Wow, Where has January Gone?

I don’t know about ya’ll but I just realized that the last time I posted was January 3 and all of a sudden it is January 22.  Where has the time gone?  Oh yea, I know assessments.  Does anyone else feel that way right now?  I mean I barely get through assessing for interims and now we have 2 assessments that the district wants us to give by the end of January.  Now I am like the next teacher assessments are important, but the two the district wants are just for the district.  These district assessment scores will go into the computer and I will not look at them again.  So why give them-I DON'T KNOW!  The items on the district assessment are not things that we have taught yet so I could have easily told them that my kids didn't know the material, but who would believe me. 

Well enough complaining.  I dropped in since we had a snow day I thought I would use today to catch up on things and maybe feel a little better about going back to school tomorrow.  One thing on my to do list today was to blog about some crafts we have made in my class these last couple of weeks.  So here goes with some cute pictures.

Here are two cute art projects my kids have been working on these last couple of weeks.  Above from the story The Hat by Jan Brett.  Below a cute snowman from the stories Snowmen at Night and Snowmen at Work.

I don't know about your kids but mine would not write this year without me sitting right next to them stretching out the words.  I finally put my foot down and said you CAN do this and guess what they did it wonderfully.  Here is what they wrote about last week.  The guided drawing is from KinderbyKim's Draw and Write.

Last this is a work area activity where the kids are practicing the letter that comes before, after or between other letters.  There is a question on the computer test that the kids take that asks this so I made a version of it for the to practice.

Well I hope you enjoyed our quick month in review with pictures.  I hope to be back next week with more pictures and hopefully a topic or two.  I was reading on other blogs how they have a blog calendar on what they want to post and I might just try that for this blog.  My kids are doing so many wonderful things that I would like to share and a blog calendar might just help me get it done.

Write soon,

Leslie

Five For Friday

I am doing another linky party this week.  Yes the second but I decided after completing the first on Resolutions with "A Peach for the Teach" that they are fun and with today being a snow day I had time to complete another one so here goes my five for Friday.

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Here is the bulletin board that we did at school yesterday (yes the one and only day we went this week). The kids and I made cute little snowsuits and then they wrote about what the like to do in the winter.  They turned out even cuter than I thought they would when we were working on them.  The kids do such a good job with suggesting ideas and adding details to there snowsuit.

2.

This is my sweet four legged child, Zoe.  Winter vacation and a snow day has given us almost two full weeks to snuggle a little while longer each day.  I love when she comes and curls up in my lap and starts to purr-the most soothing calming sound I know.

3.

Snow day- yes there was some shoveling, but a little bit of fun as well.  

4.

January 1st saw a little rest and a shopping spree to Michaels' to get lots of different paper and materials to use with my new Christmas present.  Already made the ""Let it Snow" letters for my bulletin board, onto my next project.

5.

Starting the day after Christmas until-oh wait not done yet-I have spent mudding and sanding the new sheet rock that will eventually be the new master bedroom closet and bathroom (they are on the other side of this wall-this is the hallway that leads to the bedroom.)  I think going back to school will give my are muscles a break from this and I can finish it next weekend-I hope.  :)  

Well this is my first five for Friday I hope you enjoyed the pictures.  I also hope I can do this again next week. Just need to remember to take the pictures and carve out the time.

Click the picture below to check out Doodle Bugs Five for Friday and the others that also linked up.

Talk soon,

Leslie