Five for Friday

It has been SO long since I have blogged!  I have been busy with teaching , being a mommy to a busy toddler and life in general.  I am so excited to get back into blogging.  

In October we found out that we are expecting baby number 2, June 2nd.  It was a tiring first couple of months and extra tiring with a toddler.  This is a pic from last week's ultrasound.  I think it looks like she is praying.  

This week we have been busy doing Easter Activities in both ELA and Math.  I came across a great recording sheet for plastic eggs from Simply Kinder.  There were three recording sheets to choose from. One where the kids read the word and draw a picture, one where they can record on the eggs and the last one was for plastic eggs that have three pieces. I haven't seen these eggs, but according to the blog post they are available at Meijers.  These recording sheets helped create a quick activity for two centers this week.  

We also used Easter Addition Centers that I created.  My students enjoyed working at the three different centers that allowed them to add in different ways.  

In my Work with the Teacher center in the Daily 5 Rotations we used The Therapeutic Teacher's Comprehension and Phonics CVCe Books.  These books are a great resource and provided great insight into my student's abilities.  I realized that not all of my student's were ready to work independently in these books.  I loved that the book provided students 5 opportunities to read the book each week.  There were also pages for activities to do each day that related to the story.  I am planning on using these with my higher leveled students each week.  They should be able to do these independently with minimal assistance from myself or my assistant.  This will allow us to work with lower leveled students.  

I have been getting ready for the week after spring break.  We will be starting our Plant Unit.  Plant journals are ready, seeds will be bought next week and the living and nonliving center activities are ready.  

Next week is Spring Break!!!  I am looking forward to spending the week with my little family and my dad who is is town for the next two weeks.  I have plans to create centers that will get me through the rest of the school year.