End of Year

Well I have been kinda absent around here. But I was hoping I could make up for it by letting you know what I was up to the last few weeks of school. Go check out all these other awesome ideas!

We had something going on for the last 10 days of school. Not in order:

Concert Day: We had the wonderful Mrs. Debbie Clement come visit us via Skype

Pet Day: Parents brought their students pets, and the kids got to walk them around to show them off.

Police Appreciation Day: We walked donuts down to the police department. We have a soft spot for the local Police

Minute to Win It: This was our AR party. We had tons of fun!

Baseball Day: We learned how to play Baseball and eat Cracker Jacks.

Awards Assembly:  We handed out Candy Awards and our Sight Words awards. They also got a cute picture of them in the cap.

Read In Day: We did a day of reading. The kids wear their Jammies and read around the room. During that time I take the kids one by one and we make my annual class gift to myself. I do handprints of each of my kids, and then glue their pictures on them. I have 4 of these now, and I treasure them!

Penny Wars Reward Party: The K-2 classes won Penny Wars so we got to go play fun games! We had bouncy houses but it rained so we played with PE equipment (Which was just as fun!)

Last Day: We have SO much fun on the last day! We have 4 big inflatables, popcorn, pop, cotton candy, sno-cones, and Karaoke! Lots of Fun! This was my outfit for the last day.

June 3

It is the ONLY reason I love Mondays during the summer! I am linking up with Tara’s Monday Made It!! If you want to see old MMI look on my side bar--->

You might remember from last year me making these cuties:

Well I have a new obsession! It is CHEVRON!! Since I wasn’t a fan of the Owl and Cupcakes, and some of my darlings CUT the ribbion. I had to recover.

Ta-Da!! Look at how CUTE they are!!! Now I just need Hubby to cut me some more wood so I can make more!

I am planning on doing 18 more so each of my kids has one at their desks. That way they can put their crayon box and markers under their seat!

Have a good week!!

June 1

Hello my friends…It is SUMMER TIME!!!! That explains why I have not been around here. I have been busy pinning crafts, reading a book on Guided Reading, cleaning my classroom…Wait, is that not what teachers are supposed to do over summer. Remember my job is my hobby :)

It is the time of the month again. Time to link up with Farley and her Currently!

Listening: To Love it or List it. Mindless Drabble…

Loving: That it is summer break!!! I am so EXCITED!

Thinking that I need to be more productive, super productive at reading, sleeping in, pinning. Not so much about cleaning house, dishes, cooking or laundry.

In response to previous I need to get off my hinny and do some cleaning! I wish someone would come do it for me!!

And my three essentials: A Good Book, A BIG Dr. Pepper and my Hubster. Have been enjoying seeing him more since we have been out of school.

See ya later!!

May 24th

It is here! My first official day of SUMMER!!! So to celebrate this wonderful occasion I am linking up with DoodleBugs. I have two weeks to throw in, So I will call this 7 for Friday

1)

 

Yesterday was my last day of school! We celebratted it by Beach Day! My kids LOVE it!! I didn’t cry so that was good, the day before, that was another story! I had a bambino who left, and came running back in “Mrs. Hoffer, I forgot today was the last day, and I wanted to tell you I love you”. I almost lost it on that one

2)

I cut off 6 inches!! What was I thinking?!

3)

Got to Skype with this wonderful lady! My kids LOVED Mrs. Debbie!!!  More on this later!

4)

Pet Day! My kids don’t just have regular dogs and cats. We had geckos, lambs, chickens and horses!

5)

This brat graduated. So PROUD of her! She graduated as a Senior Class officer, NHS officer, AND Valedictorian!! She also got a Masonic Lodge scholarship, one of four that got the scholarship from her class!

6)

Dance recital week! Have been working from 4-11 everynight, backstage. But totally worth it, I have been dancing since I was 2, so this week is what the end of the year means!

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In it to win it!! I rocked it!

Before I log off! I didn’t mention it, because my heart is still heavy, but we have put together a pack to support Oklahoma! Go here: To donate and receive over $150 worth of amazing products!

 

Teachers Love Oklahoma

With a heavy heart I come to you today. I have been quiet lately, end of year crazies setting in! As you know, I am from Oklahoma. Tornados are nothing new to me. However, this storm cell has hit home so to speak. My cousins home is gone. They found her puppies in the rubble. The storm continued on, and hit about 15 miles outside of my town.  It is hard to say, what I would do in the event of a tornado. But I feel this would be close.

A group of bloggers have gotten together and done this. For a $25 donation you will receive over $150 worth of product! This is a STEAL! Click the picture for the link..

I also had a winner for my giveaway, Amy Marshall you are the WINNER!!! Congrats!!

I am off to bed, 2 more days

End of Year Behavior

Lets talk a little about End of Year behavior… I got a box of goodies that Oriental Trading sent me. And wowzie oh wow. They just might be saving my sanity!!

Nothing says shut up and listen lets be good, like extra recess opportunities!! And boy will they do ANYTHING to be able to go outside and play with these super sweet balls. (Just look at that hippo face, its adorable!)

We all have those clip charts right? Well when my kiddos get about green (just during this time of the year) they get to pick a prize.  And lookie at these prizes!!

What kiddo wouldn’t go crazy for any of these prizes!!!

I am in LOVE with Oriental Trading for them sending me these goodies!!! (Which they sent me, but I am not being paid to write about them!)

Now that you have stuck with me this long….A GIVEAWAY!!


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Ocean Stuff

It is that time of year, where all we can think about is fun in the sun!!! We are doing Ocean Centers this week. They all came from my Ocean Pack. If you follow me on Instagram or FB you have already seen these (If not…why not?!)

Castle number order. Working on reviewing number order. We just can’t seem to get this skill.

Base Ten. We just finished composing and decomposing teen numbers and this was a quick refresher for those.

Splashy Blends. Beginning blends and digraphs. Cute whales too :)

Working on stretching words out and spelling them.

Have a Happy Teacher Appreciation Week.