Saturday, August 9, 2014

Meet the Teacher- Open House Freebies and Bloghop!




Hello darlings!  I am so thrilled to be involved in the Back 2 School Bloghop with the other fab bloggers listed below.   Visit each of their pages to get some awesome freebies for your classroom.  I don't know about you, but I can use all the freebies I can get right now.  I always seem to spend WAY too much money on Back to School stuff!

       

       

       

       

       

       grab button for First Grade is Fantabulous


During back to school time, any teacher can use new back to school advice and ideas right? 

RIGHT!! 

So this bloghop/giveaway is going to benefit you in 2 ways:

1. You could win over $100 worth of TPT products from some amazing bloggers! Check out the rafflecopter below to enter. We will choose 5 winners at the end of the bloghop on August 13th! This gives you TONS of chances to enter.

2. Follow the bloghop each day to a new blog that will give you tons of advice and ideas, in addition to lots of FREEBIES!

Awesome right?
Here are the products you could win!  Click here to go enter!!

So what am I giving away for free?  If you have been a follower of the blog since last year, you have already gotten to see this little beauty.  It contains a scavenger hunt for your Meet the Teacher or Open House Night where you have your kiddos bring their supplies.  It also contains some files for your schedule, other info, and parent helper sign ups.  This is a Powerpoint file that allows editing.  Yay!  I know how everyone loves to be able to make their stuff personal. 

 To use some cute fonts, download Fonts for Peas for FREE!!!  GO here!
I get the cutest handwriting fonts at Fonts for Peas! kevinandamanda.com/fonts

You can download all the fonts at once with the button on the side of the page!!  I love Kevin and Amanda!

Click the pic to get the freebies!


Don't forget to stop by the next blog on the hop!

Tuesday, August 5, 2014

Freebie Book Labels for Your Library

Hello darlings!  If you follow me on facebook or instagram, you know this was coming!  I finally finished relabeling all of my book bins for a fresh new look!  I wanted to make them available for you for FREE so unfortunately, what you see is what you get.  I can't make them editable for you in the PDF file with melonheadz graphics as it goes against her copyright.  I hope you are able to use them though.  I have labels for Fountas and Pinnell levels F-S and many series books that you would find in a second-fourth grade classroom.

To print:
You can control the size by choosing multiple page printing or booklet printing. As you can see, I printed 6 to a page.

To get the free book bin labels, click here.  I would love for you to pin it and give me feedback!



I did not laminate the laebls once I cut them out.  That eliminated an unnecessary step.  Instead, I used clear packing tape on a tape roller and taped over the entire label.  You will notice I have a lot of different book bins that I have collected over the years.  Bins are expensive!  I bought most of them at Wal-mart.  I have found the white plastic tubs to be very sturdy and they have lasted me 10 years already!


Most of the chapter books are stored in plastic shoe boxes and I also have a few from the Dollar Store.


I made sure to put my chapter books in order by levels.  This makes it easier for the kiddos to find Just-Right books and it keeps them from having to search all over the book cases.



My dad and I created the books shelves last year.  I LOVE them because they are on wheels and close together.  I can lock them and then the custodians can simply wheel them out the door at the end of the year so they can wax the floors.  It was soooooo nice to come in this year and just open the book cases.  I didn't have to reorganize my library or unpack books.  That has ALWAYS been the longest job for me when setting up the classroom and packing up each year.

Happy Back to school!


Thursday, July 31, 2014

Back to School Blow Out Sale ALL GRADES!!!

Hello darlings!  I am sure if you are a Blog follower you have heard the news.   Educents is running a HUGE back-to-school sale on some of their most popular bundles!  The savings are unreal!!!!

You can find my "Multiplication and Division Boot Camp" pack in the 2-3 bundle!  Check out all these amazing resources!!!  Can we say "ink" boys and girls?

BTS_Newsletter

 I am so excited to announce that Educents.com is having a HUGE back-to-school blowout sale and I am going to be featured in one of the curriculum bundles! From July 30 - August 2(Wednesday - Saturday), they are bringing back all of their favorite and most popular bundles for INSTANT download at up to 77% OFF! There is something for everyone and it is their BIGGEST sale of the year!

Take a peak into what is on sale! Tell your friends, because there is something for everyone who teaches children in PreK-8th grade!

Preschool Full-Year Curriculum Bundle - 72% OFF

Preschool

Kindergarten Full-Year Curriculum Bundle - 75% OFF

Kindergarten

K-2 The Write Stuff ELA Bundle - 68% OFF

GradesK-2(writestuff)

First Grade Literacy Bundle - 74% OFF

1stGrade

School Year Curriculum Bundle (Grades 2-3) - 74% OFF

Grades2-3

Poetry Curriculum & Activities Bundle (Grades 2-6) - 75% OFF

Peotry

Tricky Math Curriculum Bundle (Grades 3-5) - 69% OFF



Grades3-5(trickymath)

Complete Full-Year Curriculum Bundle (Grades 6-8) - 77% OFF

Management, Decor & Organization Bundle - 76% OFF

Management(allgrades)


Wednesday, July 30, 2014

Free Planner and BaCk to ScHoOl Goodies

Hello darlings!  As much I as LOVE the summer, I know that it has to come to an end and we have to get back to our AMAZING jobs!  I do adore teaching, so it isn't a terrible thing and I am sure you all feel the same way.  To make the return a little sweeter, we brought back our FREE planner from last year.  We had a lot of requests to make a 2014-2015 version and we are excited to tell you that it is READY!  Thanks Jamie for changing all the dates!  You can also download my lesson plan pages, grade book, and dividers for free.  Sorry they are not editable!     I just ask that you pin it to share with others!    Click each pic to download.

This is a pic of last year's planner.  This year's calendar is purple.

 Download lesson plan pages for free!


Grade Book                                                    and                               Dividers



Also check out my Teal and Green Classroom Decor Megapack!
and my Safari Classroom Decor Mega Pack!

I also updated my Year Long Word Study Unit for third grade.  Check it out here!


You can also get a head start on the year with this Best Selling Bundle from Educents!  It has 15 units geared for grades 2-3!  The sale ends in three days!


Stay tuned for an AWESOME bloghop starting August 1st!

Blessings!

5-Star Blogger