SMART Exchange Activities

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Grades K-2-Classroom Community
http://exchange.smarttech.com/details.html?id=a2c1a699-753e-4e52-aa68-7a3f24cb500d

During the first few days of school there is a lot of information that teachers want to know and learn about their new students. There is information students want to know about their teacher as well. This SMART notebook files provides 19 pages of getting to know you activities and also provides a record place for information on students such as how they get home from school and activities they enjoy.  I think this notebook file will be very useful during my upcoming first days of schools.  It will allow me to engage the students through the SMART board and record important information without losing it!


Fact Families
Grades 1-3 Mathematics
http://exchange.smarttech.com/details.html?id=9a3d6907-c2f1-4bc4-a510-ea9db259b4ae

One of our first units in math focuses on fact families.  This SMART notebook file provides student with a concrete image of fact families and helps them easily see addition turnaround facts and the subtraction pairs that make up several fact families. Many of the slides have numbers that create simple fact families, but it also has pages that you can edit to differentiate the activity. I think this lesson will be visually engaging to the student while creating a fun way to review fact families for student who need that extra reinforcement of the concept after we have covered in our math curriculum.

Music Transitions
K-6 Classroom Management
http://exchange.smarttech.com/details.html?id=4d5797a2-8e31-4d73-ad75-067c58e05e08

Quick and smooth transition are a key element to good classroom management.  I am constantly trying new things to keep my transitions fresh and entertaining to my students.  This notebook includes musical and visual cues to help students recognize when it's time to line up, switch groups, meet at the SMART board, clean up, come to the rug, and even when to put headings on their paper.  The songs are fun and just the right amount time to allow students to transition.  I think this notebook will help me keep students on task and speed up the amount of time my class spends on transitions.