Five for Friday!

I'm linking up with Doodle Bugs Teaching for my very first Five for Friday! Woohoo! I love reading these posts so I decided to join in on the fun!

St. Patrick's Day always makes for a fun week! The kids just love looking for those leprechauns! I always find more kids ask to go to the bathroom on St. Patrick's Day because word travels that there is a leprechaun in the bathroom and they all want to see it! ha! So to celebrate the week, we did a bunch of activities from my new St. Patrick's Day Printables Packet. The kids really enjoyed them! We also made a super cute leprechaun math puppet!

 I am hosting my first giveaway ever! You can have a chance to win a TpT gift certificate and a Free item from my store. It runs until next week, so I'd love for you to join in! Just click the picture below if you are interested or click here. 

My first graders are working on learning their math facts so I wanted to do something different and let me tell you they loved it!  I had them sort math facts on clothespins by sum.  I had all the facts in a pail and the kids had to dig through and sort.  Then they recorded them in a math fact booklet I made for them.  They loved it and were so bummed when the time was up! They said they needed more time so we will continue today!

So my husband and I bought a house in September and we are still in the process of buying some new furniture, so this week I finally bought a new rug for our living room.  I know it doesn't sound too exciting, but I'm pretty pumped, haha!

It should be in tomorrow! I have been looking for months for a rug in stores and finally decided to just order one online. I know it can be a little risky, but I decided to go for it and ordered this from overstock.com. It had great reviews, so we'll see soon enough!

I recently finished my newest product- Unscramble the Sentences and my students began working on them this week during word work.  The kids really enjoyed them, so next week I may send one home with their math homework or continue in centers. They did a really good job! Their handwriting is really improving!

Happy Friday! 

Swing into Spring Giveaway!

Spring is right around the corner and I'm having my first giveaway! Woohoo!! I'm still pretty new to the blogging world, but here goes!!!   I just love Teachers Pay Teachers so I'm giving away a $10 TpT gift certificate and a free item of your choice from my TpT store!  Hopefully this will help you get a jump start on buying some new spring activities!

All you have to do is follow my Teachers Pay Teachers page and my Facebook page.  
I also want to give a shout out to Nicki over at Mrs. Thigpen's Kindergarten for giving me some helpful tips for blogging and running giveaways! She was super helpful! Thanks Nicki!

You can enter below for your chance to win!a Rafflecopter giveaway

Springtime Fun!

Oh how I love the warm weather!! Well I mean it's not quite here yet, but soon so soon!  What a tease, one day it's 50 then the next 12 degrees. Yikes!  At least it's not dark out at 5 anymore! Since spring is around the corner I figured it's time to make some "springy" activities for my students.  I'm always looking for different activities for my students to do during word work or center time.  So if you are feeling the same way grab my Springtime Fun- Unscramble the Sentences FREEBIE.  If you want more then check out my whole packet! It's a fun way to help students practice sentence structure! Happy Sunday!

Currently and a Freebie! Happy March!

I can't believe we are already in March! Now all we need is some warm weather PLEASE and some sun!  
I'm excited to link up with Farley for the 2nd time! I don't know what happened but I totally missed the February one..bummer! But I'm glad to be back! 

Listening:  HGTV is always on in our house on Sundays. My favorites are the Property Brothers, House Hunters, and Love it or List it.  Do they ever love the house?? I feel like they always choose to list it!  Maybe I need to start watching more!

Loving:  My brother and sister-in-law just moved last weekend and are only a few miles away now! Woohoo! And my nephew is on the way SOOO soon, like any day now.  I'm so excited my little girl is going to have a new cousin!  

Thinking: It's been such a long weekend, I look forward to next weekend when we get to move our clocks ahead one hour.  I am ready for it to stay lighter outside.  I hated when it was dark at like 4:00 and it felt like it was 10! Lets just get some warmer weather!...oh New England!

Wanting:  I would love, love, love some more followers on Teachers Pay Teachers! My goal is to get to 100 so if anyone has any great advice on how you got your followers, I would SO appreciate it!

Needing:  Some furniture for our house. We moved in a couple of months ago and we are working on adding pieces slowly.  Sometimes I just feel like I can't find what I'm looking for. But a new rug and dining room table would be a start!

???????:  The answer to my question is 6 months.  Can you guess what my question is?!! 
Have a great week!!!

Happy March!

Grab my St. Patrick's Day freebie from my new packet on TpT.  If you like the freebies check out the whole packet.  There are math and literacy printables.   Just click here to download it! 

TpT Sale and St. Patrick's Day Fun!

Teachers Pay Teachers is having a SALE February 27th & 28th! Woohoo!!! You can get 20% off my products plus TpT is offering additional savings with Promo Code TPT3. Everyone LOVES a great sale!  Click here to visit my store! 

Also, get a jump start on preparing some activities for St. Patrick's Day! You will find both Math and Literacy activities in this packet! I hope you check it out! 

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Valentine's Day Is Only A Day Away!

If you are still looking for a few more activities to use with students then check out my Valentine's Day packet.  I have included math and literacy pages.  Just print out and copy!  You can use these pages for morning work, independent work, homework, or even for fast finishers!

So tomorrow is our big Valentine's Day party in class.  I mean it's not that big! I have parents coming in to do 4 crafts with the students and then a mystery reader at the end. Crafts are only suppose to take about 10 minutes each, but as always the students finish at different times.  Sometimes it's so hard to tell how long a craft is going to take anyways with the little ones!  A five minute one turns into 20 minutes and vice versa. You always have to be prepared for the kids who finish fast. 

One of my favorite stories is from a few years ago when one of the mothers signed up for a craft, but had work obligations so she sent her husband in.  Her poor husband was sweating trying to figure out the best way to show the students how to do it and get all of the materials out for them. Let's just say I'm sure his wife got an ear full that night. He was such a good sport and I helped him through it. I think that was his last party for a while! Well I hope you have a Happy Valentine's Day!

Currently

I'm very excited to kick the New Year off by linking up with Farley! This is my first one ever-I know what took so long! I'm super psyched to be joining the fun!

Listening:  My husband and I just bought a new house and we are making some changes one step at a time. First on our list....Goodbye- brown hollow doors!

Loving:  My daughter was born in September and I have decided to take the year off to stay at home with her and I am loving it!  She has recently found her voice and she is hilarious to listen to especially when she "talks" to her stuffed animals.  So adorable!

Thinking:  We are getting a big snowstorm today into tomorrow.  So I'm thinking about how many inches we are going to get. Maybe 15 inches or so- NO thank you! I do think a couple of inches are pretty, but not that much!

Wanting:  We moved in late September when my daughter was only 3 weeks old so there are still boxes stacked up in bedrooms and in the basement. I could definitely use a cleaning fairy right about now!

Needing:  I need to find a new gym and get my butt to it! 

Memory:  I love being with my family and having our Christmas Eve party at my parents house. I think they have been doing it for almost 30 years! It's so much fun preparing all the food and catching up with everyone. My favorite memory of 2013 was that it was my daughter's first Christmas. I loved dressing her up! :) I can't wait for all of the years to come!

Happy New Year!!!

Grab my winter freebie to get the New Year started and be sure to check back for more! Just click here to download it.