Contraction Caterpillars

This week our grammar focus is on contractions. For most of my kiddos, grammar is a snore. So I decided to make a little "craftivity" to spice it up. We made contraction caterpillars. They are super cute and they had a blast. The only problem was the man hours put in to create these little bad boys. They don't tell you in college how hard it is to create 23 copies of everything!

WooHoo! Testing is over. Being my first time with standardized testing, I think I was even more stressed than the kiddos! So after our tedious three days of testing I decided my students needed some serious fun. For the past two weeks fractions have been on our brains. So to put a fun spin on fractions I had them do a craftivity called "My Gumball Fractions". They LOVED it! 

3-D Shapes

Learn about 3-D shapes in this content vodcast!

Spring Is In the Air

Ahh Spring! The birds are chirping, the flowers are blooming, the kids are wild animals. Don't you just love it? Forgive me for sounding naive, but is it always going to feel this way? Chaotic? Overwhelming? Stressful? I'm sure we all can agree that our lives are HECTIC. Some have husbands and children, others like me have three graduate classes. I know there is always going to be challenges. I guess I just need some reassurance that eventually I'll "have it all together" or at least look like do. However, it is SPRING BREAK. I am going to enjoy my week off to the fullest and come back ready to take on the last few weeks until summer. Wish me luck. To all those newbie teachers, I salute you. To the veterans, I admire you. Love, MissAdventure

Shel Silverstein

Who is your favorite children's author?

Mine is Shel Silverstein. I just adore his poems and short stories!

To learn more about Shel, view my Prezi.

Happy blogging :)

I'm So Tech Savvy!

I made a video about myself to let you know more about me. It's not going to win any film awards by any means but I am super proud of myself! Enjoy!

What Will You Learn?

This super duper handy wonderful blog will contain:

• Challenges we might face everyday as teachers (young and old)
• Fun and new lesson ideas
• How to laugh at yourself when everything goes terribly wrong

Howdy!

Welcome! First things first, my name is Christina Gamboa and I recently just landed my very first teaching position!

 *Hooray* *Applause*

For the next three months I will be teaching 2nd grade and y'all will get to see first hand the "miss"adventures of my very first classroom. It'll be fun! Well, that's what I keep telling myself.

So, let's get to know me a little better...

I'm a Texas native and proud of it! But somehow or another I ended up here in Louisiana. 

I recently just graduated from Louisiana Tech where I obtained a Bachelor's in Early Childhood Education. I just loved Tech so much and was probably feeling overly ambitious that day and decided to stay and pursue a Masters degree. I never thought teaching would be my path. Little did I know that it would be my passion. I guess I always thought I would be some sort of world traveler. Never knowing where I would be next. But I think I'm exactly where I need to be. We all are.

So here I am. Living in Louisiana and teaching second grade. Life's funny, ya know?