We're DEAD Every Friday!

Fern Smith's Classroom Ideas, We're DEAD Every Friday, Drop Everything and Draw!
 Drop Everything And Draw!
School starts at 8:20 and our grade level has to be at our Resource Class {PE, Music & Technology} at 8:30. So that gives us about 8 minutes of  homeroom a day, 40 minutes a week, 160 minutes a month.....well, you get the picture. It can be crazy or it can be calm, what I decide to do sets the tone for the day.
Fern Smith's Classroom Ideas, We're DEAD Every Friday, Drop Everything and Draw!
So ~ each day we start off with DEAR, Drop Everything And Read. Sure, it is an old expression, some of you young-cute-fresh-out-of-college-new-teachers might have even done DEAR when you were in elementary school! But it is one that works!
My students come in quietly, well mannered and prepared to start their work day calmly!
But Friday, well Friday is a different story. My co-teacher last year started this and I ♥love, ♥love, ♥love it. If everyone has been a good citizen during homeroom during the week we have a DEAD FRIDAY! We Drop Everything And Draw! They love it, they think the title is hysterical! They can even get out of their assigned seats and sit with friends. It makes the rest of the week wonderful, all I need is one person to not have a book or start being silly and I say, "Do we need to kill DEAD Friday?" They love that expression too, but it works, they get right back to reading due to the positive peer pressure of their classmates who want a DEAD Friday!
It works! It works! It works! Try it, you might like it! 
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Repurposing ~ Headboard with Christmas Lights

My Teen's Headboard
These wall stickers made my teen's new room look as cute as can be, a more "adult" look! Then she added these Christmas lights as night lights on a timer.
I love it!
It adds a nice glow to her room!



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A Mickey Mouse Spin on Triangular Flash Cards

Mickey Mouse Triangular Flash Cards
These little cards are paint sample cards from Home Depot, Lowes or Wal*Mart. I asked the manager if I could have some and he was very kind. I only took 13 cards so I could do the "sevens" times tables, but once I started making them I wish I had picked up another color. Next time I'm there I'm going to ask for some more colors so that I can do the "sixes" in one color and the "eights" in another color, etc! If you are not familiar with triangular flash cards, they are W.O.N.D.E.R.F.U.L!
This little craft will also work for addition and subtraction!


To use these cards, hide one of the corner numbers with your thumb or finger. Then when you realize what number is hidden, you can figure out that addition and subtraction {OR multiplication and division}  go hand in hand. One card will have 10 - 6 = 4,  10 - 4 = 6, 6 + 4 = 10 and 4 + 6 = 10!
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Happy New Year!

Happy New Year!
I am so excited that I have over 60 people who have linked up to my Top Three Posts of 2011 Linky Party!  Even if you don't want to link up, you might find a new blog that you would like to follow, I found plenty!


It is not too late, head on over there and add your top three...
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