tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-59534446439161762012024-03-16T13:53:01.002-05:00The Science LifeAn educational blog that shares ideas about teaching! Mostly geared towards science, but sometimes offer ideas that any teacher might benefit from. Come see me!Emily Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04004756236022861129noreply@blogger.comBlogger65125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5953444643916176201.post-21508420531680968472014-05-06T20:45:00.001-05:002014-05-06T20:47:36.731-05:00Soooo EXCITED! I am happy, happy, happy that I can finally announce this publicly! I am so excited to announce that I am moving back to my hometown of Louisville, Kentucky and I am transitioning from a 5th grade departmentalized science teacher to a 1st grade self container teacher at a private school there!<br />
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I CANNOT WAIT!! We are closing on our house THIS FRIDAY {HOLY. MOLY!!!} And we are set to move on May 31. Talk about a tonofstufftodoinashortperiodoftime. Geez o' pete. I am finishing out my school year, where my 5th grade friends have just started their science fair project work. And I cannot wait to post about that, because the ideas that were coming out of my 10 year-olds today were ah-mazing. Once we get knee-deep into that, I will snap some pics and post away to share with my bloggy friends (if I still have any left after this year of non-posts. Ugh.)<br />
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In addition to my move {packing the house, barf}, my last few weeks of school, chasing around my adorable, sweet, very mobile 1 year-old daughter, and hanging with my main squeeze, I am frantically trying to get myself mentally prepared to teach 1st grade. That is a HUGE shift. Fifth to first?! Am I nuts?!<br />
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Lucky for me, I have always envisioned myself as a self-contained teacher {though I have truly embraced the science teacher position and LOVED every second of it} - and I already have a theme. For those of you that don't know - I have another blog {that I have TOTALLY neglected over the past 2 years} - but kept up because I knew in my heart of hearts I wouldn't be teaching science forever. It's called the <a href="http://circusoflearning.blogspot.com/">Circus of Learning </a>{it's hideous right now. don't judge.} and I am going to re-vamp it and renew it this summer. Along with my blog, I am busy every single night pumping out some very cute carnival/circus themed decor. Not that circus crap you see on the backs of Wal-Mart shelves with very outdated, musty looking yellow and red colors, but very bold, cute and FUN {not scary clown stuff} circus/carnival decor. I have a TON of stuff going on -<br />
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<li><a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Circus-Themed-Alphabet-Mini-Posters-1231201"> Alphabet Mini Posters that you can actually already get in my TpT shop</a>, </li>
<li> Supply labels - that will include a few editable ones</li>
<li>Word wall letters and header</li>
<li>A welcome pennant banner</li>
<li>Several pennant/bunting banners</li>
<li>Book basket labels</li>
<li>A behavior clip chart</li>
<li>An interactive calendar</li>
<li>A birthday chart with an editable birthday card</li>
<li>Newsletter templates for every month</li>
<li>Name labels for desks</li>
<li>Schedule cards </li>
<li>Job cards</li>
<li>Table numbers</li>
<li>Basic classroom forms - checklists, class lists, sub tub stuff, etc. </li>
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Here are a few peeks:<br />
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I've also already adopted some things from <a href="http://thefirstgradeparade.blogspot.com/">The First Grade Parade</a> - like her cute <a href="http://thefirstgradeparade.blogspot.com/2011/07/meet-teacher-ideas-downloads.html">Meet the Teacher </a>packet stuff. I made it my own, but I DEFINITELY borrowed her stuff to get me there. :) Her stuff is amazing and I have no idea when that lady sleeps. Or eats. Or does anything for that matter. I can't share these because of font copyright stuff, but you can get an idea of what my back to school forms will look like and what they will say. I totally and completely took Cara's "What is My Child Learning in 1st Grade" sheet because it is spot on with its explanations. I'm very thankful to her for sharing such cute, professional ideas! <br />
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As you can see, I am already fully involved in the first grade teacher thing. TpT is having a massive sale today and tomorrow and I have taken FULL advantage of that to stock up my cabinets for this fall. CANNOT WAIT!!<br />
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I've also put my entire store on sale - an additional 10% off - or whatever the maximum was that I could do, so go <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Emily-Brown">check me out!</a><br />
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Science Fair posts to come in about 2 weeks!! <br />
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<br />Emily Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04004756236022861129noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5953444643916176201.post-74551512769558226402014-04-04T07:32:00.000-05:002014-04-04T07:32:32.673-05:00Why Teach?Why did you want to become a teacher? This is a question that I've recently been faced with. It's something that I don't think we think about as teachers everyday - but we should. We need to keep our overall goal in mind - it needs to be in our minds and hearts every day.<br />
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Why teach? It's easy for teachers to say, "I want to make a difference." Great! But, a difference in what? What difference? And how will you be the one to cause that difference? For me, the answer is so much more complicated than just "making a difference".</div>
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I want to build students' knowledge banks. In every way possible. I want them to know WHY we teach them the things we do and to understand that sometimes in life, you have to go through things that you might not find particularly "fun", and that these experiences can ultimately lead them to what they were born to do with their lives (-or sometimes- what they were NOT born to do!). I want them to experience failure and truly understand what it means to learn from these failures. I do this by creating experiences for students on which they are free to test their own theories or ideas. Science is a perfect platform for failure! And I mean that in a good way. </div>
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I want to take reluctant readers and turn them into can't-put-it-down-nose-in-a-book readers. I want them to understand that they "don't like to read" because they haven't found the book that speaks to them and more importantly, I want them to understand that YES, there IS a book out there that they will love. And it might not be a chapter book! And that is completely OK. I want my students to understand that reading is so much more than sitting on the couch snuggled up with a book - it's literally survival. From ordering food off of a menu to knowing what to put on your job application to being able to read the instructions on your prescription - reading is survival.<br />
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I want to develop scientists that have a sense of inquiry and curiosity. I want my students to question everything and accept nothing -- until they have their own proof. I want them to understand the difference between asking quality questions - questions that allow for TESTING a theory - versus asking questions that cannot be answered through completing a scientific test. I want students to use their observations and their inferencing skills to make plausible conclusions about the things they encounter. Students need to explore the world around them and they need to know that it's OK to ask why! We ask why A LOT in my room. And we try to develop these why questions into questions that we can test to get to the bottom of the problems that we come across, or new concepts that we don't understand.<br />
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I want to create mathematicians and squash the "math is misery" myth. Math is power and knowing that is so important. Math isn't just a subject in school and it isn't something we force upon our kids because we are mean - it's teaching them strategies to solve problems and get around in life! We need to reiterate this to them and demonstrate that math is used every day by providing students with authentic examples of times that we use math in our lives. I want to involve parents and help them to see how the different strategies that we teach students today aren't meant to confuse them; they are meant to help them conceptualize WHY we put a zero underneath the first set of numbers when computing 2-digit multiplication problems. I want to help parents get OFF of the "I'm Not Good at Math" train. When students hear their own parents say that, what in the world do you think that does to their attitudes about math??! We need to get it together and work on making sure we are ALL "good" at math! Math rocks and I want students to realize that. Challenge students to teach their parents all about the "new" strategies that are used in their classrooms! Host a community math night or send home instructional sheets with steps on the different strategies (and their explanations) - whatever it takes to get rid of this math is misery mentality!!<br />
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I want students to LOVE writing. To use every experience that they go through as a jumping point for a great story. And I want them to understand how to take a trip to the grocery store and turn it into an epic event. I want students to use descriptive words to be able to articulate their experiences in a way that has readers smelling their food and feeling their emotions. I want to help students to become writers that can factually debate about a topic that they care about and to answer a question thoroughly and accurately. I want students to understand why it is so important to be able to write. To get into a good college, to land that dream job, and to express their thoughts in an intellectual way. Or to write the next great novel, comic book, short story, or children's book!<br />
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I want students to understand what it means to be accountable. Students should be taught from a young age all about accountability. It doesn't matter where you come from, it's all about where you want to go. And understanding that YOU and ONLY YOU have the power to be successful is in itself very powerful! Students need to hear this and they need to hear that there is at least one person in the world that believes they can become an accountant, or astronaut, or veterinarian. And even if that one person that believes in them is they themselves, it's enough. Being a consistent leader is a good way to develop accountability. Be consistent in disciplining students for the choices that they make. Consistency is key in the classroom, in my humble opinion.<br />
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I just want to help students reach their full potential - and even exceed it - no matter what their story is, no matter where they came from, and no matter who their parents are. I want them to become their own people, capable of making good decisions, and able to contribute to the good of society. I want them to believe in themselves and to be passionate about life. And to have tools and skills they need in order to succeed and live happy, healthy lives. </div>
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We have been working hard on our energy unit. I have been very diligent in providing students with lots of different activities - from hands-on experiments to reading nonfiction texts - in order to provide them with authentic experiences through science. We love, love, love Bill Bye, but I do not like the idea of showing a video and throwing my hands up. We have some really good class discussions based on what we see in Bill Nye's videos! I have the students use sticky notes (which they <u><i>LOVE</i></u>) to write down a good piece of information that they learned from the video, and a question about something they saw or a concept they learned about. Then we talk. We talk about what we learned and we try our best to answer questions - even if we don't really know the answers. We talk about our hypotheses about the questions that we have and then over time, throughout the unit, we hopefully clear up any misconceptions. </div>
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Getting students to think critically and to ask "juicy" questions is NOT an easy feat, people. It's a learned skill that takes a TON, TON, TON of practice. I am nowhere near where I want to be in this aspect. But I push my students more and more every day - I push them to explain more, to go deeper with what they are trying to convey, and to question everything that they learn about. Sometimes, it's so difficult for me to articulate to them what I want them to articulate! Ha! It's a vicious cycle that I continue to challenge both myself as well as my students!</div>
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Roller coasters lend themselves so very perfectly to energy. After all, without potential and kinetic energy, they wouldn't work. So I LOVE letting the students build their own roller coasters using some plastic tubing and a BB as their car. Then we talk about what in the world this has to do with energy. They LOVE coming up with elaborate coaster ideas! </div>
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After the first day of roller coaster design, we get a little more involved with it. We start to design virtual roller coasters. I found a really great website that we use to do this - click <a href="http://www.learner.org/interactives/parkphysics/parkphysics.html">here</a> to check it out. And {most}of the time, they fail the first time around. Their car either flies off the track or it doesn't complete a loop, or it gets a poor safety rating. Failure is such a beautiful thing in science. Love it. It helps them LEARN! Once a failure occurs, I make them talk about WHY it failed {and what it has to do with energy} and then re-design their coaster. They love it, I love it, and everyone is happy, happy, happy.</div>
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Though there is so much MORE to roller coasters than just kinetic and potential energy, we don't really go there. I mean, come on, we're in fifth grade! However, it never ceases to amaze me how much this activity sparks so much curiosity in these kiddos. I hear things like, "What is velocity?" and "What does this have to do with gravity?" For those students, I lead them down the path that they can take in order to find the answers to these questions. I don't want to push this complex material on fifth graders, but I certainly support those students that are able to generate this type of thinking. </div>
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Having so much fun in fifth grade science this year!!! If you have any good suggestions for books on critical thinking, post away. I welcome all the help that I can get! </div>
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FINALLY. I. Get. It. Science isn't something that you do. It's everything, all day, every day! Thinking critically is just a small part of science. What is critical thinking, anyway? There are so many different interpretations, but for me, critical thinking is just being able to independently solve problems that you face by using your background knowledge and whatever tools you have available to you. This starts with science, I believe! Scientists solve problems every day and it's important to teach students to think like scientists so that they can solve real world problems that they will inevitably face throughout their lives. Teaching students how to think like scientists really does change the way at which they look at life. It's all about getting students to be very curious about the world around them and to teach them how to ask testable, scientific questions. But for me, this isn't something that comes naturally as a teacher. I have to work at how I deliver the content to students. And it is so hard!!<br />
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Through reading, reading, and reading some more, I have been able to pinpoint some key strategies to help students. Prompting students with a very intriguing question is key. Developing that initial interest and curiosity is necessary in order to get students to really be interested in what they are doing is crucial to the main goal of the lesson. The next part is probing them with deeper questions until they start to probe the questions themselves. This will come over time and isn't something that happens overnight. Another big part of critical thinking is to provide students with just enough information to get them started and then BACK OFF! This is a very difficult concept for me because when a student comes to me with a question about what they are doing, it's so easy to just tell them the answer! But instead, it's so important to let students figure things out for themselves, let them ''do it¨ wrong so that they can learn from their mistakes. Even answering a question with a question is a good thing for developing critical thinking skills.<br />
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Though I started this year out VERY strong with these critical thinking skills, I let the difficulty of practicing this technique get the better of me and I haven't been as diligent with practicing these skills daily. So, after Spring Break, we are retracting a little. We are going to practice these science processing skills covering content that we've already learned about. We will just be taking it to a deeper level.<br />
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I have a very, very long way to go until I am by any means comfortable with this. But it really is all about growth and learning. I love it!!Emily Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04004756236022861129noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5953444643916176201.post-10080142579061561922014-03-17T10:50:00.001-05:002014-03-17T10:50:14.462-05:00Differentiation in Science. And Volume!As educators, we know how important it is to differentiate our instruction in order to make sure that every student reaches the learning goals that we set together. Sometimes, a class discussion reaches all students, but very rarely is that the case. Students need to be engaged in what they are doing - not just told what they should know.<br />
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This makes for a very challenging dilemma for us as teachers! How do we do this? How do we teach so that every child learns the same thing - but present it to them in a different, tailored, individualized way? The answer is just as complex as the question itself. And there isn't just one "right" way to do it.<br />
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For me, it looks a lot of different ways. I typically have a class discussion to review what we've learned and to also talk about what's coming up. I offer a time to ask questions about what we've learned and that can actually take up more time than I ever plan for!! I love that because it lets me know that the students are thinking like scientists and becoming increasingly curious about the world around them and how to fit what they are learning into their own lives.<br />
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We ALWAYS do hands-on activities. ALWAYS. We always get up and move around and go outside and look at things and explore. So that's usually the next part of my science workshop. Actually working. We just wrapped up the volume portion of my properties of matter unit. It's a lot of math. A LOT. And they didn't even complain about it! Instead of just having the students work out problems on a worksheet, we measured the volume things that we might use in science. For example, how much water would I need to completely fill up our class fish tank? Then we talked about the science cabinets in our classroom. How much stuff could we fit in there? We measured and measured and measured some more. Then we got really ambitious and we wanted to know how much stuff we could fit into our classroom. We first reviewed that volume is the amount of space that an object takes up, but that it also tells us - if packed tightly with no spaces - how many cubic units could fit inside. {We also talked about what a unit is and we agreed to use feet - or cubic feet - to measure our classroom.} This was very challenging for us because my classroom isn't a perfect rectangle or square. So we had to break up the room. I had the students work in groups so that I could walk around and help with strategies to solve the problem.<br />
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This is very typical. I assess the students before I group them so that I know which groups need a little extra help, the ones who get it and need more, and the students that are right where they need to be and can complete the task on hand.<br />
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I got carried away. Back to differentiation. So the idea is that you have assess what students already know, give a lesson, demonstration, or a class discussion and then you break the students up so that they can practice with the concept and hopefully even take it a step (or two) further. Taking it a step further is only possible through teaching students how to think critically, which is a whole other ball game altogether. {More on critical questioning later!}<br />
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Overall, the main point of this post is just to demonstrate one way to differentiate instruction. I love the workshop model in all subjects - yes, even science. No, it is not easy, but if it were easy, it wouldn't be challenging for me - which is one thing that I love about my job. It keeps me on my toes.<br />
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Got lots of stuff in the works and just running short on time these days. Been pretty negligent of this little ole' blog, but I'm still here cranking it out. Look for a new HUGE classroom pack in the upcoming weeks. Also in the works - a GIGANTIC science fair packet, complete with a writing section that will align with Common Core. So excited to implement this event and will post more later explaining what we will be doing.<br />
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Emily Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04004756236022861129noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5953444643916176201.post-64594052545422392292014-02-07T10:58:00.000-06:002014-02-07T10:59:33.121-06:00Frog Dissection!Our Human Body Unit has come to an end and boy, oh boy did these kids eat up every second of it. And I must admit I LOVED it, too!! <a href="http://thesciencelife.blogspot.com/2013/01/monday-made-it.html">Last year</a>, I did my human body unit a LOT different than I did it this year. {This year was MUCH better - more informative, organized, and generally more fun.} I bought a FANTASTIC <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Human-Body-Bundled-Unit-PowerPoint-and-Lessons-for-ALL-SYSTEMS-488351">human body unit</a> from <a href="http://gettingnerdy.weebly.com/">Getting Nerdy with Mel and Gerd</a>y to help me along and let me tell you that it has helped exponentially. There are a ton of great slides for my informational lectures/discussions and then just some really great activities to accompany each human body system that we study. I also brought in some of my own stuff - like my <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Human-Body-Lab-Stations-519417">Human Body Lab Stations</a> - and some other really fun activities that I've found in my quest to having the most awesome human body unit ever in the history of teaching. {Not really.}<br />
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Yesterday and today was frog dissection. We loved it. I will spare you the gory pictures, but here is a pic of my room set up. It's very medical looking!<br />
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I made a presentation to accompany my dissection and I offered it free last year, but just wanted to offer it again in case anyone out there is also dissecting frogs. The material is great for grades 5-8. Also includes safety rules for your lab! Click <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_8NWrpG-BofaFZUdjdEUnhGelk/edit?usp=sharing">here</a> to download this fun presentation.<br />
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I have been neglecting this blog - but for good reason. I'm crazy busy with school, being a mom, a wife, and trying to maintain at least somewhat of a social life. We're also in the process of trying to buy a house, so it's just crazy all around.<br />
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I don't have anything in the works academically-speaking, but I have a TON of clipart in the works, and lots already posted in my <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Emily-Brown/Type-of-Resource/Clip-Art">TpT shop</a>. I also have an <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/BrownCowCreatives">Etsy shop</a> if you prefer to purchase from Etsy! I'm in love with designing clipart and wish I had more time to devote to it. I've got some Valentine's Day stuff up and I should have St. Patty's Day done before the end of the weekend.<br />
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Thanks for stopping by! Properties of Matter is coming up and I cannot wait to put my hands-on, fun, and engaging unit to work! {Click <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Properties-of-Matter-Complete-Unit-606992">here</a> to check that out!}Emily Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04004756236022861129noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5953444643916176201.post-15120929047731612382013-12-09T11:03:00.001-06:002013-12-09T11:17:58.947-06:00It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Crazy Time!Christmas is always so hectic. Sometimes, I feel like throwing my hands up and saying "Ok, do whatever you want." Wait. That sounds a lot like what I actually did on Friday! My team had a crazy day. First, the spelling bee took an hour longer than expected. Then, our math teacher's son got sick at daycare and she had to bolt outta here to go be a mommy. With no time to get a sub. EEEK! So, the three other teachers (myself included) decided to watch a movie for the rest of the day. The kids loved it (duh) - and yet I still didn't get anything done in the 2 1/2 hours I had left in the day. How does that happen!!!???<br />
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Well, anyway - I wanted to share a couple of things. I finally got motivated and revamped my Light Unit.<br />
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I use the Carolina Biological kit for some of my experiments - but some of those lessons in that unit plan are SO advanced, I don't even understand them. I still use a lot of the lessons that are already made, but I needed something extra, something more to make it my own. So I created a vocabulary activity pack to help reinforce key ideas and terms that students learn about throughout this unit. I made some Interactive Diagrams - activities that have students completing a diagram that's started on the sheets. This helps to show me that they truly understand the concepts. I have them do these after we have learned about (and practiced with through labs) a particular concept.<br />
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I have to admit that this is my least favorite thing to teach because the concepts are so difficult. But I really feel like this packet is helping. Click <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/LightOptics-Vocabulary-Activity-Pack-1008086">here</a> to check it out on TpT. </div>
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<br />Emily Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04004756236022861129noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5953444643916176201.post-61417381732244767952013-11-01T11:47:00.003-05:002013-11-01T11:47:38.499-05:00Five for Friday!<br />
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A couple of weeks ago, I started my Five for Friday post and I'll be darned if I didn't have time to go back and finish it. This week, I'm making sure to finish because I have some fun stuff to share!<br />
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<span style="color: #e69138; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size: large;">1. Halloween was a blasty!</span> </span>Let me just say how awesome my neighborhood is. There are....let me see....EIGHT families with babies 2 and under on my little street. Plus a few more with kids that are a bit older. We all got together and had a block party. We had chili, one guy was grilling hot dogs, there were TONS of sweets and candies, and we just hung out and talked. We had so much fun! This was the first Halloween for my sweet Olivia and she loved looking around at all the people and puppies and other babies. Bless her heart -- she was so worn out by the time it was over that she was falling asleep in people's arms while she was being passed around from person to person. We also went to Boo at the Zoo a few weeks ago and she went as a peacock. Momma, of course, had matching eye makeup to coordinate. Love having a living doll baby. :)<br />
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<b><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;">2. I am loving Goodreads.</span></b> Are you on Goodreads? I have been making sure that I am reading every single night, even if it's for a short bit. I have SO MANY books in my "To Read" list...and I'll never get through unless, um, I actually READ. I want to read a Stephen King book, but I still (after almost a year) haven't finished Beach Music by Pat Conroy. So, I'm finishing that one and then once I'm finished with that one, I'll allow myself to start a Stephen King novel. Any suggestions as to which one I should start with? I'll add it to my Goodreads "To Read" list.....<br />
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;"><b>3. We are still doing <a href="http://thesciencelife.blogspot.com/search/label/SciFri">SciFri</a> in my room every Friday.</b></span> {Or at least attempting it on <i>most </i>Fridays...} On most days, we only have about 10 minutes of class left over for SciFri, but it's just enough for them to look at a cool science magazine or search our Twitter feed for something interesting. Some days, however, like today -- we have 25+ minutes for SciFri! I tend to feel like the kids kinda get off-track if they have more than 10 minutes, so I searched high and low for something cool to share with them that is science-related. I am thinking about reintroducing my <a href="http://thesciencelife.blogspot.com/search/label/Daily%20Discovery">Daily Discoveries</a> on SciFri, but I'm also toying with the idea of introducing a "Creature Feature" and have some neat nonfiction articles for them to read about a new species that was discovered, or maybe even just about an interesting species that they may not even know about. Then I could tie in some CCSS work into the mix. I found a couple of neat websites that I thought I would share! I shared a few articles from these sites and the kids really enjoyed reading about real stuff that's actually going on in the world, like, right now. Check them out if you are a science buff {like I'm pretending to be}. I<br />
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<b style="color: #990000; font-size: x-large;">4. On a completely random note, Christmas is 53 days away. </b>This post is exactly how my brain works. I jump from one thought to another. I actually had something else that I was going to share until this thought popped into my mind. So, have I done any shopping, you ask? The indefinite answer is NO. However, I have started to at least think about what I am going to get a few folks. Ok, two folks. And my list has 752,001 people on it. Not an exaggeration. Good luck in your shopping endeavors this holiday season.<br />
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<b><span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: large;">5. The big clipart bundle offer on Educents is ending in a few days! </span></b>If you have no idea what I'm talking about - click <a href="https://www.educents.com/#browncow">here</a>! It's a great deal on clipart featuring 19 artists and it's filled with graphics, fonts, borders, and digital papers. Don't miss out!! And please join <a href="http://educents.com/#browncow">Educents</a>! You'll love it. I included my Carnival clipart pack in the bundled offer, but there are still over 1,000 fonts, graphics, borders, and digital papers in this offer.<br />
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Emily Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04004756236022861129noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5953444643916176201.post-80551780745677115322013-10-31T15:47:00.001-05:002013-10-31T15:47:50.770-05:00Rocks, Butterflies, and Padlet, Oh My!Just wrapped up our Ecosystems unit and boy, did we have FUN! I sneaked in (sneaked in???) some rock fun (not sure why, but rocks are included in the Ecosystem portion of the ARMT test at the end of the year...so, I had to slide it in there --I would think that this would be included in last year's big end of year assessment because they learn about Earth's layers in 4th grade, but whatev's) - and we made some of our own metamorphic, igneous, and sedimentary rocks from old crayons. For sedimentary, we shaved some "sediments" from our old crayons and put them in foil. Then we added some pressure by folding it up and stepping on it. For our metamorphic, we put the little ball of foil in some hot, hot, hot water for about 10 seconds to let it "morph". And finally, we let the foil sit in the hot water for about a minute to make some pretty neat igneous rocks as the crayon melted and then cooled down. Fun stuff!! Of course, they had to write about it in their science journals so that they could show me that they knew about each "rock" that they were creating. We did a quick lesson (review from last year) on the rock cycle as well and I had them draw a little diagram in their journals. Overall, it was a great way for them to review what they learned about rocks in 4th grade.<br />
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We also played a "Butterfly Blend" game - straight out of <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Ecosystems-A-Complete-Unit-902539">my Ecosystem pack</a> to help them with animal adaptations. Each student got a butterfly and decorated it like something in my room. I left the room and let them "hide" the butterflies in plain sight. My job was to find them. Some of these were REALLY good and those little turkeys STUMPED me!!! Check out some of the butterflies that are in PLAIN sight:<br />
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These kids are really creative! For some reason, though, I feel like they got tripped up on the adaptations the most! They couldn't get physical and behavioral straight. I ended up telling them to remember what "behavior" means (the way you act, something you do) and to keep in mind that physical is something physically on the animal's body. We'll see tomorrow if it stuck....because tomorrow is the unit test!!<br />
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We started our light unit yesterday (which I don't really LOVE teaching...) - and I am so excited because I got a tip from a good teacher-pal from Fifth Grade Flock's Facebook page. It's called Padlet. Padlet.com is basically an online wall that you can build whatever you'd like on it! You can write words, add pictures, add wallpaper, and I'm pretty sure you can post videos. We make a question wall for light (since it's so very complicated!!) -- and we review the questions throughout the unit. I did a physical wall in my room last year and it was a little difficult to manage. It got messy, it was hard to read the questions and answers together -- basically it was a mess. So, I am so excited about this online question wall this year!! Look at all of our great questions already:<br />
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I LOVE it!! So much fun happening in my life of science. We had a great Halloween (though it's really, really hard to keep the kids focused) and we are looking forward to having a nice 3-day weekend coming up on the 11th. I hope we all remind our kids why we are getting the day off -- I know I'll be stressing how important it is to thank our veterans!! We also have a big Veteran's Day program here at school and our upper grades perform a little something for the parents and the vets that we invite to come to our school. I think it's great and I'm so glad we continue this tradition.<br />
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I hope everyone had a great and fun Halloween and I hope you get some fun Trick or Treating done tonight!<br />
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I am SO EXCITED to announce the latest offering from Educents!! It's a HUGE bundle of over 1,000 fonts, graphics, and digital papers. I seriously cannot believe that I am a part of such an AMAZING offer. If you use clip art at all, then you should definitely check this out. There are TONS of talented artists participating in this and the package includes QUALITY designs that you can use to snazz up those products and classroom materials. Educents has taken products from 19 different artists and bundled them into one big, giant offer for one little, teeny tiny price. Excellent! </div>
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This BIG OLE' bundled offer includes fonts, clipart elements, and background papers from 19 different artists, including myself. I decided to offer my Carnival Pack in this Educents bundle offer. I loved, loved, loved creating it and I am very happy, happy, happy with the way that it turned out. My portion of the offer includes everything you see here, plus 30 cute little banners that match the theme.
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There are a total of 1137 graphics, fonts, or papers included in this bundled offer. WHAT!? I know, it's nuts. And I am jumping for joy over here. I can't contain my excitement about this offer!!! Weeeeeeee!!!! Want the offer? Go <a href="https://www.educents.com/#browncow">here</a>! </div>
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So on Friday, I started my post for <a href="http://doodlebugsteaching.blogspot.com/2013/10/five-for-friday-linky-party-october-11.html">Five for Friday</a>...and then never went back to finish it. There aren't enough hours in the day and it breaks my heart. I am having to choose between adding new stuff to my Etsy shop, adding more goodies to my TpT shop, blogging, exercising, family time, grading papers, creating fun and meaningful lesson plans, making homemade baby food for my sweet girl, and trying to keep my house clean. It's exhausting being a teacher, wife, and mother!! But I love it and wouldn't have it any other way.<br />
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I have been making lots of fun stuff. The first thing I want to share is my baby food. I LOVE making my daughter's baby food. I'm a baby food-makin' machine. I make her food on Sundays and it will typically last at least a week, and sometimes, if I make enough, it will last two weeks. I just freeze it it these cute little OXO containers that I found on Amazon (my 2nd BFF, first BFF being Target). <a href="http://wholesomebabyfood.momtastic.com/">Wholesomebabyfood.com</a> has helped me exponentially with recipes and making/storing my baby food. It's awesome and highly recommended for all you mommas out there!! I just use my food processor and it's really so easy. I usually just bake whatever I am making for her along with my dinner, so there really isn't a whole lot of extra steps to make it. Zip, zap, done!<br />
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The next thing I've been busting my rear making is CLIP ART!! Now here's a question - is it clipart or clip art? Who knows. </div>
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I LOVE making clip art [clipart]. I have so much fun finding inspiration through just looking around outside, or on clothing patterns, or in even on some of my daughter's toys. I find inspiration basically everywhere I go. I WISH so bad there was more time to fit in making all of the creations I have in my brain. I have a mile-long list of different clip art packs I would just LOVE to sit down and make. All I know is during Christmas break, I know EXACTLY what I'll be working on!!! I've managed to make a handful of stuff, all of which are on my <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Emily-Brown">TpT shop</a>. Here's a peek:</div>
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I'm very much obsessed with this new hobby. I wish, wish, wish I had more time. I'd have a gazillion creatives to offer!! There are lots of these in the works, but it's a long process to get them completed and up for sale. I've got a Christmas one, a butterfly one, and about 10 different background packs that I'm working on. Who the heck knows when they'll all be done!!!???!!! </div>
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One more thing about clip art...I got an amazing offer to be a part of an <a href="https://www.educents.com/">Educents</a> clipart bundle that will be rolling out this weekend. There are over 1,000 clip art elements that are going to be offered in this bundle...and you DO NOT want to miss this offer. It's going to be VERY reasonable and if you are a clip art user (what teacher isn't???!!!) - make sure to be on the lookout for the clipart bundle that will be coming your way this weekend.</div>
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Speaking of <a href="https://www.educents.com/">Educents</a>...have you heard about this? It's basically Groupon for teachers. They offer all sorts of teacher-type products for a big ole' discount. They've even done bundles of resources from TpT products. I highly recommend becoming a member. They also have a blog and I actually starting following it this weekend. I found a really neat online book catalog resource on there. I made a mock online library to test it out (I will probably not teach science for the rest of my career, so I figured I'd better start cataloging my books now, right?) - and I really love it. So that's my next Made It. My online library. I don't have very many books in there right now, but I will later. Go to <a href="http://classroom.booksource.com/">classroom.booksource.com</a> to create your own classroom library. It even has a feature to let students checkout the books in your library. All you have to do is add your students' names and then they login in to checkout/check in books that they borrow. I love it.</div>
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I really only have these three Made Its to offer, but I will also say that I am working on getting some Common Core resources up on my TpT site. {I know, right? It's about time!!} I am focusing right now on math because....it looks like I'll be teaching math along with science next year! I am very excited about it, but I'm a little overwhelmed with this prospect. I want to really familiarize myself with Common Core, since we are making the ole' switch-a-roo. </div>
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Thank you to <a href="http://4thgradefrolics.blogspot.com/">Tara</a> for hosting the <a href="http://4thgradefrolics.blogspot.com/2013/10/monday-made-it-october.html?showComment=1381757826754#c8172294295506156146">Monday Made It</a> linky again! </div>
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<br />Emily Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04004756236022861129noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5953444643916176201.post-73879865253260086512013-10-01T11:01:00.000-05:002013-10-01T11:01:54.882-05:00eDay with EdmodoMy school district requires an eDay - a day where the students do not come to school, but class is still in session via the Internet. Ahh, the Internet. It's strange that these kids are growing up in an era where not knowing something is unheard of. Need to know when Captain Crunch was invented? GOOGLE IT! Need to know the answer to a math problem? GOOGLE IT! Need to know what kind of rash you have on your foot? GOOGLE IT! I mean, it's incredible - we really do have the world at our fingertips. These kids have no idea how easy they have it!! I mean, remember the days when we had to use a card catalog to find a book? They won't ever know that. Weird.<br />
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I really love this idea of having an eDay. But I tell ya, it was really difficult coming up with an activity that wasn't just busywork. Enter Edmodo. Edmodo is the Facebook of the teaching world and I LOVE it. I have only been on a handful of times and I cannot tell you how super helpful it has been.<br />
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We are right in the middle of our ecosystem study. I love it. We make ecocolumns, complete with crickets, fish, rolly pollies, and snails. The kids really enjoy it and they love learning about animals and different places all over the world. I have to admit that it's one of my favorites, too! {Properties of Matter definitely steals the show, though.} To accompany our ecosystem study, I wanted to do something related to ecosystems. I have two ideas - the first has to do with going outside and viewing a mini "ecosystem" by walking outside and marking off a 4' x 4' square. Students will be challenged to think about how this section of earth is actually an ecosystem. I have a sheet that students will use to make their observations. They will answer questions such as, "<em>What living organisms can you see?" </em>and <em>"What living organisms might there be in this square that you cannot see?" </em>and different questions that deal with the mini EcoSquare that they've created. It's a great way for students to see that ecosystems can be very small, not just humongous.<br />
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Now - knowing my luck, it will rain that day, so I've also uploaded an assignment that they can complete online. I found a great website that has lots of information about food chains and food webs and also has a food chain game that students can play that reinforces key concepts. I think it's fabulous. <br />
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I really, really like Edmodo. You can upload assignments, create quizzes, and have students complete these things right there on the page. It's very similar in format to Facebook, but it's for education. I highly recommend it if you are not on there because it's a great place for educators to collaborate. I've gotten lots of help on there, including the idea to use Class Dojo as a behavior management system - which is working like a charm, by the way. <br />
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If you decide to join the Edmodo world, look me up! I'd be honored to have more teacher connections on there!! <a href="https://bwf.edmodo.com/profile/13870857">https://bwf.edmodo.com/profile/13870857</a><br />
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Emily Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04004756236022861129noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5953444643916176201.post-31682855261952819412013-09-23T10:59:00.000-05:002013-10-02T08:37:18.853-05:00Goal Cards for Students & Science ConferringI started something new this year. I wanted to hold students more accountable for their own learning - so I created Goal Cards. Our Goal Cards are just a list of the "I Can" statements created from the COS Standards that I use while I am creating my lessons. When we start each new unit, I pass out these Goal Cards. We go over each goal to make sure that we understand exactly what we are learning. We talk about the importance of setting goals - (we even made an anchor chart at the beginning of the year) and we talk about how we can improve ourselves through goal-setting. There is also a space for students to create their own goals for science, as well as reflect upon their learning at the end of each unit.<br />
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Throughout the unit, I make sure that students know to go back to their goal cards to see how they're doing. Mid-way through our unit I *try* my best to meet with each student to check on them to see how they're coming along with their goals. (This is in addition to any other quick assessments that I am doing throughout the unit.) We go over their goal sheets while we confer and I take notes in a handy-dandy class notebook that I made specifically for mini conferences. I have 4 classes, so I needed a way to organize my notes in a way that is both easy for me to access AND easy for me to quickly see who I haven't met with. I print each class on pages that are side by side so that when I open the notebook, I can see who I've written notes for and who I still need to meet with without having to rummage through pages and pages of a binder. Each class is organized on a large grid and each student has a large space for me to write notes. I have about 9 students per page. It's working very well and I'm actually learning more about my students this year. I just printed it on regular paper and then used cardstock for a quick cover. I just bound it together using black plastic binding. It's going to come in really handy when it's time for 5th grade conferences - a 2-day span of back-to-back conferences with 75+ parents. Whew!<br />
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I meet with the students again once we've accomplished all of our class goals and we make sure together that we have everything checked off of our list. It's an easy way to make sure everyone is on the same page.<br />
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I'm still struggling with conferences. Science conferences are very difficult to have. The students that I know are doing well - I have a hard time conferring with them. I just don't know what to say. And the ones that are struggling a little - I have to pry out of them what they are struggling with. I'm so inexperienced with conferences since I am a 2nd year teacher - but I think it's more that science is just really difficult to confer about. I can confer all day about writing and reading and math, but science - I'm struggling. Am I the only one? Do you have conferences for science? What are some good starter questions that I could use? Or anything that might help me! </div>
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UPDATED - per request, click <a href="https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B_8NWrpG-BofSmFiNFBZOHBlMGM/edit?usp=sharing">here</a> to access all of my goal cards, along with my notes sheet for conferences. :) </div>
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<br />Emily Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04004756236022861129noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5953444643916176201.post-62815449219446026842013-09-11T12:07:00.002-05:002013-09-11T12:07:40.441-05:00Cell Analogies & a FreebieLove teaching my cells unit. I think this year if we finish the unit on schedule, I will make an edible cell and have a "cell-a-bration" with the classes. Ha!! I love the idea of edible cells, but I feel like that activity gets students so caught up in the eating part that they forget what the point of the activity is.<br />
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We are fortunate enough in my school to have the funds to purchase living organisms to view under the microscopes. We look at blepharisma, volvox, and vinegar eels. The kids LOVE it and I must admit I find these little unicellular creatures pretty cool myself!!<br />
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I also do my <a href="http://thesciencelife.blogspot.com/2012/09/cell-organelle-facebook-pages.html">Cell Organelle Facebook project</a> where the students work in groups to personify the organelles and make them a Facebook page. {Not a real one, a poster - but a real one would be very cool!!} In addition to these activities, this year, I am also including an activity that will hopefully help them remember the cell organelles and their functions. The Facebook project is always a favorite, but I'm afraid the functions of the organelles don't stick like I'd like them to. So, to help that, I am including this new activity. I'm putting this on <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Oogles-of-Organelles-869745">my TpT store</a> for FREE - so please check it out! I also have a Cells Alive! Packet that includes all of my cell unit activities. I'd love for you to check that out as well! {Click <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Cells-Alive-475479">here</a>.} Here's a peek at the freebie that I'm putting up on TpT. I hope it helps!<br />
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<br />Emily Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04004756236022861129noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5953444643916176201.post-3595530008138091392013-08-30T08:52:00.000-05:002013-08-30T08:53:49.236-05:00Paper Airplane Contest! Teaching VariablesIt has been a fantastic two weeks. What a great way to start the year! We have already dove right into experimenting almost daily. Our class wiki is already filled with fun stuff {click <a href="http://bwfwizards.wiki.mtnbrook.k12.al.us/Current+Unit+of+Study">here</a> to check it out}. Parent Night was a success. And now for a three day weekend. Woo hoo!<br />
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I wanted to share a fun experiment that I found to teach students all about variables. Before sharing this - let me just say that I always start the year with my <a href="http://thesciencelife.blogspot.com/2012/09/the-marshmallow-challenege-cells-and.html">Marshmallow Challenge</a>, followed by a few simple experiments to get the ball rolling. {I have a packet of the experiments that I do on my TpT site - click <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Introduction-to-the-Scientific-Method-705540">here</a> to check that out - it's only $3.00!!} Then, to introduce variables - I let students participate in a very unfair rubber band shooting contest. I announce the contest, then pass out all different sizes of rubber bands. Then I let them shoot the rubber bands from wherever they are standing (all while wearing safety goggles, of course) and then I announce whom I think is the winner, based on what I simply observe. It's very unfair and students immediately give me feedback letting me know! Then we have a discussion about what we would need to do to make the contest fair. We come up with things such as:<br />
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<li>We need to know what the purpose of the contest is, ie. how to we determine a winner? {distance}</li>
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Viola! We've learned about variables! Then I go into a discussion about controlled, independent, and dependent variables. They love it and they get it after experiencing the unfair contest. We then discuss how this is all related to science. {I actually had one student say, "What does this have to do with science?!"}<br />
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Having a blast so far in fifth grade science. I hope your school year got off to a great start as well!<br />
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Emily Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04004756236022861129noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5953444643916176201.post-67959241488838293272013-08-19T18:37:00.001-05:002013-08-20T10:38:08.455-05:00Welcome Back! And a Room Peek.It's officially here! Back to school is in full swing and I am PLUM worn out. Good Lord I totally do not know how I did this last year PREGNANT. Whew! It's going to be a great year and I'm so excited to share some of the new things that we'll be doing.<br />
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I wanted to share some pics of my room to get this school year's posts kicked off. I love my room this year. I bought a bunch of faux flowers from the dollar store and it makes a huge difference! I made my FOCUS wall and used my fun science chevron labels and banner to spruce up the place, too. I kept my Wizard Challenge {click <a href="http://thesciencelife.blogspot.com/search/label/Wizard%20Challenge">here</a> to read all about that} but I had to improvise with my Scientific Method bulletin board. I lost a bulletin board (boo) but gained a whiteboard (yay!) when I moved rooms this summer, so my scientific method stuff is now on a wall in a smaller space. But it works! I also put tons of pics of my little cutie everywhere. Here's one so you can see how cute she is:</div>
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She's basically the cutest baby ever.</div>
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Anyway - here are some pics of my science room:</div>
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I'm so happy with the way it looks and it feels good to have a nice little space that's organized and fun. After all it is my home away from home. I hope everyone had a fantastic first day back. I'm so excited about this school year!!!</div>
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Emily Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04004756236022861129noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5953444643916176201.post-89156504509871309412013-08-07T20:02:00.001-05:002013-08-07T20:02:08.603-05:00Winners!!!Congrats to the following ladies! Cindy and Karen, please visit my TpT shop, pick out $25 worth of goodies and email me your list! I'll send your products to you once I receive your emails. Please use embrown51008@gmail.com.<div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhruJM-G7QL3S6DJ0P5QeIVGRhqys6jAhJFwvLNr6g8TcpkRScysyw0lnfnv0hrmqECcIPLfuctrg8IaZi7jt6eFgLTHVsOPEZMmKk0kBE-jGhRM_anjpCM9Mj-y72H_UPxwJ3euVqWXMDT/s640/blogger-image-1309463545.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhruJM-G7QL3S6DJ0P5QeIVGRhqys6jAhJFwvLNr6g8TcpkRScysyw0lnfnv0hrmqECcIPLfuctrg8IaZi7jt6eFgLTHVsOPEZMmKk0kBE-jGhRM_anjpCM9Mj-y72H_UPxwJ3euVqWXMDT/s640/blogger-image-1309463545.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div>Thanks to everyone that entered my contest! </div>Emily Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04004756236022861129noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5953444643916176201.post-1299117487898884842013-08-04T00:00:00.000-05:002013-08-04T00:00:07.792-05:00Happy Birthday to Me SALE!In honor of my big ole' Birthday today - I am hosting a SALE on EVERYTHING in my <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Emily-Brown">TpT shop</a>!<br />
Take 20% off of every single thing in that little store. Enjoy! Sale ends 8/7/2013. {Side note: I tried to have the sale last all week - since I celebrate my birthday all week, but alas, I digress. Not allowed per TpT.}<br />
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<br />Emily Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04004756236022861129noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5953444643916176201.post-85653208687289527372013-08-03T06:00:00.000-05:002013-08-03T07:13:45.696-05:00Science Book LINKY PARTY!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Never had a linky party! And I have to be honest, it's because I'm terrified that no one will join it. {Sad face. Poor me.} So - please, please, please - I'm begging you! Join me!<br />
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Recently, my school was so very fortunate to have the <a href="http://readingandwritingproject.com/">Reading and Writing Projec</a>t team come on down to good ole' Alabama and host a week-long training conference. My school is officially a Home Grown Institute! So proud to work for Mountain Brook City. And I am SO GLAD that I attended this fantastic workshop. Even though I teach science, I still gained a TON of insight about the workshop approach and my goal this year is to use some of the strategies that I learned about in my science classroom, even if it's as simple as reading aloud and conducting "turn and talks".<br />
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I was so inspired by the workshop, that I started really digging to find science-related fiction novels or books to use in my fifth grade classroom. Turns out - <i>THIS IS REALLY DIFFICULT</i>!! I did find {and read} a few...but I am really curious to see what else is out there. So, let's play! Share with me any science-related fiction OR non-fiction texts that you use in your classroom.<br />
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Here are the ones that I found that I think would be good. These are all fiction books.<br />
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<b><i>Jake Drake, Know-It-All</i> by Andrew Clements </b><br />
I just really liked the story of this one. It's cute, easy to read, doesn't take long to get through, and offers a ton of insight to the scientific method. I think this would get kids really excited about coming up with their own experiments and projects. <br />
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<b><i>Mind Games</i> by Jeanne Marie Grunwell</b><br />
This one is definitely too advanced for early elementary kiddos, but might be OK for fifth grade, depending on the maturity level of the class. It's a great book to get students to start thinking about the possibilities of science experiments. <br />
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<b><i>Dr. Xargle's Book of Earthlets</i> by Jeanne Willis and Tony Ross</b><br />
This one was perfect for younger students. It would be a good one that would lend itself to making inferences and demonstrating that. It's KINDA sciency - in that it's space related. It's just a cute fun book. Plus it deals with babies - and since I just had a baby...well, I'm still in baby mode. Definitely for younger students.<br />
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<b><i>Runt</i> by Marion Dane Bauer</b></div>
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This one is a good one to read during an Ecosystem study. Very cute, but the underlying message deals with how wolves relate to one another as well as other species in the wild. </div>
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I've found a few more, but haven't read them yet. Even if you don't have any science-related books, I'd still love for you
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Emily Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04004756236022861129noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5953444643916176201.post-30507372499685251422013-07-31T17:38:00.003-05:002013-07-31T17:41:09.345-05:00Monthly Goals LinkyI'm linking up with Jess from <a href="http://iheartrecess.blogspot.com/">I {heart} Recess</a> to share my goals with my fellow bloggers. I know, I know. I am SO breaking the rules by posting twice in one day, but I can't help it. My daughter is being awesome today, so I need to take advantage of it and post away. I've already scheduled two more posts for later this week. I'm Johnny On It today.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><b><span style="color: magenta;">Personal:</span></b></i></span> So, I had a baby on Easter Sunday. And I'm happy to say that I am now 3lbs <i>less</i> than I was before I got preggo. This is good news! {I'm still at least 10lbs from where I should be...} But I have to be honest and say that it has ZERO to do with my working out and more to do with breastfeeding. Man! That's they key to losing weight right there. Amazing. I am <i>kinda</i> working out on a weekly basis - but it's not hard core stuff like I am used to. It's just really difficult to squeeze in an hour workout at any point during the day with this little sweetie to distract me. One school begins, I am hitting the pavement as soon as I can get all my stuff wrapped up for the day. I'm also joining a boot camp again - they offer one at my school - and I'm super excited about it! I was pregnant when I joined last year, but I was still able to hang in there. Now that I'm not with child anymore, I have no excuses!! Yikes!<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><b><span style="color: magenta;">Organization:</span></b></i></span> Last year was my first year teaching. {I'm 30 years old, but I switched careers in the middle of my life.} I went through a TON of different ways to organize all of my teachery things and I never, ever felt organized whatsoever last year. THIS year, I know what to expect. I know what I need, and I know what I don't need. I've created several binders and sheets that I know I will use and my *goal* is to stick with what I have already created and planned for throughout the entire year. I have a feeling this year will be much easier on me than last year was, simply because I've experienced it!<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><b><span style="color: magenta;">Planning:</span></b></i></span> I have been major struggling with the Light Unit that I taught last year. I was SUCH a mess last year when I taught that thing. It's 7 weeks long - and a lot of the material is really difficult to understand. We have the Carolina Biological kit that accompanies this unit, but it's for middle schoolers. And let me tell you - it was DIFFICULT. I got a headache every time I tried to read it and make sense of it. This year, I'm still using the core content, but I'm scaling it down a bit. It was really too much for my fifth graders. We found ourselves very frustrated last year because the kids and I were both confused. It was awful and I was HORRIBLE at teaching it. I recognize that and I knew i had to do something to make it better and more enjoyable for all parties involved. I've been working on it and I'm almost done, but this was definitely a major goal that needed to be reached. <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><b><span style="color: magenta;">Professional:</span></b></i></span> Since I attended the Reading and Writing Project training this summer {even though I teach science, I was still fortunate enough to be able to attend ---how awesome is that?!} - I was blown away and inspired. I have to implement the workshop style approach in my classroom and I've been searching high and low for science related fiction and non-fiction materials to help me. I don't know if it will be perfect, but I am definitely going to try. I just love the idea of the workshop because it really puts the kiddos in charge of their own learning. It will be a work in progress, but I think it could really work in science.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><b><span style="color: magenta;">Students:</span></b></i></span> Last year, I did not post learning targets. And the kids never really had easy access to each goal that we were trying to reach every day. {I know that's probably terrible, but I'm learning from my mistakes!} This year, I have a Focus Wall in the works, and "Goal Cards" for each student, which will list each learning target for each unit of study that we cover. They will receive a copy of the learning targets for each respective unit of study at the beginning of each unit. There is also a place for them to check once they've mastered each target. Of course, I will also have a copy and I'll ultimately be the judge of when they've mastered them, but it puts the responsibility of what they need to learn on them. I love it! I've also got a new anecdotal note system which goes along with this that I will share on a future post.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><b><span style="color: magenta;">Motto:</span></b></i></span> Pain is Temporary...Pride is Forever! I think this saying can be applied to any facet of life. Keeping up with these goals may be painful at times...but the pride that I will gain from keeping them will last a lifetime.<br />
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Thanks so much to Jess for providing the cute graphic to go along with this linky. <a href="http://iheartrecess.blogspot.com/2013/07/monthly-goals-back-to-school-edition.html">Link up</a> with sweet Jess from I {heart} Recess to share your goals!<br />
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<br />Emily Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04004756236022861129noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5953444643916176201.post-75259998336231053172013-07-31T09:29:00.001-05:002013-07-31T09:31:41.476-05:00Back to School GIVEAWAY!!! $25 Worth of Goodies!Hiya folks! I have been totally blown away by the generosity of my fellow bloggy buds! I'm super impressed and now I want to join them. I know that there aren't many teachers out there that solely teach science, but I still have some goodies that I think lots of teacher types could benefit from. So - without further adieu....here's my offer. Two lucky ducks will win $25.00 worth of products from my <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Emily-Brown">Teachers Pay Teachers Shop!</a><br />
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I hope everyone is enjoying these last few days of summer break...because ready or not {and I'm soooooo NOT} - here it comes! I mean, tomorrow is officially August. Crazy. We just got word that the construction at our school is complete - and MAD PROPS to those guys because putting an entire roof on a large-ish school in less than three months was probably no walk in the park. So, my butt will be dragging my momma {who, unbeknownst to her, has agreed to help unpack my room} on Monday! I have a slew of new organization and decoration goodies that I'll be using this year. Now that I have my first year under my belt, I know what I need..and what I don't need for my classroom. I'll have some good before and after pics to share within the next week or so.<br />
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I'm sitting here with my sweet baby girl in her "monkey seat" {her bouncer} and she is laughing and smiling away. Life sure has changed since I first started this little ole' blog. Love her. She's such a good baby. I am SO gonna miss these days of still being in our jammies at 9am. Well, there's always the weekends!! <br />
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Ok, so join me in my generosity and WIN some fun stuff! To enter, follow me {if you don't already}, Pin my giveaway on Pinterest, leave a little love, and/or follow my <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Emily-Brown">TpT shop</a>!</div>
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Emily Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04004756236022861129noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5953444643916176201.post-40409133179903548852013-07-11T08:08:00.002-05:002013-07-11T08:08:51.703-05:00Winner, Winner, Chicken Dinner!We've got a winner, folks! Congrats, Chelsea, you win all three of my new clipart packs! Please send me an email at embrown51008@gmail.com so that I can send you your prizes.<br />
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Thanks so much for everyone that entered! I am so excited to have my first giveaway. Now that I know how to do it - and that people will enter - I will definitely have more. Too much fun!!<br />
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Thanks again!!Emily Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04004756236022861129noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5953444643916176201.post-48892777942383966282013-07-09T11:38:00.001-05:002013-07-09T11:38:59.739-05:00Monday Made It {Late, As Usual} and Last Call!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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So I'm linking up with Tara from <a href="http://4thgradefrolics.blogspot.com/">4th Grade Frolics</a> - a day late. Having a kid + summertime + lazy me = late post. Sorry!<br />
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I'm super duper excited to be linking up this week because I am venturing out into the world of clipart and I cannot get enough of it! I'm obsessed. And I'm so happy to share my creations with the teaching world. My clipart is simple, no frills, and can be used commercially without the requirement of providing credit. I'm happy enough to have my clipart used! </div>
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Before I went back to school to pursue teaching, I was a graphic designer {BrownCow Creatives was/is my brand that I "did" freelance under...if I ever did freelance. Ha!} . But I never had the confidence to draw clipart. This summer, however,I'm staying home with my newborn trying to find ways to occupy my time and I started doodling. Turns out I love it! I'm not so great at drawing people figures, but I'm sure with practice, I'll get there.</div>
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So far, I've created some <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Chevron-Backgrounds-750846">Chevron backgrounds</a>:<br />
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A <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Weather-Clipart-and-Backgrounds-754661">Weather Pack</a>:<br />
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A <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Back-to-School-Clipart-and-Background-Pack-753104">Back to School Pack</a>:<br />
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And my favorite, a <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Halloween-Clipart-Background-Border-Frame-Bundle-761800">Halloween Bundle</a>:</div>
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For the Halloween Bundle, I started playing around with different frames. I didn't think I could make frames, either! But I did it. Too much fun. I'm losing sleep {double time, since I also have a baby}, but I can't stop. I have a Christmas pack in the works, which I started last night. I turned on a little Christmas music to set the mood. Ha! Christmas music in July. What a nut I am! I'm also going to have a sweet shop pack, a space pack, and a few more choice holidays before the year is up. </div>
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I'm giving away my first three creations, <a href="http://thesciencelife.blogspot.com/2013/07/new-adventure-and-little-giveaway.html">so make sure you enter</a>! Last call, because it ends tomorrow!</div>
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I'm also getting ready for going back to school and I'm becoming more and more obsessed with getting organized. So, I made some binder covers and spines for my plethora of binders. I'm getting very anxious for the school year to start!<br />
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So that's what I'm working on. Looks like lots of teachers out there are gearing up for the school year, too. <a href="http://4thgradefrolics.blogspot.com/2013/07/monday-made-it-july-8-and-giveawayd.html">Link up with Tara</a> and show us whatcha got!</div>
Emily Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04004756236022861129noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5953444643916176201.post-86667720357880528842013-07-03T14:26:00.002-05:002013-07-03T15:21:16.456-05:00New Adventure - and a Little Giveaway!I finally did it! I'm using my former life as a graphic designer and combining it with my love of teaching and creating fun lesson plan packs and activities. I've created some clipart and background packs and I'm so excited about them! I have so much fun creating stuff like this and I especially love putting it together in cute little displays. It has been so long since I drew anything digitally, so it takes me a while to get things going. So far, I've created a chevron background pack {I started with something easy peasy and basic to make sure I didn't completely get in over my head}, a back to school background and clipart pack, and a weather pack. I'm very happy with how they've turned out! I've used my "Brown Cow Creatives" branding because that's my graphic design brand that I designed many moons ago...and so I thought I may as well bring that back. I put them all on my TpT store. See them there by clicking <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Emily-Brown">here</a>!<br />
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I have never held a giveaway on this ole' blog of mine and mostly because I don't know if I have enough people that follow this little blog that would be interested, but now is as good of a time as any to host one. I want to giveaway all three of these new packs to one of my sweet followers. The only thing that I would ask in return is some feedback on them. Though I have plenty of experience as a graphic designer at designing and creating various types of clipart, I've never sold any for teacher use. So I'm basically creating what I think I would want to use on my lesson and product packs for TpT. It'd be nice to hear from other teachers on what they would also like to see on clipart packages. So - here we go! The winner will receive all 3 packs, which includes 28 graphics and 24 backgrounds total.</div>
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