5 for Friday and $10.00 For You!

Hello there!
Is it me, or are these summer weeks going by a little bit faster???

I am off to celebrate the wedding of my amazing cousin Paul and his lovely fiancé Amy!

Before I go, I am sneaking in a little 5 for Friday and ANOTHER giveaway! :)

I am giving my room a complete makeover.  I want those kids to walk in and forget that my room was ever a 2nd grade classroom..we are moving up with the big kids now!

Before I could even concentrate on setting up my room, I had to get my cabinet and desk together.  I was VERY BLESSED to get a sweet and generous class gift that I could put toward these new (and very needed!) additions to my room. I thought I would start small.  I picked the cabinet to do first.  I found out that I am pretty handy with a drill, albeit very. very. very slowly.  It was a process and I think I lost two pounds in the heat of my classroom.

The thought of going back in to put my desk together was making me want to barf.  Hubby had to work and I just wanted it done. Hmmmmmm...who to help in a steaming hot classroom?

Someone who has unconditional love.

...and some cool power tools...

The best part about this day was spending time with my dad :)  We had a lot of laughs.  He even pointed out that he was using some of my grandfather's tools to get the job done.  Using my gift card from my class to purchase this was amazing and I think my desk is even more extra-special now. 

Very fun night with my girls at the One Direction and 5 Seconds of Summer concert.  Both bands were really great.  I never knew girls could scream quite so loud.

Before the concert, I snapped these pictures just to mess with them... you can see the text message below.  Oh, I love it.  #pranksparentsplay

I really wanted to make a t-shirt that said, "5 Seconds of Summer" on the front and on the back, "...is not enough for a teacher!"  But the kids didn't go for that either.  Take a peek at our fun below...

New Reading Program!!! 

Does anyone use Journeys? I spent the morning reading about the first week.  The materials are still packed in a million boxes at my school and I am dyyyyiiinnnggg to get my hands on them.  However, the online component was great to look through.  I am super excited!  I'd love to hear your comments on this program if you are using it!

As of right now, it's ALMOST done!!! I cannot wait for my little blog face lift. I LOVE the design that Christi {designsbychristi} {aka Ms. Fultz's Corner} came up with originally for me. When I asked if she would help freshen my blog up, she was unbelievably helpful as usual! She is just amazing to work with! Thanks Christi! I am looking forward to seeing it go live!

As if you didn't have enough shopping with the huge TPT sale...here's another opportunity for you to get some of those items that are still on your wish list.  This time, I am teaming up with Teacher's Notebook to give you 30% off all of my products!

PLUS...{AND HERE'S THE GIVEAWAY PART!} of course I have something special just for you!

Head on over to my Facebook page for two ways to win! The first choice is a $10.00 gift certificate, the second is "Winner's Choice" of any one item in my Teacher's Notebook Store!

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Have a fantastic weekend everyone!

xo

Five for Friday and of Course, A FREEBIE!

Hello there friends!
In accordance with my pledge to pay more attention to this little blog-o-mine, I am linking up with Doodle Bugs Teaching for a little Five for Friday!


Here we go!

I am super excited about this one! Inspired by events in my own life, I introduce to you a monthly link party...

When I was thinking back on my year, I pieced together that most months had three things in common: Mayhem (what teacher doesn't have a little craziness going on from month to month??), Musings (does anyone else's mind go 1,000,000 miles an hour?) and Milestones (no matter how big or small, you can find one in each month).

This monthly party will be a place to share, a place to laugh, a place to think and a place to celebrate one another.  Be it your teacher life or your life life, it will be a great and consistent (key for me!!) opportunity to do a little extra blogging!

Look for the post tomorrow...although you can link up at any point in the month!

Does anyone else like to jam all the "healthy" they can into the summer for fear of the dreaded endless junk in the teacher's room come fall? I linked up with a Facebook challenge group along with my sister and some friends.  It's been fun and super motivating and I found an exercise program that I kind of fell in love with...have you heard of PiYo?

It's a cross between Pilates and Yoga...only amped up, really amped up and so much fun! Not to mention Charlene Johnson, the creator, is incredibly sweet, motivating and non-intimidating. 

As far as the August Facebook challenge goes, I'll be focusing on healthier eating, especially NO MINDLESS SNACKING. I'm a sucker for an after dinner snack.

I love the next one...

The Teaching Blog Circle is growing every day.  It is so exciting to get a notification that someone has linked up! Take a look at how great this page looks...warning- you may be there for hours on a blog stalk!  

If you are not linked up yet, join us! I like to look through and often share your pages through my social media {read:good for your exposure!!}. I am always inspired by what other people are doing in their classrooms - what a talented world of teachers we have!

In order to stay organized and on top of my blogging ventures, I grabbed this sweet monthly planner. I am excited about filling it up and sticking to it :)

One of my first orders of business this summer was to fill up my Teacher's Notebook store. I had the opportunity to work with Steve and Debbie in the past on my Mother's Day Video series and they are just the NICEST people.  They put so much effort into building their website.  I know a lot of my teacher friends love shopping there! I was just checking in over there this morning, when I saw that they made some cool blog widgets. I went with the SUPER-SIZED one, but there are several options available! How fun!!

Speaking of Teacher's Notebook, while you are there, you can grab this freebie! It's part of my Monthly Reading Log Series.  The freebie is recording sheets you can use in your classroom for independent reading. I recently updated the file for grades 3-5.  I have so many things to make-over now that I am going to third! Aaaaaahhhhhh! 

Click below to grab the freebie and be sure to click the little heart while you are there to follow for future product information <3.

Thanks for stopping by today!  TGIF, everyone!

xo