New Pencil Pails!!! Label Freebie!

let me show you my little treasure I found!

I went to FOUR {FOUR!!!} different Targets looking for this baby! :)

Now, it will accompany its sister that I bought yesterday:

See the little red bucket on the left???

This is my plan for them:

Source: 2ndgradepad.blogspot.com via Sandra on Pinterest

Thanks to the awesome idea from 2nd Grade Pad... I'm going to use these for my sharp and dull pencils!
This is what I did last year:

Source: peacelovelearning.blogspot.com via Sandra on Pinterest

Sooo, I love these labels from Peace, Love, and Learning and the adorable pencil buckets that I had gotten from Wal-Mart but my kiddos didn't really see the difference and had to constantly check each pencil... blah! So I decided to make similar labels that go with my theme {brights} a little better and put them on the red and green buckets! Green = good to go pencils and red = not so ready! :)
Here are mine!

Love, love, love!
If you are interested in the labels click {HERE} or on the image below!

Off I go to buy a birthday present! :)

Have a fabulous Saturday!

Target Finds = Pinterest Ideas

Lovelies!! How are we all doing?
I am doing fabulous! The husband had his citizenship ceremony today! So exciting!
To celebrate we went to Target! Ok, we stopped by Target after lunch... I just HAD to stop by!
I usually don't like to go to Target because I will come out with a TON of stuff that I really don't need but that I love! Well, today was NO exception!
Look at my loot!

All from the infamous One Spot!
So here are my thoughts on what I will do with all of these awesome buckets!

First up, these super bright green and pink buckets! They match my walls perfectly!

In case you haven't seen:

EW! Please only look at the walls!! OK, look at that mess... that was from the time I was SUPPOSED to organize {haha} well one wall is a bright green {along with the sink area} and two other walls are pink! <3 

I love them! I plan to paint the other 2 walls next month! {PURPLE and YELLOW}

Back to the buckets! 

I would love to do this...

Source: peaceloveandfirstgrade.blogspot.com via Sandra on Pinterest

This is an awesome replacement to those darn popsicle sticks!!! I always drop them and they GO EVERYWHERE!!! Haha and then all of the kids rush to "help" me and chaos breaks loose!!!
This post is from the amazing Laura over at Peace, Love, and First Grade! I saw this a WHILE ago and right away I went and bought more clips, I painted them with a coat of yellow acrylic paint and never finished my project! They are sitting somewhere packed up in my classroom... which I won't be able to get to until 2 weeks before school :(
I might have to take another trip to Wal-Mart and buy more so I can have this ready by then!
Look at my bucket with my new label that I just made for it!!! So pretty!

MMMM... look at my latte... YUM!

Back to the bucket! I love it so much! I just whipped this up for this post and I can't wait to laminate it for durability!

If you love it, I made 2 different color labels, grab it at my TpT store for FREE! Click {HERE} or the image below!

LOVE, LOVE, LOVE!

Well, I was planning on telling about the rest of the goodies but I think I will make a Part II for this! 

Writing blog posts take me forever!!!

Heading out to my 3rd Target right now to see if I can find a green pail {like my red one above}!!

I'll let you know if I find it and what I plan to do with it! :)

Before I leave here are some pics of today!

Took my nephew and daughter to watch the new Madagascar 3 in 3D! It was pretty cute... and look at my little hipsters! Haha!

The sweeties and I after the movie!

Yes, that's the same latte... I have yet to finish it!

Just the kids! So cute!

Have a super evening! 

Laters!

Currently {June}

Wooh! Only one day after it started and I am linking up! Thanks Farley over at Oh' Boy 4th Grade for setting up this awesome and fun linky party EVERY month! :)
Go check out her adorable MUSTACHE!

I seriously love her!!! She got me addicted to Birchbox and she is just so real and fun! I mean, she is wearing a tutu in her about me picture! How awesome is that???!!!Well, here is my June Currently!

So obviously I am teaching summer school! This is a big deal in my district and new teachers {I just finished my second year} usually don't get hired for it. It is a NCLB summer school. I got hired as a math teacher last year for summer school and I LOVED it... Math was a "special" so the homeroom teachers get a prep so I had a class for 30 minutes and we just played fun math games! Seriously, I was getting paid to play math games with dice, cards, dominoes, and such!!! :)

Back Story: When I started my college, I wanted to teach middle school math so I took all of my math classes so I could be Highly Qualified... Once I was in the teaching program, I HAD TO intern in a first grade classroom and well, what can I say? It was like love at first sight!!! I loved the curriculum and the kids and the LOVE! Haha! 

Then, I never went back to middle school... ended up student teaching in first grade, got my first job in Kinder and then now in first!

Ok... so back to summer school... It's really fun and I get to practice something that I love: math and I get to work with other grades {K-6}! I want to do so many things for my classroom but I just need to find the time and motivation!! :)I would love to travel but it's just tooooo expensive! I need to stop shopping and start saving! I gotta get back to work! Talk to ya'll laters! :)

Hello Lovelies and Power Standards!

Wow, wow, wow! I haven't posted in a long whiles so if you are still a follower... HOORAY!!! Like every other teacher, I was super busy with the end of year activities, assessments, and celebrations! My firsties are going to be second graders!
The last day of school was on Thursday with a teacher workday on Friday. I was back at another school yesterday for my district's Summer Math Academy! This is where our district has 3 full days of professional development concerning math to K-3 teachers and this year it's focused on common core! I was supposed to be an attendee but somehow I managed myself to be a PRESENTER of a class! Say whaaaat? Yes, I am presenting a class on one of our school program's website! I feel honored and just so cool to be presenting! :)

Fancy Schmancy Name Tag LOL!

I didn't present one of the classes yesterday, so I was able to attend another one and it was based on Power Standards. Is anyone familiar with Power Standards?
From what I heard {from this 2 hour class}, Power Standards are standards that your school "focuses" on. It seemed to me that these would be the "important" standards that your kiddos would NEED to know. HMMM!
I also heard about setting a school goal for all math assessments and reteaching/reassessing until our kiddos hit that goal! Wow!!! I will post more information as soon as I get it!
I'm excited and anxious for next year to start! I have so many ideas but not enough time.
I still have a TON of pictures from the end of the year {2 field trips, Mother's Day, etc.} that I need to post about... add that to my to-do list...
I also want to post about Whole Brain Teaching more... since they started a certification process... add that to my to-do list...
I hope everyone is safe and healthy! :) Enjoy the summer, ladies... I know I will! I start summer school on Friday... blah!!
Laters, baby... HAHAHA {sorry, had to throw that in... I'm on the last book of the trilogy!}

End of the Year Skills Review! Quick quick giveaway!

Helloooo lovelies! It's a great day... a Wednesday.... which means it is almost Thursday and then ALMOST Friday! Woop woop!
Summer is fast approaching! We have 11 school days left and one of those is a field trip {a week before school ends EEEEKK!} I am using this time to review skills that haven't been exactly mastered!
So, I am working on an End of the Year Skills Review Pack. It will have summer-themed centers that can be used at the end of the year!
I have had this center floating around on my computer and I thought I would share it for a quick giveaway. Here is the cover page:

Here is the preview!!!

This center will be a part of the summer-themed End of the Year Review Pack! It will be on TpT as a FREEBIE for 24 hours! It is 3:15 AZ time right now!! Grab it {HERE} or click the images above!!! I would love to hear some feedback on TpT if you grab it ;)

I can't wait to get this pack ready to go! Hopefully by this weekend!

On personal news, the husband had his citizenship interview today! Yay, he is now a U.S. Citizen! I am so proud of him! He worked really hard to get where he is today! :)

I am taking him out to lunch to celebrate... YUM SUSHI!

Check out these awesome giveaways!

31! Giveaway!!! AWESOME
Miss Nelson always has some amazing giveaways... I am hoping to win one soon! :)

May Currently and Sale!

I missed March and April... actually did them just didn't post them!!! Ooops! 

Well I wrote this up earlier... I no longer hear my little one slurping her grapefruit... LOL

I have just a few weeks of school left! I can't believe how fast it's going! My second year is already ending!

I didn't do the Insanity workout today... haha I did exactly as I was thinking! I did it for the past 3 days and I can barely bend down!!! Haha I'm so so sore! Has anyone else done this???

Speaking of exercise... I love me some sweets... particularly craving frozen yogurt or custard... YUM!

I am almost done cutting all of my centers... my bestie is helping me with those! This is the big ol' roll of lamination that I had!

I pretend to Know-It-All even though I don't but I do love learning about everything!!! I also really love reading... one of my passions so that would be my platform!! :) Hehehe the pageant title was a tough one... mine is lame 

Well, alrighty then!

Head on over to Farley's blog to check it out and join!

Head on over to my TpT store and score 20 percent off all of my items and add 10% from TpT...

Check out the items that are in my TpT shop...Click on any of the images below to head on over!!!

I have my cart full and ready to check out! :)

Go enter TN's Teacher Appreciation Week Sweepstakes!!! I just did!

Check out Swimming in Second's awesome giveaway! A Pikle! Have you heard of them? They are little purse like things with essentials!! I could totally see myself using it but I can't justify spending 40 bucks on it... Let's see if I can win one!!! Go and check it out!

Alrighty then lovelies... enjoy the super sales this weekend!!! I can't wait to shop shop shop! :)

Everything About Mom! Mother's Day Book! Super Short Giveaway!

Lovelies!!! I hope you are having a fantastic ALMOST Friday! I am excited for the weekend! No plans but I am going to love resting!
I whipped up this little Mother's Day book for my kiddos to do next week to accompany the Mother's Day gift we are making {another post to come}! It is simple and pretty generic but perfect for my ELLs!

 Book Cover!

Kiddos can draw their beautiful Mom!

Everything that is in this pack above!

I am starting this with my kiddos today! I cant wait to put them together, wrap them up, and send them home next Friday! :) 

To celebrate me finishing this book, I am going to do a super quick giveaway for all of my superstar followers! 

I am going to set this up in TpT for FREE for 6 hours. Yes, completely FREE! Check it out {HERE} After the ten hours, I will re-set it to its original price of $2.50. I do ask that you do ONE super quick thing... CAN YOU PLEASE PRETTY PLEASE LEAVE ME SOME FEEDBACK ON TPT??! I would really LOVE to know what you think about it! 

It's 10:30 here in AZ, so I will set it back to its original price at 4:30 AZ time! I think this will give plenty of time for us to check blogger by the time we get home from school! Thanks for all who participated!! :)

Check out the book on TpT {HERE}

Check out the book on TN {COMING SOON}

Enjoy and have an awesome Thursday, friends!