Howdy. My pink, crusty, oozy eye says hello. Another week. Another germ from the monsters. I have missed more school due to illness this year than in all my years teaching. It’s starting to annoy me. I never get sick. And this year…BAM! Teachers should get hazmat pay just for the sheer number of germs we encounter!
Yep. I did it. What you can see is the pain and the hazy vision! Fun days! My pretty hazel eyes are surrounded by a lovely shade of pink!
Today I am linking up with Reagan at Tunstall’s Teaching Tidbits for this super fun linky party! Who doesn’t need a hall pass?!
Product:
My favorite product (s) as of now (seriously thought people, every time I finish one of my creations, it’s my favorite…I really love them all…except those from early on…those are just embarrassing…I have big plans to fix those things up!) are my ten frame cards! Something about the simplicity of them really makes me happy. And the fact that the monsters LOVE them. During math centers, I look around and see all of these ten frame cards everywhere and monsters working on them! Makes a teacher happy! And seriously, look at that GLITTER!!!!!!
Area:
The favorite area in my classroom is the storage area where I can hide from monsters and grown ups alike classroom library!! It’s such a fun, cozy, happy place! Pink carpet! Palm tree! Tons of animals and puppets! Fish hats! and 10,000 thousand books. What’s not to love! The monsters love hanging out and reading in the library! They love the puppets and the hats and books!!
But I really do love my whole classroom!!!! It’s so eccentric and chaotic and fun….umm like me! Next year…all glitter and mustaches people!
Signal:
Ah, one of my signatures. I am known for this. My signal is a $10 techological revolution.
It’s a wireless doorbell!!!! True story. It plugs into an outlet and you carrry the button with you. When the bell rings, the monsters stop what they’re doing, put their bubbles in, their hands go in their lap and they look at me. (OK, so that’s what I see in my mind…) The best thing about this signal is that they can hear it even when they’re extremely loud. (Have I mentioned that they won’t stop talking?!) And it’s a peaceful sound!!
Sanity:
At work?!?! Is there such a thing?! I will be a sappy one…when my door is closed and it’s just me and the monsters doing what we do. That’s my sanity. No politics, no meetings, no paperwork, no administration, no co-workers. Just me and 17 monsters being monsters. Singing, dancing, being artists, laughing, loving and learning (all common core aligned of course!). That is my sanity during the day!
And a Route 44 Coke (with light ice) from Sonic always helps too!
Here is the latest and greatest Kindergarten Smorgasboard Common Core aligned creation!
I have been using the word worm in my classroom for 4 years and LOVE IT! It’s a great way to engage and excite the monsters about sight words! Check it out!
Don’t forget to enter this giveaway! 4 amazing products. 4 amazing bloggers (myself included…i’m tooting my own horn for once!) and 4 chances to win!
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