Have Fun Teaching!

Have you ever listened to any of Have Fun Teaching's educational songs? My favorite is The Noun Song. My students love it! It is super catchy and is bound to get stuck in your head!

Well.....Have Fun Teaching needs your help! They have just launched a BIG IDEA on KickStarter that will help kids all over the world learn how to read! Join The Movement - Click Here.

Join The Movement - Click Here

If this project is funded during the month of MAY, Have Fun Teaching will be creating 220 Sight Word Music Videos that will give teachers and parents a fun and effective way to help children become better readers!

Here is a sample video for the Sight Word, "IS":

Every little bit helps and you can even receive awesome Rewards for backing this project!

Simple Machines Flash Freebie!

I am back today with another flash freebie! I decided that my "I Have, Who Has" games all need an update. The first one to be updated is the force, motion, and simple machines game. It will be free in my TpT store for the next hour. Click on the picture below to download. If you have already purchased this item, please be sure to download the updated version!

Your feedback is appreciated :)

Fraction Task Cards Flash Freebie!

Happy Saturday! I am happy to share a flash freebie with you today. I was making my lesson plans for this week and realized I needed some task cards to review multiplying fractions by a whole number. Click on the picture below if you would like to download these for free at my TpT store!

I would love for you to leave me feedback if you download them! They will be free for the next hour!

April Currently

I am linking up today with Farley for her monthly currently linky!

Listening: I love being home in the mornings and being able to watch the Today Show!!

Loving: I am on Spring Break this week....woot woot!

Thinking: I seriously suck at interviews. I am confident in my teaching abilities so why do I feel like I'm not able to show that during an interview! I had an interview yesterday and didn't feel like it went very well :(. 

Wanting: I have been looking forward to Spring Break for so long so that I can work out in my yard. Well.... its freezing outside,  so I won't be working out in the yard. UGH

Needing: I need to be productive this week! 

What's new with you this month? Link up!

Snow Globe Writing

Every year I read the story The Snow Globe Family by Jane O'Connor and have my students create their own snow globe writing. 

It didn't think I was going to get to it this year, but the snow keeps coming,

so I decided it wasn't too late! They are even calling for more snow tomorrow!!!

This year I had my students type up their snow globe stories and gave them the freedom to create an illustration however they wanted. Even though I didn't give my students a lot of direction in creating their snow globes, they turned out really well! Here are a few pictures of the final projects!

The Girl Who Could Fly

We just recently finished a new read aloud. One of my students who reads a book a day suggested our latest read aloud, and we loved it! The book is called The Girl Who Could Fly by Victoria Forester.

This fun book is about a young farm girl who learns she can fly. When her parents and others learn that Piper can fly, she is immediately sent to a secret government facility for children with extraordinary behaviors. When Piper learns that the facility is not a place she wants to be, she and her partner Conrad prepare to escape! This book is full of excitement and your students will beg you to keep reading! 

If you are looking for a new read aloud, I highly suggest checking out The Girl Who Could Fly!

Code.org-Look What We Earned!!

I can't remember if I posted about Code.org on here before or not, but for the short version it is a computer program designed to get kids interested in computer science. My brother writes code for his job, so when I heard about a coding program for kids, I was excited to share it with my class! 

This 20 hour course introduces core computer science and programming concepts. Did I mention the prizes that can be earned for completion?? Well......if 15 students complete the program, you can earn $750 to use at Donorschoose.org and if 7 of those students are girls, you can earn an additional $250 at Donorschoose.org.

My students were super excited to complete the program. I'll be honest, it was not easy! It took us a while to complete the program, but guess what?!?! We earned $1,000!!!! As a class we voted on what to use the money on and we decided to get two iPads and books for our library. We received our iPads this week and my students were sooooo excited! 

If you are interested in the program, click on the picture below!

Here is a pic of our iPads!

I promised my students that I would download some apps onto the iPads this weekend....does anyone have any suggestions??

Have a great weekend!