My flower is missing, oh wait that's not right...

I've got a couple of things I wanted to share today.  First off imagine that you are the teacher of the most rowdy class that you have ever seen.  Not hard to imagine huh?  Probably had some of these yourself.  One of my favorite children's books discusses exactly that: a teacher who is having trouble managing her class.  The book is titled Mrs. Nelson is Missing.  To sum it all up, Mrs. Nelson can't handle her classroom so one day an evil teacher comes in in place of Mrs. Nelson, and the kids hate her.  She assigns tons of homework, punishes quickly, and much more.  Not to go too much in detail, in the end Mrs. Nelson comes back and the students make a complete change in their behavior.  This book is good to read to class who is rowdy and tell them that one day an evil teacher may come if they don't straighten, or just an every day read.  I have seen this book used in an problem-solution activity as well.  You can find the book here: http://www.amazon.com/Miss-Nelson-Missing-Harry-Allard/dp/0395401461

Another thing I wanted to share with you guys is something I made not too long ago, flower balls!  I know I know I'm obsessed with flowers, we all have something right?  

Materials:

1. Styrofoam ball (Size up to you!)
2. Construction paper
3. Pins (ball color of your choice, I chose white)

Cut out a medium and a small flower of different colors.  Place the smaller flower in the middle of the larger one.  Put them on the Styrofoam ball and secure with the pin.  Put as many flowers on as you may wish.  

I haven't quite finished, I want to make some sort of mobile, or something else so I will be able to hang it around my room.  I have no clue what I will end up doing.  

Happy crafting and teaching! 

Blog what's that? Oh wait a flower!

So I'm new at this blogging gig, so we'll see where this takes me...  I want to put my favorite crafts, diy projects, and good teaching ideas up here; mostly so I won't forget :).  I truly believe that I have ADD, the most random thoughts come to me, but I just get inspired from it:).  I have been crazy busy with end of the year projects and exams all week: PBIS plans, IEPs, clinical teaching reports, exams, you name it I've done it.  So of course, all thats on my mind at the present is education education education.  I have fallen in love with with clock that I found for the classroom:

This clock incorporates so many of my favorite things, one of the main ones being flowers!  It shows the students the number on the clock and what it means (i.e. 1=:05).  Students, especially low performing  students, need constant review and reminders about the topics they have learned.  So having this in the classroom is a perfect idea.  It also has stems, showing the students that minute hand is longer and the hour hand is shorter.  I just had to share this great find!


Off for now to complete more educational and stressful tasks.  We'll see how this goes :S