A Whole Lot of Random! :)

Okay…let me just say I’m so sorry!!  I had intentions of announcing the last winner, sharing a freebie and more this weekend!  But, I was home with my family and needed to enjoy some time with them. We had a HUGE garage sale on Friday and Saturday…in the RAIN.  Fun right?  I was soaking wet all day Friday.  But, we sold a bunch of stuff and donated the rest, so it was all worth it!  Then we celebrated Mother’s Day with the whole family. Such a fun time!
Now for the winner!!
Congratulations Claudia!! I’ll be emailing you shortly!

Now for a freebie! 

I guess technically these could be used anywhere but they are great for end of the year gifts or teacher appreciation gifts!  Just simple little thank you notes to let people know how thankful you are!!

Just print and cut pages in half! Two thank you notes per page.  Click the image above for your free download!
Last week I posted a freebie on Teachers Pay Teachers.  It is a cute poem to send home to parents just sharing how much you enjoyed having their kiddos in class.  Well, I had a thought for a craftivity this weekend!  The final product looks like this:

The poem is at the bottom on the flowerpot and you put a picture of the student in the middle of the flower! I was pleased with how it came out! You can get it for $1.50!

Get it here:

Enjoy!

Freebie Friday!-End of Year Class Book

So the end of the year is drawing very, very near!  And I wanted to share something that I love to do at the end of the school year!!!!
Do you find yourself talking with your kiddos about their favorite days of the school year?  Or overhear them talking about them?  Well, I’ve got a great class book idea for you!!

Our Favorite Days of…  Students can write about their very favorite day of kindergarten (or whatever grade you teach)!  Now, I suggest a little brainstorming and discussion so that kiddos don’t struggle to decide on a favorite, but they love love writing about it!  Then we all shared ours (I even wrote one ).  I did this my first year of teaching and it may have been my favorite thing from the end of the year.   I haven’t even told you my favorite part!  I saved their writing and compiled it into a class book.  Then, the first couple of days of the next year (with my new class) I read the class book!  My new kinders loved getting to hear about the fun things they might get to do, and it was a great discussion too about the writers they would become by the end of the year! They ATE IT UP!  And, I loved going back and reading and reminiscing…so everyone wins, right!?
I’ve created a little freebie pack for you all!  It includes cover pages and writing pages for K-5 plus one that uses just “school” instead of a grade level so that multi-grade classes and special ed classes could also utilize it.  I included a half page with picture space and a full page of writing paper for you to choose from!

Get it here!

Enjoy!!! I would love to hear about how you use it in your classroom!!