CST Testing Encouraging Notes...

I'm linking up to Tara's "Monday Made It," and sharing my encouraging notes for my 4th graders during the testing week.

4th Grade Frolics

Sweet little notes for my 4th graders!

Each day this week, I have left a little note to encourage my 4th graders before they began their portion of the CST test.  I found lots of ideas on Pinterest and other teacher's blogs for cute little sayings and incentives.  

Plus we made our "Rock the CST" beaded bracelets again this year, for them to wear each day and encourage them to do their very best on the test.  I need to blog about my beaded "Rock the CST" bracelets later, and share my idea for this bracelet.  That will be my next blog post!  Just trying to finish this week of state testing, and looking forward to the weekend.  =)

Here are some of the pictures of the little notes I gave them this week:

Cute little BEE!

"Rock the CST" Bracelets...  I will blog about my idea for these later.  =)

Cute note cards I purchased from Positive Promotions!  I love their site!

From Positive Promotions...

My 4th graders are SHINING on their Test!  They LOVED these heat sensitive pencils from Positive Promotions. 

 

Tomorrow is our last day of Testing!  They are getting fish crackers and a little note card that says they are "O'fishally" finished with the test!  =)  I am so PROUD of how hard they worked!  We are all going to enjoy having the weekend to relax. 

Mother's Day Craftivity...

Welcome to the "Ma' Spa!"

I found this very cute idea on Pinterest and on a fabulous blog called Lesson Plan S.O.S.  I prepped all of the supplies I needed, and I made up a Shopping List for my students to use as they browsed for the materials they needed to create their Mother's Portraits.  My 4th graders had a great time with this activity, and I even made a portrait of my mom too.  

Enjoy the pictures below, 

and Happy Mother's Day to all of you!

The sign I made to hang up in our Store...

Shopping List...

They could spend up to $5.00 of imaginary money...

Large construction paper for the background...

Colorful Scrapbook paper for clothing...

Cute earrings...=)

 

Chalk for make-up...this was so much fun to use!

All the supplies laid out for browsing, and then shopping!

 Pictures of our Moms!!!

Aww, my sweet Mom!  =)

Zahraa's pretty mom...

 

Zahlaya's mom has great jewelry!  =)

 

Adrian's mom...

I love the eyeshadow Andrena used for her mom's eyes.

Cole's mom...

Daniel's mom has some great detail.

Jacqueline's mom looks so happy! 

Madisson did some great layers on her mom's hair!

Sophia's mom looks beautiful!

I love how kind and sweet Tebaa's mom looks.

Yocelin did an amazing job.

 They all did such a wonderful job on their beautiful portraits.  

Their Moms will LOVE getting these. 

Happy Mother's Day!

Rainbow Skittles...

Sweet Treat for my 4th graders...

My kiddos loved getting these treat bags.  I gave my students these little bags along with their Report Cards.  It has been a crazy busy month, but now I am enjoying being on Spring Break, and able to catch up on my blog.  

Enjoy the pictures of the Skittles Treats!  I saw the idea on Pinterest.  =)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I made 34 bags!

 

I am so lucky to have such great 4th graders.

These turned out really Adorable!

 

Capacity and Volume

Capacity Anchor Chart:

I loved using the "Land of Gallon" pages I found on Jenaya's blog called The Lesson Plan Diva.  Thanks for sharing!  My 4th graders really enjoyed the story, and the visuals helped them make a deeper connection.  

Here is a picture of the Anchor Chart and some Vocabulary cards I added to my chart.  My 4th graders added the pages to their Interactive Math Journals.  

The Land of Gallon...=)

 

Mystery Walker...

Mystery Walker Idea...

So I found this idea off of Pinterest, which was from Amy's very cute blog called "What Happens in First Grade."  My 4th graders LOVE it!  It has really helped with the chatting in line.  4th graders LOVE to talk with their friends!  ;)  

They are all so quiet when I come outside to pick them up.  I bought some cute Angry Bird erasers and Sock Monkey buttons that I have been using as a prize for the "Mystery Walker."  

Here are a couple of pictures of the little bucket I keep my "Mystery Walker" tokens in... 

Cute pail from Target...

Some ribbon and a sign...

Little red tokens...

Students' names...equals "Mystery Walker."

Math Anchor Charts...

Well I finally took some pictures of the Anchor Charts I have hanging up in my classroom.  I was so inspired by all of the teachers that have been sharing their ideas for Anchor Charts on their blogs and on Pinterest.  My 4th graders LOVE the charts, and we even do smaller versions of them in our Interactive Math Journals.

This is my Anchor Chart for the "Good Guys, Bad Guys" trick we use for Rounding.  They LOVE it!

"Good Guys, and Bad Guys."  =)

I found this idea on Pinterest too.  It is a great Anchor Chart for my 4th graders to access. 

Our Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. KWL Chart.

I found this one on Pinterest too, from the blog called "Thinking of Teaching."

 

I love how this one turned out!  It was also a Pinterest Idea...

I wrote this chart after seeing the Poem on "Classroom Magic's" blog. 

My 4th graders went crazy for this Anchor Chart!  It came from Ms. Glantz.  She has a great blog.  =)

I am so happy that I finally posted some of the Anchor Charts I have been making.  Now, off to go check out Pinterest for more teaching ideas.  Have a wonderful weekend.

Sweet Valentine's Day!

We had a fabulous Valentine's Day today.  I am so blessed to have such great 4th graders.  They all really loved the "7 Days of Valentine's" and today they felt even more love from their friends.  

We did some fractions with our candy hearts, and a "Minute it to Win it" game after we simplified our candy fractions.  They loved trying to stack their candy hearts in a tall tower before the timer went off.  It was so fun to watch them concentrate.  

In the afternoon, we exchanged our Valentine cards and treats.  

The first picture I am posting is all of the thoughtful gifts I received today.  The second picture is all of the tiny Valentine cards from my kiddos.  I cut some of them down and put them on paper to add to my scrapbook, but first I like to hang them up in the classroom. The third picture is a little Valentine card I made with some Burt's Bees Chap-stick to give to my teacher friends.   

Hope you had a wonderful day today too!

So generous...

I love looking back at these in future years!

Valentine Cards for my teacher friends...