tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-67501032619836394922024-03-05T19:44:38.220-05:00Polka Dot PalaceStephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00639275357103623174noreply@blogger.comBlogger80125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6750103261983639492.post-46442054831847963022015-08-03T20:30:00.003-04:002015-08-03T20:31:39.459-04:00Monday Made It 8/3/15<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
I have a quick Monday Made It to share because it was so obvious when I saw them that I HAD to do it!!!</div>
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I found these super cute tins in the Dollar Spot at Target.</div>
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SO I naturally felt compelled to buy 2 along with some letter stickers and make ......<br />
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New Sharpened and Not Sharpened cups.</div>
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What else are you suppose to do with pencil tin cups? Put pencils in them of course.</div>
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I also found these cuties in the dollar spot and I love them so much I just had to share.</div>
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I couldn't believe it when I found these wood, canvas looking signs in the Dollar Spot (so they were $3, but that's ok). I had to have them and I plan to put them on the window ledge in my class, behind where my co-teacher has her small group table.</div>
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Then I found this cute school house shaped chalkboard sign, that I plan to write an inspirational quote on and put on the ledge behind my desk. </div>
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If you have any suggestions for inspirational quotes, I'll take any suggestions. Look for these gems when I post my classroom reveal in late August/early September.</div>
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Remember if you made something link up with Tara from <a href="http://4thgradefrolics.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">4th Grade Frolics</a> and share what you made!!!</div>
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Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00639275357103623174noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6750103261983639492.post-14504701589721282522015-08-02T11:19:00.000-04:002015-08-02T11:19:25.031-04:00August CurrentlyIt's the beginning of August, which for many means school is right around the corner, I'll be singing that song with the September Currently, but for now a few more weeks of summer & a link up with Farley from <a href="http://ohboy3rdgrade.blogspot.se/" target="_blank">Oh' Boy 4th Grade</a> for August Currently.<div>
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I'm listening & trying to watch the 80s movie <u>Little Monsters</u> with Fred Savage & Howie Mandel. I loved this movie as a kid & when my sister told me it was OnDemand, I had to watch it.</div>
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I'm loving that it's still summer. I still have 4 more days of summer school left & I'm already in back-to-school mode, but it's still a nice feeling knowing there's nothing I absolutely have to do (except read through my loooong list of summer reading).</div>
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I'm already thinking about my writing curriculum & how my co-teacher and I should approach writing this year. After reading Stephanie from <a href="http://www.3rdgradethoughts.com/" target="_blank">3rd Grade Thoughts</a> different posts on how she does writing in her classroom, I was TOTALLY inspired. If you haven't ever read them you can find them <a href="http://www.3rdgradethoughts.com/p/literacy.html" target="_blank">here</a> (scroll to the bottom), she has some great stuff happening in her room.</div>
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I'm really wanting to work on my classroom. We moved to a different room for this school year & this is what it looked like a few weeks ago...</div>
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Luckily it doesn't look like this anymore. It might actually be worse, since we've started rearranging & unpacking. My library is done & all the boxes are at least unpacked (for the most part). But I have that extreme teacher urge to be in there & organize everything.</div>
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I'm needing to have my hubby make me some crate seats for my room. My co-teacher & I acquired a round, blue table from a teacher that was transferred to another school; however, it use to be a pre-school table so it's very low, too low for an adult to work at, so we're thinking of making it a table for our writing center. I also happen to have a lot of crates in my room, which I stored in the closet last year; however, in my new room my closet isn't as big. I'm also all about alternative seating (if you can see the orange ball in the corner of one of the pics above, it's a yoga ball that my kiddos can sit on). We also have multiple chairs in the library, as well as oversized pillows to go with our small IKEA end tables that kids can sit at. As long as you're working I don't care where you sit. </div>
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For my B2S RAK I was thinking of making these for my team and a few other colleagues.</div>
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First week of summer school done...4 weeks to go and to end this week a little weekend away with my hubby. So while he takes a little nap before dinner I'm linking up with Kacey from <a href="http://doodlebugsteaching.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Doodle Bugs Teaching.</a></div>
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This was my first week of summer school and my Wednesday I felt like I had finally gotten into a grove, not bad, the 3rd day. You can check out my <a href="http://polka-dot-palace.blogspot.com/2015/07/sight-word-activities-freebies-monday.html" target="_blank">Monday Made It post</a> to see some of the centers I made for my kiddos. I really should be figuring out what I'm going to do next week, but I'll save that for tomorrow. This is my problem when I don't have to write formal plans, I end up taking it day-by-day and I really don't want to. I want to have a plan for the week. Maybe I should say it again & I'll actually do it "I want to have a plan for the week!"</div>
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My hubby is testing for his paramedic test so I went with him for the weekend to New Hampshire, so he could take his test Sunday morning. I figured this would be a good chance for us to spend some time away since we didn't do much for our 5 year anniversary.<br />
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I couldn't get the video I took on the ride to save right to my computer, so this is a pic from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merritt_Parkway" target="_blank">Wikipedia</a> but this highway we took the Merritt Parkway is absolutely beautiful. There are trees like this along the whole thing and no trucks are allowed on this road. It was such a nice ride up this road.<br />
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Since we're away for a little mini-vaca I've decided that we are not eating anywhere that we could eat at back at home. As soon as we walked into the hotel they had an i-Pad with a site of places to eat, things to do, etc. and right away a BBQ place caught my eye (I'm a little obsessed with BBQ lately...ribs & pulled pork especially).<br />
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So I think we'll be eating at this place when my hubby gets up from his nap.<br />
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At some point tomorrow I think we'll be stopping here...The Red Arrow Diner.</div>
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They were featured on <a href="http://www.foodnetwork.com/shows/diners-drive-ins-and-dives/100/house-specials.html" target="_blank">Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives </a>some years ago, but I'm all about trying the places that Guy Fieri has featured, especially if I can drive there or I'm in the area.<br />
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I'm thinking maybe we'll stop for a late night bite to eat tomorrow night after we go to a comedy show. I'm hoping there won't be as much of a line then.<br />
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The great thing about my hubby have to do some school stuff while we're away is I get to <span style="text-align: center;">READ!!!!</span></div>
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<span style="text-align: center;">I've brought 3 books with me....just in case, but currently I'm half way through Nora Roberts The Liar, so I can't wait to just sit & be alone and do some heavy duty reading. </span></div>
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Since I started summer school today I had to prepare some centers over the weekend.<br />
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I know my kiddos need work on their sight words and I needed a way to assess their current knowledge, but I didn't want to use flash cards. So I created a powerpoint for each of the Dolch sight words that automatically transitions after 3 seconds, since they should be able to name the word within 3 seconds. If you think you could use this you can get the f<a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B71oFJysLK_CeTlIRWNnY3NBdTA/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank">ile here from Google Drive</a>.</div>
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Once I've assessed what words they know and what they need work with, I made a few activities or resources to help with that.</div>
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I made these sight word flip cards for each of the Dolch word sets (3rd grade isn't shown here, I know I won't need them this summer, so I just have to finish them before the school year starts). My kiddos can use them to read into Whisper Phones, write, or do another activity with. They are all color coded, so it's easy for me to tell a kiddo to grab the yellow words. <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B71oFJysLK_CNVlNOVFXYk5xVGc/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank">You can grab yours here</a>.</div>
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I also made Dolch Sight Word sticks to go with Reagan from Tunstall's Teaching Tidbits sight word stick center. You can read her post about them <a href="http://tunstalltimes.blogspot.com/2014/02/making-sight-words-stick.html" target="_blank">here</a>. You can buy your copy of the center from her Tpt shop <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Sight-Word-Stick-Centers-263115" target="_blank">here</a>. So to go with these I made the Dolch words so they would fit on popsicle sticks.</div>
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I sized the words to fit onto the popsicle stick. Cut them to fit, then used packing tape to secure them onto the popsicle sticks.</div>
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I put each set into a Crystal Light container & labeled the outside with what list it was. They are also color coordinated. You can grab your pre-sized Dolch lists here to fit on popsicle sticks of your own <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B71oFJysLK_COU9lYVU5XzVNN3c/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank">here</a>.</div>
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The last thing I made for my kiddos to practice their sight words were shakers, since I had these old parmesan cheese containers laying around, so I cleaned them and got ready to put them to use.</div>
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I typed up the different Dolch lists and printed them on card stock. You can get your lists <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B71oFJysLK_CdHNFTHdGOVhkVEk/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank">here </a>and all you have to do is print them. </div>
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Here are some of the things I picked up to fill the containers with. I got salt, rice, small shell pasta, beads, pom-pons, and confetti. I got all of this stuff from the dollar store, except for the rice, but that was under a dollar from Wal-Mart.</div>
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Here's the finished product. Make sure to leave some room at the top so the kiddos can "shake it up!!!"</div>
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I also made a shaker for addition and subtraction facts. Addition facts to sums of 20 and subtraction facts starting at 20. If you would like your copy you can grab them <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B71oFJysLK_CSGNiQ21UNTg3Y2M/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank">here</a>. </div>
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I hope you can use these freebies to help you make some of these activities. Enjoy!!!</div>
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I also won 2nd prize at a local Wendy's. My sister and I entered a drawing for beach prize packs. I won 2nd and she won 1st prize. I got a towel, camping chair, beach umbrella, cooler, and misc. toys. I never win anything so this was a nice surprise.</div>
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Yesterday was my 5 year wedding anniversary. We've been together for 12 years, but only married for 5. It was a low key day, dinner our just the 2 of us, then we went to the drive-in and saw Jurassic World. Yes I said drive-in, a nearby town has one, which is the only one in the state apparently. It's a deal you can't beat, 2 new movies for the price of 1.</div>
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Cleaning up these old grated, parmesan cheese containers to make some sight word and fact shakers. Look for a Monday Made-It post next week about these & some freebies.<br />
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I hope everyone has a happy and safe 4th of July weekend.Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00639275357103623174noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6750103261983639492.post-20476989268122028132015-07-02T13:35:00.001-04:002015-07-02T13:36:20.511-04:00July CurrentlyI always feel like I'm late to this party and it's only the 2nd day of the month. Oh well, I'm here now linking up with <a href="http://ohboy3rdgrade.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Farley's</a> <a href="http://ohboy3rdgrade.blogspot.com/2015/06/currently-july-2015.html" target="_blank">July Currently.</a><br />
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To the TV in the other room. I think The Chew is on right now, it's more background noise. I don't really like the house to be quiet, yet I don't like when my son gets loud and rowdy. That's weird. I like quiet but I don't.<br />
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Today is my 5th wedding anniversary and my hubby actually has off from work. How did I get so lucky for the schedule to work out like that? He's an EMT/Paramedic so he works shift work on a rotating schedule & we don't always get this lucky.<br />
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About what I should make for my family's 4th of July BBQ on the 5th. Here's my <a href="https://www.pinterest.com/polkadotpalace1/sweets/" target="_blank">Sweets page on Pinterest</a>. There's just so many choices I don't know what to go with. For Memorial Day I made a <a href="http://www.isthisreallymylife.com/2012/11/chocolate-brownie-trifle-where-women-cook/" target="_blank">Chocolate Brownie Trifle</a>, it was so good.<br />
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More time....summer school starts on Monday (see needing) & I'm excited for it, but I've kind of gotten spoiled these last 2 weeks, staying up late, getting to sleep till 8. Starting Monday back to bed at a reasonable time & up at 6:00, so I can get myself & my son ready to be dropped off with his grandparents.<br />
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To finish getting myself together for summer school. I need to find some more resources, make copies, print & laminate centers, & finish making some centers. A corner in my office of the stuff I have to take to summer school, plus the stuff I've bought in the last few days. I need to sit down & reorganize it & make sure I have everything I need. Ugghhh...where did the last 2 weeks go? Why do I procrastinate so much?<br />
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Have a happy and safe 4th!!!<br />
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<b>Set your rules and procedures and STICK to them</b>: Make sure to follow through because as soon as you don't with one, then they all try to see if they can push you or what they can get away with. There's also always that kid that thinks they're better then the rules. For example, this year my co-teacher and I had the kids use hand signals to let us know when they needed to use the bathroom or get a drink or a tissue, etc. that way they didn't interrupt us with asking if they could do one of those things. We would see the hand signal and nod to them without ever having to stop teaching; however, we had one student who would constantly come up to use and ask to do these things instead of using the hand signal and we constantly had to send him back to his desk and remind him of the correct way to ask.<br />
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<b>Get to know your colleagues</b>: Chances are you have a colleague or two that is a veteran teacher, get to know them, ask them how they do something, maybe it'll work for you too. There's no sense in reinventing the wheel if someone is pedaling smoothly down the road. It may not work for you but tweak it for you and your kids.<br />
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<b>Don't sweat the small stuff</b>: In the world of education things are constantly changing, we all know this, and many times changes are happening on a state level and there's nothing that you can do about it. Just go with the flow and try your best. The past few years we've had a lot of changes with curriculum and observations, but everyone was going through it and there was nothing you could do about it, so try your best and give your kids all they deserve. There's no point in upsetting yourself and losing focus on what's most important...your kiddos.<br />
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<b>Don't worry about what others are doing</b>: Yes, get to know your colleagues and share resources, they might have something that works for you, BUT don't worry about how far they are in the curriculum guide or that their students are understanding the concept with flying colors and yours are still struggling. All classes are different, you know your kids best, and what works for them. Yes you can't get too far behind with the curriculum, but remember you can revisit concepts later. Do what works for you and your kids.<br />
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<b>If it's not working, don't be afraid to change it</b>: Everything you do might not work, if it isn't working don't be afraid to change it. Try to make big changes, if they need to be made, at natural stopping or changing points; the start of a new semester/tri-mester, marking period/etc. or after returning from a break. Kids are resilient and they will adapt to a new way of doing things.<br />
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I hope you found some of these tips useful and you have a great first year. Welcome to the world of teaching. Be sure to visit the other bloggers who have linked up!!!Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00639275357103623174noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6750103261983639492.post-27589325195024539532015-06-27T16:52:00.001-04:002015-06-27T16:53:01.627-04:003-2-1 Teacher Bio {Weekend Warrior}<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
I'm so behind on my Bloglovin feed that I didn't even know about this linky. Good thing I was scrolling through Instagram. I love getting to know other bloggers, so I'm linking up with <a href="http://www.primarily-speaking.com/" target="_blank">Primarily Speaking</a> for her Weekend Warrior linky and this month's theme is 3-2-1 Teacher Bio.</div>
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My classroom library is my pride & joy. I've collected quite a collection of books since I was in college. Yard sales, library sales, & Scholastic book clubs are my best friend. By the end of the year I had a little guy, who started the year as a reluctant reader, devouring my classroom collection of <i>Magic Treehouse</i> books. He had improved his reading level throughout the year and found a series that interested him, I couldn't have been more happy.</div>
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I'm very relaxed when it comes to where my kiddos sit to do their work. There is the library with a couple of chairs in it & clipboards for them to lean on, a carpet to lay on, and there are 4 of those little black IKEA tables with the fuzzy pillows under them from WalMart for students to sit at. Some of my kiddos even loved to stand at these pre-school cubbies. (My room last year used to be a pre-school room and the cubbies where left behind.) As long as they are working and doing so quietly, then they may sit where they are comfortable.</div>
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At the beginning of the fall I really got into the show The Affair on Showtime, and I really wished it was based on a book so I could read the book and find out what happened. My dad use to ask me all the time when I was a kid, with my nose in a book, if reading was like watching a movie for him. Yup!!! A book usually holds my interest better then t.v. or a movie.</div>
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I always want to be the best teach I can possible be and continue to push myself and I've always thought pursuing this certification would really push me to be the best and to constantly reflect on my practice.<br />
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Well now that you know you a little bit more about me, I can't wait to read me about all the fantastic bloggers out there.Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00639275357103623174noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6750103261983639492.post-54012870999135853422015-06-26T10:23:00.002-04:002015-06-26T10:23:37.407-04:00Five for Friday 6/26/15<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I'm linking up on this fabulous Friday with Kacey from <a href="http://doodlebugsteaching.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Doodle Bugs Teaching</a>. This Friday is so fabulous because this was my first full week of summer break. </div>
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We spent some time Saturday at a local, free zoo. My guys being silly, having their pictures taken in the cut-outs.</div>
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This was me Tuesday night. We had a big storm that knocked the power out, we were lucky to get ours back Wednesday morning, there are still some people that don't have theirs back yet. I'm so thankful we didn't go too long without ours. But since my house was eerily quiet Tuesday night, I had trouble falling asleep. This was me in bed....just laying there. But on a positive note, I managed to decorate all of the bulletin boards in my new classroom & the placement of each and began organizing my teacher corner (since I'll be sans desk this year :). Oh the things you can accomplishment in your head on a restless night.<br />
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While laying in bed Tuesday night I also thought about all the things I needed to do, like re-organize my sons room. We already had this <a href="http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/S99006381/" target="_blank">fantastic organizer from IKEA</a> in his room, I just did a little summer cleaning of stuff he doesn't play with anymore. I absolutely love this organizer. It's actually two pieces. When we bought it last summer, these were the only color buckets they had and I had to beg and plead to get enough of them. Luckily my son is 4 and likes all colors, but I imagine sometime in the future my husband will have to spray paint the pink ones...maybe.<br />
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The other bonus of no power...more time to read, since there was nothing else to do. Good thing I had gone to library on Monday. I'm currently reading <u>Every Fifteen Minutes</u> and almost done. These are just some of the books on my massively long summer reading list.<br />
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The best reason for summer break. Getting to spend time with my cutie. We were having a picnic lunch in the yard. I just love that little face.<br />
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Hope everyone had a great week this week and a good week next week. Have fun with your Fourth of July plans and be safe.Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00639275357103623174noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6750103261983639492.post-21639696672444922172015-06-20T17:57:00.003-04:002015-06-20T17:57:47.591-04:00Five for Friday 6/19/15<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Schools out for summer!!!! And maybe I'll become a better blogger and Tpt seller this summer (maybe....), baby steps...maybe a few linky's a week to get me back in the grove, so let's start with <a href="http://doodlebugsteaching.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Doodle Bugs Teaching</a> <a href="http://doodlebugsteaching.blogspot.com/2015/06/five-for-friday-linky-party-june-19th.html" target="_blank">Five for Friday</a> linky.<br />
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School is officially done for the summer. Wednesday was my last day. Now 2 weeks off until 5 weeks of summer school starts. I'm looking forward to going back in August to set up my room though, (isn't it sick that I'm thinking of it already? Aren't we all a little bit like this though?) my co-teacher and I are moving rooms and we made the leap to get rid of our desks, so I'm excited for the chance to reorganize.<br />
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On the last day of school we handed out paper plate awards to all of our kiddos, here's a shot of a few of them. The kids really enjoyed them and many of them seemed to know who was getting the award before we called the student's name.</div>
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The last day of school was also Superhero Day at my school, the students and staff were encouraged to represent their favorite superhero or come up with one of their own. I went with a simple Captain America t-shirt....<br />
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And this is why. I knew my husband already had one and when I bought mine, I bought my son one, so we are now a whole supers family.<br />
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We spent a few days at the beach. This was my little guys first time on the beach and in the ocean, which he wasn't too thrilled with. The beach was fine but the ocean was too much for him.<br />
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Enjoy your weekend. If you're not already on summer break, I'm sure the end is near and when it gets here, enjoy some time for you before putting your teacher hat back on.Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00639275357103623174noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6750103261983639492.post-31439627494088826842015-06-04T19:00:00.000-04:002015-06-04T19:00:07.820-04:00June CurrentlyOh boy it sure has been a loooooooong time since I blogged. My hubby's getting ready to go back on night shift, so hopefully when my little guy, who is not so little anymore, goes to be I'll have more time. But in honor of the end of the school year I'm linking up with Farley from <a href="http://ohboy3rdgrade.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Oh' Boy 4th Grade</a> for her <a href="http://ohboy3rdgrade.blogspot.com/2015/06/currently-june-2015-and-helping.html" target="_blank">June Currently</a>.<br />
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Listening to Jake and the Never Land Pirates...obviously I have a little one, who isn't so little anymore, he's 4. Who let that happen?</div>
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Thinking about packing up my classroom. This year my school departmentalized, 3rd & 4th graders; however, my co-teacher and I were lucky enough to stay self-contained since there were an odd number of 3rd grades, but next year there will be 10 so we'll be switching with another teacher for math. Since we're switching we'll be moving our classroom to a room that is closer to the teacher who will be teaching math to our students. Now this is my 2nd year at this school, so I initially moved in, then last year I packed up my resource room and moved across the hall to co-teach 3rd grade, now we're packing again to move to a better location. It's a lot of moving, but I'm ok with it to get a different room. Maybe it'll help me declutter again. I'm also going to make the move to get rid of my desk when we move. Being a co-teaching classroom we have a lot of furniture. 2 teacher desks, 2 small group tables, plus we have a carpet area, and a classroom library. I'm unwilling to give up the areas for the kids, so good-bye desk.</div>
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Wanting to make a dent in my summer reading book list. I've somehow managed to make a notebook page, so far, list of books to read this summer. I just happened to be looking at one of those lists of best books to read this summer, then it turned into reading 3 or 4 more of those lists and my list has grown. Some of the ones I'm excited to read:<br />
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<li>Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng</li>
<li>The Liar by Nora Roberts</li>
<li>The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins</li>
<li>The Stranger by Harlan Coben</li>
<li>Dark Places by Gillian Flynn</li>
<li>Defending Jacob by William Landay</li>
<li>Before I Go by Colleen Oakley</li>
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Some of my colleagues and I have a book club and we plan on meeting this summer at another colleagues beach house, yay!!! So one of these books will be crossed off the list by the book club. And of course just about all of the titles on my list are relatively new and are unavailable at the library, so it'll be a waiting game this summer.<br />
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Who doesn't need more time in the day? My co-teacher and I are planning a food drive for this weekend, it's our first big event and I feel like every time I turn around there's something I'm forgetting. This end of the school year has just seemed to be crazy though. Just about every day on my desk calendar has something going on. I really can't wait for the laid back pace of 5 weeks of summer school half days. No IEP meetings, no meetings at all, no plans, just go with the flow. I really seem to come up with some of my best lessons on the fly. Is anyone else like that?<br />
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Summer Lovin. Who does love extra money, especially in the summer. Hoping to put some of that towards a mini vacation for hubby and I, since it's our 5 year wedding anniversary this July. My sister is also having a baby at the end of September, so her shower is the end of July.<br />
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I'm SUPER excited to plan this shower. I never thought I would be an aunt. She never really wanted kids until she met her boyfriend and the love for him has changed her mind. He's a miracle and so is my little peanut of a nephew. I can't wait to meet him. This is the only picture I could find of him at 12 weeks, she's almost 24 weeks now, time's flying and before I know it he'll be here. :) So in the mean time I'll work my way through my reading list and enjoy the time off with my little guy.<br />
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Don't forget to link up with <a href="http://ohboy3rdgrade.blogspot.com/2015/06/currently-june-2015-and-helping.html" target="_blank">Farley</a>!!!<br />
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My class elf was pretty calm this week. You can check out what he did the previous week <a href="http://polka-dot-palace.blogspot.com/2013/12/five-for-fraturday-freebie.html" target="_blank">here</a> I posted about it in my Five for Friday post.</div>
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Monday was a lazy day hanging out in the classroom fuzzy basket. He was quite comfy!!!</div>
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Tuesday was a snow day, so he had the day off.<br />
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Thursday he was just chillin on the projector and enjoyed watching <a href="pigeon: impossible" target="_blank">Pigeon: Impossible</a> with my 4th graders while we worked on making inferences.<br />
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Friday he jumped into the pull up, they thought this was absolutely hysterically. On Thursday, while doing out <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/MYSTERY-MAIL-A-Super-Engaging-Inferencing-Activity-reading-foundation-skill-347951" target="_blank">Mystery Mail activity, from Clutter Free Classroom</a> (so much fun, my kiddos loved it, make sure to check it out) one of my kiddos mentioned how funny it would be if Max was in the pull up the next day. So of course that's where he ended up!!!<br />
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This week, since it's the last week, he will be up to some more shenanigans!!! Check back next weekend to see what he did.</div>
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This week we are reading <i>How Santa Lost His Job</i>, I wanted to read <i>How Santa Got His Job</i> too, but I can't find the book anywhere. None of libraries or book stores around me seem to have it right now. :( So we are just going to go with <i>How Santa Lost His Job</i>. <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B71oFJysLK_Cbko5MlluOWdGM0k/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank">But here is a freebie for you. An Elf application that I plan on doing with my kiddos.</a></div>
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I'm linking up with Michele from <a href="http://fabulousinfirst.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Fabulous in First </a>for a fun Christmas Questionnarie.</div>
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Hot chocolate all the way, especially with some half & half or cream in it for a creamier texture. Yum-o!!!<br />
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<span style="color: red;"><b>Does Santa wrap presents or just sit them under the tree?</b></span><br />
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Santa always wrapped my presents as a kid & still does. :) So he of course wraps my little guys presents too, except the big stuff. Like last year he got a kitchen and a ride on fire truck, neither one of those got wrapped & this year his wagon is not getting wrapped either.<br />
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<span style="color: red;"><b>Colored Lights or White?</b></span><br />
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My dad's tree always had blinking multi-colored lights, but my mom's tree always had white lights and a lot of them, because she would put them deep into the tree. I like the way white lights look, but my hubby hates them, he says they're boring & prefers colored lights. But I have a problem with solid colored lights, so I've told him we can do multi-colored lights but absolutely NO solid colored lights.<br />
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<span style="color: red;"><b>When do you decorate?</b></span><br />
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Usually whenever we get our tree and that is dictated by my hubby's work schedule. This year we have nothing right now, he's been super busy between working and finishing the semester at school. I told my hubby though when we buy our new house we are starting to decorate the weekend after Thanksgiving, so we can enjoy the season all month long.<br />
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<span style="color: red;"><b>Real or Fake Tree?</b></span><br />
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I've always had a real tree. As a kid my dad would alternate years between cut and bulb trees. We have high ceilings in our house & the years we would get a cut tree it would be really tall. Then on the opposite years we would have a smaller tree but it was a bulb tree that my dad would replant in the yard. I think there's 5 "former" Christmas trees in the yard now.<br />
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<span style="color: red;"><b>What tops your tree?</b></span><br />
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At my dad's house it's always been a star. My mom uses an angel. My hubby and I decided to stay with the star, though I really do like the look of a bow.<br />
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<span style="color: red;"><b>Favorite Christmas Memories or Traditions?</b></span><br />
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My family all goes to my grandparents (dad's side) house on Christmas Eve and Santa comes and hands out a gift from his bag to all the kids (from their parents of course, but we didn't know that as kids), and hands out the gifts from our family pollyanna. Because there were 9 cousins, we would do a pollyanna and just get a gift for one person. After Santa left we would eat and play with the toys we got and visit and have a grand ol' time. It is my absolute favorite day of the year, even more so than Christmas, now that I'm older. And now there are still 9 grandkids but we are all grown up now & 6 of us have spouses and 3 of us have kids of our own (6 great grands total), plus some extended family always comes and their kids have kids, so my grandparents house is going to be pushing 50 this year (her house is not meant to hold that many, but we wouldn't have it any where else or any other way).<br />
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When I was 7 my dad bought me a dry erase board, a pretty decent size one, like the one you would hang on your wall. I loved it because I could play school on it and felt like a teacher. I loved doing math problems on it.</div>
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Definitely giving. I LOVE to see the look on people's faces when they open what I got them, especially if I think it's something they're going to love. Like this year my little guy is almost 3 & I'm so excited for him to open his presents, especially since he keeps playing with the Imaginext Rescue City every time we see it in any store & Santa will be bringing it for him plus some accessories. I can't wait to see his face when he opens it.</div>
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That would be Nat King Cole's <i>Christmas Song. </i>My Poppop (my mom's dad) died 9 years ago & my mom always said she wishes he would of been able to teach me how to dance (you know the fancy kind; box step, Fox Trot, the Waltz or something besides shuffling around in a circle that we all do now) & every time I hear this song that's what I think of...dancing with my Poppop.</div>
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<b><span style="color: red;">Candy Canes. Yuk or Yum?</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: red;">Favorite Christmas Movie?</span></b><br />
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Home Alone 1 & 2. I'm a 90s kid. I remember when those movies came out & I still love them today what 20 years later. I've also never seen any of the old, traditional Christmas movies.<br />
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<span style="color: red;"><b>Do you shop online or at stores?</b></span><br />
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I prefer to shop at stores, even though they're crazy and full of people, there's just something about finding that gift and buying it at the store. But if I can't find what I'm looking for in the store I will buy it online.<br />
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Photo Card. Here's this years.<br />
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I hope you'll link up with Michele, I can't wait to read every one else's answers.<br />
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Merry Christmas. Happy Holidays!!!</div>
Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00639275357103623174noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6750103261983639492.post-59034687967789232812013-12-07T13:45:00.000-05:002013-12-07T13:45:39.679-05:00Five for Fraturday & a freebie<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Ok I'm a little late, but I had no energy last night to post this. It was one of those afternoons, where the internet went down in the middle of plans, one copy machine was down, the other one was out of white paper & we only had colored left. Plus it was rainy & cold, so I went home, & tried to relax.<br />
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So here I am today (Saturday) linking up with <a href="http://doodlebugsteaching.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Doodle Bugs Teaching </a>for <a href="http://doodlebugsteaching.blogspot.com/2013/12/five-for-friday-linky-party-december-6th.html" target="_blank">Five for Friday</a>, instead of doing those plans that I need to finish. Haha!!!<br />
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1.) We had family pictures taken this week, so we could send Christmas cards out. Here's picture I took on my phone of one of the proofs online.<br />
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2.) The Elf on the Shelf joined my classroom this week. I have a group of 3rd graders and a group of 4th graders so they each named him & they are keeping an elf journal while he is visiting with us. They have to write about where the elf is sitting each day and what he did, if he was up to any antics, then write about how it made them feel & why, and make a prediction on what they think he is going to do the next day. Here are some pics of what he did each day.<br />
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3.) Does anyone else's desk look like this when they are trying to do their plans?<br />
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Planning is so frustrating and overwhelming. I hate having to do it at home, but some weeks I have no choice & since I refuse to print at home, then I'm rushing around like a crazy woman Monday morning printing & copying.<br />
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4.) As you know I teach 3rd & 4th grade Resource room, so my guys reading levels are below grade level & some of them well below. So we are working on grade level skills as well as foundational skills. Here's one of my guys working on a short vowel sort I created, <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Sort-the-Shorts-A-Short-Vowel-Sort-964209" target="_blank">Sort the Shorts</a>.<br />
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5.) Before Thanksgiving even rolled around I began thinking about what to give my students as a Holiday gift. I only have 10 kiddos but I still don't want to spend a ton of money. So after some research I came up with a coupon booklet, personalized bookmark (that I'm going to make for each of them), and a dry erase board from the dollar store that is personalized with their name using letter stickers. (I'll post pics once I have them completely done) <div>
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Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00639275357103623174noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6750103261983639492.post-81510514906258213782013-12-01T17:51:00.000-05:002013-12-01T17:51:50.477-05:00December CurrentlyI can't believe it, I'm actually doing a link. I've neglected this blog so much since school started & I started my first full time position, which I'm loving by the way. So tonight I'm linking up with <a href="http://ohboy3rdgrade.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Farley from Oh' Boy 4th Grade</a> for her <a href="http://ohboy3rdgrade.blogspot.com/2013/12/currently-december.html" target="_blank">December Currently.</a><br />
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My son is watching <i>Toy Story</i> on the Disney channel. I don't mind though. This trilogy is my all time favorite. Besides it's a welcome break from <i>Wreck It Ralph, </i>another good movie, but we've watched it everyday for weeks.</div>
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I've beed adding to my Tpt wish list and I'm super excited to stock up on products that look like they are going to be very useful for me and my kiddos. The one downfall of special ed, my kids are so low, that I need material ranging from 1st-4th. 1st & 2nd because that's where the majority of their reading levels are and 3rd & 4th because that's their grade levels. Oh well it is what it is and we are working on becoming better readers while preparing for the NJASK in the Spring. The thought of that test makes me sad for them.</div>
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I still have A LOT of 3rd grade skills to cover for this unit before the benchmark, in roughly 3 weeks. Yes you've done the math correctly. Our 3rd grade Language Arts benchmark test is scheduled for the Tuesday before winter break. Really?!? Since I'm Resource I have the flexibility to push it back, but making my kiddos wait until after break seems unfair too. "Hey welcome back now remember everything I taught you before Winter Break? No! Fantastic! Here's a test on it." So it's time to shift our gears and get through what we can.<br />
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My little guy is 2 & 1/2 (3 in March) & I don't know about my husband, but I had so much fun shopping for him this year, for Christmas. He's at that age where he's starting to understand the concept of Santa. He keeps talking about Santa visiting him at Mommom's (my grand mom's house) on Christmas Eve & is asking that Santa bring him a dump truck. I can't wait to see his face when he unwraps that dump truck. And we got him the Imaginext Rescue City, which he plays with every time he sees it in the story. It'll be so much fun for me to see his excitement when he opens that. Our only frownie face is that in our house, our Christmas morning is the morning after Christmas because my husband works shift work and has to work on Christmas. Oh well, at least my son is still young enough that he doesn't know the date that Santa is suppose to come.<br />
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To make an assessment for character traits and POV for my 3rd graders. I've been putting it off all break, like everything else. There's no better time than the last minute, right?<br />
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Every Christmas Eve my entire family & some extended family comes to my Mommom's house and Santa comes and hands out gifts and the cousins do a Pollyanna style exchange. It's my absolute favorite day of the year. All of my family together with food and gifts, it's the best. And now that all of us grandkids are older, many of us have kids of our own, so my Mommom's house is just about busting at the seems, but I wouldn't have it any other way!!!!<br />
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Remember the Tpt Cyber Monday & Tuesday sale starts tomorrow. <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Polka-Dot-Palace" target="_blank">My store</a> is on sals as well!</div>
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And make sure to link up with Farley for the December Currently and let us know what's up!!!</div>
Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00639275357103623174noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6750103261983639492.post-28854757917306741132013-09-20T22:27:00.000-04:002013-09-20T22:27:09.113-04:00Five for Friday {9/20}When I started this blog at the end of the school year, I was only part-time, now this year I'm full time (yay!!!) but I never thought I would become such a bad blogger. Like so bad that I should probably have to sit in bloggy time out, so here's a quick Five for Friday with <a href="http://doodlebugsteaching.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Doodle Bugs Teaching</a>.<br />
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1.) I'm still super overwhelmed with everything. I'm trying to get ahead yet I'm still behind. Right now I feel like I'm in survival mode & not teaching the way I want to because I'm trying to stay afloat with all this curriculum & trying to make it work for my kids, who are classified & very below level, like 3rd & 4th graders reading at 1st & 2nd grade reading levels. Plus I'm in a constant state of worriedness because I know my first eval is coming soon since I'm non-tenured.<br />
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2.) Here are some pics of my kiddos, on different days, doing some centers.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Reading, with their "special" reading glasses, sorry they're hard to see since I had to cover their eyes.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Making Silly Sentences with <a href="http://firstgradefresh.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Morgan from First Grade Fresh's </a> <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Silly-Sentences-for-Work-Stations-162238" target="_blank">Silly Sentences for Work Stations pack</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">They're having fun making silly sentences & practicing picking out the subject & the predicate.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Having fun practicing recognizing sight words with my <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Bundled-Sight-Word-Swat-All-Dolch-Lists-722608" target="_blank">Sight Swat </a>game.</td></tr>
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3.) Took our little guy down the shore to see the firetrucks (which were already gone by the time we got there) during the Fireman's convention, but we still had a lot of fun walking the boardwalk & taking out little guy on the rides.<br />
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This was Labor Day at the annual carnival we go to, he just loves the rides.</div>
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4.) My room is finally just about complete & I will have a reveal soon & I'm going to try & blog at least once a week. I've got to get better again, so I can come out of time-out. :)</div>
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5.) Ok, it's movie time with the hubby, we're watching World War-Z. Yay! You know I love Zombie (like) movies!!!</div>
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How about a little Five for Friday? </div>
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School started this week. Need I say more, I'm pooped, & I didn't even have any kids this week. I'm a resource teacher & I won't begin picking my kids up for Language Arts until Monday. Am I ready? Absolutely not! But I've been up at 5:30 every day this week, this is so not normal for me. My body & eyelids are screaming at me for getting up so early. </div>
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My building is having a MAJOR technology FAIL! The computer lab is pretty much the only place that can print, but the internet is shaky, so make sure you have your flash drive. I still can't log onto my computer using my login info. I'm getting in on a temporary sign in right now. I don't have a phone or printer & my Smartboard needs to be hooked up. So all in all it makes lesson planning a little tough because I can't print in my room, but I'm making it work & it looks like we'll be kickin' it old school next week...no technology. </div>
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I think I'm going to change my job title from "Teacher" to "Gumby." Is there any other profession that has to be as flexible as us?</div>
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Yesterday my supervisor handed me a summer reading project that one of my students completed during extended school year & that's when it clicked that I should probably read those books, so I can grade their projects.</div>
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So this weekend I'll be reading the following:</div>
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I've actually never read "Because of Winn-Dixie" or saw the movie.</div>
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And I already read this book, it took me about 20 minutes. My poor, low third graders, I'm sure struggled through this.</div>
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Here are a few pics of my room. I've added some things since I took these last week, but I'll do an official room reveal after I get paid next week. I'm making a trip to Ikea, hopefully they still have those wonderful looking stools that I've seen all over blog land this summer. They will be perfect for my small table & I really want the polka dot rug. Fingers crossed they still have those things.</div>
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This past weekend was my cousin's bachelorette party. It was the whole weekend & I'll let the picture below show you what kind of time we had.</div>
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First, me with the bride-to-be on the way to Atlantic City.</div>
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Now here is her before & after shots. I love this pic so much. Best picture ever!!!!</div>
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Amazing...I know! It was a lot fun & felt good to get away for the weekend!</div>
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So today I'm linking up with Farley from <a href="http://ohboy3rdgrade.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Oh Boy Fourth Grade</a> for the <a href="http://ohboy3rdgrade.blogspot.com/2013/09/currently-september.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+blogspot%2Fjtmhg+%28Oh%27+Boy+4th+Grade%29" target="_blank">September Currently.</a> {I know I broke the unspoken rule of not double posting in one day, but I wanted to link up with Farley & I needed to start my <a href="http://polka-dot-palace.blogspot.com/2013/09/another-quietest-classroom-sharpener.html" target="_blank">Sharpener Giveaway</a> today, be sure to check it out.}<br />
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<b>Listening:</b> Watching "Hotel Transylvania" while trying to quickly get this post out, then move onto work stuff {<i>sigh</i>} & listening to the sounds of my toddler babbling in his crib, when he should be napping.</div>
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<b>Loving:</b> My cousin's Bachelorette Party was this weekend, yes the whole weekend, with different activities everyday. She's very Type A, but it was wonderful to not be mommy this weekend, even though I did miss my little guy.</div>
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The soon-to-be bride & I on the party bus on the way to Atlantic City, Saturday night. </div>
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<b>Thinking:</b> Now that I have a full time job, again, it's time for my little guy to go to pre-school. He's 2&1/2 & yearns to play with kids his own age, I know he'll be okay, but I'm still having trouble with the thought of leaving him.<br />
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<b>Wanting:</b> Why does it always rain on Labor Day? Every year the small town my dad grew up in has a carnival & we ALWAYS go on Monday night & of course it's raining right now. It needs to clear out before tonight, this is family tradition & I struggle with not doing it.<br />
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<b>Needing: </b>Like a mentioned before, I have a full time position this year. FINALLY!!! My part-time district hired me as a full time resource teacher for language arts for 3rd & 4th grade. I'm so excited, but I feel like I still have a million things to do & prepare & not enough money or necessary materials, so I'm freaking out a bit. My type A personality rearing it's ugly head, again, that it all has to be ready before the kids come on Thursday. I literally had to write a note on my dry erase frame on my desk to breathe that it'll all get done.<br />
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1.) I love to read & really want to keep reading for fun after school starts & the craziness begins.<br />
2.) Since this is my first year full time & I am a mommy, my goal is to not stay late every night at work. The last of the buses should leave by 3:30 (I have bus duty), so my goal is to leave by 4:30 or sooner, at least 2 days a week or more.<br />
3.) Now that my paycheck will substantially be bigger, I really need to keep up on manicures & pedicures, as a treat to myself.<br />
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Remember to check out my <a href="http://polka-dot-palace.blogspot.com/2013/09/another-quietest-classroom-sharpener.html" target="_blank">giveaway of The Quietest Classroom Sharpener ever</a>. It's now offered in precious pink, super cute!!!<br />
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I hope everyone is having a great long weekend & if you're headed back to school this week, like me, good luck!<br />
<br />Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00639275357103623174noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6750103261983639492.post-50011635778997975622013-09-02T11:42:00.000-04:002013-09-02T11:42:17.928-04:00ANOTHER Quietest Classroom Sharpener GIVEAWAY!!!<div style="text-align: left;">
Yes you read it right, I'm hosting another giveaway of The Quietest Classroom Sharpener, from <a href="http://www.classroomfriendlysupplies.com/" target="_blank">Classroom Friendly Supplies</a>! </div>
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Now you can get this fabulous sharpener in Precious Pink, if you're heart so desires!!! Or you can still get it in red, black, blue, or green...the choice is yours!</div>
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Linking up with <a href="http://doodlebugsteaching.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Doodle Bugs Teaching</a> for my favorite day of the week linky & I have awesome news.</div>
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1.) Today was the last day of camp...WAHOO!!!! I was so over it & I'm so glad that it's done.<br />
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2.) I hade my 2nd interview on Tuesday with my district for the Resource Room position, I thought it went okay. The Super asked me pretty basic questions & before hand my current Basic Skills supervisor, who is also our Curriculum Supervisor gave me some advice, he told me to be dynamic, because I'm a better teacher then I interview. I knew that though. It seemed pretty obvious with 5 interviews this year & I got 4 no's.<br />
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This year I'll be teaching Resource Room in our 3rd/4th grade building. Not sure yet if it will be for 3rd grade, 4th grade, or both or if it'll be Language Arts, Math, or both. It depends on the numbers.</div>
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4.) Now that camp is over, I'm going to go in on Monday & see if I can get into my room. I'm hoping I have my own room, but I'm not really sure. This building is pretty full & the numbers are high. I'll post the before pics after I take them, though it may be a while before I get up any good after pics, because I won't be able to do everything I want until after I get my first <strike>big kid</strike> paycheck. For now funds are limited & I need to focus on getting binders for OWL binders, composition notebooks, etc. and feel like I've probably missed all the good sales on the things I need. :( On a happy note though <a href="http://teacherexpress.scholastic.com/" target="_blank">Scholastic Express</a> is having their $1 Sale right now. </div>
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5.) Did I mention that I GOT THE JOB!!!! So excited I want to scream it from the roof tops. This December will be 6 years since I graduated from college, but this is my dream district, my alma mater, & where I've been working part-time. So happy I get to come on full time!!!! I truly believe this is where I'm meant to be.</div>
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Well I guess I should go do something to prepare, considering teachers report the day after Labor Day & the kids come back on the 5th. </div>
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Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00639275357103623174noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6750103261983639492.post-80993426624695499612013-08-16T18:57:00.000-04:002013-08-16T18:58:36.781-04:00Five for Friday {8/16} & Tpt's BIG SALE<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Yesterday I finally got one of the calls that I've been waiting for. Back at the beginning of July I interviewed for a full time Resource Room position at my current district's 3rd/4th grade building & yesterday I got the call to come in for a 2nd interview with our Super. I'm so excited, I was on such an adrenaline high yesterday. I'm so close I can taste it. </div>
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I didn't have to go to my summer camp job until 2:30 today so I got to spend the morning with this cutie, who like his mommy, has an oh so fun summer cold, but he was still up for some selfies!<br />
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And this was the other thing that made my day yesterday. I got my Blogger Exchange box from sweet Nicole over at <a href="http://www.teaching-with-style.com/" target="_blank">Teaching with Style!</a> Here's the <a href="http://polka-dot-palace.blogspot.com/2013/08/blogger-exchange-package.html" target="_blank">post</a> I wrote for the link up.</div>
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Since I have a little over 2 weeks before going back to school, when I'm not here, I love to read & have had the reading bug lately. Here's what I've been reading lately. I'm the type of person when I find an author I like I tend to devour all of their books I can find at the library. Yes, I have a Kindle, but I don't like to use it. I prefer to hold a real book in my hands. I know that probably makes me a weirdy, but I can't help it.</div>
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Don't forget to stop by my store on Sunday/Monday and take advantage of Tpt's Back2School sale. I'll be setting <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Polka-Dot-Palace" target="_blank">my store</a> to 20% off plus get an extra 10% off by using the code BTS13 at checkout.</div>
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If it's still summer for you, I hope you're enjoying your last days or weeks. And if you're already back-to-school I hope it's going well.<br />
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Enjoy the Weekend!!!Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00639275357103623174noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6750103261983639492.post-12091847168098650252013-08-15T22:34:00.001-04:002013-08-15T22:34:14.690-04:00Blogger Exchange PackageAhhh, so excited!!! I received my Blogger Exchange package today from the wonderful Nicole over at <a href="http://www.teaching-with-style.com/" target="_blank">Teaching With Style!</a><br />
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And here's the contents....LOVE, LOVE, LOVE!!!</div>
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Ink Joy pens...I'm a pen snob, so Nicole hit it out of the park with these, I love Ink Joy pens & these are no exception.</div>
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Fun Post-Its. These are definitely for me, not the kiddos. :) I love the fun shape.</div>
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Ok, I honestly don't think I will ever eat these or let anyone in my house eat them, for the simple fact that they're from HAWAII & I want to go there so bad. So for the time being basking in their presence will have to suffice. That's weird isn't it?</div>
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I admit I dug into the contents before reading the card & when I pulled these little gem out I had no idea what it was but I LOVED IT! The fact that it had my name on it sent me over the moon.</div>
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Then I read the card & discovered that it's a coffee cozy, so here it is modeling on a thermal mug I had in the cabinet. So in love with this.</div>
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I'm so happy I participated in this exchange, it was so much fun & I just love sending gifts to people & it's always fun to receive them too.<br />
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Thanks so much Nicole for all of the wonderful goodies. Be sure to hop over to <a href="http://www.teaching-with-style.com/" target="_blank">Teaching With Style! </a>and check Nicole's blog out.<br />
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And a huge thank you to Jessica from <a href="http://coveredinglitterandglue.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Covered in Glitter and Glue</a> and Katie from <a href="http://adventuresofmssmith.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Adventures of Ms. Smith</a> for hosting this super-awesome-fun blogger exchange!!!<br />
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Linking up today with <a href="http://doodlebugsteaching.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Doodle Bugs Teaching</a> for Five for Friday! YAY! And it's no ordinary Friday....</div>
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It's my BIRTHDAY today! And in honor of that I'm throwing a sale in my <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Polka-Dot-Palace" target="_blank">Tpt store</a>. Everything is 20% off until Monday. Stop by today & get it while it's hotttt!!!</div>
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My shoes came for my cousins wedding. She wanted silver & I didn't have any silver dress shoes, so ordered these from Famous Footwear. They were the only ones that had a 10.5 with a kitten heal & were cute. Gotta love the after-effects of having a baby... making your feet bigger, by just a 1/2 size, but stores don't carry 10.5, so now I must become an online shoe shopper. </div>
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I found this scrapbook paper pack at Wal-Mart & I thought it would be just perfect to make the front covers for my teacher's toolbox.</div>
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I had interview #5 for a permanent substitute position; however, I didn't get that. So right now I've had 5 interviews this season & 4 no's. I'm still waiting to hear back from my current district about the 3rd/4th grade Resource Room position. They have reposted the position since it's now considered a new position because they had to get the Business Office to approve adding another teacher. They stop accepting applications on Monday, but I don't have to resubmit anything & according to the Supervisor of Special Services I'm still being considered for the position. I feel in my heart of hearts that I'm meant to stay in my current district & that this is the position for me. Fingers crossed & prayers said that I hear some good news soon.</div>
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I hope everyone has a fantastic weekend & if you went back to school this week that you find some rest this weekend & those going back next week, Good Luck!!!</div>
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This is going to be a quick post tonight. Just a couple of things.<br />
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First, a question! I got one of these for Christmas last year. Do you have one? How do you use it in your classroom? Do you store centers in it? Student organization? Teacher organization?<br />
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I'm mentioning a little number sort that I just created. Right now it's basic, I wanted to get it out there for those of you that are already going back to school (I fortunately have until Labor Day to get it completely ready for my kiddos). As it is right now would be great for Pre-K (later in the year) & Kinder, but once I create the update for it (soon), it will be useful for 1st grade & 2nd as well.</div>
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Right now it includes the cards below for numbers 1-20. Students simply sort all the different ways 1 is depicted, 2, 3, and so forth up to 20. I will update the pack to include addition representation to 20 as well. If you purchase/download this pack you will get the update for free. </div>
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Ah....did you catch that I said "download!" Yes I am having a <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Number-Sort-1-20-811629" target="_blank">flash freebie with this product</a>, it is free in my store until <strike>I go to bed tonight.</strike> <strike>I decided to leave it free until I get up in the morning, since it's only about early evening on the West Coast right now & here on the East Coast it's 11pm. So it'll stay free until tomorrow (tuesday) morning.</strike> Hurry over & scoop yours up. Remember to leave some positive feedback. Flash freebie is over. Thank you to everyone who downloaded it & love some great feedback. Watch for the update, I hope to be working on it this week. For those of you who missed it, it is now for sale in my store.</div>
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Today I'm linking up with <a href="http://missnelsonsgotthecamera.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Run! Miss Nelson's Got the Camera</a> for Saturday Snapshots.<br />
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First up...yesterday we took our little guy to this park that's about 40 minutes away from our house, it's the coolest park ever. The park is actually called the Imagination Station. It has the biggest climber I've ever seen plus 3 smaller climbers, swings, & other activities. I tried to get a picture of it, but it's just too big for the iPhone to get all of it. The top pic was my best shot & the bottom pic is my little guy in a car on a spring. This giant climber & he just wanted to rock back & forth in the fire car. Oh this kid!</div>
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Monday we went to the Outlet stores in Atlantic City so I could finally get my Coach crossover. Working a summer camp with field trips, a crossover is necessary. I know a Coach might not have been necessary, but my sister has one that is similar & it was a reasonable price & I liked the size of it. I didn't want one that was huge. I love it. Here it is doing it's thing on our camp field trip to the movies {we were seeing Smurf's 2}.</div>
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Tonight, my little guy & I hanging out on my bed, after his bath, relaxing & watching Mickey Mouse Clubhouse. </div>
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My trip to Walmart this week. I needed to get stuff for someone else & ended up getting some stuff for me. I swear the only thing pictured in this cart that is mine are the dry-erase pockets. Walmart had them for $1.97, not as good as Target having them in the Dollar Spot, but none of my Targets had them & I really wanted them, so I figured $2 was better then if I got them from a school supply place. And of course my OCD made me get 2 in each color for a total of 8.</div>
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Last Saturday my little guy & I tagged along with my dad & step-mom to take the dogs to the beach. It was an impromptu trip on our part, we stopped by for a visit & they asked if we wanted to go, which is why my little one is only in his diaper instead of a bathing suit. But he had fun watching all the dogs (we were at a dog beach), playing, & being with Nan & Grandpa. </div>
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P.S the Great Danes aren't ours but they came to the dog beach & I love Great Danes & my hubby grew up with them, so of course I had to snap a few pics.</div>
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Today these 2 handsome boys came for their yearly, week long visit while their mom is at the beach for the week. Bailey is 5 (going on 6) & is from our first litter. Benny just turned 1 & is from the last litter we had & he's a spitting image of his mother & has her personality too. I told you we are crazy about our dogs & have stayed close with the majority of them. So close that when their parents go on vacation they come to my Dad & stepmom to stay instead of a kennel for the week. Love these boys!!!</div>
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