 Good morning friends welcome to another vlog here on apples and tiara's it is currently 625 and I am Getting ready to leave the house I woke up at like 545 today is when I got out of bed anyway My alarm is usually set for 515 and then I snooze for a while Towards the middle slash and slash middle end of the year. I start to not get up as early, so It kind of does affect like when I get to school. I haven't been eating breakfast these last couple of Weeks so like the last six or seven weeks. I think it's been since I've really eaten breakfast consistently I'm just eating it like 11 o'clock in the afternoon is when I eat my first meal I'll drink my skinny tabs first thing in the morning to help with cravings and help me fast And then I drink water and then I will also drink a coffee So I think this is like called dirty fasting again. Like I said last week. I don't need to know the rules I'm kind of beating to the My own drum right now, but anyways, I'm going to leave at 624. I'll probably get to work around 715 ish depending on traffic and Then I'll update you guys when I get there Got a dead flattened cat in the road like in movies Hey guys, so I just walked in the door and I have a whole lot of Valentine's Day still going on in here today's um Tuesday the 19th of February so yesterday was president's day I still have a crock pot that has That was hot chocolate. I've got some dishes. I need to do I have not cleaned up my teacher area I've got a Graffing project still up on the board. I have our Valentine's Day schedule up still my desk is a wreck But that's okay guys. This is just teaching world Friday was Valentine's Day, and I did not want to stay late to clean up So I'm gonna do that this morning. It's 720. I just been like chatting with Mandy for a little bit this morning We have our stars test today, which is our district test for assessment of growth And today is the writing test So the whole day is probably gonna it's probably gonna take the whole day So I am going to spend my morning cleaning then while the kids are at specials first thing this morning I'm going to prep everything for the test. So put up my slide Get everything ready to go the kids are in Different formations than they were the last time you guys saw my classroom I know I change it up all the time, but I'm trying to find what's best for the kids. So I now have Six groups Six and a half I call I call these two two and a half. So this is a group I've got let's see a bunch of tables. I actually have one two Three four long tables in the back kind of like fanning out and then I have these two Tables in the front Projector and then I have a desk on each end. So this is group one group two two and a half three four Five and then this side is six. So this is actually worked out pretty good. Um, I am gonna be Moving a few of them just for testing purposes like these desks I'll probably face Forward a different way and then have one kid sit on this side and one kid on this side for testing same thing for this side and then for the other ones I'll probably put a kid on each end of the table and then one on each side so that they're not like directly next to each Other and they'll have a little bit more space. So anyway, I'm gonna start cleaning. I Don't have anything to prep today because this is a writing test It's probably gonna take the most of the day Tomorrow we're doing the math test and then guys. I have an observation on Thursday My lesson is prepared ready copied for everything is ready to go But I do my pre-observation tomorrow. So I'll just go and do that. I Didn't stop for coffee today. I just grabbed one of these things from sprouts last week these cold brews So I'm just gonna drink that this morning while I clean. I'm gonna pump some music and just get this room clean I have about 40 minutes until the kids get here so I'm just gonna Go and get it done All right guys, so sometimes past we started our Stars writing test since I last talked to you and it has become very frustrating because The test is set up in a way that isn't testing students on a skill that they should be learning in third grade But something that's completely different. So that's a little frustrating. Hold on. I'm gonna unlock my door. Okay. So for lunch today I'm having one of my Cormes meals. This is the mac and cheese with carnitas Super delicious. Okay. So as I was saying the test that my students are taking today is not a true assessment of What I've taught or what they should have been taught It's completely not standards-based, which is very frustrating As a teacher because we have our standards We know what to teach them and then they get tested on something completely off the rocker and it's just very hard Because I feel bad for my kiddos who sit there and stare at it And they don't know what to do because I've never taught them how to do that And they aren't supposed to be taught how to do that in third grade So I'm feeling a lot of emotions. My my aid was like Charlotte take a breath. You're gonna be okay So we're gonna we're gonna Join as a team and discuss What's going on in our plan of action? It's just a district assessment. So it's not like the end of the world It's not easy merit, but it's still very frustrating Hello Hi so we're gonna eat lunch and It'll be interesting conversation Good morning guys. It is Wednesday morning I attempted an every way shape and form yesterday to vlog a day in the life So I think we're gonna just make this a week in the life video because Yesterday got crazy So it's a Wednesday morning. I'm grabbing a coffee Good morning. What can I get for you today? Hi, can I please get a medium iced coffee with vanilla and cream? A medium iced coffee, vanilla and cream? You bet. What else can I get for you? That's all All righty Your total is 281. Thank you. Thank you I went to Duncan this morning. Starbucks just is too expensive for me so I went to Duncan Okay, so anyway Yesterday the end of the day got really busy my kids ended up taking all the way until The bell two of them to finish their writing and I still don't think they finished. I think that they rushed Because they knew that the end of the day was coming And so it just really has me reflecting on what I need to do Um before AZ Merit because that is in April. I think it's the first week in April. We take AZ Merit writing and Even though I know that this assessment didn't actually mirror AZ Merit. It was a lot more It it didn't seem like it was a third-grade standard that they were being assessed on We're not gonna go into that but I Know AZ Merit will be different, but still it gives me a good idea on what I need to do for them Today is my pre-observation. So during my prep time, I will be meeting with my dean of students She's training to be a principal and so she's doing my observation, which is really exciting Especially for her. I know that like if I was gonna be a principal I would be ecstatic at the chance to be able to observe and evaluate somebody. So that's really exciting So she's gonna be coming in tomorrow To do an observation and guys. I really want to record my lesson for you We have this thing called a swivel and I think I'm gonna record myself and then share it with all of you guys since my students have Consent to be shared on social media. I think it would be really interesting to Show myself actually teaching an entire lesson So it will be kind of a longer video probably be like an hour 45 minutes to an hour But it'd be a whole video of me teaching hold on Okay friends, so I am now here in the classroom and I am sitting down to fill out my Pre-observation protocol form I do have my post or my pre-conference today And so I just have like all my documents for my lesson that I'm gonna use I have to take that up I need to print my lesson plan and then I need to fill in this pre-observation protocol But I wanted to show you guys this really super cute Ice coffee koozie. I know this isn't like a new thing. It was new to me They're made by the love meesh collection but it's like this cute little koozie for your iced coffee and They're made for like different sized coffees, but I ordered that what last week Ish two weeks ago And it was like $30 Can you believe this $30? Mandy said she would make one But I can't do that because I'm not talented like that. So I just ordered one, but I'm super pumped about it Happy Thursday guys It's um 705 and I'm like five minutes away from school Today is observation day. I already drank my skinny tabs you guys in my next video I'm gonna be sharing a giveaway link for these for skinny tabs they contacted me about doing a giveaway So that's really exciting. I'm gonna stop late. I also got a bagel and I'm just At this point it is what it is I'm planning on having The swivel which is like this really cool camera that sets up in the corner of your room And you wear this little like tracking device and then as you walk around the room it like records you So I'm gonna try to have that for my observation I need to ask Well, I already asked our title one specialist if I could use it And she said she was gonna try to make sure it was charged for today so that I can use it So hopefully I can get that situated in the morning because my observations right after my prep period and So I'm only gonna have like 30 minutes to prepare since I do have duty this morning as well But I've been prepped for this lesson for like a Week and a half now because we had testing yesterday. We had testing the day before We had Valentine's Day the day the Friday before that so I really have had plenty of time to prepare for this lesson so everything is ready. I just you know Obviously have some like fine touches I need to do