Award!

Thank you Miss Willis and Tammy for the Top 10 Award!!

 

Miss Willis has lots of great tips from her experiences in Title 1.......I am constantly learning great techniques for various things from her blog. You must check it out if you haven't already!

Tammy at Forever in First has many sweet things going on at her blog. Between her fabulous class books and great quotes and excerpts from educators, I am always reflecting on my practices when I read her blog.

Here are some other blogs that I think are Top 10! Check them out:

Tara at Little Minds at Work

Michelle at The 3am Teacher

Alice at Reflections on Teaching
Jamie at 2nd Grade Stuff
Kelly at Teaching Literacy in the Early Years

I am off to bed!! Still getting used to life in Wimbledon, being a wife, and my husband working night shifts : (

Hope things are going well in the States for everyone! I must try harder to keep up with the news over there...I am falling behind. I would imagine you all have spring break coming soon!! Let your countdown begin  : )

Kelli

Versatile Blogger Award and some INSPIRATION!

Wow!!! Thank you Haley, at Following Optimism! She nominated me for the Versatile Blogger award--I am so pleased!!

Here are the rules:

1. Thank the person who gave it to you.

Thank you Haley.

2. Share 7 things about myself.

-I met my husband when I was backpacking through Europe.

-I played the piano and had one put in my room my first year of teaching. Needless to say, I had it moved out by January because there was never time to play it (Did I think it was Leave it to Beaver days or what?!)

-I have been living like a gypsy for many years now and I CANNOT wait to settle in a bit (soon!) and decorate/organize our flat (apartment) and maintain a routine that now excludes the army!

-I got completely hooked into yoga about 18 months ago (soooo good for my bad back and anxious mind!)

-I hate it when people don't follow the rules! (speeding when driving, lying, cheating, etc) This really gets under my skin---why do some people think rules don't apply to them?

-my mom is my everything.......she is everything that is good and sweet in this world. I look up to her tremendously and tear up when I think about the wonderful influence she has had on me.

-my dream job would be to work on a documentary that compares/contrasts school systems around the world (my 2 favorites: different cultures & education!)

3. Pass this award on to 15 other bloggers who deserve such a great award!

I would love to add more, but this rickety, ancient computer is going so slow and keeps shutting down!

So I will end with a blog that I am O-B-S-S-E-S-S-E-D with and share some pins from her site:





even and odd street-so cute!



I am now convinced I must have all her posters and anchor charts : )

fact families

she put sheet metal on her wall which is magnetic!!



And, in a word, I desribe her classroom as heaven.  I.love.it.

I'm off to bed finally! Have a great weekend!

Kelli

A Sunshine award and my current long-term sub job

Wahoo!!  An award--I'm so excited and encourage by this wonderful award--thank you to Kristin at A Teeny Tiny Teacher (you're so kind)!

So here's a bit about me:

Favorite color: various shades of blue, love it.

Favorite animal: I do like dogs (especially puppies)

Favorite number: 14 (old volleyball number)


Favorite drinks: I love the pumpkin spice lattes y.u.m...........and hot chai lattes


Facebook or Twitter: ha, I'm in the process of closing my facebook because it's all too much with pinterest, blogs, etc!

My passion:  I know that all my blessings come from my Lord and Savior, I love working with enthusiastic, hard-working teachers, never miss my yoga, traveling and exploring the world, love to shop at vintage/thrift stores, and movies with my sister as often as possible.


Giving or receiving: I find it very difficult to receive.......I even asked for no gifts for my upcoming wedding ( I refuse to register so people will honor this!), so yeah, I guess I like to give more than receive.


Favorite day: Fridays-I love relaxing and refueling on the weekends.
 
Now who do I pass this award to? I am a bit new to this blog world, but I pick the inspiring Clutter-Free Classroom (who has probably won this award a thousand times over!)
 
 
and now, very quickly:

My Current Job

I have done many long-term sub assignments during my  3ish years of subbing (the other 6 years were with my own class).......I am currently in a dream long-term job. Honestly. So lucky.

Here's why.

It's at a school I know, with a supportive principal and bright and friendly office staff. Yes please. The staff is super nice and friendly : )  The teacher I'm covering until Christmas is a superstar teacher who has taken over the program coach role at the school (so students are well-trained and I'm learning cool stuff from the routines she's established). Yay and yay! AND, it's an ELD second grade class, which is so great because I've been wanting more experience in second grade and I also welcome more experience with ELL students. Wahoo!

Here are a couple pictures from her classroom :

Why haven't I ever thought of having all the phone
numbers right by the phone like this?



I have learned alot about setting up an AR system

up close picture of AR book organization

student folder for self-selected AR reading log







up close reading log



 







I liked this for the "overflow" cubby solution


I will have to share my other long-term jobs sometime.........they include everything from maternity cover to teachers in rehab.....stay tuned : )