I'm entirely too busy for my own life!!!

 I think I am a crazy person. I feel like a big ol' blogger letdown...I can't remember the last time I blogged but I have been working like cray cray on some products for Shearerly Sadler 4th grade.  I also lost a follower over there!   I don't have that many and to lose one kind of hurt a little.  If I don't get these products posted all of you all are going to defect on me and I will never get to have a big giveaway (that was for you Deb!)   

 

I have been doing some cool things in the classroom since going back to school.  Tune in over at ATUE on Monday and read my guest post over there to get a looky lou at what me and my gang have been up to with biographies.  Its just the start of something great I tell ya!  We are neck deep in fractions in my classroom as well...and I have to say, I love the common core math standards.  I have really been a teacher these past two years of common core inception in Kentucky.  Here is a peek at what I am working on for 4 NF 4 A B & C...

 

 

We were supposed to have district walkthroughs today (a surprise visit that my awesome principal refused to let us be surprised by).  I was going to use this to teach 4NF4A in small groups and some other great things like Snowball Smack from Tara at 4th Grade Frolics, Task Cards from Math Mojo (love me some Math Mojo products), homework and assessments from the Awesome Jennifer Findley...Now these are all things I would be using anyway, but I wanted to show off my TPT and Blogger Pride today since it is TPT and the blogosphere which has totally reshaped my classroom and how I teach in the world today.  I love having a global presence in my curriculum, cause Lord knows I do not corner the market on creativity, organization or planning!  However, with all the great resources I have come across in the past year, I feel like a force to be reckoned with!  My district has taken notice or so I've been told! 

 

 

I just decided to take on a specialists degree!  I should probably be seeing a specialist right now because I am just not busy enough!!!  I started my classes this week and I registered late, praying some financial aid comes through.  Its just one of those things the good Lord puts on your heart to do and you do it and ask questions later.  My hubs is in full support of me doing this...Plus, I am a big old school nerd.  I love learning and sitting in a classroom just reminds me why I do what I do! But, today was a snow day and since the world (including the roads) are blanketed in white, I do not have class tonight.  I think its one of those hybrid classes where you have a couple face to face meetings but the rest is on blackboard.  I will let you know what I find out.  My prof is supposed to email the deets later on today he said.  This is my foundational class, my other class is a full face to face gig and is teaching at risk students.  This is right up my alley since I teach at a school with a sizeable at risk population. 

 

AND, I have an applied learning student from the University where I am doing my graduate work, My Alma Mater, Eastern Kentucky University.  This girl was one of our former students (hence I am getting old) and she is going to be a wonderful teacher.  No reservations, jumped right in on her first day to work with kids.  She wrote a quiz on her first day and I gave it Friday.  Supervising her might be the easiest thing I do this semester!  Since she went to school there, the only thing I had to show her was how to use the copier.  Easier than supervising a student teacher with all the perks of one!  I have been lucky...3 of 4 really good ones aint too shabby! 

 

So as you can tell, I am one busy little woman.  But, I couldn't call it life if I was sitting on the couch blogging all day...There would be nothing to talk about!  My family, my career, my hobbies keep me busy and gives me something to look forward to each day.  So, I wanted to leave you with a little freebie, one that makes my life a bit easier when I need to time to do other thing and still be the mama who feeds her family.  Literally just put it in the oven add to it once and a few hours later dinner is on the table.  I will post up the leftovers recipe next week!  Just right click and save picture!  Enjoy my friends!!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shearerly Sadler 4th Grade