Fall Is Here!

The weather has definitely changed! Rain, cold, wind...fall is here! Break out the Uggs and coats! We all know Melissa has been counting down the days to wear her pinned fall outfits! The leaves are changing, football is in high gear and bonfires are burning. Bring on hayrides and haunted houses! October is one of my favorite months!

We had the privilege of presenting at the Illinois Reading Conference again! We presented on how we engage our students using Pinterest with The Daily Five. We had an enthusiastic audience with some great questions. We may have had even more fun presenting this year than last. The hour always goes too fast! #lovepinterest #greataudience

Fun Tip Friday...

Whole class behavior management is important. A fun way to promote good classroom behavior is by filling in numbers on a hundred chart. Directions: (1) copy and laminate two hundred charts (2) cut apart each number on one of the hundred charts (3) reward positive behavior by picking a number(s) and color them on the hundred chart. Once an entire row or column is filled, the students receive a predetermined reward. We had our first reward last week with a fairytale movie since we have been reading fairytales. And...what is a movie without popcorn?!?

*Note...I may have slipped a little math into the behavior incentive! "Oh look, we just colored in 31, and we already have 41, and 51. Does anyone see a pattern?" or "I just drew the number 10 more than 78." #sneaky