I hope that everyone is having a great week!  This has been a fun week so far.  Monday, we had our 100th day of school, we finished up some 100 day activities, and today we talked about dental health.

I just wanted to take a few minutes to share some of my students' 100th day writing.  I loved seeing what they came up with for both sides.  :)




 I thought the funniest one was the last one.  I told her 100 boyfriends were way too many.  lol

I leave you with a picture one of my Kinders drew for me today during play centers.  I love how she sounded out rose.  {I also love that she spelled my last name correctly.  There are many, many adults who misspell it.  lol}

So you know that whole thing with time getting away from me?  I thought what a better way to make sure I write a blog post than if I have a plan.  What's that?  Me - plan?  Yes, that's what I said.  I have made a small plan to write about what my class is doing in math on Mondays.  {Look at that alliteration.}  Math has always been my favorite subject.  I was that kid in high school that loved Trig and Calculus.  So I thought this was the perfect plan.  I hope to share all that my Kinders are learning, as well as a freebie every now and then.

What a better day to start my new adventure than the 100th day of school.  We had so much fun today!  During calendar time, we counted to 100 by 1s, 10s, 5s. and 2s.  Today was the first day that we have counted by 2s, and boy were my students excited!  They talked about that off and on all day!

After calendar time, we went back to our tables to make our 100 day hats.  The students colored in the pictures, cut them out, and glued them in order by counting to 100 by 10s.




We then shared what we had brought in our quart sized bags.  We talked about how even though some bags were filled more each bag still contained 100 items.


I wish I could show you the great pictures at the end of the day when the Kinders had their hats and necklaces on.  So cute!

As usual, time got away from us and we didn't get to everything I had planned.  Tomorrow, we will be writing about what we would and would not like 100 of.  I know it's not exactly math, but if you would like a copy of my writing paper, click on the picture and download it for your files.  {The picture looks a little funky, but the PDF looks fine in Google Docs.}

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Thanks for stopping by for my very first Math Monday!  Have a great week!

Is your family a football family?  Ours is not, so we won't be watching the big game.  However, I will be doing some big shopping today.  Teachers Pay Teachers is having another huge sale!  My store is on sale for 20% off today and tomorrow.  Add SUPER to the promo code box {today only} for an extra 10% for a total of 28% off.

Thanks Ashley for the super cute picture!

Here are some things you might like in my store.

Presidential Squeeze 0-50 - This is a fun way to practice comparing numbers.


President's Day Math Activities -  This packet contains six different activities including addition and subtraction, counting by 10s, and identifying 3-D shapes.


Sweet Syllable Sort - This is a "sweet" way to practice identifying syllables.


3-D & 2-D Shapes Unit - This is my most popular unit on TpT.  It contains posters, games, and books to help students learn the 3-D and 2-D shapes.


Well, I am off to do a little shopping, a little laundry, and a little lesson planning before my son's 7 year well check. {Love living where the ped's office is open on Sundays!}  Happy shopping everyone!

Yes, that's a super long title (I really need to get that blog calendar/schedule up and going).  I feel like I have lots to share, but then time gets away from me and here we are talking about three completely different things.  One of these days, Amy, one of these days.  :)

First let's start with Martin Luther King, Jr.  We read several books about Martin Luther King, Jr. and talked about what his dream was.  I was so proud of my Kinders when they "got" the message.  :)

We completed a book about MLK's dream that I found on Teachers Pay Teachers.  After we completed our book, we went back and "buttered" our popcorn words.






You can find this book here.  I know it's a little late for this year, but you can put it in your virtual files for next year.  :)

We also completed a short vowel project.  We have been working hard at learning all of the short vowel sounds, so this project came to be.


The first step was for the students to cut on the line to make the flaps.  Yes, I could have cut 31 of these myself.  However, I wanted to see if my students could follow the directions and cut only the top half of the paper.  I was thrilled when I only had to hand out one new paper.  :)

After that, we wrote the vowels in pencil and traced with crayons.  We then worked as a group to come up with words for each vowel sound.




They turned out great!  Now all I have to do is get them on the walls. :)

All week we have been reading books about Groundhog Day.  I have to admit Groundhog Day is one of my favorite holidays.  I'm not really sure why, but I have always enjoyed doing activities to go along with it.  One of my favorite activities is having the students predict what the groundhog is going to do.  Here are the results from our predictions.


I am so excited to share with my students on Monday that Punxsutawney Phil did not see his shadow.  Did you know that in all the years that Punxsatawney Phil has been predicting, he has not seen his shadow only 16 times?  I can't wait to share this little fact with my Kinders.  I hope that they are as impressed with fact as much as I am.  They probably won't be, but that's ok.  :)

Did your class make a groundhog prediction?  If so, did they think Phil was going to see his shadow or not?

How was your first week back?  Mine was great!  I was so excited that my Kinders were spot on this first week back.  Lots of happy smiles from the students and from the teacher.


Have you seen this pin on Pinterest?  I saw it a few weeks ago and thought it was so cute.  I clicked on the picture and got the dreaded "Component Not Found".  Basically, it went nowhere. {I hate when that happens.  Don't you?}   My heart just dropped, because I really wanted to do this activity with my class.  So what does any good Kindergarten teacher do?  Makes her own patterns, of course.  As I was eating my breakfast Thursday morning {my bestie laughed at me when I told her this}, I whipped out the patterns for shape penguins.  They turned out even better than I anticipated.  I absolutely loved the end result!







I put my patterns on Teachers Pay Teachers as a freebie.  If you would like like to get your own copy, click on the cover below.


Well, I am off to do some lesson planning.  I hope that you enjoy the rest of your Sunday evening and have a wonderful week!

I hope everyone has been having a wonderful break from work!  I have had such a great, and dare I say lazy, break!  Being at home with my son is one of the best things ever.  He's starting to talk more (autism), and we have actually had some real conversations.  Makes this Mommy's heart melt.  :)

This year was the first year Colton really "got" Christmas which made everything even more magical.  This was his reaction when he got what he asked Santa for.  (Ok, really this is staged reaction.  I missed the original.  I got a new camera for Christmas, and my first try was blurry.  lol)


I am linking up with two wonderful blogs today.  The first one is with  Farley at Oh Boy Fourth Grade for the oh so famous Currently.  This is only my second Currently, but I love reading them every month.  It's always so much fun to read everyone's lists!  So without further ado, here is my Currently list for January.


Listening:  My son loves to play games on the "TV computer" as he likes to call it. Right now he is playing a Thomas game.

Loving:  I am flying back to Kansas on Wednesday to see my grandma.  A few weeks ago, I got a call from my dad saying that my grandma was very sick.  I was going to make an emergency trip back, but she got better and we decided that waiting until break would be ok.  I haven't seen Grandma in almost 5 years.  I'm so excited to see her!!!  I do have to admit though that I'm not excited about the weather.  I love how it says that Friday and Saturday are "warmer."  Um, no, 35 degrees is not "warmer".  That's just plain cold.   Or it might be that I've lived in Las Vegas too long.  lol


Thinking:  I really should be using this time off (or at least some of it) to prepare for these next few months.  Maybe tomorrow.  ;)

Wanting:  I am wanting some new jeans and boots.  I only wear jeans on Fridays and the weekends, so I don't buy them often, but they are definitely on the "want to buy" list.  I also want a cute pair of boots.  I might have to go out tomorrow and get some before I go where "warmer" is 35 degrees.  lol

Needing:  I really, really need to get back to the gym.  I honestly have not one excuse for not going.  It is literally 5 minutes from my house, and I have about 2 1/2 hours in the morning between the time my husband and son leave and when I try to leave for work.  No excuses Amy, no excuses.

One Little Word:  Patience - I need to remember to have patience with my husband, my son, my colleagues, my class, and myself.  I think that I need to really slow down and be more patient in every aspect of my life.

I am also linking up with Jen over at The Teacher's Cauldron  for a New Year's Resolutions Linky Party.


For this super fun linky party, Jen is asking bloggers to identify just two resolutions - one personal and one for blogging.

Personal:  My personal goal is to get my house organized this year.  Yesterday, I cleaned out my son's closet, and it felt so good!  I am not kidding when I say there were years and years of clothes in there.  Some clothes were 3T and 4T.  My son wears a 10 right now.  I was so disappointed that I let it get to that point.  Throughout the year, I want to gradually go through the whole house.  I know that this won't happen quickly, but I know if I stick to it, I can get this place organized.  :)

Blogging:  I want to set up a blogging schedule.  I know this may not seem like much to you, but it will be big for me.  I kind of feel like I haven't lived up to my expectations for my blog.  I found a great inspiration for a blog calendar on Pinterest (where else?  lol).  I want to use this as a starting point for my own blog calendar.

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Thank you to Farley and Jen for the great Linkys!

Thanks for stopping by on this last day of 2012!  I hope that you have a fun and safe New Year!