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It's Friday again!  And I'm so excited to be linking up with Cara, at The First Grade Parade.   Hers was one of the first blogs I read, right when I graduated college and started my career as a first grade teacher...I think she's pretty awesome!  I spent my morning like this: 
So I'm very glad that now I'm doing this: 


My Favorite School Pin:

No more interruptions from children needing books taped up! Create your own Book Hospital: A place for students to place all damaged books.

How genius is this?!  Thanks to Learning in Wonderland, my student's won't be asking me for tape over and over again to fix a book!  

My Favorite DIY Pin:
DIY crate bookshelf made from wooden crates from the craft store (Michaels under $13). Laundry Room.

Naturally I already went to Michael's to price do a little test run of this project.  I have a feeling these will be in my living room sometime soon!  

My Favorite Foodie Pin: 
BUBBLE PIZZA Preheat oven to 400°. Cut each biscuit into quarters.  Place the biscuit pieces in a greased 8 x 8 glass baking dish.   Top with sauce and pepperoni, sausage, etc. Bake uncovered for 20 minutes.  Remove from oven

BUBBLE PIZZA Preheat oven to 400°. Cut each biscuit into quarters. Place the biscuit pieces in a greased 8 x 8 glass baking dish. Top with sauce and pepperoni, sausage, etc. Bake uncovered for 20 minutes. Remove from oven


Oh. My. YUM! 
That's all there is to say about that.  

My Favorite Fashion Pin: 
scarf as vest

Now my collection of 100 scarves doesn't have to be only worn around my neck!  
So smart!  

My Favorite Funny Pin: 
SERIOUSLY.

A little bubbly to celebrate my Target finds?  I'll take it! 
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Thanks for stopping by!  I'll be back tomorrow to celebrate my Liebster Nominations!  Happy weekend friends!  
Last night, I was going through my closet searching for something to put on and I had one of those "ugh I have nothing to wear!" moments.  You know the ones....the ones that take you back to your teenage years when you would get mad at your mom because SOMEHOW it was her fault.  Yes, that was the kind of moment I was having.  And yes, I do in fact have plenty of clothes to put on everyday.  Last night, I was just bored of all my clothes.  Then I realized that in the past 2 months....I have not once step foot in a mall, or a clothing store!  I've spent all my time making countless trips to the hardware store instead.  So to turn my little mood around, I decided to do a little "screen shopping" as I like to call it.  I found a few things that I absolutely love!

All Occasions Dress, lavender

How cute is this purple dress from The Mint Julep?! 

Silverton Tribal Top
Does this Tribal shirt not look super comfy?  

Feeling Loopy Top, Yellow
I'm OBSESSED with these ruffle sleeves!!!

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And I'm thinking I might have to treat myself with a little back to school gift.....

Happy Shopping Friends!!


Let's rewind back to Christmas time....doing a little gift shopping I had to pop in to the local Anthropologie store, obviously.  I fell in love with this super cute ruffle lamp shade.  (Unfortunately the lamp shade is no longer on the website....but here is a similar look!)  
Ranunculus Swirl Shade
My heart sank when I saw that $100 dollar price tag.  I just couldn't justify spending that much on a lamp shade.  So fast forward to summertime.  I finally got around to creating my own version of the lamp for a FRACTION of the cost!  Yes, I think I spent $8 all together on my version and it turned out pretty darn cute if I say so myself.  



So in order to create your own version of this lamp shade you will need: 
-a lamp shade of your choice (I picked my lamp up at a garage sale for 5 dollars)
-fabric (I needed half a yard) 
-scissors
-glue gun 
-well rested fingers :) 


Step 1: 
Cut your fabric into squares.  They don't have to be perfect!  Some of mine turned out more like rectangles.  They aren't super big or super small either.  
Step 2: 
Cut the squares into circles.  
Step 3: 
Put a drop of glue into the middle of the circle and bring up the sides to make a little pouff.  

Step 4:
Put a drop of glue on your lamp shade.  It doesn't matter where you start, just fill in however you like! 

 Step 5:
Place your pouff on the drop of glue!

 And TA-DA!!!  A super easy lampshade that looks awesome!  This project was a bit time consuming, but I was able to justify watching a couple episodes of Law and Order while I worked...so I was ok with that!
 Now I kind of want to make more in all different color!  

And just for a little more fun, if you made it down this far....a freebie for ya!  
I use this bookmark to track my students' reading growth.  I love it because they never forget their reading level.  They love it because they can see how far they've come!  At the beginning of the year I let my students decorate it and then I laminate it.  

Happy Tuesday!  


HAPPY FRIDAY!!  Even though in the summer everyday feels like Friday.  I still love Friday's in the summer though, because I get to hang out with this cute guy when he's not at work!

But on to the fun topic of this post.  I've just posted a freebie in my TpT store.  It's a clip chart and graphing activity for how we go home!  Even if you already have a clip chart, hopefully you can find the graphing activity to be of some use for you!  Click any picture below to head on over and check it out!  Enjoy your weekend friends!  




One thing that I find super important is always making sure my information is easily available to the parents of my students.  Some of my families don't have computers or internet access to be able to log on to the school website and find all of my info.  So last year I decided to explore the beauty that is VistaPrint.com.  I tell you what....that little piece of the webernet is quite the gem.
Did you know you can order free business cards?  Yes, FREE!!!  I took advantage of that and made magnets for my parents to give them at Meet the Teacher Night.  It's SO easy and that way your parents will always have your information at hand!
See my instructions below for how to order your free business cards!  I'm still waiting for mine to come in the mail :)
Visit www.vistaprint.com
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Find the tab that reads "Business Cards"
Choose "Free Business Cards"

You will then see this screen:
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Select your design and start plugging away.

If you don't want to include something from one of the lines...no worries!  When you don't type anything, the line stays blank when you're all finished!

Enjoy!
I've been on the hunt for some new bulletin board borders for my classroom.  I didn't want to go out and spend a whole ton of money, but I'm just kind of tired of my "Dots on Chocolate" goodies that I've had for the past couple of years.
This was my first classroom and it was full of dots on chocolate! I'm in need of some serious change!  

Since I've been hunting...I've found a few goodies and I've only spent about $30!  Which makes me one happy lady!  I decided to stick with my color theme of blue and green and mix together a little polka dot and chevron.  At my local teacher store I found some polka dot borders...
And some chevron via Creative Teaching Press!  


Can't wait to get in and get to decorating again!!  
To go along with some new chevron borders I created some "I can..." statement cards to go along with the English Language Arts Common Core State Standards.  There are 44 cards just print, laminate, and cut!  I can't wait to use them this year instead of writing down the objective everyday and trying to remember exactly how to word it.  Once I get this bad boys on a ring, I'll just hang them from my white board!!  Head over to my TpT store to check them out!  
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Happy {almost} 4th of July!  Enjoy the BBQ's, pool, and fireworks, I know I will be!!


I'm linking up with Farley over at Oh Boy 4th Grade for July's Currently linky party!  (I know I'm a little late, because TECHNICALLY it is already the 3RD of July...btw, how did THAT happen?!?!)  But I do love July so I'm absolutely ready to soak up as much fun as I possibly can!  

I just posted a new item to my TpT store that I'm SUPER excited about sharing!  my vocab word wall cards.  I use my word wall a little bit differently than I used to.  When I taught first grade I used it to display sight words and no-excuse words.  But when I moved on up to 2nd grade I changed my system. Now each of my students has their own personal word wall in their writing folder for no excuse words and sight words and I use my word wall to display vocabulary words that we learn throughout the year.  As we learn them, we write a class definition on the back of the cards and if the students need a refresher, they can head up to the word wall and flip the card over to see what it means.  Works like a charm!  So I've revamped the words I use in 2nd grade to make them a little fancier.  If you want a different color or would like me to add some words, I would be more than happy to!  Just leave me a comment or shoot me an email!

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Head on over and check 'em out!  I hope you can find some use for them in your classroom!  ENJOY your holiday weekend!!!  

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