Winner of Birthday Giveaway

Sadly, my birthday week has come to a close.
I had so much fun reading your comments about what you do to celebrate your big days.
I was able to celebrate mine with my family.
We actually sat down and had a family dinner!!!
That doesn't happen much in this busy household. I know how important it is, but it doesn't seem to happen. 
Thanks for all the birthday wishes. It's funny, when I talk to other people about blogging, some of them just don't get it that you do feel close to others online. I find myself telling people about other bloggers and mentioning them as my friends. I just wanted to say thanks for all the inspiration, information, education, thoughtfulness, and support you have given me throughout this blogging experience. I really appreciate all of you.
Whew...enough of that sappiness!

ONTO THE WINNER!!!

Congratulations Lynn!!! You will be receiving many emails soon!

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Little Friendly Ghost Link Up

I am linking up with Mel from

Graphics From the Pond

Oh how I LOVE her graphics. 

I made this little packet with two ELA activities linked to the Common Core.

Matching Alphabet (upper-case and lower-case letters)
Real/Not Real Words (sorting nonsense words)


Click on the image to go to my TpT store.
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On another note, next weekend I am going to run a little relay race...



Woo Hoo! I am so excited!

Have a wonderful day!


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Fall Weekend Sale

Happy First Day of Fall!

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I am linking up with Casey.


You should see all the TpT stores having sales!!!


A fall night in central New York.




Don't forget about my Birthday Giveaway!


It ends in 1 day and 17 hours!
I LOVE Rafflecopter! :)

Have a wonderful day!


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Daily 5 ~ Building Stamina

Oh how I LOVE Daily 5.
We really started last week. I introduced Read to Self. We have been working on building stamina. 
This week I introduced Read to Someone. 
We had already built to over 10 minutes in a week and a half. Pretty good! And then I introduced something new. Something they had not done before. Something that was completely foreign to them. 
Well, they fell apart. Let's see how our stamina is doing today with Read to Self. 
I am thinking that these kids are going to fly right over their past "record time". 
Boy was I wrong. They were so excited to get done with Read to Self and on to Read to Someone that their time actually went down...A LOT! 
Note to self...Do NOT let the kiddos know what is going to happen AFTER they work on building their stamina. Let them be surprised! :)
That was yesterday...Today we rocked it at over 13 minutes!!! Wow! It just took them one day to get their excitement out.
I can't wait to see what happens when I introduce Listen to Reading next week. 
Stay tuned!!!

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Don't forget to enter my Happy Birthday Giveaway.
I am still celebrating! I LOVE my birthday!
Lots of great prizes and a SURPRISE from me! :)


Have a wonderful day!!!

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A Shout Out to One of My Bloggy Friends

Have you ever visited Barbara over at Grade Onederful?


She is one of the most talented, kindest, onederful :) people I have met since I have began blogging. 
Barbara not only visits blogs, but comments on them in meaningful ways. I will be stalking :) someone's blog and I will come across one of Barbara's comments. She always makes me smile.

She is also one AMAZING blog designer. 


She just finished the cutest for Chickadee Jubilee
Oh, I am loving those birdies. :)


If you haven't yet had a chance to head on over to Barbara's blogs, you should. 
She makes you smile. :)

Have a onederful day! :)

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It's My Birthday...Giveaway!!!

It's My Birthday Giveaway!!!
I LOVE~LOVE~LOVE my birthday!
So, I am sharing my love of it with all of you.
With the help of some wonderful bloggers out there I am having a Birthday Giveaway.


THE PRIZES:


One item of your choice from Sara's Store.
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Two packets of your choice from Michele.
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Two clip art packets from Tammy.




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One item of your choice from Vera's store.
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Madison's "Cops and Robbers" Short O Games packet.

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One packet of Mama Goose's Kindergarden

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Two items from Laura's store.

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$25 of Stampin' Up Products.

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5 items of your choice from my store.

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Thank you to all who have donated their AMAZING products!

Good Luck!
This giveaway will end in one week.




Have a Wonderful Day!
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A Little Mud Never Hurt Anyone!

Before the run...


After the run...



We had so much fun! It was for a great cause.

I am working on some things for my store.
 But first I wanted to share some of my new pictures you can use.





Have a wonderful day!


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Third Day of School for me and my kids are off again


Our school district had a water main break. The high school and middle school had an "emergency day" Wednesday and Thursday. We, the elementary school, had to go in both days. I am glad they did this. 
Don't get me wrong, it would have been a nice surprise to have a day off, but I wouldn't have wanted to have the "first day of school" ALL over again!

I did make them a HUGE "TO DO" list for the day! :)

Look how excited these kids are to get into school!


All lined up and ready to let them off and running.



Looking at the "radical" display case.
The PTA copied and cut each of our faces out and put us on surf boards!
"Catch the Wave!"



And they're off!

Happy FRIDAY!!!
I am off for the weekend to run in the Dirty Girl Mud Run!
Woo HOOOO!!!!


I can't wait!







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Monday, Meet the Teacher

I know it's not REALLY Monday. For me it is.
We start school today. 
So, REALLY it is a Monday :)


Open House Week

I am linking up with TBA for "Open House Week".

Monday is "Meet the Teacher" Day.

Here goes: I am a mother of three. Today begins my journey of all of them in high school: senior, sophomore, and eighth grader. Ummmm? When did this happen?
I have been married to my high school sweetheart...well, he dated one other girl and I dated many other boys after we broke up in tenth grade. (he didn't notice that I got my braces off! I had to break up with him!)
Anyway, we met back up at a swim meet in college. Ever since then... BLISS :)

I first started teaching at my own elementary school. I took over for my 6th grade teacher. That was kind of strange. I found some things in the classroom that I had worked on.
I taught there for two years and then we moved. I stayed home with my children until my youngest was in Kindergarten. I interviewed for a Reading Specialist, was offered a 2nd grade position, moved to 1st after two years, moved to 4th after three years, and then I finally got to make my own decision and I moved back to 1st. I have been here for three years now.

I am all about Responsive Classroom. It's what drives me: the way I talk, teach, and handle things in my classroom. I wouldn't be the teacher I am now if it weren't for my trusty RC instructor, Patrick.

I love using technology in the classroom. I have a SmartBoard, five student computers and my own laptop in my classroom. We have carts of iPads to use basically whenever we want. We are very lucky!

I like my classroom to be neat and tidy. I have done a lot of "weeding" this year. Who really needs those old mimeograph papers anyway? I am aging myself!

I would love to hear about you. Head on over and link up.
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Currently and MORE Giveaways

Oh Yeah! It's that time again!


Head on over to link up!



I would like to get something like this for my birthday. I have been wanting one for years. 


Isn't she pretty?

My new macro lens lets me take pictures like this...


Yep, that's my family in Real Simple. :)

BEFORE

AFTER
It still looks like this! (almost)

And of course our Cape Cod vacation.
I wish I could go for the entire summer!




I LOVE CURRENTLY!!!

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I must give a shout out for two more giveaways.

Stephanie is having a great clipboard giveaway!


Click on the image to get to the website.

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The other one is made up of grade level giveaways.

FlapJack Educational Resources

Check these out!!!!

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Have a wonderful day!

I will be having my own giveaway in the middle of September.
If you would like to help me out, please email me or leave a comment.
Thanks so much!!!
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