New Blog Design, The Lovely Blog Award, and a Freebie!

     I'm the girl who likes to be original. When I first started my blog I wasn't sure what type of response I would receive. Well, after some time I'm pretty thrilled to have 50+ followers! (P.S. when I reach 100 followers there will be a sweet giveaway for all of you lovely readers to enter!) I originally used a blog template that anyone else could use and when I would see another blogger with it I would think two things. First, you have great taste ha! Second, if it confuses me to see the image associated with my blog on another blog it probably confuses some readers. This put me on the hunt for custom blog designs. OH MY Alicia from Dream Like Magic is AMAZING. I explained to her exactly what I wanted and she did EXACTLY what I wanted. She did it so well. I'm in love with it! I hope you all enjoy it to.
      Now as for my sporadic posting, I have been sick and the on Spring Break. My goal is to post at least 4 times a week. Lord willing more as I get more experienced at this.
      Pamela from First Class Teacher awarded me The One Lovely Blog Award! That was super duper sweet of her. I was awarded this award awhile back and my response to it is HERE. Please go check out the other teacher blogs I awarded. They have some GREAT stuff. Also be sure to check out Pamela's adorable blog I'm a fan of it and I think you should be to ;-)
      I have also been creating some things. I would love to offer the first three commenters who follow my blog, follow my TPT store, and leave me there email address to get a free copy of the three units I've been working on. The only thing I ask is for some feedback on TPT. I truly want to do the best I can with what I make. Now for those of you who are not the first three (I can relate because I seem to enjoy being fifth or sixth. . . oh well) there is a freebie for you!

Pond Hopping Inflectional Endings -s & -es

Leaping Syllables

Nouns & Adjective: There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed a Shell

FREEBIE
This freebie is a reading response/writing activity for students to complete after reading There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed a Shell!

Have a great Easter Weekend! I'm looking forward to tomorrow as a time to ponder and celebrate the fact that He, Jesus Christ, has RISEN!

One Lovely Blog Award, TPT, Currently

Well earlier this week I was awarded the One Lovely Blog Award (you can read about it HERE). I am awarding the following ladies:

Second Grade Shenanigans This blog is wonderful. She has such great ideas to bring learning to life!

The 3AM Teacher This ladies creativity is astonishing.  I own every packet of clip art she has  put up for sale. I look for it and I love it!

Teaching With Love and Laughter This is a new blog I discovered and can't wait to keep exploring it! She also has a yorkie and I do as well!

Confessions of a Primary Teacher This is another newbie blog that I discovered and am loving it! 

Sailing Through 1st Grade I look up to this woman. Her blog is perfectly amazing. Such great freebies and ideas!

I picked a couple of my old FAVORITES and some new discoveries that have "young" blogs like me (meaning we are new on the blog scene).  Ladies come and get your award! The rules are HERE! 

Here are a couple of my new Word Work stations/centers that are at my TPT store.  Go check them out here and please let me know what you think!

Fill the Right Pot ~ Double Consonants Ending in Y 

What's the Scoop? Drop the Silent e and Add -ing

The last thing up ad entirely late to the game is my currently. . . I'm linking up with Farley at Oh' Boy Fourth Grade . . . 

I must say that I am in the living room where my sister is watching the The Bachelor. It's not quite my cup of tea but I was being honest. I just don't think I can stomach all the drama of these women. 

Dr. Seuss

     I'm super excited to thank a couple of women for awarding me with the One Lovely Blog Award! It truly is a privilege and such an encouragement. Trisha at First Grade Frosting and Erin at First with Franklin were the lovely ladies who gave me the award! You must go check them both out and follow them if you have not already! I always love discovering new blogs and exploring all the posts.

I have seen a couple different versions of the rules and I'm going with these ones:

1. Link back to the person who gave it to you ~ Trisha at First Grade Frosting and Erin at First with Franklin

2. Pass the award on to 5 other Lovely bloggers ~ I'm going to think about five Lovely blogs and post those tomorrow.

3. Follow the person who sent it to you ~ I already follow both of their blogs!

     The month of March is jam-packed at our school! The fundraiser done by an organization called Boosterthon is still going strong! The kids are in LOVE with it. It really is wonderful. It is teacher friendly, incorporates character development, athletics and teamwork!
     My sweets are still in the midst of some Dr. Seuss educational fun! Dr. Seuss' birthday is on our school's Family Day. Let's just say it was a busy day. Here are a couple pics of the Dr. Seuss mini transformation (a work STILL in progress). . .

from the AMAZING Deanna Jump's Unit

I went to our library to check out some more Dr. Seuss books and she noticed and offered her Dr. Seuss stuffed animal collection! It made my day. My sweets are still excited about all the characters in our classroom. 

I'm a first year teacher still trying to figure out the best way to organize things. So far, I've come up with these tubs from Staples. How I do it is a whole other post! One of my favorite things to read on teacher blogs is peoples' organization ideas. 

I've had these peek out Dr. Seuss characters since my sophomore year in college. So excited to finally get to use them.

Short and sweet is the name of the game tonight. I made these amazing Hot Cocoa Cupcakes from Love From the Oven! If you have never had MARSHMALLOW CREAM BUTTERCREAM frosting you must go check this recipe out. I had several moments with frosting and cupcake batter!

Liebster Blog Award and a Freebie

     I am certainly feeling the love! Okay so when I read the post from Tammy at Second Helpings I was possibly jumping up and down in my car! All those "big" wonderful blogs that have been doing this for a while are AMAZING, but there are some amazing "small" blogs starting up all over the internet that are AMAZING to! I think this award is a great way to give them some recognition. I also loved exploring Tammy's blog. I love how she points out that blogging lets us reach students outside of our own classroom. It's a way of sharing the best we have come across with others. Now in my mind that is some great professional development. Every time I read a blog I almost ALWAYS come away with something I want to try in my classroom. THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU Tammy! Go check her out!

NOW. . . onto the Liebster Blog Award

     In order to receive this award you need to have less than 200 followers. The purpose of the award is to highlight the up and coming blogs aka the new kids on the block.  I learned from Tammy's blog the liebe is the word for love in Germany.

     If you receive this award you link back to the blogger who awarded it to you, copy and paste the blog award onto your blog, and present the award to a blog(s) who are up and coming and deserve some notice!

I'm going to go and do some blog stalking and come back with a few of my favorite up and coming blogs! Be sure to check it out!

I present you with Johnson's Jungle

Johnson's Jungle

 Also, I will be giving a run down of Dr. Seuss' birthday with pictures. I used so many amazing wonderful resources from Lory Evans and Deanna Jump!

Lory's Page

Mrs. Jump's Class

I keep all my "themed" units in semi see-through plastic tubs from staples. I create labels to go on each one. Each label is themed to match its theme (kind of confusing) matching its theme.

To get this cute Dr. Seuss Box Label click here (it's completely free of the watermark)! Be sure to leave feedback or become a follower!

I'll be back have a restful Sunday evening! I'm also working on some freebie that will be available on my  TPT store with all my other freebies!