A freebie, a brag, and a big Roll Tide!

First let's start with the killer jaw ache I came home with a few minutes ago. Does anyone else hold stress and tension in their jaw? I have diagnosed myself with lock jaw and it kills! So is it bad that I could take and advil but instead I poured myself this?

(only the finest champagne for this girl)

On to the freebie. I went to school yesterday afternoon to get new math stations ready and I made this to go with a Connect 4 game I got at the Dollar Tree this summer. Someone else posted ages ago about the game and how they used it as a math game but I couldn't remember who or how they played. So I made this up.

As if you can't tell from the recording sheet, when a kid plays a chip they write down the number from the chip and then make an equation that equals that number. After assessments in December I realized some of my kids needed a little extra practice representing a number in many ways. You can download the recording sheet by clicking on it.

Now I don't like bragging, but I have to tell people who understand teacher stuff- so let's just call this sharing. It's really not that big a deal, but it did make my week (ok, maybe my month). I got a little blurb published in the Kindergarten Jan/Feb Mailbox magazine! It's one of those little teacher tips so it's only a few sentences. And if you read it you'll be like duh, all teachers probably know that. But it has my name under it so I feel special! I have to brag here because my other friends who aren't teachers wouldn't understand it.

I also wanted to thank Alex from the The Teacher Diaries for giving me the Versitile Blogger award. Check out her super cute editing checklist for kinders (would work in 1st too).

Well, it's time to get ready for the big game tonight. Can I get a Roll Tide?! I may need to pour another "pain reliever" for this. Also, I'm thankful I don't have morning duty tomorrow!