Look Who's On Instagram!

Howdy! I am absolutely in love with instagram! I have tons of fun looking through pictures, quotes and ideas for school! My sweet friends Natalie and Rachelle from What the Teacher Wants and Michelle from Apples and ABC's have created a linky party and have given me the courage to create an instagram for my little blog!

You can now find me on Instagram using the username CurlsandSmile!

 

 

I am working hard on adding pictures and having a blast following some of the best blogs around! I will be joining What the Teacher Wants and Apples and ABC's on Tuesdays for their AWESOME weekly linky to share pictures from my blog and classroom! I can't wait!

 

Join in on the fun by following me on Instagram (curlsandsmile)!

I look forward to sharing and collaborating with you in a whole new way!

Where, oh where has Ms. Morgart been?

Hi sweet bloggy friends! I feel like it has been a forever since my last post but I am so glad to be able to take a moment to FINALLY write a post!

 

So where have I been? Well, besides my super hectic super mom schedule, I was actually able to squeeze in a once and a lifetime trip to Washington, D.C. My daughter, mom and I were able to go to this year's White House Easter Egg Roll and it was AMAZING!! We were right there on the lawn of the White House playing games, doing crafts and listening to music! I am so grateful that my daughter was able to experience this and be so very close to the White House! It was an experience that I hope she never forgets.

 

While there, she recieved a commerative egg. She was over the moon that she recieved the egg with Bo on it! We made some beautiful memories!

 

 

 

The last couple of weeks have just ZOOMED by since spring break! The spring semester is difintely zipping by which can be a blessing and a curse. There is so much still left to do but I am also looking forward to a fabulous and relaxing summer (44 more days)!

 

My little ones are working up a storm on their historical figure biograhies! We were very lucky to recieve a grant through a foundation in our district called LEAF. They are an amazing foundation that fund so many wonderful projects to help bring great teaching opportunites into classrooms.

 

 

We started with simply exploring difffernt biographies. Through the grant, I was able to get TONS and TONS of fabulous biograhies that my littles can read! We discussed the genre, what information we could gather from reading biographies and the author's purpose for writing books in this genre. The kiddos selected their historical figures and now we are getting ready to write our research paper.

 

I love the thought of research in second grade. It makes me so excited that they are ready and capable of gathering information and transforming that into informational writing! TOO EXCITING!!

 

This was the unit that inspired me. I simply {puffy heart} love Amanda from One Extra Degree!

She is as talented as she is sweet and her unit Wax Museum Biographies is amazing!

 

As the kiddos were reading through and exploring their biographies, I had them take write down some interesting facts about people they thought they may want to research. This was helpful becuase they were having a hard time narrowing down their choices and being able to finally pick one individual. It turned out to be just what they needed!

 

 

This week, we will continue our research project. My babies will be collecting information and learning all about how to write ideas in our own words. I can't wait to see what they can do!

 

We are also focusing on Main Idea.

I think this will be a great integration to their biography writing because it is a fabulous way to intergrate using supporting details to develop the main idea.

 

Here are some great units that I can't wait to teach with this week:

 

 

by the lovely Amy of Step into Second Grade

 

and

created by the darling Kelley of Teacher Idea Factory!

 

I can't wait to use all these great resources with my kiddos! Should make for a great week of learning!

 

 

 

 

 

Currently...and a new resource!

Happy Saturday!

I am so glad to FINALLY be able to link up with sweet Meghann of Oh Boy Third Grade and her super adorable Currently link up! It you haven't check this out....you sould! It has to be one of my favorite linkies and they are so much of fun to read!

So here is what I am up to.....

 

 

Here are the rules if you chose to link up to Currently..the rule of three! Head over to two blogs before you and leave a sweet comment and then vistit the blog after you and do the same.

  



  Now, I really do have about a million things that I want to make for TpT. It's always back there somewhere in the back of my mind just dying to get out! I am currently working on a Spring Break Personal Narrative resource similar to my Winter Break Writing Resource.   I am hoping to have it posted by the end of the weekend. Fingers crossed!  

    I am also adding a new font to my Curls collection! This will be another addition this weekend!  

    Busy but loving it!   Make sure to visit my facebook page Teaching with Curls and a Smile for Sunday Shout Outs and updates on my blog posts and resources at TpT.  

Booking Across the USA- The Lone Star State!

Howdy from the great state of Texas!!

I am so excited to be part of an amazing blog hop showcasing bloggers from each state created by Jodi of GrowingBook By Book! She has done a fabulous job organizing this fun virtual trip across our beautiful 50 states!

Here are a few facts about Texas:

The state is called The Lone Star State.

The official state flower is the bluebonnet.

The official state bird is the Mocking Bird.

The capitol of Texas is Austin.

The official state song is Texas, Our Texas.

Our state was once a republic. There were only two presidents before Texas became part of the United States of America in 1845.

Texas was the 28th state to be admitted into the United States.

Texas is the second largest state in the United States.


Texas is also known for our cowboys and cowgirls, ranches, horses and country music and nothing ties that all up like the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo. It is one of the best times in Houston with carnivals, musicians and rodeo activities for people of all ages. It’s a fabulous time in Houston and in the classroom!

I love using the rodeo as a real life connection for my students during this time. One of my favorite activities to do with my students is a fiction/ nonfiction pairing of a wonderful storybook Armadillo Rodeo by Jan Brett and a nonfiction text named It’s an Armadillo by Bianca Lavies .

Here are two activities that we use to collect information about our favorite little friend, the armadillo:

 

Once we have a deeper understanding of the armadillo, I love to read the story Armadillo Rodeo!  This story is a sweet story about a little armadillo that goes looking for his “friend” and has an amazing adventure through the rodeo!

Here are a few activities for Armadillo Rodeo:

 

 

Graphics/fonts copyright DJ Inkers. www.djinkers.com

 Thank you so much for stopping by and learning about Texas!  I would love for you to follow my blog (just click on google friends on the left), follow me on Facebook,  and come and join my giveaway for one of my resources on Teachers Pay Teachers!

Thanks again and have a wonderful  time hoppin’ through our wonderful 50 states!

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It's time for a little giveaway!!

Happy Saturday!!

 

I woke up this morning feeling this just like this....

 

(thanks to Queen of the First Grade Jungle)

 

It is no secret how much I love blogging and how I am amazed by all the FABULOUS resources that are available from truly talented teachers!

So I started thinking, I want to show you some bloggy love!

 

My lastest creations is my Curls Fonts

 

 

 and I would love to giveaway 3 sets to you as a thank you!

 



a Rafflecopter giveaway

Share away and have fun!

 

I am off to run some errands and create more fonts!!

Feeding a FONT addiction!

As you all know, I am ADDICTED to fonts! I must have about ten million of them and I just LOVE how they make even the most simple of tasks into super adorable masterpieces! Well, I have found a new way to feed this addiction and yours.....

 



 

I am so excited to introduce Curls Fonts! This has to be one of my favorite reousrces that I have created! Fonts are so muc fun to make and I am so super happy to be able to share it with you!

 

I plan to continue to add to my font collection and really hope that you love them!

 

Here is a sneak peek:

 

 

So, what do you think?

 

Check them out in my TpT store for only $4!

 

 The best part is that you can buy it at $4 and recieve all the updates that I will be uploading to this resource....WOOHOO!!



Show Us What You Bought Linky

Howdy!
For all my lovely bloggy friends, so glad to see you back!
For those of you that are new to Curls and a Smile...welcome!!

It is confirmed. I am addicted to Teachers Pay Teachers.

 

I  LOVE to stock up when there is a big sale!
Well, let's face, I lvoe shopping at TpT all the time ESPECIALLY during a big sale!

 

There are so many talented teachers that create wonderful and useful resources! 

Here is what I snagged during the big Super Sunday Sale:

 

 A million frames and borders...

   

                                    

  

 and these awesome resources for teaching reading and language arts skills such as

contractions, nonfiction text features, reading response, biographies and sentence structure!

 

I definitely snagged some great deals!

Check out our post at Blog Hoppin'

 

and the fabulous post at Sunny Days



to see what all the other awesome bloggers bought

and start filling up that wish list for the next big sale!