Fairy Tales And Fiction By 2: Meet Us At SDE's I Teach K in Orlando this November!

Come and meet me in Orlando!

I'll be presenting S.T.E.M. for Kindergarten

for the SDE: I Teach K Conference

on Thursday, November 13th!
Rock on with your bad self!
Can I get a woot woot for my bloggin' buddy?!

My session is the last one of

the day, so be sure to be there

to get some ideas of how to incorporate

science, technology, engineering,

and math into your classroom!
Regina creates S.T.E.M. activities that are
so developmentally appropriate and
fun for the kids.
She's kinda cool like that.
Just saying...

Ooh...

That reminds me!

I have a new S.T.E.M. activity

for The Little Red Hen

that my kiddos just LOVED!
Sweet butta!
Can't wait to do this when
we do this story.
Again, thanks for sharing.

Here it is...if anyone wants it!

http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/A-The-Little-Red-Hen-STEMScience-Technology-Engineering-Math-1478147

My students found out why a quarter
cup is called that when they measured
1/4 cup of flour into a whole cup.

They measured their models...

Of course I have an option

for using unifix cubes for measuring

rather than rulers for all of my

Kindergarten friends!

My students had so much fun creating

a way to help The Little Red Hen

transport the flour from the mill

back to her home and then

counting out 120 steps along the way!

Of course, I made it Kindergarten friendly

with a 100 step option...try it!
I will.

I hope your kids like it as much as mine did!

As you all know...I love to share...
That you do my friend.
As always, thank you!

So everything I present and share

with my audience will be available

to them for FREE when they leave.
CHA CHING!

When I went to the SDE Conference in Vegas this past summer

(after 8 years of wanting to go....and finally DOING it),

I noticed a completely different feel to Dr. Jean's workshop

in comparison to the other workshops.

At the very beginning of her workshop,

she said that everything she was sharing was for FREE!

You could almost feel a collective sigh of relief

in the air of that conference room.

Teachers were paying out of pocket

to go to workshops during their summer vacation...

and finally...there was a presenter that didn't

want them to pay for anything more.

Dr. Jean...you are my hero.
She is awesome!

Yes, I sell things on Teachers Pay Teachers...

I have 4 kids and I only bring home around $500.00

a month from my teaching job after paying for my

daughter's day care and the gas to get me to work.
That just isn't right!

BUT....I truly believe that the I Teach K Conference

from SDE (Staff Development for Educators) should

be put into a COMPLETELY different box than TPT.

TPT is about teachers supporting other

teachers for sharing their work rather than

paying big corporations.

SDE is about presenters supporting

teachers in their day to day grind of teaching.

Because.....if you teach....you know....

it can be a grind.

Truth.
(insert soap box)
Oh.my.good.golly.miss.molly!
Yes it can be a grind.
This job gets more challenging every year.
I'm starting to feel my 21 years of doing this gig.
So TPT and SDE are tremendous resources
that we are very fortunate to have.
They often give us just the right shot in the arm
to refresh our teaching and help us to better
engage our students.
They're both all that and a bag of chips!

So come and meet me!

HUGE BONUS: You'll get to meet Angela, too!
LOL!
"HUGE BONUS". Me? A bonus?
Uh, does that qualify as false advertising?

Yes. My blogging buddy

is flying down from Illinois

for moral support!
I.am.so.excited.

I'm so lucky to have such

an awesome cyber buddy!
...blush...

She helps to keep my

stress level down.

And yes...I've been stressed.
Now, c'mon Regina.
How in the world could you be stressed as a teacher?
It's not like our job is at all stressful.

Can I get an AMEN people?!

I didn't even realize

HOW stressed I was until

out of the blue...

a dreaded cold sore popped up.

Blek!

Now,

maybe this is just TMI,

as my teenage children would tell me....
BTW-They are in the other room absolutely
DYING that you added this to your blog.
Like, in print, for the world to read.
Aaahhhhhh...

but....

typically I can tell when

a cold sore is coming and

I can use preventative medication

to keep it from popping up.

Well.

This time.

It was totally

different.

Ding!

I got hit by the

Cold Sore Fairy

with
NO WARNING.

I was working

like mad on my

computer after putting in

a week's worth of

work teaching at school

when all of a sudden,

I thought:

What is this bump on the corner of my mouth?

Ta-Dah!
King Common Sense took one look at me,
and said, "Soooo...what's stressing you out?"
"I'm not stressed...I don't know what you're talking about!"
Were you also rocking in the corner,
in the fetal position?
Kind of another dead giveaway.
Just saying...
Duh. I always get cold sores when I'm stressed.
I was just too stressed to bother noticing that I WAS stressed.
Classic teacher stress.

I worked myself into such a frenzy

that cold sores are just popping up

out of the blue!

Go away, Cold Sore!

Go Away!

Huh.

That reminds me

of a book I know.

Go Away Big, Green Monster

by Ed Emberly

Here are some Big Green Monster Labeling Activities: