3rd Grade Self Contained

Things are pretty insane teaching EVERYTHING in a third grade classroom - at least in my opinion. Everyone else in my grade level and above are departmentalized - I imagine that is a TON easier than what I am doing, however, I LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE every minute of it! My student teacher is even gaining valuable experience teaching all subjects. (I know I student taught in a 3rd grade self-contained room, but I can't remember it being this nutzo!)

My kids - are pretty stinkin' awesome!! I'm loving getting to work with them and challenge them in ways they never thought possible.

I would LOVE to insert some of the documents I've created by posting them in google docs to post here...I'm just not too sure how that works. Maybe one of these days...

stay tuned for some exciting stuff coming this year...

Funny thought of the Day

One of my kids didn't want me to play this today (even though he was singing the entire thing)...

Student: I don’t like Mr. Morton. he didn’t get his woman.

Me: Yes he did...at the very end Mr. Morton married Pearl.

Student: Mr. Morton got a family?

Me: Yes - he sure does.

Student: AWESOME! Mr. Morton got a woman. Mr. Morton got a woman.

soooo funny - I was literally trying not to fall off of my WittFitt stability ball....

<3 these kiddos

This school year has been rocking like cRaZy and I'm loving every minute!

I'll blog more this weekend, but I wanted to share one quick thing!

During our science experiment this week, the students were testing the durability of paper towels. They put a tbsp of water on it and then had to add pennies to see how many it would hold. At one point, the kids decided that if they cupped their hands - the pennies wouldn't fall off.

One of my kiddos looked up and said, "Mrs. Shelton - our hands are like pens and the pennies are the sheep! We can't let them get out!"

I just can't get enough of these guys and it is a totally 

blessing to be their teacher this year!