tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-46418174724327376512024-03-19T20:46:07.949-07:00Catch a BubbleA Blog for TeachersJarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03325313704493856589noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4641817472432737651.post-68833008195809149822012-11-04T19:52:00.002-08:002012-11-04T19:54:03.501-08:00Hoor - Ay for Apples<div style="text-align: center;">
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What teacher doesn't love teaching about these:</div>
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SO FUN and So TEACHERY - right? </div>
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We started our unit with a little apple math (all these ideas are free online, wish I could remember where I got each, but I've had them awhile, needless to say, none of these ideas are my own):</div>
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Apple Addition - students rolled the dice, used tiny paper apples on an apple placemat to count out what they rolled and added/recorded the two numbers together! </div>
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Apple graphing - each student taste tested all three types of apples then picked their fave to graph, and we discussed the data in whole group. One of my sweet momma helpers made this graph for me, isn't it pretty:)?</div>
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Then we did a little measuring with apples - again, found this online, sorry I don't have the source:(</div>
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One of our standards is ordering numbers to 20, so these apple puzzles came in handy!</div>
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For English Language Arts and Reading Workshop we read a lot of Johnny Appleseed books - here are some of my faves borrowed from our school library! This also tied in to Social Studies because we discussed how Johnny Appleseed was a good citizen by planting seeds everywhere he went and by being sweet to animals!</div>
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And for science this tied in well to our solid, liquid, gas unit. The apples were the solid. When heat was present, they turned to liquid - applesauce, and the gas was the delicious steam we smelled all day while the apples were cooking:)!!! There is a really cute free recipe download on pinterest for this applesauce - I printed it and handed it out to the kiddos in case they ever wanted to make it at home - again...they recorded what they learned in their science journals!</div>
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Jarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03325313704493856589noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4641817472432737651.post-39744558831811351512012-11-04T19:30:00.001-08:002012-11-04T19:30:50.633-08:00Solids, Liquids, and Gases, Oh My!<div style="text-align: center;">
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Man I have been HORRIBLE about updating here lately! That's how it goes when school starts and things get off on a roll!!! So, for the next few days I'll be backing up and getting the ol' blog here up to date! Let me start with this...we studied Solids, Liquids, and Gases a few weeks back and had a blast learning all about matter. We started by watching some Brainpop Jr. videos about it - gotta love Brainpop! Then we brainstormed a few ideas:</div>
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We also had a day where we made pancakes to watch the liquid go to solid and then the gas in the pancake batter bubbles - sorry no pic of this - I was busy making 21 pancakes:)</div>
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We culminated our unit with a few special ingredients:</div>
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Ok...look sideways...the solid was the ice cream, the liquid was the coke, the gas was the foam/bubbles to make:</div>
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Ta-da! Coke floats! Oh my word - the kiddos LOVED this - you'd have thought we gave them each a million dollars - lots of hugs and thank you's this day - this is what makes learning fun folks - this is what it's all about!!! After drinking their coke float they had to draw and record the different parts in their science journals!</div>
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I love teaching like this where learning is fun!!!</div>
Jarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03325313704493856589noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4641817472432737651.post-62243847193715270172012-09-09T19:41:00.002-07:002012-09-09T19:41:59.141-07:00My Classroom - Hollywood/Zebra Chic!<div style="text-align: center;">
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Welcome to my classroom, this post has been a long time coming!</div>
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This is what my front door looks like, it says "A Red Carpet Welcome" (thanks to a sign from the internet, can NEVER remember where I get things, let me know if you know, and thanks to whoever it was that gave the free printable) and the kiddos names are on the little cameras!</div>
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Here's what it looks like as you enter in, I have two long hallways leading up to my room, this is where the kiddos hang their backpacks and reading bags, over each hook is a ticket with their name:)</div>
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This is a view of my room as a whole. This is what you see after you come in and pass through the hallway, it opens up and is quite large - our students have outgrown our school so I was fortunate enough to get what was formerly called the "community room" - much larger than the regular classrooms and lots of windows - I LOVE MY ROOM!!!!</div>
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When you enter in the first thing you will see is our Star of the Week poster - this is where the Star of the Week gets to hang the poster they create to tell all about themselves - they also get a Star Student banner to hang on the back of their chair, a star on our "Hollywood Walk of Fame", and they get to take Sparkle Bunny home for the weekend! More to come on Sparkle Bunny later...</div>
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Next up, is my class schedule chart! I have all these cute little cards thanks to Cara Carroll at www.thefirstgradeparade.blogspot.com! Keeps us all on track:)</div>
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As you keep walking you will come upon my wall of madness:) This is where we do calendar/circle time/ sight words of the week, etc. etc. I was rocked in this rocking chair as a baby and now most of what I teach I teach from this chair!!! You will see our calendar, months, days of the week, tooth chart, birthday chart, 100's chart, weather graphs, money poems, 100's straw holder, big book station, share Bear (we use on Monday mornings - we pass him around and share 1 thing from our weekend), CD player with lots of Dr. Jean and Steve and Greg CD's, and word wall! This is where a lot of the actions happens in Room A101!</div>
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Here's a better pic of the Word Wall - someone else on the internet posted these free zebra letters - I love you whoever you are!!! Think I found you on pinterest:) The letters I use are the blingy ones where you just stick on a little jewel that comes with the letters - gotta have my bling:)</div>
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As you continue on your tour you come to my teacher table - this is where I do guided reading, assessments, etc. Behind my table are my guided reading books by level, reading/word work games, two fave pics of my kiddos and my cute little crayon "D" that one of my besties, Angie, made me when I got my job - love it!</div>
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close up of the wall behind my teacher table - Also found these Daily 5 anchor chart posters on the internet - sorry I can't give credit where its due, if you come across this and you know, please leave a comment!</div>
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Next to my teacher table is our library area, here I also have my CAFE board so my kiddos can remember their strategies as they are reading to self!!! They love to read here most of all and seem to always want to go here first during Read to Self! Daily 5 rocks my world - do you guys do it too?</div>
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This next pic is probably one of my faves - I just love when things are neat and orderly:) Here's my class computers and my cool LEARN sign that actually came with my room. I made this banner for my daughters Candyland bday party a few years ago, and all I had to do was change out the letters to make it 1st grade-ish:) I love the Daily 5 labels on my wall too - again - pinterest or internet - please let me know if you know who did these - I'd love to recognize them for their efforts!</div>
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And...then there's this...not even sure what to say about it, this is my domain - I had to have 2 desks because one just didn't cut it once you get the computer, etc. on there, ya know! Can you tell I like zebra - ha ha! LOVE my zebra chair - my sister gave it to me, and my zebra bulletin boards where I keep important papers such as lunch menu, phone list, team news, love my zebra lunch bag, and my zebra candy jar full of wintergreen mints - YUM!</div>
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Here's what's on my desk right now...my zebra box where I put the stack of papers for the day, kiddos also drop any notes from home, money, etc. that they need to give me; my pink storage thingy - with my projector remote in the top, tiny class lists to attach to turned in papers to check off each kiddo to make sure they turned it in, band-aids, paperclips, etc; my dried plantains snack, tickets for good behavior (we do a ticket exchange for prizes every Friday); my green tea:), tape, stapler, pens/pencils, etc.!</div>
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Oh, and them my computer desk, complete with a pic of the hubs and I, more kid pics, emergency cards, all those crazy binders for training, etc...and my handy dandy notebook for jotting down lists and lists of things to do!</div>
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If you continue around the room you would see here a wall of word work items and math manipulatives - these were a hot mess when I took these pics so I will post pics of them some other day when they are pretty and organized and I live in a perfect world...anyhoo...on to the next item...</div>
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Our school is a 7 Habits school - Oh how I love the 7 habits - here is my 7 habits wall with posters and discipline pockets. Each kiddo has a pocket and starts out on green every day, if they have a little whoops, they pull their green card, and are on yellow (just a warning), if they get another whoops that same day they pull the yellow card and are on red (note in binder). This is the system that works for me. They record their "citizenship" in their daily planner so mom and dad can see how they did and mom and dad sign each day!</div>
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I skipped over my whiteboard and smartboard because they are just an eyesore right now, my smartboard is on wheels and I CANNOT WAIT until it gets permanently hung on my whiteboard:) So, I skipped over it to our class rules and "What To Do When I'm Done" poster - oh my word...this little poster has saved my life!!! I ordered it from Scholastic when they had their dollar days email online:) LOVE IT!</div>
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And last but certainly not least, is our little jobs chart - these jobs also came from sweet Cara Carroll - adorable! Each job is "Hollywood" themed and I keep the list of job descriptions by the chart in case anyone forgets:) </div>
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Happy Back to School everybody, I haven't gone anywhere, just super busy lately. I WILL take pics of my room tomorrow and upload here hopefully tomorrow night. Went to do that today, and my phone died - would'nt ya know? Somedays are just like that! Hope you are all having a great back to school week! Check back soon for pics of my room;)</div>
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Hey there blog buddies!! Well its that time of year again where I start getting excited about heading back to school!!! Can you tell I've had a good summer, sorry for being MIA for so long:) It was great though! I've been working in my classroom the past two weeks, and that always gets me pumped up and ready for another year! (Pics to come soon) </div>
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Here are some books that I thought would be fun after coming off of an Olympic summer! Man, I love me some USA gold!!!! Can I get a woot woot????!!!! I thought this would be a great ice breaker, and help you to get to know your students a little better - did they watch? What sport did they like best? Who was their favorite athlete? What country did they root for? What do they know about London? Teach about teamwork, leadership, hard work, perseverance, etc.!!!</div>
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I found these at Barnes and Noble but I bet most libraries would have them, seems like they've been around a while!</div>
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Look what our little garden produced!!!! We are so proud! We had to split this little pepper between our two classes so they could all have a taste!!! The kiddos were so excited:) There are also some tomotoes growing and I think I spotted a yellow bell pepper starting to grow as well!!! </div>
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</div><div align="center">Oh, you will see my class in all red, and my friend's class all with necklaces on! Our school supports the 7 habits program, a character education program that is AWESOME! We have a dress up day for each of the habits and today was "Synergize" day - we had to all work together and "synergize" to come up with an idea of what we could all wear to be dressed alike! Our class voted on red shirts and blue jeans because we knew that was something we all would have and we wanted everyone to be able to participate! So fun! </div>Jarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03325313704493856589noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4641817472432737651.post-40365460083786493742012-03-21T13:58:00.000-07:002012-03-21T13:58:29.416-07:00Storybook Character Dress Up Day 2011<div align="center">It was storybook character dress up day at school today! This is me and another teacher on my team! The kiddos LOVED it and were quite cute I must say! I had a Stellaluna, a Junie B. Jones, a zebra, a pirate, a witch from The Wizard of Oz, Coraline, etc. I am not sure if some of these are books but whatev - we had fun!!!! One little girl said, "Hey, you are the one who messed up the whole house!!!" Cracked me up!!!!</div><div align="center"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Well, we are settling back in the groove and it feels good. Report cards just went out, DRA testing is over for this 6 weeks, and TPRI testing is underway. I am feeling a little <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">blue</span> lately with all the big holidays being over, but looking forward to the growth I'm already seeing in my sweet kiddos at this point! </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">To brighten things up I have been researching a few <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">winter</span></span> activities and just wanted to share:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I think we are going to do most of these on Friday as a culmination to all we are learning about this week!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">There's nothing like a little <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04;">warm and toasty hot chocolate</span></span> to get you in the winter spirit eh? My principal made this delicious <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #783f04;">hot chocolate</span></span> and brought it to school for all of us one day - it is sooooo good - I thought it'd be fun to share it with my students - the recipe is on<a href="http://www.pinterest.com/"> pinterest</a>, just search crockpot hot chocolate, or click on the link above the pic to take you there - YUM! </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Also from pinterest, if you search the wonderful Heather Price, you will find this free <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">snowy contractions</span></span> activity with contraction puzzle pieces. I introduced my kiddos to contractions this last week and they are rockin' it!!! Cara Carroll at <a href="http://www.thefirstgradeparade.blogspot.com/">www.thefirstgradeparade.blogspot.com</a> also did a super cute activity with contractions - see her blog for details!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0rXWKpZ-wKMv447Pd7jmk9srFkGiSMhj-h4QWhL88CIiatFdukwkjZfseNhWY6gIAZOhDw-EayT7betEKsxbNL7HZ_3WYPjhNQgb3c8uw7G4DDd5ivSEX8h6_IVsYRRa-kwYz8eh8yZ4v/s1600/snowy+contractions.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0rXWKpZ-wKMv447Pd7jmk9srFkGiSMhj-h4QWhL88CIiatFdukwkjZfseNhWY6gIAZOhDw-EayT7betEKsxbNL7HZ_3WYPjhNQgb3c8uw7G4DDd5ivSEX8h6_IVsYRRa-kwYz8eh8yZ4v/s1600/snowy+contractions.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">And finally, I've been searching for an activity to do with<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: cyan;"> marshmallows</span></span>!!! This one is a super fun dice game where students roll the dice, add that number to 10, and use marshmallows as their markers! Great for teaching addition by 10's! You can find it here <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Toasty-Tens-Mini-Marshmallow-Math">www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Toasty-Tens-Mini-Marshmallow-Math</a>, under Easy Peasy Primary Resources - for FREE!!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIFG_Mms7dMozQRgXlePOtCGOPWMaB1pseD5L4-Ma_QTnULrB5ZBt2mj_Z1qQ4ZNjJvU-wvUu-qyEIj4fQOdk0oORZxAYzTr0rwxeArjOlEXp03FSMzBFOyNwWDdWoijiayqv98yTGXot7/s1600/marshmallow+activity.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIFG_Mms7dMozQRgXlePOtCGOPWMaB1pseD5L4-Ma_QTnULrB5ZBt2mj_Z1qQ4ZNjJvU-wvUu-qyEIj4fQOdk0oORZxAYzTr0rwxeArjOlEXp03FSMzBFOyNwWDdWoijiayqv98yTGXot7/s320/marshmallow+activity.jpg" width="248" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>Jarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03325313704493856589noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4641817472432737651.post-959283730757510862012-01-16T22:10:00.000-08:002012-01-16T22:10:27.666-08:00Martin Luther King Jr. Day<div style="text-align: center;">As part of our curriculum we have to discuss Martin Luther King Jr. and his contributions to our world. I am so glad we had to discuss him and was thrilled to see my 1st graders actually "get it" when we discussed what his dream meant and what he wanted for his children, and for all of us. We started out by reading this book:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">A Picture Book of Martin Luther King Jr.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgffIedEhP585kwBHkaLLPIlFZBc2-uJuMqE4UEJB1bkwvdFAHPsYrtQhcBg8pW53iICPQWKfY_JyBwIDhXopVzQ2m3XhYore8wCUlqMNrh3vE53BdeMBkFDXX517DC3W-dlAydA0nn90Fh/s1600/Martin+Luther+picture+book.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgffIedEhP585kwBHkaLLPIlFZBc2-uJuMqE4UEJB1bkwvdFAHPsYrtQhcBg8pW53iICPQWKfY_JyBwIDhXopVzQ2m3XhYore8wCUlqMNrh3vE53BdeMBkFDXX517DC3W-dlAydA0nn90Fh/s320/Martin+Luther+picture+book.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">I think the kiddos really connected with this one because it talked about him when he was a kid and how he was treated by others, etc. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Then we completed this mini unit by the gracious Erin Eberhart - thanks Erin!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="248" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyfkoKx2nr34Jsm755l-vND5y8FyMjMMDvnuUG9FrDa7U6djStllFR3Z__AY6YLZYYcirfqKraCfwHHa8BAdohU9lCc0ThgjQggJP878BQEP90VxL0z7RdxTEld8wsOt9sTJH4QSmKuUks/s320/Martin+Luther+Free+Unit.jpg" width="320" /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Just go to <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/">www.teacherspayteachers.com</a> and search Erin Eberhart to get your FREE Martin Luther King Jr. mini unit! I know it may be too late for this year but you can file it away for next year!</div>Jarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03325313704493856589noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4641817472432737651.post-89037460487566817002012-01-16T22:02:00.000-08:002012-01-16T22:02:30.344-08:00Back in the Groove!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Oh man, it has been hard coming back from break, is anyone else feeling this way??? Anyone else needing to pump a little more caffeine into their veins like me??? Anyhoo, we jumped right back in with a little measuring activities brought to us by the well-known Investigations curriculum...here are some of my kiddos measuring fish:) They actually thought this was kind of fun!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And thanks to Cara Carroll at <a href="http://www.thefirstgradeparade.blogspot.com/">The First Grade Parade</a> and <a href="http://www.theteacherwife.blogspot.com/">www.theteacherwife.blogspot.com</a>, I conglomerated their two ideas to have my students create these Happy New Year faces - LOVE them. They wrote their New Year resolutions inside and we discussed a lot about making/setting goals, etc. </div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Gotta love this one - yes...I would take her home:) And...I think she's getting pretty close, don't you?!!!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">And how cute is this?? Should I tell his mommy??? I wonder if she's seen the evidence of this resolution???</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">We read this book before starting the New Year faces...its one of the ONLY books I (or one of my teammates rather) could find about New Years...anyone else out there have any good ones - I'd love more ideas, I searched and searched - this one is pretty cute!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">And...since we were talking about all things "new", I threw this one in there and talked about how we all sometimes want to be someone new but that we are all perfect just the way we are...it was a great segway into Martin Luther King Jr. Day by the way:)!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">SO...how's it going for you? Are you off to a great start? Feeling refreshed and re-energized? Well, thank goodness for the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday is all I have to say...best of luck to you in this new year!!! I am praying for lots of energy and inspiration to be creative!!! Hoping the same for you!</div>Jarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03325313704493856589noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4641817472432737651.post-47213088135714898382011-12-31T00:08:00.000-08:002012-01-16T21:23:13.004-08:00Amazing New Year and Valentine Free Stuff! WOWZA!<div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Cara Carroll over at www.thefirstgradeparade.blogspot.com has an AMAZING freebie - 43 pages people of unbelievable New Year's activities to get you back in the groove!!! Click on her picture to take you there:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Then...Lindsey over at www.theteacherwife.blogspot.com has the most adorable valentines for you, your kids, your classroom, etc. I am totally doing this this year - Dollar Tree here I come!!! Again, click on her picture below to head on over and get you some! The first picture will take you to her blog, the second will take you directly to the printable I think!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">I just want to say thank you SO MUCH to these two ladies for offering their talent to all of us like this - can I get an AMEN?!!! You guys are INCREDIBLE!!!</div>Jarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03325313704493856589noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4641817472432737651.post-33405405282865909212011-12-21T19:13:00.000-08:002011-12-21T19:13:54.020-08:00Texas Teacher Bloggers Meet Up - Blog Buddies:)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"> I am so excited!!!! I got to meet so many wonderful ladies yesterday at the Texas Teacher Bloggers Meet Up lunch!!! We had a great time at Chuy's talking teaching, pinterest, all the Housewives shows, etc. It was an honor to meet all of you (wish I could remember all your names), can't wait to see you all again! And for our host...Cara Carroll - thanks so much for the yummy snack mix - you are so fun!!! Visit her blog at <a href="http://www.thefirstgradeparade.blogspot.com/">www.thefirstgradeparade.blogspot.com</a> - if you haven't ever been...whatcha waiting for???? You will LOVE IT and will be INSPIRED!!!!!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">These are a few of my favorite things!!! Just wrapping, watching Christmas movies, and sipping hot apple cider tonight! Are ya'll ready for Christmas? How are you enjoying your time off from school? </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">We were just talking today about dress codes for us teachers at the Texas Teachers Blog Meet Up with Cara Carroll, and I had to add this to my blog. A fellow teacher of mine was sporting this cutie the other day and I just had to share - can't wait to order mine! Get you one, plus many others to choose from at <a href="http://www.pinkarmadillos.com/">www.pinkarmadillos.com</a>. Gotta love em'! Cute gift or stocking stuffers for that teacher friend too;)</div>Jarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03325313704493856589noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4641817472432737651.post-44459849490763633642011-12-20T09:14:00.000-08:002011-12-21T19:32:11.622-08:00Christmas Joy<div style="text-align: center;">Hey there! I hope you are all enjoying your time off!!! I get to go meet Cara Carroll creator of The First Grade Parade blog today among many other fellow teacher bloggers!!!! I am so excited!!! The three weeks we had leading up to the break were crazy - can I get an AMEN?! Here are some of the fun things we did thanks to all of you out there!!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">We had a "Grinch Day" - it was a blast! Here I am with my little Grinch friend - borrowed from a Pre-K teacher in my building - the kiddos LOVED him - oh my, they could hardly keep their hands off him, and yes...he was life-sized!!!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">We read Dr. Seuss's <span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;">How the Grinch Stole Christmas</span> and then made this bubble map of adjectives/describing phrases - thanks for the idea Cara Carroll!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Here's another idea I got from The First Grade Parade - Grinch licked candy canes - some of my kiddos didn't want to eat these until after I told them he only licked them just a little *wink:) I couldn't find all green ones so I just picked up these - and the printable from Ms. Carroll didn't print well on my only black and white printers at school, so I had to revamp it a little - still it was her idea!!! Just keeping it real, folks!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Here are my kiddos in class watching Polar Express on party day! </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">How cute is this?! One of my kiddos and her mom made it for our party! LOVE!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">And here is the rest of our snack table - oh...my....word, note to self - ask for some healthier snacks next year. This year I just let parents sign up for whatever they wished to bring - definitely gonna revamp this next year to be more specific:)!!! I guess we were all thinking sweets, it is the season to be "merry" after all!!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">We made this little snowman snack thanks to some free printables on TPT - gotta love freebies! I need to look back to see what teacher posted this - I am so grateful - and will give credit where credit is due as soon as I find out! <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">***Erica Bohrer - love ya for it!!!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Here's the little poem up close - just staple on to the top of the snack and voila - a cute treat! I'm thinking you could still use this into the winter months;)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Another freebie on TPT from the same teacher - gotta love her! Promise I will find out her name! <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">**I did! Erica Bohrer - go show her some love on TPT! </span>We just stapled these little labels onto the top of a baggie filled with oatmeal and glitter! Get your snowman snack and reindeer food labels here <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Snowman-Poop-and-Magic-Reindeer-Food-FREE">http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Snowman-Poop-and-Magic-Reindeer-Food-FREE</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">And...last but certainly not least...Smiley Elibob, my family elf, came for a visit - I kept telling the kiddos about his shenanigans...they couldn't wait to meet him, so he came to visit and brought a letter from Santa about their elf applications - see <a href="http://www.thefirstgradeparade.blogspot.com/">Cara Carroll's blog</a> for printable! Too cute!</div>Jarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03325313704493856589noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4641817472432737651.post-2934358048768021372011-12-20T08:19:00.000-08:002011-12-20T08:21:43.412-08:00Here We Go!!!<div style="text-align: center;">I am just starting out on this whole teaching blog adventure - <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta;">"Catch a Bubble"</span></span> is a phrase I often find myself saying to my kiddos in class. But more than that...what fun it is to <i>really</i> <b>Catch a Bubble</b>!!! We should celebrate the <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: cyan;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">wonder</span></span> and the <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">awe</span></span> we get to expose our classrooms to everyday! I have a family blog and an art blog, and have been inspired by <a href="http://www.thefirstgradeparade.blogspot.com/">Cara Carroll's First Grade Parade blog</a>! I pray this is a fun place for you to come, get ideas, be inspired, and remember why you chose teaching as your profession in the first place - IT'S FUN!!! And honestly, where else do you get to tell people to "Catch A Bubble"?</div>Jarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03325313704493856589noreply@blogger.com0