2 days in a row, RACK reminder, and another give away

 WOWZERS...
I have two days in a row post posting going on over here...
yep yep
check my temp... am I ok???
yeppers I am ... I have to get all of my reviews in because
I am having a little procedure
next Friday and well
I won't be able to blog
(insert sad face)
for a few days...
will tell you more about that later
FOR RIGHT NOW....
I have got some fun things to tell you about
before Bub wakes up... here ya go...
if you didn't see my post yesterday...
please go check it out.. you will NOT be disappointed and
you just might WIN something :)

 ok back to business before Bub gets up...

RACK is officially underway and going strong... If you want to get your hands on these tags... You can they are FREE in my TpT store... FREE I TELL YA...

look for this pic or go to this link.... http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/RACK-Random-Acts-of-Christmas-Kindness

 OK NOW I know if you read my blog you have seen this pic...

 and this one.....

 and then there was this one....

 and this one....

If you didn't see these pics before I will recap for you...
a wonderful company... BARKER CREEK PUBLISHING
contacted me and wanted me to review their DRAW*WRITE*NOW books
and of course I said YES thank you...
(if you want more details... go here and then here)

 WELL we are done with our poems...
they took forever and a day to get done ....BUT that is OK because they
turned our WONDERFULLY
and with the help of Barker Creek and their
DRAW*WRITE*NOW books they are even more FABULOUS...
check these out...

 remember she found this pic
by using the index that shows all of the choices...

I would say she did GREAT...
and her poem is cute too...

 the top poem is by one of my ESL students...
her drawing is adorbs and the poem is cute (ignore the wrong their)
anywho she did AWESOME!!!
and the polar bear one... adorable

remember they had to research their animals first
then make a poem then draw
check out some more...

 turkey and jerky nation and creation... LOL
my girls LOVED drawing different animals and it took them several drafts to be happy with their final art...
I loved how they would choose to draw and write during inside recess or in their free choice time...
it was nice to see they chose art and poetry :)
YAY for DRAW*WRITE*NOW

now my boys on the other hand... tried to out do one another....
BOYS
and so they would practice drawing and then
would change the perspective and use their knowlede of the lesson to create
something new
or zoomed in

 my FAVE by far is this one...(below)
he is a little boy that LOVES drawing so these books were like precious jewels to him...
he decided to draw a picture that was just an accent in the book...
and since one of the other little boys copied his cardinal (above)... he decided to research a female cardinal because her coloring was different...
the outcome was bee-u-TEE-full

 yeppers my fourthie did this... isn't it magnificent???
I love it :)
his poem is wonky
but it fits his personality and it is just PERFECT in my eyes

 so not only did Barker Creek Publishing send me a copy BUT
they are going to send a set to one of my readers too
YAY for one of you!!!
and all you have to do is....
 Head on over to their website...
www.barkercreek.com 
and look around.... they've created a wide-variety of wonderful products including books and manipulatives that help children learn essential skills. They also offer posters, punch-out letters,and bulletin board trimmers. 

and then enter here....

a Rafflecopter giveaway

and if you don't win....they have created a special blogger discount code!  With the code “BARKER12,” anyone can receive 20% off the total cost of an order.  This discount can be combined with any other discounts..  That means the Draw Write Now Boxed Set, already a great deal for all eight Draw Write Now books, can be purchased for only $80! Well worth it!!! discount only good through the 31st of Dec.

thanks so much to Barker Creek Publishing
for picking my blog to showcase their DRAW*WRITE* NOW boxed set
my kiddos loved it and still do
and thanks too
for also providing a boxed set for a give away!!!
YAY!!!

toodles

5 for Friday, Carson Dellosa, and 3 chances to win

Oh my gosh what a week...
I am posting my Find Your Joy
and it will be 5 for Friday...
I know my favorite number is 3 BUT
I have 5 things to share :)

NUMBER ONE

NUMBER TWO

Bub found this butterfly struggling in my parent's backyard and asked my mom if he could take care of it... he found her a flower to rest on.... such a big heart :) LOVE HIM

 NUMBER 3

Our Elf is named Gumbo... yep as in the yummy southern specialty... YUM anyways I have a blast setting him up every morning... here he is fishing with a gummy worm and a bath toy fishing pole and a real fish in the cup below... WHAT??? Bub was so excited!!!

 NUMBER 4

the RACK my class is spreading throughout the school... they are LOVING IT and I know the receivers of the RACK are loving it too!!!... some things we did this week were give a class set of pencils to 3 classes, tape quarters to the sticker machine, give a class set of healthy snacks to a firstie class, and set out random cute pencils :) (((SEE BELOW))))

 NUMBER 5
Carson Dellosa contacted me about doing a review for them and
HOW can you turn that down???

carsondellosa.com

they are one of the bestest companies around for getting teacher supplies and necessities...

so of course I said YES YES YES!!!
did you know they were founded by teachers... me neither so now you do...
you are very welcome *wink*
and one of the items they sent me was this...
a cutie patootie  ladybug pencil topper...
we added a pencil and our RACK tag and
WHA LAA
the perfect little surprise for the littles at our school!!!
we tape them in the Kinder and 1st bathrooms and in their cubbies when they are out at lunch or recess
the teachers talk about how the kids LOVE finding the
"BUGS" and the bathroom requests have quadrupled
because they hope to find one of these...
too bad we only do 3 a day...
the toppers come in a pack of 12 so we can do this for
four days :)

the ladybugs are so cute and it looks like they are chomping on the pencil too :)

do you see that smile... it was his turn to hide a pencil... I pick 4 kids a day to perform RACK and they get to pick from the 4 things I have set aside for that day... usually 1 teacher 1 class and 2 hidden ... and if the ladybug pencils are apart of the choice... they go first... so even fourthies love them :)

GUESS what else they sent me...

a POCKET CHART...

holla....

so I think I need to number this ...

NUMBER 6

I am loving this pocket chart...

and do you see the velcro closure pocket...

YES YES you read that right...

it is a POCKET

BUT the best part is it holds a lot

and because it has the velcro closure your contents stay secure :)

it is AH-mazing how much this pocket holds...

 Here is the 411 (info)
on this pocket chart...
straight from CD (Carson Dellosa)

Mini Essential Pocket Chart - the perfect pocket chart for playing games, tracking behavior,
teaching sight words, and more!
•6 horizontal clear pockets
•1 storage pocket with hook and loop tape closure
•19” x 25”

what teacher doesn't love velcro closures...

 OK and then to top it off they also sent me some
Braggin Badges....
 STICKERS...
which were perfect for the assembly we had today...
every 6 weeks we pick 2 STAR STUDENTS
from every class
and they are recognized in front of the whole school for being AWESOME!!!
and we had some really jealous peeps in the crowd because
my cool Star Students sported
STAR STUDENT stickers :)
we were BRAGGIN fo sho

 

So not only did they send me goodies....

BUT they are going to send these goodies to one of my readers too!!!!

WHAT!!!!

and all you have to do is this

a Rafflecopter giveaway  



and if you are not a winner all of these fancy schmancy things can be found
at carsondellosa.com or at a participating retailer


toodles

Dum Dums, RACK, Monday Made It, & a freebie

 So what do you say... when you get contacted by
SPANGLER CANDY to do a craft using their famous lollies...
well I am NO
Dum Dum...
of course I said YES!!!!

 so here is what I came up with...

 

 First gather all of your supplies...

 Styrofoam wreath, white spray paint, glue, scissors, glitter, ribbon, AND

 a BIG box of Dum Dums :)

 I had darling Hubs spray paint the wreath...
ta daaaaa

 Then I cut the sticks to short stubs  

because the wreath was not that thick and you need to have enough room to push all of them in 

PLUS you don't want sticks hanging out the back :)

 This was going to be a classroom craft but I wanted a trial run....
so I had Bub help out...
I figured if he could do it at the age of 4...
then older kiddos could too

 I let him just stick away...
I cut the stems and he pushed them in...
then I decided to make a border on the bottom to keep his random
StIcKiNg somewhat under control :)
see pic below...

 then I decided to also outline the inside edge too
this really controlled his randomness
so I would suggest doing this first then letting the little ones go at it

 Drew and I started making rows and he thought it was fun to find a different color every time

 we just went on and on and on

 and on and on... I would clip and he would stick

 clip, stick, clip, stick.... ouch... only I could pinch my thumb in between the scissor handles... OUCH!!!

OK so I was feeling really guilty about my kiddos at school 

NOT being apart of this ....

so I took it to school and we added glue in between the spaces...

 see the glue in the gaps???
and then we added...
GLITTER!!!! YUMMY!!!

 I finished the ribbon as my fourthies continued filling in the gaps...
they were confused WHY I was ruining the wreath with glue...
BUT after I explained the sticks were too short to be safe they were
OK with it!!!

 We started our RACK today and so we added our tag
and did a little sneaky sneaky hangy hangy on the Principal's door!!!

 Phone pic is not as pretty :( THO THAD about that!!!
and plus the lovely shade of brown on ALL of our doors...
yes ALL of our doors...  is so LUVERLY...
you really can't see how cute this was!!!
on the brown door... YUCK
this wreath is SUPER CUTE!!!
SUPER CUTE!!!
and it was the PERFECT gift for our first day of RACK!!!

 RACK is
Random Act of Christmas Kindness
we started it today...
I explained what it was and told them that we were going to do Random Acts everyday until the last day before we leave for vacay...
they were super excited...
I gave them this to brainstorm some ideas...

 

They had some really good ideas like....
 hide sparkle pencils in the kinder cubbies
and deliver healthy snacks to a 2nd grade class
and tape 2 quarters to the sticker machine...
cute ideas...
others were... help the librarian shelve books
 help clean up after the kinders in the cafeteria (we eat with them)
some super cute ideas....
and super cute ideas need SUPER CUTE TAGS...

 SOOOOOOO....
I made some cute tags for my kiddos to use through our December RACK...

 

 there is one for the class... asking them to pay it forward and then one that just tells them to ENJOY....
I have these
FO FREE
in my TpT store...
go get it!!!

http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/RACK-Random-Acts-of-Christmas-Kindness

and to get more YUMMINESS
head over to here
SpanglerCandy.com

 

 THANKS so much to Spangler Candy for asking me to create a craft!!! 
I am super excited about how this wreath turned out and to tell you the truth it was SUPER SUPER easy!!!
Definitely going to do this again!!! 
SWEET!!!

I am linking up with my good friend Tara...
for her SUPER Cute
always PINspiring

http://4thgradefrolics.blogspot.com/2012/12/monday-made-it-december-edition.html

toodles

CURRENTLY December

It's that time again...

Before the CURRENTLY...
let's talk about RAK
RAK stands for
RANDOM Act of Kindness
it means it is RANDOM
you just thought of it...
NOT something you do every year
so when you fill out the RAK space
think of something NEW to do...
it is RANDOM
NOT something you have done time and time again...
NEW NEW RANDOM RANDOM NEW NEW
ok now that the details of that are out...
here we go with my Randomness...
I am going to feature 3 blogs from the November Currently
I am just going to have Bub, Hub, and me me me  pick 3 numbers
first Bub's number
he said two five four so I am going with #254


Ms. Hutten's Buttons...
SUPER CUTE blog
Krissy is from SO CAL and her blog is full of great links, lots of pics, and FUN IDEAS!!!
Her blog design is super cute and cheery!!! Check her out (click on the pic) and tell her Farley sent ya!!!

next number hub's pick...he said #9

http://joyinthejournney.blogspot.com/

Jessica is a 5th grade teacher and you should see her blog...

I love her mix of school, family, and fun!!!

I am loving the little gifts she gave her students at Thanksgiving...THO THWEET!!!
Head over and say HI (but come back)

and my number... hmmm

it has to have a 3 so  #333

Joni is a Kinder teacher (duh) from South Carolina...
Head on over if you want to see some uber cute freebies, Pinterest ideas, and some great TpT products!!!
Click on her pic for the link...tell her HI!!!

SPEAKING of LINKING up
LOOK over there ------------------------------------------------------->
I have a block parTAY
find your grade and link up or look around at the other blogs

NOW for the Currently

I really need to thank my hubs for getting Bub and I a new stroller for walking... Bub and I walked so much in his other stroller the tires went bad... and then got holes and so...
Hubs looked and looked for one that could have a higher wt. and wasn't the cost of a small used car!!!
he also found a coupon online and wha laaa a new jogging stroller and we are walking again!!!
HUGS to my HUBS



Bub is on the waiting list for Pre-School *tear*
he will start fingers crossed in January
my parents watch him right now and they need a break
AND I want him to get some socialization and interaction with kiddos his own age
I know it is for his own good BUT I am terrified... YES I am one of those MAMAs
it took us so long to become parents... I just have a small tiny itty bitty problem with CONTROLLING his environment and safety and well pretty much everything LOL
he will be fine I know... the kinder teachers at my school HIGHLY recommend it and well they are possibly the bestest Kinders I know so I trust them :)
plus it is just half day and 3 times a week...


I really want to learn to make clip art and font.  I love to doodle and I love writing!!! I think I could really make some cute schtuff... just need to know how... anyone anyone...

Dear Santa... I need a new laptop or Ipad... PURTY PLEASE


RAK--- already talked about this...
if you decide to give your mailman a gift great that is RANDOM
if you ALWAYS give your mailman a gift great BUT not RANDOM...
I want you to think of something you can do soon
it doesn't have to cost a lot of money...
think think think...


Alrighty
your turn...
remember the RULE OF 3
head on over to 2 before your link and comment and then come back and leave a comment at the 1 behind yours :)

when you link up... put your state's abbreviation before your name
a follower suggested this so we know where everyone is from
thought it was a good idea
let's see what state wins...
GO TEXAS!!!
(had to say that... I am also cheering for Mississippi my home state)

link up my friends

toodles