Linky Party and St Patricks Day

So excited to see Fabulous 4th Grade Froggies is having a Linky Party for upper elementary teachers :) Yay, that includes me!! Make sure you link up!!

My kiddos are so excited for St Patricks Day... the reason being because they want to catch a leprechaun so badly!! According them, if they catch him, he can lead us to a pot of gold, and we can become billionaires and buy cars and video games and a house (for me they said).  Sounds good to me ;)
Here's our trap and my students' group of letters:

Luring the leprechaun in with gold coins and green jelly beans :)

Don't forget about my St Patrick's Day Making Words Freebie... almost 2,000 downloads! Very happy about that and helping others...

http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/St-Patricks-Day-Making-Words-Freebie

Just put up a new bulletin board including a cute story comprehension freebie from TPT.. check it out!

Trying to become inspired..

I am contemplating moving apartments, and it is such a big decision (with lots of time consuming packing and organizing)... but I am pretty sure we are going to be making that move in the near future :)

My big question for the night: How do you organize your teaching materials?  I have my bookbins, and 3 drawer bin, shelves, and labels, but sometimes it still bothers me that my classroom doesn't look like this:

This is just BEAUTIFULLY organized, and with the limited space in my classroom, I would never be able to make it look like this... especially on the budget I'm on... so how do you organize your classroom?

Here are a few pictures I have recently took of my classroom: I try to continue to add new vocabulary to our math/science vocabulary wall, and I am so proud of my students for understanding inferencing, and coming up with tons of examples.

APRIL BREAK..

Does anyone else get a lot of vacay time for Easter? Our school sure does! I'm so excited my boyfriend is able to take time off as well for his job.  I'll have to plan something special. I am counting down the days already.


Any comment is welcome :) Hope to get to 55 followers soon to have a fantastic giveaway!!

Coin Money Match Up Freebie :)

Hey everyone! How is everything? I have been so busy with school and trying to organize and pack up all my junk at home. There's just so many things to do, and so little time!

I wanted to post about the freebie I just added to TPT and Teacher's Notebook... please let me know what you think, I really appreciate all the feedback I get :)

http://teachersnotebook.com/product/msboudreau/coin-money-matching
http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Coin-Money-Match-Up-Freebie

I have a 7am meeting and it is already after 10 and I am not even ready for bed yet... it's going to be a coffee morning I have a feeling!

I hope everyone has a good night <3

Giveaway soon...

I hope everyone is enjoying their Thursday. It is supposed to be BEAUTIFUL in New York today, a high of 64 degrees!! (Record breaking weather!)

Since 5 is my favorite number, when I get to 55 followers I am going to have an amazing giveaway... I am almost there!! :)

Thank you to everyone who has been leaving me feedback on my TPT store, it makes me so happy to get those emails because I love helping all of you.

Enjoy the rest of your day!


A few more pictures from my classroom:

         Book recommendations.. My students love literacy, and I am so proud of their accomplishments this year!

My kiddos rainbows...

If you want to make these in your classroom all I did was cut a paper plate in half (and cut all the tissue paper strips ahead of time) and they glued each piece of tissue paper onto the plate... Some of them as you can see did "ROYGBIV" but others wanted to be creative which I really embrace!

Linky Party!

Oh, I really do love these :) Check out all the blogs on Oh' Boy 4th Grade's Blog... Link up! http://ohboy3rdgrade.blogspot.com/

It was difficult to do the "3 Words" but I had some help :) It really is a compliment and makes you feel good! (My boyfriend helped me with the "brave" one, and that is the best compliment of all)... we all go through life and difficult times and it makes you feel great about yourself when you overcome things!

<3 Laura <3

Favorite Freebies

I decided to share with you my favorite freebies at the moment :) I love helping people on TPT so much, and I hope you all know that you teachers help ME so much as well!!

Here are my fav freebies that I am using right now...

• http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Earth-Day-Mini-Unit-Freebie

           This is an AMAZING unit on Earth Day.. FOR FREE! Rachelle is so generous and has the cutest products!!

• http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Rainbow-Tens-Facts 

           Miss Kindergarten has amazing resources for the primary grades.. and she's one of the sweetest on TPT :)

• http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Easter-Colors-Borders-Frames-FREE-Graphics-From-the-Pond

          Graphics from the Pond always has the best freebies of graphics and cute clipart :) Check it out!

• http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/FREE-March-Rainbow-Bump

           SunnyDays is another one that makes creative, cutesy products and is so sweet!! xo

• http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Spring-fraction-matching-cards-FREEBIE

          My newest freebie find.. my kiddos can always use practice with fractions and this is such a cute freebie game!


Enjoy!! And leave feedback for these wonderful educators if you decide to use their products :) (I might continue to do a "Favorite Freebies" every week to keep you all updated on great freebies that are out there right now.)

Have a great Tuesday night!!  ~Laura

Geography Unit!

Hello followers! I hope you are enjoying your weekend.. I was so excited on Pinterest to see my Daily 5/CAFE wall pinned over 50 times within minutes yesterday!

Just finished my 23 page Geography Unit :) Very excited to put it on Teachers Pay Teachers!
Please check it out <3

http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Geography-Landform-Unit


Sometimes I come up with last minute bulletin board ideas.. I just went with something simple for St Patrick's Day. My Lucky Leprechauns and they all decorated and wrote in a pot of gold of what they felt lucky for :) (Still working on their cursive) Enjoy the rest of the weekend!!

Classroom pictures

Hello everyone! I hope everyone is enjoying the start to their weekend.  I feel so tired, I am sure I will be falling asleep early!

I wanted to post some of my pictures of my classroom... it is small with only 10 students, but I have managed to stay organized and get my job done :) I definitely want to make a lot of changes for next year, but I think that's what we always do - try to make it better!

My CAFE Chart which correlates with Daily 5 :) Also notice the stamina graph in the right corner.
I found these printables on TPT... LOVE these freebies!

http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Polka-Dot-CAFE-Posters-Freebie

http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/FREE-Daily-5-Stamina-Graphs

My second/third graders LOVE Geronimo Stilton!  It is one of their favorite authors, so if you teach around my age group, definitely check these books out :)

My word wall towards the beginning of the year :)

Does anyone love Vista print? I sure do!  I get my homework passes from there, sticky notes, stationery, and more!  I am on a tight budget with school supplies, but some of this stuff is just too darn cute.  The big sign with my name on it is a magnet that clings to my filing cabinet.  It was FREE with one of my Vista Print orders :)  www.vistaprint.com

Our classroom rules and signatures

I am going to be posting a geography unit on TPT and Teacher's Notebook soon.. I am still seeing if there is anymore creativity in me before I post it. 

<3 I hope everyone enjoys their weekend!!