Very busy and then came Sandy!

Hey Blogger Buddies!

 

I have been a very bad blogger lately.  I am fairly new to this, and I thought by now that I would have it under my wing; however the time has gotten the best of me. 

 

For the last 3 weeks I have been swamped with classroom housekeeping, professional development, and lets not forget motherhood.  My daughter is three and I still feel sleep deprived at times.  We moms wear so many hats, and add the teacher's hat you become a mom instantly to many others.

 

Then earlier this week Sandy hit my area.  We are OK thankfully, yet many have flooded basements, streets, and homes.  Transportation is to a minimum.  This is one time that I am glad that I drive in this city.  Then school had been out for the last three days and for the next two.  So I am on an unplanned vacation and I left the building without any work barely.

 

I will really work harder from now on to do better.  I love my new blog I thought that would definitely make me stay tuned, but I fell off bad.  I haven't even blogger stalked how I use to.  Well luckily I have been doing a bit of creating.  My little girl turns 4 soon, and that had honestly taken much of my time.  Minnie Mouse themed party here we go!!!!!!  I will be pulling my hair out soon.

 

I have been preparing a 5th grade math task card bundle. 

 

Question: How many math tasks do you have your class complete within one math block or workshop?

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Week 5

This wss a better Monday, and we began week 5 off with a great start.  Tomorrow we have testing (not state) just a post test and a pre test for Math.  At the beginning of each topic we give a pre test , and then after the topic has been taught the post test is given.  We're ending Decimals, and beginning Multiplying Whole Numbers.

 

It's a headached but we can see the pattern of errors early and where the student is not meeting standard.  So tomorrow will be a very long and boring math day.  I will be actively watching the students, and finishing charts that I began earlier today.  Thanks to the Ginger Snaps , those anchor chart ideas were great and refreshing.

 

 

 

Take a look at Ginger Snaps page, they are too cute!  The link is above.

 

This weeks foci will be on the new common core instructional shifts in mathematics- FOCUS, COHERENCY, FLUENCY, DEEPER UNDERSTANDING, APPLICATION, and DUAL INTENSITY. I will post about these shifts later on this week; however I love how the state puts a new name to what have already done in the classroom for years. :-)

 

 

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