Five for Friday!

It's Friday! Wasn't sure I was going to finish my week with a voice.  It was pretty touch and go today. But I made it, some semblance of my voice in tact.  So since it's Friday, I'm linking up with Doodle Bugs Teaching for her Five for Friday.

1. The first thing that I am super excited about having had as a part of my week was attending a Maroon 5 concert.  I went with a teacher friend and loved every minute of it!

 2. We have been working with addition using base ten blocks. It is helping to make the thought of addition a little more concrete for my first graders.  The base ten blocks are also helping my second graders to see how you can regroup to make new groups of ten. We used my Base Ten for Addition with and without regrouping activity. The kids enjoyed it and I loved seeing how successful they were!

3. We took our states of matter assessment today.  My students were very excited to show off what they knew, especially after having completed our jello states of matter activity earlier in the week. Read more about that here and check out the observation and question pages we used here.

4. We have been delving into adjectives this week.  I purchased a wonderful book about adjectives that my students really enjoyed.  It is called Many Luscious Lollipops.

After we read the story, we completed an adjective activity that I found from Crazy for First Grade. I bought lollipops from Target after Valentine's Day and got 30 suckers for $0.90.  Who could pass up that deal and this wonderful activity?

It was a great activity and really had my students thinking about what words would best describe the lollipop they had.

5. We wrapped up our landmasses and water unit this week and my students did wonderfully in matching the landmasses and water with their name and description.  I love when things come together!

I hope your week went smoothly and that you have a restful weekend! I am hoping to get lots done this weekend, even with company coming! Be sure to head over to Doodle Bugs Teaching to link up with your own Five for Friday!