Liebster Love

Thank you so much to Sailing Second Grade Seas for giving me this great award!  What a great surprise!

I have loved blogging this summer  and am so excited to be part of such a giving community of teachers.  I have been inspired, humbled and awed!

Below are the five new bloggers I am nominating for this award.  Check them out and share the bloggy love.  All of them are 5TH GRADE BLOGS!  When I started, I thought this was just a hobby/obsession for primary teachers, and I worked hard to find upper elementary blogs.  (For the longest time, I thought Farley and Jordon were it!)  But this summer there has been an explosion of 5th grade teacher blogs!  So I'm sharing so of the ones I've found recently.

Mrs. White's Fifth Grade Class

OK ladies, it's your turn!  Here are the rules:

1. Link back to the person who gave it to you.

2. Post the award to your blog.

3. Give the award to at least 5 bloggers with less than 200 followers.

4. Leave a comment on the 5 blogs to let them know that they have been offered this award.

Versatile!? Me?!

What a huge honor!  Thank you to Julie at Math is Elementary for this: 

Funny thing ~ I was just giving myself permission this morning to blog about things other than kids' books!  It's my blog, right?  So even though I called it "Inside this Book," I decided I don't have to confine my posts to just book reviews.  So I guess I'm becoming more versatile!

The rules for this award are:

1. Thank the Blogger who nominated you.
2. Include a link to their site.
3. Include the award image to your post.
4. Include the award image on your blog.
5. Give 7 random facts about yourself.
6. Nominate 15 other bloggers for the award.
7. When nominating other bloggers, include links to their sites.
8. Let those bloggers know they have been nominated. 

So here are my random facts:

1. I never wanted to be a teacher, and didn’t succumb to my destiny until the middle of my junior year in college.  That last year and a half was packed!  And the BEST of my college career.

2. I collect all things giraffes, but I no longer tell the kids that; my collection okay, obsession is taking over my home!

3. I teach in a Catholic school, but I am not Catholic; I was raised in and still attend the United Church of Christ. 

4. We are getting a new principal this year, and I am excited to prove that I am a teacher she NEEDS to keep on her staff!  But I’m also nervous because it’s been a long time since I’ve had someone paying attention to what I am doing in my classroom.

5. I have two nieces who are the loves of my life!  The baby turned 3 in May and the oldest turned 6 on July 5 and will start kindergarten in the fall.  How did that happen?  

6. I am a huge Musical Theater nerd!  I have season tickets to the Broadway Series in Cleveland and would give up food before I give up my tix! 

7. To prove how dorky I am – As soon as I found JogNog.com this summer, I played the Musical Theater game first. And got all of them right! I also only have Pandora to feed my need to sing along with my favorite shows!

And now, the fun part.  I get to nominate others for this award.  Truthfully it's been difficult to find bloggers who haven't already received it!  But I had fun looking!  Here's my list:

Don't be jealous of Kristin; follow her blog and learn.  Someday we may all be 1:1!

 Always on the lookout for new 5th grade blogs...

I just found this blog today and I {puffy} heart love it!  I use the line, "OK let's wrinkle those brains!" in my class all the time!

 Talk about new: Kelly has only 6 followers as of today.  Go.  Now.  Spread the bloggy love!

 Who can't use more tips and tricks?  Kayla used to teach fourth and changed her blog's name to "Slick Tricks for Grade Six" when she moved up.  Clever, huh?

Some of you may have followed Jennifer's old blog, "The Classic Crafter."  Loved it!  Love this one more!  

I found Stacy's blog through Farley's Currently this month, and I'm so glad I did.  She shares tons of ideas!

I know it's not 15, but like I said, it's getting hard to find bloggers who don't already have this award.  These are my current favorite new blogs!  Go visit them; they'll be your new favs, too!

I won an award!!!

 

I am so excited!  Thanks so much to Jenna at Just Diving In for nominating me for this award.  To say I'm shocked is putting it mildly.  Even though I've had this blog for nearly two years, I really only started getting serious about it in the last month!  Thank you, thank you, thank you for my very first award!  BTW, her blog is ah-mazing!

Now, I get to pass on the award to fifteen new or favorite bloggers!  I had a fabulous time looking for the following blogs to give the award to:

 

I can't get enough of Jordon's blog!

I am new to teaching science, and Leslie's blog has been a godsend!






This one is new to me! I love it already!

Not new, but one of my FAVES!

Perhaps the best find of the day!


Love "Fifth Grade Follies!" Mrs. J doesn't have a button; this is her dog. :)

Once you receive the award, you must follow 3 rules:
1. Follow the person that gave you the award.
2. Link back to the peson that gave you the award.
3. Pass the award on to 15 new bloggers.

Thanks again to Jenna!