Easter

Easter has snuck up on us this year!  I guess having just been off for Spring Break the week before we weren't ready!  Moving up to 2nd grade, I wasn't sure what to do about Easter.  In Kindergarten and 1st grade it is a BIG deal to say the least.  Lots of planning ahead, decorating, egg collecting, parent helpers, Easter Bunny sightings, etc.  Luckily for me, my teammie had planned a Math Easter Egg Hunt for her afterschool tutoring kids on Wednesday.  As I walked by, I asked what they were doing. I knew it would be perfect for my class the next day.



 30 eggs were filled with spiraling math problems and hidden outside.  One math problem in each egg.  Each student got an answer sheet to right down their responses.  For every 5 questions they answered correctly, they got 1 piece of candy.  We gave them 30 minutes.  They had a blast racing around trying to solve the problems as quickly as they could!

As a rule I never give candy to the children but Holidays are always an exception.  I even broke my no candy rule for myself and had a very delicious Blow-Pop for the first time in I can't even count how many years.  I told the students this was the first candy I had eaten in a month and one little girl exclaimed "Mrs. Cameron, how can you live like that?!?"  :D :D :D  hahaha  Made me laugh so hard!
We also managed to throw in a little Easter art project in the afternoon.  I love me some guided drawing.  The students are always so amazed at how their work turns out.  And honestly, often times, I am too!  :D  I knew time might be an issue so I chose something I knew they could do fairly quickly.    I found the guided drawing idea from here.  As I drew each part of the bunny using the overhead projector the children watched and copied what I did.  Don't ever worry about them all looking identical because they never do!  


Each child receives the instruction as they hear it and draws accordingly.  They all look so different.  They always ask "like this, Ms. Cameron?" and I always tell them it's their artwork and it's fine! Drawing is always the hard part, painting the easiest.


I just love how they all turned out!  A fun way to brighten our classroom as they are hung on our art display board.  :D



And I also had to share what the teacher wore!  I scored my super-cute Tee for $5 at Tarjay!  It's from the kids section.  Extra-grande!  haha  :D  

Hoppy Easter Friends!









Harper Avery

I usually don't blog about my family (you can check me out on facebook and instagram for all the goings-on in my life outside of school!), but I just couldn't resist bragging on my 4-legged grandpup, Harper Avery.  My daughter got Harper for Christmas and she is such a sweet, although at times naughty doggy!  Haha  She actually fits so perfectly with our family and has surprisingly been just what we needed!
Well, Ms. Harper Avery graduated from Puppy Obedience School.  She made a B-.  She is going to doggy tutoring and should be on level very soon!  :P #obessedwithgreys


Goal Setting


I just love this quote and this picture (maybe because I'm ready for summer and it's still cold here!)  But, don't you love times like these when you are SO excited about your day that you jump out of bed!  I have had those moments and am praying for more.  Some days, it's just hard to get out of my warm, uber-cozy, beautiful bed!  But on other occasions, I am excited to see what God has for me that day OR how God is going to fulfill a dream that he has placed in my heart.  Either way, it's a great way to wake up.  :D 

Seuss-tastic!

We love Dr. Seuss week at our school!  We have lots of special readers come in throughout the day.

I love what our librarian made as a thank you for each reader!  Cute-Cute!


 We had a door decorating contest as well.  I took pictures of all my kidos reading and printed them in black and white.


We also had dress-up days and if you're lucky enough you get "Seussed" (you receive an anonymous bag filled with treats at your door in the morning.  You then go and "seuss" someone else the next day and so on and so on.)  I got Seussed twice!  Feelin' the LOVE!  :P

Fun times at Seele!  :D