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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Howth, a little sea town 20 minutes outside of Dublin, on the Irish Sea.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">My husband bought me this cute necklace!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">And how cute is this charm bracelet?!!!! I got this for my anniversary!</span></div>
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I can't wait to get there! </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">We are spending tomorrow in London (one of my favorite cities) and then tomorrow night we hit Dublin!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvsAjTAIJjRA7QbSrbiiZ-mn-iX8chH_Ozhu5zPcLRxriDFYYCP8Ut1BlDdGq4vj1ROmP4F9KF0NBeXyQ8N-K_r7oriM5HcLGi4UPu7E45SDJYtF_ATCx_UmxBDCh4gI4ddsELj_2c2M-5/s1600/dublin1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvsAjTAIJjRA7QbSrbiiZ-mn-iX8chH_Ozhu5zPcLRxriDFYYCP8Ut1BlDdGq4vj1ROmP4F9KF0NBeXyQ8N-K_r7oriM5HcLGi4UPu7E45SDJYtF_ATCx_UmxBDCh4gI4ddsELj_2c2M-5/s400/dublin1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Sorry guys, no free clipart for the next 2 weeks. :( I will make it up, because when I get back, I still have 2 weeks off! </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I am also so excited because I have Monday and then we are off for 3 weeks! I love year round school! </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;"> I can't wait, because I am going to Ireland for 12 days!!!!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">We are going to Dublin, so if anyone knows some great places in Ireland, let me know. I have always wanted to go, so my husband surprised me with this trip!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I immediately bought a few of her legendary Brilla's and just think they are the cutest slices of heaven!!!!!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Here is what they look like:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUpMNLSjZ1AwxKodgXHxgUgrCrWvb3y3JeVky8sQTQ6tRoZx2H_yI4ANrj6XpW9w5UmaSkovE5ue2dZrJdR8xS6SMq7SRWaBoWO2wtWcSm2ccI6tc_JDfZJHFbNNLO1PO_s7o7u8qgjpqB/s1600/175-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUpMNLSjZ1AwxKodgXHxgUgrCrWvb3y3JeVky8sQTQ6tRoZx2H_yI4ANrj6XpW9w5UmaSkovE5ue2dZrJdR8xS6SMq7SRWaBoWO2wtWcSm2ccI6tc_JDfZJHFbNNLO1PO_s7o7u8qgjpqB/s320/175-1.jpg" width="228" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I promise I am not getting paid to promote her items, but when I wear one of her creations, I get compliments GALORE! I always have to write down where I got my jacket and how to find it.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">What I love, but a little sad that I don't have a little girl, is that they make mini Brilla's for kids. So cute!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Anyway, I just saw on FB that she is giving away $250 this week to promote her new line. She is running cute little contests this week so I figured some of you may want to enter. Just go to her <a href="http://evystree.com/blog/">blog </a>each day and see the fun stuff she has going on each day! Maybe if you tell them I sent you, she will do a FAB giveaway on my blog!!!! Whoo Hoo! Go look around, but beware, you will spend some money!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
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<a href="http://s1190.photobucket.com/albums/z459/kwalsky/firstgradeteaching/?action=view&current=FGTsignature.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" border="0" src="http://i1190.photobucket.com/albums/z459/kwalsky/firstgradeteaching/FGTsignature.jpg" /></a>lovetwoteachhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07045681164532405355noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9044907929563850178.post-68569019312927152682012-03-05T12:49:00.000-08:002012-03-17T07:51:35.068-07:00Free Clipart of the Week<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">This week's free clipart is all about fish. Don't ask me why?!?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I was in the mood for spring and then we got 4 inches of snow last night and a 2 hour delay.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B82UZIU7P61YSkwweEI1a3FUNk82ZHVQcEJHZGNNZw">Click here to download file</a></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Each color is done 3 different ways. I even included black and white line art for you to use.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Again, feel free to use these for your classroom, on items you sell, or anyway you wish. I would love a shout out on anything you make. I am working on a banner/tag for you to post with your items. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Hope you can use them!</span></div><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Now, I have a question for you. How many of you would be interested in learning how to design and make your own clipart? How many of you would like to know how to design your own cute blogs?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I learned how to do this myself and had such a difficult time finding out how to do it so I took classes and learned. I was thinking of doing a video class using the platform I use for my lectures when I teach online courses and doing a course on how to use Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator to learn how to create graphics and blogs (I know huge run-on sentence). If you don't own the programs, you can download them for a free trial and decide if it is something you may use in the future.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">There would be a fee for the course because of time and I would be teaching you how to design your own stuff. :)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">So again, would you be interested in a clipart course, blog design course, and how much would you be willing to pay?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I think each course would be one evening a week for an hour for 4 to 6 weeks and video would be available if you couldn't make it. So think about that with the price.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Thanks for any info!</span></div><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">The winner is.....</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #060606; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold;"></span></span></div><div class="comment-header" id="bc_0_12M" kind="m" style="margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><cite class="user" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/profile/03426159534525251722" rel="nofollow" style="color: #8ae9f1; text-decoration: none;">Ms.M</a></cite><span class="icon user" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: bold;"></span><span class="datetime secondary-text" style="margin-left: 6px;"><a href="http://www.lovetwoteach.com/2012/02/now-board-review-and-giveaway.html?showComment=1330149889300#c7518795135595606716" rel="nofollow" style="color: #8ae9f1; text-decoration: none;">Feb 24, 2012 10:04 PM</a></span></span></div><div class="comment-content" id="bc_0_12MC" style="margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I follow you! I really want one of these.<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I am so happy for you! I think you have won a couple of things from me! I never win a stinkin thing! Ba Humbug!!!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Email me with your info!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">It is tiny and light weight! </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"> What I like the most about it is the price. </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">$499!!!! </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Can I say Donor's Choose???? Extra TPT money???</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">I also like that it isn't taking up a huge amount of space in my classroom. I can project it on any surface. What a space saver! The software was so easy to use and came with an excellent library of activities that I could easily use.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Here is a little video about the device:</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">I also loved the wand that came with mine!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">It looks like a pointer! The kids loved it!!!</span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcd_KtgKpD3B0XHJShh1AnaiITZ93SH17-PpHZ2W4_wX3w2oCUZwqAHpIu4sOgk0duGLPD05I-q0k9WMvDuYKS5_ncNzfGdQHe2_pZy3umnmkxru4A_aUBu8ypZs6L5Z7iHPqYdRyfBX-G/s1600/prod4502_dt.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcd_KtgKpD3B0XHJShh1AnaiITZ93SH17-PpHZ2W4_wX3w2oCUZwqAHpIu4sOgk0duGLPD05I-q0k9WMvDuYKS5_ncNzfGdQHe2_pZy3umnmkxru4A_aUBu8ypZs6L5Z7iHPqYdRyfBX-G/s1600/prod4502_dt.jpg" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">The only negative was that it was a little more difficult to calibrate on a textured wall. It was much easier to calibrate on projector screen, bulletin board, or whiteboard. I do love that it was portable and I could set it up on a wall and use it as a center for my students. My current Smartboard takes up so much space that it hinders my room organization. This board fixes that!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">For reviewing the Now Board, I am able to give my fellow bloggers the opportunity to win a $100 Learning Resources Gift Card!!!! I think I could spend that in about 6 seconds!!!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">To enter, you must like the Now Board on Facebook and tell them I sent you! </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">For an extra entry, leave a comment on youtube!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">For another extra entry, follow me here!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">I will announce a winner on February 29th!!!</span><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;">Next week my freebies will probably be my shape clipart that I made to go in my own class. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"> Here is a sneak peak!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEYDKbMJ-NAt_isLytP3UQxGpkmaolaUw3Uuo1ix5xjeaOmXdq7y0t9-tjaGLKGph1K9pYIVy2QHk4HXAEdeigHl2TZRl_Z94j-LS5hb3slwOAlmUGAcw4jP-9nPYSYbTSKmDymaTAPCU8/s1600/star.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="313" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEYDKbMJ-NAt_isLytP3UQxGpkmaolaUw3Uuo1ix5xjeaOmXdq7y0t9-tjaGLKGph1K9pYIVy2QHk4HXAEdeigHl2TZRl_Z94j-LS5hb3slwOAlmUGAcw4jP-9nPYSYbTSKmDymaTAPCU8/s320/star.png" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span></div><a href="http://s1190.photobucket.com/albums/z459/kwalsky/firstgradeteaching/?action=view&current=FGTsignature.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" border="0" src="http://i1190.photobucket.com/albums/z459/kwalsky/firstgradeteaching/FGTsignature.jpg" /></a>lovetwoteachhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07045681164532405355noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9044907929563850178.post-10293878792189691132012-02-12T11:46:00.000-08:002012-02-12T11:46:43.794-08:00March Clipart up on TPT!<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">March graphics are done! </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">You will find this on TPT for sale for $4.00</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Included are Black and White and Color Graphics for use in your classroom or materials you create! </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Here is a preview of some of the items included!!! Many more are included, but I don't know how to make a preview of them all. :)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I also went to the <a href="http://virtualteachingexpo.com/">Kindergarten Expo</a> yesterday. All I can say is Fran Kramer at <a href="http://kindergartencrayons.blogspot.com/">Kindergarten Crayons</a> is FABULOUS! I want to be Fran when I grow up (even though we are probably close to the same age). She had me laughing the entire time! </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">That Hadar over at <a href="http://misskindergartenlove.blogspot.com/">Miss Kindergarten</a> is so dang cute! She seems so sweet and her ideas were just as sweet!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Now, I am really going to be on and off blogging. I want to get a lot of clipart drawn and set up for everyone in some type of shop. I think I may just sell on TPT instead of Etsy. I am already too confused on how to set up shop there. :)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">So here is some of what I have drawn...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">For the Jacket I Wear in the Snow a few items...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT6LilBr9fXk_Tnw9O7tuFOT9-CJ4xNoP0UGoIvfuh2K16s8v90PXESzOgrhJPlFqe_UbIF15M2zuv5NTWs8FrXWhQkH3IejnWPKyCIXzSnwuEt_mw3fuhViRMIarPBSdbdaZqTCmQ4zhX/s1600/jacket.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="243" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT6LilBr9fXk_Tnw9O7tuFOT9-CJ4xNoP0UGoIvfuh2K16s8v90PXESzOgrhJPlFqe_UbIF15M2zuv5NTWs8FrXWhQkH3IejnWPKyCIXzSnwuEt_mw3fuhViRMIarPBSdbdaZqTCmQ4zhX/s320/jacket.png" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Also, don't forget to enter the Mark D. Pencil giveaway! They let me know I can give 2 CD's away! Yippee!</span></div><a href="http://s1190.photobucket.com/albums/z459/kwalsky/firstgradeteaching/?action=view&current=FGTsignature.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" border="0" src="http://i1190.photobucket.com/albums/z459/kwalsky/firstgradeteaching/FGTsignature.jpg" /></a>lovetwoteachhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07045681164532405355noreply@blogger.com21tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9044907929563850178.post-25669558484855837562012-01-25T15:25:00.000-08:002012-01-25T15:25:59.863-08:00Attention Teachers in Need of Clipart!<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">If you are a teacher in dire need of clipart that no one else has, then you are on the right blog!!!!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I have recently making graphics for the FABULOUS <a href="http://mrsjumpsclass.blogspot.com/">Deanna Jump</a> for some of her FANTASTIC units. She got my wheels spinning about actually starting a little shop to sell graphics. Here is just a sample of what I made her this weekend. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">The coolest thing is no one will ever use these graphics again! I made them just for her. I seriously can't wait to buy her Wishey Washy Unit!!!! My kids love that book!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">So I am opening a shop on TPT, Etsy, or via email. You will be able to order custom graphics that I create for ONLY you at a reasonable price or you can buy a set of graphics at a super low price that can be sold unlimited times. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I quit making teacher stuff because I was sick and tired of everyone using the same art. Everything looked the same and it drove me nuts! I decided to just take courses, pay the money to buy some good equipment, and turn my art into graphics so I could take matters into my own hands. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">If you are interested in anything, let me know via email at kwalsky@gmail.com, or visit my Teacher Gone Techie site, where I will start uploading stuff for sale.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">So all of you that checked out Mark D. Pencil the other day, or all my loyal followers from a year ago, you know how AWESOME Mark D. Pencil is!!!!!</span><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">"My son loves your class because you guys are singing and dancing all the time, and he doesn't even know he is learning. All we hear at home is...Do you know your alphabet? Yes, I know my alphabet! Now he won't stop with this Mark D. Twist!"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">1. "Like" <a href="http://www.facebook.com/MarkDPencil">Mark D. Pencil on FB</a> (1 entry)</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple; font-size: x-large;">The giveaway will end on 1/30/12 at 6:00pm!!! I will announce the winner shortly after using a random number drawing from all the entries!</span><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I constantly have to remediate and back track with my Kinder Kiddo's to get any type of long term recognition of ANYTHING MATHEMATICAL! Hum??? I wonder if the county sees a correlation between the use of EM and the substantial drop in math scores.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Anyway, enough of that.... I love math work stations and boy have I created a lot this year and sadly haven't been sharing (insert sad face and sighs). Well, I am now! Here is a little activity that I pretty much use every week with my students. My poor laminated dice are used and abused, but I love them!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Here are just a few ways you can use this file.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I also have a little autistic fellow (yes, he is in regular ed, and it is like pulling teeth to get him any sort of help) that likes to use these to count out playdough balls. He will roll a ball and put it on the circle of the die. He will do this with pretty much any manipulative we have, including teddy bear counters. Love it when he uses them. He says "Ta Da" like they are on stage. :)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Hope someone out there can use them. Stay tuned for more free stuff soon!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I have had a heck of a time getting to the blogging world. I have truly been amazed at all the FANTASTIC blogs that have come around in a year.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">OK, so here is what I am LOVING!!!!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">My boys from Mark D. Pencil have a fantastic new CD called Get Up!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://learningwithhiphop.com/"><img border="0" height="318" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnsh6y2BGfuSJ07BiuD8kbFCLCAODDdZi-U0TCWPdMj8wy8nbCviBYk1SzAgb759j3HJYh-d5fPykff1kp92fnRoJ44vAebZPmNBxjjEhVpuzDMMGUQJfYJO5K8Hc-Uqr-sPBYCx0eLMSN/s320/get-up-front.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Click on CD cover to listen!!!!</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I love this CD for Teacher Directed P.E. and Indoor Recess. I know our district just passed a fight Obesity initiative and we must teach P.E. at least 20 minutes 4 times a week. With the lack of a gym and snowy weather, Mark D. Pencil has saved me again!!!!</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Mark D. Pencil and Friends is also having an XBox 360 Giveaway!!!</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b><br />
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</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">The Three Little Pigs</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Pigsty</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">My Lucky Day</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">If You Give a Pig a Pancake</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">We are going to do a lot of things with Character Studies in the books. I know it isn't a whole lot, but something easy to assess the letter "Mm".</span></span></span></div><br />
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<a href="http://s1190.photobucket.com/albums/z459/kwalsky/firstgradeteaching/?action=view&current=FGTsignature.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" border="0" src="http://i1190.photobucket.com/albums/z459/kwalsky/firstgradeteaching/FGTsignature.jpg" /></a>lovetwoteachhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07045681164532405355noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9044907929563850178.post-71123467681723648832011-08-09T16:21:00.000-07:002011-08-09T16:21:13.538-07:00Free Back to School Unit<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">So I have been back now for a month with my 32 kiddo's. Good news is we got an overage teacher and she took 6 kids with her!!!! I love my little class this year! </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Here is a funny little story from my class:</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 14px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Two of my students built a car from blocks. One pretended to crash and the other</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 14px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"played dead". The "live" one runs up to him and was about to give mouth to </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 14px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 14px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">mouth,</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large; line-height: 14px;"> but I caught him. The "dead" one sits up and says, "It's OK, I'm dead, he is </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 14px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 14px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">supposed to do it." </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 14px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 14px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 14px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I am still laughing! </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 14px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 14px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta;"><b> I LOVE KINDERGARTEN!!!!</b></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 14px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta;"><b><br />
</b></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 14px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta;"><b><br />
</b></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 14px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 14px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Now, here is a unit from about 9 years ago from my old site LoveTwoTeach. I still</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 14px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 14px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> love creating, but I am loving all the new stuff from all the new FABULOUS </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 14px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 14px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">bloggers. Blogging seriously makes my life easier!!!! Don't you guys just love the </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 14px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 14px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">ideas, sharing, and love you get from blogging?</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 14px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 14px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So, with all that said, here is an oldie, but goodie to help you with the beginning of</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 14px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 14px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> the school year.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 14px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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<img alt="Photobucket" border="0" src="http://i1190.photobucket.com/albums/z459/kwalsky/firstgradeteaching/FGTsignature.jpg" />lovetwoteachhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07045681164532405355noreply@blogger.com23tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9044907929563850178.post-31961259054003573122011-07-19T16:38:00.000-07:002011-07-19T16:47:17.183-07:00Classroom Tour,32 KIDS, and Blogger Friends STUFF!<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">OK, all of you who are bummed about only having a few weeks left for summer can now have a little sympathy! I went back to school on July 5th!!!!! I love year round school, but man ol man, I had a quick 3 week break!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Well, I now have 32 Kinder-Kiddo's! I have 0 chairs and no tables left. I am thinking of just getting rid of all my furniture to make room for all the bodies. :) There is no room at my school to make another Kindergarten, so I am making the best of the situation.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Here is a quick tour of the new room. I was nice and organized, but with all my bodies, I kind of just throw stuff out of the way. :)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I also feel like my room was decorated by all my blogging friends!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Our door into our classroom</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Our cubbies: I used my <a href="http://www.silhouetteamerica.com/">Silhouette</a> (<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;">teacher friends, do not by a Circuit machine! </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;">Silhoutte</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;"> does not use cartridges and you can use ANY text or picture made!!!!! So much better!!!!</span>) machine to cut out chalk board vinyl to put on their boxes and used a chalk marker to write their names. Very easy to change names if a student leaves and a new one enters.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">You can barely see the Pete the Cat Headbands in the cubbies from Fran at <a href="http://kindergartencrayons.blogspot.com/">Kindergarten Crayons</a>. Love that book and <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;">LOVE</span> her packet. I have used pretty much every activity and they are so easy to use and K friendly.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">More cubbies! Excuse the books stacked. I did use some for storage, but as the kids enrolled, I had to make way for more students!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I love my birthday banner from <a href="http://www.pocoandpop.com/">Poco and Pop</a>!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I also love my Colors and Shapes by <a href="http://www.pocoandpop.com/">Poco and Pop</a>.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">My crayon artwork is by <a href="http://www.honeybunnystudio.com/www.HoneyBunnyStudio.com/Home.html">Honey Bunny Studio</a>. I bought frames at Michael's for $6.00 and used Command Picture Mounting to keep them in place.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I also used magnetic primer by <a href="http://www.rustoleum.com/cbgproduct.asp?pid=127">Rustoleum</a>, because I wanted the kids to be able to use it as a Working With Words station.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I spray painted the tube with brown flat spray paint. Lowes told me to use flat which will last longer and clean with a Clorox Wipe if needed. Who knew??!!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
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