It's All Good! Groovy Cat Classroom

Hey yall!

 

Guess what????

 

This girl is officially on summer break...hallelujah!

 

Hello 10 weeks of sunshine and happiness :)

 

So how did I spend my first day of summer break?

By creating a new classroom décor pack, of course!

 

And this one features one groovy cat!

 

 

This pack features:

 

*Attendance/Transportation Signs: 8 different transportation options and blank editable signs

 

*Calendar Buddies: days of the week header and cards, months of the year header and cards, "today is," "tomorrow is," and "yesterday was" cards, and calendar cards 1-31 with special holidays

 

*Alphabet posters: Primer print font with both print and cursive posters

 

*Desk Tags: 8 different styles to choose from {EDITABLE}

 

*Table Tags: for up to 6 different tables

 

*Clock Labels: labels for corresponding minutes

 

*Classroom Jobs: 22 different classroom jobs and EDITABLE student cards

 

Check out my TPT store to snag this set!

 

Now, I'm off to start my break yall :)

 

Happy summer!



Cheap and Easy Bulletin Boards

Hey yall!

 

We are down to the very last week, folks!

Only 5 little days {plus 2 post-planning days} stand between myself and 10 glorious weeks of summer.

 

Although I've never been blessed to stay in the same room for more than one year, I know that some teachers like to prepare their bulletin boards for the next year before they head out for the summer. I would honestly LOVE to be able to do this, but have had no such luck.

 

Four years, four different classrooms.

Jiminy.

 

So for you lucky teachers that get to stick around for awhile, I wanted to share a cheap, easy, and fun bright idea!

 

 

I really love using plastic tablecloths for bulletin boards for a couple different reasons.

 

1. They're cheap. I buy the 99 cent plastic tablecloths from Wal-Mart. The price is right for a poor teacher like me!

 

2. They're durable. The plastic holds up pretty well, as long as you don't put tape on it.

Plastic + tape = major rippage

 

3. They're vibrant! Tablecloths don't fade or lose their color overtime, like butcher paper. The color stays bright all year long.

 

4. Fun patterns! Nowadays, you can get plastic tablecloths in lots of fun patterns. I mostly stick with solid colors, but last year I picked up that fun chevron tablecloth above and it made a HUGE statement for my bulletin board!

Here are some of my boards from this year that I used tablecloths on.

 

 

 

 

 

 

You do have to really make sure that you get all the wrinkles out though!

I obviously didn't do a good job on my genre board up there....yikes!

Those wrinkles are driving me crazy just looking at that picture!

 

But its also an easy fix! Just smooth and staple :)

 

Alright folks, I'm off to check out all the other bright ideas out there!

You should do the same :)

 

 



An InLinkz Link-up

End of the Year Freebies

Hey yall! Happy hump day!

 

As the year is quickly coming to a close (12 days!!!!), I wanted to share some freebies that will help with those end-of-the-year gifts. These are all gifts I've given in the past few years and they all have one thing in common....cheap!

 

Let's start with students.

 

My class sizes have been pretty consistently large each year, so I'm always trying to find something that won't break the bank. This year I've got 25 kiddos, so cheap is the goal!

 

My first year teaching, my teamies and stayed up all night baking our kiddos cookies. Seriously...we had a slumber party and baked like 75 giant flower cookies. It was most definitely a labor of love.

 

 

 

 

As you can see, the tags were super simple...but they got the message across! Lucky for you, I've made some cute new ones :) Get those here.

 

 

 

My second year of teaching, I upped the ante a little. Another slumber party ensued (are you noticing a pattern, here??) with my best teaching buddy and we made these adorable tile frames.

 

 

 

Again, another labor of love.

 

Last year, I *sniff, sniff* didn't have my best buddy anymore, so I was all alone during my gift-making stage. I decided EASY was the way to go.

 

I ran up to the dollar tree to get inspired and ended up finding some cool tie dye sunglasses. I snagged them up (thankfully, there was enough!) and whipped up a simple tag. Grab those here.

 

Boom. Student gifts.....done!

 

 

 

These were a HUGE hit people! Look at those cool kids!

I'm *almost* positive this is what I'm doing for my class this year.

 

Now...let's move on to parent/room mom gifts.

 

My first couple of years teaching, I was beyond blessed to have amazing parental support.

I mean, seriously....they spoiled me.

 

I didn't realize how spoiled I had gotten until I started teaching at my current school, where parental involvement is almost non-existent.

 

So, I wanted to do something special for my room moms (yes, plural...I had 3 one year and 4 the next!).

 

The first year I made these yummy fortune cookies and threw in a Starbucks gift card.

 

 

 

 

The tag was simple at the time, but I have since revamped it and added it here.

 

The second year, I was also thinking food :)

That was the year all the mason jar gifts were getting big, so I came up with these.

 

 

 

Strawberry pudding shortcake....pure yumminess!

You can snag those tags here.

 

That year, I also made these little treats (a Pinterest find) for the rest of my parents.

 

 

Those tags can be found here.

 

Alright yall, I'm off to do some serious TPT shopping. There's only a few hours left in the sale!

 

 



We {heart} Teachers.....SALE!

Hey yall! Happy Sunday!

 

This week is Teacher Appreciation Week.

 

Honestly, I don't expect to even receive one ounce of appreciation from my students, parents, or administration. In fact, I would be willing to bet that those words are not even mentioned this week at all.

 

Which is really sad, yall.

 

Everyone wants to feel appreciated, right? And I'm no different.

 

However, I do appreciate all of you wonderful teachers!

 

And that's why on May 6-7, I'm putting everything in my store 20% off.

TPT is getting in on the action, too! Just use the promo code TPTXO at checkout to receive an additional 10% off.

 

Click the button below to ready your carts!

 

Now is the time to stock up to get you through the rest of the year.

 

You might be interested in...

 

 

 

 

Or you might want to snag my newest classroom décor set....peacocks!

 

 

Now, for all my faithful followers, a little treat!

Leave me a comment below telling me how many days of school you have left and I'll send you a little FREEBIE! Don't forget to leave your email address!