Prudy's Problem and How She Solved It

Hello, hello!  Oh my goodness, long lost friends. Pregnancy brain, as it turns out, is a real thing, not a myth.  Life has been a complete adventure lately, but we are getting to the fun part-- finding out the sweet baby's gender in a few short weeks.  I also am in the process starting our registry which has been equal parts exciting and stressful.  :)   Aside from all of the fun baby preparations and lingering second trimester morning all day sickness, I have been holding down the fort in my classroom and getting ready for the upcoming SDE Ohio Literacy Conference for K-3 Teachers. I also wrapped up my last class and last assignment for my gifted endorsement.  Check!  As much as I love learning and as much as I want to get my doctorate someday, I am so glad I am done with school for a while, and I am so glad I will have a little more free time before our little person arrives this spring!

So, what have we been up to lately?  I actually have a really ridiculous amount of photos and activities to share, but I am going to just highlight a few tonight.  I will have to pop soon for the other updates.  I have been working non-stop since 7 AM, and my sweet hubs just got back from a football game in Buffalo.  I want to spend some quality time with him before bed, and let's face it, my bed time is pretty much 8:30.  It's 9:30 now, so I am already burning the "midnight oil" right now.  Ha!  Sad, but true.

We just finished Prudy's Problem last week, and I always love how the Prudy's turn out for this craftivity.  I love having my students draw their own pictures because they are always so cute and so unique.  I love combining problem and solution with a little characterization piece too. #simple

While we were working on Prudy's Problem, the kids chose a problem from a menu on the board, and they came up with a "creative solution" to the problem... just like Prudy did with  "Prudy's Museum of Indescribable Wonderment"! I always enjoy seeing what they come up with.  Here are a few examples: