Tag! I'm it!

Hello all! I was tagged by Krista @ The Second Grade Superkids :)

Here are the rules:

1. You must post the rules and link your tag back to the person who tagged you.

2. Answer the questions of the person who tagged you.

3. Create 10 questions of your own for others to answer.

4. Tag 10 people and link it with your post.

1. What is your favorite color to paint your nails?

I love OPI's You're a Pisa Work. 

2. Do you have anything that you collect in your classroom to display (ie. I have an obsession with sock monkeys!)

  Frogs! I actually chose Frogs because they went with my theme. However, I have collected more and more lol. I also love monkeys!

3. What is something you do every year for open house at your school (ours is coming up and I would love ideas!)?

Well for my first Open House I put out a wishlist of items that we will need. :) Also, I make a cozy little waiting area for my parents. It includes some kind of fresh flowers, candy, and class books that we have made. This is more for conferences. For Open House, we make items for the parents and leave them at their desks.

4. Do you have a pet....do share!?

 This is Dasher :) He is amazing. We are not allowed to have pets at school that I know of. 

5. What time do you usually wake up and get to school on a typical school day?

 I wake up around 5 am each day. Then, I get my boys up around 5:30. I must be at school each day at 6:15 am because I open the computer lab. Teachers normally need to be at our school by 7am. :)

 

6. What did you dress up as on the last Halloween that you dressed up?

 The last thing that I dressed up as....well I don't remember. It's been a while. That was a good question...sorry for the horrible answer lol.

7. What is something silly that you are afraid of? (I am afraid of fish...silly right? or so I am told!)

I am afraid of Freddy Krueger. I know that is insane...but he still brings me nightmares lol. I will definitely have nightmares tonight after looking up this picture lol.

8. What is your favorite part of working at your school, besides the students in your classroom?

My favorite thing about being at my school is my wonderful Principal and Vice Principal. I also love my first grade team :)

 

9. What tv show do you can you absolutely not miss each week?

I barely have enough time to watch TV so I guess there isn't really a show that I would die if I missed.

 

10. What is the #1 thing you hope your students leave your classroom remembering at the end of the year?

I hope that my children leave my room remembering that I love them and they can do anything they try!

My Questions:

1. What is your favorite thing to do with your students?

2. How long have you been blogging?

3. What is the one item you are dying to get for your classroom?

4. Where do you get most of your teaching ideas?

5. Heels or Flats? (I saw this question elsewhere and I loved it)

6. How many hours a week do you spend on school outside of school hours? (Blogging, Planning, Grading Papers, etc.)

7. What is your favorite font to use?

8. Where do you get your favorite clipart?

9. What is your favorite beauty product?

10. What is your favorite song to use in Education?

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Looking forward to the four day weekend...

Hello all! I am excited because tomorrow is our last day before a four day weekend. I am a little stressed excited about tomorrow because we have double recess, an egg hunt, and many other fun activities planned. :) I will make sure to bring the Advil lol.




I wanted to post a few examples of student work from the freebie that I posted. The kids really enjoyed this and begged to color it lol. I think they did pretty good discussing the story and coming up with the setting, characters, and plot.

Also, I wanted to post pictures of students playing the games from last week. They a blast lol. The bottom pics are of my sons playing after school :) They loved the games. You should check them out :) It is just a fun way to review the skills. I use them one week in small groups and then place them into workstations.

Reading Street Tippy Toe Chick Go Freebie!

Hey guys!! Sorry to post twice, but I decided to go ahead and post a freebie for our next story. I will be using this with Reading Street Unit 5 story "Tippy Toe Chick Go". It deals with the skill of the week, which is Characters, Setting , and Plot. However, you could use this with any story. I was inspired to make this thanks to the kind words from a follower of First Grade Delight. I hope that you guys enjoy!

Dedication

I told myself that I would be posting pictures of the kids using the games that I created last week. However, this weekend is just too difficult for me so they will be coming sometime throughout this week. I am sorry! I just wanted to post this as a personal post. :)