 Good morning everyone happy Monday today is Monday April 8th, and as you can see it's a bit dark in my room That's because our power just went out on our entire street So I was right in the middle of teaching a cursive lesson, which No big deal didn't really use technology for that. Um did have my projector on but that's about it and Lights went down I checked next door and apparently it's the entire block here in our neighborhood So we're gonna try our best to teach through this blackout today. This means no air conditioning today is supposed to be in the 90s, so we'll see how that goes Hopefully this outage doesn't last too long because that could be really scary if it gets that hot in here Also a lot of the things that we're doing today don't really require a whole lot of electricity or power or Technology so that's great. I'm glad that the blackout happened now And I hope they get it back online because we need our computers for AZ Merit testing tomorrow Fingers crossed that they get this fixed Let's see what we've got going on today. All right, so this morning. We did cursive for about 35 minutes So this morning we did some cursive writing we worked on the letter Q and the letter M and we also did the letter P So after that the kids are in music right now after that we're gonna do some reading review I just have a few AZ Merit practice passages that we're gonna read together and then do the questions and then we have a fractions review and I'm actually using the fractions Review pages from the Carnival room transformation test review. I decided I didn't have enough time or resources to do the Room transformation, but I am going to use the question sets and hand up tickets for every question done correctly So that students can earn those tickets and then we're gonna do some kind of other incentive with them Then we will have lunch math and reading intervention during that time We're gonna do some centers from the not so wimpy teacher and I'll show those to you in a minute Then we have recess and then we're gonna do some creative writing and I'll show that to you in just a second So these are the math centers that I'm doing and they're by a not so wimpy teacher And they're nice because they have about 10 centers and they range for all of the fraction Standards so we're gonna be doing those all week for 20 minutes a day and see if the kids can finish them By the end of the week if not Friday, they will get their time to catch up and then if we're writing we're doing the right on second and third grade writing activity this one we're doing the fiction writing and we're doing the Pirate writing and this is by Amy lemons and hope king and I love these because they're already pre-made and they're low prep and Low planning, so I'm just sorting through that today We're just doing lesson one and that is just brainstorming so as a class I made a giant one of these but the kids are gonna brainstorm characters and settings of a pirate story a problem in a pirate story Events that could take place in a pirate story and solutions and then the giant poster is up there So I'll have kids bring up a sticky note with their ideas And then we'll just kind of share them together and then the students will be able to create their own Brainstorming map here with their ideas before they begin writing. So that's what we've got going on this morning It's already hot in here. I just filled my cup up with some ice from our ice machine before that goes and Melt and I just made coffee So I'm gonna try and get through this prep and try and get as much done as I can While my computer is on and that's kind of another scary thing is like I should maybe just keep my computer Not being used because if there is an emergency and I need to email using my computer as long as I have it Not on I can at least open it and use it So I'm going to try to do as much as I can during this prep and Deal with this blackout. Hey guys, sorry for my rugged appearance But it's the end of the day the lights did finally turn on They actually turned on about five minutes after I put the camera down. So that worked out nicely The room is now ready for testing tomorrow. We just moved all of our desks. They're now in rows and I just turned over some stuff and Covered some stuff and everything's pretty much down got the computer cart ready And we are ready for the reading test tomorrow So I'm just trying to get my computer to print a couple of things Doesn't look like it's going to work so I might have to close my computer and start over I Hate when I have to do that, but anyway, we are Ready for easy merit tomorrow. It's like scary because you know for third graders If they're not proficient then they don't move on and it's just a lot of pressure and I don't like state testing so Yeah, I'm gonna plan to get a big ol Starbucks tomorrow and a fun breakfast to motivate me to have a great day and to Do my part for them. So anyway, I'll let you guys go and I'll see you later. Good morning guys Happy Tuesday today's Tuesday the ninth and today we have easy merit testing We're doing the reading test. So I'm wearing my read like a superhero t-shirt This is by lipstick and littles if you guys don't know who she is She has this amazing website full of teacher t-shirts as well as other amazing Teacher products like pop sockets and tumblers and sweatpants and sweatshirts and all the really good stuff So anyways, I am wearing my Read like a hero t-shirt and I'm actually wearing some like leggings and I kind of look like I'm going on a field trip today But I decided I'm self-proclaiming that on testing days I can wear either yoga pants or jeans because I'm spending the entire day proctoring a state test I need to be flexible and need to be able to just walk around and be comfortable and My kids are missing PE on all of our testing days since we test on Tuesdays and Thursdays So I decided on those days I will be taking them outside at the end of their testing and doing like a PE activity with them So with that being said I'm going to take them out today to play toxic water and I'm going to show you what that is Okay, so depending on how many students you actually have you will want to break them up into equal teams So because I have 21 students, I'm going to break mine up into three equal teams of seven Do you guys know the little like poly? Spots that PE teachers use they're like round and they're like kind of like a stand spot It's like rubber. Okay, so each student needs one of those they begin here at the starting point and Each team has an island or a safe zone at the halfway mark So usually I play this on like a basketball court or some kind of like Outdoor place with like lines. You could play it on a field. It is easier on like concrete So each student has to On their poly spot, so let's just imagine this is their poly spot This poly spot has to be touched at all times by either your finger your toe It can never be left untouched for longer than two seconds two seconds Also, okay, so the spot cannot be left untouched longer than two seconds another rule is Each student may not touch the ground so their foot has to stay on this poly spot They cannot touch the ground So if their foot touches the ground at all other than like say their foot's like this big If their foot's hanging off the poly spot like that I'm not gonna like make them stop and start over But if their foot touches the ground outside of this poly spot like if they fall or for any reason they step off Their entire team has to start over at the beginning So the goal of the game is to get the entire team To the safe spot and then across to the end Without anyone touching the ground or without any poly spots being untouched The game is called toxic water and it is a complete community game I usually play this in the beginning of the school year to get kids working together However, I didn't do it this year because it was so hot at the beginning of the year So I'm doing it in the middle just because it's a fun game for the kids And then maybe we'll play it against the end of the year, but it is like a super fun community builder game And I'll vlog a little bit of it today so you guys can see what it looks like But I think the kids will have a really fun time So we'll play that today and then maybe we'll play that Thursday If not, maybe we'll do kickball instead But right now I'm gonna go and venture off to find my PE teachers To see if I can borrow those poly spots and hula hoops because I use hula hoops for their little like island thing So I'm gonna go on a hunt for that. I'm gonna prep a few things I am planning to do some major social studies and science coverage now that testing is over And I know that I should probably integrate this more into the regular school year But I just couldn't find a spot for it and being a first-year third-grade teacher This is my first time teaching third grade. I really was learning a lot about What to do and when to do it so now I have a great idea of what I want to do next year So I'm doing I'm starting off next week on non-testing days We're gonna start with just mapping skills and we're gonna incorporate the Arizona social studies Standards into mapping because next year our state is moving Arizona social studies to third grade instead of fourth grade So I know that my students this year will completely miss it when they go to fourth grade next year So I'm gonna actually cover at the end of this Semester so we are gonna do mapping skills. We're gonna do continents oceans latitude longitude Demospheres cardinal directions keys legends the whole spiel for mapping But we're gonna tie it into Arizona studies because I have an Arizona textbook that actually covers all of that in the beginning So we'll read like two pages and then we'll do some notebook activities And then after they have mastered their mapping skills, then we will go into studying regions of Arizona and the geography of Arizona using the mapping skills So I'm getting all prepped for that I have my students science social studies notebooks ready to go and then I did copy all of their Notebook materials for next week so that we can actually get that started and then we're going to be working on animal habitats So my students are like dead in the middle of writing Informational essay about an animal so like an animal report and so when they're finished typing that They will be doing the shoebox diorama animal report and I'm really excited for that I think they're gonna have a blast so that will be our way to tie in science as well and They will be doing research on epic. They'll be doing research on the computers So they'll be using technology and incorporating reading skills into all of that So we're gonna try and make it super fun and engaging for the rest of the school year And I will check in with you guys on all of that Shortly I just wanted to take this opportunity to end today's vlog because I'm getting ready to do another Arizona merit test Nothing else exciting is happening in here And I just wanted to make sure that I ended this vlog because I'm really bad at ending vlogs I don't know what it is. I just always forget to end the vlog So I wanted to say thank you guys so so much for watching I really really appreciate all of your love and support if you're not already, please subscribe to my channel Like this video Comment down below if you guys have any questions about anything that you see in any of my videos Also, don't forget to follow me on Instagram to see more daily Updates about what's going on in my classroom Also, don't forget that you do have a coupon code for any lipstick and little t-shirts like this one Down in the description box below it is 15% off and the code is apples Thank you guys again so so much for watching. I will see you next week And I hope you guys have a magical day. Bye