Oo that tricky leprechaun!

I don't know if anyone else has this problem, but every single year a leprechaun comes to my room on St. Patrick's Day, messes up my room, leaves green footprints, and tricks us into trying to get his pot of gold.

Video Cred: Leah O'Donnell (who rocks!)


So this year, after their special, the kids came in only to find the leprechaun left them a pot - not of gold - but with a letter in it.  Turns out we just started our persuasive writing unit and the leprechaun wanted us to write him letters persuading him to give us his gold.

So we did!

The kids really did do a great job and they ended up each getting a plastic gold coin to take home. One little lady also followed through on her promise to make him a little house and brought her project to school the next day. 

We also did this fun Pinterest craft and are working on a combination of these centers.

I usually use this event as a kick-start to leprechaun and Irish themed centers that we use the last two weeks of March.  I have a TON (legitimately WAY too many) of resources for March here.

What do you do in March? Anything you would like to do more in your class? Although I have way more March activities than I need, it's one of my favorite things to create for!

Back at it!

Hi there!  Super excited to get back into business with my new blog design! HUGE shout out to Lindsey over at L Paull Designs for All for designing this super cute layout on a budget. I am THRILLED to have found her, she is immensely talented and super nice.

I transitioned districts earlier this year and wanted to make sure I had the hang of the new curriculum and my classroom so that I could devote more time to blogging when I was established.  Now that I am up and running, I can devote more time to exploring how to maximize my students potential and develop resources for them and our curriculum.

In our school, we do guided reading, Lucy Calkins, and Envisions for math. We incorporate themes into these curriculums, so you will find lots of thematic resources here.

Please take a look around, email me with questions or requests, and enjoy! I am excited to be back!

It's Summer!

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I hope everyone is enjoying their summer and the (finally) warm and HOT weather!!

So, I have a little update - I am changing school districts - which explains the blog update/change.  All the resources will still be here, but I will be posting from a new standpoint, even though I am still teaching K!

Feel free to continue to contact me, as I am so happy to continue to teach K and so proud of my four years of K's that I will surely miss!

Thanks!!