five for friday

Yep, it's Friday...and it was a long time a comin'

Two more days....two more days!

If you follow me on instagram...there's nothing new here! I'm blogging from hub's computer, so no picture access without going through too much trouble!

I got new glasses! They are Vera Bradley in case you're interested...and even come with a matching case...

I had my first student to reach 1,000 in their hundreds boards. They keep these in their desk and can work on them if they are finished with something early.

Yay! {on a side note-this spurred a great race to 1,000...a second student reached the goal today!} and these are from Amy Lemon's Number Knowledge pack.

this has to win pic of the week. These two were finished with the common or proper center (from Amy Lemon's Let's be Thankful pack) and decided the animals should play too...

This was my second week planning online (we did last year, but no longer subscribed to the site as a school). I had foolishly thought I would plan by hand in my pretty Erin Condren teacher planner...nope. I need it online friends! I will be trying out Planboard.com this week to do a final comparison, but so far I love planbook.com!

our district decided that December was the perfect time to implement a new phonics/spelling program in second grade. Our K-1 teachers use it, so the kiddos are super familiar with the characters and rules within Letterland. While I fully agree we need a phonics program (we have nothing now and are to use words their way) I do feel a training may be needed...you see, I learned during the "whole language" times. I do not need sounds to read. I just do it. So it's fairly difficult for me to teach! I literally learned the individual sounds and many rules in my graduate program! Well, woe is me and all, but I will be starting the week after Thanksgiving!