Brown Bear, Brown Bear....FREEBIE

Okay-- I am sooo excited that I have two new followers!!! : ) I created a couple Brown Bear, Brown Bear Freebies. I used KPM Doodles in all of the creations. My fonts are Letter Delights by Teacher Created Resources.
Click here for the pocket chart story.
Click here for the color sorting.
Click here for the emergent reader.

If you download, please comment. : ) As always please leave me CONSTRUCTIVE criticism. I am learning!

Megan

I am sooo proud of my giant ABC card. Every student gets a copy to keep in their drawer. Well, not a large one, but a student version to refer to when writing/reading. We go over the ABC card everyday together, but I wanted something to be able to point at when we recite our ABC card. So...I blew up the ABC card that we use and colored it to make it beautiful. I'll add a beautiful border and laminate and...fix my oops. Can you find the oops??

New Additions

Check out this new addition to the classroom. I reclaimed the couch that was in our classroom, but brought in this chaise lounge. The best part is that the colors in the pillows match my bird decor and I didn't have to buy them....I already had it!!

 

I am working on a couple of bulletin boards. The smaller of the two will be my birthday bulletin board, but I'm not quite done yet. I am making letters and month labels. I will upload them soon!  I bought the fun candle at JoAnn Fabrics a while back. Now that I see the pictures I see that I have a few wrinkles to smooth out of the fabric.

I got this file cabinet from a retiring teacher. She was actually my cooperating teacher when I was student teaching in second grade. The original color of the file cabinet was a 70's green. Wait....maybe this is a little 70's ish? haha, I wouldn't know, but I love the bright color. Just a little spray paint and it fits right in with my bird decor. : )

Okay, so try to ignore the mess on my desk and the solo flip flop (I always kick my shoes off when working. If I had it my way I would be bare foot 24 hours of the day and 7 days of the week.) I recently purchased some fun wall decalls from sixunderatree on Etsy. Aren't they sooo cute. I'm getting ready for my bird theme! My desk was pretty bare and I thought this would be a fun way to introduce some color!!!

Check out the awesome tree wall decal too! I got this on my recent trip to Menards in Minot, ND. This is on the dividing wall in the coat room. It was just a bare blue space so I added some more detail. I couldn't put a bulletin board back there because the space is too narrow. I can just see the paper and hard work coming off the wall as the little kiddos struggle into their winter gear. This should stay put though. Love Love Love.

Writing Book Covers!!!

Check out my writing book covers! If you download the book covers please comment and let me know how I can improve them! : )  In the download are book covers for September through May! : ) The other pages for the writing books will come soon!! I created these writing book covers using graphics from mycutegraphics.com and the doodle frames are from scrappincop.com.  Click here for your copy!

My Summer To Do List:

1.     Recreate my classroom into a form of this great classroom! Check out my inspiration here: http://www.schoolgirlstyle.com/2011/09/bird-theme/  I’m in love with the color scheme.

2.    BLOG MORE!!!

3.     Create writing books for each month of the school year. : )

4.    Organize my bulletin boards by theme—Nikki gave me a great idea. I promise I’ll blog about it. : )

5.    Get acquainted with our new Reading Series: Treasures and plan out the year using Kindergarten Works awesome and pretty planning calendar. http://www.kindergartenworks.com/

Easter Grass Fun

My students absolutley love digging in the grass to find hidden items. They pull out an item and record it on their paper. Click here for your copy. Students draw a picture of what they found, then stretch out the word to write.  I had originally used this mass about of Easter grass during my bug unit when I put tweezers and plastic bugs out for students to explore with!