Shock and Honored!

I received an email the other day and was very shocked and honored to be nominated for the most fascinating blog award. I guess people really are reading my blog. Thank you, thank you. I'm humbled to be nominated with all the other wonderful blogs out there. The voting starts on May 14 and goes until May 21. I hope you'll vote for me!

Have a great Wednesday!

Linking party, Award, New Packets, & a Freebie!

Several things to post about so I hope you can hang in there.
1. Jeannie over on Kindergarten Lifestyle is having a great linking party. She is making a collection of K-2 blogs then she'll pin it on Pinterest. So hurry over and add your blog to her list. What a fantastic idea!

2. Thank you Chrissy over on First Grade Found Me for giving me an award!!! She has an awesome blog you really need to check out.

 This is the award she gave me! 

I'd like to pass it on to some other VERY deserving blogs.

Please check out these ladies blogs. They have super ideas and lots of freebies! 3. I posted some new packets on my shops. I hope you'll check them out.

This is part 2 of my Bossy R packet. It's only $2.50 and has some fun activities. This is a fun little Spring Math packet I put together for my math stations and it's only $4.00.

You can click on the word for a link to my shops! 

TpT or Teacher Notebook.

Thanks for stopping by. Have a great Wednesday!

RAZ-KIDS and award

Oh my goodness! Our district wrote a grant and purchased RAZ-KIDS for all the K-3rd grade teachers. It is the coolest program.

My kiddos are going crazy over it. If you don't know anything about RAZ-KIDS (which I didn't) you need to check it out HERE. It is an on-line reading program. You set each students level and then they get online at school or at home and read books on their level or below. It will be great for Daily 5! They can listen to the book, read it, answer questions about the story, record themselves reading the book (which you can listen to and even take a running record of) and earn star which they spend in the rocket room. I just sent all my kiddos a personalized message after reviewing their work. I can't believe how many books they had read already. They are really pumped! I hope it lasts. Parents are VERY excited with the program too.

A BIG THANK YOU to Beth Ann at Taming my Flock of Firsties and Katie over at First is a Fairytale for giving me a blogging award. It's a pretty one too. (Make sure you check out their lovely blogs! They have great stuff to share!)

The rules are:
1. Link back to the blogger who gave it to you.
2. Pass the award on to 15 other lovely bloggers.
3. Follow the person who sent it to you.

It's always so hard for me to pass an award on because there are SO MANY lovely blogs in blog land. I'd like to give it to everyone.
Here's my list:

You really should check out these lovely blogs. There are TONS of great ideas! My how I love the blogging world. I have learned so much from all of you and I'm a much better teacher because of it.  I hope you have a great week!

Survived and Award

Yeah, I survived the first night of parent conferences!!! After a 12 1/2 hour day at school I'm finally home and trying to relax. What better way than by blogging and blog stalking? And I just got a big surprise! Barbara over on GradeONEderful just gave me an award. She is such a sweetheart! Thank you Barbara! You'll want to hop over and check out her blog. She has fantastic ideas to share!

I'm supposed to pass the award along to 2 other bloggers. This is so hard. I have such great follower that always leave me such great comments! It's hard to pick just two. I love this blogging hobby and enjoy the friendships I've made. Thanks to everyone who stops by and follows me!

I am passing this along to Deb over on Oh My Little Classity Class. She always has some encouraging words for me. Be sure and check out her blog. She has awesome ideas.

And last but not least is my dear friend Fredia over on Frogs in First. It's all her fault that I'm blogging. She got me started and has helped me all along the way! She has very creative ideas and is a super master teacher. So be sure and check out her blog!

It's been a great day even if it has been very, very long. 

Thanks for stopping by. I hope you have a great tomorrow!

Award- ME!?!

I can't believe I actually went to school today. Isn't it Saturday? For some unknown reason I am so behind. I haven't been able to get caught up since the break. So I thought if I went in for a couple of hours today I could get things done. We'll see come Monday. Hopefully, I still won't be running around like a chicken with it's head cut off.
It's really not my day, I just ran out of yellow ink in my printer and I don't have a refill. I hate when that happens. But here's some good news!

Holly, over on her blog at Crisscross Applesauce, made my day though. She gave me the Versatile Blogger Award. I'm still in shock. It's hard to believe people really read my stuff. I am so loving this blogging thing! So here's what you have to do:
First, thank the person who gave you the award:

THANK YOU HOLLY!!!

Second, tell 7 things about yourself that people may not know. Okay this has been hard for me so here goes.

     1. I have lived in Utah all my life and I have NEVER been snow skiing on the 'Greatest Snow on Earth'! I'm a warm body person and I really don't care for the cold weather.

     2. I married my high school sweetheart. We grew up living a block and a half away from each other but never really knew each other until junior high. We started dating when we were sixteen and dated for 5 years before we got married.

     3. My hubby and I are only 13 days apart.

     4. I love dark chocolate!!!!

     5. I love to sing, play the piano, cook and sew.

     6. In the summer, I love to spend time in the mountains riding ATVs, hiking, and camping in my 5th wheel trailer with my family and dogs.

     7. One of my favorite things to do is to curl-up on the couch with my hubby and watch a good movie!

And third, I get to give the award to 15 newly discovered blogs. Wow, there are so many great blogs out there. It was fun finding new blogs to stalk! Here's my list:

First Grade Garden

Tales from a K-1 Classroom

Today in First Grade

The First Grade Jungle

Grade ONEderful

First Grade Found Me

Stickers & Starts

What's the Buzz in First

First Grade's Lyon's Den

The Good Life

A Pirates Life for Us

Mrs. Lirette's Learning Detectives

First Grade School Box

Team Johnson

My First Grade Backpack

I hope you will check out their blogs. They have some awesome ideas to share!

Oh yes, and one more thing. I have a new packet on Teachers Notebook. It's a mini packet for skip counting by 10's, 5's, and 2's.

It finally snowed today. We've been having spring-like weather but it was nice to get some snow even if it was only an inch. I love it when it snows and I have no place to go but to sit in front of the fireplace!

Have a great rest of the weekend!