Currently in April

We have so much to catch up on since the last Currently!   (click on Currently! to hop over to Farley's Site and hook up....I think I'm number 450...yikes)

I FINALLY made an appointment to get my brakes fixed (next week-end) the mechanic is not impressed with me!

I also made the decision to go back to school and get my masters in Reading Education...this way I can teach at the college level AND you never know with the new Common Core, I could start something else!

I still do not have the extra TV, but I am procrastinating about getting out of these awesome apartments!

So what is happening to me now (this month) you ask....glad you did , .....

I am actually BLOGGING...ahhh...I have been so busy lately and feel really bad about it too!

 

But I am also very excited because my boyfriend is down here training this month. He is  a pilot learning a new plane, so I get to enjoy hos company a few more days this month than usual.

 

I moved school 3 years ago. That school's colors were red, white and blue. So I had my classroom all color coordinated...my book boxes were red and blue, they looked nice on the white shelf...I moved schools and changed my theme to my bees (plus the school colors are red, black and white)...so I want to color coordinate my entire room to black, yellow and white...I need to either purchase or write a grant for new book boxes in yellow and black or spray paint the old ones...spray paint is cheaper, but I can see peeling paint all over the floor..unless you know good paint that won't peel on plastic?

 

I checked out my Alma Mater's requirement for grad school...yikes a test! so I am going to go and talk to them and also look at other schools in the area or on-line! wish me luck, I AM going to get this started!

 

I also need to move, the apartments are really nice, but at the end of the day, it is an apartment...I moved here 4 years ago after my 'great escape', but it is time to plant roots.

 

My advice is meant to help  you plan better! Look forward a little, and avoid the pitfalls!

Good Luck!



Spring into Second Grade

 How can you tell it's Spring in Florida? The weather can't make up its mind!...it's been rainy, a few tornado warnings, windy, cold, warm...jackets, hats, shorts...welcome to Spring in Florida!

Our grade level went on a Spring field trip to the local sand mine..yes they do actually mine for sand, it leaves the most wonderfully clear 'lakes'....anyway the weather was suppose to be warm...notice the children all bundled up. Then once we were done with our observations the wind stopped blowing , it was sooooo warm we had to take off a few layers...crazy Florida Spring Weather!

As we walked through the woods each pair had to investigate the items on their list. One person had a hand lens, while the other one held the clip board. The object was to be one with nature...until they saw their first spider then went screaming down the lane! But we had fun!

 

 We discovered some very small flowers just coming to life and tried to find animal homes! We also got to make imprints (fossils) of animals from long ago ( shells, shark teeth and whatever else we could dig up). We even had a picnic outside, ants, splinters and strong winds included!

All this 'wonders of Spring' happened BEFORE we left for Spring Break! (it's been THAT long since I've blogged...I know, in fact it is time for Farley's new Currently and I haven't got to that yet...)
















When we cam back from Spring Break on April 1st we had a few projects waiting for us to finish up...one of them was a writing piece on "How to Blow a Bubble" it was a freebie from Lesson Plan SOS, you can also check out her BLOG too!

We spent some time chewing and blowing and writing...this was the end result...super cute right?!

 

 

 

 

Did I mention my son is in 5th grade? His last year of Elementary School...so they put on a show "Glee Style" at Downtown Disney, it was called the "Disney Spectacular"...my boy even had a solo part...after the performance we were admitted into EPCOT for the remainder of the day! That was a nice way to START Spring break!

Currently in March.....

Yeah My favorite LINKY!!!!

Thank You Meghan...I mean FARLEY

March! I think we have 60 days left of school. In those 60 days we have a few things we 'have' to teach..'Too Good for Violence', that pesky Social Studies Unit on Economics ... Interdependence and oh yeah, Measurement (length, width, capacity, volume, time...even though next year we won't have to worry about capacity and volume)...but instead of doing those lesson plans...here I am on the computer joining a LINKY PARTY!



Have you seen "The Americans" on F/X? OMG... it stars, Keri Russell, and Matthew Rhys as undercover Soviet spies in US near end of Cold War in 1981. You can catch it Wednesdays at 10 pm.

I really don't know why I am waiting for Spring Break, other than having some time away from school. I am not going to Key West or a on a cruise this year...My Sweet Man usually takes me away and we spend an entire week together. But this year he is training and won't be able to take a vacation...I am bummed about that AND the fact that I will be house sitting for my BFF, who is moving to Vancouver BC at the end of the school year. ( I am house sitting so she can find a new house 3,000+ miles away...so sad) So really Spring Break is going to be a self-pity party for me!

I bet you are wondering about those decisions, but they aren't really THaT big, just big to me. More details once I make up my mind!

I really could use another TV in the house....we only have one, in the living room. The real reason I want another DVR is to keep all my shows separated ...a little guilty pleasure!

If you don't know me, then you don’t realize I am truly a procrastinator....I have been needing a brake job since last summer, it is not critical, but it is sure to be soon. I actually have the $$ in the bank, I just need to get off my duff and call! Seriously I am BAD!

Farley HAD to make the last item using your first initial..."N" is the worst!!!!

1. I like new nifty ideas...ideas to make teaching easier and more fun oh and of course ORGANIZED!

2. Loving the COLD weather that the Northern States sent to us....something should freeze out these bugs, but I am not too keen on the sinus destruction of the Northern cold air.

3. Not knowing stinks!!! Not Knowing schedules, Not knowing outcomes, just plain old NOT knowing stinks, especially when you need to know! It's all okay ...I'm sure I needed the practice in patience!

I'll let you know how things turn out as soon as I KNOW!