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Sunday, August 17, 2014

Spotted in First Grade

So, I've officially been back at the teaching game since August 6.  Can I just state that I AM EXHAUSTED!  Every year I seem to discount exactly how tiring the first of the school year can be. Between prepping your classroom , Meet the Teacher Night, actually teaching your new students, and managing your own household... I'm tired just typing that!  I have Curriculum Night in a few days and I'm hoping when that is history I will finish readjusting to teacher life.  I miss summer but I am excited for this school year.  I've got a great bunch of firsties that I get the honor of working with.  Sigh.  Smile. And now for a peek at the back to school board I showcased...
My teacher bud had a parent give her a stack of pre-cut circular scrapbook paper.  She came to me asking for an idea to use it.  I started bouncing around ideas and I came up with "SPOTTED... Great work".  She wanted an area to display her students' work you see.  Well, I then liked my thought so much that I created a bulletin board that read "SPOTTED in first grade".  I emailed my students' parents and requested that they send me a photo of their firstie.  I then displayed the photos inside the dots that I cut with my handy dandy Silhouette machine.  Anyway, I was proud of myself so I wanna show it all off.  Sometimes we all gotta give ourselves some props you know! ;). What will your back to school board look like?



Tuesday, July 22, 2014

Vegas Baby, Vegas

I had the opportunity to attend the Teachers Pay Teachers first ever conference at the Venetian in Las Vegas on July 11.  I had so much fun seeing what the teaching blog stars look like in real life and learning how to be more successful at blogging and selling on TPT.  I met a few new blogging friends and I feel renewed to blog more.  Anyway, it was a cool experience and in honor of the TPT conference I have a few freebies....

Classroom Subway Art available in four slightly different color palettes....





Right click on any of the above images and save them to your computer.  I like to then send the file to Costco's photo department and then have it printed out there.  I designed the subway art to print out as an 8x10 or a 16x20 print.  Enjoy!
(font credits in order from top to bottom: 2Peas Renaissance, TXTGroovySmooth, WrexhamScript, 2Peas Gone Postal, 2Peas Class Act, {skinny} jeans solid, 2Peas Duck Duck Goose, TXTSodaShoppe)

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Tuesday, August 14, 2012

In Bloom

My ninth year teaching first grade is in bloom. I have 26 darlings in my class and today is our fifth day together. I have been crazy busy, I know I'm preaching to the choir when I post that! Well, I've got the best first grade team to work with. Seriously, the three ladies I work with are amazing. Every year we do a welcome to first grade type of bulletin board. Each grade at our school has a cooperative board space they're in charge of filling to represent what is happening on their grade. We took our first grade photos and turned them in to a sort of circle map to introduce ourselves. They're so fun and our students get a kick out of seeing what we looked like when we were their age. Anyway, I hope your year starts off great and I hope your teaching yields many beautiful blooms this year.

Monday, July 16, 2012

We Are At...

So, where are you at in your summer planning and prepping?  I am no where near where I'd like to be at. My summer is flying by, a whirlwind of baby craziness, if you will.  I have not got nearly enough done to be ready for... duh duh duh duh... BACK TO SCHOOL!  My new students will roll into my classroom on August 8!  Can you believe that!  Here in the Phoenix area that is just asking for heat stroke during recess time if you ask me.  I wish the school board would dub me the boss of choosing the start and end dates of school.  I'm thinking the first Wednesday in September would be a better starting time and then we should go into June a bit.  June is much cooler here than August!  Anyway, enough of my rant, I have a freebie!  YES!  In my endeavors to find ultra cute things to add to my classroom this year I found inspiration from Jen at the go to teacher.  She fashioned a fancy little sign to post on the classroom door to inform people where the class is at.  So, I had to borrow the idea and make a few signs of my own.  You can nab them for FREE by clicking on the image you want and saving it to you computer.  I made them as 8x10 images so you can send them to Costco or where ever and print them out.  I plan on dressing up a jumbo paper clip with matching ribbons to use as a marker.  I'll have to post a photo when I finish.  Good luck with your summer plans and don't stress too much.
This is the neat idea from Jen at the go to teacher.

CREDITS
fonts:  LD Frosting and Century Schoolbook
Clip Art:  Mrs.Phippen
Papers:  unknown
Ruler:  unknown

CREDITS
Fonts:  TXT Soda Shoppe and Splendid
Clip Art:  Mrs. Phippen
Papers and Buttons:  Summertime Designs

CREDITS
Fonts:  TXT Groovy Smooth and TXT Soda Shoppe
Clip Art:  Mrs. Phippen
Papers and Ribbon:  Summertime Designs

CREDITS
Fonts:  skinny jeans and TXT Menu Item
Clip Art:  Mrs. Phippen
Papers and Ric-Rac:  Summertime Designs

CREDITS
Fonts:  Scrap Loop and skinny jeans
Clip Art:  Mrs. Phippen
Papers and ribbon:  Summertime Designs

CREDITS
Fonts:  2Peas Thrift Store Chair and skinny jeans solid
Clip Art:  Mrs. Phippen
Ribbon:  Summertime Designs
Papers:  Unknown

CREDITS
Fonts:  LD Traditional Cursive and LD Traditional Cursive Lined
Clip Art:  Mrs. Phippen
Ruler:  unknown
Paper:  unknown

CREDITS
Fonts:  2Peas Duck Duck Goose and LD Delightful
Clip Art:  Mrs. Phippen
Papers:  unknown
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Monday, June 25, 2012

Target, Tissues, and Teachers

So I ran into Target tonight for a few items. It was bliss because I was all by myself! If you're a momma of young children you know why that's a dream come true. Anyway, as I was meandering through the store, with me, myself, and I; I spotted boutique tissue boxes designed like wooden letter blocks. I couldn't resist examining them further and got a flutter of the back to school excitement as I imagined tissue boxes flooding into my classroom. Well, being a teacher, i could not resist imagining all the fun that could be had with these tissue boxes. I played with the tissue boxes, building words of course, for a good ten minutes. It was jubilant and I was probably a bit too into my tissue spelling game. You should've seen the looks I got. I'm sure I was labeled eccentric in a few minds! Have you spotted any back to school stuff yet?

Writer's Eye Bulletin Board Set

I'm so stoked to announce that my Writer's Eye Bulletin Board set is up and rocking on Teachers Pay Teachers.  So, if you want to check it out it'll be on SALE for the next few days.  This is my first "big" product I've designed so I'm pretty excited.  Check the product out here!  


This is a photo of the older Writer's Eye board.  Once I am able to get back in my room I'll "remodel" it with my new, updated version and post a new and improved photo.  I can't wait!  Thanks for all the support and have a great last week of June.

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