Convo Countdown!

Well the countdown has begun!

Just 5 days before I am in Texas for the 2013 Kappa Delta Pi Convocation!! This morning I am finishing up my speech and starting to pack.

If you did not do so already, will you please vote on the poll above ^ this post. 

Calling all Classroom Teachers!
If you are not sure what KDP is all about you can visit their website here.  If you are a classroom teacher, please please please check out the teacher grants that are available!! The deadline in October 31st! You still have time to apply!

Are you going to Convo? Make sure to comment below!

This year they have an app for Convo! This is exciting to me because 

I am always using my phone to take notes and make my schedule.

Click the photo below to get the app!

Once you have the app you can create your agenda!

You can also take notes, rate the presentation, and even 

post to Facebook right from the app!

I love how you can choose which category you would like to search through. 

Are you a pre-service teacher??

Please go to KDP website and check out the scholarships and awards! Trust me it will be worth your time! If you have any questions I am happy to email with you! firstgradeteacherlady@gmail.com

Bye now! I am off to pack anything purple and green that I own! :)

Other fun things so far :)

Other fun things we have been doing this year..

Election day snuck up on me! So with not much time I made this little voting booth :) Not bad for last minute :)

Christmas was a lot of fun. The first picture below is where we meet for morning meeting. I took my bookshelf and added paper to the back to make it look like a fireplace. The students still used the other side in the library. The picture to the right is the first day that our class met Buddy the elf! (They were so excited. I acted sort of scared and freaked out and they explained it to me and told me I had to read this book that he brought. It was so much fun!)

 Buddy got sick after a few days in our class. There was a bug going around he must have caught it also!

After he was feeling better he was really up to no good. He kept playing games in our class while we were at home. Here he took a bath in our marshmallows for gingerbread houses. Not pictured: He also went hang gliding from the celling. Then the next day a note came from Santa saying that Buddy and the students must behave or else Buddy would not be able to do his job! So they all got back to their best behavior! 

 When Buddy left we were very sad. We all wrote him letters and hoped that he would drop by again next year!


100th Day of School!!

 

The whole first grade decided to dress up like we were 100 years old. I wish I could post pictures of the students! It was such a fun day! It took us a lot longer to get places, but we loved every minute of it. 

Valentine's Day also snuck up on me! I was thinking about some fun things we could do to talk about friendship. My grandma gave me these cute props and we decided we would have a friendship Valentine's Day photo booth. They kids took pictures of each other and had a blast! Doing this again next year. The background was just bulletin paper that I put up with magnets on the black board. I wrote the words so that they would be just a little bit taller than the students. Then every student got to take home a copy of their picture at the end of the day! LOVED IT!

In February I went to Georgia to speak at the ATE Conference and accept my award for National Student Teacher of the Year!  The award is given by KDP & ATE. This award was such an honor and our trip was absolutely amazing! For more information about the award visit http://www.kdp.org/  & http://www.ate1.org/pubs/Home.cfm !

Read Across America week was a ton of fun! We had some snow on Wednesday but it did not stop me from having Whoville hair on Thursday! Here is a picture :) 

More fun to come!