New Look + Five For Friday

Holy Moly what a week!! It kind of flew by on me. What else is new right? 

Here are some quick highlights from a busy week.

1. First off, notice anything different around here? If you follow my blog you might notice that I got an extreme make over this week! I am head over heels in L.O.V.E with my new blog design, curtosey of the sweeter than sweet Becca from Jumping Jax Designs!!! There are still a few things that need to be added tonight, like the way cuter social media buttons she's made and the new blog button. But there is still enough new to debut I think!! :)

Change can be tricky, especially with something that is as personal to me as my blog. It's not that I didn't like my old design,but I wanted something that I could call just mine. I  knew what I wanted but finding all the elements took some time. Becca was not only patient but she solicited feedback from me every step of the way and as a result, I could not be happier with how it came out! SO THANK YOU BECCA!!!If you are looking for a new look for your blog I would highly recommend Becca for the job!

Also, I can finally respond to comments on my blog now!!! 

SO EXCITED ABOUT THIS FEATURE! I've wanted it forever. 

2. The tattle box was re-introcued this week. My ears aren't ringing with tattles today- yay! Check out the blog post here to learn more about Tommy The Tattle Turtle and to grab my Sea Turtles freebie!!

3.  I'm on the "Writing Task Force" at my school. Which is a rather snazzy way of describing what most people would probably call a Writing Committee. We are working on vertical alignment for our school for writing next year along side Common Core. This Wednesday, we had to introduce our staff to the Common Core and let everyone know it's here and we are welcoming it into our building! To do this, we put on the world's corniest performance that you ever did see. Literally yall, we presented about the "Common Corn" and talked about how we needed everyone on board so that every kernel on the cob would grow tall and strong. There were costumes, props, the works. Super corny? Absolutely. But we deff got our point across and kept the staff laughing instead of cringing in a meeting - score!!

4. Little ol' me received a not so little nomination recently. I was nominated for Teacher Of The Year and got to attend a breakfast and award ceremony. A million thank you's to the person who thought to put my name down on that ballot! I may not have won the whole shabang, but there are few things in the world I could be nominated for that could touch my heart more!!!

5. My kids were cracking me right up with an Opinion writing piece from my Spring Chick Pack. I will share more about this one in detail in my next post, but here's one who got hers done today.

 

I HAVE SO MANY NEW THINGS TO SHARE WITH YOU THIS WEEKEND!!! :)

My Life Cycles Unit, Common Core Writing Galore April+ Chicks and Bunny Spring Crafts all coming your way!!

HAPPY FRIDAY!!!