Meet the Teacher Night Signs

While trying to get ready for my parents to come in on "Meet the Teacher Night" next week, I decided this year to use signs to help the traffic flow stay organized until orientation starts. Even though Kindergarten includes a sit down orientation, there are still things that need to be completed separately such as sign in, transportation, etc. 

Here are the signs I created to use for my classroom. You can use them too by clicking on the picture below. 

     

Kindergarten Camp

We had a great turnout at HES for Kindergarten Camp this year! We had about 40 out of 80 kids come which is pretty good considering parents have to come and stay with their child. We had 40+ parents getting involved in their children's education which is great! We had lots of fun singing, reading, interacting with new friends, and learning new things. Parents were able to take resources home to use to practice Kindergarten concepts with their students and got to enjoy time in the classroom with their kids. I love getting to see how parents interact with their children and being able to help show them ways to help their child be a better student. Such a rewarding experience! 

Classroom Updates!

I haven't had a chance to post any of my latest adds to my classroom so I thought I'd take a second to share.😊

I'm still not finished but it is presentable since K camp is TUESDAY! (Hikes!) 

Finally finished my new word wall from a Pinterest idea. I forgot over half way through to take a picture, but you can see I just had the neon index cards with words. There are many more words in the first picture because we switched word list this year in my county. Anyway here's a semi before and after pic:

Before:

After:

I found some cute owl lanterns on Pinterest also. I already had the green lanterns and our theme this year is owls so I thought I'd try it. Here's how hey turned out.

And here they are hanging:

I also redid my filing cabinets this year as you can somewhat see in the picture above. Here's what they look like up close:

My wonderful sister and brother in law came to help me today for a little while and helped place my shapes for my math wall. Here's their cute door decor:

I'm sure there's something I'm missing in the room but that's all I have for today. Since I'm sharing I thought I would also share my folder ideas for the year. This year I'm incorporating owls with my frogs (a little strange I know but I have soo much frog stuff I had to use it too). I always have a folder in their agendas for things that need to go home and also a folder at their seat for them to keep up with their work. (I know it's Kindergarten but if you teach them from day 1 and make them accountable it really does work out for them to manage their work.) 

Here are this years labels for their take home folder: 

I used a simple layout from Avery labels I got at Walmart and added my own font and picture to match my theme. Super easy! 

The other folders that they keep at their seats I usually buy from a school store online but they are VERY expensive so this year I decided to get smart and create my own. I plan to print and paste (you could buy whole page labels though). 

You can purchase the resource folder pages plus printable labels to match on my TPT account. 

Check it out at: 

http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/My-Resource-Folder-1943709

The pages are $7 but the folders with all these resources are $40 so I figured that's a much better trade. Just get the 15 cent folders from Walmart, paste, and laminate. 

I guess that's all for today. I'm sure I'll be back with more soon since time is winding down for school to start.😊

Newest Additions!

Today I rearranged my room, took the desk down and add some small touches I won't have time to do later. 

Organized books on the bookshelf:

The side of my filing cabinet : )

Dressed up the filing cabinets

Still messy but we're making progress

More to come...

Today's Progress

I got a chance to go work for a couple hours today in my classroom. Here's a couple of my newest additions in the works...

Reading shelf given to me by my sweet husband. 

My new listening center minus the CD player and headphones.

I also redid a shelf to make it cuter. It went from plain white:

To zebra striped:

I'm excited to see some more changes as I continue to work.😊 #moretocome #lovemyjob

Target Finds

Here's my Target finds from the lovely dollar section this week! : )

A planner, alphabet stickers and poster,owl cutouts, bright puzzle border, Dr. Seuss stickers, and a really cute chalkboard banner! So excited to see how these look in my room! 

An Idea Worth Re-Sharing!!

I found this on a blog the other day and loved the idea so I thought I'd re-share it.

 Dollar Tree Finds

$3 .three instant centers!

Matching opposites

Sorting digraphs

I decided to use the paint can and brushes for number practice.

 But if I wanted to use them for math practice instead, all I would have to do is write over the permanent marker with a dry erase marker...

 and viola! All is well in the world again ;)

TeachersPayTeachers Link

Here's a link to my TeachersPayTeachers page:

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Samantha-D


Go check out my creations. There's things for multiple grades, not just Kindergarten. I'm still learning so there's more cutsie things to come! :)

Teachers Love IKEA!!

IKEA trip!

For my birthday my sweet husband took me to Ikea for the first time! I'll admit it is a little overwhelming at first, but I loved it! So much to look at and ideas to spice up a home or a classroom! Here are my finds:

My new listening table : ) only $9.99

New green pillows for about $2.75 each

New book boxes

New Timer

Cart for beach trip : )

Here's my goodies! Good luck finding some of your own! : )

Let the Kraziness Begin!

I am very excited to start my first blog since college! I plan to use this blog to share ideas with other teachers and hopefully link some ideas that will help others like their blogs have helped me! 

About Me

Just a little bit about me... I am Mrs. Burton. I am a Kindergarten teacher in a small town in Georgia. This year will be my third year teaching and I am very excited to be teaching Kindergarten again this year. I have been married for two years on July 13th! : ) My husband is a teacher as well and we share the love for children and desire to help students grow and learn. We also will graduate with our Specialist degree in Curriculum and Instruction on July 25th at age 26!!! One of our many goals in life accomplished! :) I enjoy my small town life with fun times with family and friends. I'm always looking for new ideas and fun ways to spice up my classroom and I'm hoping that this blog will allow me to share those ideas with teachers who have that same desire. 

Stay tuned! There's more to come!! : - )