LAST FALL, my adorable soon-to-be-aunt made me a pencil scarf. I fell in love with it and wore it everywhere. I begged her to make me one to give away on my blog and then life kinda got in the way. 'Cause that happens. Life happens. Stuff happens. Ya know? So..the good news is that THE TIME IS HERE for me to give away this adorable gem to one of you just in time for the holidays! Think of this as a sweet little teacher-y Christmas present from me to you. Because I love you, and you DESERVE a cute scarf! The length is perfect to wear in so many ways. It is long enough to be wrapped, too! You will seriously be the coolest teacher out there when you wear this. We can be twins, now. Obviously, you more stylish folks will want to wear it with something more than my awesome testing t-shirt, but I literally wear t-shirts and yoga pants all day..every day so what better way to model the scarf than in "real ...
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Currently….December
I am SOOO excited that it is December! This is suppose to be the most wonderful, most magical, and straight fantastical time of the year! So let's make the most of it! It is an honor to link up with Mrs. Farley from Oh' Boy 4th Grade for her Currently Linky. Here we go! Listening- For the first time ever, I MAY have had Christmas music playing since last Monday and I just. can't. stop. Oh the horrors of having access to Sirius XM radio! Loving- I am loving the warm East TN weather that we are experiencing right now. It was down right chilly during November, but the 50/60 degree weather on the forecast for this week looks nice! Recess outside!!!!! Thinking- I have a few last minute touches that I need to put on my lesson plans before school starts this morning. It is fraction time in the Learning Cottage! Woot! Wanting- I want to continue to fill up my Cyber TPT sale cart! Any more suggestions before I check out?! My store is on sale, too! Needing- I need ...
Holiday Book Classroom Countdown
For the last couple of years, my students have enjoyed visits from Duende', our Elf on the Shelf. The whole holiday elf tradition is a blast, and I have really enjoyed the thrill of getting our elf ready each morning. However, I have come to believe that the elf tradition may not be the best fit for every class so I began to search for something different to prepare for the holidays in our Learning Cottage this year. I am very fortunate to have a group of students who are big time readers this school year, and I really wanted to do something holiday themed around their love for such an important skill. My aunt sent me a link about a book advent activity, and I knew that I had to do something like this in my classroom. I needed to keep the price low so I began searching for winter/holiday themed books at our local used book stores. I also grabbed a few books through Scholastic using their dollar deals and my book club points. I was able to get 25 books for ...
