I always need motivation!!

Linking up with my girls Tamra & Sarah over at First Grade Buddies!!

No matter where we work it is always a challenge!! A friend of mine on Instagram! @Aprilrentschler

Much Love,

Autumn & Ruth

An Apple A Day keeps the teacher tired!

WOW what a busy week! I share a birthday with that famous Johnny guy!! So I feel obligated to over celebrate his appliciousness!! So in centers we rocked the apple theme to the max!!
Math centers:

 

Then in our word work center they were writing the room and matching up the apple pictures on the recording sheet!

 Also in word work my first grade friend let me borrow her fancy magnetic letter case! I need one of these!!!

 On Monday we did our apple experiment. The apples turned brown the least with lemon juice on them but the milk seemed to help a little too!!

Then on Tuesday we did our red, yellow, green whole class and individual graphs!

Wednesday was apple sauce! I know you are jealous of my Miss Kay like apple apron!!!

 

Then Thursday we made microwave apple crisp!

 

Friday we are doing mini caramel apples. This was my tester!

 

This weekend we will go out and celebrate my birthday!! Hope you all had as much fun celebrating my birthday Johnny's birthday!! We are linking up over at Doodlebugs!! What was your best apple activity!!!

 

Autumn and Johnny Applesed Share a Birthday

We love Fall at our home. Perhaps it is because both of my children were born in the fall. I even named my daughter, "Autumn". Johnny Appleseed has to share her birthday. We have put together a "Johnny Appleseed Scrambled Sentences" that Autumn uses for morning work this week. She will be busy doing all of her other Johnny things, too. Surely she will post pictures this week. Johnny Applesseed Scrambled Sentences

This Never Happens to You

A simple trip to my favorite Walgreen's to get two $10 iTunes gift cards and milk.  30 minutes later we come out with Halloween treats, new toys for granddaughters, t-shirts, tights, cards, scarves, headbands, monster candy eyes, and what we went in to get. Good thing Poppy loves shopping with me.

 

And we have winners for your iTunes gift card giveaway!! Thanks for the new followers and thanks all who entered! More giveaways to come!!

 

 

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Much love,

Ruth and Autumn

Friday!!! PD and 5!!

Linking up with Doodlebugs for 5 for Friday!

I hope you all feel happy in yourself!!! Nothing like seeing a happy kid accomplish something!

So this week when my kids were transitioning to centers I was on the floor (behind an easel) setting up the laptops. I hear my principals voice but continue with my back turned. When I stand and turn around(with a skirt on) I realize that it is not only my principal but also my instructional coach, and the assistant Superintendent in the process of doing a walk thru observation. Not sure that was the best first of the year impression... I still have a job! The good news is that all the kids were going to their centers and started working!!! So I am starting with some pictures from my centers!

 This is our new write the room! List 1 Dolch words. They are LOVING this!! Even when they don't know the words they are writing they love just finding and coping the letters!

Directed art center to make a school bus. One of my students decided to label his friends using their cubbie names!!

 

Here they are with their Johnny Appleseed spin and graph! The second favorite to write the room 10 frames!!

PD day with Linda L. Jordan neuroscience and the implications for the classroom. My BFF says she is awesome! So even though I don't love the picture I thought I'd throw it in! I'll share more after!! 

 

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100 Instagram Followers

So excited!! We have 100 Instagram Followers! To show our appreciation we are giving away 2 iTunes gift cards so that you can all keep using the cute frames and all the fun picture things on Instagram!! So enter our Rafflecopter below for your chances to win! We will give away 2 $10 iTunes gift card. Winners announced late Saturday or Sunday! ITunes card in mail Monday!! Thank you so much to all of you already following me on instagram! If you are not on instagram yet, you need to get on there! So many great ideas!

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Much Love Autumn & Ruth

SHARING: Blog, Instagram, & Pinterest oh my!!

So we started this little blog to share and get new ideas. And guess what? It worked!! I came across the cutest idea from Mrs. Banisters Kindergarten Kids(instagram name) she also has a blog over at iheartkindergarten.blogspot.com
It fit right in with my unit on Families! First I "borrowed" ok I stole herVenn diagram for siblings in the family!

Then today we continued with our little houses. I cut out a little black house for everyone. Then we went thru colors one by one to show who lives in our house. Boy getting them to understand that just because grandma comes over does not mean that she lives with us.

At my school we are suppose to include a task, CCSS, and rubric. Don't tell I skimped a bit on this one! Hoping no one looks close enough!! If you want a copy of my key and task card just click above to grab it off google docs!


Please be sure to go over and check out Mrs. Banister!!!