tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7850169434228909273Sun, 03 Feb 2013 01:12:40 +0000Q-Tip PaintingNewbie Blog HopParent Teacher ConferencesWord Study WatercolorsAwardWho Am I RiddlesWriter's JournalA Peek In My PlanbookGhost MathClassroom RulesNon-Fiction Organization FreebieFact LaddersWord Study CentersMath OrganizationClassroom PhotoNumber BondsFavorite October BooksToday's NumberWritingMorning MeetingWhat Teachers MakeBuddy StudyStickmanHopes and DreamsRead Across AmericaMentor Texts for Writer's WorkshopWriter's Brainstorm IdeasWords To Learn Template6 Traits OrganizationOctober ActivityHolidayHalloween CraftsChristmas Read Aloud BooksComputer LabFavorite Online ResourcesBack To School Read AloudsAuthor VisitPajamas and Stuffed AnimalsWord WorkClassroom SetupWord Study Bulletin BoardKamishibai TheaterCharacter TraitsPresident Obama's SpeechFlip BookGraphic OrganizerCalendar MathHelpful Hands Christmas TreeWonder Tubesguided readingA vision of k-12 students todayhttp://mrsmayhew.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Meghan Mayhew)Blogger64125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7850169434228909273.post-3963934104263054816Sun, 14 Oct 2012 22:33:00 +00002012-10-14T18:33:48.720-04:00How do you celebrate Halloween in your classroom?  We are one of the lucky schools where we are still allowed to celebrate this fun holiday with the kids!  We have a school wide parade around the neighborhood with the kids all dressed up in their costumes! I also have great parent volunteers that typically run a craft day in my classroom!  Of course, like many of you, I get most of my classroom http://mrsmayhew.blogspot.com/2012/10/halloween-craft-ideas.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Meghan Mayhew)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7850169434228909273.post-7463509042634750570Thu, 16 Aug 2012 21:43:00 +00002012-08-16T17:54:51.742-04:00Classroom Setup It's that time of year again! BACK TO SCHOOL! I've been in my classroom this week getting things ready to go for another fun and exciting school year! These photos aren't that great because I took them with my Ipad! Classroom view from the door.  Our meeting area is over by the whiteboard, I just haven't gotten around to unraveling the rug. Calendar Math! I add in the various http://mrsmayhew.blogspot.com/2012/08/classroom-setup.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Meghan Mayhew)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7850169434228909273.post-978742424184953554Thu, 16 Aug 2012 13:15:00 +00002012-08-17T09:14:38.124-04:00Today's Number Today's Number I am trying to think of ways to have the kids do more meaningful morning work. I think I am going to make little booklets of these to use as morning work when the kids arrive and then I will incorporate the number of the day into my morning message / calendar math. This way the kids can try it on their own first and then as a class we can go over the answers during morning meetinghttp://mrsmayhew.blogspot.com/2012/08/todays-number.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Meghan Mayhew)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7850169434228909273.post-6782089710374990723Mon, 13 Aug 2012 01:15:00 +00002012-08-12T21:33:09.865-04:00AwardWhile enjoying summer vacation, I came back to see that I was nominated for the One Lovely Blog Award from two different people! :o) A huge thank you goes out to Ashley at Inspire, Dream, & Create and Laura at Oh, How Pintearesting!. For this award, here are the rules:   1. Follow the person who gave me the award.  2. Link back to the person that gave me the award. 3. Pass to 15http://mrsmayhew.blogspot.com/2012/08/one-lovely-blog-award.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Meghan Mayhew)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7850169434228909273.post-8713976331810284576Fri, 27 Jul 2012 15:28:00 +00002012-07-27T11:28:53.553-04:00Newbie Blog Hop Janis at Grade Three is the Place for Me! is hosting a Newbie Blog Hop! Since I still consider myself as a newbie... I have joined!! I would love new followers! Here are the questions and my answers:  1. What state you are in-New Hampshire2. Your current teaching positionSecond Grade3. Your teaching experienceThis will be my 6th year!4. When you started bloggingI started blogging a http://mrsmayhew.blogspot.com/2012/07/newbie-blog-hop.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Meghan Mayhew)9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7850169434228909273.post-7855093691524789666Fri, 27 Jul 2012 02:39:00 +00002012-07-26T22:40:53.838-04:00What Teachers Makehttp://mrsmayhew.blogspot.com/2012/07/what-teachers-make.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Meghan Mayhew)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7850169434228909273.post-2126205504677904844Fri, 27 Jul 2012 00:48:00 +00002012-07-26T21:29:30.924-04:00Back To School Read Alouds With the new school year less than a month away I have started to think about some of my favorite back to school read alouds.  What are some of your favorites? This is a great book to teach kids how to deal with peers and maybe even turn an "enemy" into a great friend!   I usually read this book when we are practicing recess behavior and going over http://mrsmayhew.blogspot.com/2012/07/read-aloud-linky-party.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Meghan Mayhew)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7850169434228909273.post-7058883526864010515Wed, 23 May 2012 21:52:00 +00002012-07-27T00:23:36.003-04:00Author Visit Author visit!!!! The talented Chris Van Dusen, visited our school this week!  He was great with the kids! So engaging, creative and inspiring!  He related to the kids and even took the time to autograph every book for the kids!  Many of you may know him as the illustrator for the Mercy Watson series by Kate DiCamillo or perhaps his own Mr. Magee series.  He has also written and http://mrsmayhew.blogspot.com/2012/05/author-visit-talented-chris-van-dusen.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Meghan Mayhew)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7850169434228909273.post-8326738849512268311Tue, 17 Apr 2012 20:39:00 +00002012-07-26T21:31:54.701-04:00Computer Lab   Sometimes it's the little things that count! I came back to the classroom to find this note laying on my desk.  One of my students used their free choice computer lab time to type me a note, using the information I had taught them about Microsoft Word.  She was so proud that she remembered how to insert an image into the note! http://mrsmayhew.blogspot.com/2012/04/computer-lab.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Meghan Mayhew)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7850169434228909273.post-527783579214955079Thu, 22 Mar 2012 01:37:00 +00002012-07-26T21:32:18.748-04:00Kamishibai Theater   Kamishibai (Paper Theater) is a form of storytelling that originated in Japan and was most popular from the 1920's -1950.  The Kamishibai storyteller would ride into town on their bicycle, gather the children by banging two sticks together (as seen in the first image), sell homemade candy to make a bit of money, then tell a story using the Kamishibai theater attached to their bicycle.  Thesehttp://mrsmayhew.blogspot.com/2012/03/kamishibai-stories-paper-theater.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Meghan Mayhew)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7850169434228909273.post-5526572274780154896Tue, 28 Feb 2012 18:07:00 +00002012-07-26T21:32:38.227-04:00Read Across America For Read Across America Week, every student in our school will be creating posters of their favorite books! We will be hanging these around the school during the month of March to encourage literacy and the enjoyment of reading! These are a sampling of my students' posters! http://mrsmayhew.blogspot.com/2012/02/read-across-america.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Meghan Mayhew)5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7850169434228909273.post-2130308857421621102Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:16:00 +00002012-07-26T21:33:18.585-04:00Word Study Watercolors I was feeling like word study was getting a bit repetitive so last week I thought I would change it up a bit! The kids really enjoyed painting their spelling words! It also turned out to be a good spacial awareness lesson, trying to fit all of the painted words on the piece of paper! http://mrsmayhew.blogspot.com/2012/01/word-study-watercolors.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Meghan Mayhew)5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7850169434228909273.post-2577920234483567015Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:08:00 +00002012-07-26T21:33:46.776-04:00Wonder Tubes I found these I SPY Wonder Tubes at a local store a few weeks ago. My students really enjoy I SPY books so I thought these would be a fun addition to the classroom. Each tube is wrapped with a riddle of different items to find, similar to the books but in this case, the items are floating in the wonder tubes! I put these out at one of my centers and the kids loved them! http://mrsmayhew.blogspot.com/2012/01/wonder-tubes.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Meghan Mayhew)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7850169434228909273.post-5630029727067763958Sun, 11 Dec 2011 00:44:00 +00002012-07-26T21:34:19.299-04:00Word Study Centers Bendaroos (wiki-sticks) and playdoh for word study! This week the students all had to learn how to spell the months of the year so we had two centers where the kids could practice their words. What 7 year old doesn't love hands on activities?! http://mrsmayhew.blogspot.com/2011/12/word-study-centers.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Meghan Mayhew)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7850169434228909273.post-5542674893047666237Sun, 11 Dec 2011 00:40:00 +00002012-07-26T21:34:47.798-04:00Helpful Hands Christmas Tree This is our helpful hands Christmas tree in our classroom. Each child cuts out their traced hands (2-3 times) and I staple them to our bulletin board in the shape of a Christmas Tree. For Writer's Workshop, we follow this activity up by answering this prompt: If I could give away one item in my house to a family in need at Christmas time what would it be and why? The broken shovel http://mrsmayhew.blogspot.com/2011/12/helpful-hands-christmas-tree.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Meghan Mayhew)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7850169434228909273.post-8131841327709824412Mon, 05 Dec 2011 02:31:00 +00002011-12-04T21:31:06.749-05:00guided readingI have found that plays are one of the best ways to work on fluency and expression with young readers. This past week one of my guided reading groups worked on the play, The Giant Jumperee. After working on the play for a week in a guided reading group with an emphasis on fluency, they presented the play to the class. I found the printable animal masks for free online at, www.animaljr.com. The http://mrsmayhew.blogspot.com/2011/12/guided-reading.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Meghan Mayhew)5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7850169434228909273.post-4979292202873242134Thu, 01 Dec 2011 01:44:00 +00002011-11-30T20:44:13.955-05:00Christmas Read Aloud Books <A HREF="http://ws.amazon.com/widgets/q?rt=tf_cw&ServiceVersion=20070822&MarketPlace=US&ID=V20070822%2FUS%2Fwidgetsamazon-20%2F8010%2F9e43a42b-152a-40b8-aa58-8a1a73d8712e&Operation=NoScript">Amazon.com Widgets</A> These are some of my http://mrsmayhew.blogspot.com/2011/11/christmas-ideas.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Meghan Mayhew)5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7850169434228909273.post-8429591565116055822Mon, 28 Nov 2011 01:47:00 +00002011-11-27T20:47:06.532-05:00HolidayExcited for the Holidays? Click through to my Teachers pay Teachers website and get free bookmarks for your students! Please remember to rate the download / comment. Also, feel free to follow my blog! I love blog followers! Thank you! http://mrsmayhew.blogspot.com/2011/11/holiday-freebie.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Meghan Mayhew)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7850169434228909273.post-453857216673840337Sun, 27 Nov 2011 02:56:00 +00002012-07-26T21:35:23.880-04:00 Yes, you are my sunshine...you made me happy when skies were gray!  Thanks for the ray of sunshine. I really needed it this week! If you haven't already checked out Tina's awesome blog at Quench Your First, please head on over, it's full of great ideas! Thank you for thinking of my blog, Tina!! The Sunshine Award rules are 1. Thank the person who gave this award and write a http://mrsmayhew.blogspot.com/2011/11/you-are-my-sunshine.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Meghan Mayhew)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7850169434228909273.post-8467454369086196163Sun, 27 Nov 2011 02:05:00 +00002012-07-26T21:35:45.576-04:00 This post is my first one not related to school, but I figured since I decorated for Christmas during Thanksgiving break I could add it to my blog! December is one of my favorite months to teach the kids. I think it's the anticipation of Santa's arrival and the excitement my children bring into the classroom everyday during the month of December that make it one of my favorite months to teach. http://mrsmayhew.blogspot.com/2011/11/christmas-decorations.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Meghan Mayhew)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7850169434228909273.post-9082412151356781032Sat, 12 Nov 2011 15:33:00 +00002012-07-26T21:36:08.301-04:00Pajamas and Stuffed Animals The students have been working hard this past week to earn 30 tallies which would entitle them to pajama and stuffed animal day. As you can see from the photos, the kids were successful in earning enough tallies! They could earn tallies by having smooth transitions (moving from one activity to the next and being ready to learn). During Reader's Workshop the kids chose to read aloud to theirhttp://mrsmayhew.blogspot.com/2011/11/pajamas-and-stuffed-animals.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Meghan Mayhew)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7850169434228909273.post-4586106612494285263Sat, 12 Nov 2011 15:24:00 +00002012-07-26T21:36:26.398-04:00Character Traits Go Away, Big Green Monster! This past week during Reader's Workshop the students were learning about Character Traits. This was an integrated reading and writing activity that the kids really enjoyed. I first covered the book with construction paper on the front and the back so that the kids couldn't see the book, then I told the kids that they would have to use their ears and the cameras in http://mrsmayhew.blogspot.com/2011/11/character-traits-physical.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Meghan Mayhew)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7850169434228909273.post-7454432808440352846Fri, 04 Nov 2011 17:26:00 +00002012-07-26T21:36:59.613-04:00Parent Teacher Conferences This week was parent / teacher conferences at school (big sigh of relief now that it's over)!  So in honor of parent/teacher conference week, here is a funny joke I came across (I'm sure we can all think of some parents) :  When Mrs. Carling arrived for her daughter's parent-teacher conference, the teacher appeared to be a little flustered, especially when she started telling Mrs. Carling that http://mrsmayhew.blogspot.com/2011/11/parent-teacher-conferences.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Meghan Mayhew)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7850169434228909273.post-2374016236526302092Thu, 27 Oct 2011 23:36:00 +00002012-07-26T21:37:29.525-04:00Q-Tip Painting These are some fall trees that we made today using q-tips to paint! We started out the activity by writing Fall Leaf Poems. We began by brainstorming the types of leaves we see in the fall (ex. red, orange, big, small, smashed, blended colors, etc) Then we talked about what you can do in the leaves by listing action words (ex. jump, run, hide, throw, etc). The students then wrote http://mrsmayhew.blogspot.com/2011/10/q-tip-painting.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Meghan Mayhew)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7850169434228909273.post-1068629529683427429Thu, 27 Oct 2011 23:18:00 +00002012-07-26T21:37:52.419-04:00Halloween Crafts These are some Halloween craft projects the kids are doing tomorrow! They are also making ghost lollipops and toilet paper pumpkins with orange tissue paper! It should be a fun filled day, followed by our all school Halloween Parade in costumes and our classroom party! http://mrsmayhew.blogspot.com/2011/10/halloween-crafts.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Meghan Mayhew)1