Sunday Smorgasbord Linky Party!

Linky Party with Fabulous in First

I'm getting better!  This week my Sunday post is on Monday instead of Wednesday!  I should have the hang of this by next week and be right on time! LOL!

Even though I'm teaching Summer School this year, I still have lots of other things to keep me busy!  Here are a few of the fun things I get to do in my non-teaching hours! 

I LOVE TO READ!  I read and read and read about healthy nutrition!  This is the book that I've just started but I've read T. Colin Campbell's other books as well!  Have you read, "The China Study" yet?  Do it!  You'll look at nutrition with a new understanding!

                        My Current Read Available At Amazon!

Yep!  I'm a Spinning Instructor!  I teach at a local fitness facility AND I have my own Spinning bike that I ride several times a week!

It's a FABULOUS workout that has so many benefits!  Want to try it?  Please come and Spin with ME!

I'm a Certified Johnny G Instructor! 

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Pilates!  

Love it!  I'm also a Pilates Instructor!  What a great way to build core strength and develop long, lean muscles! 

Great Core Workout

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I also teach YogaFit, HydroRider and am certified to be a Personal Trainer!  

What are you up to this summer?  You can always come and join in the fun with me! 

Have a wonderful day!

July 4th Summer School Fun!

The 4th of July is coming up this week and here are some of the books that we read in our Independence Day, 4th of July theme for Summer School!  

We discussed why we celebrate the 4th of July and the history behind the holiday!  We made connections, text to self, text to text and text to the world!  The kids were so excited to read the book, "The Pledge of Allegiance" because during the year, they said the pledge everyday!

So I found this sweet little eagle puppet on DLTK's Crafts For Kids website!  Here's how our puppets turned out!

Eagle Puppet

Writer's Workshop this week was pretty fun!  The kiddies decided to write about fireworks and they worked on this during the week.  These are their thoughts on fireworks!

 I see fireworks when I look up in the sky.

Fireworks are cool because you get to throw fireworks.

This week our skill work focused on syllabication as well as beginning and ending sound review.  We picked words from our 4th of July theme and practiced breaking them down into syllables.  Then, we did a little practice sheet to highlight the beginning and ending sounds in words.  We headed to the computer to continue our practice!

This is a great game to reinforce and practice syllabication!

The Drum Machine Game

This is one of the computer games that I found that helps the kiddies to practice beginning and ending sounds!

Beginning Letter Sound Games

Ending Letter Sound Game

Do you have some great computer games that you would like to share?  Let me know about the great resources you've found to review and practice skills and strategies with your kiddies!

Have a great 4th of July!  

Enjoy the fireworks!

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Teacher Week '13 - Wednesday Organizing!

 

Hey Y'all! 

It has been a busy week!  I'm still in the middle of rearranging organizing my classroom.  If you stopped by yesterday, you read about how I had gotten my room ready and then changed my mind and decided to twirl things around!  So now, I'm digging out!  I worked all day and I'll work all day tomorrow too!  Maybe, just maybe, I'll have it all put back together by tomorrow afternoon!

 

I've had a couple of things slow me down.  Two of the plastic supports for my wooden shelves broke apart and now I'll have to go to Home Depot or Lowe's on the way to school in the morning.  Uggg. 

 

 

This is a picture of leveled book shelves in my room.  I have a LOT of books!  There are lots of ways that you can organize leveled books but because we use the Guided Reading Letter Leveling, I have my books organized in that way.  

 

Scholastic.com has a great link to help level books!  Here's a link from their website that shows a comparison for the leveling system.

 

 

Scholastic Guided Reading Leveling Chart

 

 

And here's a helpful link to the Scholastic Book Wizard!

You can plug in a book and find out the reading level! It makes quick work of finding out the reading level of the books in the classroom!  I hope you love it as much as I do!

 

 

 

 

Scholastic Book Wizard

 

 

 Thanks to Blog Hoppin' for this fun Teacher Week Linky Party!

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 I hope you're having a great week!  Thanks for stopping by to check out the Wednesday Organizing for Instruction Post!

See you for tomorrow's post!
 Kimmie