Sunday Evening Chuckle

Thursday was my last day with the kiddos (field day got rained out?!!?!) and Friday was a teacher work day.

On Thursday I had time to squeeze in one more writing prompt. Here is a gem from one of my favorite kiddos. I will miss him so so much. Please enjoy :D

(I cannot find the source for this writing prompt, but if I do I'll update or if you know please leave a comment, thx)

Finally May

Ah. May is among us my friends. We're out of school at the end of the month and that might be just in time. We've got some spring-itis going on. I wish the weather would catch on though.

I posted about this the other day and I sent it home with my kiddos today. I really hope the parents take a good look at it. I even printed it on bright bold paper to catch their eyes, lol. (Still open to suggestions)

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Okay, now time for my favorite linky

Listening-->Mad Men
The new season started a few weeks ago and I've been busy and just DVRing them. Tonight I'm catching up. I missed this show.

Loving-->End of year countdown! May is soooo soooo busy. I have assessments, programs, field trip, life, etc (not that you all don't lol) but I feel so bogged down. I need sunshine and a break.

Thinking-->Despite my calendar switching to May the weather hasn't caught up. We've had some lovely days here in Indiana...just not this week. Brrr. This wind better come back in July as a nice breeze.

Wanting-->I wanna ride my bike!! C'mon sunshine.

Needing-->I need to play some music and have some movie magic happen. You know like a little cleaning montage where I jam out and in 4 minutes my home is clean and lemony fresh. That'd be nice.

Surprise!--> I found Mr. First Grade through instagram. His morning work packets got me through our awful winter when I was too busy, lazy, side-tracked, etc. to get my creative juices flowing. Check out his Morning Work ideas and his blog

Also, I wanna do this on Instagram!

I kinda sorta just saw it today so I missed #1 already but I will try my darndest to get as many days as I can. Are  you on IG? Follow me @YouMightBeAFirstGrader (I know....I know....could I have had a longer name, lol)


Link up with Farley to join in on the Currently fun!

End of Year Parent Check-List

Okay maybe not final but we're getting so close. It's nearly May. I can smell it in the air!!!

I'm thinking of sending home a little check-list for parents to show them some of the things I look for when making sure the kiddos are ready for 2nd grade. Now by no means would I use this list solely for retention purposes but I'd like to give the parents a bit of an idea of how prepared the kiddos should be when they walk into 2nd grade on the first day.

Here's a preview:
I'm really looking for input so please feel free to tell me if I'm missing a big skill (I know I am!) or if some of these you don't feel are really necessary for 2nd grade. Oh, and of course typos.

I'd also like to make a reading check-list. Suggestions?

Parent Gifts

I've had some great parent volunteers this year. I have an AWESOME room mom who is generous and organized and a former teacher at my school. I've also made, bought, printed, and laminated a ton of classroom stuff this year. Well, one of the options on my parent volunteer form was to cut out papers, copy, staple, etc for me. I really really dislike cutting out laminated stuff so these parents have been a life saver!

I've come across some great ideas on Pinterest. I decided to go with hand lotion and a "Helping Hands" tag.

It was a toss-up between soap or lotion. Bath and Body words had their "Signature Collection" products Buy 3 Get 3 Free. I decided to go with 'Country Chic' lotions for my parent helpers. I bought little gift bags at Michael's and some ribbon for them, too.

I'm going to attach these tags (on my copy I added my name to that blank spot but I left it there in case you wanted to sign yours)

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End of the Year Craftivity

I know some of you might be out of school already (a teeny tiny bit jealous) but many of us have a few more weeks left. 8 school days for me but who's counting, right?

I'm looking for one final bulletin board craftivity to do with the kiddos. I absolutely love those old suitcases with the stickers of places traveled all over them. That inspired my writing craftivity.

My stickers aren't that great but you get the idea. You can resize them to make them bigger or smaller on your school copier so you can have just a few or TONS. Click on the image to check it out on TpT.