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. 

Saturday Snapshots: Last Days of Summer 2013

It's Saturday! Time to link up with Miss Nelson for her Saturday Snapshots, but first let me tell you about my new addiction; Instagram. Yes, I've been bitten by the Instagram bug. I've tried to stay away all summer, but I just couldn't resist. I should have seen it coming.  I downloaded the app in May. In June I created an account. In July I added my first pictures, and the rest is history. I don't know why I waited so long. You can follow me @rolandteach or click the icon below. 

Follow me @rolandteach

Now for my snapshots, these snapshots represent my last days of summer 2013. 

We made a visit to the Crayola Store. He loved writing on this giant chalkboard with the giant chalk. 

Tip made an appearance. 

Lunchtime at Crayola Cafe

My nephew turned 11 on August 1st. We headed to the bowling alley for some birthday fun. These pictures were taking with my new photo app called Fast Camera. This app takes tons of photos a minute. Making it great for taking action shots on your phone. The app is regularly $1.99, but thanks to my best teaching buddy Sarah, over at iTeach with iPads, I was able to use Starbucks free download. You can stop by Starbucks and see if they still have this download available. I forget how often they change them. 

Sorry, back to my snapshots....always have throw in an app. It's what my blog is all about. 

At the bowling alley was this AWESOME Connect 4 game!

Look at this deal I found at an Office Depot store that is down sizing. I had to stock up. For my latest project.

No last week of summer vacation would be complete without a trip to school. We were finally able  to get into our classroom. Here is the project I need duct tape for (don't judge a book by its cover). I'll tell you all about when I'm done, or you can follow me on Instagram (@rolandteach) for a sneak peek. 

Do you think I have enough duct tape?

 Here's what my son and I are working on. Look for the reveal on Monday.

That's how I spent my last week of summer vacation 2013! What pictures have you snapped this week? Don't forget to link up or stop by and see what others are up to. Have a great weekend! 

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