A Whole Lot of Multiplication, Some Growing Up, and a Love of Cereal Boxes

It's time to be real...

I. am. so. tired!!!

That is all...

The down and dirty!

Can you relate??  (haha...I'm talking to the choir, right??)

I am so enjoying my move to 4th grade.  

I'm not sure which of these has me so VERY tired...

• the schedule (specials at 8:15 and no other break until recess at 2:10... I just realized that's six straight hours...NO WONDER!) 
• the move to a new grade, which also means a new curriculum to learn 
• the resignation of our principal
• the firing of our superintendent
• or just the fact that I'm getting old (CERTAINLY not blaming it on the last one!  HA) 

It's a good thing I (loosely) plan out my entire year during each summer and have a system in place for my lesson plans so that I am able to get out the door on time each afternoon!

Here's what we've had going on in my classroom!

We've been working hard on multiplication.

We made these lapbooks from my Multiplication Unit.  

These could also be used in interactive notebooks if preferred.

Under the property flaps, the students wrote the definitions.  On the opposite side, they showed example equations.  When these were lifted, they drew illustrations to match.

Here is the front cover.  The pocket will hold the multiplication facts they need to practice.

Inside the book is a multiplication table the student completed and the multiplication strategies for the facts 2-9.

Here is a closer view.

When all of the flaps are lifted, the multiplication strategy is revealed.

We started the year in reading with my Judy Moody Was In a Mood book study.  

Here is what they want to be when they grow up.  

I was really surprised at the different types of answers given.  An FBI agent, horse jockey, Olympic swimmer, and a cell phone tower climber were just a few of the more interesting ones.  

The students did mini research projects and wrote about the jobs.  Some of those had to be done online.  We certainly don't have all of those topics in our library.

These made for a nice hallway display!

After we finished that unit (just shy of three weeks), we spent a couple of days doing one of my favorite activities...

You Can Even Read a Cereal Box FREE Unit

My students always have such a good time doing this FREE unit.

It is a FREEBIE in my store. 

If you are not one of the 36,198 people who have already downloaded it, stop by and get it for your own class.  Just add cereal boxes!!!

I LOVE showing the students that you can read ANYTHING, even a cereal box because that's just...

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