Teacher Appreciation

Our leadership teacher had her students describe their favorite teachers. Then they took our picture and made these with the words they described us with. 

It was a nice surprise to see them on the wall last week. 

I love being appreciated by my administration, but when my students show me appreciation, it really makes me feel good! 

Five for Friday

So happy it is finally Friday and time to link up with Doodle Bugs Teaching for 5 for Friday. The closer it gets to being out of school, the longer the weeks become.

This week we celebrated US, TEACHERS!!!!!

1.  I received my very first teacher appreciation gift from a middle school student. This is my second year in middle school after 17 years in elementary. I absolutely love the poster!!!

I also received this super sweet letter from one of my students. 

A nice brownie bite from another. 

And a goodie bag from a sweet student and her parents. 

Last year, I received absolutely zilch from my students, so these small gestures have really helped my own personal morale. Middle school kids are tough, at least in my world. 

2. I participated in the big sale over at TpT. I loved buying new things. I am sure I spent too much, but it is so easy to do! Here's a few of my purchases.

3. We received some fun stuff from our administrators each day. I think they are trying to fatten us all up though! One day was drinks and chips, the next was a movie night bag. We had breakfast one day and lunch from our HR department today. I am definitely going to  have to get back the fitness train next week.

We  received backpacks from our principals. We were given lunch bags at Christmas time that match these. 

4. We  got a gift from our district administration. I appreciate the gesture. 

5. Outside of school, our life revolves around baseball. This week we played the best team in our league and WON!!! The boys were beyond excited. The coach, (my husband) told the boys weeks ago if they made a double play he would take them all to McDonalds. We are talking eleven, 7 and 8 year olds. Well, they did it on Tuesday. It happened in the 2nd inning of our game, and when it did, the kids started yelling 

Mc Donalds!!! The other team was clueless. My husband was like, "Uh... now what?" Well, Mc Donald's is what happens now. So, tomorrow after our game, that is where we are headed. The boys played so well and it showed.

Teacher Appreciation Sale and FREEBIES

I am joining in on the sale over at TpT for May 7th and 8th.

I have a really small store. I have as many free items as I do paid. I also price my items fairly cheap. I am not trying to get rich, I just want to share. Some things take me a little more time so I did decide to start the store for a reason, I will be honest. I guess I have some work to do this summer.

 This blog has helped me stay motivated after a really tough first year in middle school and I am so thankful for the blogging community.

So, my products are 20% off plus, use the promo code TAD13 for another 8% off.

If you want, just look around and grab the free stuff I have posted.

I also want to make sure you get a great freebie I have that I am not posting in my TpT store. It's something our math consultant made, that she can not sell. It's longer than what TpT likes us to post as freebies, so I loaded it onto Scribd. I posted about it here. We used it for a Saturday camp we had before our state test. It's a really fun cruise ship theme rotation. You may not be able to use it exactly as we did, but it can be adapted for your needs. It was super successful. I see myself trying this type of rotation again for other skills.Click on the picture to get it FREE!

I hope you have a terrific teacher appreciation week and check out all the great bloggers having sales this week!