Mrs. Tina's Tots

Hello currently peeps! I don't think I've done once since last July...whoops! I'm going to try to do better this year with my blog. I really want to just document what we do weekly, and I did NOT do a good job at that this year, but there's always next year! :) So, here is my currently for the month of June! Enjoy!! :) Listening: To Curious George. Did I mention that I'm alone? Lol! My kids are both napping/resting and I got busy on my computer, and just left the TV running...How many of you moms and dads have done that?! All of you! Good, I knew I wasn't alone ;). Loving: That I don't have anywhere I HAVE to be right now. The only thing I HAVE to do today is take my daughter to gymnastics tonight. Which I forgot about until I wrote that I don't have to do anything today! Lol. And I have to feed my children. Of course. :) Thinking: About what to do this summer. My husband and I decided that we were going to have a low key summer this year. We hav...

Why hello there! My school year is over, and I am just now able to get this up! It has been a crazy school year, but it ended on a sweet note! How many times did you hear "Let It Go" this year? I heard it no less than once a day, but most of the time it was more like 10! Ha! We were practicing for our Kindergarten Graduation, and my kids were just not loving the finale song I had picked out. At. All. My daughter whined out during graduation practice one day! "Mrs. Tina (yep, she called me Mrs. Tina at school:)) why can't we sing Let It Go for graduation??" My response, " Because it has nothing to do with moving on to first grade!!" Then later that night, well, why can't it have something to do with moving on to first grade? With my minimal music training I poured every ounce of my soul out, and in a little under an hour I had written my masterpiece! :) My only reservation was that I only had 8 days until graduation, and wasn't sure my kids coul...

Today we have an ice day! It's not actually icy yet, and my school is not actually closed yet but my son's daycare closed preemptively because the ice is suppose to hit us at 8:00 this morning. I have a 40 minute, one way, commute so I'm going to go ahead and stay home with my babies! :) However, I do hope my littles all get home safely before the ice gets too bad! Today actually gave me this day to decide that my blogging hiatus is over. I miss blogging, but I felt like I had no inspiration this fall. And to tell you the truth I don't really like the fall that much, but I do love the Christmas season and we have been spending a lot of time doing some super fun stuff! Which I have few pictures of, because I've been having technical issues, but I have a few and will be sharing this weekend! :) Is anyone else "enjoying" an ice or snow day today?? (I say that lightly because I know no one wants to be in school in June! ;). Have fun and stay safe today!

I'm late...as usual. Actually I haven't done a currently since this summer, but I'm trying to get back into the swing of things so I decided to just jump in anyway! I love reading these each month! And, I love October...even though it still feels like summer, and has been super gloomy lately. But, I love teaching my October units, and I will have some things to share next week! Anyway, here is my currently for this month! I am of course linking up with Farley  for this months currently!  Listening: to nothing! I managed to get everyone down for a nap at the same time...even the husband and puppy! :) It hasn't been this quiet in ages around my house and I am soaking it all up! Loving: my class! I am so blessed this year. The beginning of the year was a little rocky, but now they are settling in beautifully and they are SO SMART!! Thinking: I had a yard sale on Saturday, and it rained!!! We made a little bit, but we are rescheduling for a couple of weeks away!...

Remember to light a fire today! Happy Thursday friends!!

So I promised a little review through pictures of my year so far. So let's start at the beginning shall we? This is what my room looked like right before open house this year. I went with a fairy tale theme at the request of my daughter. She wanted a princess room. We compromised, and I have to say I love it! It's fairly simple, my room is super teeny tiny and I don't have a lot of room so I have to make it count! :) This is my little guided reading corner. The 3 drawer carts hold my guided readers. The bookshelf is holding all of my teacher editions, odds and ends, treasure box, etc. next to that is my mini fridge, a girl's gotta have her diet coke ;), and my reading strategy board. I got those posters from Cara at the First Grade Parade for free on her blog. I love free :). Not to mention they are effective and adorable! This is my computer area. This is my computer as well as my only student computer. My birthday board is over the computer it just needs my k...

I have so been looking forwards to getting this blog going this year. I have so many pictures and things from the beginning of the year that I would like to share. However, right now I'm insane. These. Kids. Are Tough. I had 4 in the office yesterday for fighting, like a huge fight, it looked like a boxing match. This morning as we were leaving for our field trip to the fair I had to take another one, and that ended up in suspension for 3 days. Whew....It's only been 22 days of school. Do you know how many social/emotional lessons I've taught this year??!! 22 formal, and a bajillion and one informal. I'm telling you it's been a year. Oh, and plus parent teacher conferences were Tuesday. In the middle of week 5. That's how we roll around here. I've also had one formal observed lesson as well, with a pre and post conference. I'm beat, but I'm not giving up on these little ones. Aside from behavior, my assessments turned out exceptionally well for the f...