Place Value Leprechaun

Shout out Linky Party! I am so excited to be linking up with Lisa

over at Growing Firsties.  She is SUCH a doll and very talented!

Come link up with us!
The linky party will go live on January first!

We are shouting out about bloggers we love!

Here is what we are doing:

1. Shouting out about a blogger who has more followers than us.

2. Shouting out about a blogger that has less followers than us.

So for my bloggers:

I adore this woman.  She is the bEsT.  I have called her

in a panic about sidebar pictures, replies on blog posting,

and sent out APBs for my husband’s blog.

She always answers and stays on the phone until all

is right with the world! 

She is such a joy and oh so talented!!!!

Plus, I always know I can chat with her at { 3am }

when I’m up blog stalking.

Now for my blogger with less followers, I would like to shout out these

Two Collaborative Cuties.

Stacia and Amanda are wonderful!!!

They are funny, academic, and talented. I crack up reading their

posts, and I always leave their page feeling encouraged!

Love, Love, Love… they are almost to 100 followers.

Can 7 of you head over {here} and follow them?

You will be happy you did!

I am really happy to bring this to you. I had created it last year

before joining TpT. What a wild year this has been!

The unit is {here} on TpT.

I am working a ton of wonderful units for you for the

month of February, but I am leaping to Leprechauns

because we are beginning place value in math.

This unit supplements my adopted math program

and decorates my room with rigorous learning.

It is the 3rd in my “Smart Art Series” and there is lots more to come.  

I am going to be giving one of these units to my sweet readers!

I will pick a winner on January 6th, 2013

Simply follow and comment.

Tell me why you consider yourself lucky.

We'd love for you to head back over to Lisa's and link up with us.
:o)

Christmas 2012

1. Treats from this blog.

2. Discovering this blog Blooming on Bainbridge

3. Building my son his second rocking horse.

Here is my hubby’s take on the whole thing!

4. New decorations

5. Enjoying important decorations.

6. Writing this blog post about my son’s tree.

7. And writing this blog post about “uncommon ornaments”.

I love making our home Merry and Bright and touching treasures

like these as we decorate the tree each year.

8. Going to the Polar Express in Sacramento.

Next year we may go to the one at the Grand Canyon!

9. Traditions and Generations

Gingerbread

Making Ornaments

Celebrating with my Grandparents.

80 years old and going strong.

10. Moments like this- baking and becoming a better person.

11. Finding the perfect gifts

12. And getting this reaction!

 

If you would permit me to say it one last time…

“Merry Christmas”

and may you have a blessed and

“Happy New Year”

 

Link back up with Mel {here}

Thinking about school

Are you anything like me?

Does your mind wander back to work while on vacation?

Do you poop out parties?

Oh wait! Wrong “Lucy” episode…

My mind wanders back to work. . . . .

I took pictures before I left, and this is a great time to

show you how far we have come in our study of woodland

mammals. When we get back, we will talk about hibernation.

So far we have learned what a mammal is…..

{All of the fluency pages are provided at 2 levels for differentiation}

And we have learned about specific mammals that live in the woods.

Skunks fluency and art with warning booklets.

Building Beavers Fluency, Art, and Teamwork:

Teams worked on building complex sentences from 2

simple sentences.

For raccoons, we did the "raccoon and

nocturnal animals fluency passages.

Then, we wrote our favorite facts on the raccoons’ tummies.

“Raccoons hunt at nite”

It’s cute, but it’s not cute… nite…

Can you see the cute moon and book in the picture?

That is Monday’s phonics lesson!

The two sounds of /oo/.

1. We will sort the “oo” words onto either the “book” or the “moon”.

2. Then each student will do this page on their own.

If you want to download the /oo/ activity

and/or make your own charts

 

When we return we will learn more about

Opossums: fluency, art, and deciding what is “True and False”,

Hibernation fluency and science experiment

and

  Porcupines fluency, art, and place value!

Plus, I will have 5 grades in my grade book for science using the

tests from this unit! Oh, I love a good assessment!

5 good assessments is, well, delicious!

Woo-Hoo the grade book is getting full !!!

Now, I am not in a hurry to get back to work,

but it sure is nice to have something fun to look forward to!

If you need something fun to teach when you get back…

Click {here} 

Merry Christmas

Announcing the Winners!

The 12 day of Christmas giveaway has come to a close

Thank you to my faithful readers for

 

commenting like crazy and allowing me to get to know you better in

 

the process . I have resisted replying to your comments, so that I don’t

 

end up winning my own giveaway! You are a remarkable bunch and

 

I adore spending my little bit of free time with you! So with no further

 

ado…

Cheri

Teacher Kirra

 

littlelori0411 

 

Lisa Mattes

 

Now Greg actually won his own  giveaway! He already has his own stuff. But he won

 

 commenting in response to Lisa so it sounds like Greg picked our winner. 

 

Greg that is perfect!

 

Bren P.

 

Cheri

 

    Amy

 

Julie

 

Sarah

 

Megan R. 

 

Cecilia Bartram

 

 

Cori

 

Celia

 

 

Rachel

 

Bren P

 

Thankful Bonus Day Giveaway

Bren P

 

Kirra

 

 Special Teacher for Special Kids- Iteachkidsabc@gmail.com

 

Krissy!!!! Congrats!

 

Special Teacher for Special Kids

 

Hope

 

 

Congrats to you all, and a very big special thank you to the bloggers who have

 

supported me in this giveaway. I am happy to call your friends!

 

  All winners will be contacted via email, this evening.

 

I hope you all have a very Merry Christmas!