Keeping Up With Kirbys

Can you believe it?!  It's time to start the END OF THE YEAR Countdown!!  I made a quick trip to our local Dollar Tree and picked up a package of balloons.  I had a choice between Dark Gold and Dark Gold.   So I went with Dark Gold and now let the BALLOON POPPING Begin!! {click here } Of course, you can print mine and use it BUT I tailored the surprises to fit my day, schedule, and my class.   This time of year I start pulling out all the tricks I have from the ole' teacher bag.  I think we learn a lot about ourselves as teachers these last few weeks.  Stay strong ladies and gentlemen...we. can. do. this. ;-) My kids LOVE a free app that I use called Spin to Win. You get to put in your own prizes or rewards and they get to spin.  Some of the prizes I put on the wheel are: Treasure Box  Sweet Treat Sit with a Friend at Lunch Blast Off Tickets (our school wide incentive) Sit with a Stuffed Animal No Shoes Write wi...

Wow!  I didn't realize just how important the internet is at our house.  Ummm....well, it's pretty important.  I have missed it so.  Strange though, I finally talked with our internet provider and they said our modem was blown.  We ordered a new one and while waiting for it to arrive this one starts working again.  Hmmm.  Have I been tricked into buying a new one?   Last time I blogged we were driving to Katy, Texas for my little sweet's DI competition.  It was a fun filled, jam packed 3 days.  They didn't place but I think they did their BEST performance ever and we are determined that we will get to GLOBALS next year.  They are an amazing group of kiddos. Okay, I guess I'll share some things we have done in the classroom this past week.  We spent some time learning the sound {oo, ew, ue}.  We wrote our words on balloons trying to spare paper.  It's seriously like GOLD around here.  Oh...oh...oh...I...