Recap

Ahh!
This last week was crazy because
1. I was finishing my work sample. ITS DONE NOW!
2. I was transitioning out of first grade and into fourth grade.
3. Friday was my last day in first grade.
4. I had a terrible cold.
5. Went to the circus.

All of those factors had all of my attention for the week and blogging was not top priority.

Let's start with finishing my work sample. Oh my god, that thing is the worst. I still wish that I had some sort of closure with it, but I haven't felt it yet. It was 139 pages of hard work. I made a copy so I can show my family and friends what I have been doing the past 4 months. Now I have to start ALL OVER again for my work sample in 4th grade. Good lord, if that doesn't kill me..I don't know what will.
That takes me into leaving first grade..
One of the saddest things I've had to do. It pains me to leave them - they are my first class ever. They will always have a huge part of my heart. It has been two days not being in their classroom and yesterday I saw them in the library where I had a few 4th graders testing. They started screaming, "MISS SILVA! GUYS, THAT IS MISS SILVA!!! HIIIIIIII!!" I couldn't go say hi to them and it KILLED me. Their sweet faces were so excited to see me. I miss them so much. Probably too much.
On my last day I made my CT a little gift and I wasn't expecting anything from her but she got me a cute container thing with sticky notes, pencils, pens, tape dispenser, paperclips, memo pads and skittles. Very sweet of her! The kids 'gift' wasn't ready on my last day but yesterday (Tuesday) it was on my desk in 4th grade.
"Advice from 1st grade" The kids wrote what a good teacher does, "a good teacher reads funny books because you are funny. Read funny books to 4th grade too." Something that made me really happy about those was that the kids think I'm funny - they saw that within me as a teacher. That makes me very happy that they pulled that out of my core qualities. THANKS FIRST GRADERS!

Oh my god.
I just wrote like two more pages on here then they got deleted. I'm pissed. Please excuse the possible snarky tone the rest of this post may be in because it is the second time writing it. DAMNIT.
Here is a picture of us on my last day. They are so cute and weird. I love them so much. I will/can probably get in trouble for posting a picture with their faces, so do a me a solid and not reproduce this picture! Haha! They are so sweet. I LOVE THEM SO MUCH.

So after I dried my tears of leaving first grade on Friday, I really needed to buckle down and finish up my work sample. After multiple hours and doing so I decided that it would be a good time for a distraction, so Lex and I went to the circus. It was great! My mom says I have a weird soul connection to circus' because there was one in town the day I was born and while my mom and I were resting in the hospital, my dad and Abuelita took Jess-a-mess to the circus. So it really should be Jesse with the soul connection but its me. I'm weird, so I like seeing other weird people do weird things.
So Alexa LOVES elephants like I love Pandas. So when we saw that there was an opportunity for her to RIDE one, we needed to make that happen. I told her that I would put in like 15 dollars if it meant that she could fulfill this dream of touching/riding an elephant. Welp, we go up to pay for her ticket and it was only 10 bucks. So I did it with her! Wham, bam..just like that we are physically on top of an elephant. We are laughing and Lex is crying of excitement. It was great. We didn't have anyone else there with us to take our picture so this----------> is what we ended up with. Classic. She got to sit way up front on the elephants head and her legs were behind the elephants ears.
It was basically her dream come true. I took a picture of the elephant we rode. Goodness, it was just so funny. I'm glad we went and I'm glad she got to check that off her bucket list! We got back home, I finished my work sample, then went on with my day. :)

Spring break has officially started for me as a teacher, as of this morning. It will start for me as a college student at 3 o'clock today. I need to write my final paper for my class now, but I wanted to use this time to post instead. It is much more fun. :)


Loves.

Catch up

I'm SUCH a good blogger (heavy sarcasm). I feel so behind! During the week I'm just so tired that I don't want to even be near my computer. Sundays are my catch up days.
So..
Nick, Alexa and I went to my parents house for the weekend. We went to a movie (21 and Over), a baseball game, In-N-Out burger, went fishing (watched my parents fish), Ulta, Bath and Body Works and back home.
Whew!
Lex and I have a serious problem and can't go a weekend without going to Ulta. This is a new problem for me..seeing as I didn't even know what an Ulta was until 4 months ago. I love that place - it is a girly-girl's heaven.
It was overall a fun weekend, but now I really have to buckle down and finish my stinkin' work sample. This is my last week in first grade, tomorrow is my last day actually teaching them. It breaks my heart into pieces knowing that I will never (unless I teach in that school) teach these kids again.
Oh goodness..am I going to be that teacher that cries the last day of school every year?
I don't want my students to ever grow up! My first graders have come so far - I don't want to let them go! Yes, they drive me to tears sometimes but I can't fathom the thought being away from them.
I hope I start to feel this way about the fourth graders soon - I start transitioning to them on Thursday!

That's all for now!

Loves.

Rough week

What a terrible few days I've had.
I am trying to get back on track but I think I just need the weekend to recharge and reflect.
Send me some positive vibes! I sure could use them!!

Here is my behavior chart in my classroom. This is behind my CT's desk so don't mind all the papers strewn about. It seems to be working..on this day a lot of kiddos moved up. Today, however, no one made it to pink. I realized that I was wasn't balancing it out enough. So I had to make some adjustments to my management.










The other night we had an alumni mentor night, with food, mock interviews and q and a's with alumni. Such a neat experience. I was against it at first but it seemed to actually be helpful - I took four pages of notes like a crazy person.

It is Read Across America week in celebration of Dr. Seuss' birthday and on Wednesday we could dress up like a storybook character! I was Thing 1 and my CT was Thing 2 - put on a red shirt and make a ghetto circle label - easy peasy.



I'll leave with this quote.. 

"You have to have a bad day every once in a while... otherwise you'll never know what a good day feels like."

That is all I feel like writing for now.
 

Loves.