Well, the letters are in the mail. This year, through a wall post on Facebook, I met my pen pal class.They live in Illinois, we live in California.So far it has been pretty easy. She contacted me a little over a month ago and I sent her a class list. She started with the first batch of letters and matched up my class with hers. It's neat how many of the same names we both have, and how she coordinated those kids to match up....
Saturday, 29 September 2012
Friday, 28 September 2012
Science: Ecosystem (Shoebox) Dioramas
Posted on 16:57 by Unknown
Can I be honest and say I'm glad this project is over? My students have been studying ecosystems for about 4 weeks now. We have learned about the different types of ecosystems, predators/prey, consumer/producer, and non-living/living parts of it all. There is still more to learn with food webs, etc. - but it was time to put this part together. 3 weeks ago I sent home a note to the families asking/begging/pleading they send...
Thursday, 27 September 2012
Math: Multiplication Fact Party
Posted on 17:10 by Unknown
Today we had a Multiplication Fact Party for our math lesson. We just started Chapter 5 in our math text, and this chapter is completely about math facts - all 7 lessons... It makes sure they remember their facts before we dive into double digit multiplication. It's easy to do the entire chapter in a day because there is no way to spend an entire day doing each lesson when there is so many other things to learn (though I'm...
Wednesday, 26 September 2012
Science: It's a Lion King kind of day...
Posted on 19:41 by Unknown

I love when I can relate a Disney movie to help the kids understand a concept...The Science chapter on Ecosystems we have been working on is straight out of the Lion King. We related predator and prey, competing for food and living space, and discussed how animals sometimes have to move on to another space or else they will die. We were able to discuss animal adaptations, and how they rely on each other. There was more...
Tuesday, 25 September 2012
An Autumn Treat
Posted on 20:22 by Unknown

Last year I found this little picture floating around on Pinterest. It comes from the website Gracious Rain. I thought it would be the perfect little treat to bring into the classroom on the first day of Autumn. Now it has become a tradition - even with the beginning of Autumn falling on a weekend - I still had to buy the supplies to make them for my class.I promise I did have everything ready to make them yesterday, but with...
Monday, 24 September 2012
Believe in Yourself
Posted on 22:16 by Unknown

Just a little reminder to believe in yourself when you are feel like you are sinking, when you just want to give up, or when you are so overwhelmed. Today was a hard morning, so many "issues" that made me want to leave and not look back. It was bad and I had an admin in the classroom as a witness. After school I was told that my lesson was great, so many positives. I was focusing so much on the negative (students being students with unpredictable...
Saturday, 22 September 2012
My 100th Post!
Posted on 16:26 by Unknown

I know I should be writing something to celebrate my 100th post.It should be like the 100th day of school in a primary classroom - 100 being the star and a party going on... I can't believe that it's already number 100.Maybe I shouldn't be writing at this moment in time but I really want someone to talk to...My husband took my older boys to their first ever Cub Scout family camp out. We decided our 2 1/2 year old was just too young for...
Thursday, 20 September 2012
MATH - I LOVE It!
Posted on 17:17 by Unknown

We started MATH rotations and I LOVE it! I didn't know how it would really work out, but when another pull out schedule was thrown our way I decided that I really need time to work in small groups. So it's now been 3 days and I love it!Here's the basic schedule:10:10 We come in from recess - books are already on their desks, whiteboards are out, and timed math fact practice is done.We start our lesson full class - Think Central is up...
Wednesday, 19 September 2012
Autumn Activities mentioned by YOU
Posted on 10:00 by Unknown

Once again - YOU are so smart! Thank you for sharing your wisdom with me. I wanted to pass your ideas onto others as well in case they could add them into their lesson plans in the coming months.These wonderful comments were made on the giveaway post when I asked the question - "What is your favorite Autumn activity to do in the classroom?" Please check out the links for the blogs listed below. Thanks again...
Tuesday, 18 September 2012
Thesaurus Lesson
Posted on 17:04 by Unknown
Don't you love good picture books? Today I read this book to my class using the document camera. What a wonderful invention the document camera is... being able to stick anything under it and everyone can see the pictures - no whining, no complaining... It was a picture perfect moment in my class...Anyhow, this week we are supposed to focus on using a Thesaurus. Last week was using a Dictionary (that was like pulling teeth), so...
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