Five for Friday :) - Last week!

Hellooooo!!! Yess! Finally we are OUT OF SCHOOL!!! I cannot believe we are done! Here are my Five for Friday!

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This week I went to school with so much energy! I was so excited about the last week of school! I saw several teachers cleaning the class but I couldn't stop teaching! We read a cute story about a guy who created beautiful stained glass windows! Well my kids made their own windows! Super simple and great for math! 

2. 

I am obsessed with the Dollar Tree! I have found some really cool and neat stuff! One of my all time favorites are the beads with letters!!! They are colorful, small and cheap! We read a book called "Don't be silly Mrs. Millie" Is hilarious and we chose the silly words she would get confused...and why not make necklaces with the beads??? This is an example, Pencils - Penguins! I used pieces of straw to separate the words.  

3. 

Wednesday was our last day of class! I still had some goodies in our special bag...so each one of my children got to take home great things! We had a mini store in class :)   My kids are a little spoiled...but what teacher doesn't love giving?? 

4. 

On Wednesday we also had a Cupcake Party! We also made our very own class cupcakes! Each child made their cupcake and the "sprinkles" was everybody's names! This is mine (I know very simple and bleh! but I didn;t have time to take a picture of my children's masterpieces). I can only tell you that they were BEAUTIFUL.  

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In other news....my brother turned 14!!!!!! I still say he is 12.... Oh goodness where is time going? He got to celebrate at his favorite place doing what he loves...indoor soccer with his pals.  HAPPY BIRTHDAY JUAN! 

So stoked for Summer! 

Five for Friday - Last Friday!

Hello again! OHMYGOSH! Last Friday of the 2014-2015 school year!!!! (Kids' last day is Wednesday so technically it IS our last Friday together). We have had such a crazy week! We have had several activities at school and changes in our schedules which makes the kids a little bit too excited...but oh well, the week is over haha! This was our week! 

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 We LOVE fairy books (if you read my other posts you can see that haha!) Each fairy has a charm and when I bought my newest collection it came with TWO! I brought them to school and the kids were simply overwhelmed! They could not believe it! Magical! 

2. 

Some months ago we learned about rocks and minerals, it was a great science unit and somehow we are going back to it. One boy brought a rock he found in his yard for show and tell...well that sparked all of my kids curiosity of rocks again! When we go to recess this is what they do! They dig and dig trying to find rocks and minerals!  They are just awesome! 

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I have the sweetest kids. One of my girls wanted to share something with everyone...she brought coloring books for EVERYBODY! They love the feeling of giving! They rather give than receive! I am so proud! 

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Math is one of our favorites! I had been saving this for the end of the year. Let's measure your friend! I paired up my children and using blocks they got to see how long their buddies were. It was so fascinating for them and it showed me their counting, measuring and overall social skills! 

5.  

We finished our first grade memory books! I created them for my class and they loved them! Of course my favorite page was "This is my teacher".  It is so sweet what the kids write about you sometimes! I wish I could keep their books!  We also had ice cream from our ESL teacher making my Friday 10 times awesome! 

This weekend I need to plan some sweet, fun and unforgettable lessons for my kids...any ideas??? Thanks!!!


Summer vacation is almost here!

Five For Friday!

1.  I saw the most wonderful idea in Mrs. Rios Blog. I had planned on giving my children a book that they could treasure forever! We are hooked to the Rainbow Magic Books! They love these chapter books and hey! They are seven and they are reading chapter books because they love them so much! 

These are the bookmarks I did, they turned out preeeetty good. Oh and I got to use my new laminator! 

2. During centers I spotted a future teacher! We practice our high frequency words everyday and look! She was teaching her friends and coming up with new word games...oh and they were hooked and listening to her! <3 

3. One of our centers is fluency folders...I got the most wonderful fluency passages from Primary Possibilities . My kids love to work with them but had forgot they had new stories! I usually do this in small group but look, they were doing everything on their own! I feel so so proud!  

4. I have the best people in my life! My boyfriend's parents donated me money to use in my class! (I know I am blessed ;) ) I used the money to buy my children fairy books! They could finally have their first Rainbow Magic Book! (They ask me everyday for these books and I do not have enough for everybody) She came to my class and helped me pass out their gifts...A picture is worth more than a thousand words...so you be the judge of how they felt. 

5. Of course NOTHING can top a fairy book and our wonderful Thursday...except MAGIC ICE CREAM! Yes Magic ;) watch the tutorial here. This is them outside shaking their ice cream! 

I think we had a WONDERFUL week! Next week is our LAST FULL WEEK!

8 more days!

End of the Year Awards!

Isn't it crazy that we are already doing End of the Year Awards??? I still find myself thinking the first day of school was just couple weeks ago! Boy time flies by! I started to look for some cute awards online but then I stopped myself and went ahead and created my own! Me and my class are in love with Dr. Seuss so why not to Dr. Seuss Awards? They are themed, one of Cat in the Hat and one Oh the Places You'll Go! If you want to get your copy click here!  They are super cute and very simple!

Awards day for me is Friday so I have just enough time to print them and write my kiddos names!

11 more days!

First Five for Friday!

We are almost done with this school year!! Isn't that crazy? My children are so stoked about our last 12 days of school but of course with the end of the school year comes all of that fun testing part... :( ... However that is one of their favorite things to do, I hope they still like it in a few years from now! Anyways, this week I decided to finally link up my blog to Five for Friday! So here we go!! 

1. We created 3-D shapes with our colorful marshmallows and toothpicks! They said, "Oooh! Ms. Parra I know why you brought these colorful things! Because you love everything in color!!" Well I think by this time they know that I have a first grader inside me as well! 

2. I went to the Dollar Store couple of weeks ago and look what I found! Colorful and beautiful "Slappers" ;) They are perfect for our favorite game! Slap the word! Everyday on Literacy Centers my children get so happy when they have slap the word...well now with these brand new toys they are way happier! 

3.  Our last Field Trip of this year! We went to a strawberry farm to pick up some strawberries...overall this was my favorite field trip ever! I had some little ones who brought some hats! They were precious! Each one of them got to bring home a basket full of strawberries! 

4.  My school follows Imagine it for our ELA block and we are on the unit about homes. Our story this week was Snail's Pace, we found why snails are so slow! They have to carry their home everywhere! So after we read we played a little game to see who was the best snail in class! I called them by groups, they had to get their backpacks  and I put on their backs some books (to pretend that was their home, oh and the books are not too heavy ;) ) Then it was time to race! My first group rushed and all of their "homes" fell! We learned that snails are so careful and they MUST move slowly. Then another group went and one boy kept on winning all of the races! He was so careful and slow yet kept a good pace! I added a few more books because he deserved a bigger home! Well guess what he won! I got to put 8 books and he never dropped any!  The kids had a blast and we learned about snails!! 

Ready to Race! 

Our best Snail!! We has a blast! 

5. It's Friday! on Friday I check our magic mailbox and look! The mailbox is about to explode! My class has some special friends that write to them every week...Fairies! Every afternoon we read books and we have been hooked on the collection of Rainbow Magic Books ! They are simply amazing and has been reason number 1 for them to start reading chapter books! Well this weekend I have to write my kiddos back!

Our Magic Mailbox that goes to Fairyland !

Well this was my week! Happy three day weekend!!!!