Mark Down Monday

 

It's time for a markdown!  Get my USA! American themed Literacy Activities for half price! 

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Facebook Fun & Free Hop

I am participating in this great up-coming Facebook Hop!  Start with me ( click HERE) & hop around until you get back to me to be sure you don't miss any of the great freebies!

Five for Friday

Summer is just whizzing by!  I haven't really been busy, but the time is just flying by.  I've read a lot of books, and spent time with my family, and have tried not to think about school (too much!).   I have been so neglectful of my little blog.  It's been so long since I've posted!  But, I am ready (OK, I'm a day late) with my Five for Friday! 

1.  We started summer with a litter of barn kittens!  This is the first time we've ever had kittens.  Sisters Cinderella & Rapunzel had kittens on the same day.  Cinderella took care of her kittens as well as those of her sister.  (Rapunzel must not be the mothering type.)  We found homes for two kitties, but still have five left.  Do you want one?

2.  I spent the day in St. Joseph, MI with Sarah & her family.  It was a glorious day on the beach!  Lake Michigan isn't as choppy here as it is on the beaches in Indiana, so the little girls were able to have fun in the water.  Isabella is a little fish!  Olivia was a little timid at first, but soon joined her big sister in the lake!

3.  Water fun with Amelia.  We have a wonderful little park in the middle of downtown ~ complete with a splash pad for the kids!  Amelia really liked the little water spouts.

4.  I have managed to get to the outlet mall a few times!

5. I've eaten some really good treats.  The berries have been sooooo good!  Gabrielle made the baby cupcakes (her frosting is to die for!).  Sarah made the pretty fruit topped cake.  Yum!

Now, hop over to Doodle Bugs Teaching to add your own Five things!

 

 

Background paper by Lindsey Law.

 

Stay Book Blitz

As a parent there is nothing more gratifying than seeing your children succeed in doing what they love.  This post is part of a Book Blitz hosted by Contagious Reads.  Today they are promoting my daughter's book!  It is amazing to think that my "little Emily" has fans of her writing all around the world.  (She sold over 200 copies of this book yesterday!)  So, with that, I turn over this post to Lori...

 

 

 

“I felt like I was walking to the end of a plank precariously hanging over shark-infested water. When I jumped, sharp teeth would rip into me and the cold water would steal my breath away. The monsters would take everything from me, leaving me shivering and naked in the water. The only difference was that tonight I would be pulled from the icy darkness and forced to do it again. There would be no release from death, only pain.”

Home after her first year of college, Adeline Miller is looking forward to a stress free summer filled with reading, working on her blog, and spending time with friends. But all that changes in an instant when she is witness to something terrible, something she wasn't supposed to see.

Beaten, drugged, kidnapped.

Adeline Miller is ripped from her innocent and carefree life and thrust into darkness, into a world full of pain and horror. As a sex slave, she is forced to do horrible things, and have horrible things done to her. One of her captors has a past as dark as the world she is now living in. Will getting close to him mean freedom? Or will he pull her deeper into the shadows? GOODREADS | AMAZON      

Adeline’s summer TBR list.

Adeline Miller from STAY is a self-proclaimed book nerd. She runs a book blog called Contagious Reads (yes…I named it after the REAL Contagious Reads blog!) Before Adeline is kidnapped and her life is forever changed, her summer plans include relaxing with a good book and getting caught up on her summer To Be Read list.  

So what was Addie looking forward to reading? I stumbled upon her Summer TBR list and picked her top 10. (The list was long…very long!)  

1.)The Killing Woods, Lucy Christopher

2.)Midnight Thief, Livia Blackburne

3.)Dissonance, Erica O’Rourke

4.)A Castle Made of Sand, Daniel Cotton

5.)Little Dead Man, Jake Bible

6.)Mr. Mercedes, Stephen King

7.)The Hunt, C.J. Ellison

8.)Savage Possession, Belinda Boring

9.)City of Heavenly Fire, Cassandra Clare

10.) Dangerous Creatures, Kami Garcia        

About the Author:

 

Emily is my daughter!  She lives in Northwest Indiana with her husband, baby daughter, and German Shepherd Vader.  She has degrees in psychology and nursing, and works part time in healthcare.  Emily loves animals ~ big & small, and has been an avid equestrian for many years.  She still hops on her Arabian, Mystery, whenever she has a free moment.

GOODREADS | BLOG | FACEBOOK

a Rafflecopter giveaway Thank you so much for posting with us! Lori

 

 

 

http://contagiousreads.com/cover-reveal-beyond-the-sea-by-emily-goodwin/

In Six Months it Will be Christmas Eve!

Yikes!  Summer  just started!  But, you don't have to wait to get some goodies for yourself!  I've joined up with some fellow Teachers pay Teachers for a 6 Months 'til Christmas sale!  My entire store is 20% off!  So, give yourself an early present ~ shop, laminate, and relax (during the school year ~ the work is already done!).

 

                

Click HERE to start saving!

Educents Bundle!

I have teamed up with Educents with some instant downloads for you! It includes a full years worth of activities for your kindergarten classroom!  So exciting because it's stuff for now, in a few months from now, and all the way through the end of the school year!  Check it out below!  

I have two products in this bundle! 

Let's go to the Farm!  I made this set to go along with Scholastic's Knowledge Quest set about farms.  Included are vocabulary cards and an activity page for each book.  You can use this set even if you don't have Scholastic's set ~ I have included a book list so you can borrow them from your library!

My next set in this bundle is my Spring has Sprung Literacy set.  This product was featured in a Trade and Grade product swap.  Click HERE to read the post. 

Don't  miss this opportunity to get enough goodies for the whole school year!



For a limited time it is $24.99 from Educents which is about 75% off!  

18 instant downloads with over 1300 pages of materials you can use all year!

Click HERE to purchase!

You can also take peek at some of the other products included in the bundle at any of the links below!

An InLinkz Link-up

http://www.educents.com/#KinderDoodles

It's June & School's Out!

Today was the last day of school!  We had a very nice Kindergarten End of Year Celebration this morning complete with a wonderful slide show of our cuties posing in front of a simple gray background with the words "When I grow up I want to be..."  Each child was photographed holding a chalkboard with their future goal.  Their responses ranged from teacher, doctor, and ballerina to farmer, fireman, volunteer, and front desk clerk.  The accompanying song, Child of Mine by Carole King didn't leave a dry eye in the crowd. 

After the program the students went back to our classrooms to gather belongings.  The parents were dismissed to the classrooms a few minutes later.  I think that the sob fest that greeted my parents was a bit of a surprise.  I'm sure that they were expecting to see a room full of peppy soon-to-be-firsties.  But, we were all crying!  Three of my little boys were crying inconsolably.  I had kids clinging to me, kids sitting and quietly crying, and several wiping their eyes.  Of course, the more they cried, the more I cried, and the more they cried...  It was so difficult for us to say goodbye!   I love summer vacation, but I love those kids!  I am really going to miss seeing their sweet faces every day.

And with that, I have my Five for Friday...

 

Field trip.  We decided to take a hike in the woods this week.  Our trip to Taltree Arboretum was so much fun.  We had perfect weather & the kids were so well behaved!  

On the final day of the year high school students drive tractors to school!  I love the big red tractor complete with planter!

 

End of the year teacher gifts.

 The ingredients to make Peach Bellinis (no champagne)!

 

 Blueberries!  Once when talking about fruit I mentioned that my favorite fruit was blueberries.  Harper remembered this fact, and gave me some!

 

 Plants, popcorn, and a chocolate muffin!

 

 

 

Time for a little bragging ~ my four year old granddaughter, Isabella, recently drew this picture of Sally for The Nightmare Before Christmas.  She wanted to write "Sally," so I told her to write the sounds you hear.  I think she did pretty well!

 



This was such a busy week, I didn't have time for any more pictures.  So ~ here is my #5: a picture from 2004 of my beautiful daughters.

Have a great summer!