Peanut Butter and Jelly!

Who doesn't remember eating peanut butter and jelly as a kid?

I still eat it today--and I am not a kid anymore, I promise you.

My daughter LOVES a good P.B. and J as much as her mommy.

A few years ago, she woke up and decided she wanted PB and J for breakfast. PB and J for lunch. And yup, you got it, PB and J for dinner.

That little event inspired me to write her a short story about her love of peanut butter and jelly sandwiches.

I think I finally perfected it and created some fun writing prompts and literacy center activities to go with it. When I return from Spring Break I will be doing my new Unit with my class.  

Peanut Butter and Jelly Short Story and Literacy Activities

We will be writing How To Make a Peanut Butter and Jelly sandwich. We will write about the character in the story and write about our own favorite food. We will make a peanut butter and jelly sandwich craftivity full of adjectives and be engaging in some fun literacy centers.
You can grab this unit now--at a 20% discount--As I'm having a Spring Break Sale this weekend!
Head on over to my store and check out what other goodies you might like.

So what is your favorite childhood snack?

Upside down and Right side up!

I'm back!!!
Have you ever gotten so busy that it feels like up is down and down is up? like You don't know which way to turn first?
That has been me for probably the past month.-I think I even missed my blogiversary! oh well :o( It's my blog and I'll whine if I want to.

About 3 weeks ago, I had my Formal Observation. Anyone who knows who Marzano is, knows that a Formal is not just your regular observation. The administrators have an idea of what they are looking for when they watch the lesson, but there are so many possibilities. The whole process, between planning, pre-observation conference, teaching and post-observation conference can take 2 weeks.

The lesson went great and my class did amazing.. I previously posted that this lesson is free on TPT. I "planned" on adding more to this unit--but time has gotten away from me, and I have not done 1 thing having to do with Geometry -or anything else for that matter to post on TpT-as far as creating something from my imagination goes.

I did however, make Geo-panes with my class which I really can't take credit for. I was given this activity when I was taking my Master's classes. My professor at the time did this activity with us--and it was so much fun. It is from a 1996 AIMS book. Basically you build 3-D shapes with gum-drops and toothpicks. The gum-drops are the vertices, the toothpicks are the edges. Once the students make a prediction and complete their chart, they tie a thread around one of the toothpicks. You will mix a soapy concoction of water, dish-soap and bubbles. The students take turns dipping their shapes. Here are the awesome results....

Coffee Owls and Dr. Seuss

It's a quick Monday post!!
Which Owl are you? LOL!! This picure just cracked me up:0)ne of my parents sent this to me becuase I love both Owls and Coffee!

In the spirit of Dr. Seuss and How-To's we made a Cat in the Hat and then wrote a Class How-To.

Students provided the sentences as you can see in the parentheses.