God Bless America

Enjoy this beautiful patriotic song to celebrate the

 Second Inauguration of President Barack Obama

and to honor Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.,

May God Bless us all.

Click on the picture below for your free copy :)

Wordless Wednesday- Winter

Vocabulary

Our district uses Treasures (Tesoros en español).

One thing I really like about this program is the focus on vocabulary.

Each week we're supposed to introduce 5-6 new words, (I'll just say that some weeks are better than others ;)

This is how I teach my kiddos new vocabulary.

I first introduce the word using kid friendly terms with a hand motion.

My kiddos are pretty good now and help me out with the motions.

When I say the word, my kiddos repeat the word and its meaning:

(teacher) Imitate
(students) imitate, means to copy

Throughout the day, whenever I say Imitate, my kiddos will do the hand gesture and say "Imitate means to copy.

I teach a dual immersion classroom, so for me it goes more like this:

(teacher) imitar

(students) imitar es copiar.

Below you'll see how I initially had my kiddos record the unit's vocabulary words.

Agotado, muy cansado.  (exhausted, very tired)

Practicar, es hacer algo muchas veces para mejorar. (Practice, to do something many times to improve)

Energía es mucho ánimo. (Energy, vitality)

Aren't their drawings just too cute?

I'm now using this format, similar to one I used when I taught 2nd grade.

Clicky here if you'd like a copy and let me know if it's useful for ya. :)

Oh Happy Day

So I forgot to post about this, but when I returned from Thanksgiving break, I walked in and immediately saw this:

A WALL MOUNTED PROJECTOR!!

Oh Happy Day!

 I was beyond excited because I HATE these cords.

Funny how it's the little things that get to you, huh? Or maybe it's just me :(

I mean it shouldn't matter so much because I used an OHP for years, YEARS, 

but technology is spoiling us I suppose.

 So GOOD-BYE projector sitting on my ugly (but useful, so no I won't get rid of you) cabinet!

 GOOD-BYE cords that freak me out every time someone trips over them (shhh, hardly happens) and I worry my projector will fall.

 I thought for a moment about bringing the tables closer to our Smart Board, but naaah,

I love having my kiddos close to the screen while doing calendar or other SB activities,

and there's no better way to enjoy a Christmas movie before break ;)

Mama of 5 & Teacher of 21 Goes Missing

I've been MIA in Bloggyland, I know.

I've been enjoying my students at school and my familia at home.

And in between catching up on my TV shows, but more importantly, my zzzz's.

I did most of my shopping on the 24th, if that tells ya anything.

(Note to self:  Keep traffic anger in check, parents may be in the area) :-/

This year we made it to the Inland Empire Christmas lights, WOW!  I always grab some food or hot chocolate, load up the car, and we go Christmas light looky on our last day of school before break, but we were so wiped out, we waited to visit this entire neighborhood of lights.

 Not the best picture, but super cute Kids Around the World wishing us a Merry Christmas.

 I think next year we'll try walkin' it.

My poor cutie pie fell asleep and missed out because the line was soooo long.

I hope you were able to spend a beautiful Christmas with your family.

Wishing everyone out there peace and happiness :)

A Halloween Sale

I love Halloween!

We had such a fun time at out Halloween Festival yesterday.

My lil' cutie pie said, "I can't believe they have this at my school!"

It was really great to see our kiddos and their familias :)

Wish I had taken pictures.

I'm having 20% off my little TPT store.

Just click the witchy boots above :)

Spiders...Eeek!

I cannot stand anything creepy crawly!

But spiders, I don't know, they don't bother me so much.
I even brought home a spider that had lil' babies so I can show my class.  I couldn't believe those were the eggs alongside the poor mama :(

My kids wondered if I had been body snatched, they couldn't believe I brought it home.
"Mama, who are you?!"

  Anyways, we just finished Spider Unit,

so I thought I would share some pics with y'all.