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.  

Sticker Books

My discipline policy has always been pretty basic.

I've always been a Happy Face :) / Sad Face :( kinda teacher.

It's pretty easy to follow, you're good, you're on the happy face.

If you don't listen, you get reminded of the rule,

still talking?  sad face.

At the end of the day, if you're on the :) you get a sticker.

And if you've been really good or did something really nice, you get check marks after your name, and a sticker for each checky mark.

This usually works really well.

And while I've starting something new, my kids still love receiving stickers, maybe because they get to put them here:

Clipart:  DJ Inkers and Scrappindoodles

Sure, my kiddos sometimes spend a few seconds admiring their collection.

Any longer than that, and I start reminding them their book may soon be mine, that usually works right away.  

Clicky above for a copy and let me know if it works out for you :)

Why I said NO To A New Ipad Mini

Are you kidding me?  Who says no to a new Ipad mini?

:/ Me, ugh, crazy I know.

For Valentines Day we went to my FAVORITE restaurant ever,

 OMG, it's soooo YUMMY

My absolute, favorite dish, la combinación, pollo y lechón,

the combo plate of chicken and pork,

it comes with white rice, black beans, and sweet onions, in the most savory garlic sauce, mmm delicioso!  (I don't usually mix my languages, but even you'll come out of there reciting any español you know :).

If you can't make the restaurant locations, and you're ever at Universal City Walk, there's a small food to go in the food court, 

seriously, you can thank me later, You MUST GO!

Ah hem, anyways, 

afterwards we went to Santa Monica's Third Street Promenade,

and as we were enjoying

( so good to know calories don't count on Valentines ;)

when my sweet hubby said he was going to get me an Ipad mini for Valentines Day!

I was so excited! Really?! For me?!

But when we got to the Apple Store, my indecisiveness crept in,

It's a lot of money, what if I don't use it much?

I already have an iphone, isn't it pretty much the same thing?

I don't know why, but I wouldn't hesitate to get one for my hubby if he wanted it, but for me....?

Well, let me research it a little more, see if I really do want one, or better yet, use one.

SEE PEOPLE, I seriously need help,

please help me get over my typical mama's -everyone comes first mentality.

God Bless America

Enjoy this beautiful patriotic song to celebrate the

 Second Inauguration of President Barack Obama

and to honor Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.,

May God Bless us all.

Click on the picture below for your free copy :)

Wordless Wednesday- Winter

Vocabulary

Our district uses Treasures (Tesoros en español).

One thing I really like about this program is the focus on vocabulary.

Each week we're supposed to introduce 5-6 new words, (I'll just say that some weeks are better than others ;)

This is how I teach my kiddos new vocabulary.

I first introduce the word using kid friendly terms with a hand motion.

My kiddos are pretty good now and help me out with the motions.

When I say the word, my kiddos repeat the word and its meaning:

(teacher) Imitate
(students) imitate, means to copy

Throughout the day, whenever I say Imitate, my kiddos will do the hand gesture and say "Imitate means to copy.

I teach a dual immersion classroom, so for me it goes more like this:

(teacher) imitar

(students) imitar es copiar.

Below you'll see how I initially had my kiddos record the unit's vocabulary words.

Agotado, muy cansado.  (exhausted, very tired)

Practicar, es hacer algo muchas veces para mejorar. (Practice, to do something many times to improve)

Energía es mucho ánimo. (Energy, vitality)

Aren't their drawings just too cute?

I'm now using this format, similar to one I used when I taught 2nd grade.

Clicky here if you'd like a copy and let me know if it's useful for ya. :)