Looking Forward (and some freebies!)

I haven't posted in a while! I have been busy corralling my class and trying to make a little time for myself. I went to the Cultivating Hispanic and African American in Reading, Math and Science (CHARMS) workshop in College Station this last weekend. It was a good workshop about leading girls into STEM careers and analyzing those testing scores of those sub populations. I really like hearing from and talking with Dr. Trina Davis, former ISTE president. (I did geek out a little bit!)
I have had some improvement on the behavior front in my classroom and I feel a little better about myself because I started WATER AEROBICS! I know, a little lame, but I am enjoying it so far.
I do have a couple of Daily 5 freebies. I have some student created charts for the D5 that we are using in the classroom. I hope everyone is loving the first few weeks. We have progress reports going home today already!!

I think I am in love....

I have (finally) starting reading The Daily Five by the sisters. I am so excited about getting to implement this in my room next year. We have a "centers" mindset on my campus and I am glad that I have the research to back up what sounds so right. All of the work for centers can be so time consuming and I love all of the ideas. I am ready to work on some Read to Self.

On another note, I went to Goodwill and Dollar Tree with the MIL today. Awesome finds! Goodwill had paperback books 5 for $0.99 and hardback books 3 for $0.99. I spent only $5 on a ton of books. Finally found the book crates at Dollar Tree as well as some really cool sight word cards.

We also went and saw Bad Teacher. OMG, hilarious!