Unwrapping Our Favorites: Holiday Gift

This week has been AMAZING and I have YOU to thank for it! :)
It has been great reading about everyone's favorites and what makes this time of year special for YOU!

I'm hosting this party with Tamara from Mrs. Russell's Room...and I'm sure she has something nice planned for her last post, so go on and check it out!

Today's Topic:

HOLIDAY GIFT: Given or Received

 

If you'd like to participate, simply use our nifty button at the top and link back to me.
Then add your own holiday faves to the blank template and insert it into your post.
When you're all done...don't forget to link up!

 

Thanks again for all of your funny, sweet, and amazing posts! :)
Can't wait to read about your favorite gifts!! :)

 

Unwrapping Our Favorites: Holiday Memory

I can't believe how fast this whole week has gone!

It's been really neat to read about all of your favorites! ;)
Today should be another awesome day!
I'm hosting this party with Tamara from Mrs. Russell's Room...so you can check out her holiday memories as well!

Today's Topic:

HOLIDAY MEMORY

If you'd like to participate, simply use our nifty button at the top and link back to me.
Then add your own holiday faves to the blank template and insert it into your post.
When you're all done...don't forget to link up!

 

This week has been really, really GREAT!
Thanks so much to all of you!
I'm having a blast meeting new friends and checking out the fun stuff that some of my old friends are up to!

Unwrapping Our Favorites: Old Holiday Photos

Day Three has arrived!

I love old photos! So much fun!
I can't wait to see what you have cooked up for us today!
I'm hosting this party with Tamara from Mrs. Russell's Room...so you can check out her adorable old photos too!

Today's Topic:

OLD HOLIDAY PHOTOS

 

And some extras of my baby girl's first Christmas and a family pic from the night we headed out to Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Party...

 

Now...for the purposes of this post...old can be defined as when you were a child...or...last year! :)

It totally depends on YOU! :)

So...post what makes you HAPPY! :)

If you'd like to participate, simply use our nifty button at the top and link back to me.
Then add your own holiday faves to the blank template and insert it into your post.
When you're all done...don't forget to link up!

We really are lovin' reading your posts and seeing how you celebrate the season! :)
Thanks so much for posting for us friends! :)

Unwrapping Our Favorites: Holiday Traditions

We've come to DAY 2 of our party!

Are you ready to have some more fun?
I'm hosting this party with Tamara from Mrs. Russell's Room...so you can check out her holiday faves as well! :)
 

Today's Topic:

HOLIDAY TRADITIONS

If you'd like to participate, simply use our nifty button at the top and link back to me.
Then add your own holiday faves to the blank template and insert it into your post.
When you're all done...don't forget to link up!

Thanks so much to everyone who participated yesterday! :)
Here's a little note to thank you!

Unwrapping Our Favorites: Holiday Food

Happy Holidays to you all! :)
Thanks so much for stopping by!  This week, I'm 'one half' the host of a holiday linky party on your seasonal favorites!  Each day we will do a different topic.

I'm hosting this party with Tamara from Mrs. Russell's Room!

Today's Topic:

HOLIDAY FOODS
 

If you'd like to participate, simply use our nifty button at the top and link back to me.
Then add your own holiday faves to the blank template and insert it into your post.
When you're all done...don't forget to link up!

Don't be shy...here's a little encouragement from Ryan!

Have fun! :)

What's Your Schedule?!? Linky!

What a fun linky!

 

I love seeing the schedules of other teachers... it's amazing how different they all can be!

 

So, I'm linking up with Susan over at

for her What's Your Schedule? Linky!

 

Here's my main schedule for every day of the week:

My school is departmentalized so I only teach Reading/Writing but I teach it to two classes. That's why you see 1st Class/2nd Class.

 

I'll also add that our day starts at 7:40 and the bell rings at 7:55 and that's when I let my kiddos into the room. Sometimes I have hall duty (on a rotating basis) during that morning time, but if not, I work in my room for those few extra minutes!

 

The dismissal part is when we are packing up. I walk my class (and my teaching partner's class) out to the back of the school for parent pick up. Our contractual time for the day is over at 3:10 however I'm am out back until that time and then walk any kiddos I have left up front to be signed in where they wait for their parents.

 

Every Monday we have a staff meeting from 3:15-5:15 also.

 

That's pretty much my schedule! Any questions? Is yours super different? I can't wait to see what everyone else's schedules are like!

 



My Truth Monday

Happy Monday!

 

I'm linking up with Denise over at


for her new

Each Monday there's a new topic and we share some truths about that topic! What a great way to get to know each other in this "virtual" world of blogging!

So here we go!
Today's topic is some light-hearted fun and it's about CREEPY THINGS!

What things creep you out?!?
 

Five for Friday!

It's that time again! I'm linking up with Doodle Bugs Teaching once again for the Five For Friday Linky!

 

This week I thought I would mix up my 5 things with some personal and some school related stuff! Here we go:

 

1. The hubby and I were able to take our daughter to the movie theatre this week to see "The Croods"! It was her very first movie theatre experience and she did awesome! She has been talking about it alllllll week! (We may have created a movie-going monster!)

Arielle and I eating at Bubba Gump's before the movie!

Arielle posing with her "doggie" in front of the movie poster! :)



2. I recently received a few iPads to utilize in my classroom and we finally got to try them out this week! I put the students on Scholastic's "Sushi Monster" app and they loved it! If you haven't tried out that app, it's awesome for addition practice! A monster pops up in the middle with a number on his neck... students then have to choose the sushi plates to ADD UP to that number in order to feed him! If they get it right, he gobbles up the sushi... if it's wrong, he throws the plates back onto the serving line LOL! What fun! :)

 

 3. During math centers this week, we were working through my "Down in the Deep Blue Sea" centers which are Battleship/fish themed! (A big hit with the boys) The centers focus on several different Common Core standards and the kids really seem to enjoy them! Check them out:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 

Click the picture to check them out on TpT!

 

4. I've been working super hard this week on my new phonics game! My goal is to have it posted this weekend! Here's a preview:

 

5. I am participating in my very first product swap hosted by Mrs. Stanford!  I swapped with super sweet Faith from Kindergarten Faith and I'm so excited to share the AWESOME resource I tried out with my class! Be sure to come back at 7 PM Eastern tomorrow (Saturday) to check out the awesome-y goodness! 

 

 Click on the picture to head over to Faith's blog! :)

 

  

 I look forward to "seeing" you guys tomorrow! :)