2017 - 2018 Classroom Reveal!

I have been anxiously awaiting the chance to enter my new classroom all summer! This week, I got to and I got to see what my new space looked like! This past week was filled with early mornings, late nights, and lots of coffee. I'm so glad that my mom was able to take off 3 days this week to help me move in and my brother was able to come up a couple times and help move heavy boxes and hang things from the ceiling. This was THE quickest move in and set up I've had to do to date!

The before, with a few boxes the previous teacher still had to move out.

P-I-Z-Z-A!

A while back {like, a year and a half ago} I posted about homemade pizza dough, but never had the pizza I made to go along with it! Don't worry, I'm getting better at remembering to take pictures while I cook! 

Today's a treat, because I have not one, not two, but 3 different pizzas made using this DELICIOUS dough. Although, only 1 of them is detailed. The others are pictures I managed to take after pulling them out of the oven on family pizza night.

Here's The Tea ...

This post may get a little TMI for some of you ... so that's your heads up!

Back to School!

August is just around the corner, so you know what that means ... time for Back to School sales!

For 2 days only on TeachersPayTeachers, enjoy 20% off EVERYTHING in my store, PLUS and extra 5% off when you use promo code: BTS2017 at check out! Now is the PERFECT time to get all of those resources you've been adding to your wish list and holding out on.


Visit my store by clicking here, or in my drop down menu by clicking on My Products and then TPT. Remember, it's only August 1st and 2nd!

Happy teaching!

My Crazy Summer!

Hello all! I haven't had my typical teacher summer this year. That is to say, I haven't really had off  this summer to work on too many teacher things! I moved back to Dallas at the end of May {Memorial Weekend to be exact}, and after taking 2 trips to gather my classroom and household items ... because I was given the wrong sized moving truck - I was able to enjoy about a week and a half off before starting work at Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children for the summer. When I was in middle school, I was a junior volunteer {candy stripper} and in high school, I was a Human Resources summer intern. It's definitely one of the best places to be! Teachers, take your kids here on a field trip! Get a tour of the hospital, have a picnic outside and play in Alan Shivers Park, get some of the best popcorn you've ever had, make a day out of it!

Teacher Planner

I know, I know, it's June and officially summer time for most of us teachers! No one is trying to think about school for the next 2 months. BUT, if you're like me, then you want to spend a little time planning and organizing for next year while you don't have to worry about meetings, parents and assessing. That's why I was so excited when I got my reminder email yesterday from Malia at Playdough to Plato. She JUST uploaded the new 20117 - 2018 teacher planner! And if that wasn't exciting enough ... it's free! 

I used her lesson plan book template last year and loved it! It's brightly colored (which anyone who knows me will know suits me to a t!), editable and has just about every checklist you could think of. Did I also mention that it's free??

Now I will admit, it took some getting used to to be able to break away from the computer for everything. On days when I just didn't have time to turn the computer on or didn't have an iPad charged to use while walking around, this planner was a life saver! With 11 classes of 32-42 and sometimes 50, I need to be able to jot down which groups students were in, who was working on what and keep track of a lot of different activities and areas. Perfect. Tool.

Head on over to Playdough to Plato and get your free teacher planner for 2017 - 2018! 

I like to use this planner in a binder and in conjunction with my adorable Blue Sky planner (I get mine at Target, but you can peruse all of their different planners here). I find it best to place some of the pages in plastic sleeves and use a Vis-a-Vis wet erase marker so write on it. That way, I can reuse a lot of the pages without having to worry about wasting so much paper! It's also helpful if I need to make notes about what did and did not work for certain lessons.

As soon as I have my things unpacked, I'll upload some pictures of my planner!

Happy Planning!

Free STEM Lesson Plans!

AFTERNOON UPDATE:  I did find, after all, that as an educator, you are able to set up a free Microsoft Educators account with your school email. This would have been good to know a year and a half ago so I could've saved some money each month! Lesson learned ... research more than you think you are.

Microsoft Office for Educators