Positive and Negative Number Football Fields

Just a little post with pictures to show off my student's art work... or is it math work?  We have been working with negative numbers and I wanted to do a spin off of the "normal" number line.  Enter football math.Here are a couple of examples:We folded the paper in half vertically, then opened it up and folded it in half horizontally.  We then drew the number line part and made sure to put the "0" on the crease.After we...

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Superbowl Party on Friday!!

I will be the first to admit that I am not a football fan.  I was in high school but that was more because I sat in class with the guys on the field and had known them since Kindergarten. :)  Over the years I have watched the games, but by saying "watched" I really mean I was sitting on the couch, pinning things, or grading papers (since it always falls so close to the end of the trimester when big projects come in).  I love the snacks...

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Mission Projects!

I know I've shared a bit about my Mission Projects in the past.  I enjoy creating a little research book with my students to begin with and we use different websites, texts, and old calendar pages to learn about the specific missions.  It takes 3-4 solid weeks to learn about a mission a day.  I usually tackle this between Thanksgiving and Christmas vacations.  I have shared how I made up this research book to use with my kiddos...

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100 Days in 4th Grade!

I think it's the primary teacher in me trying to get out, but I absolutely love the 100th day of school.  So, here's what my big kids did today to celebrate:We used the idea from Collaboration Cuties (Cutesy Clickables) to create a 100 Language Arts booklet.  Their real one is so cute - I just didn't have the option of printing in color for their cover page.  I don't have the copy budget though to run off the 4 sheets...

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Teachers Notebook

It's pretty cool how I can go higher than 20%, so I'm being brave and trying out 25% at my brand new shop over at Teachers Notebook.  It's just this weekend only and I'm still in the process of uploading all the products over there.  I added the widget to the side of the blog right under the TPT one.  Please follow me over there as well and check back to see what's new.  :)In other news... my toddler is almost 3 this coming Tuesday....

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Blah, My Week, and ELA Review Penguins

After days of not missing a day to post, I am just feeling rather blah.I'm worn out after this week.  I was only at school for 4 days.Out of those 4 days I was only in my classroom for 3 days due to meetings and a sick son.  Charity (The Organized Classroom Blog) had a fun 9 syllable game over on Facebook tonight - describe your week.  My response was "4 referrals, 3 meetings, puked on."I also forgot to take pictures of all the...

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Superbowl Long Division

The end of the trimester is quickly approaching in 2 weeks, which means reviewing major math concepts and retesting those couple of kids that have just not gotten it before it's report card time.Since Superbowl is right around the corner and my kids are so excited about it, I made up these 32 task cards that will review the process of long division.  Click the picture to go check it out from TPT.  I know my 4th graders can figure out remainders...

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Thank You

This is just going to be a short, sweet, to the point type of post.  I'm thankful for you.Thank you for letting me blah it all out... I think it helps to lower my blood pressure every afternoon.  I really need to lower my blood pressure.What did I do today? *We wrote to our pen pals this morning. *We created football fields and identified positive and negative numbers.  I'll take a picture of mine tomorrow.  The kids...

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A Day Off and ELA Review

Today we are off of school, yet I am still doing school work...or I should be doing school work...Isn't that always the case?This morning we headed to the mini zoo nearby - complete with a fun ride zone.  I just wish it was a little warmer than 35 degrees.  Maybe I just wish I had worn my heavy coat and gloves and scarf... but alas I didn't and my digits were cold.  I was more than a little jealous of the birds having the heat lamps...

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Saturday Show Off

I hope you have a wonderful weekend filled with tons of family fun.  This morning we are heading to the boys' first Cub Scout Pinewood Derby.  I don't know exactly what it will entail, but I will be the one that will be running after our 2 year old.I wanted to do a quick post to show you the things that I've added to the little store this past week.  Maybe it will help someone, maybe it won't.  Just click any of the links above...

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Technology Central!!

I think this is what an ulcer might feel like. My stress levels are out the roof and I'm considering running away. You see my husband received a promotion on his first day at a new job. That was this past Tuesday... Tuesday seems forever ago... Anyhow he was bumped up from 20 hours to 40 and became station manager... So basically a ton of responsibility.  It's a great opportunity. I just have no clue about where our almost 3 year old will be...

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