Wanna Play a Game?

Happy Sunday, friends!

I've already bought SO much stuff today.  I can't wait to share with you all the goodies that I've bought.  First, I wanna tell you about a fun game that I'm involved in.  I teamed up with some fantastic bloggers and we each have a letter in the words: 49ERS RAVENS.  Each of us have a packet that begins with one of the letters of the above word.  The first person to buy each packet listed below, find the letter (it's on the 2nd page of each packet), and post here will win a FREE packet from every blogger participating.  I'm so excited.  

Here's the info below.

Happy Shopping! :-)

Are You Ready for Some Shopping?

Thanks to Lindsay from Primary Polka Dots for the ADORABLE graphic!

Hello, friends!

Are you ready for some football shopping?!?! I know I am.  Who doesn't love a sale??? I will be participating in the big TpT sale on Sunday.  AND...I am continuing the sale until Monday! :-) Make sure you enter the promo code SUPER at checkout to receive 28% off the total price.

I'll be watching the Super Bowl while shopping at the same time.  I love me some football! I'm not a huge NFL fan, college is where my heart is at, so I don't really have a preference for which team I'd want to win.  Who are you going to be pulling for? My preference usually depends on which quarterback is hotter. Shhhh...don't tell my husband! ;-) 

Here are a few of my packets that you might be interested in for the month of February. Click the picture to check them out from my TpT store.

Happy Saturday, dear friends!

Lots of love,

Hip Hip Hooray for the 100th day!!

Hello, friends!

Today my 2nd graders were 100 days smarter. We had a BLAST today doing all sorts of things!

First, if you haven't had your 100th day of school yet, then you definitely need to check out Rebecca's, Darlin' in First, packet. On Monday my students were given the assignment to collect 100 items and put them into a mystery bottle. Then, they came up with clues to help the detectives figure out what their mystery item was. So much fun!! Check out these pictures.

Detectives hard at work!

Mrs. Hunter can I shake the bag to figure it out?

Second, we used my 100th day packet in math and writing. My students learned they there are so many more things you can do with a 100's chart. We counted by 5's and 10's, colored odd and even numbers, and even wrote 100 words. Then we ended the day by writing what they thought life would be like when they are 100.

This one was hilarious!  Her life will be over.  

I had to share this one because he will be old enough to have a beer!  I asked him to read it because I thought maybe, just maybe, he meant beard.  NOPE!  He said beer, you know the kind that old people get to drink.  I almost busted out laughing! Crazy things that my smarties think!

Click here to check out my packet if your 100th day of school is coming up.

Only 80 more days to go, for me! :-)

Lots of love,

Who Inspires You?

Hello, friends!

Have y'all seen this adorable video floating around You Tube?  I LOVED it, so I just had to share.   We all need a little encouragement and this "Kid President" has put together a video that is worth watching.  I am planning on showing this to my kiddos.  We ALL need a little piece of encouragement every now and again!


"What would be your Space Jam?"  "We can make every day better for each other."  "We were made to be awesome".  WOW...such encouraging words from a little kid.  Take a look, friends.  

Have a wonderful evening!

Lots of love,

What a GREAT week!

Happy Saturday, friends!

I meant to post yesterday, but schools were dismissed at 10:00 due to icy weather hitting where I live.  So, I spent my day playing with my munchkin!  I just love my little man!

This week we talked about Dr. King.  My students had SO much fun learning about him.  We had some great conversations and some conversations I had to stop.  One of my smarties brought up assassination and wanted to know why people kill people.  What a hard question to answer to a 2nd grader!  We discussed how there are some mean people and the world and we moved on.  My smarties were connecting Dr. King with Abraham Lincoln, Rosa Parks, and even Harriet Tubman.  GREAT conversations were happening in my classroom!

We read Martin Luther King books during our Interactive Read Aloud Time.  Here were a couple of our favorites.

I bought the adorable Rachelle's, What the Teacher Wants, mini-unit on Martin Luther King Jr. My students loved reading about Dr. King and making their own mini-book.  LOVED her unit! Definitely check it out, friends!  I was planning on taking pictures of my kiddos and their books on Friday, but since we dismissed at 10:00 that didn't happen.

These past couple of weeks in math we have been learning all about graphs and even getting to create some. Once again, picture opportunities didn't happen on Friday.  I'm hoping to take some pictures this week!  I created a Winter Roll and Graph packet.  When I was in college I visited and got to learn from some of the best teachers.  I remember that one of the teachers I visited had her student rolling a tissue box with sight words on them.  They loved it!  So, I made a winter themed packet for our new unit in graphing for my students to use during their game center (one of my 5 math centers). My students have been rolling around a tissue box with pictures of snowman parts on them and tracking their data.  Such fun!  Pictures to come soon! Next week they will be rolling around different penguins!  :-)  

If you're interested in checking out my newest packet, click the picture below!  

Have a WONDERFUL weekend!

Martin Luther King Jr. Freebie

Happy Saturday, friends!

It's finally sunny here in South Carolina.  It's been nasty, rainy, and kinda chilly all week.  The weather man was calling for snow, but we didn't get any.  I hope everyone who did get snow is safe and warm! Little man's been sick and I've been exhausted, but I finished two things this week and wanted to share with y'all. 

First, I wanted to let everyone know that I finished my 100th day of school packet. The 100th day of school is always so much fun. Our 100th day is in a couple of weeks.

Here is everything that's included.

Click on the picture below to go to my TpT store to download.

Second, we are out of school on Monday to celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. day.  I created some writing prompts that I plan to use in my writing center next week.  Click the picture below to download your copy.  They are FREE! I wanted to give all of my followers a freebie.  I truly appreciate all of your support.  Y'all are the best.  I do ask that if you download, please leave me a comment.  

Lots of love,

Five for Friday

Hello, friends!

It's Friday so that means it's time to tell you 5 random things about my week. I'm linking up with the ADORABLE Kacey from Doodle Bugs. Click the button below to link up!

Number 1: I was off of work today!  Today was an exchange day in my district, so I used my exchange points and am so excited about having such a long weekend.  My munchkin and I slept until 9:30.  Good for me...I've been exhausted this week.  I think it's the weather.  Good for Brayden...he's been sick and needed the chance to sleep until he woke up instead of me waking him up.  I learned that the "booger suckers" are the devil.  I hate seeing Brayden cry, especially when it's me that's making him cry.  Pray that he gets better SOON, friends!

Number 2: I have a student who tells jokes all the time.  Most of the time, they don't make ANY sense, but I always laugh anyway.  On Thursday during lunch this was the joke that he told me:
"Knock, knock."
"Who's There"
"Justin Bieber."
"Justin Bieber who."
"Baby, baby, baby, ooooo, baby, baby, baby."
I busted out laughing because he is such a quiet kid and when he busted out the Justin Bieber lyrics I lost it.  He asked me if he could tell one of the 3rd grade teachers when we were coming back in from lunch.  He'd never talked to her before.  I need the laugh!  He's such a cute kid!

Number 3: This week in reading, we read Cinderella stories from around the world.  I'm always shocked when I learn that some of my kiddos have never seen the Disney version of Cinderella. This makes me feel so old!  Anyway, my students had no idea how different cultures tell the story of Cinderella.  They enjoyed reading and learning about different cultures in the process.  Definitely one of my favorite Common Core reading standards.

Number 4: Since I had today off from work, I finished up my 100th Day of School Activity Packet.  I can't believe the 100th day is almost here.  Time sure does fly!  Click the picture below to check it out.

Number 5:  Coffee!  I ran out of Dunkin Donut's K-cups this week.  I LOVE their Mocha flavored coffee.  Maybe this is the reason that I've been so tired this week.  I think I may be addicted! What other flavors should I try?  I like my coffee sweet! :-)

Link up with Kacey and share some things about your week! Have a WONDERFUL weekend!

Lots of love friends,