Student Information Freebie!

Is it really time to start going through our back to school files?! YESSSS!  We cannot believe how fast this summer is going.  Here is a file we came across that we will be using this year to gain some extra information about our kiddos at the beginning of the year.  We have our "Meet the Teacher" night before school starts, so we will give it to our parents then, and they will generally send it back in on the first day of school!  Click on the picture below if you could use a FREE copy of this too!  Enjoy your last few weeks of summer!

FIve For Friday - July 25th

We just got done printing our new bright chevron Alphabet, 3D shape and number posters (1-20 included).  We are loving everything from Krista Wallden and her Alphabet Pictures were so cute we had to redo our alphabet wall using them!  The posters match our FREE bright chevron behavior clip chart and 2D shape posters!  We also have everything available in our store in a bright polka dot theme.  What is your classroom theme?

We grabbed these little stools at a local outlet store on the cheap!  We have them at our listening center tables, computers and group tables.  The kiddos love sitting in these chairs!  We do spend some time demonstrating how to sit and how NOT to sit before these are open for use:)  

Last week we posted a list of FREE apps that we use in our classrooms.  If you didn't get a chance to check it out, you can read our post here.

We recently found out about an app called ScootPad.  Has anyone used this app?  We have heard some amazing things about it from some friends of ours in other school districts and are excited for our kiddos to try it out.  It is a math and reading app for grades K-8 to practice common core skills. You can visit their site here. The basic app is free but there are paid memberships available.  We are getting another set of I-Pads for our classrooms this year and are excited to add this to our choices.

Are you as obsessed as we are with buying new supplies for your classroom... and things to hold your supplies... and reorganizing your supplies?????  Can't stop, won't stop.  It's a problem.

 Our little trio has stopped by Target many times in the past few weeks to shop their back to school deals.  Look at those adorable little buckets... literally cannot pass them up!  And clearly we need to buy things to fill them up... new flair pens, sharpies and scented markers (not pictured).  I grabbed that little chevron basket for 2 bucks on clearance during a random stop at Michael's.  Don't know what I'll use it for yet, but I'll figure it out! 

Our Christmas in July sale is ending tomorrow so be sure to stop by our store to shop the deals!  Here is a peak at what is on sale today and tomorrow!  Click on the pictures to visit our little store:)

Friday, July 25th - 10 Back to School themed Math centers for Kindergarten 

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Saturday, July 26th - Calendar Journals and High Frequency Word pack 

                                           

We will be back to soon with a tutorial on how to make super easy and CHEAP portfolios for your kiddos!  Have a great weekend!!  

Free Apps

All summer we have been looking for FREE apps for our I pads.  We were lucky enough to get some for our classrooms this year!  We cannot wait to have our students using them to enhance their learning.  Below is a list of FREE apps for both language arts and math.  They are geared for kiddos K-2.  Click on the photo below to download the list.  If anyone has additional apps that have worked for them in their classroom, please leave a comment below.  We would love to hear from you and add to our list! 

If you would like free tablet click art ... click the image below.  Workaholic NBCT has some cute clip art and she offers a lot for free!

Christmas in July!

It's never too early to start getting in the Christmas spirit so we are linking up with Blog Hoppin' and joining their amazing Christmas in July Sale!  Each day for the next 12 days, we will have one of our favorite items on sale in our store.  Our sale is starting with our store's best selling pack - Back to School with Chrysanthemum.  This pack is filled with over 100 pages of fun centers and activities to go with the adorable book by Kevin Henkes.  Our kiddos love the story so much and the activities that go with it!  Check it out by clicking on the picture below.  Make sure you check back every day to see what else we have on sale for you:)  Head over to Blog Hoppin' to check out all of the other amazing stores on sale!

Five For Friday Linky Party

We are a little late but didn't want to miss linking up with everyone!

 

 Do these look like postcards?  Well they're not!!!!!!  One of us was lucky enough to go to Maui this summer for 10 days!  It was amazing and beautiful... so hard to come home!

 This summer we've been looking for fun new additions to our Daily 5 rotations and found these cute little magnifying glasses at the Dollar Tree!  The black ones were only a buck each and they are ginormous!!  The colored ones were 6 for $1!  Can't beat that! We found them hidden in the party section!  We think our kiddos will love them:)

We have been looking literally forever for 15 minute timers for our Daily 5 rotations!!!  These are great visual reminders for our kiddos as they are building stamina and learning to work independently.  Click on the picture to grab some for yourself!

We've always wanted to get Whisper Phones for our Read to Self station but didn't love the price tag!!!!  So we decided to get a  lil' crafty and were able to make 25 for less than $20!!!!!!!!  We bought all the supplies at Lowe's (pvc pipes) and they even cut them for us for FREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!  It literally took less than an hour to put them all together.  We found the tutorial from Teacherific in Second Grade.  Click on the picture to check out her site!

We just reached a mini-milestone (for us!) on TPT!  We have over 100 followers and are so thankful for each and every one of them!  To say thank you, we have created 2 FREEBIES that you can only grab here!  We created some listening center response sheets for Kindergarten and First grade.  There are lots of choices and hopefully they will be helpful to you are your kiddos!  Click on the pictures to download the files!

These pages are perfect for First and Second Graders!

These pages are perfect for Pre-K and Kindergarten!

We hope you are all having an amazing summer!  

Happy 4th of July!

Hi Friends!  I hope everyone is having a relaxing and fun start to summer!  Are you looking forward to the 4th as much as we are?!?!  To help get everyone excited we have put our entire shop on sale, including my newest Kindergarten pack... Next Stop... Kindergarten!!!!!  It includes 10 back to school themed Literacy centers that are super fun and engaging!  You can check it out in our store by clicking on the picture below.  While you are there, check out the new first grade monthly journals that have been added by my sweet first grade friend as well as her new Back to School with Picture Books!   I will be adding the math companion pack that includes 10 back to school themed Math Centers for Kindergarten very soon:)

P.S. our TPT store has over 100 followers!  To thank everyone for their kindness and support, we will be posting some freebies we hope you can use very soon!  Happy 4th, Friends!!!!!!

Hello!  We're so glad that it is finally summer!  We now have time to dedicate to our blog and our TPT store!  We are new bloggers so we have never linked up before.  Well, today is the day to learn.  Below is our July Currently.  We got the template over at Farley's blog. 

 

To learn how to link up and join the fun click the link below. 

http://ohboy3rdgrade.blogspot.com/p/freebies-and-ideas.html