Meet the Teacher!

I am linking up with BlogHoppin to tell you all ten things about me!

1. I got married two months ago, on the last day of school, talk about a crazy week! I loved every second of the craziness that was planning a wedding and ending the school year.  It was the best day ever! :)

2. I've taught first grade for the past three years and this year I am moving to second I am so excited to be doing something new! Oh and I'm also moving schools so I won't be looping with my firsties :( I am so thankful for all those second grade bloggers out there with all their fabulous ideas I can't wait to try out with my new class!

3. I love my dog Champ! We rescued him literally from death- he was to be put down the next month! He has been a challenge and a joy.  He is about 5 and is extremely protective especially of me, he barks at anyone who even look our way.  Right before the wedding Champ decided it was a great idea to dislocate his hip! He has fully recovered and is doing very well!
                     

4.  I LOVE my friends we jokingly called ourselves the Fab 5 in college and somehow it just stuck! I love that we live in 4 different states but every time we get together no matter how much time has passed its like we were always together.  I love these girls!!


5. I LOVE photobooths, especially at weddings, especially with PROPS!
         

6. I loooove dancing! I just can't get enough of it and when Whitney Houston's I Wanna Dance With Somebody comes on...watch out!

7. For some reason I love running 5ks. I don't know why exactly as I don't truly enjoy running all that much but something about that race adrenaline just gets me! I even came in 3rd place in one of my races!
   

8.  I love Mumford and Sons, I could listen to them all day everyday 24/7 365 and never be sick of them.  Their song "Not With Haste" was even our wedding song!

9. I am obsessed with HBO tv shows all of them I mean literally every one of them, TrueBlood, Newsroom, Boardwalk Empire, Vice, Game of Thrones and the list goes on and on

10. I recently went to the Justin Timberlake/Jay-Z concert. I was waaay more excited for Jay-Z than JT.  It was the best concert ever!!


Well that's a little bit about me! I can't wait to read about everyone else.  Don't forget to link up with BlogHoppin!

I'd like to thank the Academy....

Hi everyone! Its been alooong while since I have posted things have been so crazy this summer! So I want tos tart out with a HUGE thank you to Christy over at Mrs Christy's Leaping Loopers for nominating me, yes me! for the Leibster Award!

 

Here are my 11 questions:

1. How long have you taught at your school?

This one is tricky :) Just recently (as in last week-2 weeks before school might I add) I was transferred...to a newschoolnewgradeohhhmyword!! So I have not actually taught at my school at all!! And I've never taught second grade which is where I am headed and I have not been able to get into my new classroom.  As you can see I am freaking out just a bit...

2. Do you have any pets?

I have a cocker spaniel named Champ and I just loove him!! He's about 5 and a rescue and a piece of work haha! I'm pretty sure my husband is jealous of our summer days spent together :)

3. Do you use Daily Five in your class?

I do and I LOVE it!! I can't wait to do it with my second graders I think it will be even better this year with their ability to be a bit more independent.

4. What is your favorite color?

My favorite color is purple!

5. Where did you go on your honeymoon?

We went to Sandals La Toc in St Lucia...anyone out there planning a homeymoon?? Go there now it is Ahmazing! Most relaxing week ever!

6. Do you drive a car, truck, van, or SUV?

I drive a toyota camry and can't wait til I can afford a Volvo SUV..one day I can dream right??

7. Do you bite your finger nails?

I've never been a nail biter

8. Do you like to use pinterest?

Do I like pinterest...like? That would be a total understatement...I LOVE LOVE LOVE pinterest! I use it for everything!

9. Does your classroom have a theme?

Kind of...I have all the Trend Furry Friend items and I've incorporated some pink, turquoise, lime green, and purple accents all around (or I will when I can finally get in there) I also just made a palm tree and cant wait to stick a monster on there somewhere

10. Are you afraid of heights?

Not so much, I do get a bit shaky when I'm up somewhere high but my real fear is crossing bridges especially the Bay Bridge here in Maryland to get to Annapolis

11. What job would you have if you were not a teacher?

If I wasn't a teacher I would work for a place called Terrawatu (it's a non-governmental organization in Africa) that I visited the summer before my senior year in college.  They focus on keeping the traditional Maasai lifestyle alive and build schools and computer classrooms and work with aids orphanages, in other words they do amazing things for the people of Tanzania!

11 Random Things about me!

1. I love the beach!

2. I love cooking- I make dinner every night!

3. I just got married-on the last day of school :) talk about stressful!

4. I was a coxswain on the men's rowing team in college (I yelled(motivated) and steered the boat)

5. I can't get enough of Pottery Barn and wish I could do my whole house in their things!

6. I went to Africa 8 years ago and am dying to go back

7. I would like to have 4 kids

8. My favorite animal is the moose

9. I don't iron...like never have I even picked up an iron

10. I love working out, I follow the Tone It Up workout plans and love them

11. My guilty pleasure TV shows are Teen Mom and 16 and Pregnant, my husband is ashamed of this fact :)

OK so here you go! The five blogs I have nominated for the Leibster Award are:

Sprinkles for the Teacher

Only in First Grade

Pitner's Potpourri

Secondissosweet

Sparkle In Second

Here are the nominee's questions:

1. If you could meet any famous person who would it be?

2. What's your favorite subject to teach?

3. Where is the best place you visited?

4. What's your favorite food?

5. Do you have a pet?

6. Most embarrassing moment (in or out of school)?

7. Wine or beer?

8. Do you have any hobbies?

9. If you weren't a teacher what would you be?

10. What is your favorite book?

11. What are your guilty pleasures?

To accept the nomination you must:

1. Link back to the blog that nominated you
2. Nominate 5-11 blogs with fewer than 200 followers
3. Answer the questions posted for you by your nominator
4. Share 11 random facts about yourself
5. Create 11 questions for your nominees
6. Contact your nominees and let them know you nominated them

Enjoy everyone!!

 

Five for Friday! First time :)

Well I am linking up with Doodle Bugs Teaching for my very first Linky Party! OK so here goes...
This week has been our spring break. I've been spending time at my parents prepping for my upcoming wedding!!(77 days, but who's counting :) This has been my week long project:

all invites stuffed, stamped, and hand addressed ready to be dropped at the post office tomorrow :)


This game has taken over my life....haha but seriously I have become a bit obsessed with it I'm ashamed to admit

I have been training for my next 5k race to be run Memorial Day my goal is to beat my previous 5k times and with my most recent run I've done it! Give it a few more weeks and I think I'll do even better!

Another thing I am slightly obsessed with is my dog! Champ is about 4/5 years old, we rescued him and he is just the funniest little cocker spaniel ever, but he has a HUGE attitude! He was so tired he was falling asleep with his head up!

And my last random for the night is one of my more recent Pinterest finds that I just can't wait to try out tomorrow! Wish me luck!

http://pinterest.com/pin/78601955968737660/

Thanks so much for reading! Have a great Easter/rest of Spring Break!! If you want to link up head on over to Doodle Bugs Teaching!http://doodlebugsteaching.blogspot.com/2013/03/five-for-friday-linky-partymarch-29th.html

Precious moment!

Oh my goodness today was a moment we all live for. One of my little friends was a very struggling reader at the beginning of the year she has made some wonderful gains with extra help from our wonderful reading specialist and now she is a great reader! Today she asked if she could read a story to the class. Her choice was froggy gets dressed. She was amazing!! She even stopped and asked questions and clarified for everyone what was going on! How adorable. Teacher in training!:)

Too many emoticons today! :)

Well hello again everyone! I told you all I wasn't very good at keeping up with this! haha but I am trying my best :0 

It has been a very very long week.  We have been working hard on so many different things. We are currently working on blends and long a using that tricky silent e, ai, and ay! We will use these vowel digraphs next week in our daily 5 word work center.  


In math we are working on our doubles facts and doubles plus 1.  Doubles we are catching onto fast but adding that plus one has really thrown some of us off! 

Oh and did I mention that I am getting married in 90 days! Yes 90 days!! Our date just happens to be the last day of school...ooops :0 so as the school year is starting to come to a close my wedding is approaching so quickly and I can't wait!! I'll be sure to blog all about especially my dress which I am SUPER excited for but cant post any pictures of that just yet ;) so instead here are my AHmazing (if I do say so myself) wedding shoes :)

So not super educational today but I promise some pictures of our Dr. You Know Who schoolwide door contest that went on last week for Read Across America! Ok I'm off to indulge in some trashy tv (aka teen mom 2) I know its shameful but I just can't help myself;)

Week in review

Phew... What a long week it was valentines day turned my kiddos crayzy! They were just so excited to pass out those valentines and eat cupcakes they could barely contain themselves til 2:30. We made "I'm bananas for___ monkeys" this week that turned out adorAble. Ill post them Tuesday since I forgo to take a picture before I left school.

A big thanks to Pinterest for these cute valentines I sent home with my kids.

Enjoy the three day weekend! I know I have been. Ill be busy working on my centers for this week Monday while catching up on all my dvr'd shows :)

Snow paint!

Yesterday afternoon my firsties and I had some fun! We have been learning about clouds all week and for a fun Friday event we read the book It Looked Like Spilled Milk. We then talked about different things clouds could look like. They chose their design and got to drawing while I whipped up some "snow paint" (shaving cream and school glue). Then we got to painting our designs. Sooo much fun! Check out some of my artists :) have a great rest of the weekend!! Next week starts our unit on seasons should be a good time!

Throwback Friday!

Back in November my kids did Cara Carroll's president mini unit! They loved it check them out with their adorable voter registration cards! They voted me as their president :) too cute