New Years Resolutions!

I love my job! I love it more and more as each year passes! The New Year is upon and it is now time to reflect on what you have done in the past year and create you resolutions about what you will do the coming year! I love teaching this concept to my kiddos!

I always use the book, Squirrel's New Years Resolution! My kids love this book. We review what a resolution is. then we enjoy the story.

Click on the photo below for a link to the book on Amazon!

Here is a video reading of the story as well!

After we listened to the story and discussed what resolution is and what did squirrel finlly say his resolution was, we went back to our seats and made self portraits and wrote down our resolutions!

To make the self portraits, I gave the kids 4 pieces of paper. 1 8 X 11- skin color paper, 2 8X11 any color construction paper and a 12X18 sheet of construction paper.

Here are the steps:

1- Place the 12 X 18 sheet of paper tall like a tree.

2. Choose a piece of 8X11 paper and cut it into a hill- this is the shirt. Glue at the bottom of the paper.

3. Take the skin color and cut it into the shape of your head. Glue it in top of the hill. You now have a head and body.

4. With your final piece of construction paper, cut it into a triangle for your New Year's hat., Glue in the top of your head.

5. Draw your hair and facial features.

6. Write Happy New Year on your shirt.

7. With an exacto knife cut a small circle in the mouth and push the blower through. 

Here are the final products and I have to admit, I love how they are all different!!

Here are the resolutions of my kiddos:

Our paper started off with Bye Bye 2015, hello 2016. This year I am going to:

Here is how they finished this prompt!

Angel: read better.
Jayden: listen and get positive Dojo points and be kind to others.
Olivia: I promise to help others and listen to my teacher and read better.
Michael: be a better reader.
Nathaniel: have fun.
Isha: read words better.
Matthew: read more books this year.
Noah: to listen to my Mom mom better.
Davian: listen and to read better.
Giada: draw better at home and at school.
Connor: to leave work earlier.
Brendon: get better at reading.
Nah'Mi: spenf time with my family.
Sophia: do my work better.
Logan: Listen better.
Sarah: be a better reader.

Here are the New Year's Resolution sheets I created. I have uploaded the powerpoint version so you can change it and use it from year to year!

So we say good bye to 2015 and hello to 2016! here's to an amazing year!!!

January Pinterest Pick 3 Linky

Well, it's that time again! It is time to link up with The Inspired Owl for the monthly Pinterest Pick 3 Linky Party!

So here are my three picks for the month of January!

Aren't these the cutest? They are a great addition to any penguin unit!!!

Who doesn't love snowmen? I have fallen in love with all of these activities. There are some wonderful activities to do with your kids for the month of January!

I love this activity! The poem is adorable! It reads:

I made a little snowman with a little hat.

The sun came out and melted him and now my snowman's FLAT!

So there were my 3 picks for January! Click on the photo below to see what some other amazing educators have shared!

A Brand New Year.....

I can not believe that it is already 2016! The New Year has officially begun! So my first of many posts for 2016 is my January Currently! I am linking up again with the awesome Farley from Oh'Boy 4th Grade for her monthly Currently linky!

So here is what I am Currently doing:)

Listening: I am listening to the fire crackle in the pellet stove and a rerun of NCIS is on the television.

Loving: I am loving the peace and quiet that I am currently experiencing. This is something I do not have often!

Thinking: Christmas Break is soon to be over and I have a lot to do for school. This is partly because when I traveled to Florida for Christmas to see my family, I brought my computer case. When I got there, (I drive and it took 22 hours!) I opened my case and I left the computer at home in Delaware! So needless to say I did not get any work done that  I had planned!!

Wanting: My tree and decorations to magically put themselves away! I just do not want to do it!

Needing: To write my lesson plans, create some new centers and smart board presentations! 

One Little Word: BALANCE- I have got to learn to balance my home life and school life. Being a single mom, I find this hard to do a lot of the time!

Well there you have it, My first Currently of 2016! 

Happy New Year, Everyone!

Click on the picture below to see what some other awesome educators are currently doing!

2015 in review

I can not believe that 2015 will soon come to an end! It has been an adventure. I have had 2 awesome student teachers, 2 amazing first grade classes, have had so many experiences that I will always remember as well as the opportunity to make new friends.

Here's 2015 in a nutshell. To see 2015 in a nutshell click on the pic below!!!
 #flipagram #Silento. 

Here's to an amazing 2016!

December Currently!

I love this Linky! I am once again, linking up with farley from Oh'Boy 4th Grade for her monthly Currently Linky!

Here is my December Currently:

Listening: I am listening to the Green Bay-Detroit football game!

Loving: I love that it has stopped raining. It has rained for the past couple of days and it has been dreary and miserable!

Thinking: I have soooo much to do before my presentation on Saturday at the Delaware Great Starts Conference! I am a little nervous because it is my first BIG conference to present at!

Wanting: I want a hot chocolate sooooo bad!

Needing: To go to sleep since I have to go to work in the morning. Thank goodness, it is a professional development day!

Real or Faux- I have a fake tree because my daughter and I are not normally here for Christmas. We leave at the beginning of Christmas Break and go to Florida!

So there was my December Currently! Click on the button below to see what some other amazing educators are Currently doing!

December Pinterest Pick 3

Hello, It is one of my favorite times of the month! I love linking up with The Inspired owl for the monthly Pinterest Pick 3 Linky!

This linky is where we get together and share three of our favorite ideas we find on Pinterest! This is such an awesome linky because we get so many fresh new ideas to use in our classrooms!

So here are my three picks for the month of December:

I love this idea! Various ways your kids can make Christmas trees in your classroom! These are great STEM activities!!!!!

How stinking cute are these!!! I love these simple fun snacks to make for my kiddos!!!

I can not get over how cute this is! Love this!!!

So there were my 3 picks for December! Please click below to go see the picks of some other awesome educators!! Happy Pinning! 

Awesome TShirts

I love t-shirts! I can not get enough of them! I feel they are just one of the best pieces of clothing ever created!!!!

Anyways, there is an amazing company who creates awesome t-shirts! They do custom designs and they have little companies off of them that create awesome t-shirts for teachers. 

This company is A+ Images and I am so glad that they are a company who work with bloggers. They had a special blogger program where they designed a t-shirt for free for bloggers.

Here is my t-shirt:






Isn't this shirt awesome! I created the logo for my blog and they made this awesome t-shirt. I have worn this and washed it several times and it has not faded. 

I highly recommend them for any custom t-shirt. So please visit 

I promise you won't be sorry!