Here are the rules for accepting this award:
1. Link back to the blog that nominated me
2. Nominate 5-11 blogs with fewer than 200 followers
3. Answer the questions posted for you by your nominator
4. Share 11 random facts about yourself
5. Create 11 questions for your nominees
6. Contact your nominees by commenting on their blog or sending them an email to communicate the nomination
Emily at Confessions of a Third Grade Teacher asked:
1) If you could have any superpower what would it be? Why?
I would want to be able to fly so that I could visit some of my favorite people more often without having to pay for a flight!
2) What is your favorite teaching item? Why?
I pretty much love all school supplies, but I totally wouldn't know what to do without my ELMO!
3) If you could relive a day in your past, what day would it be? Why?
I think I would relive the day my bestie got married. It was out of state and on a day that I already had a prior engagement, so I couldn't make it. I'd go back to that day and get myself to the wedding!
4) What are you looking forward to most about the upcoming school year?
The newness of it all...new school, new grade!
5) Why did you decide to start blogging?
I had been following quite a few blogs for a while and finally decided to just dive in. I'd been wanting to for a while and I finally just did it!
6) If someone were to write a book about you, what would it be called?
This one is tricky...Not really sure if it would have a title yet as I feel my story is still being written!
7) What is your favorite book to read to students?
I love to read Pout Pout Fish! It's such a great book and then referencing it throughout the year is wonderful too!
8) What is a classroom item you don't have that you wish you did? Why?
I wish I had a Smart Board. Once you've had one, it's hard to go back to not having one!
9) What advice would you give a first year teacher?
Don't over do it! Do what needs to be done, but don't kill yourself to get there. There are so many great resources that's it's silly to reinvent the wheel at every turn!
10) Why did you decide to become a teacher?
I always wanted to be a teacher. I was one of those kids who loved to come home from school and play school! Of course, I was always the teacher!
11) Who is your hero? Why?
There are so many people that I look up to in life. Right now it's hard to pick just one. There are so many people who have allowed me to lean on them through all the downs of the past year. Those are my heroes!
Brittany at Excelling in Second asked:
1. What is your favorite way to relax after a long day of teaching?
A visit to my massage therapist or chilling out with some television!
2. What is your favorite children's book?
I have so many! I love the Junie B. books. The younger (and even the somewhat older) kids have always loved them as an after lunch read aloud.
3. What is your favorite time of the year?
I love the fall. The weather starts to cool down a little and the leaves change colors. So gorgeous! Plus there's apple and pumpkin picking!
4. What is your dream vacation? Why?
I would love to go to Hawaii. It looks so gorgeous and I am definitely an oceany girl. So I'd love to go snorkeling and see all the ocean life!
5. Do you have any animals? If so, how many and what kind?
I don't. My dog had to be put down last year.
6. What is your favorite t.v. show or movie?
I really cannot pick just one and it really depends on the day! True Blood, Pretty Little Liars, Scandal or Greys Anatomy :)
7. Favorite food?
Italian or Chinese...always a toss up for me.
8. Why did you become a teacher?
I always wanted to be a teacher. I was one of those kids who loved to come home from school and play school! Of course, I was always the teacher!
9. What is your favorite piece of technology?
I am a cell phone addict! I love my iPhone and relatedly, my iPad mini!
10. Do watch/play any sports?
I played volleyball in high school and pick up games in college. But not much since then. I like watching football and hockey. They're better live though!
11. Any hobbies?
Crafting and Scrapbooking. I love my Cricut!
Susie at Shafer's Shenanigans asked:
1. What grade do you teach and how long have you been teaching?
I will be teaching Kindergarten this year. This will be my sixth year of teaching.
2. What is the best thing about where you live?
There's so much to do. It's close enough to a big city that I can head down town if I want. But far enough away that I can have a nice big backyard!
3. What is the last book that you read and what are your thoughts about it?
I'm currently in the middle of CAFE. I am trying to decide if I want to utilize Daily 5 with my Kinders or try something else. I was just recommended to read DI for the Little Guy...may have to check that out too!
4. What technology can you not live without?
My iPhone!
5. What is your favorite healthy treat to eat? How about your favorite guilty pleasure?
Favorite healthy treat...carrots and cauliflower. Guilty Pleasure...frozen yogurt, it's only 8 calories an ounce (which sounds healthy) but then I tend to add some not so healthy toppings. Gotta work on that!
6. What is your classroom theme this year?
I'm doing a mish mash of bright colors!
7. Do you have any pets? What kind? What are their names?
No pets!
8. What is your favorite thing about teaching?
I love watching the students grow and seeing their realization when they figure out they understand or can do something they thought they couldn't before.
9. Do you have any special talents?
It's not really a special talent, but I'm good in the kitchen. People always ask for seconds, that's a good indicator, right?
10. Where did you go on your last vacation?
I just got back from Arkansas.
11. If you could choose any career (other than education), what would it be?
I think I would be a baker or a chef (or a combo of both)!
11 Random Facts about me!
1. I have a younger brother.
2.It's been ten years since I graduated from high school! Seems so long ago!
3.My favorite color is purple.
4. I love movies...except for scary ones!
5. I bought a house 2 years ago and LOVE it!
6. I love to plant and have pretty flowers, but hate to pull the weeds!
7. I absolutely love to cook and absolutely hate to do the dishes. HA!
8. I love listening to music and have recently reignited my love of country music!
9. I love the summer, but hate the humidity as it messes with my asthma. Yuck!
10. My parents have been married for more than 30 years.
11. I am addicted to nail polish...my favorite is shellac. It lasts so much longer!
With that being said, I have to make my nominations now...
1. Jess and Kheila at Two Friends in First
2. Meredith at Diary of a First Year Teacher
3. Traci at The Bender Bunch
4.Kristen at The First Grade Scoop
5.Carol at Super Sparkly in Second
And now I have to come up with 11 questions for the bloggers I have nominated...I'm never very good at this type of thing!
1. Which grade level is your favorite to teach; why?
2. Which season is your favorite; why?
3. What is your favorite movie?
4. What can you not live without in your classroom?
5. Early bird or night owl?
6. What is your favorite part about back to school time?
7. What advice would you give to a teacher just starting out or starting over?
8. What is your favorite Read Aloud?
9. Do you have any pets? What kind?
10. What is your favorite food to make?
11. What is your favorite part of being a teacher?
