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    Sharing Sunday: Snow Themed Activities {1st-3rd}

    November 29, 2015

    Here comes December! Oh my goodness, how is the year almost over?? The authors of The Primary Peach are back again this month to make your life easier and help you plan for these crazy few weeks before Winter Break! I am sharing some fabulous activities with a snow globe theme- great for grades 1-3. The best part: almost all of them are freebies or ideas from blog posts! Click on any of the images below to download the PDF. Once you are on the PDF, click around on all of the images to visit the resources!

    Head over to The Primary Peach for more Sharing Sunday posts!

    by Jessica Ivey 
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    Bright Ideas Round Up By Ideas By Jivey!

    November 21, 2015

    Hey friends! It’s time to review the year and all the bright ideas that have been shared!

    But first, here is a new bright idea for you:
    With Ideas by Jivey
    Crates and plastic book bins! When I was in the classroom, my students were not allowed to put ANY library books (mine or the media center’s) in their desks. I didn’t want them getting torn and messed up… I mean, you have seen the way students shove things in there, right? Each student got their own book bin that always went back in the same place in or on the crate, and this book bin held their library books, as well as their reading notebook and reading folder. You’ll notice the crates are right by their tables too- this way, if they have extra time when an assignment is done, they can easily get their book without distracting others walking around the room. When it was time for reading workshop, they had everything they needed in one place to take with them to their book nooks or the guided reading table! 🙂

    I have a few in the round up, too- check them out by clicking on the images below if you missed them (or need a refresher!):

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    Creating Maps to Review the Year
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    Fun Seed Idea Activity
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    If you enjoyed these bright ideas, please consider joining me on Facebook, Instagram, or my TPT Store for more great ideas.

    For more bright ideas from other bloggers, please browse through the link-up below and choose a topic/grade level that interests you. Thanks for visiting!

    An InLinkz Link-up

    by Jessica Ivey 
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    Why I love the Division Area Model (and you should, too)!

    November 20, 2015

    I know there is a lot of controversy about the Common Core, and that is not what I’m here to discuss. If you are a teacher, whether you are for or against CCSS, you have to teach the standards! So I am here to (hopefully) make your life a little easier. 🙂

    The division area model can seem difficult to teach because it’s NEW to so many, but actually, I found my students to be MUCH more successful with it than the traditional long division algorithm.

    >>>Why?<<<
    Well, first of all, students have been working on multiplication facts for about a year by the time you get to division in 4th grade (counting third grade practice, and constant practice the first part of fourth grade). This method makes them think in a “multiplication problem with a missing product” kind of way.
    Second, the area model breaks down a “hard” division problem into a few easier ones. 
    Third, it helps them SEE what they are actually dividing (hundreds, tens, and ones), unlike the traditional algorithm. 
    And fourth, it allows them to “check” themselves much easier.

    >>>How do I do it?<<<
    The size of your model, or number of “boxes” will be determined by your dividend- I will be demonstrating with a 3-digit dividend, but you can absolutely use this (and should!) with 2-digit, 4-digit, and so on. 
    Area Models With Ideas by Jivey
    First, let’s look at what the students will be doing with manipulatives. It’s important to start with concrete models first before moving to the more abstract. We are going to divide 834 by 3. We start in the hundreds. We can only put two hundreds into three groups to divide evenly.
    Area Models With Ideas by Jivey

    That means we need to slide the “remainders” over to the tens place, but we also need to trade those two hundreds for twenty tens to be able to make groups.

    Area Models With Ideas by Jivey

    Now, we can put seven tens into three groups to divide evenly.

    Area Models With Ideas by Jivey

    So again, we slide those remainders over, this time to the ones… so those two extra tens should now be traded for twenty ones.

    Area Models With Ideas by Jivey

    And of course, we can divide 24 into three equal groups by putting eight in each group!

    Area Models With Ideas by Jivey
    By adding up the numbers across the top, you get your quotient!
    278!
    Now for the more abstract model… using numbers. Same idea as with manipulatives! You are only dividing the hundreds first, so 3 x ___ = a number close to 8?
    Area Models With Ideas by Jivey
    Just to show you what might happen (and probably will), here is a student who doesn’t start off grouping correctly:
    Area Models With Ideas by Jivey

    The same could go if they said 300 could be in each group… when they go to subtract 900, they are going to see that 300 can’t be correct! But luckily, this student figured out it was 200. 🙂

    Area Models With Ideas by Jivey

    Moving to the tens, same idea- I like to have the students “box” what they are going to be dividing. This way, they remember it is 23 tens, not just 3 tens.

    Area Models With Ideas by Jivey
    They will have that remainder of 24 to move over to the ones, which hopefully they can very easily answer 8×3=24! 🙂
    Area Models With Ideas by Jivey

    Finally, just like before, add up all those numbers across the top of the model to get your quotient!

    Area Models With Ideas by Jivey

    I like to give students this larger workmat (laminated) with a dry erase marker to help them do their work. Not only is it more fun, but of course, it is also easier to erase, and erase, and erase… 🙂

    Area Models With Ideas by Jivey

    You can find this activity (and many other division stations) in my Differentiated Division Stations for Math Workshop pack! I also have other math station sets in my store.

    Check out these blog posts, too, on why to use Math Workshop and how to Manage Stations!

    Follow my Math Workshop Pinterest Board for even more great ideas!
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    by Jessica Ivey 
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    Sharing Sunday: Figurative Language Ideas for November!

    October 25, 2015

    In just one week, November begins. Isn’t it crazy the year is almost over? The authors of The Primary Peach are back again this month to make your life easier and help you plan for November! (Did you miss October’s Sharing Sunday? Check it out here!) I am sharing some fabulous resources for figurative language- great for grades 3-5. The best part: many of them are freebies or ideas from blog posts! Click on any of the images below to download the PDF. Once you are on the PDF, click around on all of the images to visit the resources!

    The first three are books that are perfect for this time of year…

    Fabulous resources for figurative language with Ideas by Jivey
    Fabulous resources for figurative language with Ideas by Jivey
    Fabulous resources for figurative language with Ideas by Jivey

     The following ideas can be used any time of year!

    Fabulous resources for figurative language with Ideas by Jivey

    Make sure to visit The Primary Peach to see other posts sharing amazing resources!

    by Jessica Ivey 
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    Sharing Sunday: Multiplication Resources at Your Fingertips!

    September 27, 2015

    I can’t believe October is upon us!! The authors of The Primary Peach want to make your life easier and help you plan this month! I am sharing some fabulous resources for teaching multiplication in third and fourth grade. The best part: many of them are freebies or ideas from blog posts! Click either of the images below to download the PDF. Once you are on the PDF, click around on all of the images to visit the resources!

    Fabulous resources for teaching multiplication with Ideas by Jivey
    Fabulous resources for teaching multiplication with Ideas by Jivey

    Make sure to visit The Primary Peach to see other posts sharing amazing resources!

    by Jessica Ivey 
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    Volume 2 Better Than Basal with a LIMITED Time Offer!

    September 26, 2015

    After a few hundred hours of work, this bad boy is finally complete! Just like Volume 1 Better Than Basal, the Volume 2 Better Than Basal is jam-packed with tons of awesome Common Core aligned lesson ideas, activities, graphic organizers, and themed writing prompts, all great for grades 3-5! All of the books in the unit are the same ones in the Volume 2 Mentor Sentence Units.

    You can try a unit for free with the book, When Lightning Comes in a Jar! There is also a free mentor sentence lesson and interactive activity to go along with this book!

     

    But wait! If you buy this gigantic pack of activities by OCTOBER 6th, you can also receive the **soon to be updated** Nonfiction Companion for FREE! There is a link on the table of contents page in the digital download to the form you will fill out to receive the free Nonfiction Companion. ON OCTOBER 7 (not before), I will email the file to everyone that fills out the form by the end of the day October 6. Currently, the nonfiction companion has five of the books also used in Volume 2, Unit 4 Mentor Sentences. It will be updated to include all ten! Currently, the nonfiction unit is $5, but the price will go up to reflect the additional books. (If you already own the nonfiction companion, be looking for a revised update on your “my purchases” page October 7!)

    Were you holding out for the Biggest and BEST Bundle with all the mentor sentences, interactive notebook activities, and reading and writing activities? The price has been lowered to include the free Nonfiction Companion until October 7! 🙂

    Or maybe you are a hard copy, print-my-book-so-I-don’t-have-to teacher! You can get the printed version of Volume 2 Better Than Basal and receive the digital version of the nonfiction companion for free, too!

    It’s a win-win-win for everyone!

    Thanks so much for being awesome followers! I hope you love this newest pack!

    by Jessica Ivey 
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    🌟 Although primary sources are most associated 🌟 Although primary sources are most associated with teaching social studies, integrating them into language arts lessons will help students develop a deeper understanding of the content! 📝

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    🐟Are you a first- or second-grade teacher who t 🐟Are you a first- or second-grade teacher who teaches about ecosystems and/or animals? 🐸 Over and Under the Pond by Kate Messner is SUCH a great book to use for a true ELA-Science integration!! 

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