I've been pinned!  I am so excited!  My friend Jenny came in to my room yesterday (right at the end of the day, so you know I was spent and needed some perking up... THANK YOU JENNY) and showed me her computer and right there on Pinterest was one of my little anchor charts!  I couldn't believe it!  Someone actually liked one of my products enough to pin it!  I was elated!  (And yeah... I totally just used the word "elated" correctly, on a Saturday morning, after an all-nighter wedding party, and loooooooots of wine!) 

I suppose if I am going to share the measurement activities I made tonight, I should share some of the ones I have made previously that go along with the topic!  Enjoy!

 

My purpose in starting this blog was to share school stuff, but I seem to have found myself lacking the time to actually do that!  Here is my first attempt.  I would love to eventually find a way to organize these things better, but for now, this is the best I can do!  (This whole blogging thing is still VERY new to me!)

Currently in Math we are working on measurement, specifically, area and perimeter.  I created this short quiz to assess the work we've done on these skills.  While working through some of the practice problems today, it became painfully clear that many of my kids had forgotten how to do 2 by 2 digit multiplication.  I made this review for them to give them some extra practice.  Use these if you can!

(Please don't look too carefully at the alignment of the squares on the second page of the A & P Quiz.  I had to align each square separately and they are not perfect- which is driving me nuts!  I blame my giggling at The Big Bang Theory which is on in the background.  BAZINGA!)

It's funny how the only time I actually have time (or the energy) to write on my own blog is during Spring Break!?!  Who else is enjoying the HECK out of this amazing week?  It was about time huh?  I mean, for real... it was for the safety of the children that this break came when it did!  I shouldn't complain, I missed most of the month of January, so I've really only been back at it a few weeks, but DANG (!!!!!) this has been the absolute toughest year out of my 12!  We have a new principal who has changed literally EVERYTHING!  Even our school colors and mascot!  (BTW, I am so not ok with that!)  I think its pretty safe to come clean on here since no one actually follows or reads my blog.  This is just for me.  It is sooooooooo nice to spend an entire week NOT worrying about what I am doing wrong, what I am not even aware that I am doing wrong, what will I find to add to my ever-increasing to-do list EVERY TIME I open my email, what kids I'm screwing up for life, what important lessons I didn't teach well, this list could go on and on!  Nope!  I am NOT worrying about those things this week.  I have been incredibly selfish and frivolous and girly this week.  Today I got a tanning membership I did not need and can not afford.  (PS, it was AWESOME!)  I also used my Valentines Day gift from my hubby and got fake lashes put on!  I am so in love with them!  I feel like a movie star!  Seriously, these are worth every penny!  Of course no one will actually ever see them as I never leave my house (or my jammies) but my dog thinks they look fabulous!  My wine glass is super jealous, and the characters on the Big Bang Theory are super excited about them! 

I brought home my laptop this week and was gonna spend some time catching up on work, getting ready for testing season, making some outrageously cute and life changing test prep materials, and generally improving myself as a teacher, buuuuuuut, my computer is still sitting where I (ehem) dropped it from sheer exhaustion Friday night.  I have changed grade levels this year so I am sticking with the claim that I have no clue as how to prepare these little angles for testing in 4th grade.  That sounds totally believable right?

What I am really supposed to be doing is making appointments to get my car worked on, and for Miss LolaFrancine to go to the vet.  I am also supposed to be looking into pet insurance for the afore-mentioned fancy face.  How am I progressing on those 3 missions? Well, not very well I am afraid.  I was leaving a drawing entry on the Melonheadz blog (one of my weaknesses) and bragging on how cute MY blog is, but being honest about how I NEVER EVER actually write on it!  What a waste!  So... here I am... officially blogging!  It is really fun and therapeutic, or maybe that's just the wine!  (Another perk of being off all week, I am in my jammies and drinking wine at 5:00!  Woot Woot! 

Ok, I have rattled on here (said in my best Ursula the Sea Witch voice) long enough!  Take care and happy hump day cyberworld!