It has been way too long since I have posted anything! I have a good excuse though!! I got married on June 2nd. So finishing up another year of teaching and planning a wedding took up ALL of my time! So now I am back into the swing of things! I have created a new TPT item- it is literacy and math activities to go with Jan Brett's story "The Mitten". Go check it out at my TPT store : http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Sar

Dr. Suess!

I thought I would show you all how my kids Dr. Seuss crafts came out. They loved it!

The first two are part of a pattern pack on I bought on TpT from Elisabeth Delk  and the third (cake pattern) I bought off TpT from A Cupcake For the Teacher. Fun and easy crafts that the kids enjoyed! :)

A Blogger Award!

I won The Versatile Blogger Award! Thanks to Mrs. Unger's Kinders for giving me this awesome award!

On with the rules:
1. Thank the person who nominated you! Thank you Amber!!!

2. Tell 7 Things About Yourself  ( See Below)

3. Nominate 15 Newly Discovered Blogs and let them know they've received the award!

Seven Things About Myself:
1. I was born and raised in Pennsylvania- I hate snow.... so good thing I live in Florida now! :)
2. I have wanted to teach 1st grade since I was in first grade.
3. I just got a Keurig and I think I am addicted.
4. I love to read!
5. I aspire to be more organized than I am but lack the time.
6. I have had 13 kidney stones- 2 just recently.
7. I became addicted to blogging last summer and love all the goodies I have found!

Fifteen Blogs I have recently found that I think rock: (in no particular order) 
1. Room 36
2. Kinderglynn
3. Primary Punch
4. Criss Cross Applesauce Learning - this blog already received the award but I discovered it because of the award!  :)
5. Really Roper
6. Pencils, Glue, and Tying Shoes
7. Once Upon a Teaching Blog
8. Mrs. Kelly's Kindergarten
9. Mrs Guntorius' Class
10. Oceans of First Grade
11. Precious Perks
12. Takes of a Teacherista
13. Teacher's Cannot Live by Apples Alone
14. Sweet Time in 1st Grade
15.Mrs. Unger's Kinders ( I know this one is kinda cheating because she nominated me--- but it is a new blog I found!!)

Check out all these awesome blogs :) Thanks again for this great award!

ornaments

This time of year is always so hectic! I know I am trying to finish up testing and cram in as many crafts as I can. My classroom is a disaster area with paint, glitter, glue, construction paper, etc. Here are a few crafts we have done for our parents.

This one is a snowman ornament :)

Here are our gingerbread ornaments- made with cinnamon, applesauce and glue! So NON edible.
This is the gingerbread men once they are dry and before being painted:

Here are the ornaments once they painted them:

 I still have to sting ribbon through those holes to make them into an ornament. They really love making these!

And tomorrow is our last day before Christmas break and I couldn't be happier. They are so chatty it is driving me crazy. They don't even seem threatened by "Santa's watching"..... So tomorrow we are watching Polar Express and having Hot Chocolate. I bought the multi- colored marshmallows for the to put in it for fun.

Kwanzaa

The first grade team is doing Holiday's around the World rotations. I am doing Kwanzaa. I thought I would share the unity cup we made today.
There is a label on it describing the cup and what it is used for. It was a lot of prep work for me- especially for 7 first grade classes but the kids were able to do their parts pretty easily.

I won and award!

I am thrilled to be recognized by First Grade Delight for Up and Coming Blogs! I was given a blog award! Thank you so much for recognizing me !

The goal of the award is to spotlight up-and-coming blogs with less than 200 followers. The rules are: 

1. Copy and paste the award on your blog.
2. Thank the giver and link back to them.
3. Reveal your top 5 picks and let them know by leaving a comment on their blog.
4. Hope that your followers will spread the love to other bloggers!! 


Here are the 5 blogs I am choosing that I think are definitely worthy of this award:

Go and check out these awesome blogs! 

My Favorite Christmas Books

I love reading Christmas books to my students! I love anything Christmas actually! Here are a few of my favorite books to read to my students:

Link up and share your favorite Christmas books! :)