Our Measurement Skills Are Blooming

Happy Sunday, friends.

As I wind down my week of spring break, I am looking ahead to all of the things that will be happening in my classroom over the next few weeks. 

*Finish Measurement and Geometry
*Get ready for testing

In that order.

That's a lot to jam pack into three weeks.  But, we can do it!

I'm happy that I'm going back to a nice, clean and "springy" classroom.  It makes going back just that much easier.

I shared with you a few little snapshots of the bulletin board I threw up the week before we left {here}. 

I'm happy to show you the final bulletin board!

The picture isn't the best, but I love the way the pennant banner turned out!  It reads "Our Measurement Skills Are Blooming"!

And, boy are they.  We are starting Metric measurement tomorrow and I'm pretty excited about a song I found.  It's called "Meters, Liters and Grams" and it is sold {here} at EducationalRap.com. 

I actually found it on (where else) YouTube first.  However, the version on YouTube was ripped off from this site.  I bought my version for only $3.99.  I feel like it was totally worth it.  With the digital download, I received four different versions of the rap (different tempos).  I also received the song lyrics, a crossword puzzle, a worksheet and an answer sheet.  Totally worth the $3.99.  (And, no, I am not being paid to promote the site, I was just excited to find it and thought you might like it, too.)

So, we will be starting with a new song.  We love songs/raps in my classroom.  Totally love.
 
Speaking of that, have you heard of Flocabulary?  

 

Yes, you are reading that correctly...Hip-Hop in the Classroom.  It's cool, y'all. And, if I read (somewhere) correctly, I believe that EducationalRap.com has partnered with Flocabulary to bring even more fun into the classroom.  Flocabulary requires a membership, but it is worth it, too.  If I could sing and write music, I would.  But, I can't.  So, yep, I won't.  Instead, I will play the music and lip sync all the way.  

Music works, people.  It does.  I see my little kiddos lip syncing while taking their tests.  To me, that's enough.  Their test results prove to me that it works, too. (And, no, I'm not being paid by them, either.)
 
We will also be completing the flipbooks from my Metric Lapbook.  But, because we are pressed for time (you read above...testing in 3 weeks), we will not be making the actual lapbook.  Instead, we will be creating the flipbooks and interactive notes in our math notebooks.

So much to do, so little time left!

But, at least my room is pretty.

Do you want your room pretty, too?  Well, you can Pin It to Win It :)

My pennant banner might read "Our Measurement Skills Are Blooming" {'Cause they are!}, but I made this file editable.  Well, the pennants are editable.  That way you can say whatever you want!  

You could even say something like, "My Room Is Prettier Than Your Room".  Or, "Pinterest Just Might Have Thrown Up All Over This Room". Or, "Me So Pretty".  

Well, maybe not that last one.

It wouldn't look right.  

Because the letters wouldn't be symmetrical.

That wouldn't work.
      
So, leave me a comment with a link to your pin and I'll pick a winner on Tuesday night.