New School for the New School Year

After 6 years at my wonderful school, May, I made the decision in April to transfer to a new school in August. May hired me right out of college and I learned so much there! My new school is 1 mile away, so I will no longer have to drive 17 miles, one way. My classroom has been packed up into a million boxes, sitting in storage. I can't wait to set up my new room. I am so anxious, like a first year teacher!


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Making 10 Cards

I made "Making 10" cards. I laminated cardstock, then added beads on a string so they can slide like an abacus, as they find ways to make 10, similar to a rekenrek.


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"Smartie" Pants

I made 60 tiny pairs of pants for a welcome gift on the first day of school for my kindergartners. I printed them on blue cardstock in a table. Then, I cut them out without a pattern, mostly using my paper cutter.





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Characters

A simple reminder to draw people with clothes, body parts, & details when illustrating. :)


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Groovy Graduation

We had a '60s theme again this year, like we did 2 years ago.



We tie-dyed shirts.



Then, I took them home and washed them.


The invitations were rolled to look like tiny dplomas.



Here's what they said.




I used a simple punch to jazz up our goody bags.






Here are the programs (which weren't folded yet).



We had Candy Bar Awards for every child and our aide.


The tables were decorated.

Here is one of the Wow! moments during our performance practice.
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Volunteers

Here is what we made for our fantastic volunteers. All 23 of them! The Lifesavers read, "You are a Lifesaver!" and the rock candy read, "You rock!"









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The Paper Bag Princess

We read The Paper Bag Princess by Robert Munsch. Then we made costumes and responded to the story!


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