Wed
13 Jun
2012
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Working on tests this week

I have been really busy this week. We have 7 days left. We are having our tests done, finishing some crafts, putting all the students work together to take home.
I have been wanting to write a post about organization for a long time, but I was looking at my messy desk today and didn’t feel like I could help anybody about organization. LOL
You can see my desk with my super teacher binder (I have everything in it!), a pile of tests (poor little firsties…so many tests in just two weeks), my calendar(you can’t really see how full it is), my TO DO list (standing on that red ball) and my individual rubrics for each kid (under the calculator).
It is a pain going over every score, but we HAVE to do it.

On the other hand, we are doing some cute crafts and getting ready for the Summer. It’s not all about tests!
All the first and second grade teachers are doing this little piggy banks. Each kid is painting it with their favorite color and we will add polka dots next Friday. Don’t you just love my under the sea tablecloth? 🙂

Sat
09 Jun
2012
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join our Pin it to win it linky party!

Are you as addicted to Pinterest as I am? I always see great stuff for my classroom and wish that I had it. Have you ever seen one of the products from my TPT store and wish that you had it?

Well now you can. . .for FREE! I’m a part of the “Pin It To Win It” contest being held by a group of TPT sellers on Pinterest.

Head to my Pinterest board titled “Pin It To Win It” and do two simple things:
1st – Re-Pin one, or all, of the products you want to win from my store.
2nd – Leave a comment saying how cool the item is, be sure to leave your e-mail address.
On Friday June 15th we’ll pick a winner in the first ever “Pin it To Win It” contest who wins the item they love most!

Isn’t this great? Don’t forget passing by Andrew’s blog eatsleepandteach and Mel’s blog From the Pond to say thanks for the contest idea and these beautiful graphics!
Here are some other TPT sellers that participate, don’t forget visiting their pinterest boards.
NOTE TO SELLERS: link directly to your PIN IT TO WIN IT board. Thanks

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Tue
05 Jun
2012
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Ice creams make life better and currently June

I have been reading all your blogs this week. Reading about Summer linky parties, end of the year games and so on. But I have 3 weeks left. We finish June 22nd. So we are having lots of tests and many teacher meetings.
In the middle of all this stress I finally managed to change my bulletin board. May flowers were shrivelling.

So I printed my latest craftivity and had an instant ice cream bulletin board. My students wrote about their favorite flavors and decorated their shops. 
We had extra time so we decorated some ice cream for the Bulletin Board with our names on it. 
Then I added some Summer clipart to fill some gaps.
Everything was quite quick as they could do it all themselves. Some even had some time to have fun with Summer fast finishers activities!
I can’t wait to finish our tests to start with all the end of the year fun!
Before that I am joining Oh boy 4th grade on the linky party. I enjoyed reading what is everybody doing. It’s a great idea for us, blog stalkers. 😉