Monday, November 15, 2010

30 Day Blog Challenge!

Day 2-Meaning behind your blog name
At my school every classroom has a theme.  Then each teacher picks a describing word with the same beginning letter.  I became the Fabulous Fish.  Since I found blogger because of teaching and use it mostly to find teaching ideas I decided to name my blog after my classroom theme!! J

30 Day Blog Challenge!

I am trying some of  the 30 Day Blog Challenge:
http://katieslifejourney.blogspot.com/2010/10/30-day-blog-challenge.html
Day 1-Introduce, recent picture, 15 interesting facts

Stephanie

1.    I teach first grade.
2. I enjoy running, but sometimes it doesn’t fit in my schedule!!
3. I have two sisters. I am the youngest!
4.  I have always taught first sometimes I think about switching grades BUT I enjoy teaching my students to read.
5. I am originally from Pennsylvania.
6. I love doing crafts with my students!! J
7. I LOVE biscuits!!  I could eat them EVERY day!
8. I love having NEW clothes to wear to work!
9. I love jewelry.  Sometimes new jewelry helps me make an old outfit feel new again!
10. I LOVE watching movies!!  My favorites are romantic comedies.  I could sit around every weekend and watch hallmark ALL DAY!! 
11. I am not close with my family. . . so my friends are my family.
12. I am about 5 feet, 3 inches.  I wish I was taller.  Short pants are too short and regular are too long! 
13. I just started BLOGGING this summer when I randomly came across a blog while looking for lesson ideas.  It is my new passion.  I love get new ideas from other teachers.
14.  I LOVE teaching but I this year I seem to be have a negative attitude about going to work, I can’t figure out why:  Is it the long meetings, the little pay, the being told what to teach AND how to teach it???  I just wish the ADMIN would see that I am doing my job and my students are making growth.
15. I have been working on my National Teaching Certificate.  It has been SOOO much work.  I should find out if I passed later this month.  I am hoping and praying that I passed!!! 

Sunday, November 14, 2010

Math Stations

We are learning to use nonstandard units to measure:




Math Stations

We have been learning to count by 2's!!!   To help my students see the counting by 2's pattern I made cut outs and wrote the numbers by 2's on the front.  During center time my students line them out.  Then they count outloud and write all the numbers in their Math Log. 



To help some students I encourage them to line them up this way: