We have a winner! Thanks so much for being followers! I cannot believe I have over a 100 followers now! Without further ado the winner is:
Mrs. I from Mrs. I's Class! Congrats! I will be e-mailing you tonight!
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Sunday, July 24, 2011
Back to School Bonanza
Are you ready to go Back to School? Erica Bohrer is hosting a Back to School Bonanza Giveaway that should help you get in the mood! Twelve fabulous bloggers have teamed up with her to give one lucky winner a huge back to school prize pack!The contest will run until midnight eastern time, on Thursday, July 28th. You have 4 chances to enter HERE!!
Saturday, July 23, 2011
New Year Resolution
I know what your thinking...new year resolution are usually done in January. Teachers on the other hand think of the "New Year" as the new school year. There is nothing more exciting for teachers than the back to school time of the year when everything and everyone is fresh, ready to learn, and new!
Clutter-Free Classroom one of my favorite blogs is having a linky party set up to make resolutions for the upcoming school year. Here are my resolutions:
1. BE MORE ORGANIZED: Once I started blogging (March) I became much more organized in my classroom because of all the cute labels and ways to stay organized. I want to maintain very organized throughout the year. This really includes my desk, papers, crafting supplies, and miscellaneous supplies that teachers gather. My first step to this is spending time right now carefully organizing everything in my classroom. I feel I'm off to a great start!
2. POETRY JOURNALS: When I taught Kindergarten, I was so good about keeping up with poetry journals but now that I'm in first I feel like I've fallen behind. I really want to incorporate it into my morning meeting and Daily 5. I feel like in the past I've gone through spurts where I implemented poetry but I want this to be ongoing.
3. CALENDAR BOOKS: I confess sometimes calendar can get a little boring! I need to spruce this time up and make it more meaningful through using a calendar book. I just feel like making calendar books is a lot of copies to run off and it might make calendar last too long. I have been looking in Cara's calendar book over at The First Grade Parade and has me convinced I need to bite the bullet and do this!
These are my current resolutions that I'm going to try to stick to for this new school year! I know that it will be slightly overwhelming at times being in a new school. I know trying to learn everything the way my new school does things will be a lot to take in at first so I'm only setting a few goals right now.
What are your new resolutions for the school year? Link up through Clutter-Free Classroom!
Clutter-Free Classroom one of my favorite blogs is having a linky party set up to make resolutions for the upcoming school year. Here are my resolutions:
1. BE MORE ORGANIZED: Once I started blogging (March) I became much more organized in my classroom because of all the cute labels and ways to stay organized. I want to maintain very organized throughout the year. This really includes my desk, papers, crafting supplies, and miscellaneous supplies that teachers gather. My first step to this is spending time right now carefully organizing everything in my classroom. I feel I'm off to a great start!
2. POETRY JOURNALS: When I taught Kindergarten, I was so good about keeping up with poetry journals but now that I'm in first I feel like I've fallen behind. I really want to incorporate it into my morning meeting and Daily 5. I feel like in the past I've gone through spurts where I implemented poetry but I want this to be ongoing.
3. CALENDAR BOOKS: I confess sometimes calendar can get a little boring! I need to spruce this time up and make it more meaningful through using a calendar book. I just feel like making calendar books is a lot of copies to run off and it might make calendar last too long. I have been looking in Cara's calendar book over at The First Grade Parade and has me convinced I need to bite the bullet and do this!
These are my current resolutions that I'm going to try to stick to for this new school year! I know that it will be slightly overwhelming at times being in a new school. I know trying to learn everything the way my new school does things will be a lot to take in at first so I'm only setting a few goals right now.
What are your new resolutions for the school year? Link up through Clutter-Free Classroom!
Friday, July 22, 2011
Donors Choose Project & Randomness
I just posted a new Donors Choose project for non-fiction leveled readers. Right now when you choose your project through Lakeshore they fund some of your project! They have already funded $390.16 of my project. Please check out the link! Teacher Page: Ms. Jessica Bullen (teacher)
I get weekly e-mails from the 2 Sisters and this week they featured an amazing website: Oxford Owl. The website features a ton of e-reader books and is a lot like using Tumble Books. Great for listen to reading during Daily 5! The website is for students ages 3-7. Student can choose through a variety of books to read from with or without audio. There are also two activities after the reading. Best of all this website is free! Hope some of you can use this!
Check out my giveaway to Lakeshore for $25! It ends this Sunday!
I get weekly e-mails from the 2 Sisters and this week they featured an amazing website: Oxford Owl. The website features a ton of e-reader books and is a lot like using Tumble Books. Great for listen to reading during Daily 5! The website is for students ages 3-7. Student can choose through a variety of books to read from with or without audio. There are also two activities after the reading. Best of all this website is free! Hope some of you can use this!
Check out my giveaway to Lakeshore for $25! It ends this Sunday!
Thursday, July 21, 2011
Everybody Wins! Giveaway
Faithful in First is having a 200 follower giveaway! All you have to do is be a follower and blog about it! Then she'll e-mail you these adorable homework coupons-12 pages for FREE!
BY THE WAY: PLEASE ENTRY MY GIVEAWAY HERE!
CAFE Headers
I just looked through my pirate materials and ideas for bulletin boards only to realize I don't have any CAFE headers with a pirate theme. I looked through TPT, Proteacher, and some different blogs to find a pirate one.
I found a pirate theme CAFE headers after searching all morning! They are so adorable and will look great with my other pirate themed things. I just love thistlegirl designs!
Pirates Proteacher
While I was looking for the pirate headers I found some other pretty cute CAFE headings (that are FREE) I thought some bloggers might like:
I found a pirate theme CAFE headers after searching all morning! They are so adorable and will look great with my other pirate themed things. I just love thistlegirl designs!
Pirates Proteacher
While I was looking for the pirate headers I found some other pretty cute CAFE headings (that are FREE) I thought some bloggers might like:
Cooking Theme at Mrs. Jones Creation Station
Stripes at Flying High in Fifth Grade
Stripes and Polka Dots at Wiggins World
There are a ton of other really cute CAFE headers out there! I just wanted to feature a few I thought bloggers might have seen yet!
100 Followers Giveaway Time
AHH! I can't believe it 100 followers! I'm so excited! Thank you all for being readers!!! As a thank you I will be doing a giveaway. The giveaway is a $25 e-gift card to Lakeshore Learning! I will announce the winner on Sunday July, 24th at 11:00 p.m. using the random number generator.
There are 2 ways to enter:
1. Leave a comment saying you are a follower and include your e-mail address.
2. Repost the giveaway on your blog and leave a comment with a link.
Thank you for all your support! Remember please entry by Sunday, July 24! Good luck!
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