Guatemala Giveaway WINNER!!!

I did a Giveaway in honor of my Guatemala Mission Trip and since I am soooooo close to 100!!!!  With out further ado....The WINNER is TARA from Congrats friend!!!!  Shoot me an email at lesliecragwall@gmail.com with your address and info and I will send it in the mail this week :)Thank you all for reading, following and supporting.  It really means so much to me!

New Teacher Advice Linky Party

It has been a while since I linked up, but I found a new party about New Teacher Advice that I wanted to join at For the past 2 years, I have run my classroom with the help of a timer.  I live and die by the timer and my students know it after the first week of school.I bought it at Wal-Mart for about $5.00 and it been worth it!  It's also magnetic which is a double plus because I...

What was I so worried about???

This past summer I had been flipping out over teaching 6th graders.Were they going to have that dreaded "attitude"? Can I still give high-fives or will they think I am stupid? Will they still want to get on the carpet and read with me? Will they get my jokes? Could I possibly love them as much as I did my 4th graders? Lots of questions and concerns were put to rest after this first week:)  I...