Let's catch up Weeks 18-20

I woke up today and realized that I had been sorely neglecting my teaching blog. Oops. I guess that lecture I gave the kids on apathy should have also swirled around and hit me too.


Let's recap the past 3 weeks, everything since the holiday break.

Week 18

Monday- Staff Development

Tuesday- Space and Weather unit Vocab.

Wednesday- Characteristics of the Earth, Sun, And Moon

Thursday- I bought the Science Cut Ups for Earth, Sun, and Moon. The kiddos matched the cards and we went through them.

Friday- The kiddos took their 3rd 6-weeks benchmark. Joy.

Week 19

Monday- Another Curriculum day. Wonderful and feeling spoiled after not getting ANY during the first semester.

Tuesday- Rotation and Revolution

Wednesday- Seasons. The kiddos filled in their ideas of what the avg. temp, rainfall, what plants and animals were doing during each season and we discussed.

Thursday- Rotation and Revolution lab

Friday- The kiddos took their Vocab Quiz. Did really well!

Week 20

Monday- I GOT OBSERVED TODAY. Woah, man. Crazy, having the principal in there for a whole class, typing away at my desk. I think I did well, though.

We talked about moon phases, and they practiced a song

 Tuesday- Moon  Phases Lab. The kids used oreos to make the moon phases.

 Wednesday- Weather

Thursday- I got shanghai-d into part of Hal Bowman's "Be The One" program, and pulled from two of my classes, so we took a day to watch Bill Nye's planets, and the Magic School Bus Stars.

Friday- Weather Maps

Wooooo. That was a doozy. I'll work harder to keep up. I've just been so... destitute this year. With our "president" and his shitty agenda, the kids losing focus and testing around the corner, we're all a bit off.

Here's hoping to a better February!

~Ms. Kat