Just Keep Swimming

Just keep swimming,

just keep swimming...

This is what I keep saying to myself these days.

I've been so unbelievably busy and to top it all off, I got tonsillitis, can you believe it?

We had our annual Dual Performance this week and it was AWESOME!!

Each student held a flower for the last song and then gave them to their mother's.

Let me just say, there was not a dry eye around :)

The 5th graders performed la danza de los viejitos,

it's fun, hilarious, and never gets old :)

My kiddos performed Will.I.Am's  "I Am" song and the Chicken Dance :)
My kiddos really are so sweet & special :)

And

Happy Mother's Day to all the Super Mamas in Bloggyland!

I've Lost Count

How many days left? I can't do the math.

I couldn't believe I woke up sick again!

I seriously haven't missed this much school, but what can you do...

But I'm finally able to sit up to do some shopping!

How can I not take advantage of the great event at TPT?!

So many teachers have made some really cute banners, but I need to save my strength for shopping.

And to Teachers out in Bloggyland,

Happy Teacher Week!

20 Days But Who's Counting!?!

I can't believe I haven't blogged in so long! 

But I know if you're a teacher, you can totally relate to how crazy busy this time of year is!
And the craziness is just starting, aaaaaaaah!!!

Anyways, here are a couple of things we've been working on...

One of our Earth Day activities:
this followed our space unit so well, talk about seeing the Big Picture!

We've also been working a lot on comparing and contrasting.

My kiddos worked in collaborative groups to compare/contrast the characters Cat & Dog from our Tesoros (Treasures) unit last week. Then I paired them up and had them compare/contrast themselves with a partner.

They did a really great job!

I love how they really understood the concept of comparing apples to apples, and point for point.

I loved how they color coded their double bubbles,

(how cute, blue and red make purple :)

Jeri likes to color, Jazmin likes to play outside.

Jeri has a dog, Jazmin-a cat.

Jeri has short hair, Jazmin-long hair.

Jeri likes chocolate ice cream, Jazmin-vanilla.

They're both girls, like mango, pink, insects, and Skippy John Jones (how cute is their spelling in Spanish ;)

But the BEST PART of this activity?

When they presented, Wow!

I was floored as to how well they presented, man I wish I would've recorded them!

They presented point for point and took turns to present what they both liked.

Did I mention this is Jeri's first year in Spanish?

Man I'm proud of my kiddos!

Spring Break No More

Well, that's all folks, my Spring Break is over.

And how did I do on my long list of To Do's?
-Relax...check
-Sleep in...check
-Scrapbook...check
-Watch awesome movies...check, check, check!

Yesterday was a movie marathon for me and I enjoyed one of my all time favorite movies

I never thought I would've married my best pal, 

but I did, and the rest as they say,

is history.

How funny that as I was watching this movie I got this picture from my sis with the text, when Jeff met Libby 

Yup!  I'm a Trojan and he's all Marvel :)

Well, I'm off to finish planning, hope you enjoy the rest of weekend!

Book Baggies

 Spring Break Finally...YAHOO!!!
Ah-hem, sorry about that, it's been a loooooong year people.

Anyways, getting back to reading.
Let me just say that I follow Amy Lemon's super blog, Step Into 2nd Grade, and she wrote a great blog about Book Buddies.  If you don't know about her, be sure to check her out, she offers many freebies and fabulous ideas.

I bought these cute bags and had such great intentions...
I checked here for my post and realized it was almost a year and half ago (yikes)!

 I just couldn't manage it with Kinder, but I finally got a good system going.

I numbered the bags 1-21 and put different titles in each bag.

My kiddos take home a new bag with 5 new titles every Monday and return them on Thursday.

This gives them the opportunity to read 5 different Spanish books at home each week!

I really liked the notice about why I can't skip my 20 minutes of reading, I knew this was something my students and parents could use, so I had to translate this one.   It really drives home the point of being an eh-so-so reader or a Super Reader

I revised the parent letter and permission form for my kiddos, be sure to visit Amy's blog for copies.

My kiddos love receiving new Book Baggies each Monday.

I'm working on a Book Recommendation Form for my kiddos to fill out, hopefully after I get back.

For now I'm loving every moment relaxing, catching up on my cleaning, and time with my lil' cutie pie.

And don't forget to visit Step Into 2nd Grade for more super ideas!

Five For Friday

Yay for Friday!! 

Linking up my five random things with Doodle Bugs Teaching.

uno:

1.  My lil' cutie pie is becoming quite the artist!  Love her eerie version of this Disney princess :)

Can you guess who it is?

dos:

2. My daughter treated me to Coldstone's today, I didn't want to disappoint her, so of course I indulged:)

Coffee Lovers in a waffle cone, how can you not be jealous ;)

tres:

3.  I am loving my Erin Condren planner!  Love that I have a 2 page monthly TABBED layout! Love that I can use my Papermate colorful markers, that do not bleed!

cuatro:

4. I bet you'll never guess what this delicious dessert is!  My hubby had this instead of cake for his birthday, can you see my cutie pie sneaking a piece :)

cinco:

5.  Reason #555 why I love my hubby so much, he came by my class today and dropped off this awesomely, wonderful movie/musical that I love, LOVE!!!  

And now I gotta go watch this with my girls :)

Have a super weekend.

My Planner Addiction

If you've followed my blog then you surely you must know that
I love, LOVE planners!

I cannot express enough how much I'm addicted to them!

I thought I had found the perfect one, read here.

But silly me I was soooo wrong.

My husband asked me what I wanted for Christmas, and I remembered having my eye on one of these for the last year, but I just couldn't rationalize spending so much.

And the pressure,
what if I don't like it?

what if I don't use it?
what if I can do the same thing, I'm a sorta DIY-er.

But if my hubby gets it for me...

And so it came.
Is it weird that I wanted to hug the FedEx guy?

I was excited about the pretty box!

Strange I know, but I couldn't help it.

 Oh, and how did they know I love purple!

What?! free labels?!
(I'm so lovin' this green)

 And so here it is,

my first Erin Condren life planner!

with TABBED monthly views large enough to write in and to use my stickers that were included

 a weekly 2-page spread, divided into morning, day, and night,
I especially love this because I can use it for my work and home to do's

and a section for weekly Goals and To Do's.

But I especially love how I was able to do a collage using some of my favorite family pictures on the front and back covers!  So here I am, with my husband, my kids, and the rest of my familia.