Five for Friday-February 20th

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  Hello! Welcome to my "Five on Friday"! Keep scrolling to see what I have been up to!   1.

  I recently (5ish weeks ago) stopped *mostly* eating carbs and sugar. It has been great for me! I can actually tell I have more energy than ever before just because I am eating correctly. Since I have been doing this I have used my Kitchen Aid Mixer more in the last month than I have in the last two years! I made carb/sugar free jello creams, carb free spicy crackers, and even some zucchini chicken Alfredo!        2.

 

 We have been celebrating and learning all about Presidents' Day, specifically George Washington & Abraham Lincoln. I really enjoy teaching about these guys! There are so many cute activities & books to read. The books are themed and the kids use those during 'Read to Self'.  

  The bottom left is our anchor chart and the bottom right is the poem we will be adding to our poetry notebook today! I found it as a freebie, click the photo to go to Mrs.Brinkman's Blog to get one yourself. YAY!  

  The top right is a photo of my 'work on writing' area. I have said this before but I love Latoya Reed's writing centers! They are simple and ready to go! Here is the one I used this week! Click the picture to check it out in her TPT store. You can see in the right hand corner of my collage picture that I display the sentence stems & theme words in clear picture frames. I use the word wall words in the little bucket. My kiddos can go grab those anytime they need to!   3.  

  I have been working SO hard to get my Etsy shop full of new invitations! I have been focusing mostly on bridal shower and save the dates! My sweet sister is getting married in October, so I am practicing for her! Please check out my store if you are in the market for personalized paper goods! Click on the photo to go to my Etsy shop or search "Dot on Design" on facebook!   4.  

I shamefully LOVE redbull. I got so excited when I finally found these new flavors! Wild Cherry, Tropical, & Orange! I tried the wild cherry today, I was pretty disappointed. I guess its a sign that I should give up energy drinks!

 

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I am so excited for go Texan day! Next Friday, all of us Texans will be decked out in our finest rodeo gear and ready to celebrate the great(est) state we call home! I am already planning my outfit, chili for our staff cook off, & fun read alouds and activities for the classroom!   These are two of my FAVORITE read alouds for the rodeo!

 

I found this adorablllleee freebie from Liz Kinsinger on TPT that goes along with the book! Just click the picture to go to her shop!

 

 

Happy go Texan week! Don't forget your boots!

 

Five for Friday

 

  Hello! Welcome to my first "Five on Friday"! Keep scrolling to see what I have been up to!   1. My sweet, sweet, student teacher is leaving!

 

Her last day is on Monday and I am so sad! It is so nice to have a buddy in the classroom all day! I have enjoyed being a mentor more than I ever thought I would! I learned SO much from working with her this year! The kiddos are going to be SO SAD! They love her so much! But she is AMAZING and already scored a job in NOVEMBER! WOW!  We have plans to be pen pals with our classes already!   2. I am starting a blog series!   I finally identified why I don't ever really post. I get so many wonderful ideas from other teachers on IG, Pintrest, blogs, and TPT. That I feel most of my ideas are not really MY ideas to begin with. So I just don't feel the need to share how I remade *insert Fab Teacher Blogger Everyone Knows* anchor charts! I decided what I do best in the classroom is organizing and being efficient! I am going to do a ten part series on little tricks and tips I use to keep myself on track on a daily/weekly/monthly/annual basis. I am looking for a few teacher friends to join up with me! Please email me at katiedecatur@gmail.com if you are interested in doing a guest post!     3. I am collaborating with Paper+Spark!  

  I am working Janet over at Paper+Spark to design some really purposeful organization items for teachers that I will be blogging about in my series! All the items I design and she creates will available in her shop on Etsy for a big sale during the thanksgiving and Christmas season!   4. I started an Etsy! Dot on Designs  

I have been creating invitations for friends and family for a while now. Its something I really do enjoy making and perfecting! So I started an etsy shop! www.etsy.com/shop/dotondesigns  If you need a quick custom invite that you can print on your own! Look me up!   5. My blogging and RL Bestie officially owns her site!  

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