WOW...A Liebster Award!

I just discovered I've been nominated for a blogging award!  I am excited and thankful to Tessa at Funnies in Fourth for the nomination.  Seriously, she is awesome and you should go check out her blog right away!  You can read all about the award here on Tessa's page. 

 

To accept the nomination there are a some things I have to do:

1.  Link back to the blog that nominated me

2.  Nominate 5-11 blogs with fewer than 200 followers

3. Answer the questions posted by my nominator

4.  Share 11 random facts about myself

5.  Create 11 questions for my nominees

6.  Contact my nominees to let them know I nominated them

 Here are the great blogs I am nominating: 
1. Renee from O.W.L.S. in Third
2. Susie from Shafer's Shenanigans
3. Katie from Cowgill's Corner
4. Mai from Diary of a Grumpy Teacher
5. Karen and Alison from Planet Happy Smiles

Questions from Tessa

1.What is your favorite teaching moment?

Hmm...Those moments when I realize my students are 100% on task and engaged in work.  Last year, my students were awesome and begged for more time to read and work on writing!  

2.If you knew what you know now...what advice would you give yourself!?

Relax, sometimes good enough is okay!!! I hide my stress well, but recently realized that I need to take time to have fun and focus less on perfection.

3.What is your favorite book (teaching or not)?

This is a hard one, but Frindle by Andrew Clements was the first to pop in my head.  I love the student-teacher relationship shown in this book.

4.What is your go to school snack?

Anything chocolate

5.What is the best gift you have ever received?

Salvation...amazing gift that helps me keep it all in perspective!

6.What is your go to item in the classroom?

Papermate Flair Colored Pens

7.What is your favorite quote?

Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened.  -Dr. Seuss

8.What is your favorite place in your classroom?

In my old room it was my classroom library.  I'll have to find a favorite place in my new room!

9.What is your favorite blog you go to most?

Step into 2nd Grade with Mrs. Lemons and 4th Grade Frolics (I couldn't settle on one)

10. What does your Friday look like after a long week of teaching!?

Straight to bed!

11. Where do you like to buy Teaching clothes!?

Any place I can find a good sale

11 Random Facts About Me

1. I'm obsessed with Investigation Discovery.

2. I'll eat almost any kind of chewy candy.

3. I have a hard time hiding my facial expressions.  This often leads to people assuming they know what I'm thinking.

4. I love to crafting, cooking and baking in no particular order. 

5. When I am stressed I get delve into in any of the activities in #4to help relieve my stress.  

6. I LOVE dolphins.  Hands down the most beautiful creatures.

7. One of the best moments in my life was dancing, hugging, and swimming with dolphins on vacation.

8. I secretly want to be a cashier for a day so I can use the scanner.  PS: I love the self checkout lane!

9. I am named after both my parents.

10. I have watched every episode of The Golden Girls.

11.  I refuse to sing or dance in public.  

Questions for the Bloggers I Chose

1. Why did you start blogging?

2. What do you find most rewarding about being a teacher?

3. If you could go anywhere, where would you choose?
4. How do you spend your free time (outside of the classroom)?
5. What book/movie title best represents your life?
6. What one thing is a must to make it through the school day?
7. Name a famous person (past or present) you would like to meet. Why?

8. What is your greatest professional accomplishment?
9. What do you like best about the age group you teach?
10. If money were no object, what is one thing you would get for your classroom?
11. Who is one influential person in your life?

WOW...that was a lot of typing, but well worth it to make new friends in the blogging world!  If you stuck in there and read all of this, thanks. I'm off to contact my nominees.