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Monday, September 30, 2013
Thursday, September 26, 2013
School is NO Joke. .. . but it can be funny!
So this is what getting back into the routine of school means. . . .
Less time to blog! Geesh! Can we bring summer back again!
So if you have missed me (ha!) then let me fill you in a bit.
I have 27 kids in my itty bitty classroom. It's way too many kids for this old gal! All 10 second grades in our district have 28 or 30. So I bet you're telling me to count my lucky stars that I don't have 30! Well, I'm not.
This group is a wonderful group and I can see a lot of potential with them.
We just took the MAPS (or otherwise known as NWEA) and most of my kids scored in the 165's in both math and reading. Did anyone else see such low scores for their group? Last year our first graders took this same test, but they had headphones and it was all read to them for math and reading. So this year when it's not read to them, and I see such low numbers, I have to wonder if it has anything to do with the fact that they didn't have to read it on their own last year.
Here's what I have been working on. Most kids love to read jokes and it's a great way to help them enjoy reading more. So I did some digging for some kid friendly fun jokes to welcome them back to school.
You just have to copy them, laminate them, cut them and then tape the whole apple (the question) to the open apple (the answer) so the kids can flip them open to see the answer.
This is how they look on the lockers.
Sorry about the shine. :(
You can grab these at my store for only a couple dollars!
How's that for some cheap fun?
I'm off to see my dad this weekend. We are going to take care of mom's clothes and give them to an agency that helps women who need nice clothes to wear for job interviews.
I'm sure this will be an emotional weekend, but my 3 sisters and my brother will also be there, so I know we'll find lots of reasons to laugh. Plus we are celebrating my dad's 92 birthday. I can't imagine being around for that many years. At my age, sometimes I feel so whipped. . . imagine adding 30 more years to it! Another GEESH!
Patty
Wednesday, September 11, 2013
Here are MY Favorites. . . What are YOURS?
Here are the places that I always go to:
1. Melon Headz
I resisted buying her stuff until recently. . . .I'm not sure why, but I guess I didn't think I could afford it or that I could use it. But NOW I know it's so worth it, that I've begun to buy more of it. Finding the time to make things with it will be a chore, but I will figure that out soon.
I just have to check in on my local friend. Christine and I live only a few miles from each other. I've leaned on her a lot and I've learned a lot from her. I would NOT be where I am without her. So it's only understandable that I have to check in to see what she's up to.
3. DJ Inkers
This was probably my first clipart addiction that realized that I had. For a long time I have followed DJ's stuff in the teacher stores and then found that I could buy her clipart on line and I thought I had died and gone to hog Clip ART Heaven! You can click on the picture to see for yourself. They run many sales and sell smaller sets for a very affordable price.
I have been fortunate to have them purchase 4 things that I have made and that validates my work when they like it too.
4. Then the other blogs that I regularly check in with are:
There you have it. Those are my favorites! I hope maybe you'll check them out and see if they'll become your favorites too!
Don't forget to go back to Teaching with Grace and see the other favorites that others have signed up to share with you.
Patty
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