January Teaching Ideas

I have always loved the idea of an "exit ticket" but this one I added a little spice too! I have always had numbers on the kids desks so I can randomly call on them, so I posted the numbers on this board so I can see who participates!

 

Who knew there was a use for toilet paper rolls? I have SO many colorful pens and having them in a bag/box was not working...the rolls help them stand up!

 Change the number each time, but have the kids come up with their own math sentence to equal the given number! great if you have an extra 5 minutes in class.!

 Invisible Man

My new favorite spelling review game!

I have 20 kids, so I split them into 4 groups of 5, first one to spell the given word and put their marker down gets to erase a body part of the person. I give each team 13 things to erase. First team to have no body parts left-- hence invisible man-- WINS!

 This seems so simple, but kills 2 birds with one stone

-Volume

-Using centimeters and inches on a ruler

Kids loved it-- and this is SO much better than a worksheet, having the kids explore helps them remember concepts.

Go BRONCOS!

I painted my nails in Broncos colors for the Super Bowl!

I bragged all week about the Broncos winning....

 

The Broncos lost miserably....

 

I repainted my nails after the game and come Monday morning I had a student come up to me and say:

Him- "Miss Koch, I see you erased your nails"

Me- "You mean took off my nail polish?"

Him- "Ya, whatever, they lost anyway- Peyton Manning should have gotten the MVP for the Seahawks"

 

Oh the things that come out of 12 year old mouths...

 

Cancun Mexico

I had the opportunity to go to Cancun for a friends wedding! It was my first trip for pleasure where I had no itinerary planned, and was ok with it! We stayed at Beach Palace, and everything was so wonderful!

Our room faced the ocean, this was my view each morning, and I felt blessed to have had the time to run each morning on the beach! Even though I was on vacation I will have the Lincoln Marathon in May!

 One of the wonderful restaurants at our resort, enjoying some coffee after our meal!

 The beautiful bride

I didn't take too many pictures because most of my time was spent reading Gone Girl on the beach, started and finished it on the beach! Very well written and really excited for the movie to come out!

I did get the opportunity to swim with dolphins, which was amazing!

 

Stability Balls

 

Loving my classroom with Stability Balls! I teach in a K-6 school and kids know me as that teacher-- they get excited to be in 6th grade! We did reading stations one day in class, here, they were to grab notecards and draw pictures for their vocab words. I told them they could lay or sit on the floor, but they decided to bring their balls over!

Timothys Graduation

 

Congrats Timothy! You are off to do WONDERFUL things! :)

Knitting Club

Here are a couple of pictures from knitting club! I am SO proud of my kids, and I would LOVE to take pictures of them EVERY second knitting! I have 55 of the 60 kids knitting. The boys are always looking for new ideas, and some kids are evening using their talents of searching the web and finding new stitches!! I love their creativity and passion.

 

Making donations for Children's Hospital over the Holidays!

 Volunteers from the community come in and help the kids! I feel so blessed... beyond blessed with the kindness of others!

Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving!

A day of eating great food, being merry, and playing games with family!