I Will Be.....Missing!

I DO NOT....I repeat

DO NOT

like to miss school.....

for ANY reason!

Who's with me here??

Guess what?

I have to miss school the

DAY AFTER

the kids come back from break!

UGH!

It is for a good reason though, which I

can't mention, on the off chance my

oldest daughter would read my blog.

She's 17.....

not highly likely but better not chance it!

Anyway, I decided NOT to tell the

kiddos I would be gone and instead

made a couple of activities for

the sub to do!

An inference investigation!

Click the pic to check it out!

AND

A writing activity with missing poster and
an orginal poem by me!

Click the pic to check it out!

They are both for sale in my TPT store! 

Thanks for looking....

and I better get BUSY on something else...

like dishes, running, grocery store, laundry,

cleaning, sledding with my youngest (I promised),

(checking facebook and pinterest and other blogs)

:)



New Year's Linkies

                           10. Eat less

                             9. Sleep more

                             8. Text less

                             7. Exercise more

                             6. Work less

                             5. Learn more

                             4. Nag less

                             3. Organize more

                             2. Worry less

                             1. Relax more

I think that about covers it!

Short and sweet!


One more...I came back to add this one!
Kristen at A day in first grade made this resolution
and I am stealing it!

To show a random act of kindness once a month
to a friend, co-worker, neighbor or even stranger!

Kristen is going for two I believe...but I think
one is a perfect goal for me!

Read her wonderful blog post!




Oh, yeah..... and to start running again...
though that doesn't sound quite so fun!

BTW.......HOW do I get a button??

And a blog signature??

SO much to learn!! 

I've googled it and it sounds so HARD!

I don't have a picture to use either!

I'm willing to pay someone to

create one for me!

AND.........if you've kept reading........

Here is my first act of kindness!

I am giving away any item from my tpt
store to the first 5 people that comment
and that follow me!

Have a great one!



Going Nowhere!

 

 

I don't want to go anywhere during my Christmas break...well

 after the parties of course!

 

I mean....seriously....

NOOOOOWHERE!

 

 

Not for laundry soap...

"Wear it again!"

"But mom...it's UNDERWEAR!"

 

 

Not for food...

"I'm sure there is some candy left...somewhere!"

"But mom...we want REAL food!"

 

 

There is nothing in the world like sitting at home

doing zilch during a school break!

 

Even more so since my children are getting older and have to

be EVERYWHERE all the time and I am spending more and more

time at school planning common core lessons and.....

(since I am getting older too!)

 

 

"Sigh"....I guess I am going to have to go somewhere after all.....

 

 

we are out of toilet paper...AGAIN!

 

 

*FYI..my kids do get fed....
and use a lot of toilet paper apparently! :)

 

 

Here's to a less busy day!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

What a Gift Linky

 

 

 

 

I have been following blogs longer than I have had one!

I tried blogging awhile ago, but it didn't stick!  I don't know what happended......

(Okay, okay..I didn't know what I was doing!)

 

Now there are so many awesome blogs and people out

there willing to help a lady out!

 

This is the PERFECT linky hosted by Foxwell Forest to thank

an old and new blog you follow for all of their amazing ideas and posts!

They each receive one free item from your tpt store!

 

 

HOW COOL IS THAT!!!!!

 

 

 

 

My old blog rack will be given to.....

 

 

Her blog is one of the first I began following and  I

have received many "gifts" from her blog!

 

 

 

My new blog rack will be given to......

 

 

This was a hard one!!  I have recently started following so many

wonderful blogs since starting my own!  I have noticed Heather

makes such lovely, kind comments on so many of the same blogs

I follow! She has a super cute blog as well!

 

 

Now I am off the brave the crowds and take my

3 girls to spend gift cards they just CAN'T wait another

minute to spend!

 

 

Here's to another busy day!!!

 



Take a Walk on the Wild Side! Classroom Pictures!

Scroll Down One Blog Post for
the 2012's Best & Brightest Linky!


Take a Walk on the Wild Side!
Check out my "wild" classroom!

As I was looking for pictures of my classroom to put on here I

realized I haven't take new pictures of just my room since 2010!

So here are some old pictures...you'll get the idea what my

classroom looks like! 

Pretty much the same but I have tried to declutter somewhat!

I will add updated pictures soon......just remember my claim...

I've TRIED to declutter!! 



2012's Blog Best & Brightest

 

 

 

 

 

Since I am new to blogging and...........

need some followers (hint hint!!!)

 

I don't have much to choose from for my best but here goes!!

 

 

My best discovery has been TPT!! I loved it at

first for all the amazing products I could buy to enhance my teaching

and now I love it because I have started selling my own creations!

My goal for that is to make enough to finance my TPT addiction!

 

 

 

My best Christmas freebie on TPT is located here!

 

(Gingerbread Man Missing poster)

 

 

 

 

 

Another best freebie on TPT is here!

  (visualization graphic organizer)

 

 

 

 

     Okay.....one more best freebie is here!
    

(Star of the Week poem I created)





My best seller on TPT is located here!



(Fairy Tale Graphic Organizers)



The best products I have purchased from TPT are seriously
 too numerous to mention!  I have purchased well over 200 items since
discovering this site in the past year and downloaded who knows how
many freebies!

Some of the people I follow on TPT though are:


Michelle Oakes

Sarah Cooley

Jodi Southard

Mrs. Wheeler

The Library Patch
(AWESOME My First Research Projects!)
Perfect for 1st Grade!


Pinterest is also one of my best discoveries!
Check out my favorite board I made!


Songs and Games: Just for Fun!


I also have one for math, literacy, science and social studies!



Any tips or recommendations for
my blog would be appreciated! 
I'd love to find new blogs to follow
and gain some followers!




 

 

 

 

 



New Hats!

 

 

A local bank has donated new stocking hats for our

1st grade class again this year!

 

Awesome!  We LOVE them!

 

 



 

 

 



You're a Mean One..Mr. Grinch!

Grinch Day!!

The morning started out with students discovering their red candy canes from Rex, our classroom elf, had been licked green by none other than....

The Grinch!

We decorated door hangers for our bedroom! 

While we worked throughout the day,

 we listened to the Grinch's song on youtube!

Oops!  She was going to show the "Stay Away" Grinchy side! 

Hence the grinchy look!!

We decorated Whoville trees to eat!

We drew pictures and labeled our favorite characters from the story.

Our mystery reader, a mom, even got into the Grinch Day spirit!

We enjoyed Grinch Juice and ate our trees as we watched the cartoon version of

The Grinch That Stole Christmas!

The juice was magically there when we returned from practicing for our

music concert! LOVE children's imaginations and excitement!

Grinch faces!

Happy faces!

Rex, relaxing, reading our favorite monthly poem book!

Chicken Soup with Rice

He didn't get into the whole Grinch Day!  I assume it had something to

do with the candy cane ordeal!

Wonder what may happen next?!?!?









12 on the 12th Linky Party

 

 

 

 

 

 What did you do on 12-12-12?

 

Check out this fun linky by clicking the picture above!

 

 

 

Pictures for our Elf Applications!

 

 

Techy Santa by Reagan Tunstall

 



Our elf, Rex, has left each of us a candy cane!

Check out my TPT store for the Elf on the Shelf Candy Cane Gift Tag!

 

I switched them out with green candy canes and a tag from the Grinch, which I can not sell or even give away since it says the Grinch and has his picture. :(

The Grinch is in the tree now! Can't wait until tomorrow when the students see them!!

 

 

 

Pictures for an ornament!

 

 

 

Wellllllll......I didn't get 12 pictures taken yesterday!  I tried!

 



Ready, Set, ACTION! Verbs that is!

Here's just a few of the verb activities

we have been doing! 

Keep reading for a FUN activity one of my cuties

invented the other day!

Brainstorming Verbs

Sure wish I could make my charts adorable like the ones

all over the teacher blog world and pinterest!

We did our Gingerbread Unit and this product

from Christie at First Grade Fever

was PERFECT!

Click here to get her FREEBIE!

On the last day of our Gingerbread Man unit,

guess who we finally found?!?!

There he was sitting in our hallway! 

He even left Gingerbread Men for us to eat as our

first batch of Little Debbie Gingerbread Men were sadly

destroyed earlier in the week in a science experiment,

"What happens when the Gingerbread Man gets wet?"

*Note the Missing posters in the background!

These posters were hung all over our elementary.

Check out the  missing poster and a

 couple of other freebies in my tpt store! 

 Check them out

here , here, and here!

 

Maybe I should have put them all into one product, huh?!?!

Anyway, one last plug for the

Gingerbread Man and my products!

Click here for a narrative writing activity!

NOW to the fun activity my student created!

We watched this youtube video on verbs.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7MKmbyfhkkE

(Sounds like Dr. Jean??)

My student then says, "Hey!  I have a game for us! 

We can get with a partner and take turns

clapping and saying:

Student 1

How about you?

What can you do?

Student 2

I can (insert verb)

It was a BLAST!  

They do the clapping and actions , just like in the video! 

They loved it and my student was so proud he invented it!