How to draw a Valentine's monkey...Tried it Tuesday

It's Tuesday...time to link-up with my sweet friend Holly 

from Fourth Grade Flipper for

Tried it Tuesday.

 

It's no secret that I'm addicted to Pinterest.

You can find me here.

With the help of Pinterest and my bestie, I 

discovered Art for Kids Hub not too long ago.

I like this site because the artist normally attaches

a YouTube video for students to get a step-by-step

and there are so many options to choose from.

Also...here is the artist's, Rob Jensen, Pinterest page.

if you are interested in followin' him.

(Holy moly...Rob found my blog post...he wrote to ME.

I am ECSTATIC...I just showed my kids and they are FLIPPIN' out.

We feel like real-life ROCKSTARS!)

Tried it Awesomeness : How to draw a Valentine's monkey

(My sweet friend, Erin aka Miss Lifesaver is goin' to LOVE this

because she loves monkeys!)

I browsed many drawin' choices on the 

Art for Kids Hub site.

I finally found one I wanted to use for Valentine's...

a monkey.

Technically, it's not for Valentine's, but

I am makin' my 5th graders be my Valentine this year,

so...they had to draw me a Valentine's monkey.

Only thing...they only had the tutorial for the head.

They had to get creative on their own for the body.

 How to draw a Monkey

I've been pushin' my kids hard.

We needed a break.

Drawin' was the answer.

Music on, crayons out, brains decompressed.

In the drawin' process...

Get ready for a picture overload.  

I couldn't leave any out. 

So precious...I want to squeeze all their cheeks.

The monkeys...not my babies.

 Pinky the Monkey

Rocky the Monkey

Ms. Marshallow the Monkey

Bananas the Monkey

George the Monkey

Noble the Monkey

Cocoa the Monkey

Cheery the Monkey

Most everyone at my school calls me "Rosie"...

includin' the kids, parents, teachers, Admin, etc.

Firework the Monkey

Lula the Monkey

Magic the Monkey

Cutie Pie the Monkey

Lovey the Monkey

Snickers the Monkey

Tulip the Monkey

Baby Love the Monkey

Bill Nye the Monkey Guy

Henry the Monkey

Nutella the Monkey

Gardner the Monkey

Sweetie the Monkey

Sassy the Monkey

I can't even take all the cuteness.

Happy Tuesday my friends!

Monday Made It that Sparks Student Motivation...Valentine's is on the way...

This week has been a blur.

I'm behind on readin' blogs and commentin', but

I know all my sweet friends out there will let it slide.

You see...this week somethin' very sad happened

for my school...we lost one of our own 

to the awful "C word".

Mary Martin's laugh could be heard

anywhere in the school.  

She had the best sense of humor and

was the strongest person I've seen dealin' 

with this sickness.

She came to school every single day without a complaint,

even when goin' through chemo.

Mary dedicated her life

to all the babies she ever taught, her daughter,

and the rest of her family and friends.

On Friday, her sweet second graders let go 

of ballons with a message to Mrs. Martin in Heaven.

Their sweet innocence while gigglin' left many

teachers and older students with flowin' tears.

Yesterday we celebrated her life and it was beautiful.

Mary was a huge Auburn football fan.

Everyone wore orange and blue and it made my heart smile

when everyone shouted "War Eagle, hey!" for Mary.

She will be missed, but never forgotten.

This was hard, but I was happy to see 

my school band together, as they always do

when one of our "family" is hurtin'.

To any of my co-workers readin' this...

I love you!

Since I'm behind...I am doin' two link-ups at once.

Thank you Tara for hostin' Monday Made It

and Joanne for hostin' Spark Student Motivation Saturdays.

Love these ladies.

I wanted to do somethin' sweet this week for my babies

that would cheer everyone up and keep them motivated throughout

the week of Valentine's Day.

I made a little pit stop at Dollar Tree today 

and picked up a few things (Joanne...are you proud?)

I got enough for our 3rd grade buddies also.

 I'm goin' to have the kids write their names on the lil' heart boxes

where they will store the pink heart gems 

they earn throughout the week.

I don't really have a set plan for what they will earn them for,

but I'm sure they will have some ideas when they see them.

The table scatter hearts are for the tables durin' our 

Valentine's celebration.

 On Valentine's Day I will let them buy a special treat

with their gems.  

Maybe these will work?

Again, I will let them choose what 

the gems are worth.

The kids are more creative than I am

and it will be interestin' to see if they agree with me or not.

1 gem=treat bucket

2 gems=ten minutes free time on device

3 gems=extra recess time

4 gems=free choice

I am goin' to let them keep the gems to take home.

 I also bought these pink glitter stickers and a

 photo frame to stick them on.

I'm goin' to give this to my best friend's niece

just because I love her and she likes sweet treats.

We took this picture yesterday on our way to the funeral.

She was adament about goin' with us.

She was ready four hours before we left.

Here's a Valentine's freebie for any of you that use 

Behavior Beads 

in your classroom.

Don't know what Behavior Beads are?

Read about them here.

"You melt my heart!"

"You're top dog in my book!"

"I'm "berry" proud of you, Valentine!"

Valentine's Behavior Beads

Be sure to check out 4th Grade Frolics and Head Over Heels for Teaching

to see everyone else's ideas.

Have a great week friends!

Hug your loved ones and your babies at school!

Psst...over here...click me to read some EXCITIN' stuff...

Have you heard the fantabulous news?  

Joanne from Head Over Heels for Teaching and Holly from Fourth Grade Flipper

have reached 1,000 followers!

This is majorly excitin' stuff for my super-duper sweet friends.

I was jumpin' up and down and runnin' around in circles

when I found out. 

They asked me to help them celebrate with them on Day 4...which is a HUGE honor!

I LOVE them...BIG time!

So...I'm contributin' somethin' I worked on for my rockstars over break.

Valentine's Decimals-Multiplication Task Cards

We are still strugglin' a little with multiplication of decimals.

I don't know about your kiddos, but mine don't like worksheets.

They like to have somethin' visually appealin' and well...somethin' fun

that captures their attention while they are learnin' at the same time.

Task cards are perfect to practice math skills and keep the kiddos engaged.

I like to always have task cards or a math game in at least one of my centers each day.

I'm not even goin' to wait until Valentine's to use these because my kiddos 

need practice of this skill NOW.

I figure hearts are appropriate any time of the year...don't you?

I wish I had pictures of my kids in action with these task cards, but I won't see my

kiddos for another day. 

I'm sure you understand.

I think these turned out precious and I know my rockstars are goin' to LOVE them.

If you love them too, then be sure to hop on over to

Joanne's or Holly's blogs to enter the Rafflecopter.
Two of my other favorite bloggers are participatin' today also.
AMC at Looking from Third to Fourth and Nick from Sweet Rhyme-Pure Reason.
Love the both of them too!

Each day there is a new raffle for three products, from three different bloggers 

as well as a raffle that ends on the 12th for a $50 Amazon gift card and a 

Classroom Friendly Supplies Pink Pencil Sharpener.

Don't just go there today...go there EVERY day.  

You won't be sorry...I promise.

Happy Sunday friends.  

I hope you have a great first day back when you go back.

It's goin' to be 20 here tomorrow in the Panhandle of Florida.

I think that deserves a snow day for us Floridians!  

I just wish my district agreed with me.

LOL!

Oh yeah, and...WHO DAT!
Saints Baby!