Slowly getting things ready

Why is it that teachers are always thinking about the upcoming school year in the summer. I  feel like my brain is always thinking about my classroom and I know many of you are like that because every blog I go to they are mentioning next school year.  I always have the questions: how am I going to set up my room?  Is it going to be the same layout?  What new lessons am I going to incorporate this year? What centers am I going to add to the chart?  I added this packet to my room last year and I wanted to share it with you.  My students loved it!  Click on the picture for more info.

Sneak Peek...

I am excited to make a handwriting packet this summer that I am going to use with my students first semester.  I have decided to revamp my handwriting lessons for next year.  I have started to create a packet where I can teach the students the writing strokes in the letter for the first half of the year and not worry about the lines on the paper. Here is a sneak peek at what they packet will look like when it's completed.

But for this morning I'm going to finish sipping my latte from my favorite nespresso machine.  I am in love it!  I bought it for my hubby for Christmas and it has become my best friend  It works with any type of milk and it tastes so so good!  

Enjoy your beautiful summer day!

Hippity Hoppity Bunny Fun

Oops, I had this post ready to publish on Thursday, but it never happened.  So here it is, just a little bit late.


Wahoo...it's Thursday!  This week Thursday means my weekend has started and I get to hang out with my hubby and sons for three days! My son has started baseball so that is what we have been doing every Saturday.  I must say I like being a baseball mom!  Here is a picture of my cutie playing baseball.

Here is what my students did this week to prepare for our spring bulletin board.  They really enjoyed picking their own bunny ears and bow.  This year my students love writing and having a craft to go with it.  So I was super excited to create this bunny craft.  I made it into an Easter writing, but you can always have your
students write about spring.

Goodies Galore

I just love a good sale and a TPT sale is the best!  It took me several times to decide what I wanted to purchase.  I loaded up my cart, deleted items, added new items and finally made my purchase.  I did this twice!  I can't wait to use these packets in the classroom and the clip art I bought is adorable!

I also purchased TONS of clip art.  I.Love.Clip art!  I don't think I can get enough.  Thanks to a friend I found Educasong that offers 50% off of their products for the first 48 hours!  Say what?  The clip art is too cute!

I hope you took advantage of the sale and purchased some goodies! Check out the linky party and see what other bloggers bought!

Teachers Pay Teachers Going Strong Sale

Who doesn't love a celebration!  Teachers Pay Teachers is celebrating Three Million Teacher Members!  So get comfy and start taking things from your wishlist to your cart.  TPT is offering 10% off when you use code TPT3 and I am offering 20% off in my store.  For a total of 28% off.  Come back tomorrow to see what great things I bought!

This week

I have been busy this weekend getting my centers ready for the last week in February.  I can't believe there is only a week left in February!  Where did this month go?  As I wrap up this last week, I have made an adorable dental unit for my students.  They are going to enjoy measuring the pictures in math with the tooth ruler.  They are always eager to see what we are going to use to measure with each month.  I am also excited about my emergent reader:  A Visit to the Dentist.  Click the picture below to see my unit on TPT.

Now I must think/find a craft for my students this week.

100 Day and Superhero fun

We just celebrated out 100th day of school and had so much fun!  The students decorated and wore capes to represent Zero the Hero.  One of my friends saw it and we just had to do it this year!  Click here to find how to make your own cape.

The class was very creative with their own cape.

During the day we had four rotations that the students were able to participate in: making zero the hero and writing "I wish I had 100 ____"  I would not want 100 ____",  building a tower with 100 legos, making our 100 year old people and making our 100 day crowns.    

We also made the 100 day gumball machine that you can download for free on my TPT store.