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Super Hero Shower

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This weekend I was able to throw a baby shower for none other than my busy brunette sister, Leslie! That’s right! Leslie is due with a baby boy in January!

Leslie’s husband, Jesse is crazy for Marvel, so it was a no brainer that we would do a super hero themed shower.

We began the shower with a prayer over the expecting couple led by my sweet husband. Then we helped ourselves to some yummy snacks before Leslie and Jesse opened presents.

One of the refreshments we enjoyed was some poppin’ punch! I kid you not! It really was popping! What’s the secret? Pop rocks!

If only you could hear this picture!

Here are the happy expecting parents in their super parent capes!

And we can’t have a 2 busy brunettes shower without a sister shot!

(I know, I chopped my hair off! It was time for a change!)

Here are some details about the shower:

  • Wreath: $1 wreath form from Target, painted red, wrapped in black tulle, glued onto round felt board (walmart), with felt cut out of city scape, and yellow fabric paint widows; cardstock “It’s a boy!” sign using font Wurper Regular Font.
  • Cupcake Toppers: stickers on cardstock
  • Capes: felt sticker letters in the font BadaBoom BB 
  • Pop! Straw Tags: I made them using photoshop and the BadaBoom BB font. Download your own sheet of straw labels by clicking the picture:

It’s always wonderful to gather with family- especially to celebrate a new life.

Thanks for stopping by!

Classroom Close-Ups

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This is our first and maybe last post in August! I don’t know how other teachers do it- start the school year AND post regularly on their blogs?

I’ve been back at school for almost 3 weeks now, and to be honest, I almost forgot we had this blog!

This school year I am going full force into implementing Whole Brain Teaching, Daily 5/CAFE, and our new district-wide writing program, Being a Writer. Call me crazy!  But now that school is calming down a bit, you will see more of us!

Back in July I shared my western-themed classroom. Today I’m going to share with you some non-western themed close-ups from my classroom that assist in keeping our classroom organized and managed.

First up! My voice levels chart. I slightly modified this chart I got from The Kinder Kid.

Also on my white cream board is these signs: Chips and Salsa!

When I made my name tags, I put a hundreds chart on each one. The hundreds chart on each name tag is either green, blue, red or yellow. In each group of four desks there is one of each color. Reds sit with greens, and yellows sit with blues. Also reds sit across from blues and yellows across from greens. That way whether the students are using their shoulder partner or their face partner, one is a chip and one is salsa. That way I can say things like, “Salsa share first,” or “Chips share first.” This sign just helps remind them who is who. I can also write on the board beside each sign the role for each partner, for more extensive activities.

Something new to my classroom are these recycle bins. Our school has  recycle bins behind it, but I’m always to busy lazy to go everyday. Before, I just shoved the cardboard and water bottles to recycle into my cabinets. Now I have a designated spot!

If you like this idea and want your own signs, you can download these for free at my Teachers Pay Teachers store.

Sitting on top of these bins is my book hospital and missing parts container.

These are ice buckets from Wal-Mart. It sure is nice to have a place for damaged books instead of them piling up behind my desk like before!

Until next time!

Spa Party

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What smells like feet, looks like a zen garden, and sounds like giggling girls? Spa night! Ok, it didn’t really smell like feet, just nail polish and the sentsy scent luna that we had going.

A friend and I decided to throw the girls at our church a spa party the night before their prom. We had a good time playing with face masks, foot scrubs, and nail polish!

 

If you are interested in throwing your own spa party, here are the labels, invites, and signs I used. Just click the picture to download.. they’re free!

Happy summer! (for those teacher like me who just got out of school. Hooray!)

I Heart Earth.

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We’re all about celebrating Earth Day in my classroom this week. It’s only 4 days away! We have been evaluating how “green” our school, classroom, and homes are. I made 3 report cards for each of those locations. If you are interested, they are at my TPT store! (It’s a 20 page unit with math and literacy activities too.)

How else are we celebrating Earth Day? We are repurposing our trash! I discovered an easy way to remove the printing on food containers, so we have been collecting yogurt, butter, and cottage cheese tubs in order to turn into attractive storage containers (well, as attractive as it gets when a 2nd grader is doing the decorating!).

Do you want to know how to remove the printing on food containers? It’s easy! You need pure acetone (located in the beauty section near the finger nail polish removers), a rag, and a container.

In a dish pan, pour enough acetone on the rag to saturate it. (Make sure you are in a well ventilated area and are wearing gloves.)

Then wrap the rag around the container and let it sit for 3-5 minutes. It may take longer depending on what brand container you are working on. I found that Dannon, Great Value, and Kroger brand come off the easiest.

Check the container by rubbing the paint. If it wipes off, you are good to go! Just keep wiping! It’ll come right off. If it doesn’t come of easily, keep soaking. You may need to re-saturate your rag.

That’s it! You’ve got yourself a blank slate container ready for sprucing up. Check back later this week to see what we did with our containers.

Happy Earth Day!

Happy Valentine’s Day!

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Here’s an activity to do with all those valentines on V-day that’s educational! My kids loved sorting their Valentines and creating fractions with them. Sorry I didn’t get it posted before Valentine’s day so you could actually use it, but maybe somebody will have their party on Friday and can use it. Ok. Who am I kidding? You’ll just have to pin it and use it next year! (click preview to download)

I love how excited my kids get over their valentines. Next year I’m going to have my students make a book with all their valentines so they can really appreciate them. It looks like a great way to tie in adjectives too. Second grade Julia would have loved this! Ok, grown up Julia loves this! I’m sad I didn’t think of it sooner. This is a picture I found a little to late (ahem.. kind of like my post! Oops!).

My class is getting ready to do how-to papers. I showed them a simple example today with cupid hearts. It was a nice activity for a day we thought we were going to miss due to snow. Can be used with Common Core State Standard 2.RI.3 (Describe the connection between a series of historical events, scientific ideas or concepts, or steps in technical procedures in a text.)

And of course we had to have some goodies.

 Chocolate drizzled popcorn… (If you want to know how to make it, just drop a comment and I’ll share.)

and cake pops (from my leftover Elephant and Piggie cake!)

Hope you had a great Valentine’s Day!

Life Cycle of a Frog

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My second grade class has been learning about the life cycle of a frog. We made these Life Cycle of a Frog Wheels.

If you would like to make your own wheels, click on the picture to download. It’s free!

There are three different sheets that you can use depending on your students’ ability levels~great for differentiating!

Level 1: Students fill in the blanks, cut out, and assemble.

Level 2: Students fill in the blanks, cut out, order, and assemble.

Level 3: Students write their own sentences to describe each phase, cut out, order, and assemble.

FYI: If you use Reading Street, they go well with Frogs by Gail Gibbons.

*Frog images from adobetutorialz: Examining the Life Cycle of a Frog

Enjoy!