When I heard the idea for the Fabulous Feedback linky, I was all over it. I mean, I get an opportunity to showcase and share the nice things people say about what I pour my heart and mind over to create? Who wouldn’t want to do that? And, honestly, we get some interesting feedback, and interesting might not even be the right word, so getting a chance to show the good stuff is great. It’s
I’ve been busy as a bee the last few days. Bizzy. Bizzy. Bizzy. I found my mojo, I kept my ADD in check (self-diagnosed, of course). And I finished up two ideas I’ve had in my head, because no idea should be stuck in that craziness. First, I fiiiiiinally finished the final set of my 3rd grade story problems so I could upload and bundle. Sheesh! It feels like I’ve been working on these forever.
What are you up to this weekend? I’m staying home and relaxing after the stressful week I’ve had. If you live in Indiana you’re sure to know, and I wonder if others do too, but our state testing this week was a disaster!! The state mandated that all testing be online. And, well, they weren’t ready to handle that. CTB, our provider, and an arm of Mc-Graw Hill, had their servers crash more than once.
Last year, I created these Common Core math warm ups for our kindergarten teachers. Our kids go full day, a long day, and come in knowing quite a bit of content. This allows them to go through most of the K standards by Christmas, and the 1st grade standards the second semester. Of course, they don’t quite get it all, and they have to spend time reviewing. But it really prepares the kiddos for first
Here’s a great program you may or may not know about! Pets in the Classroom recently contacted me and asked if I’d share their wonderful program. Here’s what they sent me! Pets in the Classroom is an educationalvgrants program supporting responsible pet care for school classrooms. Sponsored by the Pet Care Trust, the goal of the program is to establish healthy child-pet relationships by supporting responsible pet care in Kindergarten-8th Grade classrooms across the
