End of Year Behavior

Lets talk a little about End of Year behavior… I got a box of goodies that Oriental Trading sent me. And wowzie oh wow. They just might be saving my sanity!!

Nothing says shut up and listen lets be good, like extra recess opportunities!! And boy will they do ANYTHING to be able to go outside and play with these super sweet balls. (Just look at that hippo face, its adorable!)

We all have those clip charts right? Well when my kiddos get about green (just during this time of the year) they get to pick a prize.  And lookie at these prizes!!

What kiddo wouldn’t go crazy for any of these prizes!!!

I am in LOVE with Oriental Trading for them sending me these goodies!!! (Which they sent me, but I am not being paid to write about them!)

Now that you have stuck with me this long….A GIVEAWAY!!


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Ocean Stuff

It is that time of year, where all we can think about is fun in the sun!!! We are doing Ocean Centers this week. They all came from my Ocean Pack. If you follow me on Instagram or FB you have already seen these (If not…why not?!)

Castle number order. Working on reviewing number order. We just can’t seem to get this skill.

Base Ten. We just finished composing and decomposing teen numbers and this was a quick refresher for those.

Splashy Blends. Beginning blends and digraphs. Cute whales too :)

Working on stretching words out and spelling them.

Have a Happy Teacher Appreciation Week.

May Currently

I am LOVING that it is MAY!!! Not loving that it is supposed t SNOW 3-9 inches tomorrow night!! Cray Cray!!  Farley is hosting her monthly Currently, and since I have been a linky queen recently, I figured I better link up too

Listening to: Law and Order: SVU. It is my background noise about 75% percent of the time!

Loving: That it will be summer in 17 days. I am not excited to be out of school, I am excited about sleeping in and spending time with hubby.

Thinking: Same thing, I miss my hubby. I don’t get to see him that often. And recently he has been on a call during his lunch hour, so I see him when I wake up in the morning and he is snoring…Zzzzz.

Wanting: To enjoy these crazy kids for the next few days. This is my favorite time of the year, and I forget how little and helpless those incoming kiddos are!

Needing: To go for a little walk. I am trying to exercise more. And I need to go walking tomorrow.

SBL: I am going to I Teach K, and am SUPER excited about it! Going to get to meet some of my Bloggy Friends…Squeal!!!! So pumped!!! And get to spend time with the hubs…. Can’t wait!!

Instagram!

Hey ya’ll! I am popping in real quick, to let you know that I switched my Instagram over to mrshofferspot. So go look for me over there!

I can’t wait for the fabulousness to start on Tuesday. Some of you might know, I am obsessed with Instagram, and just love following people and the conversations over there. But because some of my friend encouraged me to stop posting teachery stuff on my personal insta, I made a new one. And it looks kinda lonely.

These are some of the things I have posted in the last week.

Here is a link to my account:

Welp I have to get around today, staying in bed unfortunately isn’t an option. I will try to be back later this afternoon with another post

April 26th

Hi, My name is Kaci. Don’t know if you remember me or not. I post here (Or used to at least). It is that time of the year… That says it all. I am NOT counting down, and I CAN NOT tell you there are 19 days left… :)

Anywho, I promise I will be productive this weekend, I have a couple of ideas floating around my head. But until I have time to put them together, it is time for…

1)

Got to see my beautiful cousin get ready for Prom. Just love her!

2)

My classroom is literally a zoo… We had tadpoles, chickens and butterflies..

3)

New favorite classroom toy… Fishing lures. So fun!

4)

Our 1st grade teacher is having a baby. She loves Dr. Seuss. So some cute cupcakes were in order for her baby shower!

5)

Yes this is as good as it gets. Me on a camel. I love those big black boxes (Makes me look skinnier!) My kids thought this was hilarious!!! We went to the petting zoo. The kids had so much fun!!

Oops!! Forgot to say that I have selected a winner for my Mrs. Wishy Washy giveaway :) Congrats Robin!!

Going to cook dinner for the police officers tonight! My favorite Friday night activity!

Mrs. Wishy Washy

I have loved Mrs. Wishy Washy for a long time!! So when Hameray Publishing contacted me to do a review for they I sent them an email that said yes! so quick that I had to go back and send them another email with all my details!

They sent me these two amazing books, (I have not been compensated for this post, but they did send me the books to give my honest opinion on).

Joy Cowley is an awesome author! The kids enjoyed the books very much, the pictures are just as awesome..  I would love to have 5 of each book to put in our guided reading library. I did put them in our library (even though they are not AR, I bet they will be soon) and the kids fought over them during center time.

(Ignore the pictures on my bed, I forgot to take pictures while I was at school!)

I am sure your kids will love them just as much as my kids did. Head on over to Facebook and nominate a class to win 90 new titles, Finger puppets (How Cute?!) and CDs.

You can find more about Joy and Mrs. Wishy-Washy here:

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They have kindly given me a Big Book to giveaway. All you have to do is follow me on Facebook Easy Peasy Lemon Squeezy

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Well I am off to relax, I got to go watch my beautiful Cousin walk in at Prom, and I am feeling old!

(Isn’t she just a doll?!)

April 19th

Once again Friends, I am a weekend blogger! I am just to pooped during the week to even think about blogging!

But here is five for friday!

1)

We had a little plant experiment going on. It didn’t work I am not sure what I did wrong. The flowers just got a hint of color at the edge of the petals.

2)

My two boys have had an eventful week. They were both plum wore out after going to the lake and river.

3)

I got a box from Oriental Trading! Can’t wait to tell you all about it!

4)

CAn you say reverting back to childhood?! I Love the Ice Cream Man and he made a stop at our house on Saturday.

5)

Summer was here for a brief bit, but it went away again.. Ugh I am so ready for the sunshine and the pool!