Made It Monday

I am linking up a day early with 4th Grade Frolics for my favorite weekly linky! After this week is it turning into a monthly linky for the school year.  I have two Made it Monday items that I created this week.  The first one is a freebie :)

Before Reading Activity Menu 

This four page freebie is a great addition to reading centers or Daily 5 activities. There are three different before reading menus with 9 activities on each card.  Click here for this freebie. 

 

Common Core: Text Dependent Question Prompts

The Common Core standards focus on students’ ability to read closely to determine what a text says explicitly and to make logical inferences from it.

Rather than asking students questions about their prior knowledge or experience, the standards expect students to respond to questions that can only be answered by referring explicitly back to the text in front of them. This resource contains 16 text dependent questions. It can be used as a center or for small groups.

 

Click here to purchase this item from my TpT store for $3.00.

 

Back to School

I have been slowly getting my new classroom in order.  It's hard to get started when you have a blank slate, but also leaves room for a lot of imagination.  So far I've done a couple of bulletin boards and a lot of organizing.  Here's what I have so far...

 



 

Classroom labels freebie and DIY crate seats

Classroom Labels- Chalkboard and Pink Design

This classroom label set contains 54 labels that will help to organize your classroom. Print, cut, laminate and stick on your containers or shelves to have everything super organized!


 

 

Labels included

Baggies, Calculators, Chalk, Chalkboards, Clipboards, Colored Pencils, Construction Paper, Cut Out Letters, Crayons, Dull Pencils, Dry Erase Boards, Dry Erase Markers, Erasers, First Aid, Glue, Hand Sanitizer, Highlighters, Index Cards, Kleenex, Magnets, Markers, Notepads, Paper, Paper Clips, Pencils, Pens, Post-its, Prizes, Rewards, Rulers, Scissors, Sharpies, Sharpeners, Sharp Pencils, Stamps, Staples, Stickers, Supplies, Tape

 

Subjects

Arrival, Assembly, Dear Time, Dismissal,  Grammar,  Health, Language, Lunch,  Math,  Reading,  Recess,  Science,  Social Studies, Writing

I am linking up with Maniac Mondays and KinderAlphabet to share this freebie.  Click here to download my classroom labels freebie.

 

 

   

Monday Made It- Crate Seats

After seeing these all over Pinterest, I finally decided to make crate seats.  They weren't very hard to make and turned out amazing!  I am linking up with Monday Made It to share this fun craft.

 

 

What you need:

• plastic crates
• fabric
• 1" thick foam
• plywood
• spray adhesive
• staple gun

 

Steps:

1. Measure the length and width of your crates so you know how your plywood needs to be cut. I just took my crate into Home Depot with me and had them measure it.
2. Lay your plywood on top of the mattress pad and trace as many as you need.
3. Cut out your fabric making sure to leave enough around the edges to fold over the seat.
4. Use spray adhesive to glue your foam pieces down on the plywood.
5. Pull the fabric around and staple it to the plywood.  I did it like we were wrapping a present.
6. Set the board onto the crate and plan what you're going to put inside.

 

 

Favorite Pins Friday!

Cara from The First Grade Parade is hosting Favorite Pins Friday.  You can show off all of the fun pins you have found this week and share them with us all.

 

Classroom Pins

Make Your Own Bulletin Board-  I don't have a lot of bulletin board space in my classroom, so I thought this was a great idea.

 

 

Wall Hooks- Meet the Pinhook. Think of it as a push pin with a hook on it. In the past, if you didn’t want a large hook in your wall then you were stuck using a finished nail or some sort of double sided tape. Pinhooks is a brand new wall hook for small jobs. No tools, no nails, no tape, no mess. You just push it into whatever surface you wish, and you’re done. We see them as useful for hanging all kinds of things —keys, jewelry, leashes, party decorations, plant vines, Christmas lights, and on and on. We hope you enjoy them.

 





DIY Pins



Chalkboard Paint Labels- I love all of the chalkboard labels out there.  I love everything colorful, so it took me awhile to warm up to the black and white.  Now I'm obsessed!  Check out how to make your own chalkboard paint.

 

 

DIY Chalkboard Labels-  Here's an easier take on make your own chalkboard labels.

 

 

How to Get One Dollar Color Classroom Posters- I love using our school poster making to enlarge worksheets.  But this is even better!  I can't wait to try this.

 

 

 

Food Pins

 

Watermelon Sangria-  Doesn't this look delicious? 

 

 

Ingredients

• 1 bottle white wine,
• watermelon 'juice',
• juice from 1 lime,
• 2 ounces simple syrup or honey,
• 4 ounces triple sec,
• optional: 6 ounces vodka,
• watermelon
• strawberries
• limes
• ice

Cake Batter Chocolate Chip Cookies- These cookies are so easy!  All you have to do is replace some of the all-purpose flour in your typical chocolate chip cookie recipe with some yellow or white boxed cake mix.  Add in a generous amount of sprinkles, and you’ll have yourself some funfetti chocolate chip cookies that are FULL of cake batter flavor.

 



 

Monday Made It

I'm excited to link up with Tara's Monday Made It at 4th Grade Frolics.  I LOVE anything crafty and always check out the Monday Made It linky.  I'm finally linking up. 

Last summer my nieces and I got into beading and making bracelets using the flexible Stretch Magic cording.  One after another seemed to break, so I looked into making bracelets with a clasp.  It was super easy (took about 5 to 10 minutes each) and turned out really cute.  I used a tutorial on Michael's website to get started. 

 

 

Here are some of the finished products:

 

 

Here are the steps to get started:

 

 

 

She's a Crafty One

 

I love anything and everything crafty…paint, glitter, stickers, fabric,  hot glue guns, Michaels, AC Moore, and the list goes on and on.  Pinterest is by far the motherload of DIY ideas.  I could spend hours just finding future projects that I would love to try.  Here are a few of my favorites.  Click on the name to see how to make these awesome crafts.

 

DIY Chalkboard Paint

  

DIY Dollar Store Bins with Fabric   

 

DIY Clipboard

  

DIY Magnetic Board

 

DIY Monogram Wreath

Cute DIY Containers 

 

DIY Jewelry Holder

Here is my take on the DIY Jewelry Holder.  I made the top one and my sister made the bottom one.  It was fun and easy to make. 
 

 Materials:

*  11-inch-by-14-inch shadow box

*  Craft knife or scissors

*  Wallpaper remnant

*  All-purpose glue

*  Drill

*  Screw hooks

How-To:

1. Remove the glass from the shadow box. Cut a wallpaper remnant to fit the back of the box, and adhere with glue.
2. Create a layout of hooks. Drill holes for screw hooks in the backing. Insert hooks.
3. Hang shadow box on wall using attached hardware.

 
Now back to school…

I created a fun Place Value Game for my students to practice and reinforce this skill. Students will match up the standard, expanded, and word form for numbers up to the hundreds place. The theme is very cute and my students LOVE playing this game.

 

I sell this item for $2.00 on my TpT store but because I’m so thankful that you’re following my blog, you can have it here for free.