Elf on the Shelf part 1

I decided to incorporate Elfie into my classroom this year.  I bought this Elf unit:

Here are some of the places Elfie has been “hanging out”…..

right above the behavior chart!!!!  LOL

the kids said he looked drunk!!  LOL

We have been having fun with him! 

Long Vowels Game-FREEBIE!

We started long vowels this week.  So far so good!!!  My kids LOVE this YOUTUBE video----SUPER E!

I can’t figure out how to embed the video but I promise you will LOVE this video.  My kids beg me to play it again and again!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=JHO1aJyxWIE

Here is my game that I made.  Click the picture to download for FREE!

Have fun!

Happy birthday Stephen!

My hubby turned another year older Friday, Pearl Harbor Day.  He turned 41.  He was born exactly 30 years after Pearl Harbor Day.  So, to celebrate I gave him a gift every day this week. 

Day 1:  I boiled him some cajun peanuts.  He loves them.  I hate those mushy things!! :) 

Day 2:  I did one of those heart shaped sayings from Pinterest.

Day 3:  Another Pinterest project:  Places of the heart; I am from Texas and he is from Alabama.  Now he lives in Texas.

Day 4:  Who doesn’t love M&M’s?  (and another Pinterest find!)

Day 5:  My husband loves all things rockets and space shuttles.  After all, he worked on rockets for 3 years!!  He’s an engineer!  He loves to put things together for the fun of it.

So that culminates the 5 days of birthday!!  We both had fun with it.  He looked forward every morning to it.  I think this is a new tradition.

Little Red Hen

Here is a little mini unit on Little Red Hen.  I just love this book!  There are so many good lessons to learn and so many vivid adjectives and verbs too! 

Click the picture to go to my TPT store!  There is a free preview download as well.

reusing at its finest…..

So when one of my firsties came up to me this morning to show me his new wallet, I really didn’t pay very close attention at first.  I was busy getting our day started and said, “Oh how nice” without really noticing.  It wasn’t until he showed my co-worker his new “wallet” and I was able to see her face that I realized just how SPECIAL his new wallet truly was…….

and it truly had money in it this morning.  Of course until he went to lunch where he whipped that bad boy out to pay for his lunch!!!!!  At that point, every teacher within 100 feet had already been privileged enough to see this beauty!!  He never caught on.  Not even after every teacher that saw it had the same reaction.  Shock turned to laughter.  Every.single.time!  It sure did bring joy to many people today!!  Thanks little firstie friend for such a good laugh today!!! 

It’s Beginning to Look Like Christmas!!

Click on the picture above to take you to my TPT store!  It’s only $3.00 and it has many literacy activities!!  I can’t wait to use them with my firsties!! 

Tonight the hubby and I went to see the Rockettes at Verizon theater!  It was so fun.  This was our second time to see it and it didn’t disappoint. 

This is my favorite scene!  I just love it so much. 

Well worth the money for sure!!!

This morning I went to the craft fair in Frisco benefitting North Texas Missions.  This is the affiliation of my sister and BIL.  Last week I finished this scrapbook page and I think it is my all time favorite.  I am just so proud of them. 

 

Well, one more day until our Thanksgiving break is over.  Now we can look forward to Christmas break!  That is when my sister is coming in for a visit!!!

Deck the halls….

One of our favorite things to do as a couple is decorate our home for Christmas!  Sippi even got in on the action this year!!!!  LOL

Plot….

Here is a free plot graphic organizer! Click on the picture to download!

I LOVE CHRISTMAS!

This is what I am working on as I sit in a hotel room on a Friday morning.  The hubby took the car and so I have no where to go.  But it’s ok because I love doing this!!  I think I am addicted.  I love making fun activities for my students!

a little renovation….

my little ol’ blog just got a little renovation!!  I hope you like it.  I used my creative memories software to make the header and then I just used a background from The Cutest Blog on the Block!

I am home sick today.  Boo!  My team had to split my class so I owe them big time! 

November Poetry!

Click on the picture above to download NOVEMBER POETRY for FREE!

I am going  to use this in my poetry center for the month of November.

November and a Thanksgiving Unit!

November and December are my 2 favorite months of the year!!  I start November off with a bang!  My birthday is today!!  AND, it is also my cockapoo’s birthday.  She is 5 today!

This is her on her birthday last year about to devour her birthday bone! 

Yesterday my sweet co-workers decorated my door for me.

They got me lots of goodies!  Here is my sad balloon!!  It wouldn’t fly.  LOL

They also made me a cake, bought my lunch for me (Jason’s Deli), and got me SPRINKLES cupcakes!!!

Here is my Thanksgiving Unit! 

Click on the picture above for a freebie!  This is the independent practice part of one of the math centers!

Have an awesome November!!!

Hurricane Sandy….

She sure did cause some major angst for my family this week.  As you may recall, my sister and her family became missionaries in Eleuthera Bahamas this summer.  We were in constant contact with her as this Category 2 hurricane approached them. 

Praise the Lord my sister and her family did just fine!  My sister said it was very scary and there was  a lot of praying going on!  My 3 year old nephew did really good.  He was more annoyed than anything that it was so loud outside!!   They are still without power so now we are praying that power be restored soon so their food (which is very hard to come by) does not spoil.  They do have a generator that they can run but not constantly because it would be far too expensive.  They did lose part of their propane out of the big tank which they use for cooking.  Propane is very very expensive.  The wind actually knocked it over. 

My mom had a dream Thursday night (during the worst of the storm).  She said it was very real and that she pictured their house and angels were completely surrounding it.  The next morning she and my Dad were talking and praising HIM and my dad had a very similar dream.  God is good folks!!! 

Red Ribbon Week

Click on the pictures below to download for free!  Today we wore crazy socks (sock it to drugs!). 

 

all I want for Christmas…..

Silhouette Cameo (or maybe the portrait since it’s a little cheaper?)

FOSSIL Heather watch

new Erin Condren life planner

gray TOMS (I LOVE TOMS!)

so dang cute!!

this would come in handy when I am cooking one of those new Pinterest recipes!

naked eye shadow palette

red TOMS

zebra rug for my craft room