Chevron Schedule Cards

As I was putting the final touches on my classroom before the students and parents arrived for the back to school picnic, I realized I could not find my schedule cards from last year! I am very organized, so I don't lose things!  (I bet I will find them tomorrow.....) It was a moment of panic- I couldn't find them or the file on my computer!  I went to Classroom Freebies, where I had downloaded them before and they were no longer available! Not that I had anything else to do, but I made my own schedule cards!  It ate up a lot of my time that should have been spent labeling and organizing the school supplies brought in by my class, but at least they match the other chevron items in my classroom and are the exact size that works for me! 

The schedule cards are available now in my TPT store. 

Good luck with the first day of school!  Mine is tomorrow! 

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August Currently

 

Listening: I have become addicted to using the AOL Radio and Pandora apps. It's such a good way to find new music!  Apparently, I had made an Icona Pop station on Pandora the last time I used it because that is what started playing when I opened the app!  

 Loving: My husband took a vacation day today so we could have a family day! Our weekends are so hectic, so it was very nice to have a day where the four of us could spend time together.  We took the girls to Bellaboo's, and indoor play place for kids. There are different rooms with various activities. We spent a good portion of our afternoon in the dress-up room,grocery store room, water table room,

and the baby room.

 Isabella (aka Snow White) doing some grocery shopping.

 A happy Olivia playing in the baby room.

 Splashing in the water table.

Olivia started walking really well this week. She looked so 

silly walking around in this giant waterproof smock!

Thinking: I need to go to bed!  I know, it's only 8:30 on a Friday night! I am meeting at 5:15 tomorrow morning to run 20 miles.  I need some sleep!  The thought of waking up at 4 am does not sound to good right now... But I am excited to run my farthest yet during my Chicago Marathon training! 

Wanting: I want to go shopping! I love clothes in general, but I really love getting back to school clothes. My mom and sister were at j crew today and texted a taunting picture of the merchandise.  I have such a craving to go there and to the Banana Republic factory stores!

Needing: My classroom is in shambles!  I haven't had a good chance to get in there without my girls to do some serious work!  Isabella is a good helper, but tends to make more work for me by getting out a zillion toys and manipulatives!  If I spent a couple hours in there, I'd feel a lot better!  

B2S Must Haves: 1. The new outfit goes back to what I'm wanting, too!  It's fun to wear something new and special for that first day (or week!) of school!  2. I use address labels on everything! I print the students' names and the name of the folder/notebook/etc so it can be easily labeled that first day of school.  3. This year I'm making the switch from notebooks to a binder with loose leaf paper for my RTI notes, staff meeting notes, and collaboration ideas.  I just love these chevron and flowers binder covers from Kinder Doodles. They will be perfect for organizing my growing collection of binders!

Thank you to Farley for hosting this great linky! 

 

Now off to bed! Wish me luck tomorrow! Hopefully this rain will go away! I don't want to be running that far with squishy shoes! 

Monday Made It- 7/22/13

I am so excited about this planner I made for a gift for my sister. (Hopefully she misses this blog post so it can be a surprise!) She loves the look of the more expensive life planners but wasn't willing to spend $50+ dollars to own one, so I made her one!

    I am so pleased with how it turned out, and I love that it cost way less than the more expensive planners!  I had the front and back covers laminated at a local school supply store ($1.00) and had the black spiral binding done at Staples (about $4.00). I used card stock ($5.00 for a ream) and ink, which I already had.) 

 It features twelve monthly calendars.

 And weekly calendars, too.

It's available now in my TPT store!  Click here to get your copy!

Also available-  is a matching lesson plan book!  I haven't printed it yet, but I will share pictures once it is done!

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Chevrons and Polka Dots!

I am so excited to get into my classroom and update the decor with chevrons and polka dots. I made some chevron and polka dot name plates for the tables and some pennants to hang in my window.  I'm backed up on printing, or otherwise I would have pictures of them for you! (I had to wait a week for ink and have lots of things in queue. I go through a lot of ink and found a great website to buy ink.  I ordered two packs of color ink for my Epson 8 cartridges inkjet printer and a toner for my Brother laser printer for $60. They are recycled cartridges, but I have had really good luck with them in the past!) Okay, back to my new products!

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Chevron Alphabet Cards

I fell in love with Schoolgirl Style's Lilly Pulitzer inspired design when I saw it on Facebook last week. I have tried to link back to her website, but her Facebook says her website was hacked and is currently down. 

My walls are the green of the flowers in this picture.  I hope that incorporating some of these other colors into my classroom will tone down the green-ness of my walls!  I'm retiring my black and white alphabet this year to use my latest TPT creation! These alphabet cards are my first step to my Lilly Pulitzer inspired classroom. Don't worry, I am still keeping the cupcakes! :)

Get it now in my TPT store.

I also made a print version for those of you who don't mess with the monkey tails of D'Nealian like I do!