Getting Ready

I've been really trying to get everything ready to go for the start of our new school year.  I feel like this time of year goes so fast.  I always have a million things I want to do new and I try to get them all sorted in my head before I actually start them in my class. Pinterest has been a blessing and a curse.  There are a ton of great ideas but I've pinned so many of them I'm overwhelmed.  Oh well.  Well, I've also been trying to get organized better than I usually am.  I've seen on Pinterest so many ideas for a teacher's binder.  I decided to make my own binder this year.  I've always kept a folder or something but never with everything I need in one place.  Here are what mine turned out like.  I think they are pretty.  I feel like I may have forgotten something though.

Have a "Kool" summer!

At the end of the year, I gave my students a cute treat! It was a bottle of water, a Kool-Aid Single serve packet, and a silly straw.  I also sent them to my daughter's class as well.  The kids loved them.  This was an idea I adapted from a Pinterest post.  Here are what my summer treats looked like:

 The single serve packets are actually meant for a 16 oz bottle of water so next time I will use the 16 oz bottles.  I made a beginning of the year freebie with this similar concept in mind.  Click on the picture if you would like to download it free.