Bookworms Linky Party and "Creepy Carrots"

Happy Monday everyone! It's time for my weekly Bookworms feature. You can check out my past two bookworms posts here and here.

My book for this week is "Creepy Carrots" by Aaron Reynolds.

Creepy Carrots!

This is a cute book about a rabbit named Jasper who is always eating carrots out of a garden near his home. Soon he starts seeing creepy carrots everywhere.  This is a very cute book with amazing illustrations!

Here are some freebies to go with the book:

Click on the image to get the freebies.

 I've had several requests to turn my Bookworms feature into a linky party and I thought that would be fun. You can feature a book for kids or even a book for adults.

Here are my linky guidelines:

(1) Be sure to put the Bookworms image on your blog post and link back to this post.

(2) Please do not feature any products for sale. Free resources only!

Posts featuring paid resources will be deleted from the linky party.

(3) You can link up once per week. I will leave this linky up for all of June and start a new one in July.

I will be linking up my new post later on in the week.

Have fun! I can't wait to read your posts!

These Are a Few of My Favorite Things: Morning Must-Haves

I'm linking up with Halle at Across the Hall in Second Grade for her fun linky party.

This week's topic is our morning must haves. Being a teacher has turned me into a morning person. I'm not gonna lie that it was rough getting up the first couple of years. But now I am at school bright and early. I like to be there about an hour before school starts so I can get things done. (mostly for peace and quiet --don't tell my secret!!!!)

I like to have the news on while I am getting ready. It makes me feel more prepared for the day.

I love anything by Aveeno. I always start and end my day by washing my fave with their Clear Complexion foaming cleanser.

One of my new favorite finds is this palette by Urban Decay. It has a bronzer, highligher, and blush all together. You can mix them or apply them separately. It's hard to find a bronzer that doesn't make my fair skin look weird but this one really works. 

I am a breakfast gal. I don't know how some of you don't eat breakfast before school each day. I can't even think without breakfast. Anyways, I get so tired of cereal after a while but I usually eat a mix of Honey Nut Cheerios and plain Cheerios with skim milk.

I try to read my daily devotional while I eat breakfast. I don't always remember if I'm in a hurry or have other things on my mind but I try. It sets my day off on a better path when I do.

 I love iced coffee. There is a Starbucks near my home and it often gets me in trouble. I sometimes buy the International Delight iced coffee and it's pretty good too but not nearly as strong as Starbucks. I also love Starbucks' chai tea. Yum!

My new car has XM radio. I love listening to it in the morning because there is no talk or commercials. My favorite station so far is Pop2K (channel 10).

What are your morning must haves?

Bookworms: "Three Hens and a Peacock"

This week, I am going to be focusing on another cute book that I got at the Scholastic sale. This book is from Lester Laminack. He has been to speak at my school several times and has lots of great books.

 

Three Hens and a Peacock 

In this book, the three chickens are tired of the peacock getting all the attention while they do all the work so they decide to switch places.

I've created some freebies for this book. As always, please leave me a comment if you grab a copy.

 If you are looking for a book to read, I would recommend "Wedding Night: A Novel" by Sophie Kinsella. If you like her Shopaholic books, then you will like this one. She has the same quirky writing style and is very funny. This is definitely a great beach read.

Wedding Night: A Novel 

Enjoy your weekend!

Bookworms: That is Not a Good Idea

I have been at a loss with what to blog about lately. The end of school was crazy with me being sick and having so much to do. Thankfully, I am now off for the summer so I thought I would start weekly feature about books.

I am a huge children's literature fan. The Scholastic warehouse near me had a big sale recently and I am a sucker for new books. I saw this book by Mo Willems there and just had to get it. I love the Pigeon books and I knew my kiddos would like this one.

Click on image to view on Amazon.

This book is kind of set up like an old silent movie with the illustrations on one page and the words on the next page. This book has very simple text so it would be great for predicting, making inferences, and drawing conclusions. 

I've made some freebies to go with this book. Click on the image below to grab the freebies.

  

Most fonts from Kimberly Geswein

 If you are looking for a good read for summer, I just finished reading "And the Mountains Echoed." It was an amazing book! I couldn't put it down and I was sad when it was over. I highly recommend it! I borrowed it from my local library and I loved it so much that I went out and bought it when I was finished.

Click on image to view on Amazon.

So what do you think of this weekly feature? Do you have any book suggestions?

Five for Friday (May 24th)

It's Friday so it's time for Five for Friday!

We had part of the week with kiddos. They came to school until a half day on Wednesday. So we spent this week wrapping up our year.

I gave my students books for their end of the year present.  I didn't take the time to make the gift cutesy like last year because I have been sick for over a week and didn't want to fool with it.

We made the time capsules from Hope King's End of the Year writing bundle.

I loved to see what the kids thought they would accomplish by the time they graduate in 2023 (crazy!!!).  One of my sweeties knew he would see Iron Man 3 before he graduates.  I loved that one of my kids knew he wouldn't have glasses by then and another would be able to text. 

I going to miss these kids so much! My school only goes to 2nd grade so the end of the school year is a bittersweet time. 

 Here's what my room looked like today. We had a teacher work day yesterday and until noon today to get our rooms ready for summer. It's so weird to see the classroom look this empty.

I was so bored waiting for noon to get here today that I decided to change my calendar to August. One step ahead! 

First thing I did on my first afternoon off -- take a nap!

In other news, I have been selected as a guest pinner for The Container Store until September.

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Summer Bucket List 2013

I am officially on summer vacation so it's time to think about what I want to do all summer. I'm linking up with 3 of my favorite bloggers to share my summer bucket list.

(1) Get some sleep! 

I am looking forward to sleeping later than 5:00 and taking naps during the day.

(2) Work on my condo.

I want to put my condo on the market in the near future so I need to do some work this summer. I want to put a backsplash in my kitchen but I'm having trouble deciding which one.

I like these two different ideas from BHG.com

(3) Read, read, read!

Is it sad that I am so excited about summer because I can actually read a book? I love to read but never seem to have time during the school year. I have an entire bookshelf of books waiting for summer to get here. One more day of work!

Here are some books that I am planning on reading this summer:

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(4) Spend time with my family.

Who wouldn't want to spend time with this cutie?

(5) Figure out how to use my Silhouette Cameo. I've had it for a while but I've never had the time to do things besides cut out basic letters and shapes.

Love this owl from Crafting 4 Fun!

Well, I think that's it. I'm sure I'll think of more things as summer begins. 

If you get bored this summer, come and follow me on Pinterest. 

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End of the Year Gifts

It's that crazy time of year - the end of school. My room is a complete disaster because I've been trying to organize as I clean. I never got organized before school started because I moved classrooms. I really want to be more organized next school year.
Anyways, I've been thinking lately about end of the year gifts for my kiddos. Don't hate me but I only have 7 1/2 days left with the kids. I always try to get my kiddos a book but the other parts change each year.
Since I have some new followers since last spring, I thought you might be interested in viewing my linky party for end of the year gifts. There are some awesome ideas that are linked up. 

 Here is a freebie that I made for the end of the year. You can find them by clicking on the image above to view the original post.

 I've updated the gift tag I created for this school year. You can find the updated version for free on TPT.

Here are some other ideas you can find in the linky party:

Doodle Bugs Teaching

Yearn to Learn

Little Treasures

A Cupcake for the Teacher

Third Grade is a Hoot