More Awards :)

Wow, the blogging community continues to amaze me! I love how lovingly kind people are.  I have been awarded the Liebster Award and the Versatile Award from Lauren over at Adventures in Sixth.  She is so wonderful and we just found out we have a lot in common, including being very new to blog land.  In order to keep things simple I am going to award my people with both awards.

First is the Liebster Award.  Here are the rules:

This award highlights blogs that have under 200 followers. Here are the rules for it:

1. Copy and paste this award on your blog.

2. Thank the giver and link back to them.

3. Reveal 5 other bloggers and let them know by commenting on their blog. 

Teach on a Limb
Miss R's Classroom
I am also nominating Heather from Peacocks and Penguins. I believe that she already has the Versatile award but not the Liebster award.  She definitely deserves it as she has a wonderful blog!!
The other is the Versatile Blogger Award

The rules for this award are as follows:

1. Thank the blogger who gave you the award & link back to that site.

2. Include the award image.

3. Give 7 random facts about yourself.

4. Nominate other bloggers for the award (suggested: 15 bloggers) and include links to their sites.

5. Let other bloggers know they've been nominated.

My 7 random facts:

1.  I do not drink anything hot.  This includes coffee.... I know I probably just lost many of my followers but I cant do it!  I do however LOVE the smell so I greatly enjoy my hubby drinking it all the time.  

2.  Since I do not drink anything hot, I have to have either a Mountain Dew or a Sweet Tea all the time!  I know both of these things are terrible for me but I gotta have 'em.  (Is that a slogan for someone because it sounds familiar!)

3.  I spent all of my schooling in private schools.  (Kindergarten through second are the exceptions but they do not really count!) This does not mean however that I feel called to teach in a Christian school. I am willing to go where ever I am needed. 

4.  I know this is sort of cheating since it is plastered all over my blog. But I am moving to Thailand in 14 days to teach 4th grade at an international school.  

5.  It is my dream to travel to every continent (minus Antarctica...that really shouldn't be considered a continent in statements like this.)  I have already traveled to 2 North America ;) and Europe and will be hitting Asia soon.  Travelling is something I really do feel called to doing!

6.  I hate not having my toe nails polished but I rarely paint my finger nails.  I think it is because my fingers always chip instantly after I put it on, but my toes will last much longer.  Plus I think my toes look hideous without polish!

7.  I realized my freshman year of college that my left pinky is significantly shorter than my right.  If enough people read this then I will post a picture to prove.  It is quite interesting because I don't remember ever hurting my finger or causing this difference.  

Hopefully, this finds these people well.  I love handing out awards and acknowledging how great people are. I apologize if anyone already has received this award.  But congrats to you all!  

new blog with freebie

I decided to start this new blog so I have a specific place to blog about my teaching adventures, creations, ideas, and thoughts.  I have so far LOVED the blogging community and have already learned a great deal about teaching and found some wonderful resources for my classroom.


Just a little bit about me:  I graduated from college in December 2011 with a BS in Elementary Education with Middle School endorsements in Math and Language Arts. I am definitely an upper elementary person :) The rest of the year I was subbing and learned a great deal about what I want and need in my classroom from those experiences.  Next year I will be teaching 4th grade..... in THAILAND!! I am so excited about this new adventure.  The hubby and I will be leaving in July for at least 2 years there.  It will be interesting to see how different and similar the school will be. It is based off of American schooling so I assume things will be somewhat similar.  And thankfully, the kids all know English so I will be able to teach in English!


Ok, I think that covers enough about me.  Oh one more thing, my blog name.  I am OBSESSED with stickers and stamps.  I already have quite the collection of stamps and stickers and I havent even had my own classroom yet.  I may enjoy them just slightly more than the kiddos!  Hopefully they love stamps and stickers in Thailand too or I am in BIG trouble. 

Anyway, during the summer I hope to continue to find some amazing resources.  I have loved all of the free things that I have found.  I wanted to share one of things that I have made recently.  I know that spelling is something that all students need to work on.  So I created this resource that should be versatile for all grade levels.  I plan on doing this as a center or game and laminating it so it can be reused. Its called Scramble the Letters and requires a pair of students.  It asks the students to choose a spelling word and try to find other words within the word.  For example, if my word was 'scramble'  I can find 'ram, scam, crab, lamb' and many, many other words within just the one word.



Hopefully you enjoy this and hopefully I uploaded it correctly!  Here it is:  Scramble the Letters!!


What do you think?  Any advice to new teachers or new bloggers? I hope this is something I can keep up!