Keeping Up With Kirbys

I'm sure you can picture my cabinets at the house and I'm positive that I would drive some of you crazy but my sweet family has learned to LOVE it....I think.  Josh doesn't even ask me anymore if I want him to save....this or that, he just washes the container and puts it away for me.  He's pretty great.  If you read my last post then you know that I bought WHITE enamel paint on accident. Well, I decided to use it on some of my jars in the cabinet. I needed another (yes another) place to keep writing utensils.  I'm a teacher....we love all the writing things. ;-) This paint was perfect for the jars.  I love how the color turned out.  I cut up some old fabric for the ribbon around the top. A circular sponge made the just right polka dots and I taped off one of the jars and used chalkboard spray paint to cover the bottom. Yes, that's glitter on my workbench.  Every girl needs glitter all over her workbench, right?! The writing is v...

Kids LOVE to tell you stories but sometimes they get stuck when it 's time to write them .  I've created a writing display full of ideas and a variety of reasons to write. Not only do my students BLOG , which I believe is an important form of communication and a unique way of writing BUT they also WRITE with pencil(or FUN pens) and paper .  They publish stories, write letters to pen pals, make lists, and add entries to their journals. There are a variety of reasons why we write.  I created the writing display board to help my kiddos establish a purpose when writing and then give them ideas for the p urpose they choose. We formally go through the writing process in our classroom and this can be tracked on the writing process chart with clothespins lab eled with each students name or number .   If you need ideas or want to make a writing display board you can get it { HERE }.  Tomorrow I will attend a writing workshop so I'm sure(hope) that I w...