tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74692895081634125312024-03-05T19:06:29.408-05:00Teachin’ FirstKristyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04603618267672092235noreply@blogger.comBlogger245125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7469289508163412531.post-90338025797857625922015-02-01T17:01:00.001-05:002015-02-01T17:01:47.293-05:00Currently...missing snow days!Oh, the glories of a snow day! I remember how nice it was to wake up and hear that announcement on the radio. Jumping back into bed...snuggling under the covers...just heaven! I used to live in Ohio, and I remember the joy of those days. Alas, here in Florida, the chances of a snow day are pretty much nonexistent! For all of you getting a snow day tomorrow, sleep in a few extra minutes for me! On to this month's Currently...<br />
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Listening: I love Law and Order! Actually, I'm flipping stations between this and a Cops marathon. Maybe I was meant to be a detective. Oooh - have any of you watched the new show Nightwatch on A&E? It's on Thursday nights at 10:00. It's pretty good too! I was also listening to some horrible music while waiting for 35 MINUTES to ask Groupon a simple question. Why can't they at least have some good music on hold? <br />
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Loving: This beautiful weather - it's been about 70-72 degrees in the afternoons. So nice. I know, I know...I just said I wanted a snow day, but this weather is nice! How about a 70 degree snow day? That would be perfect. Then, we wouldn't have to go to school, and we could still go out and play in the snow. Actually, I think the schools down here should build in perfect weather days like northern schools build in snow days. Can you imagine? Waking up to an announcement on the radio, "The weather is going to be gloriously sunny and 75 degrees today causing all of the districts in the North Florida area to cancel classes!" How nice would that be?!<br />
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Thinking: How nice would a Sunday afternoon nap be right about now?<br />
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Wanting: Spring break can't come soon enough. Not because I wanna get away from my class. Actually, we are just starting to get into our groove. I want spring break to come because my mom, my aunt, and I have a girls trip planned. We are headed to LA to see my sister! She went out there to work as a traveling nurse and loved Hollywood so much she stayed. I've never been to California and we have some fun things planned. Plus, we haven't seen her since she moved out there in 2008, so we are SUPER EXCITED!!! <br />
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Needing: I'm reading all these blogs and seeing that a lot of you have your own laminator at home. How nice would that be? Sigh...Hopefully that will be my next big purchase! That would make things so much easier!<br />
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Pageant Title: Yep, that's me! I usually wait until the last minute to do things. I tend to focus better when it's crunch time. Some of the best grades I got in college were on paper when I wrote them just a few hours before class. <br />
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I can't wait to check out your Currently posts. But before I go, if any of you have some must sees in the LA/Hollywood area, please leave me a comment and let me know!<br />
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I have to say that this year has been the TOUGHEST year I have had in a long time. For the first half of the year we had a student who was extremely violent and would often run out of class and around campus. Needless to say, establishing routines and procedures was practically impossible. It felt like we were entering a war zone ever morning and we never knew what to expect. I really feel like this has thrown my whole year off. I feel like we lost the whole first half of the year and now many of my kids are so behind due to the constant interruptions of this one student I don't know how we are going to catch up. That student has been placed at another school in a behavioral program and we are hoping will be then placed in a permanent behavioral self-contained unit once his time in this program is finished. Meanwhile, we will soldier on, pushing as hard as we can, to learn as much as we can in the last half of the year. <br />
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Now that I'm back, I'm hoping to blog more regularly. What are you guys studying right now?<br />
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Yep, teachers' cars lined up and down the street. We're all here getting ready now! Is it like that in your neck of the woods too? Anyway... I made a trip to Target the other day. I had been seeing all of the great stuff you guys were buying and I had to go check it out. When I was there, I found some really cute things. I was planning to do my room in Carson-Dellosa's boho birds this year, but finding all this stuff at the dollar spot got me thinking. Could I make a really cute room using only the stuff I had left over from previous years or things that were $2 or less? There have been years that have been really tight on money, so I thought it might be fun this year to do a Dollar Store Challenge. <br />
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The challenge was to not purchase any decorations that were more than $2. I shopped at Dollar Tree and Target a lot. I also found a lot of things that other teachers were giving away for free. I don't know how it is at your school, but here it's like Christmas this time of year. Teachers who are changing their room themes for the year very often just set stuff out for others to take if they want it. So, I went shopping in the hallway. I'll give you a little preview of some of the stuff I got:<br />
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Last week, my poor computer kicked the bucket. Yep, dead as a door nail. Sot I can still get online and check out all your cool blog posts, but I can't save or print anything. This is KILLING me! I usually spend most of my summer printing things and getting ready for the new school year. Now, we only have black and white printers at school, so I can't print anything in color. GRRRRR! <br />
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On another note, I wanted to share an idea I had while I was sitting in some <strike>boring</strike> intriguing summer workshops this week. Last year, I had a "Sparkling Words" wall where we put the words introduced in our Making Meaning Vocabulary program. These are those tier 2 words that kids will encounter in their reading. After the words were introduced, I would write them on sentence strips and place them on our Sparkling Words wall. When the kids used the words in conversation, they got to put a sticker on the word. When they used the words in their writing, they got a jewel on their paper. I used some of those sticky jewels I got at Dollar General. You would not believe the way the kiddos would work for those little jewels!<br />
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So this year, we have both a new principal and a new AP. Our theme for this year is "Wild About Reading!". To tie in with this theme, I came up with some animal ideas for the word wall. I thought I would share them with you in case you needed some ideas. Most of these are jungle animals, but I've added a few others I've thought of. Here goes:<br />
Alligator/Crocodile: "Snapping Up Great Words" - add the words on the teeth<br />
Lion/Tiger/Jaguar etc: "Words to Roar About" - add the words to the mane of the<br />
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Parrot/Macaw: "Colorful Words" - add the words on feathers<br />
Monkey: "Monkey-ing Around With Words" - add words to bananas on trees<br />
Birds: "Words To Tweet About" - add words to the leaves on trees<br />
Owls: "Owl-standing Words" - add words to the leaves on the trees<br />
Giraffe: "Spotting Great Words" - add words to the spots<br />
Cats: "Purrrr-fectly Wonderful Words" - add words to balls of yarn<br />
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Listening - One of my most favorite summer shows is America's Got Talent. I'm just amazed at some of these acts!<br />
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Loving - My favorite substitute teacher teaches a workout class. I started last month and she is kicking my butt.<br />
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Thinking - We only have a half day tomorrow. We'll spend it cleaning and watching movies. Hey, if I made it through Water Day today, I can make it until 11:45 tomorrow!<br />
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Wanting - Hey, who doesn't wanna lose weight, huh? I bought a bunch of clothes last summer and they already are too little. I guess the stress of this year helped me put on some pounds. Hopefully, I'll be able to get some of it off before we go back to school.<br />
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Summer bucket list - 1. Through the school year, I very rarely get to read for pleasure, but it is really my very favorite thing to do. My goal this summer is to read a book per week.<br />
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I got the idea from Pinterest (where else?)! Here are the things I used for each letter:<br />
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G - granola bar</div>
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J - juice</div>
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O - orange</div>
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Q - Quaker cereal bar</div>
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R - rainbow pencils</div>
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S - Skittles</div>
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T - Tic Tacs</div>
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U - University bumper sticker (for their favorite college team)</div>
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X - Extra gum</div>
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Tonight was our annual Night Under the Lights track meet for our elementary school kiddos. It's not a competitive event (everybody gets a ribbon if they run), but the kids think it's a big deal because they get to run on the high school track! My son has been talking about it since January, lol!</div>
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We've been doing math journals all year. Last week, I was starting to get discouraged. I guess it was just one of those weeks when the kids seemed to have all of their brains ooze out of their ears. Then, this week, I did the problem you see in the pictures above. What I love about these journal entries is that each person solved the problem in his/her own way and they are all different, but they are all correct. It's these moments when you see that they are getting it that make it all worthwhile!<br />
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I'm in charge of our ladies ministry at church and tomorrow we are taking some donations to our local Fisher House<br />
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For those of you who don't know about Fisher House, here's a blurb from their website:<br />
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the Fisher House program offers shelter and support during a medical
crisis. Fisher Houses offer a comforting "home away from home" while a
loved one is receiving care in an unfamiliar environment. This special
support is even more important to a family during the most stressful
time – the hospitalization of a wounded or injured service member
involved in military operations like Enduring Freedom or Iraqi Freedom." It's like a Ronald McDonald house for families of wounded warriors. <br />
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After that, we are headed out to lunch and then to the movies to see Mom's Night Out.<br />
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This movie looks so funny I can't wait! Have any of you seen it yet? </div>
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<a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54489/135/7FD3D0689769278E4EDECB0F18C6532E.png" style="background: transparent; border: 0 !important;" /></a>Kristyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04603618267672092235noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7469289508163412531.post-84465599525830902722014-05-03T19:43:00.002-04:002014-05-03T19:51:44.920-04:00Spring has Sprung!Spring has definitely sprung here in Florida (although today is cool and rainy), and it's about to spring up in our classroom. We are beginning our unit on plants this week. Usually with this unit, I buy small pots or cups for the kiddos to plant seeds in. We plant flower seeds and most of them get to take home a small flower after a couple of weeks. This year, I thought it might be nicer to plant some flowers outside our classroom and brighten up our campus. Hopefully the kids have a greener thumb than I do! I know the kids will be super excited to get outside and plant the seeds and since they get so crazy as we get close to the end of the year, I might be able to use tending the garden as a reward for those who have good behavior. I'll be sure to post some pictures next week once we plant our flowers. Until then, I made this KWL chart to kick off our study. You can find it on Google docs <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B70Fvyanuka9Ny1LREJ2TU01T00/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank">here</a> or in my Teachers Pay Teachers shop <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Plant-KWL-1231611" target="_blank">here</a>:<br />
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I hope this is something you can use! Have a great week!</div>
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You can find the pin <a href="http://www.pinterest.com/pin/100345897919955599/" target="_blank">here</a>. <br />
Each day we pull off a petal. I have one little girl who, when I pull off the petal each day says, "I am soooo sad!" It's so sweet!<br />
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When we get down to 15 days left, we start playing the "What's Missing?" game. The kids think this is the best game ever and I get to start taking things down and putting them away. Basically, you just take one item, bulletin board piece,etc. each day and put it away. When the kids come in in the morning, the first one that can tell you what's missing gets a piece of candy!<br />
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Next week, we start our plant unit. Although I personally have a black thumb and can't really grow anything...I love this unit! So how about you? When do you get out and what are your favorite units to do?<br />
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We had a very busy Easter week last week in our classroom. Although it was a short week, we managed to squeeze in 2 field trips and lots of fun Easter centers. Here are some photos:<br />
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One of our centers was sorting numbers on eggs into even and odd baskets. This came from this freebie from Mrs. Leeby:<br />
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We also used tens and ones to help us solve the number sentences in this center - Easter Egg Scoot! I found this one <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Easter-Egg-Scoot-Without-Regrouping-Freebie-634311" target="_blank">here</a> (yep, it's a freebie too)!<br />
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Now, because we had FCAT testing this week which meant we did not get our specials classes this week (YUCK!), we had some extra time on our hands. So, we tried out our Adventure to Fitness account.<br />
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The kids had a great time with this and begged me to do another one. If we get the chance, I will try to work this in whenever I can. It was really so much fun! Go <a href="http://adventuretofitness.com/" target="_blank">here</a> to check it out!</div>
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And yes, you heard me correctly - we had a 4 day week and took 2 field trips! Both of them were walking field trips (living in a small town has it's advantages). The first one was on Wednesday when we walked to the city park to hunt for Easter eggs. Here are some pics:<br />
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We make our egg hunt a little more challenging than an average hunt. Each child brings in 12 eggs filled with candy. We then label the eggs to spell out "Happy Easter!". The students have to find the eggs to spell out Happy Easter to complete the hunt.<br />
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I also got to be a mom on Thursday and went on an egg hunt with my own little sweetie:<br />
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Listening - Being in the middle of a whole house renovation, HGTV has become my new favorite channel. I have already seen this episode of Property Brothers, so I'm watching Cops now!<br />
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Loving - the weather. This time of the year is one of my favorites. We can sleep with our windows open and I love waking up to the sound of the birds chirping.<br />
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Thinking - Why is it that the people in charge have no idea what's going on? Here's the latest from the higher ups in our district. Starting next year, we are required to implement one consecutive hour of professional development per week. Which doesn't sound bad, until you factor in the rest of the order - "we cannot extend your hours and pay you to come in early or stay later for that hour. We cannot change the time that the kids report for school or go home. We cannot afford to pay subs once a week, and we cannot give the kids early release once a week to provide that hour." So basically, we have to come in early or stay late with no pay. Now, keep in mind, I ALWAYS come in early and stay late, but it's just getting a little out of hand.. "Find an extra hour in the day..." SERIOUSLY????<br />
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Wanting - Ok, here's the renovation update. All the cabinets in the kitchen, laundry room, and master bath are in. The only thing left in the master bath is trim and crown molding. We are getting everything put back in the cabinets now and in 2 more weeks we will be packing everything into a U-Haul truck so we can replace the floors throughout the house. <br />
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Last day and hours - I'm loving seeing what your hours and last days are. Our district used to start at the beginning of August and we got out at Memorial Day which I loved. There's something about Memorial Day kicking off the summer that just seems right. And truthfully, by the beginning of August, I'm ready to go back to school. <br />
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Now for the fun stuff! I found this great blog hop and giveaway. I really love these hops 'cause I find such great new (to me) blogs. I found it at <a href="http://rowdyinfirstgrade.blogspot.com/2014/04/hippity-blog-hop.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+RowdyInFirstGrade+%28Rowdy+in+First+Grade%29" target="_blank">Rowdy in First Grade</a>:<br />
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Oh my goodness, y'all! I cannot believe it is already March (and I haven't blogged since January)! My daughter got a tablet for her birthday and she's using my google account. Apparently, at some point, my password had changed and I couldn't get into the account to post to my blog. I finally had the time to sit down and get it straightened out, so here I am. <br />
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GUESS WHAT!!!! I was just scrolling through Pinterest today when all of a sudden I saw a pin that looked really familiar. I about fell over. Someone had actually pinned something from my blog! I was so excited! <br />
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Listening - Oh my goodness! Have you ever watched Hoarders? Ugh! Now, my house has been in complete chaos since the new year began. We are doing a whole house renovation. But it is nothing compared to the houses on that show. I know that teachers are pack rats (or at least some of us are), but I feel a little better after watching Hoarders. I know that those people have a serious problem and I can't even imagine living like that. <br />
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Thinking - Is anyone else having the same problem? For some of my students, it's like they don't know how to think. I'm not trying to sound mean, but I'm just frustrated. For example, we were working on this problem in my small group today: "Some cows were in the field. 6 more cows came into the field. Now there are 13 cows in the field. How many cows were in the field before?" Keep in mind that we have been doing problems like this since around October. So I ask them how we go about solving the problem. They just sit there and stare into space. Literally...not rereading the problem or drawing a picture or trying to figure it out...just staring. After about 3-4 minutes, someone finally said "draw 6 cows". Ok, that's a start. So we do that. Then, I ask them what else we knew about the cows in the field. Again, the staring into space. SIGH... After another 5 minutes, I had to tell them to read each sentence aloud. After each sentence I asked, "Does that sentence tell us anything else about the cows?" Finally, someone was able to tell me that there were 13 cows in all and that we needed to draw more cows so we had 13. GREAT!!!! Then, once they draw the rest of the cows, I ask how many were in the field before. The answers I got were "14", "8", and just a blank stare. I'm really at a loss...</div>
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Listening - I've really gotten to love HGTV. We are redoing the whole house this year (and probably for a couple years to come). We have already started a very large screened in back porch, and have ripped out our old garden tub in the master bath getting ready to expand the shower. In the plans are: new hardwood floors with new tile in the kitchen and baths, a total kitchen redo, redo both baths, and new paint throughout the house. It's going to take a while as we are doing a lot of the work ourselves and are saving up to pay cash for most of it. Prayers appreciated!<br />
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Thinking - If I just had one more week, I could get so much done (or I could just sit around in my sweats some more - either way...)!<br />
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Wanting - More me time in 2014. I spend so much time on work that I often forget about relaxing time for me. There's so much I enjoy doing in my free time in the summer that I would love to make time for throughout the year. Just doing puzzles or reading a book - just some time for me.<br />
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Needing - I really need to make healthier choices this year. Eating right and exercising are at the top of my list. Not just to look better, but to be healthier.<br />
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Tradition - In direct opposition to my "needing" to be healthier, I love holiday baking. I spend so much time making yummy cookies (gingerbread men, snickerdoodles, peanut butter blossoms), buckeyes, cakes, etc. from Thanksgiving to Christmas, it's really bad. Maybe this year, I can find some healthier recipes for my favorites.<br />
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This linky party will be going on for 6 weeks. Each week has a different focus. This week the focus is our spiritual goals. I recently took over the position of Director of Women's Ministries at my church, so this one is really near and dear to my heart. Here are my spiritual goals for 2014:<br />
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2. Let my words and actions be a witness to others. I have to admit that one of the things I struggle with on a daily basis is a short temper. Usually, it comes out at the end of a long day toward my kids. And, I hate to admit it, but sometimes, it even comes out in the classroom. I have to remember that for some of my kids, I may be the only example of a godly adult they will see. My goal for this year is to remember this fact and let God take control when things begin to upset me.<br />
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3. Not be so afraid to witness and share God's good news with others. I don't know why I sometimes let opportunities to share God's word just pass me by. Satan uses fear to stop us. This year, I want to take every opportunity to witness.<br />
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5. Finally, I want to stop and give thanks to God for all His blessings. In December of 2012, the Lord laid on my heart to start what I call a Thankfulness Challenge. Each day of 2013, I posted on Facebook something that I was thankful for. Some days, it was REALLY hard, others - REALLY easy! But all in all, it helped me stop and see just how much God does for me on a daily basis. I'm continuing this challenge again for 2014. If you'd like to join with me, you can like my <a href="https://www.facebook.com/365DayThankfulnessChallenge" target="_blank">365 Day Thankfulness Challenge</a> page on Facebook by clicking the link above.<br />
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Thanks for taking the time to read these goals. Hopefully, putting them in writing each week will help to keep me more accountable. Jump over to Just Reed and link up. I can't wait to see what your goals for 2014 are!<br />
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My personal goals are the same as millions of other peoples'. Don't we all want to be healthier? My problem is that I have a sweet tooth the size of Texas (and no willpower). I'm not following any new diet, just trying to eat more fruits and veggies and cut out some of the junk. I usually try to change it all at once (and always fail), so this year, I thought I would just start by eating more healthy lunches and branch out from there. Baby steps...<br />
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My professional goal sort of ties in with my last personal goal. I'm hoping this year to keep work at work. This includes lesson plans and grading. I really don't want to bring this home with me anymore. I'm at school every day from 7:30 to 5:00 because my daughter's junior high (which is right across the street from the elementary school) starts at 7:20 and she babysits another teacher's son until 4:30 every day to earn some extra money. This should give me enough time to get things done (as long as I can quit going next door and across the hall to chit chat, lol)!<br />
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I really want to keep my classroom neat and organized. The problem is, I am a setter-downer. I'll be carrying something to put it away, get distracted by something else and just set that thing down without realizing it. Before you know it, things have piled up! I'm going to try to be more focused and carry through with putting things away.<br />
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<br />I was really bad about blogging last year. My goal is to blog at least once a week (even if it's only a Five for Friday post)! I also want to be sure to leave a comment on each blog post that I read from other blogs. I know how good it feels to get comments on mine, but I'm often very bad about leaving comments for others. <br />
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Finally, my just for fun goal - I LOVE reading, but I never have the time. I really want to try to read at least one chapter each night from a non-work related book. Right now, I'm reading this one:<br />
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Head on over and link up. I'd love to see your resolutions!<br />
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We tried departmentalizing in first grade this year. I am only teaching math and science/social studies and my partner is teaching reading/language arts. I wasn't sure about it at the beginning, but now I'm loving it. I'm able to really spend my time focusing on just math/science and even though I have double the number of students (a morning and an afternoon class), I feel like I really know where each child is in their math progress. After the first 9 weeks, the other first grade teachers decided to go back to having only their homerooms, but we decided to stick it out for the year. I'm glad we did and we are already talking about doing it again next year!<br />
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My favorite gift this year is my early Christmas present from my Mom. She came from Kentucky to Florida for Thanksgiving and went ahead and let me pick out my Christmas present. What is it, you ask?</div>
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Yep, it's a new Ipad Air! This is my first Ipad and I am loving it. I debated whether or not to take it into school (for about 2 seconds) and then decided, nope, this one is just for me!</div>
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I hate to say this, but I've been sooooo bad this year about blogging, I just don't have enough to choose from. I'm hoping that this year will be better. Forgive me?</div>
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I'd have to say that my best accomplishment this year has really been making more time for me. I've gone from spending weekends at work to taking Friday nights and Saturdays as no work times. I still end up doing some grading/planning on Sundays, but I'm hoping to change that in 2014. </div>
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2. We visited Biltmore Estate to celebrate our 15th wedding anniversary. This is where we went on our honeymoon and we thought it would be neat to take the kids back to see it. </div>
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3. This summer was when my hubby and I really started to reconnect. We have been together for 18 years, married for 15 and for the last 6 or 7 years or so, we had been really struggling. We had grown so far apart over the years that we were only months away from calling it quits. We both decided that we needed to re-evaluate our marriage and just put God first. I really believe that that is what made all the difference. We are happier now than we have ever been. </div>
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My favorite memory this year is from Halloween. </div>
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We were on our way back home from trick-or-treating. We live out in the country, so we actually drive the kids from house to house. We were almost home and decided to stop at one last house around the corner from us that had their light on. The woman had a table set up in her yard from which she was handing out candy. When the kids got out of the truck and ran up to her, she told them that she had gone in to use the bathroom a few minutes before and someone had come by and taken all of her candy. They started to run back to the truck and then my son turned around and ran back. I couldn't figure out what he was doing. When he got back to the truck, he told me that he had run back and had given her some of his candy out of his bag so that she could pass it out to any other kids who came along. I was so proud of him!</div>
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My goal for 2014 is really to back off from school. I need to really spend more time focusing on my family and strengthening my walk with the Lord. He has blessed me so much this year, and I often get so busy and wrapped up in day to day stuff that I don't give Him or my family the time they really deserve. </div>
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My one little word for 2014 is: PRIORITIES. I need to really take a good look at what I have in the past set as a priority and make sure that my priorities are in order. </div>
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I can't wait to see your 13 in '13. Hurry and link up!</div>
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She was found reading a book to some of our other stuffed animals</div>
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One day she got into the candy </div>
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One day she even went next door and had a snowball fight with the elf next door! </div>
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She has also left us a picture of her house at the north pole and brought ornaments that we can make for our parents. Today we found her playing Connect Four with a bunny friend. <br />
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If you have never had an elf in your classroom, you REALLY need to ask Santa to send you one for next year! Sooo much fun!<br />
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On a different note, my daughter started jr. high this year and I had to come up with some inexpensive gift ideas for her 6 teachers. So...we found out their favorite candy bars and made some candy wreaths. They turned out pretty well and what teacher doesn't like candy (ok, so she did have one that doesn't eat candy, but we gave him coffee and cookies, so...)? Here's a photo:<br />
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Quick and easy! So, I'm wondering - what do you give your children's teachers for Christmas?</div>
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Each group had a different sum to make. I let each group decide what they wanted the theme of their book to be. Most groups chose Halloween (of course), but I did have a group choose a farm theme (you see one of their pages above) and one group chose a Christmas theme. </div>
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Last week, we studied owls. The kids had a great time and found out that some of the things they thought they knew about owls were actually misconceptions (like all owls are nocturnal or they all live in trees). I wanted to share a fun activity we did. When I started going through my owl stuff, I found these old paper bag puppets:<br />
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Now, I don't know how it is in your school, but we don't really have time to just make paper bag puppets unless there is some Common Core learning involved! So, instead of just making puppets, we turned these into fact holders. We had each child write 4 or more facts on paper squares.<br />
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Then, we stapled the top of the bag shut and cut a slit where the bottom of the bag folds. The kids then were able to put their facts into the owl to take them home and share their learning with their families!</div>
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The kids had a blast with this and we were still able to incorporate some fun art into our day!</div>
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One of the things I've had to get used to is making anchor charts. The first time I started making one this year with my morning class, I got about halfway through it when I realized that I would need to do it again with my afternoon class, which meant using another piece of chart paper. Now, I don't about y'all, but we are SERIOUSLY limited on funds, which means we have to be really careful about what we use. So I got to thinking about how I could continue to make anchor charts for both classes and save paper. I did see a cool post about using post-it notes to make anchor charts for each class. I was going to put the link here, but I can't remember where I saw it. If you know who posted this, let me know so I can put the link. So I got all excited about that until I started to think about how many sticky notes I might have to get. Sticky notes = money.<br />
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Hmmmm....how to make 2 sets of anchor charts without spending a lot of $$$. Enter the anchor charts of the 21st century:<br />
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Here is an example of a KWL we made on pumpkins. The first two show my morning class - what they know and what they wonder. After reading some books about pumpkins, we then added what we learned. I added a small yellow star each time we answered one of their "I wonder..." questions. The second 2 show my afternoon class. As you can see, we hadn't written about what we learned yet. We can then pull up each chart when needed, or you can print them out if you want them to be hung up for the kids to access anytime.<br />
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After doing these, I did have another thought. You could also create one large chart after both classes have created their individual ones by combining the ideas of both classes. I'm thinking about doing this with our owl unit next week.<br />
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I'll leave you with a smile. I don't think I posted this back in September when we did it (but if I did, hey - I'm gettin' old and forgetful). We read Officer Buckle and Gloria and then the kids had to write out a safety tip which we then bound into a class book. Here is one of my favorites:<br />
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It says, "Don't wear high heels to school!" Gotta love my girlie girls!</div>
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We have 2 teachers that are teaching reading/language arts, 2 of us are teaching math/science and 1 class is self - contained. So the other math/science teacher and I were planning together and we were talking about how the reading teachers have tons of cute book related activities that they can hang up outside their rooms, but we really didn't have a lot. So we started looking at things that we used to use for reading activities and how we could adapt these things to apply to math or science. <br />
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Enter these cute scarecrows:<br />
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In the past, we've always had the students write a story about what the scarecrow sees as he stands in the field. This year, after coloring the front and adding their names: </div>
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The kids had a great time sharing their math stories. And, they look really cute hanging in the hall (which is always a plus)! Next week, we'll be reading this book (gotta incorporate literature in every subject):<br />
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If you haven't read this book, you have to check it out! It's great for teaching different ways to make numbers. The students will be creating their own pages for a class book based on this selection. Come back next week to see what they come up with.<br />
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First of all, let me apologize for being so absent lately. Am I the only one who's having a crazy busy year? I feel like I'm just keeping my head above water here. I'm going to try to be better about blogging though - we'll see...<br />
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Yeah!!! I'm so excited to be able to link up for my first Five for Friday post. I've been reading everybody else's posts for a while now, but I never think about taking pictures on a Friday until I'm sitting in front of my computer Friday night and by then it's too late! Luckily, I thought about it this morning, so now I can join the party!<br />
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This week, we've been studying apples. We read stories about Johnny Appleseed, worked on labeling an apple tree and an apple, did an experiment with apples, and even did some math work with apples. I had the kids bring in apples, so we could use real apples for all of our activities and they had a blast!<br />
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We also had a little quiz today. Labeling the apple was part of it. The kids did a really great job! Especially since this happened right in the middle of our quiz:<br />
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Yeah, we've had a leak in the roof for about a year and a half. They said they fixed it right after it happened, but I don't thik it was totally fixed as there were still little water spots on the ceiling tiles. They had replaced some of the tiles, but left one or two out and just left a little hole in the ceiling. So they come today right in the middle of our test! Seriously?? But hey, it's (hopefully) fixed now - especially since there's a tropical storm churning out there that should impact our weather at the start of next week. <br />
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Our afternoon was just as crazy (but a little more fun). We all gathered along the fence line and the kids were super excited for...<br />
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our town's first homecoming parade in 20 years! We live in a small town and our Jr./Sr. High School is right across the street from our elementary school, so we are all just one big happy family. There were:</div>
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It was nice to see some of my former students as cheerleaders, volleyball players, homecoming court, etc. I don't know why they stopped having the homecoming parade for so many years (that was before my time, lol), but it was lots of fun and the kids really enjoyed it, so I hope they continue the tradition. </div>
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Ok, first I have to apologize for taking so long to get this post written, but....well, you know. The beginning of school is cuh-ra-zy! Anyway, I was so excited to receive my bloggy buddy gift exchange package in the mail last week. My buddy was Heather Langley from the blog Learning with Mrs. Langley.<br />
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Click <a href="http://learningwithmrslangley.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">here</a> to visit her site </div>
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When I opened the package, I was met with these goodies:<br />
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Let me just say that the photo booth kit is sooooo cute! I can't wait to let my kiddos have fun with it. I'm thinking maybe for the 100th day or a cute photo op for Dr. Seuss' birthday? There was also some dry erase markers (which I always need), some thank you cards (always nice to have on hand), airborne (which I just discovered last year and use all the time - used some today, in fact!), a really cute notepad, and some colored pens (which I love). The funniest thing I learned about my bloggy buddy is that her Twitter name is Teachin' First! What a coincidence!<br />
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If you ever get the chance to participate in a blogger gift exchange - do it! This is my second one, and it's a great way to get to know new bloggers. Not to mention, it's a lot of fun! <br />
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7:30 am - Performance Matters Training<br />
7:50 am - Parent conference<br />
2:50 pm - Tier 3 meeting<br />
3:00 pm - Team meeting <br />
3:30 pm - dentist appointment<br />
And this all comes after the weekend when I discovered my daughter had lice (yep, up 'til 2 am Saturday morning combing out hair, vacuuming furniture, doing laundry, etc) and I set my oven on fire. Yep, it's been that kinda week.<br />
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I'm so tired, I'm having crazy dreams. Last night, for example, I dreamed that I went to the dentist (thinking about my appointment today, apparently). In the dream, however, my dentist was none other than Farley! Yep, you know - of "Currently..." fame. So she was the dentist in my dream, but somehow, she was also a teacher because in the dream, she was my bloggy buddy (reminding me that I need to post about my blog exchange gift that I got). In the dream, she gave me a really cool personalized sign for my classroom. Then, she pulled out a whole alphabet that she had made with her class (oh yeah, I signed up to do an alphabet exchange online)! For real, y'all - this was my dream last night! <br />
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So in order to (hopefully) end the crazy dreams, I will post about my blog gift exchange tomorrow night and will try to get the alphabet letters done this week. But for now - I'm off to bed. Can't wait to see what I dream tonight...<br />
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I've seen so many cute, creative, and wonderful bingo boards out there and I thought it might be neat to create one that could change monthly. I wanted to make 6 rows and a different monthly/seasonal word or pictures across the top. So, I gathered my butcher paper, marker, and a yardstick ('cause I can't draw a straight line to save my life. Seriously, sometimes I can't even make it straight with a ruler!). After like a million years, I ended up with this:<br />
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The kids will earn small sticky notes if they get to move their clip to blue, purple, or pink on our clip chart. They will earn one for blue and purple, and 2 for pink. At the end of the week, I will pick a letter and a number from the chart which will tell us which square is the winner. Good idea, but folks, I'm not measuring all of that out to make a new chart each month. Uh uh - no way!<br />
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So instead, I found an old calendar, taped these round dot accents over the days of the week<br />
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style="height: 182px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; width: 182px;" /> and added the letters and the numbers. Here's what I have for September.<br />
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Now, all I have to do each month is change out the letters/pictures at the top and voila! I'm done! How's that for crafty and creative? Do me a favor, though. If people have already thought of this and if it's all over the web, don't tell me. Just let me keep thinking I came up with it myself, ok? Thanks! Y'all are great!<br />
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