Five for Friday {Linky Party…February 22}

 

Helllllooooooo Friday!

I have spent this week lysoling, choloroxing, and germxing. Seriously. The flu has hit and I have had lots of little ones out. I am trying my best from catching it and keeping the rest of my class that is well from catching it. Yikes!

Here are 5 random things from this week.. join me in posting your “Five for Friday” and add your link below.

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1. Y’all know I love a direct drawing activity. I found this one last weekend on TpT and knew it was the perfect Presidential activity. We plan on doing George next week! I cannot wait! You dan download the directions here. I usually make up my own drawings but  this Abraham Lincoln one was perfect! I am hoping to do a President’s Day post and I will show you the final products. They are funny!

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2. It was payday on Wednesday from Ebates.. Seriously, friends… this is a no brainer. If you shop online you should be using Ebates}. I get a check 4 times a year for doing NOTHING! They give you cash back for purchases you make online.

I am planning on ordering from Lands End this weekend.. so instead of going straight to the Land’s end website. I go to Ebates first.. search and click on Land’s End and it takes me straight to the Land’s End website. And because I made this extra step- I will get 6% back from my purchase. It’s small change.. but it adds up.

Disclaimer: Just so you don’t think I am being shady.. yes, I earn referral cash if you sign up under me. So, I am getting something BUT why would you not do it?

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3. My school has an annual silent/live auction and it is coming up in 2 weeks.I always paint a canvas with my class. I have done a cross painting each year- so we will do another cross this year too. We started on our project this week.

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4. I have been working hard and designing new products for my stationery business {Doodle Bugs Paper}. Graduation is coming up soon and I have been working on new folded note designs. I would love for you to follow my blog or follow me on facebook.

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5. Last week, I posted the picture above and I got several questions about What is the black box? Each week I send home sight word flashcards with my kids. They all keep a black box at home with all their words inside for practice. They bring their black boxes to school on Thursday for me to “check”.

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I hope you will consider posting your “Five for Friday” post on your blog and linking up. Last week over 100 linked up!

Enjoy your weekend!!

 

Five for Friday {Linky Party…February 15th}

 

 

 

Welcome to this week’s Five for Friday Linky Party.. here are 5 random things from today or this week. Join the party and post your link below.

 

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1. We started working on compound words this week. Which is always one of my favorite skills to teach- and kids love it too. Laura from Peace, Love and First Grade sent me her “I Have/Who Has” compound word game. This is the first time I have played this game with my class.. .I felt like it took them FOREVER to catch on. But, by today they were fast! They loved it.

 

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2. We had a great Valentine’s day.. complete with a fun class party. We all {myself included} got a little jacked up on sugar! And I was glad to see the school day end! This is the loot of love I came home with.

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3. Today was an early dismissal day .. and it was a wonderful to leave school a few minutes after 11:00 this morning.  I am excited to start my weekend!

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4. I have been working on a new bear math centers unit a few nights this week. I printed off part of it and laminated it this afternoon. I really hope to finish it this week.

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5. For the first time this year.. I walked away from school with one folder and a few papers {including my weekly newsletter}. I am looking forward to spending Sunday afternoon/night doing something other than grading and planning!

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Post your “Five for Friday” post on your blog and link up below.

Happy Weekend!

 

 

Valentine Crafts!

If you saw my Five for Friday post yesterday.. you saw 2 of my Valentine crafts I did last week with my first graders. Those and one more are bundled together in a little mini craft unit listed in my store.

Doodle Bugs Teaching; Valentine Crafts

All the patterns are included. The patterns are computer generated and not hand-drawn. Each craft is SUPER easy and can be done in a short time period!  Just in time for Valentine’s Day!

You get the letters for students to spell February.

Cupcake patterns to make these yummmmy treats!

And owl patterns to make these super cute owls! They are a hoot!

 

Happy Valentine’s Day!

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Click below to purchase…

Doodle Bugs: Valentine Crafts

Five for Friday {Linky Party.. February 8th}

Whew!! It’s Friday! I am so ready to jump into bed tonight and hopefully sleep in for a little while in the morning! Here are 5 random things about this week.. join in on your blog and add your link below. Happy Friday!

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1. We are slowly getting into the Valentine spirit and we made these cupcakes for our hall bulletin board this week. They each have their one personality.. HA!

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2. It is ALWAYS super fun to get home from school to get a box of goodies from a favorite company.. for no reason! Thank you Carson Dellosa for sharing some of your new products with me. Of course, I will put them to great use and cannot wait to use them! I will be blogging about this box of fabulous goodies soon!

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3. I am having the hardest time this year with my little ones doing a few daily things .. so we are learning a little responsibility in my room. If one of my students forgets to do one of the 5 things listed above- they have to take their name off the board. Anyone who’s name is left on the board next Friday gets in the treasure box. I have my fingers crossed we do better this next week!

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4. We made these little owl bags to hold our Valentine cards today. We are looking forward to filling them up next week!

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5. I always feel like I never do anything fun for St. Patrick’s Day. We are always out for Spring Break on March 17th and the week before is a testing week.. so I am really going to try and squeeze these centers in early this year... this past weekend I gave my St. Patrick’s Day math center unit a makeover! You can find them in my store: St. Patrick’s Day Math Centers 

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Have a great weekend! If you would like to join the Five for Friday linky party.. just post on your blog and come back and link up below!

Happy Friday Y’all!

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Five for Friday {Linky Party…February 1st}

 

 

 

Here are 5 random things from this week.. HAPPY FRIDAY!

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1.  I still have a small group of kids that are having a hard time identifying coins. This is an activity we did to help practice. Easy & super quick!

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2. Our 100th day of school was Tuesday. We did a few things to get ready on Monday and we finished up a few things on Wednesday.. so we celebrated for 3 days! It is always a fun, fun day! You can see my 100th day posts here and here.

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3. Three days this week I was at school before 7:00. We start school at 8:00. I would much rather be there early and leave early than get there late and leave late. I am usually one of the first ones out the door each day.

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4. Look how precious these Valentine gumball treats are!! I love them! I found them at Sam’s. 24 for $10.00. This is what I am giving my kids for V’day!

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5. The Super Bowl is Sunday.. let me tell you I could CARE LESS!! I don’t even know who is playing. I won’t watch it.. not even for the half time show or commercials. But, I will have something to keep me busy.. TpT is having a big {SUPER} sale on Sunday! Enter code SUPER to get up to 28% off items! Shop away!!!  I would love for you to check out my store..

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Post about 5 random things from today or this week and link up below.