Summer plans (per June 15th). Yes- feeling quite ambitious, I selected all of these fabulous books to read:

Summer reality:

Truthfully, this is what I have been into for June and July! But, in my defense, summer is the time to work on ourselves- is it not? Don't teachers spend all year putting themselves last? So, I am pretty excited about the work I have done- I am on the pathway to adopting a vegan lifestyle (I have wanted this for YEARS) and I am super proud of myself!
My goal is to get off of the medications I am on (cholesterol, daily migraine preventive(s) and sleep aids) and to eat clean and love all animals and the earth. If I lose weight in the process- BONUS!
So, if you have wondered where I have been, I am on an incredible journey toward health and happiness!
That being said, August is right around the corner and it is nearing time to focus on my personal summer PD. More later or sooner!

Ordering Numbers for Struggling Students

A first grader came to my room today for her intervention time, with a worksheet in her hand, asking for help. I looked it over: ordering three 2-digit numbers. The good thing is that we were working on reading 2-digit numbers correctly. We could kill two birds with one stone- practice reading the numbers on her sheet and then order them.
We worked hard to read the set of three numbers and then she would look at me, helplessly, with no idea how to order them. These numbers might as well have been German. I had to find a way for this to make some kind of sense to her.
I grabbed her old vertical number line (click here to go to the product on TPT) and some paper clips and had her find all three numbers on the number line and mark them with clips.

Then we talked about where smaller numbers were (bottom) and how they got bigger going up. She did have difficulty finding the numbers but this was the start of an important goal that she will reach no matter how long or how hard. I was happy to see her doing something herself with minimal help from me after a few that we did together. I think she did well!