Tuesday

'i like big books and i cannot lie'


sorry i couldn't resist a little sir mix a lot. anyways, a couple weeks ago i saw someones 'big book' pinned on pinterest and it gave me the inspiration to give you a little inside peek to mine!

first off...what is a 'big book' you say?!..if you were an education major at texas tech...then you are ahead of the game...if not no worries, i'll fill you in. during the last block of classes in early childhood education at texas tech before your student teaching semester....you have lots of big projects/assignments. one of them would be the 'big book' i've been rambling about...and it was my favorite project and it has come in the most handy at school!! they have us create at big book about ourselves to read and introduce ourselves the first day of student teaching...you can make it just plain and simple all about me, the abc's of me, my favorite things, the fairytale story of me, and etc. i went with 'the fairytale story of miss kranz' for the kiddos ...

so here are some pictures of each page of my big book....
the cover

growing up

family

favorite vacations

high school

college. wreck em.

until more....
what i like best about these big books is that you can add to them as the years go on...i haven't ye,t but i was thinking about adding a page for my curent school....or adding in that i have a cute little niece...stella (this was made before her time)!!!!

...the kids LOVE learning more about you...i read this the first day of school and then leave it out for them to browse through...it is the most popular book in the class library all year round...no joke.

i encourage all of you to make your own 'big book' and PLEASE share with me!!

exciting news!!!

my blog has been nominated for the 2012 "Fascination Award"!!!! how cool is that?!
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the voting started today and ends may 21st at midnight!!! so START VOTING for my blog!!!!!!


cast your vote here....2012 Fascination Awards
just copy and paste my link into the comment part and click submit!!
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Saturday

not teacher related...i love instagram/social media.



this post is totally not teacher related...but oh well, right?? i just found this awesome site to 'showcase' your instagram photos....way cool!!!


i am addicted, obsessed, and all of the above with instagram...i think it is so fun to tell a story of 'you' through photos.

so check out my instagram photos and please let me know what you think!!!!!!!!!!!

sophieglenn's instagrams photos

now off to watch jonah hill and the shins on SNL...and remember...
no matter how annoyed you might be with all my posts...
i'm going to keep posting. sorry. :)


cheers.

Thursday

today is your day! freebie!

i am so excited to read 'oh the places you'll go' tomorrow for dr. suess' birthday...it is one of my favorites!!
after reading i'm going to have my kiddos brainstorm what places they could go....then illustrate and write a couple sentences telling me where and why!

i am going to bind them together to make another class book...i love watching them read each others writing...




oh the places you'll go writing paper


i would love for you to share how you used this writing paper in your own classroom!! :)

enjoy!


Monday

president's day!

this is going to be a short but sweet post....since the kiddos have actual president's day off.....i am busy creating some fun 'president' activities for tomorrow!!....we are going to read an abraham lincoln book and then 'sticky note' our thinking on paper....and then use our favorite facts to put inside the abe's hat when we do Mrs. Lemon's preseident's day craftivity!!!

Then we are going to write a letter to president obama...the kids can either thank him for all he does for our country or ask him questions that they have about being the president...then i am going to send all of our letters to the white house, and see if we get a response!!! how cool would that be if we got a letter?!?! the kids would be ecstatic!!!!! :)

below are some freebies that i just created to use along with the activities above!!! so click and print away!



if you use the papers above in your own classroom...i would love to see examples or hear how your activities went!! please share!!


that is all for now...happy president's day!


big news!!!!!!!!!!!!!

this will be a very short post...but check out my new "pages"....the only one i have updated is 'all about miss kranz' ... let me know what you think!!!!!!

also.......big news........i am officially not car-less!!!!!!!!!!!! check it out!!!!!!!!


sooooooooo happy!!! 



Friday

i have a dream....

I just put up a MLK writing paper on my TPT store that is FREE!! Let me know how and if you use it!

click here

here are some examples from last year....


happy friday!