So Many New Changes....(and a Math review Freebie!)

Hey everyone! Happy Monday! I'm not sure why but I had a lot of energy and was on the ball for a Monday! Which was great because my poor co-teacher did not get a lot of sleep over the weekend and was very tired. 
So yesterday, we went to sign the application for our new apartment! I was going to post about that but forgot. We got to see the model unit and the kitchen is a little smaller than where we're at now, but I'll get some storage racks. The living room is making up for it with a wood burning fireplace! It doesn't get too cold in NC, but I'm still looking forward to having it on once or twice next winter. ;)

The other change is I GOT THE JOB!! I was praying my hardest and hoping I would hear something. Today I got the call and they offered the job to me! :) Not sure what grade I'll be teaching yet, but I'll keep ya posted! It is going to be a spakin' brand new school opening and will be just 15 minutes from our new place! It's going to be bittersweet to leave my current school and co-teacher, but I am looking forward to the new opportunity and I know we'll keep in touch. 

Finally, I made this quick math game to play this week when the kids are done with their stations. I think they'll like it. I plan on going to CVS to pick up a plastic pail to store the cards in and then hand it over to them tomorrow! It's a math addition/subtraction review game. The directions are in the file. :) Hope ya like it!!

Have a fabulous rest of the week! ;)

What a Busy Weekend! (and a fairy tale freebie!)

Hey sweet friends! Ugh, it's 6:30 on Sunday night, and I need to organize my plans for this week. Just 3 more weeks...whoo hoo!

So I had a pretty crazy weekend. We went out last week and listened to a band. They were pretty good, but it was loud and crazy and we don't go out that much so I felt like a 65 year old in a 25 year old body! haha...that scene is just not for me. So I slept in until almost noon today and woke up to check the weather outside and while I was looking from our balcony, I noticed some tiny black things hopping on the sidewalk underneath, so we went to check it out and there are millions of little frog babies hopping around everywhere! We have a pond and creek next to the apartments, so they must have came from there. Here's a pic..they are as small as my pinky nail. :)

Also, as promised, I have some pics of my finds at the scholastic warehouse sale...here we go!

They are all so cute! I especially like Chester. If you haven't heard of it, it's about this author who's trying to write a story and the cat keeps wanting to change it for her. 
So I have a question for you? When you buy your own books, do you let the kids read them in the class library? I always read mine and them put them away so they don't get ruined. I hope that doesn't sound bad. :/ Hopefully I'm not the only one that does this.

So as stated in my title, we've been learning about fairy tales and will continue to explore them this week. Last week we read The Ugly Duckling and I made a sorting pocket chart center to go with it. Click on the pic for a copy! :) 

 

That's all for today! Have a great week...hopefully I'll have some "news" for you tomorrow! ;)

What a Fun Field Trip!!

Hi everyone! I just wanted to drop by to share some pics with your of our field trip today to pick strawberries! I could not believe how ripe they were and we had an awesome day...albeit, it was sunny and in the high 80's so a couple of the kiddos were very hot and sweaty, but they had such a blast! This was one of the best field trips I've ever gone on! :)

picking the strawberries!

they each got to pick a quart :)

we toured the greenhouse..so pretty!

they got to plant lettuce to take home

I had a couple more pics to share, but my computer's being stupid right now and won't upload the rest...but we also got to see fainting goats, horses, ride a hayride and ride a train! Soo fun!

After school, my co-teacher and I went to one of the scholastic warehouse sales! It was awesome! I got a ton of books and will share more tomorrow. ;) Have a great night!!
(ps. still keep praying for me! I haven't heard back from the job yet, and on Monday they were checking references...I know they're pretty busy and no news is good news right?)

Some fun and a Freebie!

Hey everyone! How has your week been going? Mine's been eh...waiting to hear back on a job and that's stressin' me out like you wouldn't believe! haha
But to keep my mind off things, I have been super busy trying to keep the kids under control (16 more days) and waiting for the weekend.
Yesterday we started our fairy tale unit. I read The Ugly Duckling (which makes me want to cry every time by the way) and then we compared ducks and swans and then wrote letters to make the ugly duckling feel better. I just had to share this one I got from one of my cuties...

I love that he wants him to fit in. :)

Then at the end of the day, we finally got to one of our daily surprises...I've been trying to fit in fun things everyday for the last 20 days, but man it is so hard, time always gets away. But today we stopped math early so the kids could read under their desks. (and sip on some juice!) They thought that was soo cool!

And finally, since we're learning about fairy tales, I wanted to put some fairy tale element posters up on our focus wall, but I couldn't really find any, so I made some. You can have copies if you'd like as well!

  Annnddd....I guest blogged over at Kickin it in Kindergarten yesterday! Go check out the post and there's another freebie for you there! ;) Ok friends, welp...keep praying for me! Have a good night! (tomorrow we have a field trip so that will take my mind off things)

It's Friiiiddaayyy!!

Hey everyone! I am sooo grateful it is friday. This was a week from you know what! I had to abandon my one lesson on Wednesday so we could review rules and expectations again. 20 more days, 20 more days...

So I'm linking up once again with Doodlebugs Teaching for...

1) Mapping-We started a unit on mapping and drew out our classroom then the kids practiced.

2) Pirates- Yesterday, the kids made pirate hats for mapping and we sang songs!

3) Pirate songs...the kids were obsessed with the Subtraction Pirate song and The Silly Pirate Song on youtube. (I liked them too myself! :)

4) Mother's Day- my assistant worked on Mother's day art with the kids during specials one day. 

5) I am stressed beyond belief! I think the end of the year is overrated! haha. Tomorrow I am sitting down and organizing my emails because we got wayy too many this week and lots of info thrown at us. (Teacher Appreciation..what's that!? haha) 

I also plan on applying for our passports this weekend for the honeymoon and then organizing my teacher stuff. Our guest bedroom is kind of cluttered with it all! 
And then the future Mr. is having a man's night and inviting one of his buddies over for drinking and sleep over! haha...I thought that was too cute...men having a sleep over. So I guess I'll be drinking some "fruit juice" and catching up on girly shows in the bedroom. What are you doing this weekend? Let's pray it goes very slloowww!

My Score! TPT Linky party

Hey friends! I definitely did some damage at the sale this week! ;) I see lots of people got clipart and that is super awesome, but I had to get some activities for next year. Here's what I bought...

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I am really excited to print and lamintate these over the summer. They will go perfectly with Lori Robinson's I can Write kit. :)

 I got this LA pack from a Teeny Tiny Teacher and I think I'll probably use this before our LA block for a review. I love the pages though, and it's great that they're half page to save on paper. ;)

I love all of Michelle Oakes things and have started to collect her morning menus. I plan on implementing them next year! I also got the October one. :)

I am excited to use this sight word pack to differentiate my sight word lessons. Jennifer Jones is amazing.

 

 

I am excited to print these out this weekend and get them ready for the end of they year. They are very cute and there is a lot of variety.

 

 

So those are my purchases! Very excited and I will be a busy girl laminating and trying to organize all this stuff over the summer!. What did you buy?? Link up with Blog Hoppin!

Flip Flops and Fun!

Hey friends! So I walked into school today to see our door done by my lovely assistant! She came into work super sick on Friday, but got the flip flops done and it looks amazing! I think we have the best door in the school ;)

She's the best and they are absolutely adorable don't you think?! 

On another note, I am SUPER excited about the TPT sale tomorrow! I have my wishlist loaded and am going to try and spend under $50! :)
And also, my phone interview went amazing on Friday and I was sent on to a face to face interview with the principal on Wednesday after school! I'll tell more about this opportunity and school if I get the job, but I don't want to jinx anything yet! Just pray for me sweet friends! 
Have a great night and Happy Shopping tomorrow!!