Super, Simple, and Fun

So I saw this fraction activity on www.lessonplansos.blogspot.com Since I live right outside of NOLA and we are ALL ABOUT OUR SAINTS, I decided to do this with football. It just so happened that today we started fractions and it was Saints day here at CBS.

So I made my own little spin:

I took four pieces of crumpled up brown paper (for footballs)
Made a Jersey
Took a paper plate and drew a target on it
The kids had four tries to be Drew Brees and hit Colston's hands.
They then wrote their denominator (which has to be said in a Governor of California way) which is four. Then they threw the footballs at the paper plate and wrote their numerator (which is said in a high pitch voice because it's on top), the number of times they hit the target.
Then from there we figured out their "completion" rate...in percentages.

Of course we called it SUPER SAINTS FRACTION FOOTBALL

Pumpkin Patch Report

Last year my little cousins who live in SOUTH CAROLINA, did this adorable little project. They had to read a book, write a report, and then paint/decorate the pumpkin to represent the main character or the book its self. I searched high and low and trying to come up with how to make this happen for my class. A report couldn't seem  to be found. So I hodge podge one together. The whole school ended up doing it so I made it somewhat suitable for all grade levels.
Pumpkin Report
Next year it will be harder. I just want to see how this year turns out :-)

Why???

I love finding cute things that help me to become a better teacher. This year when trying to set up my binder I was looking for those things to make it special. I came across many wonderful ideas. But I ran into a problem. They are all public school teachers blogs and they do things a bit differently then we do them. So I am blogging to help those who need that little variation on things, such a my self :-).