Greetings from Wisconsin! As some of you may know, I nanny for a fantastic family during the summer. I've been doing it for almost six years! I love the kids and they inspire me every day! While I am out here helping them, the twins have been helping me make some of my Pinterest projects! They are just too cute!
Project #2
Okay, so last year something I regret not doing is taking a picture of my students on the first day of school. I think I was just overwhelmed starting at a new school, having my own classroom....did I mention starting at a new school!? I came across this super cute website that has Chalkboard Signs for each grade on the first day of school. I think it was created for parents, but I don't care - I'm using it! My plan is to have a picture of each one of my students with the "First Day of 4th Grade" poster attached to a personal narrative piece about the first day of school. To kick off this lesson, I'll read the book, First Day Jitters by Julie Danneberg to get their minds ready for writing (this book is super cute and always gets the kids to giggle at the end). Ask students to turn and talk to their partners for seed story ideas and send them to their seats to write. Clearly this is just an overview of what I'm doing (I'll iron out the details once I get my finalized class list). I'm super excited to do this lesson - I already have my sample seed story ready... I guess that makes me a super cool nerd!
Note: Like I said in my first post, I like to fancy things up by backing posters on scrapbook paper. Here I simple double backed it using two different colored pieces of card stock. I plan on laminating it once I get to school...I hope Mrs. Hull has the laminator ready for all of my summer projects!! =)
Happy Summer!
Jackie
My summer goal as a teacher was to create my own blog! Well, here I am! I get so many cool things to use and do in my classroom off of other teacher's blogs through Pinterest, I figured might as well share some cool things I've created.
I will be entering my fourth year in the teaching field and my second year of teaching my own class! I am very excited to have my first year under my belt and am very much looking forward to my second year!
So far, I have only completed one project for my classroom. I believe your classroom should be bright and engaging -which is why I back everything I make on scrapbook or fancy colored paper (I usually pick them up at Michael's craft stores when they are on sale - teacher's also get a discount). So my project was to make a "Welcome Back" banner for my bulletin board outside of my classroom. I found this really cool website that has pre-made Bubble Letters. I printed them out, colored them, and backed them on fabulous bright paper! It is simple, but I know it will brighten the hallway! Now onto the next project!
To see some more of my summer pinning, checkout my Pinterest page!
Have a great summer! :)
Jackie
