Monday made-it (early) & two freebies

I am sharing my Monday Made-It a day early because I am swamped tomorrow. I have two made its and two freebies today!
My first made it I stole borrowed from another blogger and I can not remember who! SO if you know please let me know so I can give proper credit! It is a quick assessment system AND a peer tutoring opportunity combined. (I just love double duty things)
Each student has a set of paint chip cards in red, yellow, and green.

Each color is associated with a range of understanding which is tied to an anchor chart in the room.

When you finish up a lesson, you have the students hold up the card for how they feel about the content (I got this, I think so, No Way!). This gives you a quick assessment on how well they got the content. Then you can have the yellows pair up with the greens, while you can pull the reds together for another lesson! SO peer tutoring rolled in with quick assessment! LOVE IT!

The second made it I stole borrowed from Susan over at 3rd Grade Grapevine. Her original post on these student binders can be found here. I just followed her step by step instructions to make my prototype STUDENT BINDER!

Now for the two FREEBIES!
First I wanted to do an inferencing POP quiz with my students as they entered the room on the first day. So, I created a How well do you know the teacher pop quiz. I plan to have it on their desk as they come in with a clip board. They can use anything in the room (including each other) to find the answers. Once everyone has arrived, we will discuss thier answers and reasoning behind them. I even plan to NOT tell them the correct answers, because I want them to focus on thier thinking!

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1wx0WzaaObcN_d_Aoc7pyzoB92bRR-3et5PfJM5P4dRg/edit?usp=sharing

The second freebie is one of the word work options for Daily 5. It is a tic tac toe spelling center. Directions are on the top!

I hope you enjoy my made it and my freebies! Please leave a comment if you like them!

Clip Chart 2.0

Love, Love, Love my Monday Made It! This idea came from one of my favorite blogs 3rd Grade Thoughts. You can find a link to it here. I love her idea, but had to find a way to tie it into my movie theater theme. So this is what I came up with. I used actor "parts" as my Super Improver Levels.

The way that Stephanie explains it is as students make good choices, they get to "clip up." When they reach the top (star student) they get a sticker added to thier clip. After 5 stickers, they change color clips to match the "Super Improver Level" colors. It tracks behavior over the year! And the best part is that the change of color clip is its own reward! So no more reward box! Love it! Thanks Stephanie!

about me

Figured I could take a few minutes to let you all know about me. I have been teaching for 5 years, all in kindergarten. I have taught at two different elementary schools in KCK. I have been married to a wonderfully patient, and sometimes irritating, man. I have two grown children and, get this, 3 grandkids!
Next school year holds lots of chaos, fun, excitement, in store as I am changing schools and grades! I will be teaching 3rd grade for the first time and I am a little nervous and excited. I will be leaning on my fellow bloggers, pinteresters, and colleagues to help get me through the first few weeks of school.
I will try to keep up with my blog as I start my year. Wish me luck!