...but I have a good excuse! & a Blog Hop

I have been a very bad blogger this week, but I have a good excuse!  My aunt is visiting from Tennessee, and my sister brought my nieces up for the weekend.  It's been fun!  Yesterday, after a great P.E.O. meeting, my sister and I took the girls to Amish country where we went on a buggy ride through the woods.   The highlights for the girls were 1. the free ice cream after the ride and 2.  the horse poop.  'Nuff said.

This morning we are going to a friend's house to swim.  Meg has been taking swim lessons this summer and can't wait to show off her skills!

So.  As I don't really have time to blog this weekend, I am joining in on the Newbie Blog Hop hosted by Janis at Grade Three is the Place to Be.

All you have to do to enter this blog hop is answer the questions below:

    1.  what state you are in - Northeast Ohio

    2.  your current teaching position - 5th grade in a Catholic school

    3.  your teaching experience - I have been teaching for 12 years - all in the same position

    4.  when you started blogging - If you look at the sidebar, it says I've been blogging since 2010, but only in the last two months have I actually done anything with it!

    5.  share a blogging tip / blogging resource - Comment - share the love!  I know I love it when people comment on my blog.  I feel like it's important that we show our support to each other.  Collaboration is amazing.  Every day, I strive to be a better teacher because of the bloggers who I am inspired by - and I want them to know it!

There you have it!  I have so enjoyed blogging this summer, but I know I'm going to need to make blogging a priority when school starts.  So I created a planning sheet to keep me on track.  You can download it here from my TpT store.

New signature! What do you think?

Math Book Blog Hop

Boy, I wish I was more creative with my post titles!

Anyway.  I am joining in on this really cool blog hop started by Donna over at the Math Coach's Corner.  Two of my favorite things: reading and teaching math; how could I resist?

Here's my favorite math book {series} to share (well, favorite after Math Curse, which I already blogged about here and didn't want to be redundant):

Have you met Sir Cumference and his wife, the Lady Di of Ameter?  They have a young son named Radius who's exactly half the height of his mother. This is a very clever series of books!  There are about eight books in the series now, but these are the first three and my favorites.  Bonus: they do double duty in our annual fairy tale unit.  My favorite to share with my 5th graders is The Great Knight of Angleland.  In this book, Radius goes on a quest using his knowledge of the Mountains of Obtuse and 'a cute' little village.

Check out this great series, and then hop into the hop!

~Blog Hop~

Sorry for a double post, but this one is quick, I promise!  I joined this blog hop, and you can, too!  I think it's a great way to find new bloggers.

What is a blog hop?

A blog hop is a linky list that is SHARED ON MULTIPLE BLOGS.
When several blogs put the same linky list code on their blog, the
exact same list appears on each blog.

Blog visitors can submit their entries on any blog that contains the list.
The entries will appear on each blog where the list resides.

Blog readers see the same list on each blog, and can "HOP" from blog
to blog seeing the same list of links to follow: BLOG HOP!