Five for Friday [March 27]

Phew!  Can't believe how fast this year is flying by.  Whenever Easter comes around the end of the year is here within a blink.  Starting to really get sad to part from my sweeties!  I'm a horrible blogger but am linking up with Doodlebugs Teaching for her Five for Friday!

We did lots of little fun activities with St. Patricks day a few weeks ago - we did some graphing with lucky charms and even did our first directed drawing by First Grade Blue Skies.  We've never done one before (as a class or as a teacher) and oh my goodness they turned out so stinking cute.  We added a cute little story problem about the leprechaun and hung them in the hallway.  We have been given so many compliments on them! We made these little jello snacks as well that had green jello and whip cream on the top.  It was a festive day with a visit from Shammy at the end of the day.

I was so honored this year to be nominated for Teacher of the Year by a wonderful parent in my class.  Such a surprise and very humbling to realize what a difference you are making first hand and to be recognized for efforts in the classroom - not that I need recognition but it was definitely awesome.  Our dessert banquet and the announcement of the winner was this week and it was so much fun to get to eat delicious dessert with the hubs and hang out with my first grade team. I have the best team.

I am slightly obsessed with Starbucks (coffee or anything else really) and was browsing around their website to look for a new thing to try and saw that their Peach Green Tea Lemonade was announced as "BACK!"  I about died on the couch - that was my favorite drink this summer and one that I would drink on a weekly basis - most of the time, more than I needed to but it's okay.  Anyways, I went there today to get myself a little "weekend start pick me up" and they said that they couldn't release and open the syrup until March 30.  UGH.  My heart sank - but, guess where I'll be going on the 30th.

I've been thinking ahead to summer - you know, that mindset of it may be too late to implement any o my new ideas this year but I could try thinking about next year - and have already started a summer list that I'd like to tackle throughout the 3 months of wonderful.  One of the things I want to be more consistent in my classroom is my Daily 5 work on words, and work on writing choices.  I'd like to create a binder with month "masters" it in along with centers (cut, print, laminate heaven) to just put out each month.  Any ideas of sellers for these would be wonderful!  My students this year loved little center ideas and writing prompts so I'm willing to take any ideas!

Students left at 1:00 today and we have a quick little meeting until 1:45 and then we were blessed with a work day until we could leave for our contract.  I got so much done and felt victorious.  Finished prepping for next week, got science tubs out and ready, planned work on writing and word work for the end of the year, messed around with iPads, moved desks - it was great.  I have not felt so accomplished in a long while.  Thankful for administrators who simply give the gift of TIME when it is so needed and valued.

To kick the weekend off, Ryan and I are going to dinner with our closest friends and their sweet baby girl and then hanging out, playing games, and watching movies.  A Friday night never sounded better - and the idea of sleeping in tomorrow makes me want to cry happy tears.

Happy weekend!