You Oughta Know for April

Hi friends! It's time for another month of...

Jasmine from buzzing with Mrs. McClain is the genius behind the fabulous blog hop!

I love love LOVE apps that are effective yet easy to use for my classroom. Here are two I currently use during spelling station or word work. (And they're free, hooray!)

How cool is this app? Kids ooh and ahh at how the colors change with each stroke of their finger.

Yes, it's true. Big shocker I know. Ha!

Who's getting excited?!

This app could also be used for math practice. There is an option for work to be printed, but I don't tell my minis that or we'd run out of ink every day. Kids Doodle is available for iPad and Android tablets.

Remember the old school magnetic letters? Magnetic ABC has a free and paid version. The free version comes with letters and different backgrounds to choose from.

The paid version is $1.99 which includes numbers and some other features.

An InLinkz Link-up

April Currently

Oh em gee y'all I'm so glad to have a three day weekend The minis were on a roll this week! It's time for another month of Currently hosted by Farley.
Before I get to the currently fun, check out some of the amazing landmark projects from my class this week.

Pearl Harbor

Grand Ole Opray

Niagara Falls

Listening- GDFR stands for Going Down for Real. It's a song by Flo Rida and it's so catchy I can't get it out of my head. Whenever I hear it on the radio I turn up the volume!

Loving- Hooray for three day weekends!

Thinking- I do have some things I'd like to accomplish today, but I also need to relax. Sometimes we as teachers volunteer and do so much that we forget about ourselves.

Wanting- A quirky fact about me; I don't drink coffee but I love Starbucks! My favorite drink for warm weather and sunny days is the passion tea lemonade.

Needing- I'm going to Disney World in June! I'll be there for five days and I'm wearing a different Disney themed shirt each day. Here are two finished shirts I shared on Facebook a couple of days ago.

I'm waiting on my last order or shirt transfers from Etsy so I can finish. All my shirt transfers came from the amazing BananaBelle23 on Etsy. If you need any Disney shirts I highly recommend her. She's great to work with and keeps communication open with her customers.

Eggs-plain- I originally was going to name my blog Will Teach for Cupcakes, but found that name taken after a Google search. I then started playing around with other names involving teaching and cupcakes then my blog name was born.

Don't forget to link up and share your currently!

Sunday Scoop

My poor lil blog hasn't received much attention this month! I just realized I haven't blogged since the beginning of the month, eek! It's my first ever link up with Teaching Trio for the Sunday Scoop.

3-I absolutely DESPISE doing laundry! I'd rather do almost any other household chore than laundry, it just drives me nuts. 

My stomach is currently grumbling which means I better eat soon. I can be a  not so pleasant person if I get super hungry.

This is so me. Can I get an amen?

Thankfully my lesson plans are caught up for the next couple of weeks which gives me some wiggle room to plan out and do some other things.

2- Thankfully I did manage to update one of my TpT products. My counting coins task cards were just updated.

I need to clean out my DVR. I will watch just about anything. I'm not ashamed to admit binge watching some Real Housewives or Catfish. 

1-I'm so grateful we finally are getting some sunshine around here! It's been so bleh and rainy lately.

Now I'm off to read other posts...then hunt for food!

March Currently

It's time for more currently fun with Farley! I'm praying March brings warmer weather very soon.

Listening- Bravo is one of my favorite channels. I'm not ashamed to admit I love watching all of the Real Housewives series.

Loving- Nothing beats a cozy blanket to keep you warm. Seriously I wanna stay on the sofa forever...or at least until I have to use the bathroom.

Thinking- Last week we missed Monday and Tuesday due to bad weather. When we finally returned Wednesday it was an early release day on top of parent teacher conference night. Friday we started getting snow again around 9:00 that morning. Kids started getting picked up and my classroom quickly shrank throughout the day. Let's hope this week is as normal as possible!

Wanting and Needing- If I'd get off the sofa I could fix my hungry problem. 

Spring Break Plans- I plan on sleeping and relaxing! My mom's birthday is the Friday during spring break, so we'll celebrate that. I also need to updating on my TpT store.

Don't forget to link up and share your currently!

You Oughta Know

Happy Saturday friends! I'm excited to link up again for another month of...

Thanks Jasmine for hosting one of the best blog hops around!

Today I've got a quick and easy app you may not be familiar with. Think of Tap Roulette  as the techified version of rock, paper, scissors.

Kids can't agree on who goes first playing a game? Your team can't decide on who will pick where to eat during the oh so fabulous extended lunch during staff development? Tap Roulette to the rescue! The app automatically picks someone for you. Everyone places one finger somewhere on the iPad, press pick finger, and voila! No more kids wasting time over who gets to go first. Who doesn't love free apps that are easy? 

An InLinkz Link-up

I-Time Tub

Happy Hump Day everyone! Let's talk intervention time shall we? It's the perfect time of day we have set aside to work with minis in small groups. No phone calls, everything flows smoothly, and there are never interruptions right? Um, how about a big fat NO! It is just me or does it seem like chaos can develop when intervention time is about to start?
I started thinking of ways I could still meet with my small groups while still giving some of my other minis a chance to still do meaningful activities. After one trip to Five Below the I-Time tub was born.

I wanted to have another option for my intervention students besides computer work or reading a book. Computer programs are great, but they will never take the place of teacher interaction. Some days I discover one or two students may need more or less time with me depending on their needs. 

Here's a quick rundown of what's currently in the I-Time tub.

We love the different Candy Land games from Mel D.  Mel has a fantastic variety of Candy Land games for both reading and math to fit your needs. The games are easy to play and engaging at the same time.

Fluency With a Twist is always entertaining. I created this product not only to help with fluency, but also reading with expression.

Zinger!  file folder games are also a rotation for the I-Time tub. Minis practice spelling and phonics with a partner or alone. All that's needed is a bag/small bucket and a timer. Here are two minis playing Zinger! R Controlled Vowels.

Amy Lemons always has amazing products. We're currently in love with the Spin On math stations.  I decided to make the stations into file folder games to save on copies. Who knew a paper clip could make math so engaging?

Fluency has been a big focus in the last couple of weeks. Christina DeCarbo has created fluency passages that also help with comprehension.

There are more rotating activities that I'll hopefully blog about later. I'd love suggestions on additional things to add. 

Enjoy the rest of your week!

Happy 100th Day!

Happy Thursday y'all! The minis and I celebrated 100 days of school today. The 100th day is hands down one of my favorite school days; second only to pajama day and the last day of school! We had a mix of previous and new stations. Here's a (hopefully) quick rundown of the festivities today.
A new station I added this year was creating a picture with die cuts. The thought and creativity was impressive

At first I couldn't figure this out, but then learned this is a picture of a monster truck rally. I totally see it now!

Building a 100 cup structure was a favorite of the day.

Also added this year was building a structure with 100 unifix cubes and the 100th day QR code challenge.

 Only second graders could do that many jumping jacks without getting winded!

Our 100th day celebration wouldn't have been complete without picture to remember the day and a fast forward to what we'll look like in the future.

The Aging Booth app gave us all the giggles.

I posted this on Instagram earlier today. Maybe I should start an early Botox fund? :)

Time to settle into bed and find something good to watch until I fall asleep. Thank God tomorrow is Friday!