Batch Cooking FEVER!!!

Ok I know this is not teaching related. Well maybe it is... see I got into the mood to cook tons of food and freeze it so I would have ready made meals for when we start back to school. That's teaching related right??

Any way, it all started with cooking lots of chicken. I love it when chicken goes on sale (99 cents a lb or lower). It doesn't even matter what part, I like it ALL. So I bought about 27 lbs of chicken and started cooking. It took using the oven twice and slow cooker once.  This picture is all we had left after eating dinner :)

Now I don't follow a recipe to cook chicken. I just throw ingredients together that complement each other. Here's what I made:

• Garlic Salt Chicken
• Garlic Olive Oil and Vinegar 
• Chipotle Chicken
• Sweet Chicken (brown sugar and soy sauce) (there's only 1 piece left in the picture, it was obviously the favorite!)
• Plain Chicken (salt and pepper)  

Then I freezer bagged them. 

Next up was Sausage Balls.

Ingredients:

• 3 cups Bisquick
• 3 cups Shredded Cheese
• 1 lb of sausage

 Just mix together, make balls, bake at 375 for 18-20 mins.

I made this 6 times!! It produced 3 Gal bags and 3 Qt bags full.

But I wasn't done yet... oh no.

Waffles

Blueberry and Plain. I lost count and we ate a bunch of them. The picture is what was left for the freezer. I will definitely need to make more!





And finally....

Bell Peppers

 

We went to the local farmer's market and bought a bushel (the whole box full).  In order to freeze all you have to do is cut them up without the membrane and seeds. If you are careful, you can cut the pieces off without having to scoop out the seeds and membrane.

 Then you proceed to slice them and spread them out on a pan to freeze individually before putting them into freezer bags.

 

I gave some bell peppers away and used some fresh. The we were able to freeze 12 QT bags full!!!

I also cut up some cabbage but I didn't take any pictures of that. I still need to do more chicken meals and maybe some other things too. If you have any ideas please post below!!!

Maniac Monday FREEBIE!!

Thanks to Classroom Freebies for providing this Freebie linkup! Please go check out the site for more freebies.

I want to share my Spring Math Worksheets Freebie with you!

This file includes  4 worksheets focusing on 2 digit numbers all linked to the Common Core Math standards. Each page is packed with cute graphics for the children to color! I like to let my kiddos color their papers when they finish.

 Skip counting by 5s and 10s & Missing numbers

 

 10 more/less & 1 more/less &  Counting on

These worksheets will be great number sense practice for anytime of the year even though they have a springy theme. I tried to make them easy enough to be independent work for students in 2nd grade, however they could work as instructional practice for those just learning 2 digit place value.

Check out Spring Math Worksheets for the full product including 3 digit numbers as well!

Markdown Monday! Office Buckle and Gloria 50% off

 

Thanks to Kelly and Kim's Kindergarten Kreations for hosting Markdown Mondays! This will be my first link up and I'm really exicited!!!! Click the picture to check out their site. 

 I'm marking down my Officer Buckle and Gloria BUNDLE 50%!! That means it is now $2.25 for all these products! (GREAT SAVINGS)))  

I LOVE this story! Below are descriptions of the 3 products in this bundle.  First off I made a Write the Room activity.

(Click the images to link to the products.)

Then I decided to make some practice test questions. My kids really struggle when it comes down to test time. They feel defeated and just bubble something in. I'm hoping, with this practice, they will feel more confident about testing and therefore try a little harder :)

This file contains only comprehension and phonics type questions. I specifically tried to include as many Reading Literacy standards as possible, and to make them closely related to the kinds of questions we have on our end of the nine weeks tests.

 

Then I made this one with language and grammar questions. This one has a lot more questions because there are more Language standards and I made 2 questions per standard.

If you like this product, please leave some feedback!!  Thanks!

January and February Math Sheets

I love using all the cool clip art I find on TpT. I give lots of THANKS to all those wonderful people who offer FREEBIES!!!! I love making these independent math sheets so I've made one for Winter and one for Valentine's Day.

Each packet includes practice for 2 digit numbers and 3 digit numbers.

I hope my students like using these as much as I liked making them! If you have any suggestions please leave a comment.

Officer Buckle and Gloria

We go back to school tomorrow and our new reading story is Officer Buckle and Gloria. I LOVE this story! I decided to make some stuff for the story. First off I made a Write the Room activity. 

(Click the images to link to the products.)

Then I decided to make some practice test questions. My kids really struggle when it comes down to test time. They feel defeated and just bubble something in. I'm hoping, with this practice, they will feel more confident about testing and therefore try a little harder :)

This file contains only comprehension and phonics type questions. I specifically tried to include as many Reading Literacy standards as possible, and to make them closely related to the kinds of questions we have on our end of the nine weeks tests.

 

Then I made this one with language and grammar questions. This one has a lot more questions because there are more Language standards and I made 2 questions per standard.

 Then I thought, "Why not make them all available in a bundle!" :) So I did. I want to create more sheets but they may not be ready for this year.

Our next story is Ant (from the Houghton Mifflin Reading Basal 2nd grade). I'll do the same for that story and hopefully more!

Daily 5

I haven't been doing as good of a job with this as I had planned. Most days I get 2,3,and 5 done but something physical and making school stuff has been harder to get motivated to do. Today changes all that!

1. I did some pushups and squats. Better than nothing!
2. I've cleaned the house (mostly). And I put away all the stuff we acquired this Christmas :)
3. The kids and I have played outside and colored some glow in the dark posters to hang in their room.
4. I've finished an activity for Officer Buckle and Gloria Reading unit coming up. Now on to make more stuff!
5. I've caught up on emails, pinning, and blogging obviously :)

Officer Buckle and Gloria

 Well I finally finished something this break :). We teach from the Houghton Mifflin Series at our school and the next story is Officer Buckle and Gloria. I made this freebie to help my kids work on their spelling words and 'ar' words.

I plan on making more activities to go with this story so make sure to follow my blog/TpT store for updates. Also if you use the 2nd grade Houghton Mifflin Series please leave me a comment! I would love to see if others still use this :)