Organizing Your Class & Incentives!

So we have 29 days left of school.  Is it too early to start cleaning up? LoL Well I usually clean up early because the end of year can get hectic with paperwork and filing.  I like to clean up early just to make sure I get everything done on time and don't drive myself crazy at the end of the year.  

I first start with my posters.  Here's what it looked like with all the posters finally down.

I usually throw my posters in my closet and hope they stay in place for when I come back from the summer.  Since they are laminated they usually get all clumpy from being in a closet the entire hot and sweaty summer.  So I went on a hunt!  I checked out my latest obsession Really Good Stuff to see what kind of storage they had up their sleeves.

And I was right, they did! 

No that's not me if your wondering.  But I love this idea of holding the posters nice and organized.

So yes, obviously I had to order it!

Okay so I couldn't help it.  This is me! 

LoL

If you notice the model and I have the same *Blending Posters* in the bag!

It really is great.  It's so easy and simple.  

If you think this is something you totally need, click HERE to take you there to grab.  It's only $14.99 and totally worth the money.  

Moving on.  

My students are hyper and I mean really HYPER.  We still have 29 days left and they are so excited for summer.  It's hard to stomp on their parade and let them know we still have work to get done.

So when I ordered the organizer for posters, I also bought these cute rewards for my little ones.  It's so cute!

These are bracelets that come with different praising quotes to let your little ones know they have done a great job.  What I love about them is that they are Scratch and Sniffs!  I usually don't go for those smelly pencils or scratch stickers because the smell is so strong. The smell on these is like heaven!  Some of them smell like cake.  Ugh it makes me hungry!

Isn't it too cute?  I love them.  I showed my little ones today and they were so excited to work for it!

I ordered 2 packs.  In a pack comes 90 loops!  Guess what!  They are on clearance for $2.99 originally $7.99.  If you want to grab these quick before they sell out, click HERE to take you to there.

I hope the looks calm my little ones down a bit. 

What are you doing for rewards and incentives with your little ones this time of year?

Classroom Updates!

Hope everyone enjoyed their Mother's Day yesterday!  It was such a great day in Jersey.  I had a lovely bbq with my family and ate so much!!  It was amazzzzing.

I originally wanted to post about my newest Father's Day Craft but that will have to wait...because I finally received what I ordered from Really Good Stuff!  I ordered it a while ago and was concerned as to why it took so long to come.  But yes it finally came and I couldn't be more excited to set it up!

 Remember my old library bookcase?  You know ...the invisible one?



LoL ... yes that one!

Well I recently ordered this from Really Good Stuff.  To get more info you can check it out by clicking HERE.  It was just $24.99 so I thought it was worth it.








I finally got it!  After begging asking the custodian nicely to help put it together, it's finally ready to be displayed!  

Sorry I made it so big, just wanted to you see how fabulous it is.

Isn't it amazing?!?!?

I just love it.  And so did my little ones.  They said it looks much neater.

Also I ordered a few transparent folders that I was ecstatic to get because I have been trying to use for organizing so I can't wait to put them to use!  Take a look at what they look like.

I love that they are different colors.  It keeps it fun.


Keep a look out on how I use them to organize this week.  I have so many ideas on what to do but nothing certain.  How would you use these folders to organize?  I'd love to hear your suggestions.

=)




Stay tuned this week so I can show you my latest Father's Day Craft!!

Teacher Appreciation Sale

Ready for some summer shopping?

For Teacher Appreciation Week, TpT will be having a sale!  I will be making that sale a bit sweeter by making everything in my store 20% off! Tomorrow until Thursday!

At checkout make sure to fill in TAD13 to get an extra 10% off your cart!

Sound amazing right?

(Thanks to Beth for this adorable button)

I'm so excited because I finally get to get some of my faves from my wish list:

All About Insects

This looks like such a cute packet for the little ones!  Can't wait to grab it and get to work.

This packet is by Caitlin from Kindergarten Smiles. Love her blog!

If your looking for cute end of year crafts, check out my

"Sunsational Summer" Craftivity

or my personal fave:

"Leaping to a New Grade" Craftivity

I'm going to make these with my little ones this week!!  

What's on your wishlist?  I'd love to see what your getting!

I'm also doing a fun and short giveaway!  I am doing it Pin it 2 Win It! over on my Facebook.  Hop on over to my Facebook Page to check out all the rules!  If you enter you'll have a chance to win 2 of my products!

Happy Shopping

Sweet Countdown Freebie !

Happy Sunday all!  I know a lot of you are ending school soon.  Are the days dragging and do you feel like time is going backwards?  

Well I have something to keep you sane and going!  I have the Sweetest Countdown Freebie!


It's a great way to keep your kiddos excited about summer!  It's an ice cream cone countdown!  Take a look.

Here it is on my board!

Starting with 25 days,  countdown the days as you inch your way closer and closer to summer.  There are two printables (primary and secondary lines) included that your little ones can do daily as the numbers get smaller and smaller.

Here is what it looks like if when you make it all the way to the last day!

If you love this and would love a taste of this, drop by my TpT to download.

To stay posted on my latest tips, tricks and crafts become my latest follower at my TpT Store and stay updated!

How are you getting your littles calm and cool as summer approaches?  I'd love to hear your ideas!

Enjoy!!

May Currently!!

It's May??? Omg April flew by!  Figures... it was my birthday month!  I'm soooooo ready for summer and now is the time when it drags and feel like it's never going to end.  I love my little ones this year but not I just have an itch to take a break!

I'm linking up with Farley for her infamous Currently

Here it is!

Okay sooo I finally gave my Maid's of Honor's jobs for our Engagement party in July.  It's seriously just around the corner!  I am trying to do a casual BBQ at my house with just the wedding party and very close friends!    So there's a lot to do until then....

1. Tan 2. Beach  3. Tan

I don't know why but I feel my best when I'm tan.  I look 10x thinner and I don't even need make up!  It could just be me thinking I'm fabulous but still. =)

My bucket list... Sangria!!
Who doesn't like that?
I also have so many visions going up above my head and I need to get them done!

Happy Thursday!

Center Staples!

Happy Wednesday!! =)  

 It's finally Mayyyyyyyyy!!

I counted today and we have 36 days until school's out!

Woot Woot!

Recently, I was asked to join a focus group in the city for Scholastic- Teacher Express .  As a gift from the focus group, I was able to choose a few things I would love to have in my class.  So I was searching and searching and I came across these two awesome books. 

So I'm about to buy it and I saw that it was from a bloggy gal!!  The author of these awesome books is the fab Erica Bohrer!  It was too funny I chose her books of all the other ones there was to pick. She definitely knows her stuff!

I got these about a month ago and since then they have been a staple for my centers.  These are awesome reproducible worksheets that enforce spelling, sounding out, writing and reading comprehension.  

My little ones love the Spelling Centers now because of these printables!  It enforces sight words through writing, tracing and coloring... PERFECT!  

The Reading Respongse sheets focus on asking questions about a story you have read in your class, home or with a friend.  These are used in my Reading Centers.  We do 2 centers a day.  One group re-reads the story from last week and when they move to the next center it is one of Erica's reading response worksheets.  It's such a fun way to get the little ones thinking about the story they just read.  Here are just some snap shots on the Spelling printables

My little ones really love writing and then coloring the pictures. 

Take a peek at the Reading response printables.

The little ones the worksheet on the left.  You re-read the story of the week. I have them do it with a partner just for fun and an extra set of eyes.  Every time they catch a word on the Sight Word Quilt, they color the box.  Such a great of reinforcing sight words.

The Reading Response printables are full of fun worksheets to recap a story in different ways.  On the left one of my sweet girls wrote down the title, author and her favorite characters in the story.  

I like to use the Reading Response printables on Thurdays for homework.  After reading the story of the week for 3 days, I think the Reading printables are a great to just work on comprehension, practice their writing and have the students jot down their thoughts about their opinion on the story.  

If your interested in these books you can grab the Super Spelling Workbook by clicking HERE or the Reading Response by clicking HERE

Your little ones will love this!!

Birthday Week and Cinco De Mayo!

This past Tuesday was my birthday!! Yay!!  It was such a great week, I felt like I celebrated all week.  

I wanted to do a recap of my week because I know I haven't blogged.  This is what was keeping me busy!

On Tuesday my love and I took off of work to celebrate my day of birth! LoL  We went to the city and had lunch.  We went to an awesome Mexican restaurant called Dos Caminos  If you live near the city....I suggest you definitely try this place!!  It has amazing Mexican food!  

It's a tad dark but this is me and my honey having dessert...yummmmm

Moving on, I want to share my fabulous favorite gifts I got this week!  I can't share allll but I wanted to show my absolute faves!  My class this year was amazing.  They really went all out for my birthday.  It def made me feel loved.   Around here there is a very famous bakery store called Carlo's Bakery.   He has his own show on Bravo named "Cake Boss".  

One of my students got me  a seriously amazing cake from there!! 

My amazing teacher friend and a bridesmaid got me this!  She knows me so well! LoL

She always gets me leopard things because I am OBSESSED! 

My sweet fiancé got me a bunch of sweet things....oh but these were my favorite! Ugh .... I just love these!!

This is me putting them to good use yesterday when my friends and I went to celebrate my Birthday New York Yankee style!  

Best birthday week !!

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Moving on to teaching!!

This week is Cinco De Mayo!!  

I've never actually celebrated it with my class...so I'm happy to introduce it to my little ones this week.

I will be doing this cute Freebie from the Cutest Crafty Teacher.

It has such a cute craft and a fun poem to go with it!  This would be a great way to start off the week.

You can grab this freebie by clicking HERE to take you to her shop!

What are you all doing for Cinco de Mayo?  

I'd love to see what you do with your little ones. =)

I recently said I had a very SWEET freebie coming up!  

 With my birthday festivities I was too busy to create but stay tuned for that!!

Happy Sunday.