I am looking for a back to school glyph. Does anyone have a great website for them? I have one, but I am looking for a better one.
sunflower glyph I used one last year that was a sunflower, the kids actually got to use sunflower seeds. It was very cute. It was a basic back to school type, brothers/sisters, age, pets etc... I got it from The Mailbox - grade 2 for August/September. I can email you the instructions if you want them, just let me know.
Can you just put the sunflower glyph on here? My coworker designs her own glyphs. We had a school-wide construction theme last year and she did a great steamshovel gllyph with her kids- great bulletin board!! PS- what's with the blue underlined words lately? I've been seeing a lot of them in the past day or two in posts!!
OK- weird- I typed the words 'bulletin board' and they came out in blue underline even though I didn't do anything to cause it- what's up with that???
OK- figured it out- (plus I read a post from Amanda)- the blue underlined words are links- click on one- COOL!!
glyph sites turkey at: www.teachers.net/gazette/NOV02/printable.html St. Patrick activity site Bear glyph……. www.teachingheart.net/stpattyday.html http://www.geocities.com/EnchantedF...131/others.html
sunflower glyph Here are the directions for the Sunflower glyph materials: orange, brown, green and yellow construction paper circle template (head) petal template stem template leaf template sunflower seeds glue scissors HEAD Do you have pets? yes - cut a brown circle for the head. No - cut an orange circle for the head Place it at the top of the stem. SEEDS What number month were you born? Place this many seeds on the head. PETALS How old are you? Place this many petals around the head LEAVES How many brothers and sisters do you have? Place this many leaves on the stem Glue the the sunflower parts in place.
I am so excited to have so many ideas! I hate to admit it, but I made my first glyph (didn't even have a clue what it was!) at a workshop a couple of years ago. I LOVE them! Thanks for all the ideas! Keep 'em coming!
AMK, the first one I did was a get to know you glyph. We had a blackline frog and colored it acccording to certain questions we were asked (if we were married we had purple dots, single orange dots, etc).
I can't believe I've never heard of glyphs before! They sound really fun. I'd love to hear of some other back to school themed glyphs. I copied the sunflower one above. Anyone have others you'd be willing to share with directions like karrie723 did?
I did a great one for my first graders and I also did this when I taught fifth graders. I added meat by changing the options for my older students. In November, they did a scarecrow head with a small paper bag. Fill the bag with a newspaper and tape the top. You turn it over and then the gathers of the opening become his neck. The kids draw or add things to the head according to your questions. Examples: draw triangle eyes if you are a girl, draw circles if you are a boy. I always add a hat, which you have to staple, and it can be a blue hat or green hat for if my birthdate is an odd number or an even number. We added hair made of different color yarn, different shaped noses, different shaped mouths, and a bow tie that had polka-dots or stripes according to their responses. The tie fits perfectly over the gather that you make when you close up the bag. My criteria always changes. I might ask them about number of people that live in their house or if their age is odd or even. You can talk about how they get to school, favorite color, favorite food, favorite subject, or anything like that. Also, when I hang these on the bulletin board, we sit down and discuss the information that we now know about our class and who might be interested in our data. And don't forget to make a legend to show what each part of their scarecrow means.
Ohmigoodness. I teach French Immersion, and I think glyphs will work wonderfully! I have never heard of them, and am excited to start making some!
Has anyone used these for upper grades (4th or higher)? If so can you please give some ideas? Thanks!
Check out the sites I posted. They give a picture and directions. The bear is for older students, but it is for St. Patrick's Day. To find it you need to scroll down, down, down and it is on the right hand side.
I used the sunflower one the first week of school with my 4th graders. I do it as an independant center, so the students had to read and follow the directions and put it all together by themselves. Most of them came out correct, but a few still had trouble...even in fourth grade.
I know that there is a book on glyphs that I purchased at a teacher's store. If I find my book, I will tell you the title. Some teacher stores have them. You may be able to as someone who whos in the teachers' store...
I love using glyphs. The kindergarteners always have fun showing their parents and having them find their glyph by reading the clues. I do a glyph a month. They are great!
I found the book! It is called Glyphs! (Data Communication fro Primary Mathematicians) by Susan R. O/Connell. Publishing Company: McGraw-Hill Children's Publishing (www.MHteachers.com) THis book is for grades 1st-3rd. Hope this helps!
I found a website that have glyphs that I used this year. Go to www.abcteach.com and click Basics - Go to glyphs and there are different ones you can choose.
