tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56082334524568938622024-03-19T06:23:08.959-04:003rd Grade GrapevineA teacher's Blog.... the everyday happenings in Mrs. Hardin's classSusan Hardinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00935379679924541689noreply@blogger.comBlogger119125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5608233452456893862.post-51900845749027566722017-02-26T11:44:00.000-05:002017-12-31T09:16:14.818-05:00What Are You Doing for Dr. Seuss Week?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I can't believe February is almost over and March will be here next week! In fact Thursday, March 2nd is Dr. Seuss's birthday. Our school will celebrate this beloved children's author with a full week of Seuss-like fun!<br />
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<li>On Monday, students will wear a hat and bring their favorite Dr. Seuss book to read during reading. Our principal will read <u>The Cat in the Hat</u> to each grade level. </li>
<li>Tuesday will be crazy sock day and we will read <u>Fox in Socks</u>. </li>
<li>Of course Wednesday will be <u>Wacky Wednesday</u>, and all the children will dress in their wackiest of outfits. </li>
<li>Thursday students will wear green for <u>Green Eggs and Ham</u>. </li>
<li>On Friday, we're all wearing our favorite college shirt along with reading <u>Oh, The Places You'll Go</u> book. </li>
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Dr. Seuss's birthday coincides with Read Across America Day, so I really wanted my kiddos to have as many books written by Dr. Seuss as possible. I was so disappointed when I found that I only had 7 or 8 in my classroom. So I went to our media center and found only 2 that were not already check out by students or teachers. With only about 10 books, it didn't look like we were going to do much Dr. Seuss reading at all... and then I had an idea! <br />
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I would make QR codes linking to books that could be read with an iPad! I worked on this for several days and when I was done, I had 20 books linked to videos which showed the words, in most cases, on the iPad screen, as well as the sound of someone reading the story aloud!<br />
<span style="text-align: start;">This increased our library so much that every child had access to plenty of Dr. Seuss books at the same time!</span></div>
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As you can see, last year my kiddos enjoyed traditional books </div>
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as well as our new access to read alongs with our brand new QR Codes!</div>
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My students were so engaged and excited to get to read so many great treasures by Dr. Seuss! We actually used these all throughout the week. If you are interested in checking out the set, you can click on the link below and download a preview.<br />
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Here is the set of <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/QR-Codes-20-Read-Alongs-Celebrating-Docs-Birthday-3561016" target="_blank">QR Codes with twenty books by Dr. Seuss</a>.</div>
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For a long time I thought of work after kids were finished in Math, only as Centers. I worked long hours switching out materials and keeping those centers up-to-date, only to stay frustrated that it took so much of my time.<br />
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One day, it dawned on me to try things a different way... Math Rotations! With Math Rotations, I still use centers, but they are just a small part of the big picture, which reduces the prep time that usually goes with setting up centers for a classroom full of kids.<br />
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With my Math Rotations, I usually have 4 math stations or rotations, because I have 4 days to teach math. We are assigned S.T.E.M. Lab on Tuesdays this year.<br />
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<li>Math by Myself</li>
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1. <u>Math with Mrs. H.</u> is a opportunity when I remediate or enrich a group of students based on earlier work or prior assessments. There are times that I need to pull individuals to assess. For these times, I will replace the words "Math with Mrs. H" with another activity like "Counting Bags". Doing that, gives all students something to do, and I can just pull individuals as needed. Above is picture of my rotational chart prior to completing the assessments that determine student placement in Fluency Folders for Math by Myself.<br />
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2. <u>Math by Myself</u> is a opportunity where students work on their math fluency. I assess kids independently to see which number (1 through 10), they are fluent at, in other words... which number combinations they know with automaticity. For each student, I design a math fluency folder with activities based solely around their target number (5 for example). They have a small "toolbox" with manipulatives of that same number as well (5 two-color counters, 5 red squares, 5 yellow squares, 5 beans, etc). At the start of the year, before I have their fluency folders created, or when they complete their fluency folder but I haven't re-assessed them yet, I will use this time to give them application material from lessons in class.<br />
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3. <u>Computers</u> - You probably already have this one down! I am fortunate to have 4 student desktop/laptop computers and 3 iPads in my classroom. If you do not, maybe you have enough for students to play as partners. I sign them three math sites they will log onto: Ten Marks, Sum Dog and X-tra Math. On my iPads, there are other math apps as well.<br />
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4. <u>Centers</u> - Now, having kids only rotate through this once each week, centers are so much more manageable! I feel successful leveling my centers and having it stocked with activities that address the specific skills we are currently working on in the classroom. All I really need is one activity per level. Depending on how you plan to level your groups, that could be just two or three activities. (low and high, or low, medium and high) Once they complete their "required" activity, they are allowed to work on the other one. I set up colored folders in the center tubs, which are color-coded to match the students' level.<br />
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5. <u>Counting Bags</u> - I mentioned this activity above. If you have 5 full days of Math, and need a fifth rotation, this would be the one I would choose. From Oriental Trading, I purchased an assortment of little fun-shaped erasers, which we do not use as erasers. We call them counters. We have soccer balls, footballs, balls of every sport, puppy dogs, ice cream cones, starbursts, fish of every color, smilie faces, owls, turtles, and more. I sorted them and put the like shapes in a baggie. During this rotation, a student chooses a bag of counters and finds a spot on the floor to spend time counting. As time goes on, I have them begin to record their count on a small post-it note and then verify their count using a hundreds board. Later in the year, I have them write their prediction first, then write their count, and finally verify. Before introducing this activity, I model how I want them to count, which is to make ten-frame arrangements using their counters. I have found this dramatically improves their accuracy for a number of reasons, the least being that if they get interrupted or loose their place, they can count by tens more easily, to find the number where they left off.<br />
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Here is a link to pick up your free <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Math-Rotations-Classroom-Management-Chart-2767754" target="_blank">Math Rotations Classroom Management Chart</a> for yourself. There are text boxes provided so you can edit names and activities. I've used a common font found on most computers, but you can change it to whatever you have that you like. <br />
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Susan Hardinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00935379679924541689noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5608233452456893862.post-18828474707197732352016-05-26T22:58:00.002-04:002016-05-26T23:00:33.325-04:00End of Year Party and Photo VideoToday was our last day of school!<br />
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To begin our day, I wanted our morning work to be a bit more fun, but something that would hold my children's interest for a while. I got this idea from a follow teacher and quickly saw how much fun they would have, so I went with it. I covered their group of desks with bulletin board paper, and I put out washable markers, which they almost never get to use. When they came in I told them they would get to draw all over their area with markers, and they could draw anything they wanted. They absolutely loved it! Here's a picture of one of the group's handiwork.<br />
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I thought this was very cute!<br />
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As the day went one, we played math games, cleaned our desks and looked through all of our folders before packing them for home. I read stories to them and we worked on our Memory Books. They loved playing our End of Year Scavenger Hunt. They looked for friends who loved or were doing certain things mentioned on the scavenger hunt. You can get your FREE copy by clicking on the name, <a href="https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B40WT9gnt65geU96cUF4RHFwWEk" target="_blank">End Of Year Scavenger Hunt</a>.<br />
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All day long, they asked the same question over and over... "Is it time for the party to start?" Finally, it was time!<br />
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For the End-of-Year party, we made Ice Cream Sundaes, complete with all the toppings! While we enjoyed our sweet concoctions, we watched our <a href="http://1stgradegrapevine.blogspot.com/2016/05/end-of-year-photo-video.html">End-of-Year photo video</a>, featuring all of my sweet kiddos. After the video, I handed each kid or parent a card with the QR code and link to the End-of-Year photo video, where they can download the video to their own computer.<br />
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<br />Susan Hardinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00935379679924541689noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5608233452456893862.post-29295601359212954602016-03-20T23:30:00.000-04:002016-03-20T23:33:11.908-04:00Do you use Interactive Notebooks for Science?More and more, I'm adding interactive notebooks pages to my science units. These interactive notebooks are very popular among my students. I believe it is the cut, paste, and color elements. They get plum excited about them, whenever I tell them we will be working with them!<br />
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<br />Susan Hardinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00935379679924541689noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5608233452456893862.post-90067574613429446082016-03-12T21:12:00.001-05:002016-03-13T19:04:25.910-04:00What are you doing for St. Patrick's Day?One of the most exciting things to do on St. Patrick's Day for third graders is to have a leprechaun visit the classroom. By this age several students realize this is fantasy, but many do not. However, even for those that do, they still enjoy the thrill of pretending. <br />
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It seems that some leprechauns wreak havoc on the classroom, while others leave a few scattered gold-covered, chocolate coins. I prefer the latter because I really don't want to clean up the room any more than I already do.<br />
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To add to our independent reading this month, I made <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/QR-Codes-20-March-Read-Alouds-Easter-and-St-Patricks-Day-2441875">QR Codes for March read alouds</a> for several books about St. Patrick's Day. <br />
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At our school we have B.Y.O.D. (Bring Your Own Device) day every Wednesday, and sometimes on Fridays as well. We are fortunate to have a few iPads in our classroom as well. I rotate the classroom iPads and students who don't have one, know they will get a turn next time. All you need is a QR Code scanner which can be downloaded for free from the app store. <br />
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I like these QR codes because they do <u>not</u> show advertisements to my students at the beginning of the read alouds. My students like them because they have the image of the book on them, and they can easily know which book they are choosing, not to mention the wonderful stories themselves.<br />
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These cards also provide AR levels, guided reading levels, and lexile levels when available.<br />
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Easter comes in March this year, so I added Easter books in this <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/QR-Codes-20-March-Read-Alouds-Easter-and-St-Patricks-Day-2441875">March set of QR Codes</a>. I've included several of my favorite books. Here is a list of the books included. <br />
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<li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "verdana" , "arial" , "geneva" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;">St. Patrick’s Day</span></span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "verdana" , "arial" , "geneva" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;">The Night Before St. Patrick’s Day</span></span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "verdana" , "arial" , "geneva" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;">The History of St. Patrick’s Day</span></span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "verdana" , "arial" , "geneva" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;">That’s What Leprechauns Do</span></span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "verdana" , "arial" , "geneva" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;">Jack and the Leprechaun</span></span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "verdana" , "arial" , "geneva" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;">Jamie O’Rourke and the Big Potato</span></span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "verdana" , "arial" , "geneva" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;">The Luckiest St. Patrick’s Day Ever</span></span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "verdana" , "arial" , "geneva" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;">There Was and Old Lady Who Swallowed a Clover</span></span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "verdana" , "arial" , "geneva" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;">The Leprechaun’s Gold</span></span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "verdana" , "arial" , "geneva" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;">Fin M’Coul, The Giant of Knockmany Hill</span></span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "verdana" , "arial" , "geneva" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: magenta;">The Easter Egg</span></span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "verdana" , "arial" , "geneva" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: magenta;">Pete the Cat Big Easter Adventure</span></span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "verdana" , "arial" , "geneva" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: magenta;">The Night Before Easter</span></span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "verdana" , "arial" , "geneva" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: magenta;">The Tale of Peter Rabbit</span></span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "verdana" , "arial" , "geneva" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: magenta;">Marley and the Great Easter Egg Hunt</span></span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "verdana" , "arial" , "geneva" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: magenta;">The Easter Bunny’s Assistant</span></span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "verdana" , "arial" , "geneva" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: magenta;">Bunny Cakes</span></span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "verdana" , "arial" , "geneva" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: magenta;">Happy Easter, Curious George</span></span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "verdana" , "arial" , "geneva" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: magenta;">Happy Easter, Little Critter</span></span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "verdana" , "arial" , "geneva" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: magenta;">Happy Easter, Mouse!</span></span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "verdana" , "arial" , "geneva" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: magenta;">The Runaway Bunny</span></span></li>
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With the release of the new found Dr. Seuss book this year, there are lots of new resource ideas. You can download this <a href="http://bit.ly/1oeWXok" target="_blank">Read Across America activity guide</a> from NEA's website.<br />
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Dr. Seuss books have been family favorites in our house for years. Here are some of our favorites. With the birth of our first child, my brother-in-law started us on a ever-growing collection of Dr. Seuss books. For early readers, The Foot Book and One Fish, Two Fish... have repetitive and predictable texts. However, before our children were ready to read, they loved being read to. My oldest daughter and son loved for me to read Are You My Mother, They loved their father to read Go, Dog. Go! Their favorite part was the dog party at the top of the tree! My favorite has always been Green Eggs and Ham. I just love the rhyme and the ending, when Sam realizes in fact, that he does like green eggs and ham.</div>
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I've listed our family's top 10 Dr. Seuss books here. </div>
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#1 Go, Dogs. Go!</div>
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#2 Green Eggs and Ham</div>
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#3 Are You My Mother</div>
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#4 The Foot Book</div>
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#5 One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish</div>
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#6 The Cat in the Hat</div>
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#8 Ten Apples Up On Top</div>
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And now we have the newly found book titled What Pet Should I Get? I was so excited when I realized this was a great book to launch our Opinion Writing Unit. It spurred great conversations about which animals would make the best pets and why. My students loved it!</div>
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Our library has a limited number of these classics, and I'm sure every teacher in our school will want them for their classroom. So to make sure my students have access to them I created QR codes for 20 of these great books! If you are not familiar with a QR code, it is a code that can be scanned by a QR code reader app, which is available as a FREE download <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/qr-reader-for-iphone/id368494609?mt=8" target="_blank">here</a> for an iPhone or <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=me.scan.android.client&hl=en">here</a> for an Android device. Or you can visit your app store on your device. You simply use an iPad, iPhone, or other tablet style device to scan the QR code. For my <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/QR-Codes-20-Read-Alongs-Celebrating-Docs-Birthday-3561016" target="_blank">QR Codes: 20 Dr. Seuss Stories for Read Across America</a>, a video will appear with someone reading the book. These videos include the words to the books, so students can read along, not just be read to.<br />
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Grab your copy of <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/QR-Codes-20-Read-Alongs-Celebrating-Docs-Birthday-3561016" target="_blank">QR Codes: 20 Dr. Seuss for Read Across America</a> from my TPT store now, so you'll have time print them and laminate to last for years.</div>
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So on March 2nd, during reading, and at a few other key times during the day, our focus will be on celebrating the wonderful stories brought to us by that wonderful American writer and illustrator Dr. Seuss, whose real name was Theodor Seuss Geisel.<br />
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Here is the <a href="http://www.seussville.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: magenta;">official Dr. Seuss site</span></a>, which features games, printable activities and information about Dr. Seuss himself.<br />
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If your school has a subscription to Brain Pop, Jr., click <a href="https://jr.brainpop.com/readingandwriting/authors/drseuss/preview.weml" target="_blank">here</a> for a great movie about Dr. Seuss. If not, here is a more lengthy biography video from <a href="http://safeshare.tv/v/lkVNK7I1gqg" target="_blank">You Tube</a>, without ads, but I suggest you view it first. Its about 10 minutes long.<br />
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Susan Hardinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00935379679924541689noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5608233452456893862.post-60816003311078769402016-02-09T23:04:00.002-05:002016-02-24T01:41:35.514-05:00Activities for Presidents' DayI love teaching my students about these two great men in our history: George Washington and Abraham Lincoln. Although they lived nearly a century apart, these two men contributed so much to our country.<br />
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<br />Susan Hardinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00935379679924541689noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5608233452456893862.post-79957231436776001732016-02-03T01:51:00.001-05:002016-02-10T00:57:44.068-05:00Black History MonthThere are so many teaching themes in the month of February: The 100th Day of School (for some), Groundhog Day, Valentine's Day, Presidents' Day and of Course Black History Month. I have a series of Reader's Theaters that I love to use, and I focus on two of them during this month to feature famous black Americans and also cover my history standards. Many have heard of Frederick Douglas, but how about Mary McCloud Bethune? Both were key figures in our history. Mary McCloud Bethune established the first school for black girls, and eventually a college, which included both male and female African Americans, called Bethune-Cookman College. <br />
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My kiddos love to read these Readers Theaters over and over. A readers' theater is different than a play in that the focus is on reading, just as the title suggests. A play, has props, scenery, and the script is committed to memory. However, in a readers' theater, students hold their scripts in front of them and focus their efforts on expressive reading. My students always look forward to the introduction of a new historical figure in Social Studies, with the anticipation that we will have a readers' theater script for that person. I have made several scripts to support the study of the historical figures featured in the 3rd grade curriculum, and many of these figures are also important to the curriculum of other grade levels as well. <br />
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During February, to support Black History Month, I pull out my readers' theaters on Frederick Douglas and Mary McCloud Bethune. To take a closer look, click on the images below. <br />
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<br />Susan Hardinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00935379679924541689noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5608233452456893862.post-61725519685408390852015-06-13T10:00:00.000-04:002015-07-06T22:06:43.055-04:00Planning for Next Year AlreadyAs soon as May comes, while I am still in "teaching" mode, I start a bit of planning for next hear. I make a list of "Tweeks", basically what I want to improve or do differently next year. I go ahead and make folders with any copies that go inside. During pre-planning, the copier is hard to get to, since so many people are using it then. In May, very little is being copied, so I can use it at my leisure. <br />
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I also add to my "August" box, putting in materials I will use at the beginning of next year. In August, actually try to put those items back after I use them, but it helps to check it over and I often switch out things, such as new read-aloud books I have discovered that year, that I want to read that first week. Here is a brief list of what's inside my "August" box. <br />
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Back to School forms I use specific to my classroom (parent information packets, information sheet, class lists to be updated, etc.)</div>
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Copies for the first day of school and for the first couple of weeks</div>
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One of the copy sets I make is for morning work. For my third graders, I go ahead and get copies made and store them in my "August" box. These are great to serve as review of second grade skills at the beginning of the year. They are engaged and allow me to get all those morning duties accomplished. Since some students don't arrive until just as the bell is ringing for the start of school, I want to give them ample to time to get this work done as well. Toward the end of we go over these morning work sheets together as student use a red pen to make corrections (no official grade). I walk the room, making notes of skills that need more work, then I have students put them in their cubby, where papers that go home are put. Parents appreciate frequent feedback, seeing what they can review with their children. Occasionally I collect them and give out rewards to perfect papers. This is the incentive they need to always give it their best. They never know which one I will collect. </div>
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Click on the picture below to get your copy of what I use for morning work for my third graders, <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Daily-Math-and-Language-August-1320174">Daily Math and Language: August</a>. If you have your students visiting the library and taking AR tests as their morning activity, you may want to use this as homework. Due to the nature of common core, and the frequent hands on work in the classroom, there are many times I don't have a skill sheet to send home specific to what we did in class that day. If that happens to you as well, then that's a perfect time to use this resource. There are at least 20 activities per monthly pack, so you will have a new one each day. These skills grow in scope and sequence through each monthly product, making great homework resources. </div>
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Susan Hardinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00935379679924541689noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5608233452456893862.post-8966653609468615682015-06-07T12:49:00.000-04:002015-06-07T12:50:56.202-04:00Back to Posting and moreI haven't had much time to post this year, due to changing grade levels. Although I have taught third grade for over 15 years, I feel I need a variety of grade level experiences for possible future career options. So, when a first grade position became open at my school, I took it. For all of you that have ever changed grade levels, no matter how long you've been teaching, you know how much time it takes to learn the new curriculum and make other adjustments that are unique to that age group, not to mention the shear volume of teaching materials that need to be moved, or stored away. Needless to say, I've been very busy!!! <br />
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This summer I'm starting a additional blog called the <a href="http://1stgradegrapevine.blogspot.com/">1st Grade Grapevine</a>, but I will also continue to design products specifically for third grade and post here as well. You may want to follow both as many things in education can be applied to many grade levels, such as decorating a classroom, implementing new technology, great book studies or classroom management posts.<br />
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My educational <a href="https://www.pinterest.com/hayleyhunter/">pinterest</a> page will stay the same. There are thousands of great ideas there by many talented educators! Choose specific boards you are interested in, or just follow me, which will give you updates to all of the boards and notify you of any new boards I create. <br />
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I've been working on many different products this year and here's the most recent. I designed it for my first-graders, but it would be great for any ESOL students you may have, and possibly for struggling readers or SPED students who have gaps in their sight word knowledge.<br />
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The purpose of designing this product was to have something meaningful my first graders could do independently that would also keep them fully engaged. Wow! I had no idea how engaged they would be. You can hear a pen drop in my classroom when they are working on these <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Color-by-Sight-Words-First-Grade-1876902">Color By Sight Words</a> - First Grade, which is nearly never with first graders. LOL They LOVE these!<br />
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There are endless ways to use these cute little frames. For our BYOD activities, I like to feature a QR code inside one of these. They are great for number cards, library tags and so much more. <br />
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Susan Hardinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00935379679924541689noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5608233452456893862.post-44715156730228225502014-06-08T05:00:00.000-04:002014-06-08T05:00:00.275-04:00As Close As Possible <div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: purple; font-size: large;">To meet this challenge, I made this a full set of 9 line plot task cards that I use when I introduce line plots, </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: blue; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #38761d;">I missed it today! I woke up this morning, rushed around the house like a typical Monday, and went off to school, youngest daughter in tow... and forgot it was St. Patty's Day! - No <span style="color: lime;">GREEN</span>!</span> </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: blue; font-size: large;"><br /><span style="color: #38761d;">We had only made it in the school door a couple of steps when a kid, pinched my daughter! Luckily it wasn't hard, and my daughter just thought it was funny! Her daddy's the best though. All it took was a text, and before long, she had a <span style="color: lime;">GREEN</span> shirt to change into. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #38761d;">I had plenty of St. Patty's activities planned for my classroom, but forgetting to dress the part, just tells you how crazy rushed I am this week.</span> </span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">We are being visited by a group of evaluators that are part of the TKES evaluation system, that we will be using next year. For now, however, we are preparing for "guests" this week. If a county visit for a full day does not get one's attention, there's more. </span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">Today, the 3rd Grade writing assessments were due to be input into the computer evaluation system. That took a full four hours, and thankfully we were given subs to cover our classes so we could do it. In addition to that, our grades were due into the computer by 4pm for this grading period! Today we gave a Mock CRCT test in Reading. Tomorrow we'll give a Mock CRCT Language Arts test and Thursday we'll give a Mock Math test. Let's see, what other deadlines and stressors are we having this week??? Oh, yes, Field Day is this Friday, and I need to buy snacks for all my kiddos during our rest period that day!</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">All of this in one week, really? I know you are all feeling the End-of-the-Year pressure just like I am. All sorts of things are coming due and there seems to be a shortage of time. And still, that state test is quickly approaching!<br /><br />One part of my day that is NOT crazy right now, is when my students arrive. I already know what I am going to use each day for their morning seat work. To help review many key math and reading skills, I am using my Daily Math and Language sheet from March. There is a sheet for each day of the month. I love that its already to go. No need for more planning! I've done all the work already. Each month's set features different skills in both Math and Language Arts. These are the most important and difficult skills third graders face. Many fourth graders need this same skill set practice. Take a look for yourself to see if this would help you at this soon-to-be crazy time, if it's not already. </span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;">I just posted it tonight and I plan on using it this week on our BYOD day (Bring Your Own Device), with our new I pad mini's. Our principal bought 3 mini's and one I pad for each classroom - Yeah! Here's the newest addition to my QR Code Readers.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">My kiddos love experiments, and one of their favorites is when we do our <u>Magnetic Sort</u>. Here is a copy I am sharing with you. </span></div>
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A friend of mine shared this song that helps her students remember what types of things are attracted to magnets. Here it is...</div>
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In recent years the number of ESOL students in my county has increased dramatically. We now have an ESOL support teacher in every school. The same is true in my own classroom. Each year the number of students who do not speak English as their primary language at home grows. Although many of these students sound like they have a good grasp on the English language when having a casual conversation, much of the language we use is in the form of idioms. They are far from mastering these phrases! I had a father of one of my students, who is a US citizen and in our military, ask me for help in this area. He knew he could not help his son in this area. I gave him an Idiom Dictionary to borrow for a while. For my students, I created <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Idioms-Pirate-Treasure-Hunt-208136">Idiom Pirate Treasure Hunt</a>. </div>
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At first I show them to the whole class on the Smart board. Then I use them as task cards around the room. After that, I use them in my small reading groups and as center games. Here is the response form I give my students. Grab your copy for free, here.</div>
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If you are interested in using the cards I use in my classroom, </div>
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here is a look at what is included in Idiom Treasure Hunt.</div>
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I have printed them in color for my task cards around the room, but I actually shrank them and printed them in black and white to make multiple game sets more economical (less color ink). If you have any questions, please feel free to ask in the comment section below. </div>
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I am so excited!!! </div>
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I have just finished my newest product, and just in time for our big sale this </div>
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Before the big sale, I am listing this new product at a FLASH SALE price for the first couple of hours after I upload it to TPT <u><strong>later today</strong></u>. As soon as I do, I will post it on my Facebook Fan page. </div>
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This is the top half of my board game titled, "Race to the Rock Pile".</div>
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Here is a set of colored task cards. The colors vary throughout the set. If you choose to print a set to use as TASK CARDS, </div>
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However when your ready to prepare your games, choose the black and white more economical version and include the answers on the back when you print. </div>
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To provide visual for my students in my classroom, I created Idiom Pirate Treasure Hunt. I project the images on the smart board for whole class instruction. Students often work with partners to choose two favorites and illustrate using the freebie above. I show 4 or 5 each day during my unit. Each day student complete their response activity sheet, then I staple them together into their own Idiom Notebook. </div>
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After I have introduced many of them, I print the slides as task cards and put them around the room. I also print them to go with the game board included in this product. If you are limited on your paper or copies, try printing in a slide version to make more cards fit on one sheet. </div>
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Everything in my store will be 28% off on Thursday (2/27) and Friday (2/28) - even my newest products. Two of those show previews down below. I have another almost ready... It will be up by then, and with this great sale, it'll be a great price! I have already started my "shopping list"!</div>
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After President's Day our teachers had a professional learning day which was divided up into several segments. One of the segments introduced two new subtraction strategies. They are simple and can really help those who seem to always be off by 1, or those who just take a really long time. </div>
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The first one is called <u><strong>"Down Over Ten".</strong></u></div>
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Here is the second one. It is called <strong><u>"Take Ten".</u></strong></div>
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My favorite was the first strategy. This second was great for some problems, but there were some that I felt like it was more complicated to use the strategy than working the problem out another way.</div>
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I want to switch gears here and tell you what I've been doing in my classroom these last couple of weeks. At this time our school has 6 weeks left before state testing, which blows me away that this year has flown by so fast. Anyway, I did some assessing to see what previously covered material I needed to revisit at some point. I was a bit surprised at some of the results... some positive and some not so positive. :-( </div>
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My assessment was in two parts, math and grammar skills. In math, I was happily surprised that my kiddos did well with fractions and for the most part with multiplication and division as well. What surprised me was their poor performance in telling time, not even elapsed time, but simply reading a clock! Needless to say I have pulled some small group and done some intense reteaching. </div>
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In language arts, I was happily surprised at how well they did with affixes, prefixes and suffixes, except for a couple of my ELL sweeties. We're still working on that. But when it came to identifying subjects and predicates, which we worked on for four full weeks, many still struggled. Their error was identifying verbs that were not action verbs. I know we worked on linking verbs and on helping verbs, but this action verbs have been drilled so much in the earlier grades, that they flip out whenever they are confronted with sentences that don't have them, but other verbs like "is" or "are" instead. More small groups as well. </div>
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I automatically pulled out my <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Verbs-Grammar-Games-197032">Verbs: Grammar Games</a> which provides a lot of practice with these exact helping and linking verbs. My remediation has been interrupted with all the snow/ice days, even down here in the south, but we'll be using them all next week! These are the verb grammar games I use. Notice the cards on the left hand side. There are a ton of these included (actually 30), and the answers are on the back. These are my kiddos favorites, and they go with the game board shown below them (only half of the game board is shown in this preview).</div>
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I am adding a daily review component as morning work, which has them practicing a small amount of each of these skills and other key 3rd grade troublesome concepts. After lunch, I review this using the document camera, and as I circle the correct problems, they are to either put a small check with their red pen if their answer is correct, or they are to use their red pen to make the proper corrections. Afterwards, they write at the top, "Review with parent tonight and get parent signature." The next day the ones who returned it get a Skittle or an M&M. Small treats, but I have 100% participation almost every day! My parents love this too, because it provides them specific skills to work on at home. Of course there are those who won't, but they have been informed and offered opportunities to help, and most parents sincerely want to help, but often don't know how. </div>
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So far, I have made a set for both month of February and March. I added seasonal clipart to make it even more enticing for my students. Normally when work is finished, they must read or do other unfinished work, but with these, I will allow them to color I the clipart pieces. They love this so much that they don't let me forget to hand out their morning work each day... I'm loving that! </div>
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I've just finished my Daily Math and Language pages for March. <br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">*Simple Subjects</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">*Simple Predicates</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">*Compound Subject</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">*Parts of Speech: noun, verbs, adjectives, adverbs</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">*division - missing dividend or missing divisor</span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">*multiplication word problems</span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">*division word problems</span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">*numbers written in word form within word problems</span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">*elapsed time word problems</span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;">*comparing unit fractions with models</span><span style="background-color: white;">*</span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">comparing fractions with models</span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">*choosing symbols to compare written fractions and fractions with models</span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">*ordering fractions from least to greatest</span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">*ordering fractions from greatest to least</span></span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">*fractions of sets</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">As I look at my calendar, I realize time is ticking in regards to what I still have left to teach, and even reteach for that matter. I have a great product in my room for covering a variety of skills, Mountain Language and Mountain Math. The problem however, is that I find it takes just a bit too much time to set up so when I use it, there are just days I can't get to it in time and the kids have no morning work. I looked at purchasing a set of morning work from another source, but didn't find what I was looking for, so.... </span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">I just created the first month's set of <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Daily-Math-and-Language-February-1096177">Daily Math and Language for the month of February</a>! There will be a new packet each month set around the seasonal theme of that month. I've set it up in an easy to follow template, and planned the scope and sequence so that it is covers easier skills earlier in the year, and progresses to more difficult ones. And of course, its all around common core! I've always wanted to do this, and I really don't know what came over me, but I finally had the motivation! I found the cutest clip art at Melonheadz on TPT, and I think that is what actually motivated me. Crazy huh? But I just love great clip art!</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">I've also used it for homework and my parents are glad to get a chance to be involved and also see what skills we are mastering in our classroom. As I've mentioned before, I received a new document camera this summer, so I've been using that each day to go over our Daily Math and Language resource for February, and I have my kiddos use red pens to check it themselves. </span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">The best thing... because of the daily repetition, they are quickly picking up on skills they've struggled to grasp for months! </span><br />
<span style="color: blue;">The other best thing... I don't have to HUNT for material! I have it all ready to go. A whole month's worth at a time. My kiddos also love the great seasonal clip art and ask if they can color it when they are finished! </span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><br /><a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Daily-Math-and-Language-February-1096177">Daily Math and Language: February.</a> I'm currently working on March and April! I'll give you some sneak previews here on my blog, before I actually finish it and post it to TPT, probably a free sheet or two will show up here and there, so keep checking in. </span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">In addition to this awesome new resource, Valentine's Day is just around the corner, and so is Presidents Day. I have already posted some great free products for each, so go back to a couple of older posts to grab them, and more are to come soon. </span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"> Here, however are two loved favorites of mine and my daughter's, just in time for Valentines Day. </span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">There are 20 different bingo cards in this product, along with long list of word cards designed for sorting, recording sheets and much more. </span></div>
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<span style="color: lime;">grab it now so you'll have plenty of time to photocopy and laminate. </span><br />
<span style="color: lime;">Post these shamrocks around your classroom as task cards. </span></div>
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<span style="color: lime;">Give students a recording sheet and have them decide if the sentence contains an <u>simple subject</u> or a <u>compound one</u>. </span><br />
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<strong>QR Code Task Cards: Area and Perimeter. </strong></div>
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I made these to use with our first BYOD, Bring your Own Device day at school, however the first day we were to launch this new idea, was snowed out. It was scheduled for last week, and down here is Georgia, we were hit with snow and were out of school for three days! Kids here were so excited - a rare treat for the south! So next week, we will begin our BYOD. My daughter who attends school with me is looking forward to bringing her new iPod touch to school. </div>
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Enjoy our Super Sale!</div>
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