4th of July Linky Party!

Happy 4th of July!  So excited for a linky party!  Currently.....

Listening- Good Morning America!

I don't know about all of you, but one of my favorite things about being out for summer is watching the "mid morning" TV shows. I like to immediately follow GMA with Live! with Kelly:)

Loving-Brownie Batter Oats

Please RUN over to http://www.fitfoodiefinds.com/ and check out what Lee has going on.  She has amazing healthy recipes, one of which is brownie batter oats.  I am an oat eater.  Like, every day.  But she has some incredible ways to change up your oats in a healthy way.  There are lots of other healthly recipes and ideas too.  And, her active lifestyle is just downright inspirational!

Thinking-Time to walk the dogs?  My dogs are really digging summer vacation because they get to walk twice a day!  And they get to stay out and play all day too! Prepare for doggy overload....

Zoey after a morning run:)  Tired pup!

Jax doing his "treat trick"!



Both of my babies on watch!  Making sure no one sneaks up on the house!



Wanting-A pedicure

Needing-Oakley running sunglasses

These two go hand in hand!  Next weekend, I am running the XTERRA trail run half marathon in Columbia SC.  Therefore, my feet are in bad shape!  Pedicure could really go under the "needing" category. Nobody wants to see piggies like these. While training for this half, I have been wearing my regular sunglasses that I wear all the time.  No big thing really, but they give me a headache if I wear them on runs longer than 6 miles!  These are what I am thinking I need:



Oakley Miss Conduct Sunglasses

Reading:

1.  Les Miserable
2.  Guiding Readers and Writers in Grades 3-6

Les Mis is my pleasure read of the summer. Read aloud...not so much.  I have read it before, but it has been a while, and I am loving it!  BTW have you seen the trailer for the new movie??

If I had to pick an actual read aloud that i use with my kids that is my favorite, it would have to be The Sweetest Fig by Chris Van Allsburg:)  The kids get such a kick out of this!

For professional development, I am diving into this book by Fountas and Pinnell.  I am going to be changing my reading instruction next year.  I really want to try readers and writers workshop, but I am so nervous.  So, basically, I am a sponge while reading this!  Any tips and advice you bloggies have about implementing reader's workshop would be GREATLY appreciated!!

Please head over to Oh Boy 4th Grade and check out all of the other linkies!!!

HAPPY 4th EVERYONE!!!



Valentines Day Monster Unit and Linky!

Head over to Oh' Boy Fourth Grade and link up!



 Farley has a fabulous blog for upper elem grades, and there is a giveaway!  Can't beat that!  She is celebrating reaching 1,000 followers with a "Currently" posting.  Check out mine:

Her ideas about "olw" or one little word, are really inspiring.  I need more of that in my life!

Also, check out my new Valentine Unit!!  This unit has a lot of fun activities for several different subject areas.  There is math (addition, subtraction, fractions, graphing, and division), crafts, and a reading smartboard series of lessons on figurative language.  There are also posters included in the unit.  I can't wait to use it during the week of Valentines Day!  Click here to check it out!!

Happy Tuesday!!!

2011 in Pictures-Linky Party!

I am super excited to be joining the linky party happening in Runde's Room!  I wish I could say I was just as excited about going back to work tomorrow;)  I have been blogging for almost a year, and I am so grateful for all of the ideas and inspiration that I get from each of you!  To join up in the linky party, click the picture "a year in pictures".  It will take you to Runde's Room! Anyway, here are some of my favorite memories from 2011!!