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

Getting ready for the new year!

I can't believe it's almost 2013!! I'm working on being a regular blogger and getting my teacherspayteachers store up and running. It's going to be a busy year but I know it's worth it in the end! I found this picture to be the perfect motivation for the new year ;)

Weekend Freebie!

Hello everyone!

    I hope you are enjoying the fall weather out there, here in Maryland it is windy with a bit of a chil. I'm inside enjoying some Lifetime movies and making things for the kiddos.  Next week is a two day week for the kids, Wednesday is conference day, Thursday is PD allllll day, and Friday is a day off! Needless to say we are going to spend this two day week doing some fun activities inspired all of you out there.
     One thing I have finished is my Digraph detectives pages.  It's nothing too fancy but I think it will do the trick.  For anyone out there that uses Wilson Fundations for phonics this will go well with Unit 3 all about what else.....digraphs: ck, ch wh, th, sh are the focus for the upcoming weeks.  Once I do an intro and some word making together we will get to be detectives. I've uploaded my digraph detective pages here. I'm printing the stars out on colored paper to save on colored ink :) Basically I will tape the stars all over the room and this kiddos will search for them and write them in on the recording sheet (also attached). Enjoy! I'll take pictures of my detectives when we do this activity.

Enjoy the Fall weather! Hopefully my upload works!  :)

Phew! Some Randomness For You

Phew! I'll tell you it feels like we have been in school for-ever! My kiddos have so much energy I can't get over it! They are all so stinkin cute. But boy oh boy have we been busy. I have been neglecting my new blog for so long now. So its in desperate need of a catch up.   So bear with me as I am probably going to be all over the place :)


My kiddos: 9 girls, 8 boys: extremely cute kids and very polite but a few still give me a run for my money :)


I have been totally obsessed with everything Pinterest related/inspired. In the very beginning of the year we did the "A My Name is Alice" activity that I saw all over Pinterest. It came from Mrs. Jumps class. She has such cute ideas :) I'll try and post the pictures tomorrow, my camera is sitting on my desk back at school..oops


I have also been so inspired by everyone's posts on the Daily 5 so I have decided to give it a try. Tomorrow will be our first day using it during our reading block, hopefully all will go well.


We made homemade applesauce for Johnny Appleseed day and the kids looooved it! again sorry no pictures! I can see my camera in mind sitting right on my desk so "i wouldn't forget it" before I left, obviously no luck there.


Oh my good ness I almost forgot one of my favorite things! Each year I read the story "Letters From Felix" by, Annette Langen. Adooorable book and goes great with a little geography.  My students each get to have a sleepover with Felix for a WHOLE weekend! They then write us a letter about what they did with Felix and include a picture too! The kids L.O.V.E. it I mean really love it, they can't wait until their name is picked out of the jar to take him home. Oh and the things they do with him, you can't even imagine. Again I'll get those pictures posted soon :) One day I'll remember everything that's supposed to come home with me.


Ok sorry for babbling I'll bring that camera home tomorrow for some of those cutie pie pictures.


Thanks for stopping by:)
   Amanda