Five For Friday

Happy Friday friends :)

I hope your week has been as wonderful as mine! I can't believe the week is already over. I'm linking up with Kacey from Doodle Bugs Teaching for Five For Friday.

I wasn't lucky enough to attend the TPT conference this year, and I am so heartbroken! I'm getting so jelly seeing all the pictures on social media! But it's motivation enough not to miss it next year. I'm hoping you had a blast if you went!

Have you ever fallen in love with a refrigerator? Because I have! We went shopping for home appliances and furniture for the new house this week and I met my dream fridge. We immediately hit it off and I'm pretty sure I will get to take him home. 

Talk about eye candy. ;)

I participated in this weeks "Tell All Tuesday" link up! If ya'll guessed that number one was my lie, then you are correct! I worked in a K class all through college, so I thought that's what I wanted to teach, but third grade has my heart! If you hopped through and made a guess, thank you for following along! I can't wait for next week's topic! 

With a month left of summer, I decided it was time to get into my classroom and try to fix whatever mess awaited. I was actually excited to start! That was before I ever entered the building though.

Do you ever just get into your classroom and have no motivation? Well that was me! I think I walked around my room 10 times just thinking about what I needed to do. Haha. I took some old things down and cleaned out my desk, but that was it! 

How I stuffed this much junk into my desk, I don't know. But it's all out! I'm going to a teacher table next year so all this stuff will have to find a new home! Any reason to buy more containers! ;)

I'll leave you with this cute picture of my baby. I got him a new shirt so we have to show it off.

Tell All Tuesday 2.0: Two Truths and a Lie

Happy Tuesday, beautiful people! I hope you had a great start to your week. I can't believe it's the middle of July already! Ah! 

I am linking up with My Day in K and Teach Talk Inspire for their weekly summer linky. Every Tuesday we will have a fun topic to discuss! This Tuesday we are playing a game called Two Truths and a Lie.

I am not a good liar, like at all. I giggle and smile, people can always tell if I'm fibbing. Luckily ya'll are reading this so I will attempt to trick you ;)

1. When I graduated college I got a job as a kindergarten teacher. I then realized that kindergarten wasn't as much my thing as I hoped it would be and found a spot in 3rd. I like that these guys are more independent, but just as loving. I miss the silly things the kinders say though! Now I've been in third ever since. :)

2. I am the pickiest eater ever! I could eat off the kids menu every time I go out and I would be totally satisfied. I dislike onions, seafood, peppers, beans, and the list goes on. I refuse to eat anything spicy, even ketchup is too much for me sometimes.

3. Growing up I wanted to be a lawyer and an interior designer (Because both at the same time make sense 😜). I think Legally Blonde had something to do with it. I'm also pretty good at arguing ;) As I got older, I realized that probably wasn't the best job for me. I loved working with the tiny humans too much.

All right, now it's your turn to guess! Leave a comment saying which one is my lie! I'll come back with an answer on Friday :)

Be sure to check out the links below to read about more truths and lies!

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Five For Friday: July 8th

Happy Friday, loves! I'm linking up with Kacey from Doodle Bugs Teaching for Five for Friday this week! I hope you have all had a great week!

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On Monday I celebrated the Fourth with family and friends. The 4th of July is my favorite holiday. I love watching the fireworks go off. I'm not much into shooting them, but everything else is great.

I also love all of the red, white and blue apparel! I tend to buy a lot of red and blue in the summer. My sister and I made these shoes a couple summers ago, and they're perfect for the fourth ;)

Today is Free Stuff Friday!! Be sure to enter in the Rafflecopter on my last blog post for a chance to win! We are giving away 7 $50 gift cards!

Reading, reading, reading! I've been checking books off my summer reading list! I'm participating in a book journey called Teacher Book Trek, and it's fabulous. I've met some really great teachers who have a passion for reading like me. I just finished Save Me A Seat and it was incredible. :) So check it out if you're looking for a good read!

During our trek we add notes to the book containing our thoughts or favorite parts :) I was the third teacher with this book and it's already full of so many notes. Love it!

Here is my TBR list from a previous post:

1. Booked by Kwame Alexander

2. Raymie Nightingale by Kate DiCamillo

3. Hour of the Bees by Lindsay Eager

4. Paper Wishes by Lois Sepahban

5. Maybe a Fox by Kathi Appelt and Allison Mcghee

6. The Wild Robot by Peter Brown

7. Some Kind of Courage by Dan Gemeinhart

8. The Land of Forgotten Girls by Erin Entrada Kelly

**9. The Key to Extraordinary by Natalie Lloyd Currently Reading

10. Pax by Sara Pennypacker 

11. All Rise for the Honorable Perry T. Cook by Leslie Connor

12. Wolf Hollow by Lauren Wolk

13. The Night Parade by Kathryn Tanquary

14. Freedom in Congo Square by Carole Boston Weatherford

15. Ghosts by Raina Telgemeier

16. Summerlost by Ally Condie

17. The Remarkable Journey of Charlie Price byJennifer Maschari

18. The Girl in the Well is Me by Karen Rivers

19. Red: The True Story of Red Riding Hood by Liesl Shurtliff

20. Counting Thyme by Melanie Conklin

What books have you read this summer?

Yesterday I went school shopping with some of my favorite people, my coworkers! We hit KC and went to Mardel's, Target, IKEA, US Toy, Five Below and Hobby Lobby!

We shopped 'til we dropped, that's for sure!

Check out those giant dice! So fun!

And to end the week, here's a favorite from Kid President. 

Have a happy weekend, friends!

Oceans of Deals, Steals and Giveaways!

I'm linking up with some amazing teachers to bring you a fin-tastic week of deals and giveaways!

It all starts on Monday, July 4th with Monday Madness. Just search #mondaymadness on TPT to find tons of products for just $1! 

I will have my Homework Helper Bag Tags and Multiplication Wrist Bands on sale in my store

On Tuesday we will be celebrating 2 For Tuesday! Search #2fortuesday on TPT for some great products that are marked down to half off!

I will have my Editable Labels on sale for $2 and my new Ocean Exploration unit on sale for $4. You will only have Tuesday to get some great products for an awesome price! :)

On Wednesday you will be able to visit my Instagram for some flash freebies! Check it out throughout the day to get some great products free for a limited time!

On Thursday we will have sales on bundles! Just search #thriftythursday to find some great deals!

On Friday we will be giving away 7 $50 gift cards! SEVEN! That's awesome! 

Enter here to have a chance at winning a gift card to one of the stores above!

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Shark Week Blog Hop: Swim Deeper For A Fintastic Freebie

Welcome friends to our Shark Week blog hop!

As a teacher, we know that engaging lessons capture the attention of our students. What better way to do that than with sharks! I know my students love learning about anything dangerous, scary and creepy. A week of learning about sharks fits perfectly into that category.

Since visits to the ocean to swim with sharks aren't ideal field trips, we have teamed up to give you a bunch of fantastic resources to bring the ocean to your classroom.

I encourage you to visit all of the amazing bloggers on this hop. Their resources are fintastic!

Ocean Exploration: Shark Week Freebie

Now, check out this free resource in my store! It is a sneak peek into an upcoming ocean creature unit. In the freebie you will get a passage about sharks along with worksheets to accompany it. The resource will cover reading, writing, vocabulary, and critical thinking. 

Don't forget to check out Sweet Integrations for your next shark week freebie! 

Be sure to stop and lurk at every blog in this Shark Week hop! The jawsome freebies they have won't last long!

An InLinkz Link-up

Magic is Real: My Ron Clark Academy Experience

I recently had the opportunity of a lifetime. I was able to visit the Ron Clark Academy and it was MAGIC. When I got the news that I would be going I was ecstatic, but to be honest I'm not the best traveler; I love it, but it makes me nervous! And going to this school gave me all the jitters, I was so excited. 

 

As soon as I walked in the door I was put at ease, the students in this school are the sweetest, and most polite children I have ever encountered in my life. When they approach you they make you feel wanted and so welcome. It was like they were waiting just for ME to get there, which can make a teacher any person feel so special! I can't help but want that for anybody that walks into my school, how great would that be?!

When I was in high school we watched The Ron Clark Story in english class, and at that moment my life changed. I wanted to be that kind of teacher. Before that moment I had always wanted to be a teacher, but I wasn't passion driven, what Ron Clark did changed my whole perspective on the career. I had a drive to be the kind of person that changed lives and made a difference. I wanted to be the kind of educator that made kids want to come to school! 

  

All of the teachers at this school have that drive and passion and it's absolutely amazing. To be in the presence of such admirable people gives you the kind of push to be better and to do more. I already know my summer will be spent thinking of new things, and getting the things I need to make these ideas happen. As I was watching lessons, and listening to the teachers my mind was thinking of all the possibilities. 

  

  

My time at the school was hands down, the best professional development I've ever done. I've only taught for two years, but I have a feeling that isn't going to change. If you are ever given the opportunity, GO! I wish for everyone to have a chance to experience the joy and love of this school. But go with a positive mind, and think of all you can do, not of everything you can't do! 

 

 

     

If I could take one thing away from this experience it would be to teach with all you have. Bad days suck, sometimes life in general just sucks. But we only have so much time with these kids that will one day be making impacts on our society, so make each day meaningful! 

The complaints I always hear usually have something to do with RCA being a private school and having more opportunities, which is true in most cases, such as travel. But don't let what you don't have prevent you from trying. Magic can happen in your classroom if you open your mind to it. I've transformed my classroom with just tablecloths and a good story. Your students have imaginations, we as teachers need to take that and use it! 

   

Watching Hope King teach like, is this real life!?