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Finally in First: MY MEGA GIVEAWAY

I stumbled upon this amazing give away that includes some of my favourite bloggers, too!!  Thanks Jenn!  Congrats on 2,000 followers!

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I'm linking up with Farley at Oh'Boy 4th Grade!  Love this Currently idea!  So much fun!!

The Boom Booms - I saw them in Vancouver TWICE the first weekend in July and they were amazing - a mix of reggae, latin and chill out music!!  They are definitely worth a listen!!

Blogging in BED - nuff said:)

I'm always thinking about my blog these days!!

Breakfast needs to be soon!  I think I might have pancakes!

All these teachers have laminators and I'm starting to become a tad jealous!  It may become a necessity!

I definitely will need lots of healthy snacks to keep me going!
Also, Christie over in First Grade Fever posted this and I HAVE TO HAVE IT!  It is SO cute!!

Fun Beginning of the Year Primary Activities: Bring Your Stuffy To School!!

Some of you may be heading back to school soon!  I thought I would share one of my kiddies absolute FAVOURITE activities!  I am thinking of doing this at the beginning of the year just to really get the excitement started!!!  It is always a ton of fun!!!  Click on the preview below for your copy!

Hope things are going well with your classroom set up!  I am totally inspired by all of your ideas!

A Freebie for My Followers!

I usually do a unit on Canada in June!  This fun little packet of printables is a little taste of some of the activities in my unit!  It would be super awesome after a visit to the police station!  Enjoy my blogging friends!!

Candy Awards and the Last Day of School

Well Reagan Tunstall - you are a star and a genius.  I purchased your Candy awards to give to my students on their last day of school and they were.........DROOLING!!!  I am not exaggerating when I say a great cheer came from the crowd when the Fun Dip award was presented.   They were literally almost levitating off the floor as each award was announced.  I have never seen this much excitement.  Thank you for making a wonderful resource and for sharing it with me!  My kiddies even walked the red carpet/mat my assistant rescued from the Activity room next door.  I quickly created a slide on my SmartBoard that read, "Happy Graduation Grade 1 - Have fun in Grade 2!" to put up at the end of the red carpet.   My aid snapped a few pictures! Enjoy!

I Can't Find My Pencil!!

So one day I was teaching my students a Health lesson.  We were talking about appropriate ways to ask for help in the classroom.  I started by saying that one mistake lots of grade one students make is rather than asking their teacher to get another pencil they say, "I can't find my pencil!!" or "I can't find my scissors!"  I explained to my students that since they know where the extra pencils and scissors are they should turn their statement into a question - "May I please go get a new pencil?" - and teachers all over the world would be more than happy to allow them to go and retrieve another.  Now, it may have been the fact that I used a silly voice when I demonstrated how not to ask for a pencil, but it turned into a running joke in my class.  The following is what resulted!  The best part is that this lesson really got the message across to my students.  I heard many polite requests from then on to get pencils, scissors, glue sticks, etc.  I hope it gives you a much needed laugh as you head into your summer break!  I laugh every time I see it!  Enjoy!