TGIF!

I don't know about you but this week was exhausting and very crazy!  For only have 4 days of school this week, I spent more time at school than I do for a normal 5-day week.  Today, I was at school for 11 hours, the sad thing is I have a ton of things to get done this weekend.

I should have known that this week was going to be rough from the minute I stepped into my room Tuesday morning.  During the long weekend, I have a visitor that decided to spend some time in my awesome room.  My visitor was a small snake!  Yes, I said snake, this was the fourth snake in my hallway during the last week.  Fortunately, my "what stuck" exit ticket poster fell off the wall and the snake was stuck to the tape!  I don't like snakes & didn't feel comfortable in my room all day, everything on the floor would freak me out.

My students have also lost/broke 3 of my hall passes this week.  Last year, I created a really cute hall pass system that are made from clothespins.  I made the switch to clothespins because I no longer have a bathroom in my room and wanted something that wouldn't end up in a toilet.  My students are suppose to clip them to their shirt when they leave and hang them back up when they get back.  I don't know how many times over the past year they have been left in the bathroom.  For some strange reason, my students think that they need to take them off to wash their hands.  I am currently looking for a new system to use and hopefully start next week.

Super cute and easy to make.  If you haven't figured it out yet, I have a major obsession with teal & hot pink!

The best past of the week was when my DonorsChoose project was funded yesterday!  I was amazed as to the amount of people that supported my project and how quickly it was funded.  This project was for stability ball chairs.  I decided to try and get these for my classroom when the class across the hall got them last year.  Some of my students were in her room one day and they were actually doing their work quietly and were focused!  These are the students who need constant redirection and encouragement to get anything done.  To see what my project looked like, here is the link. http://www.donorschoose.org/project/sit-and-bounce/1003063/.  This is an amazing project and can't wait to see what it will do with my very active group of first graders.  They are constantly moving around and can't sit still!  I guess it was a good thing that I did this project.

Time to finish sewing two pillows for my reading center!  I can't wait to show you what I've been working on.

Amber