Five for Friday!

Hello, it's been a while since I've linked up with Doodle Bugs Teaching for her Five for Friday linky. Just because I haven't linked up doesn't mean I haven't thought about it. In fact, I've introduced my students to Five for Friday. They've gotten accustomed to writing a Five for Friday on their blogs. I even wrote one with them today. So, my Five for Friday can be found here. 

I also want to ask, you to stop by and read one (or more) of my student's Five for Friday post, and leave them a comment. It would mean so much to them. Thank you in advance. 

Currently November

I am so glad October is over! It was a jam packed month. I think I only blogged once, that's just how busy it was. But it is currently November, and time to link up with Farley from Oh' Boy 4th Grade for her monthly linky. 

Listening to the morning news is a daily routine. Currently the weather is being forecast; looks like today is going to be a great fall day with temperatures  in the upper 50's. 

I am loving that tonight is day light savings time. It's been really dark driving to work in the mornings, and it really messes up my moods in the morning. Looking forward to a brighter drive on Monday. 

I'm thinking about what my day is going to look like. I have lots of ideas as to what I want to do, but not sure which direction I will go. 

I wantta be a millionaire so freaking bad. Forget being a billionaire I just want to be a millionaire. Who doesn't? 

I'm needing a new haircut. I'm ready to do something different with my hair. Exactly what I'm not sure.  

 My yummy pin is cupcake tacos! This is one of my favorite receipes. It's so easy to fix. 

http://pinterest.com/pin/254101603945978306/

Well that's my November currently. Head over to Oh' Boy 4th Grade to see what others are currently up to. Have a great month! 

Saturday Snapshots: Celebrate Everyday

Did you know everyday is a holiday? Yes, it's true.  I use the website punchbowl to determine the daily holiday. Punchbowl provides a holiday along with a brief description of the holiday. I write the holidays for the week on the board and every now and then we celebrate one. Students also have the option of celebrating the holiday in their own way and writing about it, on Edmodo, for extra credit. Some students are really getting into it. I'm linking up a few of our holiday snapshots with Miss Nelson's Saturday Snapshots take a look. 

As a class we recently celebrated National Puncation Day, September 24.

 

I found these homemade cookies on my door handle the morning of Homemade Cookie Day, October 1. They were yummy! 

Here are some pictures posted by my students for National Taco Day. 

Today is World Teacher Day. HAPPY WORLD TEACHER DAY to you all!

Next week's holidays include: 

October 6, 2013 is

Mad Hatter Day

October 7, 2013 is

National Frappe Day 

October 8, 2013 is

National Fluffernutter Day

October 9, 2013 is

Leif Erikson Day

October 10, 2013 is

National Cake Decorating Day

October 11, 2013 is

    National Sausage Pizza Day 

October 12, 2013 is

National Gumbo Day

Which holiday will you celebrate? I'm looking forward to fixing some Gumbo, in honor of National Gumbo Day, next Saturday. 

Saturday Snapshots

Happy Saturday Everyone! Today, I'm linking up with Miss Nelson for Saturday Snapshots. I missed last week:( I was so busy, but I have lots of pictures to share this week, so let's get started. 

This picture is from last week. Each teacher runs a club that will meet 5 times throughout the year during seminar, my club is the Duct Tape Club. At our first meeting we made neckties and wallets. It was so fun! 

Pictures from this week:

National Talk Like a Pirate Day was this week. I stopped by Krispy Kreme to get a pirate doughnut and ran into Blackbeard. 

He gave me a quick lesson in talking like a pirate, and recorded a message for my students, which they loved.  

Map Skills

We've finally started map skills in Social Studies. Day one began with mapping the world on an orange, with a partner. Students did a nice job with this, I'll admit I was a little nervous about this activity, but it turned out great. Day two they worked independently to map the world on paper, this time they had to add the oceans.  

Next up are pictures from our first Student Council Spirt Day of the year.

Mustache Day

Here is our principal (first picture) and other teachers sporting mustaches for the day. 

That's me in the corner! The other photos represent student mustache swag. 

More student mustache swag. 

Here is my BTF (best teacher friend) and her son. 

This future Fashion Designer was all mustached out; headband, scarf, shirt, suspenders, rings, pen and my favorite hand sanitizer. 

It was such a fun theme. The best part was everyone could participate. For my students that didn't have any mustache paraphernalia, I was able to print some mustaches for them. They enjoyed the day just as well.  

Pizza Party

My homeroom class won a pizza party, from our Papa John's fundraiser, so we enjoyed pizza on Friday as well as mustache day. 

Recess

Our team earned enough Bus Bucks for a reward. Recess was the chosen reward. The kids were super excited! They don't normally get recess, so this was a real treat. Mustaches, pizza and recess what else could we throw in on this fun filled Friday?  

A FIRE DRILL! 

Yes, in all of the fun there was a fire drill.  I was on my plan, and decide to get a few pictures for the yearbook. 

Man what a week?! Or should I say Friday! Enjoy your weekend. Don't forget to stop by Run Miss Nelson's got the Camera, for more Saturday Snapshots. 

Five For Friday

Hello! It has been a while since my last blog post, sorry. I've been totally exhausted! Now that I have a little bit of energy, I'm taking the time to link up with Doodle Bugs Teaching for Five For Friday. 

1. Sports have been super exciting in our town. After playing last night the KC Chiefs, are off to a 3-0 start! Whoop, Whoop. Our baseball team, Kansas City Royals, are trying  really hard to get into the playoffs. I can't remember the last time we had this much sports excitement around. Fun times out here in the Midwest. It's especially fun hearing my students talk sports. 

2. Mustache day is today at school! Student council is sponsoring their first spirit day of the year, and what better way to kick off the year than with mustache day! I have lots of mustache stuff around, my son is having a mustache bash in a week, however I'm not sure exactly what I'm going to wear. I better decide soon. You can check out pictures in my blog post tomorrow, or you can follow me on Instagram (Roland Teach) to see some later today. 

3. Besides today being mustache day, my class earned a pizza party. We had the most participates in our Papa John's Pizza fundraising event. We will be having Papa John's pizza this afternoon. Our team also earned a reward for their bus bucks. Students earn bus bucks for behaving well on the bus, once a team reaches 75 they earn a reward. We decided we would give the students a recess today. They don't normally get recess, and I wish I could of recoded their responses when I told them we were going to have recess today. They were super excited! 

4. We are just beginning map skills in social studies, and yesterday we mapped the world on an orange. I was a bit nervous about doing this activity, but it turned out GREAT! The kids loved it, and did a nice job, take a look: 

5. My best teaching buddy and I are co-sponsoring a Writing Club this year, and we had our first meeting this week. As an ice breaker we used the app StoryLines for Schools and created our first story, take a look: 

There you have it, My Five for Friday. Be sure to stop by Doodle Bugs Teaching to  see more. Have a great day! 

Five For Friday

It's Friday!!! Time to link up with Doodle Bugs Teaching with Five for Friday. 

1. Part of our yearly PD (professional development) involes observing another teacher and providing feedback. Today, I traveled over to the middle school to observe one of the 7th grade ELA teachers. It was AWESOME!!! I got to see several of my kiddos from last year. It was great to see them all doing so well. I also watched how literature circles are introduced in the middle school; which was very helpful since we will begin literature circles soon. 

2. 

I decided to stick this picture I  created with pic college here,  because in a about 2 weeks my little smurf will be 2! So, I've been spending some time planning a party. 

3.  As part of our social studies classese the counselor comes in once every three weeks and teaches a lesson. Can you say extra plan time? I was so excited when I realized she would be teaching 2 of my classes back to back. Ninety minutes of extra plan time, a nice little perk! 

4. A few Fridays ago,  I mentioned how students could only post things on Edmodo from their camera roll, but that is not true. I've since learned that students can up load assignments to their backpack then turn it in or post it as a PDF and not a jpeg. This is absolutely wonderful! If you're interested in step by step directions let me know in the comments section. 

5. I am currently using the app Post to write my post. My computer is in need of some maintaince, so I had to find an alternative. I remembered a post written by Brandee over at Creating lifelong Learners, so I went on a hunt for the post then eventually the app. I'm glad I did. I love this app! It is way more functional than the blogger app I had been using. If you like to post on the go I strongly recommend the Posts app. 

Well that's my Five for Friday! Be sure to

 Stop by and see what others are up too. 

Enjoy your weekend 

Saturday Snapshots

 Not sure what's going on with the technology, but here's a post from Saturday, that's dated Tuesday, Sept. 3. 

Last weekend I came across CF Classroom's Photo-a-Day-Prompt, and thought I would share my photos on Miss Nelson's Saturday Snapshot Linky. 

Day 1 September: This is the last month on the calendar hanging in my desk area at school. My little man will be two this month! Amazing how much he's changed in a year. 

Day 2 Labor Day: We made a new friend at Build-a-Bear. We had to say goodbye to an old friend, Sulley. He has been recalled:( 

Day 3: Back to school: After a three day weekend it was time to return to work. Here is my morning Smartboard message. Students arrive at various times between 7:40-8:00; school officially begins at 8:05. 

Day 4 Alarm clock: I have morning and nighttime alarms. Often times when putting my son to sleep I fall asleep, so I have an alarm to wake me. I try to do grading and what not between 10:00-midnight. 

Day 5 Paper: This is a collection of papers, magazines and other mail I need to sort through. 

Day 6 School Bus: We have a couple of bus drivers that come over and help during lunch, so I was able to snap this photo.  Normally, I don't  get to see the busses. 

Day 7 Saturday Afternoon: I spent Saturday afternoon shopping for party supplies. This is the perfect theme. I found it this summer at Hobby Lobby. I picked up most  of the items over the summer, but thought I'd check and see if they had anything new. I was in luck, the high chair decorating kit was finally in stock!

Those are my photos from the week. You can checkout other Saturday snapshots at Run! Miss Nelson's Got the Camera! Have a great week.