50th day of school

Oh, how I LOVE the 50th day of school! It's so much fun dressing up and teaching my students about life in the '50s! The 50th day of school wouldn't be complete without a poodle skirt! 

 

Another favorite activity is making a Coke float (I'm not a fan of root beer😬.) Yum!

We also had a hula hoop contest, practiced blowing bubbles with gum, and learned the Hand Jive! What are some fun activities you do for the 50th day?

Lemonade stand tutorial

What's a lemonade themed classroom without a lemonade stand?! I knew I had to have one in there but I had to figure out how to make it useful for learning! I came up with the perfect center idea....use it as a listening center storage area!!! 

Because I was making this stand by myself (girl power!) I had to figure out the easiest way to do this with the least amount of tools! I bought a simple 3 shelve bookshelf from Walmart for $15.

Materials:

After putting the bookshelf together, I nailed a piece of beadboard paneling ($5) to the back (I had Home Depot cut it to the exact size I would need). By using this paneling, it was easy to paint cute yellow stripes. I bought a small sample of yellow paint to use (about $2).

Painting stripes: 

After nailing it to the bookshelf:

I added 2 small wooden poles to the sides to hold my cute lemonade bunting. 

The finished product:

It turned out adorable! On the backside, there are shelves to store books, CDs, and headphones. The entire project cost less than $25! 

Classroom Tour 2015-2016

This year I decided to completely change my classroom theme. It has been a lot of work, but I think I like it!!!

Here is a look at my lemonade stand themed classroom! 

From the enterance: 

Word wall, writing center, and author's chair:

Close-up:

Math word wall, tool boxes, and math storage:

Close-up:

Clip chart and classroom rules:

Cute lemons ready to hang student work:

Small group table and lemon tree:

Class library: 

Listening center lemonade stand (tutorial to come!):

Carpet/ smart board area:

Calendar math board: 

Our reading buddies:

Our classroom enterance and AR goals:

I hope you enjoyed my classroom tour!!! ❤️

Community Leader Day

We had a very successful Community Leader Day! After learning all about community helpers, our students came to school dressed as their favorite community helper! We invited leaders from our community to come and speak to the school about what they do to help our community! It was a great day of learning and community involvement! 

Our community leaders!

My adorable leaders!

Teachers Pay Teacher Sale!

Stop by Teachers Pay Teachers and be sure to take advantage of the 

"Teachers are Heroes" sale!!!! 

Presidents Day fun!

Teaching about the Presidents is always so fun in kindergarten. It is so cute to hear about how all of these babies want to be the next president and live in the White House. One of my students said that he would save a special room for me to come and visit him! How cute is that?!!!  

We made a web of what we learned about President Washington and President Lincoln. Of course we had to make a mini-craft to go along with it!!! 

Hey Y'all....it's Mardi Gras!!!

We are officially in the Mardi Gras recovering mode!!!  It has been so nice having this fabulous week off of school...yes, the WHOLE week!!!!  Heavenly!!!!  In honor of being the birthplace of Mardi Gras (look it up!), here are some pictures of the fun we have had celebrating Mardi Gras in the classroom! 

We sampled King Cake and talked about the tradition. The different colors represent different things: purple for justice, green for faith, and the gold for power. The three colors are in honor of the 3 kings who visited Jesus on Epiphany.  There is also a small plastic baby hidden in the cake, said to represent baby Jesus.  Tradition stands that whomever finds the baby has to buy the next King Cake! 

After we tasted our King Cake, we made a King Cake craft. I took a paper plate and cut out the inside. The students used their watercolor paints to paint the cake the traditional colors. Don't forget to add some glitter for the sugary sprinkles!  This activity made the perfect festive bulletin board!