My Zoo Book FREEBIE!

Hello lovely ladies!!! :)
I have been gone so long... can't believe it! I just haven't had the time {OR ENERGY} to sit down and write a post... or I should say finish writing a post! But, you better believe that I am always checking on my Google Reader on my iPhone... I think I have read almost every blog post! I read that thing in the car {when the Hubs is driving}, waiting in line for ANYTHING, and when I am bored or can't sleep!! :)
I want to say thanks for everyone else's post and wonderful activities! Ya'll are such an inspiration!!!
Well, enough of that! Here is a little freebie that I whipped up last week for my kiddos! We will be going to the zoo on Wednesday!!! This is my first official field trip in my teaching career so it's a little BIG deal!

This is the front cover! I am going to have my kiddos draw a picture of themselves right before we go on the field trip. School starts at 8, we will have breakfast until 8:30, and they will have plenty of time to add details and chat with their buddies when the bus leaves around 9!

The following are pictures of the pages in the zoo book!!

Click on any of the pictures to download for FREE over at TpT or click {HERE} to get it FREE over on TN!!! :) Please get it on TN... TpT isn't working for me! I will try again tomorrow!! OK, TpT is working for me again! Click {HERE} to download on TpT for FREE!

Have a fabulous day/night! I am hoping to post more often! I have a long, long, long list of things I want to blog about!

Good night, lovely ladies!!

Giveaway Winner!!! Blooming into Spring!!!

Yay!!! I will be sending it out shortly!!! Thanks so much to everyone who entered!!! If you didn't win, you can still purchase it! It is on sale until sometime Sunday so please take advantage!!! :)
You can find it on TpT {HERE} or on TN {HERE}!!! :)
Enjoy the rest of your weekend!!! I know I will!

Blooming into Spring Math and Literacy Activities! 24 hour giveaway...

Ohkay... so after so much work, I finally managed to finish up my April centers. There are 6 activities in all... 3 math centers, 2 literacy centers, and a trick word game. Here are the details:

 What will you find in this pack???

All of my centers/games come with student directions and center/game name labels. You can use these for the outside of the bags or however you label your centers!!!

 Wooh!!! I try to be as thorough as possible with my packs so if you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask!!!
I will be placing my Blooming into Spring Centers on sale for only $5.50 (reg. $7.00) until Sunday night! Take advantage now and have them ready for next week!!! :)
You can purchase them on my TpT store {HERE} or my TN store {HERE}!!!
Here is a quick giveaway for my followers {24 hours}:
If you follow my blog and follow my TpT store/TN store, leave ONE comment telling me you do so!!!! I will be picking one person to win these activities!!! It is about 10:10 pm here in AZ so I will stop the giveaway on Friday at about 10:10 pm and announce the winner shortly after!! :)
I am not sure how to email the whole thing, since it is pretty big... if you know the secret let me know!!! If I can't figure it out... I will just send it in 2 parts!!! :)
Thanks for following!!!
I have just started my 3 day weekend! Have a fabulous day!
Check out this awesome X1000 giveaway!!  Click the image below to head on over...

Also, check out Cole's Little Pups' new Butterfly and Frog Life Cycle unit... it looks great!!! Click {HERE} to go to her TpT store!!!

And, check out Swamp Frog First Graders, she is giving away a Learning Resources Easy Speak Recorder!!! I would love to win this!!

Ooh, Teachery Tidbits is doing a giveaway with a gift from her vacation... Japan!!! How awesome!!! Check it out!! 

Ah, Kreative in Kinder is having an awesome giveaway, too... head on over!!

Wha... Go to Finally in First for her Spring Break Giveaway!!! 5 days!!

So, Live, Laugh and Love to Learn is also having a mega spring giveaway.... check it out {HERE}

April Behavior Chart!

Oohkayyy... Here it is! Click the image below to grab it from TpT as a freebie!!

So, let me just tell ya... I've been such a slacker with my blogging!!! I would LOVE to blog about sooo many things but I seriously have no time! Last week was my spring break and it was awesome! We went to California to see some family and we got to take Aly to Disneyland!!! She had been asking to go for weeks so we decided to spoil her and take her!!! She was in awe of it all... especially the princesses!
The weather has also been amazing... We are talking about 80-85 degrees and that is awesome here in AZ!
My first day back from spring break {yesterday} was awesome! The kiddos really did miss school and we got a lot done and today was just as good! I love my little firsties! They are the cutest.
Talking about my firsties... I have a funny story: We were doing a word sort on nouns, verbs, and adjectives and a little kiddo asked me to read a certain word. Knowing he can sound it out I told him to "tap it out" {Fundation-talk}. So he said, "/p/ /e/ /b/ /el/, pebble". I told him, "yes, perfect, so what is it? a noun, verb, or adjective", while he looked at me with a blank stare! I asked him if he knew what a pebble was and he told me no. Well, another little one of mine shouted that he knew what a pebble was and I asked him to share out loud... Well this is what he said, "A pebble is something that comes out of your face and it's big and red!" Ha! He was talking about a pimple! I love my ELLs! So then we talked about pimples and pebbles and what they were!
Oh man! I need to get back to work here... I am planning on going to Culver's and getting a Raspberry Cooler... raspberries and lemon ice blended together.... AHHH I can't wait because it is sooooo good!!
Tomorrow I get to go to a Kagan training! I am familiar with Kagan and I use some of the strategies but I really hope to get new ones to bring back to my lovelies!!!
Have a fantabulous Wednesday, ladies!!! :)

Quick, quick, quick like a quick, quick chick.... check out these giveaways!!!


Erica is giving away a copy of her newly published book!!! How awesome!!! Hope I win! Can Do Kinders is having an awesome giveaway! The winner will win a TON of stuff!!! Get on over there and enter!!! The 3 AM Teacher is having a super giveaway!! Check it out!!
Yearn to Learn is giving away a Luna Projection Camera!!!
Ana is giving away her April Resources!! Think, Wonder, & Teach is having a 31 giveaway {Natasha is the rep!!!}I won a giveaway and got a bag from Natasha... she is super fast and very helpful!!! :) I'm entering in hopes of winning another bag!!! Erin is having a MyMemories Scrapbooking software giveaway... so cool!!

I'm so ready and a grammar FREEBIE!

Yay! I'm finally on Spring Break! One whole week off! I do feel lucky being a teacher because of our schedules.
So, today I had my formal observation meet-up with the P {principal} and he had nothing but good great things to say! Yeah! That really made my day.
Before that, I had my observation from my mentor and she just had one suggestion...to tell my kids that every sentence has a verb... since I was doing a grammar lesson on nouns, verbs, and adjectives!
Right before my Spring Break started {5:30 p.m.} I had an interview... It is for a position to teach NCLB Summer School! I really hope I get it because I did it last year and it was so EASY and FUN!! :)
I have some freebies to share! I used these "think sheets" during my observation!!! I hope you can all use them!!! There are two pages in this download!!!
Click on the image below to take you to my TpT store to grab the freebie!

I'm not sure why they look blurry... but they aren't really like that!
Click on the image below to take you to my TN store to grab the freebie!

It doesn't matter where you get it from... they are both the same ;)
Now, I would love for you to check out the following giveaways that I really HOPE to win!!!



is giving away an awesome leopard print bag {one of my FAVES!} and her new Super Duper R unit {that also looks awesome!!!} I really really wanna win!!! Pretty please???



is giving away a luna camera... I have a document camera but this one takes video!!! I would love to have that in the classroom!
is giving away one of those cool pencil sharpeners that all of the bloggers have {except me...hint hint ;)} Have a fabulous Friday night, loves!!! :)

Ooh SEI! ELD! 4-Hour Block!??

Teachers are always sooo busy! These past two weeks have been hectic to say the least.
Last week, I was out of my classroom for three days straight {GASP} and it wasn't because I was sick {I tend to not call in even if I'm almost dying!!!}. I had to go to an SEI training that is given by the STATE! This SEI training is specifically for teachers that use the 4-hour block of ELD in our wonderful state of AZ!
Let me tell you a bit about our 4-hour block. In Arizona, our ELLs are required to have 4 hours of English Language Development. They can get it from an SEI {Structured English Immersion} classroom or from a Mainstream classroom {with an individual plan- ILLP}. My classroom is an SEI classroom. I have ELLs that have a proficiency level of pre-emergent to basic. In those 4 hours, we are required to teach an hour of EXPLICIT Grammar, an hour of EXPLICIT Oral English/Conversation and Vocabulary, an hour of EXPLICIT Writing, and an hour of EXPLICIT Reading!!! Yeah, do you get that it has to be EXPLICIT!!!! EXPLICIT!!! This means that we barely have any time for Math and no time for Science or Social Studies. We are allowed to use content but it can't be embedded. For example, I can use sentences from our Science text to teach about sentence structure {grammar} but I cannot teach science vocabulary and count it as an hour of vocabulary!!! Crayyyy-zy??? Yes! It is sooo hard to do this... I seriously need to meet with our grade level coach and ask her some serious questions!!! Does anybody else do this? What do you do? My school day is soooo short {8-2} and with breakfast in the classroom, lunch/recess, and specials everyday I have no idea how to incorporate Math but especially Science and Social Studies! Now, I am not even sure that I am allowed or supposed to do the Daily 5!!! Ah! My mind is going crazy! I really need to figure this out!
Then, my principal decided to do walk thru's in our classrooms. He is specifically looking for objectives and that our students KNOW the objectives for any given lesson throughout the day! Well, he came in yesterday and asked one of my sweet {HMMM...} little friends... sounds bad, right??? Well, not so bad, I don't {think} I have anything to worry about... we were practicing words with the long a sound and writing some on our whiteboards and my sweet little friend said that we were practicing words... technically we were so I count that as being right! :) Woop, woop!
And, report cards are due Thursday at 6 am... so technically tomorrow and guess what???? I am already FIN....ISH.....ED!!! Yeeeeeeeaa! I am so excited to get that off my to-do list! :)
Another thing is that I am being observed by my mentor on Friday. It was supposed to be Monday, but I asked her to reschedule due to the principal observation... So, let me explain my mentor. In my school district, we are required to be in the mentor program for 3 years. This is my 2nd year teaching so I just have one more year of being "mentored"! It is not bad at all, actually I am very grateful. Our mentors send us to workshops {I get to go to a Kagan workshop at the end of the month!!!}, get us some supplies, and just help us reflect! Well, my mentor has to observe me using my goal {that I wrote in the summer} while teaching a lesson! My goal was to incorporate Whole Brain Teaching strategies in my teaching... I am actually impressed with myself because I have been faithful to WBT!!! :) My kiddos love it and I see a lot more engagement than last year when I didn't use WBT. Nevertheless, I am still a teeennnyyy bit anxious/nervous about the observation!

Soooo that's what has been going on with my life! Today, was also my little ones picture day! Her Daddy got to get her ready since I am working. He is soooo AWESOME!! He does her hair and picks out her outfits! I am beyond grateful for him, too! Here are some cute pictures just to show ya'll!

Concentrating on eating with her chopsticks!!

At the park!

Look at those pretty perfect braids Daddy did! LOVE!

Ready for picture day by practicing her pose! LOL

Aw! I just love spending time with my little one!! She is just like me! :) Now, for a teacher funny! I saw this on Pinterest or FB! Soooo true!!!!

I would LOVE a vanilla latte right about now!! :) Have a fabulous week ya'll! I am working on a Spring literacy and math center pack!! :) I can't wait to finish! See ya'll!

My First Mistake! Read Across America Literacy Centers!

AHHH!! I got up and checked my email and found a comment from Rachel stating that she noticed a MISTAKE on my Read Across America Homophones freebie!!! :(
I checked that thing like 2,000 times!!! I'm soooo sorry!! So, if you bought my literacy centers, please please please go and download it again I fixed that page!!! Just go to your purchases and re-download!!
I have also fixed the freebie that can be found {HERE}
Again, so sorry!!! I know most of us will be using the centers today and next week!!
Have a fabulous Dr. Seuss day!!!