & Tea House...their Gelato is soooooo good!!!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large; text-align: center;">Another place our family enjoys going to is Downtown Disney. Every December for the last four years we have gone for Tuba Christmas where around 300 tuba players {including my son} play Christmas Music...before & after the performance we like walking around enjoying the unique shops & of course the kids love the Lego Store! A few blocks away is a treasure~ Tiffy's Family Restaurant that has several player pianos & serves homemade ice cream too! The nice thing about Downtown Disney is that there is no cost for wandering around and enjoying the scenery!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">My winter Freebie is a special Freebie just for those who stop here because I will be placing it for sale in my TpT store. It is a set of six Winter Themed Sticky Notes! The packet includes a template to print on copy paper or cardstock {I recommend the cardstock}, then it has a sheet with all 6 designs as well as a separate sheet for each design. Simply place the sticky notes on the template and place it back into your printer...print, stick, & enjoy!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Our high school will continue this spring with ATOMIC Jazz {TOM for Tom Politzer~MIC for Mic Gillette} Tom will still come to work with our music students and may bring another member of Tower of Power. I am tearing up writing this. I am sure the upcoming concert & time with our students & music teacher, Mr. Barilone, will be incredibly emotional. Here is a quote from Mr. Barilone from our local newspaper: </span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "verdana" , "arial" , sans-serif; line-height: 20px;"><span style="color: #274e13;">“Mic really talked</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #274e13; font-family: "verdana" , "arial" , sans-serif; line-height: 20px;"> to the kids, and shared stories about when Tower</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "verdana" , "arial" , sans-serif; line-height: 20px;"><span style="color: #274e13;">(of </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #274e13; font-family: "verdana" , "arial" , sans-serif; line-height: 20px;">Power) was on the road doing gigs with the</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #274e13; font-family: "verdana" , "arial" , sans-serif; line-height: 20px;"> Rolling Stones,” he said. “That’s stuff that is not </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #274e13; font-family: "verdana" , "arial" , sans-serif; line-height: 20px;">everyday conversation. Tom (Politzer) is on board </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #274e13; font-family: "verdana" , "arial" , sans-serif; line-height: 20px;">for Atomic Jazz, he may bring someone else from Tower of Power. But what I really want to do is honor our friend Mic. It’s what he would want. No matter how short he was, I’m sure he would be telling me he would kick my butt if we didn’t keep on playing.”</span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">We had a new student join our class this week. Each time we have a new student I use a Koosh ball for the students to introduce themselves & tell a bit about me, our class, &/or our school. My third thing that they say when they have the Koosh ball is usually some kind of random question like...what is your favorite cookie?...what toothpaste do you use?...what is your favorite fruit?...this time though I had them share something they wanted to do in 2016...all of their responses were so fun to hear...students talked about me being a lifelong learner...them wanting to read more...that I love to read...that we are a Leader in Me school...it is a nice way to introduce them all to each other! I love that the bag I keep my Koosh balls in has the Truffula trees & they kind of look like Truffulas!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Last night I was able to participate in 'It's a Gas to TEACH Class'...we are so very blessed in the High Desert to have a program that began 5 years ago to encourage attendance in our high school students...each year they have grown the program...it currently involves 10 school districts...it began as It's a Gas to Go to Class...year 1--1 car was given to a high school student who had perfect attendance for the year; year 2--2 cars were given to high school students who had perfect attendance for the year; year 3--2 students were given a car for perfect attendance for the year & then they began It's a Gas to TEACH Class & 1 teacher was given a car for perfect attendance; year 4-- 2 student cars~2 teacher cars & now this year, year 5~2 student cars, 2 teacher cars & one classified car!!!...they did the giveaway for the first car for teachers last night, it was for perfect attendance for the first semester of the year...& I qualified!! The superintendent came by with my {Greenish} Golden Ticket earlier in the week...the event was held at the county fairgrounds & involved 10 districts in the High Desert...no, I didn't win the car, but I did win a toaster/convection oven!!! In addition to the car they had over 100 different prizes that were given away!! The winner of the FIAT is a 1st grade teacher in Victorville Elementary School District...I also had the chance to speak with & thank the creators of this incredible program, Billy & Kevin...they are from <a href="http://www.desertfiat.com/" target="_blank">Desert FIAT</a> & <a href="http://www.victorvillemotors.com/" target="_blank">Victorville Motors</a>...they have recruited many more businesses to support these programs...this year they also started a program for San Bernardino Unified School District...they shared that after the shooting in San Bernardino in early December, the attendance a the elementary schools was down 70%, but that there was not a significant difference at the high school, the students wanted to keep up their perfect attendance for the chance at a car...if you look at my previous <a href="http://www.theapplebasketteacher.blogspot.com/2015/09/two-days-in-row-of-blogging-big-smile.html" target="_blank">post</a> about the program you can what an impact this has made in attendance over the last 4 years...what a blessing to live in a community that values education at proves it through actions!!!! </span></div>
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<br />Nancy Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12939654028738447329noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-696639641137187442.post-89692514524012430532016-01-16T21:07:00.000-08:002016-01-16T21:09:00.672-08:005 for Fraturday; Life Happens, A Google Find, One Word, Tuna & Dr. King?, & Sticky Notes<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span id="goog_854291993"></span><span id="goog_854291994"></span><span style="color: #990000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I shared this on Instagram yesterday. I had started this post on Wednesday as one of my Wows! on Wednesday posts, but my daughter needed the computer for her homework...Thursday morning I created the Three on Thursday graphic to shift it one day...I had planned to work on it at Panera while my daughter was at dance {using their wifi}...my husband called & he had come into town & was finished with his errands {we live 25 miles out of town} so I told him to come join me...then my fibro hit...pain all over :( I headed home & went to bed...I did teach yesterday, but was struggling with my fibro all day, so once again~home & bed...so here it is Five for Fraturday!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">In the past I had learned that there are some fun responses that you can get from "Okay Google..." such as "Okay Google, Beam me up Scotty." "Okay Google, What does the Fox Say?" Okay Google, do a Barrel Roll" but I discovered a fun response on accident! I was talking with my son who loves comedy skits & realized he had never heard Abbott & Costello's Who's On First!! I was surprised...I wanted him to see it so I said, "Okay Google, Who's on First?" I got a good laugh out of Google's response...have some fun & try all of the above & enjoy watching the classic & the Tonight Show's Sequel!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large; text-align: center;">I was really pleased with the words my 3rd grade students came up with for their word for 2016. They had to fill out a Google form in Google Classroom to tell me what their word is and why...the student who put 'water' wrote "knowledge flows in your head like water" ...they had the chance to create a display for their word...our two most common words were 'kind' & 'family'...my word is FIND...</span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large; text-align: center;">I keep this can of tuna in my cupboard & pull it out every January when I talk about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr...I start with a little bit of the history of slavery, President Lincoln, the Civil War, & then talk about how things were not fair in the South around the time I was born {1965}...I feel that in order to talk about Dr. King, I have to start with Rosa Parks & tell her story...once I get to the part about the citizens discussing the bus boycott, I jump to the tuna...I began teaching in 1988 & at that time it had come to the public's attention that dolphin were dying in large numbers in the fishing of tuna...families decided to not eat tuna, I talk about how kids, just like them made a choice to not have tuna & their parents chose not buy tuna FOR A REASON...& that they were not going to until things changed...in 1990 the big 3 tuna companies agreed to only sell 'Dolphin Safe' tuna...the boycott worked...I love using this example to explain the concept of a boycott...then I move forward with discussion of the bus boycott, the challenges that it created, but the difference in our world that it made.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I am so excited to finally get these 2 sets up in my Teachers pay Teachers store!! They are 20% off tonight & tomorrow! My students really enjoyed getting the Encouraging Set Notes on their desks this last week!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> Since I missed Wows! on Wednesday, I figured I would do 5 for <strike>Friday</strike> Fraturday...</span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I took this picture about a month ago...it will remind me to FIND things to be in Awe of...this year I want to FIND hope...FIND what is really important...FIND ways to live my mission statement...FIND inspiring people, images, & words...I think I will FIND new connections to the word FIND in the next 12 months!...my verse with it is "So I say to you, keep asking, and it will be given to you. Keep searching, and you will FIND. Keep knocking, and the door will be opened to you." Luke 11:9 HCSB</span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">In 2015 my printers at both home & school died. My school printer was replaced with a black ink laser printer. It is very nice, but I LOVE </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;">C</span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: orange;">O</span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: yellow;">L</span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: lime;">O</span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: cyan;">R</span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;">!</span></span><span style="color: #990000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> When we looked at printers for home I learned about HP's Instant Ink program. On some of their printers, you can sign up for Instant Ink, a program in which the printer communicates with HP & lets them know when you are running low on ink & it ships a new cartridge to your house! The program charges by the copy, not by the amount of ink, & unused pages roll over to the next month! I LOVE IT!!!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I love Twitter & I am currently following 1220; most who are in the field of education!...I have participated in quite a few Twitter Chats...a great way to connect & learn! My twitter name is @thankfulndw</span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">My first real Wow! is the #BeTheSeason Hashtag that TpT put out there & my take on it...I thought about it a lot and I was thinking about all of the sights & sounds of the season & how children see it all, so I felt Be in Awe expressed all of that best; my second one is Be Aware...be aware of those around you who are struggling, grieving, or aching at this time of year, whether they are battling with health issues, financial issues, or the loss of a loved one or loved ones in the last year or two, this time can be a really difficult time so be aware, be sensitive,& reach out!...my third is straight forward...Love, we celebrate the greatest gift of love, the coming of Christ to earth, so we have the opportunity to show love, to BE love to the world around us...#BeTheSeason!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">.First, it keeps me constantly reminded of why I am doing what I am doing... second, it is pretty difficult for a child {or parent} to get upset with you...</span><br />
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<br />Nancy Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12939654028738447329noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-696639641137187442.post-45518128220861547442015-11-23T23:13:00.001-08:002015-11-24T08:50:30.653-08:00Edtech Summit~Temecula & a Holiday Meme<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I started my Thanksgiving Break by attending a Google Summit...it was WONDERFUL!!! I was so inspired by every session & the timing couldn't have been better since when we return next Monday we will begin using the Chromebooks our school just purchased! {my class will have the cart Monday, Tuesday, & every other Wednesday}</span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">One of the reasons this weekend was so fantastic is this group of ladies! I have taught or am teaching 3rd with all of them...one is now an AP for several of our elementary schools and the other two are looping 3/4, so I will have each one as a teammate every other year. We learned from each other & enjoyed learning, laughing, & eating together! Speaking of eating...</span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">The first night we ate at a Thai restaurant and the bowl you see in front of me is what I couldn't finish {no fridge in the hotel room} I had wonderful, large Spring Rolls first & was shocked when the soup was brought to the table, it seriously could have fed a family of 5! On the way home we went to PFChang...wow! Shown is my fortune cookie...I have so many projects in my 'For TpT' folder, maybe with the break I will get a few 'Store Ready'</span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">A highlight for me was getting the chance to meet and spend time with Vicky from Teaching and Much Moore! Once I had looked through her Instagram I felt we would connect...many things in common...she was a delight & I look forward to meeting up with her again in the future!</span></div>
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<br />Nancy Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12939654028738447329noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-696639641137187442.post-29068789565982575912015-11-18T20:42:00.001-08:002015-11-18T20:47:50.180-08:00Sketchnotes; a Gift From Scholastic; Conferences & Student Goals with a Smile!<br />
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"> ~notice this collage does not have my usual TABT logo on it because all I did was put 6 of HER sketchnotes together...if you click on the image above it will take you to her Flickr photo stream...she has so many great ones that make me think, inspire me, and connect with me in a different way than other media...maybe one day I will try to sketchnote as well!...I liked what she had so much that I downloaded around 60 of them!!...I plan to use them to help me to think differently & to inspire my fellow staff members!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Yesterday ALL day we had parent conferences & we had a short day today with conferences after the students left...I am pretty wiped out, they went well, but are quite draining...part of our conference is to include going over a parent/teacher/student compact...it has preprinted expectations in each column, and spots for goals for the student...in class we had brainstormed about different goals they could choose; turning in their homework, mastering the multiplication facts, take more AR quizzes, improve on test scores, etc...they were welcome to come up with one of their own if they chose to...then at the conference the parent chooses a goal & I choose a goal for the child to work on. I was very proud of how self reflective my students were...they chose very appropriate goals for their current challenges...as I was going through them yesterday and saw the one below my mind was trying to figure out what the child could have possibly meant by 'white heater'...I was at a loss...this morning I looked at it, I guess I had my 'teacher glasses' on because I suddenly saw 'write neater'!!! Very appropriate goal!! </span></div>
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<br />Nancy Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12939654028738447329noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-696639641137187442.post-67120229103295226882015-11-11T21:29:00.000-08:002015-11-11T21:29:58.449-08:00Shaved Frozen Yogurt, Super Improver Stars, & Binder Clip LOVE! :D<br />
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">My second Wow is Wow I finally moved forward with my Super Improver Stars! For the last few years I have tried to use this strategy from Whole Brain Teaching, but I was never successful with moving forward...I would just get too busy with other things, as well as not having great strategies for tracking & monitoring the students' stars. I know that some students have earned even more super improver stars that I haven't awarded for growth on the Accelerated Reader STAR test which they took when school began & just retook. As the students move up, the backing color for their names will change.</span></div>
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<br />Nancy Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12939654028738447329noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-696639641137187442.post-19980034950119807042015-11-08T20:07:00.000-08:002015-11-08T20:07:43.829-08:00CMC Math Conference! {Wows! on Wednesday back this Wednesday!}<span style="color: #990000; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I was very blessed to attend the CMC {California Mathematics Council} Southern California Conference in Palm Springs Friday & Saturday. I have been to the conference many times in the past, but it has been at least 6 years since I have been able to go. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I am a Kim Sutton groupie...I first heard her around 25{?} years ago at the CMC Conference. I remember going to her session and being blown away! There was so much great information that I couldn't absorb it all. Her session was repeated & so I went back. Since then I have heard her speak at conferences like this and also attended several full day conferences that she had through her company Creative Mathematics. I ALWAYS learn something new EVERY SINGLE time I hear her speak! If you EVER have the chance to see her present DO NOT pass it up! One of my favorite lines of hers is, "Math is NOT like reading/language arts" My students hear that all the time. We talk about how the brain is a pattern seeking device & how if they ever listen to a two year old or someone learning English they might hear that person say, "I flied" or "I swinged" because they are trying to apply that pattern of adding -ed for the past tense, but we have exceptions~in math there are patterns, properties, constants~when you know it, you know it...there won't be rule breakers or exceptions.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I went to 2 of Kim's sessions and visited with her for quite a while, it was a delight!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I am now a new groupie too. I went to Jane Felling's session on Family Math nights & I was so impressed with her, her style, her information, & materials I stayed for her next session Number Line Math for Teaching Place Value {it was not originally on my schedule}, then I attended her husband's session the next day Roll into Conducting Probability & Statistics & I was just as impressed with him! He talked about brain research and what he shared fit beautifully with what I have learned from Chris Biffle from Whole Brain Teaching {which I have blogged about several times in the past}. I purchased several materials from their company Box Cars and One Eyed Jacks and look forward to watching my students grow through using them.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I almost stayed with Kim for her last session, but it was for K-2 & I decided to stick with my original plan of going to Orchestrating Confident Problem Solvers in 3 Simple Steps! I am so glad that I attended that session! Here is my picture with all of these amazing individuals and more about the last session & these ladies after the picture...</span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I will talk about the content of that session first...I loved it! They talked about a way to work with students to UNDERSTAND word problems by doing 3 Reads with them. One of the lines my students hear frequently is "Reading is for Meaning" and this fit beautifully with HOW to do that when problem solving. Now, about these ladies, the opener they had up as I walked into the room was to discuss with a neighbor WHY you chose this session...I had three reasons, #1 it was in the same hotel as my previous session with Kim {a significant consideration because the conference has sessions in the Convention Center & SIX different hotels!}, #2 I liked the topic since problem solving is so critical for our students and can be a challenge for them to conquer successfully, #3 one presenter was from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo & the other 2 were from the San Luis Coastal School District~I am an alumni of Cal Poly.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">After their session I began talking with them and I asked them if they knew Dr. Susan McBride, who had been one of my professors at Cal Poly. I was surprised when they said they knew her because of how much time has gone by since I graduated. Dr. McBride had a huge impact on my life. When I was in college, Cal Poly was the only school that I knew of at the time that an individual majoring in Liberal Studies could graduate with a teaching credential. There had been a certain GPA that was required to enter the credential program and I had that GPA, but at the beginning of my fourth year the GPA was raised and the students were not informed. My GPA was now too low and I was being told that it needed to be raised, yet at the same time to graduate non-credential I would need 15 units of a foreign language. So, while I was trying to raise it, very difficult to do when you have so many credits under your belt, I was also struggling with Spanish. I have never tried so hard to be successful at something and done so poorly as when I was trying to learn Spanish. </span><br />
<span style="color: #990000; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">At this time my advisor was recommending I look at another career and I was feeling so discouraged. I enrolled in Dr. McBride's class, but I was overwhelmed and just didn't feel like I could do my best. She allowed me to receive an incomplete and told me to return when I was ready. When I came back to her class I was so inspired & impressed by her. She made me want to give everything I had to every assignment. I didn't receive a score below a 93% in her class. At the time this was a pretty big deal for me! She had a quiet, encouraging high expectation for her students, and I am so grateful that she believed that I could become a teacher.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I graduated non-credential, which was very challenging for me, but I earned my credential and Master's Degree from Chapman University. I LOVE being a teacher, and the struggles I went through, I believe help me to relate to, and make me a champion for those who do struggle in school.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Part of my story that I shared with the three ladies involved another friend who was caught in the same situation I was. We lost touch after graduation. We would later be reunited. She had also continued with her dream of being an educator & I would soon learn about her journey in education. Our reunion was related to a Delta Kappa Gamma event. {Delta Kappa Gamma is a professional organization of women educators that I was a part of} The three ladies looked at each other when I mentioned Delta Kappa Gamma & then told me that was how they knew Dr. McBride and that they would be seeing her Tuesday night!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Thank you Dr. McBride for believing in me and encouraging me to be the best I could be. You made such a positive impact on my life and I will be forever grateful!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span>Nancy Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12939654028738447329noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-696639641137187442.post-40878901440403470162015-10-28T21:50:00.002-07:002015-11-18T16:25:26.037-08:00Wows! on Wednesday~Proud Mom; More Goodies for the Class; & Dictionaries!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-OcZ184y8NiY/Vh8DU_A8F2I/AAAAAAAAIWc/VxjjQU3nDEg/s1600/tabwow.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-OcZ184y8NiY/Vh8DU_A8F2I/AAAAAAAAIWc/VxjjQU3nDEg/s640/tabwow.png" width="640" /></a><span style="color: #990000; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I think one 'Wow' could have been me blogging 3 weeks in a row! I LOVE Doodle Bugs' Five for Friday, but Friday I am usually wiped out or busy with working in the snack bar at the football games, going to the movies, or just relaxing with my family & then the weekends just seem to fly by so I am not very consistent with posting. I came up with this "{3} Wows! on Wednesday" for me...to focus on the positives and have just a few things to share...if I have even one comment expressing any interest {or hear on Social Media} I will make it a Linky next Wednesday, if not, it will just keep me going! :D</span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">My first Wow! is a Mom Wow...last night my son was recognized at our district board meeting for having a perfect score last spring on his California High School Exit Exam...today my daughter received 2 grade level awards, one for Band & the other for Humanities, as well as awards for scoring Advanced in Math & At Standard in Language Arts...I am so proud of both of them and the choices they are making!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Yes, I have received more goodies from NAEIR, if you haven't checked them out click on the picture below to check out their site. I wasn't sure what the upper left hand items were~I thought they were textured paper, but they are work making textures with clay...teacher twist~great for crayon rubbings!! There are 20 sheets of the Angry Bird stickers & Hello Kitty stickers, 40 smelly erasers, & 80 pink erasers...oh, this site is addicting!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">My last Wow! is one that I am very grateful for...for over 9 years Rotary Club has given every third grader in our district a dictionary of his or her own! This year they also gave all of the fifth graders a Thesaurus! Thank you Rotary!!</span></div>
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Nancy Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12939654028738447329noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-696639641137187442.post-61785435745958036882015-10-21T22:20:00.001-07:002015-11-18T16:28:11.451-08:003 Wows!~$433 of School Goodies for $26, A Google Form for TpT Purchases, & 4 Kinds of Sentences Game<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Wow! 2 Wednesday's in a row blogging! :) Right now that puts me in a super WOW mood! If I can get consistent at this maybe I will start it up as a linky!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">My second Wow is how many item I have from TpT; 142 Paid Purchases & 482 Free Downloads {since they started tracking it}...I am loving Google Forms & I created one to organize all of my items...after you input your information Google create a Sheet which you can organize & sort by field...that way I can look by the creators of the products eg. Blair Turner, Graphics from the Pond, etc. or by Title or use {I call them Classroom & TABT {The Apple Basket Teacher} I don't have all of my purchases in yet {LOTS to go on my free downloads}...I may even tweak my Form & add in subject or holiday when applicable...we will see...hopefully if you click on this image it will take you to a copy of my form that you can modify for your needs! </span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large; text-align: center;">I just finished getting this 'store ready' & in my store...it is a game for practicing the 4 Kinds of Sentences~Declarative, Interrogative, Imperative, & Exclamatory...I print my games on 5 different colors of paper for my 5 table groups...it makes life MUCH easier if a piece is later found on the floor!...also I love the small manilla envelopes which I laminate & use velcro to keep closed. Click on the image above to find it in my store!</span><br />
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