Classroom Sneak Peeks Page!

Tuesday, October 15, 2013
Hello Everyone!
 
It's been a while hasn't it?? Wow I've neglected this little blog and all of yall! I'm trying to get better, but I feel as if I always leave something out while I try to catch up with the rest. Yall know how I feel right??
 
Anyway I've had many people email me and ask me about room setups.... How do I do this or that? What should this look like? Pictures, pictures, and more pictures. Believe me I have no problem answering any questions, but like we all know you only learn from the best and I don't feel like I'm the best lol.
 
So what I have done is opened a linky for every teacher blogger to join...
The best part? You probably already have a post to link up! No extra work. (Great plan right??)
 
Here's what it's all about.... YOUR CLASSROOM!
Anything that gives us a sneak peek into your home away from home. This way it's a one stop shop for teachers to browse around other amazing classrooms. Feel free to link up numerous blog posts and browse other posts!
 
Spread the word :) Don't forget your favorite teacher bloggers! Let them know about linking up!
 
LINK UP HERE
 
Linking will end Oct 31 when the page is revealed, so be sure to link up and spread the word quickly!!
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I'm melting... I'm melting...

Wednesday, September 11, 2013
The day is finally over! I woke up exhausted and then entered an oven to teach in. Needless to say, today was not a shining star type of day.

I digress.

There may have been a reason that I was so tired....
I maaaaaaaay have been up a little late last night creating a new blog design :/

and here it is... well for the most part. All of you that have been following me for a while know that I'm Type A and need everything to be precise, so I can't make any promises.

I hope the new format is user friendly, as well as esthetically pleasing. I loved the modern look of the old setup, but it left much to be desired. Contact buttons were hard to find and there was no pin it button on each pic (big pet peeve) So feel free to pin away :)  

                                                    
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Back to School Day 2: Ball Chairs, Erasable Pens, and a Better Outlook.

Wednesday, September 4, 2013
Sooooo after a long pep talk, a couple snooze alarms, and a SCALDING hot shower, I headed to work bright and early again to prepare for day two. I don't know about you, but I always forget how tough the first few days really are! My adorable littles arrived right on time this morning and let me tell you they were perfect!!! Little did I know the amazing artists I had in my classroom! Details, details, details. I am already proud. I can't wait to see what the year brings. 

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Back to School: Day 1

Tuesday, September 3, 2013
Boy am I beat!!! Actually I came home and fell asleep for about 3 hours... Ooooopsies! It definitely was a draining day, but what first day isn't?? My cutie patooties looked absolutely adorable as they walked in the door as big first graders and they are as excited for this year as their teacher is. 
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Are You an Instagramer?

Wednesday, July 10, 2013
If you aren't, why not? 


If so join me in connecting teachers on instagram! Copy or screenshot the above photo and post it on your Instagram with the hashtag #teachersfollowteachers. You can then click on that hashtag to find other teachers to follow! 

Simple and fun! Hope to see you on Instagram!!
                                               
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Butterfly Life Cycle

Wednesday, April 3, 2013
May I just start off by saying...
AHHHHHHHH what a wonderful feeling spring break brings a teacher! Just the thought of those two words makes you feel like you've received a spa day on a beach with a drink in your hand....
okay okay maybe we aren't that lucky. I mean for goodness sakes we are teachers, not brain surgeons right?!

Anywhooooooo, I'm enjoying my spring break and I hope anyone else that is off is too!

Well if you're a teacher you know that you can NEVER shut teacher mode off, so while I was on the airplane I created this little ditty! 

It contains 51 pages of common core goodness, wrapped in a chrysalis of love :) 

I hope that you will click the pin to share :)

In this Butterfly Life Cycle Unit you will be supplied with:

- 7 Vocabulary Cards 
which I use for my anchor charts, word wall, bulletin boards, pocket charts, and on a ring to review daily
- a mini book
that you can send home with each child to share their new knowledge with family
- student writing book
to help students transfer what they have learned into writing
- writing rubric
to help students grade what they have wrote
- 2 page metamorphosis poster 
to hang in the classroom or bulletin board for reference
- file folder game
to laminate and keep in an independent area or even send home for some homework fun!
- memory game
a fun way to bring learning to recess or free choice times
- vocabulary puzzle
another fun way to bring the theme into recess or free time
- KWL chart and brainstorming clouds
an easy and fun way to collect data on prior knowledge, wanted knowledge, and gained knowledge (individual and group based sheets)
- can, have, are chart and brainstorming clouds
another great individual activity to gain insight on what your students have learned
- metamorphosis cut and paste
corresponds with the metamorphosis poster and file folder game. Can be used as an assessment!
- metamorphosis labeling
corresponds with the metamorphosis poster. Can be used as an assessment!


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Blogging 101: Adding a Signature

Monday, April 1, 2013
While we are on the roll of creating images using powerpoint for things on our blog, why don't we make a cute signature image??

Day 1: Creating an Account {here}.
Day 2: Cutifying that blog with a template {here}.
Day 3: Adding Pages {here}
Day 4: All About Posts {here}
Day 5: Creating a Link to Your Blog in a Comment {here}
Day 6: How to Create a Blog Button {here}
Day 7: Create a Grab My Button {here}
Day 8: Create Media Buttons {here}
Day 9: Adding a Signature

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Blogging 101: Media Buttons

Sunday, March 31, 2013
Now that you've learned how to create a button using powerpoint, let's add some html and create buttons on your sidebar to help your blog followers find you on TpT, FB, pinterest, and anywhere else that you'd like them to stalk follow you!

Day 1: Creating an Account {here}.
Day 2: Cutifying that blog with a template {here}.
Day 3: Adding Pages {here}
Day 4: All About Posts {here}
Day 5: Creating a Link to Your Blog in a Comment {here}
Day 6: How to Create a Blog Button {here}
Day 7: Create a Grab My Button {here}
Day 8: Create Media Buttons

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Blogging 101: Create a Grab My Button

Saturday, March 30, 2013
Now that you've learned how to create a button using powerpoint, let's add some html and create a button that others can use to help you build traffic to your blog!

Day 1: Creating an Account {here}.
Day 2: Cutifying that blog with a template {here}.
Day 3: Adding Pages {here}
Day 4: All About Posts {here}
Day 5: Creating a Link to Your Blog in a Comment {here}
Day 6: How to Create a Blog Button {here}
Day 7: Create a Grab My Button

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Blogging 101: How to Create a Blog Button

Friday, March 29, 2013
Now that I've taught you the major basics of blogging let's get a little more tricky! After getting the hang of my blog I wanted to start making it truly my own! That's when creation started. Today I'd like to show you how to create your own blog button or header (found above) by using powerpoint!

Day 1: Creating an Account {here}.
Day 2: Cutifying that blog with a template {here}.
Day 3: Adding Pages {here}
Day 4: All About Posts {here}
Day 5: Creating a Link to Your Blog in a Comment {here}
Day 6: How to Create a Blog Button

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Blogging 101: Creating a Link to Your Blog in a Comment

Thursday, March 28, 2013
Day 5 Already??? Now that we are past the basics we are going to learn a few things that even seasoned bloggers have asked me how to do. I hope you're still enjoying my How To Series! If you have any other questions or ideas for my techie series let me know!!

Day 1: Creating an Account {here}.
Day 2: Cutifying that blog with a template {here}.
Day 3: Adding Pages {here}
Day 4: All About Posts {here}
Day 5: Creating a Link to Your Blog in a Comment 

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Blogging 101: The Basics - All About Posts

Wednesday, March 27, 2013
woooohoooo day 4! 
Hope you all are enjoying yourself!!!

Day 1: Creating an Account {here}.
Day 2: Cutifying that blog with a template {here}.
Day 3: Adding Pages {here}
Day 4: All About Posts

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Blogging 101: The Basics - Adding Pages

Tuesday, March 26, 2013
Now for day 3!
Day 1: Creating an Account {here}.
Day 2: Cutifying that blog with a template {here}.
Day 3: Adding Pages

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Blogging 101: The Basics - How to Cutify that Blog of Yours

Monday, March 25, 2013
Wooohooo are you ready for day 2??? Yesterday we learned how to start a blogger account and I gave  a crash course of navigating blogger. If you missed that post check it out {here}.

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Blogging 101: The Basics

Sunday, March 24, 2013
In honor of my 1 year blogaversary (March 19th) I have decided to go a different route than other bloggers. I will not be having a giveaway, freebies, or sales, but I will be dishing out a weeks worth of blogging tips and tricks to get other newbies started! I thought that this would be more beneficial and seemed the right thing to do in celebration of starting my blog one year ago!

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iPad on Lockdown!

Saturday, March 23, 2013



Let me see a show of hands for those lucky ones with an iPad in their classroom. Now let me see a show of hands for those of you ripping your hair out because your little ones are navigating out of that AMAZING app you downloaded that fits with the lesson you have....
Just what I thought!

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Five for Friday

Friday, March 22, 2013
Can I just say I absolutely love these posts?? So easy, fun, and you get to tell a lot in such a quick post!

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Hop to It! Blog Hop

Friday, March 15, 2013
http://teach123-school.blogspot.com/

Easter is right around the corner so some of my blog buddies and I decided to do a blog hop.  Hop from blog to blog March 15th - 17th to get your freebie and enter to win a basket full of lesson packets plus a gift certificate.  Enter to win on each blog so you'll have a greater chance of winning.  Each blogger is donating a lesson packet for the prize basket.  Each of us will choose a winner.  The winners will get ALL the lesson packets from ALL the bloggers.  Steve, the owner of Teachers Notebook has also generously donated our grand prize which is a Teachers Notebook gift certificate.  One lucky person will win it. The more blogs you visit and enter, the greater your chances are that you will win.  So HOP TO IT!





Click HERE to find out more about Animal Craftivities and Writing Prompts.



Click HERE to download my freebie 'I am Lucky Beacause...'

To enter you need to follow my Teachers Notebook Store and my Fonts and Backgrounds Store!

Other optional entries: Like Facebook and Follow by Email
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Now that you've entered it's time to hop to my friends' blogs to see their great prizes and freebies.  Remember the more blogs you visit and enter on their rafflecopter, the greater your chances are of winning.

Arlene @ LMN Tree
Michelle @ Teach123
Yvonne @ Mixminder

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Holy Goodness!

Tuesday, March 12, 2013
Oh. My. Word.

Grande hazelnut macchiato frapp! What gets you through the week?


                                                    
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I'm lucky because...

Thursday, March 7, 2013
Today was kind of a crazy day. We started off by joining the school wide math testing with a standards assessment. After racking our brains I realized the perfect therapy would be a craft, but which one?

Being that St. Patty's Day is right around the corner and we are trying to push character development in this long month we voted for the 'I am lucky because...' Headbands! What's better than expressing why you're lucky right on your forehead?!

The kids loved these!!! And did I mention we were silent for at least 5 minutes ;)

http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/St-Pattys-Day-Sentence-Strip-Headband-Craft-I-am-lucky-because-598634

http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/St-Pattys-Day-Sentence-Strip-Headband-Craft-I-am-lucky-because-598634


http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/St-Pattys-Day-Sentence-Strip-Headband-Craft-I-am-lucky-because-598634


http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/St-Pattys-Day-Sentence-Strip-Headband-Craft-I-am-lucky-because-598634


http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/St-Pattys-Day-Sentence-Strip-Headband-Craft-I-am-lucky-because-598634


http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/St-Pattys-Day-Sentence-Strip-Headband-Craft-I-am-lucky-because-598634


http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/St-Pattys-Day-Sentence-Strip-Headband-Craft-I-am-lucky-because-598634

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What My Life Has Been Consumed With!

Sunday, March 3, 2013
WOW! I feel like a 1,034,523,675 pound weight has been lifted off of my shoulders! I've been working day and night on the cutest little dity that you ever did see! I don't know about you, but my little ones are dying to write! They want to tell me EVERYTHING about EVERYTHING and now that they can write that's just what I make them do! As you heard on Friday in my 5forfriday# We went on a field trip on Monday that dummy me ABSOLUTELY POSITIVELY FORGOT ABOUT. Yep you read that right! I FORGOT about a field trip! I thought it was going to be a nightmare, but it all worked out and it was probably the best yet! We went to the zoo... 
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FiveForFriday#©

Friday, March 1, 2013
Alright, I finally remembered to jump on the bandwagon! And this one is totes my style :) especially if I go at it Michelle Griffo Style!

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What Can I Say? I'm a Lucky Girl!

Sunday, February 24, 2013
I'm so excited to link up with my bestie Reagan from Tunstall's Teaching Tidbits!!
This linky is so creative and I just had to jump on the band wagon! So here is what you have to do...
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All You Need is Love Giveaway!

Wednesday, February 13, 2013

Eeeeek! It's almost here! My very favoritist holiday! ValeMtiMes Day! (Junie B enough for anyone?)

Alright back to business! Over the last year (not even a full year) I have met so many people through this handy dandy little thing yall call a blog! I've made so many friends,  some even close enough to fly thousands of miles to meet ;), and I want you to meet some of my best buds too!

I am always up for another good blog to follow and LOVE, LOVE, LOVE waking up to bloggy emails from these ladies each and every morning! I can honestly say I follow each of these ladies by email because I can't get enough of their cutsie ideas, witty writings, and I'm nervous I'll miss something if it doesn't come straight to my inbox!!



Are you ready for the exciting news?? All of these lovely bloggers are going me in the All You Need is Love Giveaway! Each and every blogger listed is offering you some sort of prize on their blogs! This meaning, you NEED to check them all out and enter their giveaways for TONS of ways to win :)





BTW have I ever mentioned how much I love all of y'all!?

                                                    
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