Monday Made It

This Monday Made It is one of the only things that keeps me focused on getting tasks accomplished this summer!  Thank you for that 4th Grade Frolics!  Anywho... This week I'll be "showcasing" (makes it sound good, doesn't it?) my welcome bags.  They are based off of Serenade in Second Grade's welcome bags that I posted about two weeks ago.

Here is how mine turned out.

 The little bag came from the dollar aisle at Target (man do I love that place!)  They were actually on clearance so I got 2 for .50.  The flags were also on clearance 3 for .50.  It was a good day!  I included the flag and designed the welcome note to go with my election themed classroom.  You can get a copy of the note by clicking below.

Second, I went ahead and created a TeacherPayTeachers store yesterday.  I'm not sure that I will be creative enough to make thousands of dollars, but it is a good motivator to create fun things and share them.  You can find it by clicking below.

Anyway, school is looming over me, and we have a house full of teacher things that need to be prepped for the move to school.  So, until next time!

~Heather

Award Nomination!

I'm currently in Texas babysitting my nephews (Wy is almost 4 and Z is 1 and a half).  They are a handful,  but it has been fun.  I was going to try and post another Made It Monday, but it just didn't happen.  However, I will share that at the Pinterest party on Saturday I prepared welcome bags like these:

I'll be sure to share the result when I get back to Missouri.

Anyway, I checked my email this evening, and was surprised to see a comment from Read and Black and Learning All Over saying that she had nominated me for

First of all, I must say I'm super excited to know that people have actually read my blog.  Secondly, I feel like this means that I might actually have people who are interested in seeing future posts as well- SCORE!  So, without further adieu here are the seven rules for this award:

1. Thank the blogger who nominated you!

2. Include a link to their site.  -- See above

3. Include the award image in your post. -- Ditto

4. Give 7 random facts about yourself.

5. Nominate 15 other bloggers for this award.

6. When nominating, include a link to their site.

7. Let other bloggers know they've been nominated.

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1.  Thank you VERY much for nominating me Heather, and spreading the word about my blog.  I hope that it is indeed worthy. :-)

2.  Read and Black and Learning All Over 

3. See above :-)

4.

--I have a degree in middle school education and never intended to teach elementary school- EVER!  Luckily I have enjoyed nearly every second of all of the teaching experiences I've had over the past 6 years.

--I can't ask or be asked a question, even mostly rhetorical, without having an impossible to resist impulse to try and find the answer on my iPhone.

--Speaking of iPhone, I am severely addicted to Apple products.  Even though I have an iPhone, MacBook, iPad, and iMac, I am still looking forward to the rumored iPad Mini supposedly coming out in the fall.

--I have a brother that is going to be in the same grade that I teach this year.  While I work in a different district than the one he attends, it's still weird to think that the little baby that was born when I was 19 is the same age as all these wild children I have in my classroom.

--The BF and I really don't have a desire to have children of our own (sorry mom).  Maybe this will change, but babysitting the nephews this week really reminds me how nice it is when you can "return" kids after having them for awhile.

--Another addiction confession: TETRIS. I play WAY too much for my own good.  I love http://www.freetetris.org/game.php.

--I went to The Container Store for the first time yesterday-- OMG heaven.

5. Wow this is a lot of blogs to nominate!  Here are just a few of the blogs that I read, and thought I should share (though I'm sure many of them are well known and have received this award before--numerous times).  I also tried to link to ones that aren't mostly people trying to sell stuff from their TpT store (though I do love the heads up on great products!)

  

   

 

Thanks again to those who have read my blog.  I hope to have some really great stuff to share in the near future.  I've been reading a book classroom flipping, and I've been buying stuff to support my first semester theme (election/patriotic).  Until next time..

~Heather

Made It Monday

Since the Linky Party started, I've been eagerly awaiting pictures of everyone's creations with 4th Grade Frolics' Monday Made It, so today I thought I would join in!

Last year, after reading a blog post about it, I bought my tool organizer in hopes of turning it into one of those spectacular "Teacher Toolboxes".  You know the ones that I'm talking about: 

However, thanks to the hectic nature of my school year last year I just had some drawers that were haphazardly filled by former students one summer day.  There were no labels, therefore I found myself pulling out five drawers before I found what I wanted.  Finally, I bit the bullet and sat down and devoted a day to it.  I found school themed scrapbook paper at Michael's and used stickers that I had laying around (mostly from the Target $1 bins).  After creating the labels I used my handy-dandy home laminator to make the labels as sturdy as possible.  Afterward, my teacher assistant boyfriend hot glued on the labels.  All said and done, the results are as follows.  Very excited about not having to pull out tons of drawers before finding what I need!

I'm going to a Pinterest party on Saturday, I can't wait to create something new for next Monday!