Meet the Teacher Blogger: Ms. Perry's Peaches

Hello everyone, this is such an exciting linky thanks to Falling Into First! I can't wait to hop around and find new bloggers to follow and get to know the ones I do follow a little better. 

I'm a 27 year old teacher and wife. This will be my sixth year teaching at a very special school in California. It's a public K-6 one room school house. What makes this school so special? 1. We have 10 students total 2. I have 5 students and three curriculums to plan and 3. It's the cutest little country school I've ever seen and the kids are AWESOME! I'm new to the blogging arena. I started in January and I've been loving sharing and seeing new ideas!

Hubby helping out for the 100th day of school

 My husband and I have known each other for 10 years and just celebrated our one year wedding anniversary. He supports me in so many ways especially with teaching. I can always count on him to help out in the classroom even some NFL Sundays if the 49ers aren't playing! 

Almost 1 and a half years ago

 

 THESE ARE A FEW OF MY FAVORITE THINGS...

Starbucks. Target. Shopping. Crafting. Orange Is The New Black. True Blood. Going to the beach. Laughing. Spending time with my husband. Fall. Zumba. Disneyland.

    

 IF YOU WEREN'T A TEACHER, WHAT WOULD YOU WANT TO BE?

For the longest time I said I wanted to be a nurse until I found out I couldn't handle blood. But I love to help people. I also fell in love with Zumba. So I would either be a nurse or Zumba instructor

THREE LITTLE WORDS THAT DESCRIBE YOU.

Friendly. Ambitious. Silly
 

FINISH THE SENTENCE, "________,  SAID NO TEACHER EVER!!"

"I'd really love to chat with parents all morning while my kids run a muck said no teacher EVER!!"

Q: IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY AND YOU CAN INVITE ANYONE {DEAD OR ALIVE} TO THE PARTY. WHO ARE YOU INVITING?

Lucille Ball, Oprah, James Brown, Pharrell Williams and Quentin Tarantino

Q: IF SOMEONE WROTE A BOOK ABOUT YOUR LIFE, WHAT WOULD BE THE TITLE?

  Disney, Dance and Determination

 Q:YOU GET TO PICK ONE SUPERPOWER. WHAT IS IT?

I'd want healing powers! Not getting sick or having cuts for very long... sign me up! 

Q: WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE QUOTE OR SAYING?

"When something goes wrong in your life just yell "PLOT TWIST!" and move on."
 

Q: IF YOU HAD TO SING ONE SONG ON AMERICAN IDOL, WHAT WOULD IT BE?

"Since You've Been Gone" Kelly Clarkson. I always rock out to it in the car and pretend no one's watching.

 Q: ARE YOU A MORNING PERSON OR A NIGHT OWL?

Morning person! I love getting up with the sun and starting the day. Night just draws all the life out of me and makes me so unproductive! Plus coffee gives me that extra pep to my step.
 

Q: WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE RESOURCE THAT YOU'VE CREATED IN YOUR TPT SHOP?

I'd love to share but I'm not a seller just a super buyer! I don't know if I have the time to create, teach three grades, blog and still have some kind of life outside of both those things. But props to all those who do!

Q: SHARE SOMETHING WE MIGHT NOT KNOW ABOUT YOU! 

I've been living with Type 1 Diabetes for 13 years. I've beat myself up over my blood sugars but I've learned to take it day by day. Plus these memes keep me laughing!

Now go check out some new bloggers and link up with Stephanie! 

 

July Currently

Happy July!!

I can hardly believe that it's July and that the fourth is this Friday! It makes me happy and a little sad. I am working two different jobs to compensate for the lack of paychecks we get during the summer. Not to mention that I am applying to jobs all over the place for next year. Don't get me wrong.. I love the warm weather, activities and freedom summer gives me but there is nothing better then seeing children in school learning. That's why I try to incorporate learning in the activities I do with my kiddos. This week we learned about the Statue of Liberty and the White House! Today marks another first in my blogging life, my first Currently with Farley! I've always wanted to do one and thanks to Teacher to the Core I learned how to make one! Yay me!

Listening:
If your into trashy magazines then you've already heard all about the Robin Thicke/Paula Patton split (really thought they were gonna make it). My husband reminded me that his new album was out and I heard it was all about Paula. If you've seen his Get Her Back video it seemed like this album was going to be very personal. It didn't disappoint, it was definitely the soulful Robin Thicke from his first album. I love it!So if you haven't listened yet, it's streaming on iTunes. Check it out!

Loving:
I am obssessed with the new teas at Starbucks. I really wish I lived closer to a Tevana instead because that's all I've been ordering from there lately. I love the shaken ice teas in the afternoons when it's hot. My next tea I want to try is the blackberry mojito!

 

Thinking:
 My search for a teaching position continues and I've been applying like crazy! Just keep giving me those good vibes, I know I'll find something!

Wanting:
My husband and I are planning to head back to the happiest place on earth in t-minus 17 days! I can't wait, so far I've used my annual pass twice and this will be the third time! We're planning to take Megabus down and spending three days down in SoCal.

Needing:
It's so hard to want to blog after a 8 hour day with kids in the hot sun. I'm exhausted and just ready to chill for the night.

4th Plans:
This year we are planning to go see the Oakland A's play on the 4th of July. I love going to baseball games the fans, the food, and the game, it's the perfect summer time treat! Thanks to my mom for $50 bucks you get 4 admission tickets, 4 hot dogs, 4 peanut bags basically all you need to enjoy a baseball game. Last year we went to SF to spend time with our friend and see some awesome fireworks over the Golden Gate.

Me and my friend Lauren last year on the 4th

Five for Friday:Last Days of School

Five For Fraturday

Happy summer! Another year in the books. I just finished year 5 of being a kindergarten, first grade, and second grade teacher. Yup that's right I teach three grades, although I don't have the same amount of students as in a regular classroom planning three curriculum each day has it's challenges and is definitely time consuming. It's been nice not having to plan for those three grades every week. Well, I'd love to say I'll be by the pool all summer reading Gone Girl all summer long but that is not my reality. This summer I have taken on two jobs in hopes of buying a laptop at the end of the summer.  I work at a camp three days a week and babysit two of my favorite students twice a  week. Now to talk about my last days at my school. 

One

Aren't these cute! I saw these on Pinterest and thought how cute! Seems easy enough plus I only have 10 students. This was a perfect end of year art project. I asked the students their preferences (the project had a survey with questions about themselves and school) and printed out all the clothes, heads, accessories and hair. We put them together and they were perfect for our Promotion Night! Thanks Donna Glynn Kinderglynn for such a fun project!

Two

Promotion night was filled with entertainment. Our music teacher did some songs with my little peaches and the big peaches. We also got two grants to have this wonderful program called Young Imaginations which is music and dance program that sends teachers to schools that don't have liberal arts. Young Imaginations performed songs, the peaches played the recorder and ukulele. Both performances were awesome! I loved the big peaches rendition of Yellow Submarine.   

Three

Onto the awards. Every year we switch between candy awards and people awards. Both talk about their personalities which is a big part of who they are at school. I had so much fun giving out the awards and even got teary eyed at the realization of how far they had all come this year. I had such a bright and inquisitive class this year. The hardest part was listening to my colleague's speech for a student I've known and taught for five years who was leaving to attend the junior high. I tried to keep it together but the tears just started flowing. It didn't help either that one of the big peaches was asking what's wrong... gahh! Anyways the night was full of smiles, laughter and tears.. another successful Promotion Night!

Four

I am lucky enough to be at a school where the graduating kids get to pick something for the upper grades to do at the end of the year. It has consistently been sleeping over at the school. This involves creating a "haunted house", watching a movie, eating lots of junk, and maybe a little sleep. Luckily I get the girls room where they pass out pretty quickly but for the boys next door they go into the wee hours of the night. They all have so much fun and it's a memory they will have for years to come, seriously who can say they had a sleepover at their school! Yes that's me below with two of the girls in my room. And the little guy at the bottom of the picture, whose usual bedtime is 8:00 p.m., stayed up until 2:30 a.m. CRAZY!

Five

My last two bulletin boards for the year! I tried my hardest (starting in January all year) to change up the bulletin boards monthly. We had our end of year countdown going on and thanks to Fluttering in First Grade's father's day craft a Father's Day bulletin board. Both were really fun to make and I love the dads my peaches made, the mustaches and beards make me laugh.

So on top of all the craziness that is the end of the year I decided to celebrate our dads. After a successful Mother's Day Tea I took on the Donuts with Dads project with ease. Mrs. Plemons Kindergarten has a great program. Using her program we sang two songs, read a story, and sang a donuts song.  It was the perfect ending to the school year/last day of school. Very proud of all my peaches and all their achievements this year! That's all for now, "donut" want to keep my birthday hubby waiting!