Monday Made It and Other Stuff

I feel like I haven't blogged in forever! Last Tuesday I embarked on the verrrrry long road trip from Georgia to Ohio to see my family! I'm still in Ohio and it's been a crazy week thus far.

Major trip events.....so far

-I spent all of Wednesday with my stepdad, his girlfriend and my brother and sister at Cedar Point. If you don't know Cedar Point it is only the best amusement park in world....no seriously it ranks every year and international parks try their best to compete! I had a great time...and got a little tan! The Millennium Force was awesome!! Here are some fun pics of the park and my lovely family....

Family <3

Newest ride- The Gatekeeper

View from the Sky Ride

Looking out at Lake Erie

-On a very sad note during this trip I also learned that a classmate of mine passed away the same day I drove up to Ohio. Needless to say I was totally shocked, we're so young and our class was extremely close so it hit hard. She was a beautiful girl and will truly be missed. Attending her memorial on Saturday was hard but I had to show my condolences. Just a note....be careful while driving and always tell the ones you love how much you care.

-My baby girl is having too much fun running around my Grandmas' yard. Now I've gotta get a place with a yard....I feel like I'm depriving her. If you follow me on Instagram you've seen this pic of her running around with joy!

On to Monday Made It! Being that I am not at home I couldn't get really crafty so I made a little freebie. It's one of my faaaavorite back to school activities. Squiggle line writing. The students take a squiggly line and turn it into any creative picture they can think of....animals, houses ANYTHING! Then they write a short story about their picture. It is a great way to assess their writing for the beginning of the year. Click on the picture to check it out! And link up with 4th Grade Frolics Enjoy and happy Monday!

 

Who else has just 17 days left of summer like I do? Ahhhhh!!!!!!

Week in Review

I've been a little absent from my blog, that I just started but for good reason. I'm a new mommy! That's right I am mommy to a super adorbs little Yorkie/Chihuahua mixed darling named Giselle. She is named based on the middle name of mommy's favorite...Beyonce (super fan)! I am already in love with this stubborn little diva. She is giving mommy a run for her money as far as training is concerned. Needless to say this little baby is taking all my time....and my money. But....her company is priceless. I'm glad I made the decision to get her!

Giselle -loving playing with old socks

Also this week I got together with the calendar committee at my school to plan all the events for the entire school year. I know some of you are thinking...already?! Yes....already but at my school and as hectic as things tend to get the earlier the better. Not mention, it's not all that early. We go back to school very early here in Hot Georgia (August 7th). We planned things such as our school-wide activity day that is based on students receiving points in class dojo, our monthly teacher breakfast club, open house, programs and more. I also got the inside scoop on the master schedule for 3rd grade. Although I am not grade level chair, I know I will have to play a very active leadership role especially when it comes to outside events. My schedule.....not exactly a fan because my grade level has thee earliest lunch for the second year in a row. 10:15 a.m.! Ahhh! Other than that they did change the schedule so that we can have a literacy block which will be about 120 minutes long! I loooove that. This will give me the room to do Daily 5 and CAFE in the way I want....soooo excited!

My donor's choose project was fully funded! Woooohooo my first one and it was funded relatively quickly! I'm so excited for these materials from Lakeshore that are common core aligned. Thinking of my next few projects already!

All in all a good week. I've gotta get busy on finishing my grad school portfolio, and making my first promethean lesson for TPT. How was your week?