Liebster Award Part Two

I'm so excited to be nominated for another Liebster Award! As many of you know a Liebster Award is an award given to bloggers with less than 200 followers to recognize one another! This Liebster Award is from ibteachnulanguagearts.blogspot.com

Liebster Awards do come with a few guidelines (I don't really like to call them rules):

1. Link back to the blog that nominated you
2. Answer the questions that the person who nominated you asked
3. Share 11 random facts about yourself
4. Nominate some great blogs with less than 200 followers! (My favorite!)
5. Present 11 questions for your nominees to answer

Let's get to it!

1. What is your favorite sports team?

Kansas City Chiefs and St. Louis Cardinals. 

2. What is your perfect weekend?

The perfect weekend is spending time with my husband and daughter. It really doesn't matter what we're doing.

3. What is a must-have at your desk?

Something that is a must at my desk is a drink! Coffee in the morning, then water, and after lunch a Diet Dr. Pepper

4. What is your favorite professional book?

The Books Whisperer by Donalyn Miller, In the Middle by Nancie Atwell, and Teaching Reading in Middle School by Laura Robb Veryare good! Gosh, I could keep going. 

5. What would a utopian society be like to you?

I teach  The Giver by Lois Lowry every year. I do not want to be part of a Utopian society! 

6. Name three things you would bring to a deserted island?

After watching Naked and Afraid on the Discovery Channel, I've decided I would make sure I had clothes on and bring:

• A lighter (there's no way I'm going to figure out how to start a fire otherwise)
• A person who has survival skills (I have none so I need to bring an expert)
• A Tent

7. If you could mentor a first-year teacher, what would be the first thing you would tell him/her?

If you have questions, no matter how dumb you think they are, ASK!

8. What is your hobby?

Crafting and Blogging

9. What would you be if you weren't a teacher?

I would probably want to be an emergency dispatcher.

10. If you could move anywhere in the U.S. where would you move to? to

Florida

11. Who is your favorite president?

Obama! Best president ever!

11 Random Facts About Me:

1. I am the least coordinated person on the planet
2. I loved science in high school
3. I am horrible at math (like really bad)
4. I've been to Australia and loved it!
5. I like taking long hot showers, they relax me
6. My favorite movies are mysteries, action, or set in the era of the Vikings.
7. My favorite actor is The Rock!
8. My favorite actress is Sandra Bullock
9. I love the movies Remember the Titians and the Sandlot and have seen them countless times. I have lines memorized. I'll quote them.
10. I love rollercoasters!!!
11. I love crafting anything!

My Nominees are:

Bootcampmom.com

Questions for My Nominees:

1. If you could go anywhere, where would it be? (This doesn't have to be a real place)
2. What's your favorite sport?
3. What's your guilty pleasure?
4. What's your favorite word?
5. What's your favorite part of starting the school year?
6. What's the worst thing about starting the school year?
7. Is the glass half empty or half full?
8. What advice would you give to teachers for starting the new school year?
9. What's the last book you read?
10. What is your favorite professional book?
11. What's your favorite flower?

Let's get to it!

Academic Vocabulary

I am working on converting some of my activities to the Common Core standards. Today I completed the first vocabulary activity that I will work on with my kids. This is only Part 1 and is over definitions.   These items are in my TPT Store or you can get them from My google drive below.

You can get a copy of this PowerePoint activity and the answer key  by clicking HERE.

This set uses the same words but students will need to use context clues to get the correct answer. To download this version click HERE