TWEET!, New Project and Giveaway Winner!

Good morning!

I hope everyone is enjoying their summer vacation.

I know I am!

But although I am truly loving every second of my time off, I've gotta say, I can't not think about school. 

Oh well! I guess that's a teacher thing, right?

Before I show you what's been on my teacher mind lately, it's time to announce the winner of the Classroom Friendly Supplies Sharpener Giveaway!

Congratulations to Kathy S!

I hope you love your new sharpener!

Thank you to everyone who has entered! 

Don't forget that Troy is offering a 5% discount to all of you guys 

with code WK9KD (valid until Sept. 6th, 2014).

Don't miss this great opportunity to snag this gem!

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I'm currently in full on planning mode for my 2014-2015 classroom. In an attempt to cut down on purchases (oh my the amount of money I've spent on my classroom over the past 5 years is not even funny! haha!) I will be reusing the bird borders I had 3 years ago. I can't find them online.... I believe they are the old bird collection Carson Dellosa had before releasing the Boho Birds.

Anyways, they still look perfect and I still love birds, so win win.

With that in mind, I started working on a new decor collection.

May I present to you TWEET!

TWEET! Bird Themed Word Wall Letters

For now, I've only made some word wall letters, but more items will be coming soon!

I love the bright colors! This will brighten up any decor for sure :)

I've also purchased some fabric to create a pennant banner to hang over my classroom window.

I've been wanting to make one for such a long time but just never got around to doing it. 

Don't you just love that triangle print?

Hopefully, I will get this done over the next few weeks in order to share with you the final product, sooner rather than later!

Well that's it for me today!

Have a great day everyone!!

Until next time,

spring products and latest pins!

Hey everyone!

I hope you all had a great Monday!

Temps are starting to slowly warm up here, although we had a few centimeters of snow over the weekend. 

Not cool.

But I feel like today we finally got our first glimpse of spring! And it's about time.

Everybody is in need of some sunshine over here!

I'm fully planning on wearing a yellow shirt tomorrow in an attempt to bring the sun out.

And when that doesn't work, then maybe these will:

Spring Centers: Spring Themed Literacy Activities

I made these last year and now that I'm finally teaching first grade, I'd love to make a first grade pack, in French, for my current kiddos. 

These spring centers are geared towards second grade or third grade revision.

April Word Work

I finished this pack over the weekend. Word work is great for morning work or for early finishers.

I wanted this pack to be uploaded much sooner but apparently being a working mama means time on my computer is limited! Ha! ;)

Head on over to my store to pick these up!

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I also wanted to share some recent pins I've fallen in love with.

I love this Easter reward system! Target has loads of Easter eggs with cute pastel colors at really low prices making this a fun and cheap way to bring a little Easter joy into the classroom!

We are currently learning about verbs and I fell in love with this simple yet adorable anchor chart. I pretty much attempted to recreate it for my kiddos and it looks pretty good. However, I'm extremely bad when it comes to drawing so I didn't even try to draw the cute little people. 

So words and doodles it is!

How fun is this idea for synonyms?

LOVE!

And finally, would you take a look at this gorgeous classroom?!

Oh my word!

Perfection.

If you're not following me on Pinterest (and considering my number of followers you probably aren't! haha!) , you can come and find me! :)

Have a great week everyone!

Until next time,

purchases and my latest word work

It's Friday!

This means one more week has gone by and there are only 2 weeks left until I go back to work.

Eeek!

Double Eeek!!

I went shopping for some new supplies yesterday and my boyfriend was patient enough to follow me around Target and be my official cart filler.

I ended up not spending all that much which is pretty unheard of for any teacher in a Target. Ha!

This just means I'll have to go back soon because I don't feel like I got enough... but that's neither here nor there!

Here's a look at what I picked up:

-A pack of sticky letters. some jewel stickers and some Mr. Sketch markers. 

I will probably use the letters for bulletin board titles. The jewels are for my clip chart behavior system (visit A Cupcake for the Teacher to see how I plan on using these) and I wanted the Mr. Markers because I like them better than big Sharpies when it comes to writing on chart tablets or posters.

-A big back of stickers which I will most probably use as rewards. These were $1.50!

-A desk calendar. Can you believe I've never used one of these?? After seeing many colleagues and bloggers use them, I figured I might as well give it a try! I like that I will be able to see my month at a glance. I also love that I will spend a whole lotta time decorating it!

-A notebook. Isn't it pretty? I fell in love with this notebook and a teacher can never have too many so I just got it.

-Would you look at these gorgeous lanterns? Oh my word! They have stripes and polka dots!! I've been wanting some paper lanterns for a while and these are just perfect! I can not wait to hang these.

-I also got some little stools from IKEA which I scored for $5. If you follow me on Instagram (@misselementaryblog) then you've already seen them. (and if you're not following me then come find me! :) They were cheaper since they'd been used before but they are in perfect condition. Fine by me! I'm thinking these will be perfect for my reading corner.

I also purchased a Caramel Macchiato while at Target but I'm sure this doesn't count as teacher supplies... or does it? ;)

In other news, I've just upload my newest pack to TPT:

March Word Work

This pack is a set of 15 printables with a fun MARCH theme!

Use them for early finishers, centers, group work, sub planning, morning work.... they pretty much serve any purpose!

Pick up your copy HERE!

Have a great weekend everyone!!

Until next time,

December Word Work and Grade 1

Hey everyone!

Hope the school year is treating you well :)

It's already mid-November which means it's already time to start thinking about December and Christmas! I know in my case I've been thinking about it since September but that's a whole other story!

I'm currently in the process of learning about Grade 1. As I've mentioned a few posts back, I'm moving from grade 6 to grade 1 which is a little stressful. I am beyond excited to make the move but also a little nervous since I've never taught this grade before. So I'm browsing Pinterest and TPT for inspiration and I'm on the hunt for some good reads. Suggestions are welcome!

I go back to work in March so I need to start working on getting into things. I wish I could use all of the many amazing resources on TPT but I'm going to be teaching in French only... and there aren't as many French sellers on TPT! I will of course be continuing to make English products because I love to create materials even if I don't always use them! 

I can still read some English blogs for organization tips, center ideas, classroom management, etc. Any grade 1 blogs I should be following?

In other news, I posted a new product tonight:

December Word Work

This product is a set of 15 printables for December!

Head on over to my store to learn more about it.

It's usually $2.50 but will be on sale for $2 tonight and tomorrow!!

I'll be back soon!

Until next time,

Centers + A Giveaway!

Hey everyone!

Wow. I'm having the worst time keeping up with this blog! Thing is, being on maternity leave for a year, I find there's not much to share school wise!

I do miss it though and I miss keeping up with other blogs as well. I'm keeping up with the Kardashians  much more than I'm keeping up with my favorite blogs! And that's got to change!

Anyways, I do plan on getting better and actually coming up with things worth sharing.

Fall is right around the corner... Although it's been fall in my mind since August 1st. 

There's something about cooler weather, cinnamon smells and pumpkin foods that is just amazing beyond words.

Ahhh ! :)

If you're on the lookout for new centers, you might want to check out my new Fall Centers!

Here is what is included:

- Squirrel ABCs (ABC Order) : activity cards, instruction sheet and recording sheet

-Pumpkin Synonyms : activity cards, instruction sheet and recording sheet

-Leafy Antonyms: activity cards, instruction sheet and recording sheet

-Acorn Sentences (Unscrambling sentences) : activity cards, instruction sheet and recording sheet

-Scarecrow Homophones: activity cards, instruction sheet and recording sheet

-Birdie Sorting (Sorting words into 3 categories - verbs, nouns, adjectives) : activity cards, instruction sheet and recording sheet

-Scarecrow Words (Making new words using the letters from the word scarecrow) : activity cards, instruction sheet and recording sheet

-A Fun Fall Activity: writing activity

-Looking for Fall Words: word search

Click here to grab your copy!

And in an attempt to make up for my absence, leave a comment below telling me your favorite thing about FALL for your chance to win a copy of my Fall Centers!

I will choose a winner tomorrow!

Congrats comment #1, Rae!

Until next time,

Spring, are you there?

Good afternoon!

Boy have I been productive! I was so scared of not having anything to do when my maternity leave started, that I'd planned mucho stuff! At least I feel productive instead of feeling like a lazy person doing nothing while waiting for the baby... Ok don't get me wrong, there have been many lazy moments in the past two weeks.... and for that I blame Drop Dead Diva and Real Housewives ... but mostly, I've been doing productive things! I've been cleaning like crazy in this house. It has never been cleaner... yay! My laundry is up-to-date, on a daily basis, which never happens when I work! I usually keep all the laundry for the weekend and then I'm stuck doing it all day long. But not anymore! :) I've also been baking some muffins and banana bread. Yum! I've written my thank you notes for my baby shower... which I still need to post btw! I've also organized our paper situation. Which was about time thank you very much! We used to keep all of our important papers in a big ugly box in the closet and had to go through all of them everytime we needed a specific paper. It was terrible! And so ugly! So I've neatly placed all of our papers in seperate folders and identified them all. Ok I still need to buy a new box... but at least now it's organized and less ugly.... I'll be on the lookout for a cute folder container! And of course, I've created some TPT stuff. Woohoo!

First, here are my Math Spring Centers!

This is my first math product and I'm really excited about it! Could also be due to the adorable graphics... :) Thank you Krista!

This pack includes a total of 8 math centers:

-Birdie Additions

-Birdie Subtractions

-Clouds of odd and even numbers

-Skipping Butterflies part 1

-Skipping Butterflies part 2

-Missing Dragonflies

-Flying Kites part 1

-Flying Kites part 2

For more information or to purchase these centers, click HERE!

Hopefully these centers will let spring know that we a more than ready for it to get here! It's snowing today!! How terrible! It's been super nice out for the past week and now.... snow?! Booooo :(

Next up is a new set of word wall letters.

This pack contains 4 colour options: Purple, pink, blue and geen so you can mix and match :) And I've used my MissCandy font btw :) Click HERE to download the font for free! Just make sure you link back to this blog if you use it commercially. Thanks!

To purchase the word wall letters, click HERE!

If you do purchase a product, I would love to hear what you think!

And for those of you interested, we have finally decided on the spelling of Baby S's name! We are going to go with SoPHia :) Love it! Let's not forget this is the way Sophia Loren and Sophia Bush spell it :) I just think it looks cuter and more sophisticated. I'm really happy we finally made a decision! Yay!

OK well I'm off to eat a bit... or a lot! We'll see!

Until next time,

Christmas Writing and a Sale!

Hey everyone!


Before I being my post, I just wanted to share some exciting news! I had my ultrasound last week and I finally know if my baby is a Pheobe or a Pheobo! (Oh how this Friends joke never gets old to me :) So, drumroll please.... it will be a Pheobe!!! We're expecting a little baby girl! I'm so excited! I would've been excited either way but finally knowing makes it so much more real. I really feel like she's already a part of the family. At first we wanted to name her Emma... but we decided to go with an other name because we were hearing Emma a lot, and from some close friends, so we wanted to be a little bit different And also because we fell in love with this other name and it is just so pretty :) We have decided to name her Sophia! or Sofia.... we have yet to choose. I love it! It is so sweet and feminine.

On to teacher stuff!

Now that report cards and parent teacher conferences are over, we can start thinking about Christmas! I know I am! Christmas is in a month and I couldn't be more excited! I love love love Christmas time :) We are doing our Christmas tree this weekend and I plan on decorating my classroom next week. We will be making Teri's adorable elves which I am so excited about! I always go a little overboard on Christmas decorations in my classroom but I just find it brings such joy to our little room :) I have a few small trees and I always have one student bring in a bigger one from home. (There's always someone who has an extra tree they're not using) Then, I put Christmas lights all around the room. When they come in the room in the morning, I only have the Christmas lights on. It is very relaxing and also, in my opinion, magical! And then I complete with someone window decals and various decorations. I can't wait!

I have added a little product to my store too. A Christmas Writing Unit.

Santa's Writer's Workshop includes:

Writing templates for:

-If I Saw Santa Coming Down the Chimney
-The Perfect Gingerbread House
-If I Were an Elf
-My Favorite Christmas Treat
-What I Will do During my Christmas Break
-What I Love Most About Christmas
-If I Were Santa Claus
-A Blank Template (Choose your own title!)
-My Letter to Santa

-Christmas Word Search
-Christmas Words (Students must write down as many Christmas words as they can think of, in 3 minutes!)
-Christmas Sentences (Students use the Christmas words they've found to make Christmas sentences)
-Christmas Tree Decoration (Students must decorate a Christmas tree and then describe it)
-Christmas Writing (Using 3 Christmas words that have been given to them, students must write a Christmas sentence for a total of 3 sentences)

All activities include primary and secondary lines. The writing templates also include a version with longer writing space (but no drawing space) for older kids.

These activities can be used as group activities, for centers, to complete a Christmas unit or even for those kids who are always finished early!

Grab it from my TPT store :)  I hope you like it!!

Also, I am joining a bunch of sellers to offer you a HUGE sale for Cyber Monday... and Tuesday!

Thank you Michelle from the 3am Teacher for the cute graphic!

Head on over to my store Monday and Tuesday and enter your CMT12 code at checkout for a 28% discount!

Well that's it for my today!

For all you Americans out there, enjoy your Thanksgiving Holiday!!

Until next time,