Leavin' on a Jetplane! (And a Sale!)

Sorry. Long time, no update. Why anybody decided that teachers need to earn a certain number of graduate credits in their first few years teaching is beyond me. Just finished up my first 2 grad classes this week, and I finally feel like I can breathe. I finally feel like the school year is ACTUALLY over and I can start to enjoy my summer! AND, it just hit me that I'm leaving for vacation in 2 days. And by vacation, I mean a cruise. And by a cruise, I mean a cruise that leaves from Venice. Not Venice Beach. The real Venice. As in, I'm flying to Italy in 2 freaking days. I'm scared out of my wits very excited to be flying over the ocean for the first time. I'm going to sleep the whole way there and pretend I'm in my bed.

Because I'm so pumped that my first 2 grad classes are over, I'm throwing everything in my TpT store on sale for the next 2 days. Some of you have already snagged my Common Core "I Can" Statements, so if you haven't yet, now's the perfect time!!

And thanks to all of you who've already headed over to Bloglovin to follow my blog! Google Reader is going away in just a few days, so if you haven't taken the time to import all the blogs you follow, I'd head over there soon! There's a button on the side of my blog to head you in the right direction.

Hope you're all enjoying your summers!

Bye-bye, Google Reader...

So, I've been told that Google Reader is to be no more as of July 1.  I'm confused, I don't know what's happening, I don't know what to do, so I'm taking notes from my blogging friends.

What does this mean for you?  Well, it's simple.  If you want to continue following all of the blogs that you currently follow then you are going to need to do this:

Step 1: head over to Bloglovin.com

Step 2: 

Click on that blue button.  It will then prompt you to enter in YOUR blog address as well as some other information.

Step 3: Wait patiently.  Depending on how many blogs you follow this may take a minute.

Step 4: Add Bloglovin to your Bookmark Bar for quick access

If you currently use Google Friend Connect to follow my blog, apparently you won't be able to do that anymore.  If you follow by email, you're good.

If you notice on the top right section of my blog I have one Bloglovin widget.

It looks like this:

Again, I don't quite know what all of this means, I'm just taking a hint from some fellow bloggers.  I hope this helps, though!!

Common Core "I Can" Statements

Today being my first official day without school, I decided to get some work done on the computer... I've heard buzz of people wanting "I Can" statements for the Common Core standards, so I thought I'd give it a shot. I knew it would take some time, but I completely underestimated how many stinking standards we have for first grade! 100+ slides later, I'm done with my Common Core "I Can" Statements for First Grade.

It'll be on sale in my TpT store until Thursday... Check it out!!

Don't forget about my Classroom Set-up Pack giveaway!  The winner will have their choice of the stripe set or the chevron set.

Classroom Set-up Pack

Well, school's out for summer! Yesterday was our last day, and I woke up feeling like my sinuses had been run over by a train. I popped some sudafed, which wore off as my kiddos walked out the door. Couldn't have asked for better timing. However, now I have to go back Monday to finish cleaning my room, since I got nothing done yesterday afternoon...

In other news, I've been VERY busy creating some new posters and other goodies for my room that I'd love to share!! Check out my first Classroom Set-up Pack.  This is hopefully the first of multiple sets to be made. This one is all stripe themed.

*UPDATE* I just finished CHEVRON, too!! 

It includes all of the following:

-BLANK LABELS IN EACH PATTERN
-Alphabet posters with pictures (26)
-Number posters with ten frames (1 thru 20)
-Word wall letter headers (26)
-Clock numbers (every 5 minutes)
-Table numbers (1 thru 6)
-Group numbers (1 thru 6)
-Name plates (4 patterns)
-Student numbers (1 thru 30)
-Supply labels: crayons, markers, scissors, highlighters, glue, glue sticks, glue bottles, colored pencils, pencils, dull pencils, sharp pencils, stencils, notebook paper, construction paper, dry erase markers, paper, games, recess games, puzzles, erasers, folders, homework, homework folders, mailboxes, chalk, rulers, tape, timers, whisper phones, calculators, paper clips, rubber bands, post-it notes, notebooks, paint, play-doh, pipe cleaners, stapler, pens, stamps, ink pads, stickers, counters, counting bears, clocks, money, place value blocks, ones, tens, hundreds, plane shapes, tangrams, solid figures, fractions, dice, number tiles, spinners, uni-fix cubes, white boards, chalk boards.

Wanna win a copy? Enter using my FIRST RAFFLECOPTER!!  Winner will have their choice of stripes or chevron (or something else if I finish more!!)

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I can't wait to print them out and use them in my room next year!!

One Day More!

There are only 4 hours left before some sweet, sweet time off! Tomorrow is a half-day, then we're done! Today was field day at our school, and we weren't quite sure if the rain was going to hold off long enough! It stated to sprinkle as we were lining up for a school-wide photo... perfect timing!

I wanted to share 2 awesome end of the year finds! First off, I found these candy bar awards on TpT and I aboslutely love them! I can't wait to give them to my little firsts tomorrow!! You can find them *HERE*.  I love love love them. There's 50ish different awards to choose from so that you can give each student a different one. Since I'm a Hershey native, these were a must!

I also found these bubble tags for FREE! I got bubbles 3 for a dollar at the Dollar Tree, and wrapped them with these little gems. They say "You Blew Me Away This Year!" and I love the way they turned out. Fun, easy, and cheap.

Do you have any fun end of the year gifts/awards that you do with your class?

Enjoy the rest of your year if you're not done yet!!