Life is happening this week. My daughter's research project for media, applications for art camp, rehearsals at the high school for the strings concert tomorrow night, trying to locate my W-2s somewhere in a stack of work that needs to be graded (I brought home a copier paper box tonight (I'm gonna find it!!)), the mass issues, and I want to finish my Ugly Vegetable activities tonight so I can laminate and cut out over the weekend.
Did I mention that my daughter forgot to pack a shirt for after dance class which ended 15 minutes before strings rehearsal so we had to go buy the first shirt in her size at Target? I didn't even look at the design before buying it.
My husband tried to fry the chicken. 3 out of 10 tenders are still brown, so 7 out of 10 moved past brown to a new color.
Time to get back to work.
Thursday, March 8, 2012
Monday, March 5, 2012
Whoa!
Where did you all come from? I look down and now there are 20 followers. I am trying to comment back, but I am quite frustrated about the blog button bit. I even tried switching from mediafire to google docs, so now I am pretty sure it is a size issue.
Today in math, the coins were gone and the triple beam balance was proudly displayed. The helper of the day had a target of 100 grams. He picked an organizer station that was well over 600 grams. The class helped him revise his thinking, and then they thought maybe a reading text would be about 100 grams. ONE child said,"How about trying 100 paper clips?" "Why 100 paper clips?" I asked him (knowing full well). He replied, "If one paper clip is about a gram, then 100 paper clips should be 100 grams." The class still thinks we should try the reading text tomorrow. Maybe tomorrow two kids will tell me that we should try 100 paper clips.
I also felt bad when they read the outcomes and saw drawing conclusions. There was actual cheering. I explained that drawing conclusions would be fun, but we were not going to be drawing like in art class. They decided drawing conclusions was not as much fun as it sounded. Poor babies.
Has this been one of the worst flu seasons you can remember? Kids are sick, teachers are sick, and they are trying to bleach surfaces and have us wash and sanitize. One class today had 5 kids go home. Sick. Like sick-sick. I don't remember ever having a winter like this. And it doesn't seem to pass quickly from child to child, but it lingers. It's not moving around a table group, it jumps all over the classroom. And it comes back around too. Hopefully your classrooms are healthy.
I am going to comment back (thank you for taking the time to comment!), work on the blog button issue, work on the grams and kilograms, and then record grades for the six assignments I graded after my committee meeting today.
Today in math, the coins were gone and the triple beam balance was proudly displayed. The helper of the day had a target of 100 grams. He picked an organizer station that was well over 600 grams. The class helped him revise his thinking, and then they thought maybe a reading text would be about 100 grams. ONE child said,"How about trying 100 paper clips?" "Why 100 paper clips?" I asked him (knowing full well). He replied, "If one paper clip is about a gram, then 100 paper clips should be 100 grams." The class still thinks we should try the reading text tomorrow. Maybe tomorrow two kids will tell me that we should try 100 paper clips.
I also felt bad when they read the outcomes and saw drawing conclusions. There was actual cheering. I explained that drawing conclusions would be fun, but we were not going to be drawing like in art class. They decided drawing conclusions was not as much fun as it sounded. Poor babies.
Has this been one of the worst flu seasons you can remember? Kids are sick, teachers are sick, and they are trying to bleach surfaces and have us wash and sanitize. One class today had 5 kids go home. Sick. Like sick-sick. I don't remember ever having a winter like this. And it doesn't seem to pass quickly from child to child, but it lingers. It's not moving around a table group, it jumps all over the classroom. And it comes back around too. Hopefully your classrooms are healthy.
I am going to comment back (thank you for taking the time to comment!), work on the blog button issue, work on the grams and kilograms, and then record grades for the six assignments I graded after my committee meeting today.
Saturday, March 3, 2012
The day is getting even better!
I have a featured product in this week's TN newsletter. Is that randomly selected or did someone have to nominate my product?
I also read from Alisha (The Bubbly Blonde) that we might be able to claim clipart as a tax expense. That is useful knowledge. We haven't met with our accountant yet, but I will definitely mention it to him.
I also read from Alisha (The Bubbly Blonde) that we might be able to claim clipart as a tax expense. That is useful knowledge. We haven't met with our accountant yet, but I will definitely mention it to him.
Go Australia! Oh no, Measurement!
Leap Day was a great day, but things have been slow since. I woke up this morning and found my first sale in Australia! It also woke up my freebies downloaded, so I know that things aren't just sitting still over there.
Ladies and gentlemen, measuring went even worse than I thought. I was out on Thursday, and when I came back on Friday...OMG. They worked with grams and kilograms on Thursday. They know that grams are little and kilograms are big. 200 g and 999 grams meant the same to them, and 1 kilogram and 1000 kilograms meant the same. I am taking down money from our morning math meeting. I spent most of last night working on measurement. There's not a lot available out there. I know that this is slipping away to third grade on the common core, but my county isn't implementing math common core for third grade until the year after next, so this year's babies won't get it again until...6th?...7th?
I want something that I can use for morning math meeting, I want something as a center, I want 2-3 games, and I've worked on some real world homework assignments for the grocery store and possibly the sporting good store. This is a serious problem. Look for new activities soon. How do you teach measurement to your kids?
Ladies and gentlemen, measuring went even worse than I thought. I was out on Thursday, and when I came back on Friday...OMG. They worked with grams and kilograms on Thursday. They know that grams are little and kilograms are big. 200 g and 999 grams meant the same to them, and 1 kilogram and 1000 kilograms meant the same. I am taking down money from our morning math meeting. I spent most of last night working on measurement. There's not a lot available out there. I know that this is slipping away to third grade on the common core, but my county isn't implementing math common core for third grade until the year after next, so this year's babies won't get it again until...6th?...7th?
I want something that I can use for morning math meeting, I want something as a center, I want 2-3 games, and I've worked on some real world homework assignments for the grocery store and possibly the sporting good store. This is a serious problem. Look for new activities soon. How do you teach measurement to your kids?
Thursday, March 1, 2012
Feel the Love
Danielle from Twirlybird Teaching.made my day! She gave me my very first blog award! I feel like giving all of my kids stickers tomorrow on everything, even if they didn't really earn them.
I am pretty new to this, and Danielle didn't even have a button to grab from me. Maybe that problem is solved?? When I look at the established blogs, I get the impression that bloggers are growing up in classes, and I am part of a new class of bloggers. When I figure something out, I am so proud of myself. Every improvement I make increases the chance that what I've experienced in the classroom might be seen by someone who can use my knowledge to improve the lives of their students.
I am part of a growing community that isn't just content teaching our own classroom of learners. Thanks for letting me share with you and offering your knowledge.
I'm off to look for new bloggers to love!
And I'm finally back!
Trisha is a first grade teacher here in Maryland!
http://firstgradefrosting.blogspot.com/
Brittany K.
http://secondgradesweets.blogspot.com/
What it's all about...
The Liebster Award is awarded to blogs with less than 200 followers. The award is passed along from blogger to blogger and highlights up and coming blogs. Liebe is the word for love in Germany, which is where the award originated.Guidelines to accepting the award:
Thank your Liebster Blog Award presenter on your blog. Link back to the blogger who presented the award to you. Copy and paste the blog award on your blog. Present the Liebster Blog Award to blogs of 200 followers or less who you feel deserve to be noticed. Let them know they have been chosen by leaving a comment on their blog.I am pretty new to this, and Danielle didn't even have a button to grab from me. Maybe that problem is solved?? When I look at the established blogs, I get the impression that bloggers are growing up in classes, and I am part of a new class of bloggers. When I figure something out, I am so proud of myself. Every improvement I make increases the chance that what I've experienced in the classroom might be seen by someone who can use my knowledge to improve the lives of their students.
I am part of a growing community that isn't just content teaching our own classroom of learners. Thanks for letting me share with you and offering your knowledge.
I'm off to look for new bloggers to love!
And I'm finally back!
Trisha is a first grade teacher here in Maryland!
http://firstgradefrosting.blogspot.com/
Brittany K.
http://secondgradesweets.blogspot.com/
Grabbable Button
Can you see my button? Can you grab it? Right now all I see is the red x. I'm sad. Please make my day and let me know it is working.
We had to take my son back up for an MRI at Hopkins. The pediatric department work their butts off. They make cool, not lame, jokes, talk about the child's interests, have the reovery team look up the condition so they are knoweledgable, and offer a gazillion flavors of LipSmackers for the breathing masks. My son wasn't having any of it. He walked back on his own, but woudn't let us touch him. He was going to get the mask instead of an IV but decided that his Lip Smacker smelled disgusting. In the end my husband and I helped hold him down. The anesthesia doctor tracked us down at lunch and gave us his personal e-mail so that if we have more procedures they can give him pre-meds. No more kicking and screaming sounds WONDERFUL. Before we left he had a popsicle and a brand new full sized Monopoly game.
I should go to school and set up my room for tomorrow. I should go to school and set up for next week, since that is what I do on Thursdays. My back is so tight, and everything is fine and I knew it would be fine. Good thing I have planning period first on Fridays.
We had to take my son back up for an MRI at Hopkins. The pediatric department work their butts off. They make cool, not lame, jokes, talk about the child's interests, have the reovery team look up the condition so they are knoweledgable, and offer a gazillion flavors of LipSmackers for the breathing masks. My son wasn't having any of it. He walked back on his own, but woudn't let us touch him. He was going to get the mask instead of an IV but decided that his Lip Smacker smelled disgusting. In the end my husband and I helped hold him down. The anesthesia doctor tracked us down at lunch and gave us his personal e-mail so that if we have more procedures they can give him pre-meds. No more kicking and screaming sounds WONDERFUL. Before we left he had a popsicle and a brand new full sized Monopoly game.
I should go to school and set up my room for tomorrow. I should go to school and set up for next week, since that is what I do on Thursdays. My back is so tight, and everything is fine and I knew it would be fine. Good thing I have planning period first on Fridays.
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Grams and Kilograms
We are working with measurements, and today the kids tried to estimate a bag of potatoes. Well, they have apparently only held a big bag of potato chips because everyone said a pound. Oh boy. The other day I asked them if I had two containers and one was filled to the top, and I poured it into the second contatiner and had water left inside, which would be bigger. Oh boy. That took about 20 minutes. People, there were visuals.Think time. Partner time and whole group sharing. Then I demonstrated again. In other words my kids need H-E-L-P with measurement concepts. This freebie hopefully contains real items they have really held in their hands or have seen in real life.
Grams and Kilograms
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