Showing posts with label Classroom Organizer. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Classroom Organizer. Show all posts

Wednesday, May 29, 2013

EOY Madness!!

I feel like a huge sense of PANIC has set over my body, mind, ....Oh & classroom!  I have 7 days to pack up my classroom... which will mostly be done the last two because we aren't supposed to break anything down really until the end of the last school day. I have however been trying to reorganize. 


I received these AH-MAZING boxes on Tuesday!!! EEEE.... I might have done a happy squeal and dance when I got news they were on their way up to my room!  I purchased LOTS of new storage boxes... an even more AH-MAZING pocket chart (I will share about that on another day) & some new FABULOUSLY colored book boxes. 

This is what I got started on IMMEDIATELY after my kids were out the door!! :)

BEFORE:

AFTER:

You can see there is a major difference!! My favorite thing is that you can actually SEE what is INSIDE of the boxes!! Hello!  There has been even more change now after today... But I didn't think far enough ahead to actually take pictures of that!! Once it's all done & I'm happy with it I will share another picture!!

This weekend we had a B.L.A.S.T. & enjoyed every moment of our 3 day weekend!
B & I had a blast out on the lake with my parents and grandma!! :) 

We met up with a sweet friend 2 nights in a row to catch up!! She lives in Houston so it's a rare occasion for us to see her!  We love you Ker! :)

Then... Monday night I prepared for my end of the year BALLOON popping incentive!!
Of course B had to get in on the action!! :)  This year I added a little more fun to the balloons and put tissue paper confetti inside of the balloons!! It has made quite a mess, but of course my kids L.O.V.E. it! :)

Here is a close up of the cards!  You can get them for {FREE} in my TPT store!! :)



This has been a HUGE hit with my kids, just as it was last year!! My kids were ecstatic when the got into the room!!! :) Thank you Pinterest teacher who pinned it long ago.  If you were the original creator & pinner or know of them, let me know so I can give them some Kudos & Credit! :)

I got to thinking that these cards could also be used on a prize board or something too!  Just another idea.... :)

So tonight I shall TRY to get some rest & be asleep in bed BEFORE 10!    I will be back on Friday to share lots of other fun pictures of things I'm doing in my classroom for NEXT year... I've been having a blast using my vinyl and Silhouette Portrait machine this week!!! :)

Oh & my AC is FINALLY getting better.... That is it's only 76ish degrees instead of 80 .... It's amazing how much cooler 4 degrees is!!

Happy Wednesday!  6 more days, 6 more days, ONLY 6 more days!!!!!!!!!! .... school days that is... with my kids!


Friday, May 24, 2013

Five for Friday

Doing my usual link up with Kacey over at Doodle Bugs! :)

1. Working backwards.  Today was field day and we had a BLAST, but WE are all exhausted! The halls were filled with the smell of sunscreen and sweaty kids.  Not my favorite mix.
 Our NEON orange shirt was a hit!  I'm not sure why it didn't show up brighter in the picture!! :)
 The water slide is ALWAYS a big hit!
See the exhaustion!! Laying out watching a movie to unwind after field day!

2. Classroom Organizer.  Um, have you head of this app?!?!?! Seriously awesome!  
You scan the barcode on your books and it adds it to a list that you can keep track of!!   Plus, if you want to use it as check out system for your classroom books, you can do that too!  I also love the fact that you can login on your computer to manage the settings, your library, etc!  I managed to scan in MOST of my classroom library books this week!

 The only flaw, which really isn't a flaw, it's a flaw of my books is that some oddly don't have barcodes.  I guess they are ones that I bought in a pack from scholastic and they didn't put one on them.  I have about 30ish without barcodes.  These are some of the books below. :(

If you are like me... I am always questioning if I have this book or that book when I place my scholastic order.  I am hoping that this will help keep me a little more organized and from purchasing so many duplicates!  

3. Berklee.  As you know B is my PRIDE and JOY!  So here are a few snapshots from this week! :)
 We made my last batch of girl scout brownies this week!! I received 4 brownies in a jar from my girl scouts for Christmas.  Needless to say, B enjoyed every last bit of it!!
This was Wednesday morning.  She woke up so happy and didn't fight once about me getting her out of bed!  B hit the "I DON'T WANT TO WAKE UP AND GET OUT OF BED" mode about 3 weeks ago.  Needless to say, these next 2 weeks I'm praying she doesn't get used to waking up early again!! :)  I want summer sleep in time!

4.  Elf Village! So one of my awesome co-workers came up with an idea to do a PEEP village several years ago.  It was a part of our economics unit.  This year however our economics unit came much later in the year, so purchasing peeps would not be nearly as easy.  She came up with the idea to do a Keebler Elf Village, so she asked me to "Pepperize" a paper for her.  So this is what I came up with and created! 
The kids began this almost 2 weeks ago as one of their centers.  There was A LOT of work that went into them and this week they were done!! I was so proud of how MOST of them turned out!  The kids worked super hard, they had to create the proposal, create the building, materials/tools they would need for their job, and then create clothes for their little elf! 
This is the Hotel in the Elf Village!! Love all the details, he has a vending machine, ice machine, elevator... This kid did EXACTLY what was expected.  However, this is not a surprise, he is one of my GT babies!
Elf Village Flower Shop!  I love the artistic ability of this sweet girl, she did an AH-MAZING job on hers, too!
Lastly, I will share the school!  You can tell she definitely had field day on her mind when making hers! :)

You can download this page, the kids checklist, and a rubric here!

5. My classroom is still H.O.T.  Still between 78-80 degrees.  This is the email I received from the secretary on Monday.  


Needless to say, it STILL isn't fixed.  I'm not sure how I'm going to handle this one for the next 2 weeks.  I pray I come in on Monday Tuesday and it is magically fixed.  

I hope have a great 3 day weekend!  :)