Anchor charts... Ahoy!

Today, I added an Anchor Chart link to my classroom website. This way my students always have access to them. Below I have posted some of my kids favorites from last year. Many of them came from pins on Pinterest. I have no idea who to give credit to but thank you if it was you.

These were created at the beginning of the year. Anytime I took them down to put new charts up my kids would find me a new place to them so they could stay. "You have to keep the question mark up!"

 

I used this during one of my observations (being a first year teacher I had to do 3, yuck). My principal loved it so much she had me explain it to my team during a PLC meeting. My kids loved it even more! Throughout the year we added more symbols so I had to create a new one because it looked so sloppy.

This was one I found some where on Pinterest. Super helpful for my little word detectives.

My favorite classroom apps

Since I will be trying out a flipped classroom next year, the newest common core craze, I have been spending all my downtime the last few days researching and trying out loads of website and apps in hopes to find a platform that is clean and engaging for my students. Here are a few that I have played with that have met my high standards.

	Parents can now download the ClassDojo App to monitor their child’s behavior throughout the day. I will post more details on how I used this last year. My kids absolutely loved it. Android: Search Google Play or visit www.classdojo.com/android Apple: Search the Apple App Store or visit www.classdojo.com/ios Other devices: visit www.classdojo.com/mobile
	Students take a placement test and then work at their own pace. After I created my teacher account, I enrolled myself as a "student" just to see how it work from their end... and SO COOL.  Choose your device here: http://www.scootpad.com/mobile
	"Edmodo is designed to get students excited about learning in a familiar environment. On Edmodo, teachers can continue classroom discussions online, give polls to check for student understanding, and award badges to individual students based on performance or behavior." It looks just like Facebook! Search your app store.
	Dropbox is great way to have all of your most important teacher files and folders with you at all times! Smartphones, iPads, computers, or anywhere with internet. It's all there. I have it on my home computer and my school laptop just in case I choose to keep my laptop at school. You can also share folders with another Dropbox users or just share a link to it. I use my Public folder to store information for my parents and just have a link to it on my class website. Let me refer you!

Has anyone tried or will be trying flipped classroom? Do you have any suggestions?

Photos from the BOY

So here are just a few pictures of my classroom from the beginning of the year. Everything is from Pinterest of course. Updated classroom photos coming soon!

Behavior management from Mrs. Ricca's Kindergarten
and Guided Reading groups in the baskets above.

Our Classroom Twitter page!
I now post out the door questions
and they right their response.

This wall has changed so much since this photo.
Cafe is all filled up and Writing has...
Oh I just need to take a new photo of it :) 

I've been wanting to post pictures of my classroom. This weekend I've had some extra time since I am no longer working 3 jobs. YES, 3 JOBS! I'm a workaholic. I've always worked multiple jobs. Even in college. It was tough, but I had to choose what was best for me... and my students.

Fun in Kindergarten!

I was just going through my photo albums and came across pictures from the kindergarten class I interned in once a week. These are from a few years ago but I had to share. It was my first time really working in the classroom. I loved it!

Writing center with students writing on display.