Super-Hero Stamina!

Hey friends!

Stopping in real quick for a post about an awesome find from Target's Dollar Bin. That place is where it is at y'all!! 

I found these sweet little capes in the dollar bin at Target. So I decided to stop picking a stamina queen and king for Daily 5 and choose two Stamina Super-Heros! 

Each day I pick two kids that had awesome stamina and they get to wear the capes in the morning until lunch. It has been a hit!!

Check out these two cuties rocking the capes. Love this picture because it definitely captures their personalities! 

One Dollar. One Dollar! Get 'em while they are hot! There are some other really cool items in there as well such as masks and even some police badges, which I snatched up as well. 

Hope to pop by this weekend to link up for the Five for Friday link up!

Enjoy the rest of your week! 

Sarah :)

Monday (ummm make that Sunday) Made it!

Hello friends!

Happy Sunday! 

I am linking up a wee bit late to 4th Grade Frolics' Monday Made it linky! I don't have too much to add because I have been busy and have caught my first cold (went to the doctor and found out it is a sinus infection after I started this post!) of the year (YUCK). Oh and did I mention it's only the first full week of the year for the kids? 

I mentioned in my last post that I made an anniversary gift for my boyfriend that was kind of teacherific! So that is what I am sharing today! 

For my boyfriend and I's two year anniversary, I made him a book called "The abcs of our love" using PicMonkey! It was a lot of fun to make and PicMonkey is one of my most favorite places on the web! I love how it turned out and I think he did too :)

I gave my boyfriend a loot crate full of Game of Throne goodies and nicknamed it Sarah's loot crate the love edition. I had so much fun wrapping it. I used Washi Tape of course!!!

Have a super week!!!

Sarah :)

Five for Fraturday!

Happy weekend, y'all!

I hope your week was fantastic! This week was my first week back in the classroom with the kiddos...I finally had a full class yesterday! After practicing routines for four days straight I am ready to get my year started! And yes, I know, I will have to keep practicing routines too but I just can't wait to get to the good stuff! :) 

I am linking up today with Doodle Bugs for her Five for Friday link up, and because I am a day late today is officially Fraturday! 

I went to a local festival last Sunday and I found these gems for 1$ each. I am in love! Not only did I help a local business, but the kids already love them. I put them in my block center. I think they will be much, much sturdier than the plastic dollar store cars I had last year. Not to mention they are one of a kind and super cute! :)

One of my favorite things we did this week was practice our gluing! Dot, dot, not a lot! I found this cute little freebie here on TpT. After we practiced, we put sprinkles on top! This little cutie did a fantastic job with her gluing and her apple turned out great! 

I have blogged before about the awesome lockers my dad made for me, but I wanted to share a picture of them all filled with the kiddos' stuff! Ignore all the bins... I was sorting the supplies into bins until we need them! I am finally done! 

But seriously, how awesome are these??? 

Last night (the reason I didn't get my blog post up yesterday!), I had my second book club meeting! It was so fun and my friend did a seriously awesome job planning it. Here is a picture of our next book and the cute little favors my friend made. If you would like to see more pictures ( and the book club set up looked like it was taken out of a magazine)  check out my Instagram: Miss Sarahsoda!

Today I leave you with two cute little quotes from two of my kids.  These moments are great reminders of why I have the best job ever!

Quote #1: After reading Howard B. Wigglebottom Learns to Listen (Howard is a bunny in case you didn't know):

One of my little friends raised their hand and said "you know, Howard kind of looks like my grandma!"

I was just happy he remembered to raise his hand! But, it sure did tickle my funny bone too!

Quote #2: "Did you know that my sister is as beautiful as a princess, but she eats like a pig? I mean she is as beautiful as a princess but she just eats like a pig!!"

How cute?!  He obviously loves his sister! 

Well, I am off to spend the weekend with my guy. It is our two year anniversary and we are headed to the OSU game today and celebrating with dinner tomorrow! I can't wait to blog about one of the gifts I made him next week!

Don't forget to stop by Doodle Bugs and check out some other great blogs!

Have a fantastic weekend! 

Sarah :)

September Currently

It's September 1st! Wait...What? Was anyone else so not prepared for this?

Where did summer go?

But either way, I am excited to link up with Farley and share my september currently!

Listening: Ok, so let me explain myself! I am not a huge Walton's fan, but the Golden Girls ended 

 (seriously, the best show of all time...I watch it daily!) and I never changed the channel!

Loving: I found the cutest tervis cup at the Hallmark Store over the weekend and my dear sweet boyfriend bought it for me! I can't wait to take coffee with me tomorrow morning!! :) If you want to see a picture of this cute little cup with Anna and Elsa on it, check it out here.

Thinking: Tomorrow is the first day with the kiddos!! YAY!!!

Wanting: A glass of coke... my favorite caffeine kick. All the cans in the world should say "Share a Coke with Sarah" because I would love you for it!

Needing: I can't think of a single thing I need right now.  Feeling pretty blessed with what I have got!

Trips: My main traveling goal is to get to all 50 states, so far I have hit 25!! After I finish that (or before, I'm not picky!) I would also love to get over to Italy ( and stuff myself full of pasta!!!) and also England (221b Baker St., here I come!) 

Be sure to check out all the other bloggers in the link up!

Have a super day!

Sarah :)

Highs and Lows Linky

Hey Everybody!

It has been a busy week getting ready for a whole new year! This week I saw each of my students for a half hour to get a baseline assessment of where they will be coming it at. This coming week we will be doing our "phase-in", in which I will have a class of seven students at time ( Monday-Thursday) and then I will have my entire class on Friday. I am looking forward to getting started! I'm really excited about the group of kiddos I have coming to my class this year and am anticipating another great year!

Long story short, I am linking up with A First for Everything for her weekly high and low link up. This is my first one and I am excited to share with you (even though I am a day late...oops!)!

My high this week was for sure open house night and getting to meet the kids and their parents! They were all so sweet and excited to come to school! I even got my first two pictures from my kids this year and they are proudly hanging on my wall! :) 

My other high from this week was my organized parent orientation folders... they helped me organize and file away all of my important forms and they were pretty cute if you ask me! If you would like to see the outside of these cute little folders refer to my last post. My mom helped me make them with her Cameo Silhouette machine. Those things are AWESOME!

My low this week isn't really too much of a low, because in a way I am excited about it, but yet I am also a little stressed! I decided to go back this year for my Masters and am doing it all online. I have two classes this fall and they started the same day I went back to school! My first week is done and so far it hasn't been too bad,  but I know that as the semester goes on, the more the work will come. I put this as my low just because I know that it will take some time out of my weekend. However, I am excited about what I chose to study. I decided to get my Masters in Assessment and Evaluation. I am excited to learn new ways to assess my students and even myself as an educator! Here is a picture of two of my textbooks! I just finished reading for next week: 

Enjoy your Monday off ( If you have it) and have a fantastic week! I am hoping to stop by this week and FINALLY share some pictures of my classroom. It is finally done! 

Sarah :)

Monday Made It!

Hey Y'all!

Linking up here bright and early for Monday Made it, I am excited about the things I made this week!

Love! I made this teacher tool kit this weekend and am just starting on filling it with goodies to keep in my small group corner! I got this great idea from Mel at Seusstastic! Check by her page to see what she keeps in her teacher tool kit. 

I took this picture from my Instagram page, but I could not be  anymore excited about my book bins for the kids this year! I adore this tape. It is wayyyy too cute!!! Scotch Tape knows what they are doing when it comes to tape design!

One of my teammates found this awesome idea on Pinterest and shared it with me. We are both trying it out this year and this is my version! The purpose of a chit chat chart is to provide the kiddos with a visual for the times they talk out. After three reminders to raise their hand, the kids will then have to move their clip on the behavior wheel. You can see that I kept my chart pretty simple, I just put their mailbox number on there and then took index cards and cut them into little squares/rectangles. I plan on using velcro to attach them!

I am really excited about this one! I am blessed to have three lovely ladies to teach with, so this year I wanted to give them something special to start their year off with! My mom made the little bags on her silhouette machine ( that thing is amazing, btw!!) and I put a few pens and a highlighter in each. The label reads "Working with you will be the highlight of my year! Happy first day of school! Love, Sarah."  They will get them today after our district meeting! I am hoping to have the tag/label on my TpT store as a freebie by the end of the day!

Well, I am off to my first day back! I will get to meet my kiddos tomorrow! Yay! 

Stop by 4th Grade Frolics to see what some other great bloggers have been up to! 

Have a fantastic week everyone! 

 

Sarah :)

Five for Friday!

Linking up with Doodle Bugs for her Five for Friday Link Up (This is one of my favorite link ups!) again this week!

This week has been super busy and also super fun, I can't wait to share some of it with you!

The past two weeks I have been getting my room ready for a whole new school year and a whole new group of kiddos! I am really excited with how it turned out.  I wish I would have taken pictures last year, so you could all see the old room compared to the new room! I have two favorite parts of my classroom ( ok, I actually love the entire thing but I am only going to share two!)  which are my new classroom lockers and my teacher/small group corner.  Just today I found these sweet little stools (not pictured!)  to go around the kids side of my table! They were only $7.99 (originally $19.99 by the way!)!!!

I have quite a bit of white walls to cover up... it is a work in progress! I'll share photos of my lockers on Monday!

And on Thursday night this happened: Parent Orientation! I was lucky enough that all of my parents were able to make it and I think we had a good time! I can't wait to meet all the kids at Open House next week! EEK!! :)

As part of the back to school link up over at Blog Hoppin', I am sharing just  a little sneak at my daily/weekly schedule for "When Thursday". This is the new lesson plan format I am using this year and I am digging it. It's so organized and I  looooooove when  things are organized! I also love the cute Cara Carroll fonts I used to make it! :)

As part of the same back to school link up, for "What Friday", I am going to talk about my favorite things to teach! My favorite things to teach are letters, letter sounds, and sight words. Well, basically anything to do with reading because reading is one of my most favorite things to do EVER! Over the summer I worked hard to create new games, center activities, and flash cards to make my word work time even more fun for the kids (ok, and myself!)! I can't wait to use them! 

I think I learn this more and more as I get further into my career. I am blessed to have the job that I do and blessed that I find going to work to be so much fun! I am looking forward to another great year starting Monday! 

To all my fellow teachers out there, have a super duper year!!! 

Sarah :)