Spring Teacher Blogger Meet Up!

A few Fridays ago, The Brown Blogger, the school secretary, and I trekked our way to French Lick, Indiana.

Let’s be real here: Never have I ever heard of French Lick until this specific event.

  I did not know what attractions the unknown held, but I heard a few stories about casinos, sulfur springs, and a nude beach.

With all this in mind, I still went…crazy, huh!?!

We drove through the rain, dense fog, and the darkest streets in all of Indiana. At about 11 at night, we made it!

We were in awe by the grandness of the West Baden Hotel. It was gorgeous! There is a light show and people sit in the atrium area for hours watching the dome and sipping on “Grown-up Juice”.  Our room was also amazing! It was beautiful and extremely spacious. However, we weren’t there to hang out at a hotel, we were there to be inspired!

The next morning, we went over to the French Lick resort via shuttle and extremely hilly Indiana land.

The #SpringTeacherBloggerMeetUp2015 was fantastic! We were inspired, given great information, and got some Ah-mah-zing freebies!

Scentos Fun!

Erin Condren!

Creative Teaching Press!

We even had a favorite teacher tool exchange, but more on that in another post. =]

As luck would have it, a non-winner (me), actually won a 1-year subscription to Brain Pop! That was such a shocker!!!

On Saturday night, we had a fabulous PJ party with help from TPT and Go Noodle. Both of these companies are great and we had a great time!

Overall, it was a great time with teachers, friends, and the employees of Kmart (that’s another story)!

Not only is this a Linky Party, it's also a giveaway! Enter below to win all the SWAG we received! 

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Teacher Tool Gift Exchange Linky!

One of the most exciting events at last weekends Spring Teacher Blogger Meet Up was the teacher tool swap!

To begin, the group was split into 4 groups based on grade level. Since I do not teach a certain grade, I got to choose which group I would go to. I chose to go to the 4th and 5th grade group because the majority of my caseload is 4th and 5th graders. 

Once in our groups, Amanda Pauley read a super fun 'left, right' story. Basically, when she said left, you'd pass the gift in your hands left. When she said right, you'd pass the gift in your hands right. 

After all the hoopla, I ended up with this gift! 

First of all, I loved the bag! What teacher doesn't love a new bag...or two...or ten (I might have a problem!).

Inside the bag, there was a green container, super cool Weird, But true! books, colorful duct tape, cookies, decorative file folders, and binder clips! 

I loved everything! I can use the binder clips for organizing IEP's. The folders are perfect for easily identifying important information on my messy desk! My kiddos love the Weird, but True! books already, so I know they will be ecstatic to dig into these as well. The duct tape will help me to jazz up my room when I have to fix something. I can always use another container and who doesn't love cookies?!?!

Thank you so much for this fabulous gift, Luckyfrogs Lillypad! 

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St. Patty's Day Fun!

Hello!!

Not only was today St. Patrick’s Day, it was also my first day of no state testing in two whole weeks! Woo-Hoo!

Boy, am I exhausted! After these non-teaching days, I always have a difficult time getting back into the routine.

Today, I had my 4^th and 5^th graders work on Fact Fluency Cards:Luck of the Irish Edition by Hello Literacy.

They love, love, love Fact Fluency Cards and I love them too! Students are not only working on fluency, but they are working on comprehension at the same time. As a bonus Jonas, students have to write!

For my lower kiddos, we used this pack.

There are poems, fluency phrases, a game, and even reader's theaters. 

SO GREAT!

Have a great day!