All I Want for Christmas...

 

Who doesn't love shopping and find the PERFECT gift for someone you love at Christmas time (or any time of year for that matter).  It's such a triumphant moment - and as much as I love looking at all of the colorfully wrapped presents under the tree, I just CANNOT WAIT to give them away to be opened.

 

So, just in case you were wondering, here's what's topping my Christmas list this year!

 

 

 

This infinity scarf is adorable.  I can decide which color I like it in best!

 

My "home" laptop has been a hot mess for almost a year now.  But, frustratingly, I just keep plugging along with it and doing as much work at school on my school laptop as possible.  But with this, I'd enter the new tech age! {I love my iPhone, but don't think I can go full out iPad and give up my Microsoft Office...}

 

How adorable is this monogrammed necklace?!  It'd be absolutely perfect for showing off my new {married} name!

 

And, I have a throw pillow problem! {But seriously, what girl doesn't??}  These would all be perfect for our new bedroom decor!

 

 

 

This is a tough one.  He's more of a "if I want it, I'll just get it" kinda guy.  Where as, I'll see something I just LOVE in July, & I'll cross my fingers and wait hoping someone will buy it for me for Christmas... when it goes on sale... if it's still in stock... all those months later. :)

{Ok, ok, so his tactics usually work best for actually getting what you want - just makes Christmas shopping difficult for me.}

 

The Mr. loves movies - this would make it easy for him to download and stream them to the TV.

 

Having spent over 4 years in the deep south, he's all about grilling, smoking {meats}, and a TON of flavor/spices in food.  This smoker would be a BIG, but awesome choice for him.

 

And on the same love of movies track... some prepaid rentals from RedBox would be a superb idea!

 

Adorable, personalized, and perfect for all of that caffiene water that gets us through the day!

My most favorite wedding/teacher gift was this fabulous name pencil - it's hanging outside of my classroom.

And let's be honest... Target gift cards are a teacher's little slice of paradise!

These name mosaics are just too sweet.

 

To tell your friends just how much you love them...

 



 

Perfect for the kiddos in your life! Just pick your state {or city}! <3

 

 

Happy Shopping!

'Twas the Night Before My Wedding...

 

Yep, you heard that right, folks! I'm getting married... TOMORROW! Eeee! :)

 

I've absolutely nothing substantial to talk about as my head is full of wedding bliss mush, so here are my 5 best things from this week that are {mostly a little bit} school related.

 

1. Who doesn't find being alone at Target with endless amounts of cash to be a little slice of Heaven?!

2. We loved Double Digit Addition Scoot - adorably fall themed and perfect to review and get us through the last few days before T-giving break.

 

3. And I prepared a Subtraction version {full of Christmas magicalness} for when we return next week. Plus it's on SALE for Black Friday. :)

 

4. We've been sleeping pretty on these adorable pillowcases all week.  One of my amazing friends got them for us as an engagement present, and we've been waiting a whole YEAR to use them - it's finally time! :)

 

5. I'm off to decorate, attend my rehearsal/dinner & prepare to marry this amazing man tomorrow evening!

 

Have an incredible Friday!

 



Math Monday!

 

 

It's Monday!  But luckily, for most of us it's either a super short week or you're off completely and hopefully enjoying a relaxing Thanksgiving vacation.

 

I personally work till 3:30 on Tuesday and then it's a 4.5 hour drive home for OUR wedding festitivies! Eeeee! {Seriously, how am I even supposed to focus on school this week?!}

 I mean, look how sweet this guy is....

 

Anyways, I guess I should get down to what you really stopped by for:

MATH!

 

No lie, this second grade math is still getting me, but WOW was subtraction oodles and oodles easier than addition! Maybe it was because we already knew the addition strategies and could easily apply them to subtraction... or that I'm just getting better at teaching it {yeah, let's go with the second reason}.

 

Since we're all getting ready for Christmas, and we'll still be in the trenches pounding out our subtraction skills when we return from break, here's a Double Digit Subtraction Scoot game without regrouping.

It's full of cute fesitiveness to get your kiddos excited to work hard on their subtraction skills.

 

 

 

Have a wonderful and blessed Thanksgiving!

November Currently!

I can't believe it's already November!  Okay, I can't be the only one who's thinking it... One marking period closer to summer! :)

I also get married at the verrrrrry end of the month, so I'll no doubt spend ALL of November thinking about the big day!

Moving along...

I'm listening to Sunday Night Football, watching intermittently, but mostly working on my computer on some school plans.

I'm LOVING this whole interactive notebook thing.  We used a fabulous one that I found that week to learn all about nouns {singular, plural, proper, common, possessive} & the kiddos LOVED it, too!  They were so excited to paste the headings into their notebooks and then record or research information to include.  And early finishers got to decorate their pages, which was always an easy & exciting incentive.

So, I'm officially on the notebooking train!

I just finished typing up this one for our Insects Unit

I am always thinking that I have the BEST fiance in the world, but especially on weekends like this one.

Saturday morning, while I was busy running & working out, he went and did all of the grocery shopping, then made me a delicious breakfast.  And all day today, he let me drag him around the mall, cooked dinner, cleaned up, washed & folded all of the laundry {I swear I'm not taking advantage - I was busy, too, haha}!

I wish I could have worked on my report cards today, but I didn't bring my work computer & just realized that I cannot access my report cards from my home computer... so I made some insects fun {above} instead.

Having an extra hour this weekend will not seem as fun when it's dark by the time I leave work this week, BUT I did enjoy waking up and having an extra hour in my day to accomplish things {not that I accomplished a whole lot more}.

And this Big Mac Salad just looks amazingly delicious.

Happy November!

{Math} Monday!

All of this second grade math is mind boggling to my first grade trained brain.

Seriously! Adding double digits... & it's only October! Jeepers!

 

 

I just adore a good game of Scoot, and {luckily} so do my second graders.  So, I spent most of Sunday yelling at my computer {mostly taking out my Steelers loss aggression on my keyboard} and creating a fun fall Doublt Digit Addition without Regrouping Scoot game!

 

I told my kiddos today that if we worked hard on our addition strategies this week that we'd play Scoot - this was met with a chorus of whooping. :)  Love them.

 

Any advice for this crazy common core 2nd grade math???  Eeep!

 



Finding a Peaceful Moment in {the Madness of} Life

I think it's been a decade since I posted, seriously... it's been so long!

Why?  I mean, we're teachers - life is CRAZY busy.

Plus, I had lots of fun and exciting bridal things going on, my cheerleaders are in the peak of their season, as well as my fiance's very busy fire prevention week that just happened to fall in the middle of all of it.

BUT...

It's Friday and I left work at 3:33 on the dot! Can I get an "Amen?!"

I can hardly remember what 3:30 looks like, but I was so happy that we were reacquainted today.

*Sprinkles!*

I thought I'd celebrate with my favorite post to post of all time - Five for Friday!

Here are some of the top 5 things this week that kept me oh, so busy, busy!

1. This one just happened to be 2 weeks ago now, but it's all good.  I headed home to PA for an amazing weekend with my friends and family!  They had a wonderful bridal shower for me {so wonderful it brought me to tears, people} and the most hysterically funny bachelorette wine night/sleepover - LOVED IT!

2. We spent lots of time this week working on our sentences - making sure we had correct punctuation, complete/incomplete sentences, etc.  Thank goodness for Mrs. Lemons - being in 2nd grade this year, she has been my saving grace!

3. I love word problems for math.  The kids get a kick out of seeing their names in silly problems.  We had a little extra time in math one day, so we threw some word problems up on the board, folded up a piece of paper quick into sections, and voila! We were practicing using the make a model strategy for solving double digit addition problems. Tallies = not efficient! {So glad MOST of them figured that one out quickly.}

4. I seriously can't get enough of everything we worked on this week - I get far more giddy than any normal person should over non-fiction text features.  Why? I just love how much extra fabulous information there is to be learned!  We spent lots of time discovering all of the features, learning about them, and then a LOT of time working on our non-fiction text feature projects... and they are still not complete {I get a little impatient, but they are really working hard on them.}

5. My wonderful cousin/bridesmaid arranged for Essie to send us 90 {yes, you heard right... 90 people were at my shower! I felt so loved!} nail polishes in my wedding color to give out as favors.  I spent a few minutes pampering my feet this week. {On a weekday! Gasp!} Can't get enough of the color<3

Well, I'm off to a firefighter ball!  I get to dress up all fancy & hopefully do a good bit of dancing - woo hoo!

Have a Fabulous Friday!