Sunday Store and Shout Out

The past 2 weeks my class has been working hard on identifying Figurative Language.  To wrap up the unit, I created these task cards for informal assessment purposes... but like usual I will then stick them into my ELA centers to use for review.  

I love spring everything - spring colors, spring clip art, and knowing spring break is only a few weeks away.  :) 

Included are 32 task cards reviewing idioms, similes, metaphors, personification, onomatopoeia, alliteration, and hyperboles.  We're going to play scoot on Monday, we will then go over it whole class using the handy-dandy answer key, and they will turn them in for me to see how they did.

Shout Out TIME!

Last week Jessica from Joy in the Journey shared this Solving Shamrocks game with me. I was so excited about it! I printed it out right away, laminated, and then had to wait until it was technically March to play it.  Then Friday came and I pulled it out for the kiddos to use during our Dr. Seuss celebration!

Just wanted to share how fun it was with you.  The shamrocks have the multiplication problems on them, and the kids have to get through the board game the quickest.  The directions are included.

Jessica is also celebrating her 100 followers with a giveaway - I'm one of the people helping her out.  Make sure you go and enter to win!

Have a great day :)  

I'm a California Blogger and Currently

  Diane from Fifth in the Middle  created the state buttons for all blogs to grab.  There are also different region links to link up your blog.  If you click the link above or on the side bar it will take you to her blog's by state page so you can get your own.  
I'm also linking up again with Farley - for this month's Currently.  

I love Saturday mornings - who doesn't?  This morning we celebrated Dr. Seuss' birthday by having green eggs and ham.  Only one of my kids actually liked it - though they were all excited about it as I was making it.  
So this is my family's version of Sam-I-am does not like green eggs and ham.

Thank you to my FB buddies for telling me that stress most likely caused my eye twitch.  It's amazing how it seems to happen when I raise my voice at school... I did finally email my doctor.  I also have been taking their suggestions to get more sleep, rest, drink more water, and eat bananas.  I still have it but it isn't as bad.

Today I have to take my boys with me to the party store - my oldest son is turning 9 soon and his party is next Friday night!  It's camping themed - so we are putting up the tent in the backyard and pulling out the stuff to make smores.  We have to pick up glow sticks and I don't know what else.  He wants me to make a smores cake too... we'll see...

As for laminating sheets, I'm sure you can relate.  For the longest time I did not have any color ink.  I'm not going to laminate something without color, so I didn't use it for a while... now I have ink and I've run out of pouches.  Ugh, the agony of an unused laminator!
Last up are my "E" likes, loves, and hates.  It's so hard to think of E-things... 
E like - Energy  Of course I like energy.  I wish I had more energy.  It seems like I need so much more energy with this class this year than any other class I've ever taught.  As my VP told me the other day - I'm putting out fires this year.  So many many fires... but at least I know I'm making a difference in their lives.        
E love - Eagles

   I love eagles.  I've always loved eagles.  All the schools that I've worked with have had eagles as our mascot.  I know, weird?!? The verse that's been my "theme-verse" through life has been from Isaiah 40:31, "But those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength.  They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint."
E hate - Eels

Remember that scene from the Princess Bride - well to this day I still close my eyes when the eel attacks.  I have never met one personally, but I have a fear that has caused hate... all due to that one movie.  
Hope you have a wonderful Saturday!

Five on Friday!

Five for Friday! Today I'm linking up again with Doodlebugs Teaching to share my 5 random things from this week.

1. Birthday Party for Dr. Seuss

We celebrated today after we did our regular assessments. The kids wore their PJs, brought in their blankets, books, and pillows. They then set up shop and read. Sometimes by themselves, sometimes with a partner, sometimes full class. That was the morning, and this afternoon we watched a little movie complete with red fish and gummy eggs as a treat. This Readathon was also a technology fundraiser for my class. Here is the letter I sent home in case you are looking for ideas.

2. Figurative Language Rainbows

This week we continued on with figurative language, this time adding examples and color to a Figurative Language Rainbow. I am so proud of myself for figuring how to make a rainbow on PowerPoint.

3. Writing Writing Writing

The state writing assessment is next week and my students have been working hard on their paragraphs. I am so thankful that the Rainbow Edit is working for this group.  I think that alone has helped make them into better writers.  Now I don't have to remind them to include indents, capitals, punctuation, details, topic sentence, and spelling.  

4. Girl Scout Cookies

I want to personally thank the Girl Scouts at my school for providing ample opportunities to purchase boxes of cookies. I want to thank my husband for preferring a certain kind that I can't stand, and for being supportive in purchasing boxes for the cupboard and for the freezer.

5. Last but not least, I want to thank you for your support when I posted this picture on Facebook.

It was nice knowing it wasn't just my class that the moon affected this past week.

Hope you had a great week!