Disclaimer - This post is not education related and it contains photos of me holding alcoholic beverages and in a bathing suit. If that disturbs you, move on. This is the ornament my best friend, Diana and her husband Mike, sent for Christmas along with a beautiful letter. ...
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Twas’ the Week Before Christmas
This week has been full of so many emotions. My heart breaks for everyone in Sandy Hook. I know I would put my life on the line for my students. I also know that every teacher would do the same. The students become our own children. It just becomes an instinct -we would ...
Whose Child Is This?
This poem seems more poignant to me now, as I think about those teachers and students of Sandy Hook Elementary School. Bloggers, feel free to snag the heart graphic made by Michelle of The 3am Teacher on Farley's blog, Oh' Boy 4th Grade. You may also snag the poem above. ...
Tis’ the Season to Shop!
My sweet friend Michelle of Fabulous in First share a love of shopping, shoes, and bags! She totally understands why I drool over Tory Burch flats and LOVE Urban Decay Eyeshadow. We decided to share our holiday shopping top picks with you! These are totally not school related but they ...
Happy Hanukkah
Today we celebrated Hanukkah by creating dreidels with "dr" blends (blends are something we are studying in phonics) and taste tested latkes. None of the students had ever tried latkes before and they really had a blast. I actually had never had them up until eight years ago, when a ...
It is OK to Laugh!
One of my students came in wearing this shirt. I had to take a picture! The student was so proud to show all the teachers and I really laughed hard! It totally made my day and it reminded me,that yes, it is ok to laugh! Sometimes we forget to do that! *The student's mother ...
Doubles Plus One & Domino Math Centers
Are Doubles Plus One perplexing your students? First, the concept assumes they have their doubles facts memorized. We have been working on this through our math rings, but we are not there yet! To help my students out, I made them little cheat sheets with domino doubles. ...
Show Us What You Bought!
I did a little too much shopping at the Cyber Monday & Tuesday Sale! Did you shop until you dropped? If so click the image above to link up over at Blog Hoppin'! Here are a few of my favorite purchases! Click on the covers to check them out on TpT: Latoya Reed was ...
Hanukah, Christmas, New Year’s, and plus FREEBIES!
The December holidays are upon us! Next week, I plan to do some Hanukkah activities with my class. My favorite is having them try latkes (pronounced "lot-ka-z"). I usually ask for a parent volunteer to make them. They sell frozen latkes in grocery stores here and they just ...
Cyber Monday & Tuesday Sale and Updates
I hope you all had a fabulous Thanksgiving. It was my birthday and it was nice to spend it with my family. Here is a picture of me with my brothers, my nephew Dylan, and my common-law (have no clue what else to call her) sister-in-law, Erin! Did you do late night shopping? I ...
