Dividing Fun!

We have 15 days left.  Not that I'm counting or anything ;)  And, I'm exhausted as all get out.  How about you?!  So I'm just dropping in real quick to show you what we are working on in math this week!

We have moved from multiplication to division this week and my kiddos really are doing an awesome job again!  PTL!  Here's a little anchor chart that I made :)  Sometimes I find my "happy place" while drawing and coloring, ha!

Today, we did this little activity to make a model of a division problem.  This can be found in my division unit HERE!  Instead of making them to hang up, I decided to put the word problems in their math spirals.  It's that time of year where we aren't really hanging up new work, ya know?!

 I love how each student made their little faces unique.  Some of them turned out super cute :) They always impress me with their creativity!

 And, I ended my day picking up this little cutie from school.  I may be exhausted, but she always seems to brighten up my day!

Hope you have an awesome week!  The end is near, my friends!!!

Happy Mother's Day!

Today I am thankful that God chose me to be this sweet girl's mommy.  God definitely knew what HE was doing when He joined us together 3 months ago!  I can't remember what life was like before this spunky little one entered our hearts and lives:)  I am honored that she calls me Mama!

And, I am just as thankful to have been raised by a wonderful woman who I call Momma!  So many people have come in and out of our lives, but my momma has always been there for me!  She taught me what it means to be a mother and I will be forever thankful for that :)  She also makes one heck of a KK to sweet Joelle!  Joelle always says, "KK's my baby!!" melt.my.heart.

 And, to celebrate our moms, my school babies made these from Teaching with Love and Laughter!  

 Hope you've all enjoyed your day today whether it's been filled with family fun or a little relaxing! 

It's Wednesday!

Well it's officially Wednesday... which means we are more than half way through the week!  Can I get an amen from all the tired teachers out there?!  My poor snooze button is getting so much use this time of the year, and my body just can't get enough sleep!

BUT, thankfully it is Teacher's Appreciation Week and it's time to celebrate all of you fabulous teachers out there.  I know that some schools downplay this week and lots of parents don't recognize you enough, but I want you to know that you truly are making a difference in the lives of all those sweet faces you see day in and day out!  If you haven't read Babbling Abby's inspirational post HERE you definitely need to!  She always has the right words at the right time  :)  LOVE her sweet-self!

I *may* or *may not* beg for pencils this time of year EVERY YEAR!  One of my sweet parents gave this to me today.  They heard my cries, folks!  Now, that's love right there!  I am very blessed to be at a school that does an awesome job at recognizing and celebrating teachers.  Our administrators and parents really do go out of their way every year to make us feel special.

Now, I just HAVE to show you what I've bought during this oh so sweet Teacher Appreciation Sale.  And, I'm about to go in for seconds... yep that's right!  I just can't get enough!

Some of these things are going to be prepped for next school year and some are to get me through the end of the year!  But, they will ALL be used at some point soon!

Just click on the pics to take you to the units on TpT!

 You can see what other bloggers bought on Blog Hoppin'!  

And, don't forget you still have some hours to do your shopping!  I'm going back in for clip art galore!  

Multiplying and Munsch

Anyone else out there having sinus/allergy issues?!  I can barely breathe as I'm sitting here typing... this Texas weather is getting the best of me!  All I'm sayin' is it's a good thing you can't hear me talk because I'm sounding all kinds of raspy :)  Anyways...

I love to teach multiplication for several reasons...

1.  2nd graders think they are BIG kids so they stay focused!

2.  We just have to teach the concept in 2nd grade

3.  You can hear a pin drop in my classroom when they are multiplying and that NEVER happens!

We started the week off learning how to multiply by zero and one.  I made these quick anchor charts so that the students could reference them throughout the week.

  

My kiddos also did a little note-taking in their math spirals about these 2 rules.

And, we used my Multiplication Freebie to sort some facts!  Such a great introduction to these 2 rules!

Today we made this little flapbook from my Multiplication Situations Unit.  I let my kiddos pick which facts they were going to include in their flap-book.

       

That activity and lots more can be found HERE!

Do y'all teach a Robert Munsch author study?!  I seriously LOVE his books, especially at the end of the year when we are reviewing/having fun.  Last year I made this little unit to use while teaching it, and that made my planning this year SO much easier!

 Today we read Aaron's Hair and did a little problem/solution:

 Tomorrow, we will read Alligator Baby and do some summarizing!  

And, if his books aren't cute enough already, he has this AWESOME website where you can listen to HIM read the books.  He's SOOOOO much more entertaining to listen to than me.  And, the timing is perfect since I am getting close to having no voice.  I just show my kiddos the books as he reads along.. LOVE!

You can check out the activities above and more HERE!

And, as if you haven't heard already, there is a pretty HUGE sale going on!  You can visit my TpT shop for 28% off until tomorrow night at midnight!  I've already bought quite a bit of stuff so that I can stock up for next year!!

I'm off to rest so that I can actually function tomorrow at work!  Have a wonderful evening!

Our Fun Weekend and a SALE!

I had SUCH a great weekend, y'all!  How about you?!  These sweet May weekends just make me long for those summer days even more!  Here's some of my weekend fun:

By Friday night I am exhausted, can I get an amen on that one?!  So, sometimes you just get a picture of us brushing our teeth :)

After resting ALL day on Saturday, we ventured out for some shopping fun.  Somehow, I always end up in the backseat with this cutie when it's dark outside.  Wonder how that happens?!  It couldn't be that cute voice saying, "Mama, can you come sitty by me when the sun is sleeping please?"  NO!  That would never work ;)

If at all possible, I try to coordinate outfits with my little love.  We were all kinds of bright this morning at church!

After church Joelle likes to ride with the Mr. home, so I had a little fun with her headband on my 3 minute silent ride home :)

As we were about to leave to grocery shop Joelle looks at the Mr and me and says, "Look at mama and papa, I want a shirt like that."  Turns out we both had on gray shirts, jeans, and gray shoes.  So, into her closet we ran to fulfill her wishes :)  A family that matches, stays together ;)

After having such a great weekend with my family, I decided it was time to prepare for the week ahead...

The week where all children behave PERFECTLY and all parents pamper you with loads of gifts.  Isn't that what your Teacher Appreciation Week looks like?!!  Everyone basking in your awesomeness that you have portrayed throughout the entire year?!

Maybe NOT!  So, to do my little part in helping such a large community of teachers, my TpT store will be on sale Monday-Wednesday!  On Monday, you can get everything 20% off in my store!

TpT will host the official sale on Tuesday and Wednesday for an even bigger discount!  If you enter the code:  TAD13 at checkout, you'll end up saving 28%!

Thank you to my sweet friend, Hope King, for sharing her button with me!  I have my cart loaded up and am ready to shop as well!  I'll be back later this week to show what fun things I ended up purchasing!  

Multiplication, Prepositions, and Division!

Happy Sunday, friends!  I'm here to show you some things we worked on this past week!  Even though we only have 22 days of school left, we are still in full swing right now!  

In Math, we started learning how to multiply!  Here's a little chart I made to keep up throughout the week.

Have you read this book?  It's a great one to use when introducing the concept or when beginning multiplication facts!

We start out very basic... and we draw lots of pictures!

We also make lots of models and word problems to represent our multiplication skills!  My Multiplication Situations unit has lots of hands-on activities like the one below!

If you need some more printables while teaching multiplication, you can get a few activities for FREE in my TpT shop!  

And, we also dipped into Prepositions!  All these parts of speech are starting to even confuse ME, so I put this up for a quick reference!

I took this little butterfly writing activity/craft from my Frogs and Butterflies Unit to use for a preposition activity.  My students wrote a story about butterflies (fantasy or real) and they had to include prepositions.  After they wrote their story, they highlighted those prepositions and wrote the words on their butterfly wings!  

I do this a lot with units that I have made myself or bought from friends... adapt them to fit the needs of my students!  Since I didn't use these butterflies when teaching life cycles, I found another way to incorporate them into our learning!  Helps me to not recreate the wheel 100 times over again!

Last year I put a couple of preposition freebies on the blog, you can grab those up HERE!

Take that, English grades!!  I'll have you in the bag in NO time now!  

And, there you have it!  Prepositions and Multiplication will definitely continue throughout this week as well!  We need more practice for sure!

But, coming up right after multiplication is....

DIVISION!  I finally took the time to put some activities together into a unit!  I really do LOVE this unit and can't wait to do these things in class!  Lots of flap-books, pocket-books, word problems, making models, sorting, etc!  I've probably NEVER been this excited to each division, ha!

 A little look at everything included!

I'm off to enjoy a Sunday nap {if I can get the little one to close her eyes for a brief second ;)}

Enjoy your weekend!  And, may you have a week filled with lots of goodies, food, and fun for Teacher's Appreciation Week!