Happy Monday!

I find it hard to believe that I even have time to breathe today let alone put together a blog post, but somehow I am pulling out my multi-tasking powers to get it done {Also known as... I drank a lot of caffeine and have energy to burn!!}! I always fear that I'll get too busy throughout the week and won't check back in with you all, so there's no time like the present.
Today we started our poetry unit. I don't have anything put together in a pack for poetry, I just use what I find from year to year and try to hit as many different forms of poetry that I can without wanting to pull my hair out. I want my students writing poetry, but I'm more concerned about the exposure and giving them opportunities to realize that they can write in several different forms! I don't get too picky, but we do have fun!
We were supposed to start with list poems today (because let's face it... those are easy!), but as we were watching our Brain Pop Jr, I decided that we should give Rebus Poems a try. And, let me just tell you... we had a lot of fun with them! Both of my classes wrote original poems, and my students drew the pictures/symbols that we used in the place of words :) HERE is a great website with LOTS of rebus poems!

I saw a monkey playing ball. Then he ran into a wall. The monkey jumped so high. He nearly touched the sky.

I saw a little boy eating ice cream. He dropped it and began to scream. The cone also fell to the ground. He was so sad that he made a loud sound.
In math we started Area. It's Monday, so we watched another Brain Pop Jr. {Those 3 minutes are the most peaceful of the day, are they not?!}
Then, I gave each student a shape, and we counted the area of the figures together. Afterwards, my class had to line up {SILENTLY} to put themselves in order from the least amount of area to the greatest. They couldn't move their lips at all! It was definitely entertaining to watch :) If I did it again I would do this before we measured the Area and then check it so see if we were right!

Of course we made our area robots like last year. They are just too cute not to do!

You can grab this FREEBIE here!

Before I crash on the couch...Did I mention I was out of town all weekend?? I met up with some of my sweet friends in San Antonio for the Neon Dash. It was a blast!
Y'all already know how much I love me some Hope King, right?!

Two GENIUS Kinder teachers right here! Deanna and Cara

It was so much fun hanging out with Gladys, Deanna, Crystal, Kacey, Deedee, Stephanie, Alicia, Cara, Elizabeth, and Hope!

Bluebonnet pictures are a must! We must not forget about Reagan! She was taking the picture above :)

We did lots of eating and shopping (just put that on repeat and you'll get the gist of our weekend!)

And, it's okay to be jealous... but we got to visit Reagan's classroom. It's the most precious room EVER! I've always admired it online, so I was super excited to see it in person!

Hope you all have a great week!!