B2S All About Me's!~

I had my students work on all about me tee's as a take home activity.  They turned out really good and the students had a great time sharing them with their friends.  

I also had my students work on a triangle all about me piece to make a class banner for the hallway.  This is how it turned out...

We also did a Steppin' into 2nd grade art project.  Each student wrote about what they are excited for about 2nd grade.  The laces on the shoes was a great activity for fine motor skills.  I was proud of how well this went for the students.

It's Apple Week!~

This week is all about apples in our classroom.  We started today about different things we already know about apples.  We cut apples in half and stamped them with red and green paint onto our paper.  Some made a star and some didn't.  It was messy fun! 

 What is our favorite type of apple.  Our winner was Green!  The kiddos loved trying the different kinds of apples.

 We started by talking about what we already knew about apples.

We also made applesauce.  This was my first time making it and it went GREAT!

Crockpot Applesauce
 *10 Peeled and cored apples
*1/2 cup water
*1 cup sugar
*1/2 tsp cinnamon

We cooked the apples on high for 4 hours.  Then I turned it down to keep warm for about 30 minutes.  Through out this time I had the students come up and mash the apples.  We used a potato masher.  I had them do this every 30 minutes.  It turned out fantastic.

We did a graphing activity afterward to tell if we liked it or not!  We had 17 likes and 4 dislikes!

~My Classroom!~ 2014-2015~

 I am only 3 weeks late in posting my classroom reveal for this year!  I am going to try to stay on top of my posts and not get behind this year.  Hopefully I will have more time, but we will see!

 A lot of my classroom bulletin board items are from TPT! If your wondering from who just let me know so you can find them too! 

Back to School Take-Home Folder's

My newest Back to School product are these Superhero Take-home folders!  I made them in 6 different colors.  You could print them all or just 1 color.  Whatever you choose to do.  Click HERE to get to these!

 

I am going to be using them for my 2nd graders main folder.  We will use it everyday!

 

 

Summer Vacation and NEW Products!~

I am on Summer Vacation!!  It has been 1 week already and my goal this Summer is to create all the products I didn't have time to make this school year on TPT!

I have created my first SUMMER Teacher Pay Teachers Item.  It is a classroom management clip chart.  I know a lot of these clip charts are floating around, but mine is unique to my classroom needs.  I will {cross my fingers}hopefully be teaching Kindergarten next year.  I have changed my classroom management strategies ALOT over the last 5 years of teaching, but I feel that for kindergarten you have to make it FUN and SIMPLE!  So here it is.....

April Easter Bunnies~

 We made Spring bunnies around Easter as a fun way to get excited for the animals  coming back out.  They turned out really cute.  First we used a black crayon to make the grass.  Then we made a big 1/2 circle for the bunnies head.  The ears were the most tricky because one had to look like it was folded over.  We practiced drawing triangles and connecting them to one another on a different piece of paper first.  Then we drew ours using a pencil and when we got it JUST write we used our black crayon.  When we were all finished we colored inside our lines using oil pastels. 

 Check out how cute they are!

Donors Choose~~

I'm so excited to announce I have posted a product our classroom will benefit greatly from on DonorsChoose.org





*Our class wants to meet our goal of receiving this ipad by the end of the school year!  Please help us out!

I want to make sure my students have the materials they need to succeed, so I just created a request for my classroom at DonorsChoose.org:

Apple iPad Air

Give to my classroom by May 4, 2014 and your donation will be doubled thanks to 100 Women in Hedge Funds. Just enter the code 100WOMEN on the payment page and you'll be matched dollar for dollar (up to $500).

If you chip in to help my students, you'll get awesome photos and our heartfelt thanks.

Thanks so much

P.S. If you know anyone who may want to help my classroom, please pass this along!

~Pirate Reading Log

I'm so excited for my latest addition to TPT.  We are currently getting ready for {I LOVE TO READ MONTH} in March.  Our theme this year is -Pirates-.  

I created a Pirate Themed Reading Log for my class.   Click the link below to get this resource at my TPT store!

Keep an eye out for more pirate themed reading and classroom materials...

The 100th Day of 2nd Grade 2014~

My 100th Day of School FREEBIES! Click the picture to get the freebies!

~Reading Chairs

Here is a project I have wanted to do for so long.  I purchased the board I needed from Menard's for maybe $4.  I had my dad cut it for me and I got 3 boards out of the 1 big one.  Then I luckily found batting at a garage sale this summer for 50 cents.  Lucky day, unfortunately I ran out and had to make a run to JoAnn's fabric anyway.

 I added the batting to the board.  I recommend a lot of batting, because the seats will go flat very quickly if there isn't enough in the top part.  Then I put the fabric on top.  Pulled it tight and used a staple gun and stapled around the outside on the back.  

My finished project!  Super easy to make.  My students love them!

Valentine's Day 2014

Better late than never!  I've been soooo busy in my new school, new house, and with my new husband.  Sigh.  If only there were 60 hours in a day I would have enough time to get everything done, and then maybe not.  Wishful thinking I know.  Valentine's Day was super fun, we gave out our Valentine's, went skating, and had pizza.  Crazy. Busy. Day.  For Valentine's Day I decided to make my own Koolaide Valentine's with a little inspiration from Pinterest.  This is my finished project! :) 

 Click on the link below to get this {FREEBIE}

 I also chose to have my 2nd graders make their own Valentine Boxes in school so that parents wouldn't have to worry about making a box and sending it.  We chose to make Valentine Monsters! They turned out great!

Our Monster Boxes got very full!

Halloween

Halloween is always so much fun with scary art projects.  This project is from {A Cupcake for the Teacher}.  She always has such fun art/writing projects.  

I LOVE decorating my door for the different seasons and themes.  If only it wasn't sooooooooooo time consuming.  This is probably one of my favorites.