Can you believe it is October? I can’t… especially because it was 100 degrees here today! YUCK! You know it is the beginning of the school year when you haven’t blogged in almost a month, you have several paper cuts and you are 5 days late to the fantabulous Farley’s Currently Linky.
So here goes…
Listening: In our house, we are baseball fans… and by baseball I mean Angles fans. This past Friday we went to a playoff game and we root, root, root-ed for the home team
BUT in the 11th inning… we lost…. And today, we lost again, which means we are out.
Loving: Fall flavors. Though I am sad to say farewell to watermelon, avocado and tomatoes…. as an avid cook and pintrest’er. I am loving these new Fall flavors. I am just wishing, and hoping and praying that Fall finally decides to set in in Southern California.
Dear Fall,
Please come.
Thanks!
Thinking: I am thinking about Halloween. I host a kids Halloween party at our house right before we go out to Trick-or-Treat- I need to: send Evites out, secure our kid’s costumes, buy candy and that is just for our home party… what about our school??!?!? My new school allows kids to dress up for Halloween. I am so excited about this, but in the last 8 years of teaching, I have never had a school participate in costumes or other festivities. Needless to say, I am excited to celebrate with my students!
Wanting: See above. It is 100 degrees here. It is hot. It feels like summer. I want to wear scarves and boots. I want to drink hot coffee again. My favorite food is soup and the thought of eating soup makes me want to crank up my air conditioner EVEN more! I want SEASONS!
Needing: To run. This past July, I turned the big 3-0 and I set a goal to run a half marathon within the year. I coaxed my husband to run with me and then we decided to make it our 5th year anniversary trip. SO, this coming weekend will be our run! We thought we would have more time to train… but with a 3 year old, a 1 year old and 2 teachers in Back to School Craziness we have not ran as much as we would’ve liked…. BUT we will be fine… fingers crossed!
Trick or Treat: TREAT. I am excited to share with you my newest product- Character Traits {Word Bank and Frames}
as a TREAT- it is on SALE for the next 24 hours!!! Let me tell you more about it:
These
graphic organizers,
posters and word bank will help your
students identify character traits in an organized way. The students will have opportunities to look
at events
surrounding the characters
in
the story,
as well as through examination of the character’s behaviors, words, feelings,
actions, and/or thoughts and interactions with other characters
graphic organizers,
posters and word bank will help your
students identify character traits in an organized way. The students will have opportunities to look
at events
surrounding the characters
in
the story,
as well as through examination of the character’s behaviors, words, feelings,
actions, and/or thoughts and interactions with other characters
They
will be able to support their claims by
providing evidence from the story, with the help of these sentence stems
and activities.
will be able to support their claims by
providing evidence from the story, with the help of these sentence stems
and activities.
3 anchor posters:
4 Pages of Character Traits WORD BANK:
36 words with 5-7 synonyms for each word to help your students excel in identifying character traits.
Not only will they be able to identify them, they will be able to express their ideas and defend their claims.
As a treat, this will be on sale ALLLLLLL week!!!! Grab it now.
Now I am off to check in on some of my favorite blogger’s Currently posts!
So sorry about Angels…I am hoping my Dodgers don't get left behind!
Laurie
Chickadee Jubilee
I am sorry about the Angels….I am an A's Fan. KC kicked us out too. Ugh! Next season…Go Sharks! Lol I am a huge hockey fan too.
Love you blog design!!!
Brianne
Hooo-Ray For Teaching
As I read your post I could almost see the stadium. I grew up in Anaheim, and taught in Southern California for many years before moving to Tennessee two years ago. Sorry about the heat! I remember it well! As I recall, it usually cools down on Halloween night, so hang in there for a few more weeks!
Hi Layla!
I can so identify with the heat. In the deep south, we regularly experience temps in the 100's and coupled with the humidity, it's nothing short of miserable. I've never visited your area before, so when does it typically cool down? I hope it's soon… for your sake! Enjoy your week!