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Monday 11-18-13

Cardigan: H&M. Similar here.

Skirt: Target (reeeaally old) 

Boots: Calvin Klein

Necklace: Forever 21. Similar here. 

Tuesday 11-19-13

Sweater: Old Navy. Similar here. 

Pants: Gap. Similar here. 

Boots: Franco Sarto

 Wednesday 11-20-13

Top: LC Lauren Conrad at Kohl's 

Jeans: Old Navy

Boots: Old Navy

Necklace: Target

Thursday 11-21-13

 Dress: Mossimo at Target

Cardigan: Old Navy. Similar here.

Boots: Old Navy

Tights: Target 

Friday 11-22-13

Jeans: Old Navy

Tank: Target

Sweater: Target

Boots: Franco Sarto

Boot socks: Target

I am officially on Thanksgiving break for an entire week. I have never been so ready for a break. With report cards and parent conferences done, I finally have time to breathe! 

We've been working on fractions (dun dun dun) in math. I found this great turkey activity for factoring on TPT. I really liked it a lot, but I wanted my kiddos to get more practice with fractions. So, I modified it slightly. I had them write a simple fraction on the body of the turkey, and then they had to write an equivalent fraction on each of the 5 leaves. I really love how they look up on the cabinets (I'm out of wall space) and the colors are so fun! 

TGIT

One more day left to go! Today we worked on line plots in math. I taught the students the lesson, we worked out some problems in the book, and then we created a line plot using our own data. I gave each student a sticky note and had them write their shoe size on it. I was surprised by how many students didn't know where to locate the size on the shoe! I drew a large number line on the whiteboard and had the students go up and place their sticky note over the number that corresponds to their own shoe size, like so:

The students used this data to create a frequency table and copied the line plot onto their own paper. For my fast finishers, I gave them the task of figuring out how far our feet would stretch if we all stood with one foot in a line. One of my girls did a fabulous job of explaining how to work out the problem (the red numbers above are her calculations). 

The kiddos thought this lesson was so funny and it was nice to see how quickly they got the objective. 

Thursday 9-19-13

Skirt: Elle at Kohl's 

Tank: Old Navy

Cardigan: Merona at Target

Shoes: Merona at Target

Belt: came with a dress I believe

Watch: Fossil

Bar Graphs

We are starting a new chapter in our math curriculum and it begins with bar graphs and line graphs. My kiddos had their first math test of the year this week and since we reviewed A LOT for it, I wanted to do something a little more hands-on to make it more interesting.

 Instead of just doing problems from the book, I had the students collect their own data and then create their own bar graphs. They chose whatever topic they wanted and 5 categories or options for classmates to choose from. They then went around the room and interviewed students about their topic. After they collected the data, they used a graph (that I gave them) to plot the data.

It was so fun to see all of the questions that they came up with ranging from favorite sport and food to favorite video game character (none of which I recognized). It was also another fun way for the students to get to know each other and build up our community. The students even interviewed me!

They did a great job collecting the data and creating their graphs. However, some of them actually ended up looking more like histograms (tomorrow's lesson) than bar graphs. That was my own fault! Still, I think they got the object and had fun in the process.

Here's a picture from the activity. You can see how it looks more like a histogram! 

Wednesday 9-18-13

I love this skirt. I got so many compliments on it today. Of course they all came from 10-year-old girls but still! 

Skirt: Forever 21

Tank: Banana Republic

Necklace: Forever 21