Five For Friday!

Oh boy what a week!  If you saw my previous post I slammed my fingers in my car door so I am dealing with some pain and it doesn't make it easy!  But in the scheme of things I will survive!!!  (I feel like breaking out in song...haha)

My Five For Friday!

1.  We have started our count down of the ABC's and the kids are LOVING it!  Today we had Q and U together to celebrate their wedding!  Yeah!!!

When they came in....

Welcome All!!!  (I played Cannon in D while they walked in...) :)

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Their wedding cake!

Dance time!  Let's learn the square dance (qu word!)

2.  My fingers, they hurt.  I waited and waited to go to urgent care.... I am very anxious about doctors!  But I went and it's still in pain...  No major surgery needed, hehe.

3.  18 days left of school!  18!!!

4.  I finished PALS and MAP testing.  WAHOOO!!  I am so proud of my Kinders!!  One more round of running records to go, well, and then report cards.... Anyone else in the same testing boat?

5.  TGIF.  I am happy the weekend is here and I can regroup myself with my hubby and my puppy.  I am thankful for my little family....

5.5  Here is a freebie for you!!

Insured list!

Put me on the teams injured list....  I have one hurt hand!  On Sunday as I was putting away groceries my car door got abruptly shut right onto my hand.  OUCH!  That's right.  It hurt like heck!   I have two black and blue fingers, and the paint hasn't stopped.....Therefore typing has not been the easiest at all or teaching K for that matter! ,hang in there though, tomorrow is q and u's wedding!


P.s.  notice the odd typing?  Yep that courtesy of the left hand having to take over....it's having a hard time....  Haha

My Week and a Mother's Day Freebie!

Today is Sunday which means scheduling Sunday.....  I love Dee Dee Wills Peek at her week, so I have been trying my best to keep that rolling.  This week I have PALS testing for Kindergarteners, a half day, and MAP testing!  OH BOY!

This week we are learning about Plants, and Worms!  We currently use Foss Science in our school district, and worms is a requirement... it will be interesting as this is my first Worm unit!  But I sure love Plants!!

See all that testing?  Ughh... my poor Kinders!!!

Here is the Mother's Day Writing Pack we are working on, and it's totally Free!  I made one for Mom and one for Grandma.   Staple together to form a book, and then this 

Source: foodloveandlifeblog.blogspot.com via Jessica on Pinterest

is going to be the cover page!  Too Cute!  Enjoy!

Currently May

Hey friends!  It's May, can you believe it?  April did fly by, didn't it?  I am loving that's it's May, but whoa, we have a busy May in Kindergarten!  

I am linking up with Farley for the May Currently.  May is my favorite month because it's my birthday month!  The BIG 3-0!  May 9th!  Whoootttt Whooottt!!!

A little of this and a little of that!!

Is this what your week nights look like?

Checking emails..... tracing....cutting....tracing....cutting.....?

Does your desk look like this by lunch time?  I never am surprised at how crazy that thing can attract all types of things!  YIKES!  Mondays.  Ugh.

A simple app I have my kiddos working on is "Making Ten"  I like the simplicity and how it keeps them on task with making 10 using the 10 frame...

Above photo is: Ten Frame Fill

One more app that we like is Friends of Ten

Word Work Apps I like:

Build a Word Express (FREE!)

Chickenary!

Free too!!

Hope you had a smooth Monday friends!

Zero the Hero!

Our math curriculum is Everyday Math, which I like, it offers hands on mini math lesson that are aligned to the common core.  Today was 7.10 "Decade Counting".

We are way great at counting by 10's but we looked at the more visual aspect of it.  We used "First Grade in Foxwell's" zero the hero activity freebie!

Check it out here:

We made them a little different, and the kiddos looooved it!   They were pretending to be zero the hero at the end of the day.  Cute.

Here are some cute ZERO videos:

Just to clarify what ZERO means....

Learning with Mrs. Leebly is having a cool flash giveaway!  Check it out here!

                                               

5 for Friday!

This was quite the week, boy oh boy, Friday I (puffy) heart you!

We went to the zoo today!   The kiddos had a GREAT time!  I had enough chaperones that each parent only had two kiddos!  Wahoo!!   My best advice is.....

1.   PLAN AHEAD.  I had the group list ready and printed out for the chaperones.  Previously sent a note home indicating the details...  And asked them to bring a backpack/bag to carry lunches.   It went great!!!  (Minus the snow, rain, and sleet!) The day of - I had a sheet with important phone numbers, group names, times, etc.

   

2.  We have been studying the zoo all week!  On Thursday, I had the kiddos research the giraffe.  So Monday-Wed the got to see how to research a elephant, ape, monkey, zebra and then... they went off to work on writing in the computer lab, but doing their own research!  (Was I nervous?  HECK YES! But they did AWESOME!!!!)

3.  Found this awesome kid safe "google"   Check it out!

4.  Here is a freebie for you!!!   I love these!  Stamp It sight word reader!  We studied weather, and learned the word "did".  Check out the book here!

  

5.   Last but not least....   

Have a fab weekend friends.  Live life to the fullest, be thankful for each day.  Keep doing what you do!!!!