Summer Finds, Ideas and Goodies

I have been working on summer plans for myself, and for my Firsties and have come across some FABULOUS resources I wanted to share!

Over at Fun in First Grade she has shared a fabulous Summer Activity Packet for my firsties! I am so excited because I was really starting to wonder how I was going to get something created, do my assessments and finish report cards in the next 7 days....yikes. Only seven days left, However Jodi was kind enough to post something FABULOUS I can use, here is a link to her summer activity packet in case you are interested Fun in First: Summer Activity Calendar and... hope you enjoy it as much as I am.

I am going to be doing a Summer "Day Camp" type opportunity this summer for some of my friends kids and some of the students I've worked with this year. So I've also been looking for some reading games and activities to do with them as well. It's going to be good, and I'm hoping to be able to pay off one of our cars this summer which is a major motivation for getting extra tutoring students for the summer! So far I have my 2 regular students and am picking up 3 students for my day camp and hopefully at least 2 other tutoring students.

Well I didn't have as many resources to share as I thought I did, however I wanted to post since it has been quite a while since I did. I'll hopefully be able to get more into a rhythm this summer with blogging and set up a planner so I can become more consistent with my posts next school year.

Thanks for reading and God Bless!

Blog Name Changes...

The change may be very subtle, however I am working on my classroom website for next year, and I'm thinking that I'd like to have everything through blogger/google instead of using a separate site.

So I really like the name Mrs. Hall's Fabulous Firsts for my classroom website so I've adjusted this one to be Mrs. Hall's Fabulous Finds since most of what I post here are awesome resources that I've found and want to share. Or things that I feel could benefit you that I've done in my classroom. And I actually went with "Mrs. Hall's Fantastic Firsts" for my classroom website/blog just a tiny twist on what this site used to be. I'm hoping that by starting now I can have it up and running by next school year which really isn't that far away...yikes...only 20 more days for us until the end of the year. That's a lot of end of the year testing and evaluation :-) Better get back to it :-)

Hope you enjoy and that this didn't confuse or cause anyone any problems :-)

Have a blessed day!

Construction Paper Organization

Updated post...I hope to update again when I figure out how to rotate the photo and place a new photo of it actually in my closet.

Is anyone else frustrated by the stack of construction paper that is sitting in their storage closet? I was totally fed up with it and I cannot remember where I first saw this idea however its so much better than the nasty stack of construction paper that was in my closet prior to organizing this.

Sorry I can't figure out how to rotate the picture, I posted the original blog post from my phone. 

Here is the link to the boxes from Ikea, unfortunately they don't sell them online but its the best price for magazine boxes I've ever found! For me it's worth the drive to Phoenix to buy them. Last time I went I bought about 10 packages of them.

The other idea I've found that I love is from a blog I've found called Two Things in Common 

Love it. If I find a way to have an extra file drawer I may switch to that, however for now I love my new way to store them!

Mrs. Hall he took my eraser...

But Mrs. Hall she did it first....

I've about had all I can take of the tattling! It seems to be getting worse instead of better.

I introduced Tommy the Tattling Turtle at the beginning of the year however it seems that we need to revisit him. I've made a cute poster that I modified from one I found from Really Good Stuff originally (I already had the turtle so I didn't want to buy the whole kit) and then from a blog post over on Teaching Blog Addict

Here is my version: (still trying to figure out how to get pictures and links up here without taking an hour and a half to get it saved in the right format and on here :-/ here's hoping it worked, the google docs version doesn't have the weird white part sorry maybe I'll fix it later but it's my lunch time and I need to go eat before the kiddos come back!)

Edit - I found a great new blog tonight...

So, I had a question...I had found a post with a whole lot of organization and center ideas and now I can't find it again :''(

I'd checked Clutter-free Classroom & Ladybugs Teacher Files two of my all time favorite blogs!

I had found this post the other day and wasn't able to print it, and when I went back to blogger today to print things out I couldn't find it again...so I was rather sad and frustrated. Well I guess the other day when  I was on Pinterest I had found her blog and forgot to follow her...yes I pinned her post and forgot to follow :-/ so today when I was searching blogger I couldn't find it...

Well that which was lost has now been found and if you are looking to revamp your classroom organization or centers Mrs. Clapp over at Serenade to Second Grade has some great ideas in this post!

Thank you Pinterest for helping me discover great new ideas, and thank you Lord for helping me remember where I found it!

My first 2012 post is...

A giveaway...who would have guessed...

Kristin over at Teeny Tiny Teacher is hosting a quick new years give away...I love giveaways as you know and I love her blog. She is so generous and shares much of what she has created! As most teachers I don't have a lot of extra money to spend on things, so it is great when I can find something she has posted that I can use...AWESOME.

Anyway, head over and check out her Uno, Dos, Tres Giveway...

Have a blessed new year, I'll be back...