Shapin' up!

What do you do when there is no recess or resource...for days???? You do math ALL day...and then your students ask you  "when are we doing math today"?....you giggle and say "You've been doing math for about 3 hours now..." WHAT!?!?! It's true! We have been studying 2d shapes and their defining and undefining attributes for about a week in math...using manipulatives to observe and test our hypotheses! They got to know the shape names and attributes quite well before we moved on to 3 dimensional shApes. Then they got the toothpick challenge! They had one goal...create something with these materials: toothpicks, modeling clay.

Prepare to be amazed...

I love walking around the room and listening to their conversations about how they plan to create a trapezoid and then a hexagon and maybe even try out a cube...seriously this cuteness is too much!

Celebrating Evelynrose

Evelynrose made an important decision in her life this year! She decided to accept Christ and follow up her decision with believers baptism! I love being able to support these babies in the things they care about most...things that have nothing to do with school! 

Celebrating this special day with a special  girl! 

Class pet

A special package arrived for our classroom today! The kiddos were so intrigued...trying to guess what it might be...a "live spaceman" was my favorite guess..."specimen" is a tricky word! 

We opened it up to these little critters! Each table group has a cup to observe over the next few days...the research has already begun! 

Class picture preview

Rockin' room 212 had the CUTEST class picture ever!!!! Check out my little Rockstars...love them!!

And of course we needed a silly picture!