Spark Student Motivation Saturdays and Saturday Snapshots...

Did anyone happen to catch the license plate number on the semi-truck that ran over me?  I know I'm not the only one feelin' this way right about now.  I had to make time to link up with my buddies though for Saturday Snapshots with Miss Nelson and Spark Student Motivation Saturdays with Head Over Heels for Teaching.

  

Spark Student Motivation Saturdays with Head Over Heels for Teaching: 

A box was delivered to school on Friday.

What's in the box? 

An iPad mini from our Donors Choose project!

What better way to get kids pumped and motivated to learn?  

I love incorporatin' technology in my classroom and participatin' in my county's B.Y.O.D. program. 

Not only do I integrate usin' devices in my lessons for researchin', respondin', etc., 

I also like to use them in my reward system.

  If you haven't taken an opportunity to write a grant for materials in your classroom through Donors Choose, you are missin' out.  There are so many things to choose from...not just technology.  I'm a fan!

Saturday Snapshots with Run! Miss Nelson's Got the Camera:  

My nephew turned 7 this week.  

Jerm made the cake and I decorated with the trucks.  

This was the aftermath of Orientation on Monday.  Luckily, the boys and girls helped me sort and organize or I'd still be there doin' it.  I am so thankful for such supportive families.

Sweet treats on the 1st day from my little rockstars.  It definitely made the transition from

 summer to school time easier.  

This week I bounced into my pod bestie J.R.'s room to snap some shots.  This year all of her students will be sittin' on these stability balls.  If they all go missin' and end up in my room, it wasn't me!  I plan on sneakin' into my other besties' room next week to take pics when they aren't lookin'...shh...don't tell them!

Love the colors in her room(blues, greens, gray, and pops of orange).  

It's always so calm and soothin' when I walk in there. 

Love her boards with fabric, ribbon, and tissue paper.

Love her board that she made to keep track of A.R. goals. 

 Washi tape, ribbon, and tissue paper on a white board.  

A part of her readin' area & bookshelves.

New bookshelves. 

Her beautiful Word Wall.  Letters on scrapbook paper with ribbon hangin' down.

Lanterns with circle tissue paper hot glued on.

She was clearly more prepared for supplies than I was.

Too lazy to eat anythin' else some nights.

Got a new shirt today to prepare for some New Orleans Saints football. 

I'm participatin' in ESPN's Fantasy Football again this year.  I did really well last year, but I didn't win.  

I'll be on two teams this year.  Maybe that will help my chances!  

That's about all I've been up to this week.  Nothin' overly excitin'.  

Sorry I don't have any cool sunset pics either. 

Here we go...

Yay, I'm up and runnin', o-fficially!  Thank you, thank you, thank you goes out to Misty and Erika at Honey Bunch Blog Design.  You have made me one happy blogger girl!
I have so many things swimmin' around in my head that I want to write about, and only a few more hours until Starbucks closes (my personal hotspot on my phone is hit or miss while I'm here in Georgia). When I walked into Starbucks tonight, I didn't know how to feel when they asked, "Do you want your regular two shots?" 1)Should I feel special they remember me? or  2) Do I have a serious Starbucks problem?  I should probably go with the latter.  I'm makin' a promise right now that when I get back home to Florida, I will never yell at my router again for takin' more than 2 seconds to load somethin'.
I've been busy gettin' my Teachers Pay Teachers store goin', launchin' a Facebook page, and signin' up for Bloglovin'; I'd LOVE for you to follow all three, pretty please.  Also, be sure to join this site on the right hand side where it says "Join this Site: Google Friend Connect".  The more the merrier!  I truly appreciate the feedback.
Even more excitin' news, today I got approved for a project on DonorsChoose.org that I wrote in hopes of earnin' an iPad mini for the students in my class.  One sweet family and an anonymous donor have already helped me raise $200 for the project.  Woohoo!  The really neat part is, DonorsChoose will MATCH every donation dollar for dollar for the first 7 days.  Anybody that chooses to donate MUST put in the code: INSPIRE for it to match the donation.  At this time, I only have $363 to go.  I hope a "donor fairy" comes along and helps us out! If you haven't taken the plunge and attempted to write your own project, you are missin' out for sure.  It is super easy and you only have to wait a few days for DonorsChoose to approve your project before it goes "live".   I had it on my "to-do-list" for ages and now I'm sorry that I didn't do it sooner.
Now only if I could write a project for more time in a day...that, my friends, would be terrific!