Blog Friends!!!!
Staples started their penny sale today :) Go fourth and get as much as you can or a penny, quarter, or dollar!!! You CANNOT miss this deal... cancel your plans, tell you hubby he has to watch the kids, and GO GO GO!
Sunday, July 10, 2011
Saturday, July 9, 2011
FREEBIE!!!....and some sad news..
I feel like it's been a while since I've blogged! Things have been a little crazy around here with the garage sale (finally ended today), the holiday, and the sad news...
A boy who I went to high school with, who was also a neighbor, and I knew through cheerleading/football, has tragically passed away. About 2 weeks ago in the afternoon he and a co-worker were going on a business call when they were hit by an extremely drunk driver. The co-woker was thrown from the car and passed away on scene (only 23 years old), and my friend was sent to the hospital in critical condition. After several surgeries on his brain they were hopeful, however the next day, the doctors informed the family there was no brain activity and they needed to decide when to remove him from life support. On July 2nd, he was taken off life support and fought for 10 hours, then tragically lost the fight. He was only 25 years old, a football star from my high school and Central Michigan University, an avid member of his fraternity Lamda Chi Alpha, and loved by many friends and family. If you'd like to read more about the story, I have a link at the end of this post. The drunk driver walked away with minor scratches, but thankfully will now be in prison for the rest of his life for taking two innocent boys lives away too soon. Please keep the family in your prayers.
http://www.hometownlife.com/article/20110704/NEWS13/307040001
http://www.cm-life.com/2011/07/05/alumnus-dies-after-drunk-driving-accident/
Sorry for the somber post, but I did re-create a pocket chart activity that Doodle Bug's Teaching talked about on her blog. You may have it for FREE :) I am going to cut up the shapes and names and laminate for a pocket chart center. Click here to DOWNLOAD.
I also found this uber cute dress at.... none other than Target! Which has nothing to do with teaching, but it's too cute to not share! Hard to see but the top has a ruffle across it!
Enjoy your day, I hope it's as beautiful as mine is!!
Wednesday, July 6, 2011
Top Tens!!
10. I love Junior Mints... and I'm currently polishing off a box.
9. I'm NOT a morning person, I usually stay up till about 2:30 am and sleep till noon :-x
8. I LOVE organizing, my best friend often calls me over to help her unpack from trips and re-organize.
7. I have two best friends, one being my boyfriend of 4 years, and the other is Katie whom I've known for 22 years... and I'm only 23 now!
6. I love Tea, especially from Teavana. I was in the Tea of the Month Club ( so grandma-ish I know)
5. Yankee candle tarts are amazing! I always have one going in my warmer. My fav is "Spring Days"
4. The Office is the greatest television show ever invented in my opinion, the American version.. NOT British.
3. If I had unlimited funds I would have my closet look like Carrie Bradshaw's in the SATC movie, and it be filled with clothes from JCrew.
2. I'm obsessed with bedding... It's hard for me to resist buying new sheets or comforters!
1. I'm looking forward to my first year as a teacher! :)
Tuesday, July 5, 2011
JOIN My First LINKY Party!!
So I was looking over all of the curriculum for my school this year and I came across our reading/literacy program called "Imagine It!" which I had never heard of before! I am told this is an "open court" type of system... (still not helpful for me, as I sat there with my team mates smiling and nodding like I knew). I have really only used the Daily 5 system in classrooms before, and my principal said I could use parts of this to supplement "Imagine It!" which would be awesome. What do you use in your classroom? What parts of Daily 5 do you think are the most useful? and PLEASE if you've ever been exposed to this "Imagine It!" system before, fill me in!! It'd be great to have some knowledge of it before new teacher training in a month :)
Link Up!!
Monday, July 4, 2011
4th, Anniversary, and Labels!
Happy 4th of July blog buddies!! Today is also my 4th anniversary with the boy :) I just quickly threw together some labels for another way to organize your Monday through Friday work. I found the bins at Target Dollar spot, $2.50 each.
All of the fonts I used are from Lettering Delights! You can grab my labels fro FREE by clicking --> here! I made them all in black instead of color in case you buy different tubs than me. I used Avery white mailing labels #18163 to print on.
Saturday, July 2, 2011
*The Ultimate Shopping Post*
As promised I am posting the items I have been gathering lately! Most are from Target ( me, go there?!) and Dollar Tree... I will note where each item is from so you can find them :) I feel like I'm on a nonstop shopping spree, but being a first year teacher in a brand new school, I don't have much to work with! Enjoy!! (And I'm thinking a Target AA meeting is in order for tonight!)
This cute little school is from a craft show, my boy got it for me and it holds post-it's perfectly! I will put pens and scissors in the other sections! Isn't he cute for getting it for me?! :)
The blue, pink, and green tubs are going to be for my library and I found these at Dollar Castle... I believe. The blue, pink, black, and white baskets are going to be my kids book boxes, I previously was going to uses the blue and green ones I found at the Dollar Tree (see other post) but they proved to be too narrow... So these $1 Target baskets will work great! Plus they go with my color scheme. The white lantern lights I am going to hang in my reading area, from Target. The stickers, pointers, addition bingo, flash cards, office pass (also have boys and girls bathroom ones) lined white boards, and blue, green, and pink buckets are all from.... you guessed it- Target Dollar. The orange spiky ball I may use for a game called "buzz" where you give a word and the kids go around in a circle, pass the ball, and spell the word.. If you're the last person after the word is spelled you have to say "buzz" and the person next to you is out. There also is a map puzzle in there from Target Dollar.
These Dvd's are all from Target, average of $5 each, I'm going to use in the classroom when they apply, also when the kids need a few minutes to relax, like after lunch.
The pink, green, and blue baskets below I'm going to use to put my centers in. I will be putting a lot of the puzzles and flash cards into zippy bags with labels and then into these buckets so the kiddos can take them around the room. The leveled books are from Target Dollar Spot, as well as the little crayola books... and those are SUPER cute! The large crayon books are all about colors, I found these little babies at Dollar Tree! (Sorry about my toes in the picture!! I could use a pedicure)
Friday, July 1, 2011
Guess what?! I've been shopping..
Look for my post tomorrow about the awesome new items I picked up!
On a side note, my household is preparing for a garage sale this week and I feel like the walls are closing in around me! How come when "stuff" is all put away you never realize how much you have until its all out in front of you!? My Type A/ Organizational self is having a hard time resisting the urge to make it all disappear this instant!
(and eeee! I'm giddy at the fact I have 71 followers!! Thank you all so much for following me, I'm honored!)
(and eeee! I'm giddy at the fact I have 71 followers!! Thank you all so much for following me, I'm honored!)
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