Almost time for Brecklyn's Arrival!

     We have decided to name our baby girl Brecklyn Elizabeth Dorothy (Super long, I know!). She is going to be here any day now and we are SO EXCITED! We did this fun Fall photo shoot at our house with my sister-in-law, Marsha!

                

Poor girl is going to be SO girly!! :)

Here are some photos of her finished Wizard of Oz nursery! I'm so happy with the way it turned out!! (Sorry the pictures aren't better quality. They were taken on my iphone)

  

              

 

Wizard of Oz Nursery

Since I shared yesterday that I'm expecting a baby girl in January I thought I'd share a few photos of her amazing Wizard of Oz nursery!

It is still a work in progress and not even close to being finished, but here are a few things we have so far!

 ( I got crafty and made this Dorothy bow holder)

 (I  also made the  blanket with the red satin edge. The quilt was purchased online. )

I can't wait for baby girl's arrival!!

In honor of my Wizard of Oz nursery I've decided to show you my first Wizard of Oz FREEBIE!!! These word wall letters would be perfect for any Wizard of Oz classroom!

Click HERE to get the FREE word wall letters!

Below are a few of my favorite Wizard of Oz themed FREEBIES on TPT! These were not made by me but are still awesome!!!

Click HERE for this FREEBIE!

Click HERE for this FREEBIE!!

...I'm back!!! Woo!!!!

It's been a while since I've posted on here! I've been suuuuuper busy lately!!! Let me update you on what's been going on with me lately! :)

I'm having a baby in January!!

We are so so excited!! Of course, while I've been preparing for baby and teaching first grade, I've been way busier than I ever expected! That would be why I'm just now updating!! :)

We've been super busy with things like this: 

A Gender Reveal Party!!!

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That's right!!!! It's a GIRL!!!

In case you can't tell, I WAS THRILLED!! :)

....So.....Now that you know the reason for my recent laziness and lack of blogging, here is a cute Fall FREEBIE!!!

This pumpkin sorting pack includes 2 pages. The 1st page is sorting nouns & verbs. The 2nd page is sorting nouns & adjectives. 

Click here to download the FREEBIE below!!!

Thanks!!!...and have a GREAT week!!

-Amy

School is starting tomorrow!! Aahhh!! I hope I'm ready!

I feel like my room is definitely ready! :)  I'm super pumped about my brand new writing center for this year! (Inspired by Mrs. Lemons) 

The above picture isn't the complete finished center, but I got anxious and wanted to post a picture now! :)

This cute "What do Writers Write" pencil is a FREEBIE that can be found HERE! I absolutely love it!

I purchased this Writing Center Starter Kit by A Cupcake For The Teacher yesterday on TPT and I love it!! I bought a trifold poster board at the Dollar Tree to set it all up on and I think it turned out pretty great! I also love that this center kit has blank writing templates so my students can actually write things just like the examples! I'm so excited for my students to see this writing center!

These crates hold my writing center materials. 

• The top left crate has primary writing paper and colored pencils so my students can rainbow write words they see around the room. 
• The bottom left crate has a file folder holder full of file folders. Each folder contains the templates  that go with each writing type that is on the Writing Center poster board. This crate also holds the pen/marker caddy for the center.
• The top right caddy is going to hold a Writing Folder for each of my students.
• The bottom right caddy contains dry erase sentence strips and alphabet practice books. These are for the students to use at the beginning of the school year to practice writing the alphabet. 

I know I won't be introducing the Writing Center to my students for a while, but I'm hoping they'll be intrigued and excited by it! :)

FREEBIE!!

To celebrate the opening of my brand new blog I've decided to offer a FREEBIE that I just made for my TPT store! Get it here first, and get it for FREE! Woo! Who doesn't love free?!?! :)

Snag this Johnny Appleseed themed Math Addition Fact Write the Room Activity HERE!!!!

I'll be adding this to my TPT store soon, but I figured I'd let all of my Pinterest/blog followers get it first!!......Oh yeah, did I mention you can get it here for FREE!!! :)

My First Post!!

For my first post ever I wanted to start out with a couple pictures of my rockin' 1st grade classroom! My school is going with a "School Rocks" theme for this year and I am sooooo excited!! My room is not completely finished yet, but I wanted to post a few fun pics anyway! 

These colorful book baskets are going to be my Read to Self baskets! I found these awesome things at the Dollar Tree. Score!

I'm totally in love with this guitar behavior chart! ( I got the idea and template from Babbling Abby at The Inspired Apple) I really think my kiddos are going to love it!

More rockin' classroom pictures to come.......