School's Out!

This is what is left of my classroom. I am excited for summer, but also really sad that my first year is over! It was such a great year!

I was the worst about taking pictures the last few days of school. All I managed to get pictures of were our class awards. And when I say I got pictures of them, I mean my sister did. Thanks Em!

I used Reagan Tunstall's Candy Awards--you can find them here. They are super cute and free! As I called them up to get their awards, they got to walk the "red carpet." They were precious!

Dancing his way down.

This boy was blowing kisses as he walked down the red carpet. Adorable.

I am really going to miss those little angels.

Another teacher made this for me to remember my first class! I turned out super cute once the kids added their finger prints!

A few days to relax and do nothing, then I'm getting started on my long summer to-do list! Happy summer!

Let's Get Acquainted Linky

It's time for another linky with Flying into First Grade!

This week's topic--meet my bloggy friends! I am so excited about this one! I love finding new blogs to read and get ideas from!

1.  Lisa at Growing Firsties

Lisa has so many creative ideas and it looks like her kids have a blast in her room! I have a few of her products from TpT--and they are great!! She is also super sweet and helpful to us new bloggers. She has a great Mystery Box giveaway going on right now so go check it out!
2. Cindy at Granny Goes to School

Cindy was one of the first bloggers that ever reached out to me when I first started blogging. I had commented on her blog about her new teacher spotlight, and she responded by sending me some of her TpT items to use! How sweet and totally unexpected!

This was so hard to narrow down to only 2! I have only been blogging since August, but I have met so many other teacher bloggers who are so enthusiastic about everything they do and this blogging community!

I'm off to watch the weather for the tornados coming through Oklahoma! 

My countdown is down to 3 days!!! This teacher is so ready!

Classroom Catch Up

Oh my goodness. Everything lately has been the definition of chaotic.

Last Friday, my mom came to visit our room. It was like having a celebrity in the building! My kids were so excited! I am so glad that she got a chance to put a face with the names she hears everyday.

Have I mentioned that 2 of the 3 first grade teachers I work with are retiring?! Not only does that up my stress level for next year (they are fantastic teachers), but it means lots of great resources for me! I might have gone a little crazy with the books...

Only 360. That's acceptable, right?

My name is Lindy Cranfill and I have an addiction to love children's books.

We have been playing lots of fun math review games this week! Are you kids as obsessed with bingo as mine are? I think almost every skill I taught this year was made into a bingo game. Whatever gets them excited, right?!

It was a few days late, but I finally got my sister's graduation present done! I am so happy with how it turned out! She will be a SLP at an early childhood center starting in August. I think that will look precious hanging in her room!

Happy Wednesday!

Let's Get Acquainted Linky

I'm a little behind on this one, but better late than never!

This week is simple--answer 3 questions.

1. What made you decide to become a teacher?

This one is hard for me. I have always wanted to be a teacher. I remember playing house when I was younger, and I always wanted to be the teacher (or a banker, but only because that meant I got to play on the computer). I have always loved kids and wanted to work with them, and teaching just seemed to make sense to me!

2. What has been your most rewarding experience as a teacher?

I think the most rewarding, and my favorite part of teaching, is seeing the progress. Working with such a young age lends itself to lots of progress in one year! I have loved seeing all of their growth over the course of the year.

3. If you were not a teacher, what would you be?

This one is tough. I honestly have a hard time imagining myself being anything other than a teacher. My dream when I was younger was to own a bakery. I still love baking, but I have a hard enough time waking up early enough to be at school, much less early enough to own a bakery! Teaching is definitely where I am supposed to be.

I'm down to only 6 days!! How many do you have left?

And the winner is...

The giveaway is finally over! And the winner is...

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Congratulations Crystal! Expect some emails full of great things soon!

Happy Saturday!

Five for Friday

It's Friday again, which means...

Five for Friday! It has been a super busy week. Take a look at what we did!

1. We finally let our butterflies go! I feel like we had them for forever. The kids loved letting them land on them!

2. A little bit ago, we "planted" seeds. We put them in ziploc bags with moist paper towels to see if they would grow without soil. The only problem...they wouldn't grow! I still have no idea what I did wrong! One finally had a tiny sprout the day we planted them in the soil, so I hope they weren't a complete fail.

 3. We got completely spoiled with Teacher Appreciation gifts this week! Our PTO gave each day a theme, so the kids had any idea of what to give us. So this week, I got flowers, baked goods, letters/pictures, recipes, and school supplies!

4. Mother's Day activities kept us super busy this week! We wrote All About Mom books, made a coupon book, and decorated mugs that I then baked for them (thanks Pinterest!).

It all turned out so cute! I know their mothers will love it!

5. Now it's time for a busy weekend! My sister's graduation--which means family's in town! I made her something pretty adorable for her graduation present, if I do say so myself. I'll be back with pictures later!

There's just a little time left before my giveaway is over! Don't forget to enter!

Teacher Appreciation Sale

I hit up the TpT Teacher Appreciation Sale yesterday (along with every other teacher out there) and I am so excited about what I bought!! I'm linking up with Blog Hoppin' to share what I bought. Head over and share your great buys!

I was really quite proud of myself! My wishlist is about 30 items long, but I only bought 2! I had to show some restraint...

There's so much clip art out there that I want to buy, but I have the hardest time making up my mind, so I just got a basic set!

Melonheadz Kidlette Set

I am planning to do Reader's Workshop in our room next year (I am so excited about it!!), so I bought Kim Adsit's Blasting Off With Reader's Workshop unit. It's AWESOME! So thorough. It has made me feel so much better about starting this--and I've only read through part of it.

What did you get during the sale?

Don't forget about my 100 follower giveaway! It ends on Friday!