BACK TO SCHOOL GIVEAWAY!

Hey Friends!  We are getting so excited for Back to School!  So excited that we are giving away our ENTIRE STORE starting tonight at midnight!  All you have to do to win is enter the raffle below by following our TPT Store and our blog, as well as leave us a comment about what you are doing to get ready for back to school!  The raffle will run until August 6th at midnight.  

Make sure you stop by this week to check out some FREEBIES we will only be posting here!  We will also have that student portfolio tutorial we promised:)

Our entire TPT store will be on sale Monday and Tuesday this week as part of the huge back to school sale!  Everything will be on sale for 20% off plus you can use the code BTS14 to get an extra discount from TPT.   You can check out our little shop here.   We are linking up with Blog Hoppin' and checking out all of the other amazing stores on sale!

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5 for Friday- August 1st

It's that time again to get organized for back to school. Why not be cute and organized at the same time?! We found this adorable way to color code crayons or even just to organized supplies at the students tables or centers. All you need is scrapbook paper, cans or cups, and a board! For full DIY instructions check out snapcreativity.com.

 

 We found this adorable math counting sticks from Math Maniac on Pinterest. These would be perfect for math centers or interventions for students that need more repetition with their numbers! So easy! One trip to the craft store and you have some great math manipulatives!

 

With all the hustle and bustle of back to school you can't forget your coworkers! This is a cute idea to welcome back your coworkers to a brand new year. A fun colorful notepad, some sharpies, and sticky notes make an ideal gift. What teacher wouldn't want a little something special to start the year off?! The Fourth and Ten Blog also has free labels to tie on top!

 

 

Another DIY project to create some cheap yet very handy seats! These crates are transformed into seats for reading areas, centers, and work stations. Not only are they seats, but they can store supplies inside of them as well! Check out Ms. Third Grade's Blog for more directions. We are going to be adding some of these to our reading area!

Are you tired of buying prizes for a treasure box??? Try this new rewards system! Instead of students choosing from a treasure box, the students will choose from 18 different reward cards. The cards have different activities ensuring there is a reward for every student. Some examples include working with no shoes for the day, sitting at the teachers desk, computer or IPAD time, and even as simple as telling a joke to the class. Give these cards a try!! Click on the picture below.

 

Have a great weekend!

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!