5 for Friday

We are starting our Science Unit on Rocks & Soil next week. I created this page to send home and have the children collect rocks for us to examine and sort in class.
You can click HERE for a free copy.






I created this Math Center to help my Second Graders with the concept of using 10 to subtract. I laminated the cards so the children can write on them You can click HERE to look at this Center.



Our "Career Collages"

We finished our Social Studies Unit on Goods and Services. To end our unit, the children created Career Collages at home and presented them to the class. They had a rubric to follow in order to get a good grade. They had to state what career they would like to have when they grow up. They needed at least three pictures or drawings of people performing that career. They had to describe the career and state whether people in that career produced a good or provided a service (or both). Here are a few of their posters. They did a great job!

I have been letting the students have their own Checklists for the past week during our Math Block. It has really helped many of my students who had been very unfocused. They were having trouble remembering what to do while I was working with my small groups. They were interrupting me a lot. It has also helped us to be sure everyone gets their time in on our iReady computer program each week. I made different Checklists for each day of the week. It took about 3 hours to figure this out, print the lists and laminate them. However, they have been very effective for my class. Here is what they look like:

I printed them on a different color paper for each day of the week so I can keep them organized. There is room at the top for 2 names. The kids in both of my Math Blocks are sharing the cards. This way I only had to make one set.



Food for Thought:


You never know what someone else may be going through. A small kindness may just help get them through the day.

5 for Friday

Now that I have settled into the school year, I am able to post a Five for Friday. Yeah!

Here's my first grandchild! We don't know yet if the baby is a girl or a boy, but we are excited. Having had 2 previous miscarriages, we are thrilled my daughter has made it to 15 weeks this time.

Last Sunday, I was able to finish making a Math Center to help my students practice making numbers in different ways. I used a football theme since many of my students love watching football right now.

If you would like to look at this Center,click HERE.

My husband and I celebrated our 26th Anniversary this week (on the 22nd). I took today Friday off and we are heading to St.Augustine for a long weekend, We love staying at the World of Golf Renaissance Resort. The golf course there is beautiful!

This was our Conference Week. I met with most of the parents. Here is a Conference Reminder form I made. It is free. If you would like to download it, just click HERE.

My students explored magnets this week. They loved it! I know they are second graders, and have explored magnets many times before, but they thoroughly loved it.

5 for Friday

This was my last week off for the Summer. I go back on Monday. The students come back on Monday, August 24th.

I went to IKEA for the first time ever on Tuesday. I love that place! Too bad it is 1 1/2 hours from my house. I did get a few things for my classroom and some things for my house. I got a white shelf and black bins to store Math Center supplies and some small plastic containers for cards.

I spent time each day in the pool. It was so relaxing!

I mostly finished my classroom on Sunday so I could just relax these last few days off.

I got the new Dr. Seuss book in the mail. I love Dr. Seuss! I have my first grandchild coming in the Spring. I have already started collecting Dr. Seuss board books for him/her (we will know which gender in a few weeks).

I bought some new clip art from Etsy. I love all the clip art at Jessica Sawyer Designs. 

I don't know her personally, but I have several of her clip art sets. She is having a Back to School Sale until the 15th- 80% off! If you are interested, you can click here to see her store.

5 for Friday

I got my Math Journals together and labeled. I taped ribbon in them this year for a bookmark. Maybe this will help the kids be able to find their page easier.

I updated my Teacher Toolbox with a freebie from Miss Sammi on Teachers Pay Teachers.

I put over 300 lollipops on this for my classroom. It came out larger than I thought, but it will last for a while.

I went up to my room this week to try and get it mostly ready since I switched rooms this summer. I still have next week off (mostly, one day of training). Here is a picture of my room.

I added vinyl words "Today is..." to my white board. I'm going to write (or have the kids write) the date under the words. I got the words from Etsy.

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I am still busy making things and organizing my new classroom. This week, I made a "No Names" holder for papers that don't have names on them. The white board is actually the front plate of a drawer that we pulled out when we remodeled. The "No" and "Names" labels are printed from a Schoolgirl Style set. I used 1 inch blue ribbon around the edges and I got the blue chevron clothespins from Walmart.

This is a small metal table that I have had forever. It was done in shades of brown and orange. I spray painted it an aqua color and I am going to see if I have a spot I can use it in my classroom.

I went up to my classroom this week to work on labeling things. I organized my books and got the labels on the bins. I have most of the Math manipulatives labeled also.

As I organize my classroom, I have been making labels to go along with my manipulatives. I finished them this week and posted them on Teachers Pay Teachers. I made them in four different chevron colors: turquoise, lime green, blue and gray.

Turquoise Chevron here

Lime Green Chevron here

Gray Chevron here

Blue Chevron here

I have also been researching my family's geneology since my mother died in 2013. She had started the research in the year before she died and I want to finish it for her and our family. This week, I finished making notebooks for one of the lines. I put the line of ancestors in the front and some information about each person. It has been very interesting.