Let's Get Acquainted

Happy Monday, Friends!

I hope everyone has had a great day.  Monday is OVER!  It's been a fun day with my little monsters.  You can tell that summer is just around the corner.  Some of my kids have been acting just crazy lately.  

I'm linking up with Flying into First Grade for her Let's Get Acquainted Linky. 

Let the questions begin! 

1.  What made you decide to become a teacher?
Honestly, I never knew what I wanted to be when I grew up.  Teacher was on my list, but it wasn't high up on my list.  In high school, I knew that I wanted to work with kids.  I spent a lot of my time volunteering at a local children's home.  Those kids made me want to be in a profession with children.  I decided that I wanted to become a pediatrician. Then, during my senior year of high school I took Honors Spanish (it may have been an honors class, and I did well in it, but I cannot carry on a conversation). I had to tutor a Spanish speaking child for the year.  I fell in LOVE with teaching.  So, I applied to Clemson for both nursing and Elementary Education.  I decided that I would put it in God's hands.  I received my acceptance letter to Clemson University.  I was accepted into the Education department.  It was the right decision.  I haven't looked back.  I'm glad I'm a teacher.

2.  What has been your most rewarding experience as a teacher?
I have a student who was held back last year.  This has been my 2nd year with him.  It's been rewarding to watch him grow.  What is the most rewarding is the amount of love and compassion we have for one another.  He truly believes that I am the only person who loves and cares about him.  That makes my heart sad and happy at the same time.  It is such a reward that as teachers we are looked up to and make a difference every day.

3.  If you were not a teacher, what would you be?
I'd be a stay at home mommy!  I couldn't imagine doing any other job besides teaching. If I did, I would just be a mom.  It's my most favorite job of all! :-)

Lots of love,

Five for Friday...(Yes, I know It's Actually Saturday)

Happy Saturday, friends!

My weekends have been so busy lately that I haven't been able to link up with Kacey for Five for Friday.  Well, it's Saturday.  I found a little bit of time.  So, I'm linking up to share 5 random things about my week.

Number 1: My baby sister graduated college yesterday.  I'm so proud of her, but I feel so old.  We are 5 years apart, but I still cannot believe that my little sister is all grown up and ready to go out in the wide, wide, world.  

Number 2: Wreck it Ralph is such a great movie!  I downloaded it on my iPad and Brayden wouldn't give the iPad back to me.  Super cute movie!

Number 3: We have had so much fun with measurement this week.  Click here to see my post on what we did in my classroom this week.  This face was just priceless. We were measuring sour worms and ninjas! 

Number 4: I found an adorable packet from Across the Hall in 2nd Grade.  My students loved making this craft for their moms.  I left at 11:30 on Friday to watch my sister graduate, and didn't get to take more pictures of their final products.  They were looking ADORABLE though! I busted out laughing when one of my smarties wrote that his mommy is really good at shopping!  

Click on the picture to download this adorable craft!

Number 5: Don't forget about my giveaway.  It ends Sunday night.  Click the picture below to get your name entered for a $50 Gift Card to a place of your choice.

Lots of love,

Measurement Madness

Hello, friends!

What a week it has been in my classroom.  Our state had the PASS Test this week for 3-8th graders.  Even though my students didn't have to take the test, we were miserable.  The 3rd grade hall is right beside us, so we had to be QUIET.  Quiet for the WHOLE DAY!  Ugh! It's so hard to keep the little ones quiet.  I am wore out and utterly exhausted!

Even though we've had to be quiet, this week we've had lots of fun.  We've been learning about measurement for going on 3 weeks now.  This week, we made a measurement book, laughed at some ninjas, went on a measurement hunt, and even played with our food.  Check out my kiddos learning how fun measurement can be below!

First up, we made our books. 

Then, we learned that ninjas are so cool.

Note: These come in color, but I ran out of colored ink so we had black and white ninjas.  Blah!  They loved it anyway!

The measurement hunt wasn't as fun when you have to be completely quiet.  But, this little boy learned what a "widow" is. :-)

Last, we played with GUMMY WORMS.  We measured, stretched them, broke them in half, measured again, and then gobbled them all up!

I just LOVE this face.  He didn't know they were sour gummy worms. :-)

I used two different packets this week for math. One is my Measurement Ninjas packet. The other is a super cute packet from Mrs. Prince &Co.  Click the pictures of both packets to check them out.  

It's almost Friday.  One more day of PASS Testing.  I'm doing a happy dance right now!

Lots of love,

I Appreciate Y'all

Hello, friends!

Teachers are amazing individuals.  Every day, we not only are teachers but we have so many other titles as well.  I've been mom, dad, nurse, dentist, and a friend just to name a few.  I know that every teacher knows what I mean.  We never realize how many lives we actually touch.  Again, teachers are amazing and humble.  I wish everyone truly understood what being a "teacher" really means.  Step foot into my classroom for just an hour (or less) and you'd understand.

It's Teacher Appreciation week.  I am teaming up with the amazing TpT community for a sale.  My whole store will be 20% off.  I hope that you can find some packets to use for the end of the year or start saving for next year. Don't forget to enter the code TAD12 for additional savings! Click here to go to my store. 

ADORABLE graphic made from the talented Beth.  See her TpT store here. She is amazingly talented.  The clip art that I use comes from 3 or 4 sellers.  She's definitely one of them! LOVE her!

I truly appreciate all of my followers.  I am humbled that you take the time to read what I have to write.  I've only been a blogger for 7 months, but I have enjoyed every minute of it.  I love to share what's happening in my classroom.  I only hope that you've been able to use some of it as well.  

To show my appreciation to you, I'm going to have a giveaway.  I am going to give away a $50 gift card to a store of your choice to one lucky person.  What would you choose?  TpT? Target? Kohls? Starbucks? The possibilities are endless.  And, the best part is that's it's all up to you! Good luck and enter below!

Note: You have to live in the United States so that I can mail it to you.

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Poster from www.busyteacher.org

I'm proud to be a teacher! You are all AMAZING.  Happy Teacher Appreciation week!

This giveaway has ended. Thank you to everyone who entered.  I appreciate y'all more than you'll ever know.  Andrea, you are the lucky winner.  I sent you an email.  So, check your inbox. :-)

Lots of love,

Commercial Fun and a New Product

Happy Friday, friends!

This week, we have been reviewing our community in Social Studies.  To do so, I had my students create a commercial for our town of Greenville.  I downloaded the iMovie app and can say that I wish I had downloaded it sooner.  My students LOVED, LOVED, LOVED it.  Their commercials turned out so cute.  Click play to here from little smarties tell you why you should come and visit Greenville. 

Other news,  I uploaded a brand new packet to TpT.  I created task cards to cover every 2nd grade math common core standard.  Yes, friends.  Task cards for EVERY standard.  There are 12 standards for each topic.  Click the picture below to check it out in my TpT store.  It's on sale until Sunday night.  

Here's the preview!

I would love to give away 3 copies to y'all.  Leave me a comment below and I'll choose 3 random winners tomorrow night around 9:00 EST.


The giveaway is over.  The three lucky winners are:
Rosemary, Lori, and Sarah. Ladies, please check your email. :-)

Thank you to everyone who commented.  If you didn't win and are still interested, this packet is on sale until Monday morning. 

I hope everyone had a FANTASTIC Friday! Hello, weekend! ;-)

Lots of love,

May Currently

Holy, cow!  It's May already.  I have been waiting for summer to roll around and it's quickly approaching.  It amazes me every year how fast the school year flies by.  I'm linking up with the wonderful Farley from Oh, Boy 4th Grade for this month's Currently.

Listening:
I have to have music on when I grade papers.  I'm weird like that, but I have to have something going through my brain.  I am currently listening to the Miranda Lambert station on Pandora Radio.  This country gal loves her some Miranda Lambert.  

Loving:
I'm loving being a teacher.  I love this time of year because not only for the obvious reason that I get summers off, that's definitely a plus, but I see how much my smarties have learned and grew this year. We always have such fun things to do at the end of the year. It's always a bittersweet time of the year.  I'm SO ready for summer, but it's bittersweet that these little kiddos will be in the hands of another fantastic teacher next year.

Thinking:
Summer is definitely all that's on my mind right now.  I'm ready to spend time with Brayden and my family. I can't wait.  

Wanting:
I've said this before, but I am wanting to try Insanity.  I just cannot for the life of  my find time to exercise.  Between my family, work, blogging, and TpT, I just cannot find the time.  So many people find time.  How do y'all balance everything?

Needing:
I'm in desperate need of a good night's sleep.  Brayden woke up sick the night before last.  Last night, my husband was just a snoring away.  Oh, sleep how I miss you!

Summer Bucket List:

First, a disclaimer. Before I had Brayden, I was not in the best physical shape.  However, I could still wear a bikini and feel sorta confident.  After having, Brayden that's a big ol' negative.  

So,  I want to wear a bikini.  I want to feel confident again.  This is where exercising comes in to play.  I've gotta make myself do it!

BEACH!  I can't wait to go back to the beach.  My family and I went over spring break and it was just cold and rainy. Brayden hated the sand.  So, we've gotta try it again.

I hope everyone is having a great week!

Lots of love,

Measurement Mania and a FREEBIE

Hello, friends!

We have dived head first into our last unit in math.  Yes, friends.  I said our LAST unit in math.  Summer is right around the corner.  My kiddos have been learning all about inches and feet for the last few days.  

We made our own homemade rulers so they can actually see what an inch looks like and how many it takes to reach a foot. Who would have thought that making rulers could be so much fun. Why I didn't take picture while we were making the rulers last week baffles me, but here are our finished products.

#MeasurementHunt

#FunFunFun

And...I whipped up a super cute measurement center that we will be using on Thursday and Friday.  Click the picture below to grab your copy. I hope your students can use it.  

Lots of love,