EASTER Eggs!

Well, I was observed today by my supervior from school! I was so anxious about my lesson (paper mache eggs) that I forgot to do my introduction! AHH! No big deal though, my supervisor didn't mind- in fact she told me that I'm receiving an A in Student Teaching for the semester! =) This makes me REALLY happy- it's going to boost my GPA even more! Anyway, my lesson went really well, the kids loved shredding the paper and dipping it into the flour and water. They dried outside for a bit, and I think it was a success. Looks like they're going to take a while to dry, but we'll see tomorrow. Next week, we will paint them. I wish I would have made one too! haha Tomorrow we are making Easter cupcakes. MMM... so tempting. Hopefully they'll eat them all. Or sneeze on them or something. I hope they like them!! Then again, what's not to like with pillsbury icing and jelly beans on top! Ok, now that I'm salavating...

I'm having such a good time with my students, I can't believe it will be over so soon! Starting in May, I will be subbing in my school district. There are 7 schools, so hopefully I will work everyday and get practice in mainstream classrooms.

5 things I am thankful for...

1) Easter with the Maglios this year!
2) Family <3
3) My kiddies
4) Cool nights
5) Cobra color changing tee! haha

Goodnight.

Easter is Around the Corner

Today we had so much fun dying Easter eggs. Each student even tasted a hard boiled egg!! They were so excited to bring them home to their parents. =) Gotta love the enthusiasm. Tomorrow we will be making paper mache eggs... wish me luck, never did it before. *crosses fingers* To top it off, I am being observed by my supervisor tomorrow!! Ahh! haha It's ok, she's the best and my favorite teacher- ever. I need to start looking for a lil something for her as a thank you, any ideas? Well, it's past midnight and I'm still awake! (I didn't even nap today!) So I'll end with my list.

I am thankful for...

1) Family
2) Dr. Sullivan
3) Turkey hot dogs
4) Arbonne lotion
5) Ballet flats

PLAY-DOUGH

Today we made a homemade play-dough!! It was so much fun, the students LOVED it. We used vibrant colors to dye the dough and they turned out great. We used Easter cookie cutters to play in the dough, which was a blast!! It was also really interesting to see the children's reaction when I told them we used FLOUR and it was different than FLOWERS. hehehe... that age is so adorable.

5 things I'm thankful for:

1) my students
2) family
3) nick@nite
4) rabbit, rabbit! (it's April 1st!)
5) Easter Bunny in Training book (I read it again to them today and they loved it- AGAIN)

If you're interested, here's the simple recipe:


Homemade Play-Dough
2 cups flour
1/2 cup salt
3/4 cups water
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
Food coloring
1 egg, beaten

Mix together and knead until smooth. Add more flour if needed. Separate into parts and add a few drops of different colors of food coloring.

Optional: Make shapes and brush egg over the top. Put shapes on a cookie sheet and bake in the oven at 300 F degrees for about one hour until the clay is golden. Seal with shellac to make shiny. Paint them for fun.

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I decided to make a digital "vision board." It is made up of pictures that represent the things that I want in life. For example health, love, happiness, success in teaching, etc. =) I got the idea from the movie, "The Secret" which is also a book. http://www.thesecret.tv/

My top five for today:

1) Tia, Sport and Marley
2) My Vera Wang Boots
3) My pillow
4) April =)
5) Homemade play-dough (it's gonna be FUN!)

Tomorrow, we are making HOMEMADE play-dough as a class!! We're going to make eggs and bunnies, then bake them so we can keep them. I hope it turns out as planned! I tried the dough but I didn't try to bake them yet. I'm quite excited!

Catch up some more tomorrow... bye!

It's been a long while...

Student teaching has me pretty busy, but I thought I would post the five things I am thankful for right now:

1) My family
2) The kids at school
3) Computers
4) Marley Sport and Tia
5) Saturdays