Friday, July 11, 2014

Five for Friday! ($25 TpT Giveaway!)



1. Hubs came back from his business trip. Here are 2 of his greeters :o)


2. We spent last week at my in-laws on a lake. Here's Lola the boat dog!


3. I'm starting to think about back to school! I am working hard on a new morning work packet - I just don't have time in the morning for my kids to do an actual worksheet, and I hate the disorganization I had this year (read: chaos) by kids just coming in and grabbing books for the first 10 minutes of the day. I'm working on creating my own dry erase style reusable morning work activities! This is easy, simple, reusable morning work that will free up your photo copier and (hopefully) make your mornings (and mine) less chaotic! I'm hoping to have some ink in my printer to print it and get it organized to blog about next week :)

4. I've also spent lots of time this week working on my new teacher planner for next year! A Teeny Tiny Teacher has the BEST template - and it's free on her blog! I downloaded it and played with some colors and started entering my schedule into it. Love! Last year I bought an Erin Condren but really only used the lesson plan portion, so I couldn't see spending a lot on another planner this year. I am so excited to use this template! Click the picture from A Teeny Tiny Teacher's blog to go over to her page and find the template for yourself - love it! 

Here's mine with some "stuff" filled in and some colors that I played with:




5. I am running a fun little giveaway! I created some new chalkboard decor (see below- click the pictures to go to my TpT to see them with some more thumbnails!), so I would love to give all three away PLUS a $25 TpT gift certificate for you to buy some more back to school goodies (not that I'm thinking about that yet... ughhh). Enter below and share away! :)






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16 comments:

  1. I love your chalkboard decor packs! They would go so well with the decor I already have going on.


    Krystyn
    Ms Richards's Musings

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    1. Thanks, Krystyn! I love it too, because it matches everything!

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  2. I love the way you modified Teeny Tiny's lesson plan template! I'm going to have to look into that! :)

    Katie
    smileykate52@hotmail.com

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    1. It was so easy to modify! Now I just need to make a cover :)

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  3. Those chalkboard decor packs look awesome!! Also, I'm very curious as to what "desk makeover" is on your lesson plans. (Okay, I'm nosy!)

    Kristin
    My Carolina Classroom

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    1. Hi Kristin! That's a clever way to say, "this teacher has some serious OCD!" Each Friday, we take everything out of our desks and ORGANIZE! We also get a special treat (aka, a Clorox wipe... who knew 1st graders would get so excited?!!) and wipe everything down. We sharpen pencils, organize materials, and work on our "ketchup" work in our red folders before we get to have Fun Friday :)

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  4. I just bought a teacher planner and can't wait to get organized.

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    1. It's the best feeling - a new planner! :)

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  5. Your Classroom Rules Subway Art looks so cute!

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  6. Thanks for the shout out!! :) I like the pink in yours and of course, the clipart for library and PE, etc! :)

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    1. Thank you for sharing your planner! I can't wait to get it into a binder and snazz it up some more :)

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  7. Your alphabet cards look really cute!
    kcahcrim@comcast.net

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