Classroom Organization and 2 Giveaways (including a flash one so hurry up! :)

Hi everyone!

I hope you are all enjoying your summer! I know for some of you, summer (or at least summer vacation) is already over! So happy back to school!! :)

I'm very excited to announce that I recently learned that..... TARGET is coming to Canada!!!! Oh my gosh!!!! Joy!!! No Target is no fun :( Not only can I never participate in any Target gift card giveaways but I can never actually shop there! I hear about all the great deals and fun teacher stuff and there's nothing I can do about it! But these days are soon over! Yay!! Hopefully I have a few Canadian readers so we can be happy together!!! :)

Back to school is coming our way pretty soon! I'm going back end of August but I haven't done much to prepare yet... As you know, I'm keeping my owl theme (love!). I've decided to create some labels to organize my classroom. I want everything to be labeled and in their own specific place. I'm pretty much organized (but I do need to buy a few cute bins or boxes) but having my supplies labeled will be easier.... and let's face it... SO much prettier!!! Here the labels I came up with (141 of them!):

and I also made word wall letters to match:

Both products are available in my TPT Store. But! I'm feeling generous today (I mean, come on, I did learn so great news recently ;) so I will be giving away both products to one lucky reader!!! All you have to do is leave a comment telling me if you have a theme for your classroom and if so, what it is! I'd love to have an idea of what your classroom looks like! :) I will use random number generator to choose a winner tonight!

The winner is Emily! Congrats! Look for an email from me :)

If you do purchase the labels and feel there are some labels that are missing, please let me know and I will gladly add them!

Also, my bloggy buddy Sara over at Miss V's Busy Bees is having an amazing 200 follower giveaway! 

You have a chance to win my Rockin' Back to School Pack!!

So head on over to enter!! Good Luck!

Finally, I have a little question for you. Does anyone know how to add the reply to comments button on my blog? Not the one to reply by email but the one where you can actually reply directly on the blog.I know a few blogs have it but I can't seem to figure out where I have to go to add it! So if anyone can help, thanks a bunch!

Until next time,

Cute ideas for organizing!

Hello blogger friends!

Am I the only one or does any one else out there have what I like to call Teacher-Goggles Syndrome?
Let me explain... ;)
Every shop I walk in to, I walk in wth my teacher goggles! I'm always looking at items and thinking... ''How could I use this cute (insert name of the product here) in my classroom?'' It happens at grocery stores, clothing stores, cosmetics stores...everywhere! These are not stores where we would think to buy supplies for the classroom.... but oh! the treasures we'll find! :)

One store that seems to offer many items that can double as classroom stuff is the amazing Bath and Body Works! They have the cutest gift bags and gift 'buckets' ever! I use them for organizing things in my classroom which is great... but mostly... I love them because they just look so cute!
Here an example of two gift bags I bought last year. They don't have it at the store anymore but this gives you an idea of what they could look like.

This size is great for storing pens and pencils or even your toothbrush/toothpaste!

This other one is a little bucket which I bought a few weeks ago so I'm sure it's still available. Isn't it the cutest bucket ever?

Now you're probably wondering why I have clothes pins in there...!
This is a system I use with my students to get them to speak only in English. As you may have read in an earlier post, I am an ESL teacher so my students' first language is French. Every day, they receive 2 pins, for a total of 10 each week. Every time a student hears another student speak French, the first student can steal a pin from the one who spoke French and keep it. On Fridays, I do a draw and each pin is worth one coupon. It works really well! (Thank you Jasmine for this great idea!) This could easily be adapted for behavior  :) As for the draw, the prizes vary. (candies, no homework pass, no quiz pass --- a fan favourite!)

Also, I have created my blog button!! Take a look :)

Until next time,