Last Week of School!

Hey friends! This is our last week of first grade...only 2 more days with kiddos! :(

I don't really have anything earth shattering for ya! I am {patiently} waiting for Kristin to post the Bachelorette recap so I can read it out loud to my hubs! He thinks Kristin is hilarious! 


I am excited to be guest blogging for Crystal's classroom tour posts this week! Check out my classroom tour on Wednesday at Kreative in Kinder!

Here is a little note we sent home last week to get the firsties excited about the end of the year while we do all the boring teacher stuff {paperwork, purging, and organizing!} 

Tomorrow is all about taking down all the student work and sending their consumable things home! A tip for organizing ALL THE STUFF is to stop by your local grocery store and ask them to donate brown paper grocery bags! I write their names on the front of the bags and line them up along one wall in my classroom. Throughout the day, the kiddos will take their work, journals, supplies, etc to their bag. At the end of the day, I staple the top and send them on their merry way! After seven years, this is the easiest way I have found! :)

Have a great week! :) My next post will be in the summa, summa time!!!

Summer Bucket List

Happy Sunday and Mother's Day to all you mamas out there! :) Hope you have a very special day!
My day is full of domestic bliss...laundry, cleaning, grocery shopping! We are recovering from a weekend in Nashville celebrating my sister's graduation from Vanderbilt. SO PROUD of her smart self! :)

I have been thinking about what to blog about...but quite honestly, all I can think about is SUMMER! So I was pumped to stumble upon Hadar, Teri, and April's Summer Bucket List linky party! 

Every summer, I make a to do list that focuses on one area of my house and one area of my classroom each week. I am a list kind of girl and I need this to stay motivated. 
Without this calendar, the days just might start to follow this pattern: cereal, Kardashians, peanut butter and jelly sandwich, Ellen, and my self sitting on the couch when Mr. B gets home...OR it might look like this: Starbucks, Target, lunch with a friend, Macy's, home in time for Ellen. While I am all about those days...they need to be far and few between if I want to get things done! {The first kind of day because I just plain don't get around to much, and the second kind of day because I will spend all my money shopping and won't have any left to purchase craft supplies!}


Here are some things on my School Summer Bucket List:
~ Organize my small group lessons and books so they are ready to roll! 


~ Organize my monthly binders...I am wondering if I want to change from 2 inch monthly binders to 1/2 inch unit binders??? Only teachers would ponder this point for days....


~ Organize my Word Work and Listen to Reading materials in more Cubeicals {LOVE these!}

Click {here} for the rest of my classroom tour!


I want to change my behavior management that has both positive and negative reinforcement! LOVE 
Christie's model here:

Click {here} to visit Teaching in Flip Flops!




Here are some things on my Home Summer Bucket List: 


~ I am starting a new blog! It will be all about cooking and a little about crafting. I need a place to put all of my recipes that I can access from my iPad when I am cooking and menu planning! 


~ I want to learn more about embroidery and photography! I got an embroidery machine and a Canon Rebel T3i for Christmas and 5 months later I am still just winging it! Ready to spend some serious time playing with both! :)


I want to make some of these frames! I have a LOOONG back hallway and need to fill up the space!

Click {here} to visit Positively Splendid! 


I want to make no sew Roman shades for our master bathroom! 

Click {here} to visit the 365days2simplicity blog!


Enjoy the rest of your Sunday! :)

Teacher Appreciation Sale

Happy {almost} Teacher Appreciation Week!!! 

My school celebrated in January and I got spoiled...now it's your turn!!! All of the items in my store {and LOTS of other stores} will be 20% off and TpT is kicking in another 8%...for a total of 28% off! Enter code TAD12 at checkout!

Click {HERE} to shop Sunday, May 6 - Tuesday, May 8! While you are there, be sure to download my newest freebie, an ice cream themed Top It! Addition game that can be played with either 2 or 3 addends! 

Check out my newest Old Lady unit for only $2.16...full of {we are THIS close to summer} fun! 

I have LOTS of cuteness in my shopping cart and my fingers are itching to click! I found some awesome stuff to keep my littles busy while I assess...only 14 days to go! EEK! 

Enjoy your weekend! :)

3 Addend Addition Freebie! and more enVision...

Happy, happy May! I CAN NOT believe it is time to wrap this year up! :) Thanks to all my blog buds for making this my most fun year of teaching yet!

We are working on 3 addend addition right now! Here is a little Top It! game with a cool ice cream theme...perfect for the 90 degree days we have this week in Bama!

Click {HERE} to download the freebie! This correlates with enVision Lesson 5-8 {Adding 3 Numbers}.

Thank you so much for all of your feedback about enVision! I should have mentioned that we are getting the brand new edition that is aligned with the Common Core. I am loving the digital component so far...a nice change from a flip chart! We will continue to supplement with all of the Number Work, Data Detective activities, and games that we have made or purchased from TpT or other sites over the past few years. My district will be digging in a little deeper this summer at Professional Development...I will be sure to keep you posted as we incorporate enVision into our Math Menu block!

Have a marvelous first week of May! :)

enVision Math

Happy Sunday! Hmmm....new Blogger look! I am all about it if it makes uploading pics faster! :) Ha!

Hope everyone had a great weekend! We have a four day week ahead of us {Friday is an Inclement Weather Day that we have not used - PTL!!!}

This week we will learn all about:

Phonics: Inflections {got any fun stuff for THAT one???}

Writing: How To Writing {love this unit!!!!} - How to Plant a Flower

Comprehension: Summarizing {Tomie dePaola Author Study}

Math: 3 Addend Addition
Love this freebie from Froggie Went a Teachin! She has a ton of these games to go with different themes...even a Cinco de Mayo one! I love how it is Earth Day themed...go along perfectly with our Petals and Plants and our Earth Day activities for the next few weeks! 

Science: Petals and Plants {Love all the great literature to go with this unit: The Tiny Seed, Planting a Rainbow}

Ok...let's get back to the title of the post! HA! We adopted a new math series, enVision! I have played around with the digital component and LOVE it  so far! We have put A LOT of work into our Math Menu for the past two years, so we don't really need more games or Number Work activities, but explicit mini lessons! 

Anyone use enVision??? I am curious to see how many schools out there use this program.  Tips, tricks are welcome! :) I will share more as we dig into it!

Ahhh...the house smells of lasagna! YUM! Time to eat!

Have a great week, y'all! :) Only a few more to go!!! WE CAN DO IT!

There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Shell!

Hey!!!! This teacher is super glad Monday is over! We did a little schedule change today and it threw my firsties {and me!} for a loop! We were feeling like our Math block was kind of getting the shaft, so we moved it to first thing in the morning. I think it will be great, but as you all know, a little schedule change means BIG behavior changes for those sweet 6 and 7 year olds! :)

Time to giveaway my newest Old Lady unit!!! This time, th

at crazy lady has swallowed a shell...and all things BEACHY!

CONGRATULATIONS to Kate, Brittany, Ms. Trinh, Ashley, Jill, and Jen R.

Thanks for your quick comments! :)

Please comment with your email address and I will send this unit to the first 6 {in honor of 6 weeks of school left!} people to respond!

Have a great week, y'all!

Daily Five posters

Hey friends!!! Hope everyone had a very happy Easter! We had lots of family stay with us and it was so much fun!

Let the countdown to summer begin! We have 6 full weeks after this week! SAY WHAT???? That is just crazy! I have an amazing class this year and I will be super sad to say bye to them! With that being said, I am SO excited about all things summer, though! Sleeping in, morning spin classes at the Y, lunch dates with friends, shopping, pool, beach, lake…oh the days!!!!! CAN. NOT. WAIT.

Thank you SO MUCH for your patience about the Daily Five posters and activity sheets. I am so sad that Scrib’d started charging for their downloads. I really liked the site and thought it was much more user friendly than Google Docs. BUT, now that is costs dollars, that is no good! SO, I decided to put the Daily Five posters on TpT. I put all six posters in one PDF for downloading ease. I really like having everything in one place! I am so sorry if you are not a TpT user. BUT I think you should sign up for a FREE membership and download all the fab FREE items on the site! :)

Click {HERE} to download the 6 posters {Read to Self, Read to Someone, Work on Writing, Word Work, Listen to Reading, and EEKK} AND the 5 fill in the blank anchor charts {all in one PDF} from TpT OR you can click anytime on the Daily Five button above to download from TpT.

Have a GREAT week, y’all!