And the winner is...
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Look for an email within 24 hours, Tonya! Congratulations and enjoy spending that $15!! I think I will be spending way more than that on TPT this week...hoping to get a school PO for it...we shall see though.
Hope everyone is having a great week! I think the boys and I will go work in my classroom later today, it is a rainy dreary day her today. I am thankful for all the rain we are getting lately, but I would really like to be enjoying the last weeks of summer!!!!!
Tuesday, July 30, 2013
Sunday, July 28, 2013
MMI: 7/29/13
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DON'T forget my follower giveaway...it ends today...I made it a $15 TPT gift certificate!
As I previously stated, I have had the end of summer blues. SO imagine my surprise when I had a super productive weekend!
Saturday I made binders for 5-8 Common Core ELA standards. I love them!!! Each strand has its own section with all the standards printed together. Then there is a sheet with each standard printed on it with boxes to write lesson plans for teaching that standard and resources used for each standard. I will then slip the resources in behind each of those pages. I showed it to my curriculum director and she LOVED it. We are in the process of writing new curriculum and she thinks this will be extremely useful! I have made each one available in my TPT store if you want to check them out.
I also made a set of Subway Art with quotes I have been pinning on pinterest. These are a FREEBIE in my store. I laminated them and put them above my white board in my classroom tonight.
I am going to make 3 more for the empty space :)
I also did the "In our classroom we do..." project that has been floating around pinterest. Mine is simple and matches my color scheme.
I hope you found something useful and I will be doing some more "crafty" things next week. I am just in the countdown days where I have to get things together! :) 2 weeks from today is my report day!! AHHHH!!! So many lesson plans to get prepared, I haven't really thought much about social studies yet....
Go on over to Fourth Grade Frolics and check out all the other Monday Made Its! I have a doctor appointment this morning, but plan on checking them out this afternoon. :)
DON'T forget my follower giveaway...it ends today...I made it a $15 TPT gift certificate!
As I previously stated, I have had the end of summer blues. SO imagine my surprise when I had a super productive weekend!
Saturday I made binders for 5-8 Common Core ELA standards. I love them!!! Each strand has its own section with all the standards printed together. Then there is a sheet with each standard printed on it with boxes to write lesson plans for teaching that standard and resources used for each standard. I will then slip the resources in behind each of those pages. I showed it to my curriculum director and she LOVED it. We are in the process of writing new curriculum and she thinks this will be extremely useful! I have made each one available in my TPT store if you want to check them out.
I also made a set of Subway Art with quotes I have been pinning on pinterest. These are a FREEBIE in my store. I laminated them and put them above my white board in my classroom tonight.
I am going to make 3 more for the empty space :)
I also did the "In our classroom we do..." project that has been floating around pinterest. Mine is simple and matches my color scheme.
Go on over to Fourth Grade Frolics and check out all the other Monday Made Its! I have a doctor appointment this morning, but plan on checking them out this afternoon. :)
Saturday, July 27, 2013
End of Summer Blues....
I think I have the end of summer blues...haven't felt like doing much of anything this past week...I don't think the rain helped. I am thankful for the rain and mild temps, but I really want it to be HOT and sunny so I can spend my last days on the river!!!
Last night I decided to get out of my funk and I did make a resource for my room. We will be writing all new curriculum this year for common core. SOOOOO....I made a resource for my 5th grade standards. I will be doing the same for 6, 7, and 8 as well. In this packet I have all the ELA standards. They are separated by categories. There is a cover page for each category that has all the standards under that category listed. Then each standard has its own page where you can list lesson plans and resources used to teach that standard. I plan to slip hard copies of each resource behind those sheets.
I am excited to use these and hope I keep up with it! :) I found free checklists that I am going to put in my binders too. I believe I found them all on TPT as well. They have spaces to write the dates that you teach each standard.
So, if you are interested you can check out my new product. I didn't mean for this to be a shameless plug for it, but I am excited to use it and hope it can be helpful to a lot of my followers. Stay tuned for 6th, 7th, and 8th grade...maybe I can finish them before Monday Made It?!
Don't for get to enter my follower giveaway for a TPT $15 gift certificate!!! :)
Last night I decided to get out of my funk and I did make a resource for my room. We will be writing all new curriculum this year for common core. SOOOOO....I made a resource for my 5th grade standards. I will be doing the same for 6, 7, and 8 as well. In this packet I have all the ELA standards. They are separated by categories. There is a cover page for each category that has all the standards under that category listed. Then each standard has its own page where you can list lesson plans and resources used to teach that standard. I plan to slip hard copies of each resource behind those sheets.
I am excited to use these and hope I keep up with it! :) I found free checklists that I am going to put in my binders too. I believe I found them all on TPT as well. They have spaces to write the dates that you teach each standard.
So, if you are interested you can check out my new product. I didn't mean for this to be a shameless plug for it, but I am excited to use it and hope it can be helpful to a lot of my followers. Stay tuned for 6th, 7th, and 8th grade...maybe I can finish them before Monday Made It?!
Don't for get to enter my follower giveaway for a TPT $15 gift certificate!!! :)
Tuesday, July 23, 2013
FOLLOWER GIVEAWAY UPDATE....
Okay, so for all my followers...I planned to draw for the giveaway of the $10 TPT gift certificate today...ummm...yeah...didn't work out the way I wanted. So I have made a rafflecopter giveaway for it. It is for a week. You must be a follower to win! So FOLLOW my blog and enter to win! Sorry for the wait, but I am going to five the winner a $15 gift certificate instead for the wait!
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GOOD LUCK :)
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GOOD LUCK :)
Monday, July 22, 2013
MMI: 7/22/13
HOLY COW!! I only have 2 more Mondays until I report to work! How did that happen!?!?!
Once again it is time for Monday Made It with Tara at Fourth Grade Frolics. I enjoy linking up each week.
I have to admit that I wasn't real crafy this week. I printed some things at school and forgot to bring them home...I also took most of last week off from doing anything with school and just enjoyed my kiddos. We went floating one day and went fishing one day. It was nice amid all of my stepson's dr appointments. He spends most of the summer at him mom's, but he comes back for a "vacation" here for a couple of weeks...sports physical, orthodontist, and two other dr appts...some vacation for him, right!? lol
Anywho...I did manage to get a couple of things made. I made two calendar sets, one for me and one for my BFF teaching buddy. I went ahead and put them in my TPT store. Click on the thumbnails to check them out.
I sold my first couple sets of I can statements on TPT as well. WOOHOO, my first sales! :) I have 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th grade ELA available. 8th grade is free!!!!
Anyway, that is pretty much all I got accomplished this week. We are going to work in my room tonight so I will have craftiness to share next week! :) I will be announcing my giveaway winner tomorrow!! :)
Once again it is time for Monday Made It with Tara at Fourth Grade Frolics. I enjoy linking up each week.
I have to admit that I wasn't real crafy this week. I printed some things at school and forgot to bring them home...I also took most of last week off from doing anything with school and just enjoyed my kiddos. We went floating one day and went fishing one day. It was nice amid all of my stepson's dr appointments. He spends most of the summer at him mom's, but he comes back for a "vacation" here for a couple of weeks...sports physical, orthodontist, and two other dr appts...some vacation for him, right!? lol
We went floating with Me, my mom, my sister-in-law, my cousin, my 3 boys and my nephew. Much fun...
Here are a few from catfishing! The boys always have so much fun. It was Kaleb's first time since he has been gone all summer. Everyone caught fish, so everyone was happy! :)
Anywho...I did manage to get a couple of things made. I made two calendar sets, one for me and one for my BFF teaching buddy. I went ahead and put them in my TPT store. Click on the thumbnails to check them out.
I sold my first couple sets of I can statements on TPT as well. WOOHOO, my first sales! :) I have 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th grade ELA available. 8th grade is free!!!!
Anyway, that is pretty much all I got accomplished this week. We are going to work in my room tonight so I will have craftiness to share next week! :) I will be announcing my giveaway winner tomorrow!! :)
Sunday, July 21, 2013
MUST READS
I just finished reading two AMAZING books. I cannot wait to share them with my classes this year. The first book I read was A Long Walk to Water.
This book is a dual narrative based on a true story. Nya goes to the pond to fetch water for her family. She walked 8 hours every day. Salva walks away from his war-torn village. He is a "lost boy" refugee. They are both in the country of Sudan. I absolutely LOVED this story. It was very empowering and will open your students' eyes to the outside world, to how wonderful our country truly is! I will say, I shed a few tears reading this book. I believe I will read it aloud with my 7th and 8th graders. I believe we will have a ton of GREAT discussions.
The second book I read this week was, Wonder by R.J. Palacio.
Oh.my.goodness! What a powerful book to read. I plan to read this book with my 5th and 6th graders. Again, I see a lot of wonderful discussions coming from this book. It will also be a great book to talk about point of view with. August Pullman was born with a facial deformity that prevented him from going to mainstream school--until now. He is entering 5th grade. We all know that it is hard enough to enter a new school, let alone enter with a very different appearance. I have to say, I cried a lot with this book. It is just so uplifting/moving. It is also funny. I highly recommend the book.
What have you read this summer? I am looking for some more books that will tie into my socials studies units. If you have any suggestions that would be wonderful!! :)
This book is a dual narrative based on a true story. Nya goes to the pond to fetch water for her family. She walked 8 hours every day. Salva walks away from his war-torn village. He is a "lost boy" refugee. They are both in the country of Sudan. I absolutely LOVED this story. It was very empowering and will open your students' eyes to the outside world, to how wonderful our country truly is! I will say, I shed a few tears reading this book. I believe I will read it aloud with my 7th and 8th graders. I believe we will have a ton of GREAT discussions.
The second book I read this week was, Wonder by R.J. Palacio.
Oh.my.goodness! What a powerful book to read. I plan to read this book with my 5th and 6th graders. Again, I see a lot of wonderful discussions coming from this book. It will also be a great book to talk about point of view with. August Pullman was born with a facial deformity that prevented him from going to mainstream school--until now. He is entering 5th grade. We all know that it is hard enough to enter a new school, let alone enter with a very different appearance. I have to say, I cried a lot with this book. It is just so uplifting/moving. It is also funny. I highly recommend the book.
What have you read this summer? I am looking for some more books that will tie into my socials studies units. If you have any suggestions that would be wonderful!! :)
Saturday, July 20, 2013
New Room Painting
Okay, I think I mentioned before that painting with my husband is like playing one-on-one with Michael Jordan. And you know what? That is okay by me because the final outcome is amazing.
My husband was SO annoyed by previous paint jobs, there was paint all over outlet cover, trim, counters...etc...terrible. He painted ALL the base trim and top trim. That took MANY hours with his expensive little paintbrush that he said he shouldn't be using black on. AWESOME HE IS. Yeah, I owe him big time...and he won't let me forget...
My husband was SO annoyed by previous paint jobs, there was paint all over outlet cover, trim, counters...etc...terrible. He painted ALL the base trim and top trim. That took MANY hours with his expensive little paintbrush that he said he shouldn't be using black on. AWESOME HE IS. Yeah, I owe him big time...and he won't let me forget...
HERE ARE THE BEFORE PICS
HERE ARE THE AFTER
My "window wall" with my new curtains
The chevron wall in progress...we gridded off the wall with chalk lines then my fabulous hubby taped it off. He had to use an exacto knife at the pointed parts....
The heater door that hubby painted the trim and door (he free handed all the trim with no tape because he is AWESOME!) He also did all the base trim as well, I didn't take a picture of that...
My room is such a horrible mess! I will be cleaning it next week...Can you tell the wall with windows is darker gray than the other walls??
You can see some of his trim work here :)
Also covered my bulletin board with leftover fabric :) and the beginnings of my objective wall.
I LOVE how my room is coming together and CANNOT wait to do a total classroom reveal! :) I am so grateful for my husband taking all this time to paint my room for me. He really did an amazing job and with very little complaining ;) I think the only time he was annoyed by me was the night my teaching BFF was working on her room too and I kind of disappeared for a long time....it happens when we get together...we like to talk! lol I think she was down at my room every 10 min to talk some more. haha...Justin finally said, "Do you guys get any work done when you are here!?" lol He doesn't believe what a great team we make, we can get a lot done together because we can talk as we work ;).
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