Earth Day Every Day!

Hey Y'all! Hubby is out of town and I'm going CRAZY doing the working/single mom thing. I have a newfound appreciation for my husband right now! Haha! In the classroom I've been trying to incorporate what we learned on Earth Day into other activities such as our unit on plants. I asked kids to bring in recyclable materials from home and I put out things I didn't want or need anymore. The kids came up with the CUTEST plants!! Check them out below:

This is probably my favorite! It's a Venus fly trap! How hilarious and awesome is that? My student even put a fly inside! Ha!

On Earth Day we reused materials to make our own creations. We measured the height, length and area of our creations. The kids loved this! 

 Piggy Mask

Car

Monster Puppet

And a nice 3D gift for me! I LOVE that my kids incorporated what they learned about 3D objects in our geometry unit to make me a gift! So precious! I'm off to bed! Night y'all!

Five for Friday!

I cannot believe it's Friday!! I was absent 2 1/2 days this week, so it flew by! This was a super interesting week...

1. Baby Jackson had a well-baby checkup and his doctor was impressed with his verbal skills! :) Yay! He says a lot of "Gaga" and "dada". So precious!

 

2. We got our preview proofs for our family photo session. So far, so good!

 

 

 

 

3. My kids did really well on their fraction assessment! Yay!! I made some fraction cards for math stations using some clip art I got on TPT. I love TPT...I always find exactly what I need! I changed my cards from my previous post to include color and black and white! You can pick them up here.

 

 

 

4. My principal helped me organize a donation drive for the families in West, Texas. My kids are so excited about helping out and I cannot wait to see what our school comes up with!

 

5. My husband is running the Tough Mudder tomorrow...and I get to sleep in!! (Well sleep in as much as Baby Jackson lets me!) ;)

 

Oh and I'm going to add a #6...

WE SOLD OUR HOUSE! YAYYY! :)

 







Support West, Texas!

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Alright y'all...I cannot believe what kind of week it's been. First, Boston. Now, West. For those of you Texans out there, I feel like EVERYONE has visited the Czech Stop on their way to or from Dallas. In college we always stopped in West on the way to the Texas/OU game. The people there were always friendly and welcoming.

I cried and cried when I heard about the tragedy there. I feel so bad for those people who have lost their loved ones, homes and belongings. I have been absent the last two days, I've been sick as a dog, and I pulled up to school this morning and immediately approached my principal about starting a donation drive at our school. I called the Red Cross and I got a hold of two locations taking donations.

The Red Cross told me that they really need bottled water. It's very expensive for us to ship the water, but if you are interested in donating personally, please consider water! We are asking the families at our school to donate clothes, blankets and toiletries. 

Here are the two locations I have been told are taking donations:

Peas and Tots Clothing Store
8506 Oakdale Drive
Waco, Texas 76712

and 

Axtell High School
308 Ottawa Street
Axtell, Texas 76624

Our donation drive goes through Thursday. I hope we can give some joy to our fellow Texans. God Bless Y'all!

Fraction Cards Freebie!

Hey Y'all! Quick post tonight, I've been home sick for the last 3 days. You'd think I would get a ton of work done on my laptop (lesson plans, blogposts, etc) but not so much! I've felt pretty yucky and my 6 month old is feeling under the weather too. So it's been crazy! I did manage to grade some papers and get some fraction cards made. 

We are working on understanding the more fractional parts in a whole, the smaller the part. For example, 1/4 is smaller than 1/2. To reinforce this concept, I'm having my kids use these fraction cards to play "war". I added the directions with the cards. Pick them up if you think you can use them! :) 

I'm off to bed! 

Prayers for Boston

I feel like the tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary happened just yesterday. Now, another tragedy strikes our nation. Words cannot express how much it saddens me to see such senseless acts of hate. So many innocent lives have been affected today. So many people have been hurt, some even killed today. 

When I heard that one of the victims was an 8 year old boy, I couldn't handle it. I'm a second grade teacher. My students are 8 years old. They are innocent and beautiful. I'm also a mother and I cannot imagine what that child's mother is going through right now. Please say a prayer for the people of Boston, for the victims, for the families of the victims and for everyone working to protect and save the lives of the innocent. I'm going to hug my baby boy a little tighter tonight and thank the Lord for taking care of me and keeping my family safe. 

If you want to leave your thoughts or join in for some prayers, you are welcome to. God Bless   You All!