Back To School Bonanza!

Who couldn't use a little back to school motivation?!?! Well head over to Erica Bohrer's First Grade and learn about this amazing giveaway sponsored by not 1, not 2...but 12 AMAZING teacher bloggers!! GOOD LUCK!

SHOES!!

I mean...what girl doesn't love her a pair of FAB shoes?!?! Head over to Just Another Day in First Grade. She is GIVING you an awesome mini-unit...about shoes!! How nice is she? I know I will use this for Daily 5 when we talk about good fit books!!!

Hurry....this special deal ends soon!!

Clothespin behavior chart

So I have been thinking about having a clothespin behavior chart. I have seen lots of ideas on the web, and a lot of teachers say they really like it. Soooo I think this year is the year for me to try it! Now....this is so not as cool as Abby's over at the Inspired Apple, but I just wanted something small and simple. At our school we are the Cleveland RockStars! Every quarter we have an assembly for the rockstars in every class. So I made up this little sign, which I will upload to Vistaprint!! Then there is a behavior sheet for the kids to color each day. This I will send it home at the end of the week. I think it will also help me keep track of really good behavior through out the quarter. Then when it comes time to choose our one rockstar for K06 it will be easier for me to remember! You can grab either sign by clicking on it!

What do you think?

HELP!!

Has anyone else had trouble with leaving comments on blogs? I got to leave a comment and it doesn't show its me! I try to post with my google account, and it doesn't work. Then it says anonymous.

GRRR!!!!

Anyone else having this problem? Does anyone know how to fix it? Any help would be appreciated!!

THANKS!!!

Second Try...

Ok, I lied....I kept tweeking my blog button! I really like this one! I didn't do much, just added some flowers!

TA-DAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!

Let me know what you think!!!

Holy Moly!!!

Soooo I finally did it! I found some awesome tutorials and made......a blog button!!! You can see it over on the side or here is a closer picture!!! Do you love it?!?! I am not totally over the moon about it...but this is 3 hours of blood, sweat, and tears!! MERCY!!!!

I might still tweek it, but I do really like it! Now it is time for this old lady to go to bed!!!

I have a problem!!

Hi, my name is Crystal....and I am addicted to Target Dollar Spot!  I also think that we need to start some sort of dollar spot ring! There are a lot of cute things that people have at their Target, that mine doesn't have! Not only am I a blog stalker...now I need to be a Target Dollar Spot stalker!!Ok now that I got that off my chest....check out my SCORE!!!

Here is a picture of all of it! Please excuse the poor photo quality!

How cute are these community helper cards?!? I was digging in a bin and found them! So lucky! I bought two so I thought I could have the kids play memory. Then I actually looked at the cards and there are pictures on both sides....so now I'm not sure what to do!

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I got these small markers to put into the spin a sightword game I bought from Kathleen at Growing Kinders my kids really loved playing this game and I thought the smaller markers would be better!

P.S. I am so proud of myself for figuring out how to do this screen shot and put it together like that!!

I bought these notepads to put in my writing center. I like that they show different lists to make. It will also save me from making copies. I would really like to find a stamp that looks like a shopping cart to put at the top of the papers!

I bought these for our Dr. Seuss unit...hopefully I will be able to find them in March!

I love that these number cards have the dots on them.

These are just some random balls I bought. We use responsive classroom at my school. With that comes a lot of games and activities. For some of them you need multiple balls and lets face it....if you use a koosh ball everything is WAY more fun!!

And Finally.........................

I broke down and bought the laminater!! I am BEYOND EXCITED!!!! I have held out for many years...but with all the math freebies and other finds this summer, I figured it would end up paying for itself!!

Now go link up with Ladybug's Teaching Files to see other Target Anonymous teacher finds!!