Spring Bloggers Weekend in Review

This was my very first Bloggers Meetup ever!  It was such an amazing time.  It was great to meet some of the individuals that I treasure.  I took this shot of Deanna Jump because…...well, she’s awesome! 

We met in grade level teams to pass our teacher tool gift.  Mine was awesome!  We all sat in a big circle and got to hear why that person picked those items to put in their gift. 

We also got to pick sessions to sit in and to learn from the experts.  My favorite was sitting with Greg from thekindergartensmorgasboard.  One tip that has stuck with me is to allow one day for school planning.  I am trying to follow this tip. 

We also received some amazing goodies from some amazing companies that were extremely generous to this event.  A big shout out to Teachers Pay Teachers for all their support!  I am forever grateful to them and will continue to sponsor them as much as I can.

  

Plus I won a set of Hand-e-Sacks for my classroom!!

At the Teacher Blogger PJ party that was sponsored by GoNoodle we got crazy with props as well as decorating pillow cases!  We were happy to hang out and to chat. 

 We each got to pick a business card of a fellow blogger to whom we will keep in touch with during the year.  While we were picking my TPT cha-ching went off!!!  It was quite hilarious since it hasn't been working for many teachers!!!  Everyone busted out laughing!!!

Overall it was an amazing time with fellow teachers.  I can’t wait until next year!!!

LUPE

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2015 Teacher Tool Gift Exchange Linky

Two weekends ago, I went to French Lick, Indiana for Springteacherbloggermeetup2015.  It was a really amazing time with over 100 of the best TPT teachers and bloggers.  I got to meet some of the faces behind some of my favorite TPT stores and blogs.  It was a weekend of pure inspiration!

One of the items that we were asked to bring was a teacher tool that we can’t live without in our classrooms or for ourselves.  I brought: a big bag for lugging things to and from school, a notebook for all our notes we write, a hot glue gun to put things up in our rooms and some hot glitter glue to go with the hot glue gun!  I use these items all the time in my teaching life! 

In return, I received: post-its, multi-colored pens, Ticonderoga pencils, Mr. Sketch markers, and a pack of Extra gum!  All of these are essentials and I am so happy to have them.  A huge thanks to Anita Goodwin at ilive2learnilove2grow for the awesome gift!  I can’t wait to see what other’s also received during this fun activity!!!

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Lupe

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Just got home from my bloggers weekend in French Lick, Indiana.  It was such a blast meeting all of my favorite bloggers.  Not going to lie.  I had a celebrity moment when I met the wonderful Deanna Jump!  I kind of froze for a minute then I got it together and said “hello”!  So funny!!  Plus DeeDee Wills said she liked my scarf!!!  I also got Mr. Kindergarten Smorgasboard to take a pic!!  TOO FUN!!! I want to send a shout out to the wonderful companies that sponsored this event and gave us tons of goodies. 

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Spring Teacher Meet Up

I'm all done packing and getting ready for bed.  In the morning me and my pal Carrie from tabletalkwithcandc, are off to French Lick, Indiana for the 2nd Annual Spring Teacher Meet up.  This is my first time attending and I can't wait.  http://mrsehleskindergartenconnections.blogspot.com, has put this event together with the help of Ms. Banister and they have out done themselves.  It will be a fun weekend full of over 100 teachers coming together to learn and have fun.  I am leaving bright and early in the morning to get there in time for all the festivities.  We will even be having a PJ party tomorrow night.  French Lick, Indiana here we come.

1 to 1 Technology

This school year I got the privilege to pilot 1 to 1 devices in my 2nd grade classroom.  We were given LearnPads to use.  They have been both a blessing and a curse.  The kids and parents were so excited to learn that our room would be piloting such devices.  In the beginning when we first got them, everything was great.  Then the devices started to act up and now they are on their way to being returned to the vendor.  But along the way we were able to do some fun things with them.  I was able to download apps from the Google Play store.  The kids were able to practice math facts using Xmath.  We were able to play and learn using QR codes.  We were also able to listen and watch stories on Tumblebooks.  We even used them as an alternative to the white boards.  Students were able to practice their word work words, solve math problems or to draw an illustration to a vocabulary word.  During guided reading time, I would have the kids continue to research on the parts of the books that really got them engaged.  It's been fun.  The best part of all of this is that my partner from tabletalkwithcandc and I got to present what we have learned along the way at a district institute day.  That was a lot of fun and a real privilege to do that among my colleagues.  Next year, we still don't know what type of devices we will be getting but I can't wait.  It will be fun!!  

Hello!

My name is Lupe.  This is my first blog ever!  I want to thank tabletalkwithcandc for her help in making this dream of mine come true.  I am so excited and a bit scared about the blogging world but I'm jumping in.  Today has been so amazing.  My family has been so supportive of me on this journey.