MLK Sale

Yay for the long weekend! Sassy, Savvy, Simple Teaching is having a sale linkup! From Sunday the 18th to Tuesday the 20th check out my store and others for a discount!

Here is a sample of some of my newest products!

 

 

Project and a delay!

I have  a two hour delay and what do I do, wake up at 5:30 for no reason.

On the bright side I woke up to an email saying my Donor's Choose project was approved! I am trying to get some tablets for my fourth grade classroom. We have 3 programs we use for most of our curriculum, but we only have computers we share throughout the school. These tablets would help so much for our classroom!

If you can/would like to donate  or even share the product with people you know would donate here is the link: Technology for Terrific Fourth Graders

If you use the promo code SPARK for the next week, they will also match your donation!

Also, for the life of my project if you donate at least $5, I will give you a product of mine for free! Simply e-mail me at mwhite3233@gmail.com telling me how much you donated and which product you'd like for free, and I will send it to you! 

My TpT Store!

One Word

I love this idea for a resolution! Just come up with one word and that is what you follow to get to what you truly want.

The linky is hosted by Primary Powers though through looking at all the link-ups I found this this, that talks more about why she started this New Year's Tradition.

So now for my one word:

I liked the word when I saw Adventures of a Schoolmarm's post. 

However, I didn't decide it was my word until I saw this definition on Merriam-Webster:

to go on resolutely or stubbornly

in spite of opposition, importunity, or warning

This upcoming year I know at least the first part is going to be tough (a continuation from 2014).

Money sucks so we have to find a new apartment, we were hoping to be moving into a house, but got turned down for the loan because of college debt. My husband's health insurance tripled in monthly cost for us this year, and we have to have it because of his heart, though if the surgery had worked it wouldn't be such a  problem.

I will persists though this though. This is the last time I let the things that I can't control out. I will put back on my stubborn hat and push though.

In some ways being young sucks. Sometimes parents think that I don't know what I am doing in the classroom because I am only 26. Sometimes they think they can walk over me and that things I don't have control over are my fault. This is hard for me because I take it to heart, even though it isn't my fault. 

I will persist though. So what, I'm young? It means that I can relate better to the kids, I am more recently out of college where I learned a trillion ways to help each and every child. And yeah I'm young, and I don't know everything, I will go to those that can help me, which in turn will help your child. 

I will persist. I will go back to being the stubborn Mandee that doesn't let all this junk get in my way, and I know it will get better.

Christmas Eve Already?!?

The nice part about not being with family for the holidays is I have a lot of time to do stuff!

Since Saturday I have finished 3 new products, started the fourth, made spelling lists and quizlets for the rest of the school year.

This past weekend I finally saw the ocean! It was so beautiful and cool. I was amazed that it didn't smell. The lake I grew up on smells awful most of the time, but just clear, clean smelling water.

These two I completed earlier this month. I started with the division one because we will be diving into long division after break. Then as I thought more about it, vocabulary instruction is something that I am missing from the awesome interactive notebook set I already use. So now I am working on hitting all the 4th grade vocabulary. 

             

 Over the weekend I finished geometry and measurement ones.

   

Also after the break we are also hitting energy in science. We use Discovery Education and Science A-Z to read about different science topics, but we needed a way to put our information sown to review and study at home. Plus I already did the research 

Sunday Scoop

It has been too long! Lets see if I can really get back into the swing of things this time around.

Wednesday at noonish I will be on christmas break!! Thank goodness! You can tell it is is almost Christmas.

I really appreciate that my husband can get health insurance for pretty cheap through the marketplace, however the website is giving me problems and I have been on hold for an hour and a half now waiting to talk to someone...

I am making some Christmas gifts for surprises and I am so excited about them!!

On Friday one of our wonderful EC teachers came to me at the end of the day and told me that her and the rest of my AMAZING 4th grade team is chipping in to send me and my husband to the beach next weekend for our tenth anniversary! It was a huge, amazing surprise and there were tears of joy. I have never been to the ocean (everyone around here says that it's a crime) and we aren't going to NY for Christmas cause it is so expensive, and we weren't going to do anything for our anniversary cause we're broke. But now we get to go to Oak Island, with the dogs and I get to see the ocean! I am so excited and beyond thankful. I can not thank these wonderful ladies enough. Now to find groupons or something fun to do while we're there!

Sunday Scoop November 9

Time for Sunday Scoop with The Teaching Trio!

Finding stuff to teach NC SS at a 4th grade level is close to impossible. Coming from NY where there is an abundance of resources, makes it even more frustrating for me. So I am working on making some centers about NC government and constitution, and I want to make myself have it done today, or this week at the latest. 

I am very happy to be there for my kiddos when they need someone. Of course I wish they didn't have to go through the stuff they're going through, but I know they appreciate me being there. One of my students had her step mom leave dad, and she had been around for a very long time. One of my other students just found out his mom has cancer. They're too young to have to put up with this stuff, but I guess it is a part of life they have to go through.

November Currently and Sunday Scoop!

Falling back would be much better if I slept longer...

Linking up with The Teaching Trio for Sunday Scoop and Oh Boy 4th Grade for November Currently.

  

Tomorrow I get a new student! Now I am stressed about have #21 join us and getting her set up and on track with us. But, she is such a sweetie, mom and dad are awesome! I can not wait to have her!

I love the Gilmore Girls and decided to go through and watch it start to end now that it is on Netflix! My husband will be very happy when it is over.

Fall weather = <3

My computer just keeps getting slower and slower! Driving me insane! I can't do much because it is so stinkin' slow. It really is about time for a new one, but money sucks.

We sent in an application for a loan through the government to buy a home! We want to move into our first home this summer when our lease is up. Cross your fingers!

Two of my kiddos had colds/sore throats this week and were kind enough to share it with me. 

I just got done reading the Reading A-Z book on the Bill of Rights for our next unit!