YAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYYY! Both of my projects were funded through Donor's Choose. I received my Ipods today. I had to do report cards, so I couldn't set up the Ipods, but I can't wait to get them into the kids hands. So much can be done with them. The shipment of picture books (my other funded grant) won't be here until Friday or next week. So excited to get those too.
Other happenings...
Yesterday the kids went to see a musical called "A Diary of a Worm, Spider, and Fly." I heard it was pretty good. I was home with a sick little boy so no play for me. However, I did let the kids make dirt. Pudding, oreos, and gummy worms! No pictures - I wasn't there!
We are working on the "ar" sound this week. So many fun things to do with this sound since it is all that pirates say! I, of course, stole a great idea from the internet! I hid AR words all over the classroom and the hallway (even one in the ARt room). The students had to find them, read them, and put them on our treasure map. When we found them all and the kids got to grab some treasure of their own. They loved it! What's that? You are missing the pictures? True, I slacked on taking them. I'll add some in later.
We also played a game that practiced subtracting doubles. I modeled my thinking (example: "Hmmm, 12-6. Well, I know 6+6 is 12 so 12-6 must be 6!) The kids laughed because I was being a little silly, but I'll be darned if they weren't saying those exact things when playing the game! We are working on strategies for subtracting from 20 and the kids keep asking for more "tricks" to solving problems. They aren't tricks, they are just understanding numbers - but hey, if tricks are more motivating, well then I will keep teaching them tricks.
Tomorrow we are making "synonym" rolls. I promise pictures. I totally stole this idea off the internet too. I love teacher blogs. So many great ideas. I'm babbling. I feel inspired to write yet have no actual topic. Maybe tomorrow.
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