Friday Favorites

I am excited to participate for the first time in Friday Favorites! I am going to do this teacher style...just because!!

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My students freaked out when I came in and my nails matched my data binder. I have a data binder that I keep everything in...it goes with me to meetings, parent conferences, PLC's, home...just everywhere.  I didn't plan to match my data binder but that fact that my kids know that it matches CRACKS ME UP!!!!!!

TWO

These pants from the loft are my new favs for the end of the year.

They are perfect length for sandals or wedges. They are light and comfy.  You need these for the last days of school!!!!

THREE

My team is another favorite this week!! My goodness we are the best. One of us is leaving. She got her dream job as a GT teacher in the same district, which are are so excited for her, but it's gonna stink with out her next year!!!

FOUR

I know this has nothing to do with school but my husband posted his golf course this week and it looks amazing! 

He is a golf course superintendent and he is pretty amazing at his job. He NEVER post on FB so for him to put this up is a big deal :)

One of the things I love about him is that when someone compliments the course he always says.."I'll pass it along to my guys.." never takes credit for it. I love how he lets his guys know they are appreciated and give them the compliments. 

Being a GC superintendent wife stinks some days..but I know he is amazing at what he does and I'll support him!! 

I hope you all have a blessed weekend!

Area and Perimeter

Y'all...what is it about this topic that is so hard. My cuties always struggle with this!  I have had this as my door decor since December (thus the folds and crinkles on some of the paper)! I thought...maybe if they see this everyday it will stick...

 Well...I was wrong..like major wrong. We started this unit and I the proud, creative teacher stood at the front of my classroom and said.. "boys and girls, today we are going to learn about area and perimeter. Have you ever heard of it?' I stood back waiting for my students to say.."Yes oh teacher we see it on our door everyday"... You know what I got!? This....

So yeah...this is going to go well!!!!

Anyway I did what any good teacher would do...got on pinterest and found some hands on activities for us to do! Like this one..Perimeter and Area Art!!! After we spent the week learning formulas and how to measure,  I wrote two perimeters on the board and an area. They had to decide how to get those. It was fun to see their little minds working and light up when they found out how to create them. I love how they are all different.

We also did this activity, Create your dream house. My kids were struggling with, How do you apply this to real life so we created blue prints for our dream house!! Some of the rooms were so funny!!!! It really brought out their personality and made them think! I hope one day they will have the chance to build their dream house in real life!! 

 This kid has my heart...put in a science lab!! LOVE IT!!!!

And that small little neon yellow deal...that is our TEK for this one. I always put the TEK in the hallway so when people are walking by they know why we did that activity. Also, the kids know that the things  we do have a purpose!! 

Have a great day!!!!

Happenings!!!

This year is just ticking away....which I am not going to complain about!!!

We have been busy doing lots of fun things!!!

We had the first round of testing in March...the writing STAAR test. I am not a fan testing. I hate it. However, we have to do it.  To make it a time of "fun" cause we all know sitting around for 4 hours is so much fun for a 4th grader we do Camp Write A Lot!!! It is a BLAST!!!!!

I set up a big giant tent in my room. My whole class can fit in this thing!!! We do our activities inside the tent for the day. Practice parts of speech, how to we make good sentences, intros, closings, ideas, writing around the campfire, the whole deal! We also practice the MOST important part about writing by...MAKING S'MORES!!!!  There are so many of our students who have 1. never been camping and 2. have never made s'mores. Which, as always, blows my MIND!!!! When we do our memories of 4th grade this is always one of the top ones!!! 

This happened too.....

That is me (as Uncle Si) and my amazing team! We have an end of the 6 weeks hoopla called High Five. We give the students reading goals and if they meet this goal they get to go to the gym and give the teachers high fives! It is a GREAT motivation for our students and we kind of love dressing up! My team isn't afraid to dress up...like any chance we get we are dressing up...characters from the Alamo, Rappers, Hippies, you name it we will do it!!! 

That's about all that has been going on! Good times in 4th grade! 

Is it enough??

Dear Students,

As your teacher I am always asking myself this question...
Did I teach you enough?
Did we do enough hands on materials?
Did we practice enough?
Did I show you all the possible ways to learn this one TEK?

I want you to know that I believe the answer to this question is YES!! I did enough because YOU are enough!

You are enough every single day!!!

You come to my class and let me teach you things that your amazing little 10 year old brains can't even comprehend because we are trying to raise the rigor.

You write papers about subjects you have NO idea about because you have not had the  same experiences as other kids in Texas.

You come to school dealing with life...a life no child should have to deal with, however you still come and do your best!

At the end of the day...I know you are doing your best and I hate it with my whole heart that we have to take this test.

So please believe me when I say...I believe in you and NO MATTER how you do on that stupid test tomorrow YOU ARE ENOUGH!!!

Love always,
Your Fourth Grade Teacher

For Reals this time..

I have missed blogging.
I want to do this more often.
I know I said that last year and posted NOTHING..but for reals this time!!!!!


So...what's been going on?? I'm still in 4th. We are getting ready for that dreaded writing test in a few short weeks!

My daughter is in her first year of jr. high.
OY VEY...I really do not understand girls and drama and girls...

My little one was sent home Thursday with the flu..yes the flu. It's flipping March. When I took him in his doctor said and I quote "shit..we haven't seen this type I thought we missed it this year" GREAT!!! Congrats son on being the first to have it..NOT

I am trying this... this will be new for me. I am a junk food lover...coke drinker...fast food fanatic..so this is a huge change for me...I mean LOOK freaking spinach in this smoothie mmmkkkk I don't even eat veggies but I'm trying!!

Life...it really is short. God has just placed on my heart you have to LOVE others..just like he loves us. That is what I am trying to focus on.

Thanks for reading!! I'm going to really try to make this happen more often!