Adventure to Fitness, anyone?

Have you and your kids tried this?

Every week, Mr. Marc takes you on a new adventure to real locations around the world.  You learn about the place while getting in some physical exercise, and the kids LOVE it!

Accessing Each Week’s Adventure is as easy as 1, 2, 3.

STEP 1:  Enter the following address into your browser’s address bar:

                          www.adventuretofitness.tv

STEP 2:  Create your account

Click the "Create Account" button.  Remember, you must use your official    school email address to participate.  This process takes seconds to complete.

Note: A validation email will be sent to your school email address. The validation email will come from admin@adventuretofitness.com.  Subject line will read “Adventure to Fitness Network Registration”.  Once you click the validation link, you are ready for step three!

If you don’t receive the validation email in your mailbox, please check your spam or junk mail folders.

STEP 3:  Click “Play” to view the current week’s episode or scroll down for past adventures.

Ø Every episode comes with Teacher Guides and aligns to State Standards in common core subjects.

      

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A Day in My Shoes!

I know I'm very late to this Linky Party, but here goes!

Here is what a typical school day looks like for me:

5:00-6:30 AM  The dreaded alarm goes off---get up, feed the dogs, exercise ( this just started this past week, but who cares!), shower, get ready, eat breakfast, make sure kid is up/packed/fed, put dogs in kennel

6:30-6:35 AM  Drive to school--Yes, I do have a 5 minute commute and LOVE it!

6:45-8:00 AM  Work in room, prepare for day, make copies, socialize

8:00-8:30 AM  Pick up kids from gym and walk back to our room, get unpacked, kids start on morning work while I go through folders (take out HW, pick up notes/money/whatever), go over morning work

8:30-10:00 AM  Reading Block which includes spelling, phonics, and of course....reading

10:05-10:55 AM  Specials (my conference time), which lately has been consumed with Report Cards, collecting and logging all yearbook orders (because I have nothing else to do am in charge of this for the whole school), planning for Family Math Night (I volunteered to do this,  because I have nothing else to do trouble saying NO), planning for the field trip (because I have nothing else to do am the grade level leader), answering phone calls/parent notes, and about a thousand other things!

11:00-11:30 AM   Lunch, that leisurely time of day when I can sit, eat, and relax finish all the things I could not finish during my conference....while drinking a cup of soup.

11:30-12:45  Math...my FAVORITE time of the day!

12:45-1:45  Grammar, Writing, Social Studies

1:45-2:00  Woo hoo!    RECESS

2:00-2:45  Science  Who am I kidding?? 
It takes 15 minutes to have all 150 first graders take a restroom and water break after recess!

2:15-2:45  Science

2:45-3:00  Clean up, hand out folders, stack chairs, remind kids to clean up, and stack chairs

3:05-3:30  Walk students to dismissal area, go to car duty (open car doors for students)

3:30-5:00 (or later)  Get back to work!

5:00ish  Decide it's time to be a parent and head on home!

Welcome Back!!

Today is my first day back (BOO!) after having two wonderful weeks off (YEAH!).  It was hard waking up this morning, but..... it..... had..... to..... be..... done. 

One of my goals is to be more organized so I can get ahead and not feel like I have to come in and work every Saturday!  I'm starting with baby steps here, so I'm looking ahead  to Spring Break MLK Day.

Gift From Principal

We have two new administrators this year and, as McDonald's says, I'm lovin' it!  The environment is very positive and they are very much for the kids, which is the way it should be, right? 

Last month, the principal asked every staff member to send her the name of any current student on our campus who "warms our heart".  Besides my own child, another student immediately popped into my head.  I had Alan my first year in first grade.  He is one of those kids who is low academically, can be a stinker, but also a sweetheart, and you cannot help but love him! 

All we were told was to send her the names....nothing else would be required of us.  Things that make you go hmmm.

Friday, our last day before the holidays, each teacher had a gift from the principal (with a little help from the students we chose).

This was in a picture frame.

 Every time I read this, my eyes tear up. 

I'm his favorite out of ALL the teachers!!

I...LOVE...THIS...KID!!!

The Secret of Santa's Island

The Secret of Santa's Island is a great book that I was introduced to just last week.  It is about a boy who receives the ultimate gift from Santa--all because he said "thank you".

The story ends with Santa giving Sam a snow globe with this inscription on it:

"Thankfulness is the secret to happiness."

I gave my kiddos a paper plate with the instructions to draw/color/write something(s) for which they are thankful.  We added a trapezoid to make the bottom piece, with the quote from Santa. 

Oh No....Santa's Stuck!

Several weeks back I found these paper plates at Target and got them, not knowing exactly what I was going to do with them. One day I read the book, Santa's Stuck, and an idea popped into my head. Students had to draw a Santa and write about how/why he got stuck and how he got out.  Here is the book and end result:

Holiday Break....Here I Come!

Have you heard this song? Take a moment to watch!