Five for Friday

I am once again linking up with Doodle Bugs Teaching for their Five for Friday Linky Party.  I have been on Spring Break this week.  It has been so great relaxing and attempting to get things checked off my checklist.  I had high expectations for getting a lot done this week.  

We celebrated Easter on Sunday by attending a sunrise service.  The Easter Bunny also visited.  She got a lot in her basket but her favorite item was bubbles.  They have been entertaining her all week!

I was determined to get a garden planted this week.  We don't do a big garden because our "green thumbs" are not that great.  Four variations of tomato plants were planted as well as four types of bell peppers.  Bugs or rabbits usually ruin half of our garden each year.  I'm searching for ways to keep them both away.  

One of the favorite memories growing up was going strawberry picking.  My mom made the best jam and pies with the freshly picked strawberries!  We got to introduce my baby to strawberry picking and she loved it!  

Even though I have been on break I have been working on addition centers for next week.  I am currently creating a carnival themed addition pack of centers.  Four centers are included in the pack and some of the centers can even be extended to multiple centers for differentiation.  I have also been prepping for my Plant Unit to start next week.  I am planning on writing a post about how we study plants next week.  

Lastly, we are prepping for my baby's 2nd Birthday Party.  We are keeping it simple this year and just doing a party with immediate family.  It's hard to believe that she is already 2 years old!
I hope that all of you had an enjoyable week!

Five for Friday

It has been SO long since I have blogged!  I have been busy with teaching , being a mommy to a busy toddler and life in general.  I am so excited to get back into blogging.  

In October we found out that we are expecting baby number 2, June 2nd.  It was a tiring first couple of months and extra tiring with a toddler.  This is a pic from last week's ultrasound.  I think it looks like she is praying.  

This week we have been busy doing Easter Activities in both ELA and Math.  I came across a great recording sheet for plastic eggs from Simply Kinder.  There were three recording sheets to choose from. One where the kids read the word and draw a picture, one where they can record on the eggs and the last one was for plastic eggs that have three pieces. I haven't seen these eggs, but according to the blog post they are available at Meijers.  These recording sheets helped create a quick activity for two centers this week.  

We also used Easter Addition Centers that I created.  My students enjoyed working at the three different centers that allowed them to add in different ways.  

In my Work with the Teacher center in the Daily 5 Rotations we used The Therapeutic Teacher's Comprehension and Phonics CVCe Books.  These books are a great resource and provided great insight into my student's abilities.  I realized that not all of my student's were ready to work independently in these books.  I loved that the book provided students 5 opportunities to read the book each week.  There were also pages for activities to do each day that related to the story.  I am planning on using these with my higher leveled students each week.  They should be able to do these independently with minimal assistance from myself or my assistant.  This will allow us to work with lower leveled students.  

I have been getting ready for the week after spring break.  We will be starting our Plant Unit.  Plant journals are ready, seeds will be bought next week and the living and nonliving center activities are ready.  

Next week is Spring Break!!!  I am looking forward to spending the week with my little family and my dad who is is town for the next two weeks.  I have plans to create centers that will get me through the rest of the school year.