seriously.

ITS AUGUST and we start to school on Tuesday!  Did I not just get married like last week? It will be a month since we have been married on the day we go back to school!  CRAZY right?! ive got some blog post ready to roll out this week… first of all im posting a few honeymoon pictures and then im gonna get down to business with this 5th grade blog because there are almost NONE out there. I purchased this unit from Teachers Pay TEacher from Lesson Plan SOS….to get me started …its on sale so if you are STRESSING about what to do the first second of the first day then run on over and grab that up.  Also if yall would like to join the pinterest  craze then follow my classroom board I’m pretty obsessed so I “update”  it pretty regularly! Hope you are having a GREAT time starting your new school years or whatever you are celebrating this August! 

FRUSTRATION!

So I have spent hours in my classroom this morning painting and cleaning and for the most part the painting is finished!  That’s the good news…Then I came home and started stalking…facebook, blogs, pintrest, etc. and I am so frustrated by the lack of upper grade/5th grade blogs. The ones that have happened to stumble upon are BORING. {disclaimer- you may think that mine is boring} I am going to GREAT strides to make sure that I keep my blog up to date with the things that we are doing in our classroom. If you know of any great upper elementary blogs please let me know.  I am super exited about the move I am just really going to miss having weekly teaching inspiration from all of the first grade teachers.

Classroom Clean Up!

Omiword Yall!  I saw my new classroom for the first time today!  It needs lots of loving care!  I forgot my stinkin camera to take before pictures, but me and three of my sweet players and then my momma got the famous “antique white” painted at the top and one of the four walls completely painted four blocks up with black and another wall rolled with black.  Hopefully we can finish the paint tomorrow and take some pictures.  After painting I want to get all of the crap stuff organized before I even move my stuff from my old school. So my free weekend just got BUSY!  Pictures to come tomorrow!

New Beginnings!

Over the past two weeks, I’ve gotten married, got a new job in a new grade, and was named the head softball coach. My life is full of firsts right now and I am loving it.  I am going to be teaching 5th grade at Central.  This is where I went to school k-12 so I am super pumped about it. I am also super pumped about the fact that even though I am changing from first to fifth, I have taught fifth before and am pretty familiar with the curriculum.  We are getting Go Math! for our new math series.  I have heard mixed reviews but I am going with a positive attitude about it.  I posted a similar post a few weeks ago and the board decided not to do the transfers until about two weeks ago.  I thought I don’t want to jinx myself so I removed it, but now it is official and I am ready to move rooms, get organized, start planning…WOW I think I need to get busy!  Not to mention wash, dry, fold, and put away the clothes from the honeymoon, write down the 60+ gifts we received at the wedding, write 200+ thank-you notes, etc. etc. AH I am very blessed! Oh and the softball job…my sweet daddy has already cut the grass several times for me and I worked today for about and 1 1/2 using what we call the Mennonite tool to get the grass off the edges of the infield. I am busy busy girl.

Please leave a comment if you know any upper elementary blogs.  I am going to miss my first grade blog friends so much. 

Thanks so much!

Back to Reality!

We are back from our Honeymoon in Antigua which was AMAZING!  I will post pictures ASAP!  The wedding was fabulous. We are so blessed. We had almost 400 people sign our book and probably another 100 that we just had to let in the doors because a. they were sweating to death and b. we wanted to start on time.  I had so much fun at the reception talking to people that came.  It was hot but the outside pictures were 100% worth it. Jennifer, Maci, and Misti from Jennifer Photography were incredible and Jennifer even stayed up that night and gave us a sneak peak of our pictures.  WE LOVE HER! Sneak peak below!

PS- I’m obsessed with pintrest!

Love, Laura

Updating and getting with it

My college professors always talked about a trait great teachers had in common… it was called withitness. Meaning you were with it at all times in your classroom, mainly during multiple activities such as centers.  I always thought I had that trait down pat in my classroom and in my life.  I usually can do several things at once and accomplish all the tasks in a fair amount of time.  Well that was before I was planning a wedding!  My withitness has flown out the door with 19 days until I say I DO!  I am way over due for a wedding update and since I am still up in the air about my teaching assignment that is all that I am thinking about!  I had my engagement pictures and bridal portraits done by my fabulous photographer Jennifer Tidwell.  I love my engagement picture for the paper:

We went dressy for the classic olin mills pictures and then fun for our outdoor. I don’t have anymore to put on here right now but will in a short time.

 

Im not sure which to do list I am on or what I have and have not checked off but I do know that I am caught up with my 250+ thank- you notes from my showers {that were awesome by the way.  We are very BLESSED with great friends and family} My 525+ invitations that I hand calligraphied (sp?) are sent out and only one came back whoop whoop!  Bridesmaids dresses are here, tuxes are ordered, music is going to be amazing, and I am super pumped about the honeymoon… I guess somewhere in between all that there is going to be a gorgeous wedding. Here are some pictures from our showers:

 

Easter and Bubblegum Fractions

Because I have no time to think or come up with original ideas I used eighteen25’s Easter cones and Cara’s Fraction Action packet to get me through the week after spring break. The bubble gum activity was by far the class favorite and I just loved the pictures that I took..We were cracking up!’HALARIOUS! NOT SO SURE tHIS group was kicking booty with bubble blowing

Then the boys got up… She looks mad but shes just concentrating

The Ss standing are the ones that blew bubbles!

 

WE LOVED IT!  THanks Cara!