Five for Friday - Back to School Thoughts and Activities

Oh my gosh!

I'm so tired!

You would never guess that we

only had 3 days of school.

 

At least it's Friday,

so I can share my

1.  We started school and I really missed my two girls.

I'm glad I have the weekend to spend some time with them.

 

2.  I found a fun idea on Pinterest

and used it during one of our first math lessons.

 

The kids created some "Math About Me."

They filled in the sheet with math

that was all about them.

Of course we did brainstorm some ideas

 beforehand and I also shared a few examples.

I used it as a bit of an assessment so I had some

idea of ability levels.

For each question, they could give their answer

as a number or an equation.

 

Example: How many people are in your family?

They could answer 4 or write an equation

that equaled 4.  2X2, 4+0, 2+2, etc.

They really did a nice job on this activity.

It's a FREEBIE in my TpT store.

 

3.  Speaking of Pinterest, have you checked out

the new teacher boards?

 

If you haven't, be sure to click here and start following!

I've found so many great ideas.

I love the boards because people are not sharing products,

but ideas only!

 

4.  Transition Idea

I call it, "When I Say..."

 

I tell the kids,

"When I say hippopotamus, go and get in line."

Then I say words such as

hip

him

happy

hippopotamus

 

The first time I do this,

all the kids start moving with the first word I say.

They quickly learn that they have to listen.

 

You can use any word.

I like trying to think of funny words.

 

5.  Look at this cute gift

a student gave me on the first day.

Yes, those are all Dum Dum suckers.

I would like to share them

and eat a few, but it looks so cute!

 

Are you back at school yet?

How is it going?

 

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Enjoy your weekend!