Five for Friday (On Sunday July 26)

It's that time of week again!  (Well, 2 days late!)  

This is a great linky party, that I've come to look forward to! Maybe next week I'll make it on a Friday! LOL

Something for fun...I, like many others of you, love bright cheerful containers.  Now, I have lots at school, but you can never have too many!  Picked up a bunch of these bad boys and I am so happy that they fit into the shoe rack shelf that I found at Goodwill.  Now...just to figure out what to put in there.... I was thinking of sorting writing supplies, or small word work activities since the cubbies are small.  They do fit perfectly a small pencil box.  The cubbies I have at school I had to track down in a then-storage-portable...so they are in pretty bad shape.  And that's all they pretty much keep in their cubbies...pencil boxes.  Hmm, decisions...decisions...

I've been working on my TPT products.  It is a learning curve as to how work some of the programs but I'm loving it!  I get up early to work on stuff, read blogs, facebook groups, and TPT forum posts while everyone is asleep.  Then it's a fight for the computer!  HAHA  Well, maybe not a fight, but I'm sure you know what I mean.

 

Sigh, seeing all those teacher posts on Facebook and blogs about how their room is coming is getting me anxious to get to my own room!  My room had the "DO NOT ENTER, WET WAX" sign on it when I went to check this past week.  I really need to get back the corner of my house that has my summer school supplies! With trainings and meetings going on our first week back, AND Kindergarten Open House being on Wednesday...doesn't leave me much time to set up, so I will have to go in early.  Excited to set up and turn my bare room into something inviting.  YAY!  

I even had a dream where my room was already done for me! LOL

Besides my number 5 read, I am going to start to read The Cafe Book.  This is something I have never done, but liked the idea of.  I am hoping that since I already read about Daily 5, that this will tie in nicely.  I was so excited to start reading that when I finished my Daily 5 book, I started The Cafe Book...but it was late...and I was getting tired...so I fell asleep. ZZZzzzzzzzzzz 

And perfect for #5...Daily 5!  I already read the first book, and had been reading the 2nd edition. (I talked about it in a previous Five for Friday post.)  I enjoyed the book and am finding new ways to implement Daily 5 into my class this year.  I hope to be better at it now that I will have my students all day. (Read a bit of my thoughts on that here and here.)  I'm very excited...I just hope that it goes almost as smoothly as I envision it! LOL  I will be getting my centers started soon and can't wait to teach math again!  I have almost nothing for math.  BUT I am excited to be making things for math centers too.  What is a math center that your students love? 

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Here's to a restful Sunday...and a happy week to you all!

Five For Friday

Hey, there!  This is my 2nd Five for Friday and I enjoyed the last one very much.  And better yet...I'm posting on a Friday! HA!

 It has been raining and raining and raining the last 2 days.  Living in Florida I am not use to this...the usual afternoon shower that comes and goes...YES...pretty much ALL DAY LONG?...NO! And either are the kids, who have been asking and asking to go back in the pool that we got ready last week after a 2 day withdrawal.  So hopefully after dinner we can go in even if it's for a little bit.  Cause on our errands today...IT WAS HOT!

 I am going to try and  MAKE some clipart this weekend!  I actually have been on withdrawal since I made my first few.  This time I am really excited because I will be using Photoshop or Illustrator.  I think I will either try and make some fun kids or owls or borders or digital papers....OR try each until I get stumped and then move onto the next one! LOL Check back here this weekend and I'll post pics of how they are coming along.  

 If you have kids, or even if you don't...I'm sure you have heard of these little guys called Minions.  My youngest loves them and was literally at the edge of his seat while watching their movie Sunday. I did end up getting him a stuffed BOB that now I have to make a teddy bear for since he did not come with one.  SO...I will do my best with what fabric I have.  I'll post a pic with the new Bob and his accessory when I'm done.  For now, here's my Little Minion.

I'm already worrying and it hasn't even happened yet BUT..my daughter started taking the drivers ed class online so that she can take the test to get her permit.  

HOW CAN SHE BE READY TO LEARN TO DRIVE SHE'S ONLY A BABY!! 

Ugh how time flies...way to fast.  I liked her response to driving a few years back, "I don't have to learn to drive cause my husband will Does anyone have a pause button I can borrow?  If you do, please let me know...Thanks in advance.

It is now day 3 of our Summer Movie Night Marathon where we watch a movie or half of a movie each night before the boys go to bed.  This Summer Movie Marathon features:  STAR WARS!  This time we are starting with Episode 1 and will be going all the way to Episode 6.  (Last time we did this we started with Episode 3.) Tonight starts Episode 2 Attack of the Clones

             

My littlest as Darth Vadar.

My oldest boy and his favorite character.

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My First Five for Friday(though it's actually Saturday!)

This is my first Five for Friday by Doodlebugs Teaching!  I'm very excited to get my blog rolling and TPT products made!  Here are my Five for Friday/Saturday:

 

Our pool...fits us all pretty well...and if you look closely you can see rain drops.

First things first...we finally got our little pool ready for summer.  Ugh it's already about half way over, but at least it's better late than never!  Of course, my kids wanted to go in as soon as it was ready, and with our luck, that meant grey skies.  So, we went in for about 15-20 minutes before it got REALLY DARK and thundering.  Today, same thing, at least we got some nice pool time in!

Ok, this is the beginning of my Goodwill pile.  I was going to show my "bring back to school" pile...but honestly, too embarrassed to show the mess! LOL

I've been working all summer to clean out storage...with three kids...I can't believe how much we put away!  And of course the classic, "That's my favorite toy!" has been heard several times in the last few weeks.  Not to mention my school stuff that I had to bring home and school stuff that I bought.  I haven't gotten through my sorting of centers yet either! SO MUCH TO DO!

My new book along with my notebook for notes and ideas as I read it.

I had ordered The Daily 5 and The Cafe book (along with furniture for my daughters room) from Walmart.  Earlier this week I got them in the mail to read before school starts.  Unfortunately my new Cafe book came soaking wet and I had to return it to Walmart!  It was a pretty easy return, but bummed because that was the one I didn't read yet.  I have the first Daily 5 book and loved it!  

Have any of you read it too?  What did you find most helpful?

I had checked my school email today after one of my friends from school asked me about our summer trainings.  It came to me as a surprise but...I AM GOING TO BE SELF CONTAINED NEXT YEAR!!  If you are wondering why that would cause me excitement, I'll give you a short story:

• I taught K over 10 years ago for 3 years.
• Then I changed schools and was offered 3rd grade(did for 10 years with 2 years of 2nd somewhere in between).  I did enjoy teaching those kids more than I thought and miss that age group.
• Then I asked to be moved because I was getting burnt out and they gave me K again BUT our school went to being departmentalized for core subjects-except 3 of the ESE inclusion classes.  I taught ELA/Social Studies for 2 classes and my partner taught Math/Science.
• Now my partner and I are both going to be self-contained.  The other 4 k-teachers are still departmentalized.

I am SOO excited!  Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed working with my partner teacher and we got along very well.  But I sooo miss math and science!  I am VERY excited to teach all subjects and do more themes! 

And lastly...I've been trying my hand at clip art.  So far I only made a  couple products from PowerPoint.  Trying to get the hang of digital drawing...I usually draw freehand when I have time.  My daughter is interested in trying it too.  So, we'll learn together!  Right now I'm working in PowerPoint, I hope to practice in Photoshop and Illustrator soon.  I've use Photoshop for some picture editing before, but never Illustrator.  I am listing things on my ebay account to put towards a Wacom drawing tablet(1/3 of the way there YAY).  Can't wait!  Here's a sample of what I'm working on now.  I want to get a few products ready and list them up at the same time.  What do you think?  If you have suggestions for what I should make next, just let me know!

My first one, Butterflies.

Working on a Back to School one.

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