tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-90207374924414442332024-02-22T06:23:07.605-05:00Mrs. Bacchus' ClassFor the Joy of LearningUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger418125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9020737492441444233.post-52367035176070544992022-06-04T12:38:00.001-04:002022-06-04T12:38:00.207-04:00Newly Hired Teacher? What To Do Before September<p>You're new to the teaching profession and you've just been hired for a new school year. Congratulations! Now it's time to prepare. It can be easy to feel overwhelmed with everything that needs preparing; new classroom, new colleagues, new curriculum, new students... the list goes on. With so many things going through your head about what you need before the start of school in September, it's difficult not to forget some important tasks that are essential for a successful first year as an educator. In this blog post we will take you through a checklist of ways to prepare for being a teacher next year that should help make your life easier!</p><p style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; margin: 1.2em 0px;">First, you're going to need to collect a number of items. You'll want to get to know your new school and the resources you'll be using.</p><h1 style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-size: 1.875rem; letter-spacing: -0.025em; line-height: 2.5rem; margin: 0px 0px 0.857143em;">The June Checklist for Newly Hired Teachers</h1><h2 style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-size: 1.5rem; letter-spacing: -0.025em; line-height: 1.11111; margin: 1.55556em 0px 0.888889em;">What to Get from Other People:</h2><ul style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2rem; padding: 0px;"><li style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0.25rem; margin-top: 0.25rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.5rem;">Classroom keys</li><li style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0.25rem; margin-top: 0.25rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.5rem;">School Handbook</li><li style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0.25rem; margin-top: 0.25rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.5rem;">Photocopy number</li><li style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0.25rem; margin-top: 0.25rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.5rem;">List of resources that should be in the classroom</li><li style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0.25rem; margin-top: 0.25rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.5rem;">Combined grade curriculum guides</li><li style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0.25rem; margin-top: 0.25rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.5rem;">Planning time subjects</li><li style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0.25rem; margin-top: 0.25rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.5rem;">Class List</li><li style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0.25rem; margin-top: 0.25rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.5rem;">School year calendar with reporting dates, EQAO, open house night, etc. (put these dates in Google calendar)</li><li style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0.25rem; margin-top: 0.25rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.5rem;">Long range plans and class schedule from previous teacher if possible</li><li style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0.25rem; margin-top: 0.25rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.5rem;">Supply order forms</li><li style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0.25rem; margin-top: 0.25rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.5rem;">Budget</li></ul><h2 style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-size: 1.5rem; letter-spacing: -0.025em; line-height: 1.11111; margin: 1.55556em 0px 0.888889em;">What to Bring Home:</h2><ul style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2rem; padding: 0px;"><li style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0.25rem; margin-top: 0.25rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.5rem;">1st unit from each teacher’s manual</li><li style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0.25rem; margin-top: 0.25rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.5rem;">One student book for each unit</li><li style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0.25rem; margin-top: 0.25rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.5rem;">Combined grade resources</li><li style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0.25rem; margin-top: 0.25rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.5rem;">Class List</li><li style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0.25rem; margin-top: 0.25rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.5rem;">School Handbook</li><li style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0.25rem; margin-top: 0.25rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.5rem;">Long range plans</li><li style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0.25rem; margin-top: 0.25rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.5rem;">Any year long planners from teacher’s manuals</li></ul><h2 style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-size: 1.5rem; letter-spacing: -0.025em; line-height: 1.11111; margin: 1.55556em 0px 0.888889em;">To Do:</h2><ul style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2rem; padding: 0px;"><li style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0.25rem; margin-top: 0.25rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.5rem;">Introduce self to secretary, custodians, special education teacher, grade partners (exchange phone numbers)</li><li style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0.25rem; margin-top: 0.25rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.5rem;">Take pictures of everything in your class (inside cupboards too!)</li><li style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0.25rem; margin-top: 0.25rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.5rem;">Take inventory of classroom supplies</li></ul><div style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-size: 1.875rem; letter-spacing: -0.025em; line-height: 2.5rem; margin: 0px 0px 0.857143em; text-align: left;"><br /></div><h1 style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-size: 1.875rem; letter-spacing: -0.025em; line-height: 2.5rem; margin: 0px 0px 0.857143em;">What to Do During the Summer to Prepare for a New Teaching Job </h1><p style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; margin: 1.2em 0px;">The new school year is only a few months away and you are already feeling the summer blues. It’s time to be reminded of what needs to get done before September comes! </p><p style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; margin: 1.2em 0px;">Here is your checklist for long-term goals and short term tasks:</p><ul style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2rem; padding: 0px;"><li style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0.25rem; margin-top: 0.25rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.5rem;">Familiarize yourself with your new school's policies, bell times, etc. </li><li style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0.25rem; margin-top: 0.25rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.5rem;">Read new teachers' manual</li><li style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0.25rem; margin-top: 0.25rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.5rem;">Review curriculum and gather materials for new classes</li><li style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0.25rem; margin-top: 0.25rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.5rem;">Find existing long range plans for your grade online or by asking your grade partners</li><li style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0.25rem; margin-top: 0.25rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.5rem;">Make changes to long range plans if necessary</li><li style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0.25rem; margin-top: 0.25rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.5rem;">Plan your first unit in each subject</li><li style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0.25rem; margin-top: 0.25rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.5rem;">Talk to your grade partners about expectations (e.g., where students line up to come inside, how dismissal works)</li><li style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0.25rem; margin-top: 0.25rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.5rem;">Imagine yourself as a student in your class and think through a day in your classroom to debug any procedures</li><li style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0.25rem; margin-top: 0.25rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.5rem;">Set up an online classroom website (each Board has a preferred platform)</li><li style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0.25rem; margin-top: 0.25rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.5rem;">Write a newsletter to introduce yourself and classroom expectations and procedures to families on the first day - find examples online</li><li style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0.25rem; margin-top: 0.25rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.5rem;">Depending on your school's policies, order classroom supplies</li><li style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0.25rem; margin-top: 0.25rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.5rem;">Try not to be tempted to spend a lot of money!</li></ul><p style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; margin: 1.2em 0px;">Starting from scratch in a new school can be overwhelming. Remember to focus on what is most important in September - getting to know your students and setting up solid classroom routines and expectations that will carry you through the year. Congratulations again on entering the best profession in the world! You can do great things!</p><p style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; margin: 1.2em 0px;">Head over here for my <a href="https://bacchusclass.blogspot.com/2021/08/the-ultimate-back-to-school-checklist.html" target="_blank">Ultimate Back-to-School Checklist for Teachers</a>.</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9020737492441444233.post-38659163387091360202021-10-08T07:00:00.001-04:002021-10-08T07:00:00.247-04:00Favourite Books Friday: Books about Anger<p>This week's Favourite Books Friday is about books that talk about the feeling of anger.</p><p>Every day, kindergarten teachers are faced with a wide range of emotions from their students. Teaching students to recognize and name their feelings will help them develop self-regulation skills. </p><p>One way that teachers can help students understand how they are feeling is through reading books about anger. These books are an excellent resource for teaching children how to manage their feelings and express themselves without hurting anyone else. In this blog post, I will provide you with some book recommendations for teaching your kindergarteners about anger!</p><p>Tip: These books are available on Amazon.ca for quick purchase. You can help support this blog by purchasing the children's book(s) through this link.</p><p><br /></p><p>1. <a href="https://amzn.to/37ZRz11" target="_blank">I Choose to Calm My Anger</a> by Elizabeth Estrada</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDfxaayuUpPJbjY493eAyXqJFqCUbfDAUinsbN09raJYYqFWbsKzDjHznfm1Tr14WQB9lvKqdx1_lgftZq3Wxd5r0D8Znpz5Tf5XT5tNglEltFnjQJ6PCnhaUo5bPaJRJCLvy9nhzXF_M/s500/b31.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="500" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDfxaayuUpPJbjY493eAyXqJFqCUbfDAUinsbN09raJYYqFWbsKzDjHznfm1Tr14WQB9lvKqdx1_lgftZq3Wxd5r0D8Znpz5Tf5XT5tNglEltFnjQJ6PCnhaUo5bPaJRJCLvy9nhzXF_M/s320/b31.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>2. <a href="https://amzn.to/3gmMHHS" target="_blank">I Am Stronger Than Anger</a> by Elizabeth Cole</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5OK2sbnEYgzlTc2sLADX4sHVNxPsZ7a6RiO4qwMw1HHFNHAeLe5r3J14v3EC-9ZvISZfvIueMISW8zIq53Ds9AMxj0DGnY8JL8AMqYrcCw3WgWg8mzGu5yAMIjDqSXjWwAAQa-ZXRUPM/s500/b32.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="500" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5OK2sbnEYgzlTc2sLADX4sHVNxPsZ7a6RiO4qwMw1HHFNHAeLe5r3J14v3EC-9ZvISZfvIueMISW8zIq53Ds9AMxj0DGnY8JL8AMqYrcCw3WgWg8mzGu5yAMIjDqSXjWwAAQa-ZXRUPM/s320/b32.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>3. <a href="https://amzn.to/2WhLdYb" target="_blank">When Sophie Gets Angry - Really Really Angry</a> by Molly Bang</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/2WhLdYb" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="242" data-original-width="200" height="242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhOb073Pq2vs3eg6LkGeIZbKul4lozfWUVU1OsmrhsldL1WxIM1uYcQAt8aijJvv9hgvCNm7oXjU5J9nNqt_hGVTr99iB3OKXMiyI6ndQdApEJEP-rzSyXMTLzVzBVoRrWjRr4Ww8r2qc/s0/b43.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>4. <a href="https://amzn.to/3B41e34" target="_blank">When I'm Feeling Angry</a> by Trace Moroney</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/3B41e34" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="474" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwtXElh6RI1VXgKyQxy3yGe4uWKmOme2FbfIy4aHxLqsKV7JIsHhJfDb1eFv78Cs4ahOA3qlY_Hgajaqebq1rLE4iJwWRra3oQdEjc5Lqyo7V59ob-Bc81QOnXFYmTdYKJZ2XQPXL-us8/s320/b48.jpg" width="303" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>5. <a href="https://amzn.to/3mnidJz" target="_blank">Angry Ninja</a> by Mary Nhin</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/3mnidJz" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="498" data-original-width="500" height="319" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9EKDteawF3l9OhhE_umODRTbjo-wWzQt2VEj-E3O1g8jB3HMiyeAZdjtyoM85QIfsdD0pIgb-th-616pGmJ5dQyG9MYhJQvrmQ4NBcauIzdPLHObYe5my-bShuiuuAsVCl9ELty34Itk/s320/b50.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>6. <a href="https://amzn.to/2WdBF0D" target="_blank">The Angry Dragon</a> by Michael Gordon</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/2WdBF0D" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="500" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtRsQZEBCtbcUDlA6E7fRRqaQnYvKVQ3We8tPyHjbAp02KinkVXyQ2y6DF11F5jCSF-ARXJHFZcvXswDBfexYXWqsRzRp9ZW6_JkQalaC-s3IsZAAFWzD09ZM6bzkBOJxqSxWri3cFCh8/s320/b51.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>7. <a href="https://amzn.to/3khjpeW" target="_blank">Little Unicorn is Angry</a> by Aurelie Chien Chow Chine</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/3khjpeW" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="500" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX-Rvt8UiCcCatYSZCPM-KujkE3OMiM8HwdyOY43arbYNBSElbK71-Z-4Pe_amIN5zltzeTjri_MRNTnKAxfEPGHs_ReRDkJQv-1n3eoOXgHDg4G01vpuiPORriFSA7mmSPJEVVsELEJA/s320/b59.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>8. <a href="https://amzn.to/3morW2k" target="_blank">Angry Octopus</a> by Lori Lite</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/3morW2k" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="500" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsKbGTivRVyTjmCxOcYUbQLeSN7K-oWd6BrwtESucgBoecWTXW6vWB8HPuXqXJgX-3b-7gd-jThTAf6LfQfzNYGaJSyOe1PGtn37MAO3DCCnHR64FWiWsqNVZkVEHjuaRolAluD8MqCHc/s320/b49.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>9. <a href="https://amzn.to/3AZJ4Q8" target="_blank">Help Your Angry Dragon</a> by Melissa Winn</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/3AZJ4Q8" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="500" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQNpS1jdtnXnlcmHm0xl92AsO2uGuHpmjmXIUo_Otum81sQnaP-yc-d5Vb5GpooUnszXfVc11NvWdVVKk9zdkCshYIiLNpkwGMWZVfSgtBQPgXvT4AvCYjAl9-Ae_ArYown2xh4jCAiaM/s320/b53.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>10. <a href="https://amzn.to/3D6FdTg" target="_blank">A Little Spot of Anger</a> by Diane Alber</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/3D6FdTg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="495" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJbigabrAQuEWNQiif_IoTddD7Yy3GGB1jvHNmrgbxqeoHtV35ZmVoIjPrThjX3uIUJz7ar02DMc0oSlBVWDqy5sesWyFrXyG3HmTrp40FRTOWHNMNVb323CgloeA8R1dcwWDJlXL5kBw/s320/b60.jpg" width="317" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9020737492441444233.post-84173027734105683632021-09-29T06:30:00.010-04:002021-09-29T06:30:00.237-04:00A Thanksgiving Turkey Craft with an Easy Math Connection<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0TBoDult-nVfuI0bD3ESAHHO8d-Y1yK2umuNur3FwgjULdHHsE7mj-D-o8rnimIsAKwudVMwgl6ddD98DqbfAx0e1eKGG3oS9SrzL2QpPSRTnPMD4c83zHbVtGdI6NEi2hLN39tKNn7A/s3648/IMG_20201010_182538.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2736" data-original-width="3648" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0TBoDult-nVfuI0bD3ESAHHO8d-Y1yK2umuNur3FwgjULdHHsE7mj-D-o8rnimIsAKwudVMwgl6ddD98DqbfAx0e1eKGG3oS9SrzL2QpPSRTnPMD4c83zHbVtGdI6NEi2hLN39tKNn7A/s320/IMG_20201010_182538.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>When I first started teaching Kindergarten, I felt pressured to make cutesy crafts for holidays. Most of the time, I didn't mind, but when it came to Thanksgiving, it seemed like every teacher had a version of a turkey craft and I didn't feel compelled to make turkeys with my students.<p></p><p>There are the turkeys with feathers that list what students are thankful for. There are the turkeys that persuade students to eat something other than turkey for Thanksgiving. There are handprint turkeys, tissue paper turkeys, and toilet paper roll turkeys. </p><p>WHY? </p><p>Can't we just focus on gratitude and family?</p><p>It's taken me some years of teaching to come to the terms with the fact that no, we can't. Turkey has cultural significance and traditions rooted in Canadian Thanksgiving. People love the turkey craft. Especially in Kindergarten.</p><p>So here it is - my version of the Thanksgiving Turkey Craft. </p><p>The kids love making them. The parents love hanging them up. There's a little bit of a <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Repeating-Pattern-Unit-Google-Slides-Lessons-for-Kindergarten-to-Grade-1-6790757" target="_blank">math connection</a>. And I think they're kind of funny.</p><p>Grab the <a href=" https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/FREE-Turkey-Craft-for-Thanksgiving-Pattern-Feathers-6118376" target="_blank">FREEBIE for the Turkey Craft with Patterned Feathers printable and instructions</a> here. </p>Watch how we made them:<div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_be6W8yf-b9Oz7aGopqh2Ha6J709-oWIbGAfYmYfYq1S5giF_Z2j2UcHZMQHja8YYGChxHaaKQ-6CWgeigD5yhvxpLhtLOgb9ujBQFEFt898lbP0qnvQTWGU2qV1xg8TGjzThKHwGkYM/s3648/IMG_20201007_095453.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_be6W8yf-b9Oz7aGopqh2Ha6J709-oWIbGAfYmYfYq1S5giF_Z2j2UcHZMQHja8YYGChxHaaKQ-6CWgeigD5yhvxpLhtLOgb9ujBQFEFt898lbP0qnvQTWGU2qV1xg8TGjzThKHwGkYM/s3648/IMG_20201007_095453.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/hUB0HxAV0jo" width="320" youtube-src-id="hUB0HxAV0jo"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibIfHWFRhguECq3647zmr4F51KbtseKYjU3vQHtMq8hwIDp4jp48sVU7d76ygiWVlhs78KGS_zIQzKh7mXS24yotPnsWDWzjoo0m9dtv1vUDL7WWjsdH7pAOFPeAXuLDv8FjF0nZXdApQ/s3648/IMG_20201007_101439.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="2736" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibIfHWFRhguECq3647zmr4F51KbtseKYjU3vQHtMq8hwIDp4jp48sVU7d76ygiWVlhs78KGS_zIQzKh7mXS24yotPnsWDWzjoo0m9dtv1vUDL7WWjsdH7pAOFPeAXuLDv8FjF0nZXdApQ/s320/IMG_20201007_101439.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><img border="0" data-original-height="2736" data-original-width="3648" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_be6W8yf-b9Oz7aGopqh2Ha6J709-oWIbGAfYmYfYq1S5giF_Z2j2UcHZMQHja8YYGChxHaaKQ-6CWgeigD5yhvxpLhtLOgb9ujBQFEFt898lbP0qnvQTWGU2qV1xg8TGjzThKHwGkYM/s320/IMG_20201007_095453.jpg" width="320" /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtQBMs__e5tPdDY4w6LVrLsNlurf5Tfe0DJIOXzipXrKLNii2PW9e033j2PTVU9uKaPByY4OrwdhVp5yMEwJWUYm8y87m2g_xTPrV3DmZPtMO1_22S0ew_qscApl8x9PtCxwtcOgo6_lE/s3648/IMG_20201016_173926.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></div></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFZ6OuvmvjgVvZfcZiOGDsmYFFlbHibwg7y0ZvYsKCYiiatMLWUhX79-a2L6NCEKZRvTarEutBQjta4w3i-5H1GoX1LAOzl2F5rAzV-qTvketR5I_GZNWXw5_UjPecMvJFBFeEPFYhTZM/s3648/IMG_20201007_095449.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2736" data-original-width="3648" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFZ6OuvmvjgVvZfcZiOGDsmYFFlbHibwg7y0ZvYsKCYiiatMLWUhX79-a2L6NCEKZRvTarEutBQjta4w3i-5H1GoX1LAOzl2F5rAzV-qTvketR5I_GZNWXw5_UjPecMvJFBFeEPFYhTZM/s320/IMG_20201007_095449.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Read here to learn <a href="https://bacchusclass.blogspot.com/2021/04/repeating-patterns-lessons-and.html">how I teach Patterning to Kindergarten and Grade 1 students</a>.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /><p><br /></p></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9020737492441444233.post-85790735123537552692021-09-03T07:00:00.000-04:002021-09-03T07:00:00.240-04:00Favourite Books Friday: Books about Belonging<p>This week's Favourite Books Friday is about books that promote belonging. I hope you find it helpful! </p><p>Books are a great way to explore feelings and emotions. They can help us understand the world around us, and we can learn from them in many ways. Books also have the power to make people feel less alone, or more understood in their world view. There are some books that show what it is like to belong, even when things don't always go as planned - these books might be just what you need if you're feeling homesick or lonely right now for whatever reason! They're great at the beginning of the school year to help guide discussions about belonging in your classroom family. </p><p>Here are my favourite books about belonging.</p><p>Tip: These books are available on Amazon.ca for quick purchase. You can help support this blog by purchasing the children's book(s) through this link.</p><p>1. <a href="https://amzn.to/3gmphCG" target="_blank">Our Class is a Family</a> by Shannon Olsen</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoKcezTt2GQq7QX8Fll-7I46ZoJYIsiuXfITKHXQsBifbpzjN4zKW-CNeM52TyfL_CXnhekEkLOGjIYINikc7WbSC3OAQBZEjxI6Nfs6kjyyTxd5d7g2BRy5qLqU_HbsO6EsoptFUrZ1o/s499/b6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="499" data-original-width="386" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoKcezTt2GQq7QX8Fll-7I46ZoJYIsiuXfITKHXQsBifbpzjN4zKW-CNeM52TyfL_CXnhekEkLOGjIYINikc7WbSC3OAQBZEjxI6Nfs6kjyyTxd5d7g2BRy5qLqU_HbsO6EsoptFUrZ1o/s320/b6.jpg" width="248" /></a></div><br /><p>2. <a href="https://amzn.to/3z4oFsI" target="_blank">All Are Welcome</a> by Alexandra Penfold</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2EoVik4BBJabOBRYxPPd8FdM0hFpqdotUgThHalg-a_9NedVLZ0H1U76frP5rLleoKju6jj5DYw8QmNaPkoynbzcRQzMGdMmpBhCHdU_3_wKWA1PxuiNGwvPuiW868osaBAKrRzWoq7g/s500/b9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="500" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2EoVik4BBJabOBRYxPPd8FdM0hFpqdotUgThHalg-a_9NedVLZ0H1U76frP5rLleoKju6jj5DYw8QmNaPkoynbzcRQzMGdMmpBhCHdU_3_wKWA1PxuiNGwvPuiW868osaBAKrRzWoq7g/s320/b9.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>3. <a href="https://amzn.to/3mjsEOo" target="_blank">The Belonging Tree</a> by Maryann Cocca-Leffler</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJFGXaM1ieXbxy99ExNreTfv-RELL190RjIOR_RKY_kBhJ672TQMjPFtQJCfjU5bEgH-vuClbdEanfOM2ye8SN0Y1nYKtdSmX2kN48CcLgJ9tMy9rgaLRVufvCgflBKd4bvcVeTlTuRN0/s500/b13.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="500" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJFGXaM1ieXbxy99ExNreTfv-RELL190RjIOR_RKY_kBhJ672TQMjPFtQJCfjU5bEgH-vuClbdEanfOM2ye8SN0Y1nYKtdSmX2kN48CcLgJ9tMy9rgaLRVufvCgflBKd4bvcVeTlTuRN0/s320/b13.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>4. <a href="https://amzn.to/3mghp9v" target="_blank">Big Al</a> by Andrew Clements</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnyzRISmw70zjZb1PvN8ZpNLw3fTEnQIfdE5DV9cSPIynxSgJWqUIUofZEQaKk3GNoUtSqNiZZTQFy6yF8lWseDoghaUipLALifaosoO10_6JfmhducCNjk38QcJo3IABvLFHw4_AhoVA/s500/b14.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="408" data-original-width="500" height="261" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnyzRISmw70zjZb1PvN8ZpNLw3fTEnQIfdE5DV9cSPIynxSgJWqUIUofZEQaKk3GNoUtSqNiZZTQFy6yF8lWseDoghaUipLALifaosoO10_6JfmhducCNjk38QcJo3IABvLFHw4_AhoVA/s320/b14.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>5. <a href="https://amzn.to/3AQ1Eds" target="_blank">Strictly No Elephants</a> by Lisa Mantchev</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8psECzKXEAm9gu2b4u0ePHnC9KrdLBqCJ9vXcDDbjFlkqmKQ0mv3y2G_atE8DSIHBUqBnLm7up55r5-KthYHggsxYKs-SgGfxJt-S_26NAm4Jk_DnjiKpu6i3xPEaBK_HhhwAlYfvi5c/s500/b15.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="451" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8psECzKXEAm9gu2b4u0ePHnC9KrdLBqCJ9vXcDDbjFlkqmKQ0mv3y2G_atE8DSIHBUqBnLm7up55r5-KthYHggsxYKs-SgGfxJt-S_26NAm4Jk_DnjiKpu6i3xPEaBK_HhhwAlYfvi5c/s320/b15.jpg" width="289" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>6. The Big Umbrella by Amy June Bates</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoPWwDJbhqEZ8GoYJUUA54__FQvN73Lp9RBo5CIZHKzXJk8RFjaTCzE8AfFyHahx7_MY2WgT0w9sgPyUcHsThNDQiyhQTdh5ZYdT3izF6Fyis37qjJjBpLZHLdI_hh66kA6X_gCBB-r6s/s500/b16.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="409" data-original-width="500" height="262" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoPWwDJbhqEZ8GoYJUUA54__FQvN73Lp9RBo5CIZHKzXJk8RFjaTCzE8AfFyHahx7_MY2WgT0w9sgPyUcHsThNDQiyhQTdh5ZYdT3izF6Fyis37qjJjBpLZHLdI_hh66kA6X_gCBB-r6s/s320/b16.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>7. <a href="https://amzn.to/3D4xa9v" target="_blank">The Invisible Boy</a> by Trudy Ludwig</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGD3qVyfIutcH5NSaTo7QCf3mysvLzyJkOqIhMcrI1ArelSTEXyXbp_s-qtAkkZ8t5QlKjEjjaxpohW1OHN_bNOISG27M_WcM5MPn8RMylbKc-a0SRsH-7pQw7_K_6oal0e-CTztZ89zg/s500/b17.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="405" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGD3qVyfIutcH5NSaTo7QCf3mysvLzyJkOqIhMcrI1ArelSTEXyXbp_s-qtAkkZ8t5QlKjEjjaxpohW1OHN_bNOISG27M_WcM5MPn8RMylbKc-a0SRsH-7pQw7_K_6oal0e-CTztZ89zg/s320/b17.jpg" width="259" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>8. <a href="https://amzn.to/3moFlrd" target="_blank">Everybody's Welcome </a>by Patricia Hegarty</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHqcVmBaihCP68gQj-zXGJbOTB3KyrOJBuW3o242_1wYnYCxZmHve3bHPd0UaxxxVd5teNzw0xXzGfFpkESvVXrKwdlT11PBSjwxk1Q22pD3IH0IIeu_YAiuaj_nzE_SdeRsFuof8Gsg0/s500/b18.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="443" data-original-width="500" height="284" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHqcVmBaihCP68gQj-zXGJbOTB3KyrOJBuW3o242_1wYnYCxZmHve3bHPd0UaxxxVd5teNzw0xXzGfFpkESvVXrKwdlT11PBSjwxk1Q22pD3IH0IIeu_YAiuaj_nzE_SdeRsFuof8Gsg0/s320/b18.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>9. <a href="https://amzn.to/2XKoi8T" target="_blank">I Belong!</a> by Laurie Wright</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK11eumdOCvVZU1QCIYvm6fxChEgXJ3zl_KguDQLvzNjD3Re4fq9A1-RBzE_rSdzX-WavsoKsoDViRFDzvKMzNfOk8kEbsDGfi4JRaK7T38yELCkwZEaYuNvDHwqmC5vnRXqp3crH-2Bg/s500/b19.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="500" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK11eumdOCvVZU1QCIYvm6fxChEgXJ3zl_KguDQLvzNjD3Re4fq9A1-RBzE_rSdzX-WavsoKsoDViRFDzvKMzNfOk8kEbsDGfi4JRaK7T38yELCkwZEaYuNvDHwqmC5vnRXqp3crH-2Bg/s320/b19.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>10. <a href="https://amzn.to/2UABGLr" target="_blank">We All Belong</a> by Nathalie Goss</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJaYn6EBY8d1vUVLA2yYHCpbvrxEgmJYOkl9HgZ-fOpisqRMJGXmsY_b0yCUlstaGNUkeAMouMUP_5kWTQPqfkbHl0DbF09rdokLMjkFAVPMfYY4Idm8e45P6yJgR9hGI9mc9UCFq6sZ0/s500/b20.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="500" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJaYn6EBY8d1vUVLA2yYHCpbvrxEgmJYOkl9HgZ-fOpisqRMJGXmsY_b0yCUlstaGNUkeAMouMUP_5kWTQPqfkbHl0DbF09rdokLMjkFAVPMfYY4Idm8e45P6yJgR9hGI9mc9UCFq6sZ0/s320/b20.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9020737492441444233.post-18264125346006777842021-08-29T13:59:00.001-04:002021-08-29T13:59:00.227-04:00Free Online Resources for Learning to Play the Piano<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG2CugcYdL9MyIyIFgVF5jJub5eVekCLu0N9vanQgqZTxLbkFQUCQe-tL4JPQQGc0ZFqHvHeR_2FbL-Ww6uPXSh0RSph14-Jg6EEJQ82y0WDEIRvHIauwm87RdJJ8yrkZo0cZOLwMy_68/s1280/piano-3957650_1280.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="854" data-original-width="1280" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG2CugcYdL9MyIyIFgVF5jJub5eVekCLu0N9vanQgqZTxLbkFQUCQe-tL4JPQQGc0ZFqHvHeR_2FbL-Ww6uPXSh0RSph14-Jg6EEJQ82y0WDEIRvHIauwm87RdJJ8yrkZo0cZOLwMy_68/s320/piano-3957650_1280.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; margin: 0px 0px 1.2em;"><br /></p><p style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; margin: 0px 0px 1.2em;">Do you want to learn how to play the piano? You're not alone. Many people have an interest in music and learning how to play a new instrument, but may be unsure of where to start or how to find good information for beginner musicians. </p><p style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; margin: 1.2em 0px;">I will provide a list of resources available on the Internet that can help get you started with your musical journey, whether it's through taking lessons or just experimenting at home.</p><p style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; margin: 1.2em 0px;">These lessons start at the very beginning and are perfect for children and adults with no previous experience. Ready to learn about playing piano? Let's get started!</p><h2 style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-size: 1.5rem; letter-spacing: -0.025em; line-height: 1.11111; margin: 1.55556em 0px 0.888889em;">What is a Piano?</h2><p style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; margin: 0px 0px 1.2em;">The piano is one of the most popular musical instruments in the world. It has 88 keys (white and black) that run across a keyboard. These keys can be pressed down to cause vibrations, which make notes. The player can change the pitch of the note (how high or low it sounds) by pressing certain keys with their fingers. </p><p style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; margin: 0px 0px 1.2em;">This is what a piano keyboard looks like:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj5PsY5kAZwTEHV4udhyphenhyphenBVFmoPI42aPBQkjA17gz-Q7XrpBWKIeBWLCqK-g4iqNbqFwZprb5sP2CQEhBuD6hYPJEX_XbKok9s6V_zjE9f4Ta6CPiurw6nMt3UHQ679wFDFVsD14qRii1w/s1280/piano+keyboard.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="1280" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj5PsY5kAZwTEHV4udhyphenhyphenBVFmoPI42aPBQkjA17gz-Q7XrpBWKIeBWLCqK-g4iqNbqFwZprb5sP2CQEhBuD6hYPJEX_XbKok9s6V_zjE9f4Ta6CPiurw6nMt3UHQ679wFDFVsD14qRii1w/w640-h320/piano+keyboard.png" width="640" /></a></div><h2 style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-size: 1.5rem; letter-spacing: -0.025em; line-height: 1.11111; margin: 1.55556em 0px 0.888889em;">How does a piano make sound?</h2><p style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; margin: 0px 0px 1.2em;">A piano, or any other instrument for that matter, makes sound when something vibrates. Inside a piano, there are metal strings. The strings are stretched across a wooden frame, and they have small pieces of felt on the underside.</p><p style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; margin: 1.2em 0px;">When you press down a piano key, a tiny hammer strikes the string. This creates vibrations in the string, making the piano sound we hear.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOmlbrtw1wyU8C37pK6ubEz4FeN4LEeLNZnCsDLHlOm-wxy6f-5-m1OwsTreRf3c8PlblNHHsFs1oEbHxgTTdZXQ9MmtOdeUQNK9ivqw50b-NSzKPrlx19CpicGO2gif8j3OWntNmmzUY/s1280/inside+piano.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="852" data-original-width="1280" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOmlbrtw1wyU8C37pK6ubEz4FeN4LEeLNZnCsDLHlOm-wxy6f-5-m1OwsTreRf3c8PlblNHHsFs1oEbHxgTTdZXQ9MmtOdeUQNK9ivqw50b-NSzKPrlx19CpicGO2gif8j3OWntNmmzUY/s320/inside+piano.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; margin: 1.2em 0px;"><br /></p><h2 style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-size: 1.5rem; letter-spacing: -0.025em; line-height: 1.11111; margin: 1.55556em 0px 0.888889em;">Notes on a Piano</h2><p style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; margin: 0px 0px 1.2em;">A piano has 88 keys. The keys are arranged into groups of 7 keys, called "octaves." Each key in an octave has a name: A, B, C, D, E, F, and G. The white keys are named after the alphabet letters, while the black keys have names of their own.</p><h3 style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; margin: 0px 0px 1.2em; text-align: left;"><br /></h3><h2 style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; margin: 0px 0px 1.2em; text-align: left;">Let's Try It!</h2><p style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; margin: 0px 0px 1.2em;">Play the following video. Pause after the first half at 2:56. Find the D note on your keyboard or use this piano app to find it. Then continue the lesson.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/CuL6YJpiAIg" width="320" youtube-src-id="CuL6YJpiAIg"></iframe></div><br /><p style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; margin: 1.2em 0px;">Try playing the pattern: C D E rest. C D E rest. C D E rest. C D E rest.</p><p style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; margin: 1.2em 0px;"><br /></p><p style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; margin: 1.2em 0px;">That's it! Your first piano lesson! Congratulations. </p><p style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; margin: 1.2em 0px;"><br /></p><p style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; margin: 1.2em 0px;">Here are more videos to help you learn to play the piano.</p><h3 style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; margin: 1.2em 0px; text-align: left;">Mr. Henry's Music World (Lessons 1-5)</h3><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/QY30YMICXtM" width="320" youtube-src-id="QY30YMICXtM"></iframe></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Iuilh_oPgOc" width="320" youtube-src-id="Iuilh_oPgOc"></iframe></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/QwcHMgnrcaM" width="320" youtube-src-id="QwcHMgnrcaM"></iframe></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/D10-hh5tBB0" width="320" youtube-src-id="D10-hh5tBB0"></iframe></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ImteiB2mxm4" width="320" youtube-src-id="ImteiB2mxm4"></iframe></div><br /><h3 style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; margin: 1.2em 0px; text-align: left;">Finger Numbers</h3><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/hNmH9SRR5Ms" width="320" youtube-src-id="hNmH9SRR5Ms"></iframe></div><br /><p style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; margin: 1.2em 0px;"><br /></p><p style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; margin: 1.2em 0px;"><br style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box;" /></p><p style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; margin: 1.2em 0px 0px;"><br style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; background-color: white; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e293b; font-family: "Inter var", ui-sans-serif, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji"; font-size: 17.5px; white-space: pre-wrap;" /></p><p><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9020737492441444233.post-16187070193304446462021-08-27T08:00:00.001-04:002021-08-27T08:00:00.289-04:00Favourite Books Friday: Books about the First Day of School<p>I know that you are counting down the days until the first day of school, and so am I! This post is just for you - an overview of some fantastic books to read with your class before kick-starting a new school year. </p><p>These books will help make the transition into Kindergarten more fun and less scary. I hope these helpful resources will get your students excited about what's in store this year... and maybe even looking forward to their first day of school!</p><p>Here are my favourite books to read during the first week of school.</p><p>Tip: These books are available on Amazon.ca for quick purchase. You can help support this blog by purchasing the children's book(s) through this link.</p><p>1. <a href="https://amzn.to/3k4QvyE" target="_blank">Butterflies on the First Day of School</a> by Annie Silvestro</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPEswzquZwWKlvZPBrq77o3K5Zq_DNe_J3IKZ7Vx3V57jbREcXHdI4T9e30he38Cev1B3GFfF_GjOgxWqJWXlPG3U6Zw4zSr0fD9sQEmNjocaPBt-pYSMN3IlFZcsVW23F74P3YIiUv2I/s499/b25.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="499" data-original-width="391" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPEswzquZwWKlvZPBrq77o3K5Zq_DNe_J3IKZ7Vx3V57jbREcXHdI4T9e30he38Cev1B3GFfF_GjOgxWqJWXlPG3U6Zw4zSr0fD9sQEmNjocaPBt-pYSMN3IlFZcsVW23F74P3YIiUv2I/s320/b25.jpg" width="251" /></a></div><p><br /></p><p>2. <a href="https://amzn.to/3ATwbHc" target="_blank">We Don't Eat Our Classmates</a> by Ryan T. Higgins</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyIv9X9J_1FZUl11LO5a85yBAu8ERoiFk1HbW5TQAAsLrNnm4Pm0l9_jVCHEXJV6F4vfVnBEWPnHkH6KceLJXPhV0R8zm2WiOCWOkpUry6-A1RAmdVn_9oBFMzSKeKQTXvd-4C_t78eWo/s499/b24.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="378" data-original-width="499" height="242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyIv9X9J_1FZUl11LO5a85yBAu8ERoiFk1HbW5TQAAsLrNnm4Pm0l9_jVCHEXJV6F4vfVnBEWPnHkH6KceLJXPhV0R8zm2WiOCWOkpUry6-A1RAmdVn_9oBFMzSKeKQTXvd-4C_t78eWo/s320/b24.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>3. <a href="https://amzn.to/37XddDg" target="_blank">Daniel Goes to School</a> by Becky Friedman</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFXxQ8cO6HlHwbcq07YQoE9R2TE1nPbI6KmOlF3YLGqWO7ik0iJ7MIE7Lkj-ZOysg71eRE89cb-5THE3WAtZhThOweDT_YOycb9WP1ue1S8ivd6pbXKtsn-5BZAtMIrn11rqNQL_qPlxU/s200/b27.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="200" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFXxQ8cO6HlHwbcq07YQoE9R2TE1nPbI6KmOlF3YLGqWO7ik0iJ7MIE7Lkj-ZOysg71eRE89cb-5THE3WAtZhThOweDT_YOycb9WP1ue1S8ivd6pbXKtsn-5BZAtMIrn11rqNQL_qPlxU/s0/b27.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p>4. <a href="https://amzn.to/3z7n7hl" target="_blank">Monsters Love School</a> by Mike Austin</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcflpyEMVtkDPMpk-AtXf-0m-F5-oX-RU6DLlwVJYPbZ67Ngp2mRH0BSULegHHhkKi3ms-MMtIm0vzJ-gEZlWbVUye6foppDBM0mhAlFT5N6wW8o9a-frkmchcBmrlWhSN-oDy5OCIHHY/s500/b28.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="493" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcflpyEMVtkDPMpk-AtXf-0m-F5-oX-RU6DLlwVJYPbZ67Ngp2mRH0BSULegHHhkKi3ms-MMtIm0vzJ-gEZlWbVUye6foppDBM0mhAlFT5N6wW8o9a-frkmchcBmrlWhSN-oDy5OCIHHY/s320/b28.jpg" width="316" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>5. <a href="https://amzn.to/3kfK9wv" target="_blank">School's First Day of School</a> by Adam Rex</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrkIwFJcKUPJ5-if7XviHErAqi3UuMqOLmRf-ztFXEsVf89WTD_xOAOV1zU4tzbX-jUkUcA6CbX4YfYp63PqsQnoCBwRp-Tcw-w59S13G8h2_TC6Rip3dkeCibDUBDP-CiUvZPvTXs-9U/s500/b21.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="405" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrkIwFJcKUPJ5-if7XviHErAqi3UuMqOLmRf-ztFXEsVf89WTD_xOAOV1zU4tzbX-jUkUcA6CbX4YfYp63PqsQnoCBwRp-Tcw-w59S13G8h2_TC6Rip3dkeCibDUBDP-CiUvZPvTXs-9U/s320/b21.jpg" width="259" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>6. <a href="https://amzn.to/3z5QwZv" target="_blank">This School Year Will Be the BEST!</a> by Kay Winters</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjInt4oM-d_FK7C9aLCs1nTxZ5EZf3gJeBes9IQr6fQouRGH15Q7jOHvRFPMwgmEiyU2OmoYXN5gYRlbpuWLanOSwxbTk3gTTs7KvHm6yk7cOr-dg6bHcVLwl7g8V7tnFpU9dwd51xjSV0/s500/b26.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="403" data-original-width="500" height="258" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjInt4oM-d_FK7C9aLCs1nTxZ5EZf3gJeBes9IQr6fQouRGH15Q7jOHvRFPMwgmEiyU2OmoYXN5gYRlbpuWLanOSwxbTk3gTTs7KvHm6yk7cOr-dg6bHcVLwl7g8V7tnFpU9dwd51xjSV0/s320/b26.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>7. <a href="https://amzn.to/2Wd0EkL" target="_blank">A Letter from Your Teacher</a> by Shannon Olsen</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpQpC9BqIw_9VWJVZllahEpPhBD6WJypQJyWvMl_vRjJdoPrCWUhMPWR_XNGonSL9EPDSRewqhiGUPGtjmSaGftMitzz7CVyiEwVtbj_B0rGKrwqrqy5hfyPV_DHz1ecnuSIEozTLZmKA/s499/b22.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="499" data-original-width="386" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpQpC9BqIw_9VWJVZllahEpPhBD6WJypQJyWvMl_vRjJdoPrCWUhMPWR_XNGonSL9EPDSRewqhiGUPGtjmSaGftMitzz7CVyiEwVtbj_B0rGKrwqrqy5hfyPV_DHz1ecnuSIEozTLZmKA/s320/b22.jpg" width="248" /></a></div><p><br /></p><p>8. <a href="https://amzn.to/3CXcWOO" target="_blank">The Pigeon HAS to Go to School!</a> by Mo Willems</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg194mLFmmv-WaRVX5PoHrmSO08H6E4eT1BxBZFZx2gqvComNUe4aVRb8tG2A46JgMJ0Qk9lakKQJ0fDyhr2o1pf9Y1W7yterKm5QJRMHQHkJgsZs1DaYcePqEClckuFPeMKXCaOdt5-bw/s500/b29.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="500" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg194mLFmmv-WaRVX5PoHrmSO08H6E4eT1BxBZFZx2gqvComNUe4aVRb8tG2A46JgMJ0Qk9lakKQJ0fDyhr2o1pf9Y1W7yterKm5QJRMHQHkJgsZs1DaYcePqEClckuFPeMKXCaOdt5-bw/s320/b29.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>9. <a href="https://amzn.to/3D3YcxJ" target="_blank">Lola Goes to School</a> by Anna McQuinn</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw3OSaj18opjkzcpPtrwvGBBL7z47pPcTDPs8w9F8iDCh9axgojWv1VPB9PpsLsSd6Uf2U6zl7SMdVG79SpUXVm0zK8_Tq2eCTaPiOUfgkENN_EDJLlJ65EJn-iwpeJxGpfhELp50swZ4/s500/b30.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="430" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw3OSaj18opjkzcpPtrwvGBBL7z47pPcTDPs8w9F8iDCh9axgojWv1VPB9PpsLsSd6Uf2U6zl7SMdVG79SpUXVm0zK8_Tq2eCTaPiOUfgkENN_EDJLlJ65EJn-iwpeJxGpfhELp50swZ4/s320/b30.jpg" width="275" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>10. <a href="https://amzn.to/3AXhEu1" target="_blank">First Day Jitters</a> by Julie Danneberg</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5Vy6oxPwuO3ZJB3Rm3MCLkqQpZFjpEqVBaFAZbD0jBOQIEij91pIoUvVILaTus9w6pP95aJGTlvEsoP0UZ9cmyeRB_VhmeEj_qN5otL3UwnSXw-5wfWT7kPjsA8WhkRGiV2MBvnMdst0/s499/b23.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="499" data-original-width="392" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5Vy6oxPwuO3ZJB3Rm3MCLkqQpZFjpEqVBaFAZbD0jBOQIEij91pIoUvVILaTus9w6pP95aJGTlvEsoP0UZ9cmyeRB_VhmeEj_qN5otL3UwnSXw-5wfWT7kPjsA8WhkRGiV2MBvnMdst0/s320/b23.jpg" width="251" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9020737492441444233.post-35069105305582977832021-08-25T07:00:00.001-04:002021-08-25T07:00:00.231-04:00Kindergarten Long Range Plans for Mathematics<p>The foundation of the Ontario Kindergarten program is play-based, child-centred learning. Kindergarten teachers are advised to be flexible with the curriculum and focus on students' interests and developing a lifelong love of learning. Effective educators know that it's important to lay out long-term plans for increasing student learning in certain content areas like Mathematics, even if plans change to follow students' interests. </p><p>Here are a few notes about these long range plans:</p><p>- You'll notice that concepts are revisited. Learning takes repetition over time. </p><p>- My school has a majority population of English Language Learners (or Emergent Bilinguals). Therefore I save many of the units that require challenging vocabulary, such as 3D solids, until the 2nd term.</p><p>- Some of these units might last 3 days while others last 3 weeks, depending on the needs of my students.</p><p>The following are the math units I teach in each Term. Some units are linked to my <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Mrs-Bacchus" target="_blank">TeachersPayTeachers store</a>. </p><span id="docs-internal-guid-0221ae90-7fff-740d-5ea3-c587ad876566"><br /><div align="left" dir="ltr" style="font-size: small; margin-left: 0pt;"><table style="border-collapse: collapse; border: none; table-layout: fixed; width: 540pt;"><colgroup><col></col><col></col></colgroup><tbody><tr style="height: 0pt;"><td style="border-bottom: solid #000000 1pt; border-left: solid #000000 1pt; border-right: solid #000000 1pt; border-top: solid #000000 1pt; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Term 1</span></span></p></td><td style="border-bottom: solid #000000 1pt; 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border-left: solid #000000 1pt; border-right: solid #000000 1pt; border-top: solid #000000 1pt; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/3D-Solids-A-Kindergarten-Geometry-Unit-Online-or-In-Class-6412270" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;">3D Solids</span></span></a></p></td></tr><tr style="height: 10.5pt;"><td style="border-bottom: solid #000000 1pt; border-left: solid #000000 1pt; border-right: solid #000000 1pt; border-top: solid #000000 1pt; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Repeating-Pattern-Unit-Google-Slides-Lessons-for-Kindergarten-to-Grade-1-6790757" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Repeating Patterns</span></span></a></p></td><td style="border-bottom: solid #000000 1pt; border-left: solid #000000 1pt; border-right: solid #000000 1pt; border-top: solid #000000 1pt; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Addition</span></span></p></td></tr><tr style="height: 10.5pt;"><td style="border-bottom: solid #000000 1pt; border-left: solid #000000 1pt; border-right: solid #000000 1pt; border-top: solid #000000 1pt; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Kindergarten-Number-Sense-Unit-Numbers-1-10-One-to-Ten-6142561" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Numbers 1-5</span></span></a></p></td><td style="border-bottom: solid #000000 1pt; border-left: solid #000000 1pt; border-right: solid #000000 1pt; border-top: solid #000000 1pt; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Subtraction</span></span></p></td></tr><tr style="height: 10.5pt;"><td style="border-bottom: solid #000000 1pt; border-left: solid #000000 1pt; border-right: solid #000000 1pt; border-top: solid #000000 1pt; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Kindergarten-Geometry-Unit-2D-Shapes-Online-or-In-Class-Digital-Resource-6261139" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;">2D Shapes</span></span></a></p></td><td style="border-bottom: solid #000000 1pt; border-left: solid #000000 1pt; border-right: solid #000000 1pt; border-top: solid #000000 1pt; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Graphing</span></span></p></td></tr><tr style="height: 10.5pt;"><td style="border-bottom: solid #000000 1pt; border-left: solid #000000 1pt; border-right: solid #000000 1pt; border-top: solid #000000 1pt; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Kindergarten-Number-Sense-Unit-Numbers-1-10-One-to-Ten-6142561" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Numbers 0-10</span></span></a></p></td><td style="border-bottom: solid #000000 1pt; border-left: solid #000000 1pt; border-right: solid #000000 1pt; border-top: solid #000000 1pt; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Growing and Shrinking Patterns</span></span></p></td></tr><tr style="height: 10.5pt;"><td style="border-bottom: solid #000000 1pt; border-left: solid #000000 1pt; border-right: solid #000000 1pt; border-top: solid #000000 1pt; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Kindergarten-Data-Management-Mini-Unit-Organizing-Info-and-Using-Tally-Marks-6834117" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Tally Marks and Organizing Data</span></span></a></p></td><td style="border-bottom: solid #000000 1pt; border-left: solid #000000 1pt; border-right: solid #000000 1pt; border-top: solid #000000 1pt; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Kindergarten-Measurement-Units-Length-Weight-Capacity-Area-Temp-6486327" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Weight, Capacity, and Volume</span></span></a></p></td></tr><tr style="height: 10.5pt;"><td style="border-bottom: solid #000000 1pt; border-left: solid #000000 1pt; border-right: solid #000000 1pt; border-top: solid #000000 1pt; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Kindergarten-Measurement-Units-Length-Weight-Capacity-Area-Temp-6486327" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Length</span></span></a></p></td><td style="border-bottom: solid #000000 1pt; border-left: solid #000000 1pt; border-right: solid #000000 1pt; border-top: solid #000000 1pt; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Composing and Decomposing Numbers</span></span></p></td></tr><tr style="height: 10.5pt;"><td style="border-bottom: solid #000000 1pt; border-left: solid #000000 1pt; border-right: solid #000000 1pt; border-top: solid #000000 1pt; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Kindergarten-Measurement-Units-Length-Weight-Capacity-Area-Temp-6486327" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Area</span></span></a></p></td><td style="border-bottom: solid #000000 1pt; border-left: solid #000000 1pt; border-right: solid #000000 1pt; border-top: solid #000000 1pt; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Kindergarten-Telling-Time-to-the-Hour-A-Math-Unit-in-Google-Slides-6886680" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Telling Time</span></span></a></p></td></tr><tr style="height: 10.5pt;"><td style="border-bottom: solid #000000 1pt; border-left: solid #000000 1pt; border-right: solid #000000 1pt; border-top: solid #000000 1pt; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Kindergarten-Measurement-Units-Length-Weight-Capacity-Area-Temp-6486327" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Temperature</span></span></a></p></td><td style="border-bottom: solid #000000 1pt; border-left: solid #000000 1pt; border-right: solid #000000 1pt; border-top: solid #000000 1pt; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Canadian-Money-Financial-Literacy-Unit-2020-Ontario-Math-PDF-and-Powerpoint-6834378" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Money</span></span></a></p></td></tr><tr style="height: 10.5pt;"><td style="border-bottom: solid #000000 1pt; border-left: solid #000000 1pt; border-right: solid #000000 1pt; border-top: solid #000000 1pt; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Numbers 0-20</span></span></p></td><td style="border-bottom: solid #000000 1pt; border-left: solid #000000 1pt; border-right: solid #000000 1pt; border-top: solid #000000 1pt; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Number Lines and Hundreds Charts</span></span></p></td></tr><tr style="height: 10.5pt;"><td style="border-bottom: solid #000000 1pt; border-left: solid #000000 1pt; border-right: solid #000000 1pt; border-top: solid #000000 1pt; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Coding</span></span></p></td><td style="border-bottom: solid #000000 1pt; border-left: solid #000000 1pt; border-right: solid #000000 1pt; border-top: solid #000000 1pt; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Kindergarten-Geometry-Unit-2D-Shapes-Online-or-In-Class-Digital-Resource-6261139" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Shapes</span></a><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> and </span><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/3D-Solids-A-Kindergarten-Geometry-Unit-Online-or-In-Class-6412270" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Solids</span></a><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Review</span></span></p></td></tr><tr style="height: 10.5pt;"><td style="border-bottom: solid #000000 1pt; border-left: solid #000000 1pt; border-right: solid #000000 1pt; border-top: solid #000000 1pt; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Probability-Unit-Google-Slides-Lessons-for-Kindergarten-6871278" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Probability</span></span></a></p></td><td style="border-bottom: solid #000000 1pt; border-left: solid #000000 1pt; border-right: solid #000000 1pt; border-top: solid #000000 1pt; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: hidden; padding: 5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt; vertical-align: top;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Kindergarten-Symmetry-Unit-Math-Lessons-on-Google-Slides-for-Online-In-Class--6853094" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Symmetry</span></span></a></p></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><div align="left" dir="ltr" style="font-size: small; margin-left: 0pt;"><br /></div><div align="left" dir="ltr" style="margin-left: 0pt;">You can find a <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Mrs-Bacchus-BUNDLE-of-Kindergarten-MATH-Google-Slides-Version-6515843" target="_blank">bundle of these Kindergarten Math units here</a>. They're in Google Slides format so they work great for virtual teaching or in-class lessons with a projector or SMARTboard. I use them as Math Talks before we begin to play or explore math centres.</div><div align="left" dir="ltr" style="margin-left: 0pt;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Mrs-Bacchus-BUNDLE-of-Kindergarten-MATH-Google-Slides-Version-6515843" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="350" data-original-width="350" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwFZDL2E3UfzVcxFJFOBwMyim-XtsakML2ICO95KVNqkkdTtO_VUUjZCO4DnVIcy_6Axm8IjcF1hYVGm8TVByivHfRlVR6Z9x7LWk-84HK7aOZjih27OMMfj2nx17XQDe3vw7lvSbazuw/s320/original-6515843-1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div align="left" dir="ltr" style="margin-left: 0pt;"><br /></div><div align="left" dir="ltr" style="margin-left: 0pt;"><br /></div><div align="left" dir="ltr" style="margin-left: 0pt;">I hope this is helpful in planning your own math units. If you have any questions, let me know in the comments here or on social media (links at the top of the page).</div><div align="left" dir="ltr" style="margin-left: 0pt;"><br /></div></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9020737492441444233.post-62162399946531322972021-08-23T07:00:00.001-04:002021-08-23T07:00:00.232-04:00Social-Emotional Learning and Mathematical Processes: Resources for Teaching Mathematics in Ontario<p> The Social-Emotional Learning and Mathematical Processes strand was added to the 2020 Math Curriculum in Ontario, although the concepts are not new to any modern math classroom. If social-emotional learning (SEL) is taught alongside of math, students will be able to communicate effectively, respond appropriately to stress, deal with mistakes, and apply what they learn to the real world. A growth mindset and social-awareness are necessary for teaching and learning mathematics. </p><p>Let's talk about questions, books, and other resources to support social-emotional learning.</p><h2 style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-size: 1.5rem; letter-spacing: -0.025em; line-height: 1.11111; margin: 1.55556em 0px 0.888889em;">What is Strand A - Social-Emotional Learning and Mathematical Processes</h2><p style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; margin: 0px 0px 1.2em;">"Strand A focuses on the development and application of social-emotional learning (SEL) skills while using mathematical processes. These skills support students' understanding of mathematical knowledge, concepts, and skills and foster their overall well-being and ability to learn while helping them build resilience and thrive as mathematics learners."</p><p style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; margin: 1.2em 0px;">https://www.dcp.edu.gov.on.ca/en/curriculum/elementary-mathematics</p><p style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; margin: 1.2em 0px;">Here's a <a href="https://assets-us-01.kc-usercontent.com/fbd574c4-da36-0066-a0c5-849ffb2de96e/c53cc9da-cf10-4d49-a465-3723ff1ea5c8/SEL_AODA.pdf" target="_blank">link to a one page document with the Strand A curriculum.</a></p><p style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; margin: 1.2em 0px;">There are no specific expectations under the overall expectation because they show up in the application of skills throughout the other curriculum expectations. They are taught and assessed in all areas.</p><p style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; margin: 1.2em 0px;">The social-emotional learning skills are intertwined with the mathematical processes and they work together through Strands B-F. </p><h2 style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-size: 1.5rem; letter-spacing: -0.025em; line-height: 1.11111; margin: 1.55556em 0px 0.888889em;">The 7 Mathematical Processes</h2><ul style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2rem; padding: 0px;"><li style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0.25rem; margin-top: 0.25rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.5rem;">problem solving</li><li style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0.25rem; margin-top: 0.25rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.5rem;">reasoning and proving</li><li style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0.25rem; margin-top: 0.25rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.5rem;">reflecting</li><li style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0.25rem; margin-top: 0.25rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.5rem;">connecting</li><li style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0.25rem; margin-top: 0.25rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.5rem;">communicating</li><li style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0.25rem; margin-top: 0.25rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.5rem;">representing</li><li style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0.25rem; margin-top: 0.25rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.5rem;">selecting tools and strategies</li></ul><h2 style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-size: 1.5rem; letter-spacing: -0.025em; line-height: 1.11111; margin: 1.55556em 0px 0.888889em;">The 6 Social-Emotional Learning Skills</h2><ul style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2rem; padding: 0px;"><li style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0.25rem; margin-top: 0.25rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.5rem;">Identification and Management of Emotions</li><li style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0.25rem; margin-top: 0.25rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.5rem;">Stress Management and Coping</li><li style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0.25rem; margin-top: 0.25rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.5rem;">Positive Motivation and Perseverance</li><li style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0.25rem; margin-top: 0.25rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.5rem;">Healthy Relationship Skills</li><li style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0.25rem; margin-top: 0.25rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.5rem;">Self-Awareness and Sense of Identity</li><li style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0.25rem; margin-top: 0.25rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.5rem;">Critical and Creative Thinking</li></ul><p style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; margin: 1.2em 0px;"><br style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box;" /></p><h1 style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-size: 1.875rem; letter-spacing: -0.025em; line-height: 2.5rem; margin: 0px 0px 0.857143em;">Three Questions for Teachers to Consider when Planning a Math Task:</h1><ol style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2rem; padding: 0px;"><li style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: decimal; margin-bottom: 0.25rem; margin-top: 0.25rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.5rem;">How might students learn to identify and manage their emotions through this problem?</li><li style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: decimal; margin-bottom: 0.25rem; margin-top: 0.25rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.5rem;">What mathematical processes might students use to solve this problem? </li><li style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: decimal; margin-bottom: 0.25rem; margin-top: 0.25rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.5rem;">How can you address the Social-Emotional Learning Skills during consolidation of this problem?</li></ol><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiifqMNIPXmrf797gwqmz28FA99XjmdKutdG3wa10wQ8l5W3hQet1fX1CwR3S9rahP5J9ycKe2w11SpibUw4INQrLGaM-jt_vczTaVkdihMw1UayGSshb20Sb7lXS9-el0Y5-_-edipgg/s1280/child-3326960_1280.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="1280" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiifqMNIPXmrf797gwqmz28FA99XjmdKutdG3wa10wQ8l5W3hQet1fX1CwR3S9rahP5J9ycKe2w11SpibUw4INQrLGaM-jt_vczTaVkdihMw1UayGSshb20Sb7lXS9-el0Y5-_-edipgg/s320/child-3326960_1280.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; margin: 1.2em 0px;"><br style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box;" /></p><h1 style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-size: 1.875rem; letter-spacing: -0.025em; line-height: 2.5rem; margin: 0px 0px 0.857143em;">Learning Goals and Questions for addressing the SEL skills in Strand A</h1><h2 style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-size: 1.5rem; letter-spacing: -0.025em; line-height: 1.11111; margin: 1.55556em 0px 0.888889em;">Build Relationships and Communicate Effectively</h2><div>I can work well with different partners and groups.</div><div>I share my ideas.</div><div>I ask questions.</div><div>I give respectful feedback.</div><div>I can work with a group to make a decision.</div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Talk about someone you saw who showed respect/listening/kindness/empathy/conflict resolution/friendship. What did they do? How did that make you feel?</li><li>What are some respectful words you can use when you disagree with someone?</li><li>How can you add on to another person's idea respectfully?</li></ul></div><p style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; margin: 1.2em 0px;">Books to Support this Social-Emotional Skill:</p><p style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; margin: 1.2em 0px;"><a href="https://amzn.to/2WjWFms" target="_blank">The Big Umbrella</a> by Amy June Bates</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/2WjWFms" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="409" data-original-width="500" height="262" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQWpZl592D-SET8e6tVav1Qv9NxVlYhea7spAmJQwUluTmARAuH6ZEE8VlZAzUngFur6n5my4WcJWzXnxW81XZyjayR6ODG9tmzYR_m1KsM5M_3GuFngNApqpViqzh2mdnpW_G30Or6Yc/s320/b16.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; margin: 1.2em 0px;"><br /></p><p style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; margin: 1.2em 0px;"><a href="https://amzn.to/3khXQLc" target="_blank">Swimmy</a> by Leo Lionni</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/3khXQLc" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="405" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_-8uOEPvqmrTgX6oikBXExYSlGviSmWn7XebQBnVuf01Oi8wtLrszKeCWSPzZ_T3wMdPL8CW1ZX8tRmMTKb8oXUNVmbLEkgMGXiCdlU8A33wkCl8nr00NnKpmevxSr-sGX3x9XgmmBoU/s320/b63.jpg" width="259" /></a></div><br /><p style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; margin: 1.2em 0px;"><br /></p><h2 style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-size: 1.5rem; letter-spacing: -0.025em; line-height: 1.11111; margin: 1.55556em 0px 0.888889em;">Identify and Manage Emotions</h2><div>I notice when I feel stress.</div><div>I can cope with challenges.</div><div>I can identify how I am feeling.</div><div>I can identify how others are feeling.</div><div><br /></div><ul style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2rem; padding: 0px;"><li style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0.25rem; margin-top: 0.25rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.5rem;">How would you feel if you solved an easier problem?</li><li style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0.25rem; margin-top: 0.25rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.5rem;">Would you feel different or the same if you solved a harder problem?</li><li style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0.25rem; margin-top: 0.25rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.5rem;">How would you feel if a friend was having a hard time in class?</li><li style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0.25rem; margin-top: 0.25rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.5rem;">What can happen when we get frustrated?</li><li style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0.25rem; margin-top: 0.25rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.5rem;">What can happen when classwork is challenging?</li></ul><p style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; margin: 1.2em 0px;">Books to Support this Social-Emotional Skill:</p><p><a href="https://amzn.to/3Da17VN" target="_blank">The Color Monster</a> by Anna Llenas</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/3Da17VN" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="498" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp0KdlVlty1DooKtwRa7aRQfSzSqfVJ2OY3ultRDWhZ5t35xoXslepyc9XdXF8tIJy4MoSrgVHWGKv3ArLjVee_8qwzp-J8MrShIFuPCNXnyfpPLTPVyYFxF4lCv-171LjgtyLWb80ku0/s320/b54.jpg" width="319" /></a></div><p style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; margin: 1.2em 0px;"><a href="https://amzn.to/3B0KMAL" target="_blank">The Way I Feel</a> by Janan Cain - <a href="https://heartmindonline.org/resources/lesson-plan-the-way-i-feel" target="_blank">Lesson Plan</a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/3B0KMAL" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="459" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPVO8o2B3xxPWJ852tV3HWiZtKdhfwnGOsIRTs7z7Z1Jx2nfwdFQW2qBISHiKzl5JRq6GS8CXI277kYk2wEcrmmWfxDUal9tV-LyE2bBVQLs_B55_Z4vXt0NazxpUQuxgyMzbQkbzImSo/s320/b55.jpg" width="294" /></a></div><br /><p><a href="https://amzn.to/382rVbZ" target="_blank">My Body Sends a Signal</a> by Natalia Maguire</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7Ju4l9OgXTc7R3mXw3u5m_qqDX2ePwr2aB9IIRmPH5A4q7aGeivSsQ259KupHZJf2s0eLPLLrOnVya-SoLrk1pHo_vAodJT8NwhPl5CIfHdb78hNnf_TnNbsN7OxpuCY_SrfWdH0awEQ/s500/b38.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="500" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7Ju4l9OgXTc7R3mXw3u5m_qqDX2ePwr2aB9IIRmPH5A4q7aGeivSsQ259KupHZJf2s0eLPLLrOnVya-SoLrk1pHo_vAodJT8NwhPl5CIfHdb78hNnf_TnNbsN7OxpuCY_SrfWdH0awEQ/s320/b38.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><h2 style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-size: 1.5rem; letter-spacing: -0.025em; line-height: 1.11111; margin: 1.55556em 0px 0.888889em;">Recognize Sources of Stress and Cope with Challenges</h2><div>I know what helps me feel calm when I'm stressed.</div><div>I know that stress is okay.</div><div>I can build my resilience.</div><div><br /></div><ul style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2rem; padding: 0px;"><li style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0.25rem; margin-top: 0.25rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.5rem;">Model a "think aloud" to show the self talk you use and how you respond to difficulties</li><li style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0.25rem; margin-top: 0.25rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.5rem;">Provide a problem with missing information, talk about the feelings and strategies, and then give the missing information</li><li style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0.25rem; margin-top: 0.25rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.5rem;">What can you do when you feel stressed?</li><li style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0.25rem; margin-top: 0.25rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.5rem;">What will help you build resilience?</li></ul><p style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; margin: 1.2em 0px;">Books to Support this Social-Emotional Skill:</p><p style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; margin: 1.2em 0px;"><a href="https://amzn.to/3AWUd40" target="_blank">Beautiful Oops</a> by Barney Saltzburg - <a href="https://www.thesmartteacher.com/exchange/resource/1011/Beautiful_Oops" target="_blank">Lesson Plan</a> (Follow-up activity: Journal writing and documenting their own mistakes and how they dealt with stress.)</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/3AWUd40" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="500" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWDpIzdl6-bna6mSmYgpdj1FAh9sB4bMiYgm7ookVVBhxSAX7Z4HHp0hTBCgEW_SgSLI4hcjq_Wk4NxTtMFP3MqVBvYJcLAToaBFIl3hzhsBC_DYMFUc4YsMUiwEo52fl6BJ_RTRsoE94/s320/b61.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; margin: 1.2em 0px;"><br /></p><p style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; margin: 1.2em 0px;"><a href="https://amzn.to/2Wf0B7M" target="_blank">The Girl Who Never Made Mistakes</a> by Mark Pett - <a href="https://languageduringmealtime.com/books-and-mealtime/the-girl-who-never-made-mistakes/" target="_blank">Lesson Plan</a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/2Wf0B7M" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="407" data-original-width="500" height="260" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtO7tqDvr-EaJNvbuuzoJRGXW7jl6lMrwS1VabxGGvUHzpIhyz7ZhutbxcEDBSpVFOT-0Pq8bEKhDpQnpzhHnf1Wd92jZ3FOnziHajMDPLbSXrVFILn_gb8tqTcquUyV7VW3f9WaLWqWw/s320/b62.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; margin: 1.2em 0px;"><br /></p><p style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; margin: 1.2em 0px;"><a href="https://amzn.to/3kc5HtT" target="_blank">Mistakes Are How I Learn</a> by Kiara Wilson</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/3D7UFON" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="500" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMQSIzUZvhv9xi-lKRAlg8tMocIChx723cHE0Rxk1GltKlpXfMWWbaD4StTD26FG4ThWAd9EMt2gYHlvhDkg25wt9LXCsgsNix_Cvq2JYFYUGRL9uMr4vaQHbTDUDqP1gOxP1Niygp6yU/s320/b44.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; margin: 1.2em 0px;"><br /></p><h2 style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-size: 1.5rem; letter-spacing: -0.025em; line-height: 1.11111; margin: 1.55556em 0px 0.888889em;">Maintain Positive Motivation and Perseverance</h2><div>I have a positive attitude.</div><div>I stick with it when things are hard.</div><div>I know that mistakes are an important part of learning.</div><div>I take my time and try again.</div><div><br /></div><ul style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2rem; padding: 0px;"><li style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0.25rem; margin-top: 0.25rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.5rem;">What kinds of problems/puzzles do you prefer?</li><li style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0.25rem; margin-top: 0.25rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.5rem;">Why do you think you like solving those types of problems?</li><li style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0.25rem; margin-top: 0.25rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.5rem;">Notice and name when they've persevered</li></ul><p style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; margin: 1.2em 0px;">Books to Support this Social-Emotional Skill:</p><p style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; margin: 1.2em 0px;"><a href="https://amzn.to/3y2Ihfv" target="_blank">Tomorrow I'll Be Brave</a> by Jessica Hische - <a href="http://hereweeread.com/2018/10/tomorrow-ill-be-brave-blog-tour-teaching-kids-about-bravery.html" target="_blank">Lesson Plan</a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/3y2Ihfv" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="404" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi33Unxl80iU42iAaYmV9pikX1PDAXgvuFyBZD5yw7UUxb8SuLk58k-Up_XEX9Q40e3F8tBEVqpAkFKDOLbWFgrXASnHcjajGmaWs1BoU2PEoPUn2KPQH9w_W92N2DmKw-KkzKLNPq8RT4/s320/b64.jpg" width="259" /></a></div><br /><p style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; margin: 1.2em 0px;"><a href="https://amzn.to/3z7MOP6" target="_blank">The Most Magnificent Thing</a> by Ashley Spires</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/3z7MOP6" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="500" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizvIeXcBprmlMxeAUTaFzVoZ673nA3ry7q70WZvrpUwlVmlPurqZKaRZCPF07MCsRFmSzr7s8VC_OKNjZo-kFYyA_oJTDIWBDCEJP-8zJKLOLPeLzDA4WcrhMf1zP9GaUsLHIKfNWa58c/s320/b65.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; margin: 1.2em 0px;"><a href="https://amzn.to/3gmOwVt" target="_blank">Flight School</a> by Lita Judge</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/3gmOwVt" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="500" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTfqJrSPtUob1elVSjgUyYw24M0HC_NtXCtehmx0e1mnXPAA5rKPHd0ZDuEQWNiSTydN9-YcBq5yttjsqQqhuwNhaClRv953IFt2r9t5gp85TAjFkY_SwU_9BOgTwBpsGe13OX7YvnoTA/s320/b66.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; margin: 1.2em 0px;"><br /></p><h2 style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-size: 1.5rem; letter-spacing: -0.025em; line-height: 1.11111; margin: 1.55556em 0px 0.888889em;">Develop Self-Awareness and Sense of Identity</h2><div>I know that I can learn math.</div><div>I am responsible for my own learning.</div><div>I know that different strategies work for different people and problems.</div><div>I make choices and decisions.</div><div><br /></div><ul style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2rem; padding: 0px;"><li style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0.25rem; margin-top: 0.25rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.5rem;">Draw how you feel about math.</li><li style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0.25rem; margin-top: 0.25rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.5rem;">If math were an animal/food/etc...</li><li style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0.25rem; margin-top: 0.25rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.5rem;">Graph how you feel about our math lesson today</li></ul><p style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; margin: 1.2em 0px;">Books to Support this Social-Emotional Skill:</p><p style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; margin: 1.2em 0px;"><a href="https://amzn.to/3y8iZwg" target="_blank">The North Star</a> by Peter H. Reynolds - <a href="http://www.integratingengineering.org/workbook/books/books_The_North_Star.htm" target="_blank">Lesson Plan</a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/3y8iZwg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="467" data-original-width="500" height="299" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiNIujgR3JcLWCvirFbOKz6VVZJCaxjINHmpSGWOWI6WLg9UvhUM6U5juI3VcWB03eorzcKhDahC4zaqhu1wBysjShtKHwfN5MmCxwim-wGjR3J1b2SoP55zC9dCuIH6BUy7tMEf0eNpg/s320/b67.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; margin: 1.2em 0px;"><br /></p><h2 style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-size: 1.5rem; letter-spacing: -0.025em; line-height: 1.11111; margin: 1.55556em 0px 0.888889em;">Think Critically and Creatively</h2><div>I can think about a problem and make a plan to solve it.</div><div>I can change my strategy when I need to.</div><div>I use what I know to help me solve problems.</div><div>I make connections to math tasks.</div><div><br /></div><ul style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2rem; padding: 0px;"><li style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0.25rem; margin-top: 0.25rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.5rem;">Use data to examine ethical situations (electronics recycling, paper use, safe water availability)</li></ul><p style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; margin: 1.2em 0px;">Books to Support this Social-Emotional Skill:</p><p style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; margin: 1.2em 0px;"><a href="https://amzn.to/3y9FPUv" target="_blank">Math Curse</a> by Jon Scieszka - <a href="https://amysmathsite.weebly.com/lesson-plan-for-math-curse.html" target="_blank">Lesson Plan</a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/3y9FPUv" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="199" data-original-width="200" height="199" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyie72BELBji7VqnJP9An9UxJ9fB0Gt5PEUCjwWG9M59yz-RgFvuJPlzbIb_EPbiTQrgY0zNkuZSFdJh_q8mnr91vJtLb7BcLM9hzyoxZ_XjQwERvvyuYeM3CWY_-NGGnu7AhSSQ5Nack/s0/b68.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br /><p style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; margin: 1.2em 0px;"><br /></p><h1 style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-size: 1.875rem; letter-spacing: -0.025em; line-height: 2.5rem; margin: 0px 0px 0.857143em;">Sources of Rich Math Tasks</h1><p style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; margin: 1.2em 0px;"></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><a href="https://nrich.maths.org/">https://nrich.maths.org/</a></li><li><a href="https://www.youcubed.org/week-inspirational-math/#">https://www.youcubed.org/week-inspirational-math/#</a> </li><li><a href="https://www.cemc.uwaterloo.ca/resources/potw.php">https://www.cemc.uwaterloo.ca/resources/potw.php</a></li><li><a href="https://mathbeforebed.com/math-prompts/">https://mathbeforebed.com/math-prompts/</a></li><li><a href="https://estimation180.com/days-1-20/">https://estimation180.com/days-1-20/</a></li><li><a href="http://www.meaningfulmathmoments.com/estimation-180.html">http://www.meaningfulmathmoments.com/estimation-180.html</a></li><li><a href="https://stevewyborney.com/2019/09/51-esti-mysteries/">https://stevewyborney.com/2019/09/51-esti-mysteries/</a></li><li><a href="https://www.101qs.com/">https://www.101qs.com/</a></li><li><a href="https://ontariomath.support/?pg=results&type=subject&lang=EN&subject=Model">https://ontariomath.support/?pg=results&type=subject&lang=EN&subject=Model</a></li><li><a href="https://www.inquirymaths.com/">https://www.inquirymaths.com/</a></li></ul><p></p><p style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; margin: 1.2em 0px;"><br style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box;" /></p><p style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; margin: 1.2em 0px;">Here is a <a href="https://smho-smso.ca/fw/" target="_blank">great resource that further separates the SEL skills and lists suggestions for practicing</a> each of them.</p><p style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; margin: 1.2em 0px 0px;"><br style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; background-color: white; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e293b; font-family: "Inter var", ui-sans-serif, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji"; font-size: 17.5px; white-space: pre-wrap;" /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9020737492441444233.post-1562433742588809972021-08-21T08:00:00.004-04:002021-08-21T08:00:00.222-04:00Storytime Saturday: The Kissing Hand<p> Do you have a little one who is starting school this year? There can be a lot of different feelings about beginning school for both children and parents. You may be dreading their first day, or maybe you are looking forward to it.</p><p><br /></p><p>We have been experiencing a lot of mixed emotions around the idea of our youngest child starting Kindergarten this fall and while he's "excited and not any scared", we've been having some conversations about school.</p><p><br /></p><p>Reading a story about going to school is a great way to talk about these feelings. Keeping your conversations positive without allowing your own fears to influence your child is important. Creating a positive experience for your child from the very beginning will help to ease them into school. </p><p><br /></p><h3 style="text-align: left;">What to Talk About</h3><p><br /></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Activities they enjoy that they'll probably do at school, such as playing with toys, playing outside, running around in a gym, listening to stories, colouring, and playing with new friends.</li><li>Making new friends. "The other kids are the same age as you! There will be lots of kids who like the same kinds of things you like. You'll make new friends by playing with them at school."</li><li>What to do when they need help. "Teachers are like moms and dads at school. They want you to be safe and happy in Kindergarten. If you have a problem, you can ask them for help."</li><li>How to deal with feelings of sadness. "When you're feeling a little bit sad at home, what can you do to make yourself feel better? Could you do those things at school, too?" (Examples: find a quiet place to read a story, hug arms around yourself, talk to someone, draw a picture, etc.) The idea is to be able to identify the options for solving feelings at home and at school so children can begin to develop a repertoire of strategies.</li><li>What a day a school will be like. Talk about how your child will get to school, go into the classroom, hang up their backpack, play, eat a snack, have lunch, and then come home. Discussing the daily schedule of a typical school day in age-appropriate terms for your child will help them prepare for the experience and prevent surprises.</li></ul><p><br /></p>For the next few "Storytime Saturdays" here on the blog, I'll be sharing some of my favourite stories for children who will be starting school for the first time. (They're also great for those primary students who might be nervous about returning to school!)<p></p><p><br /></p><p>This is <a href="https://amzn.to/2W6OsBQ" target="_blank">The Kissing Hand by Audrey Penn</a>. Read it and give your child a kiss on the palm of their hand to take with them to school.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/dPUW1t9Gu4s" width="320" youtube-src-id="dPUW1t9Gu4s"></iframe></div><br /><p><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9020737492441444233.post-81120505434915496152021-08-20T15:24:00.002-04:002021-08-20T15:24:22.051-04:00Favourite Books Friday: Books About Getting Ready for Kindergarten<p>Happy Friday! In this new series, I'm sharing some children's picture books for teachers and parents to read with children around the ages of 4-6. These are tried and true favourites that I have used in my Kindergarten classroom and with my own children. I hope you enjoy and can find new favourites among them!</p><p><br /></p><p>Tip: These books are available on Amazon.ca for quick purchase. You can help support this blog by purchasing the children's book(s) through this link.</p><p><br /></p><p>1. <a href="https://amzn.to/3j0Kzr0" target="_blank">The Kissing Hand</a> by Audrey Penn</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0iANHZkREKLEyl3saLGEarG2naOCnvmS-dC8DD5z4sYK9OdNegiBCxL95SKBe1fjmU_NUYedbVQM5ZbG8-aK8RsY-wRh1t4C2du55oc2GzJefNEU6UpvoGTBLQRDG0zV-UC9Jd0qccvM/s500/b1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="403" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0iANHZkREKLEyl3saLGEarG2naOCnvmS-dC8DD5z4sYK9OdNegiBCxL95SKBe1fjmU_NUYedbVQM5ZbG8-aK8RsY-wRh1t4C2du55oc2GzJefNEU6UpvoGTBLQRDG0zV-UC9Jd0qccvM/s320/b1.jpg" width="258" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>2. <a href="https://amzn.to/3D0dd3L" target="_blank">The Night Before Kindergarten</a> by Natasha Wing</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji5THC5sGZ3cQ9FEH-eBydK8YuucbiMwR0ByJJB7i229SnjPTe1Yhepuabf71LE64JuzC5-uNB0KDp_X-ZKWimMVG3xzO4as6r0uGOdvbu-1glEAvoPyGyjCSePW_W68Tc5row56qg4TQ/s200/b2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="200" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji5THC5sGZ3cQ9FEH-eBydK8YuucbiMwR0ByJJB7i229SnjPTe1Yhepuabf71LE64JuzC5-uNB0KDp_X-ZKWimMVG3xzO4as6r0uGOdvbu-1glEAvoPyGyjCSePW_W68Tc5row56qg4TQ/s0/b2.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>3. <a href="https://amzn.to/37WSBem" target="_blank">Kindergarten, Here I Come!</a> by D.J. Steinberg</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqYKDrGNOz2R_a7rSy_skFzsGWYlYVZMuDtLkhpGMu6zaqMMU1clZWNznkUm5_mrfhkJgreOgdDMpHXsAFliIQj2QffeZxnyTYwfZtbwIhyphenhyphen6BCWaMuvd2Xxqo4BBVG8_AyrXnXsJvo3TE/s500/b3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="500" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqYKDrGNOz2R_a7rSy_skFzsGWYlYVZMuDtLkhpGMu6zaqMMU1clZWNznkUm5_mrfhkJgreOgdDMpHXsAFliIQj2QffeZxnyTYwfZtbwIhyphenhyphen6BCWaMuvd2Xxqo4BBVG8_AyrXnXsJvo3TE/s320/b3.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>4. <a href="https://amzn.to/2UxSmmM" target="_blank">The King of Kindergarten</a> by Derrick Barnes</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4s4SYGVNZ9YzMEvSwc0vK6iYnM3hqJAm28-g22fplqtympvgYFAwQ1FHJmSNWXRigYqvFQa0SuY5blXRQ17vsdcY5ZvGvV6HBr1gKJ3NSW8Gk89thTFgBYRpgmlGEFX_I381ffrCDJQU/s500/b4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="451" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4s4SYGVNZ9YzMEvSwc0vK6iYnM3hqJAm28-g22fplqtympvgYFAwQ1FHJmSNWXRigYqvFQa0SuY5blXRQ17vsdcY5ZvGvV6HBr1gKJ3NSW8Gk89thTFgBYRpgmlGEFX_I381ffrCDJQU/s320/b4.jpg" width="289" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>5. <a href="https://amzn.to/3j5tUms" target="_blank">Mae's First Day of School</a> by Kate Berube</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivSPBbxGHQdIFsHtcn1z4CziU3HObu1S_FQ5mLS6zWn0PfhIrx-P72pSwbOOJgQYSq6iEz2aG1jRoN5bAaMuyse89uL3Z601D9UUyzh0V6ftp2IjZktURjyG7gQiBOaVxMDOBl1hSJbTM/s499/b5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="499" data-original-width="398" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivSPBbxGHQdIFsHtcn1z4CziU3HObu1S_FQ5mLS6zWn0PfhIrx-P72pSwbOOJgQYSq6iEz2aG1jRoN5bAaMuyse89uL3Z601D9UUyzh0V6ftp2IjZktURjyG7gQiBOaVxMDOBl1hSJbTM/s320/b5.jpg" width="255" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>6. <a href="https://amzn.to/3sH6MO7" target="_blank">Planet Kindergarten</a> by Sue Ganz-Schmitt</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/3sH6MO7" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="https://amzn.to/3sH6MO7" border="0" data-original-height="488" data-original-width="500" height="312" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmlYW2C-WtwdF6pmrI7kheNoM38xvgyEmigrfQvVsWD4PA-70tfNra9g6V9UJtPYadfheMKlovLi72Vh0McWQyYbaNpyukwsU0zeFLyOofZDG3xk_pV9CE9XYuAPQHMN-iKpQmKPIvsWk/w320-h312/b7.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">7. <a href="https://amzn.to/3D5vZ9B" target="_blank">On the First Day of Kindergarten</a> by Tish Rabe</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/3D5vZ9B" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="499" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU2hL5MGEKFQz43E3lYHd0-SkxpZi7yPlvirtCNFr8aeh7iJFJ5QnI-nGuVXA7PNqcQufcHqemMogY4fmFYArhsBGQb_Q_ZZTMvVo-Y1ZcAbCzVWvXFe_urGf5jagcjyBOhOQIjfFdBDw/s320/b8.jpg" width="319" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">8. <a href="https://amzn.to/2Uzd3Pg" target="_blank">Llama Llama Misses Mama</a> by Anna Dewdney</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTDhwOyuzGIkfsEuGxSsJxhqgEw1TjGNTOv_abKQYiR1pwT35-OdzWTv57FfsmMBbq4XZ79aB5kSBA8YqmSaO5XWV-S9fjqmPrwR2kAq19fNC5Vur088eLuJI2QbZhf6LRT0imyRsbSkg/s500/b10.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="484" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTDhwOyuzGIkfsEuGxSsJxhqgEw1TjGNTOv_abKQYiR1pwT35-OdzWTv57FfsmMBbq4XZ79aB5kSBA8YqmSaO5XWV-S9fjqmPrwR2kAq19fNC5Vur088eLuJI2QbZhf6LRT0imyRsbSkg/s320/b10.jpg" width="310" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">9. <a href="https://amzn.to/3mhWBOX" target="_blank">Bye-Bye Time</a> by Elizabeth Verdick (Great for younger children or those with limited understanding.)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisGCH_DoaujII6PEKeIseojT9kmfLI-ymZdCxnk8MZwciR5CKFw1vR27sR_odTOdP-kN_2ksRofHBNMwM5_kXSnO67WoUYxY5hy2k5wegvcChgyqaYGzjzq5J8Dban1YZLH4dEBgDof-0/s500/b11.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="500" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisGCH_DoaujII6PEKeIseojT9kmfLI-ymZdCxnk8MZwciR5CKFw1vR27sR_odTOdP-kN_2ksRofHBNMwM5_kXSnO67WoUYxY5hy2k5wegvcChgyqaYGzjzq5J8Dban1YZLH4dEBgDof-0/s320/b11.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">10. <a href="https://amzn.to/3sAV9It" target="_blank">Lena's Shoes are Nervous</a> by Keith Calabrese</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPQsjyxo88JyNqnHHfcaYf-UKB3g-dvPoS1-y3p_vqov54PTSFwKBexi5ibdiJTuibt1vBG3LTer6IM8Oot02HHLvOaCYR1F1yvH3OSQIHCBB0tGZE9KAgkO5lCPRYRzSAUrR_PcbW1aM/s500/b12.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="451" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPQsjyxo88JyNqnHHfcaYf-UKB3g-dvPoS1-y3p_vqov54PTSFwKBexi5ibdiJTuibt1vBG3LTer6IM8Oot02HHLvOaCYR1F1yvH3OSQIHCBB0tGZE9KAgkO5lCPRYRzSAUrR_PcbW1aM/s320/b12.jpg" width="289" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9020737492441444233.post-78795336314668458082021-08-16T18:05:00.055-04:002021-08-20T13:19:55.726-04:00How to Document Learning in the Ontario Kindergarten program: Strategies and Examples<p><span style="font-family: inherit;"> <span face=""Inter var", ui-sans-serif, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji"" style="color: #1e293b; font-size: 17.5px; white-space: pre-wrap;">This blog post will help you document learning in Kindergarten! It is important to take pedagogical documentation as a way of assessing the students' understanding. Pedagogical documentation can be done through various methods, including video recordings and student work samples. In Kindergarten, you will rely more heavily on videos, audio recordings, transcripts of student conversations, products, and photos than tests or assignments. If you're new to teaching Kindergarten, or if you're looking for new ways to organize your documentation, read on!</span></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO-JjdGJGbj6YEIZs9UYZtW36gblAZYWmJuuTHJrsNSXq_UnXlqT_csJmCzy-eRssCWUUB736M39fCZZorZRdHKbyeGOYeivzLaMdmUkBxtfsaN0WJv5tjFPte7Q6BqG6tamJ1-JF94b4/s1280/audit-4576720_1280.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="825" data-original-width="1280" height="206" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO-JjdGJGbj6YEIZs9UYZtW36gblAZYWmJuuTHJrsNSXq_UnXlqT_csJmCzy-eRssCWUUB736M39fCZZorZRdHKbyeGOYeivzLaMdmUkBxtfsaN0WJv5tjFPte7Q6BqG6tamJ1-JF94b4/s320/audit-4576720_1280.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /><span face=""Inter var", ui-sans-serif, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji"" style="color: #1e293b; font-size: 17.5px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span><p></p><h2 style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e293b; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-size: 1.5rem; letter-spacing: -0.025em; line-height: 1.11111; margin: 1.55556em 0px 0.888889em; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">What is Pedagogical Documentation?</span></h2><p style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e293b; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-size: 17.5px; margin: 0px 0px 1.2em; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Pedagogical documentation is the assessment of understanding through pedagogy. It can be a variety of things, including notes taken during teaching and student work samples. This type of assessment is done to provide feedback on how students are learning as well as what they need in order to learn more effectively.</span></p><p style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e293b; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-size: 17.5px; margin: 1.2em 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">With pedagogical documentation, it is possible to see what the children are doing and how they are thinking about their work.</span></p><h2 style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e293b; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-size: 1.5rem; letter-spacing: -0.025em; line-height: 1.11111; margin: 1.55556em 0px 0.888889em; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Noticing and Naming Student Learning</span></h2><p style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e293b; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-size: 17.5px; margin: 0px 0px 1.2em; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Documentation is all about noticing and naming student learning. It can be difficult to notice what students are doing, so pedagogy should always be an intentional process with a focus on not only the content that is being taught but also how it's being taught and how the children are responding to this teaching.</span></p><p style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e293b; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-size: 17.5px; margin: 1.2em 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">In play-based learning, educators notice student learning within their play, and name it to the child to make it explicit. For example, "I see that you changed the design of your tower when it kept falling over. You made the bottom - or base - wider so it wasn't tipping over as easily."</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiokf2ve2MIBhoLClFuXQI8DPY4G6vcZHebk7eDoGXNRnr-NleeuevfXYfwrMbzcqbm0rMfHXTvpdmZf5Qevf9BHQYulFp_gCXxZzSqR4f8tcaF1PHGvPwiTtxGwHhua6yaBZU_Z9biuyo/s1280/child-1864718_1280.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="853" data-original-width="1280" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiokf2ve2MIBhoLClFuXQI8DPY4G6vcZHebk7eDoGXNRnr-NleeuevfXYfwrMbzcqbm0rMfHXTvpdmZf5Qevf9BHQYulFp_gCXxZzSqR4f8tcaF1PHGvPwiTtxGwHhua6yaBZU_Z9biuyo/s320/child-1864718_1280.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><p style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e293b; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-size: 17.5px; margin: 1.2em 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The teacher becomes an observer and a reporter of what students are doing. You will likely find that certain types of documentation make sense in some situations while you might prefer other types in other situations.</span></p><h2 style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e293b; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-size: 1.5rem; letter-spacing: -0.025em; line-height: 1.11111; margin: 1.55556em 0px 0.888889em; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">What Are Some Types Of Pedagogical Documentation?</span></h2><p style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e293b; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-size: 17.5px; margin: 0px 0px 1.2em; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Every teacher will have their own preferred methods of documenting, organizing, and compiling evidence of student learning. What works for someone else might not work for you. Think about your existing habits and figure out how you can document authentically, purposefully, and effectively.</span></p><h3 style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e293b; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-size: 1.25rem; letter-spacing: -0.025em; line-height: 1.33333; margin: 1.6em 0px 0.666667em; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Video Recordings and Photographs</span></h3><p style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e293b; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-size: 17.5px; margin: 0px 0px 1.2em; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Teachers often use video recordings to document children's play. Videos show facial expressions, gestures, and other nonverbal communication. They open a window into the classroom for parents. They capture a moment that can be revisited and analyzed. Videos are especially valuable in documenting the learning of students who are nonverbal, or who are learning English. You might choose to narrate what you observe while recording a video, or you might simply record the moment. Consider how you will use the videos once you collect them. Will you use them to transcribe a conversation? Will you share them with students' families? It is easy to collect videos, but using them purposefully is a bigger challenge. </span></p><p style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e293b; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-size: 17.5px; margin: 1.2em 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The same goes for photographs. It's easy to take a LOT of pictures and then forget about them. How can you use photographs to document student learning? Some teachers set aside time at the end of a period or at the end of the day to share pictures taken and have students talk about their learning. It's a great way to notice and name learning for students and have them share their thinking orally.</span></p><h3 style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e293b; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-size: 1.25rem; letter-spacing: -0.025em; line-height: 1.33333; margin: 1.6em 0px 0.666667em; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Transcripts</span></h3><p style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e293b; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-size: 17.5px; margin: 0px 0px 1.2em; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Transcripts can be a pedagogical tool as well. They are valuable for analyzing the children's exploration and play, or to record their conversations with one another. You might also write up an interview between two students, which could illustrate how they work together to solve problems in unique ways. In a busy classroom, writing out a conversation between two students or between yourself and a student (perhaps with the help of an audio or video recording) can often point out learning that you might have missed otherwise. I find transcripts are especially helpful when writing report cards or sharing student learning with parents because the child's voice is the focus. </span></p><h3 style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e293b; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-size: 1.25rem; letter-spacing: -0.025em; line-height: 1.33333; margin: 1.6em 0px 0.666667em; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Anecdotal Records or Observational Notes</span></h3><p style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e293b; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-size: 17.5px; margin: 0px 0px 1.2em; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">One type of pedagogical documentation is an anecdotal record. This might be a short note that you write down after talking to or observing one student, in which case it could simply say: "Mira sorted buttons by colour," for example. You can also take notes on several students at the same time and then categorize them by topic. For example, while one educator is leading a class discussion, another educator could be writing notes about how students contribute to the conversation. Including the date and circumstances will be helpful in refreshing your memory when you look back through your notes.</span></p><h3 style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e293b; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-size: 1.25rem; letter-spacing: -0.025em; line-height: 1.33333; margin: 1.6em 0px 0.666667em; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Slideshows</span></h3><p style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e293b; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-size: 17.5px; margin: 0px 0px 1.2em; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Using pictures, videos, transcripts and observational notes in one slideshow might be a helpful way of organizing and sharing student learning with parents. You can include the date as the header of a page, insert a picture or video, write notes, and copy and paste the overall or specific curriculum expectations. This also makes a nice end of the year gift to families. Powerpoint and Google Slides are both great options for making slideshows.</span></p><h3 style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e293b; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-size: 1.25rem; letter-spacing: -0.025em; line-height: 1.33333; margin: 1.6em 0px 0.666667em; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Reflective Journals</span></h3><p style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e293b; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-size: 17.5px; margin: 0px 0px 1.2em; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">These are journals where teachers might write about their own thoughts or reactions in a given situation, as well as documenting student learning. This might be most helpful for planning lessons, next steps, and extending student learning. </span></p><h3 style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e293b; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-size: 1.25rem; letter-spacing: -0.025em; line-height: 1.33333; margin: 1.6em 0px 0.666667em; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Learning Stories</span></h3><p style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e293b; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-size: 17.5px; margin: 0px 0px 1.2em; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Learning stories are where the educator documents what they have seen a student do in order to demonstrate their learning in the form of a narrative story. An educator might write directly to the child, talking to them about what they observed.</span></p><p style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e293b; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-size: 17.5px; margin: 1.2em 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">These are typically more reflective, and might be used in a class or school setting. They often ask students to reflect on their learning process as they move through an inquiry with others. The stories can then be shared with the individual or the group at different times throughout an inquiry - for example, when challenges arose or after completing a task to share what went well.</span></p><h3 style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e293b; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-size: 1.25rem; letter-spacing: -0.025em; line-height: 1.33333; margin: 1.6em 0px 0.666667em; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Products and Artifacts</span></h3><p style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e293b; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-size: 17.5px; margin: 0px 0px 1.2em; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Students might create a tangible product that you might choose to keep in a portfolio or displayed visibly in the classroom or school. Examples: A student might create a book of their learning journey, or an art piece that captures the essence of what they are exploring. </span></p><h3 style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e293b; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-size: 1.25rem; letter-spacing: -0.025em; line-height: 1.33333; margin: 1.6em 0px 0.666667em; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span color="rgba(30,41,59,var(--tw-text-opacity))" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1.25rem;">Documentation Panels</span></h3><p style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e293b; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; margin: 0px 0px 1.2em; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span color="rgba(30,41,59,var(--tw-text-opacity))" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Throughout a unit, a variety of pieces of evidence of student learning can be compiled into a visual representation of their progress. Examples: Students might be working in class on an inquiry. The teacher could create a "documentation panel" and put the work of the students at different points along their journey to display how they have progressed throughout that unit.</span></span></p><p style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e293b; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; margin: 1.2em 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span color="rgba(30,41,59,var(--tw-text-opacity))" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">The Documentation Panel can include: </span></span></p><ul style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e293b; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2rem; padding: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><li style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0.25rem; margin-top: 0.25rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.5rem;"><span color="rgba(30,41,59,var(--tw-text-opacity))" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-top: 1.2em;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">pictures, drawings or diagrams from students about what is being explored </span></span></li><li style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0.25rem; margin-top: 0.25rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.5rem;"><span color="rgba(30,41,59,var(--tw-text-opacity))" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-top: 1.2em;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">pieces of artwork</span></span></li><li style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 17.5px; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0.25rem; margin-top: 0.25rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.5rem;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">student writing</span></li><li style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 17.5px; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0.25rem; margin-top: 0.25rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.5rem;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">photographs of students in explorations or play</span></li><li style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 17.5px; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0.25rem; margin-top: 0.25rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.5rem;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">overall or specific expectations from the Ontario curriculum</span></li></ul><p style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e293b; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-size: 17.5px; margin: 1.2em 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The Documentation Panel is a visual representation of student learning at different points in time, which can then be shared with parents, guardians or other educators for feedback on progress. It is one of the best ways to make documentation interactive and engaging for students.</span></p><p style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e293b; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-size: 17.5px; margin: 1.2em 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e293b; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-size: 17.5px; margin: 1.2em 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">THINK: How can you involve your students in documenting their own learning?</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJzzoLp5ELlwtu4Z90iWd0HtNzCSaqzu6Nx8cwAtZn-QhwBokQR-D5QzeExYE-0LbDUvewrWGp3OYeczDVXimMnNXKv4x9rGx3mhdeS5TaFDkkrk0E8Exumg3J0DdCHIyT29XC1Sw3zjE/s1280/ipad-3765920_1280.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="854" data-original-width="1280" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJzzoLp5ELlwtu4Z90iWd0HtNzCSaqzu6Nx8cwAtZn-QhwBokQR-D5QzeExYE-0LbDUvewrWGp3OYeczDVXimMnNXKv4x9rGx3mhdeS5TaFDkkrk0E8Exumg3J0DdCHIyT29XC1Sw3zjE/s320/ipad-3765920_1280.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><p style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e293b; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-size: 17.5px; margin: 1.2em 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><h2 style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e293b; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-size: 1.5rem; letter-spacing: -0.025em; line-height: 1.11111; margin: 1.55556em 0px 0.888889em; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">How to Organize Your Documentation</span></h2><p style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e293b; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-size: 17.5px; margin: 0px 0px 1.2em; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Documentation of pedagogy can be saved on a folder in Google Drive or on your desktop and organized by date, student name, or by each of the four frames. You might want to do a combination of these. For example, if you observe a group of students at the same time, you might write one observational note for the whole group. You might choose to copy it into each student's file or file it by expectation or date. </span></p><p style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e293b; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-size: 17.5px; margin: 1.2em 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Google Docs is a great way to share written documentation with a teaching partner. You can contribute to the same document in real time by sharing it. You might include a table with columns including student name, date, and which of the four frames you will categorize the evidence. (Remember - you will often observe learning that COULD fit into more than one of the four frames, but you can choose which one to focus on.) If you find that your documentation is becoming unmanageable when one document becomes too long, consider creating an index of main points with subtitles that you can click on using the sidebar. When you're looking for information about a student or subject, use the Find feature by pressing Ctrl+F or Command+F. This will search the document.</span></p><p style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e293b; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-size: 17.5px; margin: 1.2em 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Google Keep is a popular option for people who like to use tags. In order to use tags, you can write a comment and/or take a picture (no videos available in Keep at this time) and "tag" it with the student's name and any other way you might choose to categorize the sample. For example, if I took a picture of someone counting, I could tag it with their name and "DLMB" (Demonstrating Literacy and Mathematics Behaviours) or "Math". That way, when it is time to write report cards, I can choose the tag I want to write about, whether it's a strand or a particular child, and have all of their information presented in one place. BONUS: Google Keep is an add-on within Google Docs, so you can open Keep right within your document and copy and paste information. So, if you write your report cards (Communication of Learning) in Docs, you can paste examples directly from your notes. For people with a teaching partner, however, as far as I'm aware, each note has to be shared individually with a separate account, so it's easier to share a password and work within one account.</span></p><p style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e293b; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-size: 17.5px; margin: 1.2em 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Google Forms are a great way to organize data by expectation. They can be used to respond to pedagogical prompts, record work samples for assessment and observation purposes, or simply ask students their thoughts about a topic. </span></p><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span face=""Inter var", ui-sans-serif, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji"" style="color: #1e293b; font-family: inherit; font-size: 17.5px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Do you want to make your Communication of Learning more efficient?</span></h4><p style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e293b; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-size: 17.5px; margin: 1.2em 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The Ontario Kindergarten Curriculum provides teachers with guidance on how to plan, teach, assess and communicate about children’s progress. But it can be hard to keep track of all of the specific expectations under the 31 overall expectations! That’s where these forms come in handy. With one click, you can see which Specific Expectations are covered by your observations/conversations/products. You don't have to worry about finding the expectations and copying and pasting because I've done all the work for you!</span></p><p style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e293b; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-size: 17.5px; margin: 1.2em 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Ontario-Kindergarten-Communication-of-Learning-Digital-Assessment-Google-Forms-3788981" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="350" data-original-width="350" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRp1WReG51ME5C0BColXDEUEjKNq0xaQ8FF8WQA6WGVf98TA8ZXtt-DWMUuTHBDSWPxjhki5-qY0Wxrfh_ijkByNMST-giIPZsKmg3_6IStf1ifZFbQ0EWaYSIAvKsx2KHfege3Zg5KvY/s320/assessment.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
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<a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Ontario-Kindergarten-Communication-of-Learning-Digital-Assessment-Google-Forms-3788981" target="_blank">Click here right now if you want an easy-to-use documentation system</a> that will make your life easier as an educator!</span><p></p><h3 style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e293b; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-size: 1.25rem; letter-spacing: -0.025em; line-height: 1.33333; margin: 1.6em 0px 0.666667em; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Other Apps</span></h3><p style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e293b; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-size: 17.5px; margin: 0px 0px 1.2em; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Every Board has different rules about which apps can be used or not. Check first so you don't violate confidentiality and software rules. Your Board might also have a preferred method of sharing information with parents. While they might not always be the most convenient apps/programs, for parents with multiple children in school, it is helpful to have one set of login instructions. </span></p><p style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e293b; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-size: 17.5px; margin: 1.2em 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">In my Board, D2L (Desire2Learn) Brightspace is the preferred program. It has a portfolio feature that we use for pictures, videos, and text comments that we'd like to share with parents. They have a secure login and pictures and videos can be shared with individual students or on a website for the class to see. The Portfolio section in D2L also has an app that allows students to use a class device to talk to a monster about their work. The monster asks them to scan their QR code, which we post under their nametag in the classroom, and then take a picture of their work, whether it's a block tower, a creation in the sensory bin, or their writing on a whiteboard. Finally, the monster asks the child, "Can you tell me about your work?" and then records audio. All of this information is compiled for the teacher to preview or comment on before sharing with parents. </span></p><p style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e293b; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-size: 17.5px; margin: 1.2em 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">We use this regularly as a way for students to become more involved in documenting their own learning. It is also a way for students to "talk to someone" about their work when we have 25+ students vying for our attention. </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRJFxrEacH-X1fryK_1CHI6PA2gi-FTSozmDYpj2V60XDaN3afW4oDVkpiyfdn6lVusPB65zGfGmYvgWglTxZZdNJeJpXKTpA2poGoNZHpBWFBv431Py_xNNdWzw310p7QiKqhdxb2jlU/s1102/brightspace2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="620" data-original-width="1102" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRJFxrEacH-X1fryK_1CHI6PA2gi-FTSozmDYpj2V60XDaN3afW4oDVkpiyfdn6lVusPB65zGfGmYvgWglTxZZdNJeJpXKTpA2poGoNZHpBWFBv431Py_xNNdWzw310p7QiKqhdxb2jlU/w400-h225/brightspace2.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDB0xxWYpsltnO5jFH95o54WkTp2j9X770UvQZPXcg3hgcHtpojorYGtsHxBpJQnVq8ct7K9r8QItjw6yEHJdExK85N9EonesRmQdgM3757hX71u8Pxf6g4bwFRb8-MdYesFNbDjmTnJM/s1102/brightspace3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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--tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e293b; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-size: 17.5px; margin: 1.2em 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><h2 style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e293b; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-size: 1.5rem; letter-spacing: -0.025em; line-height: 1.11111; margin: 1.55556em 0px 0.888889em; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Where to Start</span></h2><p style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e293b; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-size: 17.5px; margin: 0px 0px 1.2em; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Consider the following:</span></p><ul style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e293b; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-size: 17.5px; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2rem; padding: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><li style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0.25rem; margin-top: 0.25rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.5rem;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">What will be the easiest way to keep your documentation organized? A binder? Online portfolio? How will you work together with your teaching partner?</span></li><li style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0.25rem; margin-top: 0.25rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.5rem;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">How will you share student learning with families? Students?</span></li><li style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0.25rem; margin-top: 0.25rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.5rem;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">How will your documentation help students think about their learning, ask questions, and reflect?</span></li><li style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0.25rem; margin-top: 0.25rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.5rem;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">When it comes time to write Initial Observations and Communication of Learning, what will you want to have? Pictures? Written examples? </span></li><li style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0.25rem; margin-top: 0.25rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.5rem;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">If you change your mind, mid-year, will it be a problem? (It happens! You might find one way doesn't work for you/your teaching partner/your class.)</span></li></ul><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><p style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e293b; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-size: 17.5px; margin: 1.2em 0px 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">For more information about Pedagogical Documentation from the Ontario Ministry of Education, check out this article: <a href="http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/literacynumeracy/inspire/research/cbs_pedagogical.pdf " target="_blank">http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/literacynumeracy/inspire/research/cbs_pedagogical.pdf </a></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivUafoi9L1Tq21IfIyq0-brEtkJk6fCy-GnBy9n8eb1XsxoOgHvqSQL-2oaR3UJ579eTEXu7uG8ck3kckNvqVGeZPGHcqXjYqsM7lgJuL4Fiev3zxyxl3fHiBMrYlWyyWWnbesB_MEGrI/s1280/assess-2372181_1280.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="854" data-original-width="1280" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivUafoi9L1Tq21IfIyq0-brEtkJk6fCy-GnBy9n8eb1XsxoOgHvqSQL-2oaR3UJ579eTEXu7uG8ck3kckNvqVGeZPGHcqXjYqsM7lgJuL4Fiev3zxyxl3fHiBMrYlWyyWWnbesB_MEGrI/s320/assess-2372181_1280.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><p style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e293b; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-size: 17.5px; margin: 1.2em 0px 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><h3 style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e293b; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-size: 17.5px; margin: 1.2em 0px 0px; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Getting Ready to Report in the Kindergarten Communication of Learning?</span></h3><p style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; margin: 1.2em 0px 0px;"><span face="Inter var, ui-sans-serif, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Segoe UI, Roboto, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Noto Sans, sans-serif, Apple Color Emoji, Segoe UI Emoji, Segoe UI Symbol, Noto Color Emoji" style="color: #1e293b;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 17.5px; white-space: pre-wrap;">This is a <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Kindergarten-Communication-of-Learning-Questionnaires-6579633" target="_blank">checklist to help teachers write the Term 1 and 2 Communication of Learning</a> (report cards) in Ontario.</span></span></p><p style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; 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It is a questionnaire/checklist that reflects some of the Kindergarten curriculum expectations in each of the four frames: Belonging and Contributing, Self-Regulation and Well-Being, Demonstrating Literacy and Mathematics Behaviours, and Problem Solving and Innovating.
The rest of the expectations will be addressed in either Term 2 or before the initial observations.
It is helpful to complete with your educator team. It will help identify any gaps in your own knowledge of student learning and allow you to identify areas in which you might want to gather further evidence.
There are qualifiers suggested (never, sometimes, often, always) but you can use the form however it suits you best. I jot down short observations and examples that I can use to jog my memory.</span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face="Inter var, ui-sans-serif, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Segoe UI, Roboto, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Noto Sans, sans-serif, Apple Color Emoji, Segoe UI Emoji, Segoe UI Symbol, Noto Color Emoji" style="color: #1e293b; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><p></p><p style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; margin: 1.2em 0px 0px;"><span face="Inter var, ui-sans-serif, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Segoe UI, Roboto, Helvetica Neue, Arial, Noto Sans, sans-serif, Apple Color Emoji, Segoe UI Emoji, Segoe UI Symbol, Noto Color Emoji" style="color: #1e293b;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 17.5px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><p style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e293b; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-family: "Inter var", ui-sans-serif, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji"; font-size: 17.5px; margin: 1.2em 0px 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9020737492441444233.post-8850050576357886192021-08-13T08:00:00.000-04:002021-08-13T08:00:00.228-04:00Mark Making: How to Help Your Child Develop Early Writing Behaviours<p> </p><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxyN9xvkFjXzmFUOB7vVn5zTMv917DRDjqpaOGjU59UT_9Vh23RYWD71uJzZ0P2RA1tN0Nck6zFF7ralIi7KJgvlJtjgCfVkbhgBHR6ZVNDmQw39bTtBOlmpIqsJFku6XaJJkB7nLHyyo/s2000/2.png"><img alt="Mark Making Emergent Writing Behaviours" border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="2000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxyN9xvkFjXzmFUOB7vVn5zTMv917DRDjqpaOGjU59UT_9Vh23RYWD71uJzZ0P2RA1tN0Nck6zFF7ralIi7KJgvlJtjgCfVkbhgBHR6ZVNDmQw39bTtBOlmpIqsJFku6XaJJkB7nLHyyo/w400-h320/2.png" width="400" /></a></div>Mark making is a key part of the learn to write process for preschoolers. It's important to give them lots of opportunities to learn different tools and explore writing in their own way, by using mark making techniques. <br /><p></p><h2>What is Mark Making?</h2><p>Mark making is very simply, making lines, dots, shapes and other marks on a page. Scribbling gets a bad rap, but it's one of the important ways that young children explore and experiment with writing. They practice holding a writing tool and making different lines and shapes.</p><p>In fact, they don't even need a writing tool at all! Using their fingers and hands to draw in shaving cream, sand, or dry rice are great ways to develop their early writing behaviours.</p><h2>What is your child learning while making marks?</h2><p></p><ul><li>Hand-eye coordination</li><li>Language development</li><li>Brain development</li><li>Fine motor strength in fingers and hands</li><li>Representation of objects (making a yellow circle to represent the sun)</li><li>Left to right directionality</li></ul><div>You can help your child develop writing behaviours by providing lots of opportunities for mark making. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHtZOm-z6XSwYyNp-OLU9VT2MWuJ8N51f-114QcwtFZivW7_XExalG3lYcsmvjBJFP2r0G1QknwyxtO9X8-ao0axDjG5NfXkcNwK8QZJmP0xlzSF_wXcOpEF_n_rE1rYkJ4NDF-kdvGLM/s2736/IMG_20210313_091407_759.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2736" data-original-width="2736" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHtZOm-z6XSwYyNp-OLU9VT2MWuJ8N51f-114QcwtFZivW7_XExalG3lYcsmvjBJFP2r0G1QknwyxtO9X8-ao0axDjG5NfXkcNwK8QZJmP0xlzSF_wXcOpEF_n_rE1rYkJ4NDF-kdvGLM/s320/IMG_20210313_091407_759.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS7nuOYu8JKDyPk7tx78eV3Weg9ozGLicR3eFo03hWqS9G0b3wriLP7TQAHeUG5xSBbfEoq6hB1xeXIblCTiKXYFYhrKEMiWBIhC-4-I1Tnl5Re-I37bduw4w6SiNtkvvWQsFbVAhmdSg/s3648/IMG_20210218_120117.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="2736" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS7nuOYu8JKDyPk7tx78eV3Weg9ozGLicR3eFo03hWqS9G0b3wriLP7TQAHeUG5xSBbfEoq6hB1xeXIblCTiKXYFYhrKEMiWBIhC-4-I1Tnl5Re-I37bduw4w6SiNtkvvWQsFbVAhmdSg/s320/IMG_20210218_120117.jpg" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><div>Here are 10 ways that parents can help their child learn how to write through mark making. </div><div><br /></div><div>01. Provide a paper and writing utensil for your child to use at any time of day, both inside and outside the house. </div><div><br /></div><div>02. Give them opportunities to explore mark making tools by providing different types of pens or pencils with varying degrees of color saturation or resistance. </div><div><br /></div><div>03. Encourage scribbling on a variety of surfaces - on a tray of shaving foam, in water with a paintbrush, or with crayons on paper. This will allow your child to learn how the marks they make in one surface change when you use a different writing tool. </div><div><br /></div><div>04. Encourage them to explore mark making techniques by asking open ended questions like "What do you think could happen if we added more lines?" or "How would moving this shape around change it?". This will extend their thinking about the activity. </div><div><br /></div><div>05. Set up a space where they can learn more about mark making through repeated practice - for example, by creating their own wall poster of scribbles or shapes. </div><div><br /></div><div>06. Encourage your child to talk as they make marks on the page - "What do you think will happen if we draw this line?" or "I'm going to make a loooong line. Are you going to make a line that is longer or shorter?" </div><div><br /></div><div>07. If your child wants to learn how to write their ABCs, help them learn by doing mark making exercises - for example, tracing a letter with one continuous line or drawing shapes of the letters they know so far. </div><div><br /></div><div>08. Let your child draw on an easel or on a large piece of paper against a wall. This angle is good for developing the wrist and hand position for writing.</div><div><br /></div><div>09. Have your child make marks in the bathtub using washable paints or bath crayons.</div><div><br /></div><div>010. Encourage children to learn how to hold and control their writing tools by providing many opportunities for mark making exercises. Use a pencil grip to help them develop a tripod grasp.</div></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9020737492441444233.post-13728910937380083482021-08-09T02:20:00.001-04:002021-08-09T02:20:00.224-04:00How to Help Your Child Develop Spelling Skills: Kid Spelling<p>All children learn to spell in their own way, but there are a few ways that you can help them. One important piece of the spelling puzzle is to have your kids learn how to spell words using phonetic sounds of the alphabet letters. There's no need for complicated spelling rules - just have them sound out words and use letter combinations they know well. This will get them thinking about how letters relate to one another, which is an important part of learning how to read as well!</p><p><br /></p><h3 style="text-align: left;">What is kid spelling?</h3><p><br /></p><p>Kid spelling is a way of teaching children how to learn and spell words by using the sounds in each alphabet letter. In kid spelling, kids learn how letters are combined with one another to form different sounds for certain words. Kid spelling can be used as an educational tool that will give your child more knowledge about reading words phonetically when they learn to read and write.</p><div>As soon as kids are ready to ask, "How do you write..." or "How do I spell..." you can ask, "What sounds do you hear?"</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjawvjy90LUSe-n8lAtyCE1-nqYIWEoxTPKdR1ep6r6Y89vGjWncEvRzYkDDyGhFwhMAZx8WORYmyn3Xlesil0c9jYfCOX3jorqaCiWs-6elsZfTfMulrXLR5-GTqHCh1Fi7Q-BgS6l_sQ/s2736/IMG_20210226_194555_784.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2736" data-original-width="2736" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjawvjy90LUSe-n8lAtyCE1-nqYIWEoxTPKdR1ep6r6Y89vGjWncEvRzYkDDyGhFwhMAZx8WORYmyn3Xlesil0c9jYfCOX3jorqaCiWs-6elsZfTfMulrXLR5-GTqHCh1Fi7Q-BgS6l_sQ/s320/IMG_20210226_194555_784.jpg" /></a></div><p><br /></p><div>Have your child "stretch the sounds" in the word, saying it slowly to hear all of the sounds.</div><p><br /></p><h3 style="text-align: left;">Should I correct my child's spelling?</h3><p><br /></p><p>No, not yet! It is best to let your child learn how to spell words on their own. Help them hear the sounds in a word by saying it slowly and emphasizing each sound. In time they will learn which sounds certain letters can make in different combinations of words. </p><p><br /></p><h3 style="text-align: left;">Writing Development</h3><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIe8oxd8rATX_oi_oc80sUVIKPLZpdyjvVhQMoASNv9430BfgQUo-vKuix_DZlNep9JlKJOKRLstf9pmJ0hY1aYq2wzJJuS2zdQh0C-aVwr-gPUntHj4EQw5vVMmVmp2sdFVl5Jgd6Zzg/s462/dev-stages-of-writing.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="462" data-original-width="353" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIe8oxd8rATX_oi_oc80sUVIKPLZpdyjvVhQMoASNv9430BfgQUo-vKuix_DZlNep9JlKJOKRLstf9pmJ0hY1aYq2wzJJuS2zdQh0C-aVwr-gPUntHj4EQw5vVMmVmp2sdFVl5Jgd6Zzg/w490-h640/dev-stages-of-writing.png" width="490" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><p><br /></p><h3 style="text-align: left;">How to honor your child's writing and provide the correct spelling:</h3><p><br /></p><p>Sometimes, a child will write a word and recognize that it does not look right. They may have seen it in books before and have a vague idea of how it should look. A great tool in this case is a "have a go" page, where your child can do their best to spell the word and then you can provide the correct spelling next to it. </p><p><br /></p><p>This is a great way to learn about spelling patterns and all the different sounds that letters can make. It also teaches your child that writing words does not always come easy, but with practice they can learn how to spell any word!</p><p><br /></p><h3 style="text-align: left;">What opportunities can you create for practicing spelling? </h3><p><br /></p><p>Word sorts are a fun way you can help your child to notice spelling patterns through games. Write words with two different spelling patterns (e.g., long a sound with ai, ay, or a-e) on small pieces of paper. Flip them upside down and then take turns flipping one over, reading it, and sorting it with similar spelling patterns.</p><p>Silly Sentences are a fun way to learn spelling patterns. Write a sentence with two or more words that have the same spelling pattern (e.g., short i sound or oo sound).</p><div>There are lots of fun online games for practicing spelling. Here are some <a href="https://pbskids.org/games/spelling" target="_blank">Spelling Games</a> from PBS Kids.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9020737492441444233.post-79709833385816523842021-08-07T09:13:00.013-04:002021-08-07T09:13:00.231-04:00The Ultimate Back-to-School Checklist for Teachers<p style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e293b; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-family: "Inter var", ui-sans-serif, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji"; font-size: 17.5px; margin: 0px 0px 1.2em; white-space: pre-wrap;">I'm back! I hope you had a great summer. It's back-to-school time, and as always that means there are lots of things to do. You're probably wondering how to get back into the groove after your summer break. Well, today I've got an ultimate back-to-school checklist for you with everything from classroom preparation to making a plan for classroom procedures and getting organized at home before school starts again in September. </p><p style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e293b; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-family: "Inter var", ui-sans-serif, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji"; font-size: 17.5px; margin: 0px 0px 1.2em; white-space: pre-wrap;">(Hint: Pin this page to Pinterest or share it with yourself so you can come back again and again!)</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqWrMNKsZX4izsKdt5x7gEfbcMEfTr0ygx4ZEyWRtt-Ti0Fdz2t0h7aPPvIhsWW8GLwZ5f5xFDeH_qSb93vgsV-rZOg9P3NahSKfyMjgEi7XDXmecEpDKfhDUKEh_M3R2o-v-Ovau2PHs/s1080/bts+checklist.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqWrMNKsZX4izsKdt5x7gEfbcMEfTr0ygx4ZEyWRtt-Ti0Fdz2t0h7aPPvIhsWW8GLwZ5f5xFDeH_qSb93vgsV-rZOg9P3NahSKfyMjgEi7XDXmecEpDKfhDUKEh_M3R2o-v-Ovau2PHs/s320/bts+checklist.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e293b; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-family: "Inter var", ui-sans-serif, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji"; font-size: 17.5px; margin: 0px 0px 1.2em; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></p><h1 style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e293b; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-family: "Inter var", ui-sans-serif, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji"; font-size: 1.875rem; letter-spacing: -0.025em; line-height: 2.5rem; margin: 0px 0px 0.857143em; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black;">August</span></h1><h2 style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e293b; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-family: "Inter var", ui-sans-serif, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji"; font-size: 1.5rem; letter-spacing: -0.025em; line-height: 1.11111; margin: 1.55556em 0px 0.888889em; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black;">Decide Classroom Procedures</span></h2><div><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black;"><span face=""Inter var", ui-sans-serif, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji"" style="background-color: white; color: #1e293b; font-size: 17.5px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Planning how your classroom runs will be one of the most valuable uses of your time. It will also be one of the most time-consuming tasks. However, if you take some time to plan it out now, your back-to-school season should go much smoother than if there wasn't a clear idea or procedure for how things would work and what students could expect from day to day.</span></span></div><div><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black;"><span face=""Inter var", ui-sans-serif, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji"" style="background-color: white; color: #1e293b; font-size: 17.5px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></div><ul style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e293b; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-family: "Inter var", ui-sans-serif, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji"; font-size: 17.5px; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2rem; padding: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><li style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0.25rem; margin-top: 0.25rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.5rem;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-top: 1.2em;">Entering the classroom</span></li><li style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0.25rem; margin-top: 0.25rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.5rem;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-top: 1.2em;">Taking attendance</span></li><li style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0.25rem; margin-top: 0.25rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.5rem;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-top: 1.2em;">Unpacking routine</span></li><li style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0.25rem; margin-top: 0.25rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.5rem;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-top: 1.2em;">Storing backpacks, clothing, lunch bags</span></li><li style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0.25rem; margin-top: 0.25rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.5rem;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-top: 1.2em;">Collecting notes/forms/money</span></li><li style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0.25rem; margin-top: 0.25rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.5rem;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-top: 1.2em;">Collecting homework</span></li><li style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0.25rem; margin-top: 0.25rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.5rem;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-top: 1.2em;">Library books</span></li><li style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0.25rem; margin-top: 0.25rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.5rem;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-top: 1.2em;">Handling classroom materials</span></li><li style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0.25rem; margin-top: 0.25rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.5rem;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-top: 1.2em;">Sharpening pencils</span></li><li style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0.25rem; margin-top: 0.25rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.5rem;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-top: 1.2em;">Passing out supplies/papers</span></li><li style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0.25rem; margin-top: 0.25rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.5rem;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-top: 1.2em;">Collecting/returning work</span></li><li style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0.25rem; margin-top: 0.25rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.5rem;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-top: 1.2em;">Work in progress/unfinished</span></li><li style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0.25rem; margin-top: 0.25rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.5rem;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-top: 1.2em;">Student absences/make-up work</span></li><li style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0.25rem; margin-top: 0.25rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.5rem;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-top: 1.2em;">Finishing work early</span></li><li style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0.25rem; margin-top: 0.25rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.5rem;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-top: 1.2em;">Students who need help</span></li><li style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0.25rem; margin-top: 0.25rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.5rem;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-top: 1.2em;">Getting students’ attention</span></li><li style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0.25rem; margin-top: 0.25rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.5rem;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-top: 1.2em;">Getting drinks/water bottles in class</span></li><li style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0.25rem; margin-top: 0.25rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.5rem;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-top: 1.2em;">Getting tissues</span></li><li style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0.25rem; margin-top: 0.25rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.5rem;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-top: 1.2em;">Washroom sign-out</span></li><li style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0.25rem; margin-top: 0.25rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.5rem;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-top: 1.2em;">Birthdays</span></li><li style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0.25rem; margin-top: 0.25rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.5rem;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-top: 1.2em;">Agendas</span></li><li style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0.25rem; margin-top: 0.25rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.5rem;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-top: 1.2em;">Lunch</span></li><li style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0.25rem; margin-top: 0.25rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.5rem;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-top: 1.2em;">Missing spoons</span></li><li style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0.25rem; margin-top: 0.25rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.5rem;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-top: 1.2em;">Hand washing</span></li><li style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0.25rem; margin-top: 0.25rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.5rem;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-top: 1.2em;">Garbage</span></li><li style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0.25rem; margin-top: 0.25rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.5rem;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-top: 1.2em;">Lining up in classroom/outside/in gym/in library</span></li><li style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0.25rem; margin-top: 0.25rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.5rem;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-top: 1.2em;">Keeping desks neat</span></li><li style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0.25rem; margin-top: 0.25rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.5rem;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-top: 1.2em;">Lost items</span></li><li style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0.25rem; margin-top: 0.25rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.5rem;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-top: 1.2em;">Packing up</span></li><li style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0.25rem; margin-top: 0.25rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.5rem;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-top: 1.2em;">Cleaning the classroom</span></li><li style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0.25rem; margin-top: 0.25rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.5rem;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-top: 1.2em;">Dismissal procedures</span></li><li style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0.25rem; margin-top: 0.25rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.5rem;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-top: 1.2em;">Sending home graded/finished work</span></li><li style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0.25rem; margin-top: 0.25rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.5rem;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-top: 1.2em;">Saving work samples</span></li><li style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0.25rem; margin-top: 0.25rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.5rem;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-top: 1.2em;">Contacting parents</span></li><li style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0.25rem; margin-top: 0.25rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.5rem;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-top: 1.2em;">Recording parent contact</span></li><li style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0.25rem; margin-top: 0.25rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.5rem;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-top: 1.2em;">Helpers in the classroom </span></li><li style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0.25rem; margin-top: 0.25rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.5rem;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-top: 1.2em;">Problems with technology</span></li><li style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0.25rem; margin-top: 0.25rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.5rem;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-top: 1.2em;">Behaviour management</span></li><li style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0.25rem; margin-top: 0.25rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.5rem;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-top: 1.2em;">Classroom library (keeping organized, where to keep books)</span></li><li style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0.25rem; margin-top: 0.25rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.5rem;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-top: 1.2em;">Field trip prep (nametags, groups)</span></li></ul><h2 style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e293b; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-family: "Inter var", ui-sans-serif, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji"; font-size: 1.5rem; letter-spacing: -0.025em; line-height: 1.11111; margin: 1.55556em 0px 0.888889em; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black;">Physical Environment</span></h2><div><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black;"><span face=""Inter var", ui-sans-serif, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji"" style="background-color: white; color: #1e293b; font-size: 17.5px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Next, you'll need to tackle the physical classroom environment. You'll need to take inventory of the supplies you have and make a list of what you still need. Label supplies so that you can easily find what a student needs when it's time to do an assignment. Everything should have a place and everything should be in its place.</span></span></div><div><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black;"><span face=""Inter var", ui-sans-serif, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji"" style="background-color: white; color: #1e293b; font-size: 17.5px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></div><ul style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e293b; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-family: "Inter var", ui-sans-serif, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji"; font-size: 17.5px; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2rem; padding: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><li style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0.25rem; margin-top: 0.25rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.5rem;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-top: 1.2em;">Clean out classroom completely before beginning</span></li><li style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0.25rem; margin-top: 0.25rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.5rem;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-top: 1.2em;">Ask for any additional shelving needed</span></li><li style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0.25rem; margin-top: 0.25rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.5rem;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-top: 1.2em;">Check that computers and equipment are working</span></li><li style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0.25rem; margin-top: 0.25rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.5rem;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-top: 1.2em;">Order necessary supplies</span></li><li style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0.25rem; margin-top: 0.25rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.5rem;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-top: 1.2em;">Bulletin boards - math, language, and science/social studies walls</span></li><li style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0.25rem; margin-top: 0.25rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.5rem;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-top: 1.2em;">Calendar</span></li><li style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0.25rem; margin-top: 0.25rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.5rem;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-top: 1.2em;">Visual schedule</span></li><li style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0.25rem; margin-top: 0.25rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.5rem;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-top: 1.2em;">Door decoration</span></li><li style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0.25rem; margin-top: 0.25rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.5rem;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-top: 1.2em;">Flag, Anthem, and Land Acknowledgement</span></li><li style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0.25rem; margin-top: 0.25rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.5rem;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-top: 1.2em;">Agenda station</span></li><li style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0.25rem; margin-top: 0.25rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.5rem;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-top: 1.2em;">Cubbies/Mailboxes</span></li><li style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0.25rem; margin-top: 0.25rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.5rem;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-top: 1.2em;">Lunch bag storage</span></li><li style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0.25rem; margin-top: 0.25rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.5rem;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-top: 1.2em;">Coat hooks labelled</span></li><li style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0.25rem; margin-top: 0.25rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.5rem;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-top: 1.2em;">Arrange teacher’s desk</span></li><li style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0.25rem; margin-top: 0.25rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.5rem;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-top: 1.2em;">Arrange student desks</span></li><li style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0.25rem; margin-top: 0.25rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.5rem;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-top: 1.2em;">Supply bins (crayons, pencils, etc.)</span></li><li style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0.25rem; margin-top: 0.25rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.5rem;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-top: 1.2em;">Garbage and recycling containers labelled</span></li></ul><h2 style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e293b; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-family: "Inter var", ui-sans-serif, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji"; font-size: 1.5rem; letter-spacing: -0.025em; line-height: 1.11111; margin: 1.55556em 0px 0.888889em; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black;">Paper Organization</span></h2><div><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black;"><span face=""Inter var", ui-sans-serif, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji"" style="background-color: white; color: #1e293b; font-size: 17.5px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Keeping papers organized is the key to back-to-school preparation. It is the number one way that classrooms become disorganized. Make a plan for forms, assessments, student data, and parent communication before the school year starts.</span></span></div><div><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black;"><span face=""Inter var", ui-sans-serif, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji"" style="background-color: white; color: #1e293b; font-size: 17.5px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></div><ul style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e293b; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-family: "Inter var", ui-sans-serif, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji"; font-size: 17.5px; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2rem; padding: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><li style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0.25rem; margin-top: 0.25rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.5rem;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-top: 1.2em;">Large envelopes with class list for collecting forms</span></li><li style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0.25rem; margin-top: 0.25rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.5rem;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-top: 1.2em;">Inbox </span></li><li style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0.25rem; margin-top: 0.25rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.5rem;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-top: 1.2em;">Hanging file folders</span></li><li style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0.25rem; margin-top: 0.25rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.5rem;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-top: 1.2em;">Binders</span></li><li style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0.25rem; margin-top: 0.25rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.5rem;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-top: 1.2em;">Student duotangs</span></li><li style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0.25rem; margin-top: 0.25rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.5rem;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-top: 1.2em;">New student bags (extra copies of nametags, notebooks, etc.)</span></li><li style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0.25rem; margin-top: 0.25rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.5rem;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-top: 1.2em;">Sub Tub (class list, emergency plans, seating chart, etc.)</span></li></ul><h2 style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e293b; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-family: "Inter var", ui-sans-serif, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji"; font-size: 1.5rem; letter-spacing: -0.025em; line-height: 1.11111; margin: 1.55556em 0px 0.888889em; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black;">Decorations</span></h2><div><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black;"><span face=""Inter var", ui-sans-serif, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji"" style="background-color: white; color: #1e293b; font-size: 17.5px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Every teacher has their own values when it comes to decorating their classroom. Do what makes you happy, don't compare yourself to other teachers, and if you're a new teacher, know that you can't do everything at once. Start small and focus on the parts of the job that matter most.</span></span></div><div><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black;"><span face=""Inter var", ui-sans-serif, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji"" style="background-color: white; color: #1e293b; font-size: 17.5px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></div><ul style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e293b; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-family: "Inter var", ui-sans-serif, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji"; font-size: 17.5px; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2rem; padding: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><li style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0.25rem; margin-top: 0.25rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.5rem;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-top: 1.2em;">Door</span></li><li style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0.25rem; margin-top: 0.25rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.5rem;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-top: 1.2em;">Coat hooks</span></li><li style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0.25rem; margin-top: 0.25rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.5rem;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-top: 1.2em;">Bulletin Boards</span></li><li style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0.25rem; margin-top: 0.25rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.5rem;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-top: 1.2em;">Cursive writing/printing</span></li><li style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0.25rem; margin-top: 0.25rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.5rem;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-top: 1.2em;">Number line</span></li><li style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0.25rem; margin-top: 0.25rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.5rem;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-top: 1.2em;">Class Jobs</span></li><li style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0.25rem; margin-top: 0.25rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.5rem;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-top: 1.2em;">Classroom Economy (<a href="https://bacchusclass.blogspot.com/2021/04/how-to-start-student-led-classroom.html" target="_blank">learn all about mine here</a>)</span></li><li style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0.25rem; margin-top: 0.25rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.5rem;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-top: 1.2em;">Birthdays</span></li><li style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0.25rem; margin-top: 0.25rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.5rem;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-top: 1.2em;">Name tags for desks</span></li><li style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0.25rem; margin-top: 0.25rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.5rem;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-top: 1.2em;">Basket labels</span></li><li style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0.25rem; margin-top: 0.25rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.5rem;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-top: 1.2em;">Calendar</span></li><li style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0.25rem; margin-top: 0.25rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.5rem;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-top: 1.2em;">Behaviour reward system (pom-pom jar)</span></li><li style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0.25rem; margin-top: 0.25rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.5rem;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-top: 1.2em;">Washroom passes</span></li><li style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0.25rem; margin-top: 0.25rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.5rem;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-top: 1.2em;">Daily Schedule</span></li><li style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0.25rem; margin-top: 0.25rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.5rem;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-top: 1.2em;">Class norms/rules/pledge</span></li><li style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0.25rem; margin-top: 0.25rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.5rem;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-top: 1.2em;">Homework board</span></li><li style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0.25rem; margin-top: 0.25rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.5rem;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-top: 1.2em;">Names on random pick student container (popsicle sticks with names)</span></li></ul><h2 style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e293b; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-family: "Inter var", ui-sans-serif, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji"; font-size: 1.5rem; letter-spacing: -0.025em; line-height: 1.11111; margin: 1.55556em 0px 0.888889em; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black;">Planning</span></h2><ul style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e293b; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-family: "Inter var", ui-sans-serif, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji"; font-size: 17.5px; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2rem; padding: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><li style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0.25rem; margin-top: 0.25rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.5rem;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-top: 1.2em;">Long range plans</span></li><li style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0.25rem; margin-top: 0.25rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.5rem;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-top: 1.2em;">Daily Schedule</span></li><li style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0.25rem; margin-top: 0.25rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.5rem;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-top: 1.2em;">First Week</span></li><li style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0.25rem; margin-top: 0.25rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.5rem;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-top: 1.2em;">Library Schedule</span></li><li style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0.25rem; margin-top: 0.25rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.5rem;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-top: 1.2em;">Gym Schedule</span></li><li style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0.25rem; margin-top: 0.25rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.5rem;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-top: 1.2em;">Planning Schedule</span></li><li style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0.25rem; margin-top: 0.25rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.5rem;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-top: 1.2em;">Computer Lab Schedule</span></li><li style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0.25rem; margin-top: 0.25rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.5rem;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-top: 1.2em;">Find any other sign-out sheets for use of school resources (technology, rooms, etc.)</span></li></ul><h2 style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e293b; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-family: "Inter var", ui-sans-serif, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji"; font-size: 1.5rem; letter-spacing: -0.025em; line-height: 1.11111; margin: 1.55556em 0px 0.888889em; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black;">Prep for First Day of School</span></h2><ul style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e293b; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-family: "Inter var", ui-sans-serif, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji"; font-size: 17.5px; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2rem; padding: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><li style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0.25rem; margin-top: 0.25rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.5rem;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-top: 1.2em;">Newsletter</span></li><li style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0.25rem; margin-top: 0.25rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.5rem;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-top: 1.2em;">Nametags, 2 sharpened pencils, agenda, and journal on desks</span></li><li style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0.25rem; margin-top: 0.25rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.5rem;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-top: 1.2em;">Ask if any of your students are new to the school (give them a tour guide buddy)</span></li><li style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0.25rem; margin-top: 0.25rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.5rem;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-top: 1.2em;">Read through OSRs and IEPs and make notes</span></li><li style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0.25rem; margin-top: 0.25rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.5rem;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-top: 1.2em;">Compile any data passed on from the last school year that will help you begin diagnostic assessments</span></li><li style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0.25rem; margin-top: 0.25rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.5rem;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-top: 1.2em;">Photocopy everything for the first week:</span></li><li class="ql-indent-2" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0.25rem; margin-top: 0.25rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.5rem;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-top: 1.2em;">Language diagnostic assessments</span></li><li class="ql-indent-1" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0.25rem; margin-top: 0.25rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.5rem;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-top: 1.2em;">Daily 5 Read to Self Graph</span></li><li class="ql-indent-1" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0.25rem; margin-top: 0.25rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.5rem;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-top: 1.2em;">Math diagnostic assessments</span></li><li class="ql-indent-1" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0.25rem; margin-top: 0.25rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.5rem;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-top: 1.2em;">Newsletter</span></li><li class="ql-indent-1" style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0.25rem; margin-top: 0.25rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.5rem;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-top: 1.2em;">Morning Work</span></li></ul><h1 style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e293b; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-family: "Inter var", ui-sans-serif, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji"; font-size: 1.875rem; letter-spacing: -0.025em; line-height: 2.5rem; margin: 0px 0px 0.857143em; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box;" /></h1><h1 style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e293b; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-family: "Inter var", ui-sans-serif, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji"; font-size: 1.875rem; letter-spacing: -0.025em; line-height: 2.5rem; margin: 0px 0px 0.857143em; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black;">September</span></h1><h2 style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e293b; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-family: "Inter var", ui-sans-serif, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji"; font-size: 1.5rem; letter-spacing: -0.025em; line-height: 1.11111; margin: 1.55556em 0px 0.888889em; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black;">First Week of School</span></h2><ul style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e293b; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-family: "Inter var", ui-sans-serif, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji"; font-size: 17.5px; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2rem; padding: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><li style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0.25rem; margin-top: 0.25rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.5rem;">Take photographs of all students</li><li style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0.25rem; margin-top: 0.25rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.5rem;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-top: 1.2em;">Teach journaling and notebook expectations</span></li><li style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0.25rem; margin-top: 0.25rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.5rem;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-top: 1.2em;">Teach Morning Work procedures thoroughly</span></li><li style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0.25rem; margin-top: 0.25rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.5rem;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-top: 1.2em;">Desk organization</span></li><li style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0.25rem; margin-top: 0.25rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.5rem;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-top: 1.2em;">Begin language diagnostic assessments</span></li><li style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0.25rem; margin-top: 0.25rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.5rem;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-top: 1.2em;">Words Their Way Spelling Inventory</span></li><li style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0.25rem; margin-top: 0.25rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.5rem;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-top: 1.2em;">Begin Daily 5</span></li><li style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0.25rem; margin-top: 0.25rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.5rem;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-top: 1.2em;">Establishing a math community lesson</span></li><li style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0.25rem; margin-top: 0.25rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.5rem;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-top: 1.2em;">Teach math games for early finisher centres (ask students about any they might already know)</span></li><li style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0.25rem; margin-top: 0.25rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.5rem;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-top: 1.2em;">Begin math diagnostic assessments</span></li><li style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0.25rem; margin-top: 0.25rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.5rem;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-top: 1.2em;">Goal Setting and Get to Know You activities</span></li><li style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0.25rem; margin-top: 0.25rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.5rem;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-top: 1.2em;">Establish contact with parents</span></li><li style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0.25rem; margin-top: 0.25rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.5rem;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-top: 1.2em;">Write Classroom Agreement together, have students sign and copy to send home to parents</span></li><li style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0.25rem; margin-top: 0.25rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.5rem;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-top: 1.2em;">Teach kids about “Shout-Outs” or other class celebrations</span></li><li style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0.25rem; margin-top: 0.25rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.5rem;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-top: 1.2em;">Encourage parents to access online resources early and often - offer support at open house</span></li></ul><h2 style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e293b; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-family: "Inter var", ui-sans-serif, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji"; font-size: 1.5rem; letter-spacing: -0.025em; line-height: 1.11111; margin: 1.55556em 0px 0.888889em; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black;">Second Week of School and Onward</span></h2><ul style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e293b; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-family: "Inter var", ui-sans-serif, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji"; font-size: 17.5px; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2rem; padding: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><li style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0.25rem; margin-top: 0.25rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.5rem;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-top: 1.2em;">Reinforce expectations about desk organization, classroom procedures, and notebooks</span></li><li style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0.25rem; margin-top: 0.25rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.5rem;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-top: 1.2em;">Student computer logins - tutorial on Google Classroom</span></li><li style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0.25rem; margin-top: 0.25rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.5rem;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-top: 1.2em;">Continue Daily 5 intro lessons</span></li><li style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0.25rem; margin-top: 0.25rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.5rem;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-top: 1.2em;">Find out where your students have been on field trips in the past</span></li><li style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0.25rem; margin-top: 0.25rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.5rem;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-top: 1.2em;">Compile Emergency Contact info for supply teachers and field trips</span></li><li style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0.25rem; margin-top: 0.25rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.5rem;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-top: 1.2em;">Make reusable nametags for supply teachers and field trips</span></li><li style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0.25rem; margin-top: 0.25rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.5rem;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-top: 1.2em;">Create regular posts on class website </span></li><li style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0.25rem; margin-top: 0.25rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.5rem;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-top: 1.2em;">Post medical information as necessary</span></li><li style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0.25rem; margin-top: 0.25rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.5rem;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-top: 1.2em;">Approve and book field trips</span></li><li style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0.25rem; margin-top: 0.25rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.5rem;"><span style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1.2em; margin-top: 1.2em;">Plan extra-curriculars</span></li></ul><p style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e293b; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-family: "Inter var", ui-sans-serif, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji"; font-size: 17.5px; margin: 1.2em 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box;" /></p><p style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e293b; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-family: "Inter var", ui-sans-serif, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji"; font-size: 17.5px; margin: 1.2em 0px 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">September is always hectic for teachers, but it's also an exciting time because there are so many new things to do and learn! I hope this checklist will help make back to school a little less stressful. Leave a comment below if this was helpful and share what you would add!</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9020737492441444233.post-72746181652393842702021-08-06T07:30:00.001-04:002021-08-06T07:30:00.217-04:004 Reasons You Should Send This Note Home On the First Day of School: A Back-to-School FREEBIE<p>The first day of school is a big deal. It's when we get to meet our new students and their parent(s). And it's the perfect time for parent communication! I always take this opportunity to send home this short note, asking parents to fill out some brief information about their child so that I can get to know them better. Parents have mentioned how much they appreciate me taking the time to ask for their thoughts or opinions, and it helps us form stronger relationships early on in the year. Have you had any success with parent communication at the beginning of the school year? How do you start a positive relationship with students' families? Share your tips below!</p><p>Here are 4 reasons you should send this short note home on the first day of school:</p><p></p><ol style="text-align: left;"><li>To get to know your students. Find out information about their interests and home life directly from the people who know them best.</li><li>To get to know your students' family. Learn what their hopes and fears are for the school year.</li><li>As an opportunity for parent communication. Sending a child to school is a source of stress for many parents. When a parent feels like the child's teacher really knows and understands them, many fears are alleviated.</li><li>To start on the right foot with parents! Sharing the note with families helps set a positive tone for the school year. Great teachers want to work with families to help students have a successful year.</li></ol><p></p><p><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/About-My-Child-Parent-Questionnaire-for-Back-to-School-306033" target="_blank">Get your FREE copy of the "About My Child" parent questionnaire here.</a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/About-My-Child-Parent-Questionnaire-for-Back-to-School-306033" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="about my child parent questionnaire back to school" border="0" data-original-height="350" data-original-width="350" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiawjzDiBPsYUgS2zF7aXm5AQBYZ7XzhA6sRdo-JOsykxGuT1o5eZXotC6DxyQ9KoO4N5hey5HiKHga1x0CPVjTQvWkY-NLfao-1J_QSqtJLAk9OVvbO1eLTMFdr8bFtmL9Bj9JRAhEoWw/w320-h320/original-306033-1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9020737492441444233.post-3727523201720274372021-08-05T08:00:00.003-04:002021-08-05T14:02:18.368-04:00Mrs. Bacchus' FREE Guide to Financial Literacy for Beginners<p style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e293b; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-size: 17.5px; margin: 0px 0px 1.2em; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Before the Internet, people didn't have easy access to information about finances. People's experiences with budgeting, paying taxes, spending, and saving were dependent not only on their family's financial literacy but their access to money. Needless to say, there is a wide range of financial literacy in our country and there are major gaps within certain populations. The <a href="https://howmuch.net/articles/financial-literacy-around-the-world" target="_blank">S&P's Global Financial Literacy Survey</a> found that the rate of financial literacy in Canada is 68% and in the United States it is 57%.</span></p><p style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e293b; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-size: 17.5px; margin: 1.2em 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Now with the availability and accessibility of information, people can learn how to manage money, invest, and advocate for their own financial goals.</span></p><p style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e293b; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-size: 17.5px; margin: 1.2em 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">That is why financial literacy is important. Financial literacy helps people make financial decisions for themselves and their families.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgfgCXU6XwONldKiOvdVMBp_Ssnd23Tqb2n4xcjPATCI3-NSd2Y2elqsTgfP9WmweoUj2dby9_hf-2dMZPzRziktnKP71yMM8CKUnxMzJBAFcW8KxyID95I90mBFBCjU285larWprvGRc/s1280/money-256312_1280.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="853" data-original-width="1280" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgfgCXU6XwONldKiOvdVMBp_Ssnd23Tqb2n4xcjPATCI3-NSd2Y2elqsTgfP9WmweoUj2dby9_hf-2dMZPzRziktnKP71yMM8CKUnxMzJBAFcW8KxyID95I90mBFBCjU285larWprvGRc/s320/money-256312_1280.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><p style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e293b; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-size: 17.5px; margin: 1.2em 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><h2 style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e293b; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-size: 1.5rem; letter-spacing: -0.025em; line-height: 1.11111; margin: 1.55556em 0px 0.888889em; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">What exactly is financial literacy?</span></h2><p style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e293b; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-size: 17.5px; margin: 0px 0px 1.2em; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">It means understanding how to manage your finances in a way that allows you to live comfortably while saving money, as well as understand your long and short term wants and needs. It also encompasses being familiar with appropriate ways of borrowing money such as loans and credit cards.</span></p><p style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e293b; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-size: 17.5px; margin: 1.2em 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">This guide will walk you through the basics of a variety of financial literacy topics. It will provide you with resources for finding more information and give you a starting point for increasing your financial literacy.</span></p><h2 style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e293b; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-size: 1.5rem; letter-spacing: -0.025em; line-height: 1.11111; margin: 1.55556em 0px 0.888889em; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Wants and Needs</span></h2><p style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e293b; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-size: 17.5px; margin: 0px 0px 1.2em; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Learning about financial literacy begins with identifying your wants and needs. What are they? Write them down in a list, then determine which ones you can live without or put on hold until later in life. The more financial stability you have, the easier it will be to reach your larger financial goals. </span></p><p style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e293b; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-size: 17.5px; margin: 1.2em 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">It is important to understand the difference between wants and needs. Needs are things that must happen for you to survive such as food, housing, transportation, etc. Wants are anything that makes life more enjoyable but is not necessary. These include eating out at restaurants, owning an expensive car or laptop computer, etc. Learning about financial literacy means learning how to distinguish between wants and needs and prioritize how your money is spent (or saved).</span></p><h2 style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e293b; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-size: 1.5rem; letter-spacing: -0.025em; line-height: 1.11111; margin: 1.55556em 0px 0.888889em; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Planning for Your Money</span></h2><p style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e293b; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-size: 17.5px; margin: 0px 0px 1.2em; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">When you made a list of your wants, you probably listed some things that cost more than you'd have in your bank account in the average month. That's where you need to form a financial plan. Financial planning involves spending some time defining your financial goals and then developing a financial plan to help you meet those financial goals. Take a few minutes today to think about what financial goals matter most to you. Are they short term, meaning things that would happen within the next year? Or are they more long term, like saving for retirement or buying a house? Whatever financial goal you want to achieve, make sure that it's realistic and measurable so that you can track your success at meeting this financial goal over time.</span></p><p style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e293b; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-size: 17.5px; margin: 1.2em 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">You'll also need to make a plan for how you will create income. This could include getting a job or starting a small business. Maybe you want to try out a side-gig in addition to your job to boost your income.</span></p><p style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e293b; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-size: 17.5px; margin: 1.2em 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">It's important to think about saving and spending in the context of various financial goals. For example, how much do you spend on housing every month? What are you doing right now to save for the future? Do you have an emergency fund set aside in case something comes up where you need extra money? Or do you just rely on credit cards when financial challenges arise? Allocating your financial resources appropriately can help prevent financial stress and financial difficulty later.</span></p><h2 style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e293b; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-size: 1.5rem; letter-spacing: -0.025em; line-height: 1.11111; margin: 1.55556em 0px 0.888889em; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Tracking Spending</span></h2><p style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e293b; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-size: 17.5px; margin: 0px 0px 1.2em; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Why should you write down your spending? Because financial literacy is about personal financial management.</span></p><p style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e293b; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-size: 17.5px; margin: 1.2em 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">It's so easy to lose track of where your money is going when you're not actively tracking it. It happens all the time - people spend a large amount of money every month on groceries only to find out they're spending nearly as much money on eating out and going to the movies. Or students spend $300 each week on takeout food even though they have a fully stocked kitchen. If you want financial freedom, then tracking your spending is important.</span></p><p style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e293b; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-size: 17.5px; margin: 1.2em 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The first step is to track where you spend your money for one month by writing down every single expense in a notebook or using an app like <a href="https://mint.intuit.com/" target="_blank">Mint</a>. You can also go old school with Excel and use categories such as "clothing", "groceries", "transportation", etc. Find what works for you and start tracking your spending now. Often, just being more aware of your spending can help you make better choices in your day to day habits.</span></p><h2 style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e293b; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-size: 1.5rem; letter-spacing: -0.025em; line-height: 1.11111; margin: 1.55556em 0px 0.888889em; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Cutting Expenses</span></h2><p style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e293b; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-size: 17.5px; margin: 0px 0px 1.2em; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">As you track your spending, you might notice certain trends. Hold yourself accountable and try to reduce your expenses in other areas. Maybe you can cut down on takeout by making more home cooked meals, or try mixing up different recipes so that you don't get bored. Maybe you have subscribed to a service you rarely use.</span></p><p style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e293b; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-size: 17.5px; margin: 1.2em 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Monitoring and reducing spending is an important financial habit, but it doesn't have to be boring. Soon enough, you'll be a pro and won't even have to keep track anymore. It becomes second nature when it's done often enough.</span></p><p style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e293b; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-size: 17.5px; margin: 1.2em 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Avoiding advertisements and unsubscribing from marketing emails can help you stay focused on your financial goals. Unfollow that influencer on Instagram who makes you feel like you need to spend money to be happy or successful. Finding monthly expenses that you can eliminate or reduce will also help you meet financial goals.</span></p><p style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e293b; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-size: 17.5px; margin: 1.2em 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">For example, if you are frustrated with your current phone carrier and want to switch to a new provider, (I love <a href="https://referme.to/meganb-357" target="_blank">Koodo</a>!) that can help eliminate some unnecessary monthly spending. Taking care of routine expenses or financial tasks in one swoop is convenient for most people who have financial obligations as it reduces the number of steps they need to take.</span></p><p style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e293b; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-size: 17.5px; margin: 1.2em 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">It's also important not to let certain financial situations overwhelm you, like switching from cable TV/Internet service provider to another or changing payment plans at your bank (changing mortgage rates or loan terms falls into this category too). Break the task into manageable parts and finish it. Your bank account will thank you and future you will be so proud.</span></p><h2 style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e293b; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-size: 1.5rem; letter-spacing: -0.025em; line-height: 1.11111; margin: 1.55556em 0px 0.888889em; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Saving for Purchases, Emergencies, and Your Future</span></h2><p style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e293b; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-size: 17.5px; margin: 0px 0px 1.2em; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">It can be so easy to spend all of your money, but that means you won't have savings for the future. Set a goal for yourself and start saving today. Perhaps it's $100 towards a new phone, or $200 in an emergency fund for when car repairs are needed. It's okay if you need to adjust these financial goals as time goes on; just make sure they're appropriate to where you are now.</span></p><p style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e293b; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-size: 17.5px; margin: 1.2em 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Wherever possible, try saving as much extra money as possible rather than spending it. If your financial situation allows for multiple saving accounts then this is even better because it makes it more difficult to access the funds until they are intended for use (e.g., paying off debt vs building an emergency fund). </span></p><p style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e293b; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-size: 17.5px; margin: 1.2em 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The 50-30-20 ratio is a helpful guide. Aim for 50% of your take home pay towards financial priorities (e.g., retirement savings, emergency fund), 30% of your income to monthly expenses and debt repayment, and 20% to spending on desires. Spending money on "wants" is okay and even encouraged when you've reached financial stability, but if you're trying to get into the habit of saving then keep it simple as that will help prevent making large purchases over time.</span></p><h2 style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e293b; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-size: 1.5rem; letter-spacing: -0.025em; line-height: 1.11111; margin: 1.55556em 0px 0.888889em; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Types of Savings Accounts</span></h2><p style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e293b; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-size: 17.5px; margin: 0px 0px 1.2em; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">1) Tax Free Savings Account (TFSA): The TFSA was created by the Canadian government in 2009. It allows you to set aside money that earns interest tax-free forever. Even if you withdraw funds from your account, you can re-contribute them the next year with no penalty or taxes taken off of it! This financial tool is perfect for people who would like to save but also need access to their money fairly often. Check your CRA account to see how much money you can put into a TFSA.</span></p><p style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e293b; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-size: 17.5px; margin: 1.2em 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">2) Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP): This financial tool is perfect for people who do not need access to their money right away but would like it put away for later use. </span></p><p style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e293b; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-size: 17.5px; margin: 1.2em 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">3) Registered Education Savings Plan (RESP): If you have children, you can put money away for their higher education in an RESP. When you open an RESP for a child, you can apply for the <a href="https://www.canada.ca/en/services/benefits/education/education-savings/savings-grant.html " target="_blank">Canada Education Savings Grant</a> (CESG). The grant will add 20% of the RESP contributions of up to $2,500. That means the CESG can add a maximum of $500 to an RESP each year. </span></p><p style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e293b; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-size: 17.5px; margin: 1.2em 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">4) High Interest Savings Account: If you want to have access to your money soon, a high-interest savings account is an option. This is the simplest way to save for shorter term financial goals. It will typically have a higher interest rate than a chequing or savings account.</span></p><h2 style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e293b; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-size: 1.5rem; letter-spacing: -0.025em; line-height: 1.11111; margin: 1.55556em 0px 0.888889em; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Investing</span></h2><p style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e293b; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-size: 17.5px; margin: 0px 0px 1.2em; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Investing is buying financial assets, such as stocks and bonds. When you buy financial assets, your goal is to earn money from them with the expectation that they will increase in value over time. An investment may be risky or safe, depending on how much risk it involves.</span></p><p style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e293b; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-size: 17.5px; margin: 1.2em 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">You can open an investment account at a financial institution like a bank or financial planner. This account holds investments in different types of financial products such as stock-market securities (such as shares), mutual funds (which invest your money into several companies' stocks and bonds) and GICs (which are short-term savings products). </span></p><p style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e293b; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-size: 17.5px; margin: 1.2em 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Before you open an account, consider your needs. Are you looking for short term growth, which might involve more risk? Or are you looking for a long term, low risk investment? When do you need the money—or profits—you make from this account? Are you able to deal with financial loss or failure? If you have little investment capital, it might be best to start small and work up to larger investments.</span></p><p style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e293b; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-size: 17.5px; margin: 1.2em 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">If your financial institution offers financial advisors on staff, ask which one is right for you. Even when taking financial advice from a professional, it's important to understand what they tell you so that you can take control of your financial future. Make sure financial institutions offer more than just financial products; find out if they also provide financial education services (such as workshops on how to save). Find out about their financial literacy programs, and see if information sessions are offered in person or online.</span></p><p style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e293b; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-size: 17.5px; margin: 1.2em 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Wealthsimple is a financial planning platform designed to make financial advice and portfolio management easy for everyone. It is a user friendly way for beginners to try investing in stocks. <a href="https://my.wealthsimple.com/app/public/trade-referral-signup?code=HXCOOA" target="_blank">Click here to open an account and receive 2 free stocks.</a></span></p><h2 style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e293b; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-size: 1.5rem; letter-spacing: -0.025em; line-height: 1.11111; margin: 1.55556em 0px 0.888889em; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Giving Money to Charity</span></h2><p style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e293b; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-size: 17.5px; margin: 0px 0px 1.2em; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">How much should you donate to charity? There is no one answer. Charitable giving is a personal financial choice. You might decide to give money to a charity, but you also might give your time and direct involvement. Whether it's helping out in your community or around the world through a local food bank or international aid organization, just get involved and give back! Donating to a registered charity has tax benefits so keep any receipts somewhere safe for tax season.</span></p><h2 style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e293b; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-size: 1.5rem; letter-spacing: -0.025em; line-height: 1.11111; margin: 1.55556em 0px 0.888889em; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Comparison Shopping and Loyalty Programs</span></h2><p style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e293b; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-size: 17.5px; margin: 0px 0px 1.2em; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">If you're going to buy something anyway, it pays to shop around for the best deal. Comparison shopping means that you do research on an item and its price before buying it. This can save you a lot of money every day. Find the cheapest gas in your area at <a href="https://www.gasbuddy.com/">GasBuddy.com</a>.</span></p><p style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e293b; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-size: 17.5px; margin: 1.2em 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e293b; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-size: 17.5px; margin: 1.2em 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Loyalty programs are a great way to help you save money by just doing what you already do. Do you often shop at the same grocery store? Join a free loyalty program and get savings. The store gets your repeat business and you save money. Win-win! The trick is finding a financial loyalty program that is worthwhile. </span></p><p style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e293b; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-size: 17.5px; margin: 1.2em 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">For example, Rakuten pays cash back when you shop online. It's an add-on on your browser, so when you open a website from one of over 750 stores, a little box will open in the corner asking if you'd like to activate the rewards. If you do, and you make a purchase, you will automatically gain cash back. <a href="https://www.rakuten.ca/referrer?referrerid=%2Fn7FO5woIao%3D" target="_blank">Click my referral link and get a $5 cash bonus by joining today!</a></span></p><p style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e293b; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-size: 17.5px; margin: 1.2em 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><h2 style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e293b; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-size: 1.5rem; letter-spacing: -0.025em; line-height: 1.11111; margin: 0px 0px 0.888889em; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Choosing a Credit Card</span></h2><p style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e293b; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-size: 17.5px; margin: 0px 0px 1.2em; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Credit cards can help you increase your credit score. When you use your credit card on a regular basis, you improve your financial history by confirming and building your payment habits. This helps you establish an acceptable financial profile for future creditors and financial institutions who may consider lending to you (e.g., to get a mortgage).</span></p><p style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e293b; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-size: 17.5px; margin: 1.2em 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Credit cards often offer bonuses such as cash back or rewards for certain items. The savings can add up over time, but it's important that you are able to pay off the balance monthly. Credit cards can have very high interest charges. As long as you are not overspending, getting money back on purchases can be one of the easiest ways to save money that people don't even realize they're doing!</span></p><p style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e293b; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-size: 17.5px; margin: 1.2em 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Credit cards can really help out when emergencies arise because they provide financial freedom when cash isn't always available. However, too many people grow dependent on their credit card and overspend because of the convenience factor.</span></p><p style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e293b; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-size: 17.5px; margin: 1.2em 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Look for a credit card with no fees, a low interest rate, and a reward program that benefits you. Cash back or grocery or gas rewards are preferable to travel rewards for most people because they can be used regularly.</span></p><h2 style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e293b; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-size: 1.5rem; letter-spacing: -0.025em; line-height: 1.11111; margin: 1.55556em 0px 0.888889em; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Taxes</span></h2><p style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e293b; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-size: 17.5px; margin: 0px 0px 1.2em; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Unfortunately, Canada and the United States are two countries that have not joined those whose governments submit taxes automatically. However, there is an easy way to file your taxes online and on time - TurboTax. And it's 100% free. There are options within the program to pay for assistance, but you have the option to use the user-friendly program to complete your taxes for free. It guides you through the process one step at a time. I like that it shows you your return in the side panel as you go so you can see the effect that each change has.</span></p><h2 style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e293b; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-size: 1.5rem; letter-spacing: -0.025em; line-height: 1.11111; margin: 1.55556em 0px 0.888889em; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Financial Literacy is a Lifelong Skill</span></h2><p style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e293b; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-size: 17.5px; margin: 0px 0px 1.2em; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">When it comes to financial literacy, you can't learn enough. Financial literacy is knowledge and understanding of financial principles that will help you make informed financial decisions in the present and future.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #1e293b; font-size: 17.5px; white-space: pre-wrap;">In Canada, we have great financial options which are designed to help us save money for the future by giving us tax incentives (e.g., RRSPs). But with all of these financial products on the market it's hard to know how or when you should use them. And that's where financial literacy comes in. The more financial knowledge you have, the better able you will be to make savvy financial decisions for yourself or your family. Everyone can benefit from financial literacy; whether it's learning about saving, investing or borrowing money, being financially literate is important because sound financial planning leads to a healthy lifestyle.</span> </span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9020737492441444233.post-11005650736089709062021-08-01T22:08:00.003-04:002021-08-01T22:08:17.753-04:00August is One Long Sunday<p>Today is the first of August. Did anyone else get that Back-to-School feeling today? Here in Ontario we are off until the beginning of September but people start getting their classrooms ready a week before that and preparing to get their classrooms ready even before that. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHMpRq9V9gAMSAxfwsGSUMaY6vJHVDDdx-fn2kjcs18iJh8r0-0iJpZbH800DiDMOjs7aum4S2N4W3GDGiB9YLgmNyF6tVgNyVObM6bp-S9YuCpE7_ychcYHXJLOBvSvjpSAM6UPd8V6I/s3648/IMG_20210628_125258.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2736" data-original-width="3648" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHMpRq9V9gAMSAxfwsGSUMaY6vJHVDDdx-fn2kjcs18iJh8r0-0iJpZbH800DiDMOjs7aum4S2N4W3GDGiB9YLgmNyF6tVgNyVObM6bp-S9YuCpE7_ychcYHXJLOBvSvjpSAM6UPd8V6I/w320-h240/IMG_20210628_125258.jpg" title="Our classroom at the end of June" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our classroom at the end of June</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p><p>After the school year we've had, I've been really intentional about closing the door on school thoughts and giving myself and my family a much needed break from it all. We've been having FUN. Camping, cottaging, bike riding, ice cream eating, gardening, sand castling, playgrounding FUN. </p><p>I've had summers that I've spent time working on school stuff here and there throughout the summer and have gone back at the end of August feeling like I've never left. I am making sure I don't do that this year. I know the things that will make me feel like I've used my time well and I'm doing them.</p><p>The upcoming <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Mrs-Bacchus" target="_blank">Teachers Pay Teachers sale</a> is what snapped me back into school thoughts - briefly, I promise!</p><p>There is a sale coming up this <b>Tuesday and Wednesday, August 3-4th</b>. If you're the type of person who will feel better once you're planned and ready for the beginning of September, go for it! (For the rest of you who need a few more weeks, there's usually another sale in mid to late August - my guess is Tuesday the 17th.)</p><p>New to Kindergarten this year, or looking for a refresher? I'll be posting my go-to activities for the first few weeks of school and other helpful info about September in Kindergarten. Subscribe by email for updates or follow me on Instagram @bacchusclass. I link to blog posts from there!</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9020737492441444233.post-85795236603346625872021-07-20T16:35:00.009-04:002021-07-20T16:46:08.755-04:00Our Favourite Early Chapter Book Series to Read Aloud<p>We have two boys (ages 6 and 4) who love to read. In fact, our best entertainment strategy for long car rides is a fresh bin of books from the library between them. </p><p><br /></p><p>Their love of reading came from a lot of their nature and a bit of nurturing as well. We read together every night before bed. When they were younger, we stuck to picture books, but as soon as they were able to follow the storyline in simple chapter books with just a few pictures, we have read novels aloud to them at bedtime.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1JZfc6TT9B0FXwJi7ZUjzm2e6pnjtDYDLJVxxZpOCsVqT4GEy2RCvXO5QCo9W2tWHOH2yDX2Wg0NSDauKqxuFxqoHjVGdt2mnweDpdRTnWjJ25JRDX4frhDu2-MRJk-jc7Wti9sU5FmE/s1080/Early+Chapter+Book+Series+to+Read+Aloud.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1JZfc6TT9B0FXwJi7ZUjzm2e6pnjtDYDLJVxxZpOCsVqT4GEy2RCvXO5QCo9W2tWHOH2yDX2Wg0NSDauKqxuFxqoHjVGdt2mnweDpdRTnWjJ25JRDX4frhDu2-MRJk-jc7Wti9sU5FmE/s320/Early+Chapter+Book+Series+to+Read+Aloud.png" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Here are our favourite early chapter books to read aloud:</h2><p><br /></p><h3 style="text-align: left;">The Magic Tree House</h3><p>This is a series that follows Jack and Annie, brother and sister, on adventures throughout history in the Magic Tree House. The books follow a predictable pattern and are great read alouds for young kids. Bonus: Your child will learn about historical events in really simple terms.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOhSXdY2SXlhJqVx70Y1gx1_uqWWxW13r6weVqfncQ2_jAk8VOD39UohoS94LMVLApCecRMHa1odvDYA_WESqtYCYvBLeX7ksdVSsfnyAZYt8diuMDdHbHoE6gQJMa9K8LRnFholrqBM8/s499/book1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="magic tree house book 1 dinosaurs before dark" border="0" data-original-height="499" data-original-width="340" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOhSXdY2SXlhJqVx70Y1gx1_uqWWxW13r6weVqfncQ2_jAk8VOD39UohoS94LMVLApCecRMHa1odvDYA_WESqtYCYvBLeX7ksdVSsfnyAZYt8diuMDdHbHoE6gQJMa9K8LRnFholrqBM8/w218-h320/book1.jpg" width="218" /></a></div><p><br /></p><p>Click here for the first book in the series: <a href="https://amzn.to/3wXIwrw">https://amzn.to/3wXIwrw</a> </p><p><br /></p><p>Click here for the boxed set of books 1-28: <a href="https://amzn.to/3y6bZkg">https://amzn.to/3y6bZkg</a></p><h3 style="text-align: left;"><br /></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;">The Bad Guys</h3><div>These books are fun to read. Typical "bad guy" characters - a shark, snake, wolf, and piranha - set out to become good guys, but have a hard time resisting their bad guy natures. Guaranteed giggles.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5lAZC9xAX3G_RZq7wceN4vBaL03QeOh5JpkWp_xncbH1qDXVTZ8dg9rAb52vRItrd-HdO5nUlFQviyit2O53ZivBm9wAGrXZXGK9t4L9fylqmml7l83u9nrnBFGkt7fKTV-6A-iT_mzw/s499/book+2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="The Bad Guys book series" border="0" data-original-height="499" data-original-width="393" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5lAZC9xAX3G_RZq7wceN4vBaL03QeOh5JpkWp_xncbH1qDXVTZ8dg9rAb52vRItrd-HdO5nUlFQviyit2O53ZivBm9wAGrXZXGK9t4L9fylqmml7l83u9nrnBFGkt7fKTV-6A-iT_mzw/w252-h320/book+2.jpg" width="252" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Click here for the first book in the series: <a href="https://amzn.to/3kzNdFz">https://amzn.to/3kzNdFz</a></div><div><br /></div><div>Click here for the boxed set of books 1-5: <a href="https://amzn.to/3eyXlun">https://amzn.to/3eyXlun</a></div><div><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: left;">Dragon Masters</h3><div>For any dragon and magic obsessed child, this series is for future Harry Potter lovers. There are lots of characters and it's best read in different voices. The guide (linked below) is one of my older son's favourite books to reread over and over again.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvYFunSTWZwTnjq6Xn2mlgYvI7-tFe7PnjuvVky1FY4Az4-rpuVIYnj5RCeCarFySyAYLirjjQWrhBWmvKTCqF2bLyFyrYHpm2dv9kpruRNbKgi_2faBZreUcxTRnRS6vIbyJyAF2-B78/s499/book+3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Dragon Masters Rise of the Earth Dragon series" border="0" data-original-height="499" data-original-width="343" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvYFunSTWZwTnjq6Xn2mlgYvI7-tFe7PnjuvVky1FY4Az4-rpuVIYnj5RCeCarFySyAYLirjjQWrhBWmvKTCqF2bLyFyrYHpm2dv9kpruRNbKgi_2faBZreUcxTRnRS6vIbyJyAF2-B78/w220-h320/book+3.jpg" width="220" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Click here for the first book in the series: <a href="https://amzn.to/2UmH7h7">https://amzn.to/2UmH7h7</a></div><div><br /></div><div>Click here for the boxed set of books 1-8: <a href="https://amzn.to/3eFQKOR">https://amzn.to/3eFQKOR</a></div><div><br /></div><div>Griffith's Guide for Dragon Masters: <a href="https://amzn.to/3zh5ewj">https://amzn.to/3zh5ewj</a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: left;">Mr. Lemoncello's Library</h3><div>This series is not one I would start with for your first chapter book read aloud, but it's a great introduction to mysteries for kids.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0gCqhO8EP8ylkz_31-P9cmowGuUbv_mWfRbXMDsjMr5SUWbL0MVt7Aaoiw3tDdj5_MHSXuSjfMkcrx8PoJ6MfFGFhzhVPsCgxXaHSWon5jJ2I_7fm8Uzs_j8v4o0cZWhTLBoY2b7_kVA/s499/book+4.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library book series mystery" border="0" data-original-height="499" data-original-width="339" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0gCqhO8EP8ylkz_31-P9cmowGuUbv_mWfRbXMDsjMr5SUWbL0MVt7Aaoiw3tDdj5_MHSXuSjfMkcrx8PoJ6MfFGFhzhVPsCgxXaHSWon5jJ2I_7fm8Uzs_j8v4o0cZWhTLBoY2b7_kVA/w217-h320/book+4.jpg" width="217" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><div>Click here for the first book in the series: <a href="https://amzn.to/3Bn0CGW">https://amzn.to/3Bn0CGW</a></div><div><br /></div><div>Click here for the boxed set of books 1-4: <a href="https://amzn.to/3kCSRqk">https://amzn.to/3kCSRqk</a></div></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: left;">Falling Up</h3><div>This one isn't a chapter book series but it was a favourite when the boys were bridging the gap between picture books and novels. Silly poems that make you laugh, and then make you think, and then make you laugh some more. Shel Silverstein is a classic favourite.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwD3RXE9T3ud8cFn7V8WNOoMG1at-oUvulycSocDKsxTc7RH3t5bBsm8gkiVqffAMkVHo-o3wWwI6KTAow95pReX7Wo8wZcbCU2PXspqENwbBv1ms4z6lcmB_1UcdVajbGH5w0w0pCAgA/s499/book+5.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="499" data-original-width="382" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwD3RXE9T3ud8cFn7V8WNOoMG1at-oUvulycSocDKsxTc7RH3t5bBsm8gkiVqffAMkVHo-o3wWwI6KTAow95pReX7Wo8wZcbCU2PXspqENwbBv1ms4z6lcmB_1UcdVajbGH5w0w0pCAgA/s320/book+5.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div>Click here for Falling Up: <a href="https://amzn.to/3BkYLSW">https://amzn.to/3BkYLSW</a></div><div><div><br /></div><div>Click here for Where the Sidewalk Ends: <a href="https://amzn.to/3zigbxD">https://amzn.to/3zigbxD</a></div></div><div><br /></div><div>Click here for A Light in the Attic: <a href="https://amzn.to/3kEsssk">https://amzn.to/3kEsssk</a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: left;">Roald Dahl Books</h3><div>Also not technically a series, books by the author, Roald Dahl, are sure to please. George's Marvelous Medicine is my personal favourite to start with. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, James and the Giant Peach, and Matilda are also favourites. I censored a word here and there as I was reading.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4Fas9gR-UDB3p0Nl_Edygt03NHELBQCpaZOLxPXPA_rXEzG2qr47hVsU0QmwIRLzQXnfr_O3PEj4r5Vhow0mEqC5nkjZ8R2m0CcCKMhSaaabxzOZt1Q2x484EhnV7X4Rs27KuW-9YV9I/s499/book+6.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Roald Dahl George's Marvelous Medicine" border="0" data-original-height="499" data-original-width="325" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4Fas9gR-UDB3p0Nl_Edygt03NHELBQCpaZOLxPXPA_rXEzG2qr47hVsU0QmwIRLzQXnfr_O3PEj4r5Vhow0mEqC5nkjZ8R2m0CcCKMhSaaabxzOZt1Q2x484EhnV7X4Rs27KuW-9YV9I/w208-h320/book+6.jpg" width="208" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Click here for George's Marvelous Medicine: <a href="https://amzn.to/3xOQt3z">https://amzn.to/3xOQt3z</a></div><div><div><br /></div><div>Click here for the boxed set of 16 Roald Dahl books: <a href="https://amzn.to/3kB02zd">https://amzn.to/3kB02zd</a></div></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Happy Reading!</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9020737492441444233.post-1445727071310623422021-06-22T23:18:00.001-04:002021-06-22T23:18:33.433-04:00ABC Countdown to the Last Day of School: Letter Zz is Zero Days Left Day<h2 style="text-align: left;">Letter Zz is for Zero Days Left Day!</h2><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8kNCmi8yZ2DmO6kg8PaGtQqmm2jcF3jVCbrcCwo-t2ElxqjQ0hCeMYjSNd8hSJkLmKgFxiYyR3avApokthBfY6RS31esUxXfxVnmU8MeRw8KlGdXFbA4oPRrpO7JC1n-Fo5KFjg2lr_M/s1280/zero.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="1280" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8kNCmi8yZ2DmO6kg8PaGtQqmm2jcF3jVCbrcCwo-t2ElxqjQ0hCeMYjSNd8hSJkLmKgFxiYyR3avApokthBfY6RS31esUxXfxVnmU8MeRw8KlGdXFbA4oPRrpO7JC1n-Fo5KFjg2lr_M/s320/zero.png" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div>We've made it! It's the last day of our alphabet countdown. We have zero days left. Let's spend today remembering the best parts of this year.</div><div><br /></div><div>On a big yellow star, draw a picture of yourself and write your name. On small white stars, we'll draw our 3 favourite things about this year. </div><div><br /></div><div>Next, we'll play some of our favourite games.</div><div><br /></div><div>We'll watch a slideshow of pictures of our class. Look at how much we've grown!</div><div><br /></div><div>Finally, we'll sing our goodbye song for the last time and say goodbye for the summer until we see each other again!</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVcWJyWsD4_wwZ4MnrLztLAK4MRGvUThOemqQiYh47xxnNweG42GbkbJAOuhJ1KvOFXFfxIjzAzprkcrF1oAln7ltVpDqAoplH9CkwIMWHizrNPmSsH9J-dfA-hDcWwX-qioDDcFOMaq4/s1280/dont-forget-about-me-4225379_1280.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="853" data-original-width="1280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVcWJyWsD4_wwZ4MnrLztLAK4MRGvUThOemqQiYh47xxnNweG42GbkbJAOuhJ1KvOFXFfxIjzAzprkcrF1oAln7ltVpDqAoplH9CkwIMWHizrNPmSsH9J-dfA-hDcWwX-qioDDcFOMaq4/s320/dont-forget-about-me-4225379_1280.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9020737492441444233.post-79559040383594897192021-06-22T22:36:00.003-04:002021-06-23T11:29:42.663-04:00ABC Countdown to the Last Day of School: Letter Yy is Yellow Day<h2 style="text-align: left;">Letter Yy is for Yellow Day!</h2><div><br /></div><div>Let's start with a scavenger hunt. Find 5 things that are yellow. Ready, set, GO!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOfyoE8N3jBKU0X-cYT8LKetpHHskQK47yGqv2prJLGGgGHOdpYTvOnzGr3hfbp4i-_aGOew-5U7-TcPsyaQOQNCeyucbcRwP1UJ3IxNm9xCBQIc1ujnawYxa0TDb61NZ1sQ7rwjbLxIs/s1280/lemon-1444025_1280.webp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="853" data-original-width="1280" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOfyoE8N3jBKU0X-cYT8LKetpHHskQK47yGqv2prJLGGgGHOdpYTvOnzGr3hfbp4i-_aGOew-5U7-TcPsyaQOQNCeyucbcRwP1UJ3IxNm9xCBQIc1ujnawYxa0TDb61NZ1sQ7rwjbLxIs/w640-h426/lemon-1444025_1280.webp" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIiqXKF8IFgqnkymarwnxIda9kw4IobnXe3_Auw79YU8gmguUToBQbnJctCMp2OtK9c4qGraGfUGhnrvHRCNi6pEaO3qHxaU6yFaStGkncW7W_OphedmXyAiSIm7NUumXT0HyKw-HiCU0/s1280/ara-3601194_1280.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="853" data-original-width="1280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIiqXKF8IFgqnkymarwnxIda9kw4IobnXe3_Auw79YU8gmguUToBQbnJctCMp2OtK9c4qGraGfUGhnrvHRCNi6pEaO3qHxaU6yFaStGkncW7W_OphedmXyAiSIm7NUumXT0HyKw-HiCU0/s320/ara-3601194_1280.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8hwICIb-piVjdsGuMul_5FALtMHVn6BaO7P6KDbbcYGtkKvdwmblX-hmM53x_6PK9uwW38gcbwfQW5rCMCDnD-ogEjago3672JcYZirzOcL1xIShn6VvgSaOUGjSznwjc4cA2mZsij78/s1280/bananas-1119790_1280.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="853" data-original-width="1280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8hwICIb-piVjdsGuMul_5FALtMHVn6BaO7P6KDbbcYGtkKvdwmblX-hmM53x_6PK9uwW38gcbwfQW5rCMCDnD-ogEjago3672JcYZirzOcL1xIShn6VvgSaOUGjSznwjc4cA2mZsij78/s320/bananas-1119790_1280.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">What is your favourite colour of yellow?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUn7wTKORd0DCYa9VVAPlAbYVLf2cdBgkdSdzSENSertg-eBonAjOxJDj9t9dDSK1cIzjN5AR9mZezoh36Z-Jg59HC2X19toC_eJABWjGjXESWO9KZky8oJOKOFoE1AnFV4gSw0eZVMTg/s605/yellow.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="377" data-original-width="605" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUn7wTKORd0DCYa9VVAPlAbYVLf2cdBgkdSdzSENSertg-eBonAjOxJDj9t9dDSK1cIzjN5AR9mZezoh36Z-Jg59HC2X19toC_eJABWjGjXESWO9KZky8oJOKOFoE1AnFV4gSw0eZVMTg/s320/yellow.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><br /></div><h2 style="text-align: left;">Songs about Yellow</h2><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/S1O0vaFlXkA" width="320" youtube-src-id="S1O0vaFlXkA"></iframe></div><br /><div><br /></div><div>Let's listen to a famous song called, "Yellow Submarine" by a band called the Beatles. They were the most famous rock 'n' roll band in the world in the 1960s.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/m2uTFF_3MaA" width="320" youtube-src-id="m2uTFF_3MaA"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This song is called "Mellow Yellow". What instruments can you hear in this song?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/jQG0gWyTup8" width="320" youtube-src-id="jQG0gWyTup8"></iframe></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/dcVAO-0kY9I" width="320" youtube-src-id="dcVAO-0kY9I"></iframe></div><div><br /></div><h2 style="text-align: left;">Let's Make Lemonade!</h2><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/sxI-5rWF2KM" width="320" youtube-src-id="sxI-5rWF2KM"></iframe></div><div><br /></div>Here is a recipe for one glass of lemonade:<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAEoiKcCTVmRpvHgt4OUcPqsBIwFNaJAslnlRvtJ0fsUC41RAFeCTv_cHcDwWhjjyXhwkSjd4eAgR9XQrByLUqg_iR4zlD1jGsVAY0M1ALfk8dm-wMnJQbJR9_7-N_ADCiJkkYqoztz8s/s984/lemonade.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="778" data-original-width="984" height="506" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAEoiKcCTVmRpvHgt4OUcPqsBIwFNaJAslnlRvtJ0fsUC41RAFeCTv_cHcDwWhjjyXhwkSjd4eAgR9XQrByLUqg_iR4zlD1jGsVAY0M1ALfk8dm-wMnJQbJR9_7-N_ADCiJkkYqoztz8s/w640-h506/lemonade.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><h2 style="text-align: left;">Storytime!</h2><div><br /></div>Let's read a story about the colours YELLOW and BLUE.<br /><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/mxN8-rWdn88" width="320" youtube-src-id="mxN8-rWdn88"></iframe></div><br /><div><br /></div><div>Now it's your turn to read! <a href="https://www.uniteforliteracy.com/unite/knowandlearn/book?BookId=1552">https://www.uniteforliteracy.com/unite/knowandlearn/book?BookId=1552</a></div><div><br /></div><h2 style="text-align: left;">Let's Practice the Letter Yy!</h2><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/q94BwGAaCRU" width="320" youtube-src-id="q94BwGAaCRU"></iframe></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/KlXlyiNEsfM" width="320" youtube-src-id="KlXlyiNEsfM"></iframe></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9020737492441444233.post-67781784204730519842021-06-21T08:30:00.030-04:002021-06-21T20:15:52.995-04:00ABC Countdown to the Last Day of School: Letter Xx is eXciting Day<h2 style="text-align: left;">Letter Xx is for eXciting Day!</h2><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj48ximvb9wdIrwlVVdGiKoZowWRvO__xp533FX0yVHNk5En1lsI98rzOUuNqlwPxwahafOdK0II9y6pCjHFEw62O7GCS3_Wnw9Nfc2njsa0rV03JCYsnD5S_4jpKsxl7TGObg_kxmbrX0/s1280/mountain-bike-2706904_1280.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj48ximvb9wdIrwlVVdGiKoZowWRvO__xp533FX0yVHNk5En1lsI98rzOUuNqlwPxwahafOdK0II9y6pCjHFEw62O7GCS3_Wnw9Nfc2njsa0rV03JCYsnD5S_4jpKsxl7TGObg_kxmbrX0/s320/mountain-bike-2706904_1280.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>What makes you feel excited?<div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/q2-TYH2dJR8" width="320" youtube-src-id="q2-TYH2dJR8"></iframe></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/CKpW72g4e38" width="320" youtube-src-id="CKpW72g4e38"></iframe></div><br /><h2 style="text-align: left;">Let's learn about Exclamation Marks!</h2><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/eCxevwqcN3E" width="320" youtube-src-id="eCxevwqcN3E"></iframe></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>What makes you feel excited? Draw a picture of something exciting that happened to you and write about it! (Hint: You might need to use an exclamation mark!)</div><div><br /></div><h2 style="text-align: left;">Let's do an eXciting eXperiment!</h2><div>Carbon Sugar Snake:</div><div><a href="https://www.kiwico.com/diy/stem/crazy-chemistry/carbon-sugar-snake " target="_blank">https://www.kiwico.com/diy/stem/crazy-chemistry/carbon-sugar-snake </a></div><div><br /></div><div>Balloon Blown Up on a Bottle:</div><div><a href="https://allfortheboys.com/science-fun" target="_blank">https://allfortheboys.com/science-fun</a>/</div><div><br /></div><div>Mentos and Diet Coke Blast:</div><div><a href="https://www.weareteachers.com/easy-science-experiments/">https://www.weareteachers.com/easy-science-experiments/</a></div><div><br /></div><h2 style="text-align: left;">Let's read an eXciting story!</h2><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/8c--Jr2FMUM" width="320" youtube-src-id="8c--Jr2FMUM"></iframe></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Dd3jyzCkvDc" width="320" youtube-src-id="Dd3jyzCkvDc"></iframe></div></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><h2 style="text-align: left;">Let's Practice the Letter Xx!</h2><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/aKmNo7s47L8" width="320" youtube-src-id="aKmNo7s47L8"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/9uSaAsAp_bU" width="320" youtube-src-id="9uSaAsAp_bU"></iframe></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><br /></div><br /><br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9020737492441444233.post-50184387610185530032021-06-20T08:00:00.001-04:002021-06-20T08:00:00.264-04:00ABC Countdown to the Last Day of School: Letter Ww is Water Day<h2 style="text-align: left;">Letter Ww is Water Day!</h2><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZDAWNMHzzZiCJQx2ZQmmJjKbtHZBErbeBVQqKWINe0sNowBGAcs4iOhrEGaUuYgIR0xWyw4MqqkWwB4bEqX2siANw_4VqmxiaThJNwfuxn6KSKIu3x30sBcJQ6j5O7iclTfNZQkpCN0I/s1280/bubbles-230014_1280.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZDAWNMHzzZiCJQx2ZQmmJjKbtHZBErbeBVQqKWINe0sNowBGAcs4iOhrEGaUuYgIR0xWyw4MqqkWwB4bEqX2siANw_4VqmxiaThJNwfuxn6KSKIu3x30sBcJQ6j5O7iclTfNZQkpCN0I/s320/bubbles-230014_1280.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;">How do we use water? Have you used water today?</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/SvTmW3Obpvo" width="320" youtube-src-id="SvTmW3Obpvo"></iframe></div><br /><h2 style="text-align: left;">Let's Read About Water!</h2><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><a href="https://www.uniteforliteracy.com/unite/earthandsky/book?BookId=1526">https://www.uniteforliteracy.com/unite/earthandsky/book?BookId=1526</a></li></ul></div><div><br /></div><div>Where does water come from?</div><div><br /></div><div>How does water get to your house?</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/cGi4PugN4qY" width="320" youtube-src-id="cGi4PugN4qY"></iframe></div><br /><div>This video will teach us about the water cycle. A cycle means it goes around and around. Let's find out how water goes around and around in the water cycle.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ncORPosDrjI" width="320" youtube-src-id="ncORPosDrjI"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><h2 style="text-align: left;">Read All About Clouds</h2><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><a href="https://www.uniteforliteracy.com/unite/earthandsky/book?BookId=1310">https://www.uniteforliteracy.com/unite/earthandsky/book?BookId=1310</a></li></ul></div><div><br /></div><h2 style="text-align: left;">Let's do a science experiment! </h2><div>You'll need to fill a sink with some water. We're going to find out which objects sink and which ones float on top of the water. Choose 5-10 different objects to test. Try to choose some that you're pretty sure will float, some that you're pretty sure will sink, and some that you're not sure about.<div><br /></div><div>Can you build a boat that will float? What materials can you use? Check your recycling bin.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/mt5Mjti89TQ" width="320" youtube-src-id="mt5Mjti89TQ"></iframe></div><br /><div>Where can we find water in our world?</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/OFrow6K_37w" width="320" youtube-src-id="OFrow6K_37w"></iframe></div><div><br /></div>Read about World Oceans Day: <a href="https://www.uniteforliteracy.com/unite/earthandsky/book?BookId=1395">https://www.uniteforliteracy.com/unite/earthandsky/book?BookId=1395</a></div><div><br /><div><h2 style="text-align: left;">Let's Practice the Letter Ww!</h2></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Tlh4hDg4C0w" width="320" youtube-src-id="Tlh4hDg4C0w"></iframe></div><br /><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/b5K-4-VfWwI" width="320" youtube-src-id="b5K-4-VfWwI"></iframe></div><br /><div><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9020737492441444233.post-86893083870789881992021-06-18T09:27:00.001-04:002021-06-18T11:46:01.534-04:00ABC Countdown to the Last Day of School: Letter Vv is Video Day<h2 style="text-align: left;">Letter Vv is for Video Day!</h2><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuV2KmijKY020G6cayTRsg1gNRqbKDlQUI6K0gwnx_TRBS-0SMYwbXbuzhTROvKG8QiRJUj78fExLWkYws0ySar5itNUDj5CLYZT9_Rp2_mJ6wjtOOn3ws4ze9oz4SghNfUgjaC32_OMs/s1280/camera-690163_1280.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="853" data-original-width="1280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuV2KmijKY020G6cayTRsg1gNRqbKDlQUI6K0gwnx_TRBS-0SMYwbXbuzhTROvKG8QiRJUj78fExLWkYws0ySar5itNUDj5CLYZT9_Rp2_mJ6wjtOOn3ws4ze9oz4SghNfUgjaC32_OMs/s320/camera-690163_1280.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div>How do you make a video?</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Jk4sqPDHGRE" width="320" youtube-src-id="Jk4sqPDHGRE"></iframe></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>What would you make a video about? Would it be nonfiction (real information) or fiction (a made-up story)? Let's brainstorm!<br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Hundreds of people work together just to make one movie. One of those jobs is the Film Director. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/v_X965j-GD8" width="320" youtube-src-id="v_X965j-GD8"></iframe></div><br /><div>Let's do a video game workout!</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/DO-R5EfG_N4" width="320" youtube-src-id="DO-R5EfG_N4"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/4q-yHCcNkqU" width="320" youtube-src-id="4q-yHCcNkqU"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/yHxXngW6VaE" width="320" youtube-src-id="yHxXngW6VaE"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Z2nhT4sapVw" width="320" youtube-src-id="Z2nhT4sapVw"></iframe></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>You can make your own cartoon!</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/PKvU2kfGnCE" width="320" youtube-src-id="PKvU2kfGnCE"></iframe></div><br /><h2 style="text-align: left;">Let's Practice the Letter Vv!</h2><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/fgx48RIwJww" width="320" youtube-src-id="fgx48RIwJww"></iframe></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/55JNinhiv7Y" width="320" youtube-src-id="55JNinhiv7Y"></iframe></div><br /><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9020737492441444233.post-91393703796184333072021-06-17T09:18:00.004-04:002021-06-17T13:47:49.798-04:00ABC Countdown to the Last Day of School: Letter Uu is Unicorn Day<h2 style="text-align: left;">Letter Uu is Unicorn Day!</h2><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikhAfD86PtBOYk6K9gcCnYeajEOsuIeKvPePedB9rAwz0ITDamLPPvv3N700dZv8j2BnNMNvchxGfUYTojWUqu78eRcnCvZl8yuj-kzRKyuXbFYzATV5tBl7oo5yQpbtFd0snW52VNJYs/s1280/tree-979264_1280.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="959" data-original-width="1280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikhAfD86PtBOYk6K9gcCnYeajEOsuIeKvPePedB9rAwz0ITDamLPPvv3N700dZv8j2BnNMNvchxGfUYTojWUqu78eRcnCvZl8yuj-kzRKyuXbFYzATV5tBl7oo5yQpbtFd0snW52VNJYs/s320/tree-979264_1280.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div>Let's listen to this story called, "Unicorn Day".</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/2E-ZoCaJsSQ" width="320" youtube-src-id="2E-ZoCaJsSQ"></iframe></div><div><br /></div>Let's move our bodies and get some exercise!<div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/b02mysV9IPI" width="320" youtube-src-id="b02mysV9IPI"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/yJHZCS8Bdtg" width="320" youtube-src-id="yJHZCS8Bdtg"></iframe></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div><br /><div>Are unicorns real? What do you think?</div></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/iNM-9HMeKuA" width="320" youtube-src-id="iNM-9HMeKuA"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><h2 style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Let's Play Unicorn Games!</h2><div><ol style="text-align: left;"><li><a href="https://www.memozor.com/memory-games/for-kids/unicorns">https://www.memozor.com/memory-games/for-kids/unicorns</a> </li><li><a href="https://www.abcya.com/games/mollys_magic_adventure">https://www.abcya.com/games/mollys_magic_adventure</a></li><li><a href="https://pbskids.org/arthur/health/nutrition/unicorn-adventure.html">https://pbskids.org/arthur/health/nutrition/unicorn-adventure.html</a></li></ol></div>Here's one more story about unicorns.<div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Fyw3A_j6fzI" width="320" youtube-src-id="Fyw3A_j6fzI"></iframe></div><br /><div><br /><h2 style="text-align: left;">Let's practice the letter U!</h2><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Kw9YI8mzqoI" width="320" youtube-src-id="Kw9YI8mzqoI"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Gki34780ubc" width="320" youtube-src-id="Gki34780ubc"></iframe></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div><br /></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9020737492441444233.post-84715351526996168582021-06-16T08:41:00.002-04:002021-06-16T08:41:54.292-04:00ABC Countdown to the Last Day of School: Letter Tt is Toy Day<h2 style="text-align: left;">Letter Tt is for Toy Day!</h2><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJWvqFO04oQlgQmgpLpaG3X096s74LkaCS3PHWkPcO3J2bxDiXjZqerW2ijAZsN8vdmhkvf1CvWcXSEGMdVaXgPeDr7TkjCXnxh9UOAbuiO1VRF41LtinGMveGS3Afq6SZvjJzLwwdtms/s1280/child-1864718_1280.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="853" data-original-width="1280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJWvqFO04oQlgQmgpLpaG3X096s74LkaCS3PHWkPcO3J2bxDiXjZqerW2ijAZsN8vdmhkvf1CvWcXSEGMdVaXgPeDr7TkjCXnxh9UOAbuiO1VRF41LtinGMveGS3Afq6SZvjJzLwwdtms/s320/child-1864718_1280.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Let's listen to this song called, "The Marvelous Toy".<br /><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/vvmyxTm6hkg" width="320" youtube-src-id="vvmyxTm6hkg"></iframe></div><br /><p>What questions do you have about toys?</p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>How are toys invented?</li><li>How are toys made?</li><li>Who can make toys?</li></ul><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Kaf9XrJDgu0" width="320" youtube-src-id="Kaf9XrJDgu0"></iframe></div><br /><div><br /></div><p></p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Show and Tell</h2><div>Show a toy to your friends and tell them about it. What does it do? What do you like about it? </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/3mlEOISTIl8" width="320" youtube-src-id="3mlEOISTIl8"></iframe></div><br /><h2 style="text-align: left;">Can you build a toy with a piece of paper?</h2><div>Let's make a paper airplane! Watch how to fold this airplane. Try it yourself! How did it fly?</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/7Cy3lRJGiR4" width="320" youtube-src-id="7Cy3lRJGiR4"></iframe></div><br /><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/9yur5joUeKM" width="320" youtube-src-id="9yur5joUeKM"></iframe></div><br /><h2 style="text-align: left;">Stories About Toys</h2><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/aygYh90IMxI" width="320" youtube-src-id="aygYh90IMxI"></iframe></div><br /><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/3RqIfcpcFm4" width="320" youtube-src-id="3RqIfcpcFm4"></iframe></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/0hA68oJkDmI" width="320" youtube-src-id="0hA68oJkDmI"></iframe></div><br /><div><br /></div><h2 style="text-align: left;">Let's Practice the Letter Tt!</h2><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/QUOwLgwitzc" width="320" youtube-src-id="QUOwLgwitzc"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/CaT90pD4Ogg" width="320" youtube-src-id="CaT90pD4Ogg"></iframe></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0