5 {for Friday}

So.. I think I'm going to join Teeny on her "Fraturday" posts... because Friday nights are busy and I can't ever seem to actually link up on a Friday! Last night I was at a dance moms meeting for recital- the season is coming up!! This is going to be Ella's first recital {expect lots of pictures, y'all!} and she's so excited! I love it because I was a dancer growing up, too. So fun!

Here are my 5 randoms! 

We went to Chipotle on Teacher Appreciation Day. LOVE Chipotle!

Who needs white boards to write on? #guidedreadinglessons

Sweet Mother's Day card! I should have shared it earlier! oops!

We're *almost* finished up with our poetry notebooks!! I can't wait to share once they're completed!

Fun Friday stations! Only the kids who completed their work all week in stations get to do the fun basket! This week was water coloring sight words!

Teacher Appreciation!

Hey y'all!

I started off my morning with some yummy breakfast pizza{bacon and green chile! mmm} thanks to our fabulous administrators! It was a great way to start a Monday morning!

I'm still working on Ella and Luke's teachers' gifts. I made these cute little light boxes last year- and I *think* that we're going to make another set for their teachers this year. They were a big hit, so I need to head on over to Hobby Lobby to pick some of the glass blocks up. {eh hem.. excuse the craft paint and wrappers in the background! sheesh!}

I'm so grateful for all the wonderful teachers I've had in my life- so many of them helped to mold me into what I am now!

As a way to show gratitude to all you fabulous teachers out there I'm throwing a sale in my Teachers Pay Teachers store beginning tomorrow through Wednesday.

thanks Hadar for the button!
All of the products in my store will be 20% off on Tuesday, May 7th and Wednesday, May 8th. Make sure you use the coupon code TAD13 at check out to save an extra 10% off your whole purchase {thank you TpT!}

I just revamped my Super Summer Stations packet to include a little more updated look and a few more activities!

take a look!

I hope you get all stocked up for the rest of the year and maybe get a head start on next year! I know I've already moved things over from my wishlist into my cart! Check out some of my fabulous friends' sales, too!

Fantasy!

 

Ok, Ok... not THAT kind of fantasy! Y'all I went through a bajillion Ryan Gosling memes looking for just the right one. My favorite one said "Hey girl... I would love to spend  New Year's Eve writing your students' names on popsicle sticks" LOL! but I didn't like the picture, so this one will have to suffice. The truth is... I'm too OCD to let anyone else write anything for me! 

Speaking of.. we made a fantasy anchor chart this week. We've been focusing on fantasy texts and writing this week. SO much fun for my super creative kids! My kids helped me to come up with the pictures- we thought about texts that we have read over the year that definitely could NOT happen. We had recently read "The Fisherman and His Wife" hence the funny looking "magic" fish (this is what my kids think a magic fish should look like- top hat and all!)

 

To begin this week, we read "If the Dinosaurs came back" by Bernard Most

We took some ideas from the book and put them into an organizer..

 

 And did a little writing...

"Dinosaurs could eat the grass. You would not have to use a lawn mower, they could eat the grass."

I'm excited to have my kids write their own fantasy stories next week!

Kindergarten sorts!

Hi y'all!

I can't believe I just reached 1500 followers on my lil 'ol blog!! 

I just finished up a new packet that I'm REALLY excited about- it's really more for the beginning of the year, but it can last you all throughout the year!

There are over 70 different sorts including: letter knowledge, rhyming words, beginning sounds (all 26 letters) medial and ending sounds, syllables, and real v. silly sorts.

I tried them out on Ella and she adored them!

You can use a pocket chart like this one or there are sorting mats included. 

 

{click on any of the images to see it on TpT}

In honor of 1500 followers, I'm giving away 3 items of your choice from my TpT store! Enter using the rafflecopter below!

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#teachertalktuesday

I'm linking up with some of my favorite teacher bloggers for an Instagram party! I've been on Instagram a while with my personal account, but had never thought of starting a blogging one. The idea is genius- half the time I'm taking pictures with my phone at school, anyway! 

So..I opened up a new Instagram account for my blog! SO excited! My husband makes fun of me for following the trends (like the Color Run...or neon pants..or STRIPES (I loooooove stripes!) but I am excited to be on this bandwagon!

So come follow me! 

 RowdyinRoom300
click HERE to follow me online!

Because I'm new to the teacherblogger instagram... I only have a few pictures for you- but here's the one I posted this morning (I'm sorry Michelle, Rachelle, and Natalie! I've never done the hashtag thing on Instagram! I didn't mean to crash the party early and I can't figure out how to edit it!! I promise I will be back on Tuesday)

 This is the newest product I'm working on- Ella was my guinea pig! She seems to love it!

#kindergartenerintraining

So... follow me on Instagram and hop over to Apples and ABC's or What the Teacher Wants to see all the other fabulous teacher bloggers on Instagram, too!

24 days?!

Morning y'all!

We have 24 more days left in this school year- I can hardly believe it! January and February always go by so slooooow. It's cold and then there's testing and the kids are getting in that "I'm-beginning-to-get-tired-of-spending-all-day-with-these-kids" mode and they start picking on each other when they've been absolute DARLINGS all year ;)

So, we've begun working on our end of the year keepsake book. I LOVE making these, but you have to start them plenty ahead of time to ensure that your kids do quality work on them and don't rush through the pages. Every day during stations, writing is one of the rotations. Rather than do journal writing like normal, we are working on a page at a time.

Click HERE to check out this pack on TpT! :)

There are pages for Pre-K through 2nd grade and generic "school" pages, too.

If you made it all the way down here, leave me your email address and let me know something special you do with/ for your kids at the end of the year and I'll random-number select 3 people this evening to get the pack for free! :)

The lucky winners are:

Congrats Jennifer, Suzy, and Cecilia- check your inboxes! 

Ready for first grade!

Hi y'all!

I'm just popping in really quick to share with you my "I'm Ready for First grade" journal. If you read my last post about expository writing, the journals were in the pictures. I had several of you ask for the paper, so here it is!

Several of my students have been using this writing paper since Christmas, and a few are not quite ready for it yet.. but I try to set high expectations! We make a journal for our last six weeks that says "I'm ready for First Grade" on the cover and the pages pictured are included. Even my kiddos who are a little hesitant about it are excited to have so much space to write on!

 Click HERE to snag a copy! As always, I would love to hear if you grab them!