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A Blizzard of Winter Themed Center Games!!!

Here are some fun little center games. Check it out!!! ABC Order Train In this activity I have included some Winter Themed words, primarily from the book The Polar Express.  However, I have also included some blank train cards for you to use with your own words.  One way I use this is in my Spelling Center. I write the weekly words on the trains and the children put them in ABC order  Simply print out on card stock or back with construction paper, laminate for durability, and place in a center.  This ABC Center is Polar Bear themed!! This activity is designed to reinforce the skill of alphabetical order. There are words on Polar Bear cards that children sort into ABC order. There is a recording page for accountability.  This center includes  17 ABC bear cards Recording page Center name card Center directions card A Snowstorm of Grammar This activity packet contains activities for use in any ELA classroom. There is a game for nouns, verbs, and adjectives....

Class Dojo

I just wanted to do a quick share today about a wonderful classroom management tool called Class Dojo. Class Dojo is wonderful!!! The creators really came up with a winner here. This online behavior management system is designed to help teachers with rewarding positive behaviors quickly and easily by giving points. Negative behaviors result in points being taken away.  Every child is given an online avatar. Once parents sign up, children can customize their avatar and check out their own "wall" to see what their classmates are doing with their avatars and what points they have received.   I have been using Dojo for a little over a month now, and I LOVE it!!! The children have really started watching their own behavior, because they want to have the most points!! I use this in conjunction with our PBIS - at the end of every week, for every ten Dojo points awarded that week, the children receive one Paw Point. Whoever has the most Dojo points at the end of the week gets to ...