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Saturday, December 16, 2017
Sunday, November 26, 2017
Classroom Organization
Ever get tired of spending precious time
cleaning up after students have left for the school day? I’ve done it more
times than I’d like to admit. One of the best things I ever did was create a
Classroom Job System for my students. At first, I worried that this system was
just one more thing to stay on top of, but it’s been amazing! I would be lost
without my Classroom Job System!
The purpose of this system is to
transfer responsibility to students so that my job becomes easier with less
interrupted instruction which results in a more efficiently run classroom.
Students learn responsibility every day because they take better care of their
belongings and keep the classroom neat and well-organized.
Before assigning classroom jobs,
take a look at my job card list. There are 45 jobs to choose from. If you don’t
see a job card for something you need, just send me an email, I’ll be glad to
create one. Also, if you buy my system, when it is updated, you will receive updates
FREE of charge. In addition to the job cards, I provide a list of job
descriptions.
Do you have to have a job for every
student? No, you do not. However, I try to have one for each so no one is left
out. Since there are so many things we often need help with, you will probably
want to assign one to each student. Some jobs may require multiple students to
help. With my system, when you assign students, you can use number cards
displayed next to students’ names because so many teachers use a number system.
In addition to number tags, I provide blank name tags in two different colors
for those that prefer to display students’ names next to each job.
How often should you change student
job assignments? That is entirely up to you. I do not recommend daily changing.
Some teachers prefer weekly. I switch mine out every three weeks. I only
explain the tasks associated with each job one time when I initially read the
job descriptions to students. After that, if students are unsure of what they
should do, they must ask the person that performed the job before them. I never
explain jobs again as this takes up classroom time that should be devoted to
instruction.
These are the 45 classroom
job titles/roles:
1. Line Leader
2. Door Holder
3. Greeter
4.
Errand Runner
5.
Lunch Helper
6.
Supply Manager
7.
Pencil Patrol
8.
Class Custodian
9.
Homework Helper
10.
Electrician
11.
Caboose
12.
Pledge Leader
13.
Mail Carrier
14.
Library Helper
15.
Hand Sanitizer
16.
Snack Helper
17.
Line Monitor
18.
Farewell Friend
19.
Teacher Assistant
20.
Recess Helper
21.
Girl’s Bathroom Monitor
22.
Boy’s Bathroom Monitor
23.
Zoologist
24.
Botanist
25.
Desk Detective
26.
Board Patrol
27.
Operator
28.
Calendar Captain
29.
Backpack Monitor
30.
Breakfast Helper
31.
Cubby Patrol
32.
Folder Fetcher
33.
Computer Captain
34.
Quiet Monitor
35.
Attendance Monitor
36.
Math Helper
37.
Game Organizer
38.
Drink Monitor
39.
Paper Passer
40.
Sink Monitor
41.
Substitute
42.
Recycling Monitor
43.
Chair Stacker
44.
Weather Reporter
45.
Nurse
I place my classroom job titles and identification cards in a pocket chart. Pocket charts are ideal to use, and they make moving jobs around easier than fixed bulletin boards
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Thursday, August 11, 2016
I am excited about the new school year at W.H. Rhodes Elementary! Teaching fifth grade is exciting! I would like to invite my teacher friends to check out my new products offered through Teachers Pay Teachers and Teacher's Notebook. I enjoy creating materials that teachers use in their classrooms. I use them in my own classroom. As my students use these materials, I will be adding photos of their completed projects.
Sunday, September 6, 2015
This is a cute and colorful Birthday Bulletin Board Set that I created!
Birthdays are very special to your students! What better way to commemorate them! This set includes a Birthday Header/Banner, mini posters for each month of the year for displaying the names of your students, and a couple of FREE items.
Included are two FREE items. One is a Birthday Badge that can be printed, cut out, strung with yarn, and worn as necklaces to celebrate birthdays. The other is a smaller badge that can be printed, cut out, and attached to a sentence strip for students to wear as headbands.
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Thursday, September 3, 2015
MORE BACK TO SCHOOL PRODUCTS!
Check out these book reports from my Teachers Pay Teachers Store.
This Cupboard Book Report Project helps students work up an appetite for reading! It meets common core standards in Language Arts in a fun and exciting way!
This project includes all the integral components for the book report in the shape of items you might find in a kitchen pantry or cupboard. For example, one item is a can of soup. It reads, "CAN" you Identify the Main Character? Another item is a box of cookie mix. It reads, "DOUGH" You Know How to Reflect?
This project focuses on these concepts: main character, setting, problem/solution, author's purpose, making connections, reflecting, and summarizing.
You will need to supply construction paper, crayons, scissors, and glue. Your students will supply the creativity. They are sure to love this project.
https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Book-Report-Project-1242961
This Cheeseburger Book Report is educational, fun, and something students can really sink their teeth into! It meets Common Core Standards for Language Arts. This project makes a great classroom display and is something students and their parents will be proud of!
There are 9 pages that include:
A photograph of the finished product
Directions for teachers
Directions for students
Patterns (Components)
Rubric
These are the reading strategies/skills it addresses:
*Setting
*Summarizing
*Identifying parts of story that are sweet or sad
*Main Character
*Reflecting
https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Magic-Treehouse-Book-Report-1914706
Check out these book reports from my Teachers Pay Teachers Store.
This Cupboard Book Report Project helps students work up an appetite for reading! It meets common core standards in Language Arts in a fun and exciting way!
This project includes all the integral components for the book report in the shape of items you might find in a kitchen pantry or cupboard. For example, one item is a can of soup. It reads, "CAN" you Identify the Main Character? Another item is a box of cookie mix. It reads, "DOUGH" You Know How to Reflect?
This project focuses on these concepts: main character, setting, problem/solution, author's purpose, making connections, reflecting, and summarizing.
You will need to supply construction paper, crayons, scissors, and glue. Your students will supply the creativity. They are sure to love this project.
https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Book-Report-Project-1242961
This Cheeseburger Book Report is educational, fun, and something students can really sink their teeth into! It meets Common Core Standards for Language Arts. This project makes a great classroom display and is something students and their parents will be proud of!
There are 9 pages that include:
A photograph of the finished product
Directions for teachers
Directions for students
Patterns (Components)
Rubric
These are the reading strategies/skills it addresses:
*Setting
*Summarizing
*Identifying parts of story that are sweet or sad
*Main Character
*Reflecting
https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Magic-Treehouse-Book-Report-1914706
This one is great for any Magic Treehouse Book! Who doesn't love a tree house? This is a super cute book report to use with any of The Magic Treehouse books. It is approximately 13 x 9. This makes a great display! The graphics are by Cindy Jacobs. Copyright 2015
Students open the door on the trunk to write and reveal their vocabulary words from the book.
The flap located on the foliage of the tree is where students write a summary of the story to explain what happens at the beginning, middle and end.
In addition to a color version, I provided a black and white copy. This is just in case you want to save ink or have students color their own.
I included a writing FREEBIE about "My Treehouse." It is cute stationery with a story starter.
A rubric is included with the Magic Treehouse Book Report.
I created book reports which can be used with any Magic School Bus book.
Monday, August 10, 2015
ABOUT
ME
I live in Milton, Florida. I am currently a fifth
grade teacher at W.H. Rhodes Elementary in Santa Rosa County.
As an educator and lifelong learner, I am always
looking for ways to grow and improve. I am a National Board Certified Teacher.
I enjoy teaching and have 28 years’ experience. My experience includes teaching grades first
through fifth. Having taught at each of those grade levels gives me a unique
perspective because I know what is expected at each level.
Currently, according to Florida’s Department of
Education, I am a High Impact Teacher. I have been a High Impact Teacher as well as a Highly Effective Teacher for many years. A high impact teacher means I am in the top 30% of both Math and Language Arts Teachers in our
state based on student performance and parent surveys. I’m very proud of this accomplishment!
When I taught third grade at Pea Ridge Elementary, I
was honored to be selected Teacher of the Year in 2005. Furthermore, I was a
finalist for Santa Rosa County’s Teacher of the Year.
I enjoy developing classroom resources for Teachers Pay
Teachers. I am grateful and honored to those who use my products in their classrooms.
I live on Blackwater River in Milton, Florida. I enjoy
spending time with my husband, Johnny, and our adorable pets. We have two
precious rescue dogs, Ezra and Raven, and a rowdy parrot named Skipper. I enjoy boating, reading, biking, and developing classroom resources.
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Wednesday, July 1, 2015
BACK TO SCHOOL PRODUCTS
I just love to create products for my own classroom as well as other teachers or students' parents!
Check out the products I have on Teachers Pay Teachers. The link is http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Cindy-Jacobs
Check out my product "Open House Can Be Stress-Free" on Teachers Pay Teachers. With products in this download, your students can become adorable tour guides for Open House. There are over 85 pages full of activities, printables, and ideas to make Open House less stressful for you and more memorable for your students and their parents! Below are a few examples.
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The sample pages above are just a few pages out of the 85 pages from my Open House Can Be Stress-Free download from TPT.
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Check out my Back to School Survival Packet for printables to keep your students engaged. There are 44 pages. I love scavenger hunts. Included in this packet is a Back to School Scavenger Hunt. The purpose is to help your students become acquainted with their peers and classroom.
Back to School Survival Packet Includes:
This 44 page Back to School packet has worksheets and activities that will help you get your school year off to a great start! You will find:
*Back to School Word Searches*Back to School Scavenger Hunt (28 cards)
*Writing Activities
*Back to School Activities/Games
*About Me Mini Poster
*Self-Portrait
*About Me Mini Book
*Autograph Activity
*Me Tees
*Unscramble School Words Worksheet
*Humorous Following Directions Test
*Mini Me Activity
These are a few activities from my Back to School Survival Packet:
Tell Me S'More is a super cute set of Back to School task cards for sale at my TPT store! What better way for students to learn about their classmates than these cute theme based task cards! Your students will be hungry for S'More!
Tell Me S'More has 32 task cards that will help students learn about each other. What fun!
Students complete the task card record sheet by answering the 32 questions found on the task cards. I would suggest placing the cards on desks and tables and have students go from one to another to complete. This activity is great for Scoot!
Scoot is where numbered cards are placed on desks, etc. Students are given a certain amount of time then the teacher says, "Scoot!' Students move to the next card (desk) and so on until cards are completed. This is usually done in sequential order. Students usually start with the card in front of them, then move to the next.
For a variation, this could be a small group or individual activity too.
When finished, you could make s'mores for your students. I buy marshmallow creme in a jar, remove the lid and heat it in the microwave. I smear it on a graham cracker. I sprinkle a few chocolate chips on top. Last, top with another graham cracker, yum!Students share information on their record sheet. This helps them to get to know more about each other.Check them out at https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Tell-Me-SMore-Task-Cards-Getting-to-Know-You-Back-to-School-1954739 .
Take a look at my Behavior Bananza Classroom Management System. Check it out the details at Teachers Pay Teachers https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Behavior-Bananza-Behavior-Chart-Behavior-System-2033798
Improve class attendance and behaviors with this system. Students earn bananza bucks and coins based on their behaviors. These are redeemed for a weekly class party. My students just love this program since it gives them incentives to do their best in school!
Check out my Classroom Rules Posters in chevron and black and white. These rules are simply stated in two word sentences. The links are:
https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Class-Rules-Poster-Chevron-Poster-2035733
I just love these cute monkey themed Language Arts Learning Stations! I titled them Lickety-Split Stations. The name was chosen due to them being ready to go in a hurry!
There are several with each set. They cover these skills:
sentences, homophones, contractions, prefixes, and suffixes. I am working on many more.
https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Lickety-Split-Literacy-Station-Prefixes-1937131
Exploring Numbers is a cute math activity and worksheet that I made to help my fourth grade students with place value. You can find it at my Teachers Pay Teachers store.
Students draw numbers. A six, seven, eight or nine digit number is created based on how many digit cards you have your students draw. The teacher decides in advance how many numbers should be drawn. As they are drawn, write them on the board in the order they are drawn. Add commas. Students write this number on their Number to Explore Worksheet. They then all use the same number to complete the tasks inside each box on the worksheet.
This activity could be used as low as third grade by creating smaller numbers.
You can do this activity daily, weekly or when you choose. I do this activity with my class once a week.It helps them remember such concepts/skills such as odd, even, prime, composite, place value, creating number sentences, rounding, multiples, multiplying, factors, expanded form, word form, and exponential form.
The download includes number cards, a worksheet to duplicate, and a sample of what a completed worksheet should look like.
Below is a cute monkey poster I created to help my students remember the steps to long division problems.
Super Gallon Guy to the rescue! This adorable Super Hero will help your students identify and learn customary capacity measurements and conversions. It’s a visual aid to help students remember the relative sizes and relationships between the customary capacity units. Each part of Super Gallon Guy represents one unit of capacity. Super Gallon Guy’s body represents one whole gallon.
This download is packed with activities, ideas, and suggestions. It even comes with two sets of task cards regarding estimating and determining capacity. If you are thinking about purchasing these task cards separately, you may want to purchase this unit instead. Please take a look at the sample file. This ebook has 56 pages of activities and ideas.https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Super-Gallon-Guy-Customary-Measurement-Capacity-Book-1914831
Task cards are such a wonderful way to reinforce concepts and skills.Check out these math task cards!
https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Addition-and-Subtraction-Word-Problem-Task-Cards-1914694
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