Abundance of Awards and Story Sunday

The blog fairies must be smiling down at me, because blog awards are overflowing!  I got this award

from:
Erika  @ The Honey Bunch

Sheree @ Peterson's Pad

Mrs. Youel @ Adventures in Second Grade

Lou @ The Newbie Lou

Traci @ Dragonflies in First

Rebecca @ Teaching First





 

Tammy @ Forever in First






I got this award

from

 Krista @ The Second Grade Super Kids

Mrs. Poland @ Think Wonder Teach









I am so thankful for all the teachers I am "meeting" through blogland!  So many bloggers have been receiving awards lately....I will find ones who haven't yet been blessed and pass this along. 

And a couple of my planned read alouds this week:

And Then it's Spring by Julie Fogliano (illustrations by Erin Stead, last year's Caldecott winner) The story is about a boy who plants a seed and then is worried something went wrong until everything turns green.

I Want My Hat Back by Jon Klassen is a hilarious story about a bear who politely asks everyone where his hat went.  Pretty cute circular and repetitive story.

"Here are the ones who know magic:  

The young

The old

The brave

The honest

The joyful

Our new chapter read aloud is Waiting for the Magic by Patricia MacLachlan.  The dad walks out on a family of three and their mom.  They decide they need a dog (because the dad never wanted one)  well they end up with a menagerie.  Each character has a unique personality and response to the magic.  By the end of the story each of the "ones who know magic" are discovered.  Even if you don't read it to your kids, read it for yourself.  It is a quick read and will warm your heart!

Happy Sunday,
Laurie

Finally Friday

Woohoo!  Another Blog award AND someone has pinned pictures from my blog!  How much more exciting can the day be!

The rules are to:
1. Thank the person who presented the award to you and link back to them.
Thank you Ericka of The Honey Bunch.  You are so thoughtful and amazing with always leaving comments on blog posts!  So glad to have a new blog buddy and reading fiend.

2. Tell seven things about yourself.

*I have an ridiculous obsession with the show Leverage.  It is so silly, every Sunday night is like a present I can't wait for 9pm!  They film close by and I really think an episode needs to have a classroom (mine for example) as the set.

*I can not stand odd numbers, unless they can be divided evenly, I do not know where the dislike comes from, I just don't like them.

*I refer to Josh Groban as my husband.  He is so cute and so funny and has the most beautiful voice.

*The Human Bean is my FAVORITE coffee and sometimes I will drive 30 minutes away just to get.

*I knew, when I was seven years old, that I would grow up and be a teacher.

*I coach a 4th/5th grade volleyball team in the spring.  All the players go to the school where I teach and many of them are former students.

*I love the playing disc golf, although I am not very good at it.




3.  Pass this award on to 15 newly discovered blogs and let them know they've received the awards. 

Miss Hutson's Class

2nd Grade Pad

2nd Grade Pig Pen

Second Grade Success

First Impressions

Mrs. T's First Grade Class

Oh My Little Classity Class

An Art Teacher's Fairy Teal

We Heart Art

A Faithful Attempt

Reading Really Rocks

Small Types

The Accidental Teacher, Mom, Runner

Color Me Kinder

How Cute is This 

Happy Friday,
Laurie

Weekend Excitement!

This weekend has flown by, but so many fun things occurred! 1)  My house is about a two minute drive from school.  So each year, I invite my students over for a Christmas party.  18 of my 27 kiddos came over for an hour and a half.  We ate treats, played games, and had lots of fun.  Just a couple of photos to share.

Wii Games was a popular activity!  They are all WAAAAYYY better than I am !

Group photo!

2)  My blog got an award!

Thank you Miss T, from Journey of a Substitute Teacher.

Here are the award rules:
The goal of the award is to spotlight up-and-coming blogs with less than 200 followers.
*copy and paste the award on your blog
*thank the giver and link back to them
*reveal your top 5 picks and let them know by leaving a comment on their blog
hope that your followers will spread the love to other bloggers
My top 5 are:
1.  Life Lived Unknown
2.  A Teacher's Bag of Tricks
3.  The Teacher's Cauldron
4.  I Do, We Do, You Do
5.  Second Grade Two Step

Five more days to go!
Laurie