Happy Saturday to you . . . although I have to warn you that from here on out, I will most likely not know what day it is due to the fact that I am on summer vacation.
And I am not trying to rub that in. It is just a fact.
And don’t get too mad at me, either, because I will be going into school about every day next week to clean and organize and figure out where everything is because when I am busy, I just shove things behind cupboard doors in a I’ll put it away later kind of way, and then I never do because I am always busy what with all of the teaching that I am doing.
And I can’t have piles of stuff just stacking up around my room, either. That would be ugly. And then people would know that I am not as organized as I make myself out to be.
So I just shove.
I’m also really good at that in my house, as well.
It is perfectly acceptable.
My room moms planned our end of the year party. All I had to do was show up. I love room moms.
One of our centers was Sand Art. I have never done Sand Art and now I love Sand Art and I feel like Sand Art should be a center of some kind.
The kids got to pick out a container (there were different sizes and shapes of bottles) and then they used a funnel and a spoon to layer the sand into it.
It was extremely fun and a very popular center.
And don’t believe everything you hear because I did too! let my kids have a turn.
My mind is racing as to how to make this into a Literacy or Math center.
Or you could just tell me how you do it and then I’d be all set.
One of my moms brought in her TV and Wii again. We only played Just Dance . . . which means it was just like a normal, typical day in first grade. It was also an extremely popular center and kids would just wander over and start dancing whenever they felt like it. There were only five to six kids per center so this pic gives you an idea on the popularity of it. Who needs a remote? Who needs to keep score? Not me.
Unless I’m Wii bowling. And then we have to keep score because I have gone pro in Wii bowling and I have my own ball.
How sad is my room in the background??? I tore it all down and next week, I’ll probably put it all back up again.
I know. I need help.
I was not trying to be artistic with this photo.
I accidentally clicked something on my iPhone and then every picture after that came out black and white until one of my room moms fixed it for me.
That is not embarrassing, either. That is what happens when you are older than the parents and you don’t know when or how it exactly happened, but it did.
So for this blog post, we are all just going to pretend that I wanted to take a black and white photo because this is a sentimental picture.
Our sixth graders promoted to seventh grade. Did yours? Yes, I hear it’s a common thing. After first grade, they promote to second, and after third grade, they promote to fourth, and so on.
But because our sixth graders are leaving elementary school, it is a huge deal.
I do not get it. I never had a promotion ceremony, ever. Not until I graduated from high school and it was called graduation and then it was my decision on whether or not I wanted to go to college or take a year off or just work or live off of my parents or backpack through Europe.
I went to college and lived with my parents, FYI.
So, anyways, sixth grade promotion is a HUGE deal at our school and they used to hold the ceremony at the nearby junior high and then later they held it in the nearby high school’s theater. Before it got out of hand and was held at the Staples Center, it was decided that we would bring it back home.
So that’s a picture of the custodians and Official White Chair People setting up right outside my room.
I heard it was a great ceremony. I, on the other hand, was at Field Day all day.
Oh, and by the way, in two years, these same kids will have an 8th grade promotion ceremony. Really. They will. Because then they promote to high school.
I posted this picture on my FB last night. Not only does my couch understand me, but you all do, too.
So does this girl:
Murphie is on summer vacation, too.
I am thisclose to being finished with my Summer Review for First Graders pack.
Don’t worry. I will be able to email the parents that asked for summer review. I am not too late. I am not.
I am not freaking out that I didn’t have it finished in time and that it wasn’t printed out and tied with a bow and a box of crayons and a little candy treat and a cute tag that I found on Pinterest that said With Love From Your Adorable First Grade Teacher That Has Her Act Together.
Nope. I’m not freaking out at all.
I hope to have this posted by tomorrow.
That’s the plan. But don’t hold me to it.
After all, I am on summer vacation.
🙂
Hooray for Vacation!!! I am so happy for you 🙂 I look forward to seeing you soon 🙂
Not only is my classroom a mess but so are all my closets, desk drawers and even the workroom that's attached to my room. What were those room assigners thinking? Who gives someone like me a workroom to mess up? Love your post, as always. Happy summer to you!
That sand art can be done easily by rubbing colored chalk over small piles of regular table salt. The kids love doing this. (We sometimes do it for Mother's Day, or sometimes when studying the Native Americans that made sand paintings, and sometimes just because I want to.) Hope you try it!
Get it done fast, I want to use your crayon, bow, candy treat, cute tag idea. Ha! As if. I never figure out how teachers do stuff like that. I'm lucky if I can remember to say goodbye. 🙂
I just love the little bit of the summer review packet that is shown here. Please finish and post it on tpt today or tomorrow. I so very much would rather use this one than the one that I am currently planning on copying and handing out this week!
This may be an unpopular comment but…..I don't really get all the graduations. Preschool, Kindergarten, 5th grade, 6th grade, 8th grade?! I just think it's a lot of hoopla and who is it really for?
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