Morrisin4th

=Fun in Fourth with Mrs. Morris = toc

__**Introduction**__

 * = Hello! My name is Becca Morris and I have taught for 4 years now. I graduated from Texas TechUniversity in 2008. ||= [[image:Unknown.jpeg width="133" height="133"]] ||  ||
 * = My husband and I lived in Lubbock for two years while he finished his degree and I taught Pre-K in Levelland for 2 years. I loved my job. I still miss the wonderful teachers there and the amazing kids.

I taught at Levelland ABC or Academic Beginnings Center. It was just Pre-K and Kindergarten. We had 12 of each. I was lucky enough to have a Smart board in my room. I loved using it with the little ones.

I was so excited to learn that I would have a Promethean board at my new school is Mesquite. I am not sure how I would teach without it. :) ||= ||   || Last year I joined the teacher blogging community. It really made a huge difference in my classroom. I have been able to share ideas and learn new things in a completely new way.
 * = Then we moved back to Mesquite and I taught at Hanby Elementary the last 2 years in 2nd grade. It was a big change for me. Going from a rural school district teaching the little ones to an urban school district with the demands of 2nd grade in transition. I had some amazing ladies to teach with and that made all the difference.

Simply 2nd Resources

I will be moving to 4th grade this coming year and I am very excited about it. I have started another blog. Check it out!

Fun is Found in Fourth I have decided not to post on this blog anymore. Please go to this link instead. Fun 4th Resources ||= ||   ||

Favorite Things
Books Movies
 * Pride and Prejudice
 * Twilight series
 * Harry Potter series
 * Hunger Games series
 * The Giver
 * A Wrinkle in Time
 * Chronicles of Narnia
 * anything by Nora Roberts, Francine Rivers or Nicholas Sparks
 * Beauty and the Beast
 * The Greatest Game Ever Played
 * The Help
 * The Blind Side
 * Any adaptations of my book list to movies :)

Burning Question

 * //Why are we killing our students love of learning with testing?//**


 * //Are high expectations and state testing synonymous?//**
 * //How do we promote a love of learning and community in our ever growing need to prepare for the "test?"//**

**geoGreeting**
http://www.geogreeting.com/view.html?yrkzzIUCEwwoBa

**Whole Brain Teaching**
http://simply2ndresources.blogspot.com/2011/12/whole-brain-teaching.html http://www.wholebrainteaching.com/ media type="youtube" key="JJw9mzCtWbk" height="360" width="480"

**Get to know your students as readers with this reading survey.**
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**Lottery Tickets**
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**License Maker**
Choose any state! http://www.acme.com/licensemaker/

**Clip Generator**
This is awesome! http://www.fodey.com/generators/newspaper/snippet.asp

**Glass Giant**
This is so much fun! http://www.glassgiant.com/make_pictures.php

**Big Blue Labs**
Lot's of different choices! http://bighugelabs.com/