A little bit of this, a little bit of that...

I cannot believe that February is almost halfway over. It seems that it was just yesterday that I was retraining reminding my firsties of the expectations in our classroom when they returned from Christmas break. 

For the 100th Day of School we decided as a team that we would ask the students to dress up as if they were 100 years old! OH MY WORD!!! They were too precious! I of course also had to join in on the fun and my kids thought it was the coolest thing ever. I have to admit that I enjoyed it too! 

We also had to have some fun door decorations to celebrate the feat of being in 1st grade for 100 days!

We also had a blast learning about the Moon! Thanks to Kristen Smith it was even more fun for my students. If you have not seen her moon packet on Teachers Pay Teachers, it is a must have! We learned about the moon phases and then completed a fun project using Oreos. It has been activities like these that are making me so excited to be teaching Math, Science, and Social Studies next year!

What sort of things have you been up to in your classroom? 

Currently February

Is it really February? That means it is time to link up with the amazing Farley for her monthly party where we can share what is going on in our life. 

Listening: I am obsessed with anything Olympics related so of course I had to catch the new Lifetime Gabby Douglas movie. It has been really good. Plus, who doesn't love a good Lifetime movie?

Loving: Let me rub it in your face…I got to wear shorts today. Did I mention that we have a cold front coming again tomorrow afternoon/evening to cool things back down? I guess this Texas girl will have to keep dreaming about the 70 degree temperatures. Spring better hurry up because I am not a fan of this cold weather. I am beyond over having indoor recess!

Thinking: I am beyond excited to be Team Teaching next year with an amazing co-teacher! She will be teaching all of the Language Arts components (Guided Reading, Spelling, Phonics, Grammar,  Reader's Workshop, and Writer's Workshop) and I will teach Math, Science and Social Studies. I will be doing 3 weeks each of Science and Social Studies. I have been wanting to do Daily 5 Math and cannot wait to incorporate that next year. The only downfall to all of this is that I will be moving classrooms, but that is nothing new to me. I have had to set up a new classroom during all three years of teaching I have thus far.

Wanting: Don't we all want a Laundry Fairy to come to our rescue? I am pretty sure that Laundry is my least favorite chore ever!!! If you find one near you, please send them my way. :)

Needing: Relief for this a nasty cough. It all started with a sore throat back when I went to the 1st Grade Teacher's Conference. It has been yuck since. I have had two rounds of antibiotics in me, but it is still there. I have an appointment on Thursday and am really hoping I do not have to go in before. I don't want to pay for two visits. The issue though is that I have already had Pneumonia twice in my life and am fearful this may be the 3rd time. Fingers crossed it is not!

2 Truths and a Fib: So which one do you think is the fib?
1. It took me 6 years to graduate with my Bachelors Degree.
2. I work as a camp director in the summer.
3. I coach club volleyball.

The fib is #1. I actually graduated with my Bachelors and Masters Degrees in 5 and a 1/2 years.  I also managed to never took summer school. However, I usually took at least 18 hours and at times 21 hours.