Easter Freebies!

Do you have an Easter freebie to share?  Are you looking for Easter ideas?

I felt it was time for an Easter Linky Party.  I hadn't seen any, so I decided to set one up!

Just hop on over to Elementary Matters, link up, or check out the freebies left from others!  Have fun!

Guided Reading linky!

Come on over and learn about a great linky that is taking place this week!

Hallway Decoration Linky Party

I finished my door today and I wanted to share!!!

Come on over and link up!!!

Tell Me More, Tell Me More

Step into Second Grade with Mrs. Lemons is having a "Tell Me More" linky party!  This is your chance to learn more about all your teacher/ blogger friends!  You can catch my entry here.  Then you can go explore the lives of plenty of other teacher bloggers!  You know, we're some interesting people!

A Little Bit of This, A Little Bit of That

A song from "Fiddler on the Roof" echoes in my head as I think about all the different things that have gone on with my blog and my life the last week or so.  It includes linky parties, giving advice, the Great Postcard Exchange, guest posting, and even golf camp!  Come on over to Elementary Matters and see what's been going on!

My DIY Summer

Like many of you, I decided to make this a DIY (Do It Yourself) summer. I linked up with 4th grade Frolics "Made It Monday" linky party, so come on over and see what I made-- my own dividers for my plan book and much more! Then you can follow the link to MANY other cool projects for inspiration!!

http://emilystuff.wordpress.com/

Turn the Music Up!

Do you like to play music in your classroom?  What do you play?  Hop over to Elementary Matters and see the music I play.  Then follow the linky to several other posts about music!

Sally

You Know it's Summer Vacation When...

Teachers do appreciate their summer vacations!  Come on over to Elementary Matters to see my additions to this linky party!
Sally

Rockin' Teacher Materials: A Math Linky & Winner of the Easi-Speak!

Rockin' Teacher Materials: A Math Linky & Winner of the Easi-Speak!: I found this awesome blog and they have a Math Linky party going on! There are already some great blog posts listed and there are only 8 hours left to join! Oh, and did I tell you . . . we have a winner of the Easi-Speak!

See you in a few!

              

Tax Day Sale!

Wouldn't you love to spend your tax refund on teacher supplies?

Come on over to Elementary Matters to see what's for sale!  Follow me over to Rockin' Teacher Materials to see who else is also having a sale!
Sally
 

Look What I Found!

If you're a Pinterest fan, you're going to love this linky party!  Come on over to Elementary Matters for details!  

Sally

In a box or with a fox, this linky party will rock your socks!

I'm currently hosting a giveaway and a linky party on my blog... both of them are for Dr. Seuss activities!

Come on over for a chance to win and join in the linky fun!  You're sure to find some GREAT resources in the linky party!

 :)
 Christina

Developing Open Response Answers

How are your student at Open Response questions?  Come on over to Elementary Matters to see how I bribe teach my students to strive for "above and beyond expectations on the Open Response answers!

Sally

Then hop on over to The Diary of a Not So Wimpy Teacher for the linky party on Test Prep! 

A Day in My Shoes

There's another Linky Party going on!  This one is called A Day in My Shoes and it's sponsored by Katie at Adventures in Teaching 6th grade.      Hop on over to Elementary Matters to see how I spend my day.  Then hop over to Adventures in Teaching 6th Grade to see how other teachers spend their day.  You may notice a common thread... no one ever has enough time!

Sally

Top Three Blog Posts

Come check out my top three blog posts for the year!  Then check out Fern Smith's blog for her linky party to see lots more top three posts!



 Sally

Your Favorite Word Work Idea Linky Party!

Do you have a great word work idea that you would like to share with others? If so, head on over to Rockin' Teacher Materials to link up your fabulous idea! Check out some of the other great ideas as well.

Can't wait to see your ideas!

  



American Pride Linky Party

Hi friends, 

Denise here from Sunny Days. I'm sure you remember exactly where you were on that fateful day ten years ago that changed America forever. What a dark day in American history. I have to say that I'm a bit ashamed that I never really honored that day properly in my classroom due to my own insecurity of exactly how to handle it. This year was very different. Click on the picture below to stop by the blog and see how we remembered 9/11. Be sure to add your ideas to my American Pride linky party. 

Bucket Filling!

I survived the first day! My bucket runneth over today with my wonderful students and I am excited to start doing bucket filling with them in the next week or so.

Until that time, Marygrove College has posted a blog post that I wrote all about bucket filling and is hosting a linky party for you to share your best bucket filling tips and ways to keep the program successful and exciting for your students all year long.

I hope you'll head over and check it out. I'm going to wait to start bucket filling until the linky party expires so that I can see everyone's great suggestions. I want this year of bucket filling to be the fillingest year yet for my kiddos!

Have a great week!

:)
Christina

You're Invited To My Linky Party!

I finished my "Welcome" bulletin board today and couldn't wait to come home and share it with everyone! Then I was thinking about how I would love to see all of YOUR "Welcome" BB pictures... so you are invited to join my linky party to show off what you've created!

Head over to my blog to join the fun!


:)
Christina

Today was a wonderful day in the classroom.  I pretty much have everything set and my Teamie and I got to work our bulletin board between our 2 rooms.  Now we always try to do a pretty fantastic job but this year...SHAzam!  It turned out super cool and the best part we only had to by the border.  The rest we just dug through the trash for.  It was so much fun!

My Teamie forgot to send out the Movie and the Park notices last year so we kept them and laminated them for the board this year.  Those are the cute popcorn boxes.  We even popped some corn and hot glued it to the boxes.  (We also may have eaten some of the glue due to it sticking to our hands and us eating popcorn during the process.)

We made the Action sign out of the top of a paper box.  We painted it black and added the wording in chalk.  The top is some Styrofoam that we found in our closet.

We decided to use the words Teachers, Children, ACTION! instead of Lights, Camera, ACTION!  I just love making our rooms exciting and also the hallways.  I get such a thrill out of the oooohs and aaaahs that you hear on Meet the Teacher Night as the new 2nd grade families head down the hall.  It makes the paint under the nails, the hot glue burns, and the millions of staples worth it. 

I would love to see what your Back to School Bulletin board looks like.

Link up at The Schroeder Page...PRETTY PLEASE!