Go Pirates! part 3

Have you heard?

The TpT Back 2 School sale is this weekend!!

My wish list is full & I'm ready to shop.

My store will be 28% off so be sure to head over & take a look around.
(Click on my picture for the link.)

And now.....
I think this is the end of my back to school classroom pictures.

This bulletin board is in the hallway leading into my class.

(Someone on my Facebook page asked me what the numbers represented.)

The truth is...the numbers were supposed to be their class numbers (1-18) 

but we had already cut all of them out on our die cut machine when we realized that they were too big:(  Just too lazy to cut them all over again, so we used what we had.

This is a great piece of clip art from 

and I added the pirate emblem (from My Cute Graphics),

and blew it up on our ELMO.

I had to have a Pirate player somewhere in the room.

Here he is in his place guarding our math board.

This was our first full week back at school 

so we started on a few basic skills like reviewing odd and even numbers.

We called these 2 "The Fair Pair." 

They are ALWAYS fair, always equal, always even.

I filled paper footballs with skittles (Pinterest idea) and they

ripped them open and sorted them.

They liked sorting, but you know their favorite part was eating them when we were finished.

Another fun activity we did this week was writing a 1 sentence goal for the year.

Finally, if you are doing the daily 5 and want a few sporty items to go with it,
here are a couple of things I made for my room.

This file is an "unofficial adaptation of the Daily 5 by Gail Boushey& Joan Moser". 

It is not endorsed by the 2 Sisters. To access official resources, check out http://www.thedailycafe.com/

Just click on them to pick up your free copies.

Don't forget about the sale!!!

Go Pirates! part 2

We are officially back to work!

We have 5 days of pre-planning before our students come on August 8th.

5 days or 10 days, it never seems to be enough,

and I usually head into panic mode thinking there is no way it will all get done.
I'm sure you know the feeling.

Well here is part 2 of what I've been working on.

I posted these already (they are going to be my book buckets for the Daily 5),

but I added baseball name labels to them.

I added magnets to our daily schedule and posted it in on our white board.

(I forgot to make a writing card arrrg!)

This is going to be our class wide compliment system.

They will earn one letter at a time until they spell out the word

"PIRATES."

(sorry about the flash)

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This is on the front door of our classroom.
It is for my wish list,
all those things that we need but are not allowed to require.
I laminated the poster and will add post-its for the parents to take with them.

Classroom rules....

and a very small welcome board with all the kid's names on it.

The last thing I have is a freebie if you want it.
I love this quote with our sports theme.
I plan to print and frame it.

The artwork is by......

and

Thanks for stopping by!

Go Pirates!!!

Well, I've decided to trade in my Pirate ship for pompoms this year:)

We're still Pirates, just Sporty Pirates.

Go Pirates!

I've been working some this week trying to get a few things done

before I have to officially go back next week.

(ARGGG next week!)

So here are a few pictures of what I have done so far.

I made EVERYTHING to match my new theme.
So that means my Scotch laminator has been working overtime.

Here are my new word wall cards. 

I added them to my one & only chalkboard with dot magnets 

(which reminds me that I need some more of those) 

& I'm planning to write the words on the board with dry-erase markers.

Here is my new conduct clip chart with a baseball theme.

No need to adjust your screen, it really is crooked.

I CANNOT leave it like that but I was too tired & annoyed to fix it.

(next week......I really hope I can pry it back off the door without tearing it up!)

I made all new labels for my book baskets. 

These are my AR book baskets.

I also made labels for my theme book baskets.

(don't have those put on yet)

Sporty Alphabet

Daily 5 board is ready to go!

Well that's the beginning of it.

I report to work next Thursday and I probably won't make it back in until then.

I always hit panic mode right before going back,

so you might hear about that next week.

For now I am headed out of town for some back to school shopping, 

free time and a baseball game.

If you made it through all of this and want something for free, here it is.

I made this to go with my sporty Daily 5.

Just click the picture if it's something you can use.

This file is an "unofficial adaptation of the Daily 5 by Gail Boushey& Joan Moser". 

It is not endorsed by the 2 Sisters. To access official resources, check out http://www.thedailycafe.com/

I have 2 of these products for sale at TpT.

Have a great weekend and Go PIRATES!

What?! Another FREEBIE?!

Oh my word! Have y'all been participating in our blog hop and giveaway?!

And have you been over to check out our new collaborative blog?!

Some super ladies have been hard at work for weeks getting

this all up and running and I think it looks FABULOUS!

I've also hopped around and picked up some great freebies.

If you haven't started, what are you waiting for?

Click the pic to start the hop.

Next up is Memory Verse Monday.

Your packet this week is Revelation 21:23 and

it includes word cards, unscramble the verse, blank writing sheet and a

page to illustrate the verse.

Click on it to get your free copy.

In my neck of the woods we are heading back to school on August 1.
Yep, it's time already!
So here is a view of one of my projects last week.
I inherited an ANCIENT room with ANCIENT shelving and furniture.
So the way it has been spruced up over the years is paint and contact paper:)

How many layers of paint and contact paper can you put on a single shelf?
I finally got all of the contact paper out and the painting began.
I'm working on a sports theme in my room this year
& I'm doing everything in green, blue, black and white.

These 2 shelves are stuck right in the middle of my kids cubbies &

I usually keep baskets of themed books on them.

This year, I am kicking off the Daily 5,

so I am going to house their individual book baskets here.

Since it's a sports theme, I couldn't resist these super cute buckets from the Dollar Tree.

They are big enough to hold a folder and their books.
I am soooo excited about these!

And this is what it looks like.
When I get the whole wall of shelves looking acceptable, I'll post this again.
For now, I'm happy with it:)

Enjoy your Monday and don't forget about the hop!