Morning Attendance

Hi y'all! I have lots of comments & emails to respond to so I'll  say hello, ...."Hello!" .... leave you with a little something, and get to it.

I teach 5 classes. However, my homeroom kiddoes are my babies so I tend to play it up with them a lot. How can I not? They are with me for almost 2 hours everyday so I like to make them feel a little more special than my other classes [even though I love them all the same :)].

Since I have a Promethean board and they love to play with, every morning I have an attendance flip chart that has something for them to drag, click, or make disappear to let me know they are here. I have used/adapted a few from prometheanplanet.com and I've made a few of my own. I've been promising them a Halloween one and here it is.

You can click on it to take you to my TPT store....only $1! I did get the graphics from letteringdelights.com. All my students have to do is drag the ticket into the haunted tent [with a few different sounds attached]. The little ghost at the top moves back and forth....kinda cute. All you have to do is ungroup each ticket to change the name then regroup.

I know you and your kids will love it...after all it is SCIENCE DIVA CERTIFIED!

Technology and Value-Added Woes....

Boy, these two things have been taking up ALL OF MY TIME!!! It's hard to think that we only have 12 weeks of school left...the equivalent of SUMMER! Before I know it SUMMER will be here.

I have really been enjoying my students this year. We just received a HUGE donation from BP in which the Math and Science classes in 6th and 7th grades each received a BRAND NEW PROMETHEAN BOARD AND ALL OF THE DOO DADS THAT GO WITH IT!!! I am in HEAVEN! The activexpressions [or berries as we call them] are FABULOUS. My students are engaged 110% of the time now...always ready to come up to the board or use the berries to let me know what they do or don't know. Which is all fabulous since I am a part of the new teacher evaluation pilot program which will be linked to our value added score. JOY. I have been doing nothing but work, work, work for this. I tell you what, if I were just starting college I would NOT go into education. It is for single people only....no extra time to do ANYTHING [hence the long time it took for me to post again]! I do LOVE teaching though....would not do anything else. It's in my BLOOD! :)

Well, I will try to post more later. I'd really like to tell you all that my students and I have been doing in the classroom. We have some GOOD STUFF to share!!! Until then, check into writing a grant for the new Promethean board and the activexpressions 2....after all they are SCIENCE DIVA CERTIFIED!

PS...Shout out to Karrie Simons-Garner from Pinterest!!! Holla!!!!