Awesome Moments

After finishing and linking up to Mrs. Laffin's Laughings Positive Thinking Thursday it reminded me of some really awesome positives that happened today and early this week!

Today: Today we finished our math benchmark, kind of. I had one student who likes to rush take their time and grow to almost where they should be. I had one of my shy kids who doesn't like to brag on themselves go even higher in their benchmark. To see the look on their face when I showed them was priceless. 

Then there is my more challenging student. Can't sit still, can't stop talking, can't stop tapping, can't stop bugging people, very very bright but can't focus so they do poorly on everything. This student can not help it, and I knew it from the beginning of the year. Well this student finally got diagnosed with ADHD and just started taking a low dose to help them focus. Well today during the benchmark this student sat still, took their time, and did not bug anyone. They only became unfocused once because they thought I said their name, but went right back to rocking the benchmark! They are finally able to take their time and doing it, I think everyone will now be able to see how intelligent and wonderful this kiddo really is! I almost cried I was so happy to see them finally being able to reach their potential!

I called all three of their moms after to school to tell them how happy and proud I was of their kids! I could hear the happiness in the moms voices, and they all said that I made their day! It really makes me happy that I could give this joy to all of them involved.

Mondayish: I decided to try out the SLANT box this month, after stumbling upon Lessons with Coffee a few weeks ago. It is and excellent decision and everyone should try it out for June! Go check out all the details!

Anyways I got teamed up with two other teacher/bloggers! The first one is Mrs. Jones! What really amused me about this pairing was that I had just stumbled on her blog a few days before our pairing. I am also paired up with Emily! What I love best about this pairing is that she is from NY, not far from where I am from. I also love that when I say I'm from New York, she won't automatically think I am from the city. (not that Mrs. Jones thought that but so many think/ask that question)

Also today: I found a pair of sandals I can wear to school!!!!!!!!!!!! I hate shoes all together, but seeing how I can't just go barefoot I will settle for sandals.

Positive Thinking Thursday

This week I am just so tired and my body doesn't want me to sleep past 4:30. I decided to link up with Mrs. Laffin's Laughings for some extra positivity and in hopes the extra positives will make it so I can sleep until the alarm goes off at 6:30 tomorrow!

I went back looking through my quotes board on Pintrest to remind me of a quote that makes me remember why I love being a teacher. It also reminds me of the day I was working at a gas station and my fifth grade teacher came in and I got to tell her I was in college to be a teacher because of her. I don't think she knew what to say, but I could tell she was happy to hear it. I hope and pray that some day I will bump into an old student and hear something along those lines!

Now go check out Mrs. Laffin and find some more positive thoughts, and add your own!

TPT Sale!!!!

I am ready for the TPT sale, are you?

 

Though I can not wait to see the price tomorrow after 90% of my cart goes on sale and I get to use code TPTXO!!!!!

What's in my cart? Linky!

I just stumbled on this linky and had to show off what is in my cart for the TPT sale!

First off most of what is in my cart is from Teaching With a Mountain View. I love her stuff! (click the pictures to go to the item!)

   

   

I swear I do look at other people's stuff! I am also looking forward to trying out these teacher-authors for the first time:

 

And finally from another favorite seller of mine:

I am almost positive I will find more to add before the end of the sale.

Peek at my Week 5/4/14

Linking up with Mrs. Laffin's Laughings for another peek at my week!

Monday and Tuesday we are finishing up our poetry unit.Then moving on to review using so many wonderful, wonderful, task cards.


I picked up this set when Teaching with a Mountain view hit her 4th anniversary! We will have two stations using May's and April's task cards from this set to review so many ELA standards at once!

 
We will use this wonderful set for two weeks. This week we will use the multiple choice cards in my teacher directed center. Next week we will use the other set on their own!


So excited that Teaching with a Mountain view just came out with this set! My kids are really struggling with context clues! This week we will use this set in a center and next week I have another set of context clues to use!

 
In out last ELA station we will use these because my kids not only struggle with inferenceing but also the right there questions. I am so glad my kids will get to do both at once!

If you don't follow Teaching With a Mountain View on tpt you should! She has so many amazing task cards, math projects, and other resources. AMAZING!

We will continue working on our Movie Marathon division project in our teacher directed review center.

In other stations we will be using a few of my resources I recently made! We will be using the angle memory, decimal war, measurement poke cards, and 4.NBT task cards to play a board game.

We are finishing using I {heart} Recess' interactive moon phases notebook and then will get to have our hands on experiences using Science Penguin's science weekly five - Our Moon.

We are working on writing our biographies and then we will make soda bottle dolls of the person we researched. I can not wait for them to finish the dolls and take pictures!

May Currently

Linking up for my first currently!

Listening: Thank God for iheart radio! Every weekend I listen to the Elvis Duran replay channel seeing how it is on from 6AM-10AM and I am busy with my classroom!

Loving: 

Thinking: I just can not believe I am reaching the end of my first year teaching already. I have teared up a few times thinking about how the year is coming to an end.

Wanting: I had two different observations this week, and still need 1 more. I can not wait to sit down with the people who observed me to hear what they have to say. I think it went well, but I am still so nervous!

Needing: I think we can all get behind this one.

Surprise: I am addicted to this post! I stumbled on it some where and am now setting up my end of year review stations a lot like hers. I am not using the same exact stations, but the same basic plan! I love it!!

5 for Friday!

I am linking up for my first time with Doodle Bugs Teaching for 5 for Friday!

Today I had one of those teacher moments we all hope to have and see that teaching is where we really should be. During guided reading groups one of my shy students asked to read first (amazing in its self). Then as she was reading aloud I did not have to ask her to speak up (I don't think that happened all year). She also has dyslexia and struggles normally to read things perfectly. On her first read, no mistakes, and she read with expression. I wanted to cry I was so proud of how far she has come this year!

This week I have been working on making a second grade end of year review for one of my friends. It is coming along well, and super cute!

This week I have spent so much time printing, cutting, and laminating task cards. I am 100% addicted and can not wait to use them to do more the next few weeks.

I am very excited for this upcoming week! It is teacher appreciation week and my school goes all out for it. In all my years going through school being a student teacher, never did we do anything to celebrate our teachers (back in NY). Now my school here in NC has so many things planned to celebrate teachers. I think it is amazing the love and support we get from our parents. 

This past week we got the letter asking if we were going to be renewing our lease. I can not believe I have been in NC for close to a year now. I love where my life is now compared to a year ago. I love that I and finally doing what I have been wanting to do since I was in 5th grade and I have a class that though they won't stop talking, I still love to see how much they have grown this year.