When was the last time someone rolled out the RED CARPET for you as a teacher? If you attended the 2017 Spring Teacher Blogger Retreat, your answer is a week and a half ago! We love to celebrate teachers and all school staff for the celebrities they are, and that is exactly the purpose of this event. This year was no different, and we want to share with you all of the fun and celebration that happened AND give you a chance to win some awesome teacher prizes! The weekend began as it does every year for those of us on the planning team - with lots of prep! We had a huge increase in attendance this year, so this year that meant filling 560 of these awesome bags from Scholastic Reading Club with all kinds of goodies from our fabulous sponsors! Thank you Scholastic Reading Club, Scentos WeVeel, ESGI, ETA Hand2Mind, Get Your Teach On Conference, The Pencil Grip/Kwik Stix, Seesaw, The Wright Stuff Chics, Tools 4 Teaching, Bouncy Bands, ...
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Scholastic Printables
Happy Weekend! I am so excited to be working with Scholastic Printables to share with you about their amazing online resources website. They contacted me and asked me to give them a try, and I am so happy to share about their wonderful resources with others! Stay tuned to the end of the post because I have a surprise for you! Scholastic Printables give you instant, unlimited access to thousands of skills sheets, activities, lesson plans and more. The best part? These classroom resources are created by teachers and vetted by your trusted friends at Scholastic so you know that the activities and information being shared is top notch! Their website is so much more than just worksheets, and I have had the best time exploring the site and finding all of the fabulous tools embedded in their program. Scholastic saves me time and money, and I know that I can browse through their resources with confidence. Want to give it a try? You have access to a free ...
Jungle Themed Read-A-Thon
Last week, our fifth grade classes ended Read Across America week with an all day read-a-thon. Each classroom was transformed into a different theme. We had a beach room, space room, camping room, and jungle room. Our classroom got a jungle makeover, so I wanted to share a few pictures with you and some quick tips on how you can transform your room on a budget! First tip--use plastic tablecloths! I trimmed my room in half for this quick transformation and used thumbtacks and green table cloth to make the "jungle walls". I love using table cloth for projects like this because you can get them in a variety of colors, they are cheap, and they are easy to work with! I did grab this fun tree from Hobby Lobby and a few smaller trees to help add some jungle decor. The floor is made with colored butcher and packaging paper. We moved all of our classroom lamps and plants over to the jungle side of the room. I also played jungle/rainforest music from ...
