Five for Friday

I'm once again linking up with Kacey at Doodle Bugs Teaching for a linky party! :)  If you've never done this before, you'll just write about five random things that were a part of your week, and then link up at her site! :)  Last week, about 100 people linked up...so...it is a really great way to meet new bloggers! :)

So...what's been up in Mrs. Russell's Room?

Random Item #1...This week, I've been teaching about the presidents.  Each day we start the read aloud time with this catchy little YOU TUBE number.

Random Item #2...We read the book A Picture Book of Abraham Lincoln.  We talked about the plot of a story and how it always has events or details that are part of the beginning, middle or end of the story.  We sorted the events of his life into a pocket chart and then re-read about him to practice fluency.  It was fun! :)

Random Item #3...My birthday is on Sunday, and on Saturday night, my hubs is taking me to Wicked!  I am so excited about it! :)

  

Random Item #4...We broke out my new centers this week!  The kids are getting a kick out of using them.  They like that every one is called 'Crazy' about something...There are 10 centers that align to the common core standards in English and Language Arts for first graders.  You can click on the link below the preview picture to see the product on TPT.

Tamara's Crazy About Literacy Centers on TPT.

 Random Item #5...On my facebook page I put out a quick freebie I made up on lemons. One of the teachers on my team has a lemon tree.  She brought in some lemons for us and over lunch we discussed some ways we could use them with the children.  I put a quick pack together and I'm sharing it on here as well! :)  There's a writing extension, a recipe for lemonade and a really neat strategy that my speech pathologist shared with me to help one of my language impaired students with writing.

 Click on the link below the preview picture if you'd like to check it out! :)

Lemon Activity

Thanks for stopping by to check out my randomness!

XOXO,

Tamara