I am linking up with Katie over at Teacher to the Core for her great new linky:
I am usually an extremely positive person, so this is going to take me a little out of my comfort zone! But I am always up and willing for a challenge and change, so here it goes :)
THE WEATHER! Oh my goodness. I seriously think mother nature is going through menopause in Ohio. Now I'm not one of those people to complain all winter long. I love snow from December through January... but it was 65 degrees here yesterday and thunderstorming. Today's weather you ask? Well take a look at the picture from my drive in this morning
{I was stopped I swear} Yes, it is a balmy 18 degrees here today. So this is definitely one of my lows. The crazy weather has my body doing crazy things. I can't stop getting sick. I just can't wait until spring!
Now I'm about to get all serious on ya'll... I apologize. My second low this month has been one of my kiddos. Now I {hate} to say one of my students is a low, but I have been having such a hard time with this student this month. I won't go into specifics, but I just feel like this is a good place to let my feelings show. It is an issue of pathologically lying, and about some serious things that would go on in the home. We are learning that it is actually the complete opposite, and I just can't imagine one of my loving fourthies could behave this way at home. I really hope we can find the truth in all of this and find a positive solution for this kiddo.
Phew.. I made it through the tough part. Now the part I'm good at, being an optimist. My first high this month is student success! We just took our practice OAA last week, and only 8/56 kids didn't pass. Considering we haven't covered at least 1/3 of what's on it, I was so excited!! YAY fourthies:) (Although I'll still be stressing big time the whole month of April. I know you all can relate!)
My second high is DEFINITELY getting this blog rolling and putting more time into it. This has become a haven for me, and I LOVE it! I also just created a Facebook page for my blog!! YAY! :) Here she is...
Click the picture to head on over to facebook and become a follower! Thanks :)
Lastly, I just have to share a tidbit from our day! We celebrated Groundhog Day today in our classroom! We read the book Substitude Groundhog by Pat Miller (props to Andrea over at Reading Towards the Stars) for the reccomendation! The kiddos loved it. We then used my Groundhog Day pack and we completed our writing prompt "Will Phil see his shadow" and my groundhog crafitiy that goes with it! We learned Facts and Opinions about Groundhogs, and wrote a sequencing story, and a Groundhogs Day Haiku. The kiddos loved it and produced such quality work! I know it's almost here, but if you wanna squeeze in a little holiady celebrating head on over to my TPT to pick up your copy! Here's what the pack includes:
We are having a Superbowl Celebrating in our classroom tomorrow! Can't wait to share our day with ya'll:) Thanks for reading!
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I am usually an extremely positive person, so this is going to take me a little out of my comfort zone! But I am always up and willing for a challenge and change, so here it goes :)
THE WEATHER! Oh my goodness. I seriously think mother nature is going through menopause in Ohio. Now I'm not one of those people to complain all winter long. I love snow from December through January... but it was 65 degrees here yesterday and thunderstorming. Today's weather you ask? Well take a look at the picture from my drive in this morning
{I was stopped I swear} Yes, it is a balmy 18 degrees here today. So this is definitely one of my lows. The crazy weather has my body doing crazy things. I can't stop getting sick. I just can't wait until spring!
Now I'm about to get all serious on ya'll... I apologize. My second low this month has been one of my kiddos. Now I {hate} to say one of my students is a low, but I have been having such a hard time with this student this month. I won't go into specifics, but I just feel like this is a good place to let my feelings show. It is an issue of pathologically lying, and about some serious things that would go on in the home. We are learning that it is actually the complete opposite, and I just can't imagine one of my loving fourthies could behave this way at home. I really hope we can find the truth in all of this and find a positive solution for this kiddo.
Phew.. I made it through the tough part. Now the part I'm good at, being an optimist. My first high this month is student success! We just took our practice OAA last week, and only 8/56 kids didn't pass. Considering we haven't covered at least 1/3 of what's on it, I was so excited!! YAY fourthies:) (Although I'll still be stressing big time the whole month of April. I know you all can relate!)
My second high is DEFINITELY getting this blog rolling and putting more time into it. This has become a haven for me, and I LOVE it! I also just created a Facebook page for my blog!! YAY! :) Here she is...
Click the picture to head on over to facebook and become a follower! Thanks :)
Lastly, I just have to share a tidbit from our day! We celebrated Groundhog Day today in our classroom! We read the book Substitude Groundhog by Pat Miller (props to Andrea over at Reading Towards the Stars) for the reccomendation! The kiddos loved it. We then used my Groundhog Day pack and we completed our writing prompt "Will Phil see his shadow" and my groundhog crafitiy that goes with it! We learned Facts and Opinions about Groundhogs, and wrote a sequencing story, and a Groundhogs Day Haiku. The kiddos loved it and produced such quality work! I know it's almost here, but if you wanna squeeze in a little holiady celebrating head on over to my TPT to pick up your copy! Here's what the pack includes:
We are having a Superbowl Celebrating in our classroom tomorrow! Can't wait to share our day with ya'll:) Thanks for reading!