Bloglovin' and Sunday Special

I know that you have been seeing this all over the place but this is just a reminder that Google Reader shuts down tomorrow. Please be sure to follow me on Bloglovin'! 

Also, I wanted to announce today's Sunday Special! If you follow me on Facebook then you have been seeing these pop up for the past 3 weeks. Click here or on the image below to get today's special.

Mystery Box Giveaway #3!!!

It's baaaack...
But, not in a creepy, Poltergeist kind of a way.

No, no. No creepy, but definitely mysterious.

That's right!

It's time for June's monthly Mystery Box Giveaway 

hosted by 6 fabulous blogging buddies.

And, it won't arrive uninvited via your television, 
but via snail...Mail, that is.

 

Any guesses who might be hosting this month?

Any ideas what goodies might be in the box?

All we'll say is...

If you love all things summer with a very small sprinkle of school, then you'll LOVE this box.

Over $60 worth of mysterious goodies,
PLUS,
a super secret TpT product from each of us too! 
Woo-Hoo!!

So to ring in summer, enter quick!
Winner will be announced 1 week from today!
a Rafflecopter giveaway  
Good Luck Friends!

Daily Math Center FREEBIE!

I created these daily math center signs to meet the needs of my classroom in the coming school year! (And no I'm not rushing you to prep for the new year, I go back in July!!)

http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Daily-Math-Center-Signs-735222

I used terms and phrases that I have used in my classroom in the past for my math instruction such as Independent Math Practice. These signs are based on common Daily 5 Math components.

You can download them for FREE by clicking on the image or here. :)

AND, if you leave nice feedback and send me an e-mail telling me you did so I will send you something else for FREE! (This deal ends 6/21/2013)

Graphic Credits: Frame Ashley Hughes, Font KG Fonts, Digital Paper Nina's Design Studio. Follow my blog with Bloglovin

Ten Pin Linky Party: Classroom Decor!

This evening I'm linking up with Ashley Reed over at Just Reed and sharing some of my classroom decor favorites from my Pinterest boards!

I'm a little late to this party because I just COULDN'T make up my mind about which pins were my faves, but I have decided. Enjoy!

In no particular order:

 Source (The Creative Chalkboard)

Source (Ladybugs Teacher Files)

Source (Kinder Trips)

 Source (Create Studio)

Check out the Awning!!!

Source (Inspired in Style)

 Source (Unknown - Couldn't Find Original Let me know if you know!!)

Source (Live Love Laugh Kindergarten)

Source (Ramblings of a 5th Grade Teacher)

The key to most of these pins is ORGANIZATION. I am organizationally challenged and could use all of the teachspiration that I can get! 

Don't forget to Follow Me on Pinterest!

And go link up! I can't wait to see your favorite classroom decor pins!

(And yes if you were really counting there were only 8 pins but I am hosting Father's Day tomorrow and my guest bath is a MESS!!)

Super Sharp Scissor Update!

On Saturday, the girls and I revealed what was in our May Mystery Box! In the box were some highly recommended scissors.

Many of you wanted to know where these scissors came from! So I  did a little detective work and found out that they come from Staples! 

So there you go. Mystery solved. 

Now, I can move onto bigger problems like why time goes by so fast when you are home all day in the summer and seems to never end when you are teaching social studies. :) 

A Freebie that GLOWS!

If you are still in the trenches you might be interested in these little bag toppers!

You can click on any of the images or here to download in Google docs. I included grades K - 5.

The "Glowliters" and glow sticks both came from the Dollar Store. I spent a total of $18.00 plus tax. Super cheap for a class of 21 and they LOVED them.

FYI: For the bag toppers I used the fonts Follow You Into the World and Wish I Were Taller.

Mystery Box Reveal Post!

Our lucky winner was Katie Klohn!   Friday morning May’s Mystery Box arrived on her doorstep.  The box for May was hosted by Katie Knight from Teacher to the Core.   Included in the Mystery box was over $30 of digital units and a treasure trove of goodies to make summer days sweeter! Take a peek inside and get excited because June’s Mystery box is being photographed right now and will be announced soon!

The May box included:

~ The best teacher scissors ever

(razor sharp and ready to rock that stack of lamination)

~ Flair pens and notepad

(perfect “love letter” material or if you are still teaching like we are...great for sending an SOS to the teacher next door… either way! )

~ Pina Colada Lolipop

(‘cause Momma needs a drink and can’t have it right now.)

~ Pretty printed duct tape

(who needs black duct tape?)

~ Extra Large Zebra Zipping Beach Tote

(pack it and play all day... we are counting down to summer)

~ Grey and yellow Chevron Dish gloves

(pretty girls do dishes and look pretty doing them!)

~ Mr. Sketch Smelly markers

(yum)

~ Cupcake Day Crayola Crayons

(yum)

~ Jelly Belly beans

(yum…. never shop for the Mystery Box when you are hungry)

~ Polka Dot Labels

(glorious)

 Also included was:

Chicka Chicka Vowel Vowel is Katie’s CVC vowel study unit {CVC labeling, vowel mystery pictures, and Palm Tree Chicka Name art!}

 

Take Personal Narrative to a whole new level with Lisa’s writing unit!

The Main Idea is so fun to teach using Kate’s unit.

Want to Spin a Graph?  Your students will scream “Yes, we want to spin a graph!” Casey has made this unit for you!

Can you say clip art goddess?  Nikki is at it again creating and making us smile!  She sent over one of her magical sets to our lucky winner!

Also included in the May Mystery box was Christy and Tammy’s unit The Savanna Habitat. 

Was May’s box amazing or what???

Get ready to win June’s box!!!!!

It’s coming soon!

Really Soon!

We can’t wait!

Meanwhile in June . . . . and GIVEAWAY WINNER!

I don't know about things in your neck of the woods, but the past two weeks have been a whirlwind for me! 

I have one workday left and then I will officially be out of school! 

I go back the first week of July so I'm going to make the most of the time I have with a Father's Day cookout, river rafting trip, camping  beach trip, and hotel beach trip. June is my favorite month of the year! :) 

I am linking up with Farley tonight to share what I'm currently up to. 

Since I included a shovel in my vacay essentials, I should probably explain that I use it to dig a moat around my chair to outlast the tide. :) 

(And I just realized that I have two #2s but I'm one day away from summer vacay so I don't care!) 

 Now I'm off to try on the two bathing suits that I got from Forever 21 in the mail today . . . wish me luck!!!!

Meet the Teacher Chevron Style!

Meet the Teacher for my school was this past Thursday night. This is what we call the night when we meet our students and families for the coming school year. 

Here are some great images of what this looked like in my classroom, thanks to my photographer, Hello Mrs. Sykes! 

 
I should have taken a shot of the entire room because I was SO pleased with how everything turned out. More than one parent commented on how organized everything was. For someone who is organizationally challenged, this felt SO good! 

The forms and signs in this post are all available in my Meet the Teacher Chevron Style set at my store!  

Even if you do not have Meet the Teacher at your school, this set would also work for Open House. 

Comment on this post for a chance to win this set. I will pick one winner tomorrow morning (6/3/2012). :) 

P.S. The font used for this product and for the captions in this post is called KG Be Still and Know.