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I am loving this linky party on Ob' Boy 4th Grade! I can't say for sure that I filled this out correctly, and I am not gonna lie when I say it took me forever to figure out how to add my own words and then change this back into a jpeg. I am having a blonde night!

So here it is:

Heading to bed to satisfy my "need".

What are you "currently" doing? Join the party :)

Really... an Award!!!

I am so excited to share this post tonight! One of my newest followers, Mrs. Smyth, at New Adventures in First Grade has awarded me with the Versatile Blogger Award. Thank you so much Mrs. Smyth! I am so excited to share this award with others!

Here are some criteria for this award:
1. Thank the person who presented the award to you and link back to them.
Not only am I excited to get the award from a follower, I have now become a follower of Mrs. Smyth! It is always exciting to find a new blog!

2. Tell seven things about yourself.

*This is my 3rd year teaching first grade and this has been my favorite year! My kids are so bright this year and thoroughly enjoy learning!

*I have a weakness for chocolate. It is bad! Even my students know and will bring me goodies :)

*I am in the middle of getting my masters in Math Education. All I have left are a few math classes and a few Praxis tests to pass. I am excited because I will be certified to teach K-12 (7-12 Math). Of course, 7-12 is a big jump from first but it might be something worth looking into later on in my career.

*I have a Kindergartener who is hilarious! We were cleaning out his backpack tonight and on Monday he is required to bring in something from home that starts with an "a". I asked him what he wanted to bring and he said, "Addison" (his little sister!). We had to settle on a picture but I thought that was so sweet!

*Over break I got to actually read a book for pleasure! It was amazing... I mean the book wasn't anything but fluff; but it was amazing to have time to "waste" on fluff! By the way, it was "I Don't Know How She Does It". It was cute for anyone looking for some fluff to read :)

*My New Year's Resolution is to make it to the gym a couple times a week (still haven't started that). This week I am going.. I swear! I am hoping my stars will align and the Y on the way home from school will conveniently have a Yoga class right at the time I pass it...We shall see!

*My long-term career goals include becoming some kind of academic coach outside the classroom, preferably a numeracy coach. I thoroughly enjoy teaching math and creating my lessons so I think this would be a perfect combination!

3. Pass this onto 15 newly discovered blogs and let them know they've received the award.

I am excited to complete this one, I love finding new blogs so here goes:

Create-Teach-Share

Workshop Classroom


First Grade Frenzy

Barrow's HodgePodge

Step Into 2nd Grade with Mrs. Lemons

Dots-n-Spots

Generation Next Teaching She is just now getting started but a good friend with lots of fab ideas!

Creating and Teaching

Teach Love

Adventures in Room 129

Fern Smith's Classroom Ideas

A Teeny Tiny Teacher

The Lesson Plan Diva

Plug-n-Plan

Just Add ClipArt

Thanks so much for the support! I am going to be more into my blog soon! Getting past one more evaluation in the next couple weeks and then I am all yours with a freebie and possibly starting my own store on Teachers Pay Teachers... I will keep you posted :)




P.S. and by the way... I have made it to 50 followers!! I am super excited about this!!!!

Have I been living under a rock...

Maybe I have... well I feel like I have! I am trying to get "back in the swing of things" since the break and just found this progress monitoring site online that I am so excited to use! Check this out: easyCBM.com. There are reading fluency passages and word lists. There are letter name and sound pages. There are phoneme segmentation assessments. In addition, there is math progress monitoring too. Everything is provided for you on the site and it is amazing!!
The site also allows you to enter the scores online and track progress. My county doesn't have a lot of resources like this, so I am super excited to check into this more.
I have actually done some stuff this week, but left school without taking pictures...boo! So another day and post will bring that info.
Have a great weekend :)