This week we celebrated Earth Day in the middle of our "Taking Care of Earth" unit. That worked out pretty nicely...almost like I planned it that way, huh? We spent this and last week learning about the Earth, it's natural resources, and our responsibility to take care of the environment by reducing, reusing, and recycling.… Continue reading Earth Day
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Auction Project
Every year our school hosts a Casino Night fundraiser for parents and teachers. It's a really fun night! Everyone gets all dressed up and we have a really nice dinner, drinks, gambling, dancing, etc... One of the biggest "money makers" at Casino Night is our silent auction. The K-4 teachers are supposed to put together… Continue reading Auction Project
Lent & Easter
We have been busy, busy, busy observing the season of Lent and preparing for Holy Week and Easter! Since we get out of school for vacation before Easter Sunday, I decided to focus on Holy Week early and begin our celebration of Jesus' resurrection this week. Here are a few activities that we did &… Continue reading Lent & Easter
Long Time, No Blog
Hello strangers,I apologize for the long break that I took from posting - it has been a very busy month!! Since it has been so busy I have a lot to share with you, so buckle up.We have been working on informational/informative/report writing for the past few weeks. Because the common core standards require us to "explore… Continue reading Long Time, No Blog
Ash Wednesday
Today we spent some time talking about why and how we observe the 40 days of Lent. We focused on three main vocabulary words: Pray, Fast, and Give. We talked about how we can make a resolution (just like new year's!) to pray more often, give alms, and fast or give up something that we… Continue reading Ash Wednesday
February
Wow, I know I am beginning to sound a little bit repetitive but where is the time going?! Seriously. We are halfway through February and I haven't had any time to sit down and post anything that we've been doing because it's been so busy! Well, here you go - I'll do my best to… Continue reading February
Back to School, Back to School…
I'm finding it a little bit hard to believe that we are already almost done with our second week back to school. We really hit the ground running (literally - I landed at LAX at about 10:00 p.m. and was up and on my way to school by 5:30 a.m. the next morning...clearly I like… Continue reading Back to School, Back to School…
Reindeer Games
I am running out of Christmas ideas and we still have 4 days of school left! 
As I mentioned before, this week has been NUTS. Every day we have had to drop what we were working on multiple time to go jump on stage and practice our Christmas program song or go get our… Continue reading Reindeer Games
Gingerbread Day
Today in Kindergarten we celebrated Gingerbread Day. No, it's not an actual holiday (as far as I know), but I figured since we have been doing so much about Jesus and the Nativity story and Santa Clause and Winter that we should do something a little bit different today. Plus, I found some great freebies… Continue reading Gingerbread Day
Save a Turkey! Eat some cockroaches?
Well, we made it! It is finally time for turkey, pie, wine, and people that I love. We survived this short week that seemed oh so long, and had some fun while we were at it.As per every Monday ever, I was totally underprepared and spent the morning scrambling trying to plan some last minute… Continue reading Save a Turkey! Eat some cockroaches?
Teaching To The Test-Taker 