The looong weekend!

So this marks the last day of school for a bit.  We have the whole week off of school.  Super thankful for that!  I am packing up things and getting ready for the voyage back home!  It should be a pretty great time, so if your in MN and wish to hang, please let me know!  Looking forward to sharing stories, seeing family, and another thing too!  

Test day:

Today was a bunch of tests. Math, reading, and an intervention test.  We worked a lot on tests.  One of my students had no motivation and was being really...uncooperative for the reading test.  He took forever, and I had warned him that recess time would be used if he did not finish it up.  He still took his time and wondered around the room, and just wasted his time.  Behold, he had to skip recess to finish up the test.  He then proceeded to rush through half of the test he didn't finish in our whole hour and half reading block, but he finally finished.  The end of the day came, and I readied my grading pen.  I truly think highly of my kids and usually hope all will do well....That said, I thought he was going to do bad, and I was ready for giving him a speech about why we don't rush, why we use our time wisely, how we have to be mature and serious about our tests, otherwise we will get poor grades....95% for the kid who was at first distracted then rushed through. Well played sir, I guess no teachable moment here. 

 I need the weekend.

Barista @ The Vertical Church

I've been on a couple of teams at The Vertical Church here.  I play guitar or I volunteer at the coffee shop.  This week was the coffee shop.  When I work there, I am reminded of my job at Caribou or my role as the "education barista" at Crown.  Good times.  My inner barista cringes at the coffee at TVC, however.  The Folgers we make for the free coffee devastates me.  Then the financial question comes in:  Can churches justify brewing high quality coffee for higher cost or should they stick with the ground "ground" known as Folgers?

Can churches justify brewing high quality coffee for higher cost or should they stick with the ground "ground" known as Folgers?

Please feel free to get interactive with this question and comment below (unless your comment is "yes get Starbucks coffee!" because my inner Caribou will metaphorically "kick" you with strong facts and opinions that I've gathered as a barista at the Bou.

Also, until this question is answer, Mr. Klemme will be bringing in his own coffee to enjoy as he serves the Folgers.

The Cloverton Concert.

Cloverton:

So I was able to work at and go to the band Cloverton's at the Vertical Church.  Awesome band with a bunch of cool musicians.  It was great to be able to do that (unfortunately on a school night, but worth the shortened sleep).  I have a few pictures to share of the outside of the Church and the band.  Enjoy and I'm sure the weekend will be enjoyed by all!  

The Movies!

Today was Veterans Day off around Yuma so I ended up watching the Peanuts movie. Great cartoon style to a classic! Reminded me of some of the comics my mom use to read with me. 

Back to the Land of the Digital!

I've been apologizing a lot...Sorry about that! 

Life has taken many turns.  All turns are great ones, many were unexpected, but in the end life is good!  (Like the cellular device).  Teaching is a busy profession, and so I have not had as much time to do blog posts, but I will try to make them short and sweet now...In that, I will try to sum up the past few weeks with pictures and captions and then start "fresh" again here on the blog.  So enjoy the pictures and yeah!  

If pictures are worth more than 1,000 words, what would a slow-mo video be in the currency of words? (Just a thought)...

My Family at my Grandmother's Memorial Service.

At Analace Coffee Shop in MPLS

The 3rd Grade Team #NoFilter (Or #Earmuffs for me) 

On whack-a-person thing.

My New Pet, a Pink Toed Tarantula:  Twinkle Toes! 

The Valley Fair of Cali:  Knott's Berry Farm (No berries were found...)

Went to Mexico. Saw some chicks. Took Picture.

For our Red Ribbon week: Mix-match day & crazy hat day costumes.

 Those of you interested in the diverse vegetation here in Yuma (with names!) 

 LA Trip: 

THIS WEEK (Back up to date)

The Looong Weekend:

So we got a long weekend at DVA.  We were suppose to have a work day on Friday, but our kind principle decided to give us an extra day of play, compared to professional development.  Thanks Mrs. Weigel!  

So our work week ended on Thursday where we had a half day of kids and half day of staff play-day.

3rd Grade Team

3rd grade (with some photoshop work too!)

 We then had 4 days of weekend starting on Friday and ending on Monday (today).  Saturday I went to a Valley Fair type place called "Knots Berry Farm" which has nothing to do with berries....It was fun but very hot day.  We went to Cali but it was still about 100 out.  SO the log ride became my favorite ride from that!  Sunday and Monday were just resting days and getting ready for the kids on Tuesday!  

Sorry for the Delay (Yes, I am alive and well)

Sorry for not posting in about a week! It was a very fun, yet busy past two weeks now.

This is an entry from last week, so enjoy this, but know it is for the previous week (that I wrote on the plane while flying so I couldn't post it and then forgot about it...)

Begin entry from 2 weeks ago: 

One big aspect that happened was the SUBPLANS.  For those of you teaching, you understand.  For those of you who don't, you will never understand the stress, the work, and the overall fear about handing your 20some students, all filled with differ personalities and behaviors, over to someone else.  I think it will be okay, but I've found I'm very protective and fond of my students.  It will be so hard to leave them and see them go to 4th grade!

End of the quarter...

So this week is the end of our first quarter...What.  It feels like we just got to school! Time flies! I never thought that it would go so quickly.  But it did.  It's also a time where I am excited to be done with all the mistakes and poor choices of organizing my grades, documents, and life, and to start a fresh quarter.  

I have finally arrived at the place where I feel like a teacher.  I know the plans, how to read them, and how to teach them. That said, I've made some bad lessons, and know where I still need to work in.  In it all, I am happy for the victories and simply surviving the first year teaching! Or, first quarter! 

Minnesota Journey.

So last weekend (still in the past, sorry) I went to MN for my grandmother's memorial service.  In that, I was back for only a few days and so it was a good trip (besides the circumstances) but everything went very well.  In that, I found that visiting friends, family, and seeing old stomping grounds was a very enjoyable time.  I am sad that I couldn't see everyone, but I really wanted to make sure most of my time was spent with family.  That is in a way, why I haven't posted in a while (I wanted to keep my plans secret).  Anyways, sorry if you felt you should have seen me, I will have time in Thanksgiving to do so.  I've been back in Yuma for awhile now so back to the 100 degree weather and sun!