Daily 5: Chapter 3, Currently, An Award, and Summer Reading Camp Snapshots

Okay, so I don't know about anyone else out there but I have just been loving the month of July! So far this month has been treating me awesome {Aahhhh, knock on wood}! I have another lovely blogger who has awarded my blog an award! You can visit her over at The Resourceful Apple. Can you believe that her name is Tammy too? Maybe it is a coincidence or maybe if you are a Tammy you just rock......

Anyway here is the award she gave me! Thanks so much!

I still  have to award 15 bloggers but I have not even begun to think about that, so that is going to have to wait until I can visit all these amazing blogs and pick ONLY 15.

I wanted to also link up to the Daily 5: Chapter 3 book study for this week. I am LOVING this book. I have so many great ideas that I started to create a unit. I wanted to do this for anyone like me that loves fun and interactive ways to implement the Daily 5 into your classrooms. She just has so many ideas that I have to create things to use with introducing the Daily 5. When I first starting reading the book my idea was to create a little freebie for every chapter that I read. Well, let me just tell you that I have gone way past a little freebie. So here is what I am going to do. I thought about this for a long time and I think everyone will be happy with the outcome.

1. I am still going to post a freebie from every chapter that will be added to the Daily 5 Classroom Pack.

2. In addition I am creating a matching unit that will be in the same color scheme and theme as the Daily 5 Classroom Pack but will contain posters, worksheets, and interactive tools, and yes, CLIP ART to help kick off your Daily 5! I just love when everything matches, so this is important to me a I am excited about everything.

3. This unit will not be available to purchase until we have our last chapter linky party. I want to make sure I include it all!

4. I am going to do a little give away with this unit. I am still thinking of ideas and how I want it to work.

5. I have a date outline of when I will be making new posts of the freebie on the product description at my TpT store! So if you want to know when to look for updates you can check it out there. Of course you can always wait until that last update to have the whole thing all at once! But if you are anything like me, I have to see it as it comes, no waiting here!

I think I covered it all. If you have any requests on what you would like to see in the unit, leave me a little comment and I will see what I can do. I made a few previews of what I have created so far. Most of these posters and things I made to go along with chapter 3 and are management ideas.

Oh. My. Word. I got and Award!

Okay, so I am really darn excited this morning! I think I am going to have to take you play by play in this post. It wont take that long....promise.
So first I work up {8:30} and my husband woke up with me, which is never the case {he is an 11:00 rise and shine on a Saturday kinda guy}! Then he made me french toast! Yummy, right? This was a surprise and a great tasting one. I just love my husband. Well the day just kept getting better because then I went onto my blog and found that I had a new comment. But this was no ordinary comment. This comment was special. It was to inform me that a fellow blogger was awarding me the Versatile Blogger Award. How amazing is this? I think I must have reread it at least 3 times before I headed over to her blog and checked out the award. You know those moments in life when you think to yourself, "is this really happening?" Well, that was me. So check out my new award! So cute! Now I am going to have to create a new catagory on the side of my blog {that's a good thing}!

So you are probably wondering who awarded me this blog award, well it is from a brand new blogger! She has been teaching for 12 years but has just started her blog. It has been up and running for 2 weeks now. Tammy is just so friendly. She has commented on my blog and checks back in when I respond! She takes the time to engage in conversation with fellow bloggers and that is so refreshing to me! So thanks Tammy for being such a friendly blogger. I couldn't have asked for a better person to award me this award. Please go check out her blog by clicking here, Mrs. Flickinger's Butterfly Oasis.

Now with an award there is always rule you need to follow and I am not one to break rules. Here is what the rules are:

1.  Thank the blogger who nominated you - Thank you Tammy!!!

2.  Include a link to their site - Check!

3.  Include the award image in your post - Yum, how could I not?

4.  Give 7 random facts about yourself - Check them out below!

5.  Nominate 15 other bloggers for the award- I need to think about this one!

6.  When nominating, include a link to their site - coming soon!

7.  Let other bloggers know they've been nominated – Done.

So here are some 7 very random facts about myself.

1. I have a blue Chihuahua {she isn't really blue, but that is what color her coat is described as} that is the other love of my life! She is my creating buddy and loves to be in my lap when I am working on new units.

2. Mark proposed to me at the Gaylord Palms Ice Show. This is so no like my husband {he doesn't like to get up in front of people he doesn't know} and I was totally in shock. I really turned into an awkward and nervous person this night when all eyes were on me. (I forgot to look at the camera in every photo)

3. I love Greek Salads and will usually order one whenever I get the chance! The one that I had on our honeymoon was my favorite, one of the best that I have ever had. It wasn't your traditional Greek Salad.

4. I am blessed to work with teachers that are not only the best colleges ever, but some of the best friends a girl could ask for.

5. I love ice cream! My favorite flavor is Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough!

6. I am have a younger brother named Michael. We are 2 years apart and both born on the 2nd of a month.

7. Last, I love flowers but I really enjoy sunflowers. One summer Mark and I grew sunflowers at his parents house.

Alright so before I go I wanted to let everyone know that I am editing my Daily 5 Classroom Pack.

Tammy had asked me if I would create cards and things for computers since that is a part of the Daily 5 for so many teachers. So Of course I said, "yes"! But that is not all I am adding. There are also fellow teachers that have to send their students to the library during their reading block so I am also creating library cards for the rotations display. I am in the process of making them and will have the new pack up and ready to download by the end of the weekend at the latest {I am hoping to squeeze a little surprise into the pack as well}. Okay well have a relaxing weekend. I can tell this is going to be a great day for me, I hope it will be a great day for you.