Catching Up With FREEBIES!

Hey, friends!  It's been a while.  :)   I survived Meet the Teacher and the first two (almost) full weeks of school!!!  Now it's time for a serious rewind to catch you up to speed somewhat!  I know this is not a new idea, but I created a little welcome bag for my kiddos... and of course... it had to be zebra print!

If you'd like a copy of my welcome bag tag, you can download it HERE!  I love the way they looked!

I revamped letters, checklists and tent cards this year, and I am really happy with the end result!  Buckle your seat belts!  We're going on a little virtual field trip!

Checklists are CRUCIAL for Open Houses & Meet the Teacher!  :)  Especially since I can't clone myself!

Last year, a few kiddos got their folders mixed up with other siblings' stuff, so this year, I labeled everything!!!!

I used to fold construction paper for signs, but this year, I put my "fancy pants' on.  :)

If you'd like to snag a copy of the tent cards or email list, click right above each picture!

Click HERE for tent cards!

Click HERE for Email List!

Let's see... :)  While I was on my organizing kick, I made folders using large construction paper and labels from Hope King's Welcome Back Essentials pack. I always have a tough time managing the paper mountain when all of the beginning of the year papers start coming in.  This helped me immensely!   I just glued them onto the construction paper and covered the paper with mailing tape.  It's one of my favorite classroom tools... I love it for covering labels of any kind! :)

Oh! I can't forget this little tidbit.  One of my favorite classroom traditions at the beginning of the year is mailing out letters to my kiddos! :)  I like to include information about myself, and this year, Cara inspired me to include a "Meet the Teacher" page.  I also like to include a picture to calm nerves.  As you can see, I write something like, "This is me, Mrs. Nickerson!  Maybe you've seen me in the hallway before!"  I always hope that a familiar face will keep the butterflies away!  :) 

If you follow my blog on facebook, you may recall my questions about how to decorate a trophy display case that I share with my partner.  We decided to do a little rockstar theme.  We have big plans for this space... so once photos are taken... I'll share an updated picture.  This is the current status.  :) Stay tuned.

 

I realize that this post is a hodgepodge of randomness, but I currently have the attention span of a squirrel right now.  :)  This is as good as it gets tonight!  Ha!  If you are a Reading Street teacher & teach third grade, I've updated my Essential Questions file, so you'll definitely want to check that out HERE!  I somehow missed the question for "Alexander, Who Used to Be Rich Last Sunday", so that was added.  I also created half-page sheets for the daily questions!  I plan on hitting this component a lot harder this year, so hopefully it can benefit someone else as well. 

Happy Long Weekend, Friends!  I hope you enjoy it!  I will be using this time to catch up on projects for my kiddos... and grad school. If you have emailed me sometime over the past two weeks, I promise I will try to respond as soon as I can! :)  I was out of town all weekend for a wedding (last weekend) so I am a little behind.  It's time to play catch-up!  Starting... NOW!  :)