Back To School CRAZY lady ;)

Howdy friends!

It feel like forever since my last blog post! With the wedding I had NO time for school! (For those of you who love weddings like I do.. I will be posting pictures and the video when they are done!!)

So I am back in my classroom and the first thing I have to show you is the one thing I am SUPER excited about!

This is the Classroom Friendly Supplies AMAZING Pencil Sharpener!

1. I LOVE the color of this sharpener! It is a pretty blue and it comes in other colors too!

2. Those little black things on the top are for you to pinch together. Then you put the pencil in the whole. When you let go of them it hold onto the pencil nice and tight! Like the picture below!

This is the ONLY hand powered pencil sharpener that actually works! I cannot wait to get this in my writing center for my kids to use! It is so quiet it will not even disrupt my guided reading group!! Yay!!

3. Like i said above it is QUIET! That is a HUGE deal to me :)

4. It has a cool retro look and like most things that are retro it is sturdy! It is hard to find things for your classroom that are built to last! This little thing is like a tank machine ;)

5. You should but one! Classroom Friendly Supplies is THE place to find it!

CLEAN CLEAN CLEAN

I have been Cleaning like a mad woman! I am loving getting ready for this year. I am excited for what this new school year has to bring! Setting up this year was much easier than last year! I have two first year teachers next to me and I do not miss that stress of figuring out what will work for you! But I am loving helping them and even getting ideas from them! 

So Here is all I have so far! I will post more.. I promise ;)

I am very excited for my desk arrangement this year! 

I saw this on Pinterest and HAD to try it! 

My storage bins still need labels

Top drawer: Daily Materials 

Middle drawer: Math Manipulatives

Bottom drawer: Student Portfolios

(please ignore the mess on the desks! Im trying to sort my student items :)

I LOVE organization! I am so excited my cabinets look so pretty! 

It is going to be a great year! 

More pictures to come!

See ya later Alligator! 

Summer Bucket List

My Summer Bucket List

I am excited to join in this Linky Party with A Cupcake for the Teacher, Miss Kindergarten, and A Modern Teacher.

1. Get Married!!

I cannot wait to marry my best friend!

Davey and I have been together for over 5 years and on July 13th

We are finally saying I DO!

2. Relax and enjoy the summer together as newlyweds! 

We will be taking a quick honeymoon and then spending our time

house hunting! 

Then before I know it... it will be time to start thinking about school again!

3. Create student portfolios!

This is something that I have wanted to do for some time now

I am creating a document that will hopefully help me and maybe even help you!

Coming soon to TPT.. Student Portfolio Pack

4. Re-Organize

I am super excited to re-do some of the organization items in my

classroom! I made these items for my room and thought I would share with you!

Back 2 School Survival Kit

5. Work on Classroom Layout!

I am really excited to place my student desks in groups 

and teach them how to manage their materials!

6. Update and Enhance my guided reading area and instruction!

I really would like my back table to look something like this

I am also excited because I bought some new guided reading materials from 

Mrs-Jones-Creation-Station

This summer is going to be busy busy.. I am sure there is more to be done, but for now my brain is on the wedding. I cannot wait to share pictures and video with everyone :)

Have a great summer!!

Beach Day!

Who does not LOVE the beach?

Hello Friends!

Just 3 more days of school left after today! We kicked off this week with Beach Day! It was so much fun and it is thanks to my wonderful parent helpers! They did such an amazing job running the stations. I was actually able to walk around and enjoy my students without stressing!

Beach day was not originally on my schedule for the last week but my great friends at Two Friends in First told me about it and I could not turn it down!

We had 5 stations
1. Bucket List Craftivity
2. Watercolor & Salt Beach Paintings
3. End of The Year Shirts
4. Buddy Reading on a beach towel
5. Chalk Art

Here are some of the pictures!

The shirts were a last minute thing I 

thought of and I am so glad that I did!

 I just used iron on paper to put the words 

on the front and back of the shirts

On the last day of school we are going 

to sigh the back of the shirt with colored sharpies

The students got to pick whether

 they wanted Pink, Blue, or Green

The girls buddy reading.. too cute ;)

 Happy ALMOST Summer :)

Summer Reading & Writing Packet!

Summer Reading & Writing Packet

A great teacher friend of mine approached me about making a reading and writing summer packet. I was not sure exactly what direction I wanted to go in, but this is what I have come up with. Please know that I will be adding to it.. Once you buy it you can get the upgraded file for free, even if it is next summer!! :) Just go to my purchases and you will see NEW UPDATE AVAILABLE blinking!

Here is what I have come up with so far!

Click on the picture to take you to my TPT

Thank you for all of the support! It is appreciated!

Ice Cream Word Word Extravaganza!

I have not been feeling up to par. I think it is my allergies, so I have been stuck in the house all day thinking about summer. Here are some summary word work games for your classroom :)

I will post some pictures from my classroom soon!