5 for Friday...

It's been awhile since I have linked up with Doodle Bugs for a 5 for Friday list.



My bloggy buddies and I are organizing a Blog Meet Up for NM teachers.  We are very excited.  It will be a lot of fun and there will be some great presentations!!!  Click on the above picture to check out the FB page that shows what we will be doing.  Check out my blog post about it here.

I LOOOOOVE Indian food.  On Sunday, we went to one of my favorite places to get some awesome food.  I was super excited when I realized they had pakoras!  Mmmm, delicious.

I don't know if you can see it, but there is a bird on the bottom left-hand side of this bird feeder.  This feeder is hanging on my class window.  Yes, this is our view outside the window- it's pretty because I live and work in the mountains outside Albuquerque, New Mexico.  My view last year was much more beautiful though.  It was of the giant mountain that we have near our school.  It was lovely.  I moved classrooms though.  Anyway, back to the bird.  We are learning about plants and animals right now and we put up a bird feeder (thanks to our STEM teacher) to encourage bird visits for observations.  The first bird that visited made the entire class yell "MRS. CHEVALIER, THERE IS A BIRD AT OUR WINDOW!!!!"  This was in the middle of math.  So, I froze and slowly went over to the window to snag this picture of the first bird.  They were super excited.  

 Isn't that funny that this kiddo thinks a home costs $100.  Cute.

 I was proud of the above writing.  This kiddo has struggled all year and has made such great progress.  He did this work all on his own.

 So nice that this kid is going to share.

 "I would be rich of gold."  Funny.

 I'm not sure what decades of jewels means but it sounds good to me.  I like that they would get a pot of chocolate too, my kind of kid!

We took some time on Thursday to celebrate some St. Patty's Day fun.  I used a tiny pot and plastic coins to encourage good behavior.  When each group of 2-3 kids had 10 coins, they earned a super bouncy ball and 2 of the plastic coins.
We read about St. Patty's Day with the DogoNews website.  It's kid's current events and I love it!  We do at least one story a week from it.  This week it was 2.  The other current event we talked about was Earth Hour!  Check it out.  I encouraged my class to do Earth Hour tonight.  You should try it too.  :)

Nothing like a visit from firefighters and forest service folks to end the week.  Being mountain people, like we are, we have great connections with the forest service.  There is a program that allows them to come in once a month to present great info to the kinder and 1st grade kids about our mountain environment and how to keep it beautiful and healthy.  It's excellent info.  This is the big event though- the kids go crazy for this one.  They are so excited to get inside the fire truck, here the sirens, handle the hose, look at all the tools from the trucks, and hear the funny stories from the fire and forest folks.  

Busy week!  Next week is our last week before break.  I am super tired and am really ready for having a nice spring break with my family.  So, I will have to come up with some fun events for the coming week to keep up the energy and keep the kids focused on learning.

Have a great weekend!

NM Blogger Teacher Meet Up

Anyone else out there totally jealous of the fun all those awesome teachers had at the French Lick, Indiana Blogger Retreat?  Yup, me too.  I couldn't make it and I am already going to be doing a really big PD in June...RCA....tehe, sooo excited!!!  So, my teacher buddy Suzy Palmer over at

said, "We need to do another meet up!"  We have had several NM Blogger Meet Ups for a few years now, but nothing like the one in Indiana.  So, the blog buddies, Laura Bryant over at

and Melissa Cloud over at 

and I all decided to create a blog meet up that was a bit more exciting.

We want to include many others teachers.  We also wanted to make it fun and have people learn something from each other.  So, we decided to create some presentations.  We will have a variety of topics to discuss, some yummy food to eat and a lot of talking and collaborating to do.  I didn't want to spend money on a venue, so it will be hosted out of my home which is in the mountain area east of Albuquerque.  In my area there are lots of trees and lots of peace and quiet.  Here is what my backyard looks like.  

 Come and relax, learn and laugh with us!

(Cute clip art and digital paper, right?  Check out Creative Clips by Krista Wallden and The Hands-On Teacher in First to get the paper or graphics.)

Want to join us in the blogger meet up?  Click the picture above and it will take you to the Facebook page that tells you the information you need and shows you how to contact me to get signed up.  Please note, the get together is limited in size to 20 people, so sign up fast!

New Mexico Bloggers and Blog-Stalkers- come and have some fun with us!

Free MLK product and Blog Hop Winner!!!

Our fun blog hop is over and we have some winners.  Drum roll please........

We had a winner chosen for each of our bundles!!!  

The TpT gift certificate goes to- Nancy Claggett

The K-2nd bundle goes to- Kimberly Daphne

The 3rd-5th bundle goes to- Callie Westkey.  

Suzy from On the go Teacher Mama will be sending you your prizes very soon.     

Congratulations to all the winners and thank you to everyone who stopped by, downloaded our forever freebies, and those who just came and read our blogs.  We appreciate each one of you!

Also, in case you are preparing for our upcoming holiday, Martin Luther King, Jr. day, I have a product to use for it below.  It's free!  I have used it for years in my classes and I love it.  It has been downloaded over 900 times and has 1 review.  I would LOVE it if you see fit to review it for me.  Thanks so much!

I used to do a fun MLK breakfast each year (I was at a private school that didn't serve breakfast), but stopped last year when I switched to a school that does free and reduced breakfast.  Below is a pic of what was sent in one year when I was at my other school- my favorite was always the breakfast burritos....mmmmm.  

Makes me hungry just looking at all of it!!!

In my MLK product there is an example food/drink sign up page for parents.

May your week be full of understanding, love and peace!

Wish Upon a Star

Melissa Cloud from A Teaspoon of Teaching is hosting a give-away and fundraiser for Make-a-Wish Foundation.

Many people have donated to the fundraiser and it is some pretty amazing products.  I donated as well, but I will be purchasing the k-2 bundle (valued at over $70).  A few of the items in the pack are shown below.  Click on the pic to go to the TpT store to purchase this as well.

There are 3-5 and 6-12 packs as well.  Check them out below.  Click on the pic to purchase the pack.

Check them out and purchase them to donate to a very worthy cause.

I won!

A GIANT thank you goes to sweet Suzy Palmer over at


I won her awesome QR code set of apple, double digit fact cards.
 This is Suzy's way of getting the cards set up.  I haven't done mine yet, but have shown the kids what is coming soon....


They are cute and my kids thought the apple with the mustache was funny.  I also won her Understanding Number CCSS aligned pack!  Yahoo.

I am so excited to get that all printed out and cut up/laminated.  It should be fun to use.

Thanks so much Suzy, you rock!

Fridays are Fun

I'm joining the Doodle Bugs Teaching linky:

1-  Today I met up with Suzy from On the Go Teacher Mama and Melissa from A Teaspoon of Teaching.  Click below to check out their blogs.

   

We ate some yummy food, talked about school/children/families/TpT and other things.  It was a lot of fun.  Suzy is quite funny and Melissa is always so sweet.  Sorry the pic is blurry!

2-  Yesterday I got to hang out with my dear friends from the school I am leaving.  We ate at P.F. Changs and it was super yummy!  It is going to be hard not seeing my amazing friends everyday.  I totally forgot to take a picture too!!!  At one point I laughed so hard I cried!  It was wonderful.  And if you are keeping track- yes that was 2 nights in a row of hanging with ladies and having fun!

3-  My crazy girls in a tree.  Yesterday my kids went on a hike at the top of the Sandia Mountains with my hubby while I was out with the ladies.  He sent me this pic.  Yes, my oldest is wearing a butterfly net on her face...she's silly like that.

4-  My wrist is getting better and better each week and I no longer have to use my super fancy glove seen here.  Yay!  I still have about 6 months left of healing and strengthening to go- but boy is it a lot better!  I can't wait to get back to dancing.

5-  Now that it's summer, I am super excited to try some things from my Pinterest food board.  Like this little tasty number...Mmmmmmm!

Have a great weekend everyone,