Is it Spring Yet?

Lily is sporting her new purple collar for big girls.  She's almost 4 1/2 months and wanted to wear a girly color.  No more blue for her.

I'm looking forward to the warmer weather this week so my students get outside to play and so Lily and I can enjoy the weather after work!

Ready for Spring

We are ready for spring to arrive!  We've enjoyed a few days of spring like weather, but we want more so we can walk. 

Lily

This sweet little girl is 3 1/2 months now and she's keeping us pretty busy.  The newborn puppy sleepy stage doesn't last very long and she seems to be a toddler who is curious about everything.  As much as I'd love a few snow days, I've appreciated this mild winter so she can get outside some.  Bostons are energetic little dogs and tired pups are good pups.

More destructive than a toddler at times!  She wanted to claim this by jumping in the picture!  When my son was little we really didn't have great phones, so now I'm going overboard catching puppy moments on my phone.   

She's been a great addition to our family and is helping me leave work earlier and we are all stepping away from the computer a lot more.  I don't step on Legos at home anymore either. 

Last week my students worked on their descriptive hearts!  They love this activity and they are becoming so much better as using descriptive words.  This year we made it a hallway display and number the paragraphs and hearts so others could try to match hearts with the descriptions.  It was perfect time for conferences, too!

Sale

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This cute little girl has been keeping me busy since December.  We brought Lily home to surprise my son on December 18th.  She's the cutest little puppy! I've taken a break from the computer so that I can work with Lily.  She's full of energy and a lot of fun!  I haven't had my own puppy since I was a in high school, so this has been quite an experience.   Lily is a Boston Terrier. 

Math Games

My class has been restless for two weeks and it's time to break out some games. Tomorrow we will play a game for math! These cards printed nicely as black and white.  I enlisted the help of students to help cut out 6 sets for me, so that I could put them into groups of 4. Then my helpers learned how to play the game and they'll help others tomorrow.

My students used dry erase boards and calculators to play. The calculators were used to  check their work for each other. The calculators keep each person busy while waiting for their turn. The cards are placed face down and the students take turns rolling the die twice (if using one). The first number tells how many cards to draw.  The second number tells how much to add or subtract from each card. While students are solving and writing their answers down, the other players can use the calculators to check their work.  They get to keep cards for each correct answer.  If an answer is incorrect, that card is returned to a discard pile.  Once the pile is gone, the game is over and the player with the most cards is the winner.

Cyber Monday Sale

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Vocabulary

This year my students really need to expand their vocabulary.  They have a lot of difficulty with some basic words and content area words.  I'm not quite sure what changed with this group although I know there are more students below reading level than previous years.

I created some noun sorts hoping to expose them to more words in a fun way.  They love to sort and move things around.

While my students won't need sorting singular and plural nouns all year, I'm hoping they will be able to focus on the words instead of the skills since we've already learned this! Several of my students work best with repetitive activities. 

  

 

 

This week, we'll work on this Thanksgiving Sort!