Lovely Blog Award

Somehow I still have followers even though I've been super bad about posting lately. Thank you for or all still following! I feel like I haven't had a moment to breathe in the past couple of weeks. It was my man's birthday, picture day, we had a Teddy Bear Clinic, and a huge carnival at school. This week I start tutoring two days a week, we have a school play, and I need to prepare for my formal observation which is the following week. I'm sure everyone is just as busy but with all my personal life things too I just haven't found the time to blog! 

Now that I am back to blogging. I'm super excited  to have been nominated for the lovely blog award by Jessica from Apples and Papers. Thanks Jessica! You should follower her super cute blog! 

The rules of this blog award: 

1. Link back to the blogger who gave it to you. (check) 

2. Pass this award on to 10 other lovely bloggers! (working on it!) 

3. Follow the person who sent it to you. (check) 

Bloggers with lovely blogs:

First Grade Blue Skies

Sunny Days in Second Grade

Ms. Preppy

A Cupcake for the Teacher

A Teeny Tiny Teacher

Can Do Kinders

Castles and Crayons

Differentiation Station

Eberhart's Explorers 

Faithful in First

Sunshine Award

Thank you so much to Amanda at The Teaching Thief for giving me the sunshine award! It made my day brighter! Go check out her amazing blog! 

The Sunshine Award rules are...

1. Thank the person who gave this award and write a post about it.

2. Answer the following questions below.

3. And pass the award to 10 fabulous bloggers, link their blogs and let them know you awarded them.

* Favorite Color?  green

* Favorite Animal?  dogs

* Favorite Number? 3

* Favorite Drink? Lemonade in the summer and hot chocolate in the winter

* Facebook or Twitter? Facebook

* Your Passion? Teaching of course but lately I've been into working out

* Giving or Getting Presents?  I love giving, especially when I have found the perfect gift but I loved being surprised with gifts as well! 

* Favorite day? Sunday the closing out of a great weekend and the beginning of a fresh start to a new week it's always a calm day spent at the house and with loved ones

* Favorite flowers? magnolias I love the way they smell

Here are 12 more blogs I have chosen to pass this award on to:

First Grade Delight

The Teacher Wife

Saylor's Log

Kindergarten Crayons

Fun in First

Kinder Kraziness

Loving and Learning in Pre-K

Pencils Glue and Tying Shoes

Castles and Crayons

A Special Kind of Class

Versatile Bloggers

First of all I'm so honored that a fellow blogger 4th Grade Frolics who I find inspiration from gave my blog The Versatile Award!

 

Please check out 4th Grade Frolics! I continue to find amazing resources on this site that I can adapt for my students.

After accepting this honor, there are some things that you are requested to do.

1.  Thank the person/people that nominated you and provide a link back to their blog.

2. Share 7 things about yourself.

3.  Pass this award along to 15 other blogs that you have discovered.

7 things about me:

1. I have a love affair with chocolate. Any kind I don't discriminate milk, dark, white....ice cream and peanut butter cups get the best of me.

2.  One day I want to be a reading coach and possibly a professor teaching undergraduate students in children's literature or intro to teaching courses. 

3. I love reading and now love reading on my Kindle. I'm currently reading The Mill River Recluse.

4. I could not live without my Iphone anymore! I love checking e-mails, facebook, Pinterest, playing Angry Birds, and being connected to the ones I love with my phone. It also is my alarm clock, timer, weather reporter, and flashlight.

5. I took piano lessons for 13 years and still play occasionally. I don't like to play for other people because I don't feel like I'm good enough anymore and I don't like making mistakes in front of other people. I do however love to play Christmas carols (they are pretty easy) to brighten up Christmas cheer. 

6. I have lived in four different states. I was born in Florida. My family moved to upstate New York for half a year where I first attending half day Kindergarten. We then moved back to Florida where I continue elementary school until 4th grade. Then we moved to Georgia and I lived there all the way through high school. After I graduated high school I moved to Florida for school and my parents moved to South Carolina. So I would visit/live with them every summer I wasn't in college. I now permanently live in Florida and have no intentions of leaving this  sunny state! 

7. One day I want to have a family of my own. If I could have it my way....which I know I can't....I would have 2 boys and 1 girl in that order. I think I would make a great mom seeing as I am a school mommy to lots of little ones already.

Now for those awesome blogs that deserve this award:

Can Do Kinders

Clutter-Free Classroom 

Frogs, Bees, & Under the Seas

Hello Literacy

Ladybug's Teacher Files 

Lesson Plans SOS

Made for 1st Grade 

One Extra Degree

Primary Perspective 

Teaching in High Heels 

The Inspired Apple 

The Teacher Wife 

What the Teacher Wants! 

A Teeny Tiny Teacher

Pencils, Glue, and Tying Shoes

You all are amazing teachers and an inspiration to me! Thanks for all that you do! 

TOP 10

 

I can't believe it...my blog was rated a Top 10 blog by two of my favorite go to blogs: Can Do Kinders and  4th Grade Frolics! I'm overwhelmed with joy! Thank you so much! This is such an honor especially from such wonderful bloggers. I never thought when I started this blog that I would have so many followers and so much support. With out further ado here are my top 10 blogs in no particular order:

She has wonderful freebies and such a beautiful blog.

Hope has awesome products on her site and I love the way she writes. 

Mrs. Patton's Patch has great math resources and is an inspiration! 

Mrs. Lochridge has amazing DIY ideas and creative products for the classroom.

Dana has fabulous free games! 

Janine is such a sweetie and has cute ideas.

Hop over to see Fredia's great Daily 5 ideas and graphic organizers! She always has awesome reads.

Growing Kinders is a such an inspirational blog! I have been "stalking" her site since before I became a blogger! 

Such a great blogger and has fantastic resources.

Such a fun teacher and great blogger! 

Thank you all for the inspiration you give me and for fueling my passion for teaching even further! 

1st Grade Awards & Co-teaching

I'm very bittersweet about the end of the year! I want a break from my kids but I will be so sad when the school year is over. Every year I do awards and a ceremony for my first graders. You could use these awards for any grade level though. We are having our ceremony next Wednesday. Only 9 more days left of school!


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Awards

On a totally different subject, I have been on four interview the past few weeks. Principals cannot tell you if they want to hire you until Friday, May 27 at 5:01. Hopefully I will have choices of which schools I want to go to but I have run into a dilemma. I like two schools equally! Both schools have high parent involvement, excellent principals, creative teachers, and I think I would be happy at either one. One school is doing co-teaching and I could be hired for grades first through third. (This school also includes a gym membership at the YMCA.) The other school I would have my own class and I would definitely be in first.  I know I would be blessed to work at either school but I wanted to hear some feedback on co-teaching vs teaching on your own, so please leave comments!!