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Must Have Mondays: Crushed Ice and Fluency Packs? {May 27, 2013}

May 27, 2013 by Tamara

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Welcome friends!  It’s time for another installment of Must Have Mondays, hosted by sweet Sabra from Teaching with a Touch of Twang!  So, I’m sitting here at home getting ready to barbecue for the holiday and I’ve been sitting here thinking about what I could post about.  I don’t have any photos from school, because…well, I’m not AT school.  So…that left me to ask my husband his opinion on what I usually MUST HAVE.  Well, asking his opinion usually leads to some interesting revelations about me. So…this is how the conversation played out.

Me:  Honey, what can’t I live without.

Chris: That (points to computer)

Me:  Okay…everyone knows that already…something else…something from around the house, or at school that you can think of?

Chris:  Oh…that’s easy.  Crushed ice.

Me: Crushed ice?

Chris: Yep. Crushed ice.

Me:  You want me to blog about crushed ice.

Chris: Well, you asked.

So…here I am blogging about crushed ice!  My husband is right though…I really DO love crushed ice.  We bought our refigerator because it has crushed ice.  Whenever I get something to drink, I have to have the glass full of ice…about three quarters of the way.  Then, I like to crunch the ice with my teeth!  Especially on a really hot day, it makes everything cooler.

Not enough ice.
Pitcher and glass of sweet tea
Pretty close to how I usually have to have it.

Every day at lunch they serve sweet tea for the teachers.  Usually, by the time I’ve finished lunch there is NO ice left in my cup…and a wee bit of tea.  I usually get a refresher right before I go out to recess.  Here in Florida, it is SO HOT! :/  Daina and I take our kids to recess right after lunch.  By that time of the day, it can be 80 degrees already.  My ice helps to keep me cool!

Oh!  And I just had this thought!
Something from the classroom that I love and can not live without…
Click here for a link to Jodi’s TPT Store! ๐Ÿ™‚
Jodi Southard from Fun in First’s Fluency Packs!
These are all written exclusively by Jodi.
She covers the five components of reading in each one, and she has aligned them to common core as well! ๐Ÿ™‚
I used them as morning work, center review, and even in small group time as well!
These are just wonderful! ๐Ÿ™‚
Well, that’s about all for now! ๐Ÿ™‚
I hope that you all are having a great last week of school….ORRRR first week off from school!
Take care! ๐Ÿ™‚

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    1. Mrs. Wathen says

      May 27, 2013 at 11:59 pm

      I love Jodi's Fluency Packs! We use them all the time:)

      Stay cool… 7 days and counting!
      Tammy
      The Resourceful Apple

      • Tamara says

        May 28, 2013 at 11:15 pm

        Woo hoo! ๐Ÿ™‚ Yep! ๐Ÿ™‚ Staying cool! ๐Ÿ™‚

    2. Leigh Langton says

      May 28, 2013 at 12:04 am

      LOL! Crushed ice! As a fellow Floridian, I can totally relate! ๐Ÿ™‚

      Leigh
      The Applicious Teacher

    3. Karen says

      May 28, 2013 at 12:40 am

      We bought our refrigerator because of the crushed ice feature too! It was the one request my husband had when we were picking out appliances for our new house several years ago!

      Karen
      An Apple a Day in First Grade

      • Tamara says

        May 28, 2013 at 11:16 pm

        Your husband is one smart cookie! ๐Ÿ™‚ Crushed ice all around!! WOOOO! ๐Ÿ™‚ I hope you've become a crushed ice convert too! ๐Ÿ™‚ Hee hee hee!

    4. Sabra says

      May 28, 2013 at 10:26 am

      I do love crushed ice! Have you ever been to a Tijuana Flats and had their ice? LOVE it!!! Only two more days of 90+ degree recess for us! How about you? When's your last day? Thanks for linking up girl!

      Sabra
      Teaching with a Touch of Twang

      • Tamara says

        May 28, 2013 at 11:17 pm

        I really like their ice! :0) It is totally yum-o-la! ๐Ÿ™‚ I have seven days left, Sabra! ๐Ÿ™‚

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