Assess Me! A Get to Know You LINKY!

I am linking up with The Tattooed Teacher for a fun little linky! (And she said we don't even have to elaborate...perfect since I am ready for bed.....Don't judge that it is not even 8:00! Tomorrow starts my last week of Summer School. I'm being proactive!)

Stop by to meet some new bloggy friends or to link up!

Portable Word Wall UPDATE

A couple of years ago I blogged about taking down my Word Wall. Not only was it taking up SO much space, I found that I didn't really know if my students were able to spell the words on their own or if they were always looking on the Word Wall. To help with both issues I created Portable Word Walls. They take up less space and I can see when the students are opening them up and using them.

I gave this freebie a MAJOR update. I added new pages, made the font easier to read and streamlined each page. Best part? It is still

**FREE**

Here are a few OLD pics of them being used in action.  These are the ones I made a few years ago.  Don't worry, I have "cutsied" them up for you!

Mine are kept in a plastic 3 pronged folder.  Nothing fancy but they are durable! The pages are placed in plastic sleeves....again...durability!

Here is a preview of the new and improved Portable Word Walls!

Here are the pages included.

 My tips and tricks for making them work well....
** I do not add a page until that season/holiday.  Before I add it, we talk about the words on the new page, so the kids are easily able to find the words they need.  

** I have one folder at each table, one at the Teacher Table, and a couple more in baskets around the room.  The kids do great sharing them and reminding each other where to find words!

** These would be most useful in a Kindergarten, 1st, 2nd or 3rd grade classroom.

Click {HERE} if you would like it for FREE.  (I would appreciate feedback or a blog or Facebook follow!)

If there are any words you would like added or pages, please let me know and I will add them!

Winner, Winner....Chicken Dinner?!?!?!?!?!

Not the most original title, but you get the picture. There has been a lot of winning around here!

First up...the winner of the Interactive Phonics Readers in my Flippin' For Summer Fun Giveaway did not contact me so I chose another winner!

Congratulations Maureen! I will be emailing you shortly!

Next up....I was the winner of More Than Math by Mo's Stars and Stripes Celebration. And let me tell you, I was a WINNER! Take a look at my prizes.

Go visit Monique here:  {blog} {TPT store}  She is super sweet and has great products!

Last but NOT least.....when I was at the SDE Reading, Writing, Math and More conference in Orlando, I went to the little Meet and Greet they had one evening.  Because I am social. Okay, not really...They gave us drink tickets!
I have to admit, I was a bit star struck (I mean, Laureen Reynolds, Kim Adsit, Catherine Kuhns. Who wouldn't be star struck?!?!). They had a raffle and I won 2 days to any National Conference next year. That means Vegas, baby! I went to the Singapore Math Conference in Vegas 2 summers in a row. My principal paid the conference fee. The rest was up to us. That didn't happen last summer or this summer so I am definitely READY TO GO BACK! Especially with all of the TPT activities and sessions offered now! I was a tiny bit jealous of all of the fabulous Vegas pictures on Facebook an Instagram. Next year I will be there and maybe meet some of you!

And speaking of the conference...... SDE sent an email out after the conference. My teaching besties and I made the cover.  We told our principal that she now had celebrities on staff. Lol!

Flippin' For Summer Fun WINNERS

We have winners!

Congratulations! I will be emailing you shortly.

July Currently

It is time for Farley's Currently!

Listening to Morning Drive...on The Golf Channel....
Yes there is a Golf Channel. And YES they have a morning talk show on EVERY morning. I am not a golfer but that channel is always on in my house!  (Let's just say I RARELY have control of the remote.)

Loving all of My New Followers!
In case you haven't heard, I am having a Giveaway. There are 4 fab prizes, including a TPT gift card. Click {here} if you want more details. Here is the Rafflecopter if you just want to enter!

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Thinking that Spin is Tomorrow!
I went to my first Spin Class on Monday. It was fabulous. It was tough, but fabulous! I think it was extra rough not only because it was my first one, but also because I did an hour of Boot Camp right before Spin.

Wanting To Write in My NEW Planner!
I love organization and am a bit OCD. I ordered a new planner from Plum Paper on Etsy. I cannot wait to write in in, color code it, etc! It took a month to arrive but it is perfect so I can get past the month long wait!

Needing to Do Laundry.
Does anyone ever not need to do laundry?

All Star at Organizing!
Like I mentioned above, I love to organize and I am a bit (extremely, according to my family and colleagues) OCD. Oh, and kind of a perfectionist. But don't worry, I do not expect my students to be! Because of my "skills" I am teaching a combo class and seem to get assigned lots of extra duties at school. That is okay, I love it! This summer I am putting my skills to the test. I have taught summer school almost every summer since I started teaching. This summer I am going to be the Summer School Coach. It starts Monday but we had a couple days of Preplanning this week. I am enjoying it but I also quickly learning that "coach" in the summer has a different meaning. Apparently coach means in charge. Lots of planning, organizing, paper work, supply finding, decision making. Also, I was assigned a huge summer school site. There are as many kids in the program as in my whole school during the school year! I have a feeling I will be very busy and the 16 days will fly by!

Go see Farley to link up yourself while I start on that laundry!