Tue
05 Jun
2012
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Ice creams make life better and currently June

I have been reading all your blogs this week. Reading about Summer linky parties, end of the year games and so on. But I have 3 weeks left. We finish June 22nd. So we are having lots of tests and many teacher meetings.
In the middle of all this stress I finally managed to change my bulletin board. May flowers were shrivelling.

So I printed my latest craftivity and had an instant ice cream bulletin board. My students wrote about their favorite flavors and decorated their shops. 
We had extra time so we decorated some ice cream for the Bulletin Board with our names on it. 
Then I added some Summer clipart to fill some gaps.
Everything was quite quick as they could do it all themselves. Some even had some time to have fun with Summer fast finishers activities!
I can’t wait to finish our tests to start with all the end of the year fun!
Before that I am joining Oh boy 4th grade on the linky party. I enjoyed reading what is everybody doing. It’s a great idea for us, blog stalkers. 😉
Thu
31 May
2012
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Teaching during Summer and confession linky party

Today was our last day of whole day school. This means that tomorrow we go home for lunch. Yipee!
This afternoon we watched a movie and I made popcorn for them. It was just perfect, no more trips to the school theater, we have a Smart Board. 
They were so excited that our Board had changed into a movie screen…
I also wanted to join a great linky party by Living a Wonderful Life. I have many obsessions but I will just share my latest.
I just discovered colored binder clips on pinterest and I started using them for everything!
I love organizing my photocpies for the week by subject: green-science, blue-language arts and yellow-maths.
I have tons of them!
White personalized binders. At the beginning of this school year I started changing my binders and using these. I have had lots of compliments on them! I’ll have to take some photos.
My shelves look much more uncluttered now.
I love pinterest. I could be pinning for hours! It is like shopping but free! 🙂
Now I can keep all the ideas from other bloggers in the same place.
Running! I started this year and I love it! Now I need new equipment for the Summer! I feel really proud.
J. Crew. I love this brand. And now they accept international orders. I might try this Summer.

Thu
24 May
2012
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Last hours giveaway, games and the lovely blog award

There are only 9 hours left to enter my giveaway. I started celebrating with 50 followers and now I have reached 101! I want to thank all of you!
This 50 followers celebration will be followed by my 100 followers celebration. Stayed tuned for my next giveaway. I just did my next clipart set and it will be free on TPT just for a few hours. I’ll announce it as soon as I finish it!
My students have been working really hard this week. Two tests in a week! Poor First Graders!
So tomorrow we will have some fun on our Smart Board. This website, from a Spanish TV channel CLAN has many short cartoons and games that my kids love. It is a fun way to spend the last 15 minutes of the day.
You can have some cartoons and songs in English too. 

Some days ago I was awarded with the Lovely Blog Award! Thanks to  the Teacher idea factory!
You should visit this blog. Kelley manages to write a post almost every day! And all of them are worth reading.

Now I get to pass on the award. It was a hard decision. I have discovered that many of my fellow bloggers have already been awarded. So I decided awarding just some of them.
Mrs. Stanford class She is having a great giveaway!
From the Pond One of the cutest graphics in TPT.
Mommy Maestra A latina teacher with really worth reading posts.
The Second grade Superkids This is a great blog about a Bilingual teacher in second grade.
Mrs. Castro’s class Check out her cute dinosaur activity. English and Spanish!
The Enlightened Elephant. Check out her Spanish materials on TPT.
Flap Jack Educational Resources Very colorful bilingual activities
Kinder Latino. A bilingual teaching blog. One of the first I followed.
 **Award Guidelines: Follow the person who gave the award to you (if you don’t already), link back to the person who gave you the award, and pass the award on to 15 new bloggers.