April Currently & April Fools!

I'm so excited to be linking up with Farley for my favorite linky party!! I just LOVE Currently!! Click HERE to join in the fun!! 
But this time around, will be a DOUBLE LINKY! I'm also linking up (for the first time!) with Teaching Trio to bring you a few of my favorite parts of my classroom! Enjoy!!

1) This banner is from my first Kinder class ever. Each year, we walk as Dr. King did and with that first class, we designed this banner. My kiddos love holding it, and I love hanging it above us through the year to remind us of all that we can do together. :)

2) LOVE LOVE LOVE these Lakeshore SMARTboard games! I actually picked them up at Savers near my hometown, marked down to only $4!! The kiddos love getting to play them during indoor recess and on Friday, we use them as a reward center. They are so engaging and Common Core aligned!!

3) Our "Family" shelf is where we keep Master Splinter (our hamster), a photo of my husband and I, and a family photo of the Student of the Week (removed for this photo). It's such a home-y corner of the room and one of my favorite places to be.

Now for Currently with Farley!! :)

Listening: Arrow! The Hubster and I are obsessed with anything super hero related! We've gotten a little behind on Arrow, so we are trying to get caught up! Love Oliver Queen!  Loving: That it's beginning to feel like spring! So, so, sooooo excited!! We've got big plans to get golfing this weekend. I. CANNOT. WAIT!!!! Thinking: How very glad I am to have joined this crazy-awesome Teacher-Blogger-Creator community! I'm loving all of the new friends that I've made!! Wanting: To get to bed early, but.... Ain't nobody got time for that!! Oy! April Fools knocked me on my BUTT!! "There's a spider on your head!" "There's a snake in my desk!" Ugh... all the classics. I honestly cannot wait for this long weekend (and Spring Break in 2 weeks!!) Needing: To finish those Easter bags for our party and Easter Egg Hunt tomorrow! Can't let the kiddos down! :) Explain the name: Shoe Laces.... Sweet Faces. Come now, don't we all deal with both daily? YUP! But I really wanted the Shoe Laces in there to help motivate me to fulfill my dream of becoming a runner. I have always, always, always wanted to RunDisney! Here's to hard work! Speaking of April Fool's Day....

Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU to Layla at Fancy Free in 4th for the freebie this morning! You see, she created a word search without any words. GENIUS! I downloaded it for future reference and told myself that it was cruel. Well, this afternoon, after what felt like the 769th spider crawled on my head and the 485th student needed consoling (my least favorite! STOP PLAYING ON MY EMOTIONS, KIDS!), I decided that they needed a dose of their own medicine! So, I printed it. I printed it and I explained what they were to do. I planned to let them run with it for maybe 5 minutes.  I tried to stop the activity, but they were so into it!  So, in reality... they tried for probably 15-ish minutes.  I took pictures... I took video.... they kept asking why, but never caught on.  Just look at their focus!!

Finally, I felt bad. So.....

Don't you just LOVE that moment of silent shock?! It was amazing. Best prank I've ever pulled. In my entire life. Thank you, Layla! It made my day!  Now, my kiddos apparently took those pages home and pranked their families because I've already received a few emails and text messages from parents.  HAHAHA! YES! Amazing! Thanks for stopping by! :)