For the most part, third grade has been a HUGE learning experience. I often find myself having to “study up” on concepts before I teach them, especially in math. #teacherproblems. But when I saw that capacity was taught in MY third-grade curriculum, I jumped for joy! YEAH! Something I was used to teaching! Capacity (and actually ALL things measurement for that… Read More
GoNoodle: Saving Teachers’ Sanity One Brain Break at a Time
Do you have High Stakes Testing in your state? Yeah… it makes me shutter too… #teacherproblems My kiddos just finished our SAT-10 testing a few weeks ago and now its the big kids’ turn to take FCAT. FCAT testing means quiet campus, and quiet campus means- at least for this teacher and her students- absolute torture! Do you know how… Read More
Five for Friday… The Exhausted Teacher Way…
I am serious guys… I don’t know how I made it to Friday. I.was.DONE.on.Tuesday. Why is it that the week back from a break is always the hardest? This week was especially gruesome due to some not so fun SAT-10 testing we did… Because we spent half the week testing and the other half veggie, I figured this hodge-podege of… Read More
Getting Ready to Take That “Other” Standardized Test
It’s my last day of Spring Break… I’m in sadsville for sure! Not because I am sad about returning to school…I just loved spending some extra time with my little chunky! We’ve been working on walking… #wherehasthetimegone?! Any-who… tomorrow it’s back to real life and TESTING! In second grade we’re not subject to those high stakes state tests, but we… Read More