The 2nd Grade Chick

I was tagged by  Amy at The Resource(ful) Room  so I am it (for now).  If you are it you have to follow the rules below: 1. You must post the rules. 2. Post 12 fun facts about yourself on the blog post. 3. Answer the questions the tagger set for you in their post, and then create 12 new questions for the people you tagged. 4. Tag 12 people and link them on your post. 5. Let them know you've tagged them! Fun Facts About Me 1. My mom was a school cook and my mother-in-law is a teacher. 2.  I pretended I did not want to be a teacher and started college as a business major.  3.  I changed my major 2nd semester, good think I was at a great teaching college! 4.  My husband and I were both born at 9:29 PM. 5.  My brother, sister, daughter and I were all born on the 2nd of the month.   6.  My parents are 6 days apart.   7.  Both my grandmas were named Rose. 8.  When I named my girls I insisted that the name couldn't be shortened (easily), rhyme with anything offending,

I'm a mom too!: Sorting Sock Saturday! : It all started with hubby threatening to go buy new socks today. That is usually our solution to the sock mess. Once a year though I tack...

I am hopping on just long enough to say I am in my second week of teaching math academy after school and I want to give a shout out to busy teachers everywhere!  And since my partner in crime  hubby was gone half this week I have to give a special shout out to single parent teachers, coaches, extracurricular sponsors, volunteers,  teachers in districts without plantime, oh what the heck, BUSY TEACHERS EVERYWHERE!    My desk  room is a mess, my house is a mess, and I have just a weekend to get it all in order to do it all over again.  There is simply NOT enough time in the day.   Besides school and math academy, and my daughters' dance, piano, basketball, and church schedules,  I am getting ready for conferences, a 4 year old birthday party, and of course Valentine's Day.  But first things first, I must recover from the 100th day of school which was Tuesday, Jan. 24th.     Oh and here are a couple of pictures of the 100th day.  This inquiring teacher wants to know, what keep

Wow, I have gotten so many ideas FREE from bloggers lately that I felt the need to share.  This is NOT my original idea, it came from a colleague but I am sharing because these are great!!  To make a flashcard folder you will need a folder, 3 envelopes and flashcards.  First you will cut the envelopes in thirds to make pockets like this. Use tape to make a pocket out of the middle section.   Then tape them into the folder like this. Then add flashcards of your choosing such as: letters, numbers, addition, subtraction, sight words, phrase cards. To use you will put flashcards in the first pocket (about 10 for kinders).  When they know them they move them to the 2nd pocket, next time they review them and move them to the 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th and finally the 7th.  At the 7th pocket you will need to listen to make sure they DO actually know them.  If they do, they have mastered that skill.  If not, you reload those back into pocket #1.  You can have 1-7 sets going at once.  They can d

Miss Klohn is hosting a linky party   So here goes.... 4:40-Alarm goes off.  I meet my teacher work-out buddies at the YMCA at 5:00.  It is more therapy than working out.  We laugh, we cry, we cuss but after a session we are always ready to tackle our day (2 Kindergarten teachers and a special education teacher).  6:00-Shower, coffee, and internet surfing,  7:00-Peel the kiddos out of bed, feed them and get them dressed. 7:30-Say good-bye to hubby and J and finished getting ready, my hair is usually close to dry by now.  8:00-Walk across the street to school with M.  (You read that right!)  Time to make sure that C's picture schedule is accurate.  8:15-Bell rings and kinders sprint down the hall to my classroom.  I say, "Good morning let's try that again."  Kids come in and journal 8:35- Morning meeting and pledge 8:45- Begin whole group reading lesson out of Houghton Mifflin Journeys 9:15-  Begin small group literacy rotations.  Four groups

  Four bloggers have put a smile on my face by giving me an award so THANK YOU!!!!! The Story of a Girl and and and and  have awarded me the  AWARD! Now on to the blog award rules...  1. Thank the person that nominated you with a link back to them. 2. Tell 7 things about yourself. (see below) 3. Pass this award on to 15 newly discovered blogs and let them know that they’ve received an award!  (This was so difficult since I've recently found so many fabulous ones out there!) Seven Things About Myself I turned 35 on my last birthday My children are guinea pigs to my teaching ideas.   My four favorite vacations were Hawaii, New York City and Panama City Beach, Florida and Western Nebraska.  The jobs I've held include retail, aerobics instructor, dishwasher, lifeguard, child-care director.  Both my Grandmas were named Rose.  I once hit my head on the diving board when trying to do a back flip.     2 days after I was born a tor