How Mrs. Coop got her groove back!

So after ten days away from school recovering from my gallbladder surgery I head

Back to my class tomorrow....I am so excited to see there smiling faces and get

going on the great projects we have a brewing....

My day started off with breakfast and planning at a favorite spot....Denica's....with 

my super fabulous friend and teaching pal....we started this third grade road together

this year....me a first timer to third and she also a first timer to third but also coming 

back to teach full time after many years staying at home with her boys.  She is always

there with an idea, inspiration, encouragement, and a shoulder to cry on if needed.

Here is a picture of our post breakfast and big planning time:

We are starting a unit from Lesson Plan SOS on communities....we planned

out some great read alouds to help our students expect to connect between

three different texts....Roxaboxen, Weslandia, and The Chalkbox Kid.  

We also shared some laughs about this hysterical book I learned about while

Blogstalking last week during recovery....if you haven't read this book....

YOU MUST...it is so laugh out loud funny....

Oh yeah....that cookie....yummy! And a super fun card from my pal!

We headed over to our classrooms to gather up and organize after a week of

having a sub....so glad I went in...this will make Monday morning so much

smoother....and so will packing my lunch for the week as well as the kids for

tomorrow.....woohoo!

Now I sit on the couch checking through the animal reports they worked on 

last week....I plan to put a post it on each with notes to encourage them while I watch

the academy awards...

I am also super excited that this brand new book was in my school mailbox...

So that sums up my awesome planning day....I even had time to paint my nails...cheers!