Savvy Teaching Tips Podcast

Today show you some fun dice and card games for teaching number sense. 

Here are the highlights:
0:18  Number Sense Games
0:32  Dice Games
0:48  Roll and Match K and 1
1:53  Extensions
2:17  Dotzee
4:04  Card Games
4:49 Ordering number cards
6:00  Extensions
7:00  Go Fish
8:12  Extensions

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Today I explain the technique I use to get children to write a summary of a story they've read in their Journal.  It's a step-by-step procedure that is easy for most first graders to follow.  I find it's also great for ELL third graders.

Here are the highlights:
0:22  Beginning of story
1:15  Middle and End of story
1:50  How to draw it in the Journal - who, where
3:18  Problem, solution
3:34  How to write it out in Journal - who where
4:17  Problem
4:45   Ending

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Today I explain how you can tell parents about Number Sense and ways you can teach it to your own class.  Number sense is very important to learn and in this video I explain why.

Here are the highlights:
0:22  Explaining to parents.
038  Basically Number Sense is...
1:05  Number bonds
1:42  Fact families
2:11  Mental math
2:40  Word problems
3:20  K and First Grade activities
4:09  Deck of cards
4:24  A game that K's love
5:05  5 minute time fillers
5:44  Open ended questions
6:54  Get the kids to explain their answer
7:48  Activities for second and third grade
8:30  Place value
9:03  Base ten blocks
9:38  Money

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Today I'm explaining how I introduce Journal writing expectations for 2nd and 3rd grade.  I use a step-by-step format to guide the kids to write a complete page that makes sense.

Here are the highlights:
0:42  Brainstorm what we need in a journal entry - who, what, when, where, how
1:33  Brainstorm transition words
2:10  Write the date
2:20 Draw 4 pictures
3:35 All 4 pictures done
3:47 Writing for the first picture
4:23 Writing for the second picture
4:47 Writing for the third picture
5:47 Writing for the fourth picture
6:44 Re-read your writing looking for corrections
7:37 Read the journal to me.  Get a star and color.

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Today I'm sharing 3 different games for teaching probability.  Probability is a difficult concept for young children, but they all understand when something is fair.

Here are the highlights:
0:48   Game One - Heads or Tails
2:14  Game Two - Same or Different
3:55  Game Three - Catch a Point
5:00 Probability is difficult...

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Here's what I do when I have students tell me that they don't know what to write about in their Journal.

Here are the highlights:
0:15  Find something in their desk
1:00  Start describing orally
1:55  Start writing
2:36  Good writers re-read what they write
3:31  Puzzle Eraser Description
4:00  Writing conventions and concluding sentence

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Today I go over my introductory lesson on Patterning.  I show adaptations for students in Kindergarten to Third Grade. 

Here are the highlights:
0:19  Using Math Junk
1:00  Introduce concepts
2;32 Sharing their pattern with the class
4:30  My unit on patterning
6:05  Repeating patterns
6:23  Growing patterns
7:20  Patterns in clothing
8:13  Create their own growing patterns
9:13  A cute activity

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Today I will show you step-by-step how I introduce Journal writing to 5 to 8 year olds.  This is what I do every September with Kindergarten, First Grade, Second Grade and even Third Grade students.

Here are the highlights:
0:15  Introducing the Journals
1:01  Temporary Journals
1:45  Kindergarten expectations
2:24  Expectations for first, second, and third grade
2:57  Sequence of events
4:15  Write the list on the board
4:55  Step 1  Date
5:34  Write L to R
6:04  Step 2  Write and Draw
6:47  Writing "rules"
7:20  Drawing expectations
9:02  Spelling expectations
9:18  Coloring expectations
10:09  Incomplete Journal entries

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Today I am discussing Math Junk.  Some people call them Junk Collections.  I give a step-by-step account of how I introduce these to my class and then discuss all the fantastic ways you can use Math Junk in your classroom.  Plus I tell you all about how you can start your own Math Junk collection.

Here are some highlights from the video

0:17  What is Math Junk
0:45 Storing Math Junk
1:02 Routines
1:56 Containers
3:09 Ready Position
6:40 How long at each rotation
7:00 Kids need to "get their play out"
8:30 Acquiring math junk collections

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Today I show you a quick and easy phonemic awareness game.  It's fun and all you need is a whiteboard, marker and eraser.

Here are the highlights:
0:23 Phonemic Awareness Game
1:28 Extensions to the Game
2:41 Older Children and the Game

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original idea from Susan Jones Teaching
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