OH HOW I HAVE MISSED YOU!!!!!!!

Hi everyone!!! OH MY WORD!!!! It has been forever since I have posted and I am so sorry! Things have been CRAZY but I am back and ready to share what I have been up to with all my sweet (and extremely missed) bloggy friends!

As you all know, this is my first year in second grade. I adore it and am having such an amazing year with my kiddos. My teammates are the BEST and I am finally feeling like everything is running smoothly. I am putting all my energy into great instruction and I am so proud of my students! They have really stepped up to the challenge and are becoming wonderful thinkers! They are experiencing reading in a whole new way and I am so pleased to be a part of it!

Along with learning my new curriculum and finding fun and different ways to teach reading, I have been presenting a weekly series of professional development on the SIOP Model through my position as the ELPS trainer for the campus. We combined this with our weekly technology integration ideas and the presentations have been super informative and appreciated by my colleagues. It has been a lot of work but soooo worth every minute!

Then there was the cherry on the top of this MOST WONDERFUL school year......drum roll please.....

I was voted by my colleagues as TEACHER OF THE YEAR 2012 for my campus!!!!! I was in absolute shock and it seriously took a few days to finally sink in!  I am so incredibly humbled and appreciative of the amazing honor. My loving family, friends and colleagues have gotten me to where I am today.... and so have YOU. Yes, you. 

I started blogging about a year ago. It began as a devoted follower of some of the best bloggers around.

          

  




  




  




Primary Graffiti 

and so many others.

 I read their blogs daily and with that came the slow transformation of the way I planned my instruction with the unbelievable resources that these teachers and many others shared with me through their blogs. They became my friends and some of my biggest supporters has I ventured into the world of blogging and starting up Curls and a Smile. This community of generous, brilliant and supportive teachers has allowed me to expand the number of people that I am able to share and collaborate with to develop strong,exciting, fun and immensely educational lessons. So, thank you. Thank you for the inspiration and for always challenging me to be the best educator that I can be for my students, school and community.

Thank you!!

Cyber Monday Sale!

Hi everyone! I am joining a HUGE group of teachers that are having a Cyber Monday Sale! I posted a couple of new things yesterday to my TpT and Teachers Notebook shops that I thought you might enjoy!

Here is a sneak peak at what you can find:

My updated Gingerbread Poetry Activities...

 A Thanksgiving Writing Activity....

and a little something to use this week :)

Let me know what you think and please feel free to leave feedback! I love to read your comments and am always willing to add a little extra when needed!

Don't forget to use promo code CMS28 at TeachersPayTeachers.com to recieive an additional 10% off!

Happy shopping!

I am now on Teachers Notebook...with a little help :)

I finally did it!

I have opened my Teachers Notebook shop and I am so excited!

Right now there is only one item in the shop but I plan to add more soon!

Thanks to all my sweet bloggy friends that helped me out...you guys rock!!

I need a little help from my friends....

Can you give me a hand?

 

I am hoping that one of my wonderful blogging friends could help me out...I am setting up my Teacher Notebook Store and am wondering what is the best way to make images of the pages of my products. I know how to create a screen shot but I am sure there has to be an easier way to go about it. Please leave a comment if you have a suggestion!

As a thank you, I plan to have a new product and a sale at Teachers Notebook!

And the winner is....

Thank you so much to all of you that participated! Your support made a tough day much, much better! As a thank you, I will be placing my Turkey Time Rhymes Activity on a flash sale for $2.00 until tomorrow
at 3 pm!! Please leave a comment and rate this product if you choose to buy it. Thank you, thank you, thank you in advance!!

The winner is comment number 4....Sandra Maddox!! Congratulations!

I will be emailing you in the next 24 hours!!

Giveway Ends Tonight!!!

It almost Thanksgiving and with just a few more days til the big day, I am having a giveaway!

Make sure to click on the sweet little turkey to join in!! Good Luck!!!

Turkey Time Rhymes is back....Giveaway time!!!

One of my favorite activities that I do with my kiddos during the fall is Turkey Time Rhymes!

It is a collection of 6 Thanksgiving poems that we use as our shared reading each day for the week before Thanksgiving Break. We read each poem and discuss each one. The students become the illustrators and create a picture that matches the text of each poem and then create a table of contents for their book. It makes for a wonderful and fun way to review many of the skills that we have discussed throughout the school year and the kiddos LOVE to take them home and read them to their families during their break!

It is available at my TpT Store for only $4.00!

I haven't done a giveaway in a little while so.....

GIVEAWAY TIME!!

All you have to do is go check it out and leave a comment about what you think!

For an extra chance to win, I would greatly appreciate it if you would share about this giveaway through your blog, facebook, twitter, etc.

Thanks so much and good luck!!

A winner will be chosen on Thursday, Nov. 17 at 9pm!!