tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-46783235537280742792024-03-16T03:08:05.875-04:00Chalkboard CharmLindsey Niharthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08661866947289605108noreply@blogger.comBlogger34125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4678323553728074279.post-2773355225883422832015-12-29T16:57:00.003-05:002015-12-29T16:57:41.153-05:00The Best of 2015<div align="center">
I just cannot believe that 2015 is coming to a close. It has been forever and a day since I blogged but I got my wisdom teeth out yesterday so that has forced me to sit down for more than 30 minutes. I absolutely love the linky that <a href="http://www.ateenytinyteacher.com/" target="_blank">Kristin</a>, <a href="http://www.dragonfliesinfirst.com/" target="_blank">Traci</a>, and <a href="http://www.miss-kindergarten.com/" target="_blank">Hadar</a> set up at the end of each year and so I thought I would link up with them and share 10 of my favorite memories of 2015. </div>
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Being an aunt to sweet Jude Dude is definitely a favorite memory. He just brings me and the Mister so much joy! We got to see Jude in January and then again this summer for his birthday! He even got to spend the weekend with us this summer which was just such a treat! <br />
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Building a garden with my husband this year has been such a fun experience. We grew all kinds of things like strawberries, blue berries, green beans, sweet potatoes, tomatoes, snow peas, and bell peppers. We learned so much this year and can't wait to plant for our 2016 garden. <br />
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In May we took my mother-in-law to Boone for her birthday. We got to hike all around see some amazing waterfalls. <br />
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This year for my birthday, my best friend Windsor got all the girls together and we had a low country boil and then some sweets and wine pairings for desserts. It was so much fun and anytime that I get to spend with my girl friends is the best time! <br />
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Mia is a very special lady in my life and I was so blessed to be able to make so many memories with her this year! <br />
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Family time is the best time and we got to have some very special family time on our vacation this summer. We absolutely loved getting to see my husband's Grandmommie, Aunt Patti, and his cousin Jeannine and her family.<br />
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Disney is definitely one of my favorite memories of 2015. That was our big trip this year and I loved every little bit of it. We also got to go on a cruise while we were down in Florida! <br />
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This year I got to be a part of a very special launch team for Jen Hatmaker's book For the Love. If you haven't read it, you must! The book has been such a blessing to me but being a part of the launch team has been even more of a blessing. 500 people were chosen to help launch the book and these people have just taught me so much about what his kingdom could look like here on earth. So many amazing stories have come out of the launch team and I am so overwhelmed and humbled to be a tiny speck in that story. <br />
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The Mister and I got our first live Christmas tree together this year. It was my first live tree ever! I was so nervous about getting it but I loved it! It was so special to have Christmas at home this year! <br />
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It's so sappy but true. Any memory I get to have with the Mister is a favorite one! I still can't believe I get to do life with my best friend! <br />
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Alrighty friends! It is time for Round 2 of Tech Tips! I am going to show you how to flatten your images in a product and then save them as a PDF! </div>
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A reason that you need to flatten your images is because you do not want people to steal some of your product and take credit for it! Most Clipart Artists, also require that their images be flattened in their terms of use. </div>
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You will start with your product. Mine is a simple poster that I use to help count the days of school! </div>
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Fonts are <a href="http://www.kimberlygeswein.com/" target="_blank">Kimberly Geswein</a>, Clip Art is <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Krista-Wallden" target="_blank">Krista Wallden</a>, and Backgrounds are <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/I-Teach-Whats-Your-Superpower-Megan-Favre" target="_blank">Megan Farve</a>. </div>
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Once you have finished your product, make sure you save your work as a PowerPoint. Then, you are going to want to save your work again and change the Save As Type to a PNG file. Make sure you are saving them to a place you can find them! Then click Save. </div>
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A window pops up and asks if you want to save all of your slides or just your current slide. I always select every slide. Once you do that, you will receive a confirmation message. </div>
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You will then create a new PowerPoint presentation. Format the slides to match your original product then right click and select format background from the pop up menu. </div>
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A screen will come up and you will first select Picture or Texture fill and then select insert from file. Then go and find the images that you saved and select the first one. </div>
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Magically, your image will now be the background! No clipart can be "lifted" from the product now! You will have to go through this process for all of the slides. Once you learn the routine, it doesn't take much time at all to get the hang of it! </div>
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So here are all of my slides, in the new PowerPoint, where the images are now my backgrounds! </div>
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The next thing you will do is save this PowerPoint as a PDF. It is really quite simple. All you do is go to File, Save As and then change the Save As Type to a PDF. </div>
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When I save things as PDFs the file normally opens automatically but if yours doesn't you can go and find it and open it! So here is my saved PDF! </div>
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Now let me mention that if you have links in your PowerPoint, those links will not work now that the slides have been "flattened." However, in the next Tech Tip, I will show you how to make links and images clickable! I use that tip a ton when making Credits Pages! </div>
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<br />Lindsey Niharthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08661866947289605108noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4678323553728074279.post-41994814473408414002015-07-22T00:00:00.000-04:002015-07-22T00:00:00.689-04:00All About This Kinder Teacher Link Up!<div style="text-align: center;">
Can we just all take a minute and freak out because this is FIFTH blog post in a row! If you have been following me longer than a week, you can understand how big of a victory this is! </div>
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Since a lot of you have only been following me for a few weeks or even less, it is such a great opportunity for me to link up with my gals at KinderTribe and share All About This Kinder Teacher!</div>
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For those of you I don't know, allow me to introduce myself! My name is Lindsey Nihart and I am a Kindergarten Teacher in North Carolina. I have been teaching for two and a half years. I am one of those silly people who decide to start teaching in January! </div>
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I definitely CANNOT live with out my sweet tea! I normally make a stop before school each morning to pick some up to start my day out right! </div>
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I don't know about you but, I love reading the Cat in the Hat to my Kinder friends! Right when I read it to them aloud is right about when the light bulb goes off and they realize that they can read that book on their own! I wouldn't even say that it is the book that I love so much but the inspiration and encouragement that my kiddos get from the Cat in the Hat. </div>
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Cara Carroll from <a href="http://thefirstgradeparade.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">The First Grade Parade</a> is by far my favorite Kindergarten blog! I started reading Cara's blog right as soon as I started my education major in college. I have gotten so many wonderful ideas and so much encouragement from her. I'm kind of just waiting for her to ask for applications to be her new bestie because I am totally there. </div>
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I absolutely love teaching Kindergarten because the kids are just so excited to be in school and love it! I also gain so much from watching these babies grow into little people! </div>
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{Secretly: I also like to teach Kindergarten because I really enjoy being these kids first experience with school. I work really hard to make sure that they have a memorable and fun first year of school!}</div>
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If you are a Kinder Teacher, go to <a href="http://kindertribe.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Kinder Tribe</a>, grab the picture and link up with us! I would love to meet you! </div>
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<br />Lindsey Niharthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08661866947289605108noreply@blogger.com26tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4678323553728074279.post-23959756310098850842015-07-21T11:08:00.000-04:002015-07-21T11:08:14.925-04:00A HUGE Announcement + Giveaway!<div style="text-align: center;">
Have you ever been so excited about something that you are just giddy about it? Like so giddy, you kind of squeal out loud and possibly jump up and down just thinking about it? </div>
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Y'all, I have had the amazing opportunity to be a tiny part in getting a new Kindergarten collaborative blog launched and today it is finally live! I definitely did the jumping up and down and squealing thing! I LOVE IT! </div>
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I have mentioned being a part of the Kinder Tribe in a previous post! Well this tribe is just amazing and so many good ideas and opportunities were happening in this tribe so we decided to start a collaborative blog about all things KINDER! </div>
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This is such an amazing thing and unlike any other blog that I have ever seen. I love the concept of have a one place as a host for so many ideas for Kindergarten! There are a team of 16 Kinder Teachers that are admin for the blog. Can you believe that they chose me to be one of the admins! I die. If you want to meet the other lovely 15 ladies that I have teamed up with you can click on the Meet the Teachers tab on the Kinder Tribe Blog. </div>
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However, there is opportunity for ALL Kinder teachers to join in on the fun! We are hosting several linky parties and would love for you to be a part of it! Keep in the loop by joining our Facebook Group <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/KinderTribe/" target="_blank">here</a>. </div>
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In order to celebrate to blog launch, we are hosting a HUGE giveaway over at Kinder Tribe! Some of the prizes are a clip art bundle, several TPT product bundles, a $75 gift card to TPT, and more! Click the button below to check it out! </div>
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<br />Lindsey Niharthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08661866947289605108noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4678323553728074279.post-26466945780122530942015-07-20T15:40:00.002-04:002015-07-20T15:40:48.246-04:00Tech Tips Round 1- Grabbing Color Tutorial<div style="text-align: center;">
On Periscope, I have shared a few Tech Tips and want to share them with you if you weren't able to catch the replay! So for the first round of Tech Tips, we are going to learn how to "grab colors from your clip art!</div>
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I am kind of lame and and don't have any of the fancy programs that you have to buy in order to grab colors! I like to stick with the FREE so today we are using the website <a href="https://pixlr.com/" target="_blank">PIXLR</a>! I learned about this website from Megan Farve from <a href="http://www.teachingsuperpower.com/" target="_blank">I Teach What's Your Superpower?</a>.</div>
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Let's me show you how this works! </div>
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So let's pretend that you are working with a something that starts out looking like this: </div>
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Background by <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/I-Teach-Whats-Your-Superpower-Megan-Favre" target="_blank">Megan Farve </a>and girl by <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Krista-Wallden" target="_blank">Krista Wallden</a>. </div>
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The next thing that I want to do is create a shape at the top to form a header for the title! I have created a rectangle that spans the width of the slide. You can do this with any shape.</div>
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After I do that, I want to scroll down on the home page on PIXLR and choose to launch the web app for <b>PIXLR EDITOR</b>. </div>
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Then, choose to open up an image from your computer. </div>
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I chose to use the background paper however if you want to grab colors from a piece of clip art, you totally can! </div>
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The next thing you will want to do is click the black rectangle that is in the bottom of the tool bar. </div>
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When you do, a color wheel will pop up and your arrow icon will change to a dropper icon. </div>
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Click the color that you would like to grab and check out the RGB codes that I have highlighted with the black rectangle. You will need these codes in order to change the color on your rectangle in Powerpoint! </div>
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Then I go back into PowerPoint, click on my shape, go to shape fill, and click on more fill colors. </div>
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This screen pops up and I type in the RGB code that I got from the PIXLR Editor. I then press OK. </div>
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Once I do that, I have now grabbed a color! </div>
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You can grab colors for backgrounds, shapes, texts, and even outlines of objects as well! </div>
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I hope that this tutorial was easy to follow and let me know if you use this method of grabbing color by commenting below! If you have any questions, you can also put them in comment section!</div>
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<br />Lindsey Niharthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08661866947289605108noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4678323553728074279.post-59543506476136058852015-07-19T06:00:00.000-04:002015-07-19T06:00:01.754-04:00HP Instant Ink-- A Game Changer<div style="text-align: center;">
I am back today to tell you about a game changer when it comes to printing! It has been ALL over the teacher blogger world the last few months and I joined in about 6 weeks ago. </div>
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The program that I am referring to is the <a href="https://instantink.hpconnected.com/us/en?jumpid=va_65bsqvipye" target="_blank">HP Instant Ink </a>program. This program will save you some MEGA bucks when it comes to printing and ink cartridges! </div>
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HP instant ink is very similar to a monthly subscription program where you are charged a monthly fee and ink cartridges are sent to you on an as needed basis. </div>
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Before you sign up, you need to make sure that you have an eligible printer. HP only allows certain printers to participate in the HP Instant Ink Program!</div>
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I currently have the HP ENVY 4500. In my Periscope on HP Instant Ink, I shared that I would totally recommend my printer, especially for the average person! If you are very particular and want a higher quality of a print, this might not be the printer for you but I have really enjoyed it! In fact, my sweet friend Kimberly found my printer on sale at Staples for 60 bucks! Such a steal! </div>
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There are several plans that you can sign up for on their website! I signed up for the largest plan. I think I am definitely going to need it with Back to School just around the corner! The other neat thing about these plans is that unused pages roll over to the next month and that you can adjust your plan from month to month until you find the plan that works best for you! </div>
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I can't tell you how much I have already enjoyed HP instant ink! I know for a fact that I have saved $$ on printer ink just in 6 weeks! </div>
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Hey guys!!! I have missed you! I know that it has been a long while since I have blogged but I am so thankful to say that my blogging hiatus is now over! So many exciting things are going on in my life right now and I want to share a few of them with you right now! </div>
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Y'all, this app is amazing and has completely changed my view on social media! I have been on Periscope for a couple of days now and I have been thrilled with all of the phenomenal things that I have learned and have experienced! </div>
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YES! Over 300 followers! I CANNOT get over it! I set the goal to hit 300 by the end of the day and here it is in the afternoon and I have already passed my goal by a huge amount! </div>
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I have found my TRIBE! If you have not heard of tribes before this, a tribe is a group of teachers and teacher bloggers who are there to collaborate, support, and celebrate with you! </div>
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I am a part of two tribes! The <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/736937869700145/" target="_blank">Carolina Teacher Blogger Tribe</a> and the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/KinderTribe/" target="_blank">Kinder Tribe</a>! They are both Facebook Groups who are doing some amazing things already! If you are in either of the Carolinas or a Kindergarten Teacher, go and request to join the respective tribe! You will NOT be sorry! </div>
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Hi guys! I am coming at you with another new product in my store! You can thank all the snow days that North Carolina has had for that! </div>
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I started creating this pack in the fall. I got the idea from my co-workers when I first started teaching Kindergarten. I wanted to create my own spin on their idea using cute clip art of course! So Count On It counting mats were born! </div>
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Initially, I thought that I would create between 5 or 10 counting mats and 1 recording sheet to go with each counting mat. Well, I somehow ended up with 28 different counting mats, 2 recording sheets, and an answer key for each counting mat! </div>
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I laminate the counting mats or sometimes I just throw them into a dry erase pocket. I like to do this mainly so that my Kinders who need some reinforcement and counting practice can cross count the objects on the page. I choose which recording sheet I would like for the specific counting mat and my Kinders complete it during a center rotation.</div>
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It's time for another Five for Friday link up with Kacey at <a href="http://doodlebugsteaching.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Doodle Bugs Teaching</a>! </div>
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I posted my first paid product on Teachers Pay Teachers this week! I have been working on this product over the last year and I am so proud to share it with you! </div>
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See what Sight Word Scoops looks like in my classroom <a href="http://www.chalkboardcharm.blogspot.com/2015/02/sight-word-scoops-deeper-look.html" target="_blank">here</a>. </div>
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Find it on Teachers Pay Teachers <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Sight-Word-Scoops-Kindergarten-Edition-1723733" target="_blank">here</a>. </div>
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The Mister and I were planning on doing a mini round of Whole30 this week! We completed our first real round of Whole30 almost three weeks ago! I got great results from doing it for 30 days! We learned so much about our food choices and how they affect us. We wanted to make sure that we are still keeping up our good habits so we decided to try and be 100% Whole30 compliant Monday-Friday. </div>
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{and it was Freddy's 90th Birthday so we celebrated with custard}</div>
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Do you journal? I am definitely a wannabe journaler{wait, what?}. I bought this journal during one of my snow days last week and I am loving it! I hoping to fill it up with things and people that I am praying for! </div>
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I have spend the last few days digger deeper into Scripture and it has been amazing! I focused on Joel 2:13 this week. I found this lock screen on the She Reads Truth App. If you don't have that app, go download it right now! I love it! </div>
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Today is the eighth snow day that we have had so far this year! Wednesday night, a big{by Southern definition} snowstorm hit North Carolina and we got over 5 inches of snow at our house! It was absolutely gorgeous! We made a snowman and I might have put a lei on him to encourage summer to come along a little faster! </div>
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I might have not given him a face either! I didn't want to sacrifice my veggies! </div>
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I actually posted another product to TPT this week too. Reminder Bracelets were the answer to needing a way to inform and remind my parents about upcoming activities and events without having to type up an additional newsletter and waste a ton of paper. These bracelets come 10 to a page and are so easy to print, cut, and tape around a kiddo's arm. It is a growing resource and so if you have certain events that you would like to have reminder bracelets for, purchase the pack <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Reminder-Bracelets-A-Growing-Resource-1734326" target="_blank">here</a> and email me your suggestion. For every 25 bracelets that I add, the price will go up a buck! So the earlier you buy, the more bang for your buck! </div>
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<br />Lindsey Niharthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08661866947289605108noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4678323553728074279.post-64464602207427684382015-02-22T13:27:00.003-05:002015-02-22T13:34:41.922-05:00Sight Word Scoops: A Deeper Look<div align="center">
Y'all! I am having one of those proud momma moments! I posted my first paid product to Teachers Pay Teachers just a few minutes ago! I am at the point that I am so glad that it is posted but at the same time, it's a little nerve-racking! Bless it!</div>
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Well, let me back track a little bit and tell you the history behind Sight Word Scoops! I started teaching Kindergarten in North Carolina in January of 2013. Before that, I spent most of my time and teaching experience in second and third grade in a great school in Georgia so Kindergarten was a whole new world for me! Since I started halfway through the year, I just used resources that my teammates gave me and tried to wrap my head around the crazy world called Kindergarten!</div>
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I was absolutely loving teaching these 5 and 6 year olds but I started to notice that there was no guidance of what sight words for me to teach to my kinders! I asked my teammates, my admin, and even some of our district representatives during my first year teacher training and no one seemed to have an answer as to what sight words to teach! All I could get for an answer was that Kindergarteners need to know 25 sight words by the end of the year. Are you as floored as I was? </div>
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In college we always talked about always having high expectations of our students and setting the bar high and here we were asking our kindergarteners to know only 25 words by the end of the year. A <em>slight</em> contradiction, I would say. So that started my journey! I knew that I needed to come up with a collection of words that could challenge my Kindergarteners. So about a year ago, the idea of Sight Word Scoops began. </div>
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I spent the next few weeks compiling a list of all the sight words that I wanted my Kindergarteners to know by the end of the year. I used the Pre-Primer and Primer Dolch Words, color words, number words, and the word lists from the TRC assessment that North Carolina uses. I came up with a total of 124 words. That's 99 more words than my district requires. At that point I was unsure. Was that too much? Would my kids be overwhelmed by that? When I told a few co-workers my ideas, I am pretty sure they thought I was crazy and I almost started to believe them. I just kept saying to them and myself, I will just expose these words to my kids. It will be okay if they don't learn all of them but I want to push them towards excellence. So I decided that those 124 words and I were going to be besties from that point on. </div>
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My job was only halfway done. I wanted to create a system that motivated my students to want to know sight words. I wanted something that they could track their own progress and something that wouldn't be a ton of work for their dear teacher! :) So I divided those words into eight lists and gave each list a color. The idea is that each student progresses through all the word lists at their own pace. </div>
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In the Sight Word Scoops pack, I have created flashcards for each word list. This is my "teacher set" of flashcards that I use during guided reading groups, assessments, and whole group sight word games. For students, I print out all the red word flashcards and send them home at the beginning of the year. Students bring their flashcards back when they know all of the red words. I assess them, and then trade the flashcards out for the orange words flashcards. </div>
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I have created a Sight Word Scoops Binder that houses a lot of my sight word scoops resources. I use this binder to help assess the students when they feel like they have mastered their word list. In it I keep word lists, my student tracker, and assessment sheets. You can see the word list and assessment sheet in the picture below. While the student is reading their sight words to me, I am using the assessment sheet and highlighting the words that they miss. I make note of that and then send the assessment sheet home so that parents can keep track of how their child is doing. </div>
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I wanted their to be a way to display students progress through the word lists so I came up with the idea of ice cream. Each student starting with a cone and each word list being a scoop of ice cream. My students absolutely love the display, it motivates them and let's them take ownership in their learning. This is the display in my room. As you can tell, Sight Words Scoops has been very successful in my classroom since I have about 50% of my class knowing all 124 sight words. Since we are just over halfway through the school year, I can proudly say that each one of my students are on track to learn all of the sight words! That makes this teacher's heart all shades of happy! </div>
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I cannot provide the ice cream scoops and cones to you in my product because of the terms of use of the clip art however, <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Sweet-Treats-Mix-and-Match-Creative-Clips-Digital-Clipart-669639" target="_blank">here</a> is the link of the scoops that I used! They are so worth the purchase! I used the black and white versions and then printed them on colored copy paper. You could even make your own if you wanted to! </div>
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I have a Sight Word Literacy Center in my classroom where students can practice their word list. I keep all the word lists there and I have created two centers that students can use to help reinforce the sight words. One is Roll and Write and the other is Roll, Read, and Highlight. They are very similar in nature however, I have several students who can easily recognize words but struggle to write them. I provide the option for them to choose which center they would like. I also keep play dough, white boards, and letter charms for students to use to build and practice their words. </div>
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Passing a word list is something worth celebrating and to do that, I have created Reward Bracelets that students can earn once they have mastered the word list that they are working on! This is a great way that others in the school as well as parents can be notified of the achievement that was made. </div>
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Plus, at the end of the year, I have told my class that we are going to have an ice cream party to celebrate all that we have accomplished with our sight word scoops! I am not above bribing my students with ice cream to learn their sight words! I may or may not reward myself with a little ice cream too! </div>
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I have also included Parent Letters to send home explaining Sight Word Scoops and the schedule in which I teach the sight words! I hope you love this product as much as I do! It is on sale for 20% off for the next 48 hours! You can find it<a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Sight-Word-Scoops-Kindergarten-Edition-1723733" target="_blank"> here</a>! </div>
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God Bless Linky Parties! It seems like it has been the only thing to get my act together in this blogging world lately! So here is my Five for Friday for this week! </div>
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So on my last blog post, I was wishing for some snow and boy did that wish come true! We had an early release day on Monday and have been out of school ever since! I celebrated our early release on Monday with Chick-fil-a! The iced coffee is free for the month of February! I had the Chick-fil-a calendar card to get the chicken minis for free and I purchased the half and half tea for lunch! All that for a whopping total of $1.91! I love a good deal! </div>
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With the snow days, I did take time to finish a project I have been planning for what seems like forever! My mom gave me this window when I moved to North Carolina and I knew that I was going to put some pictures of the Mister and I in it. Well, over two years later, I did it! Here is the finished product. I love it! </div>
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Since the Mister and I are just about settled in the new house, I have been looking for ways to make our house feel more like our home. I saw a pin the other day of a prayer wall and I am so loving the idea of making my own! I think it will be so awesome to look over all the prayers that I have had over the year and see how God has worked into my life! Here are the inspiration pictures! </div>
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I am getting ready to post my first product on Teachers Pay Teachers! EEK!!! I am so excited about this product! It is called Sight Words Scoops and it has completely changed how I teach sight words! A blog post is coming this weekend to explain all the details! For now, here are a few sneak peek pictures! </div>
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<br />Lindsey Niharthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08661866947289605108noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4678323553728074279.post-70437619286636729432015-02-02T16:14:00.000-05:002015-02-02T16:14:27.802-05:00Currently February<div align="center">
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Let's be real. I am not the best blogger. I have really tried to spend the month of January spending time with family. Plus, the Mister and I have been doing Whole30 and so I have cooking my life away{totally exaggerating}. Mix all that in with Middle of the Year Assessments and Report Cards, January has been so busy y'all! </div>
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But I just couldn't miss <a href="http://ohboy3rdgrade.blogspot.com/2015/01/currently-february.html" target="_blank">Farley's</a> Currently February Link Up so here we are! </div>
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I just love The Ellen Show! Thankfully, most days I am able to get home before it starts. I am going to be real. The first 20 minutes are always my fave! Her monologue and the funny segments she does in the beginning are just hilarious! </div>
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I love the new running shoes the Mister bought me this month! Going to the gym has been something I have been doing pretty much on the reg these days and the cheapo 20 dollar shoes that I bought at Costco last year just weren't cutting it. So the Mister spent his spending money last month and bought me some fancy Asics running shoes! He's seriously the best and I love, Love, LOVE the shoes! </div>
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I am on Day 23 of the Whole30. I was going to wait until February 1st to start but we ran out of groceries in the middle of January so we just jumped right in! It has totally challenged and changed the way I thought about food. I am so thankful for that because I didn't have the best relationship with sugar in particular. We are going to introduce one or two items back into our diet after Whole30 and allow ourselves to go out every now and again but we are going to stick to Whole30 other than that! </div>
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About this time last year, I was absolutely sick of snow days. We just had so many and school was so inconsistent. In North Carolina, typically when it snows, the teachers still have an optional teacher work day. That basically means, come to work or use leave to take a day off. I'll just be honest, I am stickler when it comes to taking off. I love seeing my leave build up so I normally go into work during those optional work days. We haven't had any snow so far this year and I would just love to see one good snow! I think I would even take a day off if it was a good snow day! :)</div>
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To Lesson Plan. What's new? I love planning what I am doing with my kiddos but I REALLY dislike typing it all out or writing it all down. I totally need to get better at that! I am so jealous of all of you that do cute visual plans with links to the products that you are using. </div>
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One of the biggest things that I am missing during Whole30 is my sweet tea. I just love sweet tea. I am not planning on drinking it as much as I was before Whole30 because I know that there is a gazillion grams of sugar in it but I would love to have a glass of sweet tea every now and again. </div>
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Apparently, I am already known for my title as the Sweet Tea Sweetie because one of the Kindergarten assistants came into my classroom with a little Dixie glass of sweet tea because she thought her tea didn't taste right. Even though I knew that it probably wouldn't taste good, my mouth started watering as soon as she said what was in it. How I miss thee, sweet tea! </div>
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<br />Lindsey Niharthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08661866947289605108noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4678323553728074279.post-69350247717046765572015-01-04T20:37:00.000-05:002015-01-04T20:37:24.270-05:00Currently January<div align="center">
I'm in full denial that it is the day before school starts back! Winter break was just way too good to me and I am definitely wishing that it was longer! I didn't do a single thing for school during the break which was great in one sense but, now I am sort of in panic mode to get it all done! Thankfully we have a workday on Monday! Hopefully I will be productive and get everything prepared! </div>
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Well anyway, The beginning of a new month means that it is time for a Currently January Link Up with <a href="http://ohboy3rdgrade.blogspot.com/2014/12/currently-january-20015.html" target="_blank">Farley</a>. <br />
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It is absolutely quiet in our house. The Mister is working on planning his personal training sessions for the week and I am working on this, of course. It is so peaceful and I am loving it! <br />
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Geez, I know. So cheesy to put my husband for what I am loving but he is straight up amazing. He's been my work out partner during winter break which is a big task in itself! He sacrifices so much to make me a happy lady and I am so grateful! Definitely the kind of husband that a little girl dreams about and prays for! <br />
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I am helping host the North Carolina Teacher Blogger Meet Up with several other NC teachers and I am just so excited! I know it is going to be a blast meeting other teachers from the Tar Heel State! </div>
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So thankful to be a little part of the meet up! </div>
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Although winter break was just so wonderful, I would just love a few more days of winter break! My bedtime has been all thrown off because of New Years and I can't seem to get it back in check. For example, I was up until 2 am last night. I just might die tomorrow when I have to wake up early and go to work! <br />
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A work day for tomorrow means that I will be lesson planning all day! I am trying to revamp a few of my centers so I will hopefully get all of that done tomorrow! "I will be productive. I will be productive. I will be productive." Maybe if I keep saying it, it will become a reality. I'll let you know! :) <br />
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My husband and I are doing Whole30 for the month of February and a few days either in January or March. The book should come in tomorrow and I am so excited to read it! </div>
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I so envy all of you that are journal keepers. I think I might give it a shot this year. In a way, this blog serves as a journal but I am thinking about keeping a paper one for everyday use. I think it is such a great thing to be able to look back on at the end of a year or even a month to see what you were going through and how God was working! </div>
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Fixer Upper comes on in three days! I am so excited to watch season two. I would absolute love to be on that show! Obviously, the Mister and I are not in need of a new house since we just moved into our new house in November but by golly, I would consider it if Chip and Joanna would come and reno and decorate it for me. </div>
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Plus, I have a mini-crush on Chip. I am pretty sure that I have watched every episode of Season 1 multiple times and I still giggle at his jokes, all while my husband is sitting next to me shaking his head! HA! <br />
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Happy New Years Y'all! There is something so wonderful about the clean slate and fresh start that a New Year brings! I used to never be a goal person but, my husband totally is so he has turned me into being <strike>totally</strike> <em>more of</em> a goal person. I'm linking up with <a href="http://ericabohrer.blogspot.com/2015/01/new-years-resolutions-linky.html" target="_blank">Erica</a> to share my New Year's Goals in hope that if I post my goals, I will reach them! </div>
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I want to give my absolute best in the classroom this year! Sometimes I get comfortable and end up just doing the same thing that I did last year. I want to get out of that habit and try new things in the classroom, even if that means I need to spend more time prepping things and staying late at school. I think that also means that I just need to become better at time management.</div>
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I have got to get working on my TPT store. Right now, I just have several freebies up but I want to finish up some products that I have created and post them for sale. I would love to have my store up and running smoothly by the end of 2015. </div>
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I also would LOVE, LOVE, LOVE to go to Vegas this summer for the TPT and I Teach K conference! The Mister has even talked about making a big trip of it. We will see! </div>
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It's real, y'all. I am going to do the Whole 30. I am not doing it in January because really, I am not prepared. I haven't read the book yet and I want to do some serious recipe searching and meal planning but I have committed to do it for the month of February. Whole 30 is 30 days of no sugar, dairy, grains, beans, and alcohol. If you know me at all personally, I am a sugar addict. FOR REAL. I have never dieted or eliminated any foods from my diet so jumping in and doing Whole 30 is quite scary but the Mister said he will do it with me so I am excited for the challenge. Let me know if you are doing it too and we can team up! </div>
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Before Christmas, the Mister and I joined a gym. We have been members of a gym before but I have never been fully interested in working out. That poses a problem when your husband is a personal trainer, huh?! Well the Mister is seriously the best for dealing with me. I feel like I am doing better at wanting to go to the gym since I am committed to making the gym a part of my routine. </div>
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Confession: I have never liked running. LIKE EVER. My least favorite part of PE in school was doing the mile run. It was the WORST. However, I am determined to become a better runner and have already reached a mini goal of running a mile straight without stopping. For me, that is big and I am going to keep on going! </div>
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For my personal goals, I want to spend more meaningful time with my husband, family, and friends. The older I get, the more that time means to me! I want to be all in to diving deeper in my relationships. </div>
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I told the Mister the other day that I want to become better at praising God immediately for all he is doing in my life. I often jump to conclusions and think that my success comes from my hard work but in reality, I know that it is solely because of the Savior working through me. I want to become more aware of that and be quick to give him glory for everything because without him, I am nothing! So thankful that his mercies are new each morning! </div>
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Lindsey Niharthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08661866947289605108noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4678323553728074279.post-75061554516097069192014-12-21T17:12:00.000-05:002014-12-21T17:13:25.049-05:00The Top 14 of 2014!<div style="text-align: center;">
I can NOT believe that 2014 is almost over! This year was so great and full of so many blessings! I'm linking up with Kristin, Traci, and Hadar for their fun linky party, 14 in 14. So here are 14 of my favorite memories of 2014! </div>
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In February, we went down to Folkston, Georgia to surprise the Mister's Grandmommy for her 85th birthday! It was the first time meeting my Mister's cousins and we just had a blast that weekend! We spent most of the weekend playing Shanghai Rummy until the middle of the night and just relaxing with each other! We are hoping to do it again this year! </div>
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The Mister and I got to go the UNC vs. Duke game this year and for those of you that live in North Carolina, you know that this is probably the biggest sports event in the state! The Mister loves UNC and seeing how excited he was to be at the game, made it SO worth it!</div>
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BONUS! UNC won so I had a very happy husband! Go Heels!</div>
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So this year, we had a TON of snow days. In March, we had a big ice storm and knocked out a ton of electricity and damaged a lot of the school buildings. So we had several snow days while the damage was repaired. One of the snow days, the weather was gorgeous and so me and a few of my FAVE girlfriends went to a vineyard nearby and had the BEST SNOWDAY EVER! </div>
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We had so much fun that we went for my birthday too! I am so thankful for these ladies and their friendship! </div>
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My college besties and I got together for the first time in forevs this year and it was so wonderful! We now live in Alabama, Georgia, and North Carolina so the fact that we got all of our schedules to line up is amazing! </div>
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Chalkboard Charm went live this summer! Megan Farve designed my blog for me and I am still so in love! I haven't been the most faithful blogger but I am loving this journey! I have met so many blogging friends and I am so excited to see where Chalkboard Charm goes in 2015! </div>
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I became an Aunt this year and it is totally the greatest! My nephew Jude lives in Portland so I don't get to see him too often but he is by far the cutest thing on the planet! </div>
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Be still my heart! My Mother-in-law made this smocked outfit for my husband when he was a baby and Jude got to try it out when he visited in September! </div>
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Most of my family lives in Georgia or Texas but I am so blessed to have my cousin and his family living in Jacksonville, NC. I have gotten to see them several times this year and they are just my fave! Tanner is by far the most hilarious kid out there and Tatum is so precious! </div>
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Two of my bridesmaids got married this year and they both had amazing weddings and of course I loved getting to see them marry the loves of their lives! </div>
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The Mister and I went to Charleston with my in-laws during the summer and I just fell in love! In my dream life, I will live there and eat all the food, all the time. </div>
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Our trip to Greenville, SC was one of my favorite trips this year too. We only spent one night there but it is such an amazing little city. I love to visit every chance I get! </div>
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We celebrated our 1 year anniversary this year! Blessed to be with this guy! </div>
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The Niharts took a beach trip to Emerald Isle this year and we had a blast! It was my last hoorah before school started so the Mister helped me prepare. Also any trip to the beach is an all round good idea! </div>
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We bought a house this year which has been amazing! We've painted, we've got new carpet, and a new bedroom suite! Love our little house and cannot wait to make more memories in this home! </div>
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Sappy for sure, but any memory I get to have with my Mister is my favorite. He is by far my favorite and my best friend! </div>
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Cheers to the memories that will be made in 2015! </div>
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So thankful that it is the weekend! Time for Five for Friday!</div>
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I posted a winter counting freebie this week! It is part of a pack that I have been working on. Pick it up, check it out, and let me know what you think! </div>
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The amazing Amanda Castle took these photos and I love them! Check her out <a href="http://amandacastlephotography.com/" target="_blank">here</a>! </div>
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I am such a proud teacher right about now! This is a sneak peek of how I keep track and manage all the sight words my kiddos learn. I created my product Sight Word Scoops at the end of last year. I teach a total of 124 sight words during the Kindergarten year. I divided these words into 8 lists. Each list is designated as a color. The first list has 12 words and all the others lists have 16 words. We have been working so hard this year on our sight word recognition and I am so excited to say that every single student knows at least 30 words! That is so huge being that the expectation from my district is that Kinders need to know 20 at the end of the year. I've never paid much attention to that expectation because I know that my kids can do so much more than that! </div>
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Sight Word Scoops will be coming to my store during Winter Break! </div>
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So I got off of work yesterday and there were two of the cutest golden puppies waiting for me in my garage. </div>
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The Mister and I are dog sitting for my in-laws while they go and visit my nephew! We are seriously in love with these two! Their names are Scotty and Sherlock and they are the sweetest things! They have been so fun to watch, play, and snuggle with! The Mister and I would love to get a puppy for ourselves but with the new house, dog sitting is definitely letting us get our fill of puppy love! </div>
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I'm so glad that the Christmas season is here! We just started really getting into it in the classroom and the kids are loving it! I recorded Elf the other day and I am watching it now! I love that movie! It is one of my Christmas favorites for sure!</div>
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I am seriously in shock that it is December already. I know that I am definitely getting ahead of myself but, we are almost halfway through the school year! UNREAL! Discussions are being made about the 100th day of school already! Well, I don't think there is anything I can really do about it so let's link up with Farley from Oh Boy 4th Grade for December Currently! </div>
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My dad always watched Andy Griffith growing up. I didn't love it too much back then but, I can't get enough of it now! I {heart} Barney Fife big time! It comes on every day here right around the time I get home and it is the perfect background noise to working on school stuff! </div>
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We moved into our house two weeks ago! We have spent that time unpacking, organizing, and decorating and I am absolutely loving it! I do not miss apartment living one little bit. We have painted everything, arranged and rearranged furniture, and set up our Christmas tree. Things are starting to feel more like a home and I am so very thankful.</div>
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I know I just had four days off from school last week but it was just so nice that I am now on the countdown to winter break. The Mister and I were thrilled to spend so much quality time together and with a gazillion things to do, winter break can't come soon enough. I don't really have too much to complain about because my Kinders have been super awesome the past two days after the break. Bless them! </div>
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Pinterest, although a wonderful thing, makes me want all things home décor these days. I am loving the process of decorating the house but MAN! Who wouldn't want their house to look like one of those Pinterest houses instantly. </div>
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PLUS my clip art addiction is well known. My name is Lindsey Nihart and I am a Creative Clips addict. I am halfway sure that Krista Wallden puts some sort of magic spell on me and makes me buy all of her memberships. I HAVE NO CONTROL. </div>
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Y'all. I seriously love creating products. I told the Mister the other day that I was going to become a stay-at-home wife and keep our house clean and create TPT products all day long because I am positive that both of those things cannot be done while being a full time teacher. I am working on it. <br />
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One of my latest creations has been a pack called Count On It! I am -thisclose- to posting it on TPT but I just keep adding things to it. So as a little preview I will share one of the counting mats and one of the recording sheets! If we are keeping it real, counting sets is something my kiddos need help on the whole year long so these have been so helpful and I hope you think so too! <br />
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I'm linking up with Kacey at Doodle Bugs teaching for Five for Friday. </div>
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I am fortunate to have several parents this year who currently serve in the millitary or have at some point in the past. I definitely wanted to do something to honor their service and thank them for the sacrifices they made for our country. I remembered saving Simply Kinder's Military freebie and knew that I just had to make a display with that this year. </div>
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Here is the finished product. I seriously love the way it turned out! It pulls at my heart strings to see how blessed my classroom is to know and love so many veterans. </div>
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We also read the book Hero Dad and a few exerpts from Letters to a Soldier. </div>
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Please don't forget to thank a veteran not just Tuesday but everyday! They deserve every bit of honor and gratitude! </div>
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This week, I dipped into how I teach phonics and some resources I use when teaching letters and letter sounds. To check out that post, click <a href="http://chalkboardcharm.blogspot.com/2014/11/phonics-fun.html" target="_blank">here</a>. </div>
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The Mister and I closed on our first house Thursday and we are so excited to make that house a home! We aren't moving in until next weekend so we are spending this weekend cleaning, painting and dreaming of all we can do to make this house ours! Pictures will come soon but here is a quick pic of us Thursday night! </div>
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This is SO me right now. I'm tempted to set up all of my Christmas stuff before we even move our furniture in the new house! I have never had a real Christmas Tree and the Mister thinks that is ridiculous so we are going to have two trees this year! How many trees do you put up? </div>
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The Mister and I got pictures done a week and a half ago with my sweet photographer friend Amanda Castle. She was our photographer for our wedding and she is seriously amazing! Check her site <a href="http://amandacastlephotography.com/" target="_blank">here</a>. She posted a little sneak peek on Facebook the other day and I love it! Absolutely cannot wait to see the rest! </div>
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In Kindergarten, how letters are taught or introduced can be a touchy topic to discuss! I have seen everything from people swearing by the letter of the week philosophy to teaching multiple letters in a week to not teaching letters individually but doing more of an approach where all the letters are taught. </div>
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The county that I teach in adopted Fundations which is a phonics curriculum created by Wilson. Last year was the first year of implementation and like the first year of any curriculum, I was definitely overwhelmed. Fundations is a strict program that lays out 30 minutes of phonics instruction daily. This was the first encounter I had with a script-like program and honestly, it rubbed me the wrong way. The "Fundations gods" told me exactly what to say and when to say it. That's <strong><em>SO</em></strong> not how I do things. However, I followed the curriculum and noticed that the kids were really picking up the letters and their sounds so I couldn't really complain <em>too </em>much. :)</div>
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Each letter in the alphabet has a keyword and as we review the letters during Fundations time, we say the letter-keyword-sound <strong><em>all the time</em></strong>. For example, we would say "a-apple-/a/." Here is an example of what one of our posters looks like so you can see the keywords. </div>
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Fundations teaches the lowercase letters first and then uppercase later on. When I realized that, my mind was blown. Why in the world would you separate uppercase and lowercase letters? It was a big mystery. Thankfully, after some additional training, that mystery was explained. Did you know that uppercase letters make up only 10% of print? I had no idea! So Fundations focuses on lowercase first and then teachers uppercase at a quicker pace. Also, if a child knows any letters when they enter Kindergarten, typically they know uppercase letters. </div>
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(Just so you know, my kids are still very aware of the uppercase letters. We typically sort uppercase and lowercase letters and practice writing uppercase letters as well. Don't tell those "Fundations gods!")</div>
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Fundations also teaches two letters a week most of the time. The first week of school there is only one letter taught and last week there were three letters in one week. We all made it out alive! ;) Before Fundations, my grade level taught one letter a week. One letter a week sounds nice because you can revolve all your centers, crafts, poems and all sorts of thing around that letter. In reality though, if you teach one letter a week students won't be introduced to all of the letters until 3/4 of the way through the year. That is way too long in my opinion! I am loving teaching two letters in a week now! The kids can totally handle it!</div>
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Outside of our Fundations time, we do a lot of things to reinforce the letters that we are learning. I have an ABC center like the one below. Kids get to sort the letters and pictures based on the first sound. </div>
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I use Cara Carroll's Interactive Alphabet Notebook and seriously love it! Check it out! </div>
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As a class we come up with a list of words that begin with the letter sounds and I obviously work with the letters in small groups too! </div>
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A few weeks ago, I searched for some fun videos about the letters that we were learning about because honestly, Fundations isn't always very fun. I found ABC Mouse's letter videos on Youtube and I just love them! I think we have watched the video for every letter we have learned since then! The kids are totally engaged and get so excited when one of those videos come on. Here is one that we watched today!</div>
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During the video, every single one of my kiddos said "ewwwww" in unison when the word kiss was mention. I love me some kinders. </div>
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It's November already?! Seriously? Where did October go? </div>
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Although I am in utter amazement at how fast this year is going, I am thrilled to link up with Farley at <a href="http://ohboy3rdgrade.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Oh Boy Fourth Grade</a> for November Currently! </div>
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The Mister and I are about to close on our first house this Thursday so I am listening to him pack up our guest room while he is listening to Pandora! Don't worry, I am going to help as soon as I am done with this post! We aren't moving in completely until the following weekend so we have some time before everything has to be packed up! Completely excited and amazed to start this fun new journey in life with him! </div>
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Y'all, North Carolina fall is no joke. It is seriously beautiful here! On the way home from church, the color of all the leaves were practically screaming to be adored! The cooler weather has added to all the fun too! Bring on the fleece lined leggings and caramel apples! </div>
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I need some more blogging in my life! I was going to not even mention how long it has been since I posted on Chalkboard Charm but I am hoping that calling myself out will somehow motivate myself to find some time to share what I have been up to lately with my Kinders. The past month has been a whirlwind of parent teacher conferences, Open House Night, report cards, creating, and house searching! </div>
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Since our new house has a fenced in backyard, we have started to look at possibly getting a dog. It is so exciting to think about having a furry friend at home but obviously it is a huge responsibility so we are taking our sweet time before getting one of our own! </div>
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With the move right around the corner, I have to start getting myself and our apartment organized! Organization is not a quality that I bring to the table! Ha! I am hoping I will be a little more motivated to keep our new home organized and cute since it will be ours! </div>
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Y'all, I'm just going to keep it real. I am not reading absolutely anything currently. I'll be honest and say that summer is the time that I spend the most time reading. I can't hardly find any time to read during the school year. Well, that is unless reading teacher blogs count! :) I do somehow find a way to do that! </div>
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I have missed you!! I am a horrible blogger and I haven't blogged in nearly four weeks! Getting the classroom set up and continually teaching procedures has taken over a lot of my free time these days and the free time that I have left, I spend getting some R&R. I am totally feeling like everything is falling into place now and the kiddos are getting it too so hopefully you will hear more from me next week! <br />
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Last Friday was a rather cloudy and drizzly day and we were the only class that went to the playground for recess. My kiddos were loving the face that we had the WHOLE playground to ourselves. I decided that I had to take part in the fun that the kids were having! Needless to say, they thought it was hilarious and begged me to go on every single piece of equipment. These sweet smiles were cheering and applauding my every move! </div>
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The Mister and I have been renting an apartment ever since we got married. Our lease is ending in November so we decided that we would look into purchasing a home of our own. We started the whole process about 2 weeks ago and it has been a crazy ride! House buying is exciting, frustrating, exhausting, and so fun all at the same time. How all those emotions can be rolled up into the adventure called house buying is beyond me. </div>
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We have been learning about Apples this week and by golly, my kids loved it. </div>
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I made this little apple anchor chart last week and never got around to printing out labels so I smacked it on my easel and Mr. Expo marker and I became good friends. Keeping it real. </div>
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We made applesauce and my room smelt like fall all day long. </div>
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I found these cute sorting mats last year and I couldn't wait to use them again. I can't remember where I found them so if it is you, let me know! I would love to give credit! </div>
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The kids most absolutely loved Deedee Wills' Apple Poem this week! We put it in our journal, found all the letter a's in the poem and sang it probably a hundred times! This totally reinforced one less and once it got to zero apples being in the tree, we sang it together in our saddest, most dramatic voice ever. I'll be real, it was more giggling than singing but it was too much fun! The kids were eating it up! </div>
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Y'all, I have a confession to make. So, every year, we sample each color of apples and we graph the flavor that was the most popular. Originally, the vote went: red-5 green-9 yellow-8. Neither I nor my student teacher had voted. We analyzed the data, talked about how had the most/least and how many more were needed for each color to have the most.</div>
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Now let me tell you, the green apples that the kids sampled were by far the most sour and tart apples that I have ever tasted.{like I made the wildest face when I tasted them} I just couldn't stand the thought of those apples representing my class majority. So I just decided that I would use some teacher power and see if we couldn't have an upset in Room 106. So Mrs. Nihart and my student teacher took part of the class survey. Let me clarify, I did not sway my student teacher's vote in any way, shape, or form. {or did I?} </div>
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Needless to say, yellow won. YAY! ;)</div>
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My kinders ask to play this game all the time. I introduced it whole group but now I have moved it to a center so that they can play with their center group. </div>
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It's time for Monday Made It! I had initially intended for this post to be a Five for Friday post but my Friday/weekend was completely full with all things crazy! I had to come back to the drawing board and reevaluate so here we are! </div>
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This is going to be a huge post because you will find 5 freebies in it! In return for the 5 freebies, I ask that you follow me on Teachers Pay Teachers and give me some meaningful feedback! </div>
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You know that saying, "Better late, than never." Well this freebie definitely is falling under that category. </div>
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Most normal people have certificates to send home on the first day of school showing parents that their student had a great first day. This year my to-do list on the first day of school had 794 things on it so the first day of school certificates just didn't happen. If this sounds anything like you, sending home certificates at the end of the week is a little more doable. In the pack, you can find certificates for Preschool up to Fifth Grade. I have included both color and black and white certificates as well as full page certificates and certificates that are four to a page. </div>
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Since you are probably well into your school year, I know that you might not be able to use these this year but I am making them a forever freebie so you can use them for years to come. Click on the picture for the product! </div>
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Can I tell you a secret? This year will be the first year that I have ever displayed my students' birthdays. I know! I know! I am horrible! I always see so many teachers with the cutest birthday displays so this year I am determined to put one up for myself! </div>
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I was totally inspired by Hope King's Classroom Décor Packs, specifically her birthday display. Here is some eye candy. I found these on Pinterest. The first picture is from Hope King's blog post about her Décor Packs and the second is from Sailing Into Second's Classroom. </div>
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I didn't need a whole pack of décor, just the birthday display so I decided to use my color scheme and make my own version. I currently use turquoise and lime green in my classroom so these had to match! If you have a specific color scheme that you would like to make, I would love to help! The turquoise and lime green birthday display will always be free but the new color schemes will put up for sale soon! Click on the picture to go to the freebie in my store! </div>
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During morning meeting, every day, the class and I recite our 5 classroom rules. I have motions that go along with the rules to help my kinder friend remember them and to make them have more meaning! I saw Maria Manore's classroom rules displayed in the most precious frames last year and I just knew that I had to have something like that of my own! Here is Maria's Classroom Rules. </div>
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Lastly, I have made a poster for my class to keep track of how many days we have been in school! I printed and laminated it and now have it posted with my classroom calendar. You can see it in my classroom here. </div>
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<br />Lindsey Niharthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08661866947289605108noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4678323553728074279.post-74175452595437592542014-09-01T09:54:00.002-04:002014-09-01T09:54:45.611-04:00September Currently<div style="text-align: center;">
I cannot believe that it is September already! The summer just flew by and now fall is upon us! It's still pretty warm here in North Carolina but I am sure that cooler temperatures will be upon us soon! There are so many fun things to do during fall! The Mr. and I go to Linville Falls in the Blue Ridge Mountains every year and I just cannot wait to go this year! In fact, Linville Falls is where the Mr. proposed so it's definitely a special place for us! </div>
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Anyways, I am linking up with Farley over at <a href="http://ohboy3rdgrade.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Oh Boy 4th Grade</a> for Currently September! </div>
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Listening- I seriously love listening to Christy Nockels! She is one of the worship leaders at Passion City Church and is a very well known Christian artist! Her voice and songs are seriously amazing and anointed! {Fun Fact: I walked down the aisle to her song, Grace Flows Down.} </div>
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Loving- I am loving that it is officially September because that means that Krista Wallden's Fall VIP Membership has begun! I was a part of the Summer VIP and just knew that I had to do the Fall VIP as well! I opened up Week 1 today and Krista didn't disappoint! I'm obsessed with all things Creative Clips! You can find the Fall VIP <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Creative-Clips-FALL-VIP-Membership-Creative-Clips-Digital-Clipart-1356725" target="_blank">here</a>. </div>
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Thinking- It seems like my mind never rests when it comes to school stuff! We had a great first week of school in my class but of course I am spending this weekend reflecting on what I did last week and what I need to do this week. We are going to hit the ground running this week with literacy centers! I spend last week introducing the concept of centers with fine motor centers that I got from Crystal at Kreative in Kinder. You can find those centers <a href="http://kreativeinkinder.blogspot.com/2014/08/fine-motor-fun-part-one.html" target="_blank">here</a> and <a href="http://kreativeinkinder.blogspot.com/2014/08/fine-motor-fun-part-two.html" target="_blank">here</a>. </div>
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Wanting- Three day weekends are just so nice! I get so much done during them and still get plenty of rest! The Mr. and I are getting to spend some time together too which is always my favorite! I know some schools only go to school Monday-Thursday every week! I am so curious to how that works out! If that's you, let me know! </div>
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Needing- I am planning a big post on Friday! It is stuffed full of freebies that I have been working on! Make sure to Follow me on <a href="http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Lindsey-Nihart" target="_blank">TPT</a> and <a href="https://www.bloglovin.com/blog/12188349" target="_blank">Bloglovin</a> to make sure that you don't miss out on the fun! These will be the first products in my TPT store! Thanks Megan Farve from I Teach What's Your Superpower for the cutest graphics that I used to make this banner! </div>
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Vegas- I am determined to go to Vegas for the I teach K conference or the TPT conference next year! I loved seeing everyone's pictures this year but I want to be a part of all the fun this year! Anybody want to come with?!</div>
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Hawaii- The Mr. and I have always wanted to go to Hawaii and who wouldn't?! The beaches are so pretty that they look like the screensavers that you used to put on your desktop in the 90's. One day! </div>
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Portland- I became an aunt for the first time in July and my little nephew lives in Portland! I get to meet him for the first time this coming weekend because my sister-in-law is coming into town to visit and I just can't wait! The Mr. and I are planning on going to Portland during the fall this year to visit baby Jude and his awesome parents and we are so excited! The pictures that my sister-in-law have posted since they have moved there have been amazing! Neither of us have been to the West Coast so we are excited to take the trip soon! </div>
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Y'all! School is in session! I am two days into the 2014-2015 school year and I am officially in love with my Kinders this year! We are still learning routines, procedures, and rules but I just love them! I think over the summer I forgot how quickly and easily 4, 5, and 6 year olds can love! We were no more than 4 hours into the first day of school and I had one little student wrap his arms around me and say something like this, "Mrs. Nihart, Thanks for letting me have the best day of Kindergarten ever!" My heart just melted right there on that cafeteria floor! </div>
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I have been awful at taking pictures but I have snatched a few and would love to share them with you! This is the flipbook that I made for my parents for Meet the Teacher Night! This was the first time that I used a flipbook and have gotten really good feedback on it so I think this is officially a must for next year! </div>
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I woke up at 6am the morning of Meet the Teacher with the idea of using Krista Wallden's Candy Clipart for my "wishing wall" for extra supplies I needed! I absolutely love how it turned out! Like I said, because I didn't have too much time to put it together, I didn't get to cut out all the pieces of candy to make it perfect but I still think it is just precious! </div>
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I love teaching children about gratitude and being thankful! I try and do this in many ways but one of the first and smallest ways I teach them is by the gifts I give them on Meet the Teacher night! I don't have a picture of their gift but I gave them a glow stick with a tag saying, "This year is going to be bright! Welcome to Kindergarten!" I also gave the parents a banana with a tag saying, "We are bananas for Kinder Parents!" </div>
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On the first day of school, I gave my parents this little note below. I wrapped it around a little pack of tissues and tied it with twine! I hope they loved it! </div>
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And now for the Classroom Reveal! I had a few more pictures than what I am posting but the lighting is horrible so I nixed those! </div>
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This is the view from my door! My school's PTA bought the chair pockets for my class at the end of last year and I just love them! They are from Really Good Stuff! I love the little green pouch that is on them! </div>
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Here is my whole group instruction area! I was totally inspired by Maria from Kindercraze! I bought the bench from Ikea and you can also see my classroom rules posted underneath my whiteboard! My calendar is a growing calendar so I started the year with the basics: the date, weather, and how many days we have been in school. I am going to add skills to it as the year progresses! </div>
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This is my Guided Reading/Small group area! I have my reading strategies on the bulletin board behind my table for easy access. </div>
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I just love the way paper lanterns and tissue poms look in a classroom but our fire marshal says that's a no go so I found a way to get around it(atleast a little bit)! </div>
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Here is my word wall for this year as well as my computers and listening station. I haven't completely decided what I am going to put in the bins on the edge of the computer table but I am thinking possibly center storage! </div>
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Here is the view of the back of the room! I have a bathroom in the classroom which is just amazing! The bags above the cabinets say Welcome to Kindergarten! On the far left you can see the clip chart from A Cupcake for the Teacher! </div>
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This is the hallway outside the classroom! I display student work on these. I made them at the end of the year last year. We made the cutest Kissing Hand Craft on the first day of school so I hung them up on Monday! I found the idea from The First Grade Parade! How sweet is that Chester? </div>
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<br />Lindsey Niharthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08661866947289605108noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4678323553728074279.post-90615585239845687912014-08-18T08:32:00.000-04:002014-08-18T08:36:49.173-04:00Teacher Week- Who Monday/Meet the Teacher<div style="text-align: center;">
Is it against the rules to do two linky parties in one post? I surely hope not because that's what I am doing today! I'm linking up with Stephanie at Falling into First for her Meet the Teacher Blogger linky and the ladies at BlogHoppin' for the Back to School linky! </div>
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So here's the back story! I am a wife to Ben, a teacher to Kindergarteners, a Jesus lover, and of course a blogger! I just recently celebrated my one year anniversary to this handsome man!<br />
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I am originally from Georgia but moved to North Carolina when I got engaged! Back home, I have two awesome step siblings. Hope, my sister, just started <strike>kindergarten</strike> {ummm} middle school and my brother, Hudson, is in 4th grade! They are getting so big! This is us at our wedding last year!</div>
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I also became an Aunt for the first time this summer! My nephew's name is Jude and he lives in Portland, Oregon. My sister-in-law and Jude are making the big trip over in September and I am so excited to meet Baby Jude in person! Love that little guy so much already!</div>
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<strong>THESE ARE A FEW OF MY FAVORITE THINGS...</strong> </div>
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Sweet Tea, Porch Swings, Peaches, Muscadines, Tervis, Fleece Leggings, Caramel Apple Spice from Starbucks, Desserts, Coke Floats, Flair Pens, School Supplies, Fixer Upper on HGTV, my husband, and all things Southern. </div>
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<strong>IF YOU WEREN'T A TEACHER, WHAT WOULD YOU BE?</strong></div>
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I would just love to work in a bakery! I have even filled out an application but was too chicken to submit it! One day! </div>
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If I could decorate classrooms for a living, that would be amazing! I live vicariously through Melanie and Schoolgirl Style! <br />
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<strong>THREE LITTLE WORDS THAT DESCRIBE YOU.</strong></div>
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Southern. Loyal. Blessed. <br />
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<strong>FINISH THIS SENTENCE, "___________ "SAID NO TEACHER EVER!</strong></div>
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"I definitely don't assess my kids enough," said no teacher ever!<br />
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<strong>IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY AND YOU CAN INVITE ANYONE {DEAD OR ALIVE} TO THE PARTY. WHO ARE YOU INVITING?</strong> </div>
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George and Laura Bush, Bill Cosby, my Grandfather, and Bill Gaither.<br />
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<strong>IF SOMEONE WROTE A BOOK ABOUT YOUR LIFE, WHAT WOULD BE THE TITLE?</strong> </div>
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"One Glass of Sweet Tea at a Time" <br />
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<strong>YOU GET TO PICK ONE SUPERPOWER. WHAT IS IT?</strong> </div>
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Most definitely a cleaning super power! I would love to have a magic wand that I could wave and everything would clean itself! I'm a work in progress! <br />
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<strong>WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE QUOTE OR SAYING?</strong></div>
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I love encouraging quotes. I have a whole board on Pinterest dedicated to "sweet words." You can check them out <a href="http://www.pinterest.com/lindseynihart/sweet-words/" target="_blank">here</a>! Here are a few of my favorites! <br />
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<strong>IF YOU HAD TO SING ONE SONG ON AMERICAN IDOL, WHAT WOULD IT BE?</strong><br />
Oh geez. Someone would have to pay me to go on that show. I definitely wouldn't get a golden ticket. I'll just go with the song that I have been singing nonstop for the past two days. It shows my true colors. <br />
"Love is an Open Door" from Frozen. </div>
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<strong>ARE YOU A MORNING PERSON OR A NIGHT OWL? </strong></div>
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Neither, really! I am a 9-5 kind of person! <br />
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<strong>SHARE SOMETHING WE MIGHT NOT KNOW ABOUT YOU!</strong> </div>
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My husband and I met in the Dominican Republic on a mission trip our senior year of high school! Because of that, the DR will always be a special place for us! In fact, we went back on our honeymoon! </div>
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