Gel Pens Galore!

Gel pen galore! This is almost as awesome as my fancy socks that I like to wear. They were $9.99 and 40% off.  Yay! I bought my first back to school school supplies. Gel pens....I just can't get enough of them...So what am I going to do with 48 of them? This is how I get my reluctant students to practice their spelling words. When students finish their work, I have a gel pens for them to use for spelling word practice in a center. I used to do this with my ELL 4th grade students in Arizona. They loved this! Of course, they loved the scented ones that I would buy but I can't find them or else I would stock up on them.  Call me Queen Gel Pens from now on!

Hello Summer Vacation!

Here are some pictures of our Mother's Day presents. I gotta tell they absolutely ROCKED. The kids weaved the paper vases and then students made cinco de mayo flowers for the bouquet. They also included a card in them as well. I taught them this too! Such a talented person I am. :)

Wow! I can't believe that I have not posted anything since March. Bad me! Well, I have been busy. Isats came and went in April. My students did exceptionally well. I had all kids made grade level or above on Reading. That means they all passed reading. Then I had only one student get below grade level on the math and language arts. The rest passed. Yay! So proud of all of them.

The end of school was hectic: scoring over 40 student council applications, end of school year fun, going on a field trip, moving my classroom, grading and finishing report cards.

Well, Good bye third grade and Hello fourth grade (nice to see ya again)
Yup, you heard me after three years in the third grade, I get to finally go back to fourth grade. Tears were shed and I am excited to move up. Really I am! I look forward to some of my former students in my room, Idaho history, different curriculum, harder math...Guess what? I am also teaching music as a class to the whole fourth grade. Is that scary or what?

Have a great summer!