Geometry and mascara...Tried it Tuesday

It's time for Tried it Tuesday.

I'm linkin' up with my sweet buddy Holly from Fourth Grade Flipper.

Holly is off at Disney havin' fun...can you say, "Jealous?"

Tried it Awesomeness #1: Geometry

I do not like Geometry.

There...I said it.

I failed Geometry in high school...no lie.

I had to take it TWICE.

Talk about humiliatin'.

The ONLY way I could pass Geometry was with help of friends.

Today's lesson in Math was...you guessed it...Geometry.

This year we are still bein' tested on Florida's

Next Generation Sunshine State Standards,

BUT...

our Math books have been switched to 

wait for it...

COMMON CORE.

What this means is we are doin' a blended curriculum.

I am able to access the teacher's and students' books

for the old standards to project on the SMARTboard,

but we can't do any of the practice from the lessons on paper

because it prints out awkward.

So, I do the lessons whole group and we work with friends 

on a few of the problems and move into other things.

If you've been here for a lil' bit readin' my blog, 

you know my kids are all over the place...all the time.

I like to switch partners and groups durin' just about

every activity we do.

Today we partnered up boy-girl.

This happened in about ten seconds flat.

Boys got a sheet of paper.

Girls got the protractor and 

off they went.

I tried to love Geometry today for my babies.

I projected the problem on the SMARTboard.

They worked together to draw a ray.

Then they had to draw a triangle with a measure of 62 degrees.

They had to work together to get the correct answer.

Then the boys had to share their answers with me and then 

switch girl partners to agree or disagree with

their answers and figure out what they did wrong if

they didn't get the right answer.

Geometry is not so bad when you have someone

to share it with.

Tried it Awesomeness #2: blinc mascara

I have tried every mascara ever invented.

No matter what kind of make-up cleanser I use,

I still end up with black circles under my eyes.

Until now...

My pod bestie, JR, introduced me to some mascara awesomeness

last week and I got on Amazon and ordered it immediately.

*Neither one of us is affiliated with this company, nor 

have we gotten any product for free or discounted.

blinc

"blinc is the original mascara invented to form tiny water resistant

"tubes" around your lashes that add volume and length

and cannot run, smudge, clump or flake, even if you cry

or rub your eyes.

Only when you are ready, a combination of lots of warm water

and gentle pressure, from your fingertips or cloth

will slide the tubes effortlessly into your hand.

No makeup remover required."

This stuff WORKS!

I haven't tried it yet with eye liner, but 

I've been wearin' this mascara for the past three days

and I don't have ANY black makeup left under my eyes.

LOVE!

I didn't mind spendin' $20 when I think about the

amount of money I am savin' on make-up remover.

Happy Tuesday friends!

Be on the lookout for my review of Jamberry nails

comin' very soon.