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  1. <?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:blogger='http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005" xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8720258545959929858</id><updated>2024-03-05T06:11:03.772-06:00</updated><title type='text'>A Tale of Two Grades</title><subtitle type='html'>How one teacher converts from teaching one grade at one time, to two grades at the same time.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ataleoftwogrades.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8720258545959929858/posts/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ataleoftwogrades.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Anonymous</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01446707746469288811</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>9</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8720258545959929858.post-5383193601752485255</id><published>2012-11-14T09:38:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2012-11-14T09:38:04.100-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Teaching Reading to Two Grades</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;I know, I am super behind. &amp;nbsp;I am now a teacher, coach, student council moderator, and a tutor. &amp;nbsp;Life is &lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: purple;&quot;&gt;CRAZY!!!!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  2. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
  3. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;Teaching Reading to two grades at the same time turned out not to be as too complicated as I thought. &amp;nbsp;In my classroom, I break my class into reading groups. &amp;nbsp;I meet with each group for 20 minutes daily.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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  5. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;I have tried two ways in my classroom and chose one that I felt worked the best for my students. &amp;nbsp;Here is how I teach Reading:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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  7. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: blue;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Length&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;: Our Reading block is 60 Minutes. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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  9. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: blue;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Grouping&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;: &amp;nbsp;I have broken my class up into three groups based on ability. &amp;nbsp;They are not even groups (&lt;span style=&quot;color: purple;&quot;&gt;6 in one group&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span style=&quot;color: red;&quot;&gt;3 in another group&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span style=&quot;color: magenta;&quot;&gt;5 in my last group&lt;/span&gt;). &amp;nbsp;Each group works with me for 20 minutes daily.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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  12. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: purple; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;Purple &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;group works out of the 4th Grade Basal Reader&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  13. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;Red &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;group works out of the 5th Grade Basal Reader&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
  14. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: magenta; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;Pink&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;group is my advanced group. &amp;nbsp;They read novels that are in the 5th grade to 6th grade level.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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  19. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;b style=&quot;color: blue;&quot;&gt;Activites:&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp; While I am meeting with each group, I give the rest of the class things to do. &amp;nbsp;I originally tried to do rotations, but I am not good with keeping on time, so I just put a list of things on the board, with the most important things at the top, and the students just work through the list. &amp;nbsp;Some kids get them all done, others do not, but they all know they need to get through the first three. &amp;nbsp;Here is an example of what I give them:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  22. &lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;u&gt;Vocabulary Circle Maps&lt;/u&gt;: &amp;nbsp;These are thinking maps used to study their vocabulary words. &amp;nbsp;I have found that these help tremendously on their test scores. &amp;nbsp;Here is a completed example.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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  27. &lt;table align=&quot;center&quot; cellpadding=&quot;0&quot; cellspacing=&quot;0&quot; class=&quot;tr-caption-container&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;
  28. &lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-sBxpRKRdgjY/UKO12zbYP-I/AAAAAAAAAN4/Y_E6SA2GQRw/s1600/circle+map.JPG&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;240&quot; src=&quot;http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-sBxpRKRdgjY/UKO12zbYP-I/AAAAAAAAAN4/Y_E6SA2GQRw/s320/circle+map.JPG&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
  29. &lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;tr-caption&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Circle Map Example from a 4th Grade Student&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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  35. &lt;ul&gt;
  36. &lt;li&gt;&lt;u&gt;Journal Entries:&lt;/u&gt;&amp;nbsp; Each student has a composition notebook. &amp;nbsp;I write a journal topic on the board and they have to respond to it. &amp;nbsp;I use journal calendars that I found online for the entries.&lt;/li&gt;
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  39. &lt;table align=&quot;center&quot; cellpadding=&quot;0&quot; cellspacing=&quot;0&quot; class=&quot;tr-caption-container&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;
  40. &lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivcKceiKrWX9kPh3PZEHTs0KtgDEU2PdUle2FvOUpwj_qGgKOyeVQYEADPobW0reHYlRtvZe4E9R50dXF6es1IF7kpbjQBgSUcxCngs4-WBl5o3f8f1IG2VEwonpitsm_TkMF6lePgLetV/s1600/journal+entry.JPG&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;320&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivcKceiKrWX9kPh3PZEHTs0KtgDEU2PdUle2FvOUpwj_qGgKOyeVQYEADPobW0reHYlRtvZe4E9R50dXF6es1IF7kpbjQBgSUcxCngs4-WBl5o3f8f1IG2VEwonpitsm_TkMF6lePgLetV/s320/journal+entry.JPG&quot; width=&quot;260&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
  41. &lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;tr-caption&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;A Journal Entry and Response from a 5th Grade student.&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
  42. &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;
  43. &lt;ul&gt;
  44. &lt;li&gt;&lt;u&gt;Various Assignments&lt;/u&gt;: &amp;nbsp;I then have a list of various&amp;nbsp;assignments&amp;nbsp;for them to do. &amp;nbsp;They range from vocabulary workbook pages, reading comprehension work, or holiday&amp;nbsp;activities&amp;nbsp;that have language arts background.&lt;/li&gt;
  45. &lt;li&gt;&lt;u&gt;Daily Handwriting:&lt;/u&gt;&amp;nbsp; I use the Daily Handwriting Practice: Traditional Cursive book by Evan-Moor Publishing. &amp;nbsp;This gives them a short assignment to do every day. &amp;nbsp;The students are expected to write in cursive in everything they do.&lt;/li&gt;
  46. &lt;/ul&gt;
  47. I know it is wordy and I know it sounds complicated, but it works very very well in my classroom. &amp;nbsp;Ask any questions you have!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
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  51. </content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ataleoftwogrades.blogspot.com/feeds/5383193601752485255/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ataleoftwogrades.blogspot.com/2012/11/teaching-reading-to-two-grades.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8720258545959929858/posts/default/5383193601752485255'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8720258545959929858/posts/default/5383193601752485255'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ataleoftwogrades.blogspot.com/2012/11/teaching-reading-to-two-grades.html' title='Teaching Reading to Two Grades'/><author><name>Anonymous</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01446707746469288811</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-sBxpRKRdgjY/UKO12zbYP-I/AAAAAAAAAN4/Y_E6SA2GQRw/s72-c/circle+map.JPG" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8720258545959929858.post-1955951413233140952</id><published>2012-10-23T20:13:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2012-10-23T20:15:30.536-05:00</updated><title type='text'>First Day and Week</title><content type='html'>&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  52. &lt;div style=&quot;font-family: Times; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;&quot;&gt;
  53. &lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;August 20, 2012 would prove to be one of the most anxiety ridden first days of school I would ever go through (or so I hope). &amp;nbsp;This day was my 6th first day as a teacher and 22 first day all together (as a student and a teacher). &amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  56. &lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  58. &lt;div style=&quot;font-family: Times; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;
  59. &lt;div style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;&quot;&gt;
  60. &lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;On the first day of school of my first year of teaching in 2007, I was SUPER nervous. &amp;nbsp;I walked into the gym that year, and turned around to walk out. &amp;nbsp;If it wasn&#39;t for my roommate/friend Cathy, I don&#39;t know if I would have made it in there. &amp;nbsp;This years first day of school, I was&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #741b47; font-size: x-large; font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;SUPER SUPER&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;nervous and anxious.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  64. &lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  67. &lt;div style=&quot;font-family: Times; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;&quot;&gt;
  68. &lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;When I walked into that cafeteria, I had a lot of confused faces of my 4th and 5th graders. &amp;nbsp;The 4th graders were happy to have me as their teacher and some of the 5th graders were wondering why both grades were sitting at the same table (if you remember from my previous post, most parents and students did not know about the combined grades). &amp;nbsp;Let me tell you, their facial expressions were PRICELESS. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  72. &lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;The day went pretty smooth. &amp;nbsp;The first day always does. &amp;nbsp;Kids are too scared and unaccustomed to your room to try anything. &amp;nbsp;We did the traditional first day of school activities, unpacked supplies, and started some learning. &amp;nbsp;The 5th graders tried to upstage me by interrupting me and finishing my sentences about rules (they really hadn&#39;t changed since the year before), but I put them in their places :)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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  74. &lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;The whole week went really smooth. &amp;nbsp;I started the routine of teaching the different subjects right away. &amp;nbsp;I knew, for my sake, that the earlier it was taught, the better the outcome would be. &amp;nbsp;So, I&#39;ll say it before you say it, I worked myself up for nothing. &amp;nbsp;I enjoyed that first week, and I am still enjoying it today. &amp;nbsp;Hopefully the same can be said in June!!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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  76. &lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: purple; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;Shannon Elizabeth Hoff&lt;/span&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ataleoftwogrades.blogspot.com/feeds/1955951413233140952/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ataleoftwogrades.blogspot.com/2012/10/first-day-and-week.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8720258545959929858/posts/default/1955951413233140952'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8720258545959929858/posts/default/1955951413233140952'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ataleoftwogrades.blogspot.com/2012/10/first-day-and-week.html' title='First Day and Week'/><author><name>Anonymous</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01446707746469288811</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8720258545959929858.post-5184414308342351882</id><published>2012-10-18T10:23:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2012-10-18T10:23:42.183-05:00</updated><title type='text'>The Week Before School</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;The week before the first week of school I was a &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #cc0000; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;COMPLETE&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;&quot;&gt; mess. &amp;nbsp;Absolutely a mess. &amp;nbsp;There wasn&#39;t a meeting that I was in where I didn&#39;t cry that week or feel like this wasn&#39;t going to work. &amp;nbsp;As the week went on, I really thought I would just hop in my car and drive off. &amp;nbsp;It was the only thing that felt right at that time. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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  78. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;What held me there was knowing how hard it would be to find a new job (I had looked all summer and got the same response, &quot;You are over qualified&quot;) and knowing that I just bought a car and had to be able to pay the monthly payments. &amp;nbsp;As the week progressed, I was even more overwhelmed and nervous. &amp;nbsp;The anxiety had been there all summer and didn&#39;t show signs of stopping. &amp;nbsp;I prayed I would make it through the first day and week.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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  80. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ataleoftwogrades.blogspot.com/feeds/5184414308342351882/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ataleoftwogrades.blogspot.com/2012/10/the-week-before-school.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8720258545959929858/posts/default/5184414308342351882'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8720258545959929858/posts/default/5184414308342351882'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ataleoftwogrades.blogspot.com/2012/10/the-week-before-school.html' title='The Week Before School'/><author><name>Anonymous</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01446707746469288811</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8720258545959929858.post-4475678942430752714</id><published>2012-10-11T21:05:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2012-10-11T21:05:44.030-05:00</updated><title type='text'>My Classroom!!</title><content type='html'>One of the things I LOVE to do is put my classroom together. &amp;nbsp;It always takes me a LONG time to put up my classroom because I tend to procrastinate and I want everything equally spaced, straight, and decorations balanced around the room (after the first week, anything goes in my room). &amp;nbsp;This year, I had the timeline laid out. &amp;nbsp;We were told we had to report back Aug. 13. &amp;nbsp;So I had one last trip to Tulsa set up from Aug 2-5 then setting up my classroom starting on Aug. 6. &amp;nbsp;That would give me a week to get it put together before in-service, but then came the email. &amp;nbsp;We were now starting Aug. 9th!!&lt;br /&gt;
  81. &lt;br /&gt;
  82. So, scratch the trip to Tulsa, and it&#39;s time to go. &amp;nbsp;I started setting up my classroom without a second thought. &amp;nbsp;I knew I needed to start, because stress was making it hard to do. &amp;nbsp;It took me all that week, through the in-service week, all the way up until the Saturday that school started. &amp;nbsp;A long time. &amp;nbsp;So, here are the pictures of my &quot;Owl-Star&quot; Classroom!!&lt;br /&gt;
  83. &lt;br /&gt;
  84. &lt;table align=&quot;center&quot; cellpadding=&quot;0&quot; cellspacing=&quot;0&quot; class=&quot;tr-caption-container&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;
  85. &lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2w_jxA8Gry7L9Ocf9ashJaA4zBfJj33IK-cAYGpN9kw371vukaEv9Y1xIPbsGB-1HEMc27boKdazUt1mCgfwZVtDxY_Awf6nBQx8TbvVZy_Nb5tCfF8sNdQuoXIApfXo-vxCHnYaUX5uR/s1600/Inside+of+Door.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;320&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2w_jxA8Gry7L9Ocf9ashJaA4zBfJj33IK-cAYGpN9kw371vukaEv9Y1xIPbsGB-1HEMc27boKdazUt1mCgfwZVtDxY_Awf6nBQx8TbvVZy_Nb5tCfF8sNdQuoXIApfXo-vxCHnYaUX5uR/s320/Inside+of+Door.jpg&quot; width=&quot;239&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
  86. &lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;tr-caption&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Inside of my Door. &amp;nbsp;Owl Tree. &amp;nbsp;I had fun making this!&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
  87. &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;
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  89. &lt;table align=&quot;center&quot; cellpadding=&quot;0&quot; cellspacing=&quot;0&quot; class=&quot;tr-caption-container&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;
  90. &lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwesexjmIRvEdn8jGBIdyoHgEpp17iDCJWYDLLKNuHqtK7IV-VKy8jbzkk_BvyyTwwNwkOdaYIBby5TbUC6lochZwdRfznldd-OtKX842m4R97B4dXNMXBZAdgG09cTi3pUcXznrkJaCwq/s1600/Outside+of+Door.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;320&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwesexjmIRvEdn8jGBIdyoHgEpp17iDCJWYDLLKNuHqtK7IV-VKy8jbzkk_BvyyTwwNwkOdaYIBby5TbUC6lochZwdRfznldd-OtKX842m4R97B4dXNMXBZAdgG09cTi3pUcXznrkJaCwq/s320/Outside+of+Door.jpg&quot; width=&quot;238&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
  91. &lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;tr-caption&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Ms. Hoff&#39;s Owl-Stars&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
  92. &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;
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  94. &lt;table align=&quot;center&quot; cellpadding=&quot;0&quot; cellspacing=&quot;0&quot; class=&quot;tr-caption-container&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;
  95. &lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggQCvfJ3g4NSCWMTnJqLJJpl9Iq-w-JGaxPHk3Fr8TwhVxbjJ3GxhyphenhyphenmRMmeyZKUQMHsCSQMoezKher7uavEj-uITtFjIHtlZO-hSRsum2O2HbDVoeOyBu_6t_7SL-B6vevItRvDkxVmh7H/s1600/Vocabulary+Wall.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;239&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggQCvfJ3g4NSCWMTnJqLJJpl9Iq-w-JGaxPHk3Fr8TwhVxbjJ3GxhyphenhyphenmRMmeyZKUQMHsCSQMoezKher7uavEj-uITtFjIHtlZO-hSRsum2O2HbDVoeOyBu_6t_7SL-B6vevItRvDkxVmh7H/s320/Vocabulary+Wall.jpg&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
  96. &lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;tr-caption&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Vocabulary Wall and Calendar&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
  97. &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;
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  99. &lt;table align=&quot;center&quot; cellpadding=&quot;0&quot; cellspacing=&quot;0&quot; class=&quot;tr-caption-container&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;
  100. &lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5UcIuw-IDnhRq7FUIYIdtN8sBKrTawmYNh6EPUodGUh1kNcQn7Jk7OJlB95alRtDzrhqSu5dvBhAgWpJH_sb8BLLTpl_wJSmAuJZspksjFloo9ETt7Uhx77OtU9oA7cvKe4FTOhBT8c15/s1600/My+Desk.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;239&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5UcIuw-IDnhRq7FUIYIdtN8sBKrTawmYNh6EPUodGUh1kNcQn7Jk7OJlB95alRtDzrhqSu5dvBhAgWpJH_sb8BLLTpl_wJSmAuJZspksjFloo9ETt7Uhx77OtU9oA7cvKe4FTOhBT8c15/s320/My+Desk.jpg&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
  101. &lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;tr-caption&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;My Desk&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
  102. &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;
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  104. &lt;table align=&quot;center&quot; cellpadding=&quot;0&quot; cellspacing=&quot;0&quot; class=&quot;tr-caption-container&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;
  105. &lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp77yrrwixUb32U8n0Sadyk0d2omB9T8povRpkh2EXpiqfTU_KBf5d2WcsoCAQccP179c0gz8v8Z0ObaxRlqK6wG5JgLU_koJwDXAgnVSrr8t27JFiFPRwO8U6COpDz_tvbabtUJPZn9W9/s1600/Front+of+Classroom.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;239&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp77yrrwixUb32U8n0Sadyk0d2omB9T8povRpkh2EXpiqfTU_KBf5d2WcsoCAQccP179c0gz8v8Z0ObaxRlqK6wG5JgLU_koJwDXAgnVSrr8t27JFiFPRwO8U6COpDz_tvbabtUJPZn9W9/s320/Front+of+Classroom.jpg&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
  106. &lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;tr-caption&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Front of the Classroom&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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  109. &lt;table align=&quot;center&quot; cellpadding=&quot;0&quot; cellspacing=&quot;0&quot; class=&quot;tr-caption-container&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;
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  111. &lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;tr-caption&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Job Chart&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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  114. &lt;table align=&quot;center&quot; cellpadding=&quot;0&quot; cellspacing=&quot;0&quot; class=&quot;tr-caption-container&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;
  115. &lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWmHh_cq3ppTZcaq7_w-fWfPMbJYhPPeOcMPJqV4sZEy7UDLoMh287a04zJFDjFymavMhYTpJJ5MXg8IzjZoF0KndNKzHGT1LzZzf6Foy05qQR_krLx2e5sHp62GppCfa7dXwF0tgr0hwg/s1600/Locker+Tags.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;320&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWmHh_cq3ppTZcaq7_w-fWfPMbJYhPPeOcMPJqV4sZEy7UDLoMh287a04zJFDjFymavMhYTpJJ5MXg8IzjZoF0KndNKzHGT1LzZzf6Foy05qQR_krLx2e5sHp62GppCfa7dXwF0tgr0hwg/s320/Locker+Tags.jpg&quot; width=&quot;239&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
  116. &lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;tr-caption&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Locker Name Tags&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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  120. &lt;br /&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ataleoftwogrades.blogspot.com/feeds/4475678942430752714/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ataleoftwogrades.blogspot.com/2012/10/my-classroom.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8720258545959929858/posts/default/4475678942430752714'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8720258545959929858/posts/default/4475678942430752714'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ataleoftwogrades.blogspot.com/2012/10/my-classroom.html' title='My Classroom!!'/><author><name>Anonymous</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01446707746469288811</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2w_jxA8Gry7L9Ocf9ashJaA4zBfJj33IK-cAYGpN9kw371vukaEv9Y1xIPbsGB-1HEMc27boKdazUt1mCgfwZVtDxY_Awf6nBQx8TbvVZy_Nb5tCfF8sNdQuoXIApfXo-vxCHnYaUX5uR/s72-c/Inside+of+Door.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8720258545959929858.post-5581689441110297325</id><published>2012-10-11T21:05:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2012-10-11T21:05:30.122-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Parent Reaction</title><content type='html'>&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;Parent reaction to combined grades classes was something I was worried about. &amp;nbsp;I wasn&#39;t really worried about the parents not wanting me as their teacher. &amp;nbsp;I know, without sounding arrogant, that a lot of past and potential parents view me as a good teacher who prepares their child for the next year. &amp;nbsp;I was worried that parents would ask me what the plan was for teaching and I had no idea what I would say because I had no clue!!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  121. &lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
  122. &lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;The decision was made to not tell the parents before the 2011-2012 school year was over. &amp;nbsp;The decision was to wait until mid-July and have the parents come in for a meeting. &amp;nbsp;We held a meeting, and only one parent came. &amp;nbsp;Just one. &amp;nbsp;She was fine with the idea and had no problems.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  123. &lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
  124. &lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;A letter was then emailed and snail mailed out. &amp;nbsp;No one came to complain or say anything. &amp;nbsp;Come to find out, most of the parents did not read the letter or didn&#39;t get it. &amp;nbsp;Most students came to school on the first day of school and &lt;i&gt;then&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp;found out that I was either teaching them again (in the case of the 5th graders) or that 4th grade was now with the 5th grade. &amp;nbsp;Crazy!! &amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  125. &lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
  126. &lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;There has only been one complaint. &amp;nbsp;The complaint was I wasn&#39;t teaching and just sat and ignored the kids. &amp;nbsp;My principal said &quot;Not True. &amp;nbsp;She NEVER sits down. &amp;nbsp;She is constantly teaching,&quot; which is completely true (thanks for the support). &amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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  128. &lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;Overall, a positive parent reaction and no problems 8 weeks in. &amp;nbsp;Always great to have parent support and understanding!!&lt;/span&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ataleoftwogrades.blogspot.com/feeds/5581689441110297325/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ataleoftwogrades.blogspot.com/2012/10/parent-reaction.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8720258545959929858/posts/default/5581689441110297325'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8720258545959929858/posts/default/5581689441110297325'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ataleoftwogrades.blogspot.com/2012/10/parent-reaction.html' title='Parent Reaction'/><author><name>Anonymous</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01446707746469288811</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8720258545959929858.post-2933665822129836411</id><published>2012-10-10T22:01:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2012-10-10T22:01:59.994-05:00</updated><title type='text'>From 14 Subjects Daily to 11 Subjects Daily</title><content type='html'>&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;You know how everyone thinks being a teacher is easy because &quot;You get summers off!&quot; &amp;nbsp;Well, think again. &amp;nbsp;This summer was relaxing for about 3 1/2 when I was in Florida, although there were times where all I could think about was teaching two grades.&amp;nbsp;When I got back from Florida, it was basically Mid-July. &amp;nbsp;Where had the summer gone?? &amp;nbsp;Now was the time to get things moving, going, or getting some idea of what I was going to do.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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  130. &lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;Out of all my worrying (and if you know me, you KNOW I worry A LOT) I finally found some good news in regards to the curriculum. &amp;nbsp;I was going to be allowed to teach one Science curriculum, one Social Studies curriculum, and one Religion curriculum to both grades. &amp;nbsp;No need teaching two different curriculums in those subjects. &amp;nbsp;YEAH!!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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  132. &lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;Once that was settled, I felt a little relief. &amp;nbsp;Not a whole lot of relief, but a little. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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  205. &lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;b style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #660066; font-family: &amp;quot;Handwriting - Dakota&amp;quot;; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;&quot;&gt;Shannon Elizabeth Hoff&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  208. &lt;!--EndFragment--&gt;&lt;/span&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ataleoftwogrades.blogspot.com/feeds/2933665822129836411/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ataleoftwogrades.blogspot.com/2012/10/from-14-subjects-daily-to-11-subjects.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8720258545959929858/posts/default/2933665822129836411'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8720258545959929858/posts/default/2933665822129836411'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ataleoftwogrades.blogspot.com/2012/10/from-14-subjects-daily-to-11-subjects.html' title='From 14 Subjects Daily to 11 Subjects Daily'/><author><name>Anonymous</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01446707746469288811</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8720258545959929858.post-571434933618319991</id><published>2012-10-09T22:16:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2012-10-09T22:16:03.703-05:00</updated><title type='text'>We Work as One Team</title><content type='html'>
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  275. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt;&quot;&gt;I wasn&#39;t sure of much when the
  276. school year ended on May 31st. &amp;nbsp;I still knew nothing after a in-service on
  277. June 4, except that I was so overwhelmed and no one really knew what I was
  278. going to face come August 20th. &amp;nbsp;So, off I went for my summer vacation thoroughly
  279. confused.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  283. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt;&quot;&gt;The first month of vacation I was
  284. with my mom, whether it was here in Dallas, or the 3 1/2 weeks I spent in
  285. Florida (I even survived a Topical Storm). &amp;nbsp;I really didn&#39;t think much on
  286. what I was going to do, except that I knew what theme I was going to use for my
  287. classroom. &amp;nbsp;At the end of the year, I fell in love with this Owl Theme. &amp;nbsp;Now,
  288. if you know me, I am obsessed with bright colors, so these were not your
  289. ordinary owls. &amp;nbsp;These were Owl-Stars!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  293. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt;&quot;&gt;Now, my mom asked me if this was a
  294. little young for 5th graders. &amp;nbsp;Since I had taught the upcoming 5th Graders
  295. as 4th Graders, I knew it would work fine. &amp;nbsp;So I had Owl-Stars and from
  296. there, I came up with the secondary theme of working together. &amp;nbsp;I knew
  297. then, that the only way the two grade classroom would work, would be if we were
  298. one team or class instead of two separate grades. &amp;nbsp;So, our mantra for the
  299. year is:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  303. &lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 32.0pt;&quot;&gt;WE WORK AS ONE TEAM!!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  305. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt;&quot;&gt;(They are constantly reminding me
  306. of this)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #660066; font-family: &amp;quot;Handwriting - Dakota&amp;quot;; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  311. &lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;tr-caption&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Owl-Stars from Trend.com&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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  314. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  316. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  318. &lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px;&quot;&gt;&lt;b style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #660066; font-family: &amp;quot;Handwriting - Dakota&amp;quot;; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;&quot;&gt;Shannon Elizabeth Hoff&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  319. &lt;!--EndFragment--&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ataleoftwogrades.blogspot.com/feeds/571434933618319991/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://ataleoftwogrades.blogspot.com/2012/10/we-work-as-one-team_8000.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8720258545959929858/posts/default/571434933618319991'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8720258545959929858/posts/default/571434933618319991'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ataleoftwogrades.blogspot.com/2012/10/we-work-as-one-team_8000.html' title='We Work as One Team'/><author><name>Anonymous</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01446707746469288811</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQgN5YGWSDCdUtRvug-wol0PTMbUpYTFXl0SG_7oaDp2iaB2Wl9MkSkCFaphKS4PrbRHlihr7oLBVFMOJUqXKsJQivFkp75zKgMzP_Fss-7j8jt4q9T7sHPyfgDeOyzRxlLfgx1qYpL7iR/s72-c/owls.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8720258545959929858.post-4924097562422591020</id><published>2012-10-09T18:03:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2012-10-09T22:16:41.736-05:00</updated><title type='text'>The Big News</title><content type='html'>&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;When the school year was coming to a close, I was approached by my principal about my job for the next school year. &amp;nbsp;Now, I had a sneaking suspicion that things were going to change for a while, especially since my 4th grade class for the 2011-2012 school year only had 8 students and the 3rd grade class only had 13 (and a few were not coming back). &amp;nbsp;I was still blown away when I was told that the combining of the two grades was happening and she wanted me to be that teacher.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  320. &lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
  321. &lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;Three things went through my mind:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  322. &lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;1. HOLY CRAP!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  323. &lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;2. &amp;nbsp;I didn&#39;t loose my job!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  324. &lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;3. &amp;nbsp;How the heck am I going to teach Math, Reading, English, Religion, Science, Social Studies, and Spelling/Vocab to two grades (14 subjects total), at the same time, everyday, without a chaotic classroom.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  325. &lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
  326. &lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;It would take me a LONG summer, lots of anxiety issues, and lots of tears before I would think I had an idea. &amp;nbsp;It would take just about 8 weeks, to figure out I am doing the right thing, and admit that I am actually enjoying it. &amp;nbsp;Yes, I said it, I am enjoying teaching two grades at the same time.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  327. &lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
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