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Happy Friday! I'm linking up with Doodle Bugs Teaching for some Five for Friday fun!!
We started the Table Olympics this week!!!! WOOOOO!!! What are the Table Olympics you ask?? Well, just an awesome way to learn about the Olympics, how to handle not always winning, and have some fun beating the cold cold weather while inside! BOOM! We started on Wednesday and had 3 total competitions this week: stacking 12 cubes into a tower, linking 20 links, unlinking 20 links.
On Tuesday and Thursday we did a little differentiated math work at the end of the day. The kids had a GREAT time walking around "adding the room." I promised them a super special snowman sticker if they got everything correct- it worked!!! Handed out a sticker to most students today!
Today we took a little time to slow down and relax and just do something fun. My group this year really loves to do art, so I taught them how to cut out snowflakes. We went through so much paper! They loved it and now the room will look awesome (once we hang them up that is...)
Today was also the Winter Talent Show!! We have some super talented kids at our school. From dancing, to singing, to drumming- they can do it all! Here is our principal doing the Whip and Nae Nae on stage with some students.
Did you see the video of Ron Clark dancing with his students?? Who didn't, right? He's amazing. Well, I MIGHT have posted that, which ended up with my principal being roped into it BUT he was more than willing! (I might have been on stage too...)
Lastly, here's a little non school love for my dog Allie who ran like crazy with her sheep dog friend Frances at the dog park on Monday! They are so cute! And some other shots of her. Enjoy!
Happy 3 day weekend!!
Happy Sunday! It was a great first week back and I'm ready for week 2! I'm linking up with Deedee from Mrs. Will's Kindergarten for a Peek at my Week!
Before we get to the plans I need some advice friends. Last week I found out I will be presenting at a math conference here in Virginia! I'm very excited about it but also very nervous!!! I've never done anything like this before but it should be a good experience. Any tips on presenting??? Anything will be helpful- thanks!
This week we will start reading Tacky books by Helen Lester!!
I absolutely LOVE Tacky! He's such a hot mess but means well and always comes through for his companions. And the kids crack up while reading, which makes things even better. We will read 6 Tacky books altogether, including this one:
Which sets us up perfectly for our 3rd annual Table Olympics!!!! I started the Table Olympics a few years ago during the last Winter Olympics. The kids work with their table groups to complete a number of silly tasks over 2 weeks. This includes stacking blocks, linking links, unlinking links, writing letters A-Z, writing numbers to 20, running, bouncing balls, etc. Groups get points for being in first, second, and third place and we keep track over the 2 weeks. On the last day we have a medal ceremony and all! Make sure you check back to my Five for Friday posts the next 3 weeks for pictures or you can always follow me on Instagram @thelandofican because I'll be posting on there too!
Here are the plans:
Hope you are back in the swing of things and have a great week! Happy Teaching!
Happy Friday friends! We made it through the first week back. Actually, my kids did a great job- maybe they were still tired?? ;-) Much to my dog's shagrin (because I'm refusing to play with her after walking and playing outside for over an hour) I'm writing a Five for Friday post! Finally!!! I'm hoping to commit to it for the rest of the school year because it's so fun. So, I'm linking up with Doodle Bugs Teaching for Five for Friday!
I was honored this week to be in the top 3 nominees by my fellow staff members for the Washington Post's Agnes Meyer Teacher of the Year Award! It felt good knowing my coworkers think so highly of me. One of our wonderful 2nd grade teachers, Mrs. Hwang, won the final nomination. She's fantastic!
Unfortunately we had a planning day the day the picture was taken and I didn't know this was happening... So that's me in the jeans and tshirt...
I jumped into Guided Reading this week. I was doing it on and off in a very loose manner but now it's full steam ahead! We started with a book from my Winter Reader Pack that has dots for pointing to just to ease back into things. All of my groups did so great!!!
If you saw my Peek at my Week post you know that I started Word Family Study this week! I LOVE this! To introduce the new family each week the kids put on letter bibs and we sound out the words.
Did you hear about the Hour of Code back in December? The goal was to get students around the world on computers coding all at the same time. Well, we finally got to do it with our Technology Integration Specialist and it was amazing!!!! We worked on the Angry Bird Mazes, which kept the kids interested. One of my boys made it through ALL 16 levels!
I found out this week that I will be presenting at the Virginia Council for Teachers of Math conference in March! It's a statewide math conference and I will be presenting on differentiating during whole group math lessons and math centers. I am very excited but also nervous! I've never done anything like this... Any tips?!?!
Thanks for stopping by. Happy weekend!
Happy Sunday friends! Having a break was SUPER nice but I suppose its time to get back to business... I'm linking up with Deedee from Mrs. Will's Kindergarten for a Peek at my Week!
I'd like to say we are going to ease back into things BUT... not really. I'm going to let them play every day this week instead of doing I/E (intervention and enrichment), but other than that we are working hard from moment one.
This week is the beginning of our Word Family Study! Have you ever seen this from Masha McGuire?! I just love all her stuff and this is the BEST! We do one vowel a month for the next 5 months. The kids love it and so do I. You can find it HERE.
Here are the plans:
Hope the first days back go smooth for all of you. Happy Teaching!
