Sale Ends Tonight

Hurry! There's still time to take advantage of TPT's annual back to school sale! It ends tonight at midnight. My entire store is on sale 20%, but don't forget to add the back to school promo code BTS15 to get the extra 8% off.

After Vegas (which was ah-maz-ing) I came home and got to work on a new set that I'm excited to share. Just like my Zoo Friends set, I have created alphabet headers, flashcards and letter work that all match. These of course don't use animals, hence the big difference between the two! As a first grade teacher I know how important it is to be consistent when teaching students their letter names and sounds for the first time. Check them out here!

Here is a peak at my best selling Zoo Friends set. This set does align with the same animals as used in the Zoo Phonics program.

Happy shopping! I'm off to finalize my cart! :)

I hung a WHAT on the wall?!

Today, as I was digging through a box of random junk... I mean, so-called-teaching-supplies, I found a plastic tablecloth from Target. I remember getting this tablecloth on clearance about 2 years ago with the thought that it'd be nice to lay out on Field Day for when my students and I had lunch outside. Well, two years and a move to Alaska later, it resurfaced.

I loved the design and my goal for the day was to make an area outside my room to display my first graders' Writing Workshop. My school is kind of amazing in that EVERY single wall is a bulletin board. Hello stapler and goodbye hot glue gun.

I hung the tablecloth! At first it looked kind of sketchy and I was regretting the decision. I scrummaged around and found some border. Unfortunately, I didn't have enough of one kind so I had to use two. (I think it turned out pretty seamless though) Last but not least I hot glued some clothespins to some white construction paper and then stapled it to the tablecloth. The finishing touch was some tissue paper flowers.

What do you think?