tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33531641247515874132024-03-18T02:47:24.317-07:00Lucky in LearningKristi Luckenbaughhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02541073968783031552noreply@blogger.comBlogger102125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3353164124751587413.post-26028116682299966362020-07-02T14:20:00.003-07:002020-07-02T14:20:34.908-07:00Instagram<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I've been away for quite some time. I've had many things happen in the past few years that definitely took my attention away form the blog. I moved to Germany and returned to Texas. I had a baby while in Germany and was that a surprise. I've bought two houses and moved from Dallas to Abilene. I went from teaching 2nd grade, to 3rd grade, back to 2nd grade, and now Kindergarten. Yep and it all was worth it! I hope that I can refocus and keep up with this blog. I still create resources and other things to use, and plan on sharing all of those ideas on here again. So, stay tuned and know that I'me very grateful you've stuck around for this long.Kristi Luckenbaughhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02541073968783031552noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3353164124751587413.post-59804251285151200992015-04-19T08:02:00.003-07:002015-04-19T08:02:37.564-07:00Trials and TribulationsOh My Friends! I have not forgotten about you all! Really! Life's been so very complicated the past year that I abandoned my poor blog. I don't even know where to begin to explain all of the comings and goings of this year. So, I'll take you through one-step at a time.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">August: Living in Dallas</span><br />
With my husband deploying for a year, we decided that the best thing we could do was move home to Dallas to be with my family. We will not be stationed at the same base so it just made sense. I was blessed to be given the chance to teach this year a 2nd grade class, so I jumped on it. Sydnee started Kindergarten, and you can just imagine how dramatic that is for this momma.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">September- November</span><br />
My life was in a fog! I seriously could not get out of a funk. Adjusting to a new school, living with my family again, missing my husband...I just don't even want to think about it because those were some trying times.<br />
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Went to visit my husband in South Korea for Christmas and loved every minute of it!<br />
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The fog returned once again! It was so deep Sydnee and I made a countdown chain to summer. I mean I love teaching and adore my students, but the stress of trying to teach and wanting to be somewhere else was very difficult to overcome. But, I'm still alive and making it through.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">March</span><br />
Husband came home for a week! Yes, just a week because we wanted to split up the months we would see him. He will return again this summer.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">April: NOW=New Beginnings</span> <br />
I think the fog has slowly lifted and life feels somewhat normal again. 7 weeks of school left, beginning a new journey with Rodan + Fields, lifestyle changes, and so much more. When I say I abandoned things, I mean I abandoned everything! I abandoned my amazing fitness journey that I had going last year, I abandoned my sanity, and so much more. The focus is on myself now and each little thing I love.<br />
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I want to apologize to all my loyal followers for leaving you hanging this year. I will be posting new things I added since I took this teaching position. After this year I will sadly not be teaching anymore, for now. We are moving overseas and it is time for me to take a short break from it all. I will be posting new ideas though that you can still continue to use.<br />
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Thanks for sticking by my side!<br />
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Well, it's time to start packing! My husband and I are getting ready for our big move back to Texas and have been super busy prepping the house to sale, getting things caked, getting rid of things, etc. I can hardly wrap my mind around it all. And to top it off, I still have 13 days left with my 2nd graders. The end of the year seems to be the busiest. We are reviewing, teaching new concepts (multiplication, cursive, vocabulary) and squeezing in last minute 2nd grade stuff. Life, as you can see, has been crazy, but I am definitely blessed.<br />
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For the next 2 weekends I will be working. We have a snow makeup day and I am volunteering for a fundraiser at our school to help assist a fellow teacher and her beautiful child, Liam. I won't go into great details, but he has a rare condition that leaves the family with many medical bills. If you would like to read more or donate in anyway check out the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/loveforbabyliam" target="_blank">Facebook Page Love for Liam</a>.<br />
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Our grade level made this really cool raffle basket, aka "The Man Basket". It is perfect for father's day and filled with tons of goodies. We used a fire pit and loaded everything into it. It turned out awesome! <br />
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If you are in the Goldsboro, NC area, we invite you to Meadow Lane Elementary on June7th from 7:30-3:00 to join in the fun. We have many raffle baskets, an auction, games, food, bands, and just plain fun! I'll be running the dunking booth if you want to come dunk our principal! It's going to be a blast!<br />
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This week we have been learning about everything Seuss! Today we worked on rhyming words. Sorry, I don't have any pictures of the cute rhymes we created. The kids loved finding rhyming words. This packet can be picked up free <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/FREEBIE-Dr-Seuss-Themed-Math-and-Literacy-Printables-Worksheets-1130613" target="_blank">here</a> on TPT! It is more than amazing! It includes literacy and math printable activities. <br />
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Tomorrow we will read <u>The Lorax</u> and discuss story elements. On Friday, we will read <u>Fox in Socks</u> and students will create their own magical sock and write a creative story about it. See there, I threw in a writing piece. What activities have your students completed this week?<br />
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I came across My Fitness Pal through Rachelle's (<a href="http://whattheteacherwants.blogspot.com/2014/01/a-fitness-journey.html" target="_blank">What the Teacher Wants</a>) success story. Go and read it now!!! I started really diving into the food journaling the past 3 days and I already feel a difference in the energy I have. My goal is to journal everyday and do at least 20-30 minutes of aerobics with some strength training. I've lost 1 pound so far and am pretty proud of that. My goal is to lose at least 20 and anything past that will be icing on the cake. <br />
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Go ahead and check out <a href="http://www.myfitnesspal.com/" target="_blank">MyFitnessPal!</a> I like it because it reminds me of weight watchers, but it is FREE! There is also an app for your phone so when you are eating out you can get a calorie count on a variety of meals from restaurants.<br />
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If you join, I'd love to be fitness pals with you so don't forget to add me. I'll be back weekly to give you updates.<br />
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Also, be sure to check out <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Dancefitnesswithjessica" target="_blank">Dance Fitness by Jessica</a> on Facebook. She is amazing! I love doing these dances just to get my heart rate up.<br />
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Here's to a healthy and happy week!<br />
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For the past 2 weeks my life has been in complete chaos, but I would have it no other way. My class had to move out of our class because our classroom was being painted. Shudder! Can you imagine being uprooted from your home away from home and transported to another classroom that was just plain BLAH. No pretty decorations, no technology, chairs and desks of all different sizes, and just no resources whatsoever. I had to tote my little rolling cart full of rings to keep my kids learning while our room was beautified for 2 days. Look at the chaos!<br />
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I'm still in the process of putting it back together, but I'm not sure if I am going to put anything back up. Since I'll be leaving in June I may just put up posters and anchor charts about what we are studying. Of course, my bulletin boards will still be kid-created. Notice the moving boxes below. Time to begin the packing. :(<br />
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Lastly, I leave you with a pic of my sweet Sydnee. We were out of school Tuesday-Friday for the snowstorm/ice storm that just hit NC. Oh, we had a blast. We are not looking forward to having to make up the days though. Good-bye Spring Break!<br />
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The good news is that warmer weather is on the way! Bring on the heat! Have an amazing week.<br />
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I'm just getting back into the groove of things since we had 4 snow days last week. I guess you could say "Happy Spring Break". We aren't sure when the makeup days will be, but I can almost bet they will fall right when we need the break the most. So in keeping with what we have been working on in Room 22, I have revised my freebie "Crazy About Addition". I made this activity 2 years ago, but like all things it was time for a makeover. You can pick up this freebie by clicking on any of the pics below. It is a wonderful activity for those active kids that just need to get moving.<br />
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My huge announcement is that I will be mooing back to Texas this summer. Smiles and tears all rolled into this announcement. Most of you know my husband is in the Air Force. Well, we received word at the beginning of December that we had orders. He will serve a one year tour in Korea (without us). first thought were that this isn't fair. My husband is currently deployed and we will only get to be with him for 3-4 months before he is god again. How do I explain this to a 4 year old when I can't even wrap my brain around it? Trust me. So many questions have been running through my mind. <br />
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Why Texas? Well, my that is my home state. While I miss all my friends and co-workers, I feel that I must go home. We will not be coming back to NC. As of now we are waiting for a follow-on assignment which could be Texas anyway or Germany. It is a waiting game for the next few months. But, in the meantime, I need to be with my family. I need my daughter to grow up knowing them and for them to cherish all of the time they can with her. <br />
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Will I teach in Texas? This one I am not quite sure about yet. Possibly, yes. But, it all depends on where our follow-on assignment is to and when we need to report there. I may just sub for a while and be a parent volunteer. This will be her first year of school, Kindergarten. I just want to lap up all of her innocence while I can.<br />
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There you have it! The craziness of my life the past month or so. But, I am going to make the best of my teaching for the next few months. I've got lots of great units in store and hope to share them with you soon. Here is a sneak peak I am working on for Common Core RL 2.1 and RL 3.2 for you 2nd and 3rd grade teachers. This will be helpful for those in NC that must complete writing portfolios for your students.<br />
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one of the most important things I like to teach is "thankfulness". If we teach kids early about things they should be grateful for, I believe they will carry this with them throughout their lives. Every year I use a turkey to create a list of things we are thankful for. This year the 2nd grade team at our school was asked to create centerpieces that would sit in the middle of each table at an Air Force Thanksgiving luncheon. I got an idea from Pinterest, and made it my own. My students used their handprints to write things they are thankful for on each finger. Then, we hot glued (or I hot glued) the hands to brown paper cups. We also glued on googly eyes, an orange beak, and a red turkey "snood" or as I like to call it "gobbler". I know that is absolutely not the correct term, but it just makes more sense to me and is a fun word to say. They turned out adorable!!!!<br />
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I also had a little time to do some intervention with sight words, reading fluency, and comprehension. The kids read these passages with me and found each word every time we read the passage, which ended up being 4 times. They made flashcards for school and home. We reviewed these words and will continue to build their cards throughout the year. this has been one of the most quick and worthwhile interventions I have found for struggling/emergent readers in 2nd grade. I found this packet <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Sight-Word-Fluency-Passages-For-Reading-Intervention-427677" target="_blank">{HERE}</a> and I love it! I wish I could give it 10 stars, it is that wonderful!<br />
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Well, that's a wrap. Do you know of any intervetion packets that you have found on TeachersPayTeachers or any other site that is quick and easy? Please share!<br />
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Our Science unit is about everything weather. From weather, tools, to cloud types, to the water cycle, we are busy little meteorologist. On of my favorite things about teaching is INTEGRATION! I can cover so many topics in fewer lessons. We are required to have our students write informative essays. For my lesson plans last week, we studied different types of Wild, wacky Weather...hurricanes, thunderstorms, tornadoes, floods, etc. My students read about all of these and then chose one to give us the low down on what to expect with this weather. Hurricanes and Tornadoes were of cours ethe favorites! My students made bubble maps to brainstorm and then created their writings. They turned out to be wonderful with lots of factual information. If you have never visited <a href="http://www.weatherwizkids.com/">http://www.weatherwizkids.com/</a>, you must check it out! The kids explored this site and found lots of valuable resources to complete their writings. Oooooh, there you have technology integration too!<br />
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My students enjoyed creating the bottom half of their bodies with rain boots which are a necessity for bad weather days! <br />
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Just a little pic on a monster truck ride at the county fair. This was taken after the tantrums and tears. I'm not sure we will be going back to the fair again until she is 16. This mom was worn out! </div>
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This past week we have been busy studying rhythm and rhymes in poetry. Pics to follow soon. Have a relaxing weekend. Monday will be here before we know it!<br />
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On Thursday,I received a letter from my local Congressman George Holding in my teacher box at school. I looked at this huge envelope in my box and thought, "Oh my goodness! What is that?" It almost felt like Christmas morning. Then I saw it was from the House of Representatives and couldn't wait to tear it open to find this inside.<br />
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The envelope also contained an framed certificate, but I left it at school. So, no pics right now. let's just say I was in teacher heaven. I still can't believe this is happening to me! I also had a television interview with our school news channel. I felt like I babbled on and on. I am one of those people that doesn't like hearing myself on any type of video or recording. Gosh, I am too critical of myself, but I really think I have a type of OCD . I just want it all to be perfect. :)</div>
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The week before last, my students and my coworkers students created this pretty piece of art for our assistant Ms. K. The students wrote tiny messages on the sprinkles and we hung it between our two classes to surprise her on her special day. she loved it! Our kids did an amazing job of keeping it a secret.</div>
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Also last week, my students began the writing process. Narratives! Such a big component of 2nd grade! One of my sweet students wrote this about her best friend. Too cute! This activity really gives me an insight about each child. Thus, I enjoy having my students complete this writing every year. It was created by the talented Amy lemons and can be found for free {<a href="http://stepintosecondgrade.blogspot.com/2011/09/personal-narratives.html" target="_blank">HERE</a>}!</div>
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A flapbook to write the way to figure out the author's purpose by asking questions about a book.</div>
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This little piece of work was one of those last minute {AHA} moments. I found this <a href="http://prezi.com/4ybkdh84grpd/authors-purpose-easy-as-pie/" target="_blank">PREZI</a> and I loved how there was a podcast of the story <u>The Apple Pie Tree</u> at the end. I had students listen to the story and draw what they understood about the story. Of course some students only drew one thing, but this little friend drew and wrote about everything she remembered. I love how she analyzed the story and put her own spin on it. Amazing!<br />
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We will continue discussing author's purpose for the next 3 weeks just to make sure they have it down. I am having the students keep this in their journal so we can organize books we read into the 3 different categories. I want them to reflect on the stories we read so they are easily able to identify author's purpose when reading a story. You can grab this freebie by clicking on the pic!<br />
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The BIGGEST thing I reinforced this week were the Classroom Rules. We use PBIS, which I have mentioned before. Every class has the same rules and expectations so there is consistency. I love this! The kids know the rules year after year, but I always have to reintroduce them especially because we get many new students each year.<br />
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This is what my classroom rules look like:</div>
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It looks so much better in person, but I wanted to take a quick picture of it with my phone so you could see how I put it together. I had many requests for these rules, so I made many different templates for teachers at our school to use. Click on the pictures below to get a free copy that you can use in your classroom.<br />
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Let me rewind a bit. As you know, I was selected as Teacher of the Year for my school. I was so ecstatic! So, I spent my summer preparing my teaching portfolio. Let me just tell you that it is a ton of work, but it also let me reflect on my beliefs about teaching. I gained more knowledge by writing my ideas than you can imagine.<br />
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Fast forward to last week.. I interviewed with past educators for a spot as a finalist for my district as Teacher of the Year. My nerves were on crazy mode. I just didn't know which kind of questions would be asked. Would it be Common Core Standards? Maybe it would be about how I differentiate in my classroom? Hmm...I just didn't know. <br />
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Well, to my surprise I received an email that I was selected as Elementary Teacher of the Year and would need to come back for more interviews to determine the Teacher of the Year at the county level. Talk about lots of excitement and tears. My mind was in a million places as I thought about what all of this meant.<br />
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On Tuesday night we had our Teacher of the Year banquet. My nerves were there to visit me once again. You would think I would have nerves of steel by this point. Each TOY from each school was announced. Then came the three finalists. After we all sat back down the Superintendent stood and gave his speech. As soon as I heard him quote what was in my portfolio I knew it was me. My husband kicked me under the table because he knew all of the words from my portfolio. I had spent so much time writing, reading, revising, etc. that I read it over and over and over again. I am sure he was annoyed at times, but he just let me speak.<br />
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I stood up and gave only a few comments because the excitement had truly gotten the best of me. I was in a room full of wonderful educators that certainly deserved this recognition just as much as I did. I am truly honored and very blessed!<br />
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The beautiful flowers are from my family back in Texas. The award was presented to me from my sweet colleagues who truly helped my to get to this point.</div>
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Thursday we had Open House. With all of the excitement going on I had to throw everything together last minute to make sure my classroom was the way I like it. </div>
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We always take a grade level team photo after each open house. These are the lovely ladies I work with and that keep me on my feet. :)</div>
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Don't forget that today and tomorrow, TPT is having the annual back to School sale. You can get up to 28% off items from all the amazing teachers that love to share their knowledge and expertise. I have a wishlist going and can't wait to add everything I find to my cart. (Don't forget to enter code BTS13 at checkout!)<br />
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In other news, I love shopping for others more than myself. I found these cute bubble earrings that are all the rage on Groop Dealz a few weeks ago.<br />
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I mention Groop Dealz on here quite a bit because well, I just love it! They have the cutest handmade items at discounted prices. If you haven't checked them out you must click {<a href="https://www.groopdealz.com/" target="_blank">HERE</a>} now to go see what it is all about!<br />
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Anyway, I bought royal blue bubble earrings for all of my awesome teammates. Royal Blue and Gold are the school colors and I thought these would make a nice addition to wear with our school shirts. I bought the cutest little "Gift Card" boxes at the Dollar Tree. You can't beat 5 for $1. I placed the earrings inside and made this little gift tag. <br />
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I have a green container that the kids put pencils in and take pencils from as needed. It truly is a catastrophe waiting to happen. Some kids take brand new sharpened pencils even though they have a pretty sharpened pencil (just a little dull) to begin with. Since I only used one container all the sharp and dull pencils would get mixed together which was complete chaos to say the least. I finally decided to buy some really cute pencil containers at Target in the dollar section and make two separate places for pencils. Since I haven't tried this before we shall see how this works. Fingers are crossed that this is the solution! <br />
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Just so you can see all the fun-filled times we had on vacation this summer, I want to give you a peek at some pics my family took. I know this is more personal than teaching, but i love for all of my readers to really get to know me as something other than just a "teacher".</div>
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Cousin Vivian and Sydnee horseback riding</div>
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I hope to be back later this week with some other things I am putting together to prepare for this year. Until then, be blessed!</div>
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Now, that my brain has started thinking about school related stuff again, I have been getting busy. This week my grade level met and we made our curriculum map for ELA. I borrowed the idea that the fabulous Deana at <a href="http://primarypunch.blogspot.com/2013/03/a-year-at-glance-ela.html" target="_blank">Primary Punch</a> had and adapted it to our stories. I can say I feel 100% much better about lesson planning this school year since we have all of this done.<br />
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This week has been a whirlwind of EXCITEMENT! We had Teacher Workdays all week. These days usually consist of cleaning up and packing my classroom, completing cumulative folders, and turning in equipment. Let's just say that there was too much excitement that I didn't get everything done that I needed to so I have to finish on Monday. Boo! But, I have so many {excuses} that I don't feel terrible for not finishing up. <br />
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Wow! I am so honored that my colleagues have graced me with this title. I am still smiling from ear to ear and feeling very blessed.</div>
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My amazing husband and beautiful daughter were at the end of year celebration to celebrate the awesome news!</div>
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Teacher of the Year and Beginning Teacher of the Year. I think we still look fantastic though our makeup was smeared by all of the tears.</div>
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On Tuesday, some of the staff had to present technology tips at a Stem Expo for our district. We all worked really hard to show and share all we know. Go STEM Team!<br />
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This little cutie came to work with me the rest of the week. While I was busy preparing my classroom, she kept insisting that she needed to play on the playground. My team and I had to find many ways to keep her occupied. Sydnee loves flowers (and butterflies) so we let her pick a big {HUGE} Magnolia from the tree. She was over the moon.</div>
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<br />Kristi Luckenbaughhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02541073968783031552noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3353164124751587413.post-43311045686172555652013-06-07T17:06:00.002-07:002013-06-07T17:06:38.662-07:00Classroom LuauI cannot believe this school year is over. It will always be remembered for the year that slowly crept by. Seriously, I love my kiddos, but this year seemed like it would never end. Whatever happened to the last day of school being in May? Can we puh-lease (pretty please) have it back? I really wouldn't mind starting earlier in August if we could just end the school year in May. <br />
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Anyway, this week we celebrated with a 2nd Grade Luau. The kids were actively engaged. We had 5 rotation stations. I , of course, had the limbo and hula hoop station. We jammed out to some Beach Boys and Chubby Checker. Old school, I know, but the kids didn't seem to mind it. I was completely exhausted from doing the activities with them. My class told me about all of the other stations and how much they really enjoyed themselves. The other stations included face painting, snow cones, corn hole, and beach ball volleyball. I have always had Luau Day for the past 6 years and every year I have students who come back and visit and always remember our Luau Day. It just melts my heart! <br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">My sweet assistant and me! The 2nd Grade Team got these cool shirts from <a href="http://www.ustoy.com/" target="_blank">US Toy</a> for $5. </span></div>
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I wish I could post pics of how cute my kiddos looked. They went all out with sunglasses, leis, hula skirts, etc. <br />
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Next week, me and a few of my colleagues will be presenting at our county Expo for STEM. We will be pulling everything together that we have been using with our kids to extend their ability to learn with technology. I know we will ROCK it! I also have to pack up my room and help another 2nd grade friend pack as she moves on to 3rd grade. She is such an amazing and inspiring teacher and has been by my side since I came to the school. I don't know how I am going to survive without her! <br />
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Hope your last week was filled with more laughs than tears! Keep checking in throughout the summer for tips, tricks, and ideas I will be using in my classroom for 2013-2014. <br />
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When I got home, my daughter <strike>wanted</strike> stole my chocolate necklace that one of talented students had made for me. Isn't this such a great idea???? It is made of saran wrap, ribbon, and chocolate (my fave)!</div>
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We also celebrated Bus Driver, Cafeteria Workers, and Custodian appreciation Week. My class was in charge of taking care of the bus drivers so we made this banner (with the help of my fabulous teammate Paiton who is beyond amazing at cutting shapes). My room volunteer also helped with coloring the bus which was an amazingly tremendous task. The hearts are little message that my students wrote for the bus drivers. Melts.My.Heart!</div>
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Courtney and Paiton giving me some silly poses!</div>
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On Friday, I celebrated Military Spouse Appreciation. My husband has been in the service for 13 years and I am SO very proud of all he has accomplished. I applaud any spouse who has dealt with the hardships of deployments and TDYs. i get asked all of the time how I do it and the simplest answer I can give is , "I have no clue!". I really don't know how I do it, but I know where my heart is and that is with him. So, last night he took me to dinner at a little place here called Carl & Chelles and the steak dinner was melt in your mouth De-Li-Cious! </div>
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Today, I am celebrating Mother's Day with my mini me. I am so blessed to have such a bright, beautiful, and happy-go-lucky daughter. She is my EVERYTHING!</div>
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This is the pretty frame she made for me at school. Girly and all!</div>
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My class made these Muffins for Mom magnets. We attached <a href="http://keepinglifecreative.com/scrapbooking/if-you-give-a-mom-a-muffin/" target="_blank">THIS</a> poem to each magnet. </div>
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You can pick up the template to make these <a href="https://docs.google.com/file/d/0BxcpIfizlfeLU1Y5bTV2TW51U28/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank">HERE</a>!</div>
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And...tomorrow I will celebrate my 32nd Birthday!!! I am so blessed to have such helpful and caring family, friends, and coworkers who make each day special. I imagine there are more surprises in store for me beginning tonight through tomorrow. Some neighbors are throwing a birthday party with my favorite food FAJITAS! I miss me some Tex-Mex! And I can't wait! My mouth is already watering!</div>
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<a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Kristi-Luckenbaugh" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">My entire store</span></a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Coming Soon'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; text-align: center;"> is 10% off, plus receive an additional 10% by using the code: TAD13). The sale runs may 7th-8th so hurry up and grab all of the resources you need for the rest of the year plus a few for next year.</span></div>
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Did you also know it is also Nurse Appreciation Week? We've got some plans cooking for our school nurse and he's going to love it! {Insert Evil Laugh} Pics to follow soon!!!<br />
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Just wanted to share that Teacher's Notebook is having a Giveway for a $100 gift card to Oriental Trading. What teacher doesn't like Oriental Trading???? Plus, they are offering an additional 10% off all sale items for Teacher Appreciation Week! Click on the link below and enter the giveaway. Don't forget to pick up all of the awesome items created by teachers while you are at it.<br />
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