Totally Terrific Thanksgiving Traditions

Today was a whirlwind of activities!!  Our school hosted a Turkey Trot where all the grade levels run together and the first three winners from each sex win a turkey!  Two of the girls from my class won turkeys!!  We also made acorn cookies, fact family turkeys and read lots of exciting books about Thanksgiving!  My favorite was Fancy Nancy's Thanksgiving.....I was her for one year and I love her!!

Veteran's Day 2013

This year Veteran's Day was a whirl wind of activities!!  I've just found time to post the work my kiddos did for the Veterans!  They were really awed with the idea of Veterans and I am so proud of their work.  I downloaded so many good ideas from TpT to use I can't remember who's Veteran's Day Writing Day Packet our class used.... but if she recognizes it thank you because I loved it and so did my little monsters!!  Happy Veteran's Day!!

Holiday Happenings

The Holiday Season is here!!!!  I have been a multi tasking maniac for the past few weeks.  Between taking time to travel, writing papers and presentations for grad school and watching FSU football I am all worn out!  I have recently discovered a new app on my very old phone called Tinder that is so entertaining.  Who would have thought the world was full of so many successful gentleman!!  Our district gives us Veterans Day off so I have Monday off!  YES!!  After that I have two weeks to Thanksgiving Break and it will be time to think about turning 31 and Christmas (baby Jesus's birthday).  I have a very low class this year and LAZY doesn't even begin to describe some of my first grade boys!  The demographics of our school have shifted and the word migrant is being thrown around a lot.  This is also the first year I have a student with an incarcerated parent so I am full of new ideas on how to bridge the gap here!  If you have any I will gladly take them!  The Common Core is really challenging for my students but they are growing!  Whole brain teaching is an idea I have started using to motivate my students and they love it!!