I PASSED THE ESL TEST!! I’M OFFICIALLY ESL CERTIFIED!!! PRAISE JESUS!!!!!! In other news, I just wanna put him in my pocket in take him home with me! PRESH! Sarah left me a comment the other day directing me to this absolutely DARLING activity she did for alliteration. We didn’t have the book Ten in a Sled, but I loved the idea of using verbs with alliteration. So…while I’m waiting for my copy of Ten in a Sled, I decided to do a little whole group shared writing activity with the class. We made two word alliteration sentences using nouns & verbs. This ... Read More
A Little Alliteration
One of the objectives we’re working on this week {and last week} is alliteration. There are SO many great books to read to introduce and cover this topic. Some of our favorites are… Shel Silverstein poems are great for alliteration, too! My kids loved Picture Puzzle Piece, Noise Day, and Spoiled Brat :) the most!! The beg me to read them on the daily :) We talked a lot about alliteration last week and ended the week with a little alliterative writing after reading If You Were Alliteration. We brainstormed a giant list of animals and then I had each of my firsties choose an animal to write about in an ... Read More
My Current Obsessions {Totally Unrelated to Teaching}
After a week of cramming for that dang ESL certification, I’m back and ready to blogstalk. I missed catching up on everything y’all are doing in your classrooms!! Now I’ve got lots to read while I’m waiting for my test results {gulp}. In the meantime, I needed something totally unrelated to teaching to occupy my time. So I thought I’d share with y’all my current favorite obsessions. 1. My growing collection of M.A.C. eyeshadow. I’m completely obsessed. Mr. Spouse says I’m going through a mid-life crisis. Not sure about that, but I LOVE me some M.A.C!!!! Their eyeshadows are the best…they stay on ... Read More
Inferencing with NO David! and a Silent E Freebie
To kick off inferencing, we started out using Abby’s Snow Day Case Files. Do y’all have this yet?? If you’re teaching inferencing, you SERIOUSLY need this!!!! Let me just tell you that my kids were all over it. I set up my case files and the kids went to town being little “inference investigators”. Wow. I mean, they really got it!!!!! To follow up, we pulled out the book, NO David! My kids LOVE this one!!! Our whole team is using this book to reinforce inferencing skills. First up, we made a little “No David!” inferencing brainstorm chart. We talked about using our schema and ... Read More
Snowflakes Falling & Contraction Surgery
I love Mr. Spouse. Like, BIG love him. Even when he’s being a turd, I adore the man. However, I think it’s crazy how helpless men are when they’re sick. Completely helpless. I’ve been less than sympathetic toward him and his recent bout of sickness this week. Not sure what’s wrong with him, but I’m sure hoping I don’t get it. I started feeling a little guilty about my lack of nurturing, so I made him some soup tonight. And it was pretty dang good ifidosaysomyself. I’ve been escaping the germs in my house for even better germs at school :) We’ve been incorporating cutesy little snowmen ... Read More
Snowmen at Night and Ryan Gosling :)
Happy full moon Monday!! Did y’all realize that there’s a full moon today and we’re ending the week on Friday the 13th?! Should I just go ahead and call in sick now?! I’m sure y’all are all cozied up on the couch…in your Footed Hoodies…and drinking a few glasses of cabernet if your day was anything like mine :) HA! We’re all ready to learn more about snowmen this week, so we started out by reading the story, “Snowmen at Night”. Now, if you were reading this little ol’ blog last year, you might remember this little writing craftivity we did after reading the story {inspired by Rachelle at What the Teacher ... Read More
Frosty & Friends and Sunday Randomness
I think I’m coming down with something. Could be a case of the Mondays, the mid-year blues, a little bit of both, or something flu-ish. Ick. I’ve been getting random migraine{ish} headaches this weekend and I’ve been SOOOOOOO unusually tired. Not too tired to stay up ‘til 2am on Friday night/Saturday morning watching “The Help”, though. Ohmiword. Might be the best movie I’ve ever seen {not counting Tommy Boy, of course ;)} I cried like a dang baby. That one chick in the movie was a straight up meanie. She made me so dang mad. Minnie *might* have been my favorite character…the scene ... Read More
3 Days{ish}, $3
Since there's 3 days{ish} 'til the new year, I'm having a $3 flash sale in my little TpT shop starting now and ending after date night tonight :) Not sure what time that will be, so get it on the cheap while ya can! ... Read More
A New Year Freebie & Some Resolutions
So…let me just go ahead and say that I LOVE New Year’s :) Not because I’m partyin’ it up on NYE…unless you consider sparkling cider, my sofa, and MTV a party…but I love it because it gives us a chance to start all over. Such a great time to reflect and make resolutions and ohmiword…I’ve got a few! I thought I’d go ahead and share those with y’all and then share a *little* freebie :) This has been one of those years. I’m sure you can tell by the lack of my blogging :) Between my very spirited class, my even more spirited boys, a husband that works nights, and domestic duties, this little blog has been pushed ... Read More
Merry Christmas From Our Family To Yours!
Wishing you & yours a blessed Christmas! Hope your holiday season is filled with the love of Jesus Christ! ... Read More