Monday Made It Freebies

Happy Last Week of July!!!! I am linking up with Tara from 4th Grade Frolics for Monday Made It. I love her linky!  It is always a great motivator.

My first creation is a simple birthday chart.  I love Educlips so I added some super cute birthday clips. I know I need something small, so I made this one printable on an 11x17 piece of cardstock. 

 If you like it, click here, for a freebie download.

 

For my second Made It, I was inspired by Texas blogger, Kayla from Texas Teaching Fanatic.  I had the opportunity to attend her wonderful two day workshop through my Education Service Center.  She introduced me to this book...

I am sure many of you are familiar with Gretchen Bernabei, and definitely for a good reason!  Kayla uses a lot of her materials and this upcoming school year, I plan on using this awesome resource!-

I have really been thinking about how I want to really make good use of my student Writing Journals and after attending this workshop I decided to do this....

This is a 100 page composition notebook. Although the students will have access to a variety of resources for writing, I wanted something that would be more personal to them.  I hope that they will use their journals more as their own entries will hold personal significant value. The cover will be decorated with meaningful pictures of themselves to personalize their journals.  I created four different tabs to utilize sections promptly. Each tab has 25 pages. There is a special tab to use along with Gretchen Bernabei's Grammar Keepers lessons; a Words, Words, Words for creating  self-made word walls and lists; Sentence Starters for meaningful sentence starters; and Ideas and Thoughts for student writing ideas, lists, graphic organizers, or pictures they find that will spark their memories and interests.

Again, my love of Educlips were added to the tab pages.

 

If you like it, feel free to download this freebie copy, here .  Let me know how it works for you!

 

My last project is not exactly a "made-it" project in the sense that I hands-on made the letters, but it is sort of a design....I just love it though and had to add it this week.  I was able to go into my classroom for a quick hour this weekend.  I found these wonderful letters at Michael's.  I always see the cute letters that say READ in classrooms, but I am teaching writing this year...so I spelled WRITING with these fabulous letters!

Well that's all I have for today.  Thanks for stopping by. Have a wonderful week!

File Trays and Cork Boards

Good Mid July! Can y'all believe that in two weeks it will be August?  This summer is flying by! I must admit, since I was blessed and offered a job in a new district, all I think about is school!  It's the mix of emotions we go through when change is embarking! 

Well I am happy to be linking up with 4th Grade Frolics for Monday Made It.

 

Continuing with my spray paint craze, I took my old black plastic file trays....

and spray painted them to match the rolling book cart and metal shelf...

I love them!  I use my trays to stack my daily copied work.  I will label them Monday-Friday and they will find a home somewhere close to my work area.

 

So last year I used these 2'x3' bulletin cork boards to display my anchor charts.  I used the left over spray paint and after finding an inspirational Pintrest post by Beach House in the City, I attempted my own cork board makeover.

 

 BEFORE

and for the AFTER...

 

I did iron the fabric before pinning it on.  I think I will go back and pull a little

more on the edges once they are in place in my classroom.

 

Well those are my two Monday Made Its for this week.  Next week I am planning some computerized projects. Thanks for stopping by and remember to check out all the linkers to 4th Grade Frolics!

Have a blessed and fabulous week!

More Spray Paint

I just got back from the store with two more cans of spray paint!- Why? I didn't realize how easy it was to spray these plastic containers!  I'm linking up with 4th Grade Frolics to share my Monday

Made Its.

 

 

After last week's spray painting success, I decided to paint this old metal shelf.  It once housed those "prehistoric" encyclopedias in a classroom far, far away... Okay again another inherited piece of furniture.  This is BEFORE...

and then the AFTER...

 

I'm not exactly sure how I will use it yet, but I know it will come in handy.  

My next project is another spray painted piece!  I see these all over Pintrest and blogs, so I decided to  revamp my little plastic file drawers.  I added some basic labels to it.  I am loving the color coordination!

  

 

 

My last Monday Made It is a Pintrest inspired project I found from Jaime from 2nd Grade Stuff.  She had a post for Managing Turn in Trays with Clothespins.  (Read all about it here!) 

I loved the idea and I am going to try it next year.  I made five different clothespin sets because we will be rotating 5 classes.  I found the white clothespins, washi tape, galvanized metal cans, and scrapbook numbers at Michaels.  The idea is to have kids place their clips on the paper that is turned in, and you will have an easy way to see who has not turned in an assignment.  I also like that they will have to double check to see if their name is on their paper as they clip their paper! I'll let you know how it worked.

 Thanks for stopping by! Remember to head on over to 4th Grade Frolics for more fabulous

 Monday Made Its!

(I'll post my next spray paint project next week! )

Have a great week!



Hello There! Book Cart Redo

Hello there! It's been a while!  I must give a huge salute to all the bloggers that manage to post frequently and also a big thank you. (I still have aspirations of being a better blogger, because of all of you!)
It's summer time and I have enjoyed my time resting at home and gathering all my thoughts and feelings.  Next year I will begin a new school year in a new school district!-  After a series of God led events, I will have the opportunity to join a wonderful community and school!  I look forward to my new adventure!  I am so glad that I will continue to teach fourth grade and am excited to be focusing on writing.
With that being said, I have begun my summer projects by linking up with Tara from 4th Grade Frolics....

Before

 

and Then

 

After

 

 This rolling book cart was passed along to me two years ago after being purchased at an auction!  It has sat in the wonderful and unpredictable weather of West Texas, and held up quite well!  Instead of going out and buying a bookshelf, I went ahead and bought spray paint! (This project ran a grand total of $8.00 and a sunny Monday afternoon!) I really loved the way it turned out!  I can't wait to deliver it to my new classroom in August!

 

Now it's your turn to link up with 4th Grade Frolics.