A Bunch of Grouchy Kiddos

We kicked off our insect week off with reading and discussing the Eric Carle classic, The Grouchy Ladybug. I could have picked any day this week to study this book, but since it was the first day back to school from spring break, I felt that it would fit the mood perfectly because, let's face it, I was a tad bit grouchy about spring break being over. Ugh! End of pity party...



I created a great Grouchy Ladybug craftivity for my students for making a text to self connection. We talked about what makes us feel grouchy, we wrote about it, and then turned ourselves into adorable grouchy ladybugs. Check them out!

We ended by talking about whether we enjoyed the book or not. The wonderful exit slip was created by Kreative in Kinder. 

I look forward to getting buggy with my Kinders this week. Oh, and as promised in previous post about Easter Bunny Rabbit Glyph... I finally finished my spring/Easter bulletin board. I am in love. 

Glyph Love

Anyone who knows me, knows that I looooooove glyphs. I love that my students learn listening skills when we do glyphs, and they don't even know it. They just think they are having fun. They get so excited when they put all of the pieces together and see their final product based on how they answered the glyph questions.

For Easter, I have created, not to toot my own horn, but an absolutely adorable bunny rabbit glyph to put out on our bulletin board. This is my first time creating my own glyph, and I could not be more pleased with it. I failed to take pictures of my students while they were putting these together, but I will definitely have to post our Easter/spring themed bulletin board when I get their bunnies up. This is available in my TpT store if you are interested.

Click the picture below to see this on my TpT store.

Spring Teacher Blogger Meet Up

I had the wonderful opportunity this past weekend to attend a spring blogger meet up at the gorgeous French Lick Resort with 50+ other teacher bloggers. This was something that was completely done on each of our own time and money, and was completely worth it. I was able to meet teacher bloggers from around my state, Indiana, and from other states in the U.S. It really is a wonderful thing when you get to meet up with others who understand what your job is like and what you go through day to day. It is an even better thing when you get to bounce ideas off of other teachers. I came away with some wonderful friendships, and with access to blogs with great ideas.

Here are a few pictures from the weekend...

The girls from my district whom I got to attend this event with. Their blogs are on my 

Meet My Blogging Friends Page. Be sure to check them out!

 This blogger meet up would not have been possible without the wonderful Holly Ehle (pictured far left). She coordinated this entire event, and I can't wait to meet up again in the future.

Thanks, Holly!

There were some very generous sponsors for this event. To name a few, Vera Bradley, Kaeden, Jamberry, Scentos, Erin Condren, SDE, Crayola, and Schoolgirl Style.

Bloglovin'

I have recently opened my bloglovin' account. What is bloglovin'? That is exactly what I was wanting to know after hearing all about it. If you are in the same boat that I was, bloglovin' is a great website and phone app to help you follow all of your favorite blogs all in one place. For someone who likes convenience, such as myself, it is perfect. With that being said, if you would like to keep up with all of the fun learning going on in my classroom, click the bloglovin' button on the right of my page to begin following.

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Open for business...finally!

I have had the intentions of opening up a Teachers Pay Teachers store since the beginning of the school year in order to share all of the things that I have made since starting school. Although I only have a few Easter and classroom decor/bulletin board items up, I have finally got it up and running. I am officially open for business, and I am so excited to share all of my creations. I am especially proud of the letter pennant banner and number line. They are going to go perfectly in my boho bird theme next year. Be sure to check out my store, and take advantage of my free Easter color by sight words, simple addition, and numbers papers. Also, coming soon, not to toot my own horn, but I have created an absolutely adorable Easter bunny glyph. Be sure to follow my store to check out the glyph when I get it uploaded.

http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Lindsey-Law

Click the pictures of my items to get full description, pricing information, etc.

FREEBIE!!!!

Tricky Lil' Leprechauns

My class LOVES to do graphs. I am not entirely sure why, but every week that we have graphs involved, they get really into it. Today was no different. In the spirit of St. Patrick's Day, we used the Lil Country Librarian's leprechaun graph. 

We began with a discussion on whether we have been tricked by a leprechaun before or not. If they said yes, they got a pot of gold piece to put on our chart. If they said no, they got a rainbow piece to put on the chart. The pack came with a graphing paper to supplement our group chart and to analyze our data.

While doing the graph, I, of course, was receiving all sorts of stories of how leprechauns had tricked some of my students. I decided this was the perfect opportunity to get them to write! I passed out our writing journals and told my class to write about if they have been tricked by a leprechaun or not. If they had been tricked, they had to write what the leprechaun did. If they hadn't been tricked, they had to write what they would do if a leprechaun was trying to trick them. I got some wonderful responses. Those leprechauns sure can be tricky little fellas. ;)

"I have been tricked. He 'stilled' (stole) my baby doll."

"I have been tricked. He woke me up."

"I have been tricked. He said that the water was on."

There are still a couple days to grab this leprechaun graph from Teachers Pay Teachers to do with your kiddos. Hopefully they'll enjoy it as much as my class did. 

Digraph Pots of Gold

To continue on with our St. Patrick's Day theme, my small group today worked with the ch, sh, and th digraphs. They each had their own handful of gold coins and they had to take turns putting the gold coins in the pot of gold it belonged in based on it's digraph.