Five for Friday

This week was a bit better.  We only had one PARCC test to take.  I am glad it is Friday!  Happy Five for Friday.  

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Book Madness!

I was feeling more creative this week (thanks to Pinterest and TPT).  March Madness is in full swing. While I may not be into sports, I am into books.  When I found the pin about this, I knew that I wanted to create this in the hallway.  Sports enthusiasts and book lovers where both in awe of our hallway display (although I am critical of it - I used electrical tape for the brackets and they kept falling.  I would actually use precut black paper and duct tape for the brackets.).

To make this, I picked some of the favorite series my students had been reading in our classroom.  I then made individual signs with the books for the hallway.  I also printed student brackets on Print Your Brackets.  This site let me customize everything.  I also found a posting on TPT that had the mini posters showing the games.

My students were very excited to complete their brackets.  Our first game was an upset - Flat Stanley vs. Who Would Win?  I thought that Who Would Win? would win in a landslide.  It came down to a vote of 12-11 with Flat Stanley on top.  Who would have thought that my students would surprise me so much!

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Fun Friday - Our focus was Helen Keller today in honor of Woman's History Month.  One activity we tried was using our sense of smell.  I prepared 4 bags with different items that they had to smell while blindfolded and guess what they were.  Students then wrote down their guesses and took a picture.  I chose a lemon, cinnamon, popcorn, and an orange.  We had popcorn to celebrate our guesses.

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With paperwork galore, crazy students, testing, etc., I have needed something that relaxes me.  With that in mind, I binged watched Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt.  The show was strange (an understatement).  After a couple of episodes, I really got into it.  I had many great laughs from it.  I highly recommend it if your brain needs a complete break!

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I felt the creativity bug at home (once again from Pinterest - While I am feeling creative, I still can't come up with any ideas of my own.) On St. Patrick's Day I made this cute wall decoration.

To make this, I cute out a shamrock shape, glued it on the rainbow, and added different buttons all over.  I found that layering the buttons gave it the best look.  It makes me happy.

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I love the 50 degree weather we have been having.  I have been utilizing a walking path almost everyday - it may look a little scary, but it is incredibly peaceful.  I can't wait for the leaves to come back.