In the Middle....Somewhere and a FREEBIE

Well, I have marked 2 things off my to do list. Yay!!....but I'm constantly thinking of more things that I need to do. Yikes. I wanted to share some progress pics of the classroom because....really, it helps me feel as though I'm getting some things accomplished.

I'm loving Cara Carroll's bag idea because that space above the cabinets can look so gross. I don't have a Cameo (yet) but this is my version without a it. This is the mailbox area and the display sheets for the kids work.

This is a pic of my word work area. That neat little cart in the picture has a whiteboard on one side and cork board on the other, plus an area to store tubs in the middle. Greatness!!

And while I was busy making new stacks of things to move, my Big Sass was busy making a giant cupcake for my outside bulletin board. I'm so thankful for the time we spent together today. He is getting so big...{sigh}.

We are picking up his sophomore schedule tomorrow.

I'm sure he is going to be thrilled to know that I've shared his cupcake making skills on my blog BUT I'm just really impressed. I LOVE this!! Notice he used crayons for the sprinkles......hmmmm....cute, huh?! I can't wait to display it in the hall.

The next big thing to accomplish in the classroom is the alphabet above the board. Ugh....that just makes me sweat. :( It seriously takes me a full week to get that thing straight.

I've also got to get the word wall letters up but as I was pulling the old ones out today, they just looked so ratty and sad. So, I thought it was time to make some new ones. I made new word wall letters and I retyped my word wall celebrations. I have used these word wall celebrations for yyyyeeeaaarrrss......and when I made them I thought that they were soooo cool. I used my fancy scissors and very colorful notecards. Ha! Aren't they cool?? Well, 11 years ago these babies were cool!!!

These are great and 11 years later the kids still enjoy doing them. I usually do this every Monday when I am introducing new sight words to the kids. I put all the celebration cards into a bag and I pick someone to pull out a celebration. We celebrate and add that word to the word wall. I keep the celebration bag on a hook right next to our word wall. It can be a great filler too. I would love for you to stop by my TPT store and pick it up. It's a FREEBIE. I just ask that you leave me LOVE, I love to hear what all of you think.

Stay Sweet Friends!

{FREEBIE} Friday!

These summer Fridays are coming and going a little too fast. I met with some of my teamies this week. Actually, it was 1st and 2nd grade......it's always nice to catch up and share ideas. We ate, talked, ate, stressed, laughed, and talked some more. Loved it! A get together just doesn't seem appropriate without a little back to school goodie, right?! And who doesn't LOVE some Bath and Body lotion??!! If you need to throw together a quick little gift please feel free to use these tags. { click here } Hop over to TBA to check out other { FREEBIES } this Friday. Have a SWEET day, friends!!

Good Things

What happens when we give kids the chance to share something important to them? This is one of the many things that I loved about Capturing Kids Hearts from Royse City. I completely understand the importance of giving the kids the opportunity to share something good for a multitude of reason but I also know it takes time. Guess what? I found a way for the kids to share their "good things" first thing in the morning. We call it our Daily News and we do it on a padlet wall with our ipads. Have you heard of Padlet? We call it our Daily News but it's done on the iPads and is immediately projected onto our whiteboard to read throughout the day. And it is FREE!! All you need to do is set up an account. You can go here to create your own. Each morning I open a new padlet wall, super easy. Scan the QR code with a few ipads. The QR code is on the right side when you click the share button. The kids are now re...

I Monday MADE IT!!

Hi Sweet and Sassy Friends!! I have some fun pictures of some things that I have made just in time for school to start and Monday Made It. {insert cheering and clapping} Okay, first.......I didn't actually make the bench BUT I did repaint it and get it classroom ready. That should totally count and the fact that I nearly took out the neighbor's window during the process. {if your my neighbor reading this--I'm sorry and it's okay} Here is the before: {donated by a dear friend-LOVE her} I need you to picture this: I'm on my front porch with the lid of the bench resting nicely on the back of the bench (easier for sanding). I'm using a handy-dandy electric sander. Super powerful. I place the sander on the lid and push the button..........OH. MY. WORD. the board shoots across the yard towards the neighbors window. YIKES!! A little embarressing but no one saw, so I pick it up bring it back and this time I hang on to it....

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