200+ Follower GIVEAWAY!

Hi, friends!  A while back I reached an exciting milestone with 200 followers on my blog!  I have had the most fun sharing about my classroom here and getting to know so many talented, creative, energetic teachers!  Your love of teaching and your heart for your students inspires me and I want to say THANK YOU!  I had planned to do a giveaway to celebrate right away, but it was the end of the school year and I was just too busy!!  Since then, I've gained a few more followers, so let's just call this a 200+ giveaway!!  Ha!

I'm so thankful for each of you that stop by to read, share, and comment.  I love posting here and connecting with all of you.

AND....I'm finally on Facebook!!  I know that this will be another super fun and easy way to connect with so many great teachers and I'm very excited about it!  I'd love for you to connect with me there as well!

I recently finished my short vowel CVC Write the Room packs and bundled them into a set!  I'd love to give one away to one of my faithful followers!

Sign up to win using the Rafflecopter!  The giveaway will run for a week, and I'll pick a winner next Sunday.  Have an awesome week!

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Five for Friday {January 31}

Wow!  When was my last Five for Friday???  

Way too long ago, that's for sure.

This week I taught one day.  We had school yesterday, but snow days every other day.  So, I have nothing to talk about, but I actually have time to post something on Friday!  Ha!

Who am I kidding?  I ALWAYS have things to talk about!!  

Let's get started!

1.  I enjoyed a fun few days at the hospital following my son's surgery last week Thursday.  The weather was so crazy that not many people could come visit, and we were not able to get out and about at all.  So....we were SUPER excited on Sunday when the doctor said that Trey was ready to go home!!

He's doing great and was back at school yesterday!

2. I took this picture in my classroom today.  Do you notice what's missing?  Yes!  My students! :(

The ONLY day that I taught this week was yesterday.  We have had SO MUCH snow and I teach in a rural community, so many of the back roads are not open enough for busses to get down.  I was able to get to my school today, and spent a few good hours there getting lots of work done.  As much as I love having alone time in my classroom, I am really missing my kindies!  Crossing my fingers for five full days of school next week!

3. Puzzles!  

Last year I realized how much my students love to have a puzzle table going in the classroom.  It is awesome for choice time or indoor recess.  Besides the obvious benefits of puzzle-making, I love that it is such a wonderfully calm activity. :)  I like to use 100-pc. puzzles.  They seem to be the perfect level of difficulty for my Kindergarteners.  I recently had a parent donate several puzzles after finding them for 25 cents each at the thrift store.  My boys are loving this Batman puzzle right now!

4. My reading corner has needed a new display for a while now, and today I finally had time to change it out.  

 A couple weeks ago, I did a "Sharing Circle" with my class and asked each of them to share their favorite book.  I took several of their answers and used them to create this display.  

 

 

 Next week, I'll have these kiddos complete writing prompts about WHY they love these books and add them to the display.

5. Are you watching "Under the Gunn"?  I love Project Runway, and this show is similar and fun.  Tim Gunn just makes me happy. :)

Check out my last post for a fun giveaway!  CLICK HERE!

Happy weekend!

Thursday giveaway??? Yes, please!!

Hi y'all!
(I'm allowed to say that today since I'm teaming up with some fab Texas bloggers for a fun giveaway.)

You know my friend Nicole from Rowdy in Room 300, right?  If not, you definitely should!  I think she's superhuman with the adorable fonts, products, and crafts that she comes up with...and being a mom and teacher on top of it all...but boy do I just love her to pieces!!  She totally inspires and amazes me!

Anyway, she is giving away this adorable children's book, and was so sweet to invite me to be part of the giveaway too!

You can visit her blog to find out more about the book -- it looks like one that your students will love!  She has a freebie on her blog too that you'll want to hop over and grab!!

In addition to the book, there are a few other fun things that you can win too!

Diandra from The Idea Hub is giving away a few back-to-school items. These look awesome for the beginning of the school year!

And I am giving away my new Brown Bear pack.  I am planning to do a more detailed post about it soon, but this will be in my plans during the first few weeks of school, and I'm so excited about it!

What a FUN little surprise on a Thursday, huh?!?  Someone is going to walk away with some great back-to-school resources.
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