Liebster Award Nomination

I just received an email that Martha from 2 Smart Wenches has nominated me for a Liebster Award!  The Liebster Award is a way bloggers spread the word about fellow bloggers whose blogs have fewer than 200 followers.  Once a blogger receives the award, he or she nominates other bloggers. 

To accept the nomination, I need to do the following:

1.  I'm linking back to Martha at 2 Smart Wenches

2.  I'm nominating 5 more blogs that have fewer than 200 followers.

3.  I'm answering 11 questions created by Martha.

4.  I'm listing 11 random facts about myself.

5.  I'm creating 11 questions for my nominees to answer.

I am nominating these fantastic blogs for Liebster Awards!!!

-Jen at "T" is for Teacher

-Kady at The Teacher Trap

-Dana at 3rd Grade Gridiron

-Angie at Snack Cups and Smiles

-Lindsey at Mommy Teaches

Martha's Questions

1.  What do you enjoy most about teaching?  The kiddos and being creative

2.  What is the last movie you saw in the movie theater?  It has been so long I don't even remember!!!

3.  Do you have any pets?  If so, what kind and what are their names?  I have a yellow lab named Emma

4.  What is your favorite book?  My favorite read aloud is The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamillo

5.  What is the best advice you ever got?  Any words from my father!  He is my hero!

6.  If you could keep just three possessions (besides your family and pets), what would they be?  My Macbook, Iphone, and ?????

7.  Do you have a piece of clothing or an accessory you can't live without?  Not really

8.  Do you have a hobby?  If so, what?  Crafting

9.  What is one teaching supply you could not live without?  My Sharpie chart markers

10.  Where is your favorite vacation?  Hawaii

11.  What is your favorite color?  pink

11 Random Things About Me

1.  I grew up on a farm in Indiana.

2.  I have lived in 4 states and 2 countries.

3.  I have visited 16 different countries.

4.  I taught for the Department of Defense in Korea and Germany.

5.  My husband is active duty Air Force.

6.  We have two beautiful little girls.

7.  I love to run and completed my first mini marathon this year.

8.  I love teaching second grade!

9.  I have two sisters and I am the middle child.

10.  I am a Starbucks addict!  I couldn't live without an occasional iced green tea or chai tea (the pumpkin loaf is heaven too!)

11.  I can touch my tongue to my nose!

Questions to My Nominees

1.  What do you enjoy most about teaching?

2.  What is the last movie you saw in the movie theater?

3.  Do you have any pets?  If so, what kind and what are their names?

4.  What is your favorite book?

5.  What is the best advice you ever got?

6.  If you could keep just three possessions (besides your family and pets), what would they be?

7.  Do you have a piece of clothing or an accessory you can't live without?

8.  Do you have a hobby?  If so, what?

9.  What is one teaching supply you could not live without?

10.  Where is your favorite vacation?

11.  What is your favorite color?

Happy Friday Freebie!

Just a quick post to share this FREEBIE!

Click here to grab a copy!  I have also added a Spanish poster.  Have an amazing weekend fellow bloggers and teachers.

Chalkboard Table & Class Sneak Peek

I have been working my tail off trying to get my classroom as ready as possible for next year!  We don't start back until August 12th, so you might be asking WHY?  Well, here it is....

MY HUSBAND WILL BE HERE TONIGHT!  YES!  TONIGHT!  

We have spent a little over a year apart due to deployments.  The girls and I are anxiously awaiting his return.  We get to have him all to ourselves until August 7th and then another year apart begins.

I switched from your basic primary colors to brights this year.  My theme is polka dots with a splash of chevron.  I am loving all my great shopping finds and LOVE how my room is turning out.  Probably my favorite piece to this year's decor is this table!

My sister had this ugly, old brown coffee table at our garage sale this summer.  I decided I would take it because the wheels in my head were turning and I had a plan.  I painted that ugly table a fun color and painted the top with chalkboard paint.  This is the result!  What a fun Word Work table!!!  The circle in the center is a place for using dry erase markers.  To top it off, those three adorable chevron containers fit perfectly underneath.  They are filled with other Word Work materials.  I love it, love it, love it!  Hope the kiddos do too!

Here is another look at this area of my classroom.

I still have some work to do, like leveling and placing new books in library baskets and adding my new basket labels, but it is coming along nicely!!!  

Now, check out my little cuties having some summer fun!

Pony rides!

Can't forget the tutu!

At the beach!

Bathing beauties!

Enjoy what is left of summer!!!!

Darling Daily 5 Charts

I have created new Daily 5 charts for Daily 5 instruction!  I love them and they are in the polka dot and chalkboard theme!  I have made a chart for 3 Ways to Read a Book, Stamina, I PICK, and Read to Someone:  Coaching, Check for Understanding, and EEK.  With the change in my room decor, this was a must!  Can't wait to laminate them and see how they turn out!

You can pick these charts up for your classroom over at my TPT store!  Just click here!

Happy summer!!!