Monday Made It and my FIRST Giveaway!

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Whoa! This has been a busy week! I didn't have much going on this week so I threw myself into some projects! Some are not quite completed so I will post about those when I am finished!

 

 Now, I know this doesn't look like much. BUT trust it me it took us awhile to complete this! We dug out all the grass and weeds. Yikes! There were tons. Then restacking the rocks so that they fit correctly is like a puzzle! But I think we did a pretty good job. Now, I just need dirt and mulch!

 Next, when I was pregnant I REALLY got into crocheting. I mean like obsessed! I needed something to occupy my mind I guess! I think I ended up making my son like at least 10 newborn hats! Ha! My friend said it was a parade of hats because he could wear a new one everyday! Honestly, I think I changed his hat at least 5 times while we were in the hospital! He was just so cute!

Anyways, I decided to create my own Etsy shop of my crocheted items. I have been researching and getting ready all summer and I have finally done it! I'm so excited to share my hobby with others! If you haven't checked out Etsy you should! Here is my store!

 

  

And I FINALLY finished my Computer Lab Word Wall cards for TPT. I needed to make some changes from the ones I have in our computer lab! These are so cute. Check them out in my store!

 

Last, what you have been waiting for!

I've been wanting to do a giveaway for awhile because they look so fun! I love winning things so I thought you would too! Hopefully, I have set this up correctly! :) The giveaway is open until Wednesday!

 Here is what I am giving away! They are all part of my Road Trip Theme for my classroom! I am giving away my Road Trip Bundle and my New Book Places Classroom Decoration!

 

 

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Classroom Makeover Day 1!

Wow, I can't believe that I have only 2 weeks left before I am back to work. AHH!! So I decided to join Kimberlee for her Teacher Tour Tuesday, which is great because it forced me to get up to my classroom and get busy! My Instagram video is a little rough, need more practice with it! :) Hop over to her blog and check it out!

Here is a look at what I came back to. Everything put away and white walls everywhere! Yuck!

For the last 2 years, I have gone with a beach theme. This year, since I am looping with my class I decided that we needed a change and my new theme is.... ROAD TRIP!! I've become so excited about this theme! There are some ideas out there for this theme but not a ton, so I hope my post will help anyone wanting to try it out!

The first thing I wanted to get done was covering my bulletin boards with fabric. I bought fabric last summer from JoAnn's in a few different colors, you'll see soon that I like everything BRIGHT!

 
This is the wall right behind my small group table. I created a "bulletin board" here so I can show things we are working on in guided reading and math.

 

Now, we are looking at the board right above my carpet/meeting area. This is where my student work will be displayed. I found this great border with exciting places all over the country! Come back to see the cute name plates we will be making for each kid!

 

Check out this adorable Road Trip fabric I found at JoAnn's. I'm in love with it! Get your kicks on Route 66!

 

Lunch Count! I created these suitcases on my handy, dandy, Cricut! (Best present ever, Thanks Mom!) I am using numbered sticks for the kids to pick their lunches. All they have to do it put it in the correct fry box! What kid doesn't love McDonald's!

 

Here is my window to our pod! I cut out these Chevron pennants on my Cricut and then put 2 hole punches in the corner and strung it up with ribbon! The road border came from a bulletin board set that I purchased!

If you want some printable pennants/bunting check out my TPT store.

 

Front door of classroom! I made license plates for each one of my students for the year! See the picture below to see what they look like!

 

 

Here is where I will be putting my Learning Targets for the day/week. I love how these license plates turned out. Check out my TPT store to purchase the editable template!

 

 

 I also got my word wall put up today! See my word wall post here.

 

Here is my attempt at uploading a video to my blog! I couldn't get Instagram to work for me! I will try that again later! Any suggestions are welcome!

Here is a 360 of my room in the middle of my day today!

Hope you enjoyed my tour for today! Hopefully, I will have more next week!

Chevron Movable Word Wall

I'm so addicted to Pinterest! As I was looking for new things to add to my classroom I found this great word wall idea over at Run! Ms. Nelson's Got the Camera! Check out her blog post here.

 

So I decided to make my own to go with my new classroom theme! Chevron is great for my theme! I love these papers by Ashley Hughes! She is amazing!  If you would like to purchase these word wall cards click here.

I printed these out, laminated, and punched a hole in the corners. I got some 1 in book rings, you could get larger ones if you want more space, and put them on each card.

Then, I purchased some small command hooks from Walmart. There were like 40 in a pack so I had plenty! I thought they would fit perfectly under my white board.

 

Here is a close up!

 

 

 

Finished! Now, once we start school and vocabulary lessons we can clip our index cards to their appropriate letter. I am planning on having the vocab. word on the front and the definition on the back. I'm hoping to use these for writing purposes as well as reviewing our new words.  

 

 

Hopefully, once school starts I will be able to tell you how wonderful this word wall is! Thanks again to Ms. Nelson at Run! Ms. Nelson's Got the Camera for this great idea!