B2S Books

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I switched grade levels last year and I had I some of the same students moving up with me.  I had to come up with new B2S Read Alouds and projects for fourth grade.  I hate when you plan a lesson and you hear the dreaded statement, "We did that last year!"  Here are some of the books that I use:

Establishing Classroom Rules

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Creating Hopes and Dreams

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Building Community and Acceptance

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Bucket Fillers

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Hopes and Dreams Time Capsule

As part of my Responsive Classroom I always have my students write their Hopes and Dreams on clouds and hang them up on a wall in the classroom at the beginning of the year.  I wanted to change things up and loved this sheet from http://www.dots-n-spots.com/.  Thanks for sharing!!!!

I reduced the size of the sheet so it would fit into can when rolled up.  I had the children share them during morning meeting.  We rolled them up and tied them with a ribbon.  We then closed up the Hopes and Dreams Time Capsule and will share our sheets on the last day!

The paint can was from Home Depot.  I tied lots of ribbons on the handles.  Here is the cover sheet and top of the can.  Click on picture below to print out:

Bucket Filler Frenzy

Last year a Kindergarten teacher,  at our school wrote a grant and provided all the teachers copies of "The Bucket Filler" book.  It was mid-year and all I did was read the book and stick it on a shelf.  This year I decided to use some of the ideas that Tina Adamson, shared to kick off the year on a positive note with my new fourth grade class. 

I read the book and had the children brainstorm ways they could be bucket fillers.  I set up a bucket filler station with library pockets where they can put notes when they see someone filling a bucket or had someone fill their bucket.  I told the children once everyone's buckets were full (at least one slip) that they would be passed out and shared.  Not sure how this will go. 

Here are the forms that I use. I created the web and I got the second sheet from mrswheelerblogspot.com. The third sheet was from Pinterest.

I ordered books to continue reading each week.