Tiresome Tuesday

1. For a class we have to write expository text – stories from prompts.. and I need your help..Pretty Pretty Please.. I need 5 writing prompts in which I take two of the five to create two small papers… I have to also submit all five of the prompts which I am not allowed to pick for myself.. so remember professor will see them all..
   
   Much Appreciated –
   
   Hope everyone has a wonderful St. Patty’s Day – For myself – I am babysitting the little guy.
   
   
   
   What I learned recently in the classroom –

1. Cloud Paint.. Oh So Much Fun – Shaving Cream, Glue, and Food Coloring.. We put the mixture/creation on paper plates, paper, and bags. Unique is the texture and how it dries.. the kids love it!

2. Hunts – With the thought of Easter Egg Hunts.. I created cut outs like cars, stars, fruit, bikes..etc.. and put little scavenger hunt problems on each of them.. The kids all 18 of them.. are each given their own cutout.. They have to find theirs and we go over the rules as how if they see someone else’s they ignore it unless that individual is asking for help. Depending on what it says determines what happens next – clues to go to certain parts of the room, some have math problems or spelling words the kids currently have to be able to move on.. and while one teacher hides them all.. the kids each pick out a book and we buddy up.. Which if your not sure of is our School Agers Read with our Wrap Around and they love it.. They get good quality reading time, which some of them sadly do not get outside of school at all… We also do egg hunts.. but since we can’t do “Holidays” we try to save those for Winter so “I” do not get in trouble.

3. Sticker Walk – Remember Musical Chairs or Cake Walks?? Same generalization.. just a little different – We set up the chairs and tape numbers on the back..We also put copies of the numbers into a basket. We play music and we skip, hop, glide, march, rotate, and walk while it is playing and when it is done we have a seat. Someone draws a number without looking and that person gets a sticker. We do not remove any chairs or that would lead to a catastrophe or crying and we play everal rounds.. The person with the most stickers gets to be line leader or something like sweeper at clean up (the most highly regarded job for some reason to them).. just something small in the classroom which to them is a huge deal.. We have been playing this once a week for the past three weeks and they always ask.. do we get to play Sticker walk today.. try it.. school or home.. its fun.. even the teachers do it with the kids!!