18th August, 2008

Tuesday Tips

1. Use the five finger reading check to determine a comfortable reader for independent reading. If a child cannot read or pronounce five words on a full page of reading, chose a different book. Children’s independent reading level, that is them reading alone, should be easy for them to read (decode) and understand.

2. Make your own white board cleaner. Use one part rubbing alcohol, with two parts water and two drops of hand dish washing soap.

3. Do less dishes. Label, with finger nail polish, the names of each family member on a glass or cup. Red nail polish works well. Use a clear coat of nail polish over the name. Names will not come off in the dishwasher.

4. Blank unlined index cards can be folded to make simple mini-books to glue on file folders or notebooking pages.

5. Children can make their own time line pieces on blank index cards. The designing, drawing and labeling of the time line pieces helps students remember better.

Posted at 7:41 pm |

2 Comments

On August 20, 2008 at 4:37 am Alicia said:

August 20, 2008 at 4:37 am

Great tips, Susan. I especially liked the one about writing names in fingernail polish. We do so many dishes and the kids would like getting to paint their own names on their cups. Have a great day!
On August 20, 2008 at 8:13 am Renae said:

August 20, 2008 at 8:13 am

Thanks for sharing these great ideas! I just heard about the 5 finger test this morning. And I’ve been thinking about getting each person their own glass.