My First Attempt At Visual Plans

I'm attempting something for the very first time.  After seeing so many fantastic bloggers share their weekly plans, I thought that was a great idea.  What better way than to see how we are using resources inside our classroom. So, I'm linking up with the fantastic Deedee, the original Visual Plans creator. 

I usually do my lesson plans in Microsoft WORD and was having the hardest time transferring my file to PowerPoint.  Next week, I hope everything goes a little smoother.  My lesson plans are 7 pages long.  Click the picture below to see my visual plans.

I LOVE the way that Greg from Kindergarten Smorgasboard breaks down each day for his followers.  I am a day by day kinda gal! :-)

Monday

We have a Plan for Success day from 8:15-11:30.  That means that I get to plan with  my team and talk about what we want to do for the rest of the year while our students are going through stations around the school.  I am really excited about this.

Reading-I am so excited that we are doing a week of mysteries.  Love, love, love.  My students are always so engaged.  

Shared Reading-Excerpt from Cam Jansen and the Secret Service Mystery

Interactive Read Aloud: Grandpa's Teeth  

I am so excited to read this one! Grandpa's teeth are stolen from his bedside so we makes everyone smile to find them.  Super Cute!

Literacy Centers and Guided Reading-None due to Planning for Success Day

Math-Due to our Planning for Success Day I won't be having math today

Writing-We've been writing Non-Fiction Books and we will be editing them all week. Their books are looking so cute. Today's focus in on using a dictionary.

Social Studies-My students will be learning about the contributions of Native Americans.  My teammate has made a flipchart for us to use so I can't share it with you.  Sorry, friends!

WORD-This week we are learning the -eigh sound.  We will be drawing -eigh pictures today.  My smarties love to draw!

Show and Tell wraps up our day!  

Tuesday

Reading-Continuing Mysteries

Shared Reading-Excerpt from Cam Jansen and the Secret Service Mystery

Interactive Read Aloud: Miss Nelson is Missing

We've all read this story.  Miss Nelson is messing and the kids are faced with a substitute.  I LOVE this story and I know my smarties will, too!

Math-We are starting our Geometry Unit.  Day 1 is always a pre-test. Every unit I give my students a pre-test so I know what they know about the topic.  My students love to see what's going to be on their next test. Boring day in math today!

Writing-We've been writing Non-Fiction Books and we will be editing them all week. Their books are looking so cute. Today's focus in partner editing.

Social Studies-My students will be learning about the contributions of African Americans.  My students will be watching a video on Duke Ellington.  

WORD-Computer Lab on Tuesday's so no work

Show and Tell wraps up our day!  

Wednesday

Reading-Continuing Mysteries

Shared Reading-Excerpt from Cam Jansen and the Secret Service Mystery

Interactive Read Aloud: The Mysteries of Harris Burdick

This is such a neat book. There are 14 black and white pictures with hardly any words.  Students have to make up their own stories.  Such a neat idea!

Math-We are using geo-boards today and playing around with making shapes today.  I have 5 math centers.  

Center 1-ME.  I see every group EVERY DAY.  This way I know exactly what they know and how they're doing

Center 2-Students will be drawing shapes at their seats

Center 3-I'm using Christina Bainbridge's Guess My Shape in our game center this week.

Centers 4 and 5 are skill review centers.  This week I am reviewing money and graphing with both of my Gangnam Style packets.

Writing-We've been writing Non-Fiction Books and we will be editing them all week. Their books are looking so cute. Today's focus in partner editing.

Social Studies-For the next few days we are learning about how immigrants have contributed to out culture.  We are using A LOT of Compass videos. 

WORD-We are playing hangman today.  They LOVE this game.

Show and Tell wraps up our day!  

Thursday

Reading-Continuing Mysteries

Shared Reading-Excerpt from Cam Jansen and the Secret Service Mystery

Interactive Read Aloud: Where's the Big Bad Wolf

The Big Bad Wolf goes missing and the detectives have to use clues to find him.  Adorable!  I know my kiddos will enjoy this story.

Math- Quadrilaterals here we come!

Center 1-ME.  I see every group EVERY DAY.  This way I know exactly what they know and how they're doing

Center 2-Students will be drawing Quadrilateral People

Center 3-I'm using Christina Bainbridge's Guess My Shape in our game center this week.

Centers 4 and 5 are skill review centers.  This week I am reviewing money and graphing with both of my Gangnam Style packets.

Writing-We've been writing Non-Fiction Books and we will be editing them all week. Their books are looking so cute. Today's focus is on strengthening our writing.

Social Studies-For the next few days we are learning about how immigrants have contributed to out culture.  We are using A LOT of Compass videos. 

WORD-SPARKLE! We play is every Thursday.  My students beg me to play this.  They can't wait till Thursdays!

Show and Tell wraps up our day!  

                                         Friday

Reading-Continuing Mysteries

Shared Reading-Excerpt from Cam Jansen and the Secret Service Mystery

Interactive Read Aloud: Tuesday

This is another story with little words.  My students will have to figure out what happened on Tuesday using the illustrations and times given by the author. This book is adorable, too!

Math- Classifying Shapes?  Easey Peasy!  We'll start off by reading The Greedy Triangle.  

Center 1-ME.  I see every group EVERY DAY.  This way I know exactly what they know and how they're doing

Center 2-Students will be creating a shape booklet with their attributes. 

Center 3-I'm using Christina Bainbridge's Guess My Shape in our game center this week.

Centers 4 and 5 are skill review centers.  This week I am reviewing money and graphing with both of my Gangnam Style packets.

Writing-We've been writing Non-Fiction Books and we will be editing them all week. Their books are looking so cute. Today's focus is on strengthening our writing.

Social Studies-For the next few days we are learning about how immigrants have contributed to out culture.  We are using A LOT of Compass videos. 

WORD-SPARKLE! We play is every Thursday.  My students beg me to play this.  They can't wait till Thursdays!

Show and Tell wraps up our day!

Literacy Centers

I'm doing these separately because they are split up by days.  Since we have our Plan for Success day I will be having centers on Tuesday-Friday.  

Here's the plan for Tuesday and Wednesday:

Reading Center-we will be working on my new packet.  Students will be reading inference stories and figuring out who the missing hat belongs to.

Writing Center-My kiddos will be creating their own mysteries using this adorable packet from The Teaching Reef.

WORD Center-I'm bringing the Play-dough out.  Yep, they love it!

Theme Center-They will be drawing pictures of cultural contributions.

Computer Center-RAZ Kids-check out their website if you haven't heard of them.  Students read books on their independent level and earn points by taking quizzes.  This is a favorite for my kids!

Here's the plan for Thursday and Friday

Reading Center-we will be continuing to work on inferences.  I'm using a packet from Fourth and Ten that is super cute.  Students will make inferences to figure out whose shoe is whose?

Writing Center-Still Writing Mysteries

WORD Center- Students will be spelling their words using the word tiles I have.  

Theme Center-They will be drawing pictures of cultural contributions.

Computer Center-RAZ Kids

So...that's my week!  I hope you get some ideas from it!

Have a great week friends,

March Currently

Hello, dear friends!

I linked up yesterday to tell you 5 random things about my week, but I just can't resist linking up with Farley, from Oh, Boy Fourth Grade, each month with her "Currently".  I look forward to this each month.  It's so much fun and I LOVE reading what everyone else is "currently" doing.  

I'm definitely loving the new fonts from the AMAZING Cara Carroll that I used in the picture above.

Listening: 

Well, it's Saturday morning in  my house.  Brayden is awake, which means the Disney Channel is on.  So, I am listening to Phineas and Ferb.  I actually like this show.  It's cute and very entertaining.  My husband enjoys watching it, too.  Phineas is such a cute little character.  

Loving:

In EXACTLY one month I will be at the beach.  I haven't been on a real vacation.  EVER!  What I mean by "real" is one that lasts more than a couple of days.  We will be spending the whole week down at the beach and I cannot wait.  It's Brayden's first vacation, too.  We'll need some prayers.  He's never been in a car that long.  It's a 3-4 hour ride down the beach.  

Thinking:

I woke up this morning to some snow flurries.  My first thought was, oooohhhhh pretty, but that quickly turned to YUCK.  I am OVER this cold weather.  This past week has been nothing but cold and rainy weather here in the South.  I need warm weather.  I need it NOW.  I've said this before...I HATE BEING COLD.  It's now March.  WARM WEATHER GET HERE NOW...THAT'S AN ORDER!

Wanting:

I want a whole new hairstyle.  I've never dyed my hair.  I refuse to until I see lots of gray hairs popping through.  (Please hold off, gray hairs!).  I always do the same hairstyle.  If I change it up, I just add some blonde highlights.  I'm wanting a change without dying my hair.  Decisions, decisions...

Needing:

I need new clothes.  I really do.  I'm the worst girl in the world when it comes to shopping   I just don't know how to shop.  I need to hire someone to do all my shopping for me.  I'm just not good at it.  I need a new wardrobe.  I'm hoping that I can rope my momma into going with me and helping me buy some stuff.  That's what mommas are for, right?  

Farley gave us such a hard task this month.  We had to come up with 3 words for like, love, hate.  Super easy, right?  How about with the first letter of you name?  The easy part depends on which letter you have.

So, I'm Jeannie.  I had to really think about things that start with J. 

Like: Jimmy from "Smash"

I really like the show "Smash".  This season they have a new character on her whose name is "Jimmy".  He's sorta kinda a bad guy, which is turn on.  I've always been attracted to "the bad guy" but I never went for it.  I married a truly "good guy" and couldn't be happier, But, back to the "bad guys".  He is super cute and he can SING.  Melts my heart.  So, Jimmy from "Smash".  I like you.

Love: Jersey Mikes

This one was EASY.  In fact, yesterday I had my obsession for Jersey Mikes in my Five for Friday linky.  The only thing I dislike about Jersey Mikes is how expensive their subs are.  However, they are ABSOLUTELY DELICIOUS.  Love, love, love me some Jersey Mikes!

Hate: Juggling

This was the hardest for me.  I don't hate many things, and couldn't think of many things with the letter J.  Then, juggling came into my head.  No, I don't hate the circus.  No, I don't hate clowns.  My hate for juggling is weird.

I college, we had to take a PE Methods class.  Why?  I have no idea, I have no desire to be a PE teacher.  Anyway, we had to learn to juggle.  Not only did we have to learn to juggle, but it was a GRADE.  I am one of the most uncoordinated people that you will ever meet, I even walk weird ..my feet go opposite ways.  So, we started off with juggling 1 scarf.  I can throw one scarf in the air and catch it.  When 2 scarfs came along, I was thinking this is easy, I CAN DO THIS.  Then, the dreaded 3 scarfs came along.  For the life of me, I could not do it.  I just can't juggle.  I looked around my class and saw lots and lots of people juggling 3 scarfs.  Some even mastered that and went to juggling 3 balls.  So, my hate of juggling stems from the fact that I couldn't figure out who to do it.  

I got a C in "juggling".  

Link up and tell us all about what you are "currently" doing.

Lots of love,

Five for Friday

It's Friday, Friday!  Gotta get down to Friday!  Oh, how I love Fridays!

I'm linking up again with the wonderful Kacey to share 5 random facts about my week. 

Number 1: Gangnam Style...such a huge hit with my kiddos.  A couple of weeks ago, I had a student at the end of the day doing the "Gangnam Style" dance.  When I came across, the ADORABLE graphics from Pink Cat Studio, I just knew I had to make something with it.  This week we reviewed money and graphing.  Here's a few of our "Gangnam Style" poses.

If you are interested in my latest packets, click the pictures below.

Number 2: I have an obsession with Jersey Mikes.  When I was pregnant, all I wanted to eat were pizza and subs.  Not a shocker because I love pizza and subs.  Jersey Mikes made its way to my little town and it is ABSOLUTELY delicious.  I have an obsession.  I'm glad that Brayden likes them, too.  I've heard the wise tale that what you craved while pregnant will be something that you child doesn't like to eat.  Don't know how much of that is true, but it wasn't the case with Brayden.  We love subs and pizza! 

Number 3: We celebrated Dr. Seuss week this week at our school.  On Thursday, we dressed up as a Dr. Seuss character. Check out our pictures below.  

Here I am...I HATE getting my picture taken.  I wasn't going to put up a picture of me because the picture looks awful, but oh well.  I was a yellow-bellied sneetch.  

Number 4: We bought a new truck yesterday.  Not so sure I'm happy about it.  We NEEDED a truck, but I hate car payments.  Why, no picture?  Well, my husband went and picked it up last night and didn't get home till 8.  So, getting a picture wasn't on my mind.  I am the worst when it comes to pictures. Just a random thing about my week. :-)

Number 5: Taxes:

All I have to say is that I hate taxes.  Can't go into much detail, but I just hate getting my taxes done.  That's all...

I hope EVERYONE had a wonderful week.  Link up so I can read some random things about your week.

Lots of love,

Presidents' Day Fun and Officer 'ED'

Hello, friends!

We've had such a great and busy week and we've only been in school for 2 days.  My students had a blast learning about the presidents.  Check out our pictures below.

Roll and Graph...so much fun!

What would you cook the president for dinner? Such CUTE answers! Spaghetti, hamburgers, and beef sausage pizza on the menu in my class. 

Next up, my kiddos met Officer Ed.  Officer Ed taught them about the different sounds that "ed" makes.  I called words with the suffix "ed" word criminals because they try to trick us with their ending sounds. On Tuesday they walked around the room and found the "ed" words and wrote them in the right category on their recording sheet. Then we came back together and placed all the words on our white board.  They had tons of fun!

This little boy made my day.  He covered up the ed and was trying all the sounds.  Such a happy teacher moment!

Here's our completed sort!

Today, we played Officer High Five.  They each received a "badge" and had to write down an "ed" word.  Then they gave a high five to a "police officer".  They had to read each other's words and then switch badges.  My kiddos love the high five and switch game.

Click the picture below if you are interested in my new packet.

Here's a freebie from my packet:

I want to give away the posters included in my new packet to you. Click here to download the posters. 

I hope everyone had a great day!

Lots of love,