Class Awards!

You all. I have half a day {with kids} left! Four hours left of the 2014-2015 school year! I absolutely cannot wait to spend summer with my sweet Mia Nicole!

This week we worked on our memory books, and the kids did a great job! We also had our 2nd grade autograph session, which is always a favorite activity! You can pick up this memory book {HERE}.

Today we did our classroom awards and it was a big hit! We rolled out the "red carpet" {errr, butcher paper} and everything! The kids felt so special and were genuinely happy for one another. Our class is really a family and they take care of each other. You can pick up a copy of these awards {HERE}. They are black lines to save on  ink and they look great on brightly colored paper!

Even though I missed the first three months of school while I was on maternity leave, I cannot believe how quickly the year went by! I will miss our sweet kiddos, but am so looking forward to spending time with baby girl! I hope you all have an amazing end of your year! Hang in there-you are almost done!

Teacher Appreciation Week, a FREEBIE & a GIVEAWAY!

Hi there, friends! This post is going to be a bit random, but bear with me because I have a freebie and a giveaway for you :)

Amy and I had an amazing Teacher Appreciation Week, and I hope you did, too! Our families, principals, and PTA spoiled us rotten! I had to tell myself that this was probably not the week to be worrying about getting myself swimsuit ready, haha :)

Yesterday we made our Mother's Day gifts! We read The Important Book, and the kids wrote the important thing about their moms following the format of the book. They did a great job! {We modified our writing paper a bit from my Mother's Day Gift Pack}

We have started our balloon pop countdown in our class, and it is really helping with behavior! Each day we pop a balloon and there is a different activity or treat. Our kids don't want to miss out!

I have a FREEBIE for you to download with a bunch of free or cheap ideas to do with your kiddos! Just choose how many days you want to do your countdown, choose the activities/treats you want to use, and put them in the balloons! Click on the picture below to pick up a copy!

Now time for a little giveaway! I have uploaded three new packs to my little store recently, and I want to give one away! Just leave a comment with your email address, and which pack you would like! Click on the pictures below to take a peek at each.  This giveaway has ended! Congrats, Brenda! And thanks to all who entered!

Landform Fun!

Happy Wednesday! There are still a few hours left of the TPT Teacher Appreciation Sale! Click HERE to check out some products in my store! You can get them 28% off with code THANKYOU!

We started learning about landforms last week and the kids seemed to enjoy it! After we discussed each landform, we made these cute little craftivities! The original idea was from Mrs. Nicolau, and we just modified it a bit! She has a great freebie that you can use!

Today, for our first balloon pop activity, we did our Edible Landforms Project! As always, it was a big hit! We tweaked it a little bit this year because we did not have parents send the items-we had lots of leftovers from other activities, so we were trying to use up the food we had! We did not use tortillas this year; we just had the kids trace the United States on the plate and put icing right on the plate. It worked perfectly! We also used the off brand Fruit Loops instead of M&Ms. It saved us quite a bit of money :) The kids did an awesome job! Here's a sample!

You can pick up this activity by clicking below! It is only $1 in my TPT store! It includes all the templates, map keys, parent note, teacher directions...everything you would need!

I hope you're surviving the end of the year! We are in the home stretch, friends!

Teacher Appreciation Sale!

Hi sweet friends! I hope your Teacher Appreciation Week is off to an amazing start!! As I am sure you have all heard, there's a big sale going on over at Teachers Pay Teachers to show our appreciation for all of the awesome teachers out there!!

Everything in my store will be up to 28% off with promo code THANKYOU! I truly do appreciate all of your support! Click on the picture below to check out items at my store! 

I've got a few year end products that you will want to pick up to make those last few days fun and memorable! Click on the pictures below to check them out!

And don't forget to check out my newest novel unit for Amber Brown is Feeling Blue! If you like my Amber Brown is Not a Crayon and Gooney Bird Greene novel units, I think you will enjoy this!