Linking Up...Five for Friday

I'm linking up with Doodle Bugs Teaching for my first ever Five for Friday. I'm trying to forget today is Friday because the more Fridays I see, the more I remember that summer is winding down. >>Insert pity party here>>

I would love to say my nose has been stuck in a professional development book, but instead I've been binge watching The Killing and Scandal on Netflix. So many shows and so little time before school starts! Which leads us to number 2!

What did I ever do without Roku? I'm loving having Amazon Prime and Netflix so easily accessible. The headphones attached to the remote is ingenious. Best thing since sliced bread...

I finally bit the bullet this week and ordered this rug for the living room. Rug shopping is stressful; (binge watching Scandal is not). It should be here in two days. I'm hoping it looks as good in my actual living room as it does in my head.

I finally broke down and ordered an Erin Condren Teacher Planner for this year. I don't know why I waited so long. Isn't it lovely? I can't wait to break out the planner supplies and get it decorated. Attention stalker: Even though this is my planner, that's not my real name and not my real school.

We lost our sweet little mouse this week. RIP Mickey...you will be missed. I never thought in a million years a rodent would share my house, by my choice. We are all sad. We had a nice little burial ceremony for him.

Happy Friday!!!

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These are a few of my favorite things...

Lil' Country Kindergarten is having a Linky Party. The subject? My teaching wouldn't be the same without... #1 Music, but most importantly music by Mr. Al . Some of my friends and I were lucky enough to attend a Mr. Al conference earlier this year. I just love his music, enthusiasm, and creativity. Some of our favorites include Please Stand Up, Funky Backwards Alphabet, and Rockin' the Alphabet. #2 Expo dry erase markers...the big pack with all the colors. Having all the colors available is handy when drawing pictures on the whiteboard. I also really love TUL low odor dry erase markers. They are magnetic on one side and stay attached to the whiteboard. I find these markers at my local Office Max. I can not find these exact markers on their website, unfortunately. #3 The Royal Reading & Writing Center from Really Good Stuff. This thing has it all: magnetic dry erase board, storage tubs, pencil/marker storage, removable dry erase board with lines, big book st...

Free iPad App! "Kids can browse the stunning gallery of animals, search for animals by name, or filter their favorites by category. Each animal gets its own profile page, featuring multimedia and quick facts about the animal’s habitat, size, diet, lifespan, and conservation status along with fun facts, such as a honey bee’s ‘waggle dance’, the length of time a cockroach can live without its head, and what makes a flamingo chick’s gray feathers turn pink." Quote taken directly from World Book's World of Animals site. But act fast, the app is only available for FREE in the Apple iTunes Store June 16-July 10!

Writing Prompts

Ever wonder, "What am I going to do with all these old stickers. Who is ever going to want a sticker of a hot dog?" This one is so simple, but it's a "Why didn't I think of that before" facepalm. I'm using all those old, non-sought after stickers in my kindergarteners daily writing journals. We give a district-wide writing test in May. My students are expected to write one sentence to address the prompt. Reaching for the moon, we are all writing 3-4 sentences, and it's only March. I'm so proud of my little writers! The stickers serve as their prompt to practice for the district test.

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