Wow this is so exciting
Cassie from Mrs. Thomas’s Class nominated me for this cool award on Monday but
it’s been quite the week so I’m finally getting to post about it!
Here are
the rules-
1. Link
back to the blog that nominated me
2. Nominate
5-11 blogs with fewer than 200 followers
3. Answer
the questions posted for me by my nominator
4. Share
11 random facts about myself
5.
Contact my nominees and let them know that I nominated them
Here are
the questions from Cassie. :)
1. What has been the most
rewarding moment this year?
I have so many moments
from this year and I have some what of a difficult class so I really do
celebrate each and every little “triumph” that we have each day! One of the
best moments and probably my proudest was when one of most challenging students
wrote about me for St. Patrick’s Day project. We did this cute little freebie
“Who is worth more than gold to you?’’ from Lindsay at The Teacher Wife and you
can get it here. The kids had to write
about someone/something that was worth more than gold to them and he picked me.
This kiddo struggles with writing and believe it or not he has improved
greatly! I almost cried when I read it...
(The person who is worth more than gold to me is Miss Smatlan because she teaches me.)
2. What influenced you to
start blogging/social networking?
I first blog I ever cam
across was Sarah Cooley’s blog First Grader ...at last! And I was blown away
and when I started blogging (about a year and a half ago) and making products
for teachers pay teachers I was just overwhelmed by all the beautiful and
wonderful stuff people were making and I thought I could do it too...Somedays
it’s tough and I don’t blog a lot or get to make new products all the time but
sometimes the creative bug bites me and something fabulous happens. I have
found some amazing ideas and different ways of doing things by connecting with
others and learning from their blogs. As a relatively new teacher (only my 2nd
year) it’s just great to get insight to what others are doing in their
classrooms.
3. Which is your favorite,
blogging, facebook, or instagram?
I like facebook the most
I love blogging too but facebook is so much faster. I’m on instagram but I’m
terrible about taking pictures at school!
4. What's your favorite
food?
Food and me are
definitely friends my favorite is pizza I could eat it every day! (not that I should
though!)
5. When you're out shopping,
what's your guilty pleasure?
Hmm...guilty pleasure
well I always buy make-up, eye shadow mainly, and hair products oh lordly the
hair products I have! I bought 4 alone yesterday!
6. Any obsession with TV shows?
I HEART TV... seriously...I think all those people who don’t
have TV are awesome but I just can’t do it! I do what a fair amount of TV,
definitely need it for my down time in the evening. My current TV obsessions
are Resurrection, Scandal (although it just ended L), The Blacklist and THE
FOLLOWING!!! OMG I love that show, it’s a bit crazy that’s for sure. I actually
seem to listen to TV more than watch it cause I seem to be always working on
some project for school. I also pretty much watch Bravo non-stop...
7.Do you have any rules
about technology at home?
I am a single girl with
no kids so I don’t have any rules but I for see in the future I will. I’m not a
fan of video games.
8. What's your favorite
lesson to teach?
Everything is new this
year and some lessons have been more fun than others but I really enjoy
anything with science and the kids seem to like it soo much too!
9. Thematic Units or Random
lessons?
Thematic units are great
and I plan to do more things in depth next year, this year is just getting to
know the curriculum and the topics that we teach. I do like the random lessons
though that literally come out of nowhere!
10. What's the worst holiday
to celebrate at school?
I have a love/hate
relationship with holidays at school...The day always starts out great but by the
end it seems almost impossible to feel THAT tired! I love holidays but maybe I
need a different plan of attack on those days? IDK...
11. What is your favorite
book to read to your kiddos?
I love read aloud time,
little Junie B. is my favorite and I read to my kiddos after lunch. I also love
anything Dr. Seuss, Little Critter and Splat the Cat.
Last
but not least: 11 random facts about myself.
1. I am
training for my 3rd half marathon that will take place on Memorial
Day weekend.
2. I will
have 30 candles on my birthday cake in July.
3. I live in
the town I grew up in, a gorgeous place in Northern Idaho.
4. This is
my second year of teaching.
5. It took
me 5 YEARS to get a teaching job!
6. I love
SOUR PATCH KIDS.
7. I have
one of the sweetest cats on planet Earth, her
name is George.
(she is saying "why are you taking my picture again?")
8. I workout
5-6 days a week, I find it the best way to relieve stress, right now I do
CrossFit 2 to 3 times a week and run 3 days a week. I do zumba or other classes
too.
9. I love to
buy things at thrift stores and transform them (my summer fun).
10. I have
had only 1 job that wasn’t based around kids, I should’ve known I would be a
teacher!
11. I am one
of SEVEN 1st grade classes this year!
And drum roll please...my
nominees are...
Create-abilities
OCD in First
A Teacher Mom
Teaching in the Primary Grades
Triple the love in Grade 1
And now
your questions girls!
1.What are
you going to do during your summer break?
2.What’s
your silliest school story?
3.How long
have you been teaching?
4.Where do
you find inspiration?
5.What are
your hobbies outside of school and blogging?
6.Who or
what influenced you to be a teacher?
7.What was
your favorite year in school?
8.What would
you be doing if you weren’t a teacher?
9.Tell us
about your family. (I know not a question...)
10.What
dessert do you love?
11.How do
you relieve stress?
This is
so fun! Can’t wait to learn about you all! Make sure to follow my nominator and
all of my nominees!
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