Thursday, May 30, 2013
Winding it down...
Well, it all comes to an end tomorrow. I will be sending my babies on to fourth grade. It is bittersweet....love that they have been so successful this year, but gonna miss them like crazy. I found out a few weeks ago that my husband is being transferred with his job so we will be moving our family. It has been a hard time....we have made so many wonderful friends here. It will be especially difficult to leave this class knowing I may not see some of them again. I know there will be lots of tears. It was really sad as I put together their sacks today, but it gave me a moment to reflect on each individual student and how they blessed me this year. Here are some pics of their bags.
They created a Bio Poem art project the first week of school. I saved and attached it to their end of the year sack full of work from the school year.
Tuesday, April 9, 2013
Beating Test Prep Burnout
It is that time of year when the kids are shutting down. They are tired of hearing the words STAAR test....and I'm tired of saying them! I am always looking for fun ways to get the students involved, but also prepare them for the test. We have 10 days left until the BIG day and my students think it is summer already! I know, scary right?? Here is something that I do to try and mix things up. Instead of running 20 copies of skill and drill sheets I only run 5. I cut them apart and paperclip each question together. I put them in a basket that is ready to go at anytime. Sometimes I even use them when I have an extra five minutes.
My room is already divided into tables. So I can easily have a game with 5 teams. My students love this. Each team gets a white board and a marker....they can also write directly on the question. I pass out the same question face down to each table. When I say go, they turn the question over and one designated student reads the problem. They then work as a team to try and be the first table to solve it correctly. When they are finished, they shout "BUCKS" (our school mascot is the Buckaroos)!!! I walk around to each group to see who has solved it correctly. The team that is first gets a point for being first and then they all receive another point for getting it correct. We keep a tally on the board and the team with the most points at the end of game time gets a prize(sticker, eraser, pencil, etc).
This keeps my kids from test prep burnout and cuts down on the amount of paper I am using in my classroom.
Saturday, January 12, 2013
Daily Lesson Plan Binders
I am one of those people who A. isn't very organized and B. would lose my head if it weren't attached. So I had to come up with a plan to organize my lessons and keep my papers together so I wouldn't lose them. In the process, I went a little further so now I'm always ready for a sub. I created a daily lesson plan/sub binder. Here are the pics.
Tuesday, July 17, 2012
Monday Made It # 2 - Calendar
I am not very good at keeping up with parent contacts and meetings. Actually, I stink at it! So, this year I decided to get a calendar/planner that allows me the space to do it. I found it at Wal-Mart for about $10. It has a full month view as well as daily views with enough space to jot down parent contacts and visits. It wasn't very pretty so I spiffed it right up!!! Here's my finished product.
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