Mrs Jump's class: Ants in my Pants and a FREEBIE!

This is one of the most amazing teachers that I like to get ideas from! This is too cute!

Mrs Jump's class: Ants in my Pants and a FREEBIE!: We learned some cool facts about ants.... and played a fun Ants in My pants game to help us practice our addition facts.  This...

It was an eventful day! I had to say goodbye to an incredible group of first graders today! Each one of those children left an incredible impact on my heart! I am so grateful to Mrs. Chappell for deciding to be my Cooperating Teacher and letting me join her class! I couldn’t have been placed in better hands. I have learned so much more than I ever imagined at this school. I am amazed with the way things are organized and ran with so much thought and care! The parents and Mrs. Chappell went in to give me a going away gift. WOW! They are all truly amazing! I can’t thank all of you enough! I will put all these wonderful things to great use in my first classroom! On top of all the goodies, they made me a very special book. The book is made by Mrs. Chappell, the parents, students, and other staff at the school! It is the “What Every Good Teacher Should Know” book! This is my favorite thing of all and I can’t wait to share it in my classroom library! I just want to say thank you to each one of you who took the time to create a page in this book! It means more than you know! Now time to post the pics of my goodies!

One more day left!

It is official! I have one more day to spend with the first graders and then I have completed my seminar. It is extremely hard to say good bye to such inspiring children but it is time for me to get ready to move. I have an entire house to pack! Job hunting is in full force. It is deffinitely going to be a challange trying to find a job, set up my very first classroom, and move my family. I have been doing a lot of research in to the districts in the area and I can't tell you how excited I am! I'm ready to go NOW! On top of all the excitement, I will be back close to all of my family! Enough of all the future planning. I have a lot to share with you from student teaching.

Oobleck!

Friday we read Bartholomew and the Oobleck! Then, we did an experiment to find out if it was a solid or a liquid. I forgot to mention, this was my first time making Oobleck! I was not prepared for the amount of mess that it was going to make. Wow! It was so much fun though! It was well worth the mess to see all of the smiles on the students faces.

To all the awesome parents!

I just want to send out a special thank you to every single parent that has a child in Mrs. Chappell's class. I am getting a lot of surveys back that are going to be so helpful when I have my own classroom. I also wanted to say thank you for sending in the blog permission forms! I can't wait to add pictures of the kids working on different projects! Check back next week to see what all I have added. I am still waiting on some permission slips before I start posting all of the pictures. I will miss working with all of the students so much. I have never seen such an involved group of parents and grandparents! It really is important to have an alliance between the parents and teachers. We both want what is best for the students and communication is the key to their success. Mrs. Chappell is an amazing teacher but, she points out all the time that if it wasn't for her family involvement she wouldn't be able to offer everything that she does. So, give yourselves a pat on the back!

The water cycle and thermometers!

Today was fun! We did an experiment called cloud in a jar. Mrs. Chappell found the cutest demonstration online. I will include the link as soon as I get it. The next thing we did was teach the concept of using thermometers. We didn't have much time, so we recorded the temperature in the sun, shade, hot water, and cold water. The kids loved it!

Brilliant minds in the family!

So, I decided that I have to share my oldest sister's brilliant room. Now she is no longer teaching at the school. She is homeschooling her three youngest boys now! She is pretty amazing! Pretty awesome!!! Can you believe she is donating all of her classroom materials to me!!! I am so excited!

Windy Day!

We are swinging into Spring! Mrs. Chappell ordered a butterfly habitat and shared it with the kids. Wow! They were so excited. All day they ran over to see if the caterpillars were changing. We are learning about the weather this week. Yesterday we made wind socks and anemometers! It was so much fun testing them outside. Especially since it was a very windy evening.