Christmas in July Day 5 and Daily 5 Bookmark Rotations

I have been trying to come up with a neat way to do daily 5 rotations. I know the idea is for them to pick their choice but it was a nightmare last year. I don't know if it was because it was the first year I used daily 5 or what but I tried checklists, clip charts, etc. and didn't like any of it. I found an awesome idea on how to do rotations by using bookmarks.

Now, I'm not exactly happy with how mine turned out because I used the fast draft print to save ink since I have SOOOO much to print this summer so they aren't as bright as I wanted but you gotta save where you can right?

I got this idea and how to print the bookmarks from another blog. If you know who it is please comment so I can give them credit. Since I don't know the name of the blog to direct you to I am going to attempt to explain everything here and how to create these bookmarks.

Here's the idea: If you notice they each start with a different choice at the top. There will be six blue book marks that start with Word Work, six purple that start with Work on Writing, etc. The students will all get a bookmark (of their choice) on Monday. I will have three rotations per day with four groups that will work like this:

Monday:
rotation 1:Everyone will do the first choice on their bookmark as I walk and just observe.
rotation 2: I will meet with a group as the other groups go to the second choice on their bookmark. I am hoping to have my teacher's assistant working with a second group.
rotation 3:The groups will switch and my assistant and I will work with the other two groups and the groups we were previously with will do the second choice on their bookmark.

Tuesday:
rotation 1:Everyone will do the third choice on their bookmark as I walk and just observe.
rotation 2: I will meet with a group as the other groups go to the fourth choice on their bookmark.  Teacher's assistant working with a second group.
rotation 3:The groups will switch and my assistant and I will work with the other two groups and the groups we were previously with will do the fourth choice on their bookmark.

Wednesday:
rotation 1:Everyone will do the fifth choice on their bookmark as I walk and just observe.{AFTER THIS ROTATION IS WHEN THEY WILL CHOOSE A DIFFERENT COLOR BOOKMARK SINCE THEY HAVE COMPLETED ALL 5 CHOICES}
rotation 2: I will meet with a group as the other groups go to the first choice on their new bookmark. Teacher's assistant working with a second group.
rotation 3:The groups will switch and my assistant and I will work with the other two groups and the groups we were previously with will do the first choice on their new bookmark.

Thursday:
rotation 1:Everyone will do the second choice on their bookmark as I walk and just observe.
rotation 2: I will meet with a group as the other groups go to the third choice on their bookmark. Teacher's assistant working with a second group.
rotation 3:The groups will switch and my assistant and I will work with the other two groups and the groups we were previously with will do the third choice on their bookmark.

Friday:
This will be our assessment day. They still have the fourth and fifth choices on their bookmark that they will get to complete after assessments if time allows. On Monday they will select new bookmarks and we start again.

I have not used this in my room yet but it sounds awesome to me!

Now here is how to print the bookmarks.
1-Find a set of daily 5 posters on TPT {there are tons of free ones}The ones I used came from {HERE}.
2. Click print and change pages per sheet to custom 1 by 5.
3. Check the bubble that lets you select the page numbers to print. Enter the page numbers in the order you want your bookmark separated by commas. For example your first bookmark might be 1,2,3,4,5. If you slide the bar under the preview picture it will show you what your bookmark will look like.
4. Now just print however many you want with that choice on top.
5. Change the order of the pages printed so a new choice will rotate to the top. For example, now you might put 2,3,4,5,1.
6. Slide the bar and preview then print again.
7. Continue doing this until you have all the bookmarks you need.

Super simple. Attach to construction paper and laminate!

Now on to day 5 of Christmas in July. I am putting 2 more products 20% off. The first is my best selling product: Common Core Math For The Year.

 

This product contains 347 pages of posters, games, centers, craftivites, and so much more for every one of the 2nd grade math common core standards that you can get today only for just $15. Click on the pictures and download the preview for more samples of what's included.

 

 

 

 

The next product I want to put on sale today is Safari Adventure.  Click {HERE} to read all about this and see tons of pictures. My class took a week long safari. Everything we did during this week was safari related and they LOVED it. Everything is aligned to 2nd grade reading, language, and math CCSS and there are a lot of craftivities and games.  Here are a few pics:

 



 

Make sure you have liked me on facebook. Just a reminder that the free item of the week is still the back to school crayon craftivity! If you're a fan you will get to see first hand what the new item will be next week!

Stop by these blogs to find out what other great deals you can get today!

Christmas in July Day 4

So we are already at day 4 of our Christmas in July sale. I have to say I am having so much fun picking out my favorite items to put on sale for you each day.

Here are today's items: Daily Common Core Warm Ups. There is an language version and a math version and both are 20% off today! There are 3 questions per day to go over with your class. I had mine answer with dry erase markers on their desks and they LOVED it. The questions may be skills you have covered and it may be skills you have not gotten to yet. The great thing is if you have already covered the skill it gives great review and if you have not it gives a great introduction for the future. The main thing I was looking for when I created this was repeated exposure to important common core skills for better retention with my students and that is exactly what I got last year by using these. You can click on the pictures to download a preview and read more about each one.

Yesterday I had posted that I would be picking three winners that pinned my blog post and commented with the link to choose an item from my previous Christmas in July sale items. Would you believe only 4 people pinned so I am going to emailing all 4 of those ladies to pick what item they would like for free from me. Keep watching I may do this giveaway again before the sale is over on the 24th!

Don't forget as always to check these sales out as well!

Christmas in July Day 3 and a Giveaway!

Don't have a lot of time today. I'm about to head up to my classroom to organize and decorate. I've only spent 14 hours last week doing that. Does it seem like it never ends to anyone else or is it just me?!?! I LOVE getting my room ready though. Hope to post pics soon.

Today is day 3 of Christmas in July and I had to share with you before I leave what two items will be 20% off in my shop today.

 

 

The first item is A Word A Day Vocabulary. You can read all about that item {HERE}. I have to tell you I used this product all year last year with my 2nd graders and it went fantastically! I was so pleased with how they remembered the meanings to these words weeks even months after we had learned and tested on them. The idea is you introduce one word a day and discuss its part of speech, synonyms, antonyms, practice making sentences, etc. By Friday they have 4 words to be tested on. During the week you will send home a homework page on Tuesday that covers Mon. and Tues. word of the day and then another homework page on Thursday that covers Wed. and Thurs. word of the day. There are even review pages you can throw in to have them practice previous words. Click on the picture below to go to this item in my shop. Can we say great word work activity for my fellow daily fivers out there!

 



The next product on sale today is my Morning Work Basket Bundle. I also used this with my class last year. There is a different set for each month of the school year. Students will set up a morning work notebook (basically numbering pages in a spiral) and you will make a few copies at the beginning of each month and you're all set. If you download the preview by clicking on the picture below you will see examples from most months of everything included and a detailed explanation of how I used it in my class.  This has been one of my favorite items to use with my class.

 

I am also going to be giving away a product of your choice from the past two posts of Christmas in July to 3 people. It is super simple all you have to do is pin THIS post. I will randomly select three winners tomorrow and you will get your choice of the items from Day 1 (ELA and Math Common Core Assessment Pack or Back To School Math and Literacy Centers) or Day 2 (The Daily Calendar Routine or Main Idea Mania). The only rules are you have to pin THIS post today, leave the link to the post in a comment with your email. That's it!! 

 

Don't forget to like my facebook page for other great fan only freebies! The free item this week is an adorable crayon craftivity for back to school!

 

 

 

Check out the other posts today see what's on sale for day 3 from these blogs. Now I'm off to my room. Wish me luck!