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!

Behavior that Makes Cents!

I've decided for this next school year to implement $$ into my behavior clip chart. Our school has certain colors and points that they want us to use and deduct from each child's conduct grade based on the child's color/conduct clip. So each year I jazz up my color chart BUT this year I'm implementing Coins.......get it???!!! Behavior that Makes Cents!! Okay.......this is how it will work in my classroom. Each day the students will stamp their behavior calendar with a coin stamp based on our color chart. For example, black will be used for a quarter because black is considered exceptional behavior throughout the day. They will use a green stamp for dimes, yellow stamp for nickels, and a red stamp for a penny. Although, I rarely have color changes, I truly feel like this will motivate them to not only KNOW their coins but be able to add them up. They will NEED to know how much they have in order to spend their money on Friday. ...

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....

All Things Techy...and FREE

Well ya'll, I have so many wonderful things going on in the classroom and it's all things techy. I cannot wait to share a few of them with you. If you haven't stopped by our class blog then you should. { Mrs. Kirby's Kid's Blog } These authentic pieces of writing just make me so stinkin' happy. I constantly check my email throughout the weekend to see if they have written anything. Not because I told them to but because they want to. (insert happy teacher dance right here) I took my very first student bloggers to the school board and they told our school board what a blog is and why they think it's important. I gave each one of the kids that presented a small journal, sticky notes and pens to write their ideas about things they'd like to blog about. This is what their journals look like 2 days later.... These kids cannot get enough!! Look at all their THOUGHTS... BUT WAIT THERE'S MORE! Look at...

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