I am doubling down today…well not
exactly, then I'd be playing blackjack which I am not…I am joing 2
linky parties and I have a little surprise to share too!
It has been a crazy
week. We don’t ever get snow, no chance
even, but we have horrible fog. We had
at least a 2 hour delay every day this week except Friday. 2 days buses were even canceled, so I only
had 11 out of 20 kiddos. One day the 2
hour delay turned into a 3 hour delay, just a total mess!
Needless, to say I am glad this week is over
because my lesson plans were a total wreck!
Everyday, I was rearranging and moving things around to accommodate our
strange schedule and my lack of students. As a result we did not get everything done that I wanted to this
week. But we did get in some great review and learned a few new things.
On with the fun. First I am
linking up with Kacey at Doodle bugs for her Five for Friday on Saturday, per
my usual tardiness with this linky…lol. I am always spent by Friday evening and don’t get
anything accomplished once I get home.
Since I have failed to link
lately I am going to be sharing 5 things from the last several weeks. I must warn you it is a little long and overloaded with pics.
So how was your holiday
break? Does it seem like a distant
memory already…haha! We had a great time. We had many family gatherings with way too
much good food. We then headed to the beach
to camp out for 5 days.
Yes that is ice on the
windows and top of the truck. That is
exactly why I was ready for the beach! I call it camping, but that
isn’t exactly right. It is more like
trailering. All I have to do is press a
button to turn on the generator and tada, we have all the comforts of home. TV,
Video games for the boys, Keurig machine for me. But, we do open the door and
step into the sand and the view is incredible. We always camp with several
other friends and family members so it is a blast.
Even when we are not at the
race track the boys are racing….
We also spent two weekends at
the race track. It is great family fun
and I love watching my boys. It is a
little nerve wracking at times, I will admit.
My babies, I know they really aren't anymore, are going 60+ miles an
hour around a track bumping other cars.
But they love it. It gets pretty exciting, especially when they are winning. Which we have fortunately been doing a lot of
lately.
We started back to school on
the 8th, yes a Thursday. Our
admin thought it would ease the kiddos back into the school routine
easier. So we only had 2 days of
school. Not a lot of time. We did finish up our study of digraphs by
doing a circle map of PH.
You can find our other digraph circle maps here
and here. We then completed our ph soundbrochure. These are from Simply Kinder
and they are terrific. They give a great
review of what we have covered and my favorite thing is they each have a
section for home. Something easy the
kiddos can do with their parents to keep everyone involved. They love them and
think they are special since it is a “brochure”…lol. It cracks me up sometimes that they get excited
about the simplest things.
Despite our crazy week this
week we did dive into blends. I start
with the “L” blends. This week we studied
BL and CL.
For our short week we did a
fantastic job in writer’s workshop. We
wrote about what we did on our vacation…of course. They
are growing so much as writers and I am supper proud of my kiddos.
These two didn’t know any of
their letters when school started and now they are stretching out their words.
So excited for them. In case you don’t
read kindergarten…(left side) "We are playing soccer outside." (right
side) "My and Luna’s birthday."
This sweetie just melts my
heart with what she wrote. “I and my
brother are playing soccer. Me and my
brother we love each other.”
This little guy did a fantastic
job sounding out his words, and he was super busy during vacation. “I went to Anthony’s house. I went to
Chuck-e-Cheese. I saw Anthony at John’s
Incredible Pizza. I went to the buffet. I saw Ricardo. I went home. I ate a
donut.” Sounds like a great vaca to me.
We also read one of my favorite
winter books. Sneezy the snowman. We
then wrote about the story elements.
Next we drew and wrote about
the effects of making bad choices. They
did a great job sequencing what happened in the story, what the bad choices
were and the consequences.
They look great hanging in
our quilt display, too!
Finally we completed a spin,
graph and build a snowman. I love
incorporating math with our ELA units.
Our snowmen made such a cute
wall display in our room!
These activities for Sneezy
can all be found from the fabulous Deanna Jump here.
This week we read my favorite
book for learning about Martin Luther King Jr.,
Martin’s Big Words. We also
discussed vocabulary from our story to get a better understanding.
We even made these adorable
Martin’s from Katie Knight’s American Hero’s pack. They came out adorable. Sorry for the lack of
pics. They needed quite a bit of
guidance with this one so I didn’t have time to snap more of the fun.
Well, you have made it this far, whew! So I figured I would share my surprise before moving on to my 2nd linky.
Friday I got some big news. I was chosen as Teacher of the Year for my
school/district. I was totally surprised
and humbled. I work with a great bunch of teachers and feel totally honored to
have been bestowed this award. I was pretty excited I have to say!
I am 10 days into my
resolution and this is how it is going.
I am down another 2 pounds
this week for a total of 5, woo hoo!
Inch by Inch I’ll get there. At
least that’s what I keep telling myself when I am eyeing those donuts in the teacher's lounge. I have NOT had any by the way.
My positives for the week are
I cut my caffeine down to 1 cup of coffee a day. If you know me this is quite an accomplishment. The coffee it self doesn’t have a ton of
calories, but what I put in it to drink it sure does…lol. I am
choosing instead green tea and I am really enjoing it. I also managed to increase my water intake.
I did have an epic fail in
the exercise department. As in, I did
none, at all, not even a little. I know
that I have to in order to get the results I ultimately want. I do enjoy working out, I just have to make
it a priority. I know once I get back in the habit it will be much easier. SO that is at the top of
the list…again this
week!
For this next week I am really
trying to stick with all whole foods.
Which means really cooking every night.
A few times this past week I was so tired I resorted to a lean cuisine
in the microwave. I know that was better
than hitting the fast food drive through, but I know I can do better.
This was my inspiration this
week…
Well congrats if you made it through this marathon post. I love reading all your comments. So let me know how your week went. Be sure to check out the two linkys above and
have a great week!
