Theme...

Are there teachers out there who change the theme of their rooms yearly?  For a few years I used a modified 'bee' theme.   This past year I used 'wild about 4th grade'...a jungle theme. 

Since I have been out of school for 3 days...I've had a break and I'm thinking about next year.  I love the owls from kpm doodles and plan to use them in an owl theme.  'Who's Reading' is the idea I have for sharing AR points.
I have a tree where each student will have an owl.  For every 10 AR points students will get a bead to put on a chain which will hang from their owl (pictures to follow this fall).  The chain & beads are theirs at the end of school.  I had a few students wear theirs at the end of this school year.

Anyone else thinking about next fall...all ready? 

The Hardest Days

This week involves 3.5 days of school.  The hardest days of the whole school year...
What does my week look like?

• readers' theater
• autograph books
• thank you notes to staff
• schoolwide movie
• elementary track event 
• Bananagrams/applegram contests
• classroom spelling bee

AND hopefully a nice send-off for a great summer!

 

2.5 weeks and counting

Is it possible that the school year is almost over (May 16 at 11:10 am)?  When is your ending date?  We just finished state testing.  My class didn't do to well, but there are a lot of dynamics in this class along with a lot of ieps. 

Any plans for the summer?  I wish I was going to Hawaii, but not so :(

Powerpoint Poster

Needed:  sign for bulletin board to match my room's colors...
1.  look through TPT...no luck
2.  Make signs using powerpoint

YES!

HELP!!

My school district is deciding on a new reading series...
Journey
Reading Street
Treasures

And what are you using...any thoughts?

A Time To...

take a break from classroom ho-hum!

This time of year can be a challenge.  Spring break is over, and what awaits us???
MAPS testing, state testing-YIKES

The routine of the day...the week is starting to get a little boring, so for a beak I like doodling.  This time the students will outline, color, and water paint the scene.

Design on cardstock...Outline with a sharpie...Color with construction paper crayons...Watercolor with the watercolors we all used when we were kids.  The designs I chose are from http://www.doodle-art-alley.com/

Pictures to follow...

That Time of Year...

2.5 snow days...need to start thinking about MAPS...state assessment...and I'm on the district's team to implement a new teacher evaluation framework mandated by the state...

AND how many days until summer?

Of my followers and blog stalkers...who is evaluated using the Marzano  design?  My district has decided on that format for data collection...it should fit nicely into our state's new framework.

So until life leaves me more time to be creative...and less stressed-out over what standards I need to teach...I doubt I'll have one creative or useful bone in my body.

HELLO SUMMER!