Pete the Cat

We started the year off with the adorable Pete the Cat.  Here is a look at our cute bulletin board and Pete the Cat craft!

Welcome To School

Back to school and loving my new group of kinders.  We are moving along and coming together as a family.  I will be posting my classroom tour pictures soon!  Until then you can enjoy my welcome bulletin board.  I am very pleased with it, I think it turned out beautiful!

"Look Whoooooo's in Kindergarten"

Correction on my Clip Chart Freebie

SOOOOO  I'm a little embarrassed!  I never ever claimed to be a great speller - as a matter of a fact if you look through many of my posts I am positive that you will find spelling errors.  What can I say - I am a terrible terrible speller.  I certainly never won a spelling bee.  Well there was a spelling error on my behavior clip chart.  So if you downloaded it before you need to go back to the post here and download it again.  So sorry everyone!

100 Followers Freebie!

Okay, so I have been wanting to give all of you a freebie to celebrate 100 followers!  However, whenever I download my documents to google docs it comes out all distorted.  My font is different and all over the place.  I know the way to fix this is to convert it to a pdf, but my computer will not let me do it.  It is my school computer and that function is not on my computer and I can not download any pdf converter - not even the free ones.  SOOOO, with that said, I am putting my freebie here for you, but you will have to go in and change the font to work for you -- I am so sorry --- but this way it allows you to use the fun fonts that you wish to use.  I hope many of you can use this freebie

Clip Chart Download

I would love to know if you download it and if you were able to fix the font!  Enjoy!


Ooooh,   I just noticed that my polka dots on the large colored border did not show up.  When I made the sign I went into line color and clicked on the line that says "patterned line" and I was able to make that solid line a polka dotted line!

My DIY Behavior Clip Chart

So one of the things on my summer to do list is to make the behavior clip chart.  Here is a few pictures of what I have done so far.  My question is --- how do I hook them together?  I have seen them put together with the rings, or put onto ribbon.  I really like the ribbon idea, but will it lay flat?  And how do you adhere the cards to the ribbon?  Would hate to put a staple through the cards.  What about velcro tape?  Will it stick or will it pull off when they are clipping up and down?  Need some help and advice here!!!  Thanks in advance!

I printed up the signs and then glued them to colored card stock for durability - I still need to laminate

The "Outstanding" says "Top Notch Behavior"  I am planning on displaying their clips once the reach the top under a caption that says "Top Notch Students"  I will show a picture of that once I have it ready to go!  The "Great Day" says "You're being a great role model!"  and the "Good Day"  says "Showing Pride"

For the yellow card most of them say "Slow Down" or "Time Out"  or"Think About It"  I wanted to use "Reminder"  because to me it sounds more positive. 

So there it is!  Any suggestion on how to connect them? 

Oh My!!!

HOLY COW - I am so close to 100 followers!!!!!  I know that everyone has such great offers for when they reach 100 followers.  I will try to come up with something for all of you!!!  Thank you for all of the wonderful comments - Love to read them all!

Monday Freebie

Here is a Monday Freebie --- Enjoy  ---  Just click on the link below

Sock Monkey CVC card game

Happy Birthday Radar

Today is my sweet puppy's 2nd birthday.  You may recognize him as my ever faithful blog helper (see his adorable picture in my side bar?).  He enjoyed a birthday ice cream treat!!

My Summer To Do List

So I have been reading about everyone's summer to do list and I thought I would post mine.  If I post it then maybe I will get it all done!!!!  (Hopefully :0)

1.  Sew the corners of the cushions on my library benches.  I have these benches in my room

 

My  little kiddos keep playing with the corners and they have become frayed really bad!

2.  Make a clip chart!!!  I am very excited about this one.  I have my signs made, now I just need to print and laminate and attach to the ribbon.  I saw one hanging from ribbons!  (I think it was on Miss Kindergarten's blog) Too cute.  I will post a picture once it is done.

3.  Make curtains for my classroom windows - they need a serious pick me up!  This is a picture of last summer before I started to put my room back together, but you can see the plain boring windows.  Won't blue curtains look nice!!!!!!



4.  Make dividers for my library books that are in storage while not in use (you know -- Christmas books, Thanksgiving books, Valentine's Day books, etc. etc.

I was inspired by this picture

I have mine painted and ready to put labels on!



Here they are ready to be painted!  Took 4 coats of paint!!!!



5.  Finish labeling my book baskets with new labels and labels on back of books to match!  I started it in the middle of the school year (last year) and never got finished!

6.  Make new numbered labels for my math tubs.  I have been doing math tubs for 4 years now and I want and need new labels.  I have them done, they just need printing and put on the tubs!

7.  Recover my teacher chairs on rollers.  They are an ugly yellow color and they need to be a nice blue color to match my classroom!

8.  Make (again!) a Chicka Chicka Boom Boom Tree.  My last one was put in storage while I was teaching fifth grade and then third grade.  When I took it out of storage it just fell apart!  I have been wanting to make a new one now for 3 years.  I have been saving my oatmeal containers and I almost have enough to get the job done.  I will post pictures when it is done.

9.  Redo my word wall!  I have been seeing awesome posts on word walls - this one is my inspiration

 

I saw this one on the blog Chalk Talk.
I can't decide if I want a white background like this one or a blue background with black lines.  I have my letters cut and laminated.  The consonants are a turquoise blue and the vowels are red.  My pictures are ready to go (need laminated)  I am using pictures that match the ones in my ABC book.

10.  I also want to redo my workstation boards (math and literacy)

12.  Making new shapes  (circle, square, rectangle, etc) out of poster board and painting them and then hanging them up in the room.  Just like I did my circles for my color caterpillar shown here.



11.  A few minor little things to do as well.  Like putting my star words on rings, making small yesterday, today and tomorrow cards to fit in my calendar pockets.


OMG I am tired from just making this list!  But my hope is that by putting it on my blog it will help to keep me accountable!!!!  I will post pictures of all of my finished jobs when I post my back to school pics of my classroom!