Work Hard. Play Hard.

Hello blogging world! Just a quick check-in....

So, I am not sure where February went - how is it the last week already?

February was jammed packed with deadlines, school ceremonies, Black History month, a snow day, field trips, 100th day, Valentines Day, Kindness Week, and Professional Development opportunities outside of school.  Did I mention I did some teaching in between all that? !??  Whew.

I still have one more deadline to meet for the month of February - third quarter progress reports.  And then we get pumped up and ready for Read Across America Week, Dr. Seuss' birthday, St Patty's... play hard, work hard coming right up.

Before I leave to finish up third quarter progress reports I leave you with this... in the middle of a crazy few months this pretty much sums it up!

Kindness Week

I will spare you the details of how cray my week was last week.  Lets call it a wrap and focus on the the great weekend I'm having.  Lets also focus on the week ahead.  I declared it "Kindness Week" in my classroom.  I told the kids as they were packing up on Friday that they must come to school on Monday with a kind heart and sweet thoughts.  No drama or negativity has happened in the classroom, I just decided to promote the kindness character trait in connection to Valentines Day on Thursday.  My kids really do have big hearts, and I hope they will have fun with Kindness Week and Valentines Day.

Inspired by all these fabulous blogs out there I decided to get my craft on.  I went to Hobby Lobby and found brightly colored boxes to put notes in.  Cut out some fun hearts, glued them on, and we are set.

I have "compliment paper" aka paper from the Target One Spot for the kids to "drop in" their compliments.

I plan on starting it first thing tomorrow morning.  I'll update to let you know how it goes, but for now, enjoy the rest of the weekend and have a great week full of love!

100th Day

This past Tuesday we celebrated the 100th day of school.  I love the 100th day.  We came up with 100 things we have learned so far this year, 100 day writing prompts, and made 100 day trail mix.  I went and bought 10 different snack things and the kids counted ten of each.  Its a total hit and so easy for the teacher!  We also made our city with 100 stars in the night sky.  Its been in the hallway since Tuesday and have I gotten so many compliments on it.  The kids did a great job!  I love teaching artistic kids! 

Here's a pic of our city below and pictures of other 100 day fun.  

For our 100th day snack these are the 10 things they had to count out

1. gummy bears

2. marshmallows

3. pretzels

4. animal crackers

5. chocolate teddy grahams 

6. M&Ms 

7. fruit loops

8. goldfish

9. chocolate chips

10. Kix cereal 

78 days to go....