loving the last few days...

well, in class we've been busy loving the last days.

check it out!

 super fun dice activity i created (or so i think?): give each student two dice and a partner.  partner with longer hair rolls first and makes a double digit number out of their roll.  the other partner rolls and makes another double digit number. they either add or subtract them--great for a double digit addition and subtraction (with regrouping and borrowing, obviously, based on the rolls!) review!

 science alive!

a fun project adapted from pinterest: 

math slap jack! they cut apart a bunch of numbers i print off (students are grouped in two's). then, i give an addition or subtraction problem, they figure it out and slap the number, trying to beat their partner. i also did this with 10 more and 10 less as well as 1 more and 1 less for them to do mentally, which was a great review as well!

coming tomorrow:

 gender reveal cupcakes and math graphing activity for them to guess what gender the baby is!

that's life.

well, i surely haven't posted in forever!

there are many reasons.

reason #1: good weather.

reason #2: lots of teaching, grad school, and planning.

reason #3: 

but, enough excuses.

here are some things i've been doing.

first, food. doi.

1. key west grilled chicken.

find the recipe here.

 seriously amazing!

 2. lasagna roll ups.

basically, boil lasagna noodles. i layered these ingredients: meat sauce, spinach, mozzarella cheese, parmesan cheese.  then, roll it up and put on a sprayed pan for 10 minutes or so. really great! 

 3. the best one of them all.

korean beef and broccoli.

one of the best things i've ever eaten that i've made. 

seriously.

the recipe's here. you should really try it. we added long grain wild rice underneath.

oh, and what am i looking to make next?

i'm in a vanilla scone mood--trying to replicate starbucks mini vanilla bean scones.

i'm thinking of making them over spring break, though.

but it's on my mind.

and in teaching, we've been having a lot of fun! one quick fun activity that i did today... (my students have been battling with quickly adding 10 without using long addition/fingers)

easily differentiated--more advanced students had to create two digit numbers to add ten to, other students just started with the number that was actually on the die. they loved it!

find the handout here

in other news, our dog is fat. and always looking for squirrels to eat. which is the polar opposite of working off her winter flubber.

when will she learn.