Monday Made-It

Joining up with Tara for today's Monday Made-it.

I am trying to get organized for next school year...Yes, I know summer JUST started. Since I am moving to a brand-new school I know I will need as much time as possible in August to unpack. I made a printable calendar for my teacher binder. I plan to print it and hole-punch it, then put it at the front of my binder. I wanted something functional and cute.

 

I got the backgrounds from Absolutely Janie and the borders from HoneyDew Design.
The font is Rowdy Spunky from Rowdy in Room 300.

If you would like the file, help yourself!  You can download it from Google Docs.
2013-2014 Calendar

Currently...July!

I think my favorite thing about summer is time.  I have time to visit with family and friends, clean my house, read books, watch TV, and relax.  Basically time to do anything I want!

I spent a great weekend with my sister, brother-in-law, my 15 month old niece.  She is such a cutie and can almost say my name.  I hate traffic around DC and the 2.5 hour trip took me 4 hours, but it was worth it.  It is nice to sit here, watch True Blood, and catch up in the blogging world.  Now...if only I could stop playing candy crush.

Join in this month's currently by heading over to http://ohboy3rdgrade.blogspot.com.

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Testing!

Oh the joys of testing!  Our "testing season" has officially begun and will continue for the next 3 weeks.  I can't decide if I prefer to test all subjects back-to-back or if I like having 4 days in between each test.

I can't complain though.  My kids worked really hard on their first test today and I am sure they did a fabulous job.

I made a new door sign...I was tired of the standard "Do Not Disturb" and "Testing" signs they give us.

Feel free to grab a copy for your classroom!  Just click on the photo above or click here.

Birthday Giveaway!!

Mrs. Wilson over at Confessions of a Teaching Junkie is having an awesome giveaway!


Head over to her site to check it out!!
http://confessionsofateachingjunkie.blogspot.com/2013/03/its-bloggy-birthday-bash.html

Currently...2013

Happy New Year!  My goal this year is to post 2-3 times a month (gotta start somewhere, right?).  I am enjoying my last few days of winter break and am going to finally tackle my growing to-do list.  To start my 2013 blogging, I am joining in Farley's "Currently".

You can join in too by going to Farley's page at Oh' Boy 4th Grade.

Hope you have a healthy and happy 2013!!

~Alissa

A look inside....

The first three weeks of school have been crazy!  Getting things setup, meetings, helping plan a lip dub, open house, and back to school night....oh yeah...and some teaching!!! :-)

Anyway, as promised, here is a look inside my classroom.  You will see several pinterest-inspired ideas in my room this year and I am very excited how it turned out.

bulletin board outside my room

view from the door

Promethean board (my fav) and the front of the room

bookshelf (dictionaries, thesaurus, ActivExpressions, deskmaps, etc)

student cubbies

back counter

rest of the back counter

student work

reading corner

reading table

my desk

side of my desk w/ my teacher toolbox (and LIFE PLANNER!)