Been a while!

It's been forever since I've posted!  Where has the time gone?!  I feel like I should tell a bit about what has happened since I posted last!  I am now into my 9th year of teaching and am loving every minute of it.  I can't get over how much has changed!  I am going to try to post pictures soon of my new arrangement of my classroom along with the colors!  I will try to post some more posts soon of what is happening in my class!

Fancy Nancy says it right!

Saw this on Facebook tonight and thought it rings true in many ways!  What are your thoughts?!

RAISE A READER! Encourage reading everywhere you go. Read labels at the grocery store, play word games, read billboards and road signs, look through magazines.

So what are you doing to raise a reader with your child?  Many of the above listed ideas are just a start to what you can do to create in the reading life of your child!

Love some help!

I have decided to create an account with donorschoose.org.  I have heard and seen so many great things come from it!  I am hoping that I can get my project sponsored so my students can benefit!  If you'd like to see my project for my classroom and donate please do!  Just click on the link below to see what it is all about!

http://www.donorschoose.org/we-teach/1890633.-162769446

Can't wait to share more about what is going on in my classroom!

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Infographics

So one of my class's assignment was to find an infographic that we liked.  So I decided to get on pinterest and type in kindergarten infographics.  I was very happy to say that I found two right away that touch home for me!  One describes how technology is effecting our young ones so early and the other one stresses the importance of students and their attendance!  Take a look and let me know what you think.

Student Teacher

So it's that time of year where most people are getting to see great growth in their students.  I have been able to experience that plus see it in my student teacher.  Being able to know someone who was as caring and a natural at teaching as I feel in myself in my classroom this past week of being away at DMI training was wonderful!  I love that I had that experience and sad that it will be ending at the end of April.  I have been planning for a gift for her and love that I can just go to pinterest or the internet and find!  I can't wait to see the students smile when they get to work on it this week when she is away at a job fair!  Speaking of a job:  I am excited that she was offered a job and to be able to see that she was so successful was a wonderful sight and feeling!  You just never know what you get to be apart of!  I am happy for the journey she will be apart of and wish her the best of luck and wishes! :)

Valentine's Day!

On Valentine's Day you would expect to see much fun and games going on, especially in my classroom!  However, learning was the main goal and was seen when walking into it!  Here is a video of what you could see:  Valentine's Animoto Video!
I was experimenting with some other ways to show you what happened in our class, so enjoy a thinglink! Best thing about Valentines!
I also created a glogster:  best-thing-about-valentines
Hope you enjoy!  I hope to be posting somethings soon with our inferring unit!

Friends Idea!

 I am a lover for Pinterest and have always been looking for some cute thing to make with my Kindergarten friends that would be a memory!  So I think that I have found it!  I hope that I can get it to work out because I think that it would be amazing to do!  Here is a link!  Let me know what you think!

Friends